While the hallways were crowded with students eager to head home, Sam leaned against a row of lockers. He watched longingly as Mercedes walked arm in arm with her new boyfriend. She laughed and smiled with him. Sam stared at her as hard as he could, willing her to look his way. But she wouldn't even spare him a glance.

Sam sighed heavily. He knew she still had feelings for him, but what good did that do? Much as he hated to admit it, it was obvious that she was happy with Shane.

Just as he was feeling at his most gloomy and alone, Kurt's voice rang out above the clamor of departing students. "I can't believe her. Really!" he heard Kurt saying. A grin spread across Sam's lips.

He was still beaming as Kurt and Blaine approached. Kurt locked eyes with him and smiled back. "See you tomorrow, Sam," said Kurt.

"Have a good one, guys," replied Sam, looking only at Kurt.

Kurt's cheeks flushed pink. He and Blaine turned the corner and walked out of the school building.

"So what else did she say?" Blaine prompted, seeing his boyfriend looking lost in his thoughts.

"What? Who?" Kurt asked. His eyelashes fluttered as he returned to reality.

"Look at you! You're on another planet."

"I am not! I'm right here," insisted Kurt. He gave Blaine a deep kiss on the mouth to make his point. "Right here with you."

Blaine shook his head. "Thanks for coming back, but you were absolutely on another planet right now. A planet populated by adorable, slightly feminine, straight blonde boys, I suspect."

Kurt cringed. He'd managed to hide his feelings about Sam for almost a week, but sometimes Blaine could see right through him. His lip quivered. He hated keeping secrets.

"Hey, hey, it's okay," Blaine said soothingly. "Honey, it's okay. Really. I'm not going to get all bent out of shape just because you have a silly crush on Sam. It's not like anything will come of it." He took Kurt's hand in his, hoping to reassure him.

Recoiling from his boyfriend in horror, Kurt lost his composure. Standing in the school parking lot, he burst into tears. "I can't take it anymore!" he shouted. "I can't!" At that, he ran off in the opposite direction from Blaine's sedan.

Blaine was stunned. He knew about his boyfriend's flair for theatrical reactions, but it seemed like their exchange had really touched a nerve. Was Kurt just being a drama queen, or was something more serious at stake? He continued to his car. After sitting there in silence for a few minutes, deep in thought, he sent Kurt a text message. "I'm sorry if I said something wrong. Call me when you want to talk."

Kurt had made it to the far side of the school before collapsing in tears in a doorway. When he read Blaine's text, immaculately typed out as usual, he just cried harder. He responded with his own text. "Sebastian is right i dont deserve you."

A minute later, he got two more messages from Blaine. "I love you, Kurt. Please tell me what's going on," then "Whatever it is, we can fix it together." He dried the tears from his eyes and stood up to straighten his outfit. Maybe Blaine was right. Maybe they could fix it together. He walked back to the parking lot.

Sure enough, Blaine was still sitting in his car. The radio was on. Blaine was listening to the soundtrack to "Hello Dolly!" He quickly turned the volume down low when Kurt got into the car.

"Blaine, I did a really bad thing," Kurt began.

"Okay…" said Blaine. "Something happened with Sam, didn't it?"

"Yes," replied Kurt tersely. "It shouldn't have happened, and I shouldn't have kept it from you. I am so sorry." The silence felt oppressively heavy to Kurt. His phone buzzed, but he ignored it. "I just don't know what to do."

Blaine thought for a while before responding. "Well, I take back what I said about it being obvious nothing would ever happen. Clearly I was misguided about that. But honestly, it's not that big of a deal to me as you might think. You always change the subject when I try to bring it up, but I've been trying to tell you for a while now. I don't think monogamy is the be-all, end-all way for relationships to work. I love you, Kurt, and I know you love me. It doesn't matter to me if you fool around with other people – as long as you use protection. Tell me you used protection?"

"Oh my god, no!" Kurt practically screamed. "I didn't have sex with Sam! I would never!"

"Oh…" said Blaine. "Then… what happened?"

Kurt took a deep breath. "We were just talking. About his exotic dancing. And, it just sort of happened, that he danced for me. He stripped... All the way. But I didn't do anything but play piano and sing for him."

One again Blaine took Kurt's hand, and this time Kurt held it. Blain said, "I wish you'd told me. I hope you understand that that's what hurts me." The two hugged, and Kurt finally started feeling a little bit better.

Blaine continued, "Sam isn't my favorite person in the world, but he's a good guy. We both know him and I do trust him. So if you want to do anything else with him, I'm okay with that. But let's make sure to talk about it first."

"I don't know what I want to do. Or what he wants, for that matter," admitted Kurt. "All I know is that I love you and I am so glad to have you." He put his hands on Blaine's cheeks and shared a long, passionate kiss with his boyfriend. Blaine's hands wandered to Kurt's legs. "Let's go back to my room," Kurt murmured.

"You don't have to tell me twice," joked Blaine. He started the car and finally left the school parking lot.

Kurt checked his phone. A message from Sam: "Lets do that duet u pick the song." He'd have to ask Blaine for advice about that. But he decided to wait to bring it up until after the excitement. He held Blaine's hand as they headed for his house, humming to himself with eager anticipation.