A/N: If anyone's reading this, hello! This is chapter one of a flashback of Blaine as a child. This is when he started to develop a habit that Kurt finds out about in chapter 2. It is much more intriguing than it sounds, I swear.

I don't own Glee, blah blah blah, the usual.


Blaine has a compulsion. Well, maybe not a compulsion, but it's a thing he does. It started when he was 6 years old. It was his first time using a telephone. He had only just learned what part you talked into and what part the voice came out of. He thought that the person talking was actually inside the phone. He didn't know what happened when you hang up the phone, but he hadn't thought that far ahead yet. He was on the phone with his mother, marveling at his achievement and chatting energetically about his day at school. They sang songs that day and singing was Blaine's absolute favorite thing in the world. Unknowingly, he pressed the End Call button. It took him a minute to realize that his mother had stopped responding. In Blaine's eyes, his mommy was gone forever and it was all his fault. He immediately started sobbing hysterically until his father came rushing in thinking his youngest son was being murdered. After a stifled laugh, Mr. Anderson explained, "Your mother isn't gone; she's still at her office. The call was just cut off. It's not the end of the world."

But to little Blaine, of course, his life was over. His dad was able to get him to stop crying and distract him with a game of hide-and-seek. This caused him even more grief as it reminded him of his "lost" mother.

It wasn't until his mother came home from work after dropping Cooper and a couple of his friends off at a party that Blaine stop sniffling and ran to hug his mother tightly. "Mommy, are you okay? I thought you died! The phone ate you!"

"Honey, I'm right here. It's okay," Mrs. Anderson chuckled, hugging the small boy back.

Ever since then, though he understands now how phones work, he has always made sure to hang up only after saying goodbye and "I love you" at least once. Not just because of that experience, though that was a great part of it, but also because Blaine believes that it is important to tell people you love them as often as possible. You never know when it may be your last chance, and it has never hurt to tell anyone you care.