A few days had passed before the next Hobbit incident. Rachel and Blaine were walking through Central Park, talking about upcoming Broadway shows, when they saw two familiar men playing with two puppies (a German Shepard and a Golden Retriever). "Nick, Jeff?" Blaine asked as they approached the two men.
The men looked over and saw Blaine and Rachel, "Oh, uh hi." Jeff said.
"What are you doing here?" Blaine laughed and hugged the two, both men reciprocating a bit awkwardly.
"Just giving these dogs a bit of exercise." Nick explained and threw a ball for the German Shepard puppy to catch.
"Are they yours? They're so cute" Rachel cooed.
"No, they're Kurt's. We're just helping him out by giving them a walk." Jeff said.
"What, but Kurt hates dogs, they're too messy." Blaine said.
"Looks like he changed his mind Killer." A snarky voice said behind them. They turned to see Sebastian wearing his signature smirk.
Blaine admired the man in front of him, the Sebastian he knew wore polo shirts with a popped collar, this Sebastian was smartly dressed in a dark green button down and black slacks with a dark grey jacket. "You look good Sebastian." Blaine said.
Sebastian frowned, "Yeah" He walked towards Nick and Jeff.
"Bout time you got back." Nick chuckled.
"Yeah well this little guy didn't want to go because, according to him, the toilets were dirty." Rachel and Blaine looked down and were surprised to see a three year old boy holding Sebastian's hand. The little boy looked a lot like Sebastian, light brown hair and tanned skin. He had bright blue eyes and soft features.
"Gee, I wonder where he gets that from" Jeff smirked.
"Definitely not from me" Sebastian replied before bending and speaking to the little boy, "Hey Ian, why don't you go play with Cashew and Bart." Damian nodded, took the ball from Nick and threw it near the puppies.
"Is he yours?" Rachel asked.
"Damian? Yeah, he's three, going to preschool next year." Sebastian smiled.
"They grow up so fast." Jeff put an arm around Sebastian and pretended to wipe a tear from his eye.
"Just wait until you get your own." Sebastian chuckled.
"We have our interview in a few days. I hope we pass, I would really like a child." Nick watched Damian play with the two puppies.
"You are trying to adopt?" Blaine asked.
"Yeah, we thought about going with a surrogate, but I liked adopting better." Nick replied.
"So what are you guys doing now, we lost touch after graduation." Blaine asked.
"Jeff owns a dance studio in Brooklyn and I work in advertising for a business company. Sebastian owns his own veterinary clinic, Wes is a pediatrician, and David is a teacher." Nick said.
"Wow that sounds great, you really made a life for yourselves." Blaine commented.
"What does Dave do again?" Jeff asked Sebastian.
"Dave?" Rachel asked.
"Dave Karofsky, we still keep in touch. He lives in Miami with his husband and is a big time sports agent." Sebastian said.
"I have to say I'm surprised that you are a veterinarian." Rachel told Sebastian, "I assumed you would go into something like law, you know, where you get paid to be manipulative."
Sebastian smirked, "Yeah well I got bored of that. Unlike you animal sweater, I have more than one talent."
Rachel huffed and Blaine glared, "Honestly Sebastian, grow up. You have a son, why don't you try to be a better role model instead of the slut you really are."
Sebastian held up his hands and smirked, "Oh Blaine, I think you should take your own advice." He looked at his watch, "As much as I would love to stay and become contaminated with your short stature and oversized egos, I have a home to get to." Without another word he scooped up Damian and the dogs and left the park with Niff.
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Later that night Rachel and Blaine met up with Mercedes, Sam, Tina, and Mike. "I haven't seen you two in years." Rachel told Mike and Tina.
"Yeah, we have a lot to do in Chicago. Mike with his dance studio and me with my craft store." Tina said.
"Well, we have to get together again before you leave." Mercedes hugged the two of them.
"We're all getting together tomorrow for a dinner at Santana and Brittany's place." Tina said. Mike gave her a look and she looked a little guilty.
"Really, who is going to be there?" Sam asked.
"Everyone that's in the area." Mike said.
"Will Kurt be there?" Blaine asked, the others looked at him.
"Yes, he should be." Tina said a little slowly.
"Kurt? He's here?" Mercedes asked.
Mike nodded, "Yeah, he's been here for a while."
"I saw him a few weeks ago at Quinn's bakery. He's really let himself go." Blaine said.
"What?!" The group exclaimed, for very different reasons.
"What is that supposed to mean." Mike glared at Blaine.
"He's gained a lot of weight" He replied, ignorant to the two Asians glaring at him.
"But Kurt has always been such a healthy eater, he really cared about his body." Mercedes said.
"Not anymore apparently" Blaine shook his head.
"Well, it just means that he finally realized what a big mistake he made in rejecting you. I bet he's so jealous of me because now I am marrying you." Rachel beamed and kissed Blaine.
Mike was shaking but didn't say anything because Tina had a tight grip on his arm.
"It's such a shame, he would have been so happy with Blaine. He had to go and ruin it for himself." Sam said.
"I know, I wonder what he's doing now." Mercedes said.
"Probably has some minimum wage job. He quit NYADA remember, he doesn't even have a college education." Rachel commented.
"Well, if he needs a real job, I can always hire him as my costume designer. He's always been pretty handy with clothes." Mercedes said. Tina and Mike rolled their eyes, which went unnoticed (again) by the rest of the group.
"Yeah and I can get him back into shape, I am a personal trainer." Sam said.
Mike brought everyone's attention to him when he gave a large, loud yawn, "Wow, I didn't realize how tired I am. I think we should be getting back." Mike grabbed Tina and stood up.
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked, eyebrows furrowed.
"Definitely" Mike replied.
"Ok, we'll see you tomorrow at Santana's dinner" Sam waved.
Mike and Tina froze for a second, "Yeah, see you tomorrow." Tina replied before they both left the café.
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"What are we going to do?" Mike asked Tina as they walked back to Santana's apartment.
"We are going to tell Santana that we invited them. Then we will tell Kurt. I think we should do this." Tina replied.
"Why, you heard what they said, they think Kurt is fat and that he amounted to nothing. All I wanted to do was punch those people in the face." Mike seethed.
Tina put a calming hand on his arm, "Exactly, they think that he's some coffee house employee. Imagine their surprise when they find out that he's one of the biggest names in fashion along with everything else he's done. They'll be the ones seeing green. I think this is exactly what Kurt needs."
Mike sighed but agreed with his wife.