Kurt was currently sat on his back porch, rocking slightly on the porch swing, he had his hands protecting his rounded stomach, he loved nothing more than to feel both his daughters move around. Elijah and his Grammy were currently playing in the sandpit they had built in the garden, Kurt smiled at the squeals Elijah kept emitting as his Grammy tickled him.

Having his Grammy here did have other benefits too, with Kurt now being less tired and irritable, he and Blaine were able to have more time together, whilst sex wasn't exactly an easy task, they made sure to make time for it as often as they could, and they were now closer than ever. Blaine had even started sending him little texts during the day, sometimes a bit naughty, other times just letting him know how much he meant to him. As if on cue, his phone went off in his pocket. Smiling at the thought of Blaine calling him, he reached into his pocket and managed to get to it just in time.

"Hello?"

"Kurt, it's your Dad"

"Hi, Dad, how are you doing?" It wasn't unusual for his Dad to call him during the day, especially when it was a quiet day at the shop.

"I'm alright, listen, I need to talk to you about something" Kurt's heart felt like it was somewhere in his stomach, he had heard those words before, and the following words were never positive.

"Dad, you're scaring me, what's going on?" His voice broke slightly at the end, he really was starting to panic.

"Firstly, Kurt, calm down, it's no good getting yourself all worked up in your condition." Kurt took a few deep breaths, mainly to appease his Dad, but it did seem to be working in calming him down a little bit.

"Good, now, there is no easy way to say this, so I'm just going to come out with it. It's Carole, we went to the hospital because she hasn't been so good, and well, it turns out she has Stomach cancer."

Kurt gasped, although Carole wasn't his biological mother, she had always been like a mother to him, making him feel just like her own son. Tears immediately filled his eyes, streaming down his face slowly.

"D-Dad? What are they doing? It's treatable right?" Kurt heard his Dad sniff at the other end of the phone, which only made Kurt cry louder. By now, his Grammy and Elijah had noticed something was up with him, slowly making their way over. His Grammy sat at his side, arm looped over his shoulder, and Elijah climbed into his lap, getting as close to his Daddy as his could with his stomach in the way.

"I don't know, Kurt, they said they would try everything they could, but they're not sure yet just how far along it is, and if it has spread at all." His heart broke, not for himself, but for his Dad, he had already lost one wife, if Carole died too he knew his Dad would never recover, losing one wife is heartbreaking, losing two, well, it's something you just can't get over.

"She will be okay Dad, she's a fighter, I wish there was something more I could do, but I can't fly right now. God, I want nothing more than to give you and Carole a big hug!"

"I know, Kurt, I know, and I also know you would be here if you could, but, you listen to me, I don't want you to worry about this, I want you to focus on my two grandbabies currently growing inside you."

"I'll try Dad, I will, but it's a lot to take in." He felt his Grammy get up and head back into the house for a second, leaving Elijah on his lap.

"I know, well, I need to get back, Carole is resting at home, so I have taken a few days off to look after her, and plus I don't think I'd be much use at the shop right now" His Dad gave a humourless chuckle.

"Okay, Dad, I love you, and tell Carole I love her too" Just as Kurt was finishing talking, Elijah piped up "Lub you, Gran'a and Gr'da" Burt laughed, a proper laugh this time. "I love you too, Elijah, my little man, and you too Kurt, take care of yourselves, okay?"

"We will do, bye Dad"

"Bye Kurt"

Kurt hung the phone up in a bit of a trance, he couldn't believe it, Carole, the woman who had been there so much for him, and looked after his Dad so well when he had moved away. He was snapped out of his trance by Elijah hugging him and saying his name. He looked down at Elijah and smiled softly at him.

"I'm sorry, buddy, Daddy is a bit sad right now, but I'll be okay, why don't you go back and play with your sandpit yeah?"

"Okay, Daddy" Elijah jumped up and went back to his sandpit, leaving Kurt to his thoughts, he was trying his hardest not to get too upset and worked up, but his Dad had sounded so dejected and upset, that Kurt couldn't help but mirror those emotions.

"Kurt?" Kurt whipped his head around at the familiar voice.

"Blaine? Wha?"

"Grammy called me, she said you might need me right now"

"Oh Blaine!" Blaine ran to Kurt then, engulfing him in a massive hug, that's when Kurt lost it, he started sobbing into Blaine's shoulder, letting all his emotions go at once, he sobbed for his Dad, and for Carole, and Finn too.

He pulled himself together enough to tell Blaine about the phone call, and was surprised to see Blaine start to tear up too. Although, he shouldn't have been shocked, he'd known Carole almost as long as Blaine, and she was like a mother to him too. Blaine held Kurt close, kissing his hair. Kurt hadn't even noticed that his Grammy had picked Elijah up and slipped out of the house, giving the two men some privacy.

"I'm so sorry, Kurt, I wish we could have flown down to see them, but we can't risk it with you being so heavily pregnant, I'm so sorry"

"No, it's okay, my babies will always come first, I just feel so useless right now, ya know?" Blaine just continued rocking him, trying his hardest to calm his husband, not wanting him to get worked up.

Blaine honestly didn't know what to do, this was definitely a blow they weren't expecting, but, like everything else, they would get through it, together.