The winter chill was not helping Kurt with his mood this December morning. He had slept in and was extremely late for school; he was not leaving the house in a state and without his morning regime done. This was not the day for him to be this late as the school exchange started this week and it was with Dalton. He did not know why they picked it as it was a fair bit away from McKinley, so it made it difficult for the Dalton exchangers to get here than it was for McKinley as they would be boarding for the next two weeks. Kurt was forbidden to even be considered as he had already been at Dalton as their student the previous year so Kurt was annoyed a little bit when he heard that Finn was chosen to go. Finn had already left the house without him as when the Dalton students arrived, they were going to leave with the Dean.

Last night he had to help Finn with packing as Kurt saw his first attempt and had to intervene immediately and pack all the things he needed not wanted. Kurt had always wished that since they were living together, Finn's fashion sense would improve but there was no light at the end of the tunnel yet for him. He had asked Finn why he had not packed enough clothes the first time, as he had packed basically his room except clothes, and did not get a reply as Finn knew he was in the wrong either way. Kurt had told him the many stories, which he was allowed to tell, that happened during his year so Finn had an idea what it was like if he was to stay in Windsor. At least he knew that if Finn was to be staying in Windsor that Blaine would make sure he was alright. Blaine had explained to him that the prefects were not allowed to go as they had to look after the houses, especially Windsor House. Blaine had told him who was coming from Windsor but he did not know about the rest. It was meant to be six people from each school but Blaine had said that there is a chance that seven would be coming from Dalton but it was not confirmed when Kurt had last asked.

Kurt drove to McKinley as fast as he could without getting a speeding ticket as the meeting was first thing in the auditorium and out of all the people who should be there, Kurt should have been the first person to greet the exchangers. He was kicking himself for doing this but when he looked at the time when he parked he was not extremely late which made him feel a bit better but that did not stop him from running to the auditorium as soon as he locked his car. Waiting outside for him were Mercedes and Rachel who initially looked worried but as soon as they saw Kurt their expressions changed to annoyance.

"Where have you been? They're about to introduce them any minute." Rachel said disapprovingly.

"I slept in, okay? Right, let's get in before it's any later." Kurt responded. He fixed his hair at the same time as the running would not have helped one bit. They took their seats at the back with the rest of New Directions who were not going. On stage were Finn, Mike, Sam and three other boys, which Kurt did not particularly talk to, standing awkwardly as they waited. Kurt noticed that Tina was looking fairly upset as she was waving and trying to communicate with Mike on stage that looked just as upset as her but was hiding it in front of everyone. He looked to Mercedes who was sitting between the two of them and saw that she was holding her hand in comfort. It was going to be weird not seeing them for two weeks straight as they would not be allowed to leave the premises.

He was not even sure if Blaine would be able to leave if he had to look after the exchangers. They had decided on the night that Blaine had shown him their treehouse that they would meet there every Tuesday and Thursday at least every school week at seven and would stay until nine before the two of them had to return home. Although Blaine was now the Windsor Prefect, he still had to obey the rules and had to be back before curfew at half ten. The time they spent together there was something they needed. It gave Blaine some time to relax from Prefect duties and it gave Kurt the chance to spend time with his boyfriend alone without the worry of being interrupted. After five or so minutes, Principal Figgins appeared on stage with a microphone in his hand.

"Quiet please. Here are the lucky students who will be seeing what it is like to be in a boarding school and in return we have guests who will be seeing what it is like being here. Now could you please welcome to the stage, Dalton Academy." Kurt watched as Dean Ramsey walked onto stage with six people following her. Kurt immediately looked for the Brightman twins and saw that they too were looking for him. They soon spotted Kurt at the back and flashed him their trademark mischievous grins. Standing next to them were Merril and Reed. Both of them looked fairly nervous and Kurt understood why. The whole school knew that Dalton was an all boys school and Merril was the only girl standing up there. He had heard that they were almost successful of Merril transferring to Dalton's sister school Dobry Hall School. Reed, on the other hand, was probably thinking back to the last time he was here on Kurt's first day back, where he had been picked on by the school jocks. This time he would not have Shane at his side if anything were to happen to him. Kurt looked around him and saw that many people were looking at Merril in confusion. Even other members of New Directions were looking at her strangely.

"Thank you, Principal Figgins. Through this exchange programme I think it will benefit both schools to learn how each school is different and how we can bond over it. With me I have six students from Westerville who have volunteered to take part. As some of you might have noticed, Merril here," The Dean said gesturing to Merril, who looked petrified about being mentioned. "is in fact not a boy. She has come from our sister school, Dobry Hall, and will be representing them." Kurt noticed that she had relaxed immediately at the mention of the other school. "Unfortunately this arrangement was made very last minute so we could not offer the chance of a girl to stay in Dobry Hall, although, maybe in the future if this works out, we could give the chance. I will finish off by thanking you for your co-operation and I hope this works out for the better." She received a small applause from everyone and people were saying bye to the people leaving. Tina was in Mike's arms as soon as they were near each other. Kurt gave Finn a farewell hug and waved as they left. Not long after Dean Ramsey left, Kurt was in the embrace of two blondes.

"ALICE!" They cheered. Kurt wanted to die of shame as the people who were still leaving the auditorium heard them and was looking at Kurt. Reed and Merril could only giggle at the sight.

"Can. Yous. Let. Go. Please?" Kurt asked sternly. Their hugs always seemed to leave him breathless due to how tight they squeeze him. They let him go eventually and hugged everyone else but not at tight as Kurt's. Kurt went over to Merril and gave her a hug. "It's nice to see you again. Feels like years since I last saw you."

"Oh I know but it's lovely to see you again. It'll be nice to talk to someone here that isn't from Dalton. No offence Reed." Merril said throwing an apologetic look to Reed next to her although the redhead understood what she meant.

"None taken," The artist replied smiling. "It'll be great seeing you everyday like last year Kurt."

"Yeah, that has to be one of the greatest things to come out of this." Kurt agreed. He had missed his old roommate. It would be brilliant to spend more time with him during school hours now instead of the small meet ups every few weeks they had. Reed had been juggling with the many pressures of school work and his art work for his mother this year as it was his senior year too.

"Oh, I have this from Blaine. He wanted me to give you this for some reason but he said to make sure the twins don't see it." Reed said as he brought out a small envelope. Kurt looked at the envelope very carefully before putting it in his bag. He would read it later when the twins were not around. When he looked up at the other two boys he noticed Derek straight off at the edge of the stage, who was typically looking at a group of girls, and another boy he was sure he had seen before but did not know his name. This boy was looking about but kept looking over at them occasionally. Merril noticed this and gestured him over.

"Kurt, this is Douglas Everett. He's a senior in Hanover. Douglas, this is Kurt Hummel. You might have seen him around last year as he was in Windsor and in the Warblers."

"Hi." Kurt said as he put his hand out to the tall, dirty blonde hair boy.

"Hey. Yeah I remember you. You have a really beautiful singing voice." The baritone replied with his chocolate coloured eyes locked onto Kurt's.

"Oh, thank you." Kurt blushed. Why was he blushing? People complimented his voice all the time. Maybe it was because he was remembered for it, instead of the comment being made after a performance. Kurt ignored that thought and moved on. He excused himself from the group to go to the bathroom so he could read Blaine's letter and said hi to Derek as he passed him. The Stuart boy was paying much attention to him as he was chatting to the group of girls Kurt saw him looking at earlier. He walked in to see that it was empty so Kurt knew he would have his privacy for a short amount of time. He sat in a cubicle just to make sure.

Kurt,

I am writing this because the Tweedles have stolen my phone so I have no way of texting you. I was going to ask if you wanted to meet up tonight so you could tell me what happened as the twins said they would not tell me a thing. Having them loose in your school does worry me but make sure they look after Reed. He was extremely worried about going but his willpower to see you helped him through. I wish I could have came or for you to be able to come here again. This is a moment I hate being a Prefect but a good point is that it will be a bit more stable in Windsor without the Tweedles causing their usual menace. At least I'll still get to see you during the week nights. I'm sorry you have to watch out for them but hopefully it'll be okay.

Love you,

Blaine xxx

Kurt read the letter a few times before he left. As soon as he opened the door he was face to face with Douglas. "Oh sorry. Didn't see you there." He said as he moved out of the way.

"Nah, it's alright." Douglas said with a smile. "Emm trying not to be annoying but could you show me where I go for Spanish? Everyone else was getting their guides when I left and mine abandoned me here."

"Oh, yeah I'll show you where to go." Kurt said simply. The other boy grinned and turned away to go in. Kurt decided to wait outside for him. He decided he was going to try getting Blaine's phone back from the twins and giving it back to him tonight. He kept watching the time as the next class was about to begin any minute and everyone was now making their way to class. Just as Kurt was about to go in to see if the Hanover boy was ok, he came out with his fringe slightly damp. "Your umm fringe is wet." He said simply.

"Oh I was emm splashing water onto my face. I'm slightly nervous about being here. Usually that helps me to calm down." Douglas said looking away from Kurt. "So... Spanish?"

"Yeah, it's just down this hallway." Kurt showed him the way and left him at Mr Schuester's class. He felt sorry for him already and was happy that he was only doing French this year. "I'll see you at break." He said as he turned away. Douglas thanked him as he went in. Kurt decided that he would go to the rehearsal room for his free period as it was far too cold to go outside. He sat down at the piano and got out his phone to text Dwight.

This will sound weird but the next time you see Blaine today tell him Kurt says okay for tonight. He'll know why – Kurt

Kurt, I don't want to know when you'll be having sex with Blaine – Dwight

Dwight. I don't mean that! Blaine doesn't have a phone so I can't tell him myself that I'll meet him to chat. Does that help? – Kurt

A lot. Why doesn't he have his phone? Also have you been using my salt? Do you need more? As your school still gives me bad auras! – Dwight

Yes, I have been using it and no, I don't need more. The twins stole it in order for me not to text him – Kurt

It was not a complete lie as he had fun using the salt at people's lockers. He puts a tiny amount at the bottom of his but he has been randomly putting some at Finn's locker when he has annoyed in the morning. Every time he finds it hard to keep a poker face on when it freaks Finn out.

That sucks. If it's desperate you can text me and I'll tell him. As long as it's not sexting! – Dwight

Kurt could not believe what he had read the first time. He sent Dwight a reassuring text saying that he would not do that in a million years and he was thankful that Dwight had offered. He also wrote that if Finn was staying in Windsor and he annoyed him, Dwight had permission to put salt around his bed as it would freak him out but not to do it all the time.

The day went passed fairly quickly. From what it seemed, the twins were behaving themselves which worried Kurt but did not want to complain and everyone else was settling in fairly well. He could not say much for Derek as he was always around girls whenever Kurt saw him. It was good to see Merril enjoying herself as she was able to talk to other girls. Only New Directions knew she was a transgender but they accepted her nevertheless which, he thought, made Merril feel more relaxed. At lunch he listened to Reed go on about the schools art department and the lack of equipment. Kurt found it amusing when Reed had told him that he had brought his own materials and the teacher questioned him as to why he do so. To hear Reed trying to make up a polite excuses to the teacher instead of being straight and saying that theirs were rubbish in comparison. The thought of Reed rebelling slightly on his first day made him and the twins laugh. The two of them kept saying how they were proud of Reed for acting like a true Windsor as 'Windsor boys break the boundaries' they said constantly. Kurt did not have many conversations with Douglas but he did notice that he did look at Kurt a lot when he thought Kurt was not looking. He did not want to judge the guy but he wanted to know why he kept looking at him. He made a note to himself that he would see how things turn out over the next few days. He did accept his phone number so if he was lost he could ask Kurt for help.

He was extremely excited to see Blaine as they had to cancel the last few meetings due to Blaine having to stay in Windsor because the twins did something to Stuart House. Kurt hissed as he got out of the car. The night was incredibly bitter with a few snowflakes beginning to fall. He hugged himself in his clothes as he walked through the forest to get to the treehouse. He was a little bit early so he knew he would have to put on the fireplace when he got in. He had got used to Blaine being the early one and having the place and snug and warm for him arriving. Well now it was his turn. He entered and thought it was weird that the place was not as cold as it was outside. He started up the fire and went into the kitchen bit to make some hot chocolates for them both. Just as they were ready, Blaine walked through the door letting in a slight chill into the now warm room.

"Hello?" Blaine asked out loud when he closed the door.

"Hello," Kurt said as he came out from the kitchen area with two mugs of hot chocolate in his hands. Kurt offered one to Blaine who took it instantly. "Thought you would like one."

"Thank you," Blaine replied, giving Kurt a small peck on the cheek. "It's exactly what I need from being out there." Kurt grinned and moved towards the couch in front of the fireplace. Blaine joined him after he took off his jacket. They talked about their days and Kurt told him who had come from the other houses. He laughed when he heard that Derek was the only Stuart and that he went after girls as soon as he stepped onto the premises. Kurt found out that Finn was indeed staying in Windsor while Mike was in Stuart and Sam was in Hanover. Blaine said that Finn seemed to be fine although Dwight had questioned him as soon as he walked through the doors. Kurt smirked knowing that Dwight was going to be leaving salt around his bed tonight. "Dwight told me you got my letter. He said that if we needed to send urgent messages to each other we could use his phone. Although, he had a small smile when he told me that you were talking to him about Finn. He wouldn't tell me why it was amusing. Do you have any ideas?" Blaine asked Kurt knowing that the other boy did know but was going to see if he told him.

"Yes I do have an idea but you don't need to worry about it." Kurt answered giving Blaine a small smirk. His phone vibrated in his pocket. He sighed but took it out anyway. It was from Douglas.

Ethan and Evan want to know if they would be able to sing in glee club this week - Douglas

"Who's it from?" Blaine asked as he saw a slight hint of confusion on his boyfriends face.

"Douglas Everett. He's asking on behalf of the twins if they can sing at glee club." Kurt replied to Blaine as he began to reply to the text.

Why didn't they text me with their phones? – Kurt

Don't know. They just said for me to text you – Douglas

Oh okay. Tell them I'll talk to Mr Schue tomorrow about it. – Kurt

They say thank you Alice x – Douglas

Kurt pocketed his phone after the last text. Blaine saw it and was a little bit suspicious about the kiss at the end but he only put it down to that it was from the twins as they have now gotten into the habit of doing it since they were not seeing Kurt every day. After their second hot chocolate, they decided to head back home. Although Blaine wanted to stay longer, he had to go back early to check up on Finn and Colin. An hour was simply not long enough to see Kurt but he could not abandon his duty as Prefect. Kurt understood and Blaine felt lucky that he had such an understanding boyfriend. He was very lucky in general that Kurt was his and he was Kurt's. They parted with the promise to meet up tomorrow night as usual. Kurt said he would buy coffee as they were running out. On the drive back to Dalton, he hoped that everything was alright at both ends as he had left Kurt's stepbrother with Dwight and that Reed was ok at McKinley as well as the twins not causing too much bother for Kurt to handle. He could only hope for the best.

TBC?

AN: Hello once again! I know I said I wouldn't start another chaptered fic at the end of WWIM but I missed writing for it and well this idea came up. I'm seeing how this works out. It'll probably work out as each chapter works out as one day so there might be 12-14 chapters. And to make this one different, I added in my own OC! I had wanted to add him into WWIM but obviously that didn't happen.

If am I going to do this, I will update once a week if possible as I'm thinking about when I go to college and being honest I will not be able to update every few days. So if I set it to it once a week I might be able to manage it as I want to try make the chapters longer than WWIM and I don't want you the reader to wait over six weeks for an update for shortish chapters! I felt really bad about that.

Now the usual things, thank you if you've read this and feedback would be appreciated as you might have noticed I'm new to writing so finding out what you think helps me, even if it's bad please tell me.