AN: I got some good ideas so I have a little more direction for the story. Still, if you think of something you want to see, let me know. I'm still open to ideas. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 53

Kurt and Blaine had no sooner settled on the bed with various papers and books for their classes when Finn poked his head around the corner. "Hey, umm can I talk to you guys?"

Kurt glanced up and raised an eyebrow. "You going to apologize for being so rude to Blaine?"

Finn took that as a yes and came in and sat. "Look, I'm sorry dude. I was just really stressed."

Blaine shrugged. "No big deal. What's up though?"

Finn groaned. "It's Rachel. She's mad at me for not spending time with her."

Kurt scoffed. "She knows you're grounded right?"

Finn shrugged. "I tried explaining that to her but she doesn't get it. Her dads don't ground her. They take away gold stars if she does something wrong."

Blaine held back his laugh while Kurt giggled. "That explains so much." The two took a few minutes to compose themselves again. Finn watched patiently, having had his own moment of laughter when Rachel told him.

"I don't know what to do though. She won't accept that I can't go out and see her and now I'm grounded for even longer and she's going to kill me." Finn whined, burying his face in his hands.

Kurt sighed. "Look, Rachel will not kill you. And even if she tried, you're bigger than she is. She can't reach you."

Blaine rolled his eyes at Kurt. "I think what Kurt means is that Rachel won't be that upset. Don't worry about it." Kurt stuck his tongue out at Blaine and laughed when Blaine returned the look with one of his own.

Finn watched the two for a second before waving his arms a bit. "Hey, problem over here. Seriously, how can I make it up to her? I already screwed up with the whole gift thing and now I'm missing the holidays with her."

Kurt and Blaine sobered up and looked at Finn. "Rachel is one for big gestures. Maybe you can tell her you are planning a big performance for her for when you reunite." Kurt suggested.

Blaine nodded in agreement. "She would love that. And if you made an effort to incorporate her into it somehow, you know she'd love it."

Finn brightened up. "That's awesome, dudes. She'll totally not be mad at me once I tell her. I'm going to go now." With those words, Finn disappeared out the door and they listened as his room door shut.

"You're welcome." Kurt called. He and Blaine exchanged a look and started laughing again. "I'm so glad I don't have to put up with that kind of drama."

Blaine nodded. "Oh, yeah. Rachel can be a bit…much. Very high maintenance."

Kurt leaned against Blaine, curling so they were cuddling a bit. "You don't think I'm too high maintenance?"

Blaine laughed and gave Kurt a kiss on the top of his head. "Babe, you like to act like you are but you and I both know it's a show. Other than the whole moisturizing routine, which I think is completely unnecessary because you have the most perfect skin ever, you are not high maintenance."

Kurt scoffed. "It's only so perfect because I moisturize. If you would just let me do your skin, you would know."

Blaine chuckled and pushed Kurt away. "And I think that's our cue to get to work. No skin routine for me."

Kurt sighed. "I'll get you to let me one day. Then you'll see."

Shaking his head, Blaine grabbed his English book. "We'll see babe. We'll see. Now I really need to work on a paper on this. What are you up to?"

Kurt held up his laptop. "There are a couple schools for fashion in New York that are still accepting applications. I keep putting it off but they are due by the New Year."

Blaine wrinkled his nose. "More apps? How horrible."

Kurt groaned. "I know. But I'm going to do it. I filled some of it out. Just got a bit more." He rolled onto his stomach and opened the laptop, facing the foot of the bed. Blaine leaned against the headboard and began making annotations in his book.

The two worked silently for a while, the sound of the occasional typing and page turning filling the room. Blaine glanced up from his book and saw the clock, eyes widening a bit at the time. They had spent an hour and a half working. He looked at Kurt's computer screen and saw he was playing Angry Birds.

"You finish your apps babe?" He asked, laughing as Kurt startled a bit.

Kurt blushed and clicked over to a different tab. "Almost?"

"Well, hurry up and finish. It's getting kind of late." Blaine said.

Kurt looked at the clock on his computer and was shocked to see it was already nine thirty. "Yeah, just a little bit more and I'm done."

The two dived back into their work, Blaine working on how he was going to format the paper. Kurt clicked through a bit more of the application before getting bored. He had filled out a few already and hated that the information didn't cross over. He rolled his neck and decided to take a quick break.

Blaine looked up and saw Kurt was again on Angry Birds. "Kurt, seriously? Did you finish?"

Kurt turned to look at Blaine. "Just a little bit left. It's just so boring." He whined.

"Kurt. Come on. Just get it done and then we can spend time doing something fun." Blaine said, giving Kurt a pointed look.

Kurt sighed and turned back to his computer, clicking over to his application. He began working through one of the essay questions, hitting a bit of a snag. Turning over, he grabbed some pillows and propped himself up at the end of the bed, placing his laptop on his lap. He typed steadily for about ten minutes and submitted the essay. He sighed when another form popped up asking for information he had just entered on the other site.

Blaine finished his outline and set his book down with a sigh. He had finished a large chunk of the work his teacher had assigned and he was ready to end for the night. He looked down to where Kurt was working. In the mirror behind him, he noticed that the reflection on Kurt's screen was once again showing Angry Birds.

Upset now, Blaine stood and walked over to the door. He shut it and locked it before walking over to where Kurt was. He grabbed Kurt's laptop and set it down before grabbing Kurt's arm. "Clearly you are feeling distracted. You can stand in the corner until you are ready to finish your work."

Kurt let himself be pulled into the corner and stood, listening as Blaine went back to the bed and put papers away. He heard Blaine open and close some drawers and listened as Blaine changed. Kurt flushed, angry that Blaine had put him in the corner. Sure, he wasn't being super productive but it was vacation. He had the right to slack off if he wanted to.

Just as he was about to turn around and tell Blaine this, a knock sounded on the door.

AN: Uh-oh. Interruptions and trouble in Klaine land. Whatever could this mean? Please review.