Hi Everyone!

First of all, I would like to thank you for reading and reviewing my story. It means a lot to me.

There's still no Klaine scene in this but it is coming. Luckily, the boys have some great people to help them.:)

Since the holidays are so close, I'm updating my stories in the next few days and then I'm going on a short winter holiday. I'll be back in the first days of January. I wish you all happy holidays!

When something bothered Burt Hummel, he always wore the same grim expression on his face. He was usually silent for a while, probably because he needed time to gather his thoughts but he said what bothered him eventually. Kurt was waiting for that moment to come as he ate his pizza, his eyes never leaving his father. Burt hadn't even touched his food, although Kurt was more than willing to share it with his father who was probably tired and hungry after the flight. The food went slowly cold in the man's plate but he didn't bother to touch it at all. Not like Kurt who got rid of his own pizza in record time and was thinking about getting a snack, too, knowing that this talk would be really-really long. And probably not nice. Burt didn't seem too excited to become grandparent, it couldn't mean anything good.

"Dad, are you okay?" Kurt asked carefully.

"When did you want to tell me?" Burt asked, looking up at his son.

Kurt lowered his gaze almost at the same time.

"I wanted to tell you" he said. "I just…"

"Honestly, Kurt. What are you doing?" Burt asked.

"What do you mean?" Kurt frowned.

"I know everything" Burt said.

"God, I told Finn to keep his mouth shut" Kurt sighed.

"It wasn't Finn" Burt said.

"Then who…"

"It doesn't matter, Kurt. Your friends are worried about you and thought that I should know about this. To be able to help you. And to be honest, I agree with them. It's something you should have told me long ago. I thought you trusted me" Burt said, unable to hide how hurt he was. He had been there for his son in his worst moments after all. He had thought that they had a great relationship. Apparently, it seemed like he had been wrong.

Kurt felt really bad. It wasn't like he didn't want his father to know about his pregnancy, he knew that his father supported him no matter what, but so much had happened in the previous weeks, he had had so many other things to worry about, the time just didn't seem right to talk to his father. Besides, it was something they should have talked about personally. It was a huge thing and his father surely had questions. Questions he had to answer today...

"I do trust you, dad" Kurt said quietly. "I know I should have told you long ago. I just… The time didn't seem right."

"And when would have been right?" Burt asked. "When you start to show?"

Kurt looked away again. He had felt bad already before his father showed up but it was a lot worse now.

"What does the other father think about it?" Burt asked somewhat later, his voice a lot gentler this time.

Kurt sighed heavily. Blaine. It hurt so much to think about him.

"There's no other father" Kurt said quietly.

"But I thought…"

"It was a one night stand" Kurt explained. "Well, it started to be more but…"

He took a deep breath before facing his father again. He didn't want to lie anymore. If there was somebody who understood him, it was definitely his father.

"I screwed up really badly" he said. "I started dating him but I didn't tell him about the baby. Or that I lied to him the first night. He didn't know that I could get pregnant, so when he figured about that I was pregnant, he thought that it was an accident. He was so sweet and I couldn't do that to him anymore… I told him the truth. He was so sad… All because of me."

"So what now?" Burt asked.

"He has to decide what he wants and I have to accept his decision" Kurt said. "I owe him that much, dad. I-I used him. It's completely understandable if he doesn't want to see me ever again."

"It really wasn't nice of you" Burt said.

"I know" Kurt sighed. "It was so stupid of me but I never thought we would be together. I never thought I would see him ever again. I just turned 30 and I was so upset. I felt lonely and I thought I would never have anyone in my life. So I decided not to wait any longer. I want a family, dad. I want this baby so badly… And I guess I have to accept that I can't have everything. I have this baby but I lost my chance to be happy with Blaine."

"Does he know how you feel?" Burt asked.

"I didn't really have a chance to explain myself but I guess he does" Kurt said. "I hope so."

"You know, in my time when a woman got pregnant…"

"It's not about you, dad" Kurt rolled his eyes. "Besides, it's a different time. I won't force him into anything. I manage on my own. I can take care of this baby, I know I can."

"Kurt, you know nothing about babies" Burt said. "Yes, it seems nice now that you are only pregnant. It's the easy part. But then you'll give birth and it'll change everything. Do you know how hard it is with a baby? How do you want to work when you won't have more than a few hours of sleep? Maybe you'll be lucky and you won't have to suffer from that for years but you can't be sure. And that's just the beginning. It becomes harder as your child becomes older…"

"I know, dad" Kurt said. "Believe me, I'm ready. I know it won't be easy but I'm ready. I want this baby so badly."

Burt watched his son for a while. He knew how hard it was to raise a child on his own, he had done it after all. It hadn't even been that hard with Kurt and still, sometimes he had wished he had had help because he had felt like he couldn't do it alone anymore. Kurt had been there, of course, but Burt had made sure his son didn't see anything of the exhaustion and loneliness he had usually felt.

"I just don't want you to be disappointed" Burt said. "People tend to think that having a child is like in the commercials, that it's all fun. It can be, sometimes, but it's also hard work. It's a big commitment, Kurt."

"I know, dad" Kurt said again. "Please, just trust me. I know I can do this."

At least that was how he felt in that moment. Burt smiled sadly, knowing that Kurt would have a hard time as single parent but his son was adult, he didn't have a say in his life anymore.

"You're not alone in this, you know" Burt said in the end. "If you need me, I'm always just a phone call away."

Kurt smiled and stood up to hug his father. He was so lucky that he had such an amazing dad who always supported him, even when he thought that Kurt was about to do something stupid. This time, though, Kurt knew that he could do it. It would be hard for sure, especially if he had to say goodbye to Blaine, but he would do it. He was a Hummel after all.

~ o ~

Blaine found himself sitting in the bar with his friends again. He had no idea what he was doing there. It wasn't like he wanted to do anything but sitting at home, he didn't drink and couldn't make himself to pay attention to the conversation the others had, so it was completely pointless to waste his time here when he could have been at home all alone as well, lost in his thoughts and all those sad song that reminded him on Kurt and what they had had. Jeff's plan hadn't worked the other day, but it wasn't a surprise. Blaine wasn't interested in men. Okay, he was, but he had given his heart to someone and he couldn't look at anyone like that, not after experiencing true love with Kurt.

He sighed as he looked at the beer Jeff had placed in front of him. His friends thought that a few drinks would make everything better but they were so wrong. They had no idea how Blaine felt, what he needed. No. Nobody could help him with this. Not when he didn't know what he wanted.

He played with the thought of calling Kurt. If he was completely honest with himself, he thought about it a lot. It would be so easy to talk to him and make things work. It wasn't like he didn't want it. He liked Kurt, he also liked the idea of having a baby with him, even if their relationship was fresh and they barely knew each other. Maybe he was stupid but he believed that they would make a great couple and family. He often found himself dreaming about them as a family. He imagined Kurt with a baby in his arms and he knew that Kurt would be an amazing dad. And he wanted to be, too. He wanted to hold his child in his arms, he wanted to sing for the baby every single night and then he wanted to hold Kurt until they fell asleep in their shared bed. Yes, it would be so amazing. There was only one problem, though…

Kurt had lied to him. He had used him and he had surely planned to break up with him. It hurt so badly, that was why Blaine stopped himself every time he thought about talking to the other man. He was afraid that Kurt would break his heart again and he was pretty sure that he wouldn't survive that. It was so hard to stay away from him now, if he let Kurt close and fell in love with him, deeper than he already was, that would destroy him. But he couldn't leave things like this either. Kurt was surely waiting for him to call and tell him what he wanted. But if he called Kurt, he wouldn't be able to hurt him, he felt still bad for making the man cry the last time. Damn, it was so hard...

"Blaine, are you listening?"

Blaine looked at Wes as if he only noticed him being there for the first time. Probably because that was the case. He had completely forgotten about his friends, he was so lost in his thoughts.

"I'm sorry" Blaine said.

"We were talking about…"

Jeff had no chance to finish his sentence because in the next second, a pretty woman with dark hair sat down beside them, pushing Jeff aside to make herself space at the table.

"Hello, gentlemen" she said and turned to look at Blaine. "We need to talk."

"Can we help you?" Wes asked.

The woman looked at him, thinking.

"Sure you can. Get me a drink" she said.

"Excuse me?" Blaine asked.

"And then you can go" the woman continued.

"Who the hell are you?" Wes asked.

"Someone who needs to talk to Helmet Head here, privately. Now be good, boys, and leave us alone" she said, motioning for Jeff and Wes to leave them alone.

Blaine was trying to find his voice that seemed to get lost as the woman appeared and started giving them orders but his friends moved faster than he spoke. They must have been in shock like him because they left without a word, leaving the two of them alone to Blaine's disbelief.

"Now that we got this out of the way…" the woman said as she turned back to him.

"Who the hell are you?" Blaine asked. "You know what? I don't care. Maybe you haven't noticed it but my friends and I are trying to have fun here…"

"Sure you do" the woman smiled.

"I won't listen to a stranger when I could…"

"Sit back down" the woman said when Blaine tried to leave and pulled him back down to the chair next to her. "First of all, we are not strangers. We met at Kurt's birthday party. I'm Santana, by the way. It looks like you've forgotten me."

"Oh, no" Blaine said, rubbing his forehead. "No. Seriously, before you say anything, you have to know that I'm not interested. Tell Kurt that I won't change my mind just because he sent his crazy friend instead of facing me himself. Especially not like this. This is about the two of us, he had no right to…"

"Oh, shut up" Santana rolled her eyes. "Do you always talk so much?"

"Excuse me?" Blaine glared at her.

"Never mind" Santana said. "He doesn't know that I'm here. If I'm right, he's sitting on his couch right now, watching some sappy movie and destroying the rest of his chocolate supply."

Blaine felt bad immediately. He had been so lost in his own misery that he hadn't thought about how Kurt might feel. But now he did. If he could trust Santana, Kurt was suffering just as much as he was. How could he stupidly think that Kurt got over him easily? Maybe he felt the same…

"Is he okay?" Blaine asked.

"No" Santana answered. "He's totally depressed and thinks that it's all his fault. He's my friend. My family. I can't let this happen to him, so you and I have to talk."

"I don't want to discuss this with you" Blaine said.

"Well, you will" Santana said.

"Listen…"

"No, you listen" Santana cut in. "Let's be honest. I don't like you. I think you're just an annoying, selfish dwarf with not even the best genes for his baby and Kurt could have done so much better. But it's done, he's pregnant with your baby, so we have to get the best out of the situation."

"I don't like you either" Blaine said.

"It's fine. Most people don't like me" Santana shrugged.

"I have no idea why" Blaine muttered.

"The fact is, you two are going to be dads soon and it's time to get your head out of your ass and act like an adult" Santana said.

"You don't understand anything" Blaine said.

"I do, my friend, probably better than any of you" Santana said. "The baby needs both of you, like it or not. You are responsible for it, just as much as Kurt is."

"I didn't even want this baby" Blaine said. "Look, I don't know how much he told you..."

"He told me everything" Santana said. "It wasn't too nice that he lied to you but you're just as responsible for the situation as he is."

"Excuse me?" Blaine asked. "You can't really think that…"

"As I understand, you weren't forced to have sex with him" Santana said.

"Well, no…"

"And you had a choice to wear condom" Santana continued.

"He said…"

"Do you trust every guy you just meet so easily?" Santana asked.

"What?" Blaine asked.

"You had a choice. You could have used a condom but you didn't" Santana said slowly as if she was talking to a small child.

"But..."

"This pregnancy is your fault, just as much as it's Kurt's" Santana said.

Blaine was speechless. He wanted to tell Santana that he had been lied to, that Kurt had used him to get pregnant, but he couldn't say anything. Probably because deep inside he knew that Santana was right. He had had a choice. He could have said no, he could have used protection. He had had a chance to make things differently. But he hadn't. It had been so easy to say yes to sex with Kurt, he hadn't thought about the consequences.

"But I didn't know he could get pregnant" he said in the end, even if it sounded childish.

"Are you trying to tell me that you never heard about male pregnancies before?" Santana asked.

"Well, I…"

"I thought so" Santana nodded. "I think we both know what you have to do now. Like it or not, you're going to be dad soon and you are responsible for your child. I don't care what happens to you and Kurt but the baby needs a family. You two have to decide how to make it work."

She grabbed Blaine's beer and took a few sips from the bottle before placing it back to the table in front of the man who kept watching her in stunned silence.

"Enjoy your freedom while you can" Santana said as she stood up. "Oh, one more thing. You should stop fucking random guys without protection because if you keep this up, a pregnancy will be the least you have to worry about."

Blaine's eyes widened in shock.

"That's true" Santana said. "Believe me, it's such a nasty sight when the little guy falls off."

With that said, she simply walked out of the bar, just as quickly as she had arrived. Blaine kept his eyes on the spot he had last seen the woman, long after his friends joined him again.

"That chick is something" Wes smiled as he sat down beside Blaine. "Do you know her?"

Blaine didn't answer. He was too far gone, lost in his thoughts. Santana made him see things differently and he seriously had to think about his relationship with Kurt, and the baby of course, before making the final decision.