A/N: I apologize profusely that it has taken me like 4 months to update this but I got busy with life and then forgot where I was going with this and other shenanigans. Hopefully I should have the end posted either tonight or sometime this week. I don't own the characters; they belong to FOX/Glee/Ryan Murphy/people that aren't me. Enjoy.

The prom was in full swing and Kurt was having fun, despite everything. He had spent the last hour dancing with Tina until Mike came over and swept her away, leaving Kurt to Santana and Brittany. It was a little hard being the only one without a date, but for the most part his friends were fairly non-exclusive. Kurt had been actively avoiding being around Rachel and Blaine since earlier in the night when they had danced together. It's not that Kurt didn't like Blaine, quite the opposite. But Blaine was so…perfect and it just hurt too much that once again Rachel Berry got everything good. But it was Kurt's senior prom and he was not going to be bitter. "This sucks." Kurt muttered under his breath, picking at the table cloth, not noticing that someone was coming towards him.

"It's not that bad." A voice said. Kurt jerked his head upwards, recognizing the honey-like voice that spoke.

"Hi Blaine." Kurt spoke, praying that he didn't sound as breathless outside as he sounded in his head. This is Rachel's date. This is Rachel's hot, straight, older date, don't blush, don't flirt, don't stare, don't stare.

"Hi." Blaine grinned. "Do you want some punch?"

"I-uh, what?" Kurt wasn't sure what was happening but Rachel's perfect date seemed to want to talk to him. Probably out of pity.

"Punch? Do you want some?"

"Um…no thanks." Kurt looked down at the table, hoping that it was dark enough in the gym so Blaine couldn't see him blush. Wow, no wonder no one wanted to date him. He can't even hold a conversation about a drink without feeling like an idiot.

"Ok. So, what are your plans after graduation?" Kurt couldn't believe Blaine was still talking to him.

"Um I'm going to Parsons in New York; I'm going to be studying fashion design."

"Really? I thought the plan had always been you and Rachel running off to NYADA together to become huge Broadway stars." Blaine replied, a twinkle in his eyes.

"That used to be the plan until the beginning of my Junior year when my dad had a huge heart attack and was in a coma and the people in Glee club were there for me but sometimes kind of stifling so I needed to find a new hobby to throw myself into when I couldn't handle being around other people and I kind of fell into fashion design. It was something I could do while I waited by his bedside for him to wake up. I still love singing, but fashion seems much more concrete."

"Is Rachel aware of these plans? Because she still seems to think that you two are going to move in with each other in a quaint little apartment that's barely big enough for the both of you but 'that doesn't matter Blaine because it will be ours and we will take on the city together!'" Blaine finished with a fairly impressive impression of Rachel that had Kurt laughing.

"Wow. You seem to know a lot about me and I know almost nothing about you." Kurt joked.

"Yeah well you and Rachel have been friends for years and she's always yammering on about you so I pick things up." Kurt was confused. He thought that Rachel had just met Blaine but it sounded like Rachel had known Blaine for a long time.

"How did you and Rachel meet again?" Kurt asked.

"Uhhh we went to middle school together." Blaine replied.

"Rachel told me she met you through community theatre this past summer."

"Oh. Yeah. We uh, reconnected this past summer…" Blaine trailed off before flashing Kurt a grin. "Rachel is right. I'm a terrible liar. Good thing I have my good looks and charm to fall back on, right?" Blaine laughed before he leaned forward a bit, suddenly that much closer to Kurt. "Ok so I have to tell you because really, Rachel is a terrible person for not telling you the truth, but I'm not actually Rachel's hot straight boyfriend but I'm her – "

"Blaine! There you are!" Rachel sat down with a flourish and a bright smile. "Hi Kurt!" Rachel flashed Kurt a too wide smile before turning back towards Blaine. "What are you boys talking about?"

"Well Blaine here was just telling me about how right you were that he's a terrible liar." Kurt replied, still looking at Blaine curiously, not missing the way Blaine blushed.

"Oh Blaine I love this song!" Rachel cut in, grabbing Blaine by the arm.

"But I was – "

"You can tell him later Blaine. Come on." Rachel pulled him onto the dance floor leaving Kurt alone and even more confused than he was in the first place. What was Blaine going to tell him?

"Rachel that was rude." Blaine said as soon as they were out of earshot of Kurt.

"I know. And I'll apologize to him later. But you were about to ruin my perfect evening and I just couldn't let you do that."

"Rachel." Blaine gave her his best big-brother-is-reprimanding-you face. "Is this really the perfect evening for you? You're spending almost the whole night avoiding your best friend, who might I add, is very attractive and looks miserable because his best friend is lying to him and ruining what could be a fabulous night because she's too self-centered about her own appearances to let someone else have a good night."

"Don't be mean to me, Blaine. You said you would come as my date. Why do you care so much?"

"Did you know he is going to Parson's in the fall? He wants to be a fashion designer, not a Broadway star."

"He always says that, but he'll miss performing once he's in the city and breathing it all in."

"Rachel." Blaine stopped dancing with her, taking a step back. "What is happening with you? Are you listening to yourself? I mean sure, you've always been a little bit self-centered, but not when it concerns your friends." Rachel flinched at being called self-centered, only softening when Blaine placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Come on, tell your favorite brother what's going on."

"You're my only brother. And don't refer to yourself as such here." Rachel finally caved, letting her head fall onto Blaine's shoulder. "I miss Finn. I thought I would be ok the last bit of this year without him because next year I'd be in New York with my best friend and we would take on the world and I wouldn't have time for a relationship because I'd be too busy being a star. I just didn't factor in lasting the rest of the school year and the summer before my life began. And then Kurt sprung the Parsons thing on me a week after Finn and I broke up and I just feel like everything I had ever planned out is falling apart." Rachel sniffled against Blaine's shoulder.

"Oh Rachel." Blaine brought his arms around her and pulled her in for a hug. "Your life is not falling apart. You don't need Finn. You'll do fine without him. And Kurt is still coming up to New York with you. You might not be going to the same school, but you two will be ok. As long as you fix things with him, because he is like a sad little puppy over there." Blaine turned to look at Kurt still sitting at the table alone. "I just want to gather him up in my arms and hug him and wipe his tears and get lost in his beautiful eyes and maybe brush his bangs away from his face and I'll lean in close because he'll have an eyelash and he'll close his eyes and I'll – "

"Blaine!" Rachel pushed at Blaine's shoulder, pulling him from his rambles. Blaine turned back to face Rachel, blushing as he realized what he just said out loud.

"Right. So advice from awesome older brother Blaine is that you should go apologize for being a pain to Kurt and explain who I am."

"Is there something you'd like to share with the class?" Rachel asked, her hands on her hips, a small smile playing at her lips.

"I like cock. And I would like to get to know his." Blaine stated matter of factly.

"Blaine! You can't just say things like that to me! Ew I didn't need that mental image!" Rachel screeched, causing the people around them to scatter.

"What! You asked!"

"How do you go from cuteness like brushing his tears away to talking about his…" Rachel trailed off, her face pink with embarrassment to be talking about her best friend in such a crude manner with her brother.

"Cock?" Blaine supplied.

"Can you please stop saying that word in front of me?" Rachel cried, causing Blaine to laugh.

"I'll make you a deal. You go explain this situation to Kurt and I'll stop mentioning how soft his hands look and how much I'd like to feel them wrapped around my – "

"Blaine Anderson I swear if you finish that sentence I will hide your hair gel!" Rachel threatened. Blaine threw his hands up in mock surrender.

"Go make him happy." Blaine said, nudging Rachel towards Kurt.

"I thought that was your job." Rachel muttered to herself.

"You bet your sweet ascot it is." Blaine giggled following Rachel over to the table where Kurt was sitting.