Boys Will Be Boys

Plot Summary: Going to be three separate one shots in one story. The first involving Mrs. Anderson ending a fight between her sons, the second involving Kurt walking in on some Anderson brother wrestling, and finally Cooper's attempts to make Blaine feel better on his birthday while Kurt is away.

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or it's characters. Just a fan with a lot of dreams.

Abby Anderson hummed a melodic tune as she got out the ingredients to make her famous chicken alfredo. Upstairs, she could hear the lively if erratic footsteps of her sons pacing from room to room just like when they were children. She was so happy that Cooper had come home to visit since he did so rarely and even more happy that now that Blaine was attending McKinley, he'd actually be home for it. They'd finally have the family dinner they hadn't had in years.

It was exciting to hear the life upstairs too. She knew it was difficult for Cooper and Blaine to relate because of their age difference, as well as Cooper leaving to pursue his aspirations while Blaine was still fairly young. Growing up, they acted like normal brothers—fighting over space, fighting over possessions, and well, and fighting about just about anything. Kids especially little boys, were just competitive with one another and with her husbands high expectations for both of them, it left little room for Cooper and Blaine to be anything but power hungry. That being said, they were adults now, and now that they were, it seemed a bit ridiculous to think they would still be fighting.

No, she assumed they were upstairs now participating in some brotherly play. Maybe talking about college or singing a song Blaine heard on the radio. The way she always wanted them to be.

That dream was shattered along with the loud crash! that erupted upstairs. This was followed by a "Fuck!" and a "Cooper, you idiot!" before the voices erupted into a hush, quick paced argument.

This caught Abby's attention. She left the kitchen and leaned over the banister and called up the stairs. "Boys, what was that?"

There was a long pause before Blaine and Cooper harmonized back. "Nothing…."

She rolled her eyes. "It didn't sound like nothing to me."

Silence again. Frustrated, Abby yelled. "Cooper, Blaine, get down here!" Soon, her sons appeared and they shuffled down the stairs. The two usually confident boys had their heads hung low as if they were walking to their execution (and depending on what they broke, that may be an accurate statement). As they were walking, Cooper gave Blaine a small shove and walked past him to the last step. Blaine glared and took his place on the step above him. She switched her looks between the two of them. "Now does somebody want to tell me what just broke upstairs?" No one looked up from the floor, with a harsher tone she asked again. "Well?"

Blaine, being the less rebellious of the two regarding his mother spoke first. "It was a picture frame."

"Just a picture frame?" Blaine scratched his arm completely silent. She then turned to Cooper. "Which picture frame?"

"The one we took during our trip to London." Cooper confessed. She sighed. Of course it was. It just so happened to be the most expensive picture in the house as it was literally 3 feet tall and 2 ½ feet long. It was a family picture they had a stranger take while wondering the city. She loved it so much; her husband had blown up the photo and placed it in a large frame.

Her husband certainly wouldn't be happy about this. Livid seemed like a more appropriate term. "Oh boys…"

"It wasn't my fault! Hobbit here was freaking out on me for no reason."

"No reason?" Blaine growled in disbelief. "Mom, he unplugged my computer while I was doing my homework."

"I told you I needed to use it. In case you forgot, that computer used to be mine!" Cooper yelled, towering over his brother despite being a step lower. "Besides, he wasn't doing his homework, he was talking to his boyfriend!"

Blaine stood on his toes to glare at his brother eye to eye. "I was multi-tasking you asshole! I was talking to him about our date for our anniversary, which I might not be able to take him on now because you pulled the plug on my homework!"

"That use to be my computer you tiny bastard!"

"ENOUGH!" Abby screeched. She was the shortest of all three of them but the two men immediately stopped, looking at their mother. "Blaine Adam, you are 17 years old and Cooper James, you are 26 years old. You two need to stop acting like children right now!"

The boys huff for a minute. Looking away from his brother, Blaine mutters. "Sorry mom…"

"It's my computer…" Cooper whines. His mom glares him down, the fury of the world shooting in Cooper's direction. "Sorry …"

"Alright then." Abby says in a lighter tone, setting her back straight. "Now Blaine, you get back upstairs and do your homework. No talking to Kurt until it's done." She holds up her hand to stop him from talking when he's about to protest. "And Cooper, you go upstairs and clean up that frame. After Blaine's done with his homework, you can use his computer for a while. But if you unplug the computer I bought again, there's going to be trouble. And just so we're clear, you both will be paying for half that frame. I don't care who actually broke it, you're both adults and should know better…now I don't want to hear anymore arguing, is that understood?"

They both look displeased with their mother's decision but know better than to argue it. Blaine glares down at his sockless feet and nods. Cooper rolls his eyes and thinks about making a production about being a t.v. star and too old for this. However, his mom is 5,3 but is more than capable of bringing down the older Anderson brother by pulling on his ear like she did when he was a child. "Yes mother." He gives in after a few seconds.

"Good. Now get on it, dinner will be ready in an hour or so." Abby dismisses. Blaine and Cooper turn to walk up the stairs. Half way up, Blaine elbows his brother and runs the rest of the way. Cooper growls and runs after him.

"You little bitch!"

"And knock it off with the cussing!" She yells before returning to the kitchen. As soon as she enters it, her face relaxes. In fact, she starts to laugh. Her adult and teenage sons just had a ridiculous argument and she had to break it up like she did when they were kids. A fond feeling set into her stomach and all she could do was shake her head and giggle.

Abby held on to the moment. Blaine would be a senior next year and probably off to New York the year after that, and Cooper would be on his next big adventure. Then all she would have was moments like these to hold on to.

Although, if they were like this now, she wondered if she would still be doing this when Blaine was 30 and Cooper was 40.

Hey guys! I've been working on Ours for a bit and kind of decided to take a quick breather and write another story (especially with all the excitement of Cooper coming on this week!). I'm still working on Ours and should have the next chapter of that up soon, and hopefully, the next chapter to this too. Hope you all liked it!