Nick and Mathew were right. It was a date. And good one. Maybe the best he`d ever had. Exhibition was great, dinner in a small restaurant even better and walk in a park was highlight of the evening. They found out they had lot of in common and Blaine hoped this evening wasn`t their last.

Blaine drove Tom home and was about to say goodbye when…

“Do you want to go upstairs?” Blaine didn`t expect it but Tom got off the car and waited for Blaine to join him.

“Thank you for invitation but it`s late. I`ll rather go home.” Tom was confused. He wasn`t sure if Blaine was serious or joking.

“You want to go home?” Blaine came to him and tried to explain.

“Tom, tonight was great. And I would love to repeat it but if I go upstairs, I`ll probably wake up in your bed tomorrow. It would mean that our relationship will either be based on sex or won`t exist at all. I don`t want that.” Tom for a second thought he was dreaming. He had had an amazing evening with wonderful and really hot man that he had planned to end perfectly and Blaine was ruining it. Tom liked him. He was attracted to him even more after what Blaine had said. Suddenly Tom kissed him. Passionately and earnestly like as he was trying to persuade Blaine to change his mind. Blaine pushed him against a car door and took control over the kiss. Tom felt how their tongues slowed their movements. Blaine`s lips were soft and he wasn`t rushing. He made Tom enjoy tenderness of their kissing which lasted several minutes.

“Can I call you tomorrow?” Blaine asked after they pulled away.

“You are unbelievable, you know that?” Tom said breathlessly.

“I take that as a yes?” Tom nodded with a wide smile.

“If you don`t call, I will.” And with those words he disappeared in his house. Blaine started an engine of his car, smile on his face. He felt good about this evening. He liked Tom and had every intention to see if there could be something more. Tom was hot, he had needed all willpower he had had to say no earlier. The way Tom had kissed him had almost made him say yes to the offer…But no matter how much he was willing to think about Tom, Kurt still found his way to his mind. He couldn`t help but compare. The evening with Kurt was different. More sensual. With Tom it was more passionate. Experience with Kurt was the best he`d ever had but tonight was very close to it. He hoped some day he could overcome the evening in Wes` cabin and with a bit of luck it would be with Tom. 

Blaine was first at work the next morning. He didn’t sleep much at night. He tried as he might but Kurt was still in his thoughts. When he was with Tom, everything was great. As soon as he was alone, Kurt was there with him.

“Hi.” Nick came to their office with coffee in his hands. His head was pounding and he hoped Mathew`s head was in a similar state but when he saw him entering the room, Mathew didn`t seem to suffer a headache from yesterday.

“Good morning, boys.” He greeted them with too much enthusiasm for someone who had been drinking previous night.

“What the hell happened to you?” Nick was curious. Mathew wasn`t a morning person. After night spent on drinking he barely talked to them till it was lunch time.

“Kurt told me yesterday that if he wanted to have one night stand it would be definitely me.” Blaine`s heart started beating faster.

“Why would he say that?” Nick didn`t believe him. It didn`t sound like Kurt.

“When we were saying goodbye I kissed him because I miss him. And I had might or might not tell him that no one has been like him after our break up…Of course he shut me down immediately but in the end he said I would have been his first choice. You know, maybe I really have a shot for one night of amazing sex with my super hot ex-boyfriend.”  

“Are you crazy? You are considering it?” Blaine asked him, annoyance clear in his voice.

“Why not? I`m single, he is single too. I mean, we both have urges and we know each other completely. It`s the best combination for quilt-free sex. None of us will drag feelings into it because we`ve been there once and it didn`t work.” In fact, Mathew didn`t think there was a possibility of having sex with Kurt. He just teased Blaine. Maybe making him jealous would help him take his head out of his ass. This interest in some journalist was bullshit in Mathew`s eyes. Nick observed their conversation and decided to change a topic.

“How was your evening, Blaine?”

“Great. We`re meeting again today.”

“I hope you won`t bail on us as Mathew did when he found Peter. By the way, how is he?”

“I don`t know. He was pissed off when I canceled our plans for weekend and when I came back he told me to forget about him.” Mathew shrugged his shoulder. It didn`t bother him. He could find someone like Peter at anytime.

“And we have a reason why you hit on Kurt.” Nick said and Blaine scoffed.

“Guys, I don`t care who is sleeping in your bed but if I`m exchanged for a good fuck I`m done with you. I`ll find someone else to hang out with. Are we clear? You”… and he pointed his finger on Blaine…”You have a week to play with your boy toy and I want to see you again at bar on Monday. And you…” Nick`s finger changed his direction towards Mathew. “You hurt Kurt and you`re out of my circle of friends.”

“Why me? What if it is his fault?”

“I don`t care. I`ll take his side whatever happens. Now, let`s get to work. We have some commercial to finish.” Nick ordered and Mathew with Blaine obeyed without saying a word.

 “So Nick and Mathew are your colleagues. Lucas doesn`t work with you but hangs out with you regularly.” Blaine was putting Tom in picture of his free time activities. He wanted to take Tom with him on Monday and introduce him to guys. It`s their fourth date in a row and everything is awesome. They didn`t say it out loud but they were definitely dating. Blaine was satisfied. Yes, he still thought about Kurt sometimes…or more often than sometimes…okay, he was thinking about him all the time, but Tom was too interesting to let him go.

“Right. Clever boy.”

“What about my reward?” Tom asked and provocatively pouted his lips. Blaine laughed and kissed him. They`ve been kissing a lot. Every opportunity they have. Blaine felt like he was sixteen again. Walks hand in hand, kisses on a bench in a park, soft touches in situations when it was absolutely inappropriate…

They were in Tom`s apartment right now because he wanted Blaine to read an article he had written about the exhibition. Tom hadn`t dared to invite him over after what had happened on Monday but today he had an excuse. He turned on his laptop, put it on Blaine`s lap and sat next to him. Blaine started to read but he was repeatedly interrupted by Tom`s lips on his neck.

“Hey…I can`t focus…” Blaine felt Tom`s smile on his skin and when his collarbone was attacked he gave up, shut the laptop down and kissed Tom hard.

“You little tease…this wasn`t about your article, was it?” Blaine said between kisses. Tom smirked and continued with devouring Blaine`s mouth. Tom had a plan and no one could stop him. He unzipped Blaine`s hoodie, got rid of it and took his T-shirt off. Blaine wasn`t sure if they reached the point when sex wouldn`t be just sex but he couldn`t give a damn right now. He returned the favor and soon Tom was shirtless as well.

At the moment they got to Tom`s bed they were both naked. Sex with Blaine was exactly like him. Soft and sweet. He didn`t rush things and built the pleasure gradually. He made sure he was not hurting Tom. Tom was used to passionate, lustful sex and Blaine showed him another dimension. After they came down from their highs, Tom rested his head on Blaine`s shoulder, his arms around his waist as he fell asleep tired and satisfied. Blaine had a problem with sleeping though. Tom turned him on, during sex he though only about him but now, when Tom was sound asleep in his arms, Blaine felt like he missed something. It was different from the time when Kurt had slept next to him. Blaine was angry with himself. There was gorgeous man lying next to him whom with he had had an amazing sex a while ago and he still had Kurt on his mind. How long it would last? He was so tired of it… 

“What about Kurt and you?” Nick asked Lucas when they were sitting in the bar on Thursday evening. Kurt was with Leah and her friends, Blaine had a date as every day this week and Mathew had to finish his work. There were just two of them and Nick was glad he didn`t have to face any problems or tension that came in one package with Kurt, Mathew and Blaine since they returned from Wes.

“What do you mean?” Lucas knew what Nick was asking about but he didn`t have an answer.

“Are you going to put some moves on?” Big sight escaped Lucas` mouth. He would like to talk about Kurt with someone. But Nick was Blaine`s and Mathew`s friend. It would be weird talking to Nick about the man he had surely heard a lot from their friends on daily bases.

“Come on, Luke. You had a pretty interesting weekend yourself and I bet you didn`t tell anybody what`s on your mind. You know, you can tell me.”

“I told Kurt nothing had changed between us because he was scared that his relationships with Blaine, Mathew and me wouldn`t be the same.” Lucas started talking.

“But something has changed. I think about him a lot. Did you know we know each other since we came to Pittsburg? I met him during our freshman year of college. He was with Mathew then so he was out of reach. We hung out a lot and quickly became best friends. I never expressed an interest. I was the only gay guy around Kurt Mathew wasn`t jealous of. We are so comfortable around each other. Leah is always laughing we are like old married couple…When they broke up I didn`t notice Kurt`s behavior changed. I mean, I know now. I spent last few nights thinking about it and found out he was out of character sometimes. But he is not anymore, you know? All those little weird things, that apparently were the sign he was interested in me, he used to do stopped. They had stopped before we went to Wes. Nick, I don`t think there is a chance for me. I think he wants Blaine.” He finished, took sip of his beer and remained silent.

“Luke, as much as I love Blaine and want him to be happy, he screwed a big time with Kurt. He is dating this journalist guy and I don`t think he is going to give it up anytime soon. I honestly don`t know what`s up with him. He barely talks to us. We have to interrogate him. He seems to be constantly in his thoughts but he doesn`t tell us what is bothering him. He is distant since Sunday. I know it`s temporary and he`ll be his old self in no time but if you want to try it with Kurt you should hurry. Kurt might be confused about his feelings right now but he still knows why he wanted you. You have everything he was looking for and didn`t find in Mathew.” Nick was sure Blaine would kill him if he knew Nick encouraged Lucas. He could see Kurt was Blaine`s weak spot. But Kurt deserved to be happy and Lucas was much better for him right now than Blaine was.

“I`d like to give it a try. No one knows me the way he does. He literally knows what to say or what to do whether I`m sad or mad or happy…He is perfect. I have no idea why I didn`t think about it earlier.”

“You think about it now. And you know what Kurt always says…”

“…If you don`t try, you`ll never know.” They finished together.

When Blaine woke up on Friday morning, Tom wasn`t in the bed. He heard some noise from a kitchen so he got up and picked up his clothes as he was on his way from Tom`s room.

“There is a towel for you in a bathroom. You can take a shower before breakfast.” Tom said without taking his eyes from food he was preparing. Blaine came to him and kissed his cheek.

“Thank you.” He said and disappeared in the bathroom. Tom wasn`t planning it but idea popped up in his head and he checked the time. Maybe they would have to eat breakfast in a car but it was worth it. He enjoyed last night and he wanted to show Blaine how it worked in his world. He stepped to the bathroom, threw his robe on a floor and wrapped his arms around Blaine. Blaine turned around.

“What are you…mmmhp” He didn`t have a chance to finish the sentence. Tom pushed him to the wall and connected their lips. Everything was a blur for Blaine from the moment Tom kissed him till he came. It was passion, lust and fierce, all in one. They were breathing heavily, aware of the fact they should stand up and get ready to leave if they didn`t want to be late for work.

“Where is Blaine?” Nick asked when he came to the office. Blaine was always the first in there. Mathew just shrugged his shoulders. Blaine had ten minutes to get there so he still wasn`t late.

“Shouldn`t we call him?” Nick was worried about him.

“Don`t worry. He is fine. This journalist guy must be something…I mean, Blaine would definitely let us know if something was wrong. So I assume he just spent the night and is in hurry. Come on, we`ve been there.”

“Yeah, we have, but he never did something like that.”

Two minutes to nine and Blaine appeared in the door. Mathew`s face lit up. Blaine had got laid last night.

“Someone didn`t have a time to change their clothes…” Nick teased and Blaine face went red. “We overslept…” Mathew and Nick didn`t believe him. Blaine never turned off an alarm on his phone. They knew Blaine got lucky not only during the night but in the morning as well.

“Justin was looking for you.” Mathew had mercy with him. Knowing Nick Blaine wouldn`t get out of his late arrival easy so he rather sent him catch his breath. Blaine was glad he had an excuse to leave. He wouldn`t hear an end of it for sure so he needed to gain some control. He mouthed “I owe you” to Mathew when Nick wasn’t looking and left their office.

“He had sex with him. It`s serious.” Mathew stated. Nick nodded.

“I know. But I still think he is not over Kurt yet.”

“Yeah, he rushed into relationship. It`s not his style. I think he is trying to forget about Kurt, but I don`t think he has made any progress.” Nick tapped Mathew`s shoulder.

“Dude, Blaine`s made a big progress. In four days he got from first date to having sex. That had never happened before.” Mathew wished a functional relationship for Blaine. But he couldn`t shake off a feeling Blaine was rushing things. There would be at least one person heartbroken at the end of this madness. He was afraid of Kurt`s reaction too. Blaine didn`t speak to him since Sunday. Mathew and Nick knew Blaine was avoiding Kurt. They told him about Monday evening but Blaine ignored everything Kurt related. The only thing he had responded to was Kurt`s possible ‘interest’ in sleeping with Mathew. Mathew had compunction about Saturday morning in the cabin. If he hadn`t made a scene, Blaine wouldn`t have backed off.

“How was your weekend?” Lucas asked Kurt next Monday when they met for a coffee before they would go to the bar.

“Amazing. Leah was babysitting her niece. It was fun having a four year old around.” Kurt told him more about his weekend. Lucas himself didn`t have a good one. He spent it on a business trip. There was a reason he had wanted to meet Kurt for a coffee but he didn`t know how to tell him. He was thinking a lot about them since they came back from the cabin. He seriously considered getting together with Kurt. Blaine was out of the game since he was taken, there shouldn`t be any problem but Lucas had a respect. He didn`t want to screw things up. However, the conversation over the coffee led them to another direction. When they were leaving a coffee shop, Lucas made a promise to find out if Kurt still wanted to be with him till the end of the night.