WE MEET AGAIN! Wowza you guys are amazing! Thank you so much for your reviews, I really appreciate it.

"So where do you guys live, anyway? Lower east side?" Blaine asked as they started off in the direction of Kurt and Ellie's apartment building.

"No, I actually looked for one down there at first but I settled for one just a few blocks from here that I fell in love with," Kurt explained.

"Did you always want to work with children?" Kurt asked, holding Ellie's hand tighter as they crossed the busy street, with the sun in full blast now.

"Not exactly, but working with those kids in that place...that was it. I realized something within myself I never guessed was there. I was a struggling, and starving, artist when I found the ad for the daycare and thought it would just be a good day job, make a couple bucks. I never thought it would turn into my life."

Kurt noticed something in the Blaine's eyes every time he mentioned his last job that made his heart melt and his knees bend. His heart felt so light and his eyes felt like they could never leave the hazel-eyed man even if he wanted to. He didn't understand why this was happening to him. The one time he actually noticed another guy and he had to be working for him! What had he gotten himself into..

Kurt managed to regain his stature in time to ask, "If I may ask, why did you stop working there? I mean if it made you so happy?"

"That's a good question," Blaine smiled without happiness, looking away from Kurt. "As much as I loved those kids, and I really did, I was still starving. The pay was really not enough to pay my rent and for the way I wanted to live at that point in my life. So I had to leave. And I did, and now I work waiting tables on the weekend, so not that better, huh?"

"Hey, we all have to do it, right?" Kurt wanted to wipe that sad look off this beautiful man the moment in appeared, though he hadn't remembered ever having this easy and reveling conversation with a stranger in his life. Wanting to know where Ellie was in all of this, he looked down at his daughter to see her little face gazing at Blaine with a cross between confusion and pity.

"Yeah, I suppose," Blaine sighed. "But I never thought I'd be that person, you know? I never thought I would just stop working somewhere I loved because of money."

"I don't think you should beat yourself up about it. It's done, right? And now you get a chance to meet a lot of other great kids," Kurt smiled and brought Ellie's hand clasped in his up in the center of them to emphasis his point.

Blaine smiled back at him and nodded as Kurt suddenly noticed where they were.

"Oh! Here we are!" Kurt told Blaine.

The building itself was something to look at. It was 30 stories high, with all-glass windows that reflected the blue cloud-filled sky perfectly. The doorman tipped his hat to the three of them as he opened the door with a 'Have a nice day'. Which Ellie always responded very comically with a solute and a 'You too, sir'. Blaine smiled at this and Kurt just rolled his eyes fondly at her as they made their way into the elevator at the end of the lobby.

"This is a great place you picked out here," Blaine told Kurt as he pressed the '16' button and the elevator started moving.

"Oh, you haven't seen anything yet," Kurt smirked as the elevator opened and he made to get out his keys.

Blaine's first impression of the two bedroom apartment was that they must have accidentally stepped into a mansion crushed into this small apartment. The decorator could only have been Kurt. He had barely known this man an hour and could already tell that he demanded the best and he obviously got it. Everything was modernized and fresh with the best taste in mind. There were a couple of barbies and a play house in the corner but otherwise it was the cleanest place Blaine had ever set foot in.

"Yeah I guess I really hadn't seen anything, huh?" Blaine laughed.

Kurt laughed and said, "I'll show you around once I get Ellie some lunch, make yourself at home. What do you feel like today, princess?" Kurt said, helping her off with her back-pack and placing it on the floor by the love-seat in the living room connecting the kitchen and picked her up and carried her over to the stool by the counter.

"Whadaya got?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at him.

Kurt put his elbows on the counter and leaned so that their for heads were touching and said, "Well we have grilled cheese, we have apples on the side, and we have a glass of milk to go with it. How does that sound?"

"Deeelcious!" Ellie told him.

"Great. Coming right up," Kurt rubbed their noses together and then pushed off the counter and started getting the ingredients together.

Blaine watched all this and thought his heart would turn into a puddle on the floor. However these two got together, he knew that fate or whatever was up there had sent them into each others arms and that's where they belonged. It made his heart ache for something and hope for something at the same time.

Blaine came and sat next to Ellie while Kurt was cooking. He started asking her questions, questions about school and just meaningless things. He had such a way with her and he could already tell that she loved him. Ellie wasn't a shy kid and never had been, but you could tell the way she interacted with Blaine that she would be just fine spending everyday with him.

"Lunch's up!" Kurt said as he presented Ellie with the most elegantly presented lunch a five year old had ever been presented with.

The apples looked like they had been cut with a ruler and the grilled cheese, though it hadn't been cooked on a grill, had perfect grill marks. Though Blaine was blown away by the plate, Ellie wasn't surprised. She accepted her lunch with a 'thank you'; he guessed that she probably had all her meals perfectly done like this.

"I guess I'll give you the tour then, sound good?" Kurt asked Blaine.

"Sounds great." Blaine smiled and Kurt thought his heart would fly out of his chest and he would never see it again.

Kurt led him all around the house, showing him the bathrooms and Ellie's room, his library/office, which Blaine thought was amazing. It was a darkly lite room, as big as the living room and kitchen put together, with high ceilings and bookshelves along all the walls except one which held his desk which was covered in papers and a tiny lamp.

"I've always wanted a library in my house, ever since I saw Beauty and the Beast." Blaine said, gazing around the room in awe.

Kurt stifled a laugh, thinking that he and Ellie really will be best friends. "It's not nearly as big, but it keeps me sane. I don't know what I wouldn't do without my own space to clear my head."

"Yeah I defiantly know what you mean," Blaine told him, giving him the full force of his eyes before turning back to admire the books again.

Kurt caught his breath just in time to say, "So do you think you could email me your references tonight? When's the earliest you could start?"

"Yeah I could do that, and whenever you need me too, I'm here." Blaine said, smiling sweetly.

Kurt tried not to look at him when he answered, for fear that he would lose the ability to talk if he had to look at that smile anymore.

"Okay well if you can give me those and I can do a check so you could maybe start as early as tomorrow?" Kurt asked, running his fingers along the books.

"Sounds great. I really want to thank you, this is amazing that you accepted me so easily, I know this kind of happened fast," Blaine said so sincerely that Kurt had to look up, though he regretted it instantly. Blaine was a lot closer than he thought and the look in his eyes made Kurt's heart race faster than ever.

Kurt swallowed audibly and answered, "No problem, I can tell when someone is good at what they do."

"Well I really appreciate it," Blaine checked his watch and then continued. "Oh shoot! I've got to get going!"

"Of course, I'll show you out," Kurt lead him back to the front room where Ellie was just finishing her lunch. "Did you eat all your apples, princess?" Kurt asked her.

"Sure did!" Ellie told him, gulping down the last of her milk.

"Good girl," Kurt stroked her hair as she went to stand next to him.

"Are you leaving?" Ellie asked Blaine, looking up at him.

He crouched down to her level and smiled that winning smile. "Yeah I gotta go for right now, but I'll be back tomorrow, okay? We're gonna have a lot of fun."

"Okay...can I ask you something first?" Ellie asked, giving him a tentative look.

"Of course, ask away," Blaine smiled wider. Ellie shook her head and signaled for him to come closer, like when they were outside the school. Blaine's face became secretive as he nodded to her and put his ear out.

Kurt couldn't hear what she said this time but it must have been amusing because Blaine threw his head back and Ellie smiled, showing her dimple before Blaine went to her ear and answered her in a whisper, though Kurt heard more this time, it was something like "I do, very much, but I'm sure that's the best idea right now, okay?" Ellie nodded, her little face looking sad.

Blaine laughed again and stood up, smiling at Kurt as he said, "It was so nice to meet, and I'll see you both tomorrow." Blaine said, ruffling Ellie's hair playfully as Kurt lead him out.

"It was nice to meet you too, I'll be calling you either later tonight or tomorrow morning, okay?" Kurt told him, opening the door as Blaine waved goodbye to both of them with a smile and that was it.

Kurt closed the door with a soft click and immediately picked up Ellie, put her on the couch, and knelt down next to her.

"What did you ask him, sweetheart? " Kurt asked in a sweet voice that had an anxious undertone.

"Well first I asked him if he liked boys instead of girls like you, and then if he did, did he like you," Ellie explained in an innocent voice.

"YOU DID WHAT?" Kurt almost shouted.

"Well I can tell when you like someone daddy, it's kind of obvious, so I was just trying to help out," Ellie shrugged.

Kurt groaned and out his head down on the couch as Ellie stroked his hair comfortingly.

"I'm sorry daddy, but he did say he like boys! And he likes you! So isn't that great? No you can get married and live happily ever after!" Ellie exclaimed.

"I think you've been watching too many fairy tales," Kurt said into the couch. "He works for me, honey."

"So what?"

"So there's an unwritten law for this sort of thing."

"Well that's stupid! You like him that's all that should matter!" Ellie stomped her leg down on the couch, putting her bottom lip out.

"I couldn't agree with you more," Kurt sighed. "Come on, time for your nap."

"I'm not sleepy!" Ellie whined.

"Well you still have to rest, that's the rule," Kurt told her.

Kurt put her down with a little help from Dr. Seuss and then went into his office.

He tried to forget about Blaine and this afternoon as he went through his routine. At 3:30, the afternoon nanny came. Her name was Sarah. She was middle-aged widow; extremely pretty for her age; she never had kids of her own, which was a shame because she was so good with Ellie. He hated telling her that he had to let her go, but she was very happy for him and did not show her disappointment if she had any.

Then he went back to work. It was a strange feeling knowing that he would be gone from there in just a few short weeks.

He got home to Ellie watching Aladdin yet again as Sarah cleaned the kitchen.

He and Ellie said goodbye to her, Kurt promising that he would keep in touch. Then they nestled in to watch the rest of the movie, both snuggled up in the same blanket.

"Daddy?" Ellie asked as the magic carpet on the screen whizzed about the sky.

"Yes, princess?" Kurt answered.

"I really like Blaine, so if you wanted to marry him, that'd be okay," Ellie whispered eyes dropping just the slightest as she sunk lower in his arms.

Kurt smiled at her. "Thank you, princess, I'll keep that in mind," Kurt kissed the top of her head.

Kurt carried her to bed shortly after this. He went to his office, picked out a book, and went to bed as well.

But he didn't read the book at all. It lay on his nightstand, untouched. What he did do was think about was Blaine. In the short time they had spent together he felt like he had been in a dream. Like he had found his dream man when he had least expected it. Finding out he was gay felt like a sign of some sort, like maybe this is his shot at love.

But Kurt pushed these thoughts aside, he was being ridiculous. He picked the book up and started reading, telling himself that the only reason he was thinking these thinking these things was because he had been lonely lately. That's all. And that would be all.

Thanks for reading! So I wrote this when I was really tired so I hope you like it! It means so much when you review and it really helps to get the chapter out! I'll try to have the new one out quicker and I promise we're getting to the good part soon, but I really don't want to rush it.