So here is the second chapter of Operation Klaine. The longest so far too! I'm sorry if the routes are incorrect or the proper lengths of time aren't perfect. I spent about an hour going between google maps and mapquest trying to get it all right. Also, if any of you have been to Toledo Zoo, please don't kill me. I was going off the website. Anyways, here we go. Insert disclaimer.

"Hey Wes, can I ask you something?" Kurt asked as he passed the sign for Lima and got onto rout 75, driving an easy pace. They had been driving for two hours and Kurt had silently been listening to the GPS while David and Wes counted car colors. Blaine had fallen asleep a few minutes after they pulled off campus.

Wes perked up, it was the first time Kurt had spoken since the teddy bear incident. "Yeah Kurt?"

"Why is it that, we're driving from Westerville, all the way to Toledo?"

Wes stared at him for a moment. "Because we're going to Toledo Zoo first."

"Yes, but. Columbus is last on the list. Even though it's closest. Wouldn't it be easier to go to Columbus first, then work our way backwards on the list?"

Wes stared at him, sharing a look with David. The two had planned for their last stop to be Coney Island, because it had a lot of different, romantic oppurtunities.

"Because….uh…it's closer to Dalton!" Wes exclaimed.

Kurt raised his eyebrows at him through the review mirror, keeping his eyes on the road at the same time. "Yeah…that's what I'm trying to say."

"Which means it's our last spot closest to Dalton, last thing to do instead of making a long ass journey home." David lied smoothly, smiling at him.

"Hmmm, I guess that makes sense." Kurt smiled.

"Hey Kurt, are we there yet?"

Kurt sighed softly, sharing a small smile with David, who seemed to be the calmer of the two.

"We have about four and a half hours left Wes."

"Why so loooooooong?"

"It takes about seven and a half hours to get to Toledo from Westerville. We just passed Lima about 10 minutes ago."

"But I have to pee!"

Kurt pinched his nose with his thumb and pointer finger. "Why didn't you go when we left Dalton?" he asked calmly, feeling like the mother of five year olds.

"I didn't have to go then!" Kurt sighed, staring at the clock. It was 8:16am now, which meant that they were all probably ready for breakfast.

"Okay, okay. How about we stop at McDonalds and get breakfast and you can go to the bathroom, sound good Wes? David?"

The two nodded their heads and continued back into the silence, until they were interrupted by an abnormally loud snore from the passenger's seat. Kurt was the first to laugh, followed by Wes, then David. The loud noise caused Blaine to stir and sit up suddenly, almost slamming his head on the window as he sat up.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing." The three spoke at the same time before laughing hysterically all over again.

"Seriously, what's so funny guys?"

Kurt just shook his head as he turned on the directional and turned into the fast foot wasteland.

"I can't believe you're going to eat all of that." Kurt sighed dramatically. Blaine could only smirk at his friend's look of pure and utter disgust. Kurt had opted for a large cup of coffee and somehow got a muffin. He had no idea how he got a muffin at McDonalds, but he did.

Wes and David, on the other hand. Both had a big breakfast, egg McMuffin's and cinnamon buns, along with numerous hash browns. Blaine opted for just one egg McMuffin and a hash brown.

"You're going to get fat, then you'll be too heavy to fit in the backseat of the navigator." Kurt sighed.

"It's not that bad."

"You ordered half the menu!"

"Jeez mom, chill."

Kurt flinched at David's words.

"Yeah, it's not like we're going to have a heart attack or something."

Kurt bit his lip before standing. "I have to go to the bathroom." He announced, wiping his eyes as he bolted to the men's room.

Wes and David looked at each other, then a Blaine, who was glaring as if he were trying to burn holes through his head.

There was complete silence before David finally decided to speak. "Okay Blaine, what's up. First the bear, then that. What's wrong with Kurt?"

Blaine pinched the bridge of his nose before sighing and looking up at the two. "Kurt's mother died when he was eight years old. She's the one who got him that bear."

The two boys both paled.

"And his father had a heart attack not too long ago, Kurt almost lost him."

"Oh…."

"Wow…."

"Shit…."

Blaine nodded his head before the three looked up at a slightly red eyed Kurt, but he had another look of disgust on his face. "These bathrooms are revolting. I feel like I just contracted multiple diseases by breathing the air in there."

Blaine smiled, letting out a small laugh as Wes and David both forced smiles.

Well that just made them feel like crap.

Kurt stared at the two Warbler's, raising an eyebrow. "Everything okay boys?"

"Just peachy!"

"Like Mario!"

The three turned to stare at the lead councilman before Kurt broke out into laughter.

"This is going to be a very, very long trip."

"Finally!" Wes exclaimed, jumping out of the car like a five year old as they came to the front entrance of Toledo Zoo. He was like a little kid, but the other three boys couldn't help but join in on the excitement. The zoo did look pretty amazing, and neither Kurt nor Blaine had been to one in quite some time. So it was just what they needed.

Kurt stepped out of the car with his passenger's and walked towards the main gate, paying their fee and getting day time bracelets. He had a feeling that it was going to be a really good day.

"This is so freaking awesome!" Wes exclaimed, looking around the area like a child at Disney for the first time.

"It's just a zoo, Wes." Blaine sighed softly, smiling all the same at his friends antics.

"Just a zoo?" Wes shrieked, causing a few people to turn and stare before continuing their day. "That's like saying you have just a crush on Ku-"

"Hey look! A carousel!" Kurt suddenly exclaimed, his eyes lighting up as he dragged the boys through the main plaza of the zoo. All three silenced at Kurt's sudden excitement. Ever since the entire McDonalds incident things had been a little awkward, so they weren't going to suddenly give up this opportunity.

"So you like carousel's Hummel?" David chuckled.

They were all taken aback by the smile on the brunette's face. "Like! I absolutely adore them!" he smiled. "C'mon! We have to ride it!" he smiled, nodding his head as he raced his way over towards the line.

Wes and David exchanged a smile while Blaine just shook his head. "There's no way we're getting out of this, is there?"

"You were in the second you saw that smile." Wes chuckled.

Both boys widened their eyes when Blaine just chuckled, nodding his head.

Well, that was unexpected.

"GUYS! Come on!"

Kurt's high pitched voice rang out and the three Warbler's went running to catch up with him.

Kurt grinned, claiming the tallest, largest horse for himself. Blaine had come across him staring up at the beast of a thing before letting out a small chuckle. "Uhmmm Kurt?"

"Don't even think about it hobbit." The countertenor hissed, crossing his arms and staring up at the ribbon clad porcelain structure. "I'll figure it out."

"Whatever you say." Blaine chuckled, getting onto the shorter horse next to his friend.

Wes and David exchanged a glance from their spot a few horses back. "This is perfect Wes!" David grinned.

"How? Kurt not being able to get on the horse is kind of sad….for all of us."

"That's what I mean, we're taller than Kurt, so we can help him up on the horse. Meanwhile, making Blainey boy jealous of touching him!"

"This is why I keep you David." Wes smirked.

The taller boy just shrugged his shoulders as he started towards the boy still staring at the horse. "Shucks, I thought it was because of my good looks."

"That too." The Asian boy smirked, shaking his head.

Blaine watched with a confused expression as he watched David saunter up to Kurt with a small smile.

"Do you need a lift, Kurt?"

Kurt's face lit up. "That would be amazing David!" he grinned.

David smirked before placing his larger hands on Kurt's hips, lifting him easily until he was side saddle, where Kurt carefully fixed his position until he was sitting correctly. "Thank you, David."

"Not a problem, Kurtsie." He grinned before walking away.

Blaine could only scowl at the blush that formed on Kurt's pale features.

David smirked at his friend, climbing onto his own tiger, conspicuously bumping fists with his best friend.

Blaine groaned inwardly, they had been walking for hours and it was only four in the afternoon. They had rode the carousel, visited the Cheetahs, got lost, ran screaming out of the reptile house, and were now lost again, looking for some elephants.

"Kurt, how could you possibly get the map wrong?" Wes groaned.

"How can you not spot elephants? They're huge!" Kurt retorted, huffing as he smacked the map into David's chest. They all froze when they heard the noise that only an elephant could make.

The four turned in the direction and after a few minutes of walking they came across the elephant exhibit.

"Wow…." David breathed, stepping up as close as they could get to the large creatures.

"Did you know that elephants never forget?" Kurt added nonchalantly. The three turned to stare at him as if he just announced that he was pregnant. "I love animals." He shrugged.

Blaine felt his heart swell a little bit more for the younger boy. He could almost imagine Kurt messing around with a puppy and cuddling it close to his chest.

Oh god he had it bad.

"You're staring." Wes whispered into Kurt's ear.

Kurt quickly shook his head. "I'm not staring at him! I'm staring at the elephants!"

"Who are behind you." David smirked.

"Shut up." The countertenor hissed before returning his attention to the large animals.

The four spent some time in silence before David finally announced that he wanted to go to the arctic exhibit, at the same time that Wes decided he wanted to see the Aviary and see the birds. The two smiled at each other before turning back to Blaine and Kurt.

"I'll go with you David." Kurt smiled, actually quite excited to see the gray wolf. Blaine wanted desperately to go wherever Kurt was going, but he decided against it. "I'll go with Wes."

Kurt smiled at the two. "How about we meet up at the main plaza at six? Then we can go to the hotel and order some dinner?"

The other's nodded before each pair took of their separate ways.

As Kurt and David walked over the bridge in silence, just taking in the view, David tried to think of a way to let everything out easily. "Enjoying yourself?"

Kurt turned to him with a small smile. "It's the most fun I've had in a long time." Kurt smiled, and it really was.

"So, I uh, wanted to ask you something."

"Shoot." Kurt smiled as they slowly made their way past the polar bears and towards the wolves.

"Do you like Blaine?" David blurted out, causing Kurt to stop in his tracks and stare at him for a moment.

"Of course I like Blaine, I like all the guys at Dalton they're really ki-"

"You know what I mean, Kurt."

Kurt sighed softly, fiddling with his finger's before sitting down on a bench. "It's….difficult." he finally sighed, looking over to his friend. "Blaine's sweet, and kind….but I don't want to be the mentee who fell for the first gay guy to come parading his way."

David nodded his head. He could understand where Kurt was coming from. He'd heard about his previous encounter at McKinley and knew it was far from glamorous. "Well….if it counts, Blaine likes you."

Kurt smiled at the dark skinned boy and nodded his head. "Yeah…it counts." He blushed.

"C'mon, let's find some wolves and get back."

"Hey Blaine, look, a Warbler!"

"That's not a warbler, Wes."

"Hmmm…" Wes sighed. "Oh! Look. That one's so colorful compared to the rest of them." He smiled.

"Yeah…kind of stands out against the other's."

"Kind of like someone we know…"

"What are you getting at Wes?"

"Why don't you just ask Kurt out yet?"

Blaine groaned, shaking his head. "I knew it would come to this." He groaned before looking at him. "Kurt's fragile. He's been hurt before, and I'm in no position to just force myself on the kid." Wes shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know Blaine. Kurt seems quite smitten with you."

"Wait…really?"

"He likes you, Blaine. Don't lose your chance."

Blaine was struck with the truth in the sentence, as well as the depth, especially coming from Wes.

"Yeah, I'm deep."

Blaine rolled his eyes. "Let's head back."

"Yeah, let me just stop at the gift shop. There's something David and I wanted to get."

"Sure."

Kurt smiled happily as they were all back in the car, sitting in the parking lot as everyone got buckled in and situated.

"That was so fun!" Blaine grinned.

"Yeah, it was. Ready boys?" Kurt smiled, turning to put the key in ignition.

"Hey, Kurt. Wait a sec."

Kurt turned to face Wes, a confused smile on his face. "Yeah?"

Wes thrusted a bag towards that brunette boy, looking down at his knees. "David and I wanted to apologize….for making fun of you earlier, and for what we said at breakfast." Kurt went to speak but David cut him off.

"Just open it, Kurt." He chuckled.

Kurt opened the bag to pull out a small stuffed elephant, he smiled softly.

"We thought it could sit with Beary, and it could also be a reminder of our first trip as friends." Wes smiled sheepishly.

Kurt nodded his head, blinking away tears. "Thanks, guys. You're amazing."

"Awww, Kurtsieeee! We love you tooooooo baby!"

"And, now it's ruined." Kurt chuckled.

The four laughed before pulling out of the parking lot and heading to the nearest hotel. They all had the same thoughts running through their minds.

Today was a good day.