One Week Later
"Ok kid, what gives" Burt chuckled as he pulled down the roller door and locked up the garage. Making sure all the doors were locked and the alarms were set, Burt joined his son beside his truck "You've been helping out here every day this week. What's your angle?"
"Angle?" Kurt chuckled trying to sound like he had no idea what his father was talking about. "I have no angle"
"I know it's not for the money because you have no major fashion or musical theatre plans for the rest of the month unless you count that Sound of Music thing, but you've had that outfit picked for weeks"
"Am I that predictable?"
"Yes" Burt laughed "Does your sudden interest in spending all of your spare time at the shop have anything to do with my new mechanic?"
"Who? Blaine?" the teenager chuckled as he put his best acting skills to work "I don't know what you're talking about"
"Just be careful ok? We don't want another 'Finn' situation"
"You won't have another 'Finn' situation, I promise" Kurt smiled genuinely "I'm gonna head to the football game at school tonight, do you want to come with me?"
"Sure, sounds good"
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'Baby you light up my world like nobody else; the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed. But when you smile at the ground, it aint hard to tell. You don't know, oh, oh, you don't know you're beautiful'
"Regret offering to drive now?" Paige chuckled as Kendall, Charlie and their friends Ashleigh and Courtney sung at the top of their lungs. The playlist in the car had consisted of boy bands; teen heart throbs and just about every song that made Blaine wonder what ever happened to good music.
"Just a little bit" he laughed wishing he could just turn it down a little "But wasn't it you that said I was too good to you girls?"
"Yes, and I still think you're an idiot"
"Thank you Paige for pointing that out"
"You're welcome" she giggled and returned to the book she'd brought to read through the game. Not a big fan of football, Paige was happy to support her sisters only if she had a book to read during the actual playing of the game.
Pulling into the car park at McKinley High School, Blaine was relieved to have the music and the off key singing finally stop. Kendall, Charlie, Ashleigh and Courtney ran off once they spotted some girls in their squad, leaving Blaine, Paige and Isabel to find seats in the bleachers. Fighting the cold, Blaine found some of his old Westerville High School scarves and beanies for his sisters to wear for the game. Wearing his own royal blue letterman jacket, he felt good to be at a football game like a normal teenager again. That would only last til he got home where there was a mountain of clothes to wash and cookies to bake for Isabel's school bake sale.
"You two came prepared now didn't you?" Blaine laughed as he watched Paige pull out her book and Isabel her iPod once they found a seat in the bleachers. Neither had any interest in the game and brought their own entertainment.
"Everything but a drink" Isabel chuckled and looked up at her brother with her best puppy dog eyes. She managed to get away with just about anything with those eyes. Blaine had taught her his trick very well.
"Water for 'I gave up Soda as my New Year's Resolution' Paige and Lemonade for you Is?"
"Yes please" they both giggled
"Don't move, don't talk to strangers and don't laugh because I'm not against grounding you" Blaine smirked as he stood up and saw the corners of his sister's mouth turn up at his worrying. He had no trouble leaving Charlie or Kendall by themselves for short periods of time but he wasn't familiar with the rules with the younger two. Paige and Isabel still seemed so young to him, he didn't know when he wanted to let them grow up.
Making his way toward the small kiosk set up beside the bleachers, Blaine notice a familiar head of bronze hair watching the game from the bottom level "Kurt?"
"Blaine, hey" he smiled as he turned and saw Blaine coming toward him.
Stopping beside Kurt, Blaine leant on the fence in front of them with a smile "I thought you hated football"
"I thought you didn't play football" Kurt chuckled as he acknowledged Blaine's letterman jacket.
"Varsity Soccer. I was too scrawny for football"
"I beg to differ" Kurt thought to himself knowing exactly how muscular the curly haired boy was. His week helping out at the shop meant he got a good view of Blaine, his grey tank and his bare, toned arms.
"We're just here watching Kendall and Charlie cheer"
"We?"
"Isabel, Paige and I" Blaine smiled and pointed to his two sisters who hadn't moved from their previous positions reading or playing Temple Run on the iPod. Sitting only two rows up, Blaine was happy he could keep an eye on them.
"Oh my God they are so cute" Kurt giggled a little relieved that Blaine wasn't there with a boyfriend "They look so much like you"
"Don't tell them that. I swear one of them will go blonde or dye their hair red when they're older just so they don't look like an Anderson. My guess is Charlie"
"I bet I could pick Kendall and Charlie out of the Westerville cheerleaders if they look like you too"
"They are just taller versions of Isabel and Paige so it won't be hard"
"Found them" Kurt laughed just as Blaine had finished his sentence "Kendall is the one on the far left and Charlie is front and centre?"
"Close, just switch them around"
"You have a beautiful family, Blaine" the bronze haired boy smiled and stepped closer to his friend as a cold gush of wind blew through the bleachers. Wrapping his arms around Kurt's shoulders, Blaine rubbed his arms to keep him warm. "Thanks"
"That coat isn't going to keep you warm at all"
"That's what I get for dressing for fashion not practicality"
"One must always be practical when attending a football game in the middle of January" Blaine laughed as he continued to rub Kurt's arms gently. As great as he looked, Kurt was going to freeze in what he was wearing.
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"K, look behind us" Charlie smiled brightly as she step clapped beside her sister. Watching the game in between cheers, the girls kept moving to stay warm "Look at Blaine flirting with some guy"
Kendall looked back into the bleachers discreetly and smiled just as brightly as her sister at the sight of their brother with a boy. Getting a good look at Kurt, she turned back to the field trying her best to hold in her excitement. Blaine had been single and miserable since before their parents died and this was the first time any of the girls had seen their brother smiling like his old self again.
"He's no Sebastian Smythe but he's cute and Blaine's keeping him warm"
"Do we know who this guy is?"
"No clue but we have to get him and Blaine together" Kendall smirked "Blaine needs a boyfriend. He's boring and sad as a single man"
"I just want him happy again" Charlie sighed softly. As much as she fought and bickered with her brother she still wanted to see him happy especially when he'd given up so much for them. "Whoever that guy is, he makes Blaine smile just like Dad used to when he looked at Mom"
So...?