Two things to say quickly:

1. When it comes to different languages, I don't speak anything other than English. So the sentences I wrote in my last chapter all came from a translator. If you're going to correct me, I understand that and it's okay. All I ask is that you respect that I may not end up changing it unless it's a big issue, and that you please check the reviews before you send me corrections because chances are I've been told already.

2. I'm laying down the law on a few things. No prompts from New York full stop until I have seen it. Even if you're trying to be subtle. Anything I've already gotten has been discarded and will need to be re-sent once I've seen it - and I WILL tell you when I've seen it, I'll flail madly so it won't be ignorable. Nothing totally AU - they need to know each other first. If you want to see me write something where they've never met, request it via PM as a oneshot and we'll talk, okay? And nothing prior to Original Song. Anything between Original Song and Funeral as well as ones that require no time frame (such as Water and Fair for examples) is still being accepted for now.

Thanks guys. It just gets a bit difficult to sort through everything after awhile.

For those who have been following my personal life and sending me their well wishes, thank you very much. The decision has been made that I will go back to Australia and my flights are being booked tonight. I now face the daunting task of telling everyone including a Church I've gotten very attached to and a Youth Group I've started to run. So prayers throughout this time will be highly appreciated - I leave on the 2nd of July.

From Botherer 1337 and similarly prompted by Broken Gold and a very gleeky witch: Rachel or Finn told Blaine that Kurt was visiting Sam at the motel in "Rumors" and then they get into a fight, but then they make up... And kiss :-D

This filled me with all kinds of worry when I first read it because I hadn't seen Rumors yet... but I'd heard enough spoilers about final episodes and next season to assume that it was gonna be okay. And I'm making up an acronym that I can use on stories that need the explanation. TGTDOSBDK, which means they-got-together-during-Original-Song-but-didn't-kiss. I'm sick of writing that out. So any time you see that, hopefully you can remember what it means.

Last note is just to tell you all how amazing my beta is. Not only does she always edit without fail (every night!) but she's been my sole friend throughout this time when all my friends from Australia just about forgot I exist. She's talked me through so much and been there for me to just joke around with at the same time (we have epic AVPM/S quote battles on Facebook). So Angela, here's your public announcement of how wonderful you are.

Rumors

"I can't believe Kurt would do that to Blaine," Rachel murmured, watching as Kurt stepped off the verandah and into the darkness. "He'd be so hurt if he knew."

Finn stared at the house for a second, then grabbed his phone. "I'm going to tell him."

"What? Finn, do you think that's a good idea?"

"Yeah, I do," Finn scrolled through the phone, finding the message Kurt had sent him off Blaine's phone a few weeks back when his own had been dead. "Blaine comes over for dinner a lot, he's a great guy, Rachel. Kurt might be my brother but that doesn't excuse him from cheating on his boyfriend, and I've been cheated on too many times to just sit back and let it happen."

He hit call before Rachel could argue, putting the phone on loudspeaker. It rang a few times before Blaine picked up, a cacophony of noise echoing behind him.

"Hey, hold on a second." It sounded like Blaine had put his hand over the phone because the voice that came through was muffled. "Guys, can we take ten? I need to take a call." The sound of footsteps echoed down the line, Finn and Rachel looking at each other nervously before he came back. "Sorry about that. Who's this?"

"Um, Blaine, it's Finn. And Rachel." Rachel glared at him and Finn shrugged.

"Oh, hi guys. What's up?" Blaine sounded confused and Finn couldn't blame him, it's not like he'd ever called him before.

"We need to talk to you about something. It's about Kurt." Rachel sighed and rolled her eyes. Finn turned to her. What? he mouthed.

"Has something happened? Is he alright?" Blaine's voice suddenly turned panicked. "Has Karofsky been giving him trouble? He didn't hurt him did he?"

That's what, Rachel mouthed back before taking over. "No, he's fine, Blaine. We just found something out and Finn thinks you should know. But it seems he can't talk without putting his foot in his mouth."

Finn heard Blaine sigh in relief and realized he'd just made the guy think his boyfriend had been bashed or something. "Sorry, dude, didn't mean to scare you there."

"No, it's alright. So what's going on?"

"Well, I don't quite know how to say this, Blaine..." Rachel trailed off, casting a helpless look at Finn. Thinking carefully, he took over the conversation again.

"Okay, me and Rachel were on a stakeout because we though my girlfriend Quinn was cheating on me with this guy in our Glee club, Sam." Finn paused, making sure the story was right.

"Okay?" Blaine replied, sounding confused.

"Anyway, we've been waiting outside this motel because we saw Sam go in there. And someone's just come out, but it wasn't Quinn."

There was silence from the other end. Then - "Kurt?"

Finn nodded, then remembered he was on the phone. "Yeah, I mean we didn't even know that Sam was gay ... or bi... or whatever he is."

Rachel elbowed him. "What Finn is trying to say is that we just thought you should know what's going on so you can talk to Kurt about it. And we're really sorry, Blaine."

"Yeah... okay. Thanks guys, I'll - I'll talk to him. Um, if that's all -"

"Yeah, that's all. Take it easy, Blaine, and we'll talk to you soon." Rachel was biting her lip and Finn felt like he'd been punched in the gut because Blaine sounded like he was about to cry. All he could do was agree with Rachel's sentiments as Blaine quickly hung up.

"That was awful," Rachel breathed. Finn nodded in agreement before starting the car and pulling out of the parking lot.

As Kurt walked out of Spanish, his phone began ringing. Pulling it out, he frowned at the caller ID. Wes?

"Hey, Wes, miss me?" He joked, pulling open his locker and slipping his Spanish books into it.

"Um, Kurt?"

Kurt was suddenly alert because that was Wes' serious voice. "What's wrong?"

"Kurt, I know you're in school, but you need to come out here. Now."

Kurt slammed his locker shut, immediately fumbling in his bag for his keys. "What's happened? Is it Blaine? Has something happened to him? Is he alright? Please answer one of these questions before I go insane!"

"Blaine won't come out of his room." Kurt froze in the act of pulling his keys out of his bag.

"What?"

"We were in rehearsal last night and he got a phone call. He stepped out to take it then sent me a text ten minutes later saying he wasn't coming back in and he'd see us tomorrow. Anyway, we went over to his room just before class and he refused to open the door. We would've broken it down if we hadn't gotten a response, but he just told us to go away."

Kurt had been heading to the main entrance as Wes spoke and was already making his way out the door. "Do you have any idea what it was about?"

There was silence on the other end for a second. "I - look, just come to Dalton, okay?"

Kurt furrowed his brow as he unlocked his car. "Okay, I'm on my way now." The line went dead and Kurt hooked his phone up to bluetooth. As he headed out of the parking lot, he tried calling Blaine only to find that his phone was off. Swearing under his breath, Kurt quickly made his way towards the freeway.

He may have broken a couple of speed limits along the way but he didn't care. Pulling into Dalton, Kurt quickly grabbed his bag and made his way to the dorm room he knew so well.

The door was shut and Kurt stared at it apprehensively for a couple of seconds before knocking. The reply was immediate: "Wes, I thought I told you to GO AWAY!"

Kurt flinched. "Um, Blaine? It - it's me. Kurt."

There was silence, then the sound of footsteps and the door opened. Kurt stepped back with a gasp because Blaine looked terrible. There were bags under his eyes which were red-rimmed. "Blaine, what happened?"

Blaine shook his head. "As if you don't know, Kurt. Now, is there something you needed?"

Kurt frowned, trying not to feel the sting of his boyfriend's tone. "I - Wes told me something was wrong and I should come -"

"Yeah, well Wes was wrong." Blaine turned and walked back into his room, sitting on the bed. "Unless you're coming to do the decent thing and actually break up with me, in which case, just make it as painless as possible."

"Blaine, what the hell are you on about?" Despite how vulnerable and upset his boyfriend looked, Kurt felt his temper rising. "I'm not here to break up with you, why would you think that?"

"Kurt, don't play dumb with me. I know." Blaine glared at him as if the inflection in his voice was supposed to help Kurt understand.

"Well, I don't. So please enlighten me to what I've done wrong so I can at least try to fix it!"

"Oh? How do you propose you can fix it? You cheated on me."

Kurt blinked. "Wh - what?" he stammered.

"Finn and Rachel called me last night and told me about you and that guy in the motel together. They said they were on a stakeout for something - anyway, that's not important. But they saw you coming out and hugging him." Kurt watched as Blaine's eyes filled with tears again and he turned away.

"You mean ... Sam?" Kurt suddenly felt the pieces click into place. Finn is in so much trouble.

"Do you have to say his name?" Blaine muttered, his voice cracking in the middle of the sentence.

Kurt sighed. "Blaine, I'm sorry you're so upset about this but I wish you'd just come and asked me. Because then I could have told you, 100% honestly, that I did not and never will cheat on you."

Blaine turned to look at him, tears slipping down his cheeks. "You - you didn't?"

Kurt sat down on the bed next to him, taking his hand. "Of course I didn't. I could never do anything like that to you, Blaine, I care about you way too much." He sighed again. "The McKinley guys don't know about Sam's situation. I've tried to get him to tell them but he refuses. Do you remember my second last week here, we ordered pizza and I went down to get it?"

Blaine nodded. "You took ages coming back, said the delivery guy was a friend of yours ... Sam?"

"Yeah," Kurt remembered back to the night, his surprise at seeing Sam there and the way the boy had tried to shrug the situation off. "His dad lost his job and they couldn't afford to keep their house. So they've been living in that motel. I went to see how he was going, helped him cook dinner and gave him some clothes. I didn't realize anybody was watching, though I almost should have expected it."

Blaine was staring at him, shame written across his face. "Kurt, I - I'm so sorry.."

Kurt reached over and pulled him into a hug. "It's alright. I blame Finn and Rachel. Just - next time, come and ask me, okay?"

Blaine nodded into his shoulder before pulling away and wiping his face. Kurt looked at him for a second, looking the most vulnerable Kurt had ever seen him.

"Of course, there has to be a consequence to all of this."

Blaine stiffened, looking up at Kurt worriedly. Kurt allowed him a second to freak out, then leant in closer and murmured, "You have to be completely sure that I will never cheat on you."

He closed the gap and tentatively brushed his lips against Blaine's. He felt Blaine gasp slightly beneath him before responding, pushing their mouths together as he wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist. Kurt lifted a hand to stroke gently along Blaine's cheek, feeling him shiver, before breaking off the kiss. "That's to remind you that I'm all yours," he whispered.

Blaine buried his head in Kurt's shoulder and Kurt stroked his back gently, giving him time to calm down from what he had thought to be a particularly traumatic situation. Finally, Blaine pulled away, giving Kurt a look that immediately made his heart feel light. "I'm so lucky to have you," he said, finally smiling.

"Now, we just have to deal with Finn." Blaine raised an eyebrow at a suddenly smirking Kurt. "Right, I'm going back to McKinley before anybody notices I'm gone. You go to class and explain things to Wes so he doesn't hate me anymore." Blaine ducked his head, muttering an apology and Kurt chuckled.

"You're coming over for dinner tonight. Come around 5, okay?"

"What are we doing about Finn?" Blaine stood up and began pulling his stuff together for class.

Kurt stopped him and kissed him again, letting it linger for a second before pulling away. "Just act like you're crazy about me and we'll take it from there."

As he sauntered out, he heard Blaine murmur, "It won't be an act, believe me."

"Blaine!"

Finn looked up in shock as Kurt hugged the boy standing in the doorway. His mom was already heading out to say hello to Blaine and Finn grabbed her as she was going past. "I didn't realize Blaine was coming tonight," he said quietly, eyeing up the door.

Carol stopped and looked at him for a second. "Finn Hudson, you'd better not start having problems with that boy now -"

"No, I don't have a problem with Blaine," Finn replied, watching his mom nod then sweep over and wrap Blaine in a hug. "I have a problem with Kurt," he muttered under his breath, eyeing their linked hands. Has Blaine forgotten already?

"Good to see you again, kid." Burt looked up from the TV, switching it off as Blaine entered the living room. "Just in time, dinner's ready."

"Thanks, sir. Nice to see you again too." Blaine smiled at him before turning to Finn. "Hey, Finn, how's it going?"

"Yeah.. yeah, I'm good. How are you?" He placed extra emphasis on the word and saw Burt's brow furrow in confusion.

"I'm great thanks, it's always good to come and see you guys again, especially Kurt. Dalton's such a different place without him now."

Kurt chuckled and wrapped an arm around Blaine's. "Are you trying to embarrass me in front of my family?" Blaine shrugged, turning to smile at him. "Well, don't. Let's go see if we can help Carol with anything for dinner."

As the two boys left, Burt turned to Finn. "What was that about?"

Finn shook his head. "I - no, nothing. Let's go eat."

Dinner was completely normal, which made no sense to Finn. Blaine and Kurt sat together, joked together, laughed together and acted like a perfectly normal gay couple. But every time Blaine looked at Kurt with that look of adoration in his eyes, Finn felt his temper rising.

How can he let himself be treated like that?

"Burt, why don't you help me clean up. We'll let the boys catch up, shall we?"

Burt grunted in agreement, helping his mom to stack up the plates and take them into the kitchen. As soon as they were gone, Finn let fly.

"Blaine, how can you let him do this to you?"

Blaine and Kurt stopped talking and turned to Finn. "I'm sorry, what?"

Finn glared at Kurt. "Not talking to you, dude. Blaine?"

Blaine raised an eyebrow. "I'm not sure what you're talking about, Finn. I'm just having dinner with my boyfriend -"

"Your boyfriend who cheated on you!" Finn heard silence from the kitchen and knew the adults were listening in. Good.

"Finn, what the hell are you talking about?" Kurt looked confused, as did Blaine.

"I know you're cheating on Blaine with Sam. I saw you, so don't deny it."

Blaine turned to look at Kurt who was already staring at him. They appeared to have a silent conversation with their eyes - something Finn secretly envied them for - then turned back to him. "Finn, where were you this afternoon?"

Finn furrowed his brow in confusion but answered anyway. "Puck's house."

"Oh were you now?" Kurt pulled his phone out of his pocket and set it on the table. He flipped through it and then the sound of ringing could be heard. Finn looked at him curiously.

"What -?"

"Hello?"

Finn blinked. Why are they calling Quinn?

"Hey Quinn, it's Kurt and Blaine." Kurt raised an eyebrow in Finn's direction before turning to look at Blaine who began to speak.

"We just need to talk to you about something. We found out some information that we think you should know. It's about Finn."

"What?" Quinn's voice echoed through the dining room, sounding concerned. "Has something happened to him? Is it going to affect our chances of being Prom Royalty?"

Kurt rolled his eyes as he responded. "It might. We just need to let you know that Finn was over at Puck's place today and they were alone. I think he might be cheating on you."

"What?" Finn couldn't help himself, he erupted. "Kurt, what the hell? You know I'm not gay and neither is Puck!"

Kurt and Blaine stared at him for a second before looking at each other and bursting into laughter. Finn could hear laughter from the other end of the phone too before Kurt remembered Quinn was there. "Quinn? Thanks so much for the help, I'll see you tomorrow."

"See you soon, Quinn," Blaine added before she hung up.

"What the hell did you do that for, Kurt? Now Quinn's going to think I'm gay and then everybody's going to start spreading rumors about me and Puck -"

"Oh, you mean like the ones going around about me and Sam, or Quinn and Sam."

Finn froze, staring between the two before realization finally struck. "You set that up!"

"Finn, I'm not cheating on Blaine. And Sam isn't gay. It's up to him whether he wants to explain what's going on to you guys, and sometimes I don't blame him for keeping it a secret considering this is how you guys react when your friends have something going on. Now if you'll excuse me," Kurt stood, taking Blaine's hand and pulling him out of his seat. "Blaine's going to say goodbye to dad and Carol, then I'm going to walk him out."

As the two boys walked away, Finn let his head drop to the table.

Writing emotional Blaine at the start made me feel like I'd been kicked in the gut too. And some might consider it a long shot calling in Quinn, but at this point they're the only two at McKinley who know of Sam's situation and are both being accused of the same thing, I reckon they would've talked about it.

(Angela frequently tells me off for beating up Blaine. Trust me, I do feel bad for it! Next chapter will be worse though - but it's not Blaine I'm beating up, or Kurt!)