A/N: I'm sorry this is late, guys! Don't have a good explanation either... Just a heads up; the next chapter is the last one in this verse. :)

As always; Lauren is the one who makes this readable for you all and I owe her everything! Thank you!

Finn had been right, of course. Blaine fell asleep after ten minutes. Finn paused the movie, moved to the couch he was sitting on and eased him down so he didn't have to sleep sitting up.

"Does your brother have a girlfriend?" Bonnie asked him.

"Who? Puck?"

"No, him." Bonnie said and pointed towards Blaine.

"Blaine?" Finn chuckled.

He was about to answer when Blaine, without any warning, sat straight up and screamed. Bonnie and Finn both jumped at the unexpected outburst. Before either of them could react, both Carole and Kurt were next to him.

"Blaine, Blaine, it's just a dream." Kurt said and took his face between in hands.

"Kurt?"

"It's me honey."

"Is my father here?"

"I'm here kiddo." Burt said and went up to him.

"No! You're not my father!" Blaine screamed at him, making Burt flinch. "You're my dad. Is my father here? Kurt, is my father here?"

"No, sweetie, he's not here, you're safe."

"Are you sure? Where is he?"

"He's in jail. I'm sure. You're safe here. Come on, let's lay down again."

"Can you hold me?"

"Of course. I love you. You're safe here."

"I'm safe here." Blaine repeated as Kurt laid both of them down and held him close. Carole placed a blanket over them.

When Blaine had fallen asleep, Carole turned to Bonnie. She sat down next to her on the couch.

"Are you okay?" She asked the girl who was watching Blaine with huge eyes.

Bonnie nodded slowly. She turned to Finn.

"I'm guessing he doesn't have a girlfriend?"

"No, he doesn't. He does have a fiancé though." Finn confirmed.

"And he's not your brother?"

"He's my brother, but not by birth. Neither of us are related, but both Kurt and Blaine are my brothers."

"Okay." Bonnie nodded. She looked back at Blaine in Kurt's arms. "He looks at ease in your embrace." She said to Kurt, who couldn't form an answer before Finn responded.

"He feels at home there." Finn said.

Bonnie nodded.

"I can see that."

She closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them they were glossy with tears.

"Ummh... I live in a foster home. My parents were druggies. They lost custody of me when I was born."

"I understand that that's a hard thing to go through." Finn said. "But, I still wished that that would have happened to Blaine. He would've been better off in a foster home."

"Finn..." Carole said.

"No, it's okay. My parents, my foster parents, are the best. I've never felt like I haven't belonged there. Like Blaine seems to feel here. How long has he lived here?"

"Since March." Carole said.

"Good for him." Bonnie said.

They didn't say much else. Finn turned on the movie. Kurt laid with Blaine pressed on top of him while watching Bonnie. After her confession, she seemed to transform. Her strange remarks disappeared and instead an intelligent girl came forth. Kurt listened as she and Finn stopped the movie to discuss it. When she stopped talking about Vampire Diaries, she was smart and funny. Kurt closed his eyes and let himself drift off to the sound of the movie and the two of them talking.

He woke up some time later by the sound of his cell ringing far away. He felt someone shook him lightly and he, most reluctantly, opened his eyes. Carole smiled at him.

"Rachel keeps calling you. I've already told her you're sleeping, but she is quite intense."

"She's jealous." Kurt mumbled.

"Of what?"

"Bonnie."

"Oh."

"But I'll call her. Have I slept long?"

"No, maybe half an hour."

"Is the movie over?"

"No, but they decided to get some air. They went to buy some cupcakes for all of us."

"Okay."

Carole handed him the phone as it started ringing again.

"Yes, Rachel."

"Oh, hi, Kurt! I need help with the history! Can I come over and we can go through it together?"

"You need help and wanna come over?"

"Yes, it's not a problem right?"

"And this has nothing to do with the fact that Finn's studying with Bonnie?"

"Oh, was that today? I didn't realize!"

"Mmhmm?!"

"So, can I come over?"

"Sure, if you behave."

"Good, see you in about half an hour then."

Rachel hung up and Kurt shook his head. He closed his eyes and drifted off again. He was woken by the smell of coffee and laughing from the kitchen. He groaned, he could've slept for hours. He shook his fiancé who reluctantly rose from sleep.

"Sweetie, it's time to wake up. There's coffee and cupcakes!"

"Coffee?"

"Yes!"

Blaine smiled and snuggled closer to Kurt.

"We have to get up then..." Kurt said.

"Don't wanna. You smell too good."

"Aw, I love you Blaine!"

"Love you too. Would you mind helping me shower today? And maybe cut my hair a little?"

"I'd love to!"

"Good."

"But, come on, let's get some coffee before the jealous Rachel comes over."

"Drama in the making?"

"You know Rachel!"

"It's just, I've slept on my stomach and it causes my ribs to get all pressed and it hurts like hell and I can't get up."

"Dad!" Kurt shouted.

Blaine rolled his eyes at him.

"Smooth."

"That's my middle name!"

"You called?" Burt came in.

"I need help to get up, my ribs are killing me."

Burt easily helped Blaine up. He groaned when the pressure disappeared. They went into the kitchen where Finn and Bonnie were sitting laughing, leaning towards each other.

"What did I miss?" Blaine asked Kurt while watching them.

Kurt shrugged when he went inside and poured himself and Blaine some coffee. He didn't look forward to Rachel seeing this.

"Finn, just so you know, Rachel's coming over to study in a short while."

"Oh... Okay."

Blaine sat down next to Bonnie who handed him a cupcake.

"Thanks."

"Blaine, I want you to know that I get it, to some extent. I live in a foster family. I was adopted at a really early age, my parents were - and probably are - drug users. I haven't seen them since my birth."

Blaine stared at her.

"You had a bad dream and we filled her in a bit." Carole explained.

"Oh... I'm sorry Bonnie."

"It's okay." Bonnie shrugged.

"Are they nice, your foster parents?"

"The best."

"That's not possible, mine are the best!" Blaine grinned to her.

The doorbell rang and Kurt went to let Rachel in.

"So, do you want to meet your birth parents?" Blaine asked her.

"Nah, they choose the drugs instead of me, I don't wanna give them the satisfaction to let them see me. I have no need or longing after them."

Blaine nodded.

"Do you miss them?" Bonnie asked in a soft voice.

Blaine opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by Rachel who came storming in to the kitchen. Carole sighed loudly. Bonnie and Blaine had managed to ask those questions everyone else was too scared to ask. But they knew how to ask, and they knew the other one wouldn't take offense. But trust Rachel to disturb them. Carole watched as Blaine closed his mouth.

Finn was the one who Rachel shouted at. She didn't have a reason for it, and she knew it. Carole didn't even register what she was shouting about. Carole kind of shut off and drank some coffee.

"Rachel!" Blaine stood up at looked at her.

The unexpected of Blaine's shouting made her silent.

"Please, I don't deal well with shouting. I get that you're mad at Finn, but can you not yell? It does stuff to me that I can't handle right now."

"Sorry Blaine, I didn't really think."

"Come on, Rach, let's get upstairs. It was me you wanted to see, right? Study history?"

"Right..."

Kurt took her hand and led her out of the kitchen. Blaine sank down on the chair and placed his head in his hands on the table. Carole put her hand on his back. She felt him tremble.

"Sorry I screamed mom."

"You're allowed to scream. It's okay."

"It's just... They were threatening to take over."

"What were?"

"Memories. I thought I was going to have a flashback."

"But you didn't, you kept it away, Blaine. You should be proud. I'm proud." Carole looked at him.

"Besides, bro, it's not like Rachel can't handle it..." Finn said.

Blaine looked up at him and met his smile.

"Should I leave?" Bonnie asked carefully.

"No, please stay!" Finn said.

Blaine nodded. He held out his hand and after some hesitation, he placed it over hers.

"Stay. I'm sorry about all this. This isn't really normal here. We are a strange family, but normally it's much less drama."

Bonnie smiled to him.

"And, to answer your question, no, I don't miss them. My parents, I mean. I can miss my mother sometimes. But, when I think about it, it isn't her I miss, it's my dream image of her. And I know that is a far from the reality. I was never loved by them; I was a nuisance to them. I found a home here that I've been missing, and longing for, my entire life."

"That's good Blaine." Bonnie said and got up on her feet. She walked over to him and gave him a hug.

"So, should we watch the rest of the movie?" She turned to Finn who nodded.

"Burt, wanna call Ellen again?" Blaine asked him.

"Sure, now?"

"Why not?"

"Okay." Burt got his cell out and placed it on the table. He looked at Blaine and waited for him to nod before he dialed the number.

"Hello?"

"Ellen, it's Burt Hummel again."

"Burt! Hi! So glad you called!"

"I told you I would."

"How is Blaine today?"

"He's okay. He had a rough night, but he's fine now."

"What happened during the night?"

"He was tortured by nightmares."

"Poor boy. Does it happen often?"

"It happens when he's working through stuff. But we're kinda use to it in this house; he isn't the only one with nightmares. My wife goes from bed to bed every night trying to calm our boys down."

"I don't believe that."

"No, that's not entirely true, but Blaine isn't the only one who has things to process in this family."

"If you don't mind me asking, how many are you in your family?"

"You can ask whatever you want. I'll try and answer if you'll try to have an open mind. We're not a normal family, and we don't need to deal with more judging than we have to."

"I'd never judge you, you've saved my boy."

"Okay, then. We're six in this household right now. There's my wife, Carole, who's sitting next to me as we speak, and I. My son, Kurt, who is Blaine's boyfriend, Carole's son, Finn and Finn's best friend, Noah, who lives here when he needs. So we have four boys, all brothers, but no one is related."

"That's a big family."

"Yes, it's a lot of love!"

"And fighting, I can guess?"

Burt glanced at Blaine before answering.

"We try not to fight, actually. It can have a triggering effect around here and we want to avoid that at the moment."

"Oh... Is Blaine completely broken?"

"I'd say he was at one point, but he's building himself up again."

"You said he's in therapy?"

"Yes, he is."

"That must be expensive for you."

"When it comes to our son's well being, nothing is too expensive." Burt said while looking at Blaine.

"But I'd like to contribute." Ellen said.

"Look, we didn't call to ask for money. Blaine wanted you to know he's doing okay, that's all."

"I know you didn't ask for money... I just... I want to help him."

Blaine took a deep breath.

"Why did you leave me then?"

"Blaine?" Ellen's voice rose.

"Why didn't you take me with you? Why would you leave me behind? Did you know it went three days before my father told me she'd died? Why wouldn't you take me with you? I could have felt love and safety from when I was three. Why? Why didn't you take me with you? Why?" Blaine screamed to the cell.

Carole held him as he sobbed.

"Blaine I'm so sorry." Ellen was crying on the other side of the line. "I'm so sorry."

"Well, it's too late for that now, isn't it?" Blaine screamed as he got up and ran upstairs.

He barged into his and Kurt's room where Kurt and Rachel were studying. He screamed in frustration and went into their bathroom. Kurt was quick on his feet and managed to slip in to the bathroom before Blaine slammed the door shut. Blaine screamed as he threw towels, toothbrushes, hair gel around in the small room. Kurt didn't do anything to stop him. Blaine kicked the laundry basket and started throwing clothes around him. His screaming never stopped. Kurt took a hold on him when he slumped against the floor and started banging his head against the floor. Blaine flinched at the touch; he had been unaware of his presence. When he saw it was Kurt, he welcomed the embrace that was being held open for him. His screaming finally died down for a moment as he slumped in Kurt's arms.

Burt was the first one on his feet in the kitchen. He followed Blaine upstairs and sat on the floor outside the bathroom while he heard Blaine finally letting out his anger.

Carole was left with the crying Ellen. She took up the phone and turned off the speaker.

"Ellen?" She said with a soft voice. "This is Carole, Burt's wife, Blaine's mom for now."

"I'm so sorry."

"Listen, I know this must be heartbreaking for you to hear, but this is a good thing. I've been waiting for him to snap. He isn't really angry at you, he's angry with his mother and father, with the whole system who turned their back on him.

"You were the one who wanted this contact, who wanted to know how he was doing. He's doing fine, but he's got a lot of stuff to figure out. He hasn't been allowed to be angry before in his life. He has screamed at me before, and it's just because he needs to see if I still love him. He can't start a relationship with you before he knows if you're going to stick with him or not.

"If you want to be in his life, there's room for you, but this is your cue to think about that. You can't say you'll be there for Blaine and then don't be. He's been left and betrayed so many times, I won't allow it to happen again. I know that you're upset right now. I understand that. I'm gonna hang up and then I'm going to text you our address. If you want to be in Blaine's life, you're welcome here to meet him. I'll talk to him about that. You don't live far from here, Burt and I know that, but Blaine isn't aware. But if you want to be in his life, you're welcome to. But don't come and then change your mind. You can't do that you him. I'm going to hang up now, and you think about this."

Carole hung up and then texted the address to Ellen. She then went into the living room and asked Finn to either go to Bonnie's to watch the rest of the movie or watch it some other day. They decided to go over to Bonnie's. Carole climbed the stairs and told Rachel to go home, Kurt would call her later. She wasn't as cooperative as Finn and Bonnie had been, but Carole stood her ground and got her out of the house. She then sat down next to Burt outside the bathroom.

"Did you text Ellen the address like we talked about?" He asked her. She nodded and they waited in silence for any sign from inside the bathroom.

Inside the bathroom Kurt sat with Blaine. Blaine's anger was still raging inside of him. He gathered energy in Kurt's arms and kept screaming, hitting and kicking. Kurt made sure he didn't hurt himself more.

The doorbell rang and Carole went downstairs to dismiss who ever wanted their time. Burt took the chance and opened the door to the bathroom when Blaine went silent inside.

"You okay?" He whispered to Kurt.

"I'm fine. He's gonna need another x-ray on his wrist though."

"We'll take care of that tomorrow. Wanna trade places? Or can you deal with this?"

"It's no problem, it's not like he's hurting me."

"No, but this can be draining."

"It's okay. We all know he needs this."

Kurt finished the sentence just as Blaine rose from his embrace and started screaming again. Burt didn't close the door this time, but he remained outside. Carole came into the room with a woman he immediately understood was Ellen. He thanked his lucky star that someone from Blaine's early life didn't give up on him. Carole and Ellen sat down on the floor and waited.

Blaine's anger slowly died down. After some time he couldn't gather anymore energy and he laid on the bathroom floor in Kurt's embrace and let the flood of sadness come. He cried for what seemed like days. Kurt held him close and let him cry. After some time, even the tears died down and he was left drained of energy, hiccupping in Kurt's arms.

"How about we clean you up and get you to bed, honey?" Kurt's soft voice penetrated his conscious. Blaine nodded but didn't have the energy to move.

Kurt looked up, searching for Carole but found the eyes of a stranger, eyes filled with tears, pain and guilt. Ellen. Kurt chose not to dwell on that thought right now. He gestured to Carole to help him. Burt waited outside to give them some privacy but Carole motioned for Ellen to stay put and help them.

Together they managed to get Blaine into the bathtub. Kurt cleaned him and washed his hair. Then they dressed him in the softest pajamas they could find. Burt carried him to the bed and Kurt laid down next to him. Ellen and Carole sat down on the other side of him while Burt took a desk chair.

"Mom?" Blaine said with a hoarse voice.

"I'm here, sweets." Carole assured him.

"It hurts."

"I know, you might have broken it again. I've got some painkillers for you."

Kurt helped him to sit up and held the water glass for him.

"Kurty?"

"Yes, honey?"

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I screamed at Ellen."

Ellen let out a sob.

"It's okay, Blainey, I'm sure she understands."

"Did I hurt you?"

"Not at all."

Blaine snuggled closer into Kurt's body. He was exhausted. Kurt played with his long, damp curls and massaged his scalp. Before long he felt Blaine's body relax into sleep and the light twitching of his muscles. He looked up at Carole and Ellen.

"He's sleeping now."

Ellen let out another sob.

"What have I done?" She said.

"Ellen, this was something good. He needed this. He'll be dead tired and will sleep for the rest of the weekend, but he needed to get the anger out. You did the best of a shitty situation. There's no way you could've predicted what would happen. I'm sure that if you thought this would happen to him, you would've taken him with you."

"Of course!"

"Keep reminding yourself that."

Ellen watched Blaine in silence for a moment.

"He's so tiny."

"He wasn't provided with the nutritious food he would've needed as a child. And he's lost some weight while he's been with us as well."

"He has?"

Carole glanced at the bed and found that the outburst of emotions had got to Kurt as well.

"Why don't we get downstairs and we'll fill you in with everything that happened during the time he's been here. But, before that; look at them. They are the true meaning of the word love. They are so strong together." Carole nodded towards the sleeping couple in the bed before she got up and walked out of the room.

Ellen watched them for a while before going after Carole. Burt tucked them both in and pressed a kiss on Kurt's forehead.

"I'm so proud of you, son."

Kurt smiled to him before he pressed another kiss on Blaine's head.

"You too, son."