A/N: Gold star for you if you're still reading this! I probably wouldn't be but you are a far better person than I am. May Oprah bless your soul. I promise the end is near. I'm not sure exactly how many chapters there will be or if I will do an epilogue but I'm thinking 8ish chapters. 3

If there was one thing Blaine was dreading it was the backlash on Facebook and at school from ending his relationship with Kurt. He avoided his computer and slept for a few hours before he had another dream of Kurt falling in love with someone else.

Blaine sat up against the headboard and pulled his laptop on top of the blankets. He felt it was probably best to just deal with it head on, right? As Blaine signed into Facebook, he skipped over the meaningless notifications; he was here for only one reason.

The last thing he wanted to do was call attention to the fact that he'd just lost the love of his life. A fresh tidal wave of pain hit Blaine as Facebook asked him I he was sure he wanted to end his relationship. He wanted nothing more than to click cancel, call Kurt and beg for forgiveness but he knew he couldn't do that. Kurt would never take him back. Blaine has hurt him too badly.

The cursor taunted him as it hovered over the confirmation that soon their break up would be official. Blaine's whole hand shook over the button and he had to force himself to click it. He felt sick. His heart felt like it was breaking all over again. He signed back out of Facebook as quickly as he could.

Before Blaine could shut his laptop and wallow in his own misery the ring of an incoming skype call surprised him. Blaine was somewhat relieved to see Cooper's name. Although he really didn't feel like talking to anyone Blaine knew that it would be easier just to answer and let Cooper talk at him than ignore his calls.

Blaine clicked over the green video chat button and waited for Cooper's webcam to turn on.

"Hey B, I just wanted to check in on you," Cooper's voice was overly cheery. Blaine knew Cooper was trying to keep the mood light but his energy only made Blaine feel worse.

"I'm glad you made it home safe. Are you going to school tomorrow?" Cooper continued.

Blaine just shrugged. He wanted nothing more than to take a sick day and avoid being the hot topic of the McKinley gossip.

"Ya know, the longer you put it off, the harder it will be. I know you're afraid of everyone turning on you but it sounds like you have some good friends there. You never know, sometimes people surprise you."

Blaine gave him a half smile and tried to swallow around the lump in his throat.

"You know you could probably transfer back to Dalton if you wanted," suggested Cooper.

Blaine let that sink in. Dalton had been his safe haven and he still had some friends there but few of them had come to his aid when Sebastian had almost blinded him. He didn't want to keep running away from his problems. Plus as senior class president, he felt an obligation to his fellow classmates to really change things at McKinley.

"No, I'm done running away from my problems," Blaine announced more for himself than Cooper.

"Then that's the spirit, little brother. You're stronger than you think," Cooper added.

"Thanks Coop, you're a really good brother," Blaine said sincerely.

"Anytime bro, I've got your back. Always," Cooper smiled and winked at him. "Look, Blaine, there's something I have to do, but call me anytime ok?"

"Do you have an audition?" Blaine asked.

"Something like that. I'll talk to you later, Blaine. Please remember to shower if you decide to go to school tomorrow," Cooper teased.

A hint of a smile snuck onto Blaine's face and with a final wave, Cooper signed off. Blaine placed his laptop to the side and carefully closed the lid.

Since it was only 5pm Blaine searched his room for something to do. His phone buzzed with a text from Cooper. It was only one word: Courage and a smiley face. He tossed his phone to the side and hugged his knees to his chest. He needed a distraction but he had very few hobbies that didn't remind him of Kurt. Blaine's eyes scanned his bookshelf even though he knew that there was no way he'd be able to focus on reading.

It was a Monday night. Glee Club would be over by now and his friends would be heading home soon. Blaine silently prayed that no one would make him explain about the break up. He was planning on avoiding Facebook and his phone for the rest of the night so he eyed his phone skeptically when it buzzed.

Blaine was surprised to see that he had quite a few texts. There was a text from Tina telling him to call her if he wanted to talk and that she loved him with a heart emoticon at the end.

Another two from Artie and Sam asking what happened. Blaine ignored them; he didn't want to have to explain it.

The next was from Cooper telling him he might be surprised by his friends and suggested he check Facebook.

Blaine's stomach flipped like an Olympic gymnast. His heart raced and palms started to sweat. He really didn't want to see other people's reactions. Surely Cooper wouldn't have told him to go on if it was bad, right?

Blaine exhaled slowly and cautiously pulled his computer towards him. Maybe Cooper was right. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. God, he really needed to stop over thinking it and put his fears to rest.

Good god, there were thirteen notifications. It had only been a little more than an hour. Blaine sighed and clicked on the threateningly large number of notifications. She skimmed through the comments on his changed relationship status. Most were comments of sad faces, "I'm sorry" s and "call me if you need to talk," s. It was nice to feel supported but this all just made it all seem even more real. Cooper meant well but this was only a preview of the hell that tomorrow would bring.

"Blaine, honey?" Blaine's mom poked her head in cautiously. "I brought you some dinner. Will you please eat something?" She begged.

"Not hungry," he muttered as he wiped the fresh tears from his face.

"Please, sweetie? Just a little bit? You need to eat something," her voice was soft and full of worry.

"Ok," Blaine nodded. He really didn't want to eat anything but the last thing he needed was to cause his mother pain too. He hoped that she would just set down the tray and leave him to pretend he'd eaten but she sat at the end of the bed and rubbed his foot through the blankets.

Blaine took in the sight of the steaming bowl of soup and Blaine was thankful that he didn't have to chew anything. He picked up the spoon and stirred around the soup absently as he pretended to wait for it to cool. Blaine knew he should be ravenous but his appetite was long gone. He managed to force about a third of it down his throat before he felt nauseous.

"That's great, sweetie," she said as she stood up. "I'm proud of you. You're all grown up now and I love you so much." His mom pressed a kiss to his forehead and took the tray away for him.

Blaine turned off his light, buried his head under the covers and mercifully succumbed to sleep.