sorry for the long delay on this chapter. I kept changing my mind and after watching the new episodes a little bit heartbroken...well little is an understatement.


For Kurt the next few months flew by. Between planning lessons, glee club meetings and juggling the part time job that he had taken at the music store Kurt barely had time to think.

Rachel had encouraged Kurt to get back on the dating horse but the young man had refused, he barely had the time or the inclination…unless the other person was Blaine….

The Warblers and The New Directions (they had a vote for a name change but the old one had survived) had both won their separate heats of Sectionals and would be advancing to Regionals.

Rachel had wanted to move onto practicing for the next competition as soon as possible but Kurt had persuaded her to let the group relax, at least until after Christmas.

"Fine then, we'll go easy on them but if we lose regionals I'm blaming you." Rachel pouted

"Deal." Kurt smiled faintly, he had to celebrate the little victories in life especially as…..no Kurt focus do not think of him.


Blaine had kept his word, he hadn't drunk any alcohol since the last time he had seen Kurt and he had even started to go see a therapist on a regular basis.

His therapist, Dr Lopez had said that Blaine had a problem with codependency, a trait that she put down to the young man's lack of love during childhood and the constant bullying that he had had to endure.

The issue was that Blaine felt like he had to be accepted and needed. The cheating was a factor of Blaine acting out as he struggled to cope with the idea of not being needed by the people he loved.

What Dr Lopez didn't tell Blaine was that she was also seeing his ex-fiancé whom she had diagnosed with not being able to accept love.


The McKinley glee club Christmas party was in full swing and Kurt was trying to have a good time…he really was. Christmas time had always been a difficult time for the choir teacher to deal with ever since his mother had passed. When Blaine had entered Kurt's life he had made this time of year easier to deal with but where was he now?

Oh that's right, Kurt had shut him out.

The young man sat at the back of the room and watched as some of his students performed their favourite seasonal classics. Jane, a dark skinned girl with a fabulous Afro and Roderick , the shy senior, stood up

I really can't stay Baby it's cold outside

I've got to go away Baby it's cold outside

'Oh gaga. not this song. please. no.' Kurt panicked, he had to get out of there.

"Hello?" Blaine answered the phone on the second ring hardly even bothering to look at the caller id.

"Blaine.." Kurt managed to choke out "I need you."

The other boy breathed in sharply "Kurt where are you? I'm on my way." He could tell that his love was crying and he couldn't bare to see (or rather hear) Kurt cry.

"McKinley." Kurt sniffed "Blaine, I'm so sorry."

"Shhhhh my love, I'll always be there for you."

When he had arrived at McKinley Blaine had found Kurt sitting below the locker that used to belong to the former and he was still crying. "Hey, what are you doing sitting on the floor? I bet that it's filthy, you'll ruin your clothes."

Kurt shrugged "don't care."

"You don't care?" Blaine repeated incredulously "wow you really aren't ok are you." He knelt on the floor and tried to get Kurt to look at him but Kurt refused and fixed his eyes on a stain on the floor.

The crying boy sniffed again " well that's your fault."

"My fault? Kurt you're the one who left me."

"And I'm an idiot." Kurt looked up at Blaine's concerned face. " I'm so sorry. I love you. I will always love you. " he smiled sheepishly as Blaine wiped away the tears from his cheeks "you are the love of my life and I failed you."

Blaine gasped " you didn't," he said shaking his head "I love you too. The past months that we have been apart have been absolutely hell. I miss you, I need you and I don't want to spend another second without you."

"But what about what I did to you, how can you forgive me for running out on you?" Kurt hated himself for hurting the most precious thing that ever happened to him.

"Because I love you." Blaine smiled sitting down with his legs crossed facing Kurt their fingers entwined.

"This floor really is gross." Kurt said flippantly finally noticing their surroundings.

"Mmmm don't care, as long as I'm with you."

"You're so sappy."

"Kurt…." Blaine started to ask but the other boy interrupted him

"Just shut up and kiss me."


FIN