It was the middle of the night at the Anderson house. It was quiet, the only noises of the house settling. Then a loud piercing scream echoed through the house. Blaine bolted out of his bed and ran out of his room. He ran across the hall to Isabel’s room. He barged in and saw Isabel was screaming in her sleep. He ran to her and tried to shake her awake.
“Isabel, wake up! Wake up!” he practically yelled as he shook her.
She woke up to someone shaking her. At first, she jumped a little bit but relaxed when she saw it was Blaine. She grabbed him and held him in a hug burying her head into his neck. He put his arms around her and pulled her to a sitting position, so he could sit next to her. She started sobbing.
“It’s okay. I’m right here. It was just a dream,” he said, reassuringly, stroking her hair.
“What was it about?” he asked her.
“Joshua came back and you went missing,” she said still sobbing. “I was so scared. I didn’t know where you were and no one really seemed to care.”
“It’s okay. I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere, I promise. No matter who comes to visit,” he reassured her.
“I know, it’s just, I don’t know. I was so scared that Joshua had done something to you and I don’t think I’d be able to handle that.” She sounded so scared, like it had actually happened.
“Nothing’s going to happen to me okay, not while I’ve got you to protect me,” he told her. “You got that?”
She just nodded, her head still buried in his neck.
They sat in silence, Blaine stroking her hair as she began to calm down.
“Let’s get you back to sleep,” Blaine said when she had finally calmed down.
She just nodded again.
Blaine got up and laid Isabel back down. It was obvious this wasn’t the first time this happened. Blaine lifter her blanket and placed it over her head. She curled up underneath hem and fell asleep. Blaine then walked across the room and picked up a small, fat, pink stiffed hippo off the floor. He placed it next to her and she snuggled up with it. He smiled and left the room. For the second time that night, he quietly closed her door. He walked back to his room and went back to sleep.
…
The next two days went by fast. Blaine and Isabel went to the mall, grocery store, movies, fast food places, the coffee shop, the library, anywhere they could go. All to soon, the weekend was over and it was time for them to go back to school. Isabel dropped Blaine off at Dalton early Monday morning. He went to his dorm and unpacked. He already had his uniform on. He was packing his school bag for the day when his door opened. Blaine turned around and saw Wes and David standing in the doorway.
“Kurt said you went home this weekend. Why didn’t you tell us?” Wes demanded.
David nodded in agreement.
“Cause Isabel wanted some bonding time,” Blaine explained.
“Oh, how is Isabel?” Wes asked.
Blaine laughed at how non-subtle Wes was. He knew Wes pretended not to like Isabel when actually he considered Isabel as a sister and vise versa.
“She’s fine.”
“How’s that boyfriend of hers?”
“She broke up with him after she caught him with Ashley.”
“Again? What’s up with Ashley always stealing Isabel’s boyfriends?” David asked.
Blaine shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe cause Ashley’s a slut.”
David started laughing. “Remember that one time when Ashley kept flirting with you, even though you kept telling her you’re gay?”
“Remember her response? ‘Trust me, once you’ve been with me, you’ll stay straight.’” Wes said, busting out laughing.
Blaine turned red. “Yes, I still remember, she kept trying to grab my crotch. It wasn’t really that funny.”
“Yes, it was. It was hilarious,” Wes said, still laughing.
“Isabel told me you guys talked to her about Kurt,” Blaine said, a little bit angry, changing the subject.
That sobered David and Wes quickly. Blaine stared at them and they looked to the floor.
“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t do that. I don’t like to tell me sister things like that until I’m sure about how I feel about it, okay?”
“Dude, we were just trying to help before you do something stupid again, like Gap Attack,” Wes said.
“Remember how that turned out? Remember how you didn’t tell Isabel about it and she got pissed?” David asked.
“Cause, no offense man, but sometimes you don’t think before you do something.”
“Yeah and Isabel thinks logically for you. So we wanted to make sure you don’t mess it up this time.”
“I appreciate that guys but I need to first sort out how I feel before I do anything. Trust me; I’ll definitely consult Isabel on this okay? Just don’t do it again,” Blaine informed them.
“Okay, fine,” Wes said.
“Now you guys need to get out of my room. I have to clean it up from the mess I made on Friday.” Blaine told them, practically pushing them out.
He shut the door behind them, sighed, and began to clean his room.
…
By the end of the week, Blaine still didn’t know what to do about Kurt. He talked to Isabel about it, but he still didn’t know.
After classes on Friday, Kurt and Blaine were at Warbler practice. It hadn’t started yet, so everyone was just conversing with each other. Blaine was in the middle of a conversation with Kurt when his phone vibrated.
“Sorry, hold on,” he said as he fished his phone out.
He looked at the display and saw it was Isabel.
“Sorry, it’s Isabel,” he explained to Kurt.
Kurt just smiled and said it was okay.
What’s Kurt’s number? –I
Blaine typed out his response and went back to talking to Kurt.
Why do you want to know? –B
Because I want to, okay? –I
I don’t think so. –B
I guess I’ll just ask Wes and David –I
Blaine stared at her response. She knew that he hated when she did that.
Okay, fine. I’ll give it to you. Just tell me why you want it –B
He sent her Kurt’s number. She didn’t reply back. Instead, Kurt’s phone vibrated. He fished out his phone and read the text message. He looked up at Blaine, slightly smiling.
“You gave Isabel my number?” he asked Blaine.
“She force me,” Blaine replied.
Kurt just laughed and typed out a response. He went back to talking to Blaine, every now and then texting Isabel. Blaine wanted to know what they were talking about but before he could ask, practice began.
After practice, Wes and David invited Kurt to their annual scary movie night.
“I can’t,” was Kurt’s response.
“Aw, why not?” David asked.
“Isabel wanted to hang out so we’re going to eat out.”
“Oh, you’re going on a date,” David asked teasingly.
“Oo, funny,” Kurt said, “It’s not a date.”
“Kurt’s got a date! Kurt’s got a date!” Wes and David sang.
“You guys are real mature, you know that?” Kurt told them.
Wes and David laughed. Kurt was still amazed at how immature they could be. At the beginning, Kurt thought that they were a bit stuck up and pretentious. But after a while, Kurt saw that they were, in fact, very silly and immature.
Just at the moment, for example, they were dancing around Kurt singing, “Kurt’s got a date! Kurt’s got a date!”
“Guys, stop it,” Blaine told them.
Wes and David stopped and then flashed identical grins.
“Aw, Blaine, are you jealous?” Wes asked teasingly.
“No,” Blaine said, starting to blush.
“Aw Blaine’s jealous!” David said to Wes, who was laughing.
“Blaine’s jealous! Just look at him!” they said in unison.
“Guys seriously, stop it. It’s annoying,” Blaine said.
They were about to start teasing him some more when Wes’s phone rang. He took it out and answered it, still smiling.
“Hello?”
The person on the other line told Wes something that made him stop smiling.
“Okay…okay…okay…I will.”
He covered the speaker of the phone and turned his head to David, who was so confused.
“Isabel wants to tell us to stop teasing Kurt and Blaine or else she’ll stop bringing us candy when she comes for movie night. She means it,” Wes told David seriously.
David looked down to his shoes and said, “Okay, I’ll stop,” like a five year old caught stealing a cookie from the cookie jar.
Wes uncovered the phone and told Isabel, “He said he’ll stop…yes I’ll stop too…okay…okay…I promise…yes I like getting candy…I swear… yes I know…okay…bye.” He hung up.
He looked up at Blaine, “How on earth did she know that?”
Blaine then heard Kurt laugh. Blaine didn’t know that while Wes and David had been teasing Blaine, Kurt had been texting Isabel. Kurt then held up his phone. “I told her. I kind of guessed that you’d listen to her.”
Wes and David stared at him in disbelief.
“How-How’d you know that she had my number?” Wes asked.
Kurt looked at him like he was stupid. “You’re forgetting that one time she called you to get Blaine to talk to her. And since you didn’t tell her to piss off, I guessed she had something over you.”
Blaine laughed. “Kurt, you’re a genius.”
“I know, thank you.”
Wes and David just stared at them. They looked defeated and slumped their shoulders. Kurt now knew their biggest weakness, they couldn’t say no it Isabel. They turned away and walked down the hallway. Blaine turned to Kurt.
“You’ve taken away their ability to tease you now,” Blaine told him.
“Ah, you see I’m good,” Kurt replied, smiling.
Blaine laughed. “So Isabel wants to go out to eat with you?”
“Yeah, apparently. It’s not a problem is it?”
“No, of course not. Did she say why?”
“She wants to get to know me cause I’m your friend.”
“That sounds like her.”
“Well, we’re eating in half an hour. I should go get ready.”
Blaine just nodded. Kurt waved and walked off.
Blaine stood there wondering what Isabel’s motives were. He couldn’t figure it out, so he decided to ask her.
What are you planning? -B
Planning? –I
When asking Kurt to hang. –B
I’m offended! I’m not planning anything! –I
So you just want to get to know Kurt? –B
Yes! He’s your friend. I think it’s kind of my duty to know your friends. –I
So this has nothing to with the conversation we had in the car? –B
No, it doesn’t. –I
Isabel. –B
It doesn’t. I swear! –I
Cause if you say anything. –B
I won’t, okay? You know me. I don’t like doing that. I still remember what happened last time. Besides, you’re not even sure how you feel, so it’s kind of stupid to say anything. –I
Oh, yeah. Sorry. I’ve been hanging out with Wes and David too much. –B
Yes, you have. It’s okay. Just don’t do anything stupid, kay? –I
I won’t. –B
Okay, laterz. –I
Later –B
…
Kurt drove up to Breadstixs and parked. He didn’t know why he was so nervous. It wasn’t like this was an actual date. After all, Isabel was girl. So why was he so nervous? He took a deep breath and wiped his sweaty palms on his skinny jeans. He smoothed down his Marc Jacobs jacket. He turned off his car and exited. He was glad they decided to meet up at the restaurant. It gave him more time to calm down. He walked in and saw Isabel sitting at a table, reading the menu. He walked up to the table and sat down across from her. She looked up and smiled.
“Am I late?” he asked looking at his watch.
“Nope. I like to be early,” she said smiling.
He was glad he had changed out of his uniform. Isabel’s hair was in a braid that went over her shoulder. She was wearing the beige jacket again and v-cut blue shirt. That’s when he saw the flower-shaped silver necklace around her neck.
“That’s a – uh- pretty necklace,” he said, pointing to it.
She placed her hand on it, “Thanks.”
He took off his jacket revealing his blue-green shirt. He picked up the menu and began to read it. He’s been here so many times, he really didn’t have to, but he needed to hold something. They didn’t say anything for a while. Kurt could feel the butterflies in his stomach acting up again. A waiter came and got their orders, then took the menus away. They sat in silence until Isabel placed her hand on his.
“I’m guessing you’re pretty nervous, right?” she asked him, looking him in the eyes.
“Yeah, a bit,” he replied truthfully. “It’s just, you know, you’re Blaine’s sister.”
She laughed. “Ah, okay. Well, I’ll tell you right now you don’t have to be nervous. Anything you tell me won’t go back to Blaine. And besides, I just want to get to know you, that’s all.”
She smiled at him.
Kurt didn’t say anything and just smiled.
“So tell me about yourself,” she said.
“Uh, as you know, I use to go to McKinley. I, uh, have a step brother, Finn, and a step mother.”
Kurt continued to talk and every now and then, Isabel would interject with something. He found it easy to talk to her, she just let him talk. The conversation was light and easy going. Kurt didn’t know why he was so nervous before. Before he knew it, they were walking out of the restaurant. They walked to Isabel’s car first, since it was closest. When they reached her car, she turned to him looking very serious.
“Kurt, do you like my brother?” she asked, looking at him.
“Uh-well-I-I mean- yeah, like you know, a friend” he stammered. She shook her head, “That’s not what I meant. I mean do you like like my brother?” Kurt gulped, he didn’t know what he should say. Should he lie or tell the truth? He stood there contemplating what to do when she laughed.
“Its okay, I just want to know.”
Kurt decided he could trust her, “Yeah I guess I kinda do, but don’t tell him. I wanna be the one to tell him, ok?”
Isabel laughed and placed a hand on his shoulder, “Don’t worry, I wont tell, my lips are sealed.”