[A/N] It's my vacation yey!
I am so sorry for the terribly late and unbelievably plain uploads. I've found myself getting very busy w/ all the Yuletide rush and stuff. So here. I'm trying to write as much as I can and hopefully I'll get this story done soon. I'm trying to thing of a part two, but I won't be saying anything about it ;) I guess everyone will figure out by the end of the story. Thank you everyone!
Oh and BTW, both Blaine and Rachel are now in their 2nd year as college students, and since Blaine is on a pretty advanced level, it won't be taking him 8+ years to graduate from music [:
I don't own anything from Glee
Blaine looked around his room as he lay on his bed. It was still pretty early in the morning, and snow was falling lightly outside. From his bedroom window, he could see the whole garden covered in white snow. He really felt the season, and what made it better was that Rachel was coming over tonight for the dinner party his parents have arranged for his homecoming, and for them to formally meet Rachel, since the meeting on the airport was nothing close to what formal was to the Andersons.
As he shuffled on his bed to try and reach his phone which he placed in his bedside table after the call with Rachel, he suddenly heard a soft knock in his door.
"Come in," Blaine said, his voice still raspy from sleep. As the door opened, his mother slowly came in.
"Good morning Blaine," his mother said as she sat at the foot of Blaine's bed.
"G'morning mom," Blaine answered, yawning.
"Well, your father and I have been wondering. Since it is New Years Eve and Rachel will be coming over tonight, we thought that it would be terrible for her to not spend the occasion without her dads, so we both though that maybe you could ask Rachel if her parents would like to come over for dinner too? It would be delightful for them to be here. Sort of a formal meeting for both sides."
Blaine was looking at his mom with a smile. He loved the idea of having the whole Berry family in their house. Plus it most definitely was a great idea to have both their parents meet each other formally.
"Yeah mom! Yes that would be great! I'll call Rach right away!" Blaine said, suddenly sitting up from his bed and reaching for his phone.
"Oh, and dear," Blaine's mom said, signalling his son to pause his dialling. "Do remember, you should probably pick the Berry's up later. We have assigned the car and the driver that will take you to their residence. He will be waiting for you in front of the house at exactly 5:30pm. And don't be late dear. You know how far Lima is from Westerville," his mom said to him, giving him a light pat on the shoulders.
"Yes mom, thank you," Blaine said to his mom, standing up and giving his mom a quick hug.
"Rach! Good morning!" Blaine nearly shouted to Rachel because of his excitement. He could not wait to tell Rachel his parent's proposals. Hopefully both of her dads would not mind celebrating the New Years Eve way from their home.
"Blaine? Hi good morning! You're up early today," Rachel said. It was evident in her voice that she too had just woken up.
"Yeah I couldn't wait for later. Love, well my parents were wondering if your dads would like to accompany us for dinner. I mean, they thought that they would hate it if you wouldn't be home to celebrate with them so they thought that maybe they would like to celebrate it in our house instead!" Blaine said to Rachel, sounding pretty excited.
"Oh wow Blaine, I don't know what to say! It's like your parents have mind-reading skills or something! Of course they would love to come! They've been nagging me for the whole night because I wouldn't be home, so I think they would agree to that," Rachel said to Blaine, suddenly getting excited.
"Great! I'll pick you guys later at around 6 ok? I'll see you later love!" Blaine said to her.
And so it was set and Blaine was excited to have the Berry's over for dinner. He was actually pretty excited about seeing Rachel later today, since this is practically the longest they haven't been able to see each other in about almost a year. As soon as he placed his phone on his bedside table, he quickly got up and went to the dining room for breakfast. There he found both his parents having a little chat.
"Good morning Dad, Mom," Blaine said to them, giving them both a small nod as he entered the dining room. It still looked the same with it's long mahogany table in the centre and the chairs shiny. The only difference was the Christmas decorations of red and gold placed in the middle of the table for added warmth.
"Good morning son, have a seat and join us," his father said to him, giving him a smile and ushering their butler Nathan to bring Blaine so breakfast.
"So honey, what did Rachel say about his parents coming over tonight?" Blaine's mom asked him, smiling.
"She said that they would most probably agree to it. It turns out that they've been nagging her about not being home for the New Years, so she strongly thinks that they will be joining us for later," Blaine sais to her while taking a bite from his toast.
"Well that's great! You better put your best suit on then if the parents are coming over dear," she said to him, giving him a wink.
"Yes mom, will do," Blaine said to her, sounding like a child who has just been told to do his chores.
At 5pm Blaine found himself in his room looking at all his semi-formal clothes. It has been quite a while since he had been to his parent's formal dinners, and come to think of it, he never really wore anything formal to those dinners. But this one is special, so he has to dress up.
"Ugh this is complicated," Blaine said to himself. After 5 minutes of staring into his closet, he decided to call Nathan for guidance.
"Nathan?" Blaine said, holding the cord of the phone in his fingers. "Can you come up and help me choose what to wear? I am helpless here," Blaine said to him, frustrated.
"Yes of course Master Blaine, I will be there in a minute," Nathan answered to him. True to his words, Nathan knocked on Blaine's door a minute later and Blaine rushed to the door to let him in.
"What seems to bother you Master Blaine? All of your suits fit you perfectly," Nathan said to him, slowly scanning through all the clothes he had hanged outside his cabinet.
"Yeah but I want to look presentable. Like, I don't know...worthy of my girlfriend?" Blaine said to him, sitting in the middle of his walk-in closet.
"Well, what will Ms. Berry be wearing? Maybe we could match both your clothes?" Nathan said intelligently, standing beside one of his closet and looking at him.
Blaine suddenly looked up to him and laughed. "Of course! I didn't think of that!" he said to him, quickly picking his phone from the table.
*ring*
"Blaine?" Rachel said to him, her voice sounded quizzical.
"Hi Love! Hey, can I ask what you'll be wearing today? At least the color," Blaine said to her, a little anxious.
"No. Blaine you'll see it when you see it!" Rachel said to him, letting out a little giggle.
"Wha-huh?" Blaine said to her, sounding surprised. So much for his plan on pairing both of their clothes.
"I said, you'll see it when you see it! Now I need to go get ready! I'll see you later!" Rachel said to him, and she hung up.
Blaine was dumbfounded at the very unproductive conversation he and Rachel just had. Nathan was still looking at him with a puzzled look on his face, and Blaine still did not say anything.
"I'm guessing Master Blaine that she said 'it will be a surprise'?" Nathan said to him slowly, and Blaine nodded in reply.
"Hmm, interesting...Well, if all else fails, the best thing we could do is go for black," Nathan said to him, holding up his black suit and a black neck tie. "We could change the tie later to match Ms. Berry's outfit. I'm sure it will work out," Nathan said to him expertly.
"Black it is," Blaine said to him, and he stood up to change.
"What do you guys think?" Rachel said to her dads, twirling in front of them. She had a strapless teal-coloured knee-length dress on with a black ribbon laced beneath her chest, and she was wearing 4-inch black pumps. Her hair was not tied but was set with light curls at the bottom.
"You look beautiful honey!" one of her dads exclaimed, handing her the black lace bolero while the other took a picture of her.
"What time will Blaine be here love?" one of her dads, Leroy asked her.
"Around 7 dad. Westerville is a little far from Lima," Rachel said to him while she put on her bolero.
"Well then that gives us more time to prepare. Darling please grab the wine bottle we bought for the Andersons," Leroy said to his husband as he check his suit for the last time.
After a few minutes, Blaine arrived at the Berry's doorstep. Nathan accompanied him and now, well, he just felt very nervous. From inside, he could hear the household laughing at something, and Blaine felt that it was time to interrupt them. After knocking three times, Blaine moved back to the doorstep, waiting for someone to open the door.
It was Rachel who peered at the door. Upon seeing Blaine, Rachel suddenly opened the door fully and ran to him, flinging her arms around him and kissing him fully on the lips.
"Mmmmm hi," Blaine said to her, pulling away and looking her in the eyes.
"Hi," Rachel said, smiling.
"Ready to go?" Blaine asked, still not letting go of Rachel.
"Beyond ready. I'll go tell my dads," Rachel said, letting go of Blaine and rushing inside, calling her dads along the way.
After a few minutes, all of the Berrys plus Blaine and Nathan were inside the Anderson's car and were chatting.
"Uhm, wow Blaine, your parents were too king to have us invited too," Rachel's dad, Hiram, said to Blaine, still in awe of the fact that Blaine's parents has instructed that they be picked up with one of their own limousines.
"Oh...well, my parents just thought that it would be rude to steal Rachel away from you on this occasion when she's been away from the both of you for almost a year. Plus they wanted to get to know each other. It's really not that much," Blaine said to them smiling.
"I guess the kindness runs in the blood?" Rachel whispered to him, slightly teasing.
"I guess it does," Blaine whispered back, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
After an hour worth of drive, they have finally arrived at Westerville and soon enough, they were already turning to the curve towards the Anderson manor. From the windows of the limo, Rachel was in complete shock to see not a house, definitely not. She quickly turned to Blaine and gave him a slightly hard nudge, Blaine was startled, looking at Rachel puzzlingly.
"Tisero mio?" Blaine said to her, a look of confusion in his face.
"When you said house, did you mean that?" Rachel asked pointing at the window.
"Oh...uhm...well, ok so maybe not your typical house, more like a manor. Why?" Blaine said to her, suddenly feeling embarrassed. He never really told anyone how rich they were. Even his friends back at Dalton were surprised to see the 'house' every time someone new would come over.
"Wow Blaine, you never told me about this," Rachel said to him in a breath. She was in complete shock at Blaine's house. Sure, she knew Blaine was rich and that his parents had a Law firm known worldwide and all that, but this. Nope. She never expected this at all.
As the car stopped in the middle of the front, it was Nathan who opened the door for Rachel, and Blaine was quick to follow.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is Nathan, our butler," Blaine said to the three Berrys, gesturing towards Nathan.
"Pleasure to meet you Ms. Rachel, Mr. Leroy and Mr. Hiram Berry; as Master Blaine said, my name is Nathan. I am the Anderson household's butler," Nathan said to them, politeness on full blast. In an instant, Blaine felt himself get red on the ears with the term 'master'. He should have told him about that, but what's done is done so he'll just have to live with it.
"Good evening!" a female voice said to them from behind. As they turned, they were greeted by a woman wearing a red mini pencil cut dress and black pumps. She had soft brown curls and a smile which reminded Rachel highly of Blaine's.
"Welcome to our house! I'm Blaine's mom and this is his dad," Blaine's mom said to them, motioning to her husband.
"Good evening! Thank you for inviting us over!" Leroy said to them. "Do accept our simple gift," he said, handing them the wine bottle.
"Oh! You shouldn't have! Thank you! Please, do come in, the dinner is waiting for all of us," Blaine's dad said to all of them, guiding them towards the door.
Rachel felt Blaine's hands on hers and felt him tucking her hands on his arm.
"This house. Blaine..." Rachel whispered to him as they walked inside.
"All my parents. And I know, I still get surprised myself," Blaine answered her, giving her a soft smile.
"Must've been stressful to play hide and seek here," Rachel said to him, giggling a little.
"Let's just say, I gave Nathan a heart attack every time I would hide from him," Blaine said to her, laughing.
"So he's been here ever since?" Rachel asked him.
"Yep. Even before I was born," Blaine said to her as he led her to the dining area.
"Wow. Talk about loyalty," Rachel said to him, giving him a squeeze.
As they entered the dining area, Rachel was greeted to a long table filled with a feast. Roasted chicken, vegetables, mashed potatoes, roasted fish, chicken-pot pie, and just about anything her before carnivore self would have loved to smother. Rachel looked at Blaine, a look of worry in her face as she took in all of the food served in the table. She did not want to offend his parents by not being able to eat more than half of what they prepared for them.
"Don't worry love, I already told them you're a vegan. They especially requested the chef to make vegan food for you," Blaine whispered to her after taking in her worried look.
And so, they all sat around the long table, each person talking to another, laughing at stories and just enjoying each other's company.
"So, Hiram, you told us you do not know who Rachel's dad is? How is that?" Blaine's dad asked, a look of curiosity in his face.
"Oh! Well, that! Why not let my husband explain that. Go on Leroy, it was your idea anyway," Hiram said to his husband, giving him a light nudge.
Rachel was not expecting this at all. Of all the topics to be discussed this dinner, it had to be the one where they have no idea who her father was. Still, it was their secret pleasure when they see people's faces with shock as they tell their story.
"Well, when both Hiram and I found the perfect surrogate mother for our planned child, we found ourselves in a weird fight as to who the sperm cell should come from. I wanted it to be him since I knew how talented he was, and he wanted it to be me just because he was being the gentleman that he is," Leroy said to them, winking at Hiram.
"And then, after almost a month of fighting, we both decided that we should just mix our sperms together and just let chance do its job! I know it seems weird, but we were granted with a lovely daughter that we sometimes think our cells must've mutated along the way, because she reminds us of each other ever so often," Leroy Berry finished, both of them looking at their daughter with pride.
Rachel smiled back at her dads. Yes, the story was very weird, and she was thankful they skipped the part of how they 'impregnated' her mom, but still, she was happy to have two wonderful dads.
"Well that is pretty unusual, but I am glad that you were able to have such a wonderful daughter like Rachel here. Sadly, the conception of Blaine is not as interesting as that of yours, but we can safely say that we have a wonderful son that we are both very proud of," Blaine's dad said to all of them, smiling at his own son.
Deep inside, Blaine wanted to cry. Even in front of his other friends, his father never told anyone how proud he was of Blaine. He blamed it mainly on the fact that unlike his father, Blaine never wanted to be a lawyer. He never wanted to continue the family business. But now, his father was telling the family of his girlfriend how much they were proud of him. And Blaine felt like he was in the verge of crying. He did not even notice how tightly he was holding Rachel's hand until she looked at him with a concern in her eyes.
"Love? What's wrong?" Rachel said to him in a whisper. From the corners of his eyes, Rachel could see tears welling in his eyes.
"Blaine?" Rachel said to him, giving his hand a tight squeeze in return. "Are you ok?"
"I've never been better. I'm just happy that's all," Blaine whispered to her, controlling his tears and smiling.
It was only a minute before midnight and the whole Anderson-Berry family was huddled in the balcony with the countdown playing softly in the TV. Everyone was with their partner and they were all talking, excitement filling the air as the New Year dawned on them. As the countdown started, Mr. Anderson got up and took the bottle of champagne Nathan placed in the table and brought it towards all of them.
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
And everyone kissed their significant other.
Rachel never felt so happy, and so did Blaine. This was their first New Year as a couple, and they could not have wished for a better way to celebrate it than to be with each other and surrounded by their loved ones.
"Happy new year love," Blaine said to her before giving him a long soft kiss and pulled her tight, her whole body close to his in a hug.
"Happy new year! I love you," Rachel said to him after pulling away.
"I love you too. May there be more New Years for us love," Blaine whispered to her, bringing his nose to rest upon hers as they settled for an Eskimo kiss.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, both Blaine and Rachel's parents were merrily chatting as the lounged in the living room of the Anderson Manor. Blaine and Rachel on the other hand, were in the balcony of the second floor living room. they were both seated at the couch near the fireplace as it crackled alive.
"I'm so glad our parents are getting along so well," Rachel said to Blaine as she played on Blaine's fingertips.
"I know. It's like they are our relatives. Plus my parents are very accepting towards them, which is really cool," Blaine answered back.
"Hey, about the camping trip? My friends said yes," Rachel said to Blaine, turning to face him and give him a smile.
"That's great! My friends at Dalton are coming too! We can just have a convoy or something. I know those guys are definitely bringing their cars. Will your friends be bringing their cars?" Blaine asked Rachel, looking concerned.
"Well, Kurt has one, and his brother Finn has a truck so maybe they can use that. I'll just tell them about it," Rachel replied to him.
"Ok, well just tell me if you need cars 'cause I think my parents won't mind lending one of ours. This trip is going to be epic!" Blaine said, suddenly feeling excited for their trip.
Sure, it was not your typical camping trip complete with tents and mosquito repellents, but Blaine strongly believes that Rachel and her friends will surely enjoy this one. His parents have kindly agreed to allow their vacation cabin to be used and his friends back at Dalton have already been there more than once, and all of them had such a great time.
"You're silent. What are you thinking about?" Rachel said to him, kissing him on the nose.
"Just how epic this trip will be. I can't wait," Blaine said, resting his forehead against Rachel's.
"Of course it will be, we're gonna be together remember?" Rachel said, smiling at him.
[A/N] le die
I'm so soooooorry! This chapter is so pointless I don't even know what happened I guess I was so surprised at how much school work that's been placed upon us by our professors that it's just wtf Don't hate me please!