Chapter 4

Blaine had been staying at the Hummel-Hudson house for a couple of weeks when the opening night of Grease came. Blaine left early with Sam and Finn to be at the school for the call time. Things had been getting progressively better since Blaine was sitting down and talking with Burt and Carole with the occasional company of Sam and Finn. There hadn't been too much trouble since the incident when Blaine auditioned for the play and had his breakdown on stage. Burt and Carole were trying to be there as parental figures for Blaine, since it was very obvious that the boy needed guidance.

Burt and Carole headed over to William McKinley High School around 7:00, excited to see the show. They were happy to support Blaine, Sam and Finn. They took their seats in the middle section of the auditorium and waited for the show to start. They were pleasantly surprised by how amazing the show was turning out. Burt watched intensely when Blaine came out and sang Beauty School Dropout.

"Kurt's here" Carole whispered into Burt's ear halfway through the song.

"What?" Burt turned towards his wife, looking at her as if she had lost her mind, "Where?"

"Look at where Blaine keeps looking."

Burt followed Carole's order, seeing that Blaine was actually quite noticeably distracted. He then followed Blaine's gaze to a few rows back where he saw his son sitting next to Rachel.

"Why didn't Kurt tell me he was coming?" Burt whispered his confusing growing even more.

"I don't know, but it is a miracle that Blaine is making it through this song right now," Carole replied.

Burt watched as Blaine finally made it through the entire song and left the stage. When the play ended Burt tried to find Kurt, but lost him in the mass of people that were all heading out. After running into several of his friends and customers from the shop that he exchanged short pleasantries and conversations with, Burt and Carole found Finn who seemed upset.

"Finn the musical was incredible!" Carole exclaimed, running up and pulling her son into a big hug.

"Thanks mom," Finn replied with little enthusiasm.

"What's wrong sweetie?"

"Rachel and I are officially over. I really screwed our relationship up," Finn stated, holding back his tears.

"Oh sweetie, things will be okay. If you two are really meant to be together then…" Burt didn't hear the rest of what Carole was saying because he saw in the distance Kurt and Rachel walking out the doors of McKinley.

Burt ran after them without a second thought, figuring that Carole could deal adequately enough with Finn. He caught up to the two of them in the parking lot, not too far from what he recognized to be Rachel's car.

"Kurt!" Burt called out and Kurt spun around when he realized who was calling to him.

"Dad!" Kurt ran over to hug his dad, "I didn't know that you would be here tonight."

"I could say the same for you," Burt raised an eyebrow at Kurt, "It's not that I am not happy to see you, but I didn't even know that you were coming home."

"Er—well I am actually going to stay with Rachel…" Kurt scratched awkwardly at the back of his neck.

"Why?"

"Do you really need to ask that?" Kurt asked with a sigh.

"You aren't going to come home because Blaine is staying with us?" Burt asked incredulously.

"I will go sit in the car so that you two can have your privacy," Rachel stated, feeling the tension that had just filled the air between father and son.

"You can head on home Rachel, I will drop Kurt off at your place later," Burt replied, offering her a smile.

"Okay…I will see you later Kurt," Rachel walked off leaving the two of them in uncomfortable silence.

"You didn't answer my question, Kurt."

"Yes, dad. I am not staying at home because Blaine is there. We actually just talked in the hallway and even that hurt far too much."

"What happened?"

"He tried to apologize and spout off excuses once more and I told him that I didn't want to hear it. I am seriously done with all his apology texts and letters and packages that he is trying to send. I don't get what he doesn't understand about the fact that I don't trust him anymore," Kurt stated, trying to not let any tears fall.

"Why won't you hear him out Kurt?"

"Are you taking his side?" Kurt asked, his face depicting the betrayal he was feeling.

"I am not taking his side Kurt. You know that I am always on your side. However, I also know his side of the story. I think that he at least deserves for you to hear him out. I don't think that you telling him off and saying that you don't trust him does him any good. He already hates himself enough Kurt."

"He cheated on me."

"I know. Trust me; I was not too happy with him either. That doesn't mean you shouldn't hear him out though. Would you rather he walks around feeling like the despicable person that he thinks he is? He is beating himself up over it."

"I never thought that I would see the day when my own dad is not even on my side. This is ridiculous. I will call Rachel and get her to pick me back up. Why don't you just go off and worry about Blaine!"

"What changed?" Burt asked, grabbing Kurt's arm before he could storm off.

"What do you mean?" Kurt couldn't help but ask.

"You were okay with me helping Blaine when I first called you. Now, you are acting like I have betrayed you for being there for him."

Kurt stood there for a few moments pondering his father's words. What had changed? He had been the one that begged Rachel to come back to McKinley in the first place. He had wanted to see Blaine and talk to him, but then when Blaine tried to talk to him he shut him out.

"I guess it was just seeing Blaine. I wasn't actually ready for it even though I thought I was. It really wasn't fair to him for me to have come here tonight. I probably just made things worse didn't I?" Kurt asked, the tears finally leaving his eyes and cascading down his cheeks.

"I'm not going to lie to you Kurt; things clearly did not get better by the sounds of your encounter with Blaine. You do not have to talk to Blaine. However, I think that you should also not come back and be face to face with him if you are not planning on listening to what he is going to say. It is not fair to him for you to do that. If you are choosing to move on with your life then you are entitled to do that. You have to understand that I am going to be there for both you and Blaine though. I can't on good conscious allow that boy to go on like he was. He desperately needs a parental figure to show him that he is worth loving and that people are proud of him and his accomplishments. I don't want this to come between the two of us though."

"You're right, dad. I really screwed up. I'm sorry for what I said to you. Even though I can't be there for him, please look after Blaine. No one deserves to feel like no one cares about them," Kurt replied after a couple seconds of thinking over his father's words once more.

"Trust me, I will," Burt replied, ruffling Kurt's hair and chuckling at the light protest that he got in reply, "Now if you want to come home anytime between now and Thanksgiving then you just let me know and we will work something out. I will support your desire to have more time and not see Blaine. Like I said though, I don't want this to come between us."

"Okay," Kurt replied, hugging his dad once more.

"You ready for me to take you back to Rachel's?" Burt asked.

"Can we go out and get coffee first, decaffeinated of course? I just really want to spend some more time with you," Kurt asked.

"Sure thing bud."

As Kurt and Burt walked to the car, Burt pulled out his phone to let Carole know what was going on and to ask her to find Blaine. From what Kurt had told him so far about their encounter, the boy was bound to be a mess. Carole quickly replied that she would and that she would drive Blaine, Sam and Finn back in the car that they had driven over in earlier to make call time. Burt thanked her and then turned his phone off so that he could spend quality time with his son.

I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please let me know what you think. This chapter was my attempt to look into Kurt's head and get some answers as to why he would be so adamant on going to McKinley and seeing Blaine and then getting there and not even being able to hold eye contact with him. Their very short conversation in the hallway was very upsetting, even more so for the fact that neither character's response to the scene was expanded upon.