A/N: Hey! I'm back! Yes, this is finally the sequel to my A long race Blam story (beginning only a few weeks after the ending)! I'm not that happy with the title, so I might change it if a better one comes to my mind! :)

Warning: this first chapter is sooooo fluffy and cloying... but don't worry, angst will come soon enough. Otherwise it would be too boring, right?

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 1

"Will you stop fidgeting?" Sam asked his boyfriend, fondly shaking his head at him as they stood in front of Sam's family house, resting his hand on the shorter boy's shoulder for good measure. "You've been doing that since we got in the plane"

"I can't help it, I'm nervous" Blaine answered, stating the obvious, and Sam smiled warmly at him and put his arms around him for comfort.

"It's going to be okay, sweetie, I told you" he assured his boyfriend. "It's not like they're meeting you for the first time"

"They're meeting me for the first time as your boyfriend" Blaine reminded him.

"Last time I checked, you were the same person than before, and they already liked you then"

"Yeah, but now my status changed"

"Oh, you got promoted?" Sam joked, chuckling at the offended expression on his boyfriend when he stepped out of the embrace and playfully punched him on the chest.

"No, you idiot" Blaine answered, feigning annoyance even if he couldn't help a little smile breaking into his lips. "But I'm not just their son's best friend anymore, but the one person in the position to break his heart"

"And who's banging him practically every day" Sam added with a mischievous grin.

"Thank you, I was kind of hoping your parents wouldn't focus on that" Blaine answered, already blushing even if his in-laws weren't there to hear Sam's references to their sex-life.

"Relax, B, I'm serious" Sam answered, smiling comfortingly at him. "Remember that my mother thought we were already together the last times you visited. So no change for her, really"

"I know. Ugh, I just can't help it!" Blaine complained, bringing his hands to his face. "Be glad you won't have to go through that"

"Sweetheart, I would go through that a thousand times gladly, if that meant your parents were still in your life" Sam answered, completely honest, embracing Blaine strongly to his chest as he did every time Blaine's family appeared into one of their conversation, moved by a strong urge of protection.

"I know you would, Sam" Blaine assured him, letting himself enjoy the comfort of Sam's arms for a second. "That's why you are the best boyfriend ever"

"I try" Sam answered with a grin before letting go of his boyfriend. "And now smile and relax, ok?"

"Ok, I'll try. Just… hold my hand" Blaine requested, stretching his hand in front of him until Sam picked it up and entwined their fingers together.

"Gladly" Sam answered before giving Blaine's forehead a quick kiss and decidedly opening the front door of the house.

"Knock, knock!" Sam jokingly said as he poked his head round his parents' main door.

"Sam!" his mother happily yelled at seeing her son standing on her doorframe by surprise, and she jumped from the sofa to warmly embrace him.

Sam smiled at his mother's exuberant reaction, but even while in her arms, his hand was still strongly encased in his boyfriend's, who was awkwardly waiting outside the door, and Sam pulled him in the house next to him.

"Dwight! Come see who's here!" she yelled, directing her voice towards the stairs, before she finally let go of her son and turned towards the other boy. "Blaine" she sweetly greeted him too, and embraced him just as strongly as he had done with Sam.

"I hope we didn't get you in a bad time" Blaine apologized, only to be immediately dismissed by Mary.

"What? No, of course not, Blaine, it's always a good time to have you both here" Mary quickly put his mind at rest with a tender smile. Not for the first time, Blaine could see where Sam got his sweetness from.

"Still I wanted to warn you on advance, but Sam was so keen in surprising you…" Blaine explained, but his boyfriend quickly interrupted his apologies.

"Mum, will you make Blaine understand that he doesn't have to try so hard for you all to like him? He's been worrying sick for days, I've never seen him so nervous" Sam said good-naturedly, finally letting go of his hand to side-embrace him in a comforting gesture.

"Sam, there was no need to share that" Blaine gently reprimanded him, his face blushing with embarrassment.

"Oh, honey, of course you don't have to even try for us to like you. We already knew you and loved you even before you two got together, right? If anything, we will love you even more now" Mary tried to reassure him, only to be interrupted by her husband, who was already walking down the stairs.

"Of course, Blaine" Dwight added. "That's what families do, right?"

"Right" Blaine answered with an impossibly wide smile as Dwight came to them to embrace his son and then him.

"And where are the little monsters?" Sam asked, obviously referring to his adored little siblings.

"They are at school, but they should be getting home soon. Wait until they see you, they're going to be so happy" Mary answered, gently pushing the couple towards the sofa, where they sat side by side, Sam's parents in two armchairs in front of them.

"So what are you doing here?" Dwight asked. "Not that we aren't delighted, but we didn't know you were free"

"We thought it was the best time to come for a long weekend. I could easily ask for a day off and Blaine won't start rehearsing for a week. After that, I guess it's going to be madness for him" Sam explained in both their names, his eyes full of pride for his boyfriend's achievements.

"Oh yes! Les Miserables, Blaine!" Mary exclaimed, almost as proud as his son. "That's so great! Do you know how long it will be running?"

"Oh, not yet, but at least the whole season. After that, it will depend on how good it goes" Blaine answered, shrugging his shoulders modestly.

"Maybe we can find the time to go see you around Christmas, right, Dwight?" Mary suggested to his husband.

"Definitely! You don't know how much I've been showing off at the office about my son-in-law being on Broadway!" Blaine smiled shyly, and try not to dwell too much on how good and warm it felt to be called Mr. Evan's son-in-law so easily, but he could tell he was not succeeding when Sam's hand fell on his knee and squeezed it tenderly.

"In fact, we were hoping you could come for the big opening" Sam explained, trying to give his boyfriend a hand.

"Yeah, I'll get some tickets for my family, so I'd really like for you all to be there, if you could arrange it" Blaine added, looking apprehensively at them.

"We'd be so honored, sweetheart" Mary immediately agreed.

"We wouldn't miss it for the world"

"We brought some presents for everyone, by the way" Blaine announced, trying to get the focus out of him and pointing at their bags, which lay forgotten next to the door.

"Oh, Blaine, thank you so much, but you didn't have to" Mary answered, gratefully.

"Oh, no, it's from both of us" Blaine tried to explain, to no avail.

"Sam has never brought us presents before, we know who to thank for these ones" Dwight intervened, making all of them laugh.

"Hey!" Sam protested, but the proud smile that broke on his face at how good his family had already accepted Blaine in it clearly betrayed his true feelings.

The four of them spent a good while talking and getting up to date, and Sam was glad to see Blaine gradually relaxing in the comfortable and familiar atmosphere that had originated in the living room. In spite of Blaine's confident and extrovert appearance, Sam knew he was full of insecurities and had a big need of being accepted and loved. Of course he couldn't blame him, given the family he had grown with and all the bullying and rejection he had had to face in his young life. But even if Sam understood the roots of Blaine's self-esteem issues, that didn't make him worry less about them and didn't stop him from trying to make it better. And he knew that sharing his family with Blaine, making him feel like one of them, was the best way to show Blaine that he mattered. And judging by the bright smile Blaine was sporting at the moment after one of his father's silly jokes, it was going really good. So Sam rested his hand on Blaine's thigh and, when his gazes crossed for a second and Blaine smiled lovingly at him, Sam knew Blaine was aware of his worry of him, and he deeply appreciated it.

Suddenly the front door opened again, and the two remaining members of the family filled the space with noise even before noticing their brother was there.

"Sam!" Stacey was the first to notice, and she threw his backpack at the floor and ran to jump on his big brother's arms.

"Hey, little one!" Sam warmly greeted her, even if she was not that little anymore, with a big embrace until Stevie pushed her out of the way to embrace him too –though more calmly because, being 15 as he was, he wasn't supposed to get too excited about family, right? "Hey, Stevie! How's everything going?"

"Good! And I told you it's Steve now. But hey, what are you doing here?" The younger boy asked, taking a chair to sit next to his brother.

"We thought it was time for a visit. And I'm so glad we did, a couple of weeks more and I might not have recognized you, you've grown so much!" Sam answered, fondly rubbing his little brother's knee.

Stevie –or Steve, as he liked to be called now– blushed, with a mixture of embarrassment and pride, and Sam laughed. It was good to be home! And as he turned around to compliment his sister too, he was not too surprised to see Stacey was closely embracing Blaine and, after that, she simply sat on his lap, obviously very happy to have them there.

"Hey!" Sam protested, playfully complaining and tickling her sides. "Why aren't you sitting here with me? Who's supposed to be your brother here?"

"Both of you from now on, right?" She answered knowingly, putting her arms around Blaine's neck, making the boy smile impossibly wide.

"Ok, you got me there" Sam answered good-naturally with a knowing wink at his boyfriend, and they all resumed their conversation.

After spending the afternoon on the swimming pool as a family and after the wonderful dinner that Mary threw in their honor –how could she do it, when she hadn't had the slightest idea they were going to come, was beyond anybody's understanding–, Blaine, feeling very grateful, decided to make himself useful and he volunteered to take care of the washing up. Mary was very quick to oppose to that, so in the end they agreed on doing it together, as the rest of the family quickly disappeared before they were assigned any other chore.

"Not that I'm not glad for the company, sweetheart, but I told you, you don't need to try so hard" Mary insisted as they worked together.

"I'm not, really" Blaine answered with a chuckle. "It's just the right thing to do. After the wonderful dinner you threw for us out of nothing, the least I can do is help you with the dishes"

"You're such a kindhearted boy, Blaine"

"Oh, you want to talk" Blaine contradicted her with a warm smile. "You've made such an effort to include me in your family…"

"You're Sam's partner, Blaine, you didn't need to be included"

"See? You have a great family, Mary, and I can see it's mostly thanks to you. Sam is very fortunate to have a mother like you" Blaine honestly praised her.

"Well, he is, I hope he is aware of that"

"Of course he is" Blaine assured her with a laugh. "And if he forgets it, I'll make sure to remind him"

"Blaine, Sam told me about the difficult situation with your family. I hope you don't mind" Mary confessed, turning serious.

"No, of course not" Blaine answered with no hesitation. "You said we're family now, didn't you? So you should know everything that's important about me. I'm glad he told you"

"I wanted you to know that… you have us now, even if you don't have them" Mary told him, leaving the dishes for a moment so he could look at him intently. "I find it very hard to believe a parent could cut strings with his own child like that, especially if it's such a sweet and good boy like you are, but well… The thing is you're not alone anymore, ok? And the same goes for your brother, obviously, who I'm dying to know, by the way"

"Thank you so much" Blaine said, his voice shaking slightly with emotion as he embraced his mother-in-law in a rush of emotion. "You don't know how much this means to me after… after everything that happened with my parents. I really feel like I have parents again"

"And you do" she assured him, reciprocating the hug and motherly caressing the hair on the back of his head. "Now let this old woman finish with the dishes and go find your boyfriend, who I'm sure will be very glad to see you. I bet he's in the swimming pool, he used to love some swimming after dinner when he lived here"

"This is a beautiful house you have, Mary" Blaine answered when the embrace broke, changing the subject to stop himself from crying in front of his mother-in-law.

"Well, it's not really ours, just a place Dwight's company lent to us so we would move to Kentucky… But after what we went through some years ago, we couldn't be happier about it, let me tell you that"

"I'm glad it all worked for the best then" Blaine smiled.

"Now go" Mary ordered, playfully hitting him with the cloth in her hands.

"Ok, I'm going!" Blaine laughed over his shoulder, already walking out of the kitchen.

"Just don't let Stacey and Steve know you're on the swimming pool or you won't get rid of them!" Mary warned him and Blaine obeyed, suddenly feeling much in the need of spending some quality time with his dreamy boyfriend.

When Blaine approached the swimming pool, he had to smile at how diligently Sam was swimming from one end to the other of the small pool, moving graciously in the water as if he had been born in it. Blaine knew Sam still cared a lot about keeping himself in shape and taking care of his body, though he was relieved he didn't seem to have body issues anymore, as he had had back in high school. To Blaine, Sam would always be perfect whatever his shape was, but if it was important to Sam to take care of it, then Blaine would support him, as he always did.

Blaine walked the remaining steps towards the pool and sat on its edge, sinking his feet in the water and marveling at how good its temperature felt in that late Summer night. Sam was still swimming from the other end of the pool, so he patiently waited until he came to him and discovered him there.

Sam didn't take his head off the water until it was touching Blaine's legs, but it was obvious he had already seen him by how his fingers curled around Blaine's ankles.

"I was so hoping you would join me" Sam said as he came to the surface, jumping a little so his crossed arms and his head could rest on Blaine's lap.

"Sam, your drenching me!" Blaine protested without much enthusiasm, his hands moving to gently caress Sam's wet hair.

"So? You're going to get wet anyway when you get in, right?" Sam asked, almost purring at the pleasure Blaine's fingers provided on his scalp.

"Well, I wasn't going to get in the pool, I just came here to watch my perfectly beautiful boyfriend exercising" Blaine explained with a mischievous smile. "It's quite a distracting image, you know"

"But B, you have to get in! The water is perfect and well, I can think of other very distracting activities to do underwater" Sam suggested seductively, though it didn't elicit the wished effect and Blaine laughed wholeheartedly.

"You pervert, do I have to remind you we're at your parents' house? And besides, I already had a shower, I don't want to get my hair full of chlorine again"

"Blaine, pleeeease! I so want to have a bath in the moonlight with you! I'll wash your hair myself after it if you want to"

"No, thanks, you know I love you but I wouldn't trust you with my hair" Blaine joked, this time being him making his boyfriend laugh.

"Come on, I'm just trying to be romantic! I want to kiss your wet skin while it is reflecting the moonlight and see your gorgeous eyes sprinkling with the reflection of the stars" Sam tried.

"You just want to get laid" Blaine contradicted him, and Sam laughed unashamedly.

"Ok, that too. But just because I love you" Sam insisted with his best version of his puppy eyes that he had copied from Blaine himself.

Blaine sighed fondly and Sam smiled at seeing he had won that round. He removed himself from Blaine's lap so the brunette could take off his t-shirt, and waited for him on the water. Blaine simply let himself fall from the edge of the pool and it was obvious how much Sam was wanting him there by the way he enveloped him in his arms even before Blaine touched the bottom of the pool.

"Hey you" Sam said once they were face to face, lost in each other's arms and eyes.

"Hey, yourself" Blaine answered, equally loving, as he captured Sam's lips in a lazy kiss.

"See? Tell me this isn't romantic" Sam asked, obviously in a loving mood, as he rested his forehead against his boyfriend's, their bodies tightly wrapped around each other.

"I never said it wasn't, I just didn't want to have to shower again" Blaine answered, resting his face on Sam's shoulder for closeness and to gently nibble at his neck, though Sam's wet hair kept getting in the way. "Are you planning on growing your hair long again?" Blaine asked, idly playing with some locks of that hair he loved so much.

"I've been thinking about it, to be honest. Would you like it?" Sam asked, removing his own hair from his neck to allow Blaine's lips the access to properly kiss it, which he quickly did.

"I don't mind, you look amazingly gorgeous however your hair is at any time" Blaine honestly answered, and he could tell his comment was appreciated by how Sam's grip around his waist got tighter.

"Ok, first? You're the sweetest thing" Sam responded, tenderly caressing the top of Blaine's head, still resting on his shoulder. "But second, even if you like my hair however it is, did you like it when it was long?"

"I really did. Your pony tail was… very seductive, that's for sure" Blaine confessed against the skin on Sam's throat, just before gently sucking on the blond's Adam's apple until he moaned.

"Then pony tail again it is" Sam confidently decided before lifting Blaine's face from his shoulder to be able to ravish his mouth, holding him so close to his body that there was literally no space between their colliding chests.

"Someone was a little anxious" Blaine chuckled when Sam started kissing his neck with a passion.

"You've got no idea" Sam replied, his voice full of lust as he cornered Blaine against the pool wall.

Sam only took a moment to memorize the moonlight reflected on his boyfriend's expressive eyes before he captured his lips in a slow and loving kiss this time, sighing in appreciation as Blaine's arm surrounded his neck. They kept the slow and sweet rhythm for a couple of minutes, until Sam deepened the kiss and motioned for Blaine's legs to lift and curl around his waist, while his own arms held Blaine possessively around his lower torso. Even in the coolness of the water, he could feel a sweet but powerful warmth spreading all along his body, and he guessed Blaine must be feeling it too considering the passion with which he was responding to Sam's kisses. It wasn't until one of Sam's hands started wandering under the waistband of Blaine's swimsuit, that the latter gently broke their kiss and breathlessly rested their foreheads together.

"Sam, your siblings could walk on us any minute. We should keep this in a PG level" he explained, smiling at the pout that appeared on his boyfriend's face.

"I bet they've been sleeping for hours, they're still so young" Sam answered, lifting his face to capture Blaine's lips again, though the latter avoided him with a turn of his face, his smile so tender it was impossible not to reciprocate it.

"Sam, they're 12 and 15, they're not that young anymore" Blaine reminded him, but this time he didn't even try to avoid Sam's lips when they searched for his and let himself get lost in the sensations of Sam's hands avidly exploring his body.

"Water battle!" a voice broke their silence, making both of them jump of their skin and stop their loving ministrations, and soon Stacey's voice and laughter joined Steve's and their footsteps running towards them made it clear for them that they weren't going to get any more pool loving action that night.

"Sorry" Sam mumbled, resting his forehead on Blaine's shoulder apologetically, before resting a butterfly kiss on his naked skin there and letting go of him before the kids got to jump on the pool.

"It's okay, love" Blaine answered good-naturally, gently caressing Sam's hair one last time.

They didn't have the time to cover their faces before two splashes of water hit them and suddenly both kids were swimming towards them. Steve and Sam quickly engaged in a wild water fight –damn, Blaine was right, Steve was not a little kid anymore who Sam could easily handle anymore–, while Stacey got to Blaine and jumped on his back for a piggyback ride, to which Blaine happily complied. Not the kind of fun Sam had in mind when he made him go into the pool, but it was still nice enough.

Next day was Saturday, so no one was in a lot of hurry to get up. Blaine, though, had never been a heavy sleeper and after trying to fall asleep again even if Sam was lying practically on top of him, soon after dawn he decided to extricate from Sam's octopus embrace and make it downstairs for some quiet time.

He had been reading in the sofa for a short time when Stacey appeared in the living room. With her eyes still puffy and her hair all funnily ruffled from her sleep, she looked like Sam so much it was almost painful.

"Hey, sweetie" Blaine immediately greeted her with a smile.

"Hi, Blaine" she answered, coming into the living room. "Mind if I switch on the TV?"

"Of course not" he immediately answered, and he closed his book to give his sister-in-law the attention he deserved, and he raised the thin blanket covering his legs for her to get under it too. "Do you want to join me?"

Her only answer was to smile and she immediately complied, snuggling on Blaine's chest. That immediate trust and love for physical affection was another trait she obviously shared with her oldest brother, Blaine thought with a smile.

She had been lazily changing the channels, making a small conversation with Blaine every now and then, when the older boy noticed she looked pretty serious.

"You ok?" he asked after a couple of minutes. "You seem upset. I thought you'd be happy to have your big brother back for a couple of days"

"And I am" she was quickly to reply. "But… I was thinking about something that happened to me yesterday"

"Care to share?" Blaine offered, and when she raised her face to look at him, he smiled encouragingly at her, both of them oblivious to Sam's presence in the stairway. Having woken up alone, he had immediately gotten up in search of his boyfriend, but he decided to wait so as not to interrupt what it seemed like a serious conversation.

"I told my friend that my brother is dating a boy and she said that's wrong" she confessed after a second, deeply troubled.

"Did she?" Blaine asked, frowning at the upcoming conversation. Up until then, he had worried about how Sam's family would take the fact he was now dating a boy, but he had never thought about the consequences it might have for his siblings.

"Yeah, she said Sam is disgusting" Stacey answered, and Sam flinched at the sadness in her voice from where he was listening.

"And what do you think about it?" Blaine asked, trying to keep his tone neutral so Stacey would be comfortable to talk.

"I think she's wrong, because if she knew Sam she would see he isn't disgusting at all and he's the best big brother there is" Stacey answered, and both Sam and Blaine sighed in relief at her strong opinion.

"You're right, Stacey" Blaine agreed immediately. "Sam is the best man on the face of the Earth and nothing will change that, not who he dates and definitely not the words of people who don't even know him"

"Why do people bother about things like that?" she asked, totally confused.

"Some people are just ignorant"

"What's that?"

"It means that they don't know a lot of things" Blaine tried to explain. "Just because it was seen as a bad thing for a long time, they don't take the time to really think of their reasons to hate it. For them it's easier to hate than to try and understand and they teach their kids that, like your friend"

"So she's just ignorant?" she asked, and Blaine smiled fondly at her, squeezing her against his chest.

"Probably. It's not even her fault, she's just being raised to think like that. Not like you, who have the most wonderful parents and brothers that teach you to love and accept everyone. Let me ask you something: does it bother you that Sam is dating me?"

"No" Stacey was quick to answer, and Sam smiled at his sister's stubbornness.

"At all?" Blaine insisted, just to make sure.

"No. I like you better than any girlfriend Sam has ever brought home, none of them had any time to listen and play and talk to me like you do. And you make Sam smile much more than them, so how can that be wrong?" she explained, and Blaine was surprised at her wisdom, even at such a young age.

"Aw, Stacey, you're such a sweetheart" Blaine embraced her strongly to him, resting a kiss on the top of her head.

"I love it that you get to be my brother" she confessed, taking the time to enjoy Blaine's embrace.

"And I love I got a little sister to spoil, you know" Blaine replied, feeling very moved.

"Well, well, well" Sam happily announced his presence when he finally made all the way downstairs and to the living room. "I feel so excluded right now" he joked, pointing at the other two, making both Stacey and Blaine chuckle.

"It's your own fault, for being a sleepy head" Stacey answered, though she moved from Blaine's arms to closely embrace his brother.

"And here I was, thinking Blaine and I could take you and Stevie on a picnic to that park you love so much today"

"Yes!" she said, enthusiastically jumping up and down.

"But if you're going to be so ungrateful…"

"I won't, I promise. You're the best brother ever!" she yelled, jumping again to embrace her brother. "I love you!"

"I love you too, princess" Sam answered, more lovingly this time. "Now go and get ready, we'll have breakfast as soon as Stevie is up and then we'll get going"

"Ok!" she agreed happily, but she made a last stop at her way out to embrace Blaine. "Thank you, Blaine"

"You're welcome, sweetheart" he answered.

As soon as the little girl was out of the room, Sam turned to his boyfriend and leant his head to the side while he smiled tenderly at him.

"What?" Blaine asked, reciprocating the smile.

"I love you so much" Sam answered, and he lifted Blaine's legs from the sofa to put them on his own lap as he sat beside him and gave him quick peck on the lips.

"I love you too, but… what is this all about?"

"I just needed to tell you" Sam answered, shrugging his shoulders.

"Ok. Be my guest whenever you feel like it" Blaine answered, hooking his arm around Sam's to bring him closer to him.

"Stacey is right, you know" Sam pointed out.

"Oh, so you were listening?" Blaine mockingly reproached him.

"Obviously"

"And what was she right about exactly?"

"About how you make me smile more than any previous relationship I've had" Sam confessed, devotedly kissing Blaine's forehead.

"That's because I get you better than they did" Blaine replied.

"Well that and because you're the most amazing human being that ever existed. Thank you for taking the time to make Stacey feel better and understand" Sam explained, more seriously this time.

"Come on, Sam, you know I love her like crazy" Blaine answered, dismissing the appraisal.

"And thank you for that too"

"She is like a small version of you, how could I not love her?"

"Come here, my sweet boy" Sam commanded him before putting his arms around him and bringing him closer to capture his lips in a slow kiss.

"Minor walking down the stairs, please stop any adult-rated displays!" Stevie's voice resounded around the living room, making the two lovers laugh in spite of themselves as they broke their kiss.

"Stevie, one of these days…" Sam jokingly threatened him before giving Blaine a last peck on his lips and standing up to pursue his brother around the room.

"It's Steve! And hey, if you didn't want me to interrupt why did you send Stacie to get me up?" Steve protested as he ran away from his brother, moving some light pieces of furniture between them to avoid Sam catching him.

"I didn't! I clearly told her "as soon as Stevie's up", not to get you up!" Sam contradicted him just before tripping over a chair and sending it down with a loud noise.

"Can't a man have a little sleep on his day off in this house?" they heard Dwight yell good-naturedly from upstairs, and the three boys started laughing at the absurdity of it all. Yes, Blaine thought. Even with all the anxiety that meeting Sam's family as his boyfriend for the first time had created for him, it had been worth it. And he knew Sam thought the same when his boyfriend stopped on his chase for his brother for a second to wink knowingly at him. Well worth it.

A/N: So tell me, is this still interesting enough to continue?