"I don't like this. I don't like this one bit, LeRoy. Maybe these new glasses you bought me emphasize my features just a little too well," Hiram said in a slightly theatrical worry in his voice. He was now starting to pace back and forth in the McKinley hallway. The New Directions had won Regionals a few minutes ago and the bespectacled man with a grimace across his face wanted to congratulate his daughter on her breathtaking performance. But he wanted to calm down first so that he didn't worry Rachel.

"Will you please relax?" LeRoy went over to his husband and looked him in those beautiful chocolaty eyes he'd fallen in love with 30 years ago at a performance of West Side Story in Columbus. "First of all, honey, that boy might not have even winked at you. You might just be imagining it. Second, if he did wink at you, who cares? He's a minor and you're…" Hiram shot him a look, telling him to be careful with which words he decided to use next. "And you're an adult. Nothing's going to come of this small exchange, if you can even call it that. It's not as if he's attempted any romantic advances on my husband yet. It was just a wink."

"You're right. I'm just over-reacting. I think I just need a Xanex." Hiram had already taken two that day, so LeRoy took it upon himself to hide them.

The two Berry men went to find the room their daughter and her New Directions were celebrating their victory in so that they could be properly congratulated.

LeRoy opened the door to the celebration of several teenagers and one William Shuester. Hiram was still not in favor of the man's song choices, but Rachel did the best she could with what she was given.

As soon as Rachel's dads entered the space that they assumed was used for glee club rehearsal, all eyes were on them. Rachel's face brightened as she saw two of the best men in the entire world in front of her. "Dads! You guys came to see me perform! I thought you were both busy with your jobs, as usual," she almost shouted. That girl certainly could get a crowd's attention. Then, she turned to the rest of her group of classmates. "Everybody, meet my dads." She made a grand gesture, as if showing off her parents.

Hiram recognized most of these kids. A few of them had visited the Berry home. Some while he was there, like Finn, Noah, Mercedes, and of course Kurt. Most of the other New Directions had visited while he and his husband were out of town and had emptied the liquor cabinet.

"Thank you guys so much for coming. Did you enjoy the performances?" William Shuester asked with an over-excited grin on his face.

"It was wonderful, Will. The kids did a great job." LeRoy answered because Hiram was a bit distracted by two things. Firstly, how did this teacher get his hair to do… that? Second, Blaine was looking straight at him from across the room. It was a little unnerving.

"If you two gentlemen would excuse me?" Hiram left the two men to continue their conversation so that he could make his way over to Blaine, who was celebrating the show choir victory with Kurt, Mercedes, and Rachel.

"Rachel! We came all this way just for you and neither of us even gets a hug?"

"You're right, Dad. How rude of me." Rachel smiled and vigorously hugged him and then ran off to find her other father.

"Hey, Mr. Berry," Mercedes said with a huge grin. She seemed really enthused about the win, but something wasn't quite right about her demeanor either. "Did you enjoy the performances?"

"It was grand Mercedes, thank you. You were all terrific, kids." Hiram looked over to Kurt. "Kurt! I haven't seen you around our house in a while. That is simply unacceptable. You must come over one of these nights."

"I would, Mr. Berry, but…"

"Ah, I see. Is there tension between you and my daughter again?" Hiram didn't want to upset Rachel by inviting over Kurt if there was some little tiff getting in the way.

"No. Not at all. We're great friends. I mean she can be pretty difficult sometimes, but no, we're good right now. It's just… Blaine finally recovered from that slushy incident and I haven't seen him in so long."

"We've got dates lined up for the entire week," Blaine said with his infectiously enthusiastic smile. "But who says we can't visit the Berry house on a date, right Kurt?"

"Well, I wouldn't want to get in the way. You boys have fun on your dates." Hiram knew what Blaine was doing, especially since he just received another wink from the charming boy as Kurt was looking off into the distance. It wouldn't have been that big of a deal if Hiram hadn't known so many times this kind of thing happened to people in the past. Another reason this type of thing rubbed him the wrong way was that, as little as Hiram wanted to admit it to himself, Blaine was extremely attractive.

"Oh, don't be silly, Mr. Berry. I'd be totally up for coming over with Blaine. It'd be so much fun."

"No way!" Blaine burst out in excitement. "I haven't been over to Rachel's since… um…" Blaine felt a little awkward bringing that up again.

"…Since you all stole our alcohol and engaged in some rather raucous partying?" As fun-loving and accepting of Rachel's friends as he was, Hiram still did not approve of what happened when the group got together and drank all his and LeRoy's alcohol. "But alright, I guess you boys are coming over for dinner on Tuesday night, if that's alright with your folks." He felt obligated to invite the both of them over now. He didn't want to be acting strange around Kurt because he didn't want to tip off that perceptive boy on the fact that anything was different.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, Mr. Berry," Blaine said with a smile that made him look like a young sexual predator of sorts.

Hiram was definitely looking forward to seeing Kurt again, but Blaine could definitely make this awkward…

LeRoy came over to his husband after having finished his conversation with their daughter's show choir director. "And what are we talking about over here, Hiram?"

"Well, it appears we will be having some guests on Tuesday night for dinner, honey," Hiram said with a laugh. LeRoy nodded approvingly and pecked Hiram quickly on lips. Blaine was once again the center of Hiram's attention, though, after licking his lips at the older man during the quick kiss.

"Lets be on our way, then. I've got to catch up with this case. See you on Tuesday, boys," said LeRoy as his husband out the door. "Rachel, come on, darling. I've got to get back to work soon."

"Coming, Daddy." Rachel smiled at her dads and followed them to the car, but she still looked like she had something on her mind.

Hiram had completely forgotten to ask his daughter what was wrong. That Blaine kid was really getting to him. After the Berry family entered their car, he finally turned around and looked his dearest daughter into her eyes. "Rachel, honey, what's going on? I don't want to be nosey, but I hate seeing you unhappy, as well. You need to know you're always welcome to come to us when you need something."

"I'm fine, dads. It's just… Finn and I are…" Hiram was hoping Rachel would say that they had broken up. Finn was a great kid, but his little star could do much better than that boy. "Well… we're getting married."

"Yes, we know that already and we completely support you," LeRoy acknowledged as he started up the car.

"No, I mean, we're getting married… on Wednesday."

"WHAT!" Both Berry men were floored.

Author's Note: I hope you like you liked this installment of the story. I think you can see where this story is heading in the future. Please review and tell me what you think, even if you hated it. Also, feel free to suggest something.