Thank you musiklover898 and Elizabeth Wentworth for the story alert, dapper-as-toast and Mboh for a favorite story add and Khemikle Disaster story alert and favorite story add

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mony101- I'm glad I did better with the personalities.

After reading a criticism that came in, I've decided to push the kiss chapter back to add some fluff of my own in an attempt to write a story and not just copy and paste NBK with the names reversed.

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Blaine walked into his house that night and was greeted by the TV blaring and clanking of pots coming from the kitchen. He shook his head at the family room and continued on.

"Hi Carole." Blaine greeted. He wasn't surprised to find her there. Ever since his dad and Finn's mom started dating she had started spending more time at their house.

"Hello Blaine." She replied stepping away from a bubbling pot to give him a warm hug in a greeting. He leaned into the hug- he wasn't going to say how much it meant to have a woman around ever since he lost his mom.

"What's for dinner?" He inquired taking a seat on the countertop. Carole just glared at him and slid off the counter.

"Spaghetti and meatballs." She replied. "Want to grab the garlic bread out of the oven?"

"Of course." He replied with a smile and rose to grab an oven mitt. "Mmm...Carol it smells delicious. Made it yourself?"

Blaine placed the pan on the countertop and began to gently coax the bread off of the pan and into the little serving basket Blaine had for such an occasion.

"Oh Blaine its just bread I baked after spreading on that butter they make specifically for garlic bread."

"Well, it's delicious regardless." Blaine replied before walking into the dining room and placing the basket in the middle of the table.

He watched Carol run around the kitchen a moment longer then walked into the living room to see what game was on.

"Oh Blaine, I thought I heard you come home." Burt said as he watched his son walk in.

"Hey dad." He replied taking a seat next to his father. "What's up Finn?"

"Nothing much." Finn replied but remained looking at the TV.

"Who's winning?" Blaine asked leaning forward to watch the game a little closer.

"The Buckeyes." Burt replied with some pride in his voice.

The guys settled back to observe the game in intense silence. Blaine enjoyed moments like these. I mean he always had moments like these with his dad but there was something else when Finn was there. Blaine loved his father but he'd be lying to himself if he didn't like kind of having a brother like figure around.

"Boys- dinner!" Carole called and Finn launched himself off of the couch and ran to the dining room.

"Nothing motivates that boy to move better than his mother's cooking." Burt said slowly getting up off the couch.

Blaine just laughed and followed his father. They all took their normal spots at the table and Blaine wasn't surprised to see that Finn already had a mound of spaghetti, meatballs and what seemed like a pound of parmesan cheese in his bowl. The gang quietly all said their own form of grace and dinner commenced.

"So boys how was your day?" Carol asked. Finn's mouth was too full to answer so Blaine replied instead.

"It was good." Blaine answered. "The girls did their song today and their going to be tough to beat."

"What was the theme this time?" Burt asked trying to prove that he paid attention to what the boys said.

"Boys vs. girls but we have to do songs traditionally sung by the opposite gender." Blaine replied.

"Teh girlsh were aweshomeh." Finn said with his mouth full of food.

"Finn- don't talk with your mouth full." Carole chided him. "What song did the girls sing?"

Blaine opened his mouth to answer but before he could 'Teenage Dream' started playing from his pocket- Kurt was calling.

"What is that?" Burt asked.

"A friend. Excuse for one moment- need to tell him I'll call him back in a minute" Blaine said then walked into the living room. "Hello?"

"Hey Blaine." Kurt said and Blaine could hear his smile.

"Hey Kurt. Look, I would love to talk right now but I'm actually in the middle of dinner- can I call you back in a few?"

"Of course! I'll talk to you soon." Kurt said sounding apologetic.

"Bye." Blaine said.

"Bye." Kurt replied back.

Blaine smiled at the phone and walked back into the dining room.

"Who was that?" Burt asked.

"A friend I made a few days ago." Blaine replied hoping that Burt wouldn't ask too many questions. After all he was supposed to have been home sick- not spying. Finn gave him a confused look and Blaine gave his head a little shake. Finn continued looking confused but kept his mouth shut.

"That's great!" Carole said. "Where did you meet him?"

"OH! Is that the dude you met when you were at Dalton?" Finn said then clapped a hand over his mouth.

"Blaine, what is he talking about?" Burt said giving his son a stern look.

Blaine looked at his dad considering the options. He had always promised his dad the truth but how angry would he be when he found out that he skipped school? However, one look at his dad and he knew that he would have to tell the truth.

"I wasn't really sick a few days ago. I faked it to go spy on the Dalton Academy Warblers- they're our competition for sectionals."

"Blaine!" Burt scolded. "You skipped school so you could spy?" Blaine nodded.

"So what happened while you were there?" Carol asked. Burt gave her a look like 'do-not-encourage-him'. "What? I'm curious to see what happened- especially since he came out of it with a friend."

"Nothing really special. I was kind of wandering around when I noticed all these guys were all running in same direction so I stopped one. He said everyone was rushing to see the Warblers and that he knew a shortcut. It turns out he was in the group. I watched them perform- and they were really good."

"So what happened after the performance?" Finn asked clearly interested now that he had cleared his bowl.

"Well, apparently I was a really bad spy- they thought it was endearing."

"Endearing?" Burt asked. "Why?"

"Well, they thought since I was such a bad spy that it must not be the real reason why I was there. It turns out the guy that helped me, the lead singer, is gay too and we had a kinda heart to heart."

"About being gay?" Finn said sounding incredulous.

"Yes, Finn about being gay- more importantly about being gay in Ohio which is far from being easy." Blaine replied. He was being purposefully vague on being bullied. He didn't want to upset his father.

"Well, I'm glad you've made a friend you can talk to." Carole said while patting his hand.

"Speaking of which- can I be excused?" Blaine asked.

"Sure." Burt said then quickly added- "Wash your bowl first."

"Of course. Thanks for dinner Carole it was great." Blaine said before entering the kitchen and hurriedly washing his bowl.

He hurried out of the kitchen and into his basement room so he could return the call to Kurt. It rung three times before Kurt picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Blaine."

"How was dinner?" Kurt asked and Blaine heard a soft thump- Kurt had flopped down on his bed.

"Good- Carole made spaghetti, meatballs and garlic bread." Blaine replied while flopping down on his own bead.

"Who's Carole?" Kurt asked.

And Blaine replied. The two of them talked for hours that night. Neither one seemed to run out of things to say and neither wanted to be the first one to hang up. However, before either one had realized it, it was 11:00.

"I hate to do this but I gotta go- its getting late." Blaine said hesitantly- he really didn't want to hang up.

"Don't worry, I was going to say I had to go too." Kurt said.

"Well, I guess I'll say goodnight." Blaine said cursing how stupid he probably sounded.

"Night Blaine." Kurt said softly.

"Night Kurt." Blaine replied and then hit end before he thought about it too much.

Blaine stared at the ceiling for awhile and wondered how even though he barely knew Kurt it felt as if he had known him forever.

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The next chapter might take longer than a day because I really want to do it right.

As always, let me know what you guys thought.