So, as those of you who follow me on Tumblr know, I'm not having the best week ever. Actually. I'm having a really bad week. So that's the reason it's Sunday everywhere in the US except Hawaii and I'm just getting your new chapter up-I almost forgot. AGAIN. But, alas, here it is! And I hope you like it!

Chapter 16

"Did you have a good time with Miss Carrie?" Blaine asked when his daughter was dropped off the next morning. Carrie smirked when she saw that Kurt was still there and Blaine tried not to laugh at her.

"Yes! It was so much fun. But I missed you a lot, Daddy." Rose said.

Blaine grinned and kissed his daughter. "I missed you a lot too, Rosie."

"Can just you and me spend the day together today? We haven't done that in an awfully long time." Rose asked shyly. "I like Mr. Kurt and all, but I miss just you Daddy."

Kurt smiled as he heard the request. "You know what? I have a bunch of stuff I have to do today, so I'll go do that. But would it be okay if I came over tonight and brought one of my favorite movies, and we watched it?"

Rose's eyes lit up and she nodded ecstatically. "Yeah!" she cheered, "that sounds like fun, Mr. Kurt."

Kurt kissed Blaine good bye. "I had a really great time yesterday, Blaine. I'm glad my dad found you again."

Blaine blushed and smiled back. "I'm glad my car broke down." Kurt laughed before waving to Rose and Carrie and walking out to his car. After kissing Blaine's and Rose's cheeks, Carrie said good bye as well.

Blaine turned to his daughter. "Alright honey, what do you want to do?"

Rose thought about it for a few seconds. "Can we go skating at the roller rink? I went there with Riley once and I thought you would really like it."

"Of course we can go, sweetie." She and Blaine climbed into their car and rode to the skating rink.

They spent over three hours there; Blaine was surprised at how well Rose could skate—she was possibly even better than him. Rose and Blaine skated around the arena, played some of the games the rink set up, and even played a few games in the arcade. When they stopped for lunch, Blaine was only slightly surprised to hear familiar voices behind him.

"Hey, Mr. A!" said a girl in his AP government class—Sophie Rivers.

Blaine turned and smiled. "Hey, Sophie. Hey Robert." Blaine nodded at Sophie's boyfriend. "Having fun?"

"Tons." Sophie laughed. "I don't know why more people don't come skating. I know it's out of style or whatever, but it's fun." She giggled and rolled off, pulling her boyfriend with her.

A couple minutes later, another girl in his class, Anna, came up. "Mr. A?" she asked hesitantly.

He turned and smiled. "Hey Anna! What's up?"

She smiled shyly. "I wanted to introduce you to my girlfriend, Sara. She's on spring break from her college, and she came to visit."

Blaine, who hadn't known Anna was gay, smiled even wider. He reached out his hand to shake Sara's. "It's nice to meet you, Sara."

"See?" Anna said, giggling, "I told you Mr. A would be okay with it. He's cool."

Blaine laughed. "To let you in on a secret, ladies, I couldn't not be okay with it. I play on the same team."

Anna smiled. "To let you in on a secret, Mr. A, no one says it, but everyone knows."

Blaine laughed and watched as the girls, hand in hand, skated away. He appreciated how no one seemed to care. "Things are definitely not like they were when I was in high school, Rosie."

She laughed, not quite understanding what he meant, but hearing the humor in her father's voice nonetheless. "Can we go get ice cream, Daddy?"

He ruffled her hair and took her hand. "Yeah, let's go."

Blaine and Rose turned in their skates and headed out the door. They drove to an ice cream place and then headed home for Rose's nap. Blaine texted Kurt.

Hello, beautiful –B

Hey there(: how's your day with Rose so far? –Kurt

It's been really good. We went skating. I met one of my student (Anna)'s girlfriend. She was really sweet. And they told me that everyone at school knows I'm gay –B

Lol. Well, you're not exactly discreet… –Kurt

Hmmm. Alright, I'll give you that one. Anyway, then Rose and I went out to ice cream. She's taking a nap right now, and then we're going to have macaroni for dinner. Do you still want to come over tonight? –B

Of course! What time? –Kurt

6:30 sound good? –B

Sounds awesome. See you then! –Kurt

Iiii loooooveeee yooouuu! –B

I love you too, goof ball –Kurt

Blaine put his phone down and started making Rose dinner. Around four thirty, Rose came out of her bedroom, yawning.

"Hey honey." Blaine said to her, "Have a nice nap?"

She nodded. "Yup. When is Mr. Kurt getting here for our movie?" she asked.

"At six thirty. So we have two hours to eat dinner and maybe do something fun. What do you think?" Blaine asked.

"What movie is he bringing?" she asked.

Blaine frowned. "I'm not sure. I guess you'll have to ask him when he gets here." he said, dishing up their plates for dinner. They ate in relative silence, talking occasionally about her friends or things happening at her preschool. She told elaborate stories that Blaine was pretty sure here only half true, but played along tonight nonetheless.

After Blaine cleaned up their dinner and they headed to the living room. "Do you want to play a a game or something?" he asked.

"Could you read a book to me or something?" Rose asked shyly.

Blaine smiled and sat down, pulling her into his lap. "Sure honey. What book?" She pulled out a worn copy of Disney's Aladdin—it had been Blaine's when he was little. So he opened it and started reading.

When they finished the book, Rose wrapped her arms around her father's waist and snuggled into him. "I love you, Daddy." She whispered.

"I love you too, Rosie." He said, tears welling up in his eyes and hugging her tightly.

"I really like Mr. Kurt too." She said as an afterthought.

"Oh yeah?" he asked.

"Yeah. He's really nice to me, like Miss Carrie is. And he makes you really happy. I don't think I've ever seen you smile so much." Rose explained.

"He does make me happy. But wanna know a secret?" Blaine asked.

"What?" Rose turned to look at him.

"You make me really happy. I'm most happy when I'm with you." Blaine kissed her cheek.

Rose giggled. "What about when you're with me and Mr. Kurt at the same time?"

Blaine laughed at her giggles. "I suppose that's when I'm happiest."

"Good." Rose said. "Because when I'm with you and Mr. Kurt is when I'm happiest, too." They stayed on the couch cuddling for a couple minutes until there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it!" Rose called, racing to the door. She flung it open to find Kurt on the other side.

Blaine came walking around the corner to the door and smiled when he saw Rose hugging Kurt and telling him about her day. "Hey." Blaine said, leaning over and kissing Kurt hello. "How was your day?"

The three of them walked to the living room and Kurt busied himself putting the movie in. "It was good. I finished some work this morning, did some grocery shopping, cleaned my apartment, checked some stuff in my car, and spent the most recent part of the evening with my dad in the shop."

"So what are we watching?" Blaine asked.

Kurt showed him the cover of the DVD case. "Lilo and Stitch. I thought I was going to hate the movie when I first started seeing the previews, because of aliens and stuff, I thought it was going to be a 'boy' movie, but then at Finn's birthday party, because we were still at the age where you invited everybody in your classroom, we all went to see it and I loved it. I got all the movies and religiously watched the TV show."

Blaine laughed. "I always loved that movie. Even when I thought it was going to be a 'boy' movie."

The three of them sat down to watch it, with Rose nestled in between Kurt and Blaine. And, to put it lightly, she loved it. Her eyes stayed wide and engaged for the first half of the movie, but eventually fell asleep. Near the end, Blaine woke her up so she could watch them rescue Lilo. When it was over, she was tired but still excited over the movie.

"Daddy it was so good! Because she didn't have friends, but Stitch was her friend, and then the aliens and her sister were her friends. And it was so cute! Daddy can we get a puppy?" Rose babbled on.

Blaine laughed. "We'll see. But we can't get an alien dog." He winked.

Rose giggled and Blaine watched as her eyes fought to stay open. "Are you tired honey?"

She shook her head. "No, I'm not tired. I'm not ready for bed yet."

Blaine laughed and scooped her into his arms. "I think it's time to sleep. I'll read you another story, alright?"

She nodded and closed her eyes, leaning against her daddy's chest. "Good night, Mr. Kurt. I love you."

Blaine saw Kurt jump and stare at her for a moment, before walking to where Blaine and Rose were standing. Kurt leaned over and kissed Rose's cheek. "I love you too, Rose."

She grinned in her half-asleep state, and Blaine carried her off to her bed. When he came back, Kurt was sitting on the couch waiting for him. "She's perfect, Blaine. How did you get a daughter like her?"

Blaine smiled and collapsed on the couch next to Kurt. "I don't know. I got lucky I guess." Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist and Kurt leaned into the embrace.

"You know, maybe I had a bad couple years, but things really aren't that bad. I mean, it sucks that my parents and grandparents and sister will never get to met Rose, and that they missed my high school and college graduations, and that they will never get to know what I did with my life. And it's always going to hurt, and it's always going to be a sore spot for me, but maybe I'm starting to move on." Blaine whispered to Kurt.

Kurt smiled through his watery eyes. "I think you are. And I'm so proud of you."

Blaine half smiled at Kurt. "You know, you're a big part of me moving on. So, thank you. I know you still beat yourself up over what happened, but don't. I've forgiven you a thousand times over."

Kurt laughed shakily. "I've waited eight years to hear you say that."

A week or so later, Kurt called Blaine when he was only fifteen minutes into his kindergarten class. "Hello?" Blaine asked when he answered it (his kids were working on an art project, so they didn't need him too much right now).

"Hey." Kurt said, and Blaine could hear the smile in his voice. "How are you on this beautiful late spring morning?"

Blaine laughed at his enthusiasm. "I'm great. How are you?"

"Lovely." Kurt said. "Can I kidnap your daughter for the day?"

"What?" Blaine laughed. "What do you need her for?"

"I don't need her for anything." Kurt said, "I want to spend today with her. Would it be okay if I pulled her out of preschool for the day?"

"Yeah," Blaine said, "just let me call the preschool and let them know you'll be coming."

Kurt giggled. "Alright. Bye Blaine. I love you."

"Love you too. Bye Kurt." Blaine hung up that call, checked on his kindergartener's art projects, and called the preschool across the street.

The secretary answered the phone. "East Lima Preschool, Katheryn speaking, how may I help you?"

"Hey Katheryn, it's Blaine." He said.

"Oh, hey Blaine." She said, the professionalism melting from her voice, "How's everything going?"

"Pretty good." He said. "Hey, so one of my friends, Kurt Hummel, is going to be coming to pick Rose up sometime this morning. He's taking her out for the day."

"And does Rose know this Kurt Hummel?" Katheryn asked.

"Yes," Blaine said, "she calls him 'Mr. Kurt' and she loves him. So you'll know who he is. And she has my permission to leave with him for the day."

"Alright." She said, "Have a good day, Blaine."

"You too." He hung up the phone and turned back to his class and grinned at them. "Alright guys, let's see your projects."

"Rose?" one of her teachers said to her, "there's someone here to see you."

Rose looked up and curiously followed her teacher to the lobby of the preschool. "Mr. Kurt!" she exclaimed when she saw him. She ran up to hug him.

"Hey Rose." He said, laughing. "Would it be okay if I took you for the day? We can do something fun."

Rose's eye lit up. "Really? Is it okay if I leave school?" she asked

Kurt nodded. "I already called your daddy and he said it's okay."

"Okay! Just let me get my backpack." She turned and one of her teachers had her bag in hand. Rose slung it over her shoulders and waved goodbye to Riley before following Kurt to his car. She saw her car seat in the back and climbed onto it, buckling herself in. "Where are we going, Mr. Kurt?" she asked.

"There's this place I heard of that has a bunch of things to do. There's mini golf, laser tag, an arcade, bumper boats, and go-cart racing. What do you think?" Kurt asked, glancing at her in his rearview mirror.

She squealed. "I've never been there, but a boy from preschool has, and he says it's so much fun! Thank you so much, Mr. Kurt!"

Kurt grinned at her enthusiasm. "You're welcome. Now, let's go have a fun day."

They began the day with mini golf, and Kurt taught Rose how to hit the ball correctly. She was so excited the first time she hit a hole-in-one on her own. She loved the bumper boats ("They're even better than bumper cars!"), was pretty good at laser tag for a four year old, and thoroughly enjoyed herself in the go-cart races. She and Kurt, in their two person cart, were steadily getting first and second place. Rose absolutely loved the racing.

She and Kurt talked and giggled about their day the whole way home, and then gushed about it to Blaine until bedtime. After Rose had virtually passed out—yet another day with no naps, Kurt stayed a little bit later.

"Rose had an amazing time today. She really loves you, Kurt." Blaine smiled.

Kurt laughed. "Good. Because I love her to death, too. She's so sweet and cute and respectful and smart and," Kurt paused, "I know she has her cranky days when she hasn't had enough sleep and that she gets upset when things don't go her way. She's a little kid, what do you expect? But she's still so perfect, and everything anyone could want in a daughter."

Blaine smiled and looked out the dark window. "Yeah. Sometimes I think that she was sent to me by some higher power. She's really saved me. I'm so thankful for her."

Kurt smiled softly at his boyfriend and leaned over to kiss him. "I'm thankful for her, too."

And I just wanted to say thank you to all of you, everyone who reads this and everyone who reviews to this... You guys are simply amazing. And I love all of you so much! You're all perfect amazing beautiful lovely human beings! :) Have an awesome week!