Hi! Here's the next chapter, enjoy!
I won't be able to update for awhile because I get injections into my eye and the next one is tomorrow. Don't worry, I won't disappear, just need some time to regenerate.
When Blaine woke up the next morning, he didn't know where he was first. He thought he fell asleep on his couch but then he looked around and didn't realise the place with his sleepy eyes. He blinked and turned to his side, groaning as he felt his whole body aching because of the discomfort of the night spent on the couch.
He stood up slowly, stretched himself and finally remembered that he was in Kurt's apartment. Although he didn't know why he was there until he heard noises coming from the bathroom. He finally remembered the previous day, that Kurt had a heamatoma and that their baby was in danger because of it. He ran into the bathroom. He opened the door without knocking and found Kurt on the ground, kneeling in front of the toilet.
"What's wrong? Is it the baby?" he asked in concern and stepped to Kurt.
"Go away" Kurt groaned and turned back to the toilet to get rid of the rest of his breakfast.
"Kurt, I want to help you, please, just let me know what's wrong" Blaine pleaded. He saw that Kurt was in a bad state and he almost ran out to call Sebastian.
"Morning sickness" Kurt said and emptied his stomach again. "I can't even remember eating these things."
Blaine tried to supress a laugh but he couldn't. Kurt heard it and turned to him angrily.
"You think it's funny? I can't eat anything without throwing up and it's not just in the morning, I'm nauseous every fucking hour of the day. I don't know why they named it morning sickness, I think all-day sickness would be a better name for it" he said and leaned his head down on the cold edge of the toilet.
"It'll go away... someday" Blaine said uncertainly because he didn't know how long the morning sickness lasted.
"Yeah, of course. You don't know anything. You're not the one who has to go through this" Kurt muttered and stood up shakily. Blaine was right there in a second to help him.
"I know. But I'll be here to help you. Always" Blaine said calmly. He helped Kurt to the sink, so he could wash his teeth.
"Thank you" Kurt said when he finished. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to hurt you."
"I know. Hormones. Better get used to them, right?" Blaine said and smiled when he finally saw Kurt's lips twitching up a little.
~ o ~
"Okay, guys, you were great. Let's see the next song. Peter, I think your tone is perfect for it. Would you sing it for us?" Blaine asked. He was in the school, it was his second class that day. He was really excited because he wanted to sing his favourite Katy Perry song with the class. Actually, they weren't so eager to sing it.
"No" the boy said and dropped the note.
"Why not?" Blaine asked in confusion. He knew it was hard to find something these teenagers would be willing to sing but this song was fantastic.
"Because it sucks" Peter replied. Blaine sighed. He hated when the kids were unrespectful.
"Well, as I see I'm the teacher and you're the student, so it's my job to decide what song we'll sing. Let's get it started" he said and went to the piano. The boy jumped up.
"I won't sing this shit. I'm not a damn fag like you" he said. Suddenly, the whole class fell silent, only a few boys were smiling in the back rows. Blaine sighed and took a few deep breaths before he could say something he would regret later.
"I want you to meet me at the principal's office after class. You should learn some respect. And now get out" he said quietly. The boy glared at him for a long moment, but then he collected his things and left the room. Blaine turned back to the students and tried to smile . "Okay, so we still have the solo. Who wants it?"
~ o ~
Kurt held his phone in his hand nervously. Isabelle had called him the previous day a few times, perhaps she wanted to know where he was. He had to call her to let her know what had happened but he was afraid of what she would say.
"Come on, Kurt, it's just a phone call" he muttered and held his finger over Isabelle's name. He just had to press the button. It's so simple.
Suddenly, his phone started ringing and he almost dropped it in surprise. He saw the name on the screen and sighed. It was just Blaine. For the second time since morning.
"Hey, Blaine. We're fine" he said because he knew why Blaine called him.
"Hey" Blaine said tiredly. "I just wanted to check on you. So no pain? No bleeding?"
"No" Kurt smiled.
"That's... that's good. Then I go back to work" Blaine said. Kurt could hear something was wrong with him.
"What happened?" he asked. He could hear Blaine sigh on the other end.
"I just have a bad day, but nothing serious. I'll call you when I go home, okay?"
"Okay" Kurt said and Blaine disconnected the call before he could ask more.
He stared down at his phone again and after a minute hesitation, he called Isabelle. She picked up after the first ring.
"Kurt, where are you? I called you a million times!" she asked worriedly.
"I know and I'm really sorry" he started. Then he took a deep breath and continued. "I had to go to the hospital yesterday and I couldn't call you."
"Oh, my God! What happened?" Isabelle asked and Kurt had to smile. She was like his fairy godmother since the day he started working with her and he really liked her.
"I just... I have to tell you something" he said and inhaled deeply before speaking again. "I-I'm pregnant."
He waited for Isabelle's answer but she didn't respond for a few long seconds.
"Wow! That's really good news" she said finally.
"Yeah, I'm really happy. But I have a heamatoma and my doctor said I have to stay in bed until it goes away."
He heard Isabelle sigh.
"Just be careful, okay? Your baby is the most important right now. How long do you have to stay at home?" Isabelle asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe a few weeks. But I can do my job from home, don't worry" he answered hastily because he didn't want somebody take over his projects.
"Kurt, you have to rest now. We can manage it without you for a few weeks. And if you can't come back, I'll just hire somebody" Isabelle said. Kurt bit his lip nervously, he really didn't want somebody else to do his job.
"I'll call you when I'll know more, okay? Just... don't give somebody else my project. I'll do it" he said.
"I promise you, I won't give it anybody else until you come back or we know you have to stay home longer. Okay?" she asked. Kurt closed his eyes.
"Okay" he agreed quietly.
~ o ~
Blaine slammed the principal's door behind him angrily. He just got out from the meeting with him where he told him what Peter had done in his class. But of course the principal did nothing, only sent Blaine home to cool down.
It wasn't the first time in his life somebody insulted him because he was gay and nobody seemed to care. He hoped New York wasn't like Ohio, but it looked like he was wrong. The kids here called him names behind his back and talked back in the class. And he couldn't do anything.
He started walking back to Kurt's apartment but he was only halfway there when he realised he couldn't face Kurt in this state. So he chose another street. He was walking for maybe 20 or 30 minutes when he saw a small pub and decided to go inside. He went to the counter and sat down.
"A whisky and a beer, please" he ordered and after he got his drinks, he looked around for a free table. He sat down and drank his whisky fast and washed it down with beer.
He was still angry because of the scene in the school. He couldn't belive something like that could happen in the 21th century.
And then, there was Kurt. The pregnant Kurt, who carried his baby. It made him even more frustrated. He said to Kurt that he wanted the baby, that he wanted to help him, but if he wanted to be perfectly honest with himself, he wasn't really sure what he wanted.
He knew his responsibility was to take care of Kurt and his baby, just like his father did when his mother got pregnant with Cooper. They weren't married then, they were only together for months, but his father asked his mother to marry him and they raised their children together. He had to do something similar. He had to let Kurt know that anything could happen, he'll be there with him.
But he still wasn't sure if he wanted to be a father. It was all so scary. In a few month, the baby'll be born and they have to raise their son or daughter. It'll make him tied down for the next 20 years or so. And he didn't want that. He wanted to be free now, that he was finally back in the city of his dreams. But he couldn't tell that Kurt because he was sure the man would send him away, and he would never see him again. It would kill him. He still loved Kurt and being so close to him after so many years was the best thing that happened to him in a long time.
"Isn't it too early for such things?" somebody asked beside him and he saw a young man standing at his table.
"I had a bad day" he answered and turned back to his beer. The man didn't go away, he sat down across him.
"Let me help you" the man said. "I'm Elliot, by the way."
"I really don't need help" Blaine murmured, not looking up. He wanted to be alone.
"I can see. Do you want another drink?" Elliot asked. Blaine sighed.
"No, thank you."
"Let me guess... you had a fight with your boyfriend" Elliot said and didn't seem to see that Blaine didn't want him there.
"No, it's something else" Blaine replied. Maybe speaking with somebody wouldn't be so bad at all.
"Work?" Elliot asked. Blaine looked up to meet his eyes.
"It's... complicated" he said and sighed. "Sometimes life is so hard."
"I know" Elliot said happily. "But it has to be that way. Otherwise it would be too boring."
Blaine laughed. Maybe Elliot was right.
"What's your name?" the man asked.
"Blaine."
"Okay, Blaine. I have to work now but I think we should come back later and continue this talk" Elliot said. Blaine almost said yes, because it would be really great to have some fun, but he remembered where he had to be in the evening.
"I'm sorry but I can't" he answered.
"You have a boyfriend?" Elliot asked. Blaine shook his head. "Then why not?"
"Let's just say my life is too complicated right now. Maybe next time" Blaine said and finished his drink. It was time to go back to Kurt.
~ o ~
Blaine stepped into the apartment and went to the bedroom to find Kurt. To his surprise, the bed was empty.
"Kurt?" he asked and went back into the living room.
He peeked into the bathroom but he didn't see Kurt there, so he went into the kitchen. He was standing at the table, working on something. Blaine got angry again. Maybe it was just because his day at the school but seeing that Kurt didn't stay in the bed, although Sebastian said he had to if he wanted to keep the baby, made him angry again.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he stepped to Kurt. The man startled because he didn't hear Blaine coming home.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you" Kurt said and turned back to his work.
"You know you shouldn't get out of the bed" Blaine almost yelled. Kurt looked up again.
"I was hungry..." he started but Blaine cut in.
"Then you should have called me or ordered something. You have to be more careful!" Blaine yelled this time.
"I tried to call you, okay? But you didn't answer my calls" Kurt said. He was really hurt, he didn't expect Blaine to come home like this.
Blaine pulled out his phone and checked his calls. Kurt really called him in the last hour three times. He felt really bad and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Why are you acting like this? Did something happen?" Kurt asked and turned away from him.
"I-I'm sorry. I had a bad day" Blaine said.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Kurt asked and finally finished his sandwich. He was so hungry. Blaine looked down to see what he was going to eat and his eyes widened.
"You really want to eat this?" he asked back. Kurt nodded happily.
"Yes, it's really good. Do you want some?" Kurt asked and offered him one of the sandwiches.
"Is this what I think it is?" he groaned out.
"Peanut butter and pickles on white bread. It's delicious" Kurt said happily and bit into his sandwich. Blaine's jaw fell to the floor.
"Are you serious?" he asked and watched Kurt take another bite.
"Of course" Kurt answered when he swallowed the food. "Why?"
"Kurt, it's disgusting" Blaine said and turned away, so he couldn't see the food on Kurt's plate.
"It's not" Kurt replied.
"It is" Blaine said.
"Okay. I'll take this back into the bedroom and you can order yourself something" Kurt sighed. He took his plate and walked back into his bedroom, Blaine looking after him dumbfoundedly.
~ o ~
Few days passed and the next Wednesday, they were sitting in the waiting room of the clinic, ready to find out if their baby was fine.
"It has to be fine, right?" Kurt asked, drumming on his thighs with his hands, unable to sit still. "I have all the pregnancy symptoms and there was no bleeding in the last days. It has to be fine."
Blaine sighed and took Kurt's hand into his.
"Of course it's gonna be fine. The baby is strong, don't worry" Blaine said and looked around. It was time for Sebastian to arrive.
"Of course I worry about it" Kurt said, putting his free hand on his stomach. "I love this baby and don't want to lose it."
Blaine was saved from the responding as a nurse stepped out from the examining room and called Kurt. They stood up and went inside.
"Stay here" Kurt said and left to change clothes. When he was ready, he stepped to the bed and lied down. Sebastian arrived within a minute.
"Hi" he greeted them, not looking up from the papers in his hands. "So you had no bleeding or pain in the last days? Did you stay in bed?"
"I stayed in bed as you told me and the bleeding stopped after a few hours" Kurt responded.
"Good. Let's see what we have here" Sebastian said and started examining the baby with ultrasound.
"Blaine, come here" Kurt whispered to Blaine who stood in the corner awkwardly. He stepped to the bed hesitantly and looked at the screen. The baby was there and it looked more baby-like then the last time they saw it.
"I have good news" Sebastian said. "The baby is perfectly fine. The haematoma is still there but it's smaller. Hopefully it'll reduce more until your next appointment. Just stay in bed and call if something changes. Okay?"
Kurt nodded happily.
"So next Wednesday?" he asked.
"Yes. Around 10" Sebastian answered and left the room when Kurt didn't have more questions.
Kurt changed back quickly and took Blaine's hand when they left the room. He was so happy that their baby was fine that he didn't notice how silent Blaine was.