Sorry about the wait, I meant to post this morning like I usually do but things got away from me. However, this is the longest chapter yet so hopefully that will make up for it. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks!

After the Holidays Kurt tried to focus on things other than his feelings for Blaine. He had sent in his application to NYADA, but he knew there was still a chance he'd end up in California and he wasn't planning on another year of community college so he had reluctantly sent in applications to UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts as well. Not that they weren't good schools, but somehow sending in those applications felt like giving up. Especially with the thought of Blaine going to New York without him.

Blaine had amazing grades and had led the Warblers for years and had great recommendations from his teachers, Kurt had no doubt he'd get into NYC. That meant that Kurt just had a matter of months before Blaine moved across the country and he only got to see him on Holidays and special occasions. Kurt didn't like to think about that. He'd become so comfortable with how things were now and Blaine was such a big part of his life. He couldn't change anything though, so he was spending as much time with Blaine as possible.

Things had been different since Christmas. A good different, they spent more time together and maybe it was wishful thinking on Kurt's part, but he felt like he caught Blaine looking at him at times or sitting closer than absolutely necessary. This wasn't one of those times though. Blaine had gotten home from school with Sebastian in tow. To Kurt's amazement and despair they were still dating and Sebastian seemed to want a piece of Blaine for himself and was around much too much for Kurt's liking.

Right now Kurt was sitting in a chair in the living room watching Sebastian cuddle up close to Blaine on the sofa. It was killing him.

"I'm going to go get something to drink." Kurt said suddenly and Blaine and Sebastian looked away from the show they were all watching. "You two want anything? Or you want to come with me Blaine?" Kurt knew he was being irrational but he couldn't sit here any longer while Sebastian looped his arm around Blaine's shoulders or worked his hand up his leg.

"Um…" Blaine looked at Sebastian and then back at Kurt. "Sure." He said and got up. "Do you want anything?" He asked Sebastian.

"Yeah babe, maybe some ice tea?"

Kurt felt his blood boil as he saw the way Sebastian watched Blaine's ass as he walked away. They got out to the foyer before Blaine grabbed Kurt's arm.

"Hey, is something wrong you're acting… weird."

"I'm not acting weird. I'm getting something to drink."

"Okay… I know you don't like Sebastian but-"

"This has nothing to do with Sebastian." Kurt lied.

"What though? What doesn't have to do with Sebastian? What's going on?"

"I just-" Kurt didn't know how to answer. He was acting weird and it was because of Sebastian. He didn't have to say anything though as they heard a voice behind them.

"You know what." They turned to see Sebastian joining them. "I think I'd like a diet coke instead." He was leaning on the door frame and looking cocky and Kurt wondered how much he had just heard.

Just then the front door opened and Cooper walked in. He had spent most of the day… doing whatever it was Cooper did when he was at home. Honestly Kurt wasn't entirely sure.

"Sebastian!" Cooper said seeing they had a visitor. "Good to see you."

Kurt really hated that Cooper couldn't see how wrong Sebastian was for Blaine. Blaine might listen to Cooper if he was against Sebastian. Kurt rolled his eyes and started towards the kitchen when he stopped, eyes catching something in Cooper's hand.

"Hey. What's that?" Sebastian asked before Kurt had a chance too.

"What's what?" Cooper looked down to where he had the day's mail in his hand. Kurt knew the exact moment that Cooper saw it because his eyes grew round and his body froze. Everyone was quite for a moment that felt more like a life time to Kurt.

"Oh my god." It was Blaine that finally broke the silence. "Is that… is that… what I think it is?"

"Shit." Sebastian hissed.

Kurt couldn't seem to find his voice as he slumped back against a wall, eyes glued to the bright blue envelope stuck among the mail in Cooper's hand. Cooper seemed to be as shocked as Kurt, he hadn't moved at all.

Blaine stepped forward reaching out his hand. "Coop, can I?"

Cooper looked up from the mail to Blaine and then down again. Kurt's heart was caught in his throat. Not Blaine's Lifemate letter, please no. Not now, it was too soon.

Cooper finally seemed to snap out of his daze as he dropped the rest of the mail and grabbed the blue envelope that had obviously come from the Lifemate Registry.

"Cooper." Blaine said again his voice sounding hoarse. But Cooper didn't give him the letter instead he tore it open crumpling the envelope in anger and throwing it to the ground as he unfolded he letter and read it to himself.

"Cooper!" Blaine called sounding shocked that his brother would open his mail.

"Oh god." Cooper said and Kurt felt like his legs would give out. Blaine was getting a Lifemate, the few months he had were going to be cut short and someone else would call Blaine their own. He thought he might be sick.

"What?" Blaine said his voice cracking.

"It's for us." Cooper answered looking up at Kurt.

"What?" Kurt said feeling a little light headed.

"Apparently on our Lifemate surveys the day we got married we both mentioned that a year from then we wanted to move. And… and the Lifemate Registry knows we want to move to opposite sides of the country. This is just a form letter."

"A form letter?" Kurt repeated not able to focus on Cooper's words. It wasn't Blaine's Lifemate letter? He wasn't about to lose him?

"Yeah." Cooper laughed. "They just want to know what our decision is, they are giving us 60 day to let them know where we're moving." He looked back at Blaine, beaming. "It isn't for you squirt! It isn't for you."

"Oh come on! Fuck that!" Sebastian said and Kurt was surprised to see how relived he looked. "That isn't cool, they should use a different color!"

"It's not for me?" Blaine asked in a small voice, the color returning to his face.

Kurt covered his mouth and held back a sob of relief, before whispering "Excuse me." And rushing from the room.

He raced to the kitchen and leaned over the sink trying to calm his breaths. It wasn't for Blaine, It wasn't for Blaine. He wasn't losing him. At least not yet. He felt a shutter run through his body, because he knew someday a blue letter would come and it would be for Blaine and everything that was so impossible now would become that much more impossible. But not today, today he still had Blaine here, with him.

He was alone for a moment before he heard someone quietly enter the kitchen, he turned expecting Blaine but found Sebastian instead.

"What do you want?" Kurt snapped. He felt wound tight and didn't have the patience for Sebastian right now.

"Cooper asked Blaine and me to go out for a little while so he could have some time to talk to his husband."

"Then leave already."

"We're going to, Blaine is just changing. Not that it matters because whatever he puts on I'll be taking off soon."

"Excuse me?" Kurt said his mouth going dry.

"Tonight's the night." Sebastian said with a grin steeping towards Kurt with a confident swagger. "We've been working up to it for a while and I think with the added relief of dodging the Lifemate bullet Blaine is going to be putty in my hands."

Kurt clenched his jaw, his breathing speeding up.

"Tan, smooth, fuckable putty in my hands." Sebastian said slowly. "It's about time I get some of that ass."

"Don't talk about him like that." Kurt clenched his fist. He wasn't a violent person, but he was ready to swing if Sebastian said one more thing about Blaine.

"Tsk, tsk Kurt. I thought I told you to get over this hopeless little crush of yours."

Kurt would have said more or tackled Sebastian our something, but Blaine and Cooper came in at just the right moment to have missed what Sebastian just said.

"Everything okay in here?" Blaine asked looking back and forth between Sebastian and Kurt.

Sebastian just smiled and strode over to Blaine planting a kiss on his mouth. "Fine babe. You ready to go?"

Blaine blushed and nodded. "Yeah. Sure." But he took one long look at Kurt mouthing. "You okay?"

Kurt nodded but he knew his face was red and his fist were still clenched.

Sebastian grabbed Blaine's hand and pulled him from the kitchen. Kurt was standing watching after them when he realized that Cooper was still there.

"What was that?" He asked and moved to lean against the counter.

"Nothing."

"You seemed really upset back there. With the letter."

Kurt looked at Cooper, his body language was relaxed but his brow was furrowed.

"I was just…" How was he going to explain why the thought of Blaine's Lifemate letter had nearly paralyzed him with fear?

"You're upset about the fact that we still can't agree on where to move?" Cooper supplied and Kurt looked up at him with wet eyes, just barely holding back his tears. That wasn't it, the letter was like a dunk in cold water, reminding Kurt of the inevitable future, and then there was Sebastian and what he said was going to happen tonight.

"I, um…" Kurt swallowed back his tears.

"That's what I told Blaine and Sebastian and then asked them to go out to dinner or something so I could talk to my husband."

"Thanks." Kurt said.

"But that's not why you're really upset." Cooper said in a kind voice.

"Yes… yes it is."

Cooper looked at him a long time and then frowned. "Fine. Okay. That's it then."

Kurt nodded and let out along breath.

"Come sit down." Cooper said and moved towards the kitchen table. Kurt followed him and sat down distracted, Sebastian words still playing in his head. Would Blaine really go that far with Sebastian? He didn't think he would, but then again he didn't understand their relationship at all. Why was Blaine even dating him? Worrying about what Sebastian and Blaine were going to get up too after thinking Blaine's Lifemate letter had arrived was almost too much for him.

"I've been thinking about California and New York." Cooper said.

Kurt tried to give him his full concentration, this was important.

"You still want California and I still want New York." Kurt said. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be selfish, but I can't give it up." I'm losing too much as it is. Kurt thought but didn't say out loud.

"I know."

"So I guess we just tell the Lifemate Registry and let them decided."

"No. I don't think so."

"They'll probably pick California anyway Cooper."

"Yeah. Actually I'm pretty sure they would."

Kurt looked down at the table hopelessly. "Then you win."

Cooper sighed. "I don't want to win Kurt. I want to find something that is good for both of us."

"I don't know what that would be."

"Blaine is moving to New York." Cooper said and Kurt looked up to see him smiling a little. "He always talked about New York, but when it came right to it I thought he'd chose L.A. I guess I was wrong, so if he wants good ol' NYC and you want NYC… then…" He shrugged.

"Wait. What?" Kurt said trying to follow Cooper's train of thought, was he saying what it sounded like he was saying?

"If my kid brother, who is pretty much my world, but don't you dare tell him that. And my husband who has been nothing but kind and understanding from day one, even when I've been a jerk, both want to live in New York City then I guess the Big Apple better make way for one Cooper Andrew Anderson-Hummel!"

"Wait… What?" Kurt repeated his heart leaping.

"But, no offence, I'm just going to use Cooper Anderson as my stage name. It is too much of a mouthful otherwise."

"Cooper, are you serious?" Kurt asked his skin buzzing with excitement that he wasn't sure he should be feeling yet.

"I am. I mean, I'll still be gone a lot. If my career takes off the way I want it to I won't be home too much… but you know, NYC could be my address even if I'm not there all the time. What do you say? Is that a life you could lead?"

"Yes!" Kurt said probably too fast. "I mean it isn't like I want you to be gone a lot or…. But yes, I… I think we could make that work!"

"Well I guess we need to turn in this letter to the Lifemate Registry and then start looking at what area of Manhattan we want to live in. Because if we are going to do this, I'm living in Manhattan."

Kurt jumped up from the table and ran around to give Cooper a hug, he could hardly believe this was happening. Cooper had done a complete 180 and it almost felt overwhelming.

"Thank you. Thank you! Oh god Cooper thank you so much!" He kissed his cheek. "I'm so happy. And I'll make it up to you somehow. I promise. Maybe in the summers when I'm not in school we could rent a house in L.A. or something? I don't know but, oh god, thank you so much!"

Cooper laughed and stood placing his hands on Kurt's shoulders and leaning down to kiss him. The kiss was short and sweet and Kurt didn't have to reciprocate before Cooper was pulling back. "I like it when you're happy kid." Cooper said.

Kurt smiled and bounced on his toes a little. He couldn't wait to tell Blaine. And his dad. He was going to call his dad right now.

Blaine left the house with an uneasy feeling in his stomach. Kurt had seemed so upset and he wasn't sure what it was about. He knew that Kurt was still worried about where he as going to move to, and it looked like he and Sebastian were fighting, but Blaine still felt like he was missing something.

But his brother had asked for sometime alone and he would give it to him. That meant going out with Sebastian for dinner and then a drive, they ended up going staying out late and making their way a little bit out of town to a hill overlooking the city.

It was a cliché make-out spot, but Blaine could admit it had a pretty view. Without really thinking about it he let Seb start to kiss him and then things grew more and more heated until they ended up in the backseat of Sebastian's car.

Blaine was on his back with Sebastian over him, they were both panting, hands all over each other as Sebastian kissed up the side of his neck and captured his lips with his own. If Blaine was being honest he was letting Sebastian do most of the work, he wasn't really in the right mindset, but it didn't feel bad.

"Come on baby." Sebastian said, his hands in Blaine's hair. "Give me something here."

Blaine slid his hand from Sebastian back to his ass and squeezed a little and Seb groaned and pressed himself down harder on Blaine. "God, you're so fucking hot." Sebastian panted between kisses and Blaine could feel himself getting warmer and his pants getting a little tight. "Come on. Come on." Sebastian moaned and started unbuckling Blaine's pants.

"No Sebastian." Blaine said stopping his hands. Seb huffed out a frustrated breath and went for Blaine's shirt instead. He slipped Blaine's unbuttoned shirt and undershirt off quickly and started moving down to kiss Blaine's chest and circle his tongue around his nipple.

"Oh god." Blaine cried at the unexpected sensation.

"See, I can make you feel good." Sebastian said his fingers sliding down to Blaine's pants again and unzipping them.

That was it. Blaine sat up and pushed Sebastian off of him. "I said no."

Sebastian lifted his hands in surrender. "I know, I know. Sorry I shouldn't have done that."

"Sebastian I'm just not ready."

"Okay! I know I get it... it's just that… we've been going out for five months… when do you think you will be ready?"

Blaine groaned in frustration and grabbed his shirt before opening the car door and getting out. He pulled his shirt back on and let the evening air cool his hot skin. Sebastian followed him out.

"I didn't mean to push." He said with a sigh.

"Yes you did."

"No. Blaine. I know I come on strong, but I don't want to do anything until you're ready."

"You just want me to be ready now." Blaine said crossing his arms and leaning up against the car.

Sebastian didn't answer he just leaned against the car at Blaine's side. They were quiet for a moment before Blaine spoke.

"You seemed upset today when we thought my Lifemate letter had come."

"Well yeah."

"Why?"

"For one I don't actually want my boyfriend to go get married. Go figure. And two, the whole Lifemate system is bullshit."

Blaine looked at Sebastian in surprise. "You think its bullshit?"

"Please, how can you live with your brother and Kurt and think it works?"

"Kurt is a great guy." Blaine said emphatically.

Sebastian shook his head and laughed. "Okay that's debatable, but let's say I concede that point for a moment. They still don't work together do they?"

Blaine knew the answer. "No. They don't… but maybe they will someday." Blaine wanted the best for them, maybe they could still find love even if the thought did make him feel a little

"No. I may not be much of a romantic Blaine, but I know people and those two will never be a real pair. The system may say they are matched, but the system got it wrong."

Blaine knew Sebastian was right and he felt guilty about the part of him was happy about that. Because being paired with someone you didn't love sounded terrible and he didn't want that for either of them.

"What are you going to do when you get your Lifemate letter?" Blaine asked.

"Tear it up and skip town." Sebastian smiled.

Blaine smiled back and sighed. "Yeah and get caught and end up in prison. The government takes skipping out on your Lifemate very seriously."

"I've heard of people doing it. I might know a guy…" Sebastian sighed. "But I'll probably just hope my Lifemate is really hot. And if he's not I guess I hope he doesn't care of I go find someone to fuck who is really hot."

"Not everything is about sex Sebastian."

Sebastian just grinned at him and nudged him with his shoulder. "I guess I should take you home. I haven't been much of a gentlemen this evening, but at least I can do that."

Blaine nodded and then went around to get into the passenger side of the car.

"You really don't want me going off and getting married huh?" Blaine asked when Sebastian started driving.

"No. We haven't even got past second base yet."

Blaine just groaned again and didn't say much else the rest of the way. When he got home he was surprised to see the light on in the kitchen. He went and checked on it to find Kurt awake. He was standing near the stove with just his pajama pants on and his hair all messed up, like he had been in bed but couldn't sleep.

"What are you doing?"

Kurt jumped and then spun around his hand over his heart.

"Sorry! Didn't mean to scare you." Blaine's eyes wondered over Kurt's pale toned chest for a moment and then he made himself look up. Kurt's eyes seemed to be wondering over him too though.

"Your shirts unbuttoned and barely on." Kurt said.

"Um…" Blaine looked down, he was kind of a mess.

"And where's your undershirt?"

Blaine rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Probably in the back of Sebastian's car."

Kurt's eyes went wide and his face went a little pale. He turned and flipped off the stove and Blaine could see that he was warming some milk.

"That looks good-" Blaine started but then Kurt spun back around.

"The back of Sebastian's car?"

"Yeah?"

"And your hair is all mess up and… oh my god, Blaine your pants are unzipped!"

Blaine looked down again embarrassed and quickly zipped his pants and started buttoning his shirt.

"What… what did you do?" Kurt asked.

Blaine didn't understand why Kurt sounded so agitated. "Seb and I were just fooling around and-"

"Fooling around?" Kurt said his voice pitched higher than normal.

Well not fooling around, fooling around. Blaine thought but didn't get a chance to say it.

"Well great!" Kurt said his voice rising in volume. "Fine! If you want to put out for that kind of guy then-"

"Put out?" Blaine said bewildered. "Where is this coming from?"

"I just thought you were smarter than that!" Kurt barreled on. "But apparently you're stupid enough to fall for his tricks."

"I… what?" Blaine could feel himself getting angry. Why was Kurt attacking him, what was going on? "Kurt, Sebastian is my boyfriend. I don't have to explain to you what we're doing." They hadn't even done much but he didn't know why he needed to explain that to Kurt.

"You don't love him!" Kurt yelled.

The night Blaine had accidently heard Kurt and Cooper together came rushing back to him.
"That doesn't stop you from 'putting out' now does it?" Blaine spat out. He had told himself he'd moved on from that, but obviously he hadn't.

"I… I…" Kurt looked stunned. "Cooper and I aren't…"

"I heard you Kurt."

"You… Oh god."

Blaine was breathing heavily. Half angry with Kurt and half angry at himself for being angry with Kurt. He clenched his jaw, determined not to cry even though that's what he felt like doing.

"It's none of my business what you and Cooper do." He said. "I shouldn't have said that, but it isn't any of your business what Sebastian and I do either." Though he wished it was.

Kurt shook his head. "No… I… You're right. I just wish you… Sebastian is only after one thing and if you can't see that-"

"Then I'm stupid, right? That's what you said." Blaine wanted to tape his mouth closed. Why was he still fighting with Kurt? He didn't want to fight with Kurt.

"But I didn't mean it!"

"Yeah, I think you did. I think you just showed me what you really think of me."

"No."

Kurt was sleeping with Cooper when he didn't love him and he was going to get mad when Blaine made out with his boyfriend? And call him stupid? Blaine was caught between being hurt and being angry. He shouldn't have let his feeling for Kurt get this far, it was messing up everything.

"Just keep the hell out of my life, okay?" Blaine yelled.

Kurt didn't say anything, but his face was blotched pink and his eyes were watery. Blaine wished he could make himself shut-up.

"Fine." Kurt said his voice low. "You make your own bad decisions then."

"And you make yours!" Blaine snapped.

They were both quiet for a moment looking at each other. Blaine could feel his heart constricting he wanted to walk out and start this conversation all over again, but it was too late to take it back.

"Goodnight Kurt." Blaine said wearily and turned away quickly hurrying to his room and regretting every step he took away from Kurt. What had he just done?