In the next few weeks the boys' secret got harder and harder to hide. Darren was throwing up at the slightest smell of most foods, except spaghetti apparently, and salad with way to much vinegar on it. When the rest of the cast started to ask questions, Chris realised that they had to tell. They are their friends after all. So a few days later Darren and Chris called a group meeting.
The main Glee stars and the producers etc. gathered in one of the McKinley High classrooms as instructed each one wearing a confused look on their face. "What do you think's going on?" Amber whispered to Lea. "I have utterly got no idea."
The questions were answered soon though as the boys walked in. Everyone in here knew abaout their relationship and had all agreed to keep it private until they were ready to deal with the press. That was why they knew they could trust them with this too. Darren started "I know you have all been worried over the past few weeks about my health. I assure you I am fine." Darren flashed his trademark smile as Chris took over. "You guys have been amazing at keeping our secrets so far and we need to ask you to please keep another one. But it's pretty big"
By this time everyone in the room were even more confused than earlier, what could be a bigger secret than "Straight Darren Criss is in a relationship with gay Chris Colfer and has been for like a year."
Darren started talking again "We don't really know how to say this, ehm…" he paused as he tried to find the words to explain the strange condition he was in "basically I have this thing, inside me that I didn't know about and it kinda leaves me able to conceive a child." There was a very audible gasp as everyone lost their breath. Naya was the first one to get her head around it "Wait, so your pregnant hobbit?" Somehow she always managed to break the awkwardness by getting laughter. Chris was giggling away as he answered "Yes Nay as you so eloquently put it, I have managed to get my hobbit pregnant with a mini hobbit." The room erupted into fits of laughter as everyone got up to congratulate the boys.
After all the chattering had calmed down a bit more the boys spoke up "I know it's a lot to ask of you to keep these things away from the public but in all honesty, we are trying to find a way to at least come out as being together as soon as possible. We're sick of living a lie" Cory replied with a "Here here! And if anyone so much as threatens to hurt either of you about any of this, I will take no shame in beating them to a pulp!"
"Oh Cory, you're going to be such a good influence on our kid. Thanks" Darren mumbled giving the much taller man a pat on the, well it would have been shoulder but ended up kinda mid back.
The conversation turned more serious when Ryan piped up "Darren, how will you be to keep working? I know we'll have to work on clothes to hide the bump but will you still be well enough or would we be better to write you out for a while?" The curly haired man turned quite red at the mention of the bump but was very insistent with his answer. "No. I will finish this series of Glee. My health is perfectly fine, other than the morning sickness but I will not get written out."
"Okay then, Blaine stays. I guess you have been quite lucky with the timing. We're coming to the end of the series, summer break, no tour. Actually how far along are you?"
"About 3 months. We think it was Novemberish." Chris said.
"God you guys are really lucky then. By the time filming will start again the child will be born. But lets not get too ahead of ourselves yet. I really am happy for you guys" He embraced the two before walking out of the room. A few of the crew followed him but most people stayed to interrogate the poor boys.
It was a few hours later before they finally got home just making it to the bed before collapsing down together. "If I have to answer another baby question I might just kill someone" Chris mumbled into the pillow. Darren turned him over and kissed him gently. "Please don't do that baby. I couldn't raise this child without you, I really couldn't."
The younger boy kissed back and help the older man tightly in his arms. "I would never leave you Darren. Never." And with that the boys drifted off to sleep after one of the hardest days of their lives.