Warbler Infections

Chapter 1: "Excuse me?"

August 17th, 2010
Kurt's POV:

Here it is. The day I've been simultaneously counting down to and dreading all summer. My first day at Dalton Academy. It's not that I don't want this, in fact it's all I've wanted for months. But I wasn't sweaty and anxious for the same reasons as everyone else. Not because I have to make entirely new friends and start harder classes. But because I don't think I can trust many people since , "it", happened.

You know, almost getting sexually assaulted and being verbally harassed just does something to a person. After it happened I wasn't the same. My McKinley friends noticed it too. I wouldn't eat at lunch, I stopped singing in glee club, and I refused to enter the locker room. That's why I transferred mostly, but I wasn't being challenged in the slightest in Lima.

I looked around at the mezzanine of a ginormous spiral staircase. Dalton had exquisite decor. Navy and red banners and busts of famous alumni accessorized the 19th century architecture. It sure was different to the chipped paint and dented lockers at my old school.

I wasn't even paying attention to my surroundings when I tripped on the huge marble steps. Most people just looked at me funny and continued to their classes, well except one guy.

"Oh my god are you okay?!", I hear in front of me. I stared up to be met with the kindest hazel eyes I had ever seen. A boy with obviously curly gelled down hair and a height of at most 5' 8" looked deeply concerned with his hand held out for me.

"E-excuse me?", I replied breathlessly, "What are you talking about?" I couldn't really focus on anything other than his gorgeous eyes

He seemed to be able to tell that my mind was distant. "Well uh you just kinda fell pretty hard and I didn't want you to get hurt." The boy responded as if I was being insane. Yeah fell pretty hard for you. I took a second to actually look around. Everyone had already left to go to first period.

"Oh right of course", I replied, he must have thought I was pretty stupid. Or maybe I just hit my head a little to hard. "You should just go to class though, I'll manage on my own." He seemed almost appalled by this.

  "No way, I'm taking you to class, or maybe the nurse considering how you hit your head." I suddenly found myself getting pulled up by the stranger. I was definitely a few inches taller than him but he was also a step below me. I just stared at him for a few seconds.

"Is that alright with you?" I didn't even realize that he was talking. "Huh?", I asked puzzled, I guess I didn't hear what he said, man he was distracting.

   He chucked, "I asked if you could tell me your first class so I can walk you there." "Uh sure, my first class is chemistry with Mrs. Lewis", I whispered looking down at my schedule. He raised his eyebrows, "Oh that's on my way, I'll drop you off." I blushed and stared at my feet.

"You really don't have to do that, I'm being a pain already." He tilted his head at this.

    "Listen, I can clearly tell you're new and don't know you're way around. Besides, it's your first day right?" This statement confused me.

   "Well yeah, what does that have to do with anything?" I questioned. "The first day is optional for new students, it's really just for learning where your classes are. But if you'd rather get to set up your dorm and meet new people I'd just wait until tomorrow." Now this gave me something to think about.

"Well I am really nervous and I guess I would like to find my dorm." He looked pleased when I said that. "Great, I'll take you!" He was really cute when he got excited. Wait why am I thinking that, I just met him. "Uh room 206?" His face lit up. "It says my roommate is Blaine Anderson, do you know him?" He seemed so amused and put his hand out for me to shake.

   "You're looking at him. I guess that makes you one Kurt Hummel?" Wow just hearing him say my name was hot, Kurt stop you've known this guy for 4 minutes. "Yeah, that's me, at least you're my roommate, good thing I fell for y- I mean fell near you." Wow real discreet buddy.

"Well c'mon then it will probably take a while for you to set up your side of the dorm and I want to hurry up so you can meet some people." The school bell rang around the now completely empty corridor.

     "No no no you need to go to class! It's the first day for goodness sake!" I wasn't going to let him skip class to help me. The moral part of me thinks that at least. I wasn't going to lie and say the selfish part of me wouldn't love to spend more time with him.

     "I mean hypothetically I am your roommate and you are new so it would only be responsible of me to help. Even if it means skipping a class, or two, or seven." Was this super nice and downright dreamy guy seriously going to skip the day to assist a helpless loser like me? Though the selfish part of me won.

    "Oh of course it would totally be responsible, I could really use the help", I said flirtatiously. If I was going to let him skip his classes I was not going to waste a second of it.

"To room 206 my good sir", he mock bowed and extended his hand to me. "Why thank you kind sir", I giggled at his fake British accent. He could totally be Harry Potter in another lifetime. I took his hand and we ran upstairs and down the hallway. This was going to be a weird year if all my first encounters went like this.

Hey guys so this is my first fanfic on here. I don't write a ton but since quarantine and all that I've kinda been bored and wanted to try my hand at writing. I'm absolutely obsessed with glee and the warblers so I'm always reading those types of fics. I have no idea if this is any good but if you like where it's going I'd love to read your comments. I'll probably introduce the other warblers in chapter 3 so 2 will most likely be more of Kurt and Blaine. Thanks for reading and I'll try to update at least twice a a week. Have a great rest of your morning afternoon or night! And you can totally private message me on social media. About glee, the story, or any personal problems I'm happy to listen! I also have a tiktok where I post about glee and rank glee songs. My friends don't really watch it so I'd love some gleeks to check it out!

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