Chapter 6
Later that evening Blaine was playing with Mel and her Disney princesses when Sebastian came in.
"Hi guys!" He greeted Blaine with a kiss
Mel smiled at him
"Hey Mel, how are you?" He asked kneeling down to her level
"OK I got onto the yellow books at school!"
"Wow! Sounds good." Sebastian answered with a smile though he had no idea what the colour of book meant but it was obviously exciting for Mel.
"Keep playing Angel, I am going to check dinner. Bas can you set the table for me?" Blaine asked directing him to the kitchen. Once in the kitchen Blaine smiled at Sebastian.
"So I have a favour to ask. After I put Mel to bed, would you stay with her while I go and speak to Kurt. Mel's teacher said a few things I need to inform him about"
"Sure" Sebastian said though his smile was a little tight. Blaine picked up on it though as he did with everything which used to annoy Sebastian though he could appreciate it as he got older
"She'll be asleep Bas. If that's what your worried about?" Blaine said knowing Sebastian had never looked after Mel alone and thinking this could possibly be a worry.
"It's not that, It's just...if I am going to be around I just want to feel a part of this family unit..."
"Oh Bas. You are!" Blaine answered softly though sincerely "After I have spoken to Kurt, I will come back and we can have a conversation and I can speak to you about what I've been told. I may end up needing your help. Don't for a second think you are not involved in this unit"
Sebastian looked down at his feet, a sign of acceptance
"You Mr. Smyth are an important person in our life" Blaine said gently peering at him from under long eye lashes and kissed him, just as Mel came running into the kitchen
"Dad, Bas are we going to the zoo tomorrow?" Mel asked excitedly
Blaine looked at Sebastian and lightly nodded
"Yes Mel, we are taking you to the zoo tomorrow but you need to eat dinner and get an early night so we can have the whole day at the zoo..."
"Will you buy me and Dad ice cream?" Mel asked with a serious expression
"If you eat your dinner tonight and go to sleep quickly, yes!" Sebastian answered
"I will. I will eat dinner, then have bath, then go to bed, Dad can read me a book then I will go to sleep like Christmas the quicker I sleep, the quicker it comes" She says before darting out to wash her hands. Blaine smiled lovingly at Sebastian
"See! You are perfect at it!"
"Thanks B" Sebastian replied before kissing him softly and then set the table.
True to her word Mel went to sleep quickly and soon Blaine was on his way to see Kurt. Blaine arrived and saw the light on. He knocked at the the door and waited for a response. A gruff man appeared
"What you want?" He said glaring at Blaine
"I'm here to see Kurt" Blaine said politely
"Kurt, some blokes here to see you. You seeing him or something?"
Kurt appeared at the door surprised to see Blaine
"It's my ex husband. Blaine. Why are you here?" Kurt asked sounding tired
"I need to have a word with you about our daughter in private" Blaine said
"Whatever he has to say, he can say in front of me right Kurt?!"
Kurt glanced at the guy uncertainly before rounding on Blaine
"Please, she's with you this week. I am child free so I don't want to think about her!" He said firmly though Blaine could detect a slight undertone of something else
"Kurt she's our daughter! We need to talk" He tried but took one look at Kurt and saw the message he was trying to convey
"OK then. Let me know when you are free." Blaine answered and watched as Kurt nodded his head
Blaine turned around and walked away, perplexed at Kurt's behaviour, Kurt had never been that way. As he sat in his car he noticed a text appear on his screen
"Talk when you bring her back after half term. I would appreciate a call when you are coming over in future. K"
Blaine looked at the text and was even more puzzled. He had never had to call Kurt to arrange to come over. Blaine had a strange feeling in his stomach that something wasn't quite right. He'd talk to Sebastian when he got home. Sebastian always had the perfect solution.
He arrived home to find Sebastian laying on the sofa quietly watching TV. Sebastian had opted to use some of his holiday to spend time with Mel, so would be off Wednesday and Thursday in addition to the weekend. Blaine sat beside him
"That was quick." He commented
"Yeah Kurt had his latest boyfriend over there. He didn't want to talk about Mel till after half term" Blaine answered
"What! How could he say that?" Sebastian exclaimed surprised
"My only guess is that he didn't want to talk about it in front of his boyfriend as he has always wanted to know about Mel" Blaine said "he used to want to know everything"
"I know it's not my place, but since the new boyfriends been around, Mel and Kurt have been acting funny" Sebastian commented
"I was thinking that. Maybe we'll ask Mel for more details tomorrow" Blaine said shrugging his shoulders
"Do you still want to talk to Kurt before me?" Sebastian asked
"No silly. Mel is doing great at school. Miss Story just has a few minor worries...we need to watch out for day dreaming"
"Day dreaming. Why?" Sebastian asked puzzled
"She's doing bits in school and Miss Story thinks there's another underlying problem"
"What like Blaine?" Sebastian asked. Blaine knew an awful lot about various conditions
"She wouldn't say, we have to monitor her..." Blaine just repeated
"You have an idea Blaine and whatever it is obviously scares you" Sebastian said quietly
"It's just, I don't want to think about it. Can we leave it at that please? We just need to record moments when she's starting to day dream, like time and what's happening and any movement she does. I'll get to small pads to keep on us and pencils to record it"
"OK. I can do that. Maybe it I just typical 6 year old dreaming" Sebastian reassured Blaine
"I really hope so Bas. The other thing is a game she's been playing...you have 5 stones, you have to be quiet for some time, if you are not, you have the stones taken away one by one and if you have none by the end of the game, you can't play the next game"
"Hmm...I had a variation of that with my Dad..." Sebastian said though his eyes were troubled
"So it's not a made up game?" Blaine asked surprised
"My father called it behaviour management. I was always a 'lively' child" He made air quotes " and my father used to work from home a lot. I would be running about the house making lots of noise to get father's attention. My Nanny wasn't that interested in me. Father got tired of it that so he made up a 'game' if I made to much noise I would be given 3 slips of paper. Each had a number on. 1, 3, 5. If I wasn't quiet I would lose one hour of play and had to do garden duty for an hour, 3 would be bedtime 3 hours earlier and 5 meant that I would lose privileges for 24 hours"
"So what? Kurt could have created this 'game' to get work done?" Blaine asked puzzled. Blaine may not have known everything about Kurt's childhood but couldn't imagine Burt playing something like that.
"Could be. I don't know what the sanctions and things would be though" Sebastian answered
"Maybe I can ask Mel for more details" Blaine mused "I will speak to Kurt when I can, and see if I can get some answers. I feel like...people are keeping things from me and..."
"You don't like it" Sebastian finished
"Never mind. I am sure I...I mean we will get some answers soon" Blaine finished
"I like t when you say 'we'. I am serious about you Blaine and I really like Mel, even though I thought I would never want children, but their something about her...she's special" Sebastian settled on
"Yes. She is" Blaine said before snuggling into Sebastian and turning to watch TV.
Hey Guys! Another chapter! I hope this one is OK. Their will be KLAINE in the next chapter! It's being written after this.
