AN: I am going to take a minute to answer some questions a few of you have had about the Lifemate Registry, if you aren't interested, no worries just skip down to the page break to get to the story.

Okay so some of you were wondering what would happen to the boys if they were caught and basically how the Lifemate Registry would react to this situation. I love to answer these kinds of questions because I have all this information in my head about how the government is set up and the politics and history of the Lifemate Lottery that I'm leaving out of this for the sake of the story.

As far as our guys go, yes they would be in trouble if they were caught. Having Cooper's approval doesn't make it okay in the eyes of the government, it just means that Blaine and Kurt don't have to feel guilty about being with each other as far as Cooper's feelings go.

Affairs are illegal and while the government turns a blind eye to a lot of cheating (people are people and they don't have time to keep on top of all that) anyone purposefully and rebelliously making a stand against the Lottery's match or anyone denying or refusing their match would be prosecuted. The consequences could be anywhere from a fine, to making the matched pair move far away from the third party, to imprisonment. The U.S. is particularly strict with its Lifemate laws, while they might fine Cooper for the occasional one-night-stand Kurt and Blaine being a couple would be more serious.

People were also wondering how someone could get paired with someone outside of their preferred sexual orientation (like Cooper and Santana). The government says this happens sometimes because they are attempting to keep things fair, unbiased and random. But most people know that the more power you have the more control you get over your match and a lot of the LGBTQ community believe the government mispairs queer people as punishment for making them allow same sex marriages.

I had a lot of this in my original fist chapter that I scraped because it read more like a text book than a story. Oops.

Wheew, that was more than you wanted to know right? Anyhoot, enough of my overflow headcanon and on with the story!

They stayed upstairs in Kurt's new room for most of the afternoon and finally made themselves get up because Blaine's stomach was growling and Kurt insisted that he ate and took some pain medication. Blaine narrowly stopped himself from saying that Kurt was all the drugs he needed. God, being happy made him kind of a dork.

They got cleaned up and dressed and went downstairs to find Cooper in the living room. He took one look and their happy faces and linked hands and rolled his eyes. "Oh god, it's going to be gross living with you two now isn't it?"

Blaine laughed as Kurt just blushed.

"I think it will make up for years of you bringing home girls."

Cooper waggled his eyebrows, "Yeah, I do have game."

"That wasn't a compliment Cooper."

Kurt interrupted. "I think we'll make diner. I don't think Blaine's eaten anything all day."

"Don't worry about it!" Cooper said hopping up from the sofa, "I cooked."

"You cooked?" Kurt said arching an eyebrow,

"Yeah. Pizza. It should be here any minute."

The pizza did arrive shortly after that and Cooper insisted they all eat together in the rarely used dining room. "I have surprises for you."

"More surprised Cooper?" Blaine asked and Cooper just smiled.

When they sat down at the table Cooper placed two gifts down, one in front of Blaine and one in front of Kurt.

"You got us gifts?" Kurt asked in surprise. "Why?"

Cooper finished chewing a big bite of pizza. "I guess I'm just happy for you two. I know this is a really weird situation, but…" He shrugged. "I just wanted you to know I'm good with it. With you two being together."

Blaine could feel himself tearing up. Maybe on paper Kurt would always be Cooper's husband, but Cooper was letting them have a chance to be happy, for as long as they could.

Kurt seemed equally choked up. "Thank you." He said quietly.

"Open them!" Cooper sat grinning like an idiot. "They are both for both of you but Blaine should go first."

Blaine unwrapped his gift and opened the box; he stared at it for a moment before shutting the lid again. "Cooper!"

He had just opened a box full of lube, condoms and toys.

"You don't have to use mine now. Not that I mind." He winked.

Kurt groaned and covered his face. "This is humiliating."

"Well you two weren't exactly subtle about it."

"Should we be scared to open the other one?" Blaine asked.

"No, you have to open it."

Kurt glanced at Blaine warily and then opened the gift placed in front of him. Inside his box was an envelope, he opened it and pulled out two airplane vouchers.

Blaine looked at his brother questioningly.

"It's a trip to New York. I know we don't get to move until July or August, but you can use them when Kurt goes to audition for NYADA again and you two can just have a trip together."

"I don't even know if I'm going to get an audition again." Kurt said.

"You will." Blaine answered with a confident smile putting his hand over Kurt's.

Kurt shook his head and looked at Cooper. "This is really generous, you didn't have to do this."

"Well I might feel a little bad about going around behind your back when you and Blaine were being such tortured goody two-shoes."

"Thank you Cooper." Blaine said beaming.

Blaine spent some time that evening talking to his brother about how they were still going to have to make it look like Cooper and Kurt were a couple and Cooper understood. Just because the three of them were going to live as though Cooper and Kurt weren't Lifemates didn't mean they could be public about it.

Kurt was in his room for a long time talking to his dad and Blaine was left feeling nervous and antsy. Kurt insisted that Burt would be alright with things, and that he already pretty much knew what was going on, but Blaine was still afraid that Burt wouldn't like it. He was worried for nothing though. the next time he saw Burt he just gave Blaine a big hug. "You take care of my boy." He said. "And be careful."

"I will." Blaine promised. "We'll take care of each other.

Cooper had been right about Kurt getting another chance at NYADA. The week the Warblers went to Regoinals Kurt got his pre-acceptance letter from NYADA asking him to come and audition. Blaine ended up not joining the Warblers again even when Hunter had been expelled. He knew that Trent and some other guys were on the Council now and wished the best for them, but his Warbler days were behind him. New Directions ended up winning Regoinals, but Kurt and Blaine were more focused on each other and their upcoming trip to New York care that much.

Blaine got some time off from school (Cooper talked to the administration, he could be very persuasive) and so he and Kurt could go to New York in April for Kurt's audition.

Blaine was at school the day before they were to leave and was texting Kurt all day. Blaine was so focus on reading a text from Kurt that he almost ran right into Sebastian in the hallway. He looked up and then took a step back, feeling like they were too close to each other.

Sebastian smirked. "I don't bite you know."

"I know-"

"Actually I do bite.' Sebastian said leaning forward, "If you're into that."

Blaine rolled his eyes, he and Sebastian hadn't had much contact since things fell apart with the Warblers and Blaine had to make sure Sebastian knew their break up was for real.

"Sorry." Sebastian said with a smile. "Bad habit."

"Right." Blaine continued walking, but Sebastian followed him.

"What Blaine, we can't even be friends now? We can even talk to each other in the hall? We were friends before we ever dated you know."

"Yeah and you were always trying to get me to go out with you."

"Oh yeah…" Sebastian said with a grin big enough to make Blaine not able to hold back a smile himself. "We could try and be friends." Sebastian said hopefully.

"The school year is almost over and I'm going to New York in the fall."

"Blaine, come on."

Blaine stopped he hated feeling like he was being mean. "Yes, okay. We can be friends. But Sebastian, you've got to stop hitting on me."

"Why, you have a big scary boyfriend I should know about?"

Blaine glared at him.

"No hitting on you, sheesh. Fine. As long as you aren't dating your husband's little tw- uh… Cooper's husband." He said catching himself before saying something that would make Blaine angry.

Blaine stopped and stared at him. Did even Sebastian know something was between him and Kurt? God, they were going to have to be so careful if they were going to keep this a secret.

Sebastian looked at him incredulously. "Oh my god. You are with Kurt!"

"What? That's ridiculous Sebastian. He's married to Cooper."

"Well, shit. I never had a chance did I?" Sebastian continued ignoring Blaine's protest. "It's been him from the beginning hasn't it? I should have know when you first introduced me and told me how amazing he was."

"Sebastian, please."

Sebastian shook his head. "God, you're in a hell of a mess. You could land in serious trouble there is no way he is worth that."

"He is."

Sebastian sighed. "Whatever, your funeral. We won't talk about it."

Blaine nodded. "I'm sorry about the Warblers not winning Regionals."

"At least we lost fair and square. I'll always wonder if we would have won if we had driven you out. I guess karma is a bitch."

"You'll be in college this time next year." Blaine said. "And show choir won't seem as important."

Sebastian smiled before they parted ways in the parking lot. Blaine was glad they were friendly again, even if he would probably have to keep Sebastian in line sometimes.

When he got home that afternoon he found his and Kurt's suitcases lined up next to each other by the doorway, packed and ready for their early departure the next morning. Blaine smiled at his heart swelled. Just the simple sight of seeing his and Kurt's luggage together making everything feel more real. He and Kurt were together, they were dating. Yes they had to keep it a secret and that may be all they would ever rally have, but it was enough. It was enough to know Kurt loved him.

Kurt caught him staring at the suitcases and interrupted his thoughts by wrapping his arms around him from behind and pressing soft kisses to his neck. "Tomorrow we'll be in New York together."

Blaine smiled and turned his head to bump it against Kurt's. "Are you nervous about your audition?"

"Yes."

"You've made it in before, you will again." Blaine said and Kurt just squeezed him tighter.

When he and Kurt got to New York City they spent some time with Rachel Berry. Kurt had already told her about him and Blaine. They had decided together that they would tell their families in Blaine's case that just meant Cooper really. For Kurt in meant his dad, Carole and Finn. They had discussed a while if Finn was capable of keeping a secret, but decided when it came to the big things he could be trusted.

They eventually chose to tell Rachel too because now that they were moving to New York she'd be around a lot and they didn't want to have to pretend not to be in love in front of her. Rachel thought it was "so tragically romantic" that she immediately promised to keep their secret.

She took them around as if she owned the city and told them about all the spots she thought were the most romantic. You would have thought Rachel had single-handedly gotten them together for how proud she was. Blaine liked her though, and Kurt was so happy to see his friend that Blaine couldn't help but be happy too.

They spent plenty of time alone together as well. Cooper had booked them one king-sized room and they didn't complain knowing that two rooms would have been a waste of money anyway. They spent hours in bed making each other moan and hours walking hand in hand down the streets of New York.

They went to central park and Blaine posed for a cheesy picture with the stature of Hans Christian Anderson. They went to Times Square and just stood hand in hand watching the people pass by, and of course they went to Broadway. "I'm going to perform here one day." Kurt said.

"I know you will."

"You are too." Kurt said with a smile and Blaine planted a kiss on his cheek.

"I think I'd like to perform for a little while and then retire and teach."

"I like that. It suits you. I can just see it know, coming home from a long day of rehearsals and you are sitting in the living room grading papers." He smiled but then it got a little wobbly and Kurt's eyes turned sad.

Blaine cupped Kurt's neck and ran a thumb cross his jaw, then he kissed him until the sadness in his eyes ebbed away.

The next day Blaine and Rachel sat in the back of the auditorium with the other friends and family of the NAYADA hopefuls as Kurt auditioned. An intimidating Carmen Tibideaux watched Kurt silently from the front row as he sang a remarkable and passionate version of "As Long as You're Mine"

Blaine couldn't help jumping up on his feet and cheering when Kurt finished. Rachel equally excited and a little teary eyed by his side. Madame Tibideaux was quite for a moment as Kurt stood on stage panting. Then she slowly took of her glasses, a stoic look on her face, before she broke out in a smile. "We'll be sending you a letter of course, but I look forward to seeing you at NYADA this fall Kurt Hummel."

Kurt just stood there dumbly for a moment before clasping his hands together. "Thank you! Thank you!" He said and she waved him off the stage.

Blaine met Kurt outside of the auditorium catching him in his arms and spinning around. "Kurt you did it!"

Kurt kissed him fiercely and then pulled back his cheeks pink and his eyes dancing. "It's happening. It is actually happening! We're going to be here this fall. In New York, together."

Blaine kissed him sweetly. "It will be perfect."

They didn't really talk about how their bliss could end at any moment. They could have years together or just days. So instead of worrying they seemed to have made an unspoken decision to just try and be happy together.

"This is cause for celebration!" Rachel cried clapping her hands. "Time to paint the town red!"

That night they celebrated out on the town with Rachel and then privately back in their room together. Blaine held Kurt close as he tucked himself into Blaine's side. They were both a little sweaty after their private calibration, but too happy and sedated to care. Kurt traced shapes across Blaine's chest with his finger tips as his warm breath puffed out against his skin.

"And just for this moment, as long as you're mine." Kurt started to sing "I've lost all resistance and crossed some borderline."

Blaine chuckled a little hoping it didn't sound sad.

"And if it turns out it's over too fast I'll make every last moment last." Kurt sang his voice beautiful and going straight to Blaine's heart.

Blaine took that moment to pull Kurt up for a long kiss, tugging on his lips and breathing together.

"As long as you're mine." Blaine finished for him.

This is the end of part 1 of the story. I hope to have the first part of part 2 up in a day or so!