"Honey, I'm home!" Kurt yelled to the apartment as soon as he closed the door behind him. He was quickly removing his shoes and jacket when Blaine came from behind and started softly kissing his neck.

"I missed you." Kurt let himself be put in the strong embrace of his husband for a while.

"Yeah, it was long eight hours since I left in the morning." Kurt teased him with a smile in his voice. Blaine just turned him in his arms so they were facing each other now and wiped Kurt's smirk away with a deep kiss. Things were getting really heated soon and Kurt found himself being dragged to their living room. Before Blaine could have a chance to push him onto their sofa, Kurt took a few steps back from his husband.

"Kurt…" Blaine whined and tried to pull him closer once again but Kurt wasn't having any of it.

"I need to shower. You can't jump my bones right after I come home."

"Why not?"

"Because after the day I spent rushing through various places in the city to find best suppliers I'm sweaty and gross."

"You're not!" Blaine made an attempt to grab Kurt's wrist as he was passing him on his way to bathroom but Kurt was faster.

"Can I at least join you?" He screamed after his husband helplessly.

"No! I said I need shower not fooling around in the shower. Just wait for a few minutes for goodness sake! I'll be out of here in no time." And then there was just the soft sound of running water. Ten minutes later Kurt left the bathroom, wearing only his robe and headed straight to their bedroom. This time Blaine actually managed to stop him in his track.

"Where are you going?"

"To our bed…" Kurt responded, confused as hell. "Do you not want to have sex anymore?" Blaine wrapped his arms around him and started nibbling on his neck.

"Of course I want. But I want to do it on the sofa."

"What? God, Blaine! What's gotten into you today?" Right now Kurt was slightly annoyed. He knew Blaine better than he knew himself and something was odd.

"I hoped you would but you're awfully resistant."

"And that's it!" Kurt pushed him away and crossed his arms at his chest. "What the hell is wrong with you?! You've never been like this. Needy and stubborn. You effectively killed the mood with your behavior and I have to tell this is the first time since we are together that I'm not interested in being intimate with you. So spill it or I'm going over to Rachel."

"It's Friday." Blaine whispered, giving up his effort in seducing Kurt. He opened the door to their room and sat on the bed. Kurt silently followed him, not sure what the statement was about.

"Well, yeah, it is…"

"And tomorrow is Saturday and then Sunday and then Monday will come." Kurt kneeled in front of him and took his hands.

"Honey, we've been waiting for Monday to come since we decided for adoption. I thought you are looking forward to it."

"I am! I can't wait. It's the only thing I can think about and I'm going crazy."

"So what's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong. I just wanted something to take my mind from it. We have few days of being just the two of us and then comes Monday there'll be four of us. We won't be able to have sex on the sofa anymore. Or fool around in the kitchen. Or being loud…We'll have to adapt to new situation and I kind of wanted to celebrate our life together so far…"

"By being weird and annoying the hell out of me?" Kurt asked teasingly and Blaine chuckled.

"They are staying, Kurt. We met them almost three months ago and we've been with them every day since. We even took them here several times and they took naps in the afternoons in their room but we had to return them at the end of the day. Now we finally get to keep them. They are coming home. It feels so strange. And overwhelming. And I'm freaking out."

"Why are you freaking out?"

"What if they would hate me? What if I wouldn't be a good father?"

"Shut up, Blaine!" Kurt ordered and sat next to him. "Have you seen their faces when we are close to them? Haven't you noticed how they always smile when one of us appears in the room? Blaine, the way they look at you gives away all the love and admiration they have for you. They can't tell you yet because they aren't able to speak but one day they are going to be proud of being yours." Blaine put his head on Kurt's shoulder with a whispered thank you. There was silence for a few heartbeats.

"Aren't you scared?" Blaine asked.

"Terrified. I'm like bipolar now. I'm as ecstatic to finally having kids as much as I'm afraid of screwing something up with them."

"We don't have to be perfect, do we?"

"No. We don't have to be perfect in a flawless way. But we will be perfect parents for them because we love them and we are going to do our best for them. We are going to create a home and we'll surely make some mistakes along the way but it's ok. Our parents made lot of mistakes while raising us and we still love them and think they are best parents in the whole world."

Blaine smiled and turned his head to kiss Kurt's neck. He was a bit calmer. Just a bit but it was enough for him to forget about devouring Kurt's body in an instant.

"You should put on some clothes." He suggested and stood up. "I recommend jeans and t-shirt. And by recommend I mean I order to." Kurt raised his eyebrows, surprised that Blaine was telling him what to wear when clearly in their relationship it was Kurt who had the upper hand in the matter of clothing.

"Hurry up, baby. I'll be in the kitchen."

Kurt was left alone in the room, not sure whether he should call Blaine out on his strange behavior again or just obey. He had his own issues with a fear of failure as a parent but he didn't want to talk about it because he knew how ridiculous it was. He was nervous. They were doing well with Nathan and Nellie. The kids loved them, everybody could tell. There was no way they couldn't handle it. It didn't stop him from worrying though. No matter how irrational the fear was, it was still present and with every passing minute which was getting them closer to Monday it was just getting bigger. The idea of Blaine freaking out wasn't pleasant at all. Blaine was his rock, he always knew what to say and how to make everything better. Maybe sex for this kind of reason wasn't bad at all…Maybe he shouldn't get dressed. Maybe he should throw the robe away and join his husband in the kitchen. After all, there wouldn't be much opportunity to do it soon.

"Kurt? What takes you so long?" Blaine shouted, stopping his stream of thoughts. "I want to leave in five minutes. Are you ready?"

"I'll be there in a minute." Kurt yelled back and went frantically through his closet. Finding jeans and t-shirt he quickly got dressed and hurried to his husband.

"Where are we going?"

"Meet me in the car, will you?" Blaine was putting some food to plastic bags, completely ignoring Kurt's question. On any other day, Kurt would be pissed and start the fight by this point but today he just nodded and went down to the garage. Blaine was there with him a few minutes later, oblivious to Kurt's amused gaze as he was eyeing the bag Blaine was holding in his hands.

"What's that?" Kurt pointed at the bag when Blaine put it on the back seat of their car.

"Our overnight bag." Blaine answered with slamming the door. He sat in the car and buckled his seatbelt.

"Our overnight bag? For you and me? Just one bag?"

"Kurt, I'm capable of packing myself into this bag for a week. There is everything we'll need for a weekend."

"For a weekend?!"

"Change of clothes for each of us. I took our toothbrushes and shower gel. My hair gel and your hair spray…"

"You packed us into one bag for two days? Are you out of your mind? What if it's cold?" Kurt was ready to get out of the car immediately.

"You have your jacket and I have my hoodie." Blaine said with a big smile.

"You are crazy. You can't…mmmmhhh." Well, kissing was the most effective way how to get Kurt to shut his mouth and Blaine didn't want to spend the time talking about nonsense. What was the point anyway? He had made up his mind hours ago. Now it was about convincing Kurt to go with it.

"Can you at least tell me where are we going?"

"I have no idea."

"What?! You announced we are going away for a weekend and you don't even know where? No plans, no…mmmmhhhh"

"You can't just kiss me every time you don't feel like listening to me, Blaine."

"Wanna try me?"

"Don't push ….mmmmhhh"

"Bl…mmmmhhh"

"But…mmmhhhh"

"Okay. Let's go." Kurt finally resigned and he was glad he did. The wide smile that appeared on Blaine's face was worth Kurt not knowing a thing.

"I want to drive somewhere. Anywhere. And we'll stop where we'll like it. We could find a nice hotel or some pension. This is probably the last impromptu trip until our kids leave for college so…" Blaine explained.

"It sounds perfect. I love you."

"I love…mmmmhhhh"

"…you, too."

"See? I can interrupt you and be mean as well."

"Baby, feel free to be mean this way anytime you want."

One month. One month passed since they had brought their kids home. There were days when they were exhausted. Particularly when Nathan or Nellie decided that they were going to be up at night every two hours for no reason. Then there were days when they got enough sleep at night so the lack of energy during the day wasn't the issue at all. But no matter what day it was, they were always happy.

"Honey? I'm going to rest for a while. Would you like to join me?" Blaine raised his head from the piano and looked at his husband. He looked tired thanks to their sleepless night but for Blaine he was still the most beautiful creature in the world.

"Are they asleep?"

"Yes. And I told them to take the nap time seriously so I hope they won't wake up at least in two hours."

"Go to bed, baby. I'll be there soon. I need to finish this song but I'm almost done."

"Okay."

When Blaine came to the bedroom he found his husband reading a book.

"I thought you were going to sleep a little."

"I wanted to talk to you first." Kurt voice was serious. Blaine sidled to him and sat on the bed.

"What's wrong?" He asked worriedly, not sure why Kurt could be upset.

"Why didn't you tell me about Jeff's offer?" Blaine froze but came up with the answer immediately.

"Because there was nothing to tell."

"Nothing to tell? Blaine, he wanted you to be his partner in his new recording studio!"

"I didn't want to be his partner."

"That's bullshit." Kurt hissed.

"Kurt, I didn't want to take a job. Ok? There was nothing to tell."

"If there was nothing to tell how come Mathew knew?"

"Mathew told you about it?"

"Do you know how I felt? I found out about the great opportunity my husband had from my ex-boyfriend!" Kurt was furious. At first he wanted to talk about why Blaine didn't take it but now he was angry that Blaine trivialized the whole thing as if it was something unimportant.

"I'm sorry you found out that way. You weren't supposed to know about it. I don't want that job."

"It's your dream job, Blaine. You could record all songs Paul doesn't want to do. You could be your own boss! We have enough savings for your part of investment. Why the hell did you reject the offer?"

"Because the studio is in Westerville! I can't take job miles away from home. We just started our family. You really want me to leave you here alone with Nathan and Nellie? I would have to go to Ohio every other week. We would have to hire a nanny to be with kids while you'd be working because I wouldn't be here to be with them! Is it what you want? Do you think my career comes first? I don't give a shit about my career right now!"

"I never told…" Kurt started but a cry from a baby monitor interrupted him.

"I'm going to check on them. You should relax. You are too snappy for my liking. I'm taking care of them for the rest of the day." And with that Blaine left the room. Kurt closed his eyes and took a deep breath, wondering how the things had got out of control. His intentions surely hadn't been to start an argument. Well, another thing he'd learnt was not to try to have a serious conversation with Blaine while lacking the sleep. How many things would he have to find out as an outcome of a fight?

Kurt stayed in bed, complying Blaine's wish and thinking of how to get out of the mess. He couldn't sleep at all and it didn't help a bit because he could feel how exhausted he was. He ended up calling his dad, Luke, Rachel and even Finn, not saying a single word about recent troubles in paradise. Yes, talking to someone on the phone was great way of killing the time. When there was nobody to make a call to, he opened the book again but he soon realized he was just staring at the page, not really reading.

"Kurt! Kurt, come here!" Blaine's scream echoed the apartment and Kurt jumped off the bed. He ran to the nursery, scared of what had happened.

"Oh my god!" Kurt whispered and three pairs of eyes landed on him. Nellie crawled to him but his attention was on her brother who was standing, holding the crib for support.

"He is standing." Kurt said in awe.

"Yeah, he is." Blaine responded softly. Nellie was watching her fathers as they were gazing at Nathan and when she didn't get noticed by them she just crawled to a boy and pulled on his pants, making him fall on his diaper butt. Kurt and Blaine looked at each other and started to laugh. The tension between them disappeared and they both stayed with the children until their bed time came.

Blaine put them to sleep while Kurt was making dinner. They ate in silence, none of them knew how to approach the obvious problem hanging upon them. Blaine, in attempt to make himself busy, put the dishes into the dishwasher and then there was nothing left than facing his husband.

"I can't believe you want me to miss something like this…" It wasn't accusation from Blaine. It was merely the statement. Something Blaine couldn't understand.

"I've never wanted you to miss their milestones, Blaine." Kurt defended himself, hurt evident in his voice.

"You got mad because I didn't take a job away from you. You are okay with me being in Ohio! How could you think I would leave you alone?"

"I didn't."

"I don't understand."

"I wouldn't let you go there alone, Blaine. I can't stand the thought of you being apart from us. I run an e-shop. I can do it from Westerville as well as I do it in New York. How could YOU think I would leave you alone? I'm sorry I got mad. But you said your friends about it and kept me in the dark. I really didn't want to fight with you. I just wanted to talk about it."

"I didn't tell them. Jeff probably told Nick and he must have told Mathew. This case is closed for me. There is no need for me to talk about it with anyone."

"Apparently…" Kurt responded bitterly.

"Kurt, please. We can't go to Ohio just because I got the offer…"

"Why not? We would be closer to our families and Nathan and Nellie could grow up in a nice house with a picket fence and a yard and a dog maybe…"

"Kurt, it's Ohio. We left it as soon as we could. Why would we go back?"

"Because no matter what awful things happened to us there, it's still our home."

"No matter how many steps forward there've been made, it is still homophobic Ohio. I can't bring us to the place where you or our kids could get hurt. I don't want to live the day when Nathan or Nellie comes home from school saying someone is making fun of them or teasing them because they have two gay dads."

"Rachel Berry has two gay dads and she did pretty well for herself…" Kurt noted, trying to find the pros to Blaine's cons.

"She was bullied at school." Blaine reminded him.

"For her obnoxious personality, not for her parents…"

"Still. I feel safe here. We can raise our children here as a normal couple. No one cares we are two men who got married and adopted two children. Ohio isn't as considerate…"

"We bumped into a homophobe in the adoption agency, Blaine. They are everywhere…How can we expect people to be considerate when we don't try to make a change there?"

"I need to protect my family. I have a great job. We earn enough money to live comfortably. Why would I change that? I can't go back. I'm too afraid of what could haters do to you and kids. I'm not about putting you in a danger." Blaine was adamant. Kurt was aware that he couldn't convince him. He stood up and walked to his husband to take Blaine's hand.

"Promise me something, okay?" Blaine nodded.

"Think about it. I'll follow you everywhere. If you decide to give it a try, I'm on board. I won't force you to do anything you are not okay with but please, don't throw this chance away so quickly."

"I doubt I will change my mind but I'll think about it."

"That's all I'm asking for."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I love you." Kurt leaned forward and before he claimed Blaine's lips he whispered tenderly: "I love you too." Then there were only speeding heartbeats and deep kisses. Although Kurt knew he missed Blaine and his touches, he really perceived how much he craved for his husband as Blaine's hand cupped his cheek while his other arm slipped under Kurt's shirt and brought him closer. They kissed slowly and deliberately, allowing their hands access to the soft skin under the clothes until Kurt couldn't take it anymore. He was about to remove Blaine's t-shirt when a whimper from a baby monitor stopped him.

"And here we come…" Kurt groaned. "Why can't they give us one hour? One hour so we could make love…Is that so much?" Blaine smiled and pecked his lips.

"Go to bed, baby. I'll be there in a few and trust me, I don't feel like sleeping tonight."

Kurt went to their room and undressed himself so Blaine wouldn't have to waste the time doing it. He crawled under the covers and patiently waited for his lover to come to him. Three lullabies later Blaine sneaked to the bed he shared with his husband only to find the man peacefully sleeping. He wrapped his arms around him and let the dreams reign over his mind until the sound from a baby monitor would alert him again.

The kids were almost eleven months old. Kurt couldn't believe they were already standing without any support and he was sure they would be making their first steps soon. They were pretty good at walking when Blaine or Kurt were holding their hands so proud parents were just waiting for their children to gather some courage to make a few steps on their own.

Sometimes Kurt wondered how they would have survived with a newborn. Nathan and Nellie kept them up at night at least twice a week although they were old enough to sleep from evening to morning. But then he realized they had two kids to take care of thereby the troubles were doubled. He wouldn't have it any other way because the happiness and contentment that came with their daughter and son were doubled as well.

Their intimate life was in a rough place since their children had come two months ago. There wasn't much time for anything anymore. They'd shared several rushed moments that had been more about releasing sexual tension and frustration than connection and caring but they agreed to compensate for it as soon as it was possible.

Kurt was especially conceited about the way they'd managed to create a schedule. They took turns with the kids so the other could work, mostly from home, which meant not lot was actually done during the day and they had to work late in the evenings after they put Nathan and Nellie to sleep but neither of them minded. They loved spending time as a family and if it meant they had to abandon things and then had them done at the expense of time they could be together alone, they gladly did it.

It was beloved Sunday morning. Kurt wished there were more Sundays during the week because it was a lazy day when none of them had to work. He woke up and went check on little ones, pleased that they were still sleeping. He returned to bed and softly kissed his husband's cheek before he let his hands explore Blaine's body. Blaine stirred and slowly opened his eyes.

"Good morning, Honey." Kurt purred.

"Mmmm…" Blaine sprawled and wrapped his arms around him. "What time is it?"

"Eight." Kurt murmured against the skin of Blaine's neck as he continued sucking on it.

"Not that I don't like what you're doing but kids…"

"Are sleeping and by the position I found them in they'll be asleep at least another thirty minutes."

"You sure? Because I don't think I'll be able to stop if we start something now."

"I'm positive." Kurt moved his legs to entwine them with Blaine's.

"I need you but I don't want to be interrupted. God, Kurt, it's been so long since we made love…"

"You are taking away our precious minutes by all the talking. Just shut up and enjoy." Kurt captured his lips in a searing kiss and Blaine surrendered. The pajamas were discarded quickly, they fell into familiar movements, knowing exactly what to do to make the other come undone with the simplicity of touches. The breathing was shallow, the heartbeat was racing, the pupils were dilated and there was no doubt they were about to finally become one…

"You have to be kidding me!" Blaine whined when Kurt's phone started buzzing on the bedside table.

"What the fuck?!" Kurt grabbed his phone with an intention to cancel the call but the caller ID made him change his mind.

"It's my dad." He whispered and rolled off Blaine.

"I can live with being cockblocked by our children but your father getting in the way is too much." Blaine growled.

"Shhh..Hi, dad…no, I'm awake…What?!...Ok. Hold on a sec." Kurt dropped his phone on the bed and stood up.

"Hey! Come back! I need you in me like five minutes ago. Hell, I needed it five weeks ago!"

Kurt threw a pair of boxers and sweatpants at him and dressed himself as well.

"My parents are by the door. Hurry up." He announced. Blaine jumped off bed and put the clothes on before running after Kurt with a baby monitor in his hand. When he entered their hallway, there were their parents. Both of their parents.

"Hi." He welcomed them confused.

"Blaine!" Alice hugged him tight. "I missed you guys so much." Saying Kurt and Blaine were surprised by a sudden visit of their families would be a big understatement.

"Okay, let's move to the living room." Kurt suggested and ushered them further into the apartment.

"I don't want this to come out wrong but what are you doing here?" He asked warily.

"Well, we wanted to see you. The kids are almost walking and the last time we were here was when you just brought them home so…" Burt explained and Kurt nodded, making a mental note to question him later.

"You could tell us. We could have picked you up at the airport…" Blaine said, still in a shock that he'd been pulled out of the bed while intending to finally have sex with his gorgeous, hot as hell and most importantly naked husband. Pulled out of the bed by his own parents! Cooper surely never experienced something like that. How could he? He didn't have a wife…Where is justice in this world?

"We arrived yesterday. We are staying in a hotel two blocks away. We know our way around here, son. We knocked but you probably didn't hear us so Burt called you." Yes, sure dad. Of course I didn't hear you. I was too occupied by moaning… Blaine thought.

"Where are our grandchildren?" Carol asked with a smile.

"Sleeping. They are usually up by this time, I don't know what happened. Maybe they…" Kurt didn't have a chance to finish the sentence. The sounds coming from a baby monitor alarmed them that there was some business to take care of.

"Okay. Make yourself home. If you are hungry the fridge is stocked. We'll be back in a minute." Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and led him to the nursery.

Actually, a minute turned into fifteen but it was okay. Grandparents remembered how it was to change the diaper and dress a child.

Blaine returned first, with Nellie in his arms. The girl immediately shot a big smile at the audience. She loved company.

"Oh my god! She is so cute." Alice said as they surrounded Blaine to get closer to her.

"Da!" She shrieked and pointed on the ground.

"Let me put her down. Then you can suffocate her." Blaine laughed and lied her down on a carpet she and her brother used for playing.

"Na!" The little girl's voice echoed the room again.

"Yes, darling. Nate is here." Kurt walked to them, his arms full of his son who was hiding his face in his neck and occasionally stealing the glances at strangers in the living room. He was definitely the shy one from the siblings.

"He needs some time to adapt. Play with Nellie and he'll come around." Alice and Carol dragged their husbands away from Kurt because grandfathers were ready to rip the boy from his father. Kurt sat on the sofa with Nathan in his lap, giving him the opportunity to observe what was going on on their play carpet.

"Okay. I'm going to make us breakfast." Blaine kissed Kurt's temple on his way to the kitchen, a soft gesture didn't go unnoticed by Daniel. He met Kurt's eyes and smiled. He could tell they were happy and that was all that mattered.

As it turned out, the visit would take a week. Daniel told them not to change anything in their plans, they came to help not to impose but Kurt and Blaine cancelled their work related duties either way. Lazy Sunday was spent with grandparents playing with their grandchildren while Kurt and Blaine watched them and relax in each other embrace. Nathan, after he got used to presence of four new people, had joined his sister on the carpet but he was still reluctant. Alice and Carol spoke to him, Burt and Daniel gave him toys but he was yet to make a move towards them. Nellie was quite opposite. She was constantly demanding the attention and laughing. She was crawling all over the place, she even allowed all of them to walk her around. The day went by far too quickly. The adults spent some time talking after kids fell asleep and then parents left their children with a promise to be back at eight in the morning. Kurt and Blaine were deep in sleep the moment their heads hit the pillow.

Kurt was putting the dishes into a dishwasher on Tuesday evening. He loved how their kids interacted with their parents and he felt a little bit sad that they couldn't be around more.

"Do you need some help, kiddo?"

"No. I'm fine. Thanks." Burt sat by the table and watched his son.

"I hope we didn't cause any troubles by coming without letting you know."

"Don't be silly, dad. We love having you here. Anytime." Kurt patted his shoulder.

"Sit down, please. I'd like to talk to you." Kurt obeyed with a worried expression in his face.

"I knew it. I knew something must be wrong when you came here all of a sudden."

"No. Nothing is wrong. I promise."

"So what do you wanna talk about?"

"How are you? You seem to be fine but I want to hear it. We didn't have time to speak yet."

"Of course I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"I admire how you are able to handle things…You have nobody here and you are doing an amazing job, Kurt. Both of you."

"Well, we had a great example at home…"

"We should come to visit more often."

"You can come whenever you want, dad. You know that."

"Yeah, maybe we organize another unplanned visit soon."

"Unplanned? You guys didn't plan to come?"

"No. I got out of the hospital on Friday and decided to go. We called Andersons and they joined us."

"You got out of what?!" Burt froze. He didn't realize his slip up until now.

"The hospital…Look, there is no reason to keep it hidden now. Nothing happened. I swear. I'm okay."

"If you were okay you wouldn't have been in the hospital! Why the hell didn't you tell me?"

"Because you'd have flown to Ohio with Blaine and your kids the moment you learnt about it."

"Well, my father being in a hospital is a damn good reason to fly to Ohio, don't you think?" Kurt snapped.

"I was there for observation for two days. They ran some tests, nothing is wrong. I'm okay."

"Why was the observation needed then?"

"I fainted." Kurt closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He didn't want to yell at Burt. Not with their children in the next room.

"You fainted?"

"Yes, I forgot to drink that day, I was dehydrated. They told me it was from exhaustion. We had a rough week at the garage so…"

"Exhaustion?" Kurt's voice was increasing his intensity. "A rough week at the garage? Are you kidding me? You have people to work for you so you wouldn't get exhausted!"

"I know. But Peter and Andrew caught flu and they stayed sick at home. There was no one who knew how to take orders or make invoices… I have two guys who know how to run the shop but they were out last week."

"So you went and exhausted yourself to the point you ended up in a hospital for two days?" Kurt was yelling now.

"I didn't mean to, Kurt. You know I go there just for a few hours a week but I had no choice…"

"I can't believe you. I can't believe you didn't tell me when it happened. I can't believe you would keep it a secret from me."

"Of course I would keep it a secret. Nothing happened. I'm okay. You are making a big deal out of nothing. You have your family here. You can't flight back and forth every time something happens to me, Kurt. Which is exactly what you would have done. I didn't want to worry you."

"I have a right to worry when my irresponsible father doesn't know how to take care of himself!"

He stormed out of the kitchen, full of anger and fear of Burt. When he got to the living room, Nathan was snuggled to Blaine's chest, his eyes wide and frightened. Carol was holding Nellie who had tears in her eyes. Kurt cursed himself silently. This was precisely what he didn't want to cause. He took Nellie from Carol and held her in his arms, whispering soothing words to her.

"Shhh…I'm sorry, baby girl. I didn't mean to yell at granddad. He just made me furious, you know? Some day me or daddy will make you and Nate furious. I'm sure of it. And then you'll yell at us. And it'll be okay. I'm kind of looking forward to it because it will mean you care. Everything is okay, Nellie. You don't have to be scared. I won't yell again. I promise." He was bouncing her and kissing her head, trying to calm her down.

"Do you want daddy to sing to you? You love his songs. What do you say?" Kurt found his husband eyes but Blaine just shook his head.

"We're going to put them in bed." Blaine stated and left the room with Kurt in tow.

"I'm sorry, honey. I didn't mean to scare them."

"You should think before you start screaming. We have kids in a house now." It was all what Blaine said until their children were sleeping safely in their cots.

"Go to our room, Kurt. I'm going to say goodbye to them and come to you." Kurt did as he'd been told.

"I think you should go. I need to calm him down."

"Okay. We'll see you in the morning." Alice responded to her son's request.

"Maybe I should talk to him." Burt suggested but he was cut off by Carol immediately.

"You should have talked to him the day you fainted. I told you he would be mad. Next time something like this happen I'm getting your son involved like it or not!"

"I understand, Burt." Blaine said. "I really do. But you have to understand where he is coming from. He lost him mother and he almost lost you. You can't keep this kind of things from him."

After the door behind their parents closed, Blaine returned to his husband. Kurt was lying on the bed, crying and Blaine put him in his arms instantly.

"I'm so sorry, Blaine. So sorry." Kurt whimpered into Blaine's chest. "I swear I didn't want to yell. I tried to keep it down but then I got really mad…I'm so pissed off with me and my dad…I never wanted to scare Nate and Nellie…"

"I know, baby. I know. You have to be careful now with the kids in a house…But I'm not angry with you."

"How could he be so carefree? How am I supposed not to worry about him after this? He lied to me. I call him every single day. I asked how he was and he said he was fine while being in a hospital…"

"Kurt, he meant well…" Blaine said although he knew he was just adding fuel to the fire.

"So you are on his side in this?" Kurt asked furiously and got out of Blaine's grip.

"No. I'm not taking anyone's side. Come here and let me explain." He opened his arms for Kurt and Kurt, bit little hesitantly, scooted closer to him once again.

"Kurt, baby, if he had told you, you would have been in Lima in matter of hours. He wasn't sure what was wrong so he didn't want us to worry. When he found out it was nothing, he probably thought there was nothing to talk about…I'm not saying it was a right decision but I can understand."

"He put himself in danger by working so hard."

"Yeah, I know. And it was a stupid thing to do but I'm sure he won't do it again."

"I can't stand the thought that he is lying to me about his condition…and there is nothing I can do about it. I can't go home every other week to find out how he is doing…"

"Well, Carol scolded him so she will be definitely keeping you updated about his health from now on."

"I need him to be responsible…I need him to be healthy so Nate and Nellie have granddad who can play with them and maybe build a tree house or take care of them during holidays…I need him to give me more advice about parenting and I need him to be here as long as possible because I can't imagine the world without him…" Blaine tightened his embrace.

"I would do anything for you, Kurt. If I could, I would make that happen…"

"I love you so much." Kurt whispered with a trembling voice.

"Love you too." Blaine breathed into Kurt's hair and kept rubbing in circles on his back with one hand while stroking his hair with the other until Kurt was peacefully sleeping.

Kurt had a long talk with Burt and Carol the next day. Blaine and his parents took kids out in case there would be screaming again so father and son could express their emotions without scaring anybody. Burt had to promise not to keep things from Kurt and Kurt had to promise not to worry too much. But no matter how well the conversation went, Blaine could tell Kurt was still apprehensive.

They were sitting in the living room, Carol and Alice shared the sofa and Burt with Daniel occupied armchairs, watching Blaine and Kurt being wrapped in each other arms with Blaine's back against Kurt's chest on the play carpet. Kurt's head rested on Blaine's shoulder and he occasionally nuzzled his nose into Blaine's neck or put a soft kiss there, eliciting a smile on Blaine's face each and every time. Daniel loved spending time with his boys. Sometimes, even after years, he still couldn't maintain that he was now fully involved in his younger son's life.

"We decided to have Thanksgiving in Westerville this year. It's closer to Columbus so you won't have to travel with kids for long from the airport…" Blaine and Kurt exchanged meaningful glance.

"Actually, we aren't going to Ohio for holidays the next month." Blaine said.

"What?!" Burt and Daniel exclaimed.

"Shhh…" Kurt put his finger on his lips and motioned to the direction of the nursery.

"What do you mean you aren't coming?" Burt hissed.

"It's our first holiday with Nellie and Nate. They are also turning one and we have fourth year wedding anniversary in November...we'll be in Ohio for Christmas but we want to be here in New York." Blaine tried to explain.

"Ok. Then we'll just come here…" Daniel concluded.

"Dad, we want to be alone…"

"Alone? We're not seeing you and children at all?"

"I'm sorry but we want to celebrate as a family."

"And what are we? We ARE a family!"

"Dad, you know what I mean…"

"When were you going to tell us?" Burt asked disapprovingly.

"We didn't think it would be such a big deal for you…"

"Of course it is a big deal, Kurt. We barely get to see you. We expect at least having you during holidays."

"Stop it, darling." Alice reproved his husband. "You know how it was when Cooper was born and we didn't want to go to your or my parents for Christmas but they forced us. We promised to never be so stubborn to make our children come to see us from guilt."

"It's completely different situation!"

"No. It's the same." Alice insisted and Daniel gave up.

"Please, don't be mad." Blaine pleaded.

"I'm not mad. I'm disappointed. I was looking forward to have you all home…"

Carol changed the topic quickly, sensing the discomfort in the room. She knew Burt and Daniel didn't take the news well but she understood. Now it was about making Burt and Daniel understand as well. She didn't dare to contribute into the discussion right now, it was safer to start talking about something else. Kurt and Blaine were grateful that women took the things into their hands and sidetracked uneasy fathers.

Little tension was still present the next day but all of them decided to ignore it. They could have a serious conversation about the matter via skype. There was no need in destroying the time they had together.

Blaine found his mother watching sleeping Nellie and Nathan later that day.

"Mom?" Alice turned around to look at her son.

"They are perfect." She said with a soft smile.

"Yeah, they are." Blaine agreed.

"We'd love to see you more." Alice continued. "I'm sorry for your father's behavior yesterday. He did mean well. I think he is afraid you are going to cut him off again now, when you have your own family."

"What? That's ridiculous!"

"I know. I don't think he is doing it purposely but he might be little insecure about your relationship even though it's been great for years now. For him you are canceling family visit again."

"But it's from different reasons now."

"Honey, I know. I'm just trying to explain to you that your father has his own issues and I want you to accept it and not get mad at him when he does something stupid. It always comes from a place of caring."

"I know, Mom. We're not mad. And we'll come home for Christmas. We are going to spend two weeks in Ohio. I promise. We miss you and we want Nate and Nellie to have an amazing relationship with you so we want you to see them as much as possible."

"We miss you too, Blaine. Your dad talks about you all the time. Last week we were on dinner with his new business partner and he complimented him on his shirt. You should have seen the proud face of your father. He said: My Kurt made it for me. The business partner asked him who was Kurt and your dad told him: My younger son's husband but he as well could be my son. There is no difference. He is one of my boys. Then they started to talk about their grandchildren and business dinner change into kid's pictures showing. It was so sweet…Burt and Daniel are very sensitive about you two. They want you to live your life but they need to know they still are involved in it in some way. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

"I do. Thanks, Mom. Please, give him a pep talk as well. I'm happy we have what we have and I'm not going to jeopardize that. He needs to know. I have no idea where we would be without Kurt coming into my life but I like to think that we would have found our way around eventually."

"We probably would. But I'm glad we didn't have to find out."

Kurt didn't feel this relaxed for a long time. The whole day was fantastic. In the morning Daniel and Burt had literally thrown them out of their own apartment with an address of a hotel where they'd rented a room for them. They had got the instructions of taking the day off from their father's duties and enjoying time together while grandparents would take care of Nate and Nellie till the next morning. Kurt and Blaine had taken walk in the park and gone for a lunch in their favorite restaurant. Then they'd decided to see a movie, visit a gallery and have early dinner. They'd finally come to the hotel room in the evening and since there certainly wouldn't be any interruptions from kids at night, they'd settled on taking bath and making most of the time they had together.

Currently Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with his husband's back against his chest, his fingers playing with Blaine's, making water plop. It was nice and Kurt was really savoring every minute of it. But he needed more. He wrapped his left arm around Blaine's waist and let his right one run down from Blaine's shoulder to his abdomen while simultaneously showered his neck with small kisses.

"Let's get out and continue in bed. What do you say?" He whispered into Blaine's skin, not actually waiting for Blaine's response.

"I called Jeff yesterday." Kurt stopped his actions, not sure of what he'd just heard.

"You what?"

"I called Jeff yesterday and asked him if the position is still available…"

"Jesus, Blaine!" Kurt shouted and pushed him out of his embrace so he could stand up.

"What are you doing?" Blaine asked when Kurt dried himself and put the robe on.

"You want to talk about it naked in a bathtub?"

"Well, I was pretty comfortable here."

"Well, then you should have told me about your call before we got here!" Watching Kurt walk out of the door, Blaine grabbed his robe and run after him. He found his husband sitting on the big sofa with a frown on his face.

"Why did you call him?" Kurt demanded the answer.

"I told you. I asked him if the position…"

"Why?"

"So we could go to Ohio and…"

"Why?"

"Could you please let me finish?" Blaine said in a harsh voice, tired of being interrupted. Kurt folded his arms at his chest and nodded, clearly annoyed.

"He hasn't found anybody for the job. He wants me. He is willing to wait until the adoption process is finished on the paper so we could move. I told him I need to talk to you about it first but I expressed my interest in being his partner in the studio."

"You want to leave New York? All of a sudden?"

"I promised you to think about it. And I did. Although I still have some doubts I think we should go."

"Why?" Blaine came closer to him and kneeled in front of him, taking his hands.

"Because it would make you happy. Because I can't stand you being upset when you don't know what's going on with your dad. Because I don't want my father to fear that I might push him out of our life. Because we could use some help with Nate and Nellie…"

"So you are not doing it for yourself. You are doing it for others…"

"No. I am doing it for myself. Making people I love happy makes me happy, Kurt. That's what love is about…"

"You were scared of our safety." Kurt pinpointed.

"I know. I'm not going to lie to you. It's one of those doubts I have but you were right. We have to be the first to do something if we want the world to change." Blaine looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Kurt, I am sure of it. I want to do it. If something goes wrong, we can move back here. But I want to try it. I miss our parents. They are great with kids but they can't keep flying here every month just to see them. My family comes first, you know it. And I came to conclusion that moving closer to our parents would be the best for us. If you don't agree, I'll accept that. But I can see how much you need to be near to your dad. Especially now after you found out about his recent problems."

"How big are those doubts you have?"

"Not big enough to stop me from going…"

"We still have four months until the adoption is finished. Let's not make rushed decisions. We need to talk it through."

"Okay."

"I don't understand why you brought it up when I was about to ravish you." Blaine laughed and crawled onto Kurt's lap.

"Well, I can't wait for you to do that." He whispered to Kurt's ear and untied the belts on their robes. The feeling of Blaine's skin on his own was everything Kurt needed to forget about serious issue that had been presented. After all they had few more months until Nate and Nellie would be officially and legally theirs on the paper…

"So, video conference. Haven't done that in a long time." Nick grinned into the camera, happy that all five of them were together again…well, as much as they could be together while being in the different places.

"I'm suspicious." Luke said, watching Kurt and Blaine intensely, probably trying to read their minds.

"Shut up and let them speak." Mathew joined the conversation, eager to find out what news Kurt and Blaine had.

"The papers are home." Kurt announced with a big smile. "They are legally ours." Blaine had to turn the volume on the computer down so the shouting and screaming the guys were producing wouldn't wake the kids up.

"Had I known you would be so loud, we would have stayed in the music room…" Kurt murmured but their friends in Pittsburgh really didn't care at all.

"Can we continue?" Blaine asked after a while.

"There is something more?"

"Well, there is. What are you guys doing at the weekend three weeks from now?" The question caught the guys' curiosity even more.

"Nothing!"

"I'm not sure but everything can be rearranged. I'm yours for whatever you need."

"Are we going to New York to see you?"

"We'd like to ask you a favor." Kurt started.

"God, Kurt! Just say it or we'll die here."

"We bought a house and we'll need some help with moving in…" Blaine finished for his husband.

"Great! So we are going to New York in three weeks!" Nick screamed and Kurt scolded him and ordered them all to keep silent while they were changing their position on sofa in living room for one in the soundproofed music room.

"Seriously guys, we have two one year old kids sleeping here."

"Yeah, sure." Luke nodded, not interested in getting a lecture about their behavior. "So, New York in three weeks, can't wait…"

"We never said we bought the house in New York." Kurt interrupted him.

"And where did you buy it then?" Mathew asked, confused.

"In Westerville."

"Where?!"

"Westerville? Like in Ohio?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"You can't leave New York to live in a hell hole!"

"Why the hell would you change New York for Westerville?!"

"Hey! Calm down! If you let us explain, you would get the picture better." Blaine stopped Luke's and Nick's questions shooting and they told them everything that had led them to decision of moving out.

"I don't like the idea." Nick stated. "I think it's much better for you to be in New York. I understand your reasoning but there are a lot of mean people in Ohio."

"There are a lot of mean people everywhere, Nick. Thank you for your concern but we'll be fine."

"I want to believe you will be, Kurt. But I'm with Nick on this. I just hope you are not making a mistake. We want you to be safe." Luke opined.

"Mathew? Are you still here? You're awfully quiet." Nick inquired.

"I have only one thing to tell you. Nick, Luke, do you remember how we helped Blaine pack when he was leaving to New York all those years ago?" Nick and Luke just nodded their heads, trying to figure out where Mathew was going with his little speech.

"Then you sure remember that I TOLD YOU SO!"