Dance With Me?

Chapter 10: Warblers Who? Pt 1.

Kurt, Blaine, the other dancers, Finn, Puck, and Artie all sat in the old choir room. It was once used for the schools glee club to practice in however, there hadn't been one at the school for years now and the room was going unused because the school didn't have the money to upgrade it to anything useful so instead, after receiving a small donation from the academy as well as some persuasion from the involved students and Mr Schuester - the Spanish teacher at McKinley who sometimes helped out at competitions and also taught street and jazz classes when the normal teachers were absent - Principal Figgins was more than happy to let the dancers use/have the room to practice in while at school. However, they mostly just hung out in it.

As they sat around the room, some on chairs and others on the floor, the group were discussing an upcoming competition they had and about a certain team who they knew for sure, would be there.

Their rivals...

"I'm sorry, did you say, The Warblers?" Blaine asked, he hadn't been at the meeting because the madam had only asked him to be a competition dancer, AFTER they had had the meeting about it, so this was all new news to him.

"Yeah man, they're like your guys' biggest competition ever!" Finn said from where he sat on the floor, an arm around Rachel who was leaning into him.

"Yeah, they're from-" Rachel began but was cut off.

"Westerville" Blaine finished causing everyone to look at him and for Kurt, who had previously been resting against the raised floor with his knees up as he scribbled in his notebook, to drop his pen.

"Oh. My. God" Kurt said slowly, realisation dawning on his face as he looked at Blaine who smiled sheepishly.

There was a silence as the boys seemed to share a silent conversation with their eyes.

"You were a Warbler?" Kurt suddenly asked, closing his book, and dropping it to the floor.

The others looked shocked before they also remembered, Blaine had transferred from a dance school and a high school when he had moved from Westerville!

"Wait- how did you not know anyone if you've all competed against each other?" Puck asked, his hold in his girlfriend's waist, who was sat in his lap, tightened as he got confused and slightly on edge about a previous competitor now being a team mate to his friends and girlfriends' team.

"Yeah, you said you met Kurt at school, but you definitely would have known about him from competitions, especially with that meerkat guy they have" Finn continued, just as confused as his friend although, too confused that he didn't see Kurt visibly tense at the mention of the boy from the other team.

"Okay hang on a minute!" Blaine said, stopping the numerous questions and possible accusations that kept coming after the two from Finn and Noah.

Everyone stopped and looked at him, expecting.

"Okay first. I was on the Warblers yes, however! I didn't compete as the team was too full and competitions were reserved for the 'elite members' only" he explained," You have to audition to be on the competition team and I never got accepted so I stopped trying" he elaborated, clearing up some of the confusion he'd caused, "And finally, I have no idea who the meerkat is" he chuckled as he spoke the nickname that his new friends had given one of his possible old ones.

"Sebastian Smythe" Kurt spoke finally, he hadn't said anything for a while, in fact, some of them had forgot he was there due to the lack of sassy and snarky comments being made about the Warblers and more particularly, the meerkat. However, that's because none of them knew what had happened...

Blaine looked to Kurt as soon as the first name left his lips. 'His beautiful soft pink lips' Blaine thought, distracted, but then he remembered whose name was said and his emotions did a complete 180°.

"Oh.. Seb? Yeah.. He's a douche" Blaine said bluntly, "Totally obsessed with himself and thinks he's the best dancer when it comes to bal-" he stopped and looked around before looking where everyone else was, at Kurt.

"Wait..." Blaine said, thinking back to the numerous conversations he had to endure with Sebastian at his old academy, and sure enough he remembered a recurring subject - other than Sebastians crush on him - that would cause the reason to be looking at Kurt.

...

"Those New Direction jokes think they're all that because they have one male ballet boy who they think is the best in the world" he snarled.

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"Yeah, we have a competition this week. You should come cheer me on babe, watch me wipe the floor with their 'star' dancer" he smirked mockingly, using air quotes on the word 'star'.

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"If I'm counting correct, and I know I am, that male ballerina in the New Directions is doing a lot better than you when it comes to wins Bassy" Wes teased earning a chuckle from David and Blaine but a snarl from Sebastian.

"Whatever, they probably think he's a girl with the way he looks. Not to mention his dance choices, I mean come on! How is he even in the same bracket as me!?" Sebastian ranted angrily.

"He's not" Thad piped up, earning raised eyebrows, "You didn't know? After coming first, the number of times he has, and earning the MVP in his group dance this year, he's been moved up" he started, "He's in a higher bracket than you now Sebastian" he finished.

The boys went silent at this news and looked around at each other, trying not to chuckle or even smirk at the news. Sebastian, however, didn't have this problem and was instead fuming silently.

...

"You're the ballerina boy that Sebastian hates!?" Blaine asked shocked but quickly regretted it as Kurt winced slightly at his word choice, "Sorry, I just mean-" he began but was cut off.

"No gelmet you're right" Santana agreed, "For whatever reason, Smythe hates our Kurtie here with a burning passion and always had it out for him at competitions" she admitted, "He'll even try sike Kurt out before and after he performs" she continued, astonishing Blaine at what she knew about his ex-teammate and learning how badly he acted without other members or his teacher around.

"He's an ass" Puck stated.

"Totally but trust me Kurt if I catch him near you again at this competition. I'll personally punch the guy" Finn said as he hit his fist into his flat hand.

Some of the other boys agreed and nodded in Kurt's direction.

"Thanks Finn and the rest of you guys..." Kurt said with a smile however, Blaine couldn't help but feel he was still upset about something.

But what?