Chapter 24:

Cheater!

"Rachel!" Both Blaine and Kurt called in unison.

Rachel had no idea what to do. She felt like she was in some weird kind of day dream. Is she really witnessing Mr Anders and Kurt sticking their tongues down each other's throats?! No. No! They can't be.

Silence had fallen for only a few seconds, but those seconds felt so painfully long.

"Rachel?" Kurt timidly asked after he noticed the face of his friend drain of colour.
"Oh my god!" Rachel retorted, her face scrunching up. She felt like she was about to be sick. She turned quickly on her heels and sped out of the room. The papers which she had dropped in shock lifted off the ground in her wake.
Her footprints bolting down the corridor were echoing in their ears. The sound of the papers once again meeting the floor shocked Kurt out of his trance.

"I've got to go after her." Stated Kurt determinedly. He turned his gaze towards the teacher, who was still having a staring contest with the doorframe.
"Oh-Oh-Okay..." Blaine replied. He himself seemed to be in a daze. He was replaying the moments in his head.

Did Rachel Berry really catch them making out in his class? Oh god, he was screwed.

"Rachel!"

"Rachel! Stop! Wait!"

Rachel heard the familiar voice booming down the corridor behind her. She was facing a corner, trying to gain composure. Reliving the moments, she can't believe what she had just witnessed.

"Rachel!"

Rolling her eyes, she spun around to meet Kurt as he came within five feet of her. "What?!" She yelled. In the process of turning around, her long brown hair mimicked her turn and fell against her face. Some hair met her shoulder, other strands remained attached to her face. Apparently she had been crying.
"Rach, you have to listen to me... Wait, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong?! Really Kurt?! I just saw you sucking face with a teacher! I can't believe you would do that, especially to Blaine!"
"What do you mean, 'especially to Blaine'?" Kurt asked.
"I've seen you and Blaine together! He was totally into you and you're just completely cheating on him with our teacher!"

She's seen me with 'Blaine'? Oh god. Sebastian.

"No, Rachel, you don't understand!" he tried to plead. Rachel was having none of it though.
"Understand what? Are you getting it on with Anders to get a good grade or something?"
"No!"
"Come on Kurt, I know you think Anders is cute. We've texted all about it in the past! I didn't think you were actually the type of person to do something like that to your soul mate. I thought you were a lot of things Kurt, but not once did I ever consider you a cheater!" And with that, she turned and stormed off again.

Why does she keep storming off like that? "Rachel! Get your ass back here now!" Kurt yelled, trying to gain back the attention of the girl. It didn't work. She was gone. Great.

A week had passed since the encounter with Rachel. She had been giving Kurt the cold shoulder the entire time.

"Maybe we should just tell her the truth." Blaine suggested. The two had been talking on the phone for over an hour discussing the situation. Kurt was upset that his best friend was ignoring him. Blaine hated seeing Kurt so down and washed out.
"We can't. Rachel has a huge mouth. Blaine, if we tell her, everyone will know about us within three days. Hell, maybe two.
Blaine took Kurt's words in. He didn't feel like it was a bad idea. He was tired of hiding his relationship with Kurt. Okay, maybe the situation was a very strange one and they hadn't been dating for long. But damn it, they were soul mates. They were going to spend forever together. How can anyone judge them for finding each other and being together?

The rest of their conversation consisted of planning their next date. Blaine, however, was paying more attention to imagining a scenario in which everyone did know about him and Kurt being a couple.

If he took a job at another school, there would be less of an issue. After all, he did hear of a position opening up at Dalton Academy, a school in Westerville. It was close enough to see Kurt but far away enough to let the dust settle.

It was a rather dramatic thought, but he wanted a normal relationship.

Kurt was secretly feeling the exact same way.

God, I just want to be able to hold his hand in public, give him a peck on the lips on the street. Not have to keep calling him Mr Anders. He's not Mr Anders. He's Blaine.