Characters: Blaine & Sebastian, Sam, Santana, Burt, Kurt, Sugar, Mr. Motta

Rating: T

Summary: Blaine has and unexpected ally for his meeting with Burt. Blaine and Sugar discuss their secret. Later, Blaine is met at home by an upset Sebastian.

Note: While I like to try and use bits and pieces of canon, this is an AU. With what happens in this chapter, I thought you could use a reminder :)

The next morning Blaine and Sam arrived at Hummel Tire & Lube and found it busier than anticipated. Dozens of cars were lined up to get the holiday special of a half price oil change, but there was one car in particular that piqued Blaine's interest "Santana, you're probably the last person I would expect to be here this early."

He was pretty sure that she wasn't just there to get her car serviced.

"My mom's car needed an oil change and I thought I would be nice. You know, the holidays and all. I came early so I wouldn't be stuck here all day. Now, would one of you care to explain the his and his matching trucks you two pulled up in?"

"What can I say? Blaine's parents love me" Sam called back over his shoulder before he disappeared into the shop.

As soon as Sam was out of sight, Santana turned back to Blaine "Your parents bought Trouty a new truck? What the hell?"

"Well…technically they didn't buy Sam's truck, or mine for that matter." He then proceeded to give her the condensed version of his father's job and why his parents did this for Sam.

Her eyes grew wider and wider as the story unfolded "Damn, Frodo! How did we never know that you were that big of a poor little rich boy? Oh, Alpha Gay."

Blaine's eyes immediately became as wide as Santana's "How the hell do you know Alpha Gay?"

"I had a nice long talk with your fuck buddy, no, your boyfriend" she told him, drawling out the final word "It was very informative."

Blaine ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. He should have known that Sebastian had something to do with this. That he couldn't let him handle this on his own "You talked to…"

"Hold up Curly. I can't believe that I didn't notice that you stopped washing your hair in super glue. I approve" Santana made a note to herself to ask Brittany what she had meant about Blaine being a broccoli head "Ok, so don't get your panties in a knot that Sebastian called me. Think for a minute. If he couldn't be here, wouldn't he want someone that would react to something in the same way he would?"

Blaine knew she was right, Shit! "Thank you, Santana. I appreciate it. Let's go find Burt so I can get this over with" She nodded and then turned toward the shop, but he stopped her so he could tell her one more thing "And Santana, thanks for not asking why I'm here."

They found Burt rather easily and he walked Blaine back to his office. Although they were busy, Burt knew this had to be important since Blaine was so insistent that they meet "It's good to see you Blaine but I'm pretty sure you're not here to catch-up. If this is about Kurt…"

"Let me stop you there" Blaine wanted that train of thought stopped immediately "This isn't about Kurt. I wouldn't have wasted our time on him."

Wow! That was harsh.

Blaine decided to ignore the comment for the moment "Have you heard about what happened at Dalton? How the Head Master tried to pass his 25 year-old ex-con drug-dealing nephew as a student?"

"Yes, it was pretty hard to miss when it was all over the news."

Blaine took a breath before he continued. He really hoped that Burt wasn't involved with Hunter "The night he was arrested, Clarington told Sebastian that it didn't matter that his dad was the State's Attorney because my ex-boyfriend's father was a United States Congressman. Burt, he mentioned you by name."

"I don't understand" Burt sat down and tried to think of a reason that Clarington guy would use his name. Nothing came to him.

"It sounded like he wanted to one-up Sebastian. He also made it sound like he had direct access to you. I should probably tell you that Clarington also knew what happened between myself and Kurt less than a week after it happened. He was the one that told the Warblers. I had believed that no one knew except for me, Kurt, our families, Finn, Rachel and the other guy. Well, until Kurt and Finn felt the need to tell everyone in both the Old and New New Directions. As far as I know, none of them have a connection to Clarington but I'm looking into it."

Burt became more and more concerned with each new bombshell Blaine threw at him. Politicians sometimes get their names brought up in scandals to which they had no connection, but he had never thought that would be him "Thank you for this Blaine. I know that you didn't have to do this after all that happened."

For some reason that rather innocent sounding statement pissed Blaine off "Mr. Hummel" Oh, yeah. Really pissed him off "Despite what you believe happened between myself and your son, I thought that you respected me more than that. Do you honestly believe that I would keep information from you that could ruin your reputation and your political career? Information that could possibly have you brought up on criminal charges?"

"Blaine, I…"

"I'm sorry sir, but I was not finished. As far as I know, the only people that are aware of your connection to this are Clarington, Sebastian, you, me and probably the former Head Master. I have not informed anyone at Dalton. At least not yet. I respected you enough to convince Sebastian to let me talk to you first. But Mr. Hummel, if we find out that you are involved in any way, Sebastian and I will immediately speak to the proper authorities."

Burt wasn't sure he liked Blaine's new attitude, but he appreciated what he had done for him "I understand. Blaine, I really do respect that you came to me first. I swear I have no connection to Clarington or his uncle."

"Like I said, I do not believe that you are actually involved in this. I do ask that you keep me informed on any information you find out as I will do the same for you."

Burt stood up and extended his hand "That's the least I can do."

Blaine took his hand, but also looked him straight in the eyes and said with complete sincerity "We've known each other for a while now Mr. Hummel, but you should know that my priority is to protect Dalton, the Warblers and Sebastian."

"Sebastian?"

"Yes, Sebastian is my boyfriend now, and I do not know or care if your son knows. It may seem a little soon after my break-up with Kurt, but if we are all honest, that relationship was over long before it officially came to an end" again Blaine thought he had been a bit too harsh, but it was too late to change it "Thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. I hope your event is a success."

"No, thank you Blaine. And Blaine, I hope that one day soon you'll feel that you can call me Burt again."

Even with as busy as the shop was, Burt took a couple of minutes to gather his thoughts. Not only was his name possibly tied to what had happened at Dalton, but there was obviously more to Kurt's break-up with Blaine than he had been told. He'd ask Kurt, but he had to admit that he had no idea what was going on with his son these days.

When Blaine left the office, he found Santana waiting by the door "Did you get everything settled?" she asked.

"I don't know, but I hope so" he responded "This didn't take as long as I anticipated. How much longer until your mom's car is ready?"

"Trouty said about another hour."

"Let me take you to the Lima Bean as a thank you. Maybe we can talk about the friendship that seems to be developing between you and my boyfriend? It kind of scares me."

She took his arm and started to pull him toward the exit "Let's go. I wanted to check out your sweet new ride anyway."

The Lima Bean was overcrowded with holiday shoppers, but they had been able to snag a table in the back. As they talked, Blaine found out something he found fascinating.

"You are going to move to New York? And live with Rachel? Rachel Berry? And you're sure you won't kill each other?" Blaine wanted to sound supportive, but couldn't because his inner voice was saying LOL…LOL…LOL…I wonder if we could get cameras in there to watch (Not the dirty stuff…and women are beautiful, but...yuck, girl parts).

"Yes, Rachel Berry. We're not in high school anymore. We've matured" Blaine folded his arms across his chest and cocked an eyebrow to give her his (almost) patented Tell me the fucking truth stare "Fine, she needed someone to pay half of the rent and I need to get the hell out of Kentucky. I hate it there."

"Ok, that makes more sense." He gave it three months. Tops.

The topic changed to Blaine's concern that Sam and Kurt would be living under the same roof again. Out of the blue, Santana asked "Who's older? You or your love monkey?"

"Um…well, uh, Bas by 2 months. Why?"

"No reason" She had a smirk that caused Blaine to not believe her, but he'd let it go for now "You know Hummel will throw the mother of all shit fits when he finds out what your parents did for Trouty." She had barely got the words out of her mouth when…

"What did Blaine's parents do for Sam? And how would they even know him?"

Of course, Kurt had shown up the moment one of them had said something about him. Santana covertly reached into her purse and turned on the recorder she had slipped in there, just in case. It seemed apropos to tape Kurt this time.

"Hello Kurt. So nice of you to interrupt our private conversation" Blaine greeted his ex with a tone that dripped with not only sarcasm, but outright animosity.

"I thought I would say hi, as not to be rude. But evidently rudeness is not an issue with you. Is it Blaine?"

Blaine looked across the table at Santana who gave him a rather impressive eyeroll. As much as she wanted to tear Kurt a new one after what he had said to Brittany, this was not her fight. Although, if her assistance was necessary she'd be more than happy to help.

Blaine turned his attention back to his ex "What do you want Kurt? There must be something since you obviously had to seek us out. One would think that after that verbal beatdown Santana gave you the other day, you would avoid us altogether."

Santana let out a snort but covered her mouth in an attempt to make it appear to be a cough.

Yeah, that didn't work.

Blaine continued before Kurt could respond "As far as what my parents did for Sam goes, I should probably tell you before you throw one of your infamous shit fits."

"Shit fits, Blaine? So mature."

"Well, a fit by any other name is still a fit. By the way, that term is not mine which shows that others see your pettiness in the same manner that I do."

Santana couldn't hold back any longer "Fuck, Seblaine Junior. I have to bow down to your verbal beatdown skills. You are putting my beatdown of Lady Hummel to shame."

Ah, Seblaine Junior. The reason for the question about birthdays. Blaine assumed that it was Santana's way of poking at Kurt. From the expression on his face, it appeared to have worked.

Kurt's head whipped around to glare at Santana. He had looked annoyed, actually constipated, while talking to Blaine. Once Santana used the term Seblaine, you could see his expression change from annoyed to aggravated.

"Seblaine Junior? Really Santana?" Kurt asked her "You support Blaine and his friendly fuck buddy after what Sebastian did to you?"

This time Santana didn't hold back her snort/chuckle before she informed him "No, but I do support Blaine and his boyfriend. You know, bitches of a feather flock together."

Blaine and Santana watched as Kurt's entire demeanor changed from aggravated to blank. Completely and totally expressionless. Blaine was about to say something until "You're a liar!" he yelled directly toward Blaine "You said after Sectionals that you and Sebastian weren't boyfriends!"

"Not that it is any of your business, but that changed yesterday. Oh, if you're curious, I asked him."

"You should call Seblaine Senior since it is your one day anniversary" Santana added to take another poke at Kurt.

"No!" Kurt yelled even louder than before "I have worked too hard! I have come too far!" Then he abruptly left, repeatedly muttering "I can fix this. I can fix this."

If someone would have described Blaine and Santana as shocked, that person would not have had a grasp on the situation.

"Was that weird?" he asked.

"Beyond weird. Do you have any idea what that was about?"

"Not a clue" Blaine said as he watched Kurt leave the coffee shop "But for some reason, I don't think it was about me."

When Blaine dropped Santana off, she assured him that she would give both Sam and Puck a heads up on Kurt's dramatics. Also, that he knew Blaine's parents had done something for Sam, but not what it was. Blaine told her to go ahead tell Brittany everything since she was Sam's girlfriend. Although, if he had to guess it wouldn't be for much longer.

As Blaine drove off he reflected on his conversation with Burt. He didn't have an issue with what he said, but how he had said it. Yes, he had spoken to Mr. Schuster and Finn in the same manner, but he didn't have the same animosity toward Burt. Tomorrow's family therapy was not the time to bring this up to Molly, but he would make her aware that he would want to cover it at his next individual session.

Sugar still wasn't back from shopping when Blaine arrived at the Motta's. Blaine was actually happy about how things had worked out since it gave him time to talk with Sugar's dad. Blaine told him about everything from Hunter, to Burt, to Kurt, but their biggest topic of conversation was fight club. Blaine wanted his opinion on both the betting and the leaks. When Sugar still wasn't back after they had finished, the two of them began to laugh about the numerous times it was almost revealed how they knew each other.

"Did he really ask you if you were a made man in the Motta crime family?" Mr. Motta had found that one funny.

"Yeah, that was pretty close" Blaine said as he remembered the look on Sam's face when he realized who Blaine had called "I mean…"

Before he could go any further, he was interrupted by the sound of dropped shopping bags and a very enthusiastic "Blainey!"

Within 10 minutes of her arrival, Blaine found himself on the couch with a lap full of Sugar. Once they were comfortable, he told her everything that happened in the choir room after she left. The two of them told each other everything. Ok, almost everything.

"I wish I would have known about the tape Blainey."

"You weren't there Sugar Bear" he paused for a moment when she giggled at his rhyme "You were with me in Detroit."

"When I went back to McKinley, it was so much fun to watch Kurt have his shit fits because your parents took you away for surgery. Wow, Puck was so right about what to name Kurt's tantrums."

"You should know that I told some of the guys about Alpha Gay, and Bas told Santana who I'm sure will tell Brittany. They all love it."

"I am pretty proud of that one" Sugar had been thoroughly pissed when Blaine told her Kurt had called him that "Do you know how hard it has been for me to not say it around him or the others, especially Finn?"

Blaine saw an opening to broach the topic they needed to discuss "Speaking of the others, that hug you gave me after Sectionals brought up more than a few questions. Sweetie, I know you were the one that wanted to keep our relationship secret, but now I'm going to ask you to keep it for at least a little while longer."

"Because you were sad at McKinley but now you're not?" Sugar's bubbly personality was gone and Blaine hated when that happened.

"Sugar Motta, I refuse to tell you again that my depression wasn't your fault" Blaine tickled her to make her smile again "It is not your fault that I abandoned the Warblers. I did that. Plus, when I transferred to McKinley, I really did want to make Kurt happy."

"Yuck! I still can't believe…"

"Sugar, stop. What's the mantra that Molly taught you?"

She rolled her eyes and answered in her best annoyed, sing-song tone "Blaine suffers from depression, but he's working hard to get better. He admits that he made a lot of stupid decisions during that time and constant reminders of what happened is not healthy for his recovery" when she finished she added "I don't like to say that you're stupid."

"I chose the word, Sweetie. It doesn't mean that I am stupid but I did make a lot of stupid decisions" Blaine pulled her in a little tighter "Sug, I really need you to do this. Something is going on at Dalton and I called your Daddy for some help. When things come out I don't want him brought into this. So, do you think you can keep our dirty little secret? At least for a little while longer?"

Sugar nodded her head in agreement and then smiled "You mean that you are my favorite cousin?"

Blaine pretended to gasp as if she had actually told him their secret. She smacked his arm which caused him to smile back at her "Your favorite cousin, huh? Well, I better be considering Cooper is your only other option."

"Oh my god!" Sugar practically bounced off of Blaine's lap "I almost had a heart attack the day Cooper showed up at school. How did you convince him to not give away our secret?"

"I told him to consider it an acting exercise." They both laughed since it was a very Cooper thing to do. Their discussion on this topic seemed to have come to an end, so they just sat for a few minutes while she put her head back on his shoulder and he stroked her hair. They really did love each other and it had been hard to keep their secret while Blaine had been at McKinley. Although Sam had convinced him to go back to Dalton, Blaine would have never left unless Sugar and Uncle Robert had said it was ok. His parents tried to ignore that fact. Uncle Robert wasn't their favorite person.

Before he left, Blaine wanted to ask one more thing "So, has Kitty mentioned anything about Thad?"

"Uh, duh. You could have led with the fact that his family are all billionaires" she teased "Oh, and by the way, good job on snagging that super-doopity rich, hot piece of ass."

Sugar's response did not sit well with Blaine "Sweetie, how do you know this?"

"We googled them."

A sickening feeling washed over Blaine "What did your search say about Sebastian's sister?"

"He has a sister?"

When Blaine got home he knew he would have the house to himself. His parents and Cooper were at Senator Thompson's Kick off the Holidays party and Sebastian had said that he would probably stay at Dalton since his lacrosse game was the next day. He was actually happy everyone would be out. After what Sugar had said he wanted to spend some time on the computer.

However, when he got to his room he found out he wasn't alone.

"Where have you been!" Sebastian was agitated and had apparently been waiting for a while "You left Santana hours ago!"

"Bas, I went to see Sugar after that" Blaine tried to sound calm, but it didn't seem to help "I thought you were staying at Dalton tonight?"

"I thought so too, but then I found out about your little run in with Hummel and then you didn't answer your phone!"

"Oh god, I turned it off when I talked to Sugar and her dad but I thought I had put it on vibrate. I'm so sorry" Blaine pulled out his phone. He not only had 20 missed calls from Sebastian, but also a few from Santana and Sam. He also saw that Kurt had started texting him again, but he'd deal with that later. His answer had not placated Sebastian who continued to rant and pace the room. Blaine figured out rather quickly that this had very little to do with him not answering his phone. That was just what sent him over the edge.

Blaine knew how he could get his boyfriend to stop, but dirty talk would probably not be enough. He would need more, but Blaine was not ready to go that road. Maybe after he fought again. He let Sebastian continue rant until he finally came up with a plan.

"Sebastian stop!" Blaine called out in the voice that Sebastian had no ability to refuse. That and the fact that Blaine had used his full name was enough.

"Good" Blaine walked up to speak into his ear "I'm going to go get a few things. When I get back I want you to be in your boxer briefs. Do you understand me?"

"Killer…"

"Do you understand me?" This was a little more intense than Blaine had planned, but at least Sebastian had calmed down.

"I understand."

When Blaine came back to the room a few minutes later he laid some towels on his bed. He turned to Sebastian, who had done what he had been told "Lay down on your stomach."

"You want me to..?" Blaine crossed his arms and cocked his eyebrow so, Sebastian didn't finish the thought and did what he was told.

Blaine took off his jeans, climbed up to straddle Sebastian, pulled out a bottle of lotion and began to give him give him a massage "I didn't have any massage oils so you'll smell like vanilla lotion for a while."

Sebastian responded with a loud moan, followed by another and then yet another.

"Bas, your neck and shoulders are nothing but knots. You need to let some of this stuff go. Let go of the guilt you have over what happened with the Slushie. Let go of thinking you still have to protect the Warblers from not only what happened that night but also from Hunter. Let go of the idea that you have to play perfectly so that your team will win tomorrow. But most of all you have to let go of the idea that I would ever leave you for Kurt. Bas?"

It was in that moment that he learned that Sebastian did not have his ability to fake sleep. He snored too loudly. That led to yet another problem for Blaine. Despite the fact that he had a queen-sized bed, there was no room for him since his 6'2" boyfriend was lying there, spread eagle and dead to the world.

Blaine got off of the bed, covered Sebastian with a blanket and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then he stared and marveled at how truly beautiful his boyfriend was, especially since for once it looked like he was at peace. After he was able to pull himself away, he put some lounge pants on and then booted up his computer like he had originally planned. He had some googling to do.

Note:

How Blaine and Sugar are cousins will be explained later.

In an earlier chapter, Kurt argued with Sebastian stating that he knew Sebastian didn't have a sister, when he actually does.

As always, thank you for reading