Which is why, making his way up the very familiar staircase had a mixture of feelings for Kurt, whilst he had some of his best times in this room, he also remembers some of the worst times, when he would dance to forget the nasty words and punches. Sophia was now 6 months old, they had their first Christmas with her, she had been spoilt rotten, making both Kurt and Blaine roll their eyes at their parents.

He had read somewhere that encouraging children to partake in group activity increased their social skills and helped their intelligence later on. So, he had signed Sophia up for Mommy and Baby Ballet, before even arriving he had the awkward phonecall to the ballet leader. 'No, she doesn't have a Mommy who can bring her, yes, she really does have two Daddies' But here he was, Sophia in an adorable little tutu outfit he had picked out especially for the occasion.

He looked around the room at the other participants, they were mainly middle aged women, who looked like they probably didn't work and spent 90% of their time either at expensive restaurants or down the gym, using this as purely an opportunity to show off their post-baby figure rather than actually seeing the benefits for their children. There were a couple of girls around his age, sat awkwardly to one side, he decided it would be best to go and sit with them for now.

"Hi, I'm Kurt, and this is Sophia, I take it you're here for the ballet class too huh?"

The girl closest to him, looked him up and down, she was a Quinn of the world, probably head cheerleader, at least before she got pregnant, pretty, with a figure to envy. He was waiting for her judgmental comment, and he was not disappointed.

"Did you not read the description for this class, it is a Mommy and baby group, not a Daddy and baby group"

She practically sneered at Kurt, making him feel like the smallest person in the world, maybe coming here was a mistake, Blaine had already aired his views, but he had gone against him, coming anyway, maybe he had been right. Deciding he wasn't going to let one persons view ruin his time here, he steeled himself, holding his head high and moving to sit next to the other girl at the side, she looked a bit more like his kind of person, at least if the kind eyes were anything to by.

"Ignore her, she is a bit of a bitch, I'm Nicole, and this is Mason, I think it's great that you have brought your daughter to this class, most men would have ran the other way, so it's very noble of you"

"Thanks, nice to meet you, Nicole, I'm Kurt, and this is Sophia, I'll be honest and say I don't really know what to expect, but I do know that when I did ballet when I was younger, I loved it, so I'm hoping Sophia will too."

He smiled at Nicole, who smiled back, at least he seemed to have a alli in this room, before he could consider it for too long, the instructor came in, she was the same woman he could remember from when he was a child. She now was probably in her late 50's, a tall, but lean woman, with sharp features, and greying hair, that was once a light shade of blonde, pulled into a tight bun, right on the top of her head. She had been scary then, and she seemed to be even scarier right now.

"Right, Moms and er, Dad, get in a semi circle, babies out in front of you, and we will get started."

She looked shocked to see Kurt here, but not in an unkind way, more in a curious way. Everyone followed her instructions and sat down in a semi-circle. The room was far from quiet, with a lot of the babies starting to fuss about being made to sit still for so long. The instructor turning some light music on, which sounded a lot like a lullaby.

"Okay, now I want everyone to pick their babies up, and stand them on their feet, encourage them to put as much weight on them as possible, this will help start to build the muscles up and prepare them for walking"

Kurt did as instructed, Sophia was busy looking around at everyone else in the room, so she didn't seem to be noticing the fact she had moved to standing on her legs. Kurt decided to ignore the other Mom's watching him as though he had grown three heads, looking at his daughter almost pityingly.

The rest of the class went in a similar fashion, Kurt and Sophia earning lots of unprecedented stares, Kurt tried his best to ignore them, and not let them get to him, but, by the end of the class he was feeling extremely uncomfortable, and out of place, already having made the decision to not come back again. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he packed their things away, He would have to find another hobby for Sophia, as ballet was not going to be an option, he was letting his daughter down again, this was happening a bit too often lately.

"Kurt? Kurt Hummel? It can't be!"

Kurt looked up from where he was settling Sophia into her stroller, to see the ballet instructor looking right at him, a smile across her face. He tries his best to remember her name, but right now, he couldn't for the life of him remember what it was.

"Hi, Ms--"

"Cornell, but you can call me Jan, listen, I remember you, yes, you are Burt and Elizabeth's little boy, you caused quite the stir, if I remember, when you started ballet at the age of 3"

Of course, Ms Cornell, he couldn't believe he had forgotten her name, she had, after all, been a big part of his childhood. She actually remembered him, he wasn't sure whether to be flattered or not, she clearly taught a lot of pupils.

"I am, yes, thank you so much for this class, Sophia seemed to really enjoy it, but I'm afraid, I don't think we will be able to come back again"

"If Sophia enjoyed it, why aren't you able to come back Kurt?" Her voice wasn't filled with accusation, more of a gentle curiousty.

"You must have noticed the way everyone else looked at me and Sophia, I'm the only guy here, everyone clearly disapproves of me, and I don't want Sophia to be exposed to that, she's already got to cope with having two Dad's, I don't want her exposed to judgement so early on too"

God he hated his hormones, he was crying, infront of the ballet tutor of all people, he was such a girl. What surprised him though was the fact that instead of looking at him pityingly, she was looking at him with suprise.

"Be that as it may, Kurt, the Kurt Hummel I knew when he was a child was not a quitter, even more so because he was the son of Elizabeth Hummel, who risked everything for her son to have a normal childhood, despite being in Lima, Ohio the most judgemental town you could find. No, you clearly aren't the boy I remember if you're going to let those women rule what your daughter does, and I must say I'm disappointed"

With that she turned around, going to turn the music off and collect her belongings, Kurt just looked at her retreating back, maybe she was right, maybe by being a coward and running away he was doing exactly what his Mom could easily have done all those years ago, but she hadn't, she had allowed herself to be ridiculed and stared at so Kurt could do what he wanted, and he was going to do the same for Sophia.

He had a new determination when he maneuvered Sophia's stroller to the exit. Before he left, he turned to Jan and smiled kindly at her.

"See you next week"

"Now, that's the Kurt Hummel I know!"

He laughed as he carried Sophia's stroller down the stairs and out of the building. He felt proud of himself, there were bound to be more of these kinds of decisions to make, and maybe he would make some mistakes, but this time he felt he had definitely made the right choice. Just as he was securing Sophia into her car seat, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

Blaine: How's my little Ballerina? Did she enjoy it? I'm so proud of you for taking her, Kurt, I hope you has a good time too, without any trouble xo