Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I love getting feedback it helps a lot and it keeps me motivated so keep them coming xD! I'll just say TP and if anyone tells me this is jumpy I'll just say, I went from the 20th of November to the 20th of December, why? Because the other days were boring and they were studying

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Flames of Love- Chapter 9- A sad Christmas?

They got home half an hour before 1pm, and Mary told them to go get ready, the guest should arrive at any minute. The table was beautiful, shades of brown, orange, yellow and red filled the dishes, this was something so surreal to Blaine... So new... Normally Thanksgiving was pizza with some form of Turkey in it, a night watching Star Trek The Next Generation & dessert made by Paola... This was, all, new but he wasn't complaining.

They were sitting in the living room, quietly waiting for the guests to arrive. The doorbell rang, Mary jumped from the couch and ran to open the door... Lots of shouts, hi's, how are you, later the rest of the family walked into the living room. The first thing Blaine noticed, was a tall brown haired, blue eyed guy. His shoulders weren't as wide as Sam's but you could see that he was fit... There was an elder couple that was talking with Stevie and Stacey, another couple, who Blaine assumed to be Dwight's brother and his wife, so the guy must be Sam's cousin or something, and there was another guy, around his 30's, who apparently brought his fiancée...

"Richard I can't believe you're getting married! I'm so happy for you!" Mary said, swinging her arms around Richard.

"I'm sure aunt Mary would have introduced us, but as you can see, my older brother and his sexy fiancée are keeping her occupied... I'm Jason, you are?..." A voice came from behind Blaine, the shorter boy turned around and greeted the brown haired boy.

"Blaine, yeah I'm sure Mary would have introduced us..." There was a few seconds of silence, Jason's eyes went from Blaine's to something that was happening behind him, and then he spoke.

"So, you're the exchange student right? Senior?"

"Junior..." Blaine answered, he then heard Mary, shout his name. The boy turned around and walked over to her.

"Blaine! I'm sorry I didn't introduce you earlier! David, Olivia, this is Blaine!" They exchanged handshakes and the David called Jason who was talking to the twins, or rather, tickling them, and Richard, who was talking with Dwight. After Blaine was introduced to Richard and Mr., Mrs. Evans, they all sat, ate, and laughed... Jason was quiet... Studying his cousin, and the direction of his green eyes...

The main topic was, of course, Richard's wedding and when that topic died, they moved on to 'Blaine', just simple questions, like 'So what do you parents do', but, just like everything in Blaine's life, the most simple questions, had the most complex answers.

"My dad owns the Viriathushotel in Washington and my mom owns the New York one..." He took a sip of orange juice and Mrs. Evans saved him from a very awkward situation.

"So you're son of Christopher Anderson?" The lady asked, Blaine simply nodded and she turned to her husband and gently slapped him in the arm, "Brian! Wake up, old rag!" She yelled and shock the man awake. Everyone laughed and when Mr. Evans stopped pretending to be asleep, Jane rolled her eyes,~and told him, "This is the son of Christopher Anderson, the owner of the Viriathus hotel..."

"Oh I remember that one! We went to the grand opening in 96! Do they still have the statue of the legionary?" Brian was talking about a silver statue of a roman legionary that was placed on the center of the lobby.

"Now it's on top of a fountain..." Replied the brunet shyly, he really didn't want to talk about that, he didn't want to talk about his family or what he did in the holidays...

"So, first Thanksgiving away from home?" Asked David as he filled his glass, and his wife's with more wine.

"Yes, but the food makes it worth it..." They all laughed and the talks proceeded, Jane and Brian engaged Blaine in a conversation about the hotel, and Blaine was more than thankful. He didn't have to talk about his family, just that stupid building...

After lunch, Blaine, Sam, Jason and the twins went outside. Sam kept entertaining the twins while Jason and Blaine talked... And talked... And talked... And that was annoying the hell out of Sam... Like, he wasn't jealous, but that was annoying, why do they have to be laughing and all smiley?! Why are they so close?! Luckily for Sam, Stacey loved to play hide and seek with Blaine, and if Sam played his cards well, he could manage to get her to pull Blaine into a few minutes of hide and seek... At least that would keep them from getting to close...

"Blaine come on! Lets play hide and seek!" Stacey grabbed Blaine's hand and she dragged him to the middle of the yard, missing the pool by a few inches, Sam sat next to his cousin and he watched his siblings play with Blaine...

"Getting a little jealous lil' cousin?" Asked Jason with an evil smirk in his lips.

"I don't know what you're talking about..."

"Sure you don't, if you don't get that ass, I will..." Sam didn't reply, but his eyes gave him away, his expression, the sudden fear, the anger, the sadness... It was all too clear... "God that guy as a nice ass!"

"Will you stop!" Yelled Sam, everyone in the yard turned to face him, the blond got up and walked to his room.

"The hell?" Asked Blaine as he sat down next to Jason.

"He's just tired..." Blaine wasn't going to buy that, but it was the best thing Jason could come up with, "Where are the kids?" Blaine asked, turning around to look for the twins.

"They went to their room... Wanna make out?" And before Blaine had any time to process the information, Jason pulled him in for a kiss, Blaine was surprised, but he leaned in, Jason was hot! And it's not like he's dating someone... But it felt wrong... After a while, their lips parted for air, and Blaine stood,

"I can't... I'm sorry Jason, you're really hot but I like someone else... I'm sorry..." He slowly walked back to the house, Blaine was sliding the glass door open, when he heard Jason say something that made him want to scream out of joy.

"I'm sure that person likes you back... A lot..."

Blaine bit his lips, he wanted to agree with him, but there was something telling him that he was fooling himself...

Sam spent the rest of the afternoon, sulking in his room, he wasn't jealous, he was just... Angry! Jason can just come in and... And throw himself at... People... It's wrong, specially if that person is Blaine! 'I have to do something... But then Blaine keeps ignoring me and now this!... I need Santana...'. He also needs a plan... He's going to do this... After the finals... Because yeah, he needs a C+, right now he has a C-... But if Blaine, moves on or something...

Sam took a long deep breath, as he heard the front door being opened... He's mom's family was here, and hell had entered in his home... 'Get ready for hours of religious craziness and homophobia...'. His mom had 2 siblings, a brother and a sister, her dad had died a few years ago. Her brother had 2 boys, and her sister had 3 daughters, they were all crazy, religious assholes, and Sam had to take their shit... He greeted them, and then his mother introduced Blaine to the Parker's, Lucy, Sam's grandmother, eyed Blaine, and she and Marry shared a wordless conversation, where Mary told her to shut up and deal with it. The table that his mother, aunt Olivia & his grandmother Jane had set up was set up in a 'buffet style', no chairs and no meals that required silverware, just some turkey sandwiches, lots of sweet potato fires, which Sam loved, he could eat an entire bowl of them but then he would have to spend countless hours at the gym, and pumpkin pie... Those were the only things Sam ate, therefor those were the only things that deserved his attention.

Dwight's hand was less than an inch away from a delicious turkey sandwich when his mother-in-law started to give thanks, his hand clenched into a fist, and the man turned and sat on the couch. The Parker's finished their thanks and his uncle Carl, turned to Blaine.

"Uh... I'm not religion..." Said Blaine, as he awkwardly shifted in his sit.

"Unbelievable! Gay and atheist!" Said Lucy as she shoot Blaine a look of disgust.

"Mother! Blaine's our guest! Apologize!" When the elder lady remained quiet, Mary stood from her sit, and whispered "Kitchen, now!" After both women entered the kitchen and the door was closed, there were screams, lots of screams...

"We're leaving!" Said Lucy as she entered the living room, the screams had stopped, bu Mary was still in the kitchen, the Parkers stood, and followed her, Lucy closed the door with a loud bang.

"You guys go ahead and eat, I'll talk to Mary..." The man stood from his sit, and walked into the kitchen, where he found his wife, fighting back the tears, who were winning the battle, "Honey, what happened?"

"She disowned me... She said I didn't respect her, and I never did and that she should have never forgive me when I went to live with my father..." Mary started to cry and Dwight pulled her in to a tight hug. He gave her a light kiss in the forehead and he let her cry.

In the living room, Jason sat on a corner, watching his cousin's actions, they way he looked at Blaine, it was hard to miss... But Blaine... Blaine was very subtle, like he was hiding something... A deep dark secret... But he still looked at Sam, in the way Sam looked at him... Jason's phone beeped.

Anita: I'm sorry... Can we talk?

Jason: So Eric's cock is not enough? Why don't you go fuck yourself?

Anita: It was a mistake!

Jason: Ya taking you out on that date, that was a mistake, that fucked my life

The boy his shoved his phone back in his pocket as Sam sat next to him. Jason did his best to hide his anger but he failed.

"What's wrong?" The blond boy asked.

"Nothing..."

"Is it Anita?" Sam and his cousin used to talk a lot, they were great friends, but then Jason met this girl and from there, everything was a train wreck in his life... Alcohol, drugs, smoking every step Jason took was in those lines, Sam still feels guilty because they grew apart when Jason needed him the most, "I don't see why you keep going after her..."

"Because I love her..."

"Oh you're in love with a person who made you do drugs, dye your hair, smoke and get you in an alcoholic comma?" This had all happen during Jason's first Junior year...

"Exactly, and why don't you focus on your life? And maybe come out of the closet..." How to piss off family? Sore spots... Jason stood from his sit, and walked outside to the back porch, Blaine was there, leaning against handrail, doing something on his phone.

"Who's Luca, and why are you texting him in Italian?" Asked the blue eyed boy as he took a peek at Blaine's phone.

"Oh, Luca is a friend..." Replied Blaine, hitting 'Send'.

"As in boyfriend?"

"As in fifty year old man, who raised me because my parents were occupied..." Blaine told him.

"So no boyfriend?" The other boy asked as he leaned against the handrail.

"Jason... You're really hot, but I like someone else..." Blaine sighed, he really, really liked that someone...

"I wasn't talking about me... Sam's in the closet... He won't even tell it to me, and it's pretty obvious, I have a half decent gaydar and the way he looks at you... It's like you're the personification of perfection..." Blaine missed Jason's bisexual joke, but he didn't miss the rest.

"I'm far from perfect..."

"Not at the eyes of someone that loves you... I see the way you too look at each other... Why aren't you two together? Do you have something against closeted guys?..."

"No Jason, I don't and... Our relationship is weird... We had this thing in the summer... I thought it was just a flame, but then I had actual feelings for him and I thought he didn't have feelings for me and then I broke it off, and in the first day of school we had this fight because I snapped at a stupid spanish teacher who doesn't speak spanish... And now... We don't talk..." Jason processed all the information he was given... So these dudes want to eat each other, but they don't talk about it... Makes sense...

"First, you should talk to him... Maybe go out for coffee... And then go out on an actual date... But really, just talk to him and you'll end up making out..."

"That's kind of what I'm afraid of..." The brunet admitted... One of his fears was getting hurt, or in his case, hurting Sam, which was more likely than anything else. The other was lose their relationship due to the lack of communication...

"Exes?"

"I lost, or rather, I never had a relationship with my parents due to the lack of communication..."

"Look Blaine, just go with it... Don't plan everything, adapt..." And with that Jason turned around and walked into the house, where the family was saying goodbye to his uncle and aunt.

"Sam can you go look for Blaine?" Asked Mary to her son, who was still sitting on the couch where his cousin called him a coward... Not directly.

"Uh, he's outside..." Said Jason as his cousin stood from the couch, Sam shot him a look that could kill. The blond slid the glass door open and he found Blaine, leaning against the handrail... And his as... 'Don't look Samuel...'

"Blaine? They're saying goodbye..." Sam could fall and die right there... Blaine turned around and he smiled at him! It's not like, he was already smiling! A smile appeared on his lips, when he turned around! This day didn't turn out to be as bad as Sam had imagined...

The next month, was passed in what seemed to be a handful of days, between studying, Glee, football and everything else, Sam was out of time to think about Blaine... Well, not think about him, he was out of time to do anything, they weren't ignoring each other anymore, Blaine greeted him and once he helped him with his english homework... Sam was falling... His grade had gone from a C-, to a D+, and if he didn't get a freaking C+, his parents were going to take his pc away and probably take him out of football, just like last year, but last year he could blame Quinn and he manage to stay in the football team... Now there was no one to blame...

Blaine was also, very occupied, studding for his A's, rehearsing, and... Well that was it, but it took a lot of his time... Funny how someone who, prior to what happened seven years ago, was surrounded by cameras as soon as he left the hotel, was afraid of singing in front a few students... He had worked on his relationship with Sam... A bit... He smiled to him, he greeted him, and once he helped him with his english homework...

Sam was walking out of his room when he heard screams coming from Blaine's room, the blond boy grabbed the doorknob and knocked.

"Dude are you okay? Can I come in..."

"Yeah... I'm fine..." Sam pushed the door and entered Blaine's room. The brunet's room was like a war zone. Music sheets, scrips for West Side, pens, books and other stuff spread all over the floor and bed.

"Need help rehearsing?" Asked Sam, bending down to collect some lose sheets.

"Uh... It's fine, you probably need to study..."

"It's not much use... Let's do like this, I help you with the musical, and then you help me with homework, deal?" Sam extended his free hand. Blaine smile, and oh god, that smile! That warm smile that made Sam feel as light as a feather, Blaine replied 'Deal' but Sam could barely hear it, the electric noises that clouded his hears came from the contact that their hands shared... This was all to surreal... The rehearsed for hours, until Blaine could sing & recite every line he had and do dance move (Sam didn't help much with those, he just watched).

"So you want to go to the Lima Bean? Maybe we could study there..." Blaine proposed, turning around and placing the music sheets on the table, he bit his lip in anticipation.

"Yes! Uh... Let me go grab my stuff!" The blond jumped from Blaine bed, and he was about to leave when Blaine called him, "Yeah?"

"Uh, do you mind if I take a quick shower? I'm all yucky from the dancing..."

"Sure, I'll be in the kitchen..." Ten minutes later, Sam was driving to the Lima Bean, Blaine siting next to him and they were talking, having an actual conversation! Sure it was about Rachel, and Quinn, but it was still a conversation... The Lima Bean was almost empty, Blaine bought the coffees and they sat on a table next to a window, Sam started to make him some questions and he found out that Blaine was an awesome teacher, who knew that english could be that simple?

"Uh Sam?" Asked Blaine, the blond lifted his head and for a second, Blaine was lost in his green eyes, "After the break, you don't want to join the boxing team do you? Coach Beiste needs one more guy to start the boxing team..."

"I don't know... I barely have time to keep up with school, football and Glee..."

"I can help you with school... And practice is Thursdays at 4:30..." Blaine bit his lip and Sam couldn't say no! More time with Blaine, and he was all for that!

"Sure, but I have to get a C+ average!" Said Sam, trying to sound demanding, but failed, causing Blaine to laugh.

"I'll get you a B+..." After a few more minutes of studying, Mary called them and told them dinner was ready... And to Sam, that was a wonderful Friday evening.

The musical was in a few hours and Blaine was completely freaked out, he was in his room, pacing and talking to himself, going completely insane...

"Blaine you okay? You're screaming again..." Sam asked, knocking in Blaine's door, "Can I come in?"

"Yeah..." Wait, he was screaming? Blaine didn't even realize that he was screaming.

"The musical?" Blaine nodded, Sam got closer to him and places his hands in the shorter boys shoulders, "You're gonna be fine, I heard you... You're amazing, you know every line, every dance move and you're voice... You're gonna be fine Blaine, believe me..." Then, Sam pulled him for a hug...Blaine was shocked, he hugged back and they stayed like that but after they heard some noise downstairs (that brought them back to the world of the living), the boys quickly broke the hug and stared awkwardly at each other...

"Uh... We should... Uh I mean... Do you want to rehears? In school?" The blond asked. Blaine quickly agreed, they told Mary where they were going, the woman smiled and told them to have fun, she was totally going to gossip with Dwight...

"Oh kids! After the musical, we're going out for dinner, we'll be there to watch you Blaine..." The brunet thanked her and they went on their way, Sam made Blaine go through every single line, and as the blond was expecting, Blaine knew them all, he told him he'd be backstage to help him. And Blaine?... Blaine just gave him that smile... That smile that made Sam melt...

The first act was done, Tony had just confessed his love for Maria and the curtains closed, Blaine ran back stage and Sam handed him a water bottle.

"Was I any good?" The brunet asked after he regained his breath.

"I told you the last time you came here, you were freaking amazing! I think you made a girl faint during your performance of Tonight..." This was true, there were a few girls that had gone completely insane when the brunet sang Tonight.

"Too bad for them..." Blaine joked, and they shared a laugh, "Hey after the finals, do you want to do a Star Trek marathon?"

"Yes! But you have to do a Star Wars marathon with me!" The brunet laughed and the second act started...

A few minutes later, Santana came backstage, she and Sam exchanged a look. She could see the regret in Sam's eyes, and Sam could see the sadness in hers, suddenly Santana started to walk towards him, they didn't break eye contact, both of them too proud to admit that they were wrong.

"Finally getting into Frodo's pants?" Santana asked in her usual bitchy tone.

"Did you came out to your grandmother?" Sam shot back. "Are we going to do this?"

"Fine I accept your apology..." Santana said with the same proud look in her eyes.

"And I accept yours..." Sam laughed, the blond bit his lip before he pulled the latina into a tight hug.

"Let me go Trouty!" The other girl demanded with a chuckle, Sam put her down and smiled, "So, Frodo?"

"We're talking... We're going to have a movie marathon after the finals..."

"Of course, perfect nerdy date, movies and then you make out while there's a bunch of idiots shooting at each other in the back..." Santana told him, shaking her head and rolling her eyes, but her smile was still there... And now that Sam thought about it, making out with Blaine while Order 66 played in the background would be really romantic... At least in his head...

Tony had just been shot, and there was a ring of light surrounding his body, Maria was crying and Sam had to admit, Rachel knew how to cry, but he wasn't focused on her... He was focused on Blaine, unaware of what was going on around him, his eyes were focused on the beautiful brunet boy that was lying in the middle of the stage... The sounds of the crowd brought him back to reality the show had ended and the cast had already bowed and they were walking backstage, he greeted most of them in a rush because the person he wanted to talk to was still in the middle of the stage, talking to Rachel.

"Hey Blaine, hey Rachel, you guys were awesome!" The blond told them, not even looking at Rachel, "Anyway, we have to go Rachel, family's going out to celebrate..." And with that he grabbed Blaine's wrist and ran away. When they were finally out of sight, he let go of the other boy's hand, "Sorry 'bout that, if I didn't ran away like that, Rachel would have kept talking for hours and we got to go get some food... And you were the best!"

"Thanks Sam, that was really sweet..." 'I'm gonna die... He called me sweet...' Sam couldn't stop the blush from creeping through his face, "Anyway, I'm gonna get ready... I won't take long..." 'Sam blushed...' Was the only thing Blaine could think of... The blush in his cheeks...

In the 19th of December, the excitement in the Evans household was through the roof, Blaine should have on the 15th but but the recent snow storm in Lima had stopped him from visiting his family. Mary had a basket of dirty clothe in her hands and she was about to knock on the brunet's door, when she heard Blaine sob.

"Cooper, they kicked me out... I wasn't invited... I'm their son..."

"I know little brother, but the dance isn't a big deal..." His brother tried to calm him.

"I don't care about the dance... I mean I like it but I'm their son and it's Christmas... They basically said I could rot right where I am and they wouldn't care..." Blaine knew he was fooling himself, but he always hoped that his parents would accept him and that at least he'd be able to visit them... "And he's making it public, he's telling everyone that he hates me..."

"That's not true..." Cooper bit his lip, he didn't know how to give this information to his, already damaged, brother... "Dad's saying that you're visiting grandmother for Christmas..."

"Cooper I can't stay with the Evans... I don't have a place to stay..." Flights had been canceled, and Blaine couldn't stay with the Evans... They need their family time...

"Can't you rent an hotel room?"

"Really Cooper?! REALLY?! You're telling me to spend Christmas on an hotel room?!" Tears that he'd been fighting back flew freely through his cheeks, tears of both sadness and anger, "Thanks a lot!" He hung up before his brother could say anything...

Mary was on the other side of the door, she didn't want to eavesdrop on Blaine, but the desperation on his voice made her stay, and she was glad she did, she knew exactly what to do.

"Dwight can I talk to you?" She gave her husband a 'I'm going to ask for your opinion but I'm going to do what I want anyway' look. A few minutes later, Dwight was the one with a plan.

"Mary, trust me, let me talk to Sam..."

"But-" The woman started but Dwight stopped her, placing a finger on her lips.

"Trust me Mary, I know what I'm doing!" Dwight walked upstairs and he knocked on Sam's door, "Son?"

"Come in..." Sam hit pause, and he quickly tried to hide the playstaition, but he failed.

"Weren't you grounded?" Sam bit his lip and looked down, Dwight just shock his head and continued, "Anyway, there's something you're going to do, no questions..." The man closed the door and he told his son what his wife had told him.

"Whoa... His parents are assholes..." The anger Sam felt towards Blaine's parents was something out of this world, how dare they hurt the person that showed him how awesome Star Trek could be? How dare they do such things to the guy who helped him write his freaking essays? How dare they hurt such a kind soul?

"As much as I agree with you, that's not the point, the point is, you're going to convince Blaine to stay with us for Christmas..." Sam agreed and he jumped from bed and ran into Blaine's room. When he entered, the shorter boy tried to hide his tears, and Sam sat next to him, placing his arm around Blaine's shoulders, and pulling him close

"Wh-What... Are you... D-Doing here?"

"My mom didn't mean to but she heard you talk on the phone... You can stay with us..." Sam tried to smile for Blaine, but seeing the other boy in such a broken state made his heart ache.

"I can't Sam..."

"Of course you can... We like you Blaine... A lot... I like you..." Blaine looked up and he found a beautiful pair of green eyes... The eyes... "There's only one condition..." Sam told him in a playful tone

"Which is?" Blaine asked, as a smile formed in his lips. He couldn't help it...

"You have to go on a date with me..."


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