Chapter Thirty-Five: And always will be

Kurt groaned, squeezing his eyes shut against the light in the room and rolling over, wrapping his arms around the soft, warm and slightly smaller body beside him, nuzzling his face into the back of their neck, hugging the other body close to him. He smiled at the feeling of skin against his bare chest, running his hands up and down the bare stomach.

He frowned when he felt lacy fabric and the unfamiliar feel of breasts.

Kurt propped himself up on his elbow, staring down in confusion at the blonde dressed only in her leggings and lacy pink bra, fast asleep.

' You're not Blaine' he mumbled, rubbing his eyes and looking round the basement, eyes widening at the sight of the eleven New Directions members, all in differing states on undress, littering the floor, sprawled out where they'd collapsed, cups and bottles covering the small spaces between the bodies. He jumped, feeling a hand on his stomach, looking round to see Santana, in her bra and pants, cuddled up to his other side. ' Neither are you' he sighed, collapsing back onto the duvet they were all lying on, not caring when Santana instantly pressed up to his side, simply slipping an arm beneath Brittany and tugging her closer, closing his eyes again.

' It's in these moments when I'm sure Kurt's bi'

Kurt groaned again, wincing at the camera flash from behind hiseyelids, a few hours later.

' That better not be a picture of me' he grumbled, reaching up to pinch the bridge of his nose. ' Oh grilled cheesus my head feels like it's being split apart'

' You want some coffee?' Finn asked, and Kurt could hear his brother attempting to clamber to his feet, chuckling when he heard a thud and a yelp, instantly regretting it when his head screamed at him. He finally opened his eyes, finding Brittany and Santana both cuddled up to his sides and himself only clad in his black boxers. He sat up, ignoring the disgruntled whines from the girls as they slid from his chest back onto the duvet. Over in the corner of the room Rachel and Mercedes were slowly trying to pull on more clothes, Sam sprawled out on the floor still snoring, and Tina and Mike on the sofa, cuddled up together. Kurt couldn't tell how many clothes the couple had on and he didn't want to check, instead watching as Finn and Puck stumbled up the stairs, to get food and coffee.

Kurt slid out from between the two former cheerleaders, who shifted to cuddle up together, crawling over to his bag and pulling out one of the large t-shirts that he'd stolen from Blaine, tugging it on over his bare chest.

' What happened last night?' Rachel asked, sitting down heavily on the floor once she'd pulled her dress back on over her leggings and bra, attempting to smooth down her hair.

' Mike videoed a lot' Artie said, pulling himself into his chair and wheeling over to Brittany to wake her. ' We'll have a look when we're sure he's alive'

Kurt mumbled incoherently as he made his way upstairs, stumbling into the kitchen where Puck and Finn were collapsed on the island, waiting for the kettle to boil. He joined them, falling onto a stool and burying his head in his arms.

' What did we drink last night?' Puck moaned into the marble sideboard, his forehead pressed to its cool surface and his eyes shut. If he hadn't been moaning, Kurt would have been sure that he was asleep. Finn was in the same state, though seemingly less talkative than Puck.

' Why did I wake up between Brittany and Santana?' Kurt asked softly, his cheek pressed against the sideboard, watching the kettle boil across the kitchen. ' Did I break any gay laws?'

' Do gay laws include dancing…no grinding with two cheerleaders in their bras, and eventually passing out with both of them on the floor?' Puck asked.

' No'

' Then no, however that is all I can remember you doing, then it all goes a bit fuzzy. Get the kettle' the football player said, flailing out an arm in an attempt of a gesture towards the appliance.

' You get the damn kettle'

' It's your house'

' You put it on'

' I'm the guest'

' You come here way too often to still be considered a guest'

' Get the kettle'

' Make me'

' Morning guys' Sam decided to come in at that moment, using the doorframe as support, his blonde hair sticking up in all kinds of directions and dressed only in sweatpants and a vest.

' Sam, get the kettle' Puck and Kurt chorused, Finn dozing on the counter.

Once the coffee had been drank and the leftover pizza from the night before had been consumed, the New Directions members were feeling slightly more awake, all of them lounging on the sofas lazily, mugs clutched like life lines and some MTV show playing in the background as they discussed the night before, much to Kurt's mortification.

' Why would you film that?' he groaned, watching through his fingers as his video self demonstrated the many gymnastic skills that he had picked up from being on the Cheerios, Brittany and Santana at his sides, doing much better due to their larger quantity of practice yet still unsteadily as they downed shots with every stunt successfully completed. He winced as it ended with all three of them falling into a heap on the floor, giggling insanely. ' And why Michael Chang, would you post it on facebook?'

' Because I'm an evil genius' the dancer sniggered, combing his fingers through Tina's hair.

' I feel like crap' Santana whined.

' Yeah we shouldn't drink that much ever again' Artie said, wheeling back into the room with a new tray of toast, putting it down on the coffee table, chuckling when Brittany immediately crawled onto his lap.

' Don't be like that Art, we were much worse in Vegas' Finn pointed out.

' Vegas' they all groaned, raising their coffee mugs in the air, giggling that the game was still alive.

' Talking about Vegas, when's the bachelor party Hummel?' Puck asked, throwing a pillow at Kurt when he was too concentrated on the videos and photos to reply.

' What?'

' When's the bachelor party?' he repeated, suddenly looking excited. ' We get two of them right? Since there's two guys?'

' Oh my gosh, I never thought about that!' Sam exclaimed, wincing at the sound of his own voice.

' Well I need Blaine to propose first' Kurt chuckled.

' I thought you already proposed?' Mercedes asked, cuddling into Sam, her eyes closed.

' Yeah that one didn't count, I didn't have a ring or anything, and Blaine said that he wants to do it with all that, so I'm not gonna complain' Kurt shrugged. ' But I promise we'll have a big bachelor party once that has happened'

' I better be your best man white boy' Mercedes said, opening one eye and glaring at him. He smiled, nodding. All this talk of his and Blaine's eventual engagement was putting him in a good mood, he could practically feel the band on his finger already.

' Kurt, when you and Blaine are married, are you going to have dolphin babies?' Brittany asked, her voice muffled by Artie's shirt.

' Hopefully' Kurt shrugged, smiling across the room at Rachel, who gave him a subtle wink.

' Just so you know, I would love to be your baby mama Kurt, for Blaine too' the blonde said, looking up and smiling sweetly at her former boyfriend, whose heart swelled for the girl, eyes filling with tears at the offer, just like they had when Rachel had offered. He didn't think he'd ever feel more love for any of them.

' I would love that Brit'

' You two will have beautiful babies' she mumbled.

' I love the assumptions that we're going to know each years from now' Puck chuckled through a mouthful of toast. Kurt could see, despite his cloudy hungover vision, that there was a small hint of sadness behind his words.

' We are all going to know each other for years' Tina said, sounding shocked at his words.

' How do you know? We're all going to marginally different colleges; we're all going to be busy with other things' he sighed.

' My mother used to say "music brings people together in the most perfect of ways, and that friendship and love formed from music is the most wonderful and magical of all"' Kurt told them all, taking out his phone and smiling at the picture of him and Blaine on the wallpaper. ' My dad met my mum at a karaoke bar, she sang and he was so enthralled by her that he went over to her as soon as she was finished and asked to buy her a drink. Apparently it was the most romantic moment in mum's life' he sighed sadly.

' So we'll really be friends forever?' Puck asked, hope in his voice, though he tried to mask it. The rest of them smiled, all of them hearing it and all of them feeling the same.

' No' Finn said, holding up a hand when they all stared at him shocked. ' We're New Directions forever' he smiled, raising his mug to all of them. ' And that's something I will never ever forget and something that I will always cherish'

' Me too'

' Always'

' Forever and ever and ever'

Kurt smiled, feeling tears well up. ' I can see us in years, when we're all married, and we all have kids and we're all happy, sitting around my palace, drinking coffee and looking back on to this conversation and thinking…finally! Finn was right!'

They all laughed and Kurt winked at his brother. Theirs was a relationship that was guaranteed to survive through the ages, but they had no doubt that the relationships around them would last just as easily.

' I know we've done this before but…' Kurt raised his mug once more. ' New Directions forever'

' New Directions forever!'

Burt and Carole arrived home just past mid-afternoon, to find the basement cleaned and as it was before, and the eleven teenagers cuddled up together, squashed onto three of the four sofas, watching The Lion King and singing along. It was a sweet sight, with Kurt leaning his head on Finn's shoulder and playing with Santana's hair, from where she sat in front of him on the floor. Puck was half dozing with his arm over the back of the sofa behind Kurt and the three couples were all cuddled up either on the floor or on the sofas, Rachel lying with her head in Finn's lap. Carole quickly snapped a photo with her phone of all of them from the kitchen island as Burt struggled to bring Lily's buggy inside.

' How's grandma?' Finn asked, finally looking up at his mother after Hakuna Matata had finished.

' She's well, loved seeing Lily' Carole smiled, stroking her son's hair.

' Is Lily asleep? Can I give her a cuddle?' Kurt asked, lifting his head from his brother's shoulder. Burt chuckled, scooping his daughter out of her buggy and passing her over the back of the sofa down to him. Kurt sat her on her his lap, leaning her back against his stomach and returning his head to Finn's shoulder, beginning to explain the Disney movie playing on the T.V. to her.

' Did you all have fun last night?' Burt asked, storing away the buggy.

' Yeah, it was great' Finn said, stroking a finger down Lily's cheek. ' Though you don't want to see the videos'

' Shut up Finn' Kurt hissed, nudging him playfully.

' Well I'm glad to see you all still alive at least, this was your last hooray wasn't it?' Carole asked, looking sympathetic and already secretly planning to have the photo on her phone printed out for all of them.

' Physically yes, emotionally no' Rachel murmured from Finn's lap. Carole sent her a confused look.

' What we have isn't limited by state borders' Mercedes explained, reaching across Puck to squeeze Kurt's hand.

Carole and Burt smiled, slipping away and leaving the children to bask in their shared decision that their friendship was forever. The fact that all of them were leaving for different colleges in the next week was irrelevant, it didn't matter anymore.

The New Directions had had more than their fair share of heartache, break-ups, make-ups, tantrums, arguments, sing offs and drama. They had lost and gained individuals. There was regret and sadness amongst them, but all of that seemed like years ago. They had been through so much and stayed together, as one unbreakable group who took on every competition and difficulty thrown at them, triumphing over those who tried to force them apart, or who did even for a short time, for those who tried to ruin them.

As Rachel had once sung, nobody could rain on their parade.

A/N Short but oh so fluffy! Cheesy too! Sorry if any of you need to go to the dentist after how sweet it was :P

Hope you all liked it! Blaine will return in the next chapter! I swear!

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