Chapter 6 Date Night

Blaine's alarm went off at 3:45 am, and he feels like he had just gotten to sleep. He gets up and heads to the shower to get ready for his day. Looking in the mirror, Blaine can see slight dark circles under his eyes. The makeup women were going to have a field day with him. They had themselves convinced that he had some wild nightlife. Blaine has to laugh, because most of the time he is in his apartment at 9, studying lines for the next day.

Blaine remembers that he has a date with Bryce tonight and can't help but smile, glad that they had worked everything out last night, even though Blaine got very little sleep, he felt good for the first time in a long time. Blaine knew he was going to be dragging today at work and then tonight on his date, but he had just needed to watch Kurt's video one more time. He had to let it go, and by watching Kurt's video and then posting his own, Blaine felt like he had. Yes, he still loves Kurt and knows he always will, but now he feels like he can move forward with Bryce, and hopefully build something with him, finally let go.

When Blaine gets to the lot at 4:15 and Cooper is already there, sitting in the makeup chair talking. He looks up, sees the dark circles under Blaine's eyes, and just smiles real big. "Late night again, squirt?" he said, laughing, raising his eyebrows up and down suggestively before getting out of the chair and letting Blaine sit down.

"Hmm, wouldn't you like to know," Blaine said, batting his eyes, giving Cooper a dreamy look before sighing.

"Wouldn't he like to know what?" Bryce asked, walking up to Blaine, kissing him.

Blaine tried his best not to jump back, but he did pull away slightly. He closed his eyes so that the makeup lady could use the concealer to cover up the dark circles under his eyes, completely missing the hurt look that crossed Bryce's face because of it.

"I think I'll go to wardrobe first," Bryce whispered before looking once more at Blaine and turning around and walking out.

"Squirt, are you ok?" Cooper asked him.

"Yeah, why," Blaine answers, not opening his eyes.

"You just pulled away from Bryce, is something going on, did he do something wrong," Cooper said, looking at him concerned.

"Shit… No, can I talk to you when we get out of here?" Blaine said, not wanting to have this conversation around other people.

When they left makeup, and before heading to wardrobe, Blaine pulled Cooper to an empty conference room so they can talk.

"Ok, Blaine, seriously, what happened? I think you really hurt Bryce's feeling. He kissed you, and you pulled away from him. Are you mad or upset with him?" Cooper asked, looking concerned.

"Man….. It's nothing like that. How do I even say this, explain this? Ok, when you lived in Ohio you were fine, you were straight you could hold hands, hug and kiss someone and not have to worry about it. Things were different for me. Look what happened after that dance, and that was just two friends going together to a school function. We didn't do anything but dance, and we both got attacked. Can you imagine if we had been seen doing anything else?."

"Kurt got attacked daily at school for being gay. He was slammed into lockers, thrown in a dumpster, and had food and slushies thrown at him so much he had to keep extra clothes in his locker so he would have something to change into, and right before he transferred to Dalton, his life was threatened."

"When things like that happen, it makes it harder to be open about things, yes, I am out, and I am proud, I'm not hiding who I am, or what I am, but I learned the hard way how to act in a public place. Some things I just prefer to keep private." Blaine said, sitting down in one of the conference chairs, leaning his head back.

For someone who had never experienced homophobia, it is hard to make them understand. How even though you wanted to hold the hand of your partner, you wanted just to lean in and kiss them, hold them whenever you wanted to, the way hetero couples can, you learn quickly it isn't safe. Even though people are more accepting now than when he was in school, it was still scary, when you live through that, you learn it is just better to keep it private. He and Kurt had never been demonstrative in public even in New York, where it was so much more accepted, thinking back to the day Kurt ended up in the hospital beaten up for being gay and trying to help someone else.

It still brings a tear to his eyes, remembering how bad he had looked, still remembering the worst call he had ever gotten, the night the hospital called to let him know Kurt had been brought in badly beaten, having to call Burt then and let him know what happened until someone lived through something like that they couldn't understand.

"I knew about the dance, what happened to you. I didn't know what Kurt went through. I'm sorry, Blaine. I'm sorry it has been so hard for you, just to be able to be who you are and love who you want. I think though you need to explain this to Bryce, you need to make him understand why you feel like you do," Cooper said before pulling Blaine out of his chair and hugging him. "I love you, little brother."

"Thanks, love you too. I know I need to talk to Bryce. Do you think I will ever go a day where I don't screw something up with him?" Blaine said softly, heading to wardrobe to get ready for today's shoots and the production meeting.

When he walks on set where everyone was standing around waiting for the producer and director to come in, he looked around and didn't see Bryce anywhere. When he finally walked in, he went and stood with Ali Roth instead of coming over to him. He also noticed how Bryce refused to look at him. Shit, he had messed up again.

"Ok, I want to thank everyone for being here early, we have some exciting news. We heard from the network, and we have a time slot set for "South of Always." The pilot will air this Friday at 9. We will wrap our sixth episode tomorrow. So after tomorrow, everyone will have a month off, and then if the pilot goes as well as we hope it will, we will be back in here shooting again. I want to thank everyone for the wonderful work you have been doing and plan on being back on set and ready to go in a month. You will receive an email letting you know when and what time you are needed back on set. Enjoy your vacation, rest up, and be ready to come back and kick-ass."

"We will have a public screening Friday at The Rose theater, a small event that we hope you will all be able to attend, with a production party after, so get your tux's and fancy dresses out, and have fun."

"What does all that mean?" Blaine asked Cooper looking confused.

"This is normal. Anytime they start a new series, they film anywhere for six to seven episodes and a pilot. The network decides when the pilot will air, and the time slot it will be given. Nine on a Friday night is great, that means they believe in it. So Friday it will air and depending on audience response they will either air the shows already filmed or decide to renew for the rest of the season" Cooper said not even looking nervous, this was nothing new for him, so that made Blaine feel better.

"Well, I think I need to go once again have a talk with Bryce, am I ever going to get this right? Blaine asked with a sigh, walking away though he had to wonder why this had to be so hard; with Kurt, it had always been so easy.

"Bryce, can I talk to you a minute?" Blaine asked after waiting for Bryce and Ali to stop talking. When Bryce nodded his head, Blaine started walking towards his trailer with Bryce following him, wanting somewhere private for this conversation. He opened the door and stood back to let Bryce in. Once he shuts the door, he reaches down to hold Bryce's hand and guides him over to the small couch that had been put in for him.

Once Bryce sat down, he looked at Blaine with his big brown eyes looking so sad, it hurt Blaine to look at him "Do I embarrass you, are you embarrassed to let people know we date?" Bryce whispered.

"No, sweetie no. That is why I brought you here. I wanted to talk to you for a minute," Blaine said, sitting down beside him. Blaine reached his hand out, so he was cupping Bryce's cheek, and then leans in and gives him the kiss he has wanted to all morning.

"I need to tell you a story," Blaine said, looking over at Bryce, hoping to make him understand what happened. "As you know, I was born and grew up in Westerville, Ohio. When I was sixteen, I went to Carson High school. I loved it there. I had a lot of good friends. That year I had decided to come out. I had already told my parents and Cooper, they were shocked and confused, and I just knew I had lost them."

"I sat on that couch, waiting for yelling, screaming, and cursing from my dad and tears from my mom. They sat there quietly, not saying anything for a few minutes that felt more like hours. They finally looked at each other and then at me and let me know that no matter what they loved me, it didn't change anything".

"My dad did, however, take me out to the garage to help him rebuild a 59' Chevy that summer. He wanted to bond with me and didn't really know how. That turned out to be my birthday present that year from him, that and my Audi," Blaine said with a soft smile thinking back on that memory and loving his dad more.

"But anyway, I decided to come out at school that year, like I said I had a lot of good friends and I felt comfortable. They all seemed to be ok with it, well, everyone but my best friend at the time Ben. He never talked to me again. I was hurt more than you will ever know. He was the one person I just knew would be there for me. I was one of the only openly gay people at school. That year this guy named Shawn transferred in, he was gay, and we became friends fast. It never became more than friendship for either of us, but it was nice to have someone to talk to, to confide in, you know."

"That year they had decided to have a Sadie Hawkins dance, I asked Shawn to go with me, he agreed, and we went as friends. We had a blast. I had more fun that night than I ever had, just hanging out with him and my other friends. It wasn't until we were leaving that the problems started, while we were waiting for his dad to come to pick us up we were jumped and beaten up, Shawn worse than me."

"The worst part was the main person kicking and stomping us was Ben, with every stomp and kick we were called a fag or fairy. They just kept kicking us until someone came out and ran them off. We were both taken to the hospital; I ended up with contusions all over my face, a broken wrist, and several broken ribs. Shawn was worse. He ended up with a skull fracture, a broken arm, and leg that required surgery. He never talked to me again after that."

"My parents transferred me to Dalton Academy after that. They had a zero-tolerance, anti-bullying policy. It was a boarding school, but since I lived so close, I still went home after school every day. I loved it there. It was safe. I tried out for the Warblers and became their lead soloist."

"Now, even though I said we wouldn't talk about Kurt anymore, I need to add him to this story because he has a part in it as well," Blaine said, taking a deep breath and letting it out with a sigh.

"Kurt was the only openly gay kid at his school. He was thrown into a dumpster almost every day for a year by two of the guys on his school's football team. One of whom two years later became his stepbrother and one of my good friends Finn. Once they had stopped doing that, Kurt's life got a little easier until that is the beginning of his junior year. A new jock transferred into school, and life became even worse for Kurt. He was pushed into lockers, what they called a locker check at McKinley. He ended up with bruises all over his arms and back, but wouldn't tell his dad because the year before his dad had had a massive heart attack and Kurt was afraid if he said anything then it would cause his dad to get sick again so he just took it."

"When he wasn't getting locker checks, he was getting slushies thrown in his face. He had to keep several changes of clothes in his locker. I thought the names I was called at Carson were bad, but they were nothing compared to the ones Kurt had to hear."

"The day after I met him, he called me crying. He had finally had enough of the jerk harassing him. It would seem Kurt had been thrown into the lockers four different times that day by that same jock. Kurt followed him into the boy's locker room and confronted him, asking him what his problem was. The guy kissed him. He stole Kurt's first kiss. It would seem that he was gay and didn't know how to express himself. The next day he threatened Kurt's life if he said anything. Kurt's dad finally saw the bruises and Kurt had to tell Burt everything, even the death threat. The next week Kurt was transferred to Dalton.

"And yes, the guy who did it did become my boyfriend for a while when I moved back to Westerville. He had changed, he realized what he had done and had apologized to Kurt for it. Ok, my story is almost done," Blaine said, looking at Bryce, hoping he will understand. "When I moved to New York, Kurt and I were able to be a little freer, we still didn't go around kissing in public or anything like that, but I would occasionally hold his hand or put my hand on his back as we walked somewhere. One night I got a call from the local hospital. Kurt had been brought in beaten up badly by some guys because he was gay. He was in the hospital for three days. Kurt had been trying to help someone else who was getting beaten up at the time."

"When you grow up in a homophobic place like Ohio, you learn to keep things private, especially after what the two of us went through. Leaving Ohio, we thought everything would be better, we were in a big city like New York, it was supposed to be so diverse, we could be safe there, but that night we learned that when you're gay and out, there wasn't really anywhere safe."

"I know things are different in California, I know they are, and I am trying I really am. I didn't mean to pull away from you. I'm definitely not embarrassed to be seen with you, to be with you at all. It's just going to take me time." Blaine said, wrapping his arms around Bryce and resting his head on his shoulder. "I know you are probably tired of hearing me say I am sorry, but I am. Can you give me one more second chance, " he asked, and then he felt Bryce rub his hand up his back and up to his head, kissing him softly.

"I would be happy too. Now that I know why you pulled away I understand. I'll try to give you space when we're in public, but all bets are off when we are somewhere private," Bryce said before leaning in and kissing Blaine with everything he had. He had just reached up to unbutton Blaine's shirt when there was a knock on the door, letting them know they were needed on set.

"Rain check tonight?" Blaine asked, standing up. They both straightened their clothes and then adjusted themselves with a smile. Bryce had managed to get him so hard with just that one kiss. This was going to be a long day.

oOoOo

Blaine had just finished one of his scenes with Cooper when he heard his name screamed. He turned around just in time to have one Rachel Berry slam into him, hugging him.

"What are you doing here?" Blaine asked her, laughing, hugging her back and placing a kiss on her cheek, smiling from ear to ear.

"I had an interview next door and heard that one of my old school friends was in this studio filming a show. Why didn't you let any of us know Blaine? This is awesome," She said before pulling him back into a hug.

"It just happened really quick. Cooper got me an audition, and it just went from there, our pilot actually airs this Friday at nine" Blaine said grinning at her. He had so missed her.

"Oh wow, " she said, looking at him. She linked her arm through his and walked away from everyone wanting to talk to him a minute in private.

"So, how are you doing, really? I have been so worried about you. You just disappeared. One day you were with the Warblers, and the next you were gone. Are you ok?" she asked, concerned.

"I'm getting there, Rach, but it has been rough. I had to get away, we were just always running into each other, and it hurt to see him and not be with him anymore. I had to leave. It was killing me," Blaine whispered, hurting so bad thinking about HIM again.

"He is the same way you are, Blaine. He won't talk to anyone. He doesn't go anywhere. Once we went back to school, he stopped doing anything. He stopped working with Elliott and the band. He concentrates only on school. He is miserable too. Don't you think there is any way you guys can work this out? We all have always known you two belong together. If anyone does, it is the two of you." she said sadly.

"Rach, I still love him as much now as I ever have, but this last breakup shook me to my core. It was out of the blue, and so unexpected. I thought we were fine, and then we were over. I don't think I could handle that again. I really don't, " he said with a small tear running down his cheek

"So, how long are you in town for?" Blaine asks her, trying to shake once again the feelings the conversation had brought on.

"I'm on a flight in an hour. I just wanted to come over and talk to you. I won't mention anything anymore, but is it ok if I let him know I saw you. You are my friend to Blaine, so if you don't want him to know, I won't say anything." Rachel said, heartbroken for two people she loved.

Blaine looked up and noticed Bryce looking at him with a concerned look on his face talking to Cooper.

"Yeah, it's ok if you tell him," Blaine said, looking at her a minute. "Can you do me a favor and tell him hi, and I hope he is ok," He said, knowing he really shouldn't.

"I can do that," she said, looking at him with a sad smile.

"Come on, I want to introduce you to someone, " Blaine said, reaching down for her hand and walking over to Bryce and Cooper.

"Rachel I know you remember Cooper," he said with a smile, she could only smile and laugh, "I would like to introduce you to my friend Bryce Mitchell, he plays my boyfriend on the show."

Rachel looked at him and then at Blaine and grinned. She couldn't help it. Even though Kurt was still her best friend, Blaine was her friend as well, and he deserved to be happy, even if that wasn't with Kurt.

"Hi Bryce, nice to meet you, " Rachel said, moving forward and shaking his hand.

Bryce just looked at her and grinned. So this is the drunk kiss, Rachel Berry, he thought shaking her hand. Rachel must have seen the grin.

"Oh god, Blaine, what did you tell him?" She said, laughing, and then looked at Bryce. "We were both drunk off of our asses."

Bryce just laughs, liking her instantly "That is what he said."

"Did he tell you how very wrong it was? Oh god, if you could have seen everybody's face at that party, how shocked they all looked, especially Kurt," she laughed before she realized what she said, covering her mouth with her hand. "Oh god, Blaine, I am so sorry. You know I don't always think before I talk."

"It's ok Rach, no harm done, " he says, hugging her and kissing her on the cheek

"Ok, I need to head out, call me Blaine, my number hasn't changed, well, no one in glee has, " she said, looking at him so he would know what she meant "Don't forget you have friends that love and miss you ok," she said before hugging him again

"Love you, Rach, I won't forget to call again, be careful heading home and tell Finn hi for me," he said looking at her hoping she knew what he meant

"Oh, I will. Love you, " she said with a wink before walking away.

"And that was the spitfire known as Rachel Berry," Blaine said, laughing he had missed her, and loved how she had let him know that Kurt hadn't changed his number. That was a number he had memorized after the hundreds of times he had called it over the years, glad that he did still have a way of contacting him should he ever be ready, and that Kurt hadn't changed it.

oOoOo

After they finished on set that day, Blaine arranged to pick Bryce up at his apartment at 6 pm for their date. He wanted to go home and take a shower. He always liked to remove the makeup they put on his face before doing anything else. He took time dressing and fixing his hair. He had something special he wanted to ask Bryce tonight.

When Blaine walked up to Bryce's door, he could hardly wait to pick him up, excited to get to spend more time with him. When he rang Bryce's doorbell, it was answered almost immediately, before he even knew what was happening he was being pulled into the apartment by his tie, the door was shut, and he was soon being pushed back against it.

"I need you so bad right now, Blaine," Bryce said before kissing Blaine, pushing him harder into the door, thrusting his hips into him, and getting him hard in seconds before he reached down, grabbed Blaine's hand and lead him to the bedroom. "I'm glad you decided to wear a suit for me tonight baby, but damn Blaine, you have on way too many clothes that need to come off NOW."

Blaine loved it, loved that Bryce was taking charge. Bryce reached up and took Blaine's coat off, untied his tie, unbuttoned his shirt setting them all on the chair beside his bed and then starts kissing him again sliding his tongue into Blaine's mouth, kissing his neck, biting gently on his shoulder, before kissing back up his neck to just under Blaine's ear, kissing and biting him gently leaving a mark for all the world to see, letting everybody know that Blaine was his, not knowing how Blaine would feel about that but not really caring at the moment, then was attaching his mouth again.

He reached down between them and unbuckled Blaine's belt and then unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, sliding them and his boxers down over his ass, squeezing it as the pants fell to the ground forgotten pulling his hips closer, grinding into him. Bryce knows he should have given Blaine time to come in the door before attaching him, he just needed him so bad he couldn't wait, but also after that comment Rachel had made about how "nobody in glee has changed their number" he knows she is talking about Kurt, so Bryce wants to take Blaine's mind off of all things Kurt, remind him of what they had, what they were building together and that he was right there ready for him.

Once Bryce has Blaine stripped down, he really didn't know what he was supposed to do next, but Blaine soon took over quickly, stripping Bryce's clothes off, and pushing him down on the bed before climbing on top of him, straddling his hips. Bending down, bracing himself on his forearms above him, Blaine starts placing small kisses all over Bryce's face, gently rocking his hips so that their erections connect, skin on skin. When Bryce starts to moan Blaine's name, Blaine starts moving a little faster, pressing down a little harder before finally attaching Bryces lips, slowly sliding in his tongue as his hips start rocking faster. Still moving, Blaine shifts a little so he can reach between them and grasp both their cocks in his hand, adding more friction and causing Bryce to come unglued. Bryce started popping his hips erratically, repeating Blaine's name over and over, and then Blaine feels as Bryce digs his nails into his back and feels as warm come spread across his hand. Blaine moves his hand, wiping it on the sheet beside him, and then shifts positions again, so he was completely on top of Bryce. Blaine starts rocking into Bryce faster, chasing his own orgasm. Right as he comes, Blaine leans down and bites into Bryce's shoulder softly, barely stopping himself from screaming out a name that wasn't Bryce.

Blaine slowly rolls to his side, pulling Bryce with him, giving them both time to catch their breath before placing a soft kiss on Bryces lips. Blaine had to keep looking at him, disgusted with himself that the minute he was able to find his release, it wasn't Bryce's face he was seeing and wasn't Bryce's name, he almost screamed. Seeing Rachel today and talking about Kurt with her had brought a lot of feeling back to the forefront, and Blaine needed to stamp them back down again. This wasn't fair to himself or Bryce.

"Not that I mind at all," Blaine said, running a finger softly over Bryce's cheek, "but can I ask what brought that on?"

"It's been a while since we've done anything, and I've been turned on since we got interrupted in your trailer. You said rain check tonight, and it just started pouring when you walked in the door.

Blaine laughed softly. He knew as well as Bryce did what brought this up. Rachels visit. Blaine couldn't really bring himself to care though, enjoying having Bryce back in his arms after the week he's had. "Well, let it, rain sweetheart, let it rain," Blaine said before leaning over and kissing him again, slowly taking his time now.

"Sorry to do this, but we have a reservation at 7:30. We might need to get cleaned up," Blaine said, kissing Bryce one more time before sitting up, swinging his legs off the side of the bed and standing up. When Blaine looked down, he finally saw Bryce naked for the first time. He hadn't taken the time when they first walked into the room, too busy taking care of Bryce, but now... Blaine could do nothing but stare. Bryce was gorgeous. Blaine had known or could feel how built Bryce was, but until that moment hadn't realized how much. Blaine stood there staring down at every mouth-watering inch of his tanned skin, watching as Bryce's cock hardened just from Blaine's stare's and feeling his own cock harden from the sight. Blaine now wishes he hadn't made plans for them tonight, wanting to crawl back in the bed and initiate Bryce further into making love.

"Let's go get in the shower before I no longer have the will," Blaine groaned out as he followed Bryce into the restroom and had to bite his lip to stop himself from groaning, looking at Bryce's toned naked ass as he bent over to turn on the water.

Blaine follows Bryce into the shower and watches as he reaches up to grab a bottle of body wash, squeeze some in his hand, puts the bottle back and starts running his hand up and down Blaine's chest and then slowly starts moving his hands down. "Can I?" Bryce asks, never taking his eyes off of Blaine. Blaine can only nod as Bryce grasps his cock with his warm soapy hands and starts moving them up and down his hard shaft, giving a slight twist as he gets to the head and then moves back down. Blaine leans his head against the shower wall and barely stops himself from thrusting into Bryce's hand, knowing that with everything he was feeling, this wasn't going to last long. Blaine stops Bryce right before he comes.

"Turn around for me, sweetheart," Blaine said, reaching to grab the body wash so he could soap up his own hands, wanting Bryce to feel as good as he was. Blaine gently pushed Bryce so that his back was now on the shower wall, and Blaine got as close to him as he could, wanting every inch of their bodies to be connected in some way. Still needing him closer, Blaine pushed Bryce a little harder against the wall, lifts him up so that he can wrap his legs around his waist, and then Blaine starts to rock into him slowly at first, picking up speed as the need for release hits him.

Leaning in for a kiss, Blaine slowly starts running his fingertip down Bryce's side, down to his ass, running his soapy finger up and down Bryce's crack, stopping at his puckered hole. Blaine pulled off of Bryce's mouth, wanting to see his face as he slowly pushes his fingertip into Bryce's tight warmth, watching as his eyes got big, his mouth went wide, and he moaned ohhhh.

"Blaine, oh god Blaine," Bryce started chanting as he started rocking his hips harder into Blaine's.

Blaine smiles, gently moving his finger in a little deeper before slowly pulling it out, and then doing it again, pushing in a little deeper every time, keeping rhythm with his thrusting hips, until he feels Bryce's whole body stiffen, digs his nails into Blaine's back, as he reaches his second orgasm of the night. Blaine continues to thrust against him. His cock was so hard after watching Bryce as he came. It took everything he had not to turn Bryce around and slip into his heat, needing him so bad, but Bryce deserved so much more for their first time. Just the thought of eventually getting to sink into Bryce was all Blaine needed, and he finally found his own release, this time moaning Bryce's name against his lips.

"Damn Blaine, every time with you just gets better," he heard Bryce whisper against his ear as he unwrapped his legs from Blaine's waist, standing up for a minute before slowly, allowing himself to slide down the shower walls until he was sitting on the shower floor, his legs no longer able to support him. Blaine had just rocked his world.

They were late for their reservation, but it was so worth it.

oOoOo

"Ok, how many girlfriends have you had," Blaine asked, looking at Bryce across a candlelit table. He had requested one as secluded as possible so that they could have a little privacy for their meal. Bryce had heard everything about Blaine's past, but he still very little about Bryce's.

Bryce looks at him a minute before answering, "I have dated several, but I have only really had two that were serious. Jennifer and Shey. Jennifer, I met right before I went into acting, she was at that last school I attended. Once I started acting, I was either homeschooled or had a tutor on set. We were together until I was 16, and then the separation and pressure got to her, and we broke up."

"Right as I turned 17, I started dating Shey. We met on the set of "Bridget's Glory, " she was an actress too, so we ended up sharing the same tutor for our senior year. I fell head over heels in love with her. Like you and Kurt, we were always together, we never even fought. I'm still not really sure what happened with her. One moment we were together, she was telling me she loved me, wanted to spend the rest of her life together with me, and the next day she was breaking up with me, saying we weren't working anymore. She needed something more, and then the next thing I know, she is moving to London, and I never heard from her again. That was twelve months ago." Bryce said with his head bowed not looking at Blaine.

"Oh Bryce, I am so sorry," Blaine said, reaching out, grabbing his hand, trying to offer comfort. Blaine wanted to kick himself. He had been so concerned with his own painful breakup, he hadn't realized that Bryce had gone through almost the same thing.

"The sad part was that she always said I was her family. She had been raised in the foster care system. She didn't really know her dad, and her mom died when she was three. She hung out at my house all the time. She loved my parents, and they loved her. I even asked her to marry me three weeks before she moved, and she had accepted. That is what shocked me by her leaving the most, that and walking into my bedroom and finding her ring on my dresser," Bryce said, closing his eyes, and Blaine could tell he was trying not to cry.

"I wish I could say something to make you feel better," Blaine said rubbing his thumb across Bryce's knuckles

Bryce just smiles at him, and takes a deep breath "Ok, happy thoughts only tonight, we are having an amazing time together no time for exes," he said, and Blaine can tell he is really trying hard to shake the sadness he knows has settled in.

"Ok, craziest thing you ever did in high school?" Bryce asked, looking at him. Blaine tries to think about something to make him laugh, refusing to get into the gap incident.

"Ok, senior year for reason's I refuse to get into," Blaine said, grinning, "I joined about 20 different clubs. One of them was a super hero's club. I became Nightbird. I even had a costume designed that I actually wore to school. It was hilarious. Anyway, the year before that, McKinley's glee club had gone to nationals, and we won. We had this massive trophy that was kept in an awards cabinet, in the choir room. One day we all showed up for glee practice, and we noticed our trophy was gone, in its place was a laptop with a message telling us where our trophy could be located. Even though the face was covered over, and the message was in a computer-generated voice, I knew who took it, my old glee club The Dalton Academy Warblers. I would've known that place anywhere."

"It would seem that the Warblers got it into their heads that since Kurt and I had broken up, there was no reason for me to stay at McKinley anymore, I was after all a Warbler, and once a Warbler, always a Warbler. My old friends got it into their heads that since nothing was holding me at McKinley, I should just transfer back to Dalton, that way I could help them win Nationals. I honestly considered it, and my parents were all for it, but McKinley had become my home."

"Anyway, the Warblers had decided to sneak into our choir room, steal our trophy and hold it hostage until I agreed to transfer back. Me and my friend Sam, who was also in glee and the superhero's club AKA The Blond Chameleon, dressed up in our costumes, snuck into Dalton and stole it back. It was hilarious, we got our trophy, and instead of going out the front door, we scaled down the wall on a rope and took off running across Dalton's front lawn with our capes flapping behind us in the wind," Blaine said, laughing not even realizing he had said Kurt's name, but Bryce had, and he was really starting to hate that name.

"Ok, what about you? What was the craziest thing you did?" Blaine asked, smiling at him.

"Well, I didn't really go to school since I was usually on set somewhere, but I remember one day, Shey and I got into our heads that we were too old for school. We were both seventeen, we still had roughly three months before we would be able to take the national tests needed for graduation, but we were both over classes that cut into our time together. Our tutor would sometimes come on set a little tipsy and would usually fall asleep about an hour after being there. I remember this day, Shey and I only had two scenes, they had both been shot, so technically we were no longer needed on set. We dug through the tutor's purse, took her keys, and had the brilliant idea to go for a joy ride."

"Neither one of us had a license, neither of us had any money on us, all mine went straight into the account my parents controlled. We drove around for about thirty minutes and ran out of gas. We had to walk back to the studio. Even though the guards knew who we were, they wouldn't let us back on the lot, instead, they called the head of the studio, who came down to the gate and chewed us out, saying that if we ever did that again, we would never work in the business again. We did it again the next week. She was fearless and talked me into doing things I never would have on my own," Bryce said with a far off look on his face.

"Ok, you again, did you have in crushes?" Bryce asked looking at Blaine.

Blaine just looks at him turning red, in the back of his mind, Blaine was thinking about Kurt, but he knew he needed to stop talking about him, thinking about him. Bryce almost wished he hadn't asked the question, fearing he was going to hear 'his' name again, until he saw Blaine turn red and knew this was going to be a good story, and he was oh so right.

"Ok, when I was in my sophomore year in high school, I got it into my mind that this guy Jeremiah like me. We had coffee a few times, and before I knew it, I was in love. I called an emergency Warblers council meeting, announced to everyone present that I was in love. The Warblers didn't perform anywhere but in school, competitions or at a local nursing home. We didn't have public performances. With the help of umm, a friend, I convinced the group to help serenade him at work. Jeremiah was the assistant manager at the gap. I followed him around, singing my heart out to him. He kept trying to move away from me, and I just followed him. Come to find out he didn't like me like that, and on top of that, I got him fired," Blaine said, turning even redder.

"Oh god, that's what that video was from," Bryce said, laughing.

"What video?" Blaine asked, looking at him.

"Someone posted a video of you at the Gap. It was labeled The Warbler's Gap Attach. It showed you dancing, even standing on display tables as you sang 'When I get you alone' to some blond. You followed him around the store with a pair of pink sunglasses on, and for your finale, you slid on your knees with a pair of argyle socks to the register," Bryce said, laughing until he saw how red Blaine had gotten and how he'd laid his head down on the table shaking his head.

"I'm gonna kill Wes," Blaine whispered.

"Oh my poor baby, I am sorry," Bryce said, picking up Blaine's hand, pressing it up to lips, without even thinking about it.

Blaine looked up into Bryce's eyes and then broke one of his own rules, he leaned across the table and kissed him gently. "Will you spend the night with me?" he whispered, reaching out his hand to rub his thumb up and down Bryce's cheek, just wanting to touch him.

Bryce looked at him for a few minutes before nodding his head. "I would love to, " he whispers back, and then they stand up and leave the restaurant.

When they get to Blaine's apartment building, he holds Bryce's hand as they walked in, and the whole time they are in the elevator. Blaine wants to be able to be more open with his affection, wanting to ensure that Bryce knew he wasn't embarrassed to be seen with him. Far from it, he was proud to walk beside him. When they get inside, and Blaine shuts and locks the door, he reaches down for Bryce's hand again to guide him over to the couch. He has a question he's wanted to ask Bryce all night.

Blaine didn't expect to be as nervous as he was. He had been through this before, he had asked the question he wanted to ask Bryce before, but when you're sixteen things just seem to be easier than they were when you were nineteen almost twenty. Blaine turned sideways on the couch, so he was facing Bryce, still holding his hands, looking down at their entwined fingers. Blaine takes a deep breath and then looks up into Bryce's eyes, and a sweet smile crosses his lips, "I have something I've wanted to talk to you about all day," Blaine said looking at Bryce noticing how quickly his face changed, how nervous he now looked.

"I feel like over the last month you and I have become close, we have so much in common, and I love spending time with you. I wanted to ask you if you would be interested in being my boyfriend, " he asked, "I know we haven't really known each other that long, but I like where our relationship is going, and I would like to see where it will lead us." Blaine started feeling better when he saw the grin spread across Bryce's face

"Before you say yes, if you were going to that is," Blaine continued laughing, "You should know that I am a cuddle whore, and I love to snug…

He got no further because all of a sudden, his arms were filled with Bryce, who was kissing him all over his face, punctuating every kiss with a yes, yes, yes. Before long, Blaine could do nothing but laugh, happier than he had been in a long time. No this isn't where he thought his life would be just twelve months ago, and not with the person he thought he would be with, but he knows he can be happy ... will be happy