Day 4:

"Look whos the late one today?" Blaine smirked as he stood up and greeted Kurt.

"Im not late!" Kurt retorted, "Youre just early!" Blaine chuckled. Kurt stood there silent for a moment before joining in on Blaines merriment.

"So, what are we going to do today, teacher?" Blaine asked once he was settled.

"How strong are you?" Kurt asked as he sat down his bag, both happy that Blaine called him "teacher" and the sudden enthusiasm Blaine had in dancing.

Blaine looked confused as he tried to put together what Kurt was asking, "What?" He was lost.

"There will be a part of the dance where you will have to lift one of the ballerinas."

"So today were gonna lift?" Blaine asked, still a little puzzled.

"No, youre going to lift. Me." Kurt answered, "You need to practice lifting someone and with only three days left of practice Ill be a little fill-in for who you may be lifting."

Blaine took a step back, "Lift you?"

"Yes, dummy," Kurt said teasingly, "Now, Im going to run and leap and when I do, catch me. Its not like youre weak."

Blaine still felt hesitant but he nodded his head. Sure, yeah, how hard could it be? Kurt walked back to the other side of the room. Then, without any warning he began sprinting after Blaine. Blaines eyes widened in fear but he quickly lifted up his arms reacting just in time for Kurt to land gracefully in his arms. Blaine didnt hold Kurt too gracefully, though.

It wasnt because Kurt was heavy. He was actually really light. No! The reason Blaines knees began to buckle and he could nearly hold Kurt was because Blaine was unready for the man. He had no time to lock his knees and now he was paying for it. It wasnt his fault, though. Kurt barely gave him a warning. So he quickly sat down the boy and relaxed.

Kurt looked furiously at Blaine, "Why didnt you hold me long enough?"

"I had to hold you for a certain amount of time?" Blaine questioned.

"Yeah, you have to for the dance." Kurt replied as if he was talking to a dumb person.

"You- you never told me-"

"Blaine, we have three days to complete this dance so you can perform in the recital and youre not even halfway complete with it!" Kurt was yelling now.

"Well maybe if you would have given me a heads up so I could lift you I wouldve lifted your ass for the amount of time I had no idea I had to hold you for!" Blaine yelled back.

Kurt stepped back, alarmed, "Are you saying Im fat?"

"No!" Blaine said suddenly, "Not at all!"

"How could he have interpreted what I said to that?" Blaine wondered in his head.

Madame Arthur heard the boys and paused her class to talk to the two boys, "Is there a problem here, men?" She asked them.

Kurt turned to look at her and plastered a big fake smile on his face, "Nothing, Madame Arthur. Blaine and I are just trying to figure something out."

"Figure something out?" Blaine asked himself, "The boy was yelling at me for not understanding the directions he never gave me!" But Blaine never said it out loud. And for some reason he could still not hate Kurt.

Without saying another word Madame Arthur looked at Blaine, then to Kurt, then back to Blaine, nodded, and walked off.

"Blaine? Could I speak to you?" Madame Arthur had asked the boy after class had let out. Blaine was unsure as he picked up his bag and walked over to his teacher.

"Whats up?"

"Youve worked really hard, ma chérie. Really hard." She grasped Blaines shoulders as she spoke. Blaine blushed and looked bashfully down at the floor, "But I dont think youll be performing with us this recital." Blaine looked up suddenly. The rose-red in his cheeks had now disappeared. But he worked real hard, "Kurt was telling me that youre not ready. And youre not. I gave you a week to try and prepare for this recital but the rest have rehearsed for months. If you had the same amount of time as them then sure, youd be ready. But youre not. Im suspending you from this performance only because of lack-of-time. Youll be ready by the Christmas recital, no doubt, but this summer one you are not prepared for. I am sorry to say this, Blaine, because you do have plenty potential and I would love to see you perform but I dont want you to flop on stage because you were unprepared. Okay?"

Blaine nodded. He completely understood.