Kurt had placed his bags down on his bed. His shopping spree for Blaine's first day at McKinley outfit had turned into 'let's-shop-for-Kurt-day.' He didn't mean to, but Kurt just couldn't help himself, he loved fall clothes.
As he was arranging his new scarves in his closet, Kurt heard the buzz of his cell phone. He ran towards his bed and thought This must be Blaine, pre first-day nerves.
But to his surprise, it wasn't Blaine.
He looked down at the caller I.D. and saw Nick. Nick the Warbler. He hadn't spoken very much to Nick, not only as fellow Warbler, but also as friends. Nick was sweet, though. Kurt had helped him out a few times with French homework and they were both the first to fall asleep at Warbler sleepovers.
Must be a butt-dial Kurt thought, but he answered anyway.
"Nick Warbler! Hello!"
"Kurt?" Nick replied, warily.
"Yeah, is everything okay Nick?" Now Kurt was scared. Nick had sounded genuinely confused.
"No, everything's fine, it's just that you sounded really excited and you never had that much enthusiasm at Dalton..." His voice trailed off.
"Well, once I realized I couldn't be the star, I lost a lot of enthusiasm. But now I'm dating him, so it's alright." Kurt and Nick both laughed. "So Nick, what's up?"
"Oh, uh, well I'm speaking on behalf of all the Warblers here. We didn't get a chance to talk to just you, so I just wanted to ask you something."
"Yeah, anything."
"Well, look. Blaine is really important to all of us. He's our leader and it sucks having him leave. He's done so much for the Warblers. We've gotten farther then we ever have with Blaine as our leader. But he's more then that, he's our friend. We care about Blaine a lot. I mean, when I was new to Dalton, he was my first friend. And when Jeff's girlfriend broke up with him, Blaine was the first person at his house with a box of chocolates and action movies. Or that one time Thad got wasted, and drunk dialed Blaine. Man, that was funny. Blaine made Thad tell him where he was and at 3:30 in the morning, Blaine drove out and walked around the park trying to find him for a good half an hour, and he found him naked, alone, and in a tree. Then, he somehow got him down and got him home safely. Blaine's just... he's just been the best."
"Seriously? That happened to Thad?" Kurt responded through fits of laughter.
"Yeah," Nick replied. "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone that. Pretend you don't know. Anyway, what I'm getting at here is just, Keep Blaine safe. He means a lot to us, and we all know that you make him really happy. But, if you can, keep him safe. Just...promise?"
Kurt was taken back. He never thought about this. There had been people to back Kurt up when he returned to McKinley, to keep him safe. Now Blaine was going, and he had practically nobody. It was as if the tables turned, and now Kurt had to be the protector.
"I love Blaine, so much Nick, so believe me, I'm going to do everything in my power to keep him safe. I promise."
"Thanks so much, Kurt. And the Warblers also say that they miss you and you're invited to the next Warbler party...whenever that is. I gotta go though, we're having a last minute meeting. Gotta get a replacement for Blaine. Believe me, it's not easy."
"Alright Nick, well, good luck! And text me the date of the next Warbler party. As strange as it sounds, I kind of miss the 2am cold pizza and harmonies."
"Bye Kurt, and really, thank you. I'll see you soon!" And with that, Nick hung up.
As if Kurt wasn't afraid for Blaine already, this just added ten times the amount of fear. He had to keep Blaine safe, not only for Blaine, nor for himself, but for all of the Warblers.
And the Warblers were very serious people.
