Summary: The Sebreak is over! Time to get back to normal…or find something new to throw everything into chaos.

Notes: Group text is in italics

Warning: This chapter is rated M (Seblaine has been apart, did you expect anything less?)

"Ok, Chandler. Pay attention to Hummel here. And Hummel…" Cooper tried not to laugh at how Kurt glared at him (Santana was right. He does look constipated), but not very hard "Are you ok? You look strange…maybe like you've seen a ghost." That took the last bit of his composure, so just left and laughed his way back out to the dining room.

"What was that all about?" Chandler asked as he put on the apron Kurt handed him.

"Long story" Kurt grumbled. He went to the walk-in and when he came back he found Chandler with his arms crossed, tapping his foot "What?"

"Since I'm here for the next three hours and I'm pretty sure heating up the breadsticks then putting them in baskets isn't that hard, you might as well start talking. You know I'll get it out of you eventually."

Kurt smiled as he remembered why it was he had liked Chandler so much the first time "You're right, as usual. And it is one hell of a story."

While Kurt and Chandler chatted like two long lost friends, Pam and Charles were attempting to discreetly sneak back into their house…and failed. "You can come in Mom and Dad" Blaine called out. "Nothing sorted going on in here."

"One can never be too sure with the two of you" Pam teased but internally cheered seeing Blaine and Sebastian cuddled together on the couch, surrounded by hundreds of yellow flowers.

"Especially since you had been separated for three whole days" Charles chimed in, then handed something to his son "I suppose you want your phone back."

"Mr. A, could you please take our picture first?" Sebastian asked. "I mean, B and I should let everyone know we're back together. That's ok…right?"

"You two are absolutely ridiculous…but adorable" Pam told them as she approved the picture her husband had taken. "Now, text away…end the national nightmare."

Both boys looked at the picture and smiled, each knowing they would need to get a framed copy for their night tables.

"What should we say?"

"There's only one thing I can think of."

From Blaine (and Sebastian): Reunited and it feels so good *image attached
From Santana: Fucking finally! What's with the flowers?
From Sam: How can you be a FOB and not know 1000 Yellow Daisies from Gilmore Girls? Good move, Seb
From Cooper: FOB? And I've got a picture for you too *image attached
From Wes: Friend of Blaine and who is the guy with Hummel?
From Sam: Cooper! WTF! We agreed to wait
From Beat: Are we still pretending like Seblaine broke up? And Santana, Sam has a point about Gilmore Girls
From Sebastian: Yes, to the pretending part but tell Mike the truth since he'll be in LA with us
From Sebastian: And Cooper, who the fuck is the guy with Gayface? B is being a meany and won't tell me
From Santana: Oh shit! Friday night you and your boys went out to eat…
From Wes: (pause) Wait, that's Mr. Texting isn't Cheating?
From Beat: I still don't get it
From Blaine: Drum, the guy with Kurt is Chandler
From Beat: As in…
From Blaine: Yup
From Cooper: Seb? No Smythe snark?
From Blaine: It's impossible for him to roll on the floor laughing and type at the same time
From Sam: You should have heard Finn. He was all "Dude, I'm not into dudes…but dude you were dating Blaine"
From Trent: Damn! Come 5 minutes late to a group text and see what happens

Blaine had to pull out when his phone rang "Hello, Sug…"

"Don't you Hello me, Blaine Devon Anderson! What the hell is Sebreak?"

"Sugar, if you're going to yell, turn down the volume."

"Blaine..."

"Ok, I'm going to tell you something but you can't tell anyone, not even Kitty. Sam and Coop know though."

Sugar giggled at Blaine's inadvertent rhyme. It helped calm her down "You know I can keep a secret."

"I do. Bas and I didn't break up. The Sebreak is just a big misunderstanding we're not clearing up at the moment."

"Why not?"

"I'm not sure but I'm going to find out. Ok?"

"Ok."

"I promise we will have a cuddle-chat about this after your Regionals on Saturday. Are you guys ready?

"More than ready. I can't wait to kick ass then get on Spring Break."

"Do you have plans I don't know about?" Blaine didn't like the silence "Sugar?"

"Before I tell you, there's something you should know. Nicky and I broke up. Don't go all caveman and threaten to hurt one of your best friends, it was mutual. Kind of like what happened with Sam and Nari. I think that was why I was so upset when I heard about you and Sebastian."

"Well, I guess we have more to talk about during our cuddle-chat." Blaine couldn't say that he was surprised, but it was probably a good thing he wasn't seeing Nick anytime soon. "So, are you ever going to tell me about your Spring Break plans?"

"I'm going to Ireland to see Rory."

"What?!"

While Blaine's conversation with Sugar became more animated, Sebastian signaled like he was going to go use the restroom, but instead went and found Blaine's parents in the kitchen.

"I don't like this."

They each gave him a look of apology because they knew they had put him in a bad situation. Pam stood and excused herself, leaving her husband to try and settle their son's boyfriend's nerves. "What are you most concerned about?"

Sebastian sat down at the table even though he knew he didn't have a lot of time. "That you've gone behind his back. That Sam knows nothing even though this involves him too. Doctor/patient confidentiality has been broken. Lawyer/client confidentiality has been broken. That I'm lying to him for you. That the last time he was overwhelmed he punched the heavy bag until he almost ruined his hands. I could go on."

"I'm sorry it had to be this way."

"Did it?"

Charles was a little put off by Sebastian's frankness, but knew it was because he cared about Blaine. "I have lived every minute of the last 1,478 days with the knowledge that I was not there for my son when he needed me most. I will never let that happen again."

The fact that Blaine's dad knew exactly how many days it had been since the attack, for some reason that helped, but not with all of Sebastian's concerns "This whole year…the move back to Dalton, being in the Warblers again, embracing his musical abilities, telling everyone about Sugar, having Sam and Santana in his life, repairing his relationship with Beat and Cooper…and you…and me, he calls it Saving Myself. He's going to hate it that so many people are involved."

"I know."

They had managed to time their conversation perfectly because at that point Pam came back into the kitchen "Ok, I got my purse. Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Sebastian asked.

"We're going to get a couple of things ready for tomorrow and then to have dinner" she told him and gave him a wink "Meaning you have about two hours."

When Sebastian got back to Blaine he had just ended his call with Sugar "That took longer than I thought it would."

"I stopped to talk to your parents on my way back. They left to run a couple of errands and then go have dinner."

"Oh really?" Blaine asked with lilted voice and eyebrow wiggle.

"Yes, really." Sebastian tried to sound cool and play-off what Blaine had been hinting at…for now. "Since Dalton closed for break early, I asked Rosa to make us meatloaf so we could still have our planned dinner date. Although, I will probably need to start running 5 miles every morning until that photo shoot to make up for what I've been eating. I should also get back on my lacrosse diet."

Blaine put his phone down and walked over to his boyfriend. "Or" he said in that low, authoritative tone that he knew could put Sebastian on his knees in seconds "We can think of other ways to burn calories. Did my parents say how long they would be gone?"

By this time Sebastian's entire body was practically vibrating. Even though Blaine was standing barely an inch in front of him, they were not touching…Blaine made sure of it. Every time Sebastian would reach out, Blaine moved away "Two hours. Your parents said they would be gone two hours" he managed to spit out.

Blaine took the back of his hand and very gently brushed it across Sebastian's cheek "Thank you, Beautiful. Now, I have to ask, did Doug give you your copy of the Stress Relief video…the one of only me playing the drums?" The tone of Blaine's voice had only gotten more intense, leaving Sebastian speechless. He was reduced to his go-to response of emphatic nodding. "Did you understand the hidden message? You're going to have to use your words, Beautiful."

"Yes…yes, I…I understood."

"What was it, Beautiful."

"I couldn't touch myself." When Blaine touched his cheek again, it took everything within him to not fall to the floor. Sebastian never understood how Blaine could do this to him with just his voice and a feather-like touch, but at that moment he really didn't care.

"And?"

"I was good."

"I'm so proud of you, Beautiful. So proud, in fact, that I'm going to give you a choice. We can go up to my room and have some time together or wait until our planned time tomorrow night. You have to realize that if we go upstairs now, it would have to be fast…hard…"

Blaine didn't have to come up with any other adjectives, for Sebastian had grabbed his arm and was dragging him up the stairs. When the bedroom door had been slammed shut and they were in the process of undressing each other, Sebastian froze. Blaine immediately saw the problem, a 6 ft. stuffed bear was pretty hard to miss "It does look like he's watching us. Not ready to try exhibitionism…yet?" Sebastian contemplated the word yet as he watched Blaine walk over to a drawer and pull out…a blindfold?

"You or the bear?"

An hour later, they were in the kitchen having dinner when Sebastian received a text that surprised him enough that he said "Huh?"

"What's going on?"

"It's a text from my mom and she never sends texts. She thinks their rude."

"What does it say?"

"I know you're with Blaine, but you need to come home. Nothing family."

"Go, I'll see you tomorrow. Plus, it will give me a chance to confront my parents about whatever the fuck they have going on."

"B…"

"Bas, there has been too many strange things going on here the last few days. Even the Cello brothers commented on it. I suppose you know what it is, but can't tell me."

"I just know they're going to talk to you about something. I don't know what it is exactly. I'm sorry."

"Well, I'm pretty sure it has something to do with why they insisted we not tell everyone that the Sebreak was just a big misunderstanding. No matter what, I'll meet you at Uncle Rob's at say 7PM tomorrow."

"Why would we go to Lima? Isn't that out of the way to go to the New Directions Regionals on Saturday?"

"I forgot to tell you. Sugar told me that the Regionals site had a massive water leak. McKinley was the only one of the schools that could have it there on such short notice."

"And Principal Sue didn't have a problem with that? I thought she hated the New Directions."

"Evidently, she has suddenly become their biggest supporter. Sug had to go but said she's explain later."

"That's…" Before Sebastian could finish another text came through from his mother "I should really go." After a few goodbye kisses, he did just that. When he arrived home, he was met at the door...

"Mom? What's going on?"

"I don't know, my Darling Boy. When I told her you were at the Andersons, she said she would wait. Sebastian, she sat on the porch steps to do just that. I convinced her to come inside, which I know wasn't the smartest thing to do but she looked so familiar. She wouldn't tell me her name."

"You recognize her from Blaine's first YouTube video. Her name is Rachel…Rachel Berry. Mom..."

"I'll be in upstairs if you need me."

Sebastian walked toward Rachel quietly, wanting to get a clue of what he would be dealing with. Unfortunately, she heard him but seeing her face only reinforced his feeling that something was wrong. He had seen that expression on her once before…after Sectionals when she found out Blaine had been one of the victims in the attack her fathers had told her about years earlier. He pulled the ottoman over so he could sit directly in front of her "Rachel? My mom said you wanted to talk to me."

"I needed someone who already hates me. I thought of you." Her voice was so small it almost broke his heart.

Shit! It looked like she would start crying and he could not handle that, but then he got an idea. "Rachel, I'll be right back. I promise." She was confused, but even more so when Sebastian came back a couple of minutes later and handed her a baby. "Rachel, this is my niece Isabella but she likes being called Izzy."

"Sebastian, why…"

"Because it looked like you were going to cry, but now you can't because if you cry she'll cry. You wouldn't want to make Izzy cry, now would you?"

Izzy reached out for Rachel's face causing a small smile to appear "No" She sat the baby on her lap and then looked across at her uncle "I told Kurt about Blaine's depression."

"Ok? Rachel, that's not really a secret."

"Well, he didn't know, or at least he says he didn't. Once you and Blaine broke up he became even more obsessed with getting Blaine…"

He didn't know why, but Sebastian felt like he had to tell her "Rachel, Blaine and I are together. We never broke up."

"But Santana…"

"It was a huge misunderstanding, that for reasons I can't tell you, we are letting everyone believe." He pulled out his phone and showed her his newest picture "But we are together."

"1000 yellow daisies?" Sebastian nodded and she smiled again "Blaine looks happy. Kurt was talking about sending him their roses…"

"He did. Blaine threw them in the trash." Izzy was beginning to fall asleep in Rachel's arms, so Sebastian got up and put her in the portable crib. When he came back he saw that Rachel was settled enough that maybe she could tell him the true meaning of her visit. "Are you going to tell me why you're really here?"

"Have you ever heard of NYADA's Winter Showcase?" Sebastian shook his head but kind of felt bad that he hadn't "It is the highlight of NYADA's first semester. Only 10 students are asked to participate. Madame Tibideaux writes out each invitation herself."

"I don't understand."

"Sebastian, I was the first freshman to be invited to participate in seven years."

"That's wonderful. Was there a problem?"

"Yes, I won."

Wasn't expecting that "Ok, again…I don't understand."

"My first few weeks back from break were amazing. I was the star of NYADA and Santana and I were actually becoming friends, especially after I came back to Ohio and pulled Kurt out of that hospital."

"Waiting for 13 hours, knowing the Andersons would never let him see Blaine, was borderline psychotic."

"You know he was really waiting to see you. That was during his I'm in love with Sebastian phase." The look on Sebastian's face gave Rachel the clue to move on…quickly. "Anyway, things were going great then…I found out my boyfriend was a slut…Mercedes got a part on Broadway and Santana told her to move in without asking me…oh, and I slept with Finn. When I got back to NYADA, everyone had seen Don't You Want Me on YouTube and I went from winner of the Winter Showcase to an extra in a Blaine Anderson video. And today was so bad with that new video, that I just left. Did you know Stress Relief almost has 80,000 views already?"

"Rachel…"

She put up her hand, signaling for him to stop, then she let it all out "After everyone at NYADA found out Blaine was The Future at Julliard, I went Alpha Gay. I understood how Kurt got to that point. Not only was I jealous of Blaine, I was lonely. So, I helped Kurt get a new audition to NYADA. I keep trying to tell him that he got it on his own, but I made sure admissions got the video he sent. I wanted it to be like it was last year when I was the star, Kurt was my best friend and Blaine was my favorite duet partner…yes, more than Finn. When I realized what I had done, that's when I blurted out about Blaine's depression. I wanted Kurt to see how happy Blaine is and leave him alone, but it made things worse." She bowed her head and finally let the tears fall. "Can you please yell at me now?"

"Get up."

"Oh, ok. I'll just go…"

But that was not what Sebastian had in mind. He moved to the chair, then pulled her onto his lap and kept her wrapped in his arms "I'm not going to yell at you and, believe it or not, I don't hate you."

"You don't?"

"Well, I didn't like you very much when you were grinding your girl parts into my boyfriend in front of 100 people." That got her to giggle which slowed the tears, at least for the time being. "Rachel, you were jealous and lonely which is something I can relate to. I have a question. Do you know who my best friend is?"

"Blaine."

"No, he's my boyfriend. Trent is my best friend."

"You mean Thad?"

"No, you heard me right the first time. My best friend is that Baby-faced Warbler and you want to know why? It's because when there was something I thought I couldn't forgive myself for, he convinced me that I could. So, I am going to do the same for you."

Rachel's giggles turned to laughter "Does that mean you're my best friend now?"

"Sure, why not?"

Huh? "You're being silly."

"Maybe, but we could give it a try. My bestie is going to Harvard and yours has gone bat-shit crazy. There's just one thing…you'll have to share me with Izzy since she and my sister are moving to New York."

"Santana does have to share Blaine with Sugar. Since it's Izzy, how can I say no?" Although she wasn't quite sure if she trusted what was happening, Rachel felt the tension leave her body and she leaned in until her head was on Sebastian's shoulder "Are you sure things will be ok? If Kurt does something to interfere with Blaine's concert, I…"

"Rach, I promise. I've got someone working on it as we speak. Now, we have to celebrate our new found relationship and your big win at Winter Showcase."

"And how do you suggest we do that?"

"Well, Trent and I bonded over a porn movie night and his mom's cookies, but for you how about we just share a piece of the 5-layer chocolate cake Rosa left in the kitchen? Oh god, I'm going to have to run 10 miles tomorrow."

"Can't we do both the cake and porn? You're talking gay porn, right? Oh! Can I meet that guy with the sex toys while I'm in town? Blaine said you call him Santa."

While Sebastian and Rachel were discovering they had more in common than kissing Blaine, Burt Hummel was finishing up his Meet & Greet. He knew they were necessary, but sometimes people just wanted to bitch to bitch. There seemed to be a lot of those people at the event, or maybe it had just felt like it. He came home to (an apologetic) Carole letting him know what had happened earlier in the evening. Puck going to Paris was interesting, but Cooper sending Finn to New York for the next couple of weeks only meant one thing.

The timing to Kurt's NYADA audition was too convenient to be a coincidence.

Of course, he had no idea why Kurt was auditioning for NYADA again in the first place. When he came back from New York, Kurt said he would be applying to the Fashion Institute but that never made sense. If he wanted a career in fashion, why did he leave his internship at early? He let out a sigh and then dropped his head back against his chair. How could he have been so blind? There was a reason for Kurt's change of heart… Blaine.

Before he could think of what to do with this epiphany, his assistant Jenny opened the door. Burt knew it had to be important for her to bother him after he had explicitly asked not to be disturbed. "Congressman Hummel, there's a gentleman here to see you. He apologized for coming after the event but wanted to speak in private. He said it's concerning the situation at Dalton Academy."

He would have had Jenny send the guy away until he heard those last two words "Send him in, and Jenny…"

She knew the problems her boss had with the Dalton mess a few months earlier "I'll make sure you're not disturbed."

Burt got up and walked around his desk to greet the man as Jenny showed him in "Congressman Hummel, thank you for seeing me."

"I have to admit, I wouldn't have if this wasn't concerning Dalton, Mr…?"

"Smythe…Xavier Smythe, but please call me Xavier." As he shook Xavier's hand, Burt tried not to show his complete shock at being face-to-face with The Meerkat's father, but evidently that wasn't unexpected. "You have obviously realized who I am, or more specifically who my son is, but I assure you that I was honest when I told your assistant that this concerns Dalton." Burt motioned for him to have a seat, but let him continue "Congressman Hummel, I want to say upfront that I am an attorney, and while I have not represented Dalton in this matter, I have given council to the current acting head master."

"Call me Burt, and why do I feel that I'm not going to like what you're here to tell me?"

"Because you're not." Xavier opened his briefcase and pulled out a file "That was given to me yesterday."

Burt read the first page and didn't need to go any farther "Why are you here, Xavier?"

"I have followed your career in Washington and believe you are exactly the type of person we need there. Hell, if we were meeting under other circumstances I would be asking if you had thought of running for Senate. But, first and foremost, I am a father and the majority of what Kurt is accused of in that file was directed at Sebastian. He also blackmailed Blaine, threatening him with information he has about my family."

"Xavier…"

"I recently gave up my position as State's Attorney due to a family situation. It ended any future political career I may have had and I don't want you to have to make the same choice. That is the only reason I am giving you the opportunity to handle this privately." Xavier got up and headed toward the door, but turned to say "Burt, I am a very powerful man with a lot of recourses at my disposal. If you can't keep Kurt away from Sebastian…I will."

"Not Blaine?"

"It's not my place, he's not my child." Xavier paused. For some reason he liked Burt, so he warned him "Something is about to happen for Blaine, and it's going to be big. Keep Kurt away from him, Burt. Blaine's family…his entire family…will do whatever's necessary to protect him."

As Xavier left, Jenny came and shut the door behind him. Burt was thankful that the microsecond of eye-contact he had with her was enough to say no more interruptions. He sat back in his chair with the intention of reading the full file, but couldn't bring himself to do it. What had Kurt gotten himself into? He needed information and there was only one way he could think to get it.

Finn was surprised to hear the ringtone he had set for his step-father "Hey, Burt. How was the Meet & Greet?"

"It was fine. Finn, I need you to do something for me. I need to talk to Cooper."

"Sure, I can ask him to call…"

"No, now and in person."

The next morning Xavier walked into Sebastian's room and was greeted by a sight he never thought he would see…his son asleep in bed with a girl cuddled into him "Son, wake up."

It took him a moment to get his bearings, or to the point…remembering why the person with her head on his chest wasn't Blaine "Hey, Dad. What's up?"

"Daniel's here to talk about your change of vacation plans and he got a text. Evidently, Rachel is missing."

Sebastian sat up slowly, trying to nudge Rachel awake "What do you mean she's missing?"

"She didn't come home after classes. Santana, Mercedes, Wes and David have been up all night searching for her. They've tried to keep it from her dads so they called Cooper and he sent out a text to the guys. Well, all the guys but Finn. I told Daniel she's here and to tell Cooper to tell the others, but not give any details until he hears what she wants to do."

"Thanks, Dad." When Xavier left, Sebastian put more urgency into waking the little runaway "Rach, you need to wake up. You've got a problem. Did you forget to tell your roommates that you wouldn't be home last night?"

"I didn't think they'd notice" she grumbled. "I told you that I couldn't take it anymore and just left. The gym bag of clothes I brought are my dance clothes for the class I skipped. I was actually amazed I got an affordable flight. Why? What's the problem?"

"Santana called Cooper and told him you were missing." Rachel sprang up and grabbed her bag "My dads! My phone is dead and I don't have a charger! Oh my god, Finn!"

Sebastian got out of bed (No morning wood after sleeping with a girl. Yup, gay) and grabbed ahold of her shoulders. "Deep breaths. Your dads and Finn don't know. Cooper knows your not missing, not the details, and will let New York know. Ok, I have extra chargers in my top desk drawer. I'm going to go see if my sister has something you can wear before she finishes packing."

"Can I keep your Dalton t-shirt? It was comfy to sleep in."

"Of course. Ok Diva, you need to decide what you want to do. I can tell you your dads aren't going to be home."

"I really want to see them. Do you know where they'll be?"

"Oh, yeah. It's where I'm going. You know what? You might as well come with me. The more the merrier, right?"

"Where are we going?"

"To an intervention."

End Notes: I know...Sebastian & Rachel

I get that the Andersons are pretty liberal in giving Blaine and Sebastian "alone" time, knowing they will most likely have sex (although probably not to the extent it goes). I will say that here they are both 18 and with what happened to Blaine, his parents would most likely not want them out in the community "sneaking around".

Heads Up: The next chapter will take a little longer to post.

As always, thank you for reading.