Blaine was lying in bed, tossing and turning, just trying to get comfortable. But he couldn't. There was just too much going through his mind tonight. After all, a lot had happened that day, and there was really no way to find any good thing that happened that day. Well, maybe the only good thing was that it appeared, that at least for now, the jocks hadn't found out that Blaine was gay. Sure he had lost most of his friends today because they thought that being gay was disgusting, but it could have gone a whole lot worse.

Blaine still hadn't told his parents that he was gay. He was hoping that he was going to be able to get some support from his friends. But his friends completely turned on him and to say that Blaine was now afraid to tell his parents was a bit of an understatement. Blaine knew that he should tell them, but he was terrified.

To Blaine, his parents didn't seem homophobic, but they never talked about it, so who knew what they really thought. And in Blaine's mind that left two options. Either they wouldn't care, or they were going to completely freak out and turn on him just like his friends did.

Blaine sat up and finally accepted that he was not going to get any sleep tonight.

A few weeks passed and Blaine still hadn't told his parents. So far, it hadn't really spread around the school that he was gay, which he was extremely thankful for. Of course, he did stop hanging out with that original groups of friends and now it was kind of lonely, but Blaine knew that it could be worse and he really shouldn't complain.

But all good things must come to an end.

Blaine was walking through the hallways between classes, when he accidentally bumped into someone. Blaine apologized without looking up and tried to keep moving. He made it about one step when he heard someone say, "Watch where you're going, fag!"

Blaine quickly glanced up and saw his former friend Jake standing right across from him. Blaine swallowed the lump in his throat, but then realized something terrible. The hallway had grown way to quiet, for any high school hallway. And that could only mean one thing: everyone knew.

As quickly as he could, Blaine got out of that hallway and ran into the nearest bathroom. Blaine ran into a stall, locked the door, and took a few calming breaths. Maybe not everyone had heard? Maybe he was just imagining things? It was possible, but unlikely.

Taking one last deep breath, Blaine walked out of the stall and over to the sinks, where he splashed some cold water on his face. He dried his face off and gave himself one final pep talk before heading off to class.

Blaine walked into class late, but the teacher didn't even seem to notice. However, the rest of the class did and almost every pair of eyes in the room followed him as he walked over to his seat and sat down.

Blaine always had problems paying attention in math class, but today it was even harder because he constantly felt like people were watching him.

The bell rang and the class filed out of the room and into the hall. It was there that Blaine got his confirmation that people had heard Jake this morning. As he walked, Blaine couldn't get away from the all the shouts and slurs thrown at him. Then there were all of the other people who were just asking whether or not it was true that he was a fag. Blaine tried his best to ignore them as he made his way to his locker and to his next class.

The whole day kept on in that similar fashion. People just wouldn't let up. Many of these people didn't even know his name this morning, but now everyone in the entire school seemed to know who he was.

Blaine was sure that he had never been happier to hear the final bell ring that day. Blaine raced out of school that day and practically ran home in an attempt to get away from it all. Compared to today, the day where he lost his friends almost seemed easier.

Going to school hadn't gotten any easier now that everyone knew about Blaine's sexuality, but he knew that there was nothing that he could do about it. The only good thing was that his parents still hadn't found out. Although, Blaine had to admit he was a little shocked that that was the situation and he hoped that he could keep it that way for just a little bit longer.

About a week and a half after everything had went around the school, Blaine was having dinner with his family. It was just small talk as usual until Blaine's dad said, "So I heard something interesting today."

"What's that, dear?" Blaine's mother, Gloria, asked. Blaine had to admit that he too, was intrigued.

"I met with a client who has a daughter that goes to Blaine's school," Michael explained. Blaine instantly knew where his father was going with this. He could hope that his assumptions were wrong, but Blaine knew that was just wishful thinking.

"And he told me something very interesting about Blaine," Michael continued. "What do you think he told me?"

Blaine just stared at the table, hoping with all of his might that his father wasn't going to go completely ballistic. He seemed calm so far, so maybe that was a good sign.

"Blaine, answer me. What do you think he told me?" Michael asked again.

Blaine willed his voice to work so he could say anything. He swallowed the lump in his throat, but still found himself unable to actually answer his father.

"Blaine, answer your father."

"He told me he felt sorry for me," Michael responded, knowing that he wasn't going to get a answer out of Blaine

Gloria looked confused. "Why would he feel sorry for you?"

"That's what I wondered, so I asked him. He said he felt sorry because I had a fag son."

Blaine closed his eyes tightly in an attempt to block out whatever his parents were going to react.

"Blaine?" Gloria asked softly. "Is that true?"

"Of course it's true," Michael said. "Why would people make something like that up?"

"Well, you don't know, Michael. Maybe it was just a rumor and we have a normal son."

Blaine slowly looked up. His mother didn't think he was normal. He didn't think that could hurt as much as it did.

"But he's not normal! He's a fag!"

Blaine just wanted to shrink into his chair and completely disappear. This couldn't have gone any worse. Maybe if he had told his parents himself sooner, none of this would be happening. Well they would still probably angry and frustrated, but maybe he could have avoided this whole scene.

"Why don't you let Blaine talk?" Gloria asked. "Maybe he could explain this."

"Explain what, exactly? Explain how this was all some big understanding? Guess what? It's not. My son thinks he likes boys. Boys aren't supposed to like other boys. They are supposed to find a nice girl and settle down. Not be some stupid fag who is probably going to end up getting AIDS. I won't stand for it, Gloria. I won't!"

Blaine couldn't take it anymore. He pushed himself away from the table, scraping his chair loudly against the floor, ran upstairs to his room, and slammed the door behind him. Things couldn't really get any worse, could they?

Unfortunately for Blaine, things did get worse. No one else had found out, but that was only because everyone already knew about it. Now, he was having to deal with the constant taunting and name calling at school.

Then, Blaine would go home and have to deal with his parents. Blaine's father had decided to completely ignore Blaine and just pretend that he didn't exist. Blaine's mother on the other refused to acknowledge Blaine was gay. Yes, that was how he wanted to be treated, just like a normal person, but she hadn't said anything about the fight a dinner two weeks ago.

Also, there was the fact that she only treated him like a normal person when they were alone, which wasn't really that often. When his father was present, his mother was just like his father and ignored Blaine. Blaine wasn't sure why this was. Maybe she was scared of how Michael would react. But Blaine just wanted his mom to show his dad that nothing had changed.

But everything had changed, and it wasn't ever going to go back to the way things were.

A/N

I totally meant to have this done sooner, but I got buried under homework last week. As always, thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed this story thus far. Please consider leaving a review telling me what you think. Thanks for reading!