Kurt gaze moved down to where Sam was looking and he frowned. A confused expression covered his face and breathing got faster. He tried pulling his hand back but Sam did not let it go and gave Kurt a stern, determined look.

"I… I don't… where did… where did this ring come from?"

Tears threatened Kurt's eyes and his voice was just above a whisper as he asked the question.

"You're married, Kurt…"

The words just left Sam's mouth in a monotone, without any emotion

"M-married? Wh-….when did I… how… I don't know…"

The boy was trembling now and he looked clearly confused. The women behind the counter at the coffee shop were now giving him sympathetic looks.

"Daddy!"

The squeal of a little child shifted both Kurt's and Sam's gaze. They both watched as a little toddler of about 3 years of age, came running towards them. Kurt was just plain confused and Sam was grinning at the child. He got up and scooped the little girl in his arms, making her giggle. The blonde then kissed her cheek and she wrapped her arms around Sam's neck.

"Hey buddy"

He greeted the child and the little girl rubbed their noses together, showing her affections.

"Oh my, gosh, there you are!"

A voice came from behind Sam and the little and the blond shifted slightly and turned around, coming back to face with a girl with long blond hair tied up in a ponytail.

"Brittany?"

Kurt asked and his confusion only grew. He had no clue that girl was here in New York. But Kurt's main confusion right now was with the child in Sam's arms. Was he the one she had called "daddy" earlier? Well, it sure seemed like it.

The older girl looked at Kurt's direction and waved at him.

"Oh hey, Kurt"

She greeted the boy, like she hadn't met him after 5 years but just 5 hours. She then moved her attention to Sam and the little girl who was now leaning on Sam's shoulder, sucking on her thumb. Kurt felt adoration towards her. He never really liked kids but this little girl changed that. He did not even know he had a fatherly instinct but he could feel that instinct reacting towards her, which was so weird.

"I thought I lost her. She is so athletic just like her father"

Brittany complained and pinched the little girl's cheek, making her frown.

"Mama… don'ttttt"

The little kid whined and hearing what she just said made Kurt's heart skip a beat. Wait, so that was Sam's and Brittany's child? This was all so confusing. He thought Brittany was a lesbian and in love with Santana, then what was she doing with Sam? And Sam just told him that he loved him. What was going on? Kurt's head started to hurt and buried his head in his hands. The meeting with Sam felt like a déjà vu. It seemed as if they had met just like this before. But then why doesn't he remember what happened after that? and turn her face away. The toddler looked behind Sam's shoulder, over at Kurt and grinned seeing him.

"Papa!"

She squealed and flailed her arms. Kurt heard the little girl and was sure that he was the one she was saying that to. He looked up from his hands to see that he was right. The little girl was in fact looking at him and smiling with the goofy grin, which Sam always carried.

Sam turned around to face Kurt, who was beyond confused now. What was going on? He wanted to scream out his frustrations. But then somewhere he also felt like he knew what was going on, but his mind was not cooperating with him.

"Daddyyyy, down! Go papa!"

The little girl whined to Sam and was squirming in his arms now and was pointing at Kurt. Kurt blinked at her and just looked at her for a moment. He felt such a strong connection towards her and sudden memory flashed into his mind where he saw himself with the little child, playing in a park.

"What's going on?"

The question made Kurt and Sam snap their heads to the right where a girl was standing beside Brittany, with an arm wrapped around the blonde's waist. Two identical looking little boys were beside her, looking at everyone in confusion, also but then shrugged, realizing it wasn't important and started running around in the shop. Brittany whispered something in her ear and she nodded biting her lips.

"Santana? What? What's going on here?"

Kurt asked desperately. He wanted to know what was going on. He wanted to know why he felt like he was missing something. And most importantly he wanted to know why was he wearing a wedding ring and why was Sam's daughter calling Kurt, papa.

"You didn't tell him today, did you?"

Santana asked, looking over at Sam, who had just let go off the little girl.

"Aida, please go and play with Nathan and Jaren. Papa and daddy need to talk"

Sam explained the little girl, getting down at her level and she looked at his dad and then at Kurt and pouted. It looked like she wanted to complain but then changed her mind and ran off to the twins who seemed slightly older than her.

Sam got up and then looked over at Santana, finally answering her question "No, I couldn't. Before I had a chance to, you guys arrived"

Brittany gave him an apologetic look

"Sorry. Aida just wanted to come here to you two and you know how she gets when she's all adamant. Wonder where she gets that from…"

The blond looks over at Kurt with a raised eyebrow as if accusing him of being the reason.

Santana then let go off Brittany and the two girls made their way over to Sam, each standing on each of his side and they both lay a hand on his shoulder.
"Go ahead. Do what you have to do"

Santana spoke up, looking from Sam to Kurt. Kurt just stood there, taking everything in.

Sam nodded and made his way over to Kurt. Every person (except the three kids) was looking intently at Sam and Kurt now. The brunette took a step back but hit the table and knew there was no where to go. Sam looked into his eyes with the same determination he had earlier and this time he saw something else to… love. Kurt's heart was beating fast and the blond took both of his hands in his and held onto them.

"Kurt… you… you and I are married"

Kurt gasped when Sam told him that. There was pin drop silence in the coffee shop. Even the children had stopped running and were now looking at the pair.

"W-what? T…that can't… I don't.."

"Remember?"

Sam finished the sentence for him and Kurt bit his lips as he nodded slowly

"What's going on here, Sam? How can we be married? You weren't even here in New York till yesterday. And we haven't seen each other in FIVE YEARS!"

Kurt tried making sense of all this but nothing was making sense. He tried recollecting memories but nothing came.

"We've been MARRIED for 5 years, Kurt. This isn't 2016… it's 2023"

Kurt blinked at him. What how could that be? How could it be 2022? It was 2014 till yesterday. He was still an aspiring fashion designer. He was here in New York, all alone, trying hard to look for love. But today here he was, standing in front of Sam and he was being told that they were married and were in 2023? Where did the 7 years of his life go if all this was true?

"What are you talking about.. I j-… I dunno…"

"…what's going on?"

Sam finished the brunette's sentence again for him and Kurt gulped as he nodded slowly. Sam sighed and brought one of his hands to his forehead as he rubbed it gently. He then moved it away and looked at Kurt sadly, but with a bit of confidence in his eyes.
"You suffer from anterograde amnesia, Kurt. You lack the ability to create new memories… because…" he sighed once again it seemed as he was trying to hold back his tears "…you had a horrible accident 7 years go"

Kurt's whole body went rigid as he looked at Sam, not saying a single word.