Uncles to the Rescue

The last thing Blaine or Sebastian ever expected when they'd gone to bed that spring night was to be woken by Blaine's phone ringing at one in the morning. Slowly Blaine reached for it as Sebastian loosened his hold around him. Once it was in his hand, Blaine instantly became more coherent upon seeing Braeden's name on the screen. "What's wrong?" Hearing those words come out of Blaine's mouth was enough to wake Sebastian as they were both now sitting up in bed. "It's okay Braeden, just tell me where you are and one of us will come and get you." While he spoke, Blaine reached for the notepad he kept on his nightstand. "Are you sure this is the address? Alright, we'll be there soon."

Upon ending the call, Blaine looked over at Sebastian who was staring at him. "What's going on B?" A look of concern evident in his eyes as he spoke to his husband. If anyone looked at either of them, they'd never imagine they'd been sound asleep minutes prior. "Is Braeden alright?"

"From what I could make out, our dear nephew had too much to drink."

"Do you want to go or do you want me to?" Sebastian asked him.

"You should go as depending on how much he's had to drink, I'm not quite tall enough to prop him up." That was all Blaine needed to say for Sebastian to get out of bed. "Don't bring him home Bas, bring him back here."

"I was planning on it as him drunk for the first time, if that's the case, is the last thing Lexi needs to be dealing with in the morning with Cooper gone." Sebastian told him as he put his jeans on. "While she'll be thrilled he called, it doesn't mean she won't be pissed on some level." Once he pulled a sweatshirt over his head, he took the piece of paper from Blaine. "How bad did he sound?"

"Pretty bad."

"Then I will bring a bucket because he sure as hell ain't throwing up in my car." Sebastian stated before giving Blaine a kiss. "Are you going to be up when we get back?"

"Yes, I'll be up because who knows what sort of shape he's going to be in."

"Alright. Love you."

"Love you too." After Blaine spoke, Sebastian headed out of their room as he'd left his sneakers by the door.

During his drive to Brooklyn, Sebastian couldn't help but shake his head as he thought about what he was doing. More than a few memories came back to him not only of him having too much to drink, but Blaine, and the guys. When he made the turn on to the street, it was easy to find the home as it seemed all the lights were on, plus there were plenty of people outside on the steps. Considering the hour, Sebastian knew the chance of finding a parking space was slim so he took a chance double parking. As he made his way inside, he got more than a few looks, but was pleased to see he wasn't the only adult there picking someone up. It took him asking a few people, but he soon found Braeden sitting on the floor against a couch. "Braeden." Slowly Braeden's eyes moved up the long legs in front of him before seeing it was his Uncle.

"Uncle Bas!" He replied, clearly gone with the way the words left his mouth. "Where's Uncle Blaine?"

"At home with our kids." Sebastian replied as he crouched down. "Ready to go?" Braeden nodded and soon took the hand Sebastian extended to him to help him up. Once he had him securely against him, it now made all the sense why Blaine had him go.

"Who's the hottie Braeden?" A girl asked who was sitting on the couch.

"My…Uncle." He replied before turning his head to look up at Sebastian. "Sebastian." The more Braeden spoke, the more Sebastian could smell the alcohol on his breath.

"Time to get you home."

"Stay Uncle Sebastian." The girl said, clearly drunk as well.

"Not going to happen." Sebastian told her as he secured his hold around Braeden. "Come on." Slowly they began making their way through the house till they made it outside. Relief hit him when he saw his car was still there and not ticketed. "Your Dad would laugh his ass off if he saw you right now." Sebastian said as they made their way down the steps. Braeden just looked at him and smiled. "Was Jocelyn here?"

"Yea, but she left a couple hours ago." Braeden replied as Sebastian opened the passenger door. "You're not going to tell Mom, are you?"

"We'll talk about that later." Sebastian said before belting him in and then handing him the bucket from the floor. "If you feel sick." Braeden gazed up at him and smiled before Sebastian closed the door. For the life of him, he didn't know how this party hadn't been busted. Tempting as it was to make the drive miserable for Braeden, Sebastian showed restraint. "Was your Mom expecting you home tonight?"

"No…was gonna…stay…with Kyle." Braeden managed to get out before Sebastian saw him lean his head forward towards the bucket. "I…don't feel good." He continued causing Sebastian to smirk because of the echoes of the bucket. It also let him know that he and Blaine probably had a long night ahead of them once they got him home.

Thankfully, Braeden didn't get sick during the drive home, but once Sebastian got him out of the car he had a feeling it wasn't going to be long. "Just remember, we have sleeping children so try and be quiet." Sebastian then braced Braeden against him once again before making their way to the elevator. During the ride up, Braeden looked at Sebastian more than a few times. "It'll be okay." He reassured him as Braeden clutched the bucket.

Once they made it through the door, it wasn't long till Blaine appeared and slid in on the other side of Braeden, taking some of his weight. "How are you feeling?" Blaine asked as they made their way towards the couch that was now covered with a sheet.

"Not good." Braeden mumbled before they helped him onto the couch. After they stepped back, he curled up and clutched a pillow. As he looked up at them, Sebastian took Braeden's shoes off.

"You're going to need to drink some water." Blaine told him as he sat down on the coffee table, holding a bottle of water and two aspirin.

"Don't…want…to drink." Braeden replied.

"You need to, it'll help." Sebastian stated as he rubbed Braeden's leg. "Trust us, we've been through this more times than we can count." Braeden looked between the two before taking the aspirin and the bottle of water from Blaine. "We're going to leave the bucket here in case you feel sick and can't make it to the bathroom, but try and make it to the bathroom."

"Where are you going?" Braeden asked as Blaine draped a blanket over him.

"Back to bed, but our door will be open." Blaine said in response.

"Are you mad at me?"

"No. We can talk more in the morning okay, try and get some sleep." Blaine then pressed a kiss to the top of Braeden's head before getting up and stepping back as Sebastian did the same. Once they walked away, Sebastian slipped his arm around Blaine's waist as they headed for their bedroom. "Was Joce there?"

"No, but she had been earlier." Sebastian replied. "I didn't press Braeden for anything else as I didn't want to make him talk more than necessary. The amount of liquor bottles and beer cans I saw shocked me B." Those words earned him a look from Blaine. "I'm not kidding. Braeden is in better shape than a lot of the kids I saw." They paused their conversation just long enough for Sebastian to put on something more comfortable as Blaine got back into bed.

"Did you get any funny looks when you came to get him?" Blaine asked as Sebastian got into bed beside him.

"No, as I wasn't the only adult there getting someone. He asked me not to tell Lexi."

"Doesn't surprise me as the last thing I ever wanted my parents knowing was that I was drinking underage." Blaine said as he settled into the crook of Sebastian's arm. "The difference being, I didn't put anyone else in a position to lie to my parents."

"Yea, I thought the same thing as we usually crashed wherever we were." While he spoke, Sebastian began running his fingers through Blaine's curls. "Or before you, I snuck back into the dorms without making a sound if I'd gone out alone."

The two were starting to finally doze off when they heard an all too familiar sound, causing them to get out of bed. "Go make the coffee Bas." Blaine mumbled while grabbing his robe. "I'll check on Braeden." The words were still coming out of Blaine's mouth when they heard it again. "Get water as well." Sebastian nodded before watching Blaine leave their bedroom to head for the bathroom. When Blaine pushed open the door, there was Braeden kneeling in front of the toilet. He was still leaning over it when Blaine began to rub his back. "I know it sucks right now, but you need to…get it out." Blaine said pausing only when another wave of nausea hit Braeden.

By the time he sat back, Sebastian was standing in the doorway looking at them as Blaine handed Braeden a glass of water. "It's gonna make you think twice next time you drink, huh?" Sebastian said earning a look from Braeden as well as Blaine, though Blaine's look wasn't judgmental as he expected as Sebastian was speaking the truth. "Was this a first?"

"No, but I hadn't…" Braeden paused for a moment as they both saw that look cross his face. "…done shots before."

"Braeden." Blaine sighed as he sat back, before glancing at Sebastian.

"I'm sorry."

"I can't be mad as I did it too, as did your Uncle Bas." Blaine told him. "What did you drink?"

"Lots of different things."

"That's the problem, you were mixing your booze." Sebastian stated as he leaned on the doorframe. "Rookie mistake."

"Bas."

"It's true B."

"I know, but now isn't the time to have this conversation. He needs to be coherent when we have it." The tone of Blaine's words when he spoke, earned a look from Sebastian as well as concern from Braeden. "Oh, you heard me right, we're going to talk later young man."

"And here you thought your Uncle Blaine was the nice one." Sebastian said with a laugh, causing Blaine to shake his head. "He's right though, we're going to talk."

Once Braeden seemed to get it all out of his system, they helped him to his feet. It was in that moment; they took a good look at him and saw something down the front of his shirt. It didn't take much convincing for him to take his shirt off as Sebastian went to go get him a t-shirt to put on while Blaine helped him back to the couch. "My head is spinning Uncle Blaine." Braeden told Blaine as he helped him back onto the couch. "Wanna…lie…down."

"Not till Bas comes back with a t-shirt." Blaine said as he held him up. As Braeden leaned against him, Blaine couldn't help but feel for him as that was a time in his life he really didn't want to relive. When Sebastian returned, he not only had a t-shirt but a pair of sweatpants as well. "Change, you'll feel better." Braeden didn't hesitate as he was quick to put the t-shirt on and take off his jeans, and then slip on the sweatpants. "Better?"

"Yes." He replied before lying down. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now try and get some sleep." Once Blaine draped the blanket back over him, he and Sebastian headed back to their room. With a glance at the clock, they decided to set an alarm as the last thing they wanted was for Ainsley or Devon to wake Braeden as he slept. They could've worried about Juliette, but she had a tendency to crawl into bed with them on the weekends after she got up.

When the alarm went off a few hours later, neither of them, wanted to move as it was too early to be up on a Saturday. Yet, knowing Braeden hadn't gotten up again they slowly pushed themselves up. "I thought we were done living on coffee to make it through the day once Juliette slept through the night." Sebastian said before yawning.

"Well, there will always be exceptions." Blaine replied before leaning his head back to kiss Sebastian. "He made the right move in calling us."

"I know, especially with Cooper gone." Sebastian told him. He was about to continue, when he spotted a head full of curls standing in their doorway. "Morning Princess." Ainsley looked at them both before Blaine patted the bed beside him for her to join them. It didn't take long for her to make her way onto the bed along with her stuffed bear.

"What are you doing up sweetheart?" Blaine asked as she curled up next to him.

"Thought I heard something." She replied as Blaine wrapped his arm around her. "Why are you and Papa up?" Sebastian couldn't help but chuckle at her question as she had a point. "Daddy?" A soft smile crept to Blaine's face as she was getting to the age were Daddy came out of her mouth less and less, as she was calling him Dad more often.

"Your cousin Braeden is asleep on the couch." Blaine told her. "So, Papa and I got up to make sure you and your siblings didn't wake him."

"Why is he here?"

"Nothing you need to worry your pretty head about." Sebastian said as he glanced at Blaine who looked as though he didn't know how to answer. "It's just important that we don't wake him."

"Okay."

It didn't come as a surprise to either of them that Ainsley fell back to sleep shortly after curling up next to Blaine and their conversation ended. With one child accounted for, Sebastian made his way out of bed to go and check on Devon and Juliette since Blaine was being used as a pillow at the moment. When he came walking back in, he had Juliette in his arms as she clutched her bunny. "She wouldn't let me leave." Sebastian replied as he sat on the edge of the bed. "Devon is still asleep, but I have a feeling he'll be up soon."

"What do you want to do as this isn't a normal Saturday for us?" Blaine asked while running his fingers through Ainsley's hair.

"Are you saying you're not enjoying the quiet?" Sebastian said to him while carefully placing Juliette in their bed beside her sister. "You'd rather have the chaos?"

"No, but we need to come up with something since Braeden is asleep in the living room."

"Try and keep things normal for their sake, but also keeping them quiet for Braeden's." Sebastian replied, earning a nod from Blaine. "I have a feeling they're going to sleep for awhile again."

"You think?" Blaine said in response. "The only bad thing about all this, is we missed our usual Saturday morning in bed."

"Well, I think we'll be able to call on Braeden for some babysitting services in the near future." Sebastian told him before pulling the blankets up over Juliette.

Once Blaine was able to slip away from Ainsley, the two left their bedroom as the girls slept as they both needed coffee. They were just about to pour their cups when the house phone rang which was a rarity. When a smirk crept to Sebastian's face, Blaine had a good idea who it was as he started to pour. "Please tell me Braeden's with you Bas." Lexi said after he answered.

"Yes, he's with us and he's asleep on our couch." Sebastian replied as he sat down at the table. "How'd you know he wasn't with Kyle?"

"Gut instinct as my dear daughter got dropped off by Donovan last night as she and her friends couldn't make their way back home from Brooklyn as they'd been drinking. So, if the girls were doing it I have a good feeling Braeden was drinking as well since they were all at the same party."

"Yet he could've been with his friend."

"If you knew his friend's parents, you wouldn't have gone with him as they are strict as hell and are probably livid." Lexi said to him. "How bad is he?"

"We'll know more once he wakes up. You're not pissed?"

"I am, but at the same time I'm not. Right now I'm more thankful they both reached out to people they could trust when they needed them."

"Did Jocelyn say why she didn't call us?"

"She didn't want to risk waking her cousins." Lexi replied. "Do you want me to come and get him?"

"There is no need to do so. How is Jocelyn?"

"Sleeping, but she was quite the piece of work last night, well technically this morning. I think she learned quite the lesson as she swore she was never doing that again." Lexi said with a soft laugh. "Does him being there mess up any plans you guys had?"

"No. Right now the girls are sleeping in our bed and Devon had yet to wake."

"Bas."

"Lexi, it's okay as we weren't doing much today besides going to the park which we can go to at any time." Sebastian reassured her. "If you need anything, let us know okay. I mean, depending on when we send Braeden home to you, you could have your hands full."

"I appreciate that, but once those two are awake…I'm not going to take it easy on them."

"Lexi."

"Alright, I won't be that easy on them." She said with another laugh. "They're lucky Cooper isn't home."

"I mentioned that to Braeden on the drive here last night as Cooper would have a hey-day with this."

"So very true. Thank you Bas, and please thank Blaine as well."

"Don't mention it Lexi. Much like you, we were both glad he called and didn't do anything stupid. I'll talk to you later on. Love you."

"Love you too."

Once he hung up the phone, Sebastian reached out for Blaine and pulled him onto his lap. "She's frustrated."

"Do you blame her? For all the times for this to happen, Cooper isn't here to help her deal with it." Blaine replied before pressing a kiss to Sebastian's temple. "It was sweet of you to offer to help."

"The instant she told me Jocelyn is in the same shape, I knew she was going to have her hands full today. At least Ethan and Gabrielle don't need her constant attention, but I put the offer out in case."

"As I said, it was sweet." The two were sitting quietly in the kitchen, sipping their coffee when Devon came walking in. "Hey there mister."

"Why is Braeden on the couch?"

"No good morning?" Sebastian asked as being that blunt was out of the ordinary, even for Devon. "That's not very nice." Devon looked at the two, brow furrowed, before walking further into the kitchen. "Devon Alexander, this is not the way to start a day."

"I want to watch cartoons." Devon said in a huff causing Sebastian to look at Blaine.

"You can watch them in the guest room."

"But I want to watch where he is!"

"Devon!" Of all the mornings for Devon to let his inner Smythe out, this was not the morning for it.

"Papa!"

"Enough!" Blaine said as he got off of Sebastian's lap and then set his cup on the table prior to crouching in front of their son. "Your cousin Braeden isn't feeling well so you're going to have to watch cartoons in the guest room."

"But I…" Sebastian watched as Devon stopped as Blaine looked at him.

"If you keep this up, you're not watching any." Blaine stated firmly as he wasn't in the mood for this with his lack of sleep. "So, what's it going to be?"

"Can I…" Devon said as he scuffed his foot on the floor. "…watch in your room?"

"No, as your sisters are sleeping in there." Blaine told him before glancing at Sebastian whose expression had softened a bit. "But you can watch from the bed in the guest room."

"Okay." Devon went to turn around, but Blaine took ahold of his hand. Once Devon looked at him, Blaine turned him to face Sebastian.

"Don't you have something to say to Papa?"

"I'm sorry Papa."

"You're forgiven." Sebastian said before taking his hand. "I'm sorry too." After he spoke, Sebastian wrapped Devon up in a hug. "Make sure you stay quiet as we don't want to wake Braeden, okay?"

"Okay Papa." Sebastian then gave him a light tap on his butt before he headed for the guest room.

"I probably should've put Braeden in there." Blaine said as he slid an arm around Sebastian. "But I didn't as the living room is closer to the bathroom."

"It was a wise move." While he spoke, he slid his arm around Blaine's waist. "Sorry I snapped at him."

"Don't be as he had a bit of attitude this morning." Blaine told him. "He didn't know how to handle a change in his routine. And it didn't help that we're suffering from a lack of sleep." Blaine then pressed a kiss to Sebastian's head. "I'm going to go check on the girls, and if they are up, how about we start breakfast?"

"That's going to be torture for Braeden."

"True, but he'll appreciate real food if the aroma wakes him." Blaine replied and Sebastian was quick to agree. Once Blaine left the room, Sebastian got up from the table so he could start getting things ready. Considering what they all tended to indulge in when they'd had too much to drink, deciding what they were going to have for breakfast was pretty easy. He also realized, Braeden was going to be grateful that he'd be getting the lecture from his Uncles before his Mom. That's because Sebastian knew that while Lexi might not yell, she was going to make her opinion known loud and clear to both of her kids.