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Chapter Twenty Four

"Everything is out of control," Artie said, "and Brittany is freaking out. I'm going to need your help, Kurt."

Kurt wasn't too surprised when Artie showed up in the choir room, where plenty of the wedding planning had already started taking place, to request for Kurt's help.

"What do you need?" Kurt asked, "I've already spoken to Santana about her seating chart."

"Hands for one thing," Artie said looking around at the glee club.

The kids were all working on finding song suggestions for sectionals which had been Kurt's idea after Rachel and Mr. Shuester had shot down his idea to do Brittany week. It was his attempt at trying to figure out what they might like or want to do.

The decision to bring Mr. Shuester on to help them had been easy, and it gave Kurt more free time to really work on the thesis paper that he'd need to hand in at the end of the semester.

"Kitty already volunteered them," Kurt said, "but I figured that would be for the day before the wedding or the day of, not a whole week before."

Artie sighed. "Yes, well, the wedding is taking place in a barn, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done there."

"A barn?" Kurt asked.

He had certainly expected something different from Santana.

"Brittany's mom had the idea," Artie said, "it's throwing me off."

Kurt was glad that he hadn't been the one that was pulled into the wedding planning though he suspected that it wasn't because Brittany or Santana had even considered his feelings on the matter but rather because of how he'd reacted to the proposal to begin with.

"If it's what they want," Kurt said, "So, what do you need for now?"

"We basically just need to get that barn ready. Brittany and Santana are doing most of the seating chart themselves so that helps, and they're going to finish picking out their dresses tomorrow morning. I was hoping we could get a few people over to the barn to get it ready. I still have to deal with a few things and of everyone I know, you're best with getting a place ready."

Kurt hesitated for a moment, but then he nodded. "Sure," he said, "I guess that's something I can do."

"Thank god," Artie said, "because I didn't want to put Tina in charge."

Artie wrote down the address of the barn, which happened to be all the way in Indiana, and before Kurt could change his mind, left.

"Artie talked to you?" Rachel asked.

Kurt nodded.

"I won't be able to make it," Rachel said, "but, I already mentioned it to the others and they are willing to go. So, no glee practice today? Sam said he'll give everyone rides."

Kurt nodded and sighed. "Yeah, alright."

Later that night, he arrived with Sebastian at the barn and it really wasn't too bad, but Sebastian made a face at him.

"How lovely," he said.

"Sush," Kurt said, "and try to be nice."

Tina and Brittany were both already there, and a few minutes later Sam arrived with most of the glee club that were available to help with included Mason, Madison, and Jane.

He put them all to work according to what Brittany wanted, and changing things here or there when he thought it would look tacky. Overall, though, he couldn't say that it wouldn't be a nice place for a wedding. It would have never been Kurt's choice for his own wedding, but it would do for Brittany and Santana.

Sebastian had gotten pulled away by Sam to help move the hay and Kurt was distracted by making sure that all the lights they were going to be hanging up were working. Brittany for her part kept wandering around the barn and having small freak outs that included changing what she'd already asked the rest of them to do.

"And you," Brittany said after everyone was getting ready to leave, "who are you bringing to the wedding?"

"Sebastian," Kurt said, "my boyfriend."

Brittany made a noise. "I can't believe you," she said, "I thought you and Blaine were forever."

Then, she walked away.

"What was that about?" Sebastian asked.

"Brittany being Brittany," Kurt said and leaned into him, "I am exhausted and I think we're coming back to finish up tomorrow."

"Count me out of that," Sebastian said, "I have a test."

"Boo."

Sebastian chuckled, but he pulled Kurt towards the door.

"Are you sure you don't need my help?"

"Thank you but no, mom." Blaine said, "I'm only getting a few things. I'll be back in an hour or so. Dave and I agreed that he can take these days to pack up."

Since moving back home, his mom had been hovering. It was like being back at those first days after moving back from New York. His mom hadn't left him alone for too long and Blaine just hadn't had the energy to really make her go away and stop trying to coddle him.

The break up with Dave was different. For one thing it hadn't really left Blaine feeling anything but relief. Mostly he was just mad about the fight he'd had with Kurt. He was also just a bit mad about Kurt having moved on with Sebastian Smythe of all people.

When he got to the apartment, it was empty. There were plenty of boxes scattered around. Some empty and some already packed up and ready to go. They had gotten lucky with their landlord who had been very understanding about the two of them needing to move out. Dave had been more than willing to stay in the apartment if he wasn't accommodating and Blaine was glad that he wouldn't have to.

Instead, Dave was going to move in with some of his friends and Blaine was going back home to his mom at least for the time being.

He had no real plans, except to keep working at Dalton and to continue to see his friends and see where things took him.

He packed up the clothes he'd left behind, the last of his toiletries, and made sure that he wasn't leaving any other essential items behind. He would be back for the bigger stuff and the random objects that he'd brought either from home or that he'd accumulated while living there later in the week.

Blaine drove by the Lima Bean before heading back home, and picked up a coffee.

As he was leaving he thought he saw Sebastian, but he didn't stick around long enough to find out.

"You didn't bring much," his mom said when he got back home.

Blaine shrugged his shoulders. "I'll get the rest in a few days."

She followed him up to his room and helped him put away his clothes and Blaine didn't have it in himself to tell her to leave him alone.

"I saw the invitation to that wedding," his mom said.

"Brittany and Santana's," Blaine said, "I know. I'm supposed to be a part of the wedding party."

She sat down on his bed. "It makes me realize how old you are when I think about how your friends are getting married. Gosh, you were going to get married."

Blaine scoffed. "That's not happening any time soon."

"Sweetheart, what are you going to do?"

Blaine shrugged his shoulders. "Move on. Live my life – figure out what that means."

"Well, I just want you to know that I'll always be here for you. I know in the past things have been hard, but even though your dad left me, he's still here for you too."

The wound was still fresh for her even if they had all know that it was something that was coming.

"Thank you, mom."

She got up and kissed his cheek before leaving his room. After she left, Blaine fell into his bed and he lay there for a while just staring at the ceiling.

The whole wedding business left Kurt exhausted. It was hard to face watching everything come together. The barn was mostly decorated, and he walked by the seating chart in the choir room time and time again. The guests were a bit confusing to Kurt, mostly because Kurt was surprised that Brittany and Santana even knew about half of them.

He didn't agree with a lot of their choices, but didn't try to push his opinion on them. He was already far too involved in making sure the thing went down without a hitch. It also, as it turned out, made for the best excuse to not have to focus on his own problems.

"You're home for once," his dad said and Kurt turned to watch him walk into the kitchen holding bags of groceries.

Carole was right behind him with her own bags.

"Any more?" Kurt asked.

"This is it," Carole said, "not that big of a shopping trip, but then we didn't really need too much."

Kurt got up from the table and helped her put everything away.

"How's that wedding stuff going?" Burt asked.

"Alright," Kurt said, "Brittany's having a meltdown about all of it, but it's coming along and I think the barn actually looks really nice. I, um, I did have something to ask you though."

He closed the cupboard he'd just put a box of cereal into and turned to look at his dad.

"We wondered if you'd officiate at the wedding," Kurt said, "they don't have anyone else."

"Yeah," he said after a pause, "of course I will."

Kurt grinned at him. "Thank you," he said, "I'll let Artie know."

"I guess we're going to a wedding," Burt said to Carole and Kurt grinned when Carole kissed his dad on the cheek.

He sent out a text to Brittany, Santana, and Artie about the news and received just emoticons from Brittany and an "awesome" from Artie but nothing from Santana.

Kurt tried not to think about how he and Blaine had wanted his dad to officiate their wedding and he knew that his dad was thinking the same thing, but at least he didn't bring it up. Kurt had tried to keep busy instead of letting himself dwell in what could have been, but it was hard when everything was hitting close to home and when he and Blaine were in some sort of fight.

Blaine hadn't tried to contact him since the day in the choir room, and Kurt hadn't made any attempt either. Mostly, it was because he didn't want to deal with it, but he was also kept busy with the whole wedding thing and Kurt didn't know what would happen at the wedding when he saw Blaine again.

"You alright, Bud?"

Kurt let out a breath. "Yeah," he said, but he could tell that his dad didn't buy it.

"Is this about Sebastian? We've noticed he hasn't been around the last few days and you two were attached at the hip for a while there."

"No, no," Kurt hastened to say, "he has a lot of school work and tests. And the wedding…I just…"

He met his dad's eyes and he stopped because there was no amount of excuses that could actually make his dad stop questioning him.

"What happened, Kurt. Is it do to with Blaine? We haven't seen him around either."

Kurt sank down into one of the kitchen table chairs. "Blaine broke up with Karofsky and he got really upset at me when he found out that I was dating Sebastian and we had a bit of a fight. I think he wanted for the two of us to get back together."

His dad pulled out a chair and sat down and Carole joined them a few minutes later.

"What about Sebastian?" Carole asked.

Burt gave him a pointed look.

"I think I…no, I know I'm falling for him. It's just so easy to be with him and I don't know if I'm in love with him, but I do care for him a lot but then it's Blaine. Dad, I don't know what to do and the worst part is that Sebastian knows everything. He is busy with homework but he's been so amazing throughout all of this."

"We can't tell you what to do, Kurt," his dad said, "and I warned you about this. I told you it would become a complicated mess."

Kurt knew he'd been warned, but looking back he knew he wouldn't change a thing. He would never give up the time he'd had with Sebastian. He just didn't know if he wanted to just continue on with that or give it all up for Blaine.

"Have you spoken to Blaine?" Carole asked.

"Not since our fight," Kurt admitted.

Burt stared at him for a while. "Maybe you should," he said at last, "maybe you should actually talk all of this out. I mean have you even discussed the break up?"

Before Kurt could answer, Carole interrupted. "If you weren't with Sebastian, if you were single right now, would you just get back together with Blaine even though he just broke up with his boyfriend of a few months?"

It was exactly what he had planned on doing when he decided to return to Lima. He had been ready to take whatever Blaine was willing to give him. Things just couldn't be as simple as he had foreseen them.

"I think so," he said, "but I don't know."

"All you can do is talk to him," Carole said.

Burt nodded. "And don't over think this."

"Yeah, alright. I'll try and do that. Thank you."

Sebastian fidgeted with his cup, and glanced away from his phone to the door when it opened but it wasn't Kurt that had walked in. He took a sip of his coffee, wishing that it were something stronger.

The door opened again and a crowd of high school students walked in, but right behind them was Kurt who headed straight for him and leaned into him to press a kiss against the corner of his mouth.

"Have you been waiting long?" he asked, "Rachel wouldn't let me go. She almost came with me."

Kurt sat down and he got up a moment later. "Coffee," he said, "I'll be right back."

Sebastian watched him standing in line and he let out a sigh and then glanced at his phone where a message from Elliott had appeared.

Are you sure you want to do this?

Sebastian ignored it. He wasn't sure, of course he wasn't sure, but he knew that it was the right thing to do. Kurt was too noble and definitely confused and Sebastian was just going to make things easier. He'd known that this would happen from the very beginning and at least this way he had some control.

"How did all the tests and homework go?" Kurt asked when he returned.

Sebastian stood up before Kurt could sit. "I've been here too long. Want to just go on a walk?"

Kurt eyed him, but then he nodded. "Okay."

Sebastian felt awkward and his gut churned. He wasn't sure if he could really do it.

Kurt grabbed his hand when they were outside and Sebastian let himself take in the moment.

"I've missed you," Kurt said, "I have to tell you all about how crazy Brittany's gotten about the wedding. She brought a chicken into McKinley to sacrifice for good luck or something."

Sebastian laughed. "What?" He asked.

"Yeah, they didn't let her go through with it, but for a day or so there was just a random chicken wandering around the school."

It sounded ridiculous and like something that just wouldn't happen in real life, but it was McKinley so of course it would happen.

"The wedding will be interesting, then," he said.

"The barn is all ready except for a few minor things and unless she goes and changes things it looks like it will be normal. Well, at the very least we'll be there together for it."

Sebastian nodded. "Um, about that," he said.

Kurt came to a stop. "What?" he asked, "you're my date. I already told Brittany."

"What if you were to take Blaine as your date."

"And why would I do that?" Kurt asked, "do you not remember how the last time I saw Blaine he told me off for dating you?"

Sebastian walked to stand in front of Kurt. "Yes," he said, "because he was jealous. And you told me you yelled at him about Karofsky. Kurt, you're in love with him. You've told me enough times and it was going to come to this."

Kurt didn't say anything, instead he just stared at Sebastian.

"You love him," Sebastian said.

"Yes, but…"

Sebastian cut him off. "Go and make up with him," he said and he knew that the rest of it would be hard to get out. He felt a lump in his throat, "I'll be okay. You're meant to be with him."

"No," Kurt said quickly, "Sebastian, no, you can't just –"

"He loves you and you love him. You're Kurt and Blaine."

Kurt shook his head. "Don't do this."

"Admit it, Kurt," Sebastian said gently, "admit it, you're still in love with him."

Sebastian could tell that Kurt was trying his hardest to deny it, but he knew he couldn't and Sebastian didn't know what to do with the pain that was overwhelming him because he had never felt anything like it before.

"I'm sorry," Kurt said in a whisper, "but I—"

He shook his head. "Hey, I knew what I was getting into. So, you gonna go after him, then?"

Kurt nodded, and Sebastian could tell that he was hesitating.

"Our time was borrowed, Kurt, we both knew it. It is what it is. I should add that I would not be opposed to a threesome. We both know Blaine was attracted to me and we both know how you feel and admit it. It'd be hot."

Kurt gapped at him and Sebastian laughed, even though he didn't really feel like laughing, and his little joke was nothing more than him trying to hide what he was really feeling.

"Go get him, sweetheart."

Kurt didn't move and for a moment Sebastian thought that maybe, just maybe he wouldn't go after Blaine. Kurt grabbed Sebastian's coffee and he set both of the cups down on the ground and Sebastian could only follow his movements.

"Kurt, what?"

Kurt shook his head, and then he stepped towards him, hands going to his face. His thumbs caressed Sebastian's cheeks and he leaned forward pressing their lips together. Neither of them deepened the kiss and it was over too quickly.

"Kurt?"

"Thank you," Kurt said, "I wish…"

Sebastian shook his head and Kurt didn't finish.

"If you didn't love him," Sebastian said and he placed his hands over Kurt's which were still on his face, bringing them down but not letting them go.

"I'm sorry."

"I'll be alright," Sebastian said and he tried to make himself belief it, "and I'll always be your friend. Now, go, no time like the present." He dropped Kurt's hands.

Kurt took the moment to throw his arms around Sebastian's neck in a quick hug and then he was off and Sebastian stared after him for a few minutes before he moved, walking in the direction of his car. He saw Kurt pull out of his parking spot in Mr. Hummel's car.

When Sebastian was back in his own car, he let himself fall apart.

Author's Note: So, I definitely had a hard time with this chapter. I knew where it was going but it was really hard to write. I will be writing a very extensive author's note for the next chapter seeing as it is a turning point.

As an update on the writing: the Kurtbastian ending is almost done and I have started on the Klaine ending. So I think the Kurtbastian one will be posted first and it does span a few chapters. Both endings will.

Next chapter will be up on Thursday.