Chapter 43
Happily Ever After
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Author's note – So I've been a little under the weather writing this chapter, in fact I ended up writing more than half of it in one day while laid in bed with a pounding headache, so hopefully it's as good as I'd like to think it is.
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McKinley High's glee club had been very loud since their defeat at regionals, it was only by the skin of their teeth that the club hadn't been shut down by the principal, who said that the club had to perform at all the schools events in return, this included singing at prom.
The kids weren't any better off, their was a rift within the ranks, most sat on one side of the room and the others sat as far away from them as possible.
Rory, when he'd started, had immediately joined Brittany's camp, mostly because he was currently living with her family and didn't want a rift in the house that was putting him up. But he had yet to meet the guys in question who had caused the rift in the group, although according to Sam, who he had already become quite close to, it was a long time in coming anyway and the whole warbler's thing just exacerbated it.
The pro-warblers gang were sat in an empty classroom, trying to avoid the other 4, who had seemed to become more bitter and angry about it.
"So we're meeting them at the weekend at the Westerville Mall, then we're heading back to Dalton for a bit of a relax. You'll like it Rory, one of the guys there is Irish, you can lament about your fatherland." Santana said without any sarcasm, she was genuinely trying to like Rory, he was a sweet kid, he just had to learn about how everything worked over here in the states.
"That could be nice, find someone who can actually understand everything I'm saying." Rory said, a few people at the school either completely misunderstood him due to his accent or they just deliberately did it, he wasn't sure which.
"Yeah, they're nice guys, we think you'll get along, but did they say why we were supposed to meet them at the mall first?" Tina asked leaning back against Mike and the boy put his arm around her shoulder pulling her in close as they spoke.
"Something about a bit of a show they are going to put on." Matt said, they'd all been in contact with the Dalton boys quite regularly and had slowly becoming good friends.
"Well we'll have to enjoy and see what they bring." Puck said and the others agreed.
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Kurt was laid on his bed, his legs in the air and crossed at the ankles, he was trying to think of what he could give Blaine for Christmas and their 1st year anniversary was coming up and he wanted to make it all special, they were spending Christmas in New York and he knew they'd be alone, well for the most part.
It was just their friends and if Kurt asked them to give the pair some privacy they'd give it to them without question, maybe not without a bit of light teasing, but they wouldn't make a huge deal out of it.
He'd been debating endlessly, he knew Blaine would do something really romantic with a big gesture or something, he claimed he was bad at romance, but Kurt had never found a single word of it true, he'd always found Blaine to be a true romantic. He constantly surprised Kurt, be it with flowers, tiger lilies being one of his signatures, he said they were beautiful and exotic, just like Kurt.
To romantic little poems left in his bag and chocolates with his coffee. Oh yes, Blaine Anderson was a true romantic and sometimes Kurt felt like he couldn't compete. But how he loved him, he wanted it all with Blaine, he wanted to be able to go home after a long day at work and cuddle up on the couch with him, wanted them to share meals together always.
Kurt shook himself out of his thoughts, there was time to day dream about all of that later, right now he needed to think. Little did he know, Blaine was doing some thinking of his own.
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Blaine hadn't told anyone where he was going; well he'd told them he was going out, on the pretence of getting Kurt an anniversary gift. Which is what he was doing, he just didn't tell them he was going to see Kurt's dad first. Well after he'd called his brother that is.
He'd pulled over into a drive in restaurant and pulled his phone from his pocket, thinking for a moment before he clicked on his contacts and found his older brother, Cooper's number and hitting call.
He held the phone to his ear as it rang and heard as it was picked up on the other end. Blaine and his brother were very close, after Blaine's attack at his last school, Cooper had gone all out in trying to protect his baby brother and Blaine had called him when he'd asked Kurt out to tell his brother the news.
Now Kurt hadn't met Cooper yet, but Blaine hoped to change that. He smiled as he heard his brother's greeting.
"You could liven up your greeting Coop." he said with a chuckle after Cooper's rather bland 'hello'.
"Blainers, how is my baby brother doing?" Cooper asked and Blaine could hear a door closing in the background so obviously he'd gone into a different room.
"I'm good Cooper, just wondered if you'd be making it back to Ohio any time before Christmas?" Blaine asked.
"Well yeah, I was going to call you tomorrow, I'm going to be in town next week and wondered if you wanted to get together?" Cooper said, his voice was warm and Blaine smiled, he truly loved his big brother.
"Absolutely, I want you to meet Kurt; I'm going to talk to his dad actually." Blaine told him.
"Oh really? Why?" Cooper asked intrigued, he took a genuine interest in his sibling's life.
"I kind of wanted to ask his dad's permission to propose, I mean I'm not sure I'm going to do it soon, but I just wanted to ask, because I've been thinking about it a lot lately." Blaine admitted.
"Well, can't say I'm surprised, you practically worship that boy, I can't wait to meet him." Cooper said.
"You don't think I'm crazy, for wanting to propose so soon?" Blaine asked, resting his hand against the steering wheel.
"Blaine, you two are already co-dependent and I don't know about Kurt, but every time you talk about him, it's like you come alive, your just so happy and enthusiastic. I haven't seen you like that in a long time and I for one, am so glad you've found someone you can be yourself with, someone who makes you happy and who makes you want to be a better person. That's all that matters Blaine, age is nothing, I mean come on, some people could be married for 50 years and still not even be close to what you 2 have. So no Blaine, I don't think you're crazy, I just think you're in love." Cooper replied and Blaine sniffled slightly reaching up to wipe away the few tears that had escaped during his brothers heart felt speech.
"Well, I can't wait for you to meet him then, can we get together while you're in town, maybe Kurt and I could cook something and you can meet at Dalton?" Blaine asked.
"Sure, but why Dalton?" Cooper asked.
"Well Kurt hasn't met any of the family yet and I don't want him to be completely out of his depth, I just think he'll be a bit more comfortable at Dalton rather than say at a very expensive restaurant." Blaine said.
"Sounds good to me. So I'll call you when I get in, I'll just drop my stuff at the hotel and then I'll come on up." Cooper said.
"Yeah, I'll meet you at the gate; security has been beefed up recently due to a few incidents, so they don't let people on campus without ID." Blaine said.
"Alright, I'll see you soon then baby bro; we'll talk more when I come round alright?" Cooper asked.
"Fantastic, now I had better get to Burt's before it gets to dark and Kurt begins to wonder where I am." Blaine said.
"Well I'll call you, take care alright kid, love you." Cooper said.
"Love you too bro, see you soon." Blaine said and they both hung up, Blaine tapped his chin with his phone for a moment before putting it on the passenger seat and pulling back onto the freeway on his way to go see his boyfriends father.
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The drive to Kurt's house was an uneventful one and Blaine spent his time thinking, thinking of that boy he loved, the boy he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.
He pulled up in front of the house and turned off his engine, hopping out of the car and locking it with a quick click of the key ring before he headed for the door, he knocked nervously.
"Blaine, what are you doing here?" Burt asked as he opened the door to admit the small teen.
"Well I wanted to talk to you about something and I didn't want anyone to overhear. You know that we gossip at school, I dare say we're worse than most girls, except without the supposed pregnancies and stuff." Blaine said with a slight chuckle and Burt chucked too, a good sign.
They went into the kitchen and Burt got his son's boyfriend a drink of water as well as one for himself. He sat at the table opposite Blaine. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked.
"Well, the thing is, I know Kurt and I haven't been together long, but to be honest Burt, I can't see spending my life with anyone else. He just, makes everything brighter, you know. It's like the world lights up when he's happy and all I want to do is to make him that happy for the rest of my life, I want to be able to wake up next to him, kiss him when I get home from work and spend hours at night just watching TV together. As I said I know we haven't been dating long and I know we're young, but I wanted to ask you," Blaine paused for a moment and took a deep breath looking Burt right in the eye as he spoke. "I wanted to ask your permission to propose to Kurt." Blaine finished and he took a shuddery little breath and a huge gulp of water.
Burt looked at the boy, no young man, opposite. "Blaine, I'll be honest with you, after Kurt's attack, I didn't think he'd ever get close to someone again. I mean, he wouldn't even let me near him for a while and that, more than anything absolutely terrified me. Thinking of my baby boy, that little piece of me and Elizabeth, spending the rest of his life scared and alone. It almost broke me kid." Burt felt his throat constrict at the memories, but he cleared his throat.
"But seeing you and him, seeing you touching my son and him being so happy, so accepting of it all, that gave me hope again Blaine. Now I'll be honest, originally I didn't like you, I thought that Kurt hadn't told you what happened and that you were just going to see him as a conquest, I know that's what half of my old girlfriends were and I'm not proud of it kid. But when you told me that Kurt had told you he was raped and that you were still willing to try, even though you could barely hold his hand at that point. I completely re-evaluated you."
Burt took a sip of water. "So Blaine I'll be as honest with you, do I think your young, yes I do, do I think it's too soon, maybe, after all it'll only have been a year. But if you asked me, if I believe you and he could spend the rest of your lives, happy and together, yes I do. You just seem to complete each other and it's something I'm humbled by every time I see it. So Blaine, I trust you with the most important thing in my life, my son and you have my permission to ask him." Burt finished and he watched as Blaine's eyes became very teary before the teen got out of his seat and hugged the older man who was more like a father figure than his own father.
"Thank you Burt, I promise you, I will always love Kurt and I'll always look after him." Blaine said his voice conveying his happy tears.
Burt hugged the teen, "I know you will, that's why I'm giving my permission." He said and the pair shared a moment of love for that one person responsible for that moment, Kurt.
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Author's note 2 – So what did you guys think, I know Cooper isn't in the show yet, but he will be after the hiatus and I kind of wanted some of Blaine's family in here. Also I had to write Rory at least once today.
Only other thing, there was a warbler called Rory before the character was introduced on the show, so the warbler has now been changed to Roy.
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