AN: Everyone commented on how short last chapter was but the thing is, it's longer than several other chapters. It's strange. I have some that are about twice the length and some that are about that size. It just depends on how the chapter is going. Short one again. Enjoy anyways!

Chapter 36

After the door shut, Kurt looked back at Blaine before looking down. "Sorry."

Blaine pulled Kurt into a hug. "Looks like I'm not the only one with a temper."

Kurt huffed. "It's just so unfair. We didn't even do anything. Why should we be in trouble?" Kurt whined.

Blaine pulled back and grabbed Kurt's chin. "Kurt. Knock it off. Your dad expects us to be responsible, especially now that he's going to be gone a lot and we let him down last night. We should have called."

Kurt glared. "But why is it my responsibility to take care of Finn? It's so stupid."

Blaine sent his own glare back. "Whine one more time and you'll be getting punished by me too. And your dad went easy on us. It's only two days and we can still Skype and call."

Kurt sighed. "I know. I just got used to seeing you all the time and the holidays are coming up and it's just so stupid that I'm grounded when Finn threw the party." His voice grew distinctively whinier by the end of his speech.

Blaine gave Kurt a hard look before letting go of him. He walked over to his desk and pulled out a piece of paper. He wrote something down and handed the paper to Kurt. It read 'I will not whine after I am told to stop.'

"I want two hundred lines by Saturday or instead of having fun, we can stay here while you write four hundred lines and spend time in the corner. Got it?"

Kurt flushed and looked down at the paper. "Yes, sir." He answered quietly, anger gone.

"Good. Now I'm going to go. I'll Skype you later on when I get home and we can talk some more. Don't give your dad a hard time. He's just trying to do the right thing here. Okay?"

Kurt nodded and moved closer to Blaine. Blaine pulled Kurt into a hug, rubbing his back a bit. "I love you babe. I'll be here Saturday, bright and early."

Kurt mumbled. "Love you too." The two exchanged a quick kiss before Blaine headed out of the room, pulling the door shut behind him. Kurt watched out his window as Blaine walked out the front door and pulled away from the house. Sighing, he looked at the paper still in his hand. He cringed a bit, thinking about how whiny he had sounded. He put the paper face down on his desk and then flopped onto his bed.

He'd work on the lines after a nap.

Meanwhile, Blaine exited the house, luckily not running into either parent as he left. He went out to his car and drove home. He had mentally decided after hearing Kurt's punishment that he wouldn't go out either for the next couple days. He was just as guilty as Kurt and deserved the same punishment.

He went by the grocery store on his way home, picking up a few things to eat since he'd be stuck inside for a couple days. After putting it away, he went upstairs, sighing as he passed his parent's empty room.

They had been on separate business trips for the last couple weeks. They were generally gone for weeks at a time, returning home for a day or two before heading back out. As Blaine was an adult now, they were spending the holidays elsewhere. It's not that they didn't care but they had business elsewhere and didn't prioritize being a parent first.

He went into his room and lay on his bed. His parents hadn't been gone as much when he was a kid but once he reached his teen years, they were gone a lot. That's why he and Kurt spent a lot of time at Kurt's place.

The house felt alive with all the people there and Kurt's family was great. His dad was everything Blaine would have wished for in a parent. He felt really bad that he had upset him by his inactions the day before. Burt and his relationship had started off rocky, with them meeting when he was hung over and when he was encouraging him to talk to Kurt about sex. He blushed a bit remembering how awkward that conversation had been.

But after he and Kurt had been together for a while and had been around the family a lot, Burt had come to accept him. They had even gone to a game over the summer with him, bonding over booing the teams for their poor playing.

When Burt had said he expected more, it hurt. He just hoped that this didn't set back their relationship to where it had been before the summer. He really liked being able to talk to him about stuff.

Blaine pulled his laptop to his bed and checked Skype. Seeing his boyfriend was offline, he decided to take a quick nap before calling. He dozed off watching Kurt's name on the Skype page.

AN: So yeah. I hope you all liked it. More coming tomorrow and it's pretty good stuff. I think. Tell me what you think. Review please!