See what happens when sweet Kurt Hummel and sexy Sam Evans are left to their own devices. Rated M for later content.

To my FABULOUS, MARVELOUS, and PHENOMENAL beta AirNationOracle who was incredibly patient with me and helped to nurture this story :)

Usual disclaimer: I don't own Glee, Kurt, Sam, any of them. Although if I did, things would certainly be different let me tell you what-for! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The alarm buzzed loudly, waking Kurt up out of his dreams of stardom and fame. He shut it off with a groan and sat up to face the day, the coolness of the house an unwelcome change from his warm and cozy bedsheets. However he had a new job to start today so the fair teen rolled out of bed and stood on the cold floor. Walking out of his room and toward the stairs lost in thought, he walked straight into a solid wall of tan flesh.

"Oomph!" he exclaimed. "Oh, sorry Sam!" The blonde instinctively clutched the fair teen into him, pressing him close to his bare chest.

"S'okay," Sam murmured, releasing Kurt and moving to groggily rubbing at his eyes; a morning person Sam was not.

Ever since Burt and Carole had started to spend their weeks in Washington and Finn had left for basic training, Sam and Kurt had been left alone more and more often at the Hummel household this summer. Now here was August; with Kurt taking over Hummel Tire and Lube and Sam starting senior year at McKinley, they had the house to themselves.

As the two sat down in the bright and sun-streaked kitchen to a breakfast of coffee, toast and Cheerios, Kurt was still deep in thought about all the changes this summer had brought. Starting with his NYADA rejection, Finn leaving for Fort Benning, Georgia, Burt putting Kurt in charge at the shop and Sam taking on a lot of responsibility with both Glee and the football team. All in all it had been one busy summer. After some coffee had woken the two teens up more, Sam started to perk up.

"So today is your first as an owner/operator, Mr. Hummel?" asked the blonde teen with a crooked smile. Ever since his new job, Sam had taken to calling Kurt that.

"Yes, Sam, and if we don't hurry we're both gonna be late!"

"Yeah, I doubt it, it's like six A.M.; school doesn't start for another hour and a half and the shop doesn't open till eight."

"You really don't know how long it takes me to get ready, do you?" said the fair teen with a chuckle and evil grin.

With that, Kurt stood, stacked his and Sam's breakfast dishes together and walked them to the sink while Sam smiled appreciatively at Kurt's back.

"Thanks, dude," the blonde said as they walked together towards the stairs.

They walked silently upstairs and just as they parted into their respective rooms, Kurt turned and said "Sam? Don't call me dude!" and shut his door before Sam could reply.

Once his door was closed, Kurt gave himself a hug, enjoying the memory of bumping into Sam. The feel of the warm, strong arms encasing him seared into his mind. He admitted only to himself that deep down he still had feelings for the blonde gentleman. He loved every single dorky quirk that Sam had but to avoid making things weird he had decided to not do a duet with him when they first met and it was something that he would regret forever. Once Sam had moved in and everyone else had practically moved out Kurt decided that he would never ever acknowledge those feelings. With a small sigh, Kurt went to his closet and tried to find an outfit that was charming and authoritative at the same time.

Meanwhile Sam was in his room, thinking how soft Kurt's hands had been when they had grazed his chest. How good and right it had felt to pull the petite teen into him and just hold him. He knew that Kurt had liked him when they first met, but Sam had thoroughly screwed that up by denying who he was and dating Quinn... and Santana... and Mercedes. He knew that Kurt would think it was either a cruel joke or Sam settling for something less if he ever made a move; he decided once he came back to Lima that he wouldn't say anything. Better to have Kurt as a friend than nothing at all. Then he and Kurt had been in living alone and Sam swore that he would not ruin this, whatever it was, and just keep things friendly. With a small sigh, Sam started to try to find a clean pair of cargo shorts and a t-shirt that weren't A) dirty and B) something he thought that Kurt would approve of.

After a thorough moisturizing routine for Kurt and a quick round of some COD for Sam, the brunette called to Sam and the two met in the hallway before off and leaving for school. Since Sam had not gone to school when his family had moved to Kentucky, he would be starting his senior year. With a roof over his head and Burt's offer of a job and the benefits that came with it, the Evans had allowed the blond teen to stay at McKinley, for which both Kurt and Sam where secretly extremely grateful. And since he wasn't technically being held back, he was able to participate in Glee and football.

Together in Kurt's Navigator they head out for McKinley to drop Sam off. Both of them lost in thoughts about what this particular school year would bring. When they arrived they saw that the first day nerves had taken their toll on a pair of freshman and resulted in a minor fender-bender. Kurt merely chuckled as he pulled his baby into the drop-off lot.

"I think you might be on a little power trip Kurt," Sam joked playfully as he checked his bag and saw that not only had Kurt organized his backpack but packed his lunch. "Do you do this for Blaine too?"

With a small smile at the blonde's playful nature, Kurt shot back, "No... but the day is still early, I could always run home and start a quiche..." trailing off.

Sam chuckled, "No way dude! Then my lunch wouldn't be as special!" and Sam opened the door and hopped out.

About to shut the door, Kurt yelled out, "Have a good day! And don't call me dude, Samuel!"

With an unrepentant grin, Sam shut the door and spun to face the building the was McKinley.

As the brunette teen pulled away Sam couldn't help but think It's gonna be a good year.

Normally, he hated being at school, but if school also meant that he got to live with Kurt, have Kurt help him with his homework, and pack his freaking lunch, then he would have to just deal with it! Sam walked into the building, the last wisps of late summer sun and heat comforting him as he went in to start his day.

As the blonde teen got smaller in the rear view mirror, Kurt couldn't help but think Am I a bad boyfriend?

Even though Sam was only joking, Kurt couldn't help but wonder if he subconsciously wanted to cheat on Blaine. It was only lunch, but Kurt had not once thought about his boyfriend while he made it. The fair teen only thought about the look of happiness on a certain Trouty Mouth when he opened the bag to find all of his favorites. Come to think of it, he hadn't spent much time with Blaine since the boy had come back from L.A. to see Cooper.

If he was bothered he would have said so, Kurt rationalized.

With that, he pushed those thoughts aside and realized he might have forgotten to order those mufflers from Ford.

With a spring in his step and a song in his heart, Kurt headed into the familiar and comforting back office of Hummel Tire. The guys out front had always been totally accepting of Kurt; hell, most of them had watched him grow up. He could hear them joke and tease each other good-naturedly from the office while they got the shop ready for open. Kurt had spent a great deal of time here growing up, especially after his mother had passed away. Then in as little time as possible, Kurt had heard about the negative effects of sweat and the various chemicals on one's skin. Now that he was older and wiser, and also the manager, Kurt had grudgingly accepted it.

He opened the door and was so deep in thought that he didn't realize that someone was already in his office as he turned the lights on.

"Surprise, babe!" exclaimed one Blaine Anderson, sitting on Kurt's desk.

Shocked, the fair teen accidentally slammed the door. "BLAINE! You frightened me!" Kurt shouted, clutching his chest.

The smaller boy frowned, "Sorry, I just wanted to surprise you on your first day of running the shop alone."

Seeing the pout, Kurt felt bad for yelling. "It's okay... just next time, no sitting in dark offices, okay?" With that, Kurt walked thought the cluttered, yet fashionable, office.

After Burt had given Kurt the keys (and the company credit card), he had re-decorated it to his style: a beautiful red and gold area rug with a cherry wood desk and bookcases. The room no longer smelled like pizza and spilt oil; something that Kurt was insanely proud of, mind you. The fair teen walked behind his desk and set his messenger bag on it while arraigning various things on the table top.

Seemingly forgiven, Blaine perked up. "Sure! So, besides missing me, what's going on today?"

"Not much really, just some orders to process, bills to pay and inventory to take. So normal manager stuff I suppose." For some odd reason, Kurt couldn't find in himself to join Blaine in his playful mood. He would file that away for mental review later. "Shouldn't you be on your way to school?" the fair teen asked, glancing at the clock above the door.

"Yeah, but before I go, maybe I could have a nice, long goodbye kiss? For luck? Or maybe for fun?" Blaine said with a lecherous grin on his face.

"Blaine! I'm at work! We can't be doing that here. What if one of the guys tell my dad?" Kurt said without really feeling anything.

Odd, he thought.

With a look of reluctance, Blaine seemed to agree "You're right, babe, we should be as professional as possible when you're here. I mean this is your job after all, so no making out. But are we still on for Scandals tonight?"

Scandals, the local gay bar, was a place that Kurt and Blaine had been introduced to by former enemy Sebastian Smythe a year ago. Although Kurt hadn't taken to the place instantly, it grew on him, especially since Sebastian wasn't still trying to steal Blaine from Kurt and Blaine loved the place. So it had grown on Kurt, who would never admit it, but loved the place as much as Blaine. It was one of the few hangouts that they could go to in Lima and just be the couple that they where.

"Actually, I kinda promised Sam that I would help him with his homework and first Glee assignment," said Kurt with a frown; Blaine was not going to be happy. "I know we were going to celebrate your last First Day of High School as well as my first successful day of work, I'm really sorry, babe".

Strangely, Blaine didn't look like a kicked puppy. "No, it's cool! I'll probably be busy with homework myself. Not to mention the 'rents are coming home tonight."

With that, Kurt started to look through papers on his desk to get back to business. "Well, thanks B! I promise to make it up to you! Now you should shoo so I can get out of here and you make it to school on time!"

"You're the best, you know that!" Blaine exclaimed and with a small smile, turned and left the office.

And as Blaine left Kurt's office, a small ding sounded and a smile was spreading on Kurt's lips and excitement through his chest. But Kurt wasn't smiling because he had a perfect and understanding boyfriend or because he was having a great morning. He was smiling because that little ding was a text message from Sam: Astronomy homework tonight, wanna help me stargaze?

Meanwhile Blaine left Kurt's office with a smile on his face, but also with a bit of guilt on the back of his mind. He loved Kurt dearly; he always had and always would. Kurt was his first everything: First boyfriend, first love, first time and all of these things made Blaine feel all the guiltier. This summer the Anderson's had all gone to visit Cooper in California. With some luck (and help from a talented little brother) Cooper Anderson had finally hit it big in the movie industry.

After a few months break in Ohio, Cooper went to Hollywood with renewed vigor and after pounding the pavement and making calls and doing auditions, had gotten a background role in a JJ Abrams production. Thinking that was his "lucky break," Cooper had gone to work the first day to have found out that Mr. Abrams had fired the male lead in the film because he wanted a fresh face to star. Fortunately, Mr. Abrams had not found the "fresh faces" his casting directors had sent to be adequate, and was fuming. As luck would have it, Cooper quite literally ran into Mr. Abrams on set.

After the shock of the jolt, Mr. Abrams declared he had found the new fresh face he was looking for and wasted no time in casting Cooper as the lead. A few weeks later the Anderson's went to visit their soon-to-be A-list son and it was on the set that Blaine had met Eric Meyers. Eric was a Hollywood "6" on a scale of 1-to-10, which meant that he was a Lima "11". What started out as an innocent friendship slowly morphed into something more. Eric explained all the in's and out's of Hollywood to an awed Blaine.

This led to the two hanging out more and more until Eric asked Blaine out on a "Not-Date" as he had called it. Blaine stated he had a boyfriend, whom he loved, and Eric maintained that it was just two friends having dinner. So after some convincing Blaine agreed, and they had a fantastic time. After dinner the two went to the Griffith Observatory to Hollywood gaze and talk, because friends do that sometimes. This conversation included Kurt and how he dreamt of life in New York City and Broadway, and how Blaine didn't know where he fit into that anymore. He loved Kurt, he declared, and that he would follow him to the mouth of hell if asked. But Blaine also meekly admitted that he wasn't sure if New York was a part of his dreams or not.

Eric then gently told Blaine that love is wonderful and that people in love do crazy things but love should never ever make anyone give up their dreams or compromise on them because then your life becomes a nightmare. After that Blaine told Eric about how Kurt looked up to him, despite Kurt being older than Blaine, and how Blaine had helped Kurt through some tough times.

After talking for awhile and looking at the stars Eric drove Blaine back to Cooper's townhouse and said good night. It had been a completely innocent evening; Eric and Blaine hadn't kissed or held hands or anything remotely romantic, but the seeds had been sown. Blaine started to wonder what his dreams where and what he wanted to do after high school. At the time Kurt hadn't decided if he would run off with Rachel to New York or stay in Lima and manage at the shop.

The next day as the Anderson's said good-bye to Cooper and prepared to leave for the airport, Blaine got a text message. Thinking it was from Kurt, he opened it and found it was from Eric, saying one word "Dream" and that only served to make him wonder more. What do you want Blaine Anderson?

Once he had gotten home from vacation and settled back into his routine, Blaine didn't think too much about Eric Meyers or his insistence that Blaine dream. After all he had a wonderful boyfriend and a plan to attend NYU and move to New York in less than a year. Then it happened.

Kurt decided to take his father's place temporarily managing Hummel Tire until someone else could be found permanently and he unveiled his plan to Blaine: to take the job and re-apply to NYADA while also doing work with the Glee club on the side for the following year. Then move into a squalled apartment somewhere in the Village and finally after hard work and dedication, make it to a leading role on Broadway and of course he assumed Blaine would be right there with him.

It hit him then that Kurt had not asked him about any of this. He had assumed at the time (correctly of course) that Blaine would happily comply and go. But what if Blaine didn't want to live in New York forever or what if Blaine was offered a job that made him move to Los Angeles, would Kurt be willing to relocate for Blaine? Not being able to risk the answer, Blaine started daydreaming about his future.

In all these scenarios Blaine was successful and happy in New York, L.A., Miami or Boston. The other recurring theme that disturbed Blaine a little was that in all these fantasies he was alone, Kurt-less. As if his subconscious was latched on to the thought of living his life for him. He loved Kurt dearly but the thought of living his life to suit Kurt's wishes and dreams wasn't something that Blaine thought that he could do.

So he called the one person that he thought might understand: Eric. Eric was sympathetic, he understood Blaine's position. Eric had a boyfriend, Jake, back in St. Louis where he was from that wanted to be a doctor. Jake had expected Eric to just be a wonderful house husband and go wherever Jake was sent for school and such. And so Eric started thinking about what he wanted and what his dreams where and that led him to acting in LA. He had a broken heart for awhile but in the end, Eric said that a huge heart ache for a short time was preferable to a tiny heartache for the rest of his life.

Eric's advice was for Blaine to break up with Kurt. And so for the past three months Blaine had been waiting and looking for the right time and place to break up with Kurt. It was terrible but Blaine thought that Kurt could understand, that he would get over it. Especially since he was already spending so much time with HIM! God, just the thought of Sam Evans made Blaine's head spin.

Sure the guy had been homeless for awhile, but those sorts of things built character didn't they? Besides, he had everything else he could want out of life: supportive family, great friends, a tremendous pseudo-foster family with Mr. and Mrs. Hummel, his talent, his body, and he had Kurt. Yes, Kurt was dating him, but Blaine knew that if Sam ever wanted Kurt then he stood no chance.

So with all of those things to support him, Blaine decided that he would break up with Kurt and quickly, just like pulling off the band-aid. Then he could start planning his future and Kurt could heal and then go on and be successful. With those thoughts as comfort, he drove away to McKinley for his first day of senior year.