Fake Number is a story that came from a thread that I made on Twitter, I would like to thank everyone who read the thread and encouraged me to continue the story via fanfiction. I promise I will update when I can, I do have college and university plans underway currently. So this is Fake Numbers, a Klaine fanfiction dedicated to those who ship the couple on glee. Thank you textstory . com for supplying me with a platform that made this story come to life. I am a British person so some of my spellings may be English, please forgive me in advance.

Now, let's get started with the story!

Prologue

For Robert,

'Every dream no matter how big or small is important.' At least, that's what we're taught to believe. Cinderella, Pinocchio and The Wizard of Oz, all stories based on making a wish and living a hard knock life until it comes true. Even newer films such as Toy Story, Frozen, and shows like Dear Evan Hansen make us believe that somehow, someday, everything we wish for will come true.

Blaine Anderson, a young adult currently studying musical theatre in the Big Apple grew up believing that one day, he too would have a 'happily ever after.' But life has other plans.

Blaine had grown up in a small town on the outskirts of Canada and spent most of it gazing up at the stars and the mountains, wishing one day he could be a world famous explorer. As he grew older his ambitions changed but his routine never did. Blaine would sit in the alcove in his bedroom and gaze up at the stars every night, wishing, hoping, praying that he would make it.

At age eight Blaine ventured up into the mountains with his brother, his brother was almost a decade older than him and knew exactly where he was going. His brother had taken him to a small cove just off the side of what Blaine called, 'the skinny river.'

"Why are we in here Coop?" Blaine had asked. Cooper just flashed his casual 'I'm up to no good' grin and continued to walk further into the dark cave. Blaine didn't know that he was walking into the cave that would be his second home, that would be the place he would write his first song, the place he would get his first kiss, his sanctuary from the outside world.

This is the place Blaine would hide in his teenage years, the place where he forgot how unwanted by his father he really was. At eighteen, (on the night before leaving for New York), Blaine sat in his safe place and made a promise to himself. He wouldn't let others stop him, he wouldn't let money stop him, he wouldn't let time stop him. He made a long list of things that wouldn't be able to stop him, he felt practically invincible. Unfortunately, he never saw himself as a threat, never made a contingency plan for the scenario that his own body would try to ruin his plans...

In 2013 almost all of Blaine's dreams became broken and shattered. In the space of two weeks, he got told he may have coronary artery disease and that his brain tumour had gotten bigger.

Blaine was first told he had a brain tumour by his parents when he was eight years old. Luckily it was noncancerous but this meant that for the rest of his life, every six months he had to go have an MRI scan. Blaine remembered crying when he was told that they could only get rid of a small amount because they didn't want to risk paralysing him, he didn't understand very much, but the words 'paralyse' and 'cancer' terrified him. So when he was told his tumour got bigger, he cried, he cried a lot. Even though he was eleven years older he still didn't understand, why him?

This is where our story begins, with a scared young adult trying to find love in a bar because he doesn't believe his body is strong enough to hold on anymore.

Blaine didn't hear the sniggering from the people around him or notice the fact that the man he was talking to was wearing a wedding ring. He was too busy talking about how he wanted to be a performer while also being a music and drama teacher.

Blaine was finally happy someone was sitting and listening to every word he said. Blaine had been pretty lonely in New York, especially since Sam and Mercedes hooked up. Of course, he had a few friends in his class, but they weren't interested in hanging it outside of lesson so Blaine didn't bother either. Instead, he used his free time to practice his music and get his assignments done.

Blaine was unaware that the man, Troy, had been dared to go along with anything Blaine said and the fact that he was a victim of a joke to a nearby table.

"I'm not sure if I would be a good dad though!" Blaine chuckled looking at Troy. It was nice to talk about the future, even if he might not be there to witness it. It felt good to just pretend for a moment that nothing was wrong. "How many kids do you want?" Blaine asked before sipping his water. He completely missed the way Troy's eyes flickered to the table where Troy's friends were situated. The friends encouraged him to continue the conversation, making gestures and laughing, Blaine turned and saw the group in fits of laughter but didn't think anything of it.

Troy sighed and turned to look at Blaine, he felt slightly sorry for the younger man, "three."

"Three?" Blaine asked curiously, "I was expecting you to say cats are easier or something!"

Troy genuinely laughed at Blaine, he found his youthfulness endearing and if his friends weren't there he definitely wouldn't be playing him like this. "You know what," Troy said, "how about I give you my number and you call me tomorrow?"

Blaine knew he was failing to hide the blush on his cheeks, had he really just got Troy's number?

Troy scribbled a random number on his beer napkin, "call me okay?" Troy felt bad but it was better than continuing the conversation. At least this way Blaine would just assume he wasn't putting in the right numbers and hopefully give up.

Blaine smiled taking the napkin and looking at his prize of the evening, "I'll t-text you," he stuttered.

Blaine was glad something good had come out of the day, after finding out his brain tumour has grown he just couldn't imagine how things could get worse.

I would like to thank Daleen, Cayli, and Mason for being Team Beta for my work! Hope you all enjoyed this prologue, longer chapters to come!