Courage. (Klaine boyxboy)

Chapter Three

Kurt's Point of View

We walked into another wooden panelled room with a few large round tables in there it was pretty much empty, bar two guys that I guess must be Wes and David. Blaine let go of my hands and pushed me forwards a bit and looked towards the room.

“Don’t worry they won’t bite!” he smiled at me again. Every time he smiles I swear I get butterflies in my stomach surely this shouldn’t be my reaction.

I walk into the room Blaine sits in between the two other guys and motions for me to take the seat opposite them all.

One of the guys handed Blaine 2 coffee cups he nodded and thanked them.

He slid one of the coffee cups in my direction “Latte?” he said

“Thank you” I mouthed I didn’t really know how to act in front of these people. See I told you it was strange how I was acting with Blaine, usually I’m unbelievably awkward.

Blaine acknowledged the people sitting next to him “this is Wes and David”

“It’s very civilised for you to invite me for coffee before you beat me up for spying” looking down at my coffee trying to make a joke out of the situation.

The one I guessed was Wes spoke up “We are not going to beat you up” with a smile.

I saw Blaine smiling beside me. The butterflies returned. 

The other guy David decided to be part of the conversation then “you were such a terrible spy we thought it was sort of…endearing”

Endearing? Terrible? Well sorry for not being along James Bond in a secret service mission.

“Which made me think that spying on us wasn’t really the reason you came” Blaine said staring right at me with those beautiful eyes. I realised that I should really stop staring at this guy I haven’t even know for an hour yet. I don’t even know if he is gay yet, though I’m guessing from the way he was acting earlier but you never know he could just be really friendly.

I needed to come up with clever plan that will let me know. But I can’t just ask him straight up. Unless…

“Can I ask you guys a question?” I said smiling awkwardly maybe it wouldn’t sound so strange if I asked them all. Wes and David were waiting for this question whilst Blaine nodded. “Are you guys all gay?”

They all started to laugh, were they laughing at me? Maybe that wasn’t the best way to ask him. The smile on my face disappeared instantly.

“Ah- no” Blaine said. No? I guess I was just making things up in my head… “I mean I am but these two have girlfriends” Nice save! Maybe I do have a chance with him or even if we don’t become romantically involved it will be nice to have someone to talk to that is in a similar situation to me. I tried to hide my pleasure but I bet some of it may have crept onto my face.

“This is not a gay school we just have a zero tolerance harassment policy” David said.

“Everybody gets treated the same no matter what they are, it’s pretty simple.” Wes added.

No bullying? Is such a thing even possible in a high school? I know that Dalton is notorious for its good grades and high quality staff but I didn’t know they had such strict rules, strict in a good way. How come not every school has this? Surely it is better for all the students that attend. No one has to go to school fearing for their lives. They can actually feel safe. A tear welled up in my eye threatening to fall at any moment. Pictures of Karofsky filled my mind. All the times he has called me horrible names, all the times he has shoved me into lockers. And it could all just be stopped with a zero tolerance harassment policy.

Blaine seemed to notice that I was upset as he looked at me thoughtfully “Could you guys excuse us for a minute?” 

“Take it easy Kurt” Wes smiled as he and David got up to leave.

I took a deep sigh and tried to force my tears not to fall. I’m being so emotional and I probably look so pathetic right now. But I couldn’t seem to blink back the tears.

“I take it you’re having trouble with school” he asked. But he sounded completely sympathetic and actually looked like he wanted to listen and help.

“I’m the only person out of the closet at my school” just saying that seemed to make the tears spill over. My voice began to get shaky like I couldn’t control it. “And I-I try to stay strong about it but there’s this Neanderthal who’s made it his mission to make my life a living hell, and nobody seems to notice” as I said the words, what I was saying really hit me. No one really does care. The tears just kept coming as the reality and sadness of situation truly hit me.

Blaine made sure I was finished before saying “I know how you feel. I got taunted at my old school and it really, pissed me off.” He seemed to lower his voice when he said ‘pissed’ like he felt like a badass when saying it. This made me smile inside slightly. Bless him. “I even complained about it to the faculty, and they were sympathetic and all but you could just tell that nobody really… cared! It was like, hey if you’re gay your life’s just gonna be miserable, sorry nothing we can do about it.”

Maybe he does know what I’m going through. Maybe he does understand. I looked away from his face for a second trying to compose myself and gather my thoughts together.

He continued with his story “So I left, I came here, simple as that. So you have two options I mean I’d love to tell you just come and role here but tuition at Dalton is sorta steep and I know that’s not an option for everybody or you can refuse to be the victim prejudice is just ignorance, Kurt, and you have chance right now to teach him.” He wants me to come to Dalton? Aside from that he really was giving me some good advice but how am I supposed to teach a stupid ignoramus without getting beat to death?

“How?” I ask simply. If he really wants me to confront Karofsky I need some kind of tactic on how to do it.

“Confront him, call him out! I ran, Kurt, I didn’t stand up, I let bullies chase me away and it is something that I really, really regret” He responded in all seriousness I really think he was trying to help me.

Confronting the man hulk that is David Karofsky probably isn’t the best idea though so until another idea, I was probably going to have to deal with…him. But then again Blaine honestly sounds like he wished he had done something about the people that were bullying him and maybe he doesn’t want me to feel the same way.

Another thing I noticed was that he had said my name twice in two sentences. I’ve read somewhere that when people are flirting you are supposed to use the other person’s name a lot in conversation to keep them interested and involved with the conversation. Does that mean he is flirting with me or am I just over analysing things?

The bell suddenly rang. “I have to get back to class now; it was really great meeting you Kurt and I honestly can’t wait until I see you again so call me? We can sort out sometime to see each other again?” He gave me one more of those dazzling smiles then he winked at me and walked out of the room, only to look back at me sitting there about every 10 seconds. I wiped the tears from my face and smiled, he looked back one final time before turning the corner and I waved at him. He made a little salute hand gesture then a motion reminding me to call him. Then he was gone.

I took a deep breath and sighed. A lot has happened today, a lot for me to think about. But on the positive side I think I may like Blaine and there is a possibility that he likes me as well. I smiled to myself as I grabbed my bag and walked out of Dalton Academy and back to McKinley. Kurt Hummel things may be looking up for you.