February 14th, 2014

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Finn said as Rachel's phone rang again. He and Rachel were in the middle of enjoying their Valentine's Day night in his dorm room when her phone started buzzing on his dresser. They had chosen to ignore it the first three times it went off but the fourth time Finn had enough. He just wanted to spend the night making love to his beautiful girlfriend on the one day a year that was put aside specifically for that reason, not spend it distracted by the buzzing of incoming phone calls. He pulled out of Rachel and angrily walked over to his dresser while Rachel lied on the bed frustrated. Finn looked at the caller ID and saw it was Kurt. "What do you want Kurt?" Finn growled out through gritted teeth.

There was a strained silence on the other end of the phone before a sniffle and a sob. "Finn…I need…Rachel," Kurt cried out. Finn's face softened as he realized his brother was crying. He walked back to his bed and handed the phone to Rachel.

"Hello?" she asked wondering what was going on.

"Rachel, I need…I need to talk to…you…now please," he sobbed out loudly before breaking into hysterics once more. Rachel was worried now. Something serious must be happening if Kurt was calling her crying instead of calling Blaine.

"Kurt, are you hurt? Is Blaine hurt?" Kurt cried harder at the mention of Blaine's name. "Where are you Kurt?" Rachel asked him seriously.

"My dorm room," he replied. "Can you please come over? I'm…sorry to do this…but I just need you to come over."

"I'll be right over Kurt," Rachel said quickly. Kurt hung up and Rachel hopped out of bed and started getting dressed.

Finn was annoyed. He knew Kurt had to have had a good reason for ruining his Valentine's Day but that didn't mean he had to like it. He started getting dressed too.

"You don't have to come with me Finn," Rachel said when she noticed he was throwing his clothes back on.

"I know but this could be serious. Kurt doesn't call you crying that often and it may not be the way I want to spend Valentine's Day with you but I want to spend the night with you." Finn pulled Rachel in for a hug and brushed her hair out of her face. He leaned down and captured her lips with his. "I love you Rachel."

Rachel smiled up at him before kissing Finn again. "I love you Finn. We should probably go now." When they had their shoes on they left Finn's building and about thirty minutes later were outside Kurt's dorm room. Rachel knocked loudly and ten seconds later the door flew open and Kurt launched himself at Rachel.

"Thank you for coming," he whispered, tears still streaming down his face as he hugged Rachel tightly against him. "I know it's probably an inconvenience but I needed someone to talk to." Kurt released Rachel and pulled her into his room with Finn following behind.

Finn and Rachel looked around expecting to see Blaine as he and Kurt had their own date that night but he wasn't there. "Kurt, where's Blaine? What's going on?" Rachel asked. A fresh wave of tears came over Kurt.

"We broke up," he choked out before collapsing on his bed and crying into his pillow. Rachel and Finn looked at each other in surprise. Blaine and Kurt had been going so strong all throughout their last year of high school and college thus far, it didn't make sense that they would suddenly break up on Valentine's Day of all days.

Rachel sat down next to Kurt on the bed and rubbed his back soothingly while Finn sat in Kurt's desk chair. "What happened?" Rachel asked quietly. Kurt flipped over and stared at his ceiling.

"It all started about two weeks ago. I could feel that Blaine was keeping something from me; it felt like he was distancing himself from me. I'd try to make plans with him but he'd find a way out of them. At first I thought he might have been cheating on me…" Rachel gasped a little; Blaine wasn't the type to cheat on anyone. "He wasn't. I found out tonight why he was acting so weird lately."

Kurt had been preparing for his Valentine's Day date night with Blaine all afternoon and now it was nearing seven. Blaine would be over any minute and Kurt couldn't wait. They had barely spent any time together over the past two weeks and he wanted some time with his boyfriend.

A knock on the door signaled that Blaine had arrived and Kurt greeted him. Blaine smiled and acted like nothing was wrong but Kurt could tell something was off. He seemed almost nervous to be there with him. Kurt chose to ignore it however as he just wanted to have a nice romantic, quiet dinner in with the love of his life.

They ate dinner and small talked about what had been going on the past two weeks, well Kurt small talked anyway. Blaine had remained rather quiet, just listening to Kurt talk until finally Kurt noticed he hadn't really said anything since they started eating dinner.

"Okay Blaine, what is going on? You've been avoiding me for the past two weeks and now that I have you, you're hardly speaking." Tears welled in Kurt's eyes. "Have you been…seeing someone else?" he asked point blank. Why delay the hurt anymore?

The nerves fell from Blaine's face and were replaced by a smile. "No Kurt. I love you. I would never cheat on you." A wave of relief washed over Kurt. "But I do have some news Kurt." A bigger wave of panic knocked Kurt off his feet.

"What is it?" he asked trying to contain himself. Blaine said he loved him, he had no reason to panic. So why did it feel like things were about to get very bad?

Blaine took a deep breath and closed his eyes before speaking. "I got the part of Lumiére in a revival of Beauty and the Beast."

Kurt's face lit up in excitement and he tackle hugged Blaine back onto the floor. "That's amazing Blaine! I didn't even know Beauty and the Beast was coming back to Broadway!"

Blaine pushed Kurt's chest to get him to sit back up. "That's why I've been avoiding you. I wasn't sure how to tell you. It's going to be a Broadway Across America show." Kurt's excitement died down significantly at his words.

"You mean, you're leaving New York? What about school and your internship and me?" Kurt asked, eyebrows dipping together in confusion. How could Blaine leave?

"I know the timing sucks but school will always be there and with this job I won't need an internship. This is a shot at getting my name out there and getting to where I want to be faster." Blaine took Kurt's hand in his. "The only problem I'm finding with it is that it means I have to leave you." He kissed the back of Kurt's hand.

"How long would you be gone?" Kurt asked as the tears spilled over.

"Six months minimum, probably longer if the show is successful. We'll start touring at the beginning of April." An awkward silence fell over the two as they absorbed what this meant. "Kurt, I don't want you sitting around waiting for me to get back. It's not fair to you. So when I leave-"

"We can make it work Blaine. Not all long distance relationships end badly. I mean, you'll come back to New York when it's done and then we can be together…" Kurt said frantically.

"I don't want to do that to you Kurt. You should go out and live your life and see other people. You shouldn't put your life on hold for me." Blaine's eyes started to tear up now.

"Blaine, why are you doing this? You love me and I love you. We can make this work." Kurt was bawling now. He couldn't believe this was happening.

"I'm sorry Kurt-"

"Why bother waiting Blaine? There's no point in staying together until you leave if you're just going to LEAVE?" Kurt stood up and started pacing his room. Kurt wasn't just sad now, he was pissed. How could Blaine do this to him, to them? Weren't they more important than some stupid traveling show?

Blaine stood too. "Kurt, I'm not doing this because I want to or because I want to hurt you. I just think it'll be easier on both of us-"

"Just get out Blaine. Leave me alone. Go have fun with your show and just forget you ever met me." Kurt turned his back and Blaine went over to try to console him. "I said get out Blaine!" he screamed at him as he pulled away from Blaine's touch. "Please, just get out." Kurt leaned against the wall and sobbed. Blaine tried hugging him again but Kurt turned around and shoved him away. Blaine didn't try touching him again.

"I'm so sorry Kurt," he said through his own tears. "I hope one day you can forgive me. I really do love you, whether you believe it or not." With that Blaine exited Kurt's room leaving him standing there against the wall crying his heart out. After about fifteen minutes of intense convulsions and loud laments Kurt found his cell phone and called the only person he knew who knew what it was like to have the man you love tear your heart out: Rachel.

"I'm so sorry Kurt," was all Rachel could say as he finished explaining what happened. She pulled him in for a hug as they both sat there crying. She couldn't believe that Blaine and Kurt broke up like that. It was so quick yet so painful.

"This is the worst Valentine's Day ever," Kurt said as his head lay on Rachel's shoulder. "I don't know what to do. We've been together for years. I feel like I lost a piece of myself."

"I know Kurt, I know," Rachel consoled. She didn't know what to tell him to make him feel better. Rachel didn't deal well with break-ups. All of them, minus the one she instigated with Puck, led to rushing into a relationship that shouldn't have been rushed into or getting her heart torn to shreds. She hadn't really dealt with any of her issues properly post break-up.

"You know what you need to do man?" Finn started from his chair where he had been completely silent until then.

"Please, enlighten me." Kurt stared at him blankly.

"You need to fight for him if you want him. If I didn't fight for Rachel, we'd never have gotten back together. She'd probably be with Jesse still or something," Finn said with great distaste. It didn't matter how many states or years were between them, he'd never like that guy.

Rachel rolled her eyes. "I doubt that. I'd have come to my senses sooner or later. But Kurt, he does have a point. You both love each other; you shouldn't just let him walk away."

Kurt put his head in his hands. "What's the point? He's leaving and there's nothing I can do. I'm not enough for him to stay."

"Kurt-" Rachel started until he cut her off.

"I appreciate you coming over, both of you, to listen to me but can I just be alone now? I'm sorry to have ruined your night." He lay back down on his bed and faced away from them both.

"Are you sure you don't want to try to figure out a way to fix this? We're both here to help. I really don't think you should be alone right now," Rachel said standing up and staring down at Kurt's almost lifeless body.

"Thank you but no. I just want to be by myself. I promise I will call you tomorrow," he replied to the wall. Rachel leaned down to hug Kurt and kissed him on the cheek. Finn walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Things'll look up eventually Kurt. I promise," he said to his depressed brother. "If you need anyone to talk to, we are both here for you." Kurt didn't say anything. He just continued to stare at his wall. Rachel and Finn exited Kurt's dorm room and headed outside.

"I can't believe they're over. I don't get why Kurt isn't even trying. He's just given up! It's not like him," Rachel commented as they started walking down the street toward the subway.

"He might be in shock or something. Everyone handles break-ups differently. Blaine was his first boyfriend; he hasn't gone through this before. Who knows how it'll affect him. I mean, look at me, I dumped you after finding out about Quinn and Puck which was the stupidest thing I'd ever done and then after I dumped you a second time I went out with her again. Those weren't exactly smart decisions." Finn's brow furrowed at the memories.

Rachel shrugged. "True. I just hope he'll be okay. This must be so hard on him."

It fell silent for a moment as they walked and Finn took Rachel's hand in his and brought it to his mouth to kiss it. "I love you Rachel and I will always fight for you, no matter what. I'm never letting you go again." He looked down at her with that half-smile Rachel loved.

"I love you Finn and I'm glad to hear you say that because I don't plan on letting you get away from me either. You're stuck with me."

A flirty smile crossed Finn's lips. "When we get back can I get stuck in you?" Rachel smacked him playfully on the arm before blushing.

"We might have to go at it a few times for me to get sticky enough for that to happen," Rachel replied with a giggle and an eyebrow waggle.

At that Finn's smile widened into a goofy grin. "I love you."

"I know, now let's hurry up. We still have a few hours left of Valentine's Day that I plan on using every minute of to show you how much I love you." Rachel went up onto her tippy toes to peck Finn on the lips before pulling away to drag him down the stairs to catch the train they could hear coming.

Finn knew what he said was absolutely true. There was nothing he wouldn't do for Rachel and he would never stop fighting for her. She was his and he was hers and that was how it was going to stay until they were old and grey haired and couldn't even hear or see each other anymore. Even then he still wouldn't give up the fight.

This chapter was a little lighter on the Finchel but now at least we know why Kurt took Kevin to Vegas with him instead of Blaine. I just wanted to explain why.

And if anyone has any ideas for a 'date' they'd like to see happen, feel free to let me know. I'm always open to new ideas.