Something - Quinn Fabray

Chapter 84

Ryan shut the door of his locker on the first day back at school. The break had been fun, but it was now time to get back to high school life. Quinn wasn't here yet, she'd gone with Frannie to have one more breakfast before Frannie returned to California, leaving Ryan by himself. He spotted Blaine at his locker and strode over to say hello. "Hi Blaine," he greeted. "Good break?"

"Hey Ryan. It was good," Blaine answered, smiling back as he slicked some gel onto his hair, checking his reflection in the mirror attached to his locker. Ryan couldn't help but notice the lack of pictures of Kurt inside.

"I saw your brother just before Christmas," Ryan commented with a grin. Blaine smiled reluctantly.

"Yeah. Cooper told me about that. I didn't know his fiancée was Quinn's sister until we all had dinner together before he left. Small world, huh?"

Ryan nodded. "When's the wedding, anyways?"

"They're not sure yet," Blaine answered. "It's pretty recent, and from what I gather they're both pretty busy. Cooper's got this real estate commercial coming up or something. They said they wanted to have the engagement party here though."

"Must be nice, having siblings," Ryan commented a bit wistfully. He'd often imagined what his life would have been like if Hiram and Leroy had gotten it into their heads to have another child. Maybe he wouldn't have felt as alone as he had. On the other hand, there might have just been more of them living miserably.

Blaine smiled crookedly. "Oh, you'd be surprised," he mumbled, shutting his locker. "Anyways, what's the deal with glee? Are we holding auditions again?"

Ryan brightened. "Yes, we are," he nodded. "I've spoken with my mom, and she's agreed to put up a sign-up sheet and hold auditions next Monday. Now, since you were recently on the New Directions, would you have any idea if any of them would be interested in taking up our offer?"

"Oh. Well, to be perfectly honest, I didn't really get to know any of them that well," Blaine said vaguely. "They weren't too receptive to the former enemy joining the team, and I was only really there for Kurt, and well."

"How are you doing about that?" Ryan asked sympathetically.

"I'm okay." Blaine shrugged. "The break gave me a chance to clear my head a little, I guess. Kurt came around a few times."

"And?"

"And... and nothing. He's still mad at me for joining the Troubletones."

"Do you think he'll audition?"

"Maybe. I don't know. One thing I can say is that they love singing. I think they'll audition, but they won't be happy about it." Their conversation was cut off when Ryan spotted Quinn heading in their direction.

"Hey," Ryan greeted his girlfriend. "How did breakfast with Frannie go?"

"It was good," Quinn answered lightly. She held out a cup of coffee.

Ryan smiled. "For me?"

"Mhmm."

He took the coffee, pleased with the sweet gesture. "Thank you." He took a sip, his smile widening as he tasted his favorite coffee order. He leaned down, giving her a quick kiss before she turned to Blaine.

"Hello, future in-law," she said drolly.

"Right back at you," Blaine responded with a smile. "Frannie's leaving today, right?"

"Yeah, we just had time for one last breakfast." She looked past Blaine, and Ryan followed her gaze, finding Kitty, who was standing behind Blaine trying to get Quinn's attention. "Yes?"