A/N: Here's chapter two! Strangely enough, at first I wrote the first chapter to look like this one. Just Shane and Blaine talking about how Shane wanted to marry Reed. But I recycled it (:

Disclaimer's in the first chapter.

The next morning, Shane woke up and found that at some point last night Reed had managed to rest his head in Shane's lap. He smiled at this, but then quickly frowned when the memory of that night came to mind.

Blaine. Shane needed to talk to Blaine about this. He reached over for his phone on the side table, careful not to wake the sleeping form in his lap and quickly texted his brother.

Are you free this morning? I need to talk to you about something. It's important. –S.

He waited patiently for Blaine's reply. In the meantime, he gently played with Reed's curls and tried to figure out a way to talk to Reed about last night. He felt the bed vibrate and read Blaine's reply.

Sure. I'll meet you in half an hour. –B.

Shane carefully lifted Reed's head off of his lap, only to have one of Reed's hands grip onto Shane's pants. Shane sighed; this was not going to be as easy as he thought. Slowly, he pried Reed's hand off of his sweatpants and put his own hand under the smaller boy's head. Then, he moved him so that his head was resting on a pillow before slipping his hand away. Reed stirred.

"Hmm?" he mumbled, his eyes half open.

"Shh," Shane shushed. "I'll be out with Blaine for a bit. Go back to sleep," he whispered. The blonde only nodded and closed his eyes again. Shane quietly went to the bathroom to shower, change and get ready to meet Blaine.

Before Shane left, he wrote a note and stuck it on top of Reed's cellphone. The boy probably wouldn't remember Shane moving him to a better sleeping position. It read:

Good morning, love! I just went out for coffee with Blaine. See you later? (:
-Shane.

The two brothers met in a quaint little coffee shop Blaine liked because of all the books that shelved the walls.

"Hey Shane, what was so important?" Blaine asked as Shane took a seat across from him.

"It's about Reed," Shane replied as if that explained everything.

"I see," Blaine started. "Listen, I want to be that supportive, helpful brother right now. But don't you think you'd get more help from Kurt? They're best friends, after all."

"No!" Shane exclaimed, a little too loud. A couple people turned to see if anything was wrong. Shane winced and lowered his voice. "I can't. And you can't tell Kurt, either. Or else I'll have to maim you or something. And I really don't want to do that."

Blaine nodded slowly, still confused. "Okay, I won't tell Kurt, calm down. Just tell me what's so important. Did you and Reed have a fight or something?"

"Not exactly…" Shane said, looking down at the table. "I sort of asked him if he wanted to get married. " he started playing with the hem of his shirt.

Blaine heard all of this is the middle of drinking coffee. He started coughing. "What? You asked him if he wanted to get married? To you?"

Shane threw one of the napkins at his brother's face. "No, actually I asked him if he wanted to marry the guy next door," Blaine frowned at Shane's sarcasm. "Okay, fine. Yes. I asked Reed if he wanted to get married to me."

"And what did he say?" Blaine asked, propping his elbow up on the table.

"He basically said no. Except, he didn't directly say 'no.' He said he didn't want to get married because of his parents divorce. Did you know it still bothered him? I never knew." Shane said in one breath.

Blaine shrugged. "I don't know, I just know it happened really suddenly and that Reed was really young when it happened," he thought for a second.

"Why do you think he never mentioned it?" Shane stirred his coffee. He couldn't sit still and his hands needed to do something.

"Did you ever ask him about it?" Blaine asked.

"He never brought it up," Shane defended.

"I really don't know," Blaine sighed. "But really, I think you should ask Kur-"

"I'm not going to ask Kurt," Shane cut him off.

"I honestly don't understand why you can't just call Kurt," Blaine drifted off.

"You don't understand, do you?" Shane raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, no." Blaine deadpanned. "Hence, me saying, 'I don't understand why you can't call Kurt Hummel, Reed van Kamp's best friend.'" Blaine shot back.

"This is about marrying Reed. And if I tell Kurt, then he'll get all excited, then he'll tell Reed, Reed will ask Kurt who told him that, Kurt will say me and then Reed will get upset with me because he already told me last night that he didn't want to talk about any of this," Shane said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Blaine was silent, trying to absorb everything his brother had just said. It made sense to him, actually, as to why Shane couldn't go to Kurt. His fashion-savvy boyfriend could get a little gossip-y. And this would no doubt reach Reed at one point. And Reed would most likely get upset with Shane, and that wasn't an option right now. "Why don't you just give it a day or so? Give Reed a little 'breathing time'. He'll come around; he always does."

Shane twice slowly, "You're right, thanks." He said, his mood slightly better than it was this morning.

Blaine's phone beeped. "Hey, I got to go. We'll talk later, alright?" he said, already standing up. Shane looked at the time, and it was nearing eleven thirty.

"Okay. I should go too, check on Reed and you know." Shane nodded, also getting up from the seat. Blaine patted his brother's arm before finally exiting the coffee shop. Shane decided to call Reed and see if he was awake. He probably was, and thought it would be nice to bring him a coffee or something. He pressed '2' for Reed's speed dial.

Reed woke up to find that Shane's side of the bed was cold and empty. He sighed, wondering if he was upset with him because of last night. It's not that he was ashamed of his parents' divorce or anything; he was just tired of being the weak one. Or, at least, he thought that Shane thought that he was being weak. He heard his phone vibrate on his side drawer, and smiled when he saw the note with Shane's messy scrawl. However, when he saw Shane's name flash on his cellphone's screen he bit his lip with worry.

He left a note at least, Reed thought. So he can't be upset. He wouldn't have left it if he were, He reasoned with himself before pressing the green button. "Hey," he said as he sat up to lean against the headboard.

"Morning, love. Did you just wake up?" Shane asked.

Reed nodded, but then quickly remembered Shane couldn't see him. "Mhmm," he replied, debating whether or not to get up yet. "I saw your note."

"Oh, that's good. Because I didn't want you to worry or anything, because I didn't leave or anything. Well, I did; but I meant that I didn't leave forever. Because I'm still here," he babbled.

"Oh," Reed said, not sure how to take what he just heard. Why was it necessary for Shane to explain that he wasn't leaving forever? He started feeling upset again; he didn't like it.

"Do you want me to grab you anything? Like coffee or a croissant or something?" Shane asked, trying to cover for himself.

"No, I'm okay. Thanks," Reed mumbled, a failed attempt to sound cheerful. "I think I might call Kurt. I haven't seen him in a while."

Shane was about to answer saying that they just had dinner with Kurt and Blaine this past Tuesday, but decided against it. Maybe Blaine was right, Reed just needed some time. "Okay. I'll see you later?" he asked, still hoping he could fix this whole mishap.

"Of course. Later," Reed confirmed, before finally hopping off the bed and entering the bathroom. He ended the call and sent a quick text to Kurt before getting into the shower.

Hey can I come over later? –R.

Once Reed was changed and ready to go, he read Kurt's reply:

Sure, but aren't Saturdays your days with Shane? He won't mind, will he? –K.

For what felt like the hundredth time that morning, Reed sighed and thought of ways he could explain the whole thing to his fashion-savvy friend in a single text. He then decided he'd better do it in person.

No, he won't. –R.

Déjà vu, Reed thought, remembering last night.

There it is! It's a little bit longer than the first one, but at least now I have a decent storyline in my head.

Reviews would be quite lovely :3