It's here! Just im time for Seblaine week too lol. I realized in the past chapter I didn't put their age but I usually do, it just slipped my mind last time. So if I do forget to put it there's an easy way to figure it out. You take whatever chapter it is, minus one. Since the chapters started before they turned one, it's always a year less than whatever chapter it is. So in this chapter Sebastian and Blaine are nine, Cooper is nineteen and Carey is seven. This one was a little sad to write towards the end :( But I hope you guys enjoy it! I don't know how many of you aren't from the US so may not know what the NHL is. It's our hockey league here. Just keep that in mind as you read!
"Come on, come on!" Sebastian calls as he pulls on the sleeve of his dad's shirt. Jason laughed as his son pulled him up to the entrance of the arena. Blaine was right behind them pulling Stephen and Cooper by their sleeves as well.
"You guys are so slow!" Blaine tells his brother and father.
"Calm down Blaine, the game doesn't start for a half an hour," Cooper tells him.
"I don't care, hurry!" Blaine complained. The five guys made it to the entrance, much too slowly for the little ones liking, and each handed the woman at the door their tickets. This was the first NHL game that Blaine and Sebastian are going to and they couldn't be more excited. The boys looked around at everything as they made their way down the different halls. Then Sebastian spotted the team store and his eyes went wide.
"Oh, daddy! Daddy! Can you buy me stuff?!" Sebastian asked, pulling his dad towards the store. Jason chuckled and walked with his son to the store. Blaine looked up at his dad with his best puppy dog eyes.
"Daddy?" Blaine asked sweetly.
"Yes, Blaine?" Stephen asked with a straight face while Cooper's biting his lip to keep in his laughter.
"Can I please get a souvenir?" Blaine asks, batting his eyelashes.
"I don't know, Blaine do you think you deserve one?" Stephen asks in return, desperately trying to keep the smile off of his face.
"Yes! I got all A's on my last report card! And I keep my room cleaner than Cooper keeps his!" Blaine explained.
"Hey!" Cooper interjected.
"Well that is true," Stephen says with a chuckle earning a soft glare from his oldest son.
"So can I get something pleeeeeease?" Blaine asks, jutting out his lower lip just slightly.
"I suppose so," Stephen says, finally letting the smile come through. Blaine smiles wide and takes off towards the store.
"Me too, right dad?" Cooper asks as he and Stephen follow Blaine inside.
"You've got a job Coop," Stephen says with a smirk.
"Dad!" Cooper whines, making Stephen chuckle.
Blaine runs over to Sebastian as Sebastian looks through all the different items on the shelf.
"What're you getting?" Blaine asks.
"I don't know but I have to find something for Carey too," Sebastian says as he rolls his eyes.
"How about this?" Blaine asks, holding up and teddy bear with a Colombus Blue Jackets t-shirt on.
"Yes, she'll love that!" Sebastian says, taking the bear from Blaine. Sebastian smiled at Blaine. He could always count on Blaine to know exactly what Carey wants. Like last month when Sebastian and Carey were fighting and Sebastian called Carey stupid, Sebastian how no idea how to fix it. He felt awful. She wouldn't come out of her room and she wouldn't let Sebastian in. Blaine came over and told Sebastian that he needs to go into her room and just hug her and tell her he's sorry. So Sebastian did. He walked right in, despite Carey's protest and pulled her into his arms. He apologized and told her he loved her and that she was very smart. Carey forgave him and told Blaine to come over and join the group hug.
"Sebby, what should I get? There's so much cool stuff!" Blaine said, looking at some of the pucks lying on the shelves.
"I don't know, I don't even know what I want! Oh, look! Jerseys!" Sebastian said, running over to the jerseys.
"Hurry up boys, we have to get to our seats, the game is starting soon," Jason came over and told them.
"Okay! I want this!" Sebastian told his dad, tugging on the arm of a jersey.
"Okay, which one?" Jason asks, scooping up Sebastian in his arms so he could see the jerseys better.
"Who's the best player?" Sebastian asks, making Jason chuckle.
"I'm not sure honestly. I don't watch the Blue Jackets much," Jason explains.
"Well then why are we here?" Sebastian asks.
"Because my favorite team is the visiting team. The Boston Bruins," Jason tells his son.
"Oh. Well I still want a jersey," Sebastian says picking a random one out that's in his size. Sebastian holds the jersey and the teddy bear as Jason carries him over to the cashier. Sebastian sets the things on the counter and Jason sets Sebastian down on the floor so he can take his wallet out to pay for the merchandise.
"Blaine, did you find anything yet?" Cooper asks, walking over to Blaine, carrying a blue jackets t-shirt.
"I don't know what to get! Help me Coop?" Blaine asks and Cooper nods, crouching down next to his little brother to help him look through the merchandise on the shelf.
"Oh, I want that Coop!" Blaine called, pointing up to a higher shelf where there was a blue foam finger. Cooper reached up and got the foam finger, handing it to Blaine.
"Hey Blaine, how about a jersey like Sebastian got?" Stephen calls to Blaine from over by the jerseys. Blaine looked back to where his dad was and frowned. Now he wanted both. He wanted the foam finger and he wanted to match Sebastian.
"Can I have both?" Blaine pleaded. Stephen shook his head.
"You can buy the foam finger with your birthday money?" Stephen offered.
"Okay! Coop, can you hand me another foam finger?" Blaine asked his brother.
"For what?" Cooper asked as he handed Blaine another one.
"I'm buying Sebastian one," Blaine said as he walked over to the cashier. Stephen paid for Blaine's jersey and Cooper's t-shirt while Blaine paid for his and Sebastian's things. The Anderson's walked out to where the Smythe's were waiting for them in the hallway.
"Sebby! I bought you a present," Blaine says, handing Sebastian one of the foam fingers.
"Oh Blaine, thank you!" Sebastian says, pulling his best friend into a hug.
"Stephen, you didn't have to do that," Jason says.
"I didn't. Blaine bought that with his own money," Stephen says.
"You did?" Sebastian asks.
"Yeah," Blaine said with a smile. Sebastian hugs Blaine again, even tighter. Blaine smiles and hugs Sebastian back before putting his jersey on so the boys match. Sebastian wraps his arm around Blaine and they five start to make their way towards their seats.
"Where are we sitting, daddy?" Blaine asks as they find their section.
"Oh, Uncle Jason got us seats right on the glass," Stephen tells his son. Blaine looks up at his uncle with wide eyes.
"You did?! Thank you so much!" Blaine says.
"No problem, kiddo!" Jason says back as they find their row, right on the glass. They take their seats and Sebastian and Blaine stand up as the players come out for warm ups. They press their noses against the glass as all the players from the Boston Bruins skate by. They watch them all shoot pucks at the net and then get down on the ice to stretch. Sebastian leans over and whispers in Blaine's ear.
"Number 37 is really cute…" Sebastian whispers with a giggle. Blaine looks over to number 37 and blushes. He turns to Sebastian and nods.
"Yeah, he is," Blaine whispers back. They both giggle and sit back down. The teams go back to the locker room before game time.
"Cooper, can we play hockey when we go home?" Blaine asks his older brother. Cooper sighs and frowns.
"Blaine, you know when we get home I have to finish up packing," Cooper says sadly, knowing his little brother doesn't like being reminded that Cooper is moving out tomorrow.
"Coop, do you have to go? Can't you just stay with us? With me?" Blaine begs, his eyes beginning to tear up. Cooper hates seeing his little brother like this and every single time Blaine begs him he breaks a little. He doesn't want to leave Blaine but he's 19 now and Lisa wants to move into an apartment with him.
"I-I have to Blaine…" Cooper says, trying not to get emotional all over again. He knows tomorrow when he has to say goodbye to Blaine, he'll be a mess.
"No you don't! You're my big brother and I need you!" Blaine says, the tears starting to spill over.
"I-I have to use the bathroom…" Cooper says, getting up and walking away from the situation, knowing he'll cave to Blaine is he stays there for one more minute. Blaine buried his head in to Sebastian's neck, his tears falling onto Sebastian's shoulder. Stephen placed his hand on his youngest son's back.
"Blaine, Cooper is growing up now. It's time for him to go out and live on his own," Stephen says.
"But he's not on his own! He'll be with Lisa!" Blaine spat back.
"He loves her Blaine," Stephen reasons.
"But he loves me too! Why is he picking her over me?!" Blaine cries.
"Blainey, you and I don't live together and look at how much we love each other," Sebastian offers, placing his hand on his best friend's shoulder. Blaine sniffles, wipes his eyes and looks over at his best friend.
"I-I guess you're right," Blaine says, leaning into Sebastian. Sebastian wraps his arms around Blaine. "Thanks, Sebby."
"You're welcome," Sebastian says. Cooper comes back with a bottle of water, obviously a little more relaxed than when he left. Cooper takes his seat between his dad and his little brother, staying quiet. Then Blaine just wraps his arms around his big brother, holding him tight.
"I love you Coop. And I'm gonna miss you," Blaine mumbles into Cooper's shoulder. Cooper returns Blaine's hug, holding him tightly as well.
"I love you too, Blaine. And I'm gonna miss you too. But I'm gonna see you all the time, I promise," Cooper tells his little brother. Blaine nods and squeezes his brother one more time before letting go. Cooper smiles and pats his shoulder. The lights go dark in the arena and music begins to play.
"Okay boys, the teams are about to come out and then the game starts," Jason leans in and tells the boys over the loud music. Blaine and Sebastian watch excitedly as the teams skate out onto the ice and get into their positions.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please rise and remove your caps for the singing of our national anthem," the announcer announces over the speaker system. The five men rise and put their hands over their hearts as the Star Spangled Banner began to play. Once it's over, everyone sits down and the game begins. They Smythe's and Anderson's watched anxiously as the teams began to shoot at each other's nets, the goalies making spectacular saves. One of the Blue Jacket players got slammed into the glass right in front of the boys by a Bruin's player.
"Oh! Did you see that?!" Sebastian exclaimed as both players skated away.
The first period ends and Cooper is amazed at how much the boys are enjoying the game. They're having the time of their lives and it couldn't make Cooper happier. When the second period starts there's a fight right away and both Blaine and Sebastian are standing up, yelling as if the players are paying attention, telling the Bruin to kick the Blue Jacket's butt. The Bruin does end up winning the fight and Blaine and Sebastian cheer in victory. Towards the end of the second period the Blue Jacket's score and the two young boys pout in their seats, wanting the team with the cute guy on it to win. During the third intermission the Bruin manage to catch up making, the boys very happy. Then eventually they score another goal that wins them the game. The five men cheer once the game is over, Blaine and Sebastian standing up on their seats. As their cheering, the cute number 37 is skating his way over to the boys. He's bringing another player along with him who they boys think isn't so bad looking himself.
"Here you go boys," number 37 says as he hands his stick over the glass to Blaine. Blaine can't believe it. He blushes and smiles.
"Thanks!" Blaine says. Number 37 smiles at him as he skates away.
"And this one's for you," the other player says, handing Sebastian his stick.
"Wow, thank!" Sebastian says, taking the stick.
"No problem guys!" the player says as he skates away. Blaine and Sebastian grin at each other and look at the sticks they just received.
"Wow, nice boys," Jason says as they all began to walk out of the arena. Sebastian and Blaine can't stop smiling as they put their new hockey sticks in the trunk and they all pile into the car. Blaine sits in the middle of the backseat on the way home, chatting animatedly to Sebastian and Cooper on the long ride home.
"Coop, are you almost done?" Diane calls up the stairs.
"Yeah, be down in a second mom!" Cooper calls back. But Cooper had finished his packing an hour ago. Now he and Blaine were just in his room playing.
"No! You won't get me this time Batman!" Blaine called as he jumped off of one of the boxes in Cooper's room onto Coop's bed.
"Oh yes I will Joker! No one can defeat Batman!" Cooper says back, jumping on his bed next to Blaine. Blaine loved when Cooper played with him like this. He knew Coop was too old to be playing Batman so it meant a lot to Blaine that he'd still do it with him.
"I can! Wanna know how I got these scars?" Blaine says with a smirk, knowing he's doing a good impression. Cooper was always amazed at how well he portrayed characters, even when they were just playing around.
"Cooper Anderson, how did I know you weren't packing?" Diane says as she stands in Cooper's doorway. Cooper and Blaine sigh, knowing their play time was over.
"Sorry mom…" Cooper says, picking up a box and carries it down stairs. Blaine groans and picks up a lighter box, following his brother down stairs. Diane helps out by carrying another box downstairs as well. Stephen walks in the house to grab another box to put into the car. It would take Diane's car, Stephen's car, Cooper's car and Jason's pickup truck to get all of Cooper's stuff over to his new apartment. Just as Stephen and Cooper walked outside to the cars carrying boxes, the Smythe's pull up in the truck. Carey's the first one out of the car and runs over, clinging to Cooper's leg.
"Please tell me I'm still gonna see you!" Carey begs. Cooper smiles and bends down to hug her.
"Of course you're still going to see me," Cooper assures her. Carey smiles and lets go of Cooper, walking inside the Anderson house.
"Hi Carey," Blaine says, sitting on the couch. Carey climbs up on the couch next to him.
"Hi Blaine. You okay?" Carey asks, leaning into him. Blaine nods as he looks down to his lap. Sebastian then walks in and instantly goes to hug his best friend. Blaine hugs back, needing someone to hold him. Cynthia walks in and sees the boys' embrace.
"Oh Blaine honey, it's going to be okay," Cynthia says, sitting next to them. Blaine sniffles and nods.
"I-I'm okay," Blaine lies. It takes about twenty more minutes for the three adult men to get all of Cooper's things into the vehicles.
"Alright, we all ready to go?" Stephen asks.
"Yeah," Cooper says with a nod, "I think so."
They all get into their cars, Cooper allowing Blaine to ride in the front seat of his car with him. It takes fifteen minutes to get to the apartment and Lisa is already there. She had moved most of her stuff in the day before with her parents but since Cooper went to the hockey game yesterday, he's moving in today.
"Hey babe," Lisa says as Cooper gets out of the car.
"Hey," Cooper says as he hugs Lisa. Blaine gets out of the car and glares at Lisa as the other cars pull up. Diane comes up behind him and strokes his hair.
"She's not evil, Blaine," Diane says to him quietly. Somehow, Blaine had a hard time of believing that. They all started moving furniture and boxes up into their small apartment. It takes a few hours but Blaine's happy because he wants this time to go as slow as possible. Once their done, Cooper doesn't really want any of them to leave.
"Well, we better get going," Jason says, pulling Cooper into a hug.
"Okay. Bye, uncle Jason," Cooper says as he hugs him back.
"Good luck here, sweetie," Cynthia says as she hugs Cooper tightly.
"Thanks, Aunt Cynthia," Cooper says, shutting his eyes, hating all of this sadness.
"Coop! Remember, you're coming to my cheerleading competition on Sunday, right?" Carey asks as Cooper scoops her up in his arms.
"I sure am, I wouldn't miss it for the world," Cooper tells her with a smile.
"Yay! I'll see you then," Carey says, hugging Cooper's neck so tightly he was sure she was close to choking him. Cooper smiles and sets her down. He looks over at Sebastian who is standing quietly near Blaine.
"C'mere, Seb," Cooper said opening up his arms. Sebastian runs over and clings to Cooper.
"I-I'm gonna miss you, Coop," Sebastian stutters out.
"I'm gonna miss you too," Cooper says, hugging Sebastian back tightly.
"It's gonna stink going over to see Blaine and you won't be there," Sebastian tells him.
"I know it is. But I'm still gonna see you all the time. I promise," Cooper says to Sebastian. Sebastian nods and pulls back.
"Bye Coop," Sebastian says as the Smythe's walk downstairs and out to their car.
"You guys wanna stay for dinner?" Cooper asks his family, praying they say yes. They do and Cooper and Lisa begin to prepare a meal based off of what cooking supplies and food they have available to them. They manage to make spaghetti and they serve it on paper plates. Everyone eats in mostly silence, Blaine glaring at Lisa the whole time. Lisa doesn't notice though, she just keeps trying to make conversations with everyone. Stephen and Diane answer her and carry on a little conversation but Blaine just gives her one word answers to whatever she asks.
"So do you like school this year Blaine?"
"Yep."
"Did you have fun at the hockey game yesterday?"
"Yes."
"What do you want for Christmas?"
"Stuff."
Cooper nudged his brother, trying to get him to loosen up. But Blaine only just sighed at the action. Once dinner was done, Diane knew they had to get out of Cooper might just come back home with them.
"Well, we'll see you soon, okay Coop? Our home is still your home," Diane says as she hugs her oldest son.
"I know mom. I'll see you soon. I love you," Cooper replies.
"I love you too," Diane says, pulling back and turning her face so Cooper can't see the tears forming in her eyes. Cooper sees them anyway and has to ignore the stinging he feels coming from behind his own eyes. Cooper clears his throat.
"Be good son. We'll see you soon," Stephen says as he hugs Cooper.
"Okay dad. Bye," Cooper says back. Once he's done hugging his father, Cooper looks to Blaine. Blaine's looking at his shoes, just standing over near the corner.
"Blaine?" Cooper asks. Blaine looks up at his brother with watery eyes.
"Would you like to come over and spend the night tomorrow?" Cooper offers. Blaine can't help but smile a little and nod. Cooper smiles and opens his arms. Blaine runs over and jumps into Cooper's arms. Cooper picks him up and squeezes him.
"I'm gonna miss you so much, squirt," Cooper says as he sets Blaine down.
"Don't call me that," Blaine groans, giving Cooper a soft glare. "But I'm gonna miss you too."
Blaine gives his brother one more squeeze before walking towards the door with is parents. Diane walks out, Stephen following out right behind her. Blaine stops right before he walks out the door, turning to face Cooper.
"I love you, Coop," Blaine says quietly, looking right into Cooper's eyes. Cooper can feel his eyes fill with tears and he has to swallow thickly before he can answer his little brother.
"I love you too, Blaine."
Awww, Anderbros lol. And the Boston Bruins are my favorite hockey team so that's why they went to see them :) And number 37 is named Patrice Bergeron and he is pretty cute ;) I hope you guys liked it! So if you didn't know, this week is Seblaine week so you should go check out my Seblaine Week fic! :D Bye guys!