A/N: sorry it took me so long, again *hides* but better late than never right? Hope you'll enjoy anyways xx

Chapter twenty-one.

Blaine's head snaps up as he hears the jiggle of the door handle. It takes his eyes a few moments to adjust to the still dark room but then he realises he's still in Lucy's bed and quickly gets out. He sort of runs over to his own and quickly lays down faced turned away from the door.

As the door opens a small stripe of light from the hallway fills the room. 'Blaine?' at first he doesn't recognises the voice but when his name is said again he realises that it's Julliet. 'Blaine are you asleep?' he hears the door close and footsteps coming his way. There's silence for a moment until there's another voice, this one he recognises immediately though, Lucy.

'is he still asleep?' Lucy whispers and when there's no answer Blaine imagines Julliet nodding. 'oh' she says and sounds a little sad.

'don't worry, it's still early he will wake up soon' Julliet whispers to not wake Blaine, who actually is awake. 'will you be okay? Kurt should be here in half an hour I guess'

'yeah I'll be fine' Lucy says and Blaine hears her move closer.

'I'll go now then.'

'Bye Julliet'

'bye' and then there's the sound of the door opening and closing.

'Blainey?' Lucy says as she sits in the chair next to his bed. 'wake up, I missed you' just then he feels her hand on his cheek and his eyes flutter open. 'oh Blaine, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to wake you' she says looking guilty.

'it's okay don't worry about it' he reassures her and sits straight up. 'how was it? To be home I mean?'

'it was amazing we went to the mall and my mom and I baked cookies and…' she trails off as she imagines how he must feel according to the look on his face.

'wow that's awesome Lucy' he says excitedly.

'I'm sorry' she whispers.

'what why are you sorry?' he asks confused.

'because I was at home having a great time while you were here' she swallows 'and bcaus ei heard my mom talk on the phone and she said something about me coming home during Christmas and like staying home'

'but that's amazing! Why is that a bad thing?'

'because she meant staying home, like not coming back here' Lucy says softly. 'and that means that I have to leave you'

'hey, come here' he says and pulls her next to him on the bed. 'it's okay, you can still come visit me and as soon as I'm out of here I'll come to visit you at home okay. Don't worry it will all be okay' he looks at her. 'and don't cry, don't cry because of me. I'm definitely not worth it'

'y-you are' she tightly wraps her arms around him. 'I don't want to say goodbye to you'

'ssh Lucy don't cry' he whispers in her ear as he runs a hand through her hair. 'it will all be okay, you get out of here and I will too, maybe not as soon as you but I will. I promise' and that wasn't a promise he could break because he would get out of there eventually. Maybe because he was okay or maybe because it got so worse that they wanted him to spend his last days at home. He hoped for the first option of course, who wouldn't.

'I'm just gonna miss you'

'that's okay, it's okay to miss someone as long as you not let your life be led by it, let your life be led by happiness'

She grins 'now we're talking about that anyway, how was the date?'

'oh right, yeah it was nice I guess'

'what do you mean you guess?'

He shrugs 'I don't know I just… never mind'

She wants to say some more but when she looks at him she keeps from doing so. 'so what are we going to do today?'

'I have my ideas' Kurt says as he opens the door.

'what's this with you? Do you wait on the hallway for like 20 minutes until it's the good moment to burst into the room?' Blaine asks with raised eyebrows.

'what would you do about it' Kurt says grinning as he makes his way to them. 'so I was thinking since it's almost Christmas I thought we should go Christmas shopping, how does that sound?'

Lucy smiles brightly and her eyes light up 'that sounds awesome' then the happy expression on her face falls 'but I don't have any money'

'don't worry about that' Kurt says smiling. 'so where are we waiting for? Get your coats'

'Kurt. Kurt' Lucy says as she pulls at his sleeve 'can we please go in here?' she says as she stops in the middle of a tiny shop. The name is written in curly letters as a sticker on the front door.

'yeah sure' Kurt says and looks a little confused.

There's a little noise coming from a bell as they enter the shop. The shop is nearly empty and the only people being there are two girls, a blonde and a brunette. It seems like they're looking at some earrings. Lucy walks straight to the back of the shop and stops in front of some rings and bracelets. As Kurt and Blaine come closer they see she's looking at a tiny silver ring with a heart shape. 'wow that's pretty Lucy' Blaine says and Lucy turns around smiling.

'I know' she smiles again 'I've seen it before but mommy found it too expensive to just buy it, I think she's right' Lucy says 'mommy is always right'

Blaine looks at Kurt and he gets the hint so he nods in understanding. 'hey Lucy why don't we go look over there?' he says pointing to the other side of the shop. Lucy smiles and so he takes her with him.

In the meantime Blaine is still standing in front of the rings looking at the one Lucy just pointed at. Yes he was going to buy her a Christmas present anyway so what was better than this? At least he now was hundred percent sure she would like it so that's why he picked it up and took it to the counter.

'can I help you?' the lady asks him smiling since he was the only one in line.

'this please' he says as he carefully lays the ring on the counter and smiles at how tiny it is.

'I suppose it is a present?' she says smiling as she looks from the him to the ring and back to him.

Blaine smiles 'it is'

'okay, then I'll wrap it for you, is it for Christmas or just..?'

'Christmas' he replies.

She walks away with the ring and for a moment Blaine turns around to look at Lucy who's still with Kurt and not noticing anything. 'there you go' the lady says as she hands him a tiny red box with a green ribbon and sparkly gold stars on it. '$16.55 please' Blaine looks in his wallet and hands her the money. 'thank you, have a nice day and early merry Christmas' she says smiling. '

He smiles warmly at her 'thank you, and all the same to you of course' he puts the tiny box in the pocket of his coat and heads to Lucy and Kurt. 'ppf Lucy you're so slow' he says grinning as he ruffles her hair.

'Blaine' she warns but then giggles. 'are we going to the next shop?' she asks.

'of course' both Blaine and Kurt say at the same time which makes them all, even the lady behind the counter, laugh. Lucy smiles and then takes one of Blaine's hands and one of Kurt's so she's walking in the middle.

'okay Kurt what do you need to buy?' Lucy asks as they walk past some shops.

'uhm I need to get Julliet a present and Carole and my dad and something for y-' he trails off as he realises what he was going to say. Something that would reveal everything which is not the planning.

'and you Blaine?'

'oh well I need to buy my nephew and niece something and Rachel and Wes of course oh and my parents' he says smiling as he thinks of what's in his pocket. He's sure it will make her so happy and he can't wait for her reaction.

'wow that's a lot' she says smiling. 'oh oh' she suddenly says. Both Kurt and Blaine give her a confused look. 'uhm my shoelaces are loose' she's obviously trying to be serious but it's nothing going all too well. Same for Kurt since Lucy doesn't even have shoelaces. 'Blaine can you tie them?' she looks at Kurt. 'why don't you go, we'll catch up later' Kurt starts to laugh at this but he gets the hint, she wants to say something to Blaine that he can't hear. So Kurt continues walking while Blaine and Lucy stop.

'what is it?' Blaine whispers 'you don't even have shoelaces'

she giggles 'I know' then her face turns serious 'don't you think we should get Kurt a present?'

'mmh I think we do'

'okay so what shall we get him?' Blaine frowns as he obviously is over thinking it. 'maybe we could get him a mug' Lucy says enthusiastically 'he always drinks coffee and like maybe we can paint on the mug and then whenever he drinks coffee he can think of us' Lucy says smiling brightly.

'I think that's a great idea. I'll take care of it okay?'

'awesome' she hugs him briefly and then skips over to Kurt and yells to Blaine 'Blaine you're so slow' Blaine laughs and starts walking a but faster so he can catch up with the two of them.

'where was that about?' Kurt whispers as he walks next to Blaine.

'nothing' Blaine says seriously and Kurt looks suspiciously at him.

As they all bought presents for everyone they head back to the hospital and back to their room.

'so' Blaine says as soon as Kurt's away. 'look what I have' he says and reveals a blank mug and pencils and of course paint.

'you sneaky bastard' Lucy says grinning. 'when did you buy that?'

Remember that shop where I bought the present for my mom?' she nods. 'well while you and Kurt were looking at the bakery stuff I got in line and bought this too' he smiles 'so I heard Kurt talking to Julliet about something they had to do so I know we have time to do it now without risking Kurt to walk in. so let's paint' he says smiling.

They both sit down at the table near the window, the mug in front of Lucy. 'are we both doing a side?' she asks examining the mug.

'mmh sure'

'can I do the front?' he nods again. She smiles as she dips her pencil into the pink paint. She swirls the pencil from left to right making weird shapes.

'what are you making?'

'you'll see' she says while dipping her pencil in some paint, purple this time. She repeats the ritual and then again with some red paint. 'look' she says and turns the mug to him revealing some letters and a heart. 'it says I love you' she smiles 'but just the I a heart and you, because else it wouldn't fit' she says. 'your turn' she says and shoves the mug in his direction.

Blaine bites his lip thinking about what he should paint. He dips his pencil in green making some lines on the downside of the mug.

'what's that?'

He grins 'you'll see'

'oh come on'

'nuh uh' he says and continues painting. 'done' he says after a while.

'can I see?' she asks. He smiles and turns the mug to her. 'oh wow Blaine it's so pretty she says smiling. 'I didn't know you could draw so well' he smiles and just nods. 'shouldn't we hide it?'

'yeah but it first needs to dry a little' he says and puts it in the windowsill so it catches the sunlight that shines through the window.

A/N: hope you liked it, see you next time which hopefully will be Sunday. Xx