"Kurt, wake up." Kurt stirred and slowly opened his eyes. He looked up at Blaine and his face lit up the whole room. "Hey you."

"Hey." Kurt said with a sleepy smile. "What time is it?"

"Just after 8. Your dad's probably home." Kurt shot up on the bed, wincing slightly once he was upright. "Are you ok?"

"Yea just a little sore," Kurt blushed, "Nothing too bad."

They both got up and dressed and Kurt fixed his hair. With a deep breath, they headed downstairs hand in hand. Burt was home. He was sitting in the family room watching the news. "Hello boys. Come sit down please." Burt yelled over his shoulder, not looking at them. Kurt and Blaine slowly walked over to the couch and sat down, afraid to make eye contact with him. With a sigh, Burt began. "Look guys, I know that I can't control everything that you guys do or what happens in my house. And I'd be stupid to think that you would never… take the next step in your relationship." Burt looked at Blaine, "I assume this means you talked to him?" Blaine gave a quick nod. Before Kurt could ask, Burt turned to him. "And I assume this means you listened to him?"

"Yea, uhm did you guys talk or something?" Kurt was confused.

"Blaine came to talk to me after you did. I told him to talk to you. But that's not the point, I just want to tell you boys that I'm not mad. I can tell you love each other and as long as you have that and you trust each other, I can't really be mad if you're having sex. But, please refrain from doing so while anyone's home, or in any other room. I don't know what your Nana's rules on the matter would be, Blaine, but here, we keep the really private things private. I don't want to hear, see, or walking on anything. Understand?" Both boys muttered a 'yes sir'. "Ok now that that's over and done, there's something else I need to talk to you about, Kurt."

"Would you like me to leave?" Blaine asked quietly.

"No, no. you should hear this too. Kurt, I was going through some paperwork and bills and I have some bad news. We can't afford you going to Dalton next year. I already spoke to Figgins at McKinley and he assured me that Karofsky has been rehabilitated. Something called the Bully Whips, or something. I really wish you could stay at Dalton with the Warblers and with Blaine, but there's very little I can do. I'm sorry. I leave you boys to talk." With that, Burt got up and walked into the kitchen.

Kurt sat there in shock. How did this night go from being so amazing to so devastating so quickly? It wasn't until Blaine wrapped his arms around him, that he noticed he was crying. "Shh, baby, it's ok. It's gonna be ok."

"I don't want to go back there. I don't want to fear for my life every day. Karofsky isn't the only homophobic asshole there! I hate that place. I don't want to leave Dalton; I don't want to leave you."

"Kurt, you'll always have me. No matter what, I'm here forever. I love you." Blaine wiped away Kurt's tears and kissed him on the forehead. "Everything will be ok. Then in a year, you and I can go off to New York and forget every bad thing about this stupid state. Come on, we missed dinner, let's get something to eat, ok?" Kurt nodded his head. Blaine was right, it was just one year, 9 months, he can do this.

The rest of the week flew by quickly and summer had reached the Hummel/Hudson home. Unfortunately, the rest of Lima was being bombarded by rain. The first weekend of summer vacation and all it did was rain. Kurt spent most of the time at Blaine's.

"Kurtsie, you have to stay for dinner too! Then we'll give a fabulous show for Blainey, Katie, and Nana!" Anna begged. Kurt loved her enthusiasm. He was just about to head home, so to avoid the worst of the storm, but she blocked his path. "Please, please, please stay. Not forever, just for now!"

"Aw, Anna, you don't want me to stay forever? I'm hurt." Kurt teased.

"Well of course I want you to stay forever! But not until you and Blaine get married and then youre my real brother!" Anna hugged him. Kurt couldn't help but be flattered that Anna and Katie had taken to him so well.

"Just say you'll stay or she'll never let you go." Katie said, not looking up from her phone. She had been texting her not-so-secret boyfriend all day. Blaine had found out about him when Anna spilled the beans. He was less than happy, but he got to do the big brother thing and threaten the poor boy's life. Kurt agreed to stay after a quick call to his dad.

"I think it's great how much you get along with the girls." Blaine said to Kurt, while they were cuddling after dinner. "I think they like you better than me sometimes." He added with a chuckle.

"Nonsense, if they really did see me every day, they'd get bored with me and move on to the next exciting new thing. You, on the other hand, are their sun, moon, and stars!" Blaine blushed at Kurt's words. "You know, Anna keeps talking about us getting married one day. It's cute."

"I knew that girl was smart, but I didn't know she was also psychic!" Blaine looked lovingly at Kurt, "I hope she's right." They feel in to a comfortable silence for a while. Then Blaine spoke again. "I want to go with you."

"What? Did you do that thing where you start a conversation in your head and finish it out loud, or something?" Kurt had no idea what he was referring to.

"No, to McKinley. I want to go with you." Blaine was serious, Kurt was in shock.

"Any particular reason why?"

"Well, other than getting to see you every day, I'd get a redo. I ran from the hate and bullying in my old school. I ran away and went to Dalton. I didn't even try to stand up to them or defend myself, I just left. I want to try and stick it out. After senior year, we're in the real world. There are bigots and horrible people everywhere. Staying at Dalton has made me blissfully ignorant to reality. That's not ok with me. I want to be prepared for the real world. I want to go to McKinley."

"If that's what you really want, you should discuss it with your Nana. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want you at school with me. But it'd be selfish of me to really give an opinion on the matter. No matter how much I love seeing you in street clothes."

Over the next few weeks, Blaine debated the pros and cons of leaving Dalton with his family. They all agreed that it was ultimately his decision. By July, Blaine was officially withdrawn from Dalton and enrolled in to William McKinley High. Kurt couldn't have been more excite and nervous. He would get to continue walking through the halls, holding hands with Blaine and stealing kisses around corners. But, he also wasn't sure how the student body would react to their relationship.

Unfortunately, Kurt couldn't focus on his worries, because right now he was headed to New Orleans with the boy he loves and his family.