Hey guys-thanks again for the lovely reviews-I'm glad to see people enjoying the story! This chapter is where the drama starts; I'm really excited about where the story goes from here!
It was a typical Saturday in the Hummel household; Blaine's parents were out of town on a mini vacation, so he had invited himself over to hang out with Kurt. The pair were sitting in the grand living room watching any trashy TV show they could find.
The living room was Blaine's second favourite room of Kurt's house (apart from Kurt's bedroom, of course). It had plush sofas that you could just melt in to, a fluffy rug that made him want to take off his socks and rub his feet in to it, a ginormous fireplace that carried up to two floors, and a giant plasma TV with the best HD shots. Blaine loved his own mansion, of course, but as it was inherited from his ancestors it had a much older feel with knights in armour and old portraits hanging on the walls. Kurt's house was much more modern and he felt it was okay if he accidentally rumpled a cushion or something.
A new episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians had just come on, so the pair were snuggled together with Nayla sitting on both their laps, with her head on Blaine's. She was gently purring as both boys stroked her soft fur. Every now and then, Kurt or Blaine would go in for a soft kiss in between conversation, or an actual make-out session during the advert breaks. This would cause Nayla to howl and scratch at Blaine's legs, cutting their lip-locking time short.
"Nayla, how about you go somewhere else, huh?" Blaine said, sounding impatient as he picked the cat up and practically threw her in to the hallway.
"Blaine! That was mean". Kurt said, he was oddly protective of that feline.
"Sorry babe", Blaine said, although it was clear he wasn't sorry at all. Eventually he managed to persuade Kurt to continue their light make out session. Blaine had his hands tight on Kurt's waist, while the Hummel boy had his arms wrapped loosely around his boyfriend's shoulders.
They could have continued like this for a while, but Burt suddenly walked in to the living room, banging the double doors open, causing them both to jump apart. Burt had definitely seen what they were up to, but he'd seen so much worse from the boys that these kind of things didn't bother him anymore.
"Dad what the hell? You gave me a heart attack!" Kurt was clutching his hand to his heart dramatically.
"Sorry guys", he replied, but it was clear Burt was distracted, as he was looking at his phone.
"I've just got an important text, so I figure now is as good a time as any to talk to you about it". Kurt was really confused;
"Talk about what?" Burt sat down on the armchair adjacent to the boys.
"Would you like me to leave?" Blaine said, always the gentleman.
"No, don't worry about it Blaine. You're like a second son to me so it's important you hear this too".
"Dad you're scaring me", Kurt said.
"Okay, listen bud. I haven't been completely honest with you these last few months. Okay…here it goes…"
Burt was obviously nervous, he kept wiping his sweaty hands on his jeans; even though they had come in to money, Burt refused to change his signature style.
"Just tell us", Kurt said, sounding impatient.
"I've been seeing someone", he finally said. Blaine smiled broadly and congratulated Burt.
"Like…a new business associate?" Kurt asked, obviously confused.
"No Kurt, like a girlfriend".
Kurt sat there in shock with his mouth open. If it were any other situation, Blaine would have laughed.
"Her name is Carole, and she works in the restaurant where I often have dinner meetings. I eventually asked her out one day and we've been dating ever since. I didn't want to keep this information from you Kurt but I hope you understand that I just wanted to make sure I really liked her before I introduced her to the family".
"Introduced her to the family?!"
"Yeah, I want her to get to know you and hopefully one day we can all be one big family".
"What the hell?!" Kurt suddenly exploded, standing up from the couch. Automatically, Blaine stood up too.
"So you just pick up this random woman and suddenly she's my new mom?" Burt sighed and scratched his head;
"Bud you know that's not what this is. I'll always love your mother, but I really think I could love Carole. I haven't been this happy in a long time, can you please let me have this?"
"Oh sure dad", he said sarcastically, "I'm totally fine with you bringing home a random waitress that's going to try and act like my new mother, telling me what to do, all the while trying to take all our money".
"Carole's really trust worthy Kurt".
"How do you know that?" Kurt practically screamed. When Burt didn't reply he shouted in frustration and stormed out the room and up to his bedroom.
"I really am happy for you", Blaine said.
"Thanks Blaine. Maybe you could get Kurt to come around to your way of thinking too?" He said.
"I'll try", Blaine replied, "but Burt, Kurt does have a point; you've worked hard to achieve all this", he said with a sweeping gesture to indicate the large house, "don't lose it all because you went in to something too quickly".
And with that, Blaine walked out the room to comfort his boyfriend.
Hope you enjoyed-we'll meet Carole soon!