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Chapter title inspired by Patty Loveless and Vince Gill.
All or Nothing – Chapter 13: Timber
It had been a week since I had slept with Blaine. One of the most stressful weeks besides finals week of my senior year of college. Will and I had talked every night, and he wanted to visit me during the upcoming weekend. I kept putting him off saying I didn't know if I was ready for another visit yet, but he sure was insistent. Blaine had been equally insistent, and while we hadn't slept together again, we had spent almost every night together. I didn't tell him about Will's calls.
Kurt wasn't being any help.
One morning, sitting at breakfast, he started in.
"Finn Hudson, you better choose between these two men," he said in his usual nagging tone.
"You don't think I know that?"
"I think you're having fun."
"Oh yeah, it's so much fun knowing that if I don't choose, I'm probably going to end up losing both of them, and then where will I be?"
"Alone again. So choose!"
"I don't know how."
"Look, Blaine is great. I'm his biggest cheerleader. But, if you feel that Will is still your true love, then choose Will. God knows I don't want to hear you whining about making a mistake again."
"I don't whine."
"Really?"
"Well I don't whine that much."
"Okay sure. Anyways, neither one of the men, as much as I was pissed at Will, deserve to be toyed with. You need to be honest."
"I know. I do. I just… need a little more time."
"Well you don't have that much more time. Will is planning on coming here this weekend, and I don't think you're going to be able to avoid Blaine the whole weekend."
"I was hoping you could distract Blaine."
"Nope. Uh-uh. Not happening."
"Oh come on! You could like, go visit Tina or something."
"I'm not pulling Tina into this. You need to decide Finn Hudson."
I sighed, and ate the remainder of my breakfast in silence.
By the time Friday rolled around, I was a nervous wreck. I got home from work, and I knew Kurt would want to lecture me. What I didn't expect was to walk in the door and find Will already there.
"Will?" I asked, walking into the kitchen. Kurt and he had been drinking coffee, and Kurt had this amused expression on his face when Will got up to hug me.
"Hey. Thought I'd surprise you by getting here early."
"Yeah Finn, isn't it great?" Kurt asked. I flipped him off behind Will's back.
"Yeah of course it is," I said breaking the hug. "I just wasn't ready for you. Um, my room is a mess and I was… um… going to cook dinner but I had planned on coming home, changing clothes and heading to the store."
"Oh well, that's no problem. I can go shopping with you," Will said. Of course he could.
"Hello?" a voice from the living room said. I felt like a bomb exploded in my brain.
"No way," Kurt said, even more amused.
"Who's that?" Will asked. Just then Blaine walked into the kitchen.
"Hey guys, who's this?" Blaine said.
"This is our old glee club director, Will Schuester," Kurt said. Blaine narrowed his eyes.
"Will? As in the guy that abandoned you, Finn?"
Will was caught off guard. "Wow, that was harsh."
"Yeah it was harsh what you did to him."
"I don't even know you."
"I'm Blaine. The one that's putting Finn back together."
"Blaine? The guy that you tried to sleep with, Finn?"
"Tried?"
Will's eyes shot over to me.
"Wait. Finn? Did you actually sleep with Blaine? You told me you hadn't been with anyone."
"I hadn't, at the time…" I managed to speak.
"So you slept with him after…" Will trailed off.
"After you hooked up?" Blaine said. "Yeah. We did. Because I know what's best for Finn, and it's not getting involved with you again."
Will looked like he was about to punch Blaine.
"How would you know? You don't know anything about us," Will said.
"I know enough. I know that Finn started living again when I came into his life. But one call from you, and he's running back to his past. At least he had closure, and can move on. Why don't you do the same?"
Kurt stood up at this, his obvious amusement gone.
"Listen, boys, why don't we settle down? This is a big mess, and I'm sure we can all work through this," Kurt said.
"This was an obvious mistake," Will said.
"Will, please…" I said. "I just need to think things through."
"So while you're thinking things through, you're fucking him?" Will spewed at me.
Blaine laughed. "Look, I get it. You guys have a past. But if Finn wanted to be with you, why would he be spending every night with me?"
"It isn't like that," I jumped in. "We only had sex once."
"Well, one day. It was more like six or seven times," Blaine said.
"Blaine, you are not helping," Kurt said. "Let's go into the living room, and let these two talk."
Blaine looked reluctant, but followed Kurt into the living room.
"Finn… I know that what happened between us hurt you… but I thought after last week…"
"I know. Will, I know. I came home from Seattle, and Blaine was here, and things just happened."
"Things don't just happen Finn. Obviously you have feelings for Blaine."
"I admit that I do."
"So then what we have is?"
"I don't know Will!" I exclaimed. "I'm just confused."
"Do you still want me?"
"Yes," I said, hugging him. "Yes I do."
"Then tell me you'll end things with Blaine."
"I don't know if I want to."
Will broke the hug. "Well you better figure it out. Look I'll go stay at a hotel or something. I have my cell phone on me. You call me when you decide."
I followed Will through the living room. "Will, please."
"No. Just work through whatever this is, and call me when you decide." He shot one last glare at Blaine, and left.
"Good, now that he's gone, we can enjoy our weekend," Blaine said.
"He's not gone, Blaine," I said. "And I don't appreciate how you acted around him. That's not you."
Blaine looked guilty. "I know it isn't me. I don't know what got into me. I just had this overwhelming feeling of wanting to punch him come over me."
"This is really difficult for me, okay? I love Will, and I can see myself loving you. I need to think about all this."
"Okay. I can understand that," Blaine said. "Do you want me to leave?"
"At least for tonight," I said. "I'm sorry."
Blaine got up to leave. "It's fine. I just want you to remember one thing." He pulled me to him, and kissed me. The kiss lasted about two minutes, when he pulled away. He smiled, and left.
As I caught my breath, Kurt looked at me from the couch. "Told you that you should've made your mind up before Friday." I flipped him off for the second time that night.
