Ideal
Blaine moves in the middle of his stay at Dalton. Kurt and Blaine's lives fall in different patterns. But some say true love always finds a way.
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"We can't forget anything, so make a list will you?" Blaine rolled his eyes as he gets out his notebook and pen and begins to write as Eli starts speaking, "Water's a must. Soda, but only the good kind; not diet unless we want to be murdered by Dani. Mom wants us to get everything for her famous lasagna and pasta. A veggie tray. Dad wants a whole bunch of sandwiches, so maybe we need to get…"

By the mention of the veggie tray, Blaine put his phone on record and just let the device do the note taking for him. Blaine bit on his lip to stop from laughing at his talking brother, who was pacing around the dining room of their parents house.

"… and we probably need to either look at the cakes or get… Blaine, are you recording me?" Eli had stopped talking when he caught a glimpse of his brother holding his phone instead of a pen.

"Uh, yes?" Blaine tried a smile before pressing the stop button. "It was easier. You were talking too fast."

Eli shook his head, "Whatever," he bit his lip in confusion as he looked back around the room. "What was it that I needed?"

Blaine pressed his lips together and shook his head, "You were looking for your wallet. And to save you from further embarrassment, it's in your back pocket."

The older brother narrowed his eyes at Blaine and reached to his back pockets. Blaine smirked as Eli's eyes went wide for a moment, before rolling. "Told you."

"Shut up," he mumbled. "Come on, before it gets really crowded in the grocery store."

"Okay, but I'm driving." Blaine stood up, grabbing the notebook and pen and stuffing them into his messenger bag.

"What?" Eli's voice hitched up, "No. It's my car, I drive."

Blaine shook his head, "I'm not going to argue. But don't complain to me when we get stuck in traffic."

"Fine then, know-it-all. I won't." With his keys in hand, Eli folded his arms across his chest and walked away from his brother who was placing his bag on his shoulder.

Blaine laughed silently to himself and shook his head. He followed his brother out the door, and half-way to the car, Eli stopped so his brother would catch up.

Blaine smiled a knowing smile as Eli's unfolded his left arm to give Blaine his car keys, "Thank you."

"You don't have to sound so giddy."

"I'm not sounding giddy; I'm just being a smartass."

"Same difference."

"What the hell?" Danielle shook her head, holding the door open for her two brothers, whose hands were full of groceries.

"Hey, no cursing." Eli's eyebrows rose as he looked at his sister.

Danielle shook her head, "Like you don't. What is all this?"

Blaine let out a groan, "Like you don't know, Dani."

The girl shot an eyebrow up and shook her head. But she did know; her lips curled up slightly.

"Why exactly would we buy this much stuff?" Eli announced from the kitchen as he started to put the items away.

"Christmas? But it's May… Oh," a laugh perused, "My graduation party!" Dani walked in to help her brothers put things away.

"You think you're so funny," Blaine mumbled so no one would hear him.

"Smart girl," Eli remarked, sarcastically. "We don't need help in here. There's still some more sacks in the back."

Danielle shook her head and made her way about of the house.

"I hope we brought that bag in. I wasn't expecting her to help us." Eli scurried through the bags to try and locate the SLR camera they had bought.

"Yeah, I have it right here." Blaine held up a bag that was triple-wrapped, so they couldn't see the product. "I'll go put it in my room," he made his way out of the kitchen, jogged up the stairs to his bedroom. He looked and the room, trying to think of the perfect place. He went to his desk and placed it behind one of the four thick wooden legs.

"Where'd Blaine go?" the mentioned boy heard as he made his way back to the kitchen. He quickly walked back.

As he reached the entry way, Eli spoke, "There he is."

Danielle turned around from putting paper plates in a bellow cabinet. "Where were you?"

"I had to pee." Blaine smiled as his sister shook her head and returned to putting up the groceries.

"Did you two get the camera?"

Eli and Blaine's heads shot up to their father. Blaine answered, "Yeah. It's in my room."

Andrew nods his head, "Good. What about the extra camera lens?"

"No, not yet. Mom said she'd go with Blaine to do that." Eli placed his bookmark on the crease of the pages and shut his book, placing it in his lap.

"Okay. Are you planning to go tonight?"

"I'm assuming so; probably after we eat dinner."

"Dinner!" A woman's voice spoke through the intercom of the house.

Andrew chuckled at the announcement and the three boys went into the kitchen.

The soon-to-be graduate had helped her mother, so the girls were already seated at the table.

The family of five was eating in silence, with some exchange of words. After all members were half-way done with their food, Melanie looked at her daughter smiling, "Are you ready for tomorrow?"

Danielle smiled, "You know it. I'm ready to be done."

Melanie smiled a knowing smile, "It only seemed like yesterday that Eli and Blaine were graduating."

"That was two and three years ago, dear." Andrew says, bringing his fork to his mouth.

Melanie shot a playful glare to her husband, "I know, dear. I'm just making a point."

Eli, Blaine, and Danielle break out into laughter at their parents.

The Anderson's were a very loving family, but just like every family they have their differences. Mainly when those differences occur, they deal with Andrew and Melanie, which on the small quirks their children find amusing.

The parents look at each other and smile. Melanie winks at her husband as the laughter dies.

"Make sure to get to bed early tonight, Danielle. You do have a long day ahead of you." Andrew spoke to his daughter.

"I know," Danielle answered. Though everyone in the family knew she really wanted to say something different.

The family ate in silence for the rest of the meal.

"Should we get her the lens and a camera bag? I think she would like that, don't you think so? She's going to go nuts when she sees the camera!"

Blaine shakes his head, "Yes, mom. She'll love it."

Melanie looked around the store for anything she could find, stopping a few times and observing an item or two, then continuing on her way.

"What do you think about this one?"

"Maybe… But do they have it in black?"

"This one?"

"No, Dani wouldn't like that."

After a while, they found the perfect carrier bag and they purchased the lens. They made their way through the store, just looking at random things to pass the time.

"This tanish color or black?"

Blaine had separated from his mother to look at men's clothing. He noticed two guys that look his age looking at ties.

"Dude, I don't know. Why didn't you get Kurt to come with you?" A blonde-haired boy said to a taller brown-haired boy.

"Because he was helping Rachel,"

"I can't believe you waited this long." Blaine heard the blonde mumble.

The brunet seemed to disregard the statement, "Should I look for a light blue tie?"

"Uh, why?"

"My undershirt is light blue."

"… I don't think so. Why don't you just call Kurt?"

"He's… helping Rachel, I told you." Blaine began to wonder who this Kurt was, and kept listening to the two boys talk. "What about this?"

"I don't know anything about this stuff, Finn. Kurt told me everything I needed to get. Didn't he do the same for you?"

"Um… Yes," the brunet, Finn, bit his lip and with a small voice continued, "But I wasn't listening."

The blonde let out a groan, "Great."

Finn ignored him, "Does this look good?" Blaine caught a look at the brunet. He was holding up a baby blue bowtie to his neck.

Blaine couldn't take it anymore, "You'll want a black tie."

The boys snap their heads at Blaine, following his voice. "Huh?"

"I… I couldn't help but listen in."

The blonde looked back at Finn and then back at Blaine, "So, black?"

Blaine nods his head as the blonde took a black bowtie and a long black tie and held them up to Finn's neck. Finn followed his actions and finally looked back at Blaine, "Bowtie or…?"

"The long tie," Blaine thought a moment as the ties were taken away from Finn's neck. "Your shirt is light blue?" Finn nods, "You might want," Blaine made his way around to look at the ties. Finding the black satin tie, "this one."

Finn took the tie out of Blaine's hand and held it up for his friend to see. The guy nods, satisfied with it. Finn looked back at Blaine and the corners of his mouth turned up into a smile, "Thanks, dude."

Blaine nods and realized that he had made it extremely awkward for the three of them. "Well, uh…"

"Blaine?" The three boys snap their heads at Melanie's sudden appearance.

"Hi!" Blaine walked over to his mother, "Ready to go?"

"Sure," Melanie looked back at the two boys, "Some friends?"

"Uh, I was helping him with a tie." Blaine turned back to look at the guys, "Good luck with whatever you're going to be doing."

"I'm getting married," Finn had announced.

Melanie and Blaine both gave warm smiles to the boys, "Congratulations!" Melanie had spoken. Blaine nodded in agreement.

"Nice to meet you," Blaine started to walk away, with his mother following quickly behind.

"Thanks again!" Finn shouts after the two. Blaine waved back and nods his head, as the two disappeared out of sight. "That was strange."

"You think everything is strange."

"Shut up, Sam."

"Madison Karla Adams," the voice of an English teacher announced through the main gym of the high school. The name matched the girl who was the first in her class alphabetically. A cheer came from the people in the stands.

The Anderson's waited anxiously for their youngest to be called.

"Erik Orion Allen," another name was called. Melanie quickly fumbled around to get the camera in the right focus as the cheering resumed.

A snap was then taken, and many followed as the name was called, "Danielle Annabelle Anderson," the four family members stood up and cheered for their sister and daughter as she walked across the stage, collecting her diploma.

Danielle looked back at them when she reached the end of the stage, her face lit in a smile. She gave two thumbs up and posed for a picture.

The ceremony ended and the two brothers tried their hardest to get past all the people to get to Danielle. The girl was laughing when the boys made it to the bottom. They both brought her into a hug.

"We are so proud of you!"

"So proud!" Blaine had to repeat.

People showed up, people left, people stayed and caused some drama that was taken care of harshly by the protective Eli. Boys were questioned about their intentions with the graduate by the men of the family; even the gay ones. But of course Eli thought it would only be fair to also question the lesbians, so they did so, even if Blaine and Eli got some pretty rude looks.

"I don't know what the GSA is going to do without you, Dani." Said a boy as he smiled sweetly.

Danielle chuckled, "You'll survive; I'm sure." Danielle bought the boy into a comforting hug. "Have you told your parents?"

The boy sighed, "No," was meekly returned as the two pulled apart.

Danielle smiled, "You have no need to rush. You know what we say – You have to do it on your own time."

"I know," a nod was given.

"Don't worry, Michael. You know you have people who love you no matter what." Danielle gave her encouraging smile to her friend.

Michael smiled back and hugged her once before, before their exchanged their goodbyes, and the boy left.

Blaine smiled as he was guilty of eavesdropping, "You're getting pretty good at that aren't you, Dani?"

Danielle snapped her head to her brother, "Eavesdropping were you?" Blaine's eyes shut as he bowed his head slightly. Danielle sighed and smiled at him, "Well I do have a gay brother."

"Oh, hardy har har." Blaine smirked, "Blame it on me now, huh?"

Danielle's laughter filled Blaine's ears, "You know it."

Blaine smiled at his sister, who he was sure was going to be missed very dearly at her high school.

"Okay! You guys did not get me underwear for my present – which, by the way, was extremely embarrassing and not cool by any means for me to open that in front of all of my friends! I thought we talked about changing that 'tradition' up." Danielle's arms folded in front of her as her family chuckled out laughter, "Now, where is my real present?"

"I think it's only fair that if Blaine and I-"

"And your father,"

"- right, and dad, had to go through it at their graduation party, you can too."

Danielle shook her head, tapped her foot, and waited impatiently for her real present.

Things happened quickly after that; Andrew went and got the wrapped present from the storage closet, handed it to Danielle, and they all watched as her face turned from anxiousness to curiosity to full-blown excitement as she realized it was the camera she had an eye on for months.

She jumped up and down as she went and hugged all of her family, starting with her parents.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" was repeated constantly as she hugged.

Melanie, Andrew, Eli, and Blaine all cleaned up the party area as Danielle looked over her camera and examined closely at every single bit; even the extra lens.

After everything, the family went their separate ways. Danielle still exploring her new present. Melanie retired to her bedroom for a nap. Andrew relaxed in his chair, turning on some golf as he slowly drifted into his own nap. Eli left the house to go back to his own apartment. And Blaine ended up in his room, on the phone with his friend David.

"I can't believe Dani graduated. That's insane."

Blaine laughed, "I know, right? It's so weird. It seems like yesterday she was ten."

David's laugh came from the earpiece, "Yeah, really."

The conversation ended for a few moments before Blaine spoke again, "So how's Wes? I feel bad; I haven't really talked to him."

David left out a slight chuckle, "He's good. He's still in Westerville," David's voice hitched and continued, "His mother's sick. They found cancer in her kidney."

Blaine's mouth opened slightly and he felt a lump in his throat, "What?"

"Yeah, two weeks ago. They think they might have caught it in time, but they aren't for sure." David paused a moment, "I think Wes would like to hear from you. I know you guys haven't really talked. Today's probably not the best day, though."

"Uh… Why?" Blaine's body felt suddenly numb.

"She had a scan today, and they think they might have seen something in her lung. But they don't know for sure…"

"Of course," Blaine's eyes pricked with tears, "I can't… Wow."

"I know. Not really fair, is it?"

Blaine shook his head, even though he knew David couldn't see him, "No, it's not."

The two boys said their goodbyes and they quickly got off the phone. Blaine only remembered meeting Wes' mom three times.

The first was when the boys first met and Blaine had gone to Wes' house. The second was when David had thrown a sleepover and the parents got together. The third was at Wes' and David's Dalton Academy graduation.

The memory of when Blaine had to leave Westerville came back to him as he fell back onto the bed and shut his eyes…

"Your father got a promotion at work." Melanie Anderson announced to her three children.

"Really?" Eli's voice was dripping with shock.

"That's good… right?"

Melanie smiled at her daughter, "Yes, Dani. It's wonderful," she moved her vision to Blaine and smiled, "What do you think Blaine?"

"I think it's great, but why couldn't you just tell me this over the phone? David and I were discussing our first song for the Warblers."

Melanie took an inhaled breathe and gave a small smile, "Your father can only have the promotion if it's at Columbus."

Blaine's stomach dropped, "What?" his voice pitched.

Danielle looked back and forth from Blaine to her mother in confusion. Eli shut his eyes tight, "You have got to be kidding me."

"We need this promotion, kids."

Blaine shook his head, "We just finally got the glee club! No. No!"

"Blaine…"

"I want dad to turn it down! I am not leaving Dalton! I finally feel safe in a school."

Melanie looked away from her son, "I-"

Eli chimed in, "He already took it. Didn't he, mom?"

That was when Blaine realized that no reaction usually meant the dreadful answer of the question. They moved two weeks later. Blaine was there for auditions and the first song choice and then he had to leave. The faces of Wes and David when he told them burned into his mind.

Blaine shook his head and looked around the room. He spotted a picture of his family that an ex-boyfriend did for him. The picture had the family in a frame that looked like a television.

Blaine pondered on the fact that their family did seem a lot like a family you see on television. But he knew it really wasn't the case. Sure, they had their moments. Every family does. But Blaine quickly learned that there are quirks and tricks to every family; even the ones that do seem perfect.

Andrew works a lot and makes very generous pay; enough for their extremely expensive house with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a full basement, a large kitchen, a dining room/family room, and a living room. Enough money to buy Eli a new car for his graduation present and Blaine an iMac and a MacBook Pro as well.

Melanie has a mild case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. And although she hates to break routine, she does on occasions that come up. She usually has to be doing something; cleaning, laundry, washing the dishes. She's a complete mysophobic. According to her parents, she was a whole lot worse when she was younger.

Eli got his girlfriend pregnant when he was eighteen; he found out later, along with the fact she had an abortion. He knew he had no idea what he would have done, but he wouldn't have even thought of aborting the child. He spent months in depression, dropped out of school and practically lived in the basement and his bedroom. After a while, he ended up in the hospital for two weeks after overdosing on some pain medicine he stole from a friend.

Danielle can be the most selfish person sometimes, but then give this amazing comeback in a minute, crying over something about a friend or something on television she saw. For a while, she was in the middle of every drama her high school saw. She was classified as one of the school sluts because some guys thought it was be hilarious, even though she's a virgin. She picked quite a few wrong people to befriend.

Andrew and Melanie have their fights; most of the time, it's the silliest things that they can't even remember what they were about the next day. And even though the family doesn't see Andrew as much as they would like, he's one hundred percent faithful to his wife and family.

Blaine smiles as he admires his brother. Eli went through a lot, and he regrets trying to take his life, because he would have missed so much. He's better; actually works Monday's and Tuesday's at suicide hotline, helping other. Danielle bounced back, started a gay-straight alliance at her school and began to help people as well; accepting yourself for who you are.

And of course, Blaine knew his obsession with his hair was something not normal. He hated for people to see him in a lower light, but he doesn't mind it if it happens. He tries his hardest to be – not necessarily perfect, but ideal to his peers. But his obsessions with his hair, with his art work, with his guilty-pleasure treats hidden under his bed, with his music, and with his voice having perfect pitch he can't exactly be the ideal person.

"Someone might think that's ideal," Eli's voice ran through his head as Blaine slowly drifted into sleep.

A/N: I have things planned out, I do. I promise...
Obviously, Kurt's side is next.