Guilt, regret, anger. These were just a few of the things that Blaine was feeling at that moment. He found himself forcing himself not to stumble as he walked up the street to his home. No one would be up, he had told them not to expect him home for some time. He took his keys from his pocket beginning to feel sick as he unlocked the door but not due to nerves, due to the fact he had just drank to much. He stumbled up the stairs towards his bedroom, closing the door behind him and sighing as he lay down on his bed.

Kurt was mad at him, that was for sure, he began to feel annoyed. He had denied the offer from the new Warbler, Sebastian, to go to the gay bar but when Kurt insisted he gave in. He began to regret going. However, whilst he was there he had had the time of his life, dancing with the guy he loved despite the fact that Sebastian was still being pretty full on towards him throughout the night. Afterwards was a different story though. He couldn't decide who he was more angry with, Sebastian, Kurt or himself. Before he got more frustrated Blaine clumsily got himself ready for bed.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, it opened before he got a chance to answer. Alice appeared from behind it in an oversized blue dressing gown. "Where have you been?" She asked quietly closing the door again. Her eyes looked half shut.

"I told you I was going out." Blaine said going to take a seat on the bed but just missed and fell onto the floor.

She glared at him and began to walk towards him. "Are you drunk?" She questioned in a less quiet tone.

"No!" He laughed trying to get back up but failing.

"Don't lie, Blaine." She mumbled, Blaine looked down at the floor guiltily. "How could you?" Her voice cracked.

"I... I'm sorry." He muttered.

"I just don't want you to turn out like dad." She began to cry for what must have been the hundredth time that month, it was becoming a normal thing for her these days.

"Oh Alice." Blaine said crawling over to her and taking her hands to pull her down onto the floor next to him. He took her head and pulled it onto his shoulder, stroking her hair. "I am so sorry for making you think that. I promise with all my heart that I will never do to you what he has done. Just, please don't be mad at me as well."

"As well?" She wondered out loud. "Who else is mad at you?"

"Kurt." He sighed.

"Really? How come?"

"Let's just say I did something really stupid and leave it at that." He answered.

"I suggest you talk to him. I know you love him, Blaine, and he loves you. He'll forgive you." She told him. Blaine smiled and kissed her on the top of her head before leaning on it. The two of them sat in silence until they both gradually fell asleep.

That morning Tanya went to Blaine's room to check that he had gotten home ok. She didn't expect to find him leaning against his bed with his younger sister in his arms but it wasn't a bad thing. Yes, the two of them would regret sleeping in that position and complain about a sore neck or a back but Tanya couldn't help but find it cute. She adored the closeness of her children and was glad that they still had that though the family was falling apart. She snatched Blaine's dirty clothes which were hanging over his desk chair and left the room quietly so that she wouldn't disturb them.

"Tonight's the big night!" Ryan chirped handing Blaine the box of cereal he had just poured a bowl full of. "Are you nervous?"

"A little but I'm glad you guys are all coming!" He smiled still exhausted from the night before. He looked over at Alice who was smiling over at him, he was glad she had forgiven him so quickly and hoped that Kurt would to.

"Of course, we wouldn't miss it for the world!" Tanya said placing a carton of semi-skimmed milk on the table.

The hustle of the kitchen continued for a short while until Richard swaggered into the room. "Morning." He mumbled walking over to the kettle to make himself a cup of coffee. The room fell silent. "What is no one going to speak to me today?" He quickly took a small bottle from his pocket and poured the contents into the mug he had retrieved from the cupboard and stirred it in with the hot water and grains of coffee.

"Morning." They all muttered quietly and then got back to what they were doing.

Only Ryan made an effort to speak. "So Dad, are you coming to see Blaine in Westside Story tonight?" The whole family watched him waiting for an answer.

He turned around the mug in his hand, looking as if he was thinking. "I might be working late tonight." He said not fully answering the question. Everyone was still for a moment, the whole situation felt uncomfortable.

"But dad, he's playing the male lead, you said you would come." Alice finally spoke breaking the silence. No one had ever spoken to him in that way. No one had ever dared to stand up to him. All eyes were on the youngest of the family.

"I told you, Alice, I'm working late." Richard said beginning to feel his temper rising.

"You said you might be, how come this never occurred to you before?" She snapped. "Maybe because you're lying, Dad."

"Honestly, Alice, it's fine." Blaine mumbled looking down at his half eaten bowl of cereal. He was disappointed and angry but the last thing he wanted was for Alice to get into an argument with their father.

"See Alice, it's fine but I must ask... have you taken your pills this morning?" Richard teased her, finding himself all quite funny. He grabbed the open bottle of milk from the table and poured it into his mug, taking a sip. The bitter taste mixed with the alcohol sent shivers through his body. Alice glared at him, how dare he even question her about that. She stood up from the table, threw her bowl into the sink and stormed out of the room slamming the door behind her.

"I'll take that attitude as a no then." He laughed and shook his head before taking another gulp of 'coffee'.

"She did take them dad, right before she ate." Blaine felt the need to say. There was no way he could just sit and take the way his dad had acted without saying at least something to defend the right of his little sister.

"Ok, jeez, I was only joking." Richard let out another cackle before grabbing the paper from the day before and heading out of the room. Tanya turned towards the sink and began to wash out Alice's discarded bowl so that her two sons wouldn't see her starting to well up.

That evening Tanya, Ryan and Alice sat down to watch Blaine play Tony in McKinley's production of Westside Story. The whole of the auditorium filled with family members, friends and teachers quickly and before they knew it the show was starting. Every seat in the place was filled but the one next to Tanya Anderson, Blaine felt a moment of sadness when he looked out onto the audience through a gap in the curtains and saw that empty space. Rachel, who was playing Maria, put her hand on his shoulder, "Good luck." She smiled.

"You too." He nodded.

"Oh my gosh, Blaine! That was amazing!" Alice squealed pulling him into a tight hug. "It was so beautiful... I cried." She pulled away from him grinning.

"And by that she means she cried all the way through it, I'm not joking start to finish. Then when mom started crying at the end I wasn't sure how to cope!" Ryan laughed hugging Blaine with one arm and patting his back to congratulate him. Alice rolled her eyes, laughing along.

"Sweetie you did absolutely great!" Tanya told him taking him in her arms and squeezing him tightly. "We're going to go out for dinner, do you want to come?"

Blaine looked around the auditorium now there were only a few people left cleaning up the aisles, others were on stage also cleaning away the props and setting them in a good place for the show the next night. "I think I'll stay here, need some time to practice a few moves for tomorrow night. You guys have fun though!" He said flashing them a faint smile. Tanya nodded and all three waved goodbye before leaving.

With the whole audience gone the auditorium didn't look so big and frightening. Blaine had to admit his slightly smaller scale audition had been easy compared to the show he had just helped put on that evening. However, he was more than glad that it seemed to go well. He waited until the huge room had finally emptied and began to practice a move he felt he needed to work on. Throughout this he thought about what he would say to Kurt next time he got a chance to speak to him properly. That morning when he had woken up with some sense he realised what he had done and he was ashamed. Then he heard the voice he wanted to hear most coming from behind him, he turned to face Kurt, his heart beating that little bit faster.

Alice sang to herself as she made her way through the upstairs corridor of the family home. She got a shock as she turned a corner and collided with Blaine. "Oh hi Blaine, you're up late today!" Then something caught her eye from behind him. "Hey Kurt... What are... Oh wait did, did you? Blaine! Oh my gosh!" He quickly put his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet unable to stop himself from grinning.

"Hi Alice." Kurt whispered, giggling quietly and putting his head on Blaine's shoulder.

Alice pushed Blaine's hand from her mouth. "I'll distract the family, I'll make something up about the Triple Threats. Just be quiet, ok?" She quickly ran down the stairs and into the living room where the rest of the family were sitting and began to babble on about the songs The Triple Threats were thinking of doing for Regionals, asking her family for advice.

"Your sister is so great, can I keep her?" Kurt laughed as they slowly made their way down the stairs. Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand as they rushed through the lobby and past the living room door.

"Goodbye beautiful." He whispered giving Kurt a kiss on the cheek before slowly opening the tall wooden door to set him free.

"Bye gorgeous." Kurt winked quickly kissing him on the lips before making a quick bolt away from the house. Blaine laughed shaking his head, thinking about how impossible it would be to ever love someone more than he loved him.

"Blaine, what are you doing?" Asked Richard seeing his soon lost in thought at the front door. He turned stunned, feeling slight panic. What if he had seen Kurt?

"He was looking for his keys, thinks he dropped them last night when he came in. Right, Blaine?" Alice said appearing behind Richard. She smirked over at him, a look on her face that suggested a line such as 'You owe me'.

"Yeah, that's right. No sign of them so far. Maybe they're just well hidden in my pocket or something. I'll go look again!" He told them quickly running up the stairs.

"Let me help!" Alice smiled, chasing after him. She followed him into his bedroom, quietly shutting the door behind her. "Your thanks is telling me what happened. Now go!"

"Alice... You're my little sister I can't tell you stuff like that!" Blaine shook his head and turned in his chair to face the desk.

"So you guys did do it then."

"Alice!" He laughed feeling his cheeks burn. "I have no idea what you mean." He lied pretending to be clearing up the things on his desk.

"You took your love to the next level, did the deed, made love, got all-"

"Ok, ok." Blaine gave up, Alice smirked leaning on the desk. "We did it! Are you happy now?"

"Blaine, you're blushing!" She giggled. "But yes I am happy, I'm happy for you." She sat on the edge of the desk looking down at her overly-smiley brother. In truth she was more than happy for him, in the past year he had went from going after guys he could never get to falling for that one person she could just tell would love him back forever. However, it also made her sad, he couldn't fully enjoy being in love because there were always people bringing him down for trying to be who he was.

At first it was bullies, middle school had been an extremely difficult time for him. Coming out was just one milestone. She remembered the day he told her, she was the first one to know and couldn't help feeling privileged that he had came to her first. That day she promised to support him no matter what and despite being secretly bullied herself she kept that promise to him. Even when her own father began to push her away because of it.

Before Blaine came out to the whole family Alice had been sure that each member would support him like she had. An image that remained vivid in her head was the look on her dads face when her brave brother had announced that he was gay. Just the thought made her stomach twinge with guilt. Her kind, hard-working and caring father showed a frown of disappointment, he went from smiling to a complete blank and it was the way it had stayed in her mind ever since.

Alice suddenly realised her eyes had began to well up and before Blaine could notice she threw her arms around his neck. "Woah, Alice, what's this for?" He asked patting her on the back.

"I just wanted you to know how amazing you are."