"So the other day, Sam pointed out that Finn has become a carbon copy of Mr. Shue." Blaine began a story on the phone for Kurt. "He's best friends with Coach Besite and Miss Pillsberry, he drinks coffee, and he's started dressing just like him, exchanging his classic Finn Hudson Flannels for button downs and sweater vests."

Kurt laughed, and Blaine continued, "So Tina had the brilliant idea of the three of us dressing just like Finn and Mr. Shue-"

"Oh Dear Lord." Kurt chuckled.

"It was absolutely hilarious. We all wore checkered shirts, vests, and khakis. It didn't even gel, just to add to the effect of Mr. Shue's hair! It was especially funny on Tina because it was so obviously prominent that she was not dressing in her adorable little dresses and trying to prove a point. Tina Cohen-Chang is actually hilarious, did you know that?" Blaine said admirably.

"I did spend three years in Glee with her." Kurt reminded him. "But you seem to have gotten to know her better in these past few months than I did over the course of three years!" He exclaimed, with a hint of bitterness. Jealousy, perhaps?

"Yeah, she's the greatest. She's so cool now; I wish I knew her better last year. Oh, and Sam has these spot-on impressions of Mr. Shue and Finn that he does, but of course you already knew Sam was hilarious." Blaine said, amused.

"Mhhm-hmm." Kurt's jealousy was definitely apparent now, but Blaine was unphased.

"Oh, and the next day, Sam pointed out how Finn definitely only drinks coffee to be cool, not for the taste. He noticed Finn puts about three packs of sugar in his coffee!" He said excitedly.

"That's my brother." Kurt said fondly.

"So Sam decided, he, well," Blaine was laughing so hard he could barely get the words out, "He switched the sugar packets with salt ones! Oh, you should've seen Finn's face! And he spit out his coffee, all over that annoying cheerio, Kitty! It was the highlight of my week!"

Even Kurt had put his jealously aside to burst into laughter at that one. "Oh my God, I'm just imagining Finn's face...its perfect. You, Sam, and Tina have become quite the mischievous masterminds, have you?"

"I guess." Blaine said proudly.

"Hmm, who would've thought? I never saw you as that type; or Tina, for that matter." Kurt noted.

"We're crazy when we get together, me, Tina, and Sam. It's so much fun! I wouldn't survive senior year without them."

"Well, then I'm glad." Kurt said encouragingly. "Hey, I gotta go, Adam's here."

"Adam?" Blaine said, and then teased, "Who's that, you're boyfriend?"

"I guess you could say that." Kurt said casually. "I mean, we've been on a few dates. It's not really exclusive, although we both aren't seeing anyone else. It's going great. He's been awesome at teaching me the ropes of NYADA, and he's so supportive. So we'll see where that heads."

Blaine felt like he had had the wind knocked out of him. It was as if the walls were closing in around him, and he was quickly loosing oxygen. Blaine knew they were broken up, and he knew he had feelings for Sam, but Kurt seeing someone? He couldn't handle that yet.

"That's, that's great." Blaine forced.

"Yeah," Kurt said excitedly, then Blaine overheard Kurt tease, "Oh, look at you, letting yourself on in! Aren't you confident?" Kurt then put the phone back to Blaine and said. "Sorry, gotta go, Adam's here. Bye, Blaine."

"Bye-" But Kurt had hung up the phone before Blaine could finish, "Kurt."

Blaine grabbed his keys. He needed to drive. He needed to get out. He didn't know where he was going, but he needed to leave.

"Blaine, dinner's ready." His mother said while Blaine hurried past her.

"I'm not hungry." He grumbled.

"Where are you going?"

"To pick something up." He lied.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." He sighed angrily.

"Are you sure? You seem a bit off. Maybe you should lay down-"

"I'm fine, Mom!" Blaine snapped. "I just need to go, okay?"

"Okay," His mother recoiled. "Just...don't be gone long."

Blaine drove. And drove. And then he realized it wasn't a good idea. For one thing, gas wasn't cheap, so driving without a purpose was stupid. For another, the tears were going to hit him soon, and driving while crying seemed dangerous.

He needed someone to talk to. Someone to listen to him.

Sam.

But he already expected what Sam was going to say. "Look, that sucks, man, but the best thing to do is move on. Look at me! I've had my heart broken a number of times. Quinn, Santana, Mercedes...but now I'm incredibly happy with Brittany! I know you can find someone too!"

But he didn't want someone to tell him it'd be okay. He wanted someone to understand him, to listen to him, to hold him while he inevitably cried.

Tina.

Blaine did a sharp U-turn and headed to Tina's house. He raced to her doorstep and rang the doorbell three times.

"Blaine!" Mrs. Cohen-Chang greeted. "What a surprise! Do you and Tina have a project for school?"

"Yeah, something like that, Mrs. C. I just really need to see Tina." Blaine said, craning his neck behind the door looking for her.

"She's in her bedroom." Kim informed him, and led him inside.

Blaine ran up the stairs into Tina's room. He didn't even bother to knock, and instead burst through the door.

"Blaine!" Tina screamed in surprise, standing up and quickly closed her math spiral, which still had Tina + Blaine = BLATINA written on it. Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing she had done.

"I'm sorry, I should've called, or texted, or at least KNOCKED for God's sake but I just needed to see you-" Blaine collapsed in her arms, and finally the tears fell.

For a split second, Tina thought that maybe Blaine had realized he was in love with her and was so overcome with love it brought him to tears, but one look into his hazel puppy dog eyes and she knew he was hurt.

She held him for a few more minutes while he cried softly into her shoulder, and she ran a hand through his gelled hair, gradually making her hand gelled and greasy. Once the tears subsided and turned into sniffles, she took his hand and led him to the edge of her bed, and handed him the Kleenex box that was on her bedside table.

"Now, when you're ready, you can tell me what's wrong, but if you're not, feel free to cry again." Tina said soothingly, rubbing his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." He sniffled, dabbing his eyes. "I'm usually not like this. I don't cry often, and never in the company of others, besides my parents. And I haven't cried over Kurt in ages, but then this happened and I guess it just hit me all over again."

And there is was. Kurt. He was the reason Blaine was crying. He was the reason Blaine was hurt. And yet, Tina was legitimately wiping Blaine's tears, but Blaine would never love her. Tina would never hurt Blaine, but Kurt had hurt Blaine multiple times, and Blaine still loved him. It just wasn't fair!

But above all, Tina was Blaine's friend. And if she was Blaine's friend, she was going to push her own feelings aside and help him.

"Blaine, you should never feel ashamed to come to cry to me." Tina said softly, delicately dabbing Blaine's eyes with a tissue. "And feel free to get up and let it out; rant, throw around some of my clothes, rip apart some papers, just...stay away from my homework. I spent a lot of time on that." She said, and Blaine let out a small laugh.

"It's Kurt, Tina." He sighed. "I mean, I knew we were over, and I guess that means he's free to date whoever he likes, but I never thought that could actually happen, you know?"

"What happened?" Tina asked, concerned.

"Kurt's seeing someone. His name's Adam, and I don't know anything about him, but Kurt seems really happy. And I'm happy that he's happy, just-"

"You wish he'd be happy with you." Tina finished.

"Exactly. And I know I'm being a hypocrite, because I like Sam, but it's not the same! Because me and Sam can't actually happen, but Kurt and can and IS happening, and I know I'm being selfish, but-"

"You're not being selfish." Tina said firmly. "Blaine, I know what it's like to have feelings on an implausible crush. Trust me. And I also know that if Mike had a new girlfriend, I would be devastated. There's nothing wrong with a little jealousy. You don't have to feel bad, and you don't have to feel ashamed. And I don't even have to know Adam to know you're ten times better than him." Tina said, and Blaine tackled her in a hug.

"Thanks, Tina. You really know how to make a guy feel better." Blaine smiled.

"Never be afraid to vent to me." She said encouragingly, and then added brightly, "Oh! I'll be right back!"

Tina hurried out of her bedroom, leaving Blaine with a few moments to himself to take a look around her bedroom. Much like Tina, the room was very organized. She had a bookshelf piled with books, and a neatly stacked set of CDs on her desk. She had a large bulletin board above her dresser, filled with lots of pictures of glee club or her with members of the glee club. He also noticed that the framed picture on her bedside table, which used to include a picture of her and Mike at Prom, now included a picture of her and Blaine and the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

"So, I've been told I'm the perfect go-to gal after a breakup." Tina said excitedly when she came back in. "I've talked through breakups with Mercedes, Rachel, Artie, and several with Sam, actually. But it is my personal belief that nobody heals a broken heart like my pals Ben and Jerry." She smiled, displaying the two cartons of ice cream, equipped with two large spoons. "Your choice, Chocolate Fudge Brownie, or Cherry Garcia?"

Blaine smiled widely and grabbed the Chocolate one. "And while we are already indulging ourselves, I thought we might as well pop in a guilty pleasure movie." Tina said, and handed him his options, Mamma Mia and Hairspray.

Tina and Blaine spent the night pigging out with the ice cream while laughing at Pierce Bronson's horrible singing in Mamma Mia, and for that night at least, Blaine forget his worries over Kurt and Adam. He realized why he was not ashamed to cry in front of Tina, and why this broken heart would be easier to overcome than when he broke up with Kurt: Now he had a friend to get him through it.