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In this half of the AU, meet Blaine and Rachel Anderson-Berry. Half brother and sister, or they think so anyway (Blaine and Rachel have never actually found out which of their dads is their biological father, but considering how much they look alike they all think that they are indeed half-siblings). Rachel is Blaine's senior by 10 months, and they live with their fathers (when Blaine isn't dorming at Dalton), but both have contact with and spend time with their mothers. They argue and often drive their dads insane but in the end, they love each other.

The Next Day, Somewhere Across Town

'You've reached Rachel Berry. Unfortunately I'm busy and can't answer the phone at the moment, leave your name and number and I'll get back to you when I can'

'Hey Rach, it's me, obviously. I need to talk to you; can you please call me back when you get this?' Blaine Anderson sighed as he, once again, heard his sister's quite honestly annoying voicemail message. He'd called her close to 20 times that day with no answer, and it was starting to wear his patience thin. Taking a deep breath, he shook his head decided that if he couldn't reach her this last time he'd give up for a couple of days. Dialling the number so familiar that his fingers automatically moved around his touch-screen phone, he told himself to breathe and relax.

One ring, two rings, three rings… 'Blaine, I'm so sorry. I must have crappy reception or something because I swear I only just got your messages…' This time, instead of a robotic voice message, Blaine got the live sound of Rachel Anderson-Berry's voice, albeit cutting out and fuzzy, accompanied with the sound of a full blast radio in the background.

'Where are you, Rach? And yeah, it sounds all weird and bad quality'

'I'm on my way home from Shelby's. What's up, B?'

'I'm coming home, for good this time. I officially sign out of Dalton in one week- I'm going back to public school, Rach'

'What? Blaine, are you sure? I know you want another chance to do things over but public school is kinda brutal. I'm going to assume you're coming to McKinley, right?

'Yes, I'm sure. I'm sick of feeling like a coward because I ran away, Rachel. I need this'

'Well, as long as you're sure...Welcome to McKinley High School, then. You better join the Glee Club, Blaine. As much as I hate to admit it you're almost as talented as me, and we could do with some more talent. Alright, I have to hang up now. We'll talk more later. Love you, B'

'Of course I'm joining your Glee Club, doof. Sure, talk later. Love you too' Blaine smiled into the phone as he set it back on the stand before turning to his door and realising too late that someone was there, and that they had overheard, at best, too much.

'You're leaving?' the tall, lanky figure spoke in a quiet voice as he slowly walked into Blaine's room

'Yeah. I was planning to tell you sooner but I just couldn't bring myself to...' Blaine trailed off, realising how incredibly awkward this was.

'What do you mean, Blaine? You're leaving in ONE WEEK' the hurt expression on his best friend's face made Blaine regret every time he'd opened his mouth to tell Christian and couldn't bring himself to form the words, every time he'd gotten a pen out to write an letter explaining and could never actually write anything down, 'You couldn't have told me?'

'This was already hard enough without having to deal with your inevitably cheesy goodbye, Chris'

'And so you thought that it would be better to suddenly disappear? For you to leave for the weekend and not come back? Honestly' Christian's voice got more and more upset with each sentence he said. As he finished, close to tears, Chris raised one of his eyebrows in question before allowing a sad smile to cross his features and leaning forward to wrap the shorter boy in a tight hug, 'You're a goof, you know that, right?'

'Yeah, I know. I'm an idiot. But you love me' Blaine laughed, trying to ease some of the tension.

'I'm really gonna miss you, Blainers' Chris whispered, his voice shaky and small as he finally pulled away.

'I'm not gone yet, Chris. Even when I do go, we'll keep in touch, OK? And I'd rather tell the warblers myself, so if you breathe a word about this to anyone...You are dead. OK?' Blaine's face went serious and scary for all of two seconds before his usual bright smile came back and he was up to his usual jokes.

'Alright, fine. I was about to go out for some coffee. Come with me?' the taller blonde's face was pleading and sad, with a well practised 'kicked puppy' expression which Chris had learned from Blaine himself.

'Sure' Blaine followed Christian out of the room and down the hall, following his friend to their usual coffee place.

Walking into the small shop, Blaine could almost read Christian's mind and, before the taller boy could even move his hand, he whispered 'Don't even think about it. I'm paying' before stepping up to the counter, leaving Chris standing there with an exasperated expression again.

'One medium drip, a plate of biscotti and a large hot chocolate with marshmallows please' Blaine said, almost by reflex after months and months of constant practice- he'd ordered the same thing at the coffee shop with Chris every day after school many many times and had memorized their order by now. The two boys went and sat down at their usual table, neither willing to break the comfortable silence. A few minutes later, their buzzer went off and Blaine went to the counter and came back clutching two steaming mugs and a plate full of delicious almond biscotti. Placing them on the table in front of him, Blaine claimed the smaller mug as his own and began to methodically dissolve the biscuits into the warm drink, dunking the thin wafers into his coffee before biting the side.

'I'm going to miss this, you know' Blaine was the first one to break the silence

'Me too, Blaine. Promise me this won't be the last time we do this, or I'll be forced to get out to McKinley and drag you out'

'Come on, Chris. You know I could never do that'

'I thought I'd warn you just in case. I know where you live, alright?'

At this both boys broke out in laughter, and as they finished their drinks and headed back to the dorm, it hit Blaine that he was actually going to do this.

Blaine Anderson was going to face the terror of public school once again

So, this one was even shorter than the last one. Forgive me?

The chapters will get longer from here on out, I think.

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