Characters: Blaine (mainly) & Sebastian with appearances from a lot of others (mainly Santana).

Rating: M (implied sex & violence)

Summary: Blaine is willing to do anything he has to do to protect the boy he loves, even if he has to go against everything he believes in.

Note: Phone calls in Bold Italics. Text/chats/and two lines of song lyrics in Italics (You'll be able to tell what's what).

Sunday 2PM

"Oh my God! Bas, go take a shower. My parents are taking you to the airport in an hour."

"I'm going. I'm going." Sebastian said before kissing Blaine with his frosting covered lips, again. When he pulled away, he noticed Sugar and Nick talking to Blaine's parents…and they were holding hands "B, I'm surprised you're so calm about Sugar and Nick. Who are you and what have you done with my boyfriend?"

"I'm right here." Blaine sighed "You know I love Nick as a brother, and maybe I have been a little overprotective of Sugar" When Sebastian snickered, he smacked his shoulder "Ok, a lot overprotective. They're going on a double date with Thad and Kitty to the movies. She'll be fine."

"So, that means your Uncle is sending someone to spy on them. Am I right?"

"No, that means I gave Kitty a hundred bucks to tell me if Nick tries to pull something. After Uncle Rob accidently got Rory sent back to Ireland, we decided it would be best if I was the one to keep an eye on Sugar's love life."

An hour later, Blaine and Sebastian stood off to the side of the entryway while the driver put the bags in the car. Blaine's parents attempted to give them some privacy, but Mrs. Anderson thought they looked so cute with their hands clasped and foreheads pressed together that she couldn't help but occasionally glance over.

Hey, at least she wasn't taking pictures.

"17 days" Blaine pouted.

"Yes, I'll be gone for 17 days, but I'll be back to kiss you at midnight on New Year's Eve." Sebastian leaned down for a kiss. He kept it pretty chaste considering the Andersons were nearby "I had a lot of fun today."

"And not last night?"

"I already told you how much I enjoyed last night. I was talking about the Cookie Bake and, you know…Before."

Blaine looked for his parents, and when he saw they weren't close, he walked up to Sebastian's ear and spoke to him in that tone he loved (and hated) so much "You mean when I tied you to my headboard and did all sorts of dirty, dirty things to you?"

Sebastian nodded emphatically as he had more than enjoyed taking their little game to the next level. He had so many wonderful images to take with him to Paris. And when he said images he meant that he needed to make sure no one saw his phone "Yes, and the other thing."

"You liked me spanking that amazing ass of yours, didn't you? You naughty boy, don't think for a moment that I didn't figure out the real reason you bought us cuffs for Christmas."

Fortunately, before Sebastian started to answer, they both noticed that Blaine's mom was walking over to them. This was definitely not a conversation she needed to hear "Sebastian dear, it's time to go. Blaine, are you sure you know what to do for Sam's surprise?"

"Yes, I've got it. Plus, Puck is back in Lima and I asked him to give me a hand."

"Good" Mrs. Anderson looked back and forth between her son and his boyfriend and determined they needed another minute. She gave Blaine a kiss on the cheek "I'll see you Wednesday. Now Sebastian, one last kiss and then we really do have to go." She gave him a wink and added "I'll get my husband out of here so you can make it a good one."

"You know, I love your parents, don't you?" Sebastian asked once Blaine's mom had walked away.

"They are great, aren't they?" Blaine refused to let the tears he was holding back fall. He knew if they started they wouldn't stop "I'm going to miss you so much, Bas. We just found each other again, but I don't remember me without you."

"That's because you have just started being you again. I'm so glad that I have been able to be with you on your journey to save yourself." They both laughed at Sebastian using Blaine's description for the changes he had made in his life "You know you saved me too. The vacancy that sat in my heart, is a space that now you hold."

"You like singing songs I wrote for you back to me. Don't you?"

"Absolutely" Sebastian answered with a peck on the lips "So, how about you give me a real kiss before your dad walks in on us again."

They actually got in three kisses before Mr. Anderson came and got Sebastian. Blaine walked him out to the limo and stood in the driveway to wave goodbye. The moment the car was out of sight, it was like a switch flipped inside of him. He had a lot to accomplish in just two days.

After making a series of phone calls, he looked at the clock and knew he had to get in the shower. Unfortunately, there was one more call he needed to make first.

Well, hello darling

Cut the crap, Kurt

Is that anyway to talk to your boyfriend?

You're not my boyfriend

Yet

Go to hell!

The call didn't take long and Blaine was able to shower, change and pack an overnight bag in under a half hour. Thank god, he didn't gel his hair anymore. When he went downstairs he was extremely anxious to get his plan in motion, but received a text from the limo driver that his guest's plane had just landed. Since he had to wait he got his guitar and began to play. It always helped to calm his nerves.

I dreamed a dream of time gone by…

As if she knew he needed a pick-me-up, Sugar sent him a text stating that the movie had finished and that she, Kitty, Thad and Nick were ready. Earlier at the Cookie Bake, Kitty was informed of Blaine and Sugar's relationship since everyone else there knew and it was too hard not to say anything. When asked why they didn't just tell everyone, Blaine went and made a call to his uncle. His biggest concern had been that his uncle's name could be associated with the betting at Fight Club if it was ever discovered. After he was assured for probably the tenth time that it wouldn't be a problem, Blaine agreed that they should do it. He was actually relieved because it would make his plan to stop Kurt much easier.

Since Dalton had released for the holidays, he said he'd tell the guys that didn't know later. McKinley was another story as they were still in school until Wednesday. It was actually Kitty that had the idea of how they could tell everyone with just one text.

From Blaine: Hey Tina. I forget, did Sugar and I tell you that we are cousins? Oops, sorry got to go.

From Tina: WTF?!

Yeah, that should do it.

He had 15 new texts and 8 missed (technically ignored) calls by the time the limo arrived 15 minutes later. When he went to greet it, he found the driver holding open the door while his guest got out of the backseat, waving her phone.

"Please tell me it's true. Please say that the Acapella Dreamboat and Miss I Can't Carry a Tune in a Bucket are related."

Blaine took her arm and led her toward the house "Well, that didn't take long and hello to you too, Santana. Yes, Sugar is my baby cousin who I love more than any of the other members of my family except for my parents, and some days that's in question. So, no more nicknames for her unless they are as sweet as she is." They stopped at the door and he kissed her cheek "Now, go in and make yourself comfortable while I take care of the driver."

"Ok, but this is far from over."

Once she went in, Blaine had her bags put by the door. He didn't need them brought in any further since they wouldn't be there long.

He and Santana had known each other for a while, but had only just started to be friends. This was going to be a lot to ask. It scared him how much he needed her. "Thanks for doing this Santana. Did you have any problems?" he asked as he sat down next to her on the sofa.

"Let's see. You offered to fly me home first class and send a limo to pick me up, if I agreed to fly back a day early and tell no one about it. No, no problems but that doesn't mean I'm not as intrigued as hell in what you're up to Frodo." The more she looked at him the more she realized that she had never seen this Blaine before. He was focused, intense and his eyes didn't dance like every time she had seen them since he and Sebastian got together "Blaine, what's going on?"

Since the moment she had agreed to meet with him, Blaine had thought about how he was going to do this. Tell her things without telling her things. In the end, he decided to go with a modified version of the speech he gave Puck before he told him about Fight Club "Santana, I have some things I would like to talk with you about. However, if I do, you won't be able to tell anyone, including Brittany. You would have to keep secrets from your girlfriend. I know that's a lot to ask before I give you any actual information, but it has to be this way. Please understand that you can say no and there will absolutely be no hard feelings."

If she thought she had been intrigued before, she couldn't explain what she was feeling now "You're serious, aren't you?"

"Completely."

"Of course, Blaine. I'll keep your secret, but what about Sam or Seb…?"

"Santana, neither Sam or Bas can know, no one can. Well, there is one other person who I'm going to bring in."

"Who?"

"Puck."

Other than Kurt or Finn, that was probably the last name she expected. Although, Puck did spend part of Thanksgiving with the Andersons "Ok, what's all this about?"

"Kurt is blackmailing me. He has information about me, Bas and our friends at Dalton. But, what Bas doesn't know is that Kurt also has information about him and his family. The kind of information that people don't come back from. It's that bad."

"That son-of-a…"

Blaine held up his hand to stop her before she started ranting about Kurt. They didn't have that much time before they had to leave. "Yes, Kurt is a son-of-a-bitch, and I promise at some point you can go all Lima Heights on his ass, but I need your help first. Dave Karofsky told Kurt something that he had sworn to not talk about. He knew there would be consequences if he did and he is going to pay, trust me. Kurt took that information to someone else who was able to find the information Kurt is blackmailing me with. I convinced (cough) Dave to give me the guy's name."

"How the hell did you do that?" She laughed at the look on his face "You have obviously been taking smirking lessons from your boyfriend."

"You have no idea."

How the hell did you get my number Anderson?

Oh, please. Like it was a challenge? Don't you remember? I'm dangerous and a liar. Not at all who I pretend to be. At least that's what you told Kurt. Remember?

Where did you hear that?

From Kurt, of course. He told me that's how you described the quote real Blaine when you told him about what you knew.

He wouldn't…

Oh, but he did. Now, here's what's going to happen. You knew the rules about telling anyone and that there were consequences for breaking them. Since everyone else is away on break, I decided to take care of your consequences myself.

What are you going to do? Come beat me up?

No, when I fight I like a challenge. Anyway, I'm going to be magnanimous and give you a choice. Consequence A will be painful, but quick. Consequence B will be personal as in I will personally destroy you and whatever you love the most, and I promise that it will not be quick. Pick one.

You're not serious.

Try me asshole.

What do you want for A?

A name.

Blaine turned off the recording before any sensitive information was revealed "You still with me?"

"So, you did the same thing to Dave that Kurt is doing to you?" Santana tried to sound offended, but she was actually kind of impressed.

"No, I gave Dave a choice and he chose wisely. Kurt is not giving me a choice. There's a difference."

She couldn't hide how she felt any longer "Damn, that's cold Hobbit, but why the fuck does Dave think you can beat him up?"

Oops! "You caught that, huh? You get to find out if you agree to help me."

"Are you kidding me? Sign me up! Plus, I wouldn't want you to have to beat…"

Blaine didn't like it that she had stopped midsentence "Stop staring at me like that. It's creepy."

"No, no, no. I know you…"

"Santana, stop. Now is not the time."

"As Mercedes would say, Oh, hell to the no. I want to…" the look on Blaine's face immediately let her know that it was in her best interest to drop it for now "Where are we going?"

"We're meeting Puck at Sugar's" he informed her "Now Santana, I'm going to say this one more time. You can say no to all of this. I will drive you home and you can surprise your parents. If you want to stay you are going to have to trust me."

She did. For some inexplicable reason she trusted him, but had no idea why he trusted her. "Fine, but on the way there you are explaining to me how you were able to hide the whole cousin thing from everyone."

"Santana, I think you're going to find that was the easiest secret I've had to keep."

Puck hadn't arrived when they got to the Motta's, so Sugar shared the group chat the New New Directions were having about Blaine's text to Tina. Or as she liked to call it "The Crazy"

To New New Directions Group/ From Tina: Sugar? What the hell? Blaine is your cousin?

From Sugar: Yes, Blainey is my cousin. You didn't know?

From Kitty: I knew. We were at Blaine's house today baking Christmas cookies

From Sam: It was a secret? ;)

From Brittany: Lord Tubbington knew

From Tina: WTF?! How didn't I know?

From Unique: I don't know girl. I thought you knew everything there was to know about that Bootylicious boy. Or maybe you were too busy just staring at his booty

From Marley: Unique has a point

From Joe: Marley has a point

From Artie: Is this why Blaine always gave me the stink eye when I talked about dating Sugar?

From Sugar: Who do you think told me to say that you and I should go horseback riding?

From Ryder: Artie, dude BUUURRRRNNNN. And I didn't know

From Jake: What Ryder said

From Kurt: Of course, I knew. Blaine and I don't keep secrets from each other

From Sam: Yeah Kurt, like you told him about the tape you gave back to Sebastian. Not! And get off our chat! Seblaine forever!

Puck arrived about 10 minutes later and Blaine took him and Santana to his uncle's study. First, they discussed Puck's view on the news of the day, to which he quickly apologized for once referring to Sugar as a "hot piece of ass".

The three of them spent the next 20 minutes talking in circles until Blaine finally decided to just let things go. He told them everything that had anything to do with what was happening with Kurt, except what Kurt had on Sebastian. He could only hope the guys would forgive him one day.

"876,512 dollars?" Puck stuttered out "876,512 dollars?"

"Yup."

Since Puck had gone into a stupor where he could only mutter "876,512 dollars" over and over again, the other two carried on the conversation without him "Ok, I get why Hummel would want you back…"

"Thank you" Blaine gave her a wink.

"Not my type Frodo, but why would he want the money?"

"It's 876,512 dollars, Lopez!" Ok, Puck was back.

"Actually, I don't think Kurt wants the money."

"Are you fucking insane?! It's 8…"

Puck's rant was stopped by a knock at the door and Blaine's uncle making himself known "Santana, Noah this is my Uncle Alphonso Robert Motta the Third. Uncle Rob, these are my friends Santana and Noah."

"Why the full name Blaine Devon Anderson?" Robert asked.

"Practicing for Tuesday. I can't believe no one caught on to our relationship earlier when I keep forgetting to call you Al in public."

"Yes, you definitely need to get that right on Tuesday. So, sorry about my manners, Noah it's nice to meet you and Santana, I believe you were in the TroubleTones with my baby girl."

"Yes, sir. Thank you for doing that. I had a lot of fun."

"You're welcome and it's Robert, not sir. I didn't mean to disturb you but Blaine I have what you asked for. Santana, Blaine said that you are staying the night so you can surprise your parents tomorrow. The guest room across from Blaine's is ready for you and just ask him if you need anything. Blaine, the guys will be there about 10AM. Is that good?" Blaine gave him a nod and then Robert reached into his pocket and handed Blaine a gift wrapped box "Merry Christmas from me and Sug."

After Blaine opened the box his face lit up, well like a Christmas tree "You didn't? Oh my god, you did! My mother is going to fucking kill you!"

"At least now she'll have a reason."

"I only needed it for the day."

"I know but you practically drooled when you saw it, so I had to get it. I did borrow the one for Noah, so his goes back. Now, if you all will excuse me, I'm going to say good night."

The door had barely closed when Puck was out of his seat "What was he talking about Anderson?"

Blaine tried to tamper down his reaction. Puck was going to lose his fucking mind "Come with me. It's better if I show you."

Both Puck and Santana knew when they reached their destination that they were standing in front of a door that led to the garage. When Blaine opened it and turned on the lights, it was obvious what he and his uncle had been talking about.

"Are those…?" Santana began to ask.

"Are those two brand new Harley Davidsons? Why, yes. Yes, they are." Blaine was able to answer, even though Puck almost knocked him over to get to them "Puck? Are you ok?"

"They're so pretty" Puck whispered as he kept pulling his hands back as not to touch.

Santana just shook her head as her ex had been turned into a puddle of goo "You have a new truck Richboy, which by the way is your new name. Why did you need these?"

"Because the house isn't that far from McKinley and Sam would recognize it. Puck and I will be hiding in plain sight. Plus, it's fun." When neither of his friends responded, Blaine realized the problem and had to laugh at himself "Would it help if I told you that Sam's family is moving back to Lima and that Puck and I need to be at their new house tomorrow because my mom is having some stuff delivered?"

"So that's what we're doing? Since you had asked me how to find him, I thought we were going to go scare the shit out of Karofsky" Puck laughed as if it was a joke, but it was actually what he had believed "Why hasn't Evans said anything?"

"Because he doesn't know." Blaine explained "His parents are telling him when we're all in Aspen. That's why he can't see us, and you can't tell him."

"Makes sense, although I still want to know what consequences you have planned for Karofsky."

Blaine tried not to smile too widely "Don't worry, you'll know soon enough."

An hour later, Puck was gone and Blaine was showing Santana to the guest room when she asked him to come in so they could talk.

"Is this the point where you tell me you want out?" Blaine asked.

"It depends. I need you to answer a question first."

That was not what Blaine expected "Ok, ask."

"Why do I know you?" she asked then went over and sat on the bed, patting the area next to her until he got the hint.

"Because Puck sent Kurt to spy on the Warblers?"

"You know that's not what I'm talking about. I could understand knowing the you from the last two years, Blaine Warbler then Hummel's accessory boyfriend." Blaine was going to protest, but she had a point. "This you, I shouldn't know. The you with the insanely wealthy family and connections to some of the most influential people in the country, if not world. I still can't believe you got Kurt the job at Vouge."

"I still can't believe people think he got a job at Vogue from a few photos of his outfits from high school, a personal blog on Project Runway and a hippo broach." They both laughed at that because once it was said out loud, it really was ridiculous. "Turned out that wasn't the smartest thing I ever did. Am I going to have the same problem with you?"

"Hell no! You just didn't get me an internship, you got me a job. Well, you got me both, but you know what I mean."

"I do, but you realize it wasn't out of the kindness of my heart. You're doing something for me too."

"I know. I'll figure out what that Travis guy is really up to and how he found all that shit he told Kurt. But Blaine, you never answered my question. How do I know you?"

Blaine got up off the bed and headed to the door. He turned around once he was in the doorway and answered "I promise someday I'll tell you, but it's been a long day. I will tell you that it's not as interesting as you may think. A lot of it comes from misunderstandings between a scared, but stubborn 14 year-old boy that had just come out to his parents and his parents who were given bad advice on how to "deal with" him. So, are you still in?"

If there was someone who could understand what Blaine was referring to, it was Santana "I'm still in."

"Goodnight, Santana."

"Goodnight, Richboy."

2AM Monday Morning

Blaine was finally in bed. He reached for his phone and pulled up pictures from the Christmas Cookie Bake. His favorite was one that Sugar took of him and Sebastian kissing while covered flour. Or maybe it was the one of him smearing frosting on Sebastian's nose. He kept flipping through the photos until he found one he didn't remember taking. It was Sebastian, still covered in flour, but laughing. He was so happy…carefree…beautiful.

"I love you so much Bas, and I'm never going to that asshole hurt you. No matter what I have to do."

Notes:

Sorry this took so long to update, but I was buried deep in Seblaine Week. I kept trying to work on this as well, but every time I went back I found what I had written before was total crap.

Yes, I used I Dreamed A Dream here, but I did in Chapter 8 New Questions as well. I have always loved Darren's version of the song and have written it into several stories when people "discover" that Blaine plays the guitar.

A lovely reader pointed out that Sugar's dad's name was Al. I was very disappointed for not finding the information myself. My little OCD heart didn't know what I was going to do until I found the solution in my own family where we have a Sr., Jr. & the Third. All of them use some version of the name, so now Blaine's uncle will be Robert personally and Al professionally, when Blaine remembers (Hummm? Could that mean something?).