"Finn, have you called everyone?" called Rachel Hudson-Berry from the kitchen of their New York apartment. She walked into the connecting living room where her husband Finn was sitting on the couch, staring at football plays and game plans.
"No. I still have to call Wes and David from the Warblers. I'm just looking at some papers for work. I'll call them now." He replied, pulling out his phone.
"Thank you. I know you still need to sort some things out but I think a high school football team can survive without their coach for a day." She said walking over to him. He set the phone down on the coffee table and set it on speaker. Wes picked up on the second ring.
"Who are you and what do you want." a sour voice on the other end of the line grumbled. Rachel giggled and replied, "It's good to see you too Wesley. Or, rather, hear you." There was rustling on the other end and a new voice, cheerier this time, flowed through the speaker of the phone.
"Rachel? Is that you? It's David. Sorry about Wes, he's grumpy in the morning." Rachel turned to Finn and they smiled. Same old Wes. But then they realized that David was with Wes.
"David? You and Wes are living together? So you finally came to your senses like Kurt said you would." David chuckled. "No. Of course not. We're sharing an apartment but we aren't together. Wes is still in love with his gavel. So what do you need anyway?"
"Well," Rachel started, her leadership tone taking over, "We have decided to have a reunion for the New Directions and Warblers and our apartment. It's been 10 years since we've graduated after all and we need to catch up with everyone."
"That sounds great. We'll be there. Who else is going? How is everyone?"
"Well now that we know you guys are coming, everyone will be there. Puck and Quinn are married, Brittany and Santana are engaged, Tina and Artie are married, Mike's been dating one of his students from his dance studio, Lauren's single, Mercedes and Sam are engaged, Finn and I are married, Kurt's a designer, Blaine's a famous singer-"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Wes shouted on the other end. The phone must've been set to speaker. "Are Kurt and Blaine still together?"
Finn and Rachel stared at each other before Rachel asked, "He's your brother. Are they?" Finn just shrugged and his brow creased in a funny little way that meant he was thinking hard.
"Well," Finn started, "If they're both famous then they're addresses aren't allowed to the public. And I texted them the invitation so I have no idea if they're still together." He frowned, "This isn't good."
There was silence until Wes finally spoke up on the other end, "If they aren't together and they see each other at the party that could bring up some really awkward silence. We need to keep them away from each other."
"But what if they are still together?" David asked, joining back in on the conversation.
"We can't take that chance. If they aren't together that could cause an eruption of drama that we do not need." Rachel paused. "We'll need to figure out ways to distract them. The New Directions can distract Kurt and the Warblers can distract Blaine."
"But if they are still- OW!" A thump was heard on the other end.
"What's wrong?" Finn asked, concerned.
"Wes threw his gavel at me because apparently I'm, and I quote, "doubting the brilliant plan of keeping Kurt and Blaine away from each other to avoid teenage, but not so teenage, drama." David sighed and started to mutter something about getting his own apartment.
Wait." Rachel said, coming to a realization. "Wes actually still has his gavel?"
"Actually he has his original gavel plus ten others that he got on eBay."
"Dude." muttered Finn.
"Yeah. Also, he has little cases for all of them and they all have names." Wes started to shout at David on the other end.
"So anyway," Rachel quickly yelled to break up the boys' fight. "Just so we're clear, Operation Keep-Blaine-Away-From-Kurt-And-Vice-Versa-To-Avoid-Teenage-But-Not-So-Teenage-Drama is a go."
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Everyone had arrived except, conveniently, Kurt and Blaine. Rachel had told everyone the plan and they agreed to help except David and Mercedes who still held on to their belief that the two were still together. Everything was going great until a knock was heard at the door and everyone fell silent. Brittany, still not grasping the suspense of the moment, skipped over to answer the door.
"My dolphin!" She squealed when she threw the door open and pulled Kurt into a tight embrace.
"Hey boo…um, I need to breathe now so you'll have to let go." He said, gently detangling her arms from him. All of the New Directions girls came rushing up to hug him. The guys were more subtle and gave him a few handshakes or pats on the back except for Finn who, being the frankenteen that he was, gave Kurt a tight bear hug which lifted the small man about a foot off the ground.
"Finn! I'm glad to see you too but, like I told Brittany, I need to breath." Finn smiled sheepishly and placed his step-brother down on the ground. The Warblers went to greet their ex-countertenor and Wes shared a quick look with Rachel before doing so. Rachel nodded back and walked up to the smiling Kurt.
"So Kurt." She began. "We really need to catch up. How's being a designer?" she asked, careful not to ask, even though it was begging to escape her mouth, Are you still with Blaine?
"Oh my gaga Rachel! It is purely amazing! I get to do what I love, and I'm living in the city of my dreams, and all of my models are so nice." He was smiling so wide his face threatened to split in two.
"Did someone say models?" Puck asked, coming up behind them with a goofy smile on his face.
"Noah. I swear to god, if any one of my models comes to me saying they met a man with a mohawk, and I don't get why you still have it by the way, I will not hesitate to choke you with one of Rachel's hideous reindeer sweaters." Kurt smirked and walked away to find Mercedes, leaving Puck standing there, smiling.
"Told you I could keep him busy." He said turning to Rachel.
"Alright, Puck you can help, but please keep Santana away. I've gone through ten blissful years without hearing a single "wanky". I'd like to keep it that way."
"Will do" He said giving an awkward little salute and left to find the little Latina who was currently talking with Brittany, probably trying to explain the plan to her for the tenth time.
Another knock sounded at the door and every single Warbler tripped over themselves trying to answer it. Flint finally got up and opened the door to reveal a curly haired, smiling, hobbit.
"Blaine Warbler!" Wes shouted, having gotten up from the tangled mess of singers on the ground.
"You know my last name is Anderson right?" Blaine asked laughing as he eyed his fallen colleagues on the floor.
"Yeah but we don't care." Jeff said as he went over to hug Blaine.
"So Blaine," Nick said, starting the same way Rachel had with Kurt, as he slung an arm around the ex-soloist's neck. "How's life? Write any good songs lately?"
"Yeah. I just finished my new album; nothing but love songs in it. I'll release it in a few months." Blaine was looking around the room, eyeing familiar faces and sharing smiles with many of them. He started to walk through the room. Thad looked ahead of him and noticed that he was walking, unknowingly, directly to where Kurt was talking to Tina and Mercedes.
When he pointed this out to Wes, he quickly ran over to Blaine and tried to steer him in another direction.
"Wes, what are you doing?" Blaine asked as Wes roughly started to direct him into another part of the apartment.
"Um…I wanted to show you Finn's new flat screen." He said quickly. He looked back at where Kurt was and saw Rachel trying to drag him in the opposite direction as well but he wasn't budging.
"Okay. Well I can see that anytime." He said walking back in the direction he had been. Wes was desperate. Blaine was getting closer and closer to Kurt who had pulled away from Rachel.
"Blaine!" Wes shouted. Blaine turned around, and exasperated expression on his face.
"What Wesley?"
"We can't let you see Kurt."
Blaine's face turned from annoyed to confused. "Why not?"
"We-" Wes was cut off by a high male voice shouting Blaine's name from behind.
"Blaine." Kurt said again, reaching him. "Do you know why Rachel keeps pulling me away?"
"No. Wesley keeps doing the same thing. Why are you guys keeping us away from each other?" Blaine frowned at the two people who were now staring at their feet, trying to avoid eye contact.
Finally Rachel spoke up. "We didn't know if you would want to see each other." Wes nodded in agreement.
Blaine chuckled and snaked his arm around Kurt's waist, pulling him closer. "Guys." He said trying to retain his laughter, as was Kurt. "Why wouldn't I want to see my husband?"