Chapter 10

"Yes mom, yes I'm gonna take care of myself. Kurt is here and Burt as well... no, we're just going to watch a movie... Mom! Yes, I am sleeping on the sofa. Yes, I have my pills with me, you know me. Yeah, I call you first thing in the morning... Okay mom, have a good night! ...Love you too, bye."

With a sigh Blaine put his cell phone on the table. He was still in his wheelchair in the Hummel's living room, they just came here and Blaine wanted to get everything cleared before they would settle on the sofa.

"That was easy."

Blaine looked at Kurt.

"Easy? She is scared as hell! I bet she's going to call me on a few hours and first thing in the morning just to make sure I'm still alive!"

"Well, when I first met her I would have never thought that she would aloud you to stay a night at my house. "

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Now stop talking about my mom, I want to spend an awesome evening together with my boyfriend. "

Blaine took Kurt's arm and tried to get him to lean towards him but Kurt went away with a big smile on his face.

"Oh no, no, no Mister. At first I need to go to bathroom and do my evening rituals. "

"Kurt, you can do that later as well, or you skip that today and do it tomorrow. "

"Are you insane? I cannot skip that, this is important! Come on, let's put on our pajamas, you can get one of mine. "

Blaine smiled and shook his head. Sometimes life was just too good, especially with Kurt by his side.

Kurt went to the stairs and turned around to help Blaine get up when he noticed that Blaine was sitting in his wheelchair and that his crutches were at home.

"Oh... I just get you some pajamas and you can change in the bathroom downstairs, okay? I don't have a TV in my room so I think it would be better if you stay here until I'm ready..."

Blaine saw that Kurt was feeling uncomfortable, which was something he was never when he was with Blaine. He knew that many people felt that way in his presence. He didn't like that, but it was something he learned to deal with. With Kurt it had always been different. At first he didn't really know how to behave but that was a different kind of way. It was really... he couldn't describe it. Now Kurt was standing there on the first step, looking at him. Blaine knew that it had nothing to do with him, but it felt strange either way. He had never been around Kurt that much in his wheelchair. Well, of course during Glee practice but then they were never alone and after that he always used his crutches. When they had been at Blaine's house he was sometimes in his wheelchair, but not really for long. Before he met Kurt Blaine hated it to use his crutches. It was painful and embarrassing to walk on his shaky legs although he knew that it was better for him. Since he knew Kurt he wanted to walk more, he wanted to get his muscles stronger and he knew that he had to walk as much as possible for that to happen. He didn't tell Kurt knew that he was taking the strong pills more often these days. Sometimes he was just in too much pain because he walked the whole day too much. Even his mother didn't know that, although Blaine thought that she was extremely suspicious these days.

But now he was in his wheelchair without his crutches at Kurt's home. He would need help to get into Kurt's room, but although he loved Kurt he didn't want that to happen too much.

"It's okay Kurt. I'll just take the bathroom down here to change. Then we're going to watch a movie, maybe The Little Mermaid? "

He knew that this would work. The tension in Kurt's shoulders disappeared and made room for a big smile in his face.

"That would be totally awesome! I'm going to get your pajamas and then we can start watching in... a half-an-hour or so."

"You need half an hour for your evening rituals? "

"No! Are you insane? That's nearly impossible. Normally I need one and a half hours, but I don't want you to wait so long. "

Blaine smiled and Kurt went upstairs, leaving him behind in his wheelchair. One minute later he came back and handed Blaine a pill of clothes and went upstairs again.

He rolled to the small bathroom and tried to maneuver the wheelchair into it. There wasn't much space, he couldn't move around in the wheelchair. He slowly changed into Kurt's pajamas and smelled the scent of his boyfriend. Slowly, Blaine got up. He had his hands on the sink and tried to get down onto the toilette. It worked- although his legs were shaking badly and a sharp pain appeared in his back. He would have to take another pain killer soon. After he was done he got up again to sit down into his wheelchair. But his legs weren't able to carry him this time. He fell down, his face and his upper body was on his wheelchair, the rest of him was lying on the ground. It was totally uncomfortable and Blaine let out a deep groan of pain. His back felt like it was burning from the strange position it was in. After a few moments of calming down Blaine tried to get up so he could position himself in his wheelchair but he didn't had any strength left.

He was lying there helplessly, he needed to wait for Kurt to help him get up but he didn't want Kurt to find him like this. Not after the look he gave him before. But what was he supposed to do? He was still thinking about whether he should call for Kurt or just wait for him when he heard the front door being shut.

"Kurt? Are you here? "

It was Finn. Blaine had no idea what he was doing here; he went with the others from the New Directions to celebrate. Blaine hadn't talked that much to Finn yet. Although Finn seemed to be okay with his stepbrother he sometimes seemed to not to know how to act. He was one of those people that were extremely nervous around him. He could hear Finn getting something and then Blaine feared that Finn would leave again. With another deep sigh he called for Finn.

"Blaine? Where are you? "

"I... I'm in the bathroom and I could... I could use some help over here. "

Blaine heard somebody coming to the bathroom.

"What do you mean with help? You're not naked in there aren't you? "

"No I am not naked, I just need some help. "

"Dude, I don't have anything against you but if you need help to pee or something like that, I don't... I can't..."

"Finn shut the hell up and get in here! I am not naked and I am ready with everything. I just fell and cannot get up on myself anymore! "

"Oh... but the door is shut. "

Blaine rolled his eyes.

"But it's not locked. "

Slowly the door was being opened and Finn stepped into the small room. Well, he couldn't really get into the bathroom, because most of the space was full with Blaine's wheelchair.

"Dude, what...? "

"Please Finn, stop talking. My back hurts like hell and I just want to sit in my wheelchair. So please...? "

Finn sighed and tried to reach Blaine. They were lucky that Finn was so big; Kurt wouldn't have been able to do that this way. He lift Blaine clumsy in his arms, his legs were nearly lifeless under him. With his foot Finn rolled the wheelchair out of the room so he could get Blaine out of the bathroom. Carefully he settled Blaine down.

"Thanks Finn. "

"Are you okay? You look like..."

"Like I'm going to pass out any minute? "

"Well... yeah. "

"I'm not, I just need my pills. Could you... could you give me my package that hanging here over my wheelchair? I cannot really move that well right now so..."

Finn went over to him and handed him the package that was always hanging behind his backrest.

"Where is Kurt? "

"He's upstairs getting ready for the night. "

"Why didn't you call for him? "

Blaine blushed and decided to look at his knees instead of Finn's face.

"I didn't want him to see me like that. "

"Oh. "

In this moment Blaine was happy that Finn wasn't a man of many words.

"Please, don't tell..."

"No. I won't. I won't tell anyone. "

"Thanks. "

They fell into an uncomfortable silence.

"So... why are you here? I thought you were out with the others. "

"Oh... Yes, I am. I mean I was. I... I just wanted to get something, I'm leaving then... Good night. "

"Night. Have fun. "

Then Finn was gone, leaving Blaine behind.

Blaine put his hands on his face. That was so embarrassing! After moments like these he usually just wanted to hide in his room and talk to nobody. But that wasn't anything he could do right now. Kurt would be coming to him soon, and then Blaine needed to play the role of the happy guy without pain.

He sighed and put two of the pills in his mouth. He knew that he needed more than that. But then Kurt would notice and he didn't want to ruin their evening. Slowly, he wheeled to the kitchen to get himself some water, every single movement sent out a sharp burning pain into his back.

Five minutes later he finally managed to get down onto the couch. He closed his eyes and gave into the pain for a few minutes. It was easier this way. To let the pain come to him than trying to hide it the whole time.

Blaine felt himself relax a little bit into the cushions when he heard Kurt coming down the stairs.

"Wow, this has to be a new record, I have never been that fast. I didn't do anything I should have done but the thought that my awesome hot boyfriend was waiting for me down here was too good. "

Blaine opened his eyes and gave his boyfriend a smile.

"I was waiting for you. "

Kurt leaned over Blaine and kissed him then he turned on the TV and settled down on the couch next to Blaine. He leaned back and snuggled a little bit into Blaine.

They were watching The Little Mermaid, Kurt's most favorite movie of all times. After thirty minutes Blaine stopped talking and Kurt saw that he fell asleep. He saw the deep lines of pain in his face before but this time they didn't left while he was sleeping. Kurt was worried. Blaine had been so quiet since he came back. Did something happen? Was he in too much pain? But Kurt had been so happy to be here with Blaine in safety that he just couldn't get himself to ask whether everything was alright. And now he didn't want Blaine to wake up.

Kurt started to massage Blaine's head a little bit and he could feel Blaine relax under his hands, but he didn't wake up.

Quietly Kurt started to sing.

Look at this stuff isn't it neat?

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the girl, the girl who has everything?

Look at this trove treasures untold

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Looking around here you'd think

Sure, she's got everything

What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?

Betcha on land they understand

Bet they don't reprimand their daughters

Bright young women sick o' swimming ready to stand

And I'm ready to know what the people know

Ask them my questions and get some answers

What's a fire and why does it - what's the word? Burn

When's it my turn? Wouldn't I love?

Love to explore that shore up above?

Out of the sea wish I could be part of that world

For some unknown reason Kurt had tears in his eyes when he finished the song. This movie made him cry every single time because it was one of the few memories he had of his mom. They were always watching this movie together. But this time he didn't cry for his mother. He cried for Blaine. For all the pain he was in and everything he had to experience all those years. His disability, his mom who is so over protective, the bullying, his father being so far away... And he cried because he was scared. He couldn't get the picture of Karofsky out of his head. He had a feeling that he was up to something. Something that wasn't good at all.

After a few minutes he fell asleep as well, lying next to Blaine, his head resting on his hips.

Would he have been awake he maybe would have noticed that big human shadow outside the kitchen door...

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Kenzie thank you so much for beta reading this story! You rock ;-)