A/N: My first chaptered fic in a while, established Kinn relationship. Set after Regionals in my own little Kinn-verse. (Past work which this runs on from but isnt strictly needed. You don't have to have read my other work, it doesn't detract from the story but it helps =D

Kurt POV

'Ok guys, I've had an idea. Regionals may have not worked out the way we hoped but we put our all into it.' Mr Schue started Glee practice, as ever, with a blanket address to all of us. It's incredibly difficult not to lose concentration when he gets into a big speech like these. 'There's no doubt that each and every one of you has improved as performers throughout last year. Now, this got me thinking.'

I looked around the room, still paying attention to our teacher, naturally. Finn was wearing his zoned out face, I'll have to fill him in again later. Mercedes was looking at her fingernails rather closely; again no doubt I'll be called upon again for an emergency school appropriate Mani-Pedi. Santana and Brittany were having a mini thumb-wrestling contest whilst looking like they were listening intently. Despite Santana's citric personality those two are really cute together, and Brittany's slip-ups every now and again give us a little more of an insight into their no doubt very complicated relationship.

'Are there any numbers that you guys have performed which you think you could now improve on?' Mr Schue continued 'Or are there any solos you didn't get which you would love to be able to perform this time around? Have a think, put some ideas forward and we'll talk later in the week about what we'll do.'

That's an interesting idea, do things we didn't get the chance to do before.

'We could maybe-…' Mr Schue cut himself off to pick up his board marker. 'Maybe put on another Invitational like last year, see if we've got any new blood that we could recruit to our team.'

'That's kind of gross Mr Schue.' Brittany interjected from my right. As ever, small giggles were heard from around the room as our teacher shrugged off more Brittany induced weirdness.

'Mr Schue?' Puck called over, raising his hand ever so slightly. 'I've got an idea now.'

'Sure Puck, go ahead' Mr Schue replied.

'You remember when you first introduced us to that April chick? The hot blonde?' he raised an eyebrow slightly. Typical Puck, but I don't think we'd have him any other way… Well, we wouldn't change that much… 'We did that country western number? Rocking the cowboy look?'

Mr Schue nodded to show he was on track.

'Well Rachel was off doing something else then wasn't she, in one of her spaz fits. It was one of the first times I thought we had a shot at winning some kind of competition together, how about we redo that with her?' Puck said gesturing over to her.

Rachel, having been glaring at Puck before hand just scrunched her nose and smiled at him when she heard he was including her, then turned back to face Mr Schue awaiting a response.

'What does everyone think about that?' he asked addressing the room.

I don't mind that, could be fun to do that again, and the rest of the room was in agreement. There were no major disapproving comments so we agreed that would be the first number we perform again. Mr Schue scrawled Last Name on the board in black pen in his usual huge lettering.

'Did anyone else have any ideas straight away? Thank you Puck.' Mr Schue obviously wanted to use the time we had now to sort things.

Tina slowly raised her hand with a cautious look on her face.

'Yes! Tina.' Mr Schue pointed to her with his board pen so forcefully it made her flinch a little.

'Uhm, well as long as everyone else doesn't mind, I'd kind of like to try and sing 'Tonight' again. I wasn't quite up to it before but I think I could be now. But if people don't want a one person solo to take up time then I understand.'

I thought Tina had become more confident; her stutter had gone and she was really happy with Artie lately. I guess she still doesn't have full confidence in her talent.

'I don't see why that should be a problem Tina, we're a team, but a team is only as strong as it's members.' Mr Schue said with a smile.

'I thought a team was only as strong as it's weakest link?' Finn piped up from the other side of the room looking confused.

'Yeah Tina' Rachel interrupted 'I think you should go for it. It's a fantastic song, I know you can do it all kinds of justice.' she said reassuringly with a huge smile.

'Besides,' Mr Schue added 'Solos are brilliant for individual confidence, and it lets me know that you've got the talent to hold down larger solos in group numbers. Hearing you sing Tonight was what made me realise you were perfect for True Colours.'

Tina blushed a little and smiled at Mr Schue as he added her submission to the board. She thanked him and Rachel before we were all once again pursued for ideas.

'Any other ideas? Uh, Quinn! Give me something!' Jesus how enthusiastic can one man get about something? I guess that's what makes him such a good show choir director.

Quinn uhm'd and uh'd for a little while before something came to her.

'Oh! Ages ago, when I was babysitting for your wi-…someone… with Puh-someone… I sang Papa Don't Preach to calm the kids down. It was completely off the cuff and I was totally unprepared…' Nice save Quinn; Mercedes and I are, and I think should continue to be, the only people that know about all of that. I looked over to Finn quickly to see if he had caught onto anything but he was just sitting there quite happily listening to Quinn explain her song choice. Good old Finn.

'…and it's not like I sang much of it at all but I think I could do a much better job now. Especially after finding my funky side.' Quinn concluded, getting a huge grin and a high five from Mercedes next to her.

'Fantastic, do you want to sing that alone or with some of the other girls?' Mr Schue asked adding it to the list on the board. So far we had three girls songs, no guys or mixed songs yet.

'Erm, that depends, does anyone want to sing it with me?' Quinn said looking around the room. No one replied until Mercedes broke the silence.

'I think you're the best person to sing this Q. After all you kinda went through it' she said with a laugh.

'Fair point.' Quinn replied with a surprised smile. 'Solo it is then Mr Schue.'

I took this as a chance to raise my hand too.

'Mr Schue, I have a song idea but I don't know if three solos is too many.' Providing we get some group songs three solos should be fine. I really want to be able to sing this.

'Well let's hear it and then decide after.' Mr Schue said encouragingly.

'As we have said before, none of us got to perform our solo ballads…' I tried to address the whole room as much as possible without doing a Rachel and standing up at the front. '…and I don't know about anyone else but I'd still really like to do mine; I Honestly Love You.' I inadvertently looked over to Finn at that point but tried to correct myself in an attempt stop the cheese that was obviously being emitted from every pore of my body.

I heard Mercedes make a mocking 'bleagh' sound from behind me. She smiled at me as I looked around to find the source of the noise.

'Very funny Mercedes, thank you, but if anyone wants to join me in it I'd be more than happy to share it.' I glanced around at the guys, hoping to get a reaction that wouldn't make the Invitational oestrogen central.

Unsurprisingly I didn't get any kind of response whatsoever, apart from Finn looking around manically, obviously waiting for someone else to volunteer before he did.

I sighed loudly. 'It wont mean anything guys! You can all sing it to the girls if you want to, but don't worry we won't be singing it to each other. If it makes you feel better you can each have a girl on stage with you or something!'

The guys mumbled a little and eventually agreed. I noticed Finn was itching to say something to me but our seating distance didn't allow it. He was shifting his gaze from random points in the room back to me repeatedly. I mouthed 'talk about it later' to him, which was met with a nod and a smile.

'Excellent. Its Kiss 2.0 but with Kurt this time!' Mr Schue sounded quite happy that all of the guys were going to do a number this time. I could have joined them earlier but I couldn't pass up Gaga. 'Ladies? Do you have a song you could perform just yourselves?'

'Mr Schue' Rachel said raising her hand sharply. 'There's only so much a group can improve in a certain amount of time. Why don't we perform numbers we know we are strong at? I'd love to be able to perform Don't Rain on My Parade again, and maybe Don't Stop, Somebody To Love, Bad Romance for us girls and Keep Holding On.'

'Yeah I suppose you're right Rachel, everyone good with that? That sounds just the right amount of songs for an Invitational.'

That's that then. I'd better get working with the guys on I Honestly Love You. But first I need to talk to Finn.

Finn POV

I was able to talk to Kurt after Mr Schue let us go from the choir room to get working on our Invitational pieces and luckily we both had the same idea about one of the songs. Kurt suggested I get my shower curtain costume out again and join them for the gaga piece but I'm really not up for that. They were all so good and I don't wanna ruin it with my dancing, and the girls all had good bits to sing, adding me in would mean taking something away from someone.

Plus it would kind of look like I've become girlier because going out with Kurt, so now I'm performing with the girls group. Kurt said that wouldn't bother him but like I said, that's the kind of person he is, and I'm not ready to be like that yet.

I guessed things between Puck and I were getting back to normal again too. I didn't really have the energy to hold a grudge and after all, things kind of worked out well… for me at least. Puck had to give up the baby, which I could see upset him, but I had to give her up to him before she was even born, so we both know how that feels.

Glee club is the only thing that bought us back together now that football has finished. Without it we could have easily completely ignored each other forever but being thrown together however many times a week at practice made us talk to each other and just get on with it. Things really started to pick up after we slashed Vocal Adrenaline's tyres and got the job at Sheets 'N' Things. Strangely Puck knows a lot about folding sheets and stuff. He taught me how to fold a sham, whatever the hell that is, and we just got talking again.

Obviously Quinn had cheated on me with Puck so I can never fully trust them both again, but I don't need to trust them with the big things. I know that I have people who I can talk to about problems and worries who will try the best they can to help me without worrying about their reputations; it's Ms Pilsbury's job, Mr Schue is a huge help and of course Kurt is always there for me, and as Kurt is so is everyone else like Mercedes and Tina.

What got me thinking about it was the fact that the situation we were in at this exact moment in time wasn't tense at all. Mr Schue had asked Puck and I to put the desks back in place and tidy up the room. He'd tried out a weird group exercise, I still don't get how that should have helped us…

We were practically done, finishing putting the chairs back when Puck confirmed to me that things are ok between us again.

'So what is this between you and Kurt then dude? I mean really.' Puck asked me pushing a chair under the table, looking as sincere as possible. I figured this wasn't a mocking question; he was really interested.

'What do you mean? We're a couple.' I replied as bluntly as possible.

'You're a serious couple… like me and-… uh' Puck not being able to think of a serious relationship he's been in made me laugh a little inside. I just smiled at him with raised eyebrows as he grasped at straws. 'Like you and Quinn were?' He passed me four chairs stacked up on each other for my side of the room.

'Not that Quinn and I are the best example… but no, we're nothing like that. We're completely different.' I replied trying not to sound too cheesy.

'You know what I mean. This isn't just a thing? This is actually like you said to me before.' Puck said sitting back onto one of the desks. Somehow he'd got his side of the room finished a lot quicker than I had with mine.

I gave a look to Puck to ask him what he meant.

'You love him?'

Again I had to smile at Puck when he said that because you could see that it was difficult for him to way the L word. Even though he wasn't on either side of it.

'Yes, I actually think I do. He's really special to me. It's not something I can explain but it's… he is something that… well, really matters to me.' This was weird, I used to be able to talk to Puck about anything, but since all the drama over the last few months things must really have changed between us.

I suppose we never really talked about anything to do with dating more than what base we were at to begin with though. Even then I'd never get to say anything because with Quinn it would never be anything past first… ever…

I noticed Puck was just staring at me blank faced. I'd obviously zoned out again.

'Were you just thinking about him then? You got that real concentrating look on your face, like when we're being shown new dance steps.' Puck asked with a chuckle.

Should I say yes or should I tell him the truth? Would that make things even weirder? I obviously decided on neither, because I did nothing, I just stood there looking at Puck.

'Look, dude. I'm not trying to rip on you or Kurt, I was just curious if you were serious with him that's all. If this is just a see-what-its-like-driving-stick type thing…'

I looked at Puck with a surprised what face as he walked over to my side of the room to help me finish; he just smirked back at me.

'Because if it is… dude! You could've chosen someone a little more manly.'

'Like you?' I said way too quickly to brush off. After a beat Puck replied.

'Yeah man! I told you I'm super badass! And yeah if things were different I'd like to have thought you'd have come to me!'

If possible my what face got more confused. 'You're not serious! If I'd have come to you and said lets make out you would've gone with it?' I asked completely thrown off.

'Well nah 'cus that's really gay man. But if you were gonna chose anyone it should be your bro.' Puck said sitting back down again.

I didn't know what to say at this point. By now I felt awkward again.

'I…uh-I…I don't' Well done Finn. Smooth.

'Chill dude, I'm the Puckasaurus. I can have any girl I want, I'm not going after you or any other guy in the school. But you get what I mean though?'

I couldn't hide my still confused expression, but I replied all the same.

'Yeah, I think so.'

'So this isn't a thing then, it's properly serious.' Puck stated rather than asked.

I nodded at him as I finished putting my chairs back. The room looked good, we should be proud of ourselves. I was.

Puck seemed strangely meek compared to his usual brash self when he walked over to me and asked the next question. 'And…we're good now? I mean, after all the stuff?'

I didn't expect him to be so blunt with that, although this is Puck here. I smiled at him slightly. 'Yeah, I suppose we are.'

Puck held out a hand for me to shake. I did and began to leave the room.

'One more question' Puck said from behind me. 'Since being with Kurt, after spending all that time with Quinn, have you just gone nuts with the, ya know…' he patted me twice on the shoulder. 'Stuff?' Puck raised an eyebrow walked past me towards the door, spinning around to face me for my answer.

I chuckled. Some things never change. 'That's none of your business Puckerman.' I replied mockingly. I wasn't going to tell Puck that Kurt and I hadn't really done any thing yet, it's not his business. Plus, it's a lot more rewarding and entertaining him thinking what he wants to about us.

'Fine… for now, but I will get it out of one of you. I only want the best for you man.'

I stopped at the drinking fountain in the hallway, moving tables really made me thirsty. 'How is that wanting the best for me?' I asked before taking a gulp of water.

'You weren't getting any before, if Hummel needs some persuading I'll back you up.' I did the only thing I could think of in the surprise Puck's statement had caught me by; I choked. Puck always knows how to get a reaction.

'No. Thanks but no… I don't think you need to say anything to Kurt.' I said wiping my mouth.

'Alright man, have it your way.' Puck said as we began walking down the hallway again to the parking lot. 'But what's the point in being controversial if you're not using it to the full?' he said patting me on the shoulder again.

I just looked at him and laughed.