Chapter 11: Acceptance
A/N: Shout out to Zamuri for being my first reviewer! Thank you for your kind words :) Great minds think alike, I plan on making Hunter a decently big part of this story. You can just call him "The New Sebastian" ;) Feel free to share your ideas! I can definitely see if I can incorporate them. That goes to anyone reading this!
Sebastian would be here any minute. I know I told him not to worry, but if we were being completely honest I was extremely nervous. When I got back last night from Sebastian's house, I had told my parents that I had a boyfriend. Surprisingly, my mom was ecstatic and although my dad was supportive, I knew that he was still uncomfortable with my sexuality. What I had failed to tell them was that Sebastian was the kid who put me through hell last year. I was hoping that Cooper wouldn't mention anything.
Merry Christmas cutie ;) –Hunter
Merry Christmas Hunter. Did you know yesterday who I was? I hope you didn't do that knowing that Sebastian would be mad. –Blaine
Well, I had a suspicion when you said your name. But you're not the only Blaine. The hottest Blaine, maybe, but not the only Blaine. Why would he be mad? –Hunter
Sebastian and I are dating now. So, please…don't try anything with me. I'm happy with him. –Blaine
Oh and please don't kick him out of the Warblers again. Sebastian is happy being a Warbler. I wouldn't want you to kick him out for yesterday…-Blaine
Dating? LMFAO. That's funny. Again?…What are you talking about? I don't know what he told you Blainey, but it was his dad that got him kicked out of the Warblers. The only reason he's back in is because Sebastian spoke with the headmaster. –Hunter
His dad? What was Hunter talking about? Why hadn't Sebastian mentioned anything about that to me? I thought Sebastian left on his own free will…
Yes. He's my boyfriend, why is that so funny? and Just making sure! –Blaine
Are you alright? You seem delusional. You honestly think that Sebastian will stay tied down for long? You do know what he's after, don't you Blaine? -Hunter
"You look like you've seen a ghost little brother." Cooper came walking down the stairs. I had been pacing back and forth in the foyer waiting for Sebastian. I decided Hunter wasn't worth my texting back.
"I'm fine. Hey Coop, can you not mention that Sebastian was the one who almost blinded me last year."
"Wait, why is he coming over? It's only 8 in the morning on Christmas." Crap. I forgot to tell Cooper we were dating.
"Well yeah, uh. He's kind of my boyfriend and well, we have plans with our friends later but wanted to spend Christmas morning with mom and dad."
Cooper had this devilish smile he has whenever he got his way or when he knew that he was right. "I knew it! I totally knew it. You can't pull one over your big brother!" Cooper tightly hugged me before holding me by my shoulders. "You're being safe right?"
"Cooper!" Some things would never change. Just then, the doorbell rang. As I opened the door, all I could see was a stack of presents and a bouquet of beautiful flowers.
"Sebastian?"
"Hey killer." Sebastian walked in and I closed the door behind him. He placed the presents on the table before hugging me tightly. I half expected a kiss, but realized he probably didn't want to do anything in front of my family.
"It's a pleasure to see you again Cooper, how was Hawaii?" Sebastian extended his arm, but Cooper pulled him into a hug. It was funny watching Sebastian hesitate slightly before putting his arms around Coop.
"Congratulations!" Oh god, Coop shut up! "It was awesome. Super hot babes everywhere, beautiful beaches, and an amazing hotel. You would have loved it, well except the hot babes part." Cooper punched Sebastian on the shoulder, both of them laughing. Cooper sure got comfortable around people quickly.
"What are all these presents for? You didn't have to get me flowers." Sebastian smiled.
"Sorry B, these aren't for you…" I looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Just then, my parents walked into the foyer where we were all still standing.
"Mrs. Anderson, these are for you." Sebastian smiled before handing my mom the bouquet of roses. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I've heard a lot about you from Blaine." I could see my moms face blush. Sebastian had a similar effect on all people, even my own mother. Always the gentlemen. (He was a Smythe after all).
"Sebastian it's so good to meet you. Thank you so much for the flowers, you shouldn't have." My mom pulled Sebastian into a hug, just like Cooper. If only they knew that he wasn't really a hugger. "It's so good to finally meet you." She said as they pulled away. "Blaine wasn't kidding when he told you us you were handsome. If you ask me, he didn't do you justice." Seriously? From my mom? I could feel my face turn bright red.
"Mom!" I groaned. Sebastian looked back at me quickly, throwing me a wink. He then turned to face my dad. Here we go.
"Mr. Anderson, this is for you, well, Mrs. Anderson as well." Sebastian walked over to where he had placed the gifts, and pulled out a bottle of wine. Sebastian handed it to my father, and I couldn't help but laugh at his reaction. His mouth opened slightly and his eyes widened. My dad looked back to Sebastian before taking his hand.
"How did you manage to get Chateau Margaux!" My dad was clearly not trying to hide his amusement.
"My father collects wine. He said that this was his favorite, so I assumed it must have been good. I hope you like it." Sebastian smiled at him before walking back towards me.
Sebastian took off his coat before hanging it, and out of nowhere my mom and Cooper started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Have you guys looked at yourselves? You're matching." Cooper said. I turned over to look at Sebastian and couldn't help but laugh. He was wearing the green bowtie that I gave him and a red cardigan over a white dress shirt, while I was wearing a red bowtie and a green cardigan over a white dress shirt. Even my dad was smiling at us.
"You're wearing the bowtie!" I said looking over to him. I was really happy that he was making use of my present; it looked cute on him.
"I wouldn't have pegged you for a bowtie kind of guy Sebby." Cooper said. Sebby? Come on, now he was just pushing my buttons, purposely embarrassing me.
"Well, someone really special gave it to me, so of course I would wear it." Sebastian grabbed my hand and winked at me.
"Come! I just finished making breakfast, I hope you're hungry Sebastian." My mom said.
"Starving Mrs. Anderson!" Cooper and my parents walked into the kitchen while Sebastian and I brought the gifts he brought to the living room where the Christmas tree was set up.
"You really didn't have to buy them anything Sebastian. Wait, who are these for then if you gave them their presents already?"
"They're for you and your family, who else would they be for?" After placing the presents down, Sebastian lifted my chin so that he could place a small kiss on my lips.
"Sebastian…I feel really bad, I don't think they got you anything and I-"
"It's okay Blaine. I didn't expect anything. Besides, you already gave me my present."
"Then why did you get me another one?" Sebastian eyes seemed to shine as he smiled at me.
"The key to my heart was your Christmas Eve present." he said blushing. Awww. "Today's a different day, which means a different present."
"That's no-" Before I could finish, Sebastian hushed me and placed a finger over my lips. I groaned, but it didn't phase him as he just chuckled and made his way to the kitchen.
Breakfast was relatively not awkward. My parents directed most of their attention to Sebastian, talking about small things like where he was from, his parents, etc.
"Mrs. Anderson, this food was delicious! I didn't know you were such an amazing cook." My mom blushed again.
"Oh come now Sebastian, it wasn't that great. What do you two have planned today?" Sebastian looked over to me, not really sure what I wanted to do. Sebastian had told me that the Warblers wanted to get together, but I wasn't sure if he wanted to go. It occurred to me that I didn't tell him about the New Directions party.
"Well, I wanted to spend the morning with you because Sebastian and I were invited to a Christmas party with the glee club." I looked at him, somewhat worried with how he would react. He just smiled before nodding.
"And we also have the Warblers Christmas Party." Sebastian said.
"So you two will be gone all day I assume. Where are you spending the night?" My dad asked. He wasn't asking in a menacing tone, but I could tell he wanted to know.
"Well, since Sebastian's parents are in Paris, I was hoping that he could stay here. I know you wouldn't want him to sleep with me, so I thought maybe he could use the guest room?"
"Of course! Sebastian, you know you're more than welcome here. I know this is the first time meeting you, but consider yourself part of the family." My mom said.
"You seem like a fine, young man Sebastian. Consider yourself one of my sons." Woah. I never would have imagined my dad saying that to anyone in a million years. It was comforting knowing that my parents accepted Sebastian. Sebastian was turning red and looked down at his plate.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me for you guys to accept me, especially after everything I did to your son last year. I've apologized to Blaine, but I haven't officially apologized to any of you." Sebastian looked up to look at my parents. Crap. Crap, crap crap, no not now! "I'm sorry for everything that I did to Blaine, all the pain I caused him." Before I could say anything, my mom spoke up. Fuck.
"I-I'm sorry, I don't understand." Sebastian's face turned hard. He looked over at me, realizing that I didn't tell them that Sebastian was the one who had thrown the slushy in my face.
"I-I uh…I was the one who accidentally almost blinded Blaine." I hope I didn't look as scared as I felt. "But, I promise you it was not my intention. It was a lame prank that got completely out of hand, and I'm so sorry. I promise I will never do anything to hurt your son like that ever again." Sebastian's eyes remained focused on my parents, but from the way his voice trembled slightly, I could tell he was ready for the worst.
My parents looked at each other for a second, before turning back to us. "Listen. I'm not saying that you justified yourself, and by no means would I ever accept anything like that to ever happen again, but what's done is done, and if Blaine is willing to give you another chance, I don't see why we wouldn't" My mom said. A sigh of relief escaped Sebastian's mouth.
"Thank you, I promise I won't disappoint you!" My parents smiled at Sebastian. Surprisingly, this morning went down really smoothly. Sebastian, always living up to his name. Except, now he wasn't a smooth criminal, he was my smooth boyfriend.
Sebastian and I told them that we would do the dishes so that they could go open their presents.
"I'm sorry Bas, I should have told you that they didn't know it was you."
"No, that's okay. I'm glad I could get their forgiveness early on."
Just as we finished washing the dishes, we heard my dad calling us. "Boys, could you come in here?" When we walked in, I saw that they had opened Sebastian's presents. They all looked extremely surprised. I wonder what Sebastian had given them.
My mom got off from where she was sitting and walked over to Sebastian and hugged him. "Sebastian, we can't accept this…this is too much. And because of the short notice, we weren't able to get you a present."
"Well, I'm keeping mine." Cooper said laughing. My dad glared at Cooper, causing Coop to shrug and look apologetic.
"Please, don't worry about it. You're acceptance was enough. As for the presents, I can find something that you would like better if-"
"No! No, it's not that hunny, it's just that…these must have cost you a fortune! This is way too over the top." Sebastian looked at my mom confused.
"Oh, I'm…I-I'm sorry I thought you would like them. I-"
"We love them, but we feel bad not being able to give you anything in return."
"Please Mrs. Anderson, I'm okay I promise. Don't worry about the cost of anything, it was my pleasure." Sebastian gave my mom a reassuring look.
"What did you guys even get?" I asked, confused as to what the fuss was all about.
My mom opened a jewelry box, which held matching earrings, necklace, and bracelet. My jaw dropped, realizing that this wasn't just some cheap set of jewelry. The jewelry was all diamond; it looked as though a Queen would wear them. I looked at Sebastian, in complete shock. How much did he spend on these presents?
"And on top of this, he set up an appointment for me to have a full spa day and Lima's finest spa, already paid for. It's impossible to make a reservation there!" Sebastian smiled, realizing that my mom was actually incredibly happy with her present
"Sebastian…You-" I began. "Wait, dad, what did you get?"
My dad pulled out a completely new set of tools that any mechanic would need. "Blaine told me that you enjoy fixing up cars, so I thought you would enj-"
"Sebastian, this is more than I could ever ask for. Thank you." My dad looked extremely happy with his present. How did Sebastian nail exactly what my parents would love?
"Cooper?" I asked, wondering what he got. He pulled out a brand new Rolex watch. Cooper had a bright smile on his face, clearly content with what he got.
"What's in the other bag?" My dad asked Cooper.
"Oh nothing." Cooper looked embarrassed. My dad eyed him suspiciously but dropped it.
"Sebastian…" I began
"Like I said, no big deal. I just hope you all enjoy your gifts." Everyone nodded and my dad waved for us to sit down.
"Do you guys have time to watch a Christmas movie before you leave?"
Sebastian looked at me and I nodded. This morning had gone down perfectly.
The perfect present was the fact that my parents had fully welcomed Sebastian into the family. I still had to think of a way to make it up to Sebastian though, to think that he would go out of his way to spend so much on my parents.
"Sebastian, how much did you spend on those presents. How did you get them so last notice?"
"It doesn't matter how much I spent Blaine. No matter what I gave them, it could never make up for making such a wonderful human being." Sebastian grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly. "And, like I said, I had planned you being my boyfriend for quite some time now. I bought their presents when I bought yours." I couldn't help but smile. Sebastian knew how this would all go down. Presumptuous, but he wasn't wrong.
"Why didn't Cooper tell my dad what his other gift was?"
Sebastian laughed. "Oh, I'll let him tell you that."
When we arrived at Breadstix, I could see that Sebastian's mood had changed. "What's wrong?" I asked, looking over from the passenger seat to him.
"Nothings wrong. Why?"
"Well, you look a little worried. If you don't want to do this, I would totally understand. We can do something else if you'd like."
"No, I'm okay. Just…I wonder how your friends are going to take us being together. And how many of them still hate me."
"I don't think they hate you. They weren't mad last time we spent time with them."
"True, but we weren't dating. I think I'm more worried as to how they will treat you. I can fend for myself, none of those chumps have anything on me." Sebastian smirked, "I think I'm more worried about how they will treat you. You only just broke up with Kurt, and even though their team would suck without you and I'm sure their your friends, I can't help but feel like their alliance is pretty strong with Kurt." Sebastian was always thinking about me above himself. That's one of the things I loved about him the most. Despite the conceited, snarky exterior he had with everyone else, he was always so considerate and kind with me.
"I may be small, but I can definitely stick up for myself. And they're not like that, Bas. They know that what's done is in the past. Besides, I don't care what they say." I leaned over to quickly kiss Sebastian.
Sebastian breathed out heavily and gained his composure. He smirked. "Did you just bring out you're evil side?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. It literally looked like he had let out the little devil inside of him, allowing him to roam free.
"Maybe. You never know with these people. Besides, nobody deserves the nice me but you." I rolled my eyes at him.
"C'mon, don't be like that. Please? I promise it won't be that bad. Give them a chance."
Sebastian sighed. "I hate when you ask me to play nice. It's like I have to listen to you cause if I don't then you'll be hurt."
"What can I say? You love me." Oh god. Did I just say that out loud? "Sorry, I-I didn't mean for that to come out."
Sebastian looked at the floor. "I-"
"Shut up, let's get inside before they start thinking we're having a quickie in here."
"Well, I mean we could." Sebastian smirked.
As Sebastian and I walked through the doors holding hands, it was unsettling to see all the familiar faces stare. Luckily, they were all having too much fun to look at us for too long. I was surprised to see most of the Senior's here.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" Santana walked up to us, that same devilish smile on her face. "I knew this was bound to happen." Sebastian and I took off our coats, eliciting a loud laugh from Santana. "This is way too gay, no offense. Are you too seriously matching?"
"It wasn't on purpose." I said, rolling my eyes. She was gay too, yet she didn't want to offend us?
Sebastian and I looked at each other and smiled. Santana hugged me before turning over to Sebastian and hugging him too.
"Sorry, as you can see my family and friends are kind of huggy." I whispered to Sebastian.
"So does that mean that you two are officially dating?" Sebastian nodded.
"Don't tell me he knocked you up Blaine." Santana laughed whole-heartedly. Did she really just ask that?
"Santana!" I said. "Really…?"
"Calm down Grinch, I was just kidding." Santana said rolling her eyes. "How long did you have to beg him until he crumbled?"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"How long till he gave in and decided to be your boyfriend?"
"Oh..uh we-"
"I asked him." Sebastian answered, saying it as if it was totally expected and nothing was weird about the fact that he had been the one to ask me out.
Santana raised an eyebrow and was about to speak, when Brittany came running into me, almost taking me down and causing me to let go of Sebastian.
"Blainey! I've missed you!" Brittany kissed my cheek before turning to Sebastian.
"Sebby!" She yelled before getting on her tippy toes to kiss Sebastian on the cheek. "How have you been?"
"Hi Britt, I've been pretty good, what about yourself." Sebastian asked.
"Good, good. I saw that you two were holding hands…" Britt said.
"Couldn't get anything past you, right cutie." Sebastian said to her. Wait. What? Cutie? I looked at Sebastian, but his eyes were focused on Brittany. I could see Santana make that face whenever she just heard some weird news and raise her finger. Her mouth opened and her eyes widened.
"I'm smarter than people think you know. So now that you two are dating, does that mean that you're his prince?"
"I guess you could say that." Sebastian looked over and smiled at me.
"Cool. That's so unicorn. I'm happy for you Blaine. You changed the evil prince!" Britt looked at me and smiled before she walked away. I felt like I was missing something.
"What the hell was that?" Santana asked crossing her arms. "Are you hitting on my girl?"
"I'm a little confused too…" I admitted.
Sebastian eyed us both before speaking. "Well, Brittany added me on Facebook and then asked for my number. And, normally I don't socialize with public school kids, but something about her had me intrigued. She's…innocent, a sweetheart." Sebastian acted as if nothing about that sentence was strange.
"How long have you two been so close?" I asked. I wasn't jealous, but why didn't he tell me?
"Yeah. How long?" Santana on the other hand…
"Since she attacked me." Sebastian laughed. "What can I say? I have a soft spot for that girl. Why do you think I even let her call me that ridiculous name?"
"Listen Sebby," Santana began, "If you do anything to hurt poor, innocent Brittany, I will most definitely go all Lima Heights on your ass." Santana pointed a menacing finger at Sebastian, but all he did was chuckle.
"Don't worry Shaqueera. I'm nothing but nice to her." Santana smiled. I felt like we both believed him. It was undeniable that Brittany always had a way of making her way into people's hearts.
"Give me your phone." Santana commanded.
"Why?"
"Because. I think messing with you would be fun. From one bitch to another, let's just say I like you." She said winking. Followed by imitation gagging. Sebastian handed her his phone so that she could put in her number. After he put in the number, she walked away.
As we walked over to sit at a booth, Sebastian looked confused. "How exactly did you guys manage to get Breadstix for a Christmas party?"
"You know Sugar Motta right? Well, her dad is a rich guy who pretty much gives her whatever she wants."
Marley, Ryder, Jake, Kitty, Joe, and Unique all waved and said hi, but were too busy singing and dancing to make their way over.
When we sat down, Quinn, Puck, Finn, Mercedes, and Mike all came to sit down with us. I could see Sebastian fidget slightly in his seat.
"Hi Blaine." Quinn smiled at me. She was absolutely gorgeous. Even though I was gay, that didn't mean that I couldn't appreciate a girl's beauty.
"Hey Quinn! How's Yale, your hairs longer now! Still look beautiful as ever though." Quinn laughed.
"It's great. And thank you." Quinn looked over at Sebastian. "Don't worry. I'm not here to scrutinize you. I've already been informed about you two, and although I still think Blaine is crazy…you two look cute together."
Santana grabbed a chair and sat with us. "Not as crazy as you and your professor." Quinn was dating her professor? What the hell…
"Scandalous as always Santana." Quinn fired back. Santana just shrugged.
"Well. I don't like this." Finn said, which actually kind of surprised me. "He's a Warbler Blaine. And he's hurt you numerous times. I know what he's trying to get out of you, we all do. Sebastian is a slut isn't he?"
Sebastian reached over to grab Finn by the collar. Puck and Mike held Finn back as I grabbed onto Sebastian's arm. "Sebastian, please." I begged. I didn't want the people I cared about to be fighting.
"Listen, you don't know me at all, alright? So don't judge me. I'm not like that. I wouldn't do that to him." Sebastian defended.
"You passed." Finn said.
"What?" Sebastian looked as confused as I did.
"I wanted to see how you would react. I'm not going to argue with Blaine as to why he's dating you. He's like a little brother to me, so I don't want to see him get hurt. I wanted to see how you would react." Finn smiled. "It looks like you care." Not the way I would have gone about it, but it was nice to know Finn cared, despite how things had ended with Kurt.
"So be warned, do something wrong and the New Directions will be all over your ass." Mercedes warned. The smile on her face let us know that she wasn't actually being serious. Well, not too serious at least.
"uh, bro's, you might want to hide." Puck said all of a sudden, looking past us.
What I didn't expect was to see was Kurt and Rachel.