When Kurt returned to the earth, it took some time for him to get his bearings straight. He was completely naked and was lying in Blaine's embrace. Blaine was however, not completely naked, he had on his pyjamas. Kurt realized the reason for him waking up was the lack of clothes; he was freezing, even under the covers and close to Blaine. It was the downside with this house, it wasn't the warmest. He slowly untangled himself from Blaine who mumbled something in his sleep and moved around a bit before he fell back to a deep sleep. Kurt went to the bathroom before he put on his pyjamas and went downstairs.

Blaine had put away the monopoly game and had blown out all the candles. There was a little fire still burning. Kurt put in some more wood before he went back upstairs to their bed. Blaine had shifted when he was away and was now curled up like a little ball. Kurt smiled at him and placed his body around his, so he was spooning him from behind. He could hear Blaine sigh in content before he drifted off.

Kurt hadn't slept many hours before he was brought back to reality again. It took some time for Kurt to understand what was happening. It had been a long time since the previous time, and it usually never happened during the night. But now it was happening; Blaine was having a nightmare. He had shifted while sleeping and was now laying facing Kurt. He had a hard grip on Kurt's arms, it almost hurt. He was shaking and crying in his sleep while screaming.

"No no no no! Don't touch him! Don't touch him!"

Kurt bent his arms from the tight grip and shook Blaine, calling his name.

"No!" Blaine responded and started defending himself from his attacker.

Unfortunately, it was Kurt who got in the way of his arms and hands. Kurt backed away, deciding to wait until Blaine woke himself up. Blaine was under influence of the heavy sleeping medicine, and Kurt knew it could affect his ability to think straight.

It didn't take long before Blaine's screaming took him out off his dream. He woke with a start, sitting up abruptly while still screaming; he looked around him, looking for whoever had attacked him in his dream. Kurt watched him as he took in the room. When Blaine saw Kurt sitting on the bed, his face went soft and he stopped screaming. Kurt closed the distance he had created to not be hit by Blaine. When Kurt took Blaine in his embrace, Blaine broke down. He sobbed and cried into Kurt's shoulder. Kurt held him close and rocked him back and forth while whispering soothing words to him.

"They are back!" Blaine managed to get out after a while.

"It was just a dream, Blainey, I've got you! You're safe here."

"No, no! They are back!"

Kurt didn't know if Blaine was back in the dream or if he was awake but he kept convincing him that he was safe there.

"The dreams, they are back Kurt, I'll never be free from them!" Blaine sobbed.

Kurt froze when he realized what Blaine was talking about. The nightmares who had been MIA for a long time were back. It broke Kurt's heart hearing that Blaine felt trapped by them. Kurt kept rocking him back and forth. He started humming and after a while he felt Blaine's body relax into his. He pulled them both down, so they were lying down. The movement brought back the fear in Blaine and Kurt felt him stiffen in his embrace again, but Kurt kept humming and stroking Blaine's sweaty hair. It soon gave result and Kurt could watch him sink back into sleep. Blaine kept sobbing while sleeping and his body would stiffen on and off, but finally sleep claimed all of him and Kurt could stop humming. He watched Blaine sleep for a while before he closed his eyes and fell back to sleep.

When the alarm woke Kurt the following morning, he couldn't even imagine waking up. He knew he couldn't study like this, it would be terribly inefficient. He re-set the alarm for an hour later and closed his eyes. He was asleep before he could think.

At 9 am, when the alarm went off for the second time, he was much more fit. He turned the alarm off and stretched his sleepy limbs. The stretching made him bump into Blaine. Kurt shifted in bed to look at him. He was scooted far down under the cover and Kurt could only see his curls. He pulled the cover down to reveal a sound asleep Blaine. Kurt ran his fingers through Blaine's hair.

"Blainey, honey? It's 9 am, wanna join me for breakfast?"

Blaine stirred a bit and started reaching for Kurt. Kurt let him pull them together. He pressed a kiss on Blaine's forehead. He was quite warm, Kurt couldn't tell if it was due to him being buried far down the covers or if he was getting sick.

"Good morning, my love. Do you wanna wake up?"

"Mmmhmmm..."

"Can I see your beautiful eyes then?" Kurt coaxed.

Kurt loved this with Blaine, he allowed himself to be taken care of. During the school days, Blaine was always the first one up and Kurt woke in an empty bed. But he preferred this, Blaine being sleepy and cuddly. Blaine was always cuddly, but when he was about to wake up was the best. Kurt smiled when Blaine opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Have I told you lately that I love you?" Kurt asked.

"Have I told you lately there's no one above you?" Blaine smiled back to him.

"What?" Kurt didn't follow Blaine's thoughts.

"You were quoting Van Morrison?"

"No I wasn't." Kurt said.

"Okay... But there's a song by him starting with have I told you lately that I love you."

"Right, didn't think about that." Kurt said.

"Did you sleep well?" Blaine asked Kurt.

"I did. You?"

"Nah, I had a nightmare, as you know. And you didn't sleep well, I kept you awake."

"I did sleep well, Blaine. We were both awake for a little bit, but you didn't keep me awake. And you know I want to be awake with you if you're awake."

Blaine didn't answer, he just cuddled even closer to Kurt and Kurt held him a little tighter.

"You wanna talk about your dream?" Kurt asked after a short silence.

Blaine shook his head.

"Wanna write about it?"

"No, it wasn't a memory; it was a nightmare, just a dream." Blaine said into Kurt's body.

"Okay." Kurt wasn't convinced but let it be.

"Breakfast?" He asked instead.

Blaine nodded and looked up at Kurt.

"I love you. Thanks for being awake with me tonight."

"Love you too. No need to thank me, sweets."

"Let's get downstairs then."

They ate breakfast with the radio in the background telling them about the weather during thanksgiving and coming with warnings about the upcoming traffic situation that thanksgiving always brought with it.

"So, Kristen is coming today." Kurt said.

"Oh, awesome. I'll turn on the heat in the big house then." Blaine said.

"Oh, that would be nice."

"I think I'll call Carole as well. To talk about school and stuff since this isn't working at the moment."

"Yeah, that sounds good." Kurt said and reached out his hand. He placed it over Blaine's and gave it a little squeeze.

Blaine gave him a little smile.

"I'm gonna take a shower before I start studying." Kurt said.

"Okay. I'll put on some clothes and then head up to the big house."

When Kurt came downstairs, dressed and ready to start studying, he found a clean kitchen. He smiled at it; his wonderful Blaine had cleared the table and put on the dishwasher. He had really lucked out with that boy.

He started his laptop. He really didn't feel like studying. He argued with himself about it before deciding to study until lunch, and after that, watching a movie with Blaine.

Lunchtime came and went without Kurt noticing, he was busy reading about the horrible situation in concentration camps. He was painfully aware that if he had been born the same person, but centuries earlier and in a different country, he would have been in those camps. He wasn't satisfied with the situation for gays in the US, but compared to how the situation had been just some time ago, it was a huge change for the better. He knew it was even better in some countries, mainly in Europe, but in others countries it was a crime to be gay. His determination to work with these questions as a social worker became more set as his mind began to wander. He was interrupted by his phone ringing.

"Hello?" He answered without looking who was calling.

"Kurt? Hi, it's Kristen!"

"Hi! How are you?"

"I'm fine, how about you?"

"I'm good! Are you coming today?"

"Yes, that's why I'm calling; I'm on my way now. I thought I would ask if you or Blaine would mind making a fire and putting on the heat?"

"Yes, of course! Blaine has already done that. He went up to the big house..." Kurt looked on the screen on his laptop and was surprised by the time. "Four hours ago... I wonder if he has burnt down the house?"

"Are you guys okay? He's up there and you're down alone?"

"No, no, we're good. I've been studying and he went up to turn the heat up in the house, I don't know where he went after that... Talking about boys... Are you coming alone?"

"No, I'm not..." Kristen said and Kurt could hear the smile in her voice.

"Good, I'll see you and Martin soon then?"

"Yes, see you soon." Kristen said and hung up the phone.

Kurt smiled her, she sounded happy. Tired, but happy. He frowned when he thought about someone else he knew who had been tired. He got up from the table and put on his shoes before he went up to the big house.

Blaine hadn't burnt the house down, of course. Kurt climbed the stairs and smiled as he heard the noise of the tv from the living room. Blaine had managed to warm the house just fine, Kurt thought as he reached the top of the stairs. He frowned as he saw his boyfriend; Blaine didn't look like he would agree. He was sleeping on one of the couches under two blankets and a duvet. Kurt placed his hand on Blaine's forehead. He was running a fever. So it hadn't been the warmth of the cover who had made Blaine hot this morning.

"Blainey? You need to eat something." Kurt said.

He didn't get an answer and went out to the kitchen. Kristen had a lot of cans with soups in her pantry. Kurt took out one and opened it. He went down to their house and retrieved some bread, butter and cheese along with his phone and laptop. He made soup for Blaine and added some grilled sandwiches for himself. He shook Blaine awake. He looked at Kurt with glossy eyes.

"It's so cold." He mumbled.

"You have a fever, sweety. I've made you some soup."

"For me?" Blaine asked.

"For you, come up let's get you sitting up." Kurt said and helped Blaine to a sitting position. Blaine groaned a bit and looked completely exhausted when he finally sat up.

Kurt gave him a bowl of soup before he went up to the shelves with Kristen's massive DVD collection. He took out Twilight and put it in the player. He pressed play and sat down next to Blaine.

"Twilight? Again?" He asked when he saw which movie his fiancé had chosen.

"Hush, I know you like it too."

"I do. I like you more though!" He said before he started coughing.

"You poor thing. When you've eaten the soup, I've got Tylenol for you." Kurt said and rubbed his back.

The coughing left Blaine panting. His head pounded and his entire body ached. He looked down on the bowl. So much soup left. He slowly took one spoon after another. Kurt watched the movie but kept watching Blaine in the corner of his eye. He saw Blaine's struggle to eat, but knew he needed to get something in him. When Edward entered the cafeteria the first time, Kurt saw how Blaine's head started to slowly loll forward. Kurt quickly removed the unfinished soup before Blaine dropped it.

"Blaine? Before you fall asleep you have to take your Tylenol." Kurt said.

Blaine raised his head up again and nodded slowly. He opened his mouth and Kurt put in the medicine and gave him some water. When Blaine had swallowed it, Kurt pulled him down so he was lying in Kurt's embrace. It didn't take many seconds before Kurt felt him go completely limp. He was still hot, but Kurt hoped the Tylenol would take care of that.

Half way through the movie Kurt heard the front door opened. He paused the movie.

"Hello?" He called out.

"Kurt?" Kristen said downstairs.

"We're up here. Hope it's okay."

"Of course! I'll be right there... I just need..."

Kirsten's talking was cut short as Kurt could hear her open the bathroom door and soon after the unmistakable noise of retching. Kurt sighed. What a thanksgiving; a feverish Blaine and a stomach ill Kristen. He soon heard Martin from downstairs, soothing Kristen. He heard them climbing the stairs. He turned to the stairs.

"Sorry I would get up, but I'm kinda stuck here." Kurt said and nodded towards Blaine who was clinging to the warmth of Kurt's body.

"It's totally fine!" Kristen said and moved towards the couch.

"Are you contagious?" Kurt asked. He hated to be sick.

"Oh, no. You can't catch this even of you tried!" Martin said with a grin.

"Martin! We weren't telling yet!" Kristen swatted at him fondly.

"I think you throwing up constantly gives it away honey." Martin said and kissed Kristen on her forehead.

"Wait! What? Are you saying what I think you are?" Kurt squealed.

"It kinda depends on what you're thinking, dude!" Martin said but couldn't help the huge grin forming on his face.

"You're? You're?" Kurt said, looking at Kristen.

"I am. We're having a baby!" Kristen said with a smile.

Kurt squealed even louder and managed to untangle himself from Blaine and jumped up and down before he took Kristen in his embrace.

"Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!"

"Thanks Kurty!" Kristen laughed.

Kurt let go off Kristen and hugged Martin instead.

"Congrats, Mart!"

"Thanks Kurt!"

They all looked each other with identical grins on their faces before they started laughing again and all hugged.

"I kinda need to drink tea, would you like to join me?" Kristen asked Kurt.

"Yes, if I'm allowed to have coffee!"

"Of course! Come on, let's catch up!" Kristen said and nodded towards the kitchen. Martin went down to their car to get the rest of their bags.

"So, you're feeling nauseous a lot?" Kurt asked her.

"Yes, like a lot, a lot. I haven't been able to work during the last two weeks."

"Oh, you poor thing. How far along are you?"

"Not far... I'm due in the beginning of June."

"I'm so happy for you!" Kurt beamed to her.

"So, Blaine?" Kristen said when they sat down with coffee and tea on the other couch in the living room.

"Has a fever. He was warm when we woke up this morning, and then, like I told you, he went up here and when I found him he was sleeping and had a lot higher fever."

"Has he eaten anything?"

"Yes, just before you came he had some soup and Tylenol. I think he just needs to sleep."

"Then, we'll let him do that. Is he alright with school and everything?"

"Ummh... He is and he isn't. He's good in school, but it's too much for him. He was home last week, and I think he'll be home more after thanksgiving. It drains him completely, going to school."

"And you? Senior year treating you well?"

"I guess... It's a lot of work." Kurt admitted.

"Too much?" Kristen asked.

"No, not too much, I've got great grades so far. But, I guess you know that. You and Carole talk a lot, right?"

"We did, but this fall, I've been a less-than-good-sister... I fell in love and I kinda forgot everything else."

"I'm sure she understands."

"She surely would if I had told her about it."

"She doesn't know about you and Martin? And the new one?"

"No, not if you haven't said anything. It was... It felt too good to be true, so I figured if I said anything about it, it would disappear."

"Oh, Kristen. You have to tell her tomorrow."

"I will. If she'll talk to me."

"Of course she will, she's not the kind of person who will let this destroy what you guys have." Kurt said and hugged Kristen.

Martin came and joined them in the living room. He looked at the sleeping form that was Blaine. When he saw the rosy cheeks he placed his hand on Blaine's forehead.

"He's burning up!" He said and started removing the blankets and the duvet.

Blaine reacted immediately by crawling into a small ball and started shivering. Martin put one of the blankets back on top of him. He stroked his hair for a while until he saw Blaine relax back into sleep again.

"He's not well." He stated.

"No, he's not. He spent a lot of time at the hospital, at home or here during the last 6 months, so I think his defence against viruses are pretty non-existing. Carole and I have been waiting for him to get sick." Kurt said.

"So, this new person, what will it be to me?" He continued. "Like a double cousin?"

"A double cousin?" Martin asked.

"Yeah, since we're related on both sides..." Kurt smiled to them.

"Man, our family is weird!" Martin said and laughed.

"Yeah, and I have nothing to do with that!" Kurt stated smiling. "It's not like my fiancé and I have the same parents or last name..."

"Right... Oh, wait! Fiancé?" Kristen said.

"Oh, right... I guess you're not the only one with secrets..." Kurt said and held out his ring-clad hand.

"Wow, when did this happen?" Kristen asked.

"This summer, 4th of July."

"I knew it!" Kristen exclaimed. "Congratulations!"

"You knew?" Martin asked.

"No, I didn't know-know, I just knew..."

"Pregnant women... They make so much sense." Martin said to Kurt.

"You don't have to tell me, guess that's why I'm gay..." Kurt grinned to Martin.

A/N: In One step at a time, I wrote Martin with a son. just forget that. This will be Martin's first kid.