Court had finally gotten to sleep after hours of tossing and turning. His mind had a hard time shutting off given the news he had learned today. He meant what he said; he was extremely grateful his parents had treated him like an adult and trusted him to handle Grandpa Anderson's failing health. On the other hand, part of him wished he didn't know. Actually, more accurately, part of him wished Grandpa Anderson didn't have to die.

He hadn't even really noticed that he had fallen asleep until his door cracked open. Court startled awake with a loud shout, which was answered with a shushing sound. "Quiet! It's me!" Aimee hissed.

"Mimi? What are you doing?"

Aimee looked somewhat embarrassed as she approached the bed. "I had a nightmare and I can't go back to sleep. Can I bunk with you tonight? It's just one night?"

Court groaned, there wasn't a lot of room in his bed. He wasn't exactly keen of sharing that space when he himself hadn't gotten a lot of sleep. "No, go bug Dad and Papa."

"Court, you know what happened last time I went into their room in the middle of the night!" Aimee recalled. Court cringed—yeah he did. It had happened when they were around eight years old. It ended with Aimee running into his room, sobbing and crying that Daddy was hurting Papa, which then lead to their parents explaining awkwardly that there was a misunderstanding. Court hadn't understood every word but he knew enough to know that he didn't want to have another conversation like that any time soon. Besides, despite how much Aimee got on his nerves sometimes, he didn't want to subject his sister to that again.

Court sighed and slid over. "Fine, whatever… Just for tonight though and you get as close to the edge as you can, got it?" Aimee nodded and climbed under the covers and dragged herself just off the edge of the bed. He heard her huff. "What is it now?"

"The point of this is for me to feel safe. How am I supposed to feel safe when you're on the other side of the bed?"

"Oh for the love…" Court rolled his eyes and draped one arm over his sister. "There, happy?"

Aimee actually thought about it for a moment. "It'll work."

"Good, now go to sleep."

Court closed his eyes again. It was quiet for a few moments, then Aimee whispered again. "Court?"

He heaved a heavy sigh. "What is it?"

She was quiet for another few seconds. "I'm sorry I'm mean to you sometimes. I don't mean to be. I just know you don't take it personally…But if I ever said anything like I didn't want you around or didn't care about you…I didn't mean it."

Court blinks his eyes open. Aimee's starting to tear up again and he feels bad. He's always known that Aimee's teasing had always been all in good fun or anger. He knew she cared about him because he cared about her. They were still brother and sister no matter how much they drove each other crazy sometimes. They were twins at that, so that fact that they had been together since day one made them close too.

"I know…Just go to sleep, Mimi."

()

After work the next day, Kurt stopped by Rachel's so they can start planning the trip to Ohio. They plan to leave December 20th, the day after the kids get out of school, and spend until the day after New Years there. Sometimes, they'll stay a few days later and have an early birthday party for Stefani (Stefani's birthday was January 20th, so sometimes they did something with the grandparents earlier) but Kurt had a feeling they wouldn't have the grandparents party this year.

"Your bump is starting to show." Kurt dangerously mentioned as he started brewing a cup of coffee for himself while making a pot of hot water to make tea for Rachel. Surprisingly, Rachel didn't take offense to that but rather rubbed a hand over her stomach. "That's not exactly discrete either."

"What's your point?"

"My point is only can only pretend for so long, Rachel. Granted, Fanny is Finn's daughter but somehow I think she's going to get suspicion when her vegan, exercise addicted mother suddenly becomes fat." Kurt pours Rachel her tea and then extends it to her. Rachel accepts the cup and takes a long sniff.

"Finn and I are telling her on Christmas eve." Rachel stated. Kurt groans and throws his head back as he pours himself a cup of coffee. "What?"

"Terrible idea. You're going to ruin the poor girl's Christmas Eve."

Rachel shrugged. "Or she'll be so overwhelmed by the spirit and the gifts that she'll take the news better…then by the time it's over, the idea will have been planted in her head and it'll be easier to accept." Kurt turns around with the cup in his hand and thinks about it. Actually, that might work a little. Fanny has always loved Christmas. Getting presents, singing carols, being surrounded by love and attention—it certainly spoke to her personality. Kurt doesn't think it will go as well as Rachel thinks but she might be more open to another member of the family in a much more open environment. Rachel looks smug as she sees the thoughtfulness on Kurt's face. "It was Finn's idea."

"Well, Finn's always been optimistic." Kurt said sitting down. Rachel takes a long sip of her tea. She looks much more sad after she does.

"So, how did the kids take the news?" Rachel asked. Kurt sighed, sweeping his bangs away. The past few weeks have been incredibly stressful. The only relief was that now Kurt was in between shows and could be home more. At home though, Aimee and Court seemed to be back in a daze. Blaine was slowly getting back into the swing of things, but any time he started talking about what would happen, he'd shut himself down again. Stefani was starting to pick up on the change too—which wouldn't be a problem soon because Kurt and Blaine planned on telling her tonight.

"They don't know what to do. How could they? When I lost my mom, I didn't have the first clue how things were suppose to be now that she was gone. You'd think going through that, I'd know how to handle this but I really don't." Kurt whispers. He pauses because despite everything that has gone on, Kurt hasn't thought about his mom's death or how young he was until now. The comparison hits him like a ton of bricks. "Then there's Blaine—Blaine just has so much going on in his head but he has no idea how to let it out. I know he feels bad because he and Ryan haven't had an ideal relationship but it's just as much Ryan's fault as it is his…Blaine's trying to be strong for the kids but it's just torture for him. I'm there if he needs to cry but I don't know how else to help."

Rachel smiles sadly. "Honey, there's nothing you can do… I hate to say it but singing songs and giving motivational pep talks isn't going to fix this one. You just have to let it run its course."

Kurt finds himself smiling back at Rachel's comment. "Remember back in high school when Blaine had to get eye surgery and we sang Ben to him? What the hell we're we thinking? Out of all the Michael songs we could have sang…" Rachel laughs.

"It made him feel better…" Rachel pointed out. "Or remember when he sang Somewhere Only We Know to you? I think he cried more than you did."

Kurt takes a drink of his coffee and hums. Kurt never imagined this life for himself—sitting across from a pregnant Rachel Berry, talking about his high school days and still together with Blaine (and for way too long, wondered if he'd ever be with Blaine) and talking about his three kids. It was so bizarre but in the most awesome way.

But even that sort of happiness comes with a price. The sad times were still hard to deal with and right now, they were in some hard times.

"Honestly, as terrible as it sounds, I just think this whole thing would have been easier if Ryan had passed overnight or unexpectedly. This could go on for a year…it's going to be hell on all of them."

"Oh Kurt…" Rachel reached across the table and grasped Kurt's hand. Kurt squeezed her gently and sighed. He didn't even notice the lit up look on her face. "You might have to pull the big guns out this Christmas."

Kurt raises an eyebrow and then lowers it when he realizes what she means. "Oh god…you really think so?" Rachel shrugged.

"Well, you know it would make Blaine happy. I'm sure the kids will like it too." Rachel said. Kurt scratched his neck and sighed.

"I can't believe I'm actually considering it."

Rachel smirked. "Should I go get my laptop?"

Kurt thinks for another second. It's impulsive. It's not exactly something he's thrilled about. But if it will bring some light into his family. "Yeah…"

()

Blaine's (not really) ready to tell Stefani when Kurt gets home from Rachel's. Kurt kissed his cheek and hugs him. "I don't feel like cooking tonight, let's go out to dinner."

Blaine pulls away from the hug and gives his husband a strange look. "You sure you want to do that tonight?" He says with emphasis on tonight. Kurt nods.

"It'll be good to distress for a little while. We can tell Stef after dinner." Blaine can tell something is up. Kurt doesn't really like to go out unless it's a special occasion or they can't be home for a while. Besides, Blaine has been with Kurt long enough to know when he's not completely honest.

But, he's curious, so he calls out. "Kids! We're going out to dinner."

They pile into the car and Kurt insists on driving (another rare occurrence). What's more is there heading no where near the city or even into town. They're heading out into the country but Blaine doesn't say anything. By this point in his marriage, he's learned to just let whatever happens happen and there's no stopping Kurt once an idea gets in his head.

However, when they pull up a suburban looking house far enough into the country that there aren't any surrounding houses, Blaine finally has to say something. "We're eating here?" He said sarcastically.

Kurt just rolls his eyes and mummers under his breath something inappropriate for children before turning to the back seat. "Come on, kids."

"Daddy, why are we here?" Aimee asks as they piled out of the car. Stefani grasps on to her hand as the family makes their way up to the house.

"Don't any of you trust me?" Kurt teases. Court gives Kurt a cautious look.

"Yes but we also know when you have a plan in your head." They reach the front door and Kurt knocks on it. Soon, it's answered by small woman maybe twice Kurt's age and definitely has the aura of a grandma. She flashes the family a friendly smile.

"You must be Kurt…and your family of course. Please come in, they're in the kitchen area." She steps aside, and Kurt shakes her hand as he walks in. Blaine nervously follows suit and the kids just give her polite nods as they come in.

"What's in the kitchen area?" Blaine asks Kurt. Kurt's about to answer the question when Stefani's squeal of joy answers it for him.

"Daddy! Look! Puppies!" Stefani shouts, dragging Aimee over to the gated kitchen area. Court gasps and follows after them. Blaine watches with wide, disbelieving eyes as 4 very small puppies—Chihuahuas he realizes—immediately run up to the gate wagging their tails at the kids. The woman chuckles.

"Yup, 8 weeks old and just put them up for sale. You all are the first to see them." She explains. Court excitedly looks up.

"May we hold one?" He asks, switching looks between his fathers and the woman. Kurt nods his approval.

The woman walks over and picks a black and brown puppy up and hands it to Court. Next, she gives Aimee the runt of the litter—a small white puppy, and finally, Stefani gets to hold a white puppy with a brown patch. The woman picks up the last puppy so it won't be lonely. Each of the kids are cooing and positively beaming at the small creatures.

Kurt chances a look at Blaine—coming here like this was a risk. Blaine loved dogs and every so often for as long as they've been living together, brought up the possibility of getting one. However, things in life (gradating college, getting married, having kids) had gotten in the way. That and Kurt was hesitant to bring anything in his house that might destroy or shed. But he and Rachel had done the research and Chihuahua's weren't big shedders and wouldn't be anymore difficult to potty train than any other small dog (and Kurt wanted a small dog if he was going to get one). At first, he had been worried that it might not be a good breed for kids but he had read that if the kids were good tempered and careful, and his kids were, Chihuahua's were actually fairly friendly and protective. But in the end, whether they got one or not depended on Blaine's reaction.

But Blaine was smiling. Actually smiling for the first time in days. His eyes lit up and he laughed as Aimee's puppy tried to reach up to kiss her. Kurt smiled at his expression and decided that despite his hesitance, this was a good idea. "So, what do you think?"

Blaine turned to face Kurt. A loving look in his eyes. "Are you sure? I know how you feel about dogs."

Kurt nodded. "I think I could learn to love those little guys. Besides, a puppy might be a good distraction for all of us right now. Do you think we could handle a puppy?"

The kids caught onto the conversation "Dad, are we getting a puppy?" Court declared excitedly. The girls gasped at the idea. Stefani jumped a little bit.

"Please Daddy! Please Papa! We'll help take care of it!" She asked, already pulling out her pouty face. Aimee cradled her puppy close and followed Stefani's suit. Blaine laughed again and released Kurt's hand. He walked over and kneeled down, reaching out a hand to pet Court's puppy.

"Well, which one do you guys want?" Everyone gave a joyous cheer and an argument began to erupt between them. Blaine mediated and threw in his own opinions until it was finally decided that they would take the puppy Aimee was holding—the small white female puppy.

Kurt paid the woman and thanked her for her time. The puppy was a bit expensive (and they still had to go and buy stuff for it) but it was hard to care when his kids were laughing and taking turns carrying her to the car. The puppy was a little shaky once they reached the car so Kurt had Blaine take her as they stared to pull out of the driveway. "Okay, so how about we stop at a pet store and get the stuff we need for her and then we'll get some take out on the way home."

"Daddy, Papa, thank you so, so, so much! She's so pretty!" Aimee said. Kurt laughed and took that as a yes. Blaine pet the puppy's head gently.

"Yes, thank you sweetheart. It was so awesome of you." He said before looking in the back. "Okay, so what should we name her?"

"Arwen! Like from Lord of the Rings!" Court suggested first. Aimee gave him a look of distaste.

"No. If we're going to name her anything, it should be Vanderbelt. Like Gloria Vanderbelt." This time the adults made faces at each other. "What? It's a good name!"

"It is…I just don't know if I want to call Vanderbelt at all hours of the night." Kurt suggested softly. "Steffi, what do you think?"

Stefani gave her a long look and hummed. "Well, she's white like snow and Canada's kind of cold." Kurt chuckled a bit at Stefani's process. "Grandpa Burt was telling us about how he went to place called Winnipeg when he went to Canada. Can we name her that?"

He expects Aimee and Court to turn it down immediately. Instead, he's shocked when Court 'huh's' and says "Actually, I kind of like it. It's sounds cool."

"Yeah, and we can call her Winni for short." Aimee adds. Blaine makes a face.

"Really?" Then he shrugs and smiles. "Okay, I guess you're Winnipeg now."

The kids are cheering again and Kurt just groans, shaking his head at Blaine. "I blame you…"

()

After stopping at the story and then a place for take out, they come home and try to settle down. The kids are so busy playing with Winnipeg that Kurt and Blaine realize if they don't tell Stefani soon, they won't get a chance to tonight. As much as they hate to destroy the good mood; it needs to be done.

"Mimi, Court, can you take Winni outside so Papa and I can talk to Stefani?" Aimee frowns as she realizes what's going on. Court just sighs and picks up the small puppy. "Stay in the yard!"

As soon as they go outside, Stefani looks confused. "Why can't I go with them?" She asks in an innocent tone. Kurt reaches down pick her up and brings her over to the couch. Blaine is already settled there but brings Stefani into his grasp as soon as she's set down. Kurt gets as close as he can, fully expecting himself to speak.

But Blaine beats him to it. "Sweetheart, do you remember how we told you that Grandma Amy had passed away when Daddy was little and what it meant when someone passed away?" Stefani nodded up and down. Kurt stiffened a bit at the mention of his mom. "What did we tell you?"

She tilted her head as if to remember. "You said that Grandma Amy got really sick and she had to go, but she really didn't go anywhere…She just kind of went to sleep and never woke up." Blaine pressed his lips together, fighting to keep control of his emotions. Kurt thought he should step in but the look in Blaine's eyes said otherwise. Kurt had done this with little assistance when they told Court and Aimee—he needed to be the one to tell Stefani.

"That's right …And I'm sorry to tell you this but…The same thing is going to happen to Grandpa Anderson. Not right now but soon." Blaine said, cupping her face with his hand at the look of confusion on her face. "You see, he has a tumor—something in his brain—that's making his body shut down. So in about year, maybe less, Grandpa Anderson is going to go sleep and not wake up…"

"But…But can't they fix his brain?" Stefani asked in a quiet, still confused voice. Kurt puts a hand on Stefani's shoulder.

"No baby, they've already tried. It's just his time to go. We all have to some day—it's very sad and no one likes to think about it, but right now we have to be strong for Grandpa, okay?" Kurt said in a sweet voice. Stefani looked down but nodded. Blaine reached his hand to stroke her hair. She looked up again.

"Papa, are you sad?" She asked softly. Blaine rubbed at his eyes trying to keep the moisture from coming.

"Yeah Steffi, I'm very sad."

Stefani nodded and a tear started to fall down her face. "Me too…" He said brokenly. She pressed her face into Blaine's chest but didn't full out sob. Tears just ran down her face and on to his shirt. Blaine stroked her hair and continued to fight against his own tears. Kurt just rubbed her back.

After awhile, Blaine pressed a kiss to the top of her head and continued. "But you know what? I still have you, Daddy, Aimee and Court. …and as long as we all have each other, we'll get through it okay?"

Stefani nodded again and rubbed her tears off on Blaine's shirt. About that time, Court and Aimee came back with Winnipeg. Aimee gave Stefani a concerned look before turning to Kurt. "Daddy, we were wondering, if all us share one room tonight, could Winni maybe stay with us in that room."

Stefani perked up a little bit at that idea. Blaine and Kurt shared a look and Blaine shrugged, smiling a small smile. "Yes she can…but she has to stay in the kennel and you three can't stay up all night playing with her, okay?"

And just like that, the excited atmosphere was returning. Stefani still seemed sad at what she had learned, but was becoming happy as the kids started making plans. Eventually, it was decided they'd all sleep in Stefani's room.

Once they left to set it up, Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and leaned over to kiss him passionately. "Thank you…Getting Winni was such a good idea. It's just nice to see them excited again."

Kurt smirked and nuzzled into Blaine's neck. "Hmm, me too. I just hope I don't regret it."

Blaine chuckled. "Oh, you probably will, but I can think of a way to make it better."

"Oh?" Kurt said with an amused look. "And what is that?" Blaine leaned over and whispered something low in Kurt's ear. The older man chuckled and shook his head. "Goodness Blaine, you're such a pervert!"

"I didn't hear a no." Blaine pointed out, looking very smug. Kurt brought Blaine's hand up to his mouth and kissed it.

"Well, if you so insist on repaying me in such a way." Blaine dragged Kurt up off the couch and kissed him again.

"I so do."

And there's chapter 11! Also, it was a fairly unanimous decision that I should celebrate 10 chapters and stop bumming everyone out, lol. Hopefully, this chapter made everyone a little bit happier. I know I've done the whole dog thing before but I do really love dogs (and poor Blaine has expressed an interest in getting one in this story before so there we go). Don't ask me why I decided to name her Winnipeg…I'm not entirely sure.

Speaking of things to celebrate, it looks like I may have another milestone to celebrate. As I post this, Dreams is 11 reviews away from reaching a 100! Which is exciting and unbelievable and oh my god, thank you to everyone who has reviewed, alerted, or favorited this story and there for, helping to reach it. I feel like I should do something special for the 100th reviewer. Any suggestions?

Now, on to the reviews!

Jay Li Matsuda- I know, I'm sorry! There was a little bit of Fluffy Klaine this chapter so hopefully it makes up for it, and as I've said before, not every chapter from here until Ryan dies will be sad. Lol, the funny thing about the necklace distraction was when I'm on my computer or writing, I like to have something to play with in my hands while I think, so when I was thinking about what to do with Stefani, I was playing with a beaded necklace so I was like 'Oh hey! That'll work'. Inspiration at it's finest. Well, if not next chapter, the one after that, we'll be getting into Christmas, which should promise a revisit to the Fason drama. Hope you liked the chapter and thanks for the review :)

Isabel4014- I know, I'm being very mean to him in this story. Blaine always just struck me as a guy who wouldn't like going to the therapist. In general, I don't think he's very open with people unless he comes to trust them (like he has with Kurt). Although I don't know a lot of people who really want to go to therapy unless they feel they have to. Lol me too, especially since we know together they're a force to be reckoned with. My brother and I (not twins but get along really well) do great things when we work together, but that doesn't happen very often. I just could totally see Aimee and Court going lose on someone :) Thanks for the review!

Janice93- About as well as someone in that situation could. I was only a little bit older than they were when I lost my grandmother. It was the closest death in the family that I was old enough to process it and I had a little bit of both Aimee and Court's reactions (sobbing mess at first, shocked a little later). Still celebrating 10 (well now 11, lol) chapters :) Thank you for reviewing!

Potterheadgleekmsdarrencriss- Aw thank you! Not sure if you have before either but thank you very much for reviewing now (and if you had previously!). I hope you continue to enjoy it and thank you for your kind comments!

Klaine Is My Life- I'm sorry, I know, but I swear it'll get happier soon! It is tricky but I think it's also very real because everyone has to deal with death and most people do first deal with it when they're kids. Plus, we're also diving into Blaine's issues with his father which has been explored a ton in fanfiction but not so much in the show. Again, Aimee and Court's reactions are based off my own when my Grandmother died. Most sad experience in my life, but also the most eye opening. Thank you for complimenting the cover! I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I ended up buying the photos of the kids off a photography website so I could use them (all three cost less than $10 so it wasn't a huge deal to satisfy my own longing) but I think it was worth it. Actually, the girl with blue hair and hat is suppose to be Aimee (she just looked like such a little fashionista) and the other girl I had envisioned to be Stefani. It's hard to tell with the size but the girl with the hat looked a little more like a young Kurt with dark hair. Thanks for the review! Hope you like the update!

The Songbirds Are Singing- I took a little bit of time to celebrate, but also too some time to be sad. You guys are awesome for putting up with all the sadness. Hope you continue to love the story :) Thanks for the review!

SouthItaly23- Thank you :) It won't be sad for long I promise. Hope you like the update! Thanks for the review.

andwho- Aw! Thank you! I hope you enjoy the update! Oh, I made the cover using Photoshop. Getting a little more technical, I bought the pictures of the kids (again, less than $10 so I didn't spend a lot on it), cropped them out and placed them onto the Klaine picture, and then I desaturated, burned, and sponged the Klaine picture to make it darker but still present. Placing was kind of a challenge though—you have to be careful of the sizing with the Image Manager. I was excited though because that's sort of what I want to do for a living. Thank you for asking! I just imagine Blaine and Kurt being such great parents and doing well working as a team. Lol, and of course Kurt has to be protective. I don't think he'd let anyone try to hurt his babies. Thanks for the review! Hope you enjoy the update.

Orgasmic Bunnies- I'm sorry I have to be mean to them :( But they have each other so they can all get through it. Plus, like you said, three of them do have the Hummel-blood in them, and Hummel's are about as tough as they get :) Hope you like the new chapter! Thanks for the review!

The Irish Gleek- I know, don't you just want to hug the poor guy? Kurt's giving him lots of love and attention I assure you. I liked writing the moment between Court and Kurt because I feel like there's a little bit of Burt and Kurt going there. Like they're really different but they're still close and it's clear they love each other nonetheless. I think the scene with Stefani was a little mild compared to Aimee's reaction but of course, it's still very sad :( I hope you enjoy the cute Aimee and Court scene! Lol, I am starting to wonder if I should have Aimee, Court, and Stef meet some of the former New Directions over Christmas Break (maybe have them have a little get together in the old choir room with Mr. Schuster and everyone's kids). Maybe I should let the 100th reviewer name Puck's son? Ooo, now the mind is turning! Hope you enjoy the update and thanks for the review :)