Summary: Sunday is Family Day on Bella's schedule. When in NYC, they (including Kurt) would go the park or Children's Museum and after have tea with Rachel and Jesse. When they got home, Bella and Blaine would video chat with his Mom, Cooper, Bella's Godmother (Tina) and Sam. Then Kurt would rejoin them and they would chat with Burt and Carole. Now, it's the first Sunday of quarantine and Blaine has to find a way to balance Bella's old family with her new (Sebastian), all while keeping their whereabouts a secret.

Notes: Again, this is a "Bella warning". She is 2 ½ because that is as old as she can be canonically even with the change I noted in Chapter 1. Yes, I cover by basically claiming her to be a genius. I do try not to stretch it. Might have a little here.

Breakfast

"You tell Sammy everything you want him to tell Tay-Tay."

"Why can I no talk to Tay-Tay, Daddy? It Family Day."

"Because we don't want anyone to know we're at Dalton. That's the game."

In order for Bella to play along with the "secret" of their being at Dalton, Blaine told her it was a game like Hide and Seek. The New Directions were always playing "games" (more like pranks) with each other, so she bought it.

Tina, Bella's Godmother, and Rachel were the only problems on this day. Blaine called Leroy and told him he wasn't ready to speak to Rachel, but he'd have Bella draw her a picture. He'd scan it and email it later. That left Tina. No way she was accepting a generic We can't talk today. Sam volunteered to handle the call (he was going to owe him BIG TIME). They agreed for him to be honest and tell Tina her inability to keep secrets was the reason she couldn't know where Blaine and Bella were.

Then hang up quickly and let Artie handle the fallout

Blaine knew he'd have to deal with her eventually but, like with Rachel, he wasn't ready. Sam warned him her curiosity over the "Kurt Slap" was getting worse which was probably the case with all members of the New Directions.

There was a knock but Sebastian just let himself in. He and Blaine managed to get-up before Bella but she had asked why he came to breakfast in his sleep clothes. Good question…lesson learned for the next sleepover to grab a change of clothes.

Neither Sebastian or Blaine hesitated to consider if there would be a next sleepover.

"What did I miss?" Sebastian asked as he sat in his chair and Bella (and Dalton) climbed into his lap. Before there was an answer he pointed to his cheek "Completely fuzzy-free."

When Bella kissed him, Blaine couldn't help but laugh. "Sebastian Smythe asking a girl for a kiss?"

"No, girl kisses are yucky. But I'll take a kiss from Monkey anytime."

Bella gave him her another head stare "You kissy-face Iris if she here."

Blaine's eyes were wide as he frantically waved his arms. "No, Bas. Don't say it."

Unfortunately, Sebastian didn't recognize the extremely obvious warning. "Not this Flash. This Flash only kisses boys."

"For reals?" the toddler practically cooed, turning her attention to her father who had bowed his head, anticipating what came next. "You kissy-face boys? Like Daddy?"

"Well, I've never kissed…" Sebastian finally took in the scene. Bella had her whole halo being held up by tiny devil horns thing going on while Blaine looked ready to call him by all 3 of his names. He was in trou-ble. "Um, help please."

Blaine sat in the corner of the couch nearest Sebastian's chair. "I told you how Papa and I…"

"I don't have Papa"

"Sweetie…"

"He no wanna live with us. His dream New Yawk. You can kissy-face Ash."

Blaine rolled his eyes up to Sebastian who mouthed Sorry. "Grown-up love doesn't work that way. Where did I tell you love lives?"

Bella put her hands on her chest "In heart"

"And where are your smarts?"

She pointed to her forehead "In my head"

"That's right. Well, I loved Pa…Kurt a long, long time. And even though my smarts know for sure I'm very, very angry with him and don't love him anymore, my heart hasn't figured it out yet."

"Heart is where love lives"

"That's right, Smart Girl. Think of it this way. Your head knows Grampy Burt and Grammy Carole are Kurt's parents but your heart still loves them, doesn't it?"

That was a huge mistake, especially when Bella unexpectedly burst into tears. "I loves them soooooooooo much. I wants them to be my Grampy and Grammy forevers."

Blaine took Bella from Sebastian, who appeared as if he could burst into tears as well, however, Blaine could only deal with one meltdown at a time. "And they will be, Daddy will make sure."

"Pinky promise?"

"Yeah, Daddy, pinky promise?" Sebastian restated as he covertly (NOT!) wiped away a tear. The pitiful tone of voice in Bella's request broke him. How had Hummel walked away from her? And how the hell did Blaine still have love in his heart for that asshole?

Blaine held up his pinky and Daddy and daughter went through the motions. "I'm sorry I made you think Grampy Burt and Grammy Carole couldn't be your grandparents anymore. No matter what, they love you more than anything, like I do. And I'll figure out a way for you to talk to them today."

"For reals?"

"Absolutely, for reals. And Sweetie, maybe someday Daddy will meet someone, get love in my heart for him and he can be your new Papa…or we'll think of a new name. But first, all my old love for Kurt has to go away. In the meantime…"

"No kissy-face Ash?"

"Bingo." He gave her a big hug and a kiss on the top of the head. "Go get your plate and silverware and set your place for breakfast. I bet you're hungry."

"I get my cup for juice too! Come on, Dalton. We get your bowl for milk."

Bella scurried to the kitchen with the kitten following close behind. Both men stood, but before they could move, Sebastian grabbed Blaine's arm. He didn't appreciate it.

"Don't"

"I'm sorry"

"I'm sure you are but I had to lie to my child. Not tell a story to scare away monsters or make her believe in fairy tales or Santa. Don't put me in that position ever again. Plus, now I'll have to let Bella talk to her grandparents, so they're going to know where we are. She'll try, but she won't be able to keep the secret. Which means I'm going to have to convince Burt and Carole not to tell Kurt where we are and I'm probably going to have to do it by blackmailing them with not being able to see Bella ever again."

As the timer went off, and Blaine went to get breakfast, Sebastian let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

Blaine lied about the love in his heart for Hummel!

Hallelujah!

It would've been easier (and true) for Blaine to tell Bella about K but he protected the secret. Although, at what cost?

Breakfast was interesting between shaking off the earlier conversation and Sebastian adjusting to Blaine's wellness program. "This isn't Quiche. It's a vegetable pie held together with egg whites." That was nothing compared to when he picked up his coffee mug. "What's this?"

"Ginger tea. It's a natural pain reliever."

"Neeeeeed cooooffffeeeee. Neeeeeed caaaafffieeeiiinnneeeeeee."

"You neeeeeed 8 hours of sleep a night. One soda a week on Star Wars Movie Night. That's all the caffeine you get."

"Counter offer, one cup coffee a day and 2 sodas on movie night."

"No"

"This is cruel. Even prisoners get an hour a day in yard."

Sebastian knew the minute he said it, he fucked up.

1 Hour Later…In the "Yard"

"Monkey, your Daddy has been replaced by an evil, evil murder-bot. We've got to do something and bring back your nice Daddy."

"You silly, Ash. And you stop." Bella took the whistle around her neck and brought it toward her lips.

"No! Not the tattle-tale whistle! I stopped because I need water." Not really, but he didn't want Evil Murder-Bot Blaine to come after him.

Bella went inside the fort of her jungle gym/swing set and brought out a bottle of water and a stop watch. Her father trained her well. She went back to playing with Dalton and Sebastian sat in the patio chair set up for his breaks.

When Blaine said he and Bella were going to do Physical Therapy with him, Sebastian envisioned something like progressively longer walks but noooooo. This morning's form of torture involved him climbing the stairs of the slide on Bella's swing set. 12 steps up…12 steps down, over and over. He could stop for water, but only twice and for 3 minutes, thus the timer. If he stopped for any other reason, Bella had one of Sam's old coaching whistles to alert Blaine. He was on the patio talking to Burt…probably reclining on one of the lounge chairs…Asshole!

Why was he forced to suffer?

"I don't think you meant to say that out loud, but you're suffering because you haven't kept up with your physical therapy" Blaine answered as he placed a chair next to Sebastian's. "Your physical therapy plan requires stairs, Bas. I've never seen you take any and Paul says you're notoriously bad at doing so. Since it rained yesterday and is so nice today, I thought the fresh air would do us all some good. By the way, my call is over so you're done…for now."

"I'd cheer, but it would require energy." Sebastian did manage to finish his water. "How did it go?"

"Informative for both of us."

"Can you tell me?"

"Our Tit for Tat was supposed to be on the donation but this goes back to one of the unfinished stories from last night, so yes. Remember when I told you by the time Kurt got to the apartment in NYC, I, or technically the trust, didn't own it anymore?"

"Yes, which I'm still wondering how you pulled off, in what…6 hours?"

"4, and it's a good story…for later. Bella's going to start yelling for lunch soon."

"Monkey complaining she's hungry? Yeah, that's happening. What can you give me?"

"Kurt had nowhere to go and showed up without warning at Burt's hotel. We might not have a pre-nup but Kurt did sign a non-disclosure agreement at one point so he can't tell Burt anything involving me, including why he can't stay at the apartment. He did admit everything with the Wicked callback, the one he just had to stay in NYC for, was a lie."

"Ouch. How'd Burt take it?"

"Not well, especially when I told him how Bella says Kurt's not her Papa anymore because he chose NYC over her."

Sebastian's hip hurt so bad he didn't know if he could walk, but he almost leapt out of his chair. "You dropped that bomb on Hummel's dad? With Hummel staying with him? And there's no way he can leave? Damn! You really don't have any love left in your heart for him, do you?"

Blaine leaned forward and put his elbows on his thighs, clasping his hands. Sebastian could tell he was literally, physically holding himself together, squeezing so his body didn't shake from the anger. The only motion he was unable to control was his head involuntarily shaking No. "I'm unbelievably frustrated but mostly with myself. I knew 2 years ago I should get the hell out. Yes, screaming signs for 10 years, but no regrets. Remember? 2 years ago, I had Bella. This is my fault. Can you do me a favor?"

"Anything"

"Ask your therapist for the name of a good child psychologist. One that can handle children as young as Bella. I've suffered from depression my whole life but never saw a professional until after Kurt ended our engagement. My parents didn't even send me to get help after I was beaten. I may be overcompensating but she seemed really upset, but not sad, when she talked about not having a Papa. Hell, it's been 4 days and she was ready to replace him with you."

Not going to touch that comment. "I don't have a therapist."

Blaine gave Sebastian his another head stare but there was something more in his eyes. He immediately knew what was coming "Sebastian Alexander Smythe…"

"Let me explain…"

"How can you not have a therapist?" Blaine asked through gritted teeth, trying not to raise his voice for Bella to hear. "How can Trent think this is ok? Does he know? What am I saying? He has to know. You have memory loss and have been separated from the love of your life. That doesn't even take into consideration the physical trauma you've been through. How…"

"Blaine, stop. I don't see a therapist because I talk to Trent every day, mostly, and he's training to be a psychiatrist. He's been by my side since pretty much since day one. He knows everything and I'm comfortable with him, where I wouldn't necessarily tell someone else the full story. When Trent hasn't been able to handle a situation, he's sought assistance but told me first."

"I'm sorry, I don't like it. I don't see how he can be objective but, you're right, he's been here and I haven't." An alarm went off on Blaine's phone. "I don't have time to argue. Bella might not be yelling Feed Me but it's time for a Zoom chat. If we wait any longer my Mom and Aunt Tammy will be on their second pitcher of Mimosas."

"Isn't it only 10AM in Colorado?"

"Exactly, I'm hoping they woke up late. After the Zoom and lunch, when Bella goes down for her nap, I'm going to call Tina and Rachel. Also, I know I said we wouldn't work on it over the weekend, but I'd like to take a look at the K notebook. Maybe you could stay with Bella and I'll go to the piano in the Warbler Commons?"

Sebastian suddenly felt bad (slightly) for calling Blaine an asshole earlier. Even with all the crazy going on in his day, he still wanted to get an early look at K's notebook. "I'm going to need to rub some cream on my hip. I'll get it then."

"Sounds good" Blaine stood and stretched. "Although, you might not hurt as bad if you'd have paid attention to directions. I said you had to climb up the stairs and could only stop for water. I never said you had to climb down. You should've taken the slide. Have a little fun, Bas. That's part of your problem."

Lunch

True to his word, after Bella (and Dalton) went down for a nap, Blaine took his phone, laptop and the K notebook to the Warblers Commons. Sebastian decided to use the time to get some work done as well as make some calls of his own.

He didn't call Trent. He'd be asleep according to the schedule Sebastian had. At least that was the excuse he gave himself. The conversation from this morning wasn't going away and if Blaine tried to talk to Trent, he'd find out Trent didn't want to talk to him. Maybe things would be better now that he could say with 100% certainty, Kurt was out of Blaine's life for good. That was what Trent was worried about. But he couldn't tell Trent how he knew with 100% certainty. So, why would Trent believe him? Shit, was this what Hummel was going through with his dad?

WFT?! Do not compare yourself to that son-of-a-bitch!

The two calls he did make, Sebastian discussed his reasoning with Blaine beforehand. The first was to Wes…the Junior. After finding out Sebastian and Wes had a close relationship, Blaine said it made sense for him to know he and Bella were at Dalton. It took the burden of keeping the secret off Wesley and Bev's shoulders as well. Wes was surprised to say the least but Sebastian was more surprised when he heard much of Wes' concerns sounded like Trent's…whether Kurt was truly out Blaine's life.

The second call was to be to 1 of the 6 Warblers who went to McKinley after the fire. He wanted to see if the New Directions were poking around trying to find Blaine. Even though they didn't attend the auditorium dedication, the group was still friends with New Directions members they won Nationals with. Sebastian thought he should call a Warbler named Todd. Todd stayed the next year as well and was close with two guys named Spencer and Alistair. Without any hesitation, Blaine overruled his idea.

Flashback

"Call Skyler"

"Skyler? But he was there only a year. Todd goes to Michigan State with those guys from that New Directions. If someone was looking for you by going through a Warbler, they'd go to Todd.

"You're thinking like Businessman Sebastian not 16 year-old Sebastian or better yet Santana or Kitty"

"Who's Kitty?"

"In this, the key to everything. Kitty Wilde was the one New Direction member to survive the Great Sylvester Annihilation after we lost Nationals my Senior year."

"You came in second"

"We still lost. Anyway, she was also on the team with the guys from Dalton. Now think back to how I used Santana and Kitty in the same sentence. Skyler, supposed fearless leader of the Warblers, was terrified of Kitty. Probably still is terrified of Kitty. If they want one of those guys to break…he's the weakest link."

End of Flashback

Skyler had heard about Blaine slapping Kurt and verified they all had. He was more interested in how Sebastian had, and why he cared considering neither of the men were acknowledged as Warblers.

Good thing he thought of that

Sebastian stated he heard because his good friend Dave was there and just because they didn't acknowledge Blaine or Kurt as Warblers, the New Directions would always think of Blaine as a Warbler first. Dave told him Blaine had disappeared and, unless they were named Sam, he'd cut everyone in the New Directions off. Everyone knew they weren't getting anything out of Sam so the next logical step was to try Warblers. He didn't want Skyler or the rest of the guys being dragged into Klaine drama.

Trust him, he'd lived it.

Skyler thanked him and promised to contact the rest of the guys. They'd let him know if any New Directions members started asking questions.

With the calls finished, Sebastian was about to pick up one of the files he brought but Blaine was back. He didn't look happy. "Rachel or Tina?"

Blaine put his laptop and the K file on the coffee table then stretched out across the couch. "Both, neither. It just needs to be my birthday already."

"Why?"

"Because Stanley Anderson was a sadist lunatic." Without giving further explanation he sat up and grabbed the K notebook. "On a much lighter note, I do have some answers for you but they only lead to more questions."

"Wait, are you serious? How much of the notebook did you get through?"

"The entire thing." Blaine opened the notebook and turned past the first few pages, which were the songs Sebastian and Trent had figured out on their own. The page he stopped on only had a few notes, and no words, written down. "I recognized this the moment I saw it."

Sebastian told himself he had to get one of those stares like Bella and Blaine had. The one where the other person was growing another head. "How? I mean…it's a few scribbled notes"

"It's the first notes to the drum-solo in In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins. I was obsessed with it as a kid. It's why I learned to play drums. I would have known that song with half those notes but this isn't the one I really want to talk about."

"There's something stranger than my missing love subconsciously giving me the notes to your drum boy fantasy?"

"Yes, and it has to do with my not being married to Kurt. Now this could be a coincidence…"

"I'm having a hard time believing in those after Falling Slowly, the pie song and now this drum song, so just tell me."

Blaine went to the kitchen, brought back waters and then plugged in his laptop before settling back on the couch. "Ok, easy stuff first. Kurt and I have wedding in barn, it's an ambush, there's no license."

"You told me that last night."

"Good. So, Sue gives me and Kurt a Honeymoon Weekend in Rhode Island. We're going to get the license, see the justice of the peace, tie up loose ends. Well, we get to the clerk's office and Kurt decides that a wedding in a barn was not the wedding of his dreams. His brilliant idea is we get married for real (with a license) in NYC 1 year later but call it a vow renewal. Say we want to invite people who weren't at the first wedding, like my brother. That way, we can keep the same anniversary and Brittany won't get upset."

"I can't believe I'm saying this but the vow renewal wasn't a bad idea."

"I agree, so we go back to NYC and after the debacle of wedding planning last time, I just let Kurt, well, Kurt and Rachel do all the planning. Plus, I was settling into NYU and I didn't want another NYADA repeat. One day Kurt comes home, over the moon excited. He has found the perfect place for the ceremony. One problem…"

Sebastian raised his hand "Oh, oh, let me guess! It wasn't available on a certain date."

"But it was available on that date the following year."

"Ok, we've got 2015, 2016, now we're going into 2017. Shouldn't Monkey start coming into the picture soon?"

"Very good. You can do math in your head."

"It's a talent."

"We had talked before about Rachel donating an egg when we decided to have a child. With Kurt being the father it would be close as anyone could ever get to giving Carole a grandchild. The three of us liked that idea but suddenly Rachel wanted to carry the baby and she wanted to do it right then. Her musical was ending and her next role she was in talks for was a year out. She and Jesse had broken up so no pesky boyfriend. The timing was perfect. Didn't matter Kurt was just getting ready to graduate and I had 2 years of college left, she was ready."

"Time out. You're Monkey's bio dad. No way she has a drop of Hummel DNA in her."

"Kurt decided, last minute…again, it would be too weird having a kid that way with Rachel."

"He did realize they didn't actually have to have sex?"

"He did. He said he would just never be able to look at her the same way again. And I knew I still had 2 years of school and we were using all our savings on this one try…"

"Pre-Stanley's money?"

"Pre-Stanley's money. But everything inside me told me I had to do it."

"Monkey's voice."

"I didn't know it at the time but, yes."

They both paused for water. When Sebastian put down his he asked "What does that have to do with the notebook?"

"While all this is going on, Kurt is getting ready to graduate. And despite not getting in initially, he is the darling of NYADA…no commentary. Anyway, I know you're not a Broadway fan but have you heard of Dear Evan Hansen?"

"Heard of it? Yes. Could sing any song from it? No"

"The original run was ending and several actors were leaving including the lead. NYADA arranged for a private audition day for its students. Kurt felt he was a lock to get a role with all the teachers stopping by to sing his praises to the Directors."

"And Hummel wanted the lead?"

"Of course. I went to my classes but then went straight to NYADA after because I knew it was going to be a disaster. There are a couple of roles Kurt might have been a fit for but Evan wasn't one. While I was waiting, I saw the one professor who had actually fought for me when they kicked me out of NYADA. He was with a friend from college and the three of us talked for quite a while before Kurt showed up and my instincts were right."

"It was a disaster?"

"Beyond, but he tried to use his connections to get answers."

"Let me guess…because he'd have to kiss a girl and no one would believe that gay face wasn't gay?"

"Oh my God! You? You're the one who called him Gayface back in high school?"

"I also told him he wasn't good enough for you. And he said I have CW hair! Well, if you count my doppelganger on The Flash he's technically right."

"Bas…"

"Not apologizing, and while this story is fascinating it is also looooooong."

"Almost there. Next day I go to my Advanced Vocals class and the professor tells us we're having a pop quiz of sorts. He divided the room in two and handed out different sheet music to each group. He didn't assign the arrangements in the other group but he did in mine." Blaine opened his laptop and opened a cued video. It was him in a class at NYU.

But before he pressed play he sat K's notebook back in front of Sebastian, open to a particular page.

Have you ever felt like nobody was there?
Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere?
Have you ever felt like you could disappear?
Like you could fall, and no one would hear?

Well, let that lonely feeling wash away
Maybe there's a reason to believe you'll be okay
'Cause when you don't feel strong enough to stand
You can reach, reach out your hand

And oh, someone will coming running
And I know, they'll take you home

Even when the dark comes crashing through
When you need a friend to carry you
And when you're broken on the ground
You will be found

So let the sun come streaming in
'Cause you'll reach up and you'll rise again
Lift your head and look around

You will be found
You will be found
You will be found
You will be found

You will be found

Blaine stopped the video. They didn't need anymore. "It's word for word what you have written down. I don't understand how it didn't come up on when you and Trent did your internet searches. You were already looking at Broadway songs."

Sebastian's expression was blank going from the notebook, to the screen, to Blaine. "This is Broadway?"

"It's Dear Evan Hansen"

"The show Hummel auditioned for?"

"My old professor at NYADA, the one I was talking to during Kurt's audition, his friend from college was one of the producers of the show. He convinced the guy to come to NYU and give me an audition."

"I bet Hummel had a fit when he heard that."

"Not as bad as when I was offered Evan."

TBC

Note:

You Will Be Found: Pasek, Benj; Paul, Justin 2017