Instead of unleashing Mercedes on Blaine they'd agreed to meet at the bar Blaine played at. It had taken him a little while but there he was, standing in front of The Pinto. Weird name, but Kurt just shrugged, he'd seen weirder.

Now he just had to go in and meet his neighbor's friends.

Why did he agree to this again?

Blaine's face swam in front of his eyes. Oh, yeah, that's why.

Kurt swallowed his nerves and opened the door.

It was much nicer than he expected. No seediness or drunken messes littering the place. Instead the bar was a sleek combination of wood and metal and the TV's played sports quietly with subtitles. There was a little stage in the back with a stool and a microphone, a few chairs and table oriented around it. Small, but nice. Kurt could easily imagine Blaine up there entertaining his crowd.

A warm hand slid around his waist. "Hey." Blaine said into his ear. Kurt jumped a little, turning to face him. Blaine smiled, hand still on Kurt. "Glad you made it."

"Wouldn't miss it." Kurt said, his heart beating much too fast. He'd seen Blaine in his performance clothes a lot, but he'd never seen him out in them. Something about the setting made him that much hotter.

"Good. How's Mary? She have a good flight?" He finally removed his hand, backing up so he could lead Kurt towards his friends.

"Yeah, she took a bunch of cloud pictures. She already sent me a lot of them too." Kurt answered fondly. "She's really happy with her Mom too; Brittany's so ecstatic she's there. They went to the zoo today."

"That's awesome, Kurt." Blaine smiled brightly. "Ready to meet Wes and David?" Kurt nodded, might as well. "Good, that's them." He pointed to an Asian guy and a black guy as his hand found the small of Kurt's back to push him forward a bit.

"Oh." Kurt gasped, surprised it was so soon. They were really close.

"Guys." Blaine got their attention. "Wes, David, this is my neighbor, Kurt Hummel." He gestured at Kurt. "Kurt, Wes Montgomery and David Thompson." He pointed to first the Asian man and then the black man.

"Nice to meet you." Kurt mustered up a smile despite his nerves and held out a hand. He floundered a bit on whom to offer it to first but Wes was closer.

"And you." Wes shook.

"Agreed." David nodded and shook Kurt's hand efficiently once. He was definitely a businessman with a shake like that.

"Alright, sorry to just introduce and leave you, but I have to set up." Blaine said with a sheepish look. "I'll be back before I start, giliw. Don't let them walk all over you. And you two, be nice." He glared at them a second and then was off. The warmth of his hand was gone as well, and that made Kurt more nervous as he sat down.

"Hi." Kurt ventured awkwardly. He shouldn't have agreed to this.

"So you're the boy that's been stealing him all this time." David said.

"Pretty." Wes said and looked him over while propping his head up under his chin.

David sighed a rolled his eye. "Don't do that, you just got engaged."

"Shh, I can still look." Wes snapped.

"Um…" Kurt cleared his throat.

"Sorry about him, he's horribly ill mannered." David said. "Like Blaine said, I'm David. I hope you have a good time tonight; you look like you could use it. Blaine told us your daughter just left for a while?"

"Yeah, she's visiting her mother." Kurt volunteered.

"California right? That's what Blaine said." Wes asked. "It's really nice there. I took Kelly there last year, it was so beautiful." He sighed. "Kelly's my fiancée, by the way. Here let me show you." He fished for his phone.

"While he's doing that," David said. "Kurt, how are you tonight?"

"Good." Kurt nodded. This was still really awkward. "Um, Blaine said you guys knew each other in high school?"

"Yeah, we were essentially his backup singers." Wes answered and held out his phone. "That's Kelly. Isn't she beautiful?"

She was small and brunette and, indeed, beautiful. "Very." Kurt agreed. "Um, sorry to be rude, but you're bi right?"

"He's more bi-curious than anything." David answered for him. "He likes to look at 'em more than he likes to actually touch the pretty boys."

"Thanks, Ma." Wes deadpanned. "'Cause I can't talk for myself."

"Of course you can't." David rolled his eyes.

"You're just sour because I never tried to kiss you."

David made an unimpressed face. This was still awkward, but at least it was entertaining. "I got as close as I wanted to gay when I found you and Blaine making out on my bed senior year."

"You kissed Blaine?" Kurt asked before he could stop himself.

Wes shrugged. "He's hot."

"They were having a fling." David explained. "Wes was curious and Blaine was rebounding from the Jeremiah thing. Has he ever told you about that?"

"No." Kurt lied. He didn't want to think about Blaine kissing other boys; maybe if he heard the story again he could get it out of his mind.

"Well," Wes started, going so far as to actually rub his hands together. "It was Valentine's Day and…"

"And nothing." Blaine himself interrupted. "Don't tell that story. He's already heard it." Blaine grabbed Wes' drink and took a long sip. "It's embarrassing."

"He said…" David trailed off, looking over at Kurt. He didn't finish that sentence, choosing not to rat Kurt out. "Ready for your set?"

"Yeah. Kurt, you still gonna sing with me?" Blaine asked.

"Yes." Kurt agreed quickly.

"Awesome, I'll call you up when I'm ready, about an hour I think, after I take a break." Blaine smiled and Kurt kind of wanted to melt. He felt so awkward, but Blaine being there made it better. "Alright, wish me luck." He grinned.

"Luck." David said.

"Kiss." Wes demanded and hauled Blaine down for one. Kurt forced himself not to react. This was just something they did; there was no need for the surge of jealousy that went through him. His feelings didn't seem to care. "Luck."

"You're lucky Kelly doesn't care you're a giant fucking flirt." Blaine rolled his eyes and trotted off to the stage, completely unfazed by what had happened.

"You're in love with him." Wes announced. Kurt's entire being froze. What? How did they know that? How could they possibly know that? They just met him?

"Way to be subtle, Wes." David hit him upside the head.

"What, it's true. Did you see his face when I kissed Blaine?"

"No need to just up and say it, you've embarrassed him." David glared. "I'm sorry Kurt, he has no filter sometimes. Especially when he's got a drink in him and he's got a reason to be happy."

"So happy, she said yes." Wes sighed dreamily.

"Again, sorry for him." David sighed again.

"I'm not in love with him." Kurt objected, but it was too late and too false for anyone to believe.

"Okay." David said anyway. "You wanted to hear the Jeremiah Valentine's Day story right?"

"Yeah." Kurt agreed quickly. He wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth and change the subject back.

Kurt didn't know where to look for a new daycare. He knew the phonebook was always a good starting point. But he also knew that a lot of daycares that were big enough to be in the phonebook were most likely expensive. Mrs. Hendrick had been cheap, not asking for much of anything from him. It had been so easy.

Now he had to go find something worthwhile and he didn't even have a good point to start from. Kurt sighed and picked up his cell phone, looked like he had a lot of calling to do. The right place wasn't going to find him.

Singing in front of a crowd, however small, was better than Kurt had ever imagined. He thought he'd be nervous, but… he wasn't. There weren't a ton of people focusing solely on Blaine's set, but the few that were… oh it was amazing to sing for them. He wished he'd had a glee club back in high school, just so he could have had more of a chance at this.

He sat back down after Animal more excited than he'd been in a long time, happiness flowing through him that had nothing to do with his daughter for once. It was such a good feeling, he wanted to keep it and hold onto it forever.

"You're glowing." Wes smiled at him. "It's a good look on you."

"Uh… thanks." Kurt thanked him. He wasn't really used to compliments like that, and Wes seemed full of them.

"He's only got a little bit left, then we're going to a club, you want to come with us?" David asked.

"Blaine goes clubbing with you every week?" Kurt asked, he must have left pretty quickly, he usually got back before midnight

"He's been skipping lately, so he could get back to you and George." Wes answered. "But now that the kid's gone, we got our buddy back. So you gonna come too?"

He'd still been back about midnight even after George had left… Why did he come back without hanging out with his friends?

"Kurt?" David asked again.

"Oh," Kurt fluttered. "Sure, yeah."

Oh crap, he hated clubs… and now that he'd agreed it was too late to politely decline. Damn flusteredness!

"Cool." David said. "So, back to that story you were telling before Blaine dragged you on stage. Something about an intern?"

"Oh," Kurt smirked. "They were having sex on the copy room floor!"

"Were they hot?" Wes asked.

"I didn't really look." Kurt admitted.

Wes sighed. "I meant in general, you had to know what they looked like in their clothes."

"Um… the guy wasn't very attractive, and, for a girl, Henrietta was good looking, I guess." Kurt admitted. "There aren't really many stunning people in middle management you know."

"Good thing they have you to bolster the numbers then." Wes winked. "I think Kelly would like you. She's got an eye for pretty boys just like me."

"And that's, weirdly enough, how they met." David chuckled. "But back to the story."

"Oh, so…" Kurt recalled that horrific day he'd walked in on his fellow intern at the office. By the end of the story Wes and David were laughing too hard to drink anything. Kurt felt accomplished. It had gotten steadily less awkward the more time he'd spent with them. He didn't feel perfectly comfortable by any means, but he kind of liked them. He wouldn't be averse to spending another night like this with them.

Wes called for another round of drinks. Kurt stared at his. He'd been quietly sipping at his drink all evening, and he wasn't even half done with it. He hadn't wanted the questions watering it down would cause. It was rude to refuse to drink right?

"You a lightweight?" David asked looking at the two drinks sitting before Kurt.

"Yeah." Kurt nodded, latching onto the idea. When he'd been in college he'd learned to hold his liquor decently, but he'd always been a lightweight anyway. Now that he was out of practice, well… Puck's wedding was still a complete blur for him. He didn't like repeat performances.

"I'll drink it." Wes volunteered. "Kelly likes me when I'm feisty drunk." He smirked and knocked back his shot.

"And nobody understands why…" David rolled his eyes. "He actually gets really dependant and obedient when he's got a few drinks, she's got an easier job dominating him when he's tipsy." David whispered at Kurt. He couldn't help but laugh at that.

"What's so funny?" Wes asked.

"Nothing, just laughing." David replied quickly. Kurt nodded.

Wes narrowed his eyes. "Whatever."

"Oh, looks like Blaine's wrapping up." David said.

"Um… where's he gonna put his keyboard?" Kurt asked. He'd been thinking about it all night, but figured they'd just be going home. Now that they were going to a club…

"Wes and I live kinda close to this place, which is how he found it to begin with. We'll just make a quick stop in and drop it off." David explained.

"I'll go help him." Wes volunteered and stood up. He gulped the last of Kurt's drink and made his way, surprisingly stable, over to Blaine.

"I think I'll cut him off after one more." David said more to himself than to Kurt.

"Um… so what club are we going too?" Kurt asked. Of the two of them David was easier to talk to, but Wes made more interesting conversation… they were kind of nice as a set. He wasn't sure how to deal with them separately.

"I don't know yet. Blaine'll probably want to pick, he hasn't been out in a while." David shrugged. "We usually take turns but he's missed quite a few lately."

"So you guys go to gay clubs?" Kurt couldn't picture David in one. Wes sure, but not David.

"And drag him to straight ones." David grinned. "He's an awesome wingman, doesn't mind charming the ladies with me. And I don't have to worry about him wanting one for himself."

Kurt laughed. Okay, so David wasn't totally boring. Imagining Blaine uselessly flirting with some girls for David was kind of funny.

"I do the same for him of course, but Wes is better at it." David finished. "One time I had somebody so interested they almost followed me out the door, even after I insisted that I wasn't interested. I think his name was Sebastian or something…"

"Oh, telling you all about his forays into the gay scene I see." Blaine laughed and Kurt shivered as a warm arm fell over his shoulders. "And speaking of which, Wes tells me you're joining us this fine evening?"

"I am." Kurt agreed, suppressing the urge to roll into Blaine and burrow into his neck.

"Cool." Blaine smiled brightly. "And that means we're definitely going to a gay bar." He shot at David. "The gays win the night."

"I'm not gonna fight you. I figured anyway." David shrugged. "Wes, don't forget you put a ring on her finger."

"I won't. I'm always thinking of Kelly." Wes asserted. "I got her the most beautiful ring in the store, Kurt. The most beautiful one."

"That's nice." Kurt smiled at him.

"Alright, let's go." David said and stood. Kurt did too, unhappily knocking Blaine's arm off him.

The walk to David and Wes' apartment wasn't long, just a block and seven floors. The elevator was broken so they needed to walk. Blaine was a bit winded by the top. "I need to do more exercise." Blaine huffed.

"Eh, just run after kids." Kurt shrugged. "It's what I do." He was proud that he wasn't breathing hard. "I think you're fine anyway, you're lugging the keyboard." The three of them had tried to take it away from him, but Blaine had stubbornly insisted on carrying it the whole way. Instead they'd been given a stand, a mike, sheet music, and Wes had gotten the amp.

"Maybe I will." Blaine said and practically dropped the keyboard outside the door. "We can do more girls night and chase them."

"Mary would love that." Kurt said. "But no more makeup."

"You guys…" Wes said with a smile. "Cute."

AN: Hi! I know it's been a while but bear with me, I'm entering the dreaded Finals Weeks next week and that's crazy. However, after that I should have a decent amount of time to finish this up. :D
On a side note, gze25 reviewed a little while ago to ask me if I was also somebody else on ff or if I worked with them. The answer is no, I'm just scarlettfire and my beta doesn't update anymore really (writers block). That ckofshadows and I updated in tandem a few times is coincidental. A weird one, but a one nonetheless.

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