CHAPTER 12: THE BIRTHDAY

Marley was at Sophie's school playground. It was going to be the little girl fourth birthday soon and the mother was going to do a party. She wanted to invite all her daughter friends and most of them were in her classroom.

Even if there were a lot of parents to talk, the most important was Ian's father. That kid was Sophie's best friend and they were really closed. Sometimes, the two kids, Marley and Ian's father had gone to a park and everyone thought they were a family.

She found the man who was looking for and let Sophie with her teacher before run to him.

"Blaine!" She was smiling. They were friends because they were the youngest parents and singles, so they understood each other. It was true they hadn't talk about personal stuff, but they had talked about being a parent.

"Ey Marley, how are you?"

"Good, I'm busy with Sophie's birthday. We'll have a party this Saturday… Do you think Ian and you can come? I know it won't be the same without you, Sophie loves Ian so much…"

"I can't, I work the weekends… But I'm sure Sam or Brittany can go. I'll talk with them." They said goodbye to each other because Marley needed to go to the University.

"Why we have to go to a kid party?" Kurt asked.

"Because she is my niece." Sebastian answered. While Kurt was dressing like a Vogue Party, he wore jeans, a shirt and a jumper.

"She is not your niece. She is your cousin's daughter."

"Please, stop. She is like a grandchild for my parents and a niece for me."

"That's even worse. I guess your parents will let her some heritage and you will let her have it and won't fight for it."

"Don't worry, we have more than what we need. Let's go to the party." Sebastian hated Kurt's avarice, but he didn't say anything because he was the 'perfect' boyfriend for him.

Sam and Brittany went with Ian to Sophie's birthday's party. They had meet Blaine for years before and they were the only friends he had… Well, they and Brody, another neighbor. The three had helped Blaine every time he had needed it. It was hard to be a single parent.

"Good afternoon." Julia said when they were in. Her heart stopped when he saw a little four-year-old boy, same age as Sophie. The boy was alike his own son, Sebastian. His hair, even if was curly, was the same color as Sebastian's when he was four. The eyes were green and shined the same way as her son's. The nose was exactly like his, but the smile wasn't.

"Good afternoon. He is Ian, Sophie's best friend." Brittany said with a smile.

"Sure, please, come in."

Ms Smythe showed them the place and relaxed when she saw them talking with other parents. Her husband walked to her. He was frowning.

"That kid…"

"You have noticed it too?" She looked at Richard.

"I even asked Sebastian, but he said he doesn't know either of them. I swear I didn't have an affair and I don't know his parents."

"Do you remember how was your son for years ago?"

"He was with Blaine… What are you thinking?" Richard knew his wife.

"Blaine was eighteen… What if he was pregnant when they broke up and give the child to a family? It was his only option if he wanted to study."

"Don't you think he should have told Sebastian before doing it? What if Sebastian wanted to take care of his baby?"

"Blaine tried to talk with him for months. What if he was trying to tell them he was pregnant? I always had the thought that they needed to talk. You saw the boy; he can pretend but not like that. The way he looked at Sebastian… When we met him, you said there was something different… It was like every time Sebastian caressed him was the most special moment for him." She remembered those days like the worst moment in her life. It was too much for her to see his son so sad for the break up.

"Jul… I know you have the greatest heart. Blaine wasn't in love, he just wanted our son's money."

"Why are you talking about Blaine?" Sebastian cut them.

"Because your mother think Ian is Blaine's son and he gave him in adoption." Richard answered him.

"That couple are too young to adopt a child" The son frowned.

"I'm going to know the truth." Julia walked but his husband hand stopped her.

"Be discreet."

Sebastian and his father saw her to walk to the couple and ask them. They were answering with polite smiles. A few minutes later, she came back to her family.

"The boy was born December the 25th and Sam was there."

"How did you know?" Sebastian asked with amazement.

"Women never tell their secrets."

"It doesn't matter. If it was true, Blaine had gone with three months of pregnancy. We had noticed it, he would have known it." The son said.

"Maybe not. What if he didn't know he can get pregnant and he didn't have morning sickness. Even if he got a bit fat, he had thought it was for eating too much." She was sad because she wanted Ian to be his grandson. She was starting to think she would never be it.

Kurt walked to them. "This party is bored. There only are kids and mothers talking about schools, baby's bottles and I don't know what more. How long do we need to stay without being rude?" Julia and Richard looked at them annoyed.

"You can go now if you want." She didn't like Kurt.

"Let's go." Hummel smiled. Sebastian went to apologize to Marley because he knew it was early. He wanted to be there more, but he knew Kurt wouldn't let him.