"Blaine?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, um... Oh. I didn't… I'm sorry about your car." Kurt stuttered out.

"Hey, accidents happen right?"

"Right... look, I'm in the car right now, can I call you back in a couple of hours."

"Yeah, sure, of course you can."

"Alright. Bye."

"Bye."

He dropped his phone on the seat next to him and let out a shaky breath.

Kurt had once been his everything. His best friend, his boyfriend, the love of his life... everything. Talking to him just then had been like talking to a complete stranger. Of course it had been years. Eight to be exact, not that he was paying close attention. And even though it had felt like just yesterday they were giddy twenty year olds excited to be in big wide New York City, they'd now both moved on. He had his own life now, one Kurt wasn't a part of. He had a job, a child... this whole life that Kurt knew nothing about and it was the same for Kurt. He had a whole life Blaine knew nothing about.

It shouldn't be that strange that they were basically strangers. That they spoke like people who barely knew each other.

Work that morning was slow. He couldn't concentrate, and he knew his work that morning was suffering because of it (and Angela who sat across from him kept giving him questioning glances all morning). He was too busy waiting for Kurt's call. He couldn't quite tell if he was anticipating it, or dreading it, or if he was feeling a combination of both. One hour passed, then two, then three...

Was he ever going to hear back? Maybe Kurt had forgotten all about it.

Around the four hour mark, he was about to go and get lunch when his phone started ringing. He grabbed it and stated at the screen. It was an unknown number, and really, could be anybody... but he just knew… he took a deep breath before accepting the call.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Blaine?"

"Kurt, hi." he sat back down at his desk, ignoring yet another questioning glance from Angela.

"Again, I'm really sorry about hitting you. I'll take care of everything, I promise."

"How's your car?" Blaine asked.

"Uh, smashed headlight, but otherwise ok."

"Alright, look, your damage is more important to fix, so I'll send you my details, but I don't want you to worry about it at all until your car is good as new."

"Blaine, that's not-"

"How it works, I know, it doesn't matter. A broken headlight is worse than a banged up door. You can't drive at night."

Kurt let out a slightly breathy laugh.

"What?"

"You're exactly the same." he said.

"Oh?"

"Just… it's nice to know. Look, my email is kurth at districtd dot com, just send through all your insurance details, ok?"

Blaine quickly copied down the email on a scrap piece of paper. He was about to say thank you and bye, when suddenly other words were spilling out of his mouth.

"Hey, look, I know this might be... over stepping boundaries or something, I don't even know, but... Maddy and Lily seem to get along really well and Maddy is constantly begging if she can invite Lily over... she doesn't always get along with other kids."

"I don't think that's a good idea." Kurt said rather shortly.

"Kurt..."

"I honestly mean no offence, but, it's been a long time since, well, us and I don't even have a clue who your husband is, I'm not particularly comfortable dropping my daughter off at practically a strangers house for a play date."

"Lucky for you then, I'm not married." he said, trying to keep his tone light, but knew he was failing.

"Oh." there were so many questions in that one syllable, but Blaine couldn't begin to try and acknowledge even one.

"Look, just think about it, please, for the girls. We can surely push our differences aside for them. And you're welcome to stay over for the time if you'd like, or we could even come to your house, I mean, I'll drop Maddy off. It's up to you. But for the girls sake, I think it's a good idea."

"I'll think about." Kurt said firmly. "But no promises."

"Ok. Good. Thank you."

"It was nice um, talking to you again."

"Yeah..."

"Have a good day."

"You too."

He set his phone down on his desk and took a deep breath.

A/N: I kind of like posting shorter chapter because it means I can update more frequently. I will try to make them longer, but we'll see. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed/alerted/favourited this story so far :) would still like to know what you think of this :)