Epilogue

The next year, when the bullying became too much, it was an easy decision for Kurt to transfer to Dalton. After all, that's where his boyfriend was, and he already had a handful of friends in the Warblers where he was sure he would be warmly welcomed.

When Kurt walked into his first Warbler meeting, Thad looked up from the council table in alarm. 'Please tell me Rachel isn't with you.'

Kurt had a bemused expression. 'Why would she be? She's not about to attend Dalton. Besides, she's probably too busy shoving her tongue down Finn's throat.'

At first, Thad just had a relieved look on his face. But as he took in Kurt's words, he gave him a once over, finally noticing the uniform that Kurt wore. 'Wait, you're joining us? Finally, we have a countertenor.' At this, everyone crowded round Kurt, his friends slapping him on the back and cheering. They were quick to introduce him to the other Warblers who all looked rather unsure as to what was going on.

After several minutes of this, there was a loud rapping noise. Kurt looked around wildly to see Wes standing at the council table, a gavel in hand. He glanced over to Blaine who quickly explained that David and Wes now worked alongside Thad as his equals. Kurt found this hard to believe, the serious Wes that he witnessed at the meeting seeming very different to his memory of the Wes from camp.

The meeting finally began, with a discussion to decide on a song for Blaine to sing solo on, with the rest of the Warblers to accompany. Kurt was proud to see Blaine taking on this new role. Clearly, he was a lot more confident now, accepting the role of lead singer, and the leadership position that accompanied it. Actually, Kurt had seen a lot of change in Blaine's confidence over the months they had been dating, but he was pleased to see that it crossed over to the Warblers as well. Finally, Blaine seemed like he belonged with the Warblers, like he was happy to be with them, and that he considered them all friends.

Once a decision was made, they moved on to practising another song, a duet sung by Jeff and Nick. Kurt was interested to see that they still seemed to be close friends, joking and laughing at every possible chance. As Kurt left at the end of the meeting, hand entwined with Blaine's, he couldn't help but ask about it. 'So, are Nick and Jeff good friends now?'

'Yea,' Blaine agreed, 'they're like another Wes and David. It's actually really painful.' Kurt laughed at this, remembering the conversation he'd had with Trent.

Xxx

After dinner, Kurt was in his room setting everything up, Blaine sprawled across his bed. Kurt looked up as there was a knock at his open door, excited to see Trent standing there. He hurried over to greet him, and they quickly got lost in conversation.

After several moments, Kurt turned to gossip. 'How's your boyfriend? Did you guys have a good summer?'

Trent paused for a moment, hesitant. 'Well, actually, we broke up pretty quick. When we started hanging out in real life, things weren't as great as they had been online. So we decided to end it.'

'Oh, I'm so sorry,' Kurt told him, reaching out to give a hug. 'I wish I'd known.'

'No it's ok,' Trent insisted. 'I had Quinn, so summer was still good. And besides,' at this he paused, 'I didn't actually turn up here to see you, I hadn't realised this was your room.' Kurt was confused, unsure how this was relevant and his face clearly showed this. 'Your roommate is actually my boyfriend.'

Kurt thought back to the boy he'd briefly met earlier that day. Tall, a swimmer with the corresponding body, he'd explained that he was something of a nerd before hurrying off to the library. Kurt couldn't help but like the guy, now thinking the two were a perfect couple. 'And you were looking for him,' Kurt finished for Trent, before continuing. 'He's in the library, but before you go, tell me how you got together.'

Trent got lost in thought, a distant look on his face. 'We've actually been friends for ages. But at the start of this year, we suddenly realised it was something more. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he got super hot over the summer.'

Kurt hummed in noncommittal agreement, having not really paid too much attention to the guy's appearance. After several more minutes of conversation, Trent excused himself, rushing off to find his boyfriend.

Xxx

Kurt thoroughly enjoyed his first week at Dalton. It was nice being able to see Blaine every day, sitting together in class and then hanging out all afternoon. Kurt couldn't help but be reminded of the first days of their relationship, the long hours spent in the sun at camp. In a way, it made the intervening months worthwhile.

Those months had been somewhat hard, especially in the early days when they still hadn't known each other very well. It had been long phone calls, weekly dates, and Kurt's overprotective father. But they had made it work.

Friday night, Blaine and Kurt climbed into the Navigator, David hopping into the backseat. They were headed to Lima to pick up Mercedes and then head to Breadstix for a double date. The two couples had been on these a few times before, but with the limited amount of time they got together they would usually opt for individual dates instead.

Kurt was excited to be seeing Mercedes again. He almost wondered if he was more excited than David. But then he glanced in the rearview mirror and saw David's lovesick look. Kurt smiled at this; Mercedes was a lucky girl to have a guy like David. But not as lucky as Kurt himself, he thought, glancing over at Blaine. He was staring out the window, head bopping to the music from the radio, lost in his own thoughts.

Their relationship had started off weird, Kurt knew this. They had been thrown together within their own little bubble, and at first they almost moved too fast. But then they had been ripped apart, and the relationship seemed to slow massively. Hopefully now though things would start going right, maybe now they would be able to be more of a normal couple. In fact, Kurt was planning that they would become the Warblers' power couple, in the same way that Finn and Rachel were for the New Directions, whenever they were on-again.

Yup, Kurt was determined. He was going to take Dalton by storm.

The End

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