Fic: To The Tune of Heartbreak (3/?)
Title: To The Tune of Heartbreak - Chapter Three
Genre: Romance / Drama
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jesse/Blaine
Word Count: 1400 this chapter | 4000 so far.
Summary: Kurt wasn't going to lie about it - the fact that Blaine Anderson had a boyfriend hurt. It hurt even more when he realized who that boyfriend was.
Kurt’s weekends in Lima were usually pretty peaceful, but this one would not be. His first line of business was to visit Rachel Berry. He had only been to her house a few times, so he was a little nervous when he knocked on the door. Leroy Berry was the one to answer it, smiling when he saw the boy in front of him. It was kind of funny to Kurt that he had never met either of Rachel’s gay dads, aside from casual greetings like this one. “Hi,” he said brightly. “Is Rachel home?”
“You’re Kurt, right?” the man asked. “Rachel’s said a lot about you. She said you were coming by this weekend. Her room’s around the corner, just down the hall to the left.”
Kurt smiled as he walked inside. “Thank you,” he said politely. He couldn’t help muse, looking at the man, how a gay interracial couple survived in Lima, Ohio, but that was a question for another day. When he had asked Rachel, during the start of their budding friendship, Rachel said that her daddies were the strongest people she knew. It was definitely strange, but it said a lot about the spirit that Kurt knew Rachel had. It was kind of awesome.
He knocked on the door that he knew belonged to Rachel. She opened it and greeted him with a smile. “Kurt!” she yelled.
“Hey Rachel,” he said, putting his arms around the tiny girl and giving her a hug. He pulled away and could see the worry hiding behind her radiant smile.
“What’s going on with Jesse?” she asked, leading him into her room. The excess of pinks and yellows would have normally made him nauseous but he had other things on his mind. He sat down on the edge of her bed and looked into her eyes.
“He’s dating Blaine, like I said,” Kurt said, shaking his head in disbelief. He still couldn’t believe that he had to say that out loud. “They started dating recently. Apparently Jesse couldn’t handle UCLA and dropped out due to anxiety problems. He moved back to Ohio and is attending a school somewhere near Dalton.”
Kurt could see a flash of satisfaction on Rachel’s face, when he basically told her that Jesse couldn’t handle the big old real world and wasn’t becoming a star any time soon, but she still looked very worried. “It’s quite obvious that Jesse is dating Blaine as a ploy to allow Vocal Adrenaline to win Regionals, or at least eliminate their unfamiliar competition.”
“That’s what I told Blaine!” Kurt said. “He doesn’t believe me! He said that Jesse has moved past high school but I told him that people like Jesse-“
“Never escape the high school mentality,” Rachel finished for him, her arms crossed. “It’s so true Kurt. He is going to destroy Blaine.”
Kurt looked around Rachel’s room as he spoke. “I need your help Rachel,” he said honestly. “I need to stop Jesse before he hurts Blaine and maybe this is your time to get a little revenge. I’ve always wanted to hurt Jesse for what he did to you. I mean, I know we never got on well but that was just a horrible, jackass move and he really needs to be taught.”
“We need proof,” Rachel said and Kurt took that as her agreeing to help him. “We can spy on Blaine and Jesse maybe.”
“We’re horrible spies,” Kurt pointed out. Between Rachel’s spying on Vocal Adrenaline and his own on The Warblers, Kurt knew that neither of them could be a decent spy. “Our track records prove that we’re horrible and I don’t think that will work, but I do agree that we need proof.”
“Maybe we should ask the others,” Rachel said. “Did you talk to the boys in The Warblers? I’m sure they don’t want their lead vocalist to be destroyed right before Regionals.”
“I talked to Wes and David, two of the council members,” Kurt said. “They said they would do all they can but I have to admit Rachel, I trust you guys a lot more than I trust the two of them. We just don’t get along very well.”
Rachel nodded. “We need our group. We can meet at your house. How long are you here?”
“Just for the weekend,” Kurt said.
They arranged for the members of New Directions plus Kurt to meet up at Kurt’s house on Sunday. Burt and Carole were a little hesitant to have all those kids in their house, but Kurt convinced them that it was of dire necessity and added that it was a show choir thing so that his dad could give it the “I don’t understand but okay,” shrug.
By Sunday at seven, the basement was packed full of people. Kurt and Rachel explained the situation and to their surprise, they had a divided room.
Quinn, who was sitting on one of the fold-out chairs they had brought into the room, rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “This is ridiculous,” she said finally, glaring at Kurt and Rachel. “You two are going off on some crackpot theory because The Warbler’s lead got himself a boyfriend?”
“Quinn, Jesse…” Kurt started but she cut him off.
“People change,” she said, looking around to see if she had backup. “I’m not gonna lie and say that what he did to her was a nice thing, but people can change, okay? We have no reason not to believe that he has. Also, not everyone in the world is like you, Berry. I love this club, it’s fantastic and means so much to me, but show choir and performing isn’t my life. Maybe Jesse got himself a clue and stopped being such a delusional diva.”
“Quinn, you’re very passionate about the topic,” Kurt said coolly, touching Rachel’s shoulder to keep her from freaking out at the cheerleader. “We’re very worried that Blaine is going to be hurt in the same way that Rachel was, destroying The Warbler’s chances of winning Regionals. I came to you guys because I trust you.”
“Jesse really hurt Rachel,” Finn pointed out, from where he was seated at the end of Kurt’s bed. He gave Rachel a long look and Kurt could tell that even though they were broken up, his stepbrother still really loved Rachel and would do anything to keep her safe and protected. “We all know that he’s capable of breaking hearts and not really feeling anything about it. This is serious.”
“I agree with Finn,” Puck said.
Quinn rolled her eyes and leaned back. “Of course.”
Sam spoke up with another point that Kurt figured the rest of the club was probably thinking about. “Um, guys?” he asked. “I don’t want to be the rude one saying this but - it’s not really our business if The Warblers fall apart, is it? I mean, Kurt, you’re an awesome guy and I don’t want to be rude to you, but we have a lot of stuff to worry about ourselves. It wouldn’t kill us to lose a competitor.”
“Excuse me for asking my friends for help,” Kurt said, harshly. “Sam, you weren’t around when Jesse screwed with us and broke Rachel’s heart. This kid is ruthless and now he’s going to try to hurt someone who means a lot to me. Blaine, he - he means the world to me and though he’s a little clueless, I can still do what I can to help him, right?”
“What do you even want from us?” Santana asked Kurt, her expression as grouchy and angered as Quinn’s. “This is a waste of time if we’re not gonna do something about it.”
Kurt looked to Rachel. Rachel spoke up. “We want to spy on Jesse and Blaine,” she said quietly. “Kurt and I know that we’re not the best spies, so we wanted to enlist some help, If you guys think that’s a good idea.”
“I’m out,” Quinn said, getting up. “This is ridiculous.”
Santana, Brittany and Sam would eventually follow Quinn out, but the rest of the club remained to make the plans.
Jesse and Sam were going to dinner at a very nice restaurant near Westerville the next weekend. Mike and Tina agreed to go to the same restaurant to do the spying for their inept friends, Tina inwardly cheering over the fact that she and Mike were going to get a real romantic date, but still both agreeing to be good spies.
Kurt was satisfied, for now.
Genre: Romance / Drama
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jesse/Blaine
Word Count: 1400 this chapter | 4000 so far.
Summary: Kurt wasn't going to lie about it - the fact that Blaine Anderson had a boyfriend hurt. It hurt even more when he realized who that boyfriend was.
Kurt’s weekends in Lima were usually pretty peaceful, but this one would not be. His first line of business was to visit Rachel Berry. He had only been to her house a few times, so he was a little nervous when he knocked on the door. Leroy Berry was the one to answer it, smiling when he saw the boy in front of him. It was kind of funny to Kurt that he had never met either of Rachel’s gay dads, aside from casual greetings like this one. “Hi,” he said brightly. “Is Rachel home?”
“You’re Kurt, right?” the man asked. “Rachel’s said a lot about you. She said you were coming by this weekend. Her room’s around the corner, just down the hall to the left.”
Kurt smiled as he walked inside. “Thank you,” he said politely. He couldn’t help muse, looking at the man, how a gay interracial couple survived in Lima, Ohio, but that was a question for another day. When he had asked Rachel, during the start of their budding friendship, Rachel said that her daddies were the strongest people she knew. It was definitely strange, but it said a lot about the spirit that Kurt knew Rachel had. It was kind of awesome.
He knocked on the door that he knew belonged to Rachel. She opened it and greeted him with a smile. “Kurt!” she yelled.
“Hey Rachel,” he said, putting his arms around the tiny girl and giving her a hug. He pulled away and could see the worry hiding behind her radiant smile.
“What’s going on with Jesse?” she asked, leading him into her room. The excess of pinks and yellows would have normally made him nauseous but he had other things on his mind. He sat down on the edge of her bed and looked into her eyes.
“He’s dating Blaine, like I said,” Kurt said, shaking his head in disbelief. He still couldn’t believe that he had to say that out loud. “They started dating recently. Apparently Jesse couldn’t handle UCLA and dropped out due to anxiety problems. He moved back to Ohio and is attending a school somewhere near Dalton.”
Kurt could see a flash of satisfaction on Rachel’s face, when he basically told her that Jesse couldn’t handle the big old real world and wasn’t becoming a star any time soon, but she still looked very worried. “It’s quite obvious that Jesse is dating Blaine as a ploy to allow Vocal Adrenaline to win Regionals, or at least eliminate their unfamiliar competition.”
“That’s what I told Blaine!” Kurt said. “He doesn’t believe me! He said that Jesse has moved past high school but I told him that people like Jesse-“
“Never escape the high school mentality,” Rachel finished for him, her arms crossed. “It’s so true Kurt. He is going to destroy Blaine.”
Kurt looked around Rachel’s room as he spoke. “I need your help Rachel,” he said honestly. “I need to stop Jesse before he hurts Blaine and maybe this is your time to get a little revenge. I’ve always wanted to hurt Jesse for what he did to you. I mean, I know we never got on well but that was just a horrible, jackass move and he really needs to be taught.”
“We need proof,” Rachel said and Kurt took that as her agreeing to help him. “We can spy on Blaine and Jesse maybe.”
“We’re horrible spies,” Kurt pointed out. Between Rachel’s spying on Vocal Adrenaline and his own on The Warblers, Kurt knew that neither of them could be a decent spy. “Our track records prove that we’re horrible and I don’t think that will work, but I do agree that we need proof.”
“Maybe we should ask the others,” Rachel said. “Did you talk to the boys in The Warblers? I’m sure they don’t want their lead vocalist to be destroyed right before Regionals.”
“I talked to Wes and David, two of the council members,” Kurt said. “They said they would do all they can but I have to admit Rachel, I trust you guys a lot more than I trust the two of them. We just don’t get along very well.”
Rachel nodded. “We need our group. We can meet at your house. How long are you here?”
“Just for the weekend,” Kurt said.
They arranged for the members of New Directions plus Kurt to meet up at Kurt’s house on Sunday. Burt and Carole were a little hesitant to have all those kids in their house, but Kurt convinced them that it was of dire necessity and added that it was a show choir thing so that his dad could give it the “I don’t understand but okay,” shrug.
By Sunday at seven, the basement was packed full of people. Kurt and Rachel explained the situation and to their surprise, they had a divided room.
Quinn, who was sitting on one of the fold-out chairs they had brought into the room, rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “This is ridiculous,” she said finally, glaring at Kurt and Rachel. “You two are going off on some crackpot theory because The Warbler’s lead got himself a boyfriend?”
“Quinn, Jesse…” Kurt started but she cut him off.
“People change,” she said, looking around to see if she had backup. “I’m not gonna lie and say that what he did to her was a nice thing, but people can change, okay? We have no reason not to believe that he has. Also, not everyone in the world is like you, Berry. I love this club, it’s fantastic and means so much to me, but show choir and performing isn’t my life. Maybe Jesse got himself a clue and stopped being such a delusional diva.”
“Quinn, you’re very passionate about the topic,” Kurt said coolly, touching Rachel’s shoulder to keep her from freaking out at the cheerleader. “We’re very worried that Blaine is going to be hurt in the same way that Rachel was, destroying The Warbler’s chances of winning Regionals. I came to you guys because I trust you.”
“Jesse really hurt Rachel,” Finn pointed out, from where he was seated at the end of Kurt’s bed. He gave Rachel a long look and Kurt could tell that even though they were broken up, his stepbrother still really loved Rachel and would do anything to keep her safe and protected. “We all know that he’s capable of breaking hearts and not really feeling anything about it. This is serious.”
“I agree with Finn,” Puck said.
Quinn rolled her eyes and leaned back. “Of course.”
Sam spoke up with another point that Kurt figured the rest of the club was probably thinking about. “Um, guys?” he asked. “I don’t want to be the rude one saying this but - it’s not really our business if The Warblers fall apart, is it? I mean, Kurt, you’re an awesome guy and I don’t want to be rude to you, but we have a lot of stuff to worry about ourselves. It wouldn’t kill us to lose a competitor.”
“Excuse me for asking my friends for help,” Kurt said, harshly. “Sam, you weren’t around when Jesse screwed with us and broke Rachel’s heart. This kid is ruthless and now he’s going to try to hurt someone who means a lot to me. Blaine, he - he means the world to me and though he’s a little clueless, I can still do what I can to help him, right?”
“What do you even want from us?” Santana asked Kurt, her expression as grouchy and angered as Quinn’s. “This is a waste of time if we’re not gonna do something about it.”
Kurt looked to Rachel. Rachel spoke up. “We want to spy on Jesse and Blaine,” she said quietly. “Kurt and I know that we’re not the best spies, so we wanted to enlist some help, If you guys think that’s a good idea.”
“I’m out,” Quinn said, getting up. “This is ridiculous.”
Santana, Brittany and Sam would eventually follow Quinn out, but the rest of the club remained to make the plans.
Jesse and Sam were going to dinner at a very nice restaurant near Westerville the next weekend. Mike and Tina agreed to go to the same restaurant to do the spying for their inept friends, Tina inwardly cheering over the fact that she and Mike were going to get a real romantic date, but still both agreeing to be good spies.
Kurt was satisfied, for now.