A/N: Firstly thanks for the reviews and reads, etc on the last chapter. This one is quite a long one, and thus the longest of this short so far; but really it was needed to be the length it is, and shows Blaine finally realizing that what happened with Mikki, well it happened for a reason. I should also mention that this chapter does connect up with the other one just published for "Runnin' Back Home To You"; because there is at one point, 2 different perspectives of a scene; which can be read as a side by side thing.
There is also going to be a few huge revelations in this, including that of a massive plot twist that I bet no one would have seen coming! But I think by now my readers know me, and that I love to have that shock factor! And well this is definitely one of them!
I should also say that any characters you don't recognize as being that of from Glee; do belong to me and cannot be used first without my permission, because there are a few OC's in this chapter that I have come up with the premise for.
Anyway, I won't ramble any more, enjoy the chapter. Let me know what you think and as always, thanks for reading!
Love,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 6
Arriving at Columbia airport in South Carolina on a early morning flight; after recommendation from Marley that taking the overnight flight from California would be the best option for the girls, as they would be able to sleep; and after getting the bags, Blaine along with Puck and the girls headed to the hire car desks were, so they were able to get one to make the short trip from the airport out to Florence.
"Hey look it's Mikki" said Beth, as Puck who was hiring the car to drive was over at the counter organizing it all.
"What?" asked Blaine, looking to the eldest girl; and hoping that for some reason Mikki hadn't come to the airport at the same time as they had to pick up anyone.
"Yeah, over there on the wall" said Beth, pointing to where she had seen Mikki; and he turned to see what exactly his niece was referring to, and that it was a advertising poster for the local news in South Carolina; that read "News and Current Affairs, you can trust. Team WZRB".
"Wow, she's on a poster" said Blaine, with a small laugh; as Puck came back over to them.
"Who's on a poster now?" asked Puck, with a laugh.
"Mikki see" said Beth, looking to her father and pointing to the poster again.
"Oh yeah, wow" replied Puck, looking at it. "I guess she's doing really well then if they have her on there then"
"Yeah must be" said Blaine, with a nod and looked to his brother in law. "So car organized then?"
"Uh huh" said Puck, with a nod. "I just got to pick up the car seat for Penny on the way through to there, so if you want to find the car and I will then come over then when have that"
"Sure" replied Blaine, taking the car keys from him and then with the girls walking through to the outside area where the cars were kept for hire.
Puck headed over to the outside office to get a car seat for Penny, and Blaine looked to his nieces. "Come on girls we're looking for a grey Hyundai, okay" said Blaine, with a smile to them as they walked through the cars that were lined up in the yard.
"Is this the one?" asked Alyson, pointing to a grey car and Blaine looked at her and then the car, seeing it was a Hyundai and then to the cars plates number listed on the key tag. "Yeah it is, good spotting sweetie"
Alyson smiled at her uncle as he unlocked the car and put the bags that he had with him into the back, and then took the backpacks from the two older girls as well and placed them inside.
"Okay so Aly and Beth you can both get into the back" he said looking to both his nieces, and then picked up Penny from the ground. "But you little miss, need to wait for a seat"
"I get special" said Penny, with a smile.
"Yeah you do" replied Blaine with a laugh, as Bethany looked to her uncle.
"Any side we have to sit on Uncle Blaine?" she asked. "No any is fine, but if you can take the middle like you normally do back home. That would be good"
"Okay" replied Bethany with a nod and opened the back door of the car and got inside along with her younger sister; as Puck neared over to them.
"One car seat for a little miss Penny" said Puck, with a smile to his youngest daughter; and went over to the side that Alyson was not on and opened the back door of the car and started to fit the seat into the back; and as he was quickly looked to his brother in law. "Hey Blaine, did you want to send Sam a text and let him know where here"
"Sure" replied Blaine, with a nod and looked to Penny. "Go over to your dad, sweetie"
"Okay Uncle Blaine" she replied, as he put her down and he grabbed his cell phone out of his jeans pocket, quickly sending Sam a message.
Here now in South Carolina. Just getting car, be in Florence about two hours from now. But might stop off somewhere to grab some lunch first.
"Texted him" said Blaine as he walked to the passenger side and opened the door to get inside the car.
"Thanks man" said Puck, as he placed Penny into the car seat and made sure she was all secured into it and then got into the driver's seat, just as Blaine's phone chimed indicating a message had come through.
We're at a place now called What-a-Burger, OMG amazing food! You have to come here to eat!
Blaine laughed as he read the message and as Puck started up the car.
"Umm Sam has just replied he's at a place now and the food is amazing, guess that's a good place to go and grab some lunch and then we can follow him, Ryder and Marley on to Florence later"
"Sure, sounds good" replied Puck as he reversed out of the car space. "Ask him where this place is"
"Sure" replied Blaine, with a nod and texted a message back to Sam. Sounds good, text me the address
Sending the message through to Sam, he waited for him to let him know where exactly in South Carolina they were; and when having gotten the address from him, they headed to What-a-Burger for something to eat before finishing heading to the destination of where Marley and Ryder would soon be married.
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Arriving at the address that Sam had texted to Blaine, they got out of the car and walked into What-a-Burger, and immediately spotted Sam who waved them over.
"Hey" said Puck as the walked over to the table, and Blaine immediately saw that not only was it Marley and Ryder with that of his friend, but also Mikki and Sebastian as well, who were sitting on a booth side of the table they were at; and he let out that of a small sigh not being at all prepared to see his ex girlfriend so soon, and was rather hoping that he'd have more time to prepare himself for it.
As they walked over to the table he saw Mikki look at him as did Sebastian, who quickly slipped his arm around her and he looked at him; as saw he was silently somehow saying to him 'she's mine', and Blaine just gave that of a small laugh to himself, seeing her whisper something to him and then he kissing her with a nod, the two of them continuing to talk in that of a low voice to one another.
"You have got to try the burgers here" said Sam, looking to those who had just come in. "They are totally amazing"
"So you believe us now, huh Sam" said Marley, with a laugh. "When Mik and I told you they were good; we weren't kidding"
"No you were not" replied Sam, shaking his head; as Mikki kissed Sebastian and then stood up and went over to Puck; and he couldn't help but notice the outfit that she was wearing and think how amazing she still looked to him; in that of a pair of cut off denim shorts, a casual style t-shirt that from what he could see looked to be a college one, as well a pair of flat style sandals along with her hair pulled up into a ponytail with barely there make up on her face.
As he watched his once ex girlfriend talk with his brother in law; he saw how she once again made the girls comfortable with her so quickly; even Alyson who much to his somewhat delight didn't take kindly to Mikki again straight away unlike that of Bethany and Penny who did; all whilst seeing that Sebastian, was just watching him watch his fiancée, and he got the feeling that it was not something the other male liked at all.
As she finished talking with the girls, he saw Mikki stand and look over to where he was and then walk over to where he was standing.
"How are you?" she asked, with that of a smile to him.
"Okay I guess" he replied, with a nod, quickly glancing her up and down and then reminding himself it wasn't probably the smartest thing to do; considering her fiancé was sitting close by. "It always amazed me how you were able to do that with the girls"
"Do what?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
"I don't know really what to call it" said Blaine, as Sebastian stood up and walked over to where the two of them were standing; and for the first time Blaine saw how tall Mikki's fiancé actually was, and that he not only towered over him, but also Mikki who was shorter then he was; and that made him feel intimidated all of sudden.
"It's just who Mikki is" said Sebastian, as he slipped his arms around Mikki's waist and pulling her in close to himself. "She's always been so amazing with kids, our niece Savannah totally adores her"
"Right" replied Blaine, with a nod; picking up on the fact that even though he and Mikki weren't married yet, Sebastian said that of 'our' niece rather than just his, which he assumed it would technically be since it was one of his brother's children.
"We never actually met properly" said Sebastian, holding out his hand to Blaine whilst still keeping contact with Mikki. "Sebastian Smythe"
"Umm, Blaine Anderson" he replied, quickly shaking the hand of the guy, who the girl he thought he had loved; never really stopped loving before him now; and noting the tight grip of that of Sebastian's hand on his.
"It was good that you were able to put aside any hatred you had towards Mikki or me, and come over for Marls and Ryder's wedding" said Sebastian.
"Yeah, I didn't think I'd be able to face either of you" said Blaine, looking at him. "But I got to move past this"
"Uh huh" replied Sebastian, with a nod.
"But I have now" said Blaine, looking the taller male up and down trying to not feel intimidated by him, seeing the look the other male was giving him; as a cell phone rang nearby, and Sebastian grabbed that of his from his jeans pocket.
"Jere" he said, looking to Mikki. "What's the betting that he's lost"
"He has navigation" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"Yeah he does, but knowing Jere he's probably modded the thing and it's trying to direct him back to his home planet" replied Sebastian with a laugh and quickly kissed Mikki on the cheek, and then moved away slightly to answer the call from his brother. "Hey Jere, what's up?"
Blaine looked at Mikki for a moment, who in turn was looking at Sebastian and then laughed as the other male rolled his eyes; and then she looked towards him, with a smile.
"So I got the apology from you just after Christmas" said Mikki.
"Yeah about that" replied Blaine, looking to her. "I am really sorry I did that"
"Whilst I do agree it wasn't nice to get" said Mikki. "I can also understand why you did it"
"Well there is still no valid excuse I can give you for actually doing it" said Blaine. "I just snapped, even though the signs of you still not having let go of Sebastian were still really clear"
"I honestly probably would have done the same thing if I was in your position, maybe not to the extreme point you went to, but I do get why you did it. And I am really sorry for hurting you, I never set out to do that, I did honestly try to move on from Seb, but I really couldn't bring myself to do that completely" replied Mikki.
"Yeah, I've seen your Facebook recently, and the two of you do look happy being together" said Blaine, with a small smile to her. "And to stand in the way of your being happy, isn't something I would ever feel comfortable doing"
"How did you see my Facebook, when you have deleted me?" asked Mikki, with a small laugh.
"I looked on Beth's" replied Blaine, with a small laugh also. "I wanted to make sure that I was completely comfortable with coming here and seeing you again. Kind of wanted to prepare myself for any surprises really"
"So you know that Seb and I are engaged then" said Mikki, absently playing with her engagement ring.
"Yeah, I know that" replied Blaine, with a nod.
"I know you're probably thinking it was quick after I moved back" said Mikki, looking to him. "But in all honesty, I think we were there at that point before I even made the move over to California"
"I don't think it was it that quick when you've technically being that of a person's everything, as you said to me Sebastian was to you; when you were together as long as you were?" asked Blaine, looking to her.
"I guess not" replied Mikki, with a laugh. "And thank you for being so understanding about all of this. To be honest I was kind of dreading seeing you again, but it's not that bad to be honest"
"No it's not" said Blaine, shaking his head. "Hopefully this is a step towards us maybe one day being able to be friends again"
"Maybe" replied Mikki, with a nod of her head; as Sebastian who finished his call to his brother, slipped his arms around her waist again and placed a kiss to Mikki's cheek.
"Everything good?" asked Mikki, looking to him.
"Yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod and also laugh. "Jere just didn't check messages and see the one I sent him this morning. So he and Karen and Nath are around at our place, thinking we're there; and Karen is pissed at him because she needs the bathroom"
"He's a dead man" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Pretty much yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod.
"You have an idiot older brother as well?" asked Blaine, and Sebastian looked at him.
"Umm yeah" he replied with a nod. "Two of them actually, but one is kind of more of idiot then the other one"
"Man, I thought having one was bad" said Blaine, with a laugh. "But two, I think it makes me glad that I had Quinn around growing up"
"Yeah, can't say I know what's it like to have a big sister" said Sebastian, with a slight laugh also. "Younger sisters, kind of; since Marls and Kitty have kind of being that, but not an older sister"
"Bee and Kae, kind of are like big sisters" said Mikki, looking to Sebastian with a laugh.
"Hmm true, annoying sister in laws" said Sebastian with a nod. "That probably would have been what having older sisters would have been like"
"Quinn wasn't so much teasing but really good for sorting out fights" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"I know what you mean there, when Mikki and I started dating" said Sebastian, with a laugh. "She was very quick to put Jeremy back into his place, and is actually still really great at it now"
"Yeah right" said Blaine, looking at the two of them, seeing how completely at ease and also in love the two of them were, as well as being obviously comfortable around that of each other families also. "So I'm kind of hungry so I might order something"
"Sure" said Mikki, with a smile to him. "It is really nice to see you again Blaine"
"You too, Mikki" he replied with a smile of his own, and headed over to the counter to order something to eat; where Puck was now with his three girls also ordering something to eat for himself and them.
"Everything okay?" asked Puck, looking to his brother in law as stood beside him.
"Yeah fine" replied Blaine, with a nod. "She's happy that's what is important, right"
"Yeah" said Puck, quickly looking to where Sebastian and Mikki were now sitting again. "Seeing them together, kind of reminds me how easy it was with Quinn"
"Yeah" said Blaine as he too looked over to where they both were, and saw Mikki quickly kiss her fiancé. "I can't help but think if she and I had stayed together, that it would never have been like that with us; she never seemed to be able fully open up to me"
"Well I'm sure one day you will meet that girl that it is just easy with, and you won't even question it" said Puck, as they got closer to ordering; and then heard a voice almost yelling, "Move it or lose it. Pregnant woman in the need for bathroom"; and pushing them slightly out of her way as she headed for the facilities.
"Okay that woman is crazy" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"Yeah word of advice" said Puck, with a laugh also. "Never call any pregnant woman crazy, it doesn't end well for that of males"
"Right" said Blaine, with a nod and looked over to where Jeremy was now talking with Sebastian and Mikki. "I think it's actually his wife, umm Sebastian's brother"
"Yeah maybe" said Puck as they finally got up to the counter for ordering.
"Hi welcome to What-a-Burger, what can I get for you" said the girl with the name tag, Iris; behind the counter.
"Hi" said Puck, giving her a quick smile. "Can I grab a JustaBurger kids meal with drink, french fries and fruit chews, a WhataChick'n Bites kids meal with the same drink, fries and chews; and also WhataBurger Jnr meal and a Bacon and Cheese WhataBurger meal please"
"Sure that comes to seventeen ninety six" said Iris, with a smile to him.
"Yeah that's fine" replied Puck handing over a twenty dollar bill to her. "Keep the change"
"Thanks, that shouldn't be too long for you" said Iris and looked to Blaine. "Hi what can I grab for you?"
"Just the Chicken Fajita Taco meal thanks" said Blaine, with a smile to her.
"Sure" said Iris. "Six twenty four for that one"
"Here you go" said Blaine, handing over a ten dollar bill. "Keep the change there too"
"Thanks" she said with a laugh. "Some generous tippers here today"
"Yeah" said Puck with a laugh; as they moved more to the side of the counter for more people able to order as they waited for theirs to be ready.
"Two kids meals, a WhataBurger Jnr meal and Bacon and Cheese meal" said one of the other staff members from the store.
"Umm yeah that's me" said Puck, stepping towards him and taking the tray from him.
"And Chicken Fajita meal" said the same guy, looking to Blaine.
"Yeah, here thanks" said Blaine, as he also took the tray from the guy; them both heading over to sit near where Sam was along with Ryder and Marley, who was up near to Mikki and Sebastian.
"So okay flight?" asked Sam, looking to his best friend as Puck and the others sat down.
"Yeah it wasn't too bad" replied Puck, with a nod. "The night flight was definitely the best choice, as it meant the girls could sleep the whole way"
"What were you and Mikki talking about before?" asked Marley, looking over to Blaine who'd just taken a bite of his taco wrap.
"Umm just stuff, and I was also apologizing again for what I did at Christmas" replied Blaine, looking to her; as Jeremy walked past them all now with a tray of his own; and then he looked to see the young boy that had come in with the other couple climb under the table and attempt to sit between Mikki and Sebastian. "But I can see now, that here in South Carolina is where Mikki belongs"
"Yeah" said Marley, looking to him a small smile. "I know it was hard to come to realize that Blaine, but I am glad you finally have; and it's nice that you're able to be here too for me and Ryder"
"Thanks" said Blaine, with a small smile and continued to eat; glancing every now and then over to where Mikki and Sebastian were sitting, and he also saw his older brother look at him briefly and then laugh, wondering possibly what it was about.
"So Sam, Ryder and I might head off now Mik" said Marley, looking to her older sister. "I wanted to stop by the florist just to make sure everything is okay"
"Sure, yeah of course" said Mikki, looking at her sister with a smile. "I'll see you in about two hours then"
"Okay, yeah we'll see you then" said Marley.
"I was actually hoping to follow you guys to Florence, because I figured you would know a short way there or something" said Puck, looking to Marley, Ryder and Sam.
"Well it's just I told the florist I'd be there in about twenty minutes that's all" said Marley, looking to him. "And you've only just started to eat"
"You can follow us Puck, we're all heading same direction" said Mikki, looking over to where he was seated.
"Umm I'm not sure if we're at the same hotel though" replied Puck, looking over to his former co host. "We've booked into the America's Best Value Inn"
"That's fine" replied Mikki. "It's not all that far from where we're all staying, it's just a little longer way round for us that's all"
"Only if you're sure, I don't want to put you out" said Puck.
"You're not" said Sebastian, looking to him and shaking his head. "As Mikki said, it's just a little bit of a longer way for us, but it's fine"
"Thanks, appreciate it" said Puck, giving Sebastian a quick smile; as Mikki stood up and gave her sister a hug.
"Call me if there are any problems with the florist okay" said Mikki, looking at her. "And I know you're worried there might be, but I have been talking with Trudy all week and everything was looking good"
"I know, I trust you. I just wanted to see what they all looked like before tomorrow" said Marley, giving her a smile. "I'll see you and also Kitty when she gets there later at the hotel"
"You will" replied Mikki, with a nod.
"We'll talk later to Marls" said Karen, with a smile to her; and Blaine looked to Marley speaking to the woman who he now knew to be Sebastian's brother's wife, and now realized what Mikki had said when she said that her family was close with that of her now fiance's family.
"Sure Karen that will be good" said Marley, giving her a smile as well; and then she looked to Nathan. "And you little man are giving me a hug later too" as Nathan who was happy eating his lunch looked at her with a smile and nodded.
"Drive safe Marls" said Sebastian, looking to her with a smile.
"We will, bye guys" said Marley; and with an echo of byes from the other left the burger place; to head off to the florist and then on to Florence, South Carolina she was soon to be married; and once those that were remaining had all finished eating as well, headed off for the short drive to the wedding location also.
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The next day after the wedding ceremony where Marley and Ryder had exchanged vows; and became husband and wife; they all moved over to a nearby tent that had been set up where the reception was to be held.
Having had the meal and heard the speeches from Sam for Ryder and also Mikki who spoke on behalf of her family for Marley; the dance floor had now opened up and with the DJ that had been hired playing an assortment of new and old music, was a very lively place; but after dancing a little with that of his nieces and feeling like a complete outsider only really knowing those who'd he flew over with, the bride and groom, and of course Mikki who had not seemed to leave Sebastian's side for more than a few minutes every so often; he decided to just sit and watch, and hope that he wouldn't start to dwell on what could have maybe been.
As he sat sipping at a glass of water, knowing that getting to the point of having too much to drink wouldn't be a good idea; he saw the other girl who he knew to be a bridesmaid along with that of Marley's two older sisters; but not able to recall the name of, walk over to where he was and sit.
"You do know weddings are supposed to be fun right" she said with a small laugh to him.
"Yeah" replied Blaine, looking to the blonde girl also with a small smile. "Just not feeling that much fun though"
"Hmm and why is that?" asked Hannah, sitting down next to him and resting her elbows on the table and looking at him.
"Umm just because, stuff" replied Blaine, with a sigh.
"You know you can ask someone to dance" replied Hannah, with a smile to him. "I'm sure they'd say yes if you were too"
"No, I'm fine" replied Blaine and looked over to where Puck was dancing with his two oldest daughters.
"I saw you dancing with those young girls before though" said Hannah. "That was kind of sweet"
"Yeah, they're my nieces" replied Blaine, looking to her with a small smile. "And the only reason I am here at this wedding is because Ryder and Marley probably thought it would be wrong to leave me out since I live with Ryder's brother"
"Oh, wow I didn't pick you for gay" said the blonde, looking to him.
"What, no" said Blaine, looking at her with a laugh. "I'm not gay, definitely not gay. Sam, who also isn't gay, is Ryder's older brother, and he and I, we live with my brother in law, the guy dancing with his two daughters. We help him look after the girls"
"So you live in San Francisco as well then?" asked Hannah.
"Yeah, I do" replied Blaine, smiling at her. "You do as well?"
"I teach at the same school as Marley" she replied. "And we also were at college together as well"
"And she asked you to be one of her bridesmaids" said Blaine.
"She did" replied Hannah, giving Blaine a smile. "Along with her sisters Kitty and Mikki; and you'd probably maybe know Mikki too, she was living in San Fran for a while and actually did the morning show there"
"Yeah I know who she is" replied Blaine, with sigh. "Her co host was Noah, my brother in law"
"Oh well you'd definitely know one another than" said Hannah. "What did you think of her, because I think she's kind of a piece of work; what she did to that guy she was dating there, dumping him and coming back to her ex here; not nice at all if you ask me"
"Umm yeah, I know what she did alright" said Blaine, with a small laugh. "Ripped out his heart that's for sure"
"Totally" replied Hannah with a nod, as Blaine quickly looked over to where Mikki was dancing with another guy that wasn't Sebastian, but still just as tall as he was; and saw that Sebastian in turn was dancing with another girl, neither of them seeming to be phased that the other person was doing so; and he thought that it must be that the guy was the other of Sebastian's older brothers and the girl was probably his wife. "From what I have gathered about Mikki, and I can't be too mean because she is Marley's sister; but she never really seemed to stop loving the guy she had dated here"
"No she did not" replied Blaine, looking to her. "And I was just too dumb to ever see that"
"You were dumb?" asked Hannah, looking to him. "Why?"
"Umm because I was the one who was dating Mikki" said Blaine, with a laugh. "You weren't aware of that from any type of conversation with Marley"
"You're Blaine" she replied, looking at him.
"I am yeah" he replied. "Why what have you heard?"
"Umm, okay well firstly. I'm Hannah, just so you don't feel at a disadvantage here, me knowing your name and you not knowing mine" she said, with a small laugh.
"Hi Hannah" replied Blaine.
"Hi" she replied. "And I guess I said what I said, not even realizing at first that you were the guy she dated in California; is because there were just some things she said when she came over to help Marley with the dress shopping, that made me see she was never even really trying to move on from her ex when she was living in California"
"I don't really need to know what those things are" said Blaine, looking to Hannah with a small smile. "It took me a while to get past the whole her running back here to be with him; that I am sure any new information will send me into some kind of tailspin and I will maybe then decide it's a good option to go and beat up her fiancé"
"Oh well I wouldn't blame you if you did" said Hannah, with a laugh.
"Oh really now, you wouldn't?" asked Blaine, looking to her with a laugh as well.
"No" replied Hannah shaking her head. "I mean telling you a flat out lie about one of her tattoos, not really key to a good relationship, I don't think at least"
"What lie about what tattoo?" asked Blaine, looking at her his curiosity peaked.
"Umm on her ankle, the M and S" replied Hannah. "Although she said to me when I saw her a few months ago that she told you the S part was actually the infinity symbol"
"Yeah, that is what she told me" said Blaine with a nod. "So it was actually an S, she said that"
"She did" replied Hannah with a nod also. "I'm sorry"
"No, don't be" said Blaine, shaking his head. "It's not your fault. You're not the one who could have given Killer Frost a run for her money, in being a cold hearted bitch"
"Tell me how you really feel there Blaine" said Hannah with a laugh.
"Like dancing actually" said Blaine, standing up and holding his hand out to Hannah. "Stuff sitting around moping and thinking I can't have any fun; whilst my ex girlfriend clearly does in amongst a bunch of lies"
"Well if you're asking me do dance, Blaine" said Hannah, standing also and taking his held out hand. "Then I would love too"
"Great" replied Blaine, with a smile; and then he walked over to the dance floor with Hannah, quickly looking to glance over with Mikki who once again was dating with Sebastian, and then looked back to Hannah and gave her a smile; thinking maybe now he just might be actually ready to move on, and maybe it might be with the definitely beautiful blonde that he was currently enjoying the company of.
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After having danced a few dances with Blaine, and actually find him to be that of a really sweet and fun guy, and also exchanging phone numbers with him so they may be able to catch up with one another when they were back in San Francisco; Blaine headed back to the hotel he was staying at with Puck, when it became apparent that two of his three nieces were starting to get tired, and that bed was probably soon going to become something that they were wanting.
Sitting in her seat up at the bridal party table, having a small glass of wine; she noticed the photographer for the wedding, quickly snap a picture of her and then walk over to her; and take a seat beside her in what was Kitty's seat.
"Hey Banana" said Patty, as she took the camera off from around her neck and place it down on the table.
"Hey Shortcakes" replied Hannah, looking to her with a laugh.
Patty gave a laugh also, as she grabbed what looked like to be a clean glass since it was upside down on the table and then poured a glass of wine. "Finally I get to have a break"
"What there's nothing you can photograph right now?" asked Hannah, with a laugh.
Patty looked at her shaking her head. "There are only so many photos you can take of people dancing"
"Yeah" replied Hannah, with a nod.
"So who was the guy you were dancing with before?" asked Patty, with a smile to her younger half sister.
"Umm, Blaine" replied Hannah, with a smile to Patty. "He was feeling a little out of sorts, and I kind of felt sorry for him"
"Why was he feeling like that?" asked Patty. "Weddings are a happy thing"
"Yeah they are" replied Hannah, with a nod. "But apparently the bride, her sister; he use to date her, but she was still in love with her ex boyfriend and went running back here to him in South Carolina"
"Okay besides you" said Patty, looking at her. "There is only two other bridesmaids"
"Yeah, Mikki and Kitty" said Hannah, with a nod.
"Right" replied Patty. "And Mikki is the one who lives here"
"That would be yes" said Hannah.
"Okay wow" said Patty, with a laugh. "That is just way too crazy"
"What's crazy?" asked Hannah, looking to her.
"You remember that guy I told you I was dating last year" said Patty.
"Umm yeah Simon, was it?" asked Hannah.
"No" said Patty shaking her head. "Sebastian"
"Okay well I got the S part right" said Hannah with a laugh.
"Yeah" replied Patty with a laugh also. "And you see the guy dancing over there with Mikki"
"Umm yeah" said Hannah, looking over to where she saw Mikki talking with that of the taller male.
"That's the same Sebastian, he's the one I was dating" said Patty, with a laugh.
"Wait" said Hannah, looking to her half sister. "You're telling me, Blaine's ex is Mikki; who's now fiancé Sebastian is your ex boyfriend? Oh wow, that's just screwed up"
"Yeah it is" replied Patty with a laugh also. "And I can kind of see why that guy Blaine would feel the way he is"
"Why's that?" asked Hannah, looking at her.
"Because the two of them" said Patty, looking over to where Mikki and Sebastian were talking and laughing with Kitty and Artie. "Never ever stopped loving one another"
"They really do seem to love one another don't they" said Hannah, also looking over to where they were.
"Yeah" replied Patty with a nod. "It seems Blaine and I were just pawns in the game"
"Yeah, how did we get sucked into this crazy world?" asked Hannah, with a laugh.
"Well I bumped into Sebastian at the coffee shop, spilled his coffee on him" said Patty with a laugh.
"And I'm best friends with Marley in California" said Hannah, with a nod.
"Who in turn have Mikki in common" replied Patty. "Sister for Marley, fiancée for Sebastian, and now it seems ex girlfriend for the guy you were dancing with"
"So weird" said Hannah with a laugh.
"Yeah, so I get why you feel a little sorry for Blaine and it was nice of you to dance with him" said Patty, looking to her. "To know the person you were dating never got over their ex, it's not a nice one"
"Uh huh, when I was talking with Mikki in San Fran when she came over to help Marley with the wedding dress stuff; it was clear that she and Sebastian were never far from one another's thoughts"
"What makes you say that?" asked Patty, looking to her younger half sister. "I never got the impression that they were in that of constant contact with one another when we I was dating him; but then again he did still have a lot of photos that she was in still, in his apartment; and even though there were other people in some of them as well, it was still a little weird. So for all I know they could have still be talking quite regularly and I was just never aware of it"
"Well, I was going to say it's more because Mikki has a tattoo, an M and S on her ankle" replied Hannah. "That she got before they broke up forever how long it was, and she said she played the S part off to Blaine when they were dating as being that of the infinity symbol"
"Wow" said Patty. "So she lied about the real meaning of it to him"
"Yep" replied Hannah, with a nod. "And I don't know to me that is just really kind of mean, to make a lie out of something like that"
"It is" said Patty. "Kind of makes me wonder now what lies Sebastian told me"
"Does he have any tattoos?" asked Hannah, looking to her half sister.
"Umm yeah two" replied Patty with a nod. "One that he said he and his brothers had on their arms, that is in their mom's handwriting, and about brothers"
"Mikki and her siblings also have a common tattoo together" said Hannah, with a laugh.
"Okay, that's kind of weird, we have nothing like that together" said Patty, with a laugh also.
"Maybe we need to be doing one" replied Hannah, with a laugh.
"Yeah, as if you need any more tattoos" said Patty, with a laugh to her half sister.
"Well for you'd I make an exception" said Hannah, with a smile. "What was the other one this Sebastian guy had? Something about her, Mikki?"
"One that says "Love above all else" on his inner forearm; which he said he had for a few years" replied Patty, looking to Hannah.
"Did he give you a meaning behind it?" asked Hannah, looking to Patty.
"Not really no" replied Patty, shaking her head. "Just that he thought it was nice quote, but now you do have me thinking that it could have been about Mikki"
"It is probably most definitely about her" said Hannah, with a laugh. "I'm sorry if this has made you feel used Shortcakes"
"It's fine Hannie Bannie" she replied with a smile. "Honestly I don't think I ever really saw a future with Sebastian anyway"
"I'm kind of curious as to why that is" said Hannah, looking at her. "I mean don't you go into relationships thinking, this could be the one? I know at least I do"
"Well maybe at the start I kind of did" replied Patty taking a sip of wine. "But then seeing that he still had up pictures of his ex in his apartment; and also I met one of his sister in laws once and she didn't seem to be open to the idea of Sebastian dating someone that wasn't Mikki"
"What do you mean?" asked Hannah.
"She made a few not to subtle references to how great she though Mikki was" said Patty, with a small laugh. "And I mean at the time I didn't think anything of it, just thought she might have been testing me to see if I'd possibly hurt her brother in law; but she's here today and I can tell just from the way the two of them just seem so at ease with one another and also that they're really close friends; so I guess it was her way of telling me you're not the right girl for him"
"Yeah, maybe" replied Hannah, with a nod. "I just still can't believe, wow"
"Me either" replied Patty, shaking her head. "I am sure out there though there is a great guy for me"
"Of course there is" said Hannah with a smile to her half sister.
"And you know maybe there is a great guy out there for you" said Patty, looking at Hannah with her own smile. "I did take a few pictures of you and Blaine together; the two of you looked kind of cute together I must say"
"He is really sweet, I definitely thought that; and also kind of cute too which is why I went over to talk with him" replied Hannah, blushing slightly.
"So you like him then, maybe?" asked Patty with a smile to her.
"Yeah, maybe" replied Hannah with a nod. "And he asked me for my phone number before he went back to his hotel, and I got his as well"
"Really?" asked Patty, looking at her with a smile. "So are you going to call him?"
"I don't know" replied Hannah with a laugh. "Do you think I should, or would that be weird. Maybe he was just being nice to me, and didn't want really want mine or want me to have his either"
"I don't think that at all" said Patty, shaking her head. "Give him a call when you get back home, maybe see where it goes"
"Yeah I might" replied Hannah, with a nod; and the two half sisters continued to talk, before Patty went off to take the final photos for the night, before the wedding wound down and everyone headed back home.
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After getting back to the hotel and getting the three girls to bed and them all falling asleep; Puck and Blaine also changed out of the suits they'd worn into that of sleep clothes; and put the television on in the room to a quiet level, not wanting to wake the girls from their slumber.
"So" said Puck, looking to his brother in law with a smile. "I saw you dance a little with that cute blonde girl that was the other bridesmaid at the wedding"
"Umm yeah, Hannah" replied Blaine, looking to Puck also. "She's really nice"
"Nice, huh?" asked Puck, with a small laugh. "Care to elaborate?"
"Elaborate on what?" asked Blaine, with a laugh also.
"Well nice, is just so general" said Puck, with a smile. "You two must have spoken whilst dancing to give me something more than, she's nice"
"Umm I don't know what to tell you" said Blaine, with a small laugh. "She works with Marley, went to college with her; but is actually a few years older than her as when she graduated from high school she backpacked around Europe for a couple of years, she has an older half sister and two younger brothers; and she really doesn't think highly of Mikki"
"Okay you got to know a lot about her, wow" said Puck, with a smile.
"Kind of yeah, we just talked whilst dancing" replied Blaine, with a smile as well. "She's just really easy to talk with"
"Hmm, yeah so it seems" said Puck, with a laugh. "So she doesn't think highly of Mikki, you said"
"Nope" replied Blaine, shaking his head. "And I kind of learnt something else about her tonight that I wasn't all that aware of fully as to being"
"Not following" said Puck, looking at his brother in law; not sure what he was actually talking about.
"So you know Mikki has tattoos, right" said Blaine, looking to Puck; who in turn nodded. "Well turns out she was less then truthful to me in regards to the meaning of at least one of them"
"The meaning?" asked Puck, as he looked at his brother in law still. "How so?"
"The one she has on her ankle" said Blaine.
"Oh yeah I know the one you mean, that really kind of fancy cursive looking one" said Puck, with a nod. "Never understood what that was meant to be"
"Well from what she told me, it was the letter M with the infinity symbol above it" replied Blaine, looking to his brother in law.
"Yeah, I can kind of remember it" said Puck, with a nod. "It did kind of look like that, I guess"
"Yeah" said Blaine, with a laugh. "Not really the infinity symbol though, it's more like that part is actually S"
"For Sebastian" said Puck, with a sigh. "M and S; Mikki and Sebastian"
"Exactly" replied Blaine, with a nod. "And she tried to play it off as something else entirely"
"Yeah, wow" said Puck, looking to his brother in law. "How did this blonde girl know about that then?"
"They got talking about tattoos apparently when Marley was wedding dress shopping" replied Blaine. "It came about when they wondered if they should cover them up or not for it"
"Yeah, never would have picked Mikki for the lie kind of type" said Puck.
"I guess we won't ever know what else she didn't tell us; or even told us that was only half truths or flat out lies, will we" replied Blaine.
"No" said Puck, shaking his head. "So you're okay right? I mean coming here, seeing your ex and then finding out that she had been less then truthful when you were dating. You're not going to do any stupid again are you?"
"I'm fine" replied Blaine with a laugh. "Honestly seeing her, finding out what I have. It's almost like it's closure in a way, and that chapter of my life is over and done; and I'm ready for the next one to start"
"Well that's something I guess" said Puck, with a smile. "If a positive can come out of that of a negative, that's is always good"
"Yeah" replied Blaine with a smile as well. "And I got Hannah's phone number, so I might give her a call when back home and see if she maybe wants to go and grab a coffee together or something"
"Oh really now?" asked Puck, with a smile. "You asked her for her number did you?"
"I did yeah" replied Blaine, with a nod. "Like I said, she's just really easy to talk with, and I got to put myself back out there; and I don't really fancy picking up any of the girls that come into the bar anymore. I know that isn't what I am wanting now"
"Glad to hear you've decided to move past the random girl phase" said Puck, with a laugh. "And who knows maybe this girl just might be the one"
"Never know" replied Blaine, with a smile; and the two of them continued to talk for a bit longer before they both got some sleep so they would be able to the next morning head home to San Francisco.
End Note: I bet no one saw that little twist coming now! Sebastian's ex girlfriend half sister is friend's with Marley; who might maybe just like Blaine!
But I love how it is going to work for another little story, I have planned out to fit in with this, where Mikki has gone back to be with Sebastian; and that will be published when a few others have ended, because it does contain that of spoilers for this one and others.
Anyway, once again thank you so much for reading; and I will catch you with another new chapter on this one soon!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo