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It was taking its toll on Kurt, Blaine could tell. Though Kurt hadn't said anything, he and Cooper had found out about the stories about Kurt being a cheater and it was getting worse. The media was allotting no mercy for Kurt, who just let it rain down on him, praying that Blaine wasn't brought into it other than being the victim.
"Kurt," Cooper said softly, sitting on their couch finally have gotten Kurt's forgiveness a week after the sleep over with Blaine where Kurt had woke them up with breakfast and singing in the kitchen. Cooper hadn't even gotten home before he saw an entertainment magazine with Kurt's picture on the front with the words Cheater plastered over his face. Ever since then Cooper remained protectively at Kurt and Blaine's apartment unless Kurt insisted he go to work.
"Hmm," Kurt said softly as he looked up from the Ipad he was looking at.
"Have you thought about doing a press conference to clear all of this crap up?" Cooper asked, Blaine's head snapped up to his brother while Kurt just looked back at the tablet.
"There is no reason for that. I have no cause to be ashamed and this will blow over soon."
"It's been going on for two weeks," Cooper corrected him. Kurt didn't even look at his brother in law as he answered,
"I'm not- ." Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Blaine jumped slightly, not expecting the noise.
"I've got it," Cooper offered, opening the door to an excited, bouncy Rachel Hudson.
"KURT!" She squealed completely ignoring Cooper and grabbing Kurt frantically as Blaine looked on mildly amused, mildly scared. "Hi guys," she greeted Blaine and Cooper quickly before turning back to Kurt.
"Oh my God, Rachel, breathe," Kurt ordered as Rachel began panting as she wasn't getting enough oxygen.
"We have to go to the reunion together!" Rachel cried, Kurt looked at her for a moment before groaning in annoyance.
"Oh God has it really been ten years," Kurt asked, "I'm getting old."
"You're gorgeous," Blaine said, not actually meaning to say it aloud, blushing brightly when he realized he had indeed been heard by everyone around. Kurt grinned at him,
"You're too good to me." This caused Blaine to blush harder and look at his feet; Cooper playfully shoved him,
"Puppy dog." Blaine chuckled and smiled at his brother before looking sheepishly at his husband.
"You two..." Rachel, rolled her eyes, sighing, "I don't think Finn and I have acted like you two act in years."
"Sucks for you," Kurt responded, smirking, "So, reunion, when is it?" Then he paused, "Oh God, is Brittany planning it? I can't handle another dinosaur themed party." He and Rachel laughed while Cooper and Blaine looked on confused. "Uhh anyway, do I need to call Brit and tell her-"
"God, no, Santana planned it, it's weekend after next." Kurt's eyes widened,
"That's really soon, what the hell happened to sending invitations months in advance." Rachel sighed heavily,
"Well Santana gave them to Brittany and she hid them, and when Santana found them she said that she was scared the dropbox was going to eat them..."
"..." Kurt stared for a moment in disbelief, "How did she beat me?" Rachel smiled and patted his cheek condescendingly,
"She was a cheerleader who showed her panties.",
"I was a cheerleader too," Kurt whined playfully. Rachel laughed,
"You never showed your panties."
"Maybe not at school, he didn't," Cooper said. Blaine instantly reached out and smacked Cooper hard in the chest,
"What were you doing looking at my husband in his panties?" Kurt laughed as Cooper rubbed his chest where he was sure a bruise would form.
"I didn't know he'd be awake and I came downstairs in your house in just my boxers and he was sitting on the couch eating left over chinese food."
"The first time," Cooper laughed and this time dodged Kurt's smack.
"I just forgave you Cooper Anderson, do you really wanna get back on my bad side." Cooper immediately stopped smiling and shook his head,
"Sorry." Kurt smirked triumphantly,
"You have two puppies," Rachel smiled warmly at the two Anderson boy, one who was glowering at his brother, the other who had his head on Kurt's shoulder,
"You still love me right, Kurt? Kurt? You love me, right?" Kurt rolled his eyes and shoved Cooper teasingly,
"I'll let you know." Blaine looked at Kurt pouting at the fact that he was practically being ignored. "Oh sweetheart, you know you never have to worry, it doesn't matter who sees me in my underwear, you are the only one that can get me to take them off." Blaine turned the color of a fire engine and Rachel gasped,
"Kurt! He is fourteen!" Kurt's mouth drop opened,
"Oh God! I'm sorry, I didn't-" Cooper had practically fallen to the floor he was laughing so hard and Blaine had his head ducked, now blushing past his neck. "I'm so sorry, I just meant-"
"No," Blaine squeaked, "It's fine," his voice sounded like he was being strangled.
"Cooper, do you think you could act like an adult long enough to help me out here?" Kurt hissed at Cooper who was having trouble breathing at this point as the laughter stole his breath.
"N-n-n-o-o-oh-h, Y-o-ou-u-r-r-r'e do-o-do-i-ing f-fi-in-n-ne,"
"Ass," Kurt grumbled before turning back to Blaine's whose face had faded to an adorable pink shade. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking."
"It's fine, really, I just- wasn't expecting it," Blaine claimed. Kurt smiled softly at Blaine who grinned weakly back.
"So anyway, why am I just hearing about the reunion, mail eating dropbox or not?" Kurt asked.
"Well we announced it on Facebook but..." Rachel cocked an eyebrow in judgment.
"Okay, considering we are 27, I think it's time to deactivate our Facebook. If people want me to show up, they can call me."
"Well I'm here so..." Rachel stuck out her tongue,
"Wow, are you sure you aren't fourteen too." Rachel smacked him and Blaine laughed softly. "I'm sure I can ask off, it shouldn't be a problem,"
"Good, because I was thinking we could go a few days early," Rachel suggested.
"Why?" Kurt asked, not wanting to be in the same town as Mr. and Mrs. Anderson longer than he had to. He knew he didn't have to see them, but if they found out about Blaine being in town they would come knocking on Burt and Carole's door and Kurt didn't want to have to deal with them again.
"Because maybe you could take Blaine around... you know to familiar haunts," Rachel hinted, trying not to make it more obvious than she already was. Blaine was looking at Kurt like a trusting child and Kurt wondered if maybe it was a little too trusting.
"That's not a terrible idea," Kurt agreed, smiling softly at Blaine, "Would that be okay with you?" He asked Blaine even though he knew he could tell Blaine that they were going and the younger man wouldn't argue, but that's not how they worked, it never had been.
"I don't know," Blaine said, Kurt nodded in agreement but then Blaine smirked, "Do you think Cooper can survive by himself for that long?"
"You little shit," Cooper cried grabbing his brother and putting him in a headlock and Kurt watched the two wrestle for a few minutes before sighing, both of them on the ground, Cooper sitting on Blaine's legs, holding his arms over his hands as Blaine put up a good fight, flipping and turning as much as he could to get out from under his captor.
"This must be what it's like to have kids." Kurt claimed, Rachel giggled and nodded, she then grabbed Cooper and pulled him away from Blaine.
"Okay kids, time to give mommy and daddy some alone time," Rachel said. Cooper paused, looking up and pulling Blaine back on the ground as he tried to get back up from the floor.
"Can Dad give us some money?" Cooper asked, looking up at Kurt. Kurt rolled his eyes, smiling softly though as he knew this family was what Blaine never thought he could ever have. "Yes, I can't just send out a grown man without money," Cooper laughed and finally stood up, using Blaine's shoulders and shoving him back down playfully.
"I hate you," Blaine exclaimed, kicking Cooper's calf softly so as not to actually hurt his brother. Cooper laughed and offered his hand to Blaine, who took it suspiciously only to be jerked to his feet with more strength than necessary and practically threw him in Kurt's arms.
"You okay, Babe?" Kurt asked, kissing Blaine's forehead as the boy preened under him affection.
"Yes," Blaine said, grinning at his husband as he helped him to grow stable on his feet.
"What do you say Bb, we'll go grab pizza and ice cream while mom and dad have boring adult talk?" Blaine laughed softly and nodded,
"Sure, sounds good."
"I want you both back before dark though, Coop," Kurt claimed. Cooper rolled his eyes,
"Fine, you're no fun." Rachel and Kurt chuckled as Cooper grabbed Blaine and pulled him towards the door.
"Wait!" Blaine pulled away from Cooper and ran up to Kurt, kissing his lips lightly, "I love you." Kurt beamed and ran his fingers through his hair,
"I love you too." Blaine smiled and went back to Cooper who had his eyebrows raised,
"Really? You'll see him again in like two hours."
"Shut up," Blaine said blushing slightly, but Kurt grinned at him and winked quickly, and so Blaine smiled back and turned away and followed his brother out the door, waving quickly right before Cooper grabbed his shirt, rolling his eyes and pulling him out the door. Kurt let out a soft laugh until he realized Rachel was staring at him,
"What?"
"You two are ridiculous," she claimed. Kurt shrugged, smirking sheepishly,
"Maybe, but I have fallen in love even more in love with him so, I am not complaining." Rachel smiled,
"I'm happy for you, but we really do need to talk." Kurt looked at her slightly confused, her tone sounded to serious for it to be about the reunion,
"About what?" Rachel reached into her bag and pulled out a magazine with a picture of him and Henry with SECRET LOVERS across the front. "Oh God, you don't believe that. Please tell me you don't think I'm that stupid." Kurt couldn't imagine his friend actually thought he'd cheat on the love of his life.
"No, I know it's a load crap, but it's everywhere, Kurt, even my cast is talking about it. And even though I defend you it's the kind of thing where they just shake their head like I'm the one who's dumb. What are you going to do about this?"
"I've been through this so much with Cooper." Kurt moaned, sick of everyone acting like he truly had something to apologize for. "I'm not doing anything about it, it will blow over and everyone will forget about it eventually. Michael knows it's bullshit, Henry's been fired, Blaine knows he's the only one I'd ever love, so I don't feel the need to explain myself to a bunch of nosy actors and audiences." Rachel sighed, one thing she and Kurt had never seen eye to eye on was Rachel could push aside some of her morals when it was needed, Kurt never would, though he had admitted to her that he'd put a laxative in another actor's drink so he would miss his audition, but they never mentioned it again.
"This isn't just your pride or whatever, this could effect future jobs, Kurt," Rachel said.
"Oh my God, Rachel, if they don't want to hire me because of something as trivial a rumor, then that's there lost, now seriously let it go." Kurt said, and he used a tone that to anyone else would have silence them, but Rachel wasn't just anyone.
"I feel like this is going to hurt you for the rest of your life if you don't do anything about it now." Rachel pleaded with the person she loved more than anyone else in the world after her husband. She could never forget that he had been one person who was always there for her, once they became friends they were always in each other's corners. When Rachel had gotten into NYADA and Kurt hadn't, he'd still been at the train station grinning genuinely at her as he hugged her and waved her off, to their dream school. In the end he'd been happy at NYU and was doing just as well on stage as she was.
"No! The only people I care about being hurt by it know I'm innocent and I will not give them the pleasure of getting to me." Kurt snapped, crossing his arms and this time, Rachel knew it was time to stop. There was nearly a minute of awkward silence before Rachel carefully put her hand on his arm,
"You know it's because I love you, right? Because I don't want to see you get hurt." Kurt's expression softened and he turned to her and opened his arms and she smiled as she came into them, wrapping her arms around his middle as she only just reached his shoulders in height.
"I know, your heart tends to be bigger than your brain sometimes," she playfully smacked his back but smiled into his shoulder. "I love you too, by the way," Kurt muttered. Rachel would always be one of his closest friends. She had been the one stability when they moved to New York together. She had been thing that kept him sane the first year of college without Blaine. As close as they had been in high school, they became even closer after because for that year... they were all each other really had.
"I just hate what they're saying about you and I want you to just make them see that you are not this horrible person that they are making you out to be." Kurt chuckled lightly,
"Rachel, I learned a long time ago that what people say about me is because they hate themselves, and it makes them feel better to say terrible things. But I know I am better than them and they can't touch me, or Blaine, so I'm just going let them do what they think they have to." Kurt explained, brushing Rachel's hair away from her face. "Don't worry about me, Elphie, your Guylinda can take care of himself." Kurt wouldn't lie to himself that he had been slightly bummed that neither of Wicked's main two stars were men, but Rachel had told him when she got the job of Elphaba that he would always be her favorite Guylinda, no matter who played opposite her.
"Doesn't mean you should have to," Rachel said. "You've been taking care of people your entire life, it's time someone took over so you can fall apart."
"I learned how to pretend I don't want to crawl inside a hole and never come out, a long time ago. I don't think I remember how to fall apart." Rachel leaned up and kissed his cheek,
"You're an amazing person." Kurt smiled at her and suddenly his cell phone rang, he looked down at it, he didn't recognize the number but answered anyway.
"Hello?" Rachel watched his face as his eyes widened and tears filled her eyes and she tensed up sharply. "Are you serious!?" He let out a sob mixed with a laugh and she realized it was good news. "Six weeks? Yes! Of course we'd be thrilled to have her!" Kurt let out another sob, tears streaming down his face, grabbing Rachel and pulling her to him, phone still in hand. "I'll be there December 16h, yes ma'am…. Thank you, thank you so much!" He ended the call and pulled back from Rachel, tears soaking his face. "That was the adoption agency, a little girl was born yesterday and she's ours!" He half squealed, half wailed as Rachel threw her arms around him, tears now streaming down her own cheeks.
"Oh God, I'm so happy for you, Kurt, this is amazing! You two will be such-" Rachel cut herself off, separating them again, "Wait, Kurt, what about Blaine?"
"What about Blai-?" Kurt cut himself off, "Oh God." He whispered, "No, we've- this is- why? Why does this have to happen now?! We filled out so many papers and did so much work and then he can't remember he wanted a baby and now…" Suddenly he gasped, his eyes looking past Rachel to see a nearly sobbing Blaine, he didn't know how much Blaine had heard, but apparently it was enough. Cooper came in behind him,
"Blaine, what are you-?" Cooper saw the look on everyone's faces and knew something was wrong. "I forgot my wallet, what happened?" Blaine suddenly moved, pushing past Kurt to their bedroom,
"Blaine!" Kurt called going after him instantly, Cooper moved to follow but Rachel put her hand on his chest, stopping him
"Cooper….They got the baby." Cooper looked at her for a moment before his face burst into a grin.
"Oh my God that's awesome! I'm going to be an uncle! This is—" Then as if all the air had been sucked out of the room, Cooper faltered. "Oh."
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