AN: Did he finish his lines in time? Will Blaine and Kurt be reunited? Why are you reading this? Go read the story and find out. Enjoy!

Chapter 39

Kurt was startled awake the next morning by his phone buzzing. He rolled over in his bed and grabbed the phone. It was a text from Blaine. 'I'll be there in a half hour. Can't wait to see you. XO'

Kurt read it a couple times before it sunk in. He never finished his lines. He had fallen asleep on the couch instead of coming back up and finishing them and had stumbled up the stairs and into bed at about 2 am. He rolled out of bed and took a quick shower before sitting at his desk. He pulled out the completed lines and hoped that his dad wouldn't let Blaine upstairs since he was grounded until after dinner. Blaine would be occupied with Carole as the two of them were planning to bake that day.

Kurt wrote quickly as the clock ticked down. He heard the doorbell ring and listened as Carole answered it. The voices moved into the kitchen where the sound of items hitting the counters joined the noise. Kurt had finished a little over 150 lines.

Blaine entered the house and said hi to Carole. Carole brought him into the kitchen. "We haven't seen Kurt yet this morning. I heard his shower go so he is awake."

Blaine nodded. "Do you mind if I bring him some breakfast or am I not allowed to see him until later?"

Burt answered that. "You can bring him some food. And you can tell him that I decided he isn't grounded anymore for today. He's been helpful around the house the last few days."

Blaine brightened at that. "Really? Awesome. I was looking forward to learning a cookie recipe from him." He excitedly poured a bowl of cereal for Kurt, smiling as he moved around the kitchen. Carole and Burt watched him as he bounded out of the room and up the stairs.

Carole gave Burt a look. "You are far too easy on the kids you know." After she said it, Burt gave her a sheepish look. She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "It's okay. I love that about you."

Meanwhile, Blaine had gone upstairs and knocked on Kurt's door. "Babe?" he called, opening the door. He saw Kurt give him a wide-eyed look before looking down at some papers in front of him and continue writing. Blaine walked into the room and shut the door. "Kurt, what are you doing?"

Kurt had just finished line 176. "I'm finishing my lines." He said quietly.

Blaine crossed the room and took the papers from him and put the bowl of cereal in front of him. "Eat. I'm going to look over these."

Kurt picked up the spoon and took a bite, chewing it as he watched Blaine look over the pages. He finished about half of the cereal before Blaine put the papers down.

"Well, you didn't finish. And I told you that if you didn't do your lines, you'd be doing 400 today and spending time in the corner." Kurt blushed and looked down, already embarrassed at the idea of being in the corner. Blaine's next words made him look up though. "But your dad tells me you were really helpful the last two days. So helpful in fact that you aren't grounded until after dinner anymore."

Kurt asked hopefully. "Really?"

Blaine smiled. "Really. I was really happy to hear that baby. You did really well." Kurt preened a bit at the praise before Blaine continued. "However, I did promise you more punishment if you didn't finish. In light of your good behavior, I won't make you do 400 lines. Instead, you need to do double what is left. So you need to do 48 lines and then we can go downstairs and get baking. Okay?"

Kurt sighed at the thought of doing more lines before nodding. "Yes, Blaine."

Blaine gave Kurt a kiss before grabbing his bowl. "Good boy. I'll be back in a minute. Get to work on those lines."

Kurt returned to work, cranking out the lines as Blaine went downstairs to wash Kurt's bowl. He told Carole they would be down as soon as Kurt had finished getting ready for the day.

When Blaine got back upstairs, Kurt had already finished about fifteen lines. He watched out of the corner of his eye as Blaine went to sit on his bed and read a magazine Kurt had on his nightstand. He continued writing quickly, regretting putting off writing the lines as he could be spending time with Blaine right now instead of writing.

He finished about fifteen minutes later and set his pen down with a small bang. Blaine looked over at that and raised an eyebrow. "Sorry" Kurt blushed, not having meant to put it down so hard.

Blaine chuckled a bit before waving him over. Kurt moved quickly to where Blaine sat against his headboard and curled in next to him. "So what have you learned babe?" Blaine asked, arm around Kurt squeezing him in closer.

"If you tell me to stop doing something, I should stop. And I shouldn't put stuff off because it just makes things harder. And I really hate writing lines." Kurt answered quietly, smiling as he said the last part.

Blaine laughed at the last bit. "Well, I suppose that's a fair attitude to have. And I'm glad you took this the way I hoped you would. I wasn't sure how you would react to writing lines."

Kurt sighed. "I don't like it. But I'd say it's a good punishment. I'm never going to whine again."

Blaine pressed a kiss to the top of his head. "I needed something that you can do while I'm not here to monitor you. So I'm glad writing lines works. Tell me, were you okay with standing in the corner when I wasn't here?"

Kurt blushed, glad he wasn't facing Blaine. "It was kind of embarrassing just because I kept wondering what would happen if someone walked in. And I didn't like that you weren't here to cuddle with afterwards."

Blaine sighed. "I didn't like that part either. I'm hoping we don't often have to do punishments over Skype or the phone. I like being here so if something goes wrong, I can help. But I can't guarantee it won't happen again."

Kurt nodded his head against Blaine's chest. "It's okay. It wasn't too bad. I kind of wore your sweatshirt afterwards though. It helped."

Blaine squeezed Kurt in. "I'm glad. You can always take something of mine if it will help you."

The two stayed cuddling for a few minutes before getting off the bed and heading downstairs to bake with Carole.

AN: Being honest, not much in the way of smut for a few chapters. Sorry. But it's Xmas for them and I can't write the family out and, well, you all know how Finn can be. Review please!