Chapter 6

Kurt and Blaine had spent hours coming up with the perfect way to ask Alison's sister, Jessica if she would carry their child. They figured out a generous but modest amount that they could pay her in addition to estimates of doctor's bills.

"We shouldn't just assume that she'll be the egg donor too," Kurt said out of the blue as they both poured over google searches and LGBT parenting discussion boards. "I mean it would make this so much easier but she might not be comfortable with it," he worried.

"We haven't even asked her to be our incubator yet," Blaine joked and Kurt shot him a dirty look. "But I agree that the decision should be up to her," he added seriously.

"It's just so much to ask of a person. What if she says no?"

"Then we can hire a surrogate that we interview extensively to make sure they're the right one. We're doing this, sweetie. It's going to happen," Blaine assured him and he entwined their fingers and brought them to his mouth for a kiss.

"It's just so stressful," Kurt exhaled. "We don't really know what we're doing."

"Do any parents really know what they're doing?" Blaine asked. "A lot of planning is going into this baby and he or she will be greeted with so much love Hallmark will reschedule Valentine's Day."

"You're a dork. That was a horrible cheesy statement and I will grant you the favor of forgetting you even said it," Kurt rolled his eyes but could not keep from smiling.

"Well you're stuck with me till death do us part so get used to it," Blaine smirked.

"And I'll die a martyr," Kurt shot back with a playful look on his face.

Blaine scoffed and tried to cover his smile with a frown.

"We're getting off track," Blaine turned up his nose and Kurt in mock offense.

"Aww, baby, you know I love you," Kurt stood and made his way over to where Blaine was sitting. "Do you forgive me," he murmured in Blaine's ear as his husband tried to avoid looking at him.

Blaine used all his self control to avoid the sky blue of Kurt's eyes that could get him to agree to anything before even registering that he'd been asked a question.

"Do you, Blaine?" Kurt asked as he straddled Blaine's lap and let his lips graze against Blaine's ear. Kurt smirked in victory as Blaine let out an uncontrollable shiver.

Kurt could tell Blaine was biting the inside of his cheeks and craned his neck away in an attempt to not let Kurt win. Kurt smiled and kissed the spot under his ear that always made Blaine weak in the knees.

Blaine gasped and as he turned his head to glare at Kurt, Kurt caught his lips in a messy kiss. Blaine's arms betrayed him and wound around Kurt to drag him closer.

Kurt was the one to break the kiss. "We should get back to work," he said softly with no intention of doing so. His fingers were tangled in Blaine's hair from the kiss and massaging his scalp lightly.

"I thought we were," Blaine teased.

"You're never going to let me forget that, are you?" Kurt groaned.

"Never," Blaine promised with a smile. "It was cute when you said it back then. It made me fall even harder for you," he admitted.

"Well, this extremely attractive boy had just kissed me and my brain wasn't really functioning."

"And not much has changed since then," Blaine sneered.

"Well someone thinks a lot of himself," Kurt laughed.

"Our lives are about to change," Blaine said seriously.

"But it going to change because we want it to," Kurt cradled Blaine's cheek in his hand.

Blaine melted into Kurt's touch but never let his eyes leave Kurt's.

"We need to call, Jess and invite her over for Saturday. I hope she's free!" Kurt exclaimed. He seemed to have remembered himself and all of his responsibilities. He tended to forget the rest of the world existed outside of Blaine.

Blaine groaned at the loss of Kurt from his embrace but volunteered to call Jessie while Kurt made dinner for them that night.

Kurt readily agreed and put on his favorite cooking playlist. Kurt danced around the kitchen and sang to himself as he chopped vegetables for an Indian inspired stir fry.

"Kurt, honey, Jess is on board. Do you want her to bring anything?" Blaine asked as he covered the phone with his hand.

"No, just tell her to come around 7. I'm glad she's free!" Kurt was giddy with the next stage in their plan compete. Kurt resumed singing and dancing with full gusto.

…

"Jess' really excited," Blaine informed him enthusiastically as he kissed Kurt hello after work the day before the big dinner.

"Did you talk to her today?"

"Yeah she called me to check and see if we'd changed our minds about having her bring something. She said she'll probably bring wine."

"I'm so glad she's coming. Oh god, do you think she'll say yes?" Kurt bit his lip in worry.

"I hope so, she would be perfect," Blaine tried to comfort Kurt but he was really worried too.

"We shouldn't think like that, but let's go through our proposition again. I don't want her to feel pressured."

Blaine agreed and then went over their agreed upon points once again.

…..

Kurt and Blaine both sucked in their breath when the doorbell rang. Blaine was first to compose himself and answer the door.

"Hi Blaine, Jess called to say she's going to be a little late but she's on her way," Kurt exhaled as he heard Alison's voice.

"That's perfectly fine, come on in you four," Blaine opened the door wide.

"Hey Kurt, how are you? It smells amazing in here! Can I help with anything?" Alison asked as she kissed his cheek hello and set down her coat while Cooper helped the kids with theirs.

"You can have a glass of wine," Kurt offered. "Red or white?"

"White please, so tell me what's new?" Ali prodded playfully. "I haven't actually gotten to see you in the flesh in a while. Things must be busy so spill."

"Ok, well things have been crazy and Blaine and I are trying to keep it a secret but you'll know soon enough anyway. Promise to act surprised?" He smiled somewhat nervously.

"Now I'm intrigued. Yes, spill it, Kurt! What is it?"

"Blaine and I want to have a baby," he confessed.

"It's about time! Congratulations!" She squealed.

"Shh! Nothing's happened yet!" Kurt protested. "Ok so we wanted to ask Jess if she would be our surrogate. We'd pay for everything and help her with student loans for doing this for us. Do you think she'll say yes? I mean I don't really know how she feels about kids and she's still so young. We don't want to mess up anything in her life but we'd ideally like our baby to be as connected to our families as possible." Kurt rambled.

"She'd better," Alison called out loudly. Kurt was somewhat happy to see there were happy tears in her eyes.

"It's just so much to ask of a person," Kurt admitted.

"She loves kids and I think she would be grateful for the opportunity to get rid of some of those loans she has. She also adores you two. If either of you were straight I swear she would be all over both of you." Alison assured him.

"Really? We're both just really nervous."

Alison smiled comfortingly at Kurt and raised her wine glass. "To your future and may there hopefully be another Hummel-Anderson on the way soon,"

Kurt clinked her glass with a broad smile. "You're too good for Cooper," Kurt joked.

"We're both too good for these Anderson men. They're lucky they're pretty," she said taking a sip of her wine.

"I'll drink to that," Kurt agreed with a laugh.

With Alison's help, Kurt removed multiple pots from the stove and arranged them carefully in carefully picked dishes and bowls. They enlisted Blaine and Cooper to help set things on the table. Blaine set a colorful salad on the table before excusing himself to answer the door.

Kurt and Blaine exchanged a look which did not go unnoticed by Alison.

"Relax, honey, "She whispered with a hand on his shoulder.

"Aunt Jessie, is here kids, go tackle her," Cooper encouraged as Alison shot a playful glare at him.

"Hi, everyone, sorry I'm late! The subway was insane today," Jessie said as she caught her breath and hugged her niece and nephew.

"Don't worry about it, you have perfect timing. Everything's on the table, come sit," Kurt said with a hug and kiss to her cheek.

"I brought wine," Jessie offered, holding up a bottle of Chardonnay.

"That's so sweet of you, Jess but you didn't need to," Blaine smiled eagerly at her and catching Kurt's eye. Kurt send Blaine a look that Blaine had come to recognize to mean, be cool.

"I'll get the bottle opener," Kurt announced as he went back into the kitchen.

"So what have you been up to Jess?" Blaine asked politely.

"Well not too much. I've been getting a few interviews but not much luck. I'd rather not work at the café for the rest of my life. Apparently the outside world isn't too interested in Sociology majors right now," Jess laughed.

Kurt's eyes met Blaine's and they had a silent conversation about whether or not to bring it up or wait until after dinner.

"Well I'm sure Kurt and Blaine know of a job that you would be perfect for?" Alison prompted.

Kurt snapped his head to stare at her in shock. "Well that all can wait until after we eat," Kurt said flushing.

"Ali, we don't want to put her on the spot," Kurt hissed as he passed the salad around the table.

"But if I don't say something now then you both might chicken out," She whispered back.

"Excuse me, you two, is there something you want to share with the class?" Cooper asked them deviously.

Kurt ignored him and changed the subject by asking him about the kids in his drama class.

…

Jessie was helping Blaine with the dishes when Cooper and Alison informed them that they had to head out. They each said goodbyes and kissed a sleepy nephew and a sleepy niece goodbye.

Alison exchanged a knowing look with Kurt before ushering her kids and husband out of the door.

"Blaine should not be letting to dry dishes. You are our guest," Kurt playfully scolded.

"I really don't mind. I'm happy to," Jessie insisted. "Did you guys notice that Ali was acting a little weird tonight?" She asked, hoping to change the subject.

"Ok look, Jess, we really love having you over but we sort of had an ulterior motive for tonight," Kurt started nervously.

"We wanted to ask you something, a pretty big favor actually-" He was cut off by a sharp his of "Blaine!"

"We had this all planned out," Kurt rambled nervously.

"Is everything ok? You guys are making me nervous." She joked uncomfortably.

"It's fine-great actually," Blaine stumbled. "We've decided that we want to start a family."

"That's amazing! I'm so happy for you both!" she exclaimed.

"Well we know we want a baby that's as close to biologically ours as possible and we've decided that Kurt should be the biological father," Blaine started to explain.

"So we know this is a lot to ask and don't answer us back tonight. Please take a couple days to think on it," Kurt interjected.

"We we wondering if since you're family if you would do us the honor of being out surrogate? Now we would definitely pay you a salary and-"

"Yes!" Jessie exclaimed enthusiastically.

"But," Kurt started.

"My answer is yes. I would be honored to carry your child. Hell, I'll give you an egg or two. I know you guys have talked about this and there isn't a baby in the world that would be luckier to have you two as parents. I'm flattered you guys would think of me," Jess' eyes welled up with tears.

"Please just take a night to really think about it before you give us an official answer," Kurt pleaded. "This would mean a huge change to your life."

"My life needs to change and I really want to do this for you guys."

Kurt opened his mouth to argue back but Jess interrupted him. "But I promise I'll think about it tonight if it'll make you happy," she smiled as Kurt and Blaine enveloped her in a group hug and Blaine brought out more wine.

. It was the perfect ending to a wonderful and much anticipated night.