[A/N] First off, I know everyone who's been following this story probably hates me because of my very unacceptably late posts. I swear I feel bad because I know how annoying it is to wait for stories to update.

Anyway, here's the latest chapter to this story. It's quite difficult to upload when you write chapters in two different computers so there. I'll try to upload the other one as soon as I can.

Thank you!

I do not own the Glee characters [:

As they went out of the café, Blaine found Toni wrapping her hands around his arms. He really did not want anyone seeing them in this state, so he tried to correct the situation as politely as he could.

"Uhm Toni, your hands. I don't want anyone to see and get the wrong information," Blaine said, lightly tapping on Toni's hands.

"Oh don't worry! It's just a friendly gesture. I'm sure they would understand," she said, still not letting go.

"No really, please. Just let go. It'll be better for both of us," Blaine said, now starting to remove Toni's hands from his arms.

"Ok, fine. But before I go, I'll do one last friendly thing," Toni said, finally letting go of his arm.

"And what is tha-" Blaine was cut off by Toni's kiss on his cheek. As she finished her kiss, she let out a giggle and ran away. Blaine was in a slight state of shock, but shook it off in the end and took a sip of his coffee as he continued to walk towards Rachel's class.

"Hopefully no one saw that ,"Blaine thought to himself, not noticing Nadia a short distance away from him.

She saw them.

"Bye love, see you tomorrow?" Blaine said as he stood in front of Signorina Aurelia's apartment/dorm. He was dropping off Rachel after having dinner with her in the small restaurant near the fountains.

"Bye, see you. I love you," Rachel said, kissing him lightly on the lips.

"Mmm love you too," Blaine finally said and he turned to go home.

Rachel's POV

"Nadia! I didn't expect you to be here!" Rachel said, surprised to see her friend seated in the garden.

"She arrived here early tisero mio. I was starting to wonder where you were," Signorina Aurelia said as she started chopping carrots for her salad.

"I had dinner with Blaine near the fountains Aurelia. I thought you were going home early Nadi. What brings you here?" she said, taking a seat beside her and giving her a smile.

"Oh, I just wanted to have a little chit chat Rach. So, you had dinner with Blaine?" she said, drinking the coffee Signorina Aurelia made for her.

"Mhmm. We ate vegan food. Kinda new for my carnivore boyfriend. Why?" Rachel asked, starting to feel confused with the whole interrogation-like tone.

"Just curious. So, any news about that girl you told me about? Antonella was it?" Nadia asked her.

Rachel was taken aback by the question. Sure she told Nadia about Blaine's mentoring, but she never really expected her to remember. And why the sudden interest? What was going on?

"Blaine calls her Toni, and no, nothing new. Nadi I'm getting confused here, is there something wrong? Have you met her?" Rachel said, voicing out her concern.

"No I haven't met her. I think I've seen her, but I haven't met her. Is she blonde?" Nadia said, still not giving any information about what she saw between Blaine and Toni.

"According to Blaine. Nadia, why do I feel worried?" Rachel asked her, pushing her to continue.

"Nadia dear, is there something wrong with Blaine?" Aurelia asked her, starting to feel disturbed by the change in Nadia's attitude.

She has seen and spent time with Nadia before and this was not her usual mood or tone. Something had to have happened, or else, she would not have bothered to stay this late to wait for Rachel only to ask questions about this Blaine and his mentor.

As they all looked at her, Nadia took a deep breath before speaking. She did not want to tell Rachel or Aurelia about what she saw. And yes, she knew she might regret it someday, but she felt that Rachel had the right to know if Blaine was cheating on her, or if this Antonella was trying to steal Blaine away from her. At least Rachel could get a heads up, and maybe she could talk to Blaine. After a few minutes of deep thought, Nadia finally spoke to them.

"Ok, I was on my way to my apartment and I decided to grab a cup of coffee and cupcakes at the café near the university. As I was walking I saw Blaine and a blonde girl leaving from the café, and her hands were wrapped in Blaine's arm, so of course, I was curious. And then Blaine was saying something to the girl and the girl looked annoyed, and after a short while, she kissed him on the cheek and ran away. Rachel, I trust Blaine, I do, but I'm worried that this Antonella is trying to steal him away from you. Has Blaine said anything about her? Like, is she trying to seduce him or something? I am willing myself to think that Blaine isn't cheating, but I'm really concerned Rach, really," Nadia finally finished, looking at Rachel.

The whole time, all Rachel could do was to stare at Nadia. They had talked about this. She and Blaine. Blaine promised. But now, he was letting her wrap her filthy god forsaken hands around his arms and she kissed his cheek? And she and Blaine had dinner today! Why had he not brought it up? Was he ashamed of what that girl did? Or was he hiding it? Rachel felt light headed upon hearing Nadia's story, and she felt like she wanted to cry, but willed herself not to. Not in front of Nadia and Aurelia at least.

"No, he never said a thing. I think the girl might have a crush on him? I really don't know Nadia, sorry. I'm tired, I think I'm gonna go to bed now. Thank you for telling me. Bye," Rachel said, standing up and heading to her room. They knew she was upset, and neither Nadia nor Aurelia said anything to stop her.

"Good night tisero mio. Sweet dreams," Aurelia said to her as she was closing her door.

"G'night," and as she closed her door, she let the tears flow.

Blaine's POV

"Good morning Blaine! Can't wait to see you later!" ~ Toni

Blaine groaned as he read the message. He always expected a good morning message from Rachel. I was their routine. A good morning coupled by and I love you. But today, nothing. Blaine just thought she might still be asleep, so he decided to text her first.

"Good morning love, pick you up later. Let's grab breakfast together? I love you :)" ~ Blaine

After sending a quick "Study your notes" reply to Toni, Blaine decided to take a bath and get ready for the day. As he finished buttoning his shirt and tying his shoes, he looked up on his phone and found another text from Toni, but no reply from Rachel.

"Rach, I'm heading to you apartment. Please reply, I wanna eat breakfast with you :)" ~Blaine

Blaine stared at his phone, hoping that Rachel would reply soon. After a few minutes, he received his much awaited text, only to be disappointed by what he read.

"Already ate breakfast. On my way to class." ~ Rachel

He re-read the message a few time. Something was wrong. First of all, Rachel did not greet him good morning, which had really been their ritual for 2 year now. Second, she did not indicate what time they would meet up later. Something was really up.

After deciding to skip breakfast, Blaine made his way towards class, even if he was early. As he turned towards the corridor going to his class room, he was surprised to see Toni waiting in for him at the side of the door with what looked like a bag of bagel and a cup of coffee in hand.

"Good morning! I thought you might not have eaten breakfast yet so here!" Toni said, handing Blaine the bag of bread and the coffee.

"Toni, you didn't have to, really. I can just grab something at the cafeteria," Blaine said, refusing to take the food.

"Have you been to the cafeteria? Seriously even the homeless would not want to eat there. Come on Blaine, I already ate mine so I'm full. Plus, I brought this for you so take it," Toni said to him, still pushing the food towards him.

"Ok ok. Thanks Toni, but please don't do this again? Really, I can buy my own food," Blaine said, taking the food from Toni's hand.

"Welcome! And I'll think about," she said to him, giving him a wink. "Bye Blaine!" she said, kissing Blaine again on the cheek.

Blaine tried to avoid the kiss, but no luck as he accidentally hit his head on the wall. Matt, his room-neighbor saw him, and approached him with a questioning look on his face.

"Blaine, you and Rachel broke up? Who's the chick?" Matt said, looking at Toni as she quickly headed towards her own class.

"No, we're still together. Her name's Antonella. Signore Viktor asked me to be her mentor," Blaine said to him, clearly looking very much annoyed.

"Hmm I see. Well, it looks like she's very fond of her mentor. Rachel know about your fan dude? I highly doubt that she'll appreciate all the kiss that girl's been planting on you bro. Seriously," he continued, looking at Blaine before grabbing one of the three pieces of what turned out to be biscotti from the paper bag Blaine was holding.

"No, actually. We had a talk about her but that was before she started to be clingy. I'm planning to tell her today but I think she's avoiding me. I don't even know why but hopefully it isn't because of all this," Blaine said, taking a sip from his coffee as he gave the bag of biscotti to Matt, who has suddenly become interested in claiming the food as his.

"Well, good luck on that. Hey, I gotta go to class. Thanks for the food," Matt said, finally turning towards his own class room with the bag in his hand and a biscotti hanging from his mouth, happily munching away.

As Matt headed towards his classroom, Blaine was left with his thoughts about him and Rachel. Could Rachel have seen what Toni did yesterday outside the coffee shop? Was she really avoiding her? She really had been cold today. He had to talk to her, so he decided to pick her up from class after his session with Toni.

As the day ended, Blaine found himself in yet another disturbing situation with Toni. This time, she decided that a see-through blouse was the way to go. Not only could he see her undergarment from the white cloth, she also decided that wearing black lingerie was the best partner to the blouse, complete with all the intricate lace designs hugging her chest tightly. To make the matters worse, she decided to have their session in the park near their building, complete with a picnic blanket and basket-full of sweets and coffee.

"Uhm Toni, are all of this really essential?" Blaine said while motioning towards everything she had brought with her.

"What all of this? You mean the food? Of course! You might get hungry Blainey!" Toni said, smiling at him.

"Blainey? Oh god no," Blaine thought to himself as he ruffled the hair at the back of his head.

"We're only gonna be here for 2 hours Toni. I don't think we'll starve. Come on, next time, no need for these ok? You'll only get distracted anyway," Blaine said, flipping through the sheets they were going to study for the day.

"Ok, fine," she said to him while taking a bite from one of the tarts she brought.

After two hours, Blaine finally called it a day and gave Toni her sheets Signore Viktor asked her to study.

"Blaine wait, you haven't eaten yet," Toni said to him, pulling on his hands as he started to stand up from the blanket.

"I'm gonna eat dinner with my girlfriend. I'll be full by then if I eat now," Blaine explained, pulling his hand away from Toni's hand.

"Come on just one? Please? I baked everything for this session and I'll feel sad if you don't taste one," she said to him, giving him the fake sad face she practiced with her roommate Gabriela.

"Ok, just one. You really didn't have to do this Toni. All the baking could have been spent for studying all your music sheets," Blaine said, scooting down to grab a pastry from the basket. As he reached for a cookie, Toni slapped his hand away and Blaine turned to her questioningly.

"Nah ah, you eat this," Toni said, showing him a tart and placing it near his mouth. As Blaine motioned to get the tart from her hand, Toni suddenly backed away, keeping the tart far from his reach and smiling as she did so.

"Nope, I'll feed you," she said, giving him a smirk.

Blaine could not believe his ears. There was no way in hell that this was happening. This was pure flirting, and he was starting to get angry at her. He did not like the idea of the whole picnic set up, and now, she was trying to feed him the pastry? Had he not made it clear that he was taken and that he was not interested in forming any 3rd party relationships with her? Rachel had already grown cold towards him and he had a strong gut feeling that it was because of Toni's treatment towards him.

"Toni, no. just give me the tart and I'll eat it while walking," Blaine said, giving her a frustrated look.

"Just one bite. Open wide!" Toni said, pushing the food towards Blaine's mouth again.

"Toni no!" Blaine said, his anger now showing as he quickly pushed away her hand, accidentally hitting the pastry, causing it to fall on the ground. As soon as the tart hit the ground, Blaine regretted his actions. Dalton did not teach him to treat a lady like this, so he quickly bent down and picked the tart from the ground.

"I'm sorry, I'm just having a bad day. Just give me a tart and I'll eat it while walking. Sorry Toni, really," Blaine said, handing the tart to Toni and reaching for the basket to get a fresh one.

"No Blaine, I'll feed you a bite. It's just a bite, it can't possibly hurt," she said to him, still insisting.

"Toni I have a girlfriend, and she practically is the only person aside from my mom that is allowed to do that for me," Blaine said to her, still feeling annoyed by what she was making him do.

"Oh, well, ok, it's ok, you don't have to eat one. I was stupid for pushing it. I'll see you tomorrow Mr. Anderson," Toni said, giving him a fake offended look as she packed away her blanket and basket.

Blaine immediately felt guilty upon seeing the look on Toni's face.

"Damn my manners," he thought as he looked at her while she packed all her thing.

"Wait, ok just one bite," Blaine said, regretting what he said the moment the words escaped his mouth. Toni's face immediately lightened upon hearing the words and he quickly fed Blaine a tart, smiling as she did so.

"Is it good?" she asked, looking at him with a smile.

"Yeah. Thanks Toni," Blaine said, his voice almost a whisper as he replied to her. She was really giving him a hard time. To be honest, this whole day had been nothing but hard on him. First Rachel was avoiding him, and he had no idea why, and second, Toni was straight-on flirting with him. Blaine was just wishing that Rachel's actions had no connection whatsoever with Toni.

"You're welcome Blaine," and she suddenly gave him a kiss on the lips.

This time Blaine did not object. He did not reciprocate either. He was too tired of pushing Toni away. It felt like he was arguing with a child. A child was fixated towards him. It was tiring and annoying, and he wanted out.

Rachel's POV

Rachel had been watching the whole exchange from a street near Blaine's building. Or what she thought was the whole of it. She had finally decided to talk to Blaine about the whole situation with Antonella, and had skipped class in order to talk to meet him earlier. As she walked towards Blaine's building, he immediately saw him picking up a piece of pastry from what looked like a picnic blanket perched below a tree. As soon as he stood up, she immediately stopped walking and looked. Just looked. And ran away when she saw Toni give Blaine a kiss on the lips. Hearing about it was one thing. Seeing it for herself was another. And Rachel felt her heart get crushed as she saw how sweet the two was. She had to get away.

"Tisero mio what's wrong?" Signorina Aurelia asked her as Rachel as she ran past her, sobbing. She tried to knock at Rachel's door but she received no response. Had Blaine and Rachel broken up? She clearly wished not. She love the couple, and she loved the idea of them ending up together.

After a few minutes of continuous knocking, Signorina Aurelia finally heard the lock click and was greeted by a puffy eyed Rachel.

"Oh my dear what happened?" she asked, placing her hand Rachel's cheek.

"Signorina I saw them. I know I need to talk to Blaine about what I saw but I just…I don't know what to believe anymore," Rachel said to Aurelia, a fresh batch of tears flowing in her cheek.

"Tell me about it," Aurelia said to her, wrapping her arm around Rachel and guiding her towards the chair in the garden.

As she sat on the chair, Rachel immediately started crying as she started to tell Aurelia what she saw. She was hurt. Really hurt. And she did not have the strength or courage to talk to Blaine about it. Not for now at least. All she wanted to do was to avoid him while she allowed her wounds to heal. But Aurelia greatly disapproved and willed her to talk to Blaine about it. For she believed that leaving as issue such as this hanging in the air would only worsen things, not heal them. Blaine needed to clarify, and Rachel needed to listen.

After about an hour or two of continuous crying, Aurelia heard a knock on the door and immediately went to see who it was. As she opened the door, she was met by a very worried looking Blaine.

"Signorina Aurelia have you seen Rachel? I went to her building to pick her up but Nadia said she felt an hour early. Is she here? I'm so worried," Blaine said as he tried to catch his breath. He had been running towards Rachel's dorm/apartment as soon as he finished talking to Nadia. He just wanted to see her.

As soon as Rachel heard Blaine's voice, she immediately started crying. She missed him. She missed him very much. But she was too hurt about the whole events that she did not know if she had the courage to talk to him now. When she looked up, she immediately saw Signorina Aurelia nodding towards her, and she let her head fall towards her chest as she heard the gates of the apartment creak open.

Blaine's POV

What Blaine saw crushed his heart. Rachel's head was bowed down and he could see her shoulders rising and falling as he heard her sobs. She was crying. And he did not know why. As he reached her he quickly knelt before her and wiped away the tears that were flowing in her cheeks.

"Love?" Blaine whispered, placing a hand on Rachel's cheek

Rachel did not reply. She did not have the strength to speak. Her throat was dry from al the crying, and she was too hurt to form any coherent words.

After a few minutes, it was Aurelia who decided to tell Blaine about what Rachel saw. She was too concerned for her, and she wanted the two of them to fix their relationship. She did not want to see it crash and burn.

"She saw you Blaine. You and the blonde lady."

As soon as the words escaped Signorina Aurelia's mouth, Rachel started to cry harder, and Blaine stood up to hug her. He racked his brain for what Rachel could have seen him doing with Toni and he suddenly remembered it.

The tart.

The kiss.

The kiss.

"Oh my god, Rachel no. That kiss? She doesn't mean anything to me. Please, we've talked about this before. Rachel, love, I love you and you are the one and only person I've given my heart to. Please, what you saw was not what it looked like. Love please, talk to me per favore," Blaine said, still hugging Rachel as she continued to cry.

"Blaine you let her kiss you," Rachel finally said, still not looking at Blaine. "She kissed you. I get it if she tries to feed you food or if she wraps her arms around yours, she clearly likes you, I get it. But you let her kiss you, and you didn't even try to push her away. Do you like her Blaine? Have you finally fallen for her? Don't you want this anymore?" Rachel asked, tears still flowing from her eyes.

"Love I don't want to lose you. Yes she did kiss me, but I didn't push her away because I was already too tired of arguing with her. I've been trying to push her away ever since she started flirting with me and my efforts had been nothing but fruitless. Please love, she doesn't mean a thing to me. I only teach her because I'm required to, not because I enjoy it. Please don't think that. I love you Rachel. I. Love. You. I was wrong for not pushing her away, I get that. But I promise you that all of this will now stop. Tomorrow I'm goignt o talk to Signore Viktor to drop from the mentoring. I can't have this as a consequence. I don't want to lose you over something as stupid as this. Rachel, I love you. Please believe me, " Blaine said, looking into Rachel's eyes and trying to show her that he meant everything that he said.

After a few minutes of just looking at each other, Rachel finally spoke to him.

"I need time alone Blaine...We need space," Rachel said, and Blaine looked like he had just been hit by a truck.

"What?" he said, hoping that what he heard was wrong.

"I think, we should not see each other for a couple of weeks. Fix what you have to fix and I'll…I'll need time to heal. I love you Blaine, I do, but this whole thing, I just don't want to go through this for now. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and I'm hurt Blaine. I'm really hurt, and I need the time. I'm not breaking up with you, I just need the time to think things through, and to forget. Blaine I really love you, but please grant me this," Rachel said to him, looking at his eyes as she did so.

Slowly, Blaine stood up from his position, tears forming in the sides of his eyes.

"If that's what you need love, then yes, I'll give you space. I'll fix this I swear. I love you Rachel. I'll always love you," Blaine said, and turned away, giving Aurelia a small smile as he passed her on his way to the gates of the apartment.