Disclaimer: I don't own Glee : )

Inspired by the tale of my first puppy :I

"Okay, so your papa's list says that we should buy.." Blaine's eyes widened at the neatly written list he had in his hand. "A lot of things."

Juliet nodded knowingly and tightened her grip on her daddy's hand. "Yes, daddy, papa loves to shop.. even I know that."

Blaine looked double-checked that his car wasn't parked in a tow-away zone and smiled down at Juliet. "Yeah, that was a silly statement, wasn't it Julie?"

Juliet nodded and frowned to herself. "Daddy, why isn't papa with us? I miss him being with us."

"That's because he's sick with that nasty flu bug that you had. And I, Blaine Devon Hummel-Anderson, also known as Nightbird.."

"And I- Juliet Elizabeth Anne Hummel-Anderson, also known as.. Daddy, what was I known as again?" Juliet whispered, once she had put her fist in the air.

"You're little bat, darling, my trusty sidekick." Blaine informed her. "Anyway, I'm going to be the best husband in the world, and you're going to be the best daughter in world.. and we're going to do all of papa's work."

Juliet jumped up and down excitedly. "A-And then daddy, and then can we make papa some tomato soup.. papa loves tomato soup!"

"Yes," Blaine smiled as he opened the shop door at the edge of the square, "but not homemade, because papa doesn't like our homemade stuff."

Many groceries, and some candy for Juliet later (Kurt wouldn't know about that) the father and daughter duo walked out of the store hand in hand. Juliet was carrying a small sack of groceries, and Blaine was carrying a larger sack.

"Okay so your papa is going to be very happy that we finished everything on his list.. just don't tell him about the cand-"

Juliet cut Blaine off with a gasp, and Blaine quickly grabbed the other grocery sack before she could drop the items all over the ground. She had imbibed her papa's spontaneous behavior.

Blaine's face fell when he realized what his little girl was looking at. They had been so busy talking to each other, that they hadn't even noticed the pet store in front of them. It was a small one, and it looked a bit sketchy, but it was a pet store nonetheless.

And Juliet was freaking out over the sign that read..

Puppies 4 sale (Blaine was also a bit confused as to why it was so hard to spell out for).

"Shit." Blaine whispered to himself.

He turned to his car, which was right beside him. He could always grab Juliet's hand before her intelligent 5-year-old mind could put two and two together; that she had gigantic doe eyes, and she could persuade her father into getting her anything.

Blaine knew as soon as she turned her head, he was doomed.

"Daddy can we go look at puppies... please." Juliet begged.

Blaine looked at her gigantic brown eyes, and the way her curly dark hair framed her face. She looked so small in her little stripped shirt and blue jeans, and little hat.

"Uh.. we shouldn't papa's sick and we need to-"

"B-But daddy, papa is sick, he's asleep, daddy!" Juliet whined.

She stomped her feet slightly and pouted her rosy lips. She folded her hands together and batted her eyelashes. Blaine knew that he was doomed and he sighed in defeat.

"Fine, but only looking, because your papa isn't a big fan of pets." Blaine said sternly. "Let's put these groceries in the car and then we'll go inside."

"Yay! Thanks daddy!" Juliet giggled.

She clapped her hands and jumped up and down.

Blaine wrinkled his nose as soon as soon as they entered the pet store. To say it was run-down, well that was an understatement. It was a mess. It smelt terrible, the floors were dirty, and the walls were grimy- and Blaine was pretty sure he could see mouse droppings scattered around the room.

He wanted to grab Juliet and pull her out, but he knew her little heart would break. It was one of those moments where he just wanted to take Kurt's place and be sick instead, because Kurt wouldn't have given in like Blaine did.

"Welcome." An old man behind the counter mumbled.

He was a large old man, with a rather large mole on his left cheek. His hair was grimy, and his left eye was focused somewhere else. He was wearing a shirt that read Ted's pets but it seemed to be old and worn down, like the pet store itself.

"The rodents are to your left, and the cats are in the back.. and-"

"Where are the puppies?" Juliet interrupted.

"Juliet, we don't interrupt." Blaine scolded.

"The puppies are o'er there in the back.." He drawled. "They're mutts."

"What're mutts?" Juliet asked, her nose crinkled slightly and she resembled Kurt so much in that moment.

"Means their momma had a lot of se-"

"OKAY, let's go look at those puppies, Juliet!" Blaine forced.

He grabbed Juliet's hand, and led her to the back, where they could hear the distant barking. Juliet was mumbling something about how she wasn't allowed to interrupt, but Blaine was.

To be fair, Blaine didn't want to have to explain to Juliet what sex was just yet.

Juliet soon forgot when her she laid her eyes on the puppies that were in the kennel. They were brown and white, and Blaine had to admit that they were very cute. Juliet seem to think so as well.

She let go of Blaine's hand and pressed her nose against the glass. She put her small index finger on the glass and teased the puppies slightly. Everything was going well, she hadn't looked at Blaine with her luminous eyes and begged for one.

And then she saw the one in the back. It was the smallest, and it was looking at Juliet with large eyes. It seemed to be the runt out of all the puppies, the one no one wanted.

"She like the one in the back?" The old man asked. "The puppies are a bit of Jack Russel, bit of Chihuahua, maybe some Min-Pin."

Blaine jumped because he hadn't even noticed the man behind him. He could have said no, he should of said no, but he nodded slightly and sighed. "Could she hold it?"

"Sure thing." The man mumbled. He approached the glass cage and unlocked it with a key he pulled out of his pocket. He lifted the puppy up and handed it to Juliet.

It was love at first sight. Juliet squealed slightly, and the puppy licked her face, and nibbled on her nose. She pet the puppy and kissed it's little head. "I love the puppy, daddy! Can we have him?"

Those four words Blaine had been dreading.

Right in front of Ted too.

"Uh.. Juliet, I'm sure Ted here wants a good price for her, and papa doesn't want a puppy." Blaine cleared his throat. He was hoping that Ted wasn't homophobic, or maybe he didn't put two and two together.

"Nah, that's the runt, no one wants it." Ted explained. "Heck, I'll let you take him for five dollars if you want. I'm sure your husband will want em' everyone loves a good puppy."

Thanks a whole lot, Ted!

"Well, you obviously haven't met my husband." Blaine mumbled.

"I'm gonna have to take him to the pound soon, because everyone is buying his brothers and sisters, and seems like no one wants to poor little guy." Ted explained.

Shit. Blaine was screwed because he could see Juliet's little heart shatter in two when he said those words. His heart shattered in two when Ted said the words as well.

But he would not give in.

He, Blaine Devon Hummel-Anderson, would not give in to his daughter.

This puppy would not become their puppy.

"I think the puppy looks like a Stitch, daddy do you think the puppy looks like a Stitch, like off of Lilo & Stitch?" Juliet asked.

She tilted her head slightly to the side and examined the mutt. The puppy looked scared, with it's big brown eyes and it's tail between it's legs. Juliet had been manhandling the poor pooch ever since they bought him from dear ol' Ted.

Now, even though Blaine said he wouldn't buy the dog, Blaine was carrying all the dog supplies they needed. That consisted of a food bowl, some toys, and a large bag of puppy food.. oh and some napkins for Kurt to clean up Blaine's blood when he was through murdering him.

"Sure honey, looks like a Stitch." Blaine grunted as he hoisted the bag up further. He opened the front door and led Juliet, and Stitch, inside the house. He set the puppy food down and looked around. "Okay, so we don't tell papa about the puppy until we know he's awake, and we make him some clam chowder." Blaine instructed.

"Okay." Juliet nodded obediently.

"Now sit the dog down and help me bring in the groceries." Blaine added.

"But, what if Stitch goes upstairs." Juliet pointed out.

"We won't take that long, and he's so little it will take him quite a bit of time to get all the way up the stairs." Blaine explained.

Juliet nodded and sit the puppy down, but not before kissing his head. The daughter and father walked out to the car, and started getting the groceries. Blaine was trying to hurry, and perhaps he rushed Juliet a bit too much.. because soon the groceries were on the ground.

"Sorry daddy!" Juliet gasped.

"It's okay pumpkin, it was daddy's fault." Blaine soothed. He bent down and started picking up the groceries, and he silently prayed that Kurt wouldn't choose to get up yet.

"BLAINE DEVON HUMMEL- ANDERSON!" A voice screeched.

Blaine and Juliet looked up from the mess simultaneously. Their brown eyes met, and their faces read the same message: crap. Blaine hurriedly put the groceries in the bag, and he and Juliet were running in the house.

"Where's Stitch?" Juliet gasped.

"WHY IS THERE A RAT IN MY BEDROOM?" Kurt croaked from upstairs.

"With your papa." Blaine mumbled.

The two quickly ran up the stairs, well Juliet crawled because her little legs were strained from all the carrying. When they approached the scene in the bedroom, it was almost too funny.

Kurt was standing on the bed, hair ruffled, nose red and running. He was only wearing a long shirt and shorts, and he was glaring down at the small, happy puppy at his feet, as if it were a monster.

"WHY IS THERE A RAT IN MY BEDROOM?" Kurt repeated.

"It's not a rat papa, it's Stitch." Juliet smiled sweetly.

"Stitch?" Kurt repeated slowly, and his face grew into a small impatient smile. "And what exactly is Stitch, little lamb?"

"He's a puppy, papa!" Juliet giggled happily. "Daddy got em'."

"Did he?" Kurt cocked his head slightly to the right, and his eyes grew narrow and he smiled a bit more sinister like. "Daddy bought you a puppy, he went out and he bought you a puppy?"

"It wasn't exactly like that?" Blaine's voice got unnaturally high at the end.

"It wasn't Blaine?" Kurt's voice got unnaturally low. "Then what was it like, pray tell!"

Kurt's voice cracked at the end, and he stopped with a fit of coughs. Blaine approached him, and started rubbing his back soothingly. He was getting really fed up with this flu bug.

"D-Don't t-touch m-me right now H-Hummel.. A-Anderson!" Kurt choked.

Blaine helped him lay back, and kissed his forehead. "You're burning up, baby."

"Shuddup, I'm mad at you." Kurt pouted.

"Papa, does that mean we can't have the puppy?" Juliet sniffed.

Kurt sighed, and looked at the little girl in front of him. Her eyes were wide and teary as she watched her papa. Blaine knew that they would keep the puppy, because Juliet was Kurt's soft spot. He would lose every ounce of manners he had to take up for her, and he would gladly give up his clean home to make Juliet smile.

"But we have a puppy, bumblebee, your father. He's got the eyes and everything." Kurt mumbled.

"B-But I love Stitch, papa. I love him." She picked up the puppy, and walked over to her papa. "See he's cute papa, and he's really nice. He won't make a mess or anything, I promise on Malibu Barbie."

The puppy licked Kurt's face, and wagged it's tail happily. Kurt giggled slightly and pet the dog with his right hand. "Okay, fine. But if he eats one of my shoes, he's gone."

"Thanks so much, papa. I love you!" Juliet exclaimed.

"Kay', Lilo, just go down stairs and keep Stitch out of our room." Kurt teased. "Love you sweetheart."

Juliet let out a squeal and carried the puppy down the stairs.

"You made her really happy, baby." Blaine smiled down at Kurt.

"I know." Kurt responded. "You know I expect some really good treatment why I get off of this flu bug, right Blaine?"

Blaine chuckled, and kissed his husband's fever warm forehead. "I know."

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