Only Time, Chapter Fifteen.

14 Weeks.

Kurt and Blaine gave each other reassuring glances before following Burt into the living room. Burt took up his usual chair in the corner whilst Kurt and Blaine took the love seat opposite rather than the sofa right beside him. Kurt was subconsciously protecting his boyfriend; still not entirely convinced his father wouldn’t pull out his shot gun any minuet.

Burt cleared his throat nervously, looking his son in the eyes. “Firstly I want you kids to know I'm not mad.” Kurt breathed a sigh of relief, though he could feel there was a “but” coming… “But I'm defiantly not happy, I thought you kids were more responsible than this, that you would be careful even though this is defiantly not something you would be expecting so as much as I begrudge it I can’t be angry.”

“Mr Hummel, sir” Blaine spoke up quietly “I just want to say, sir, that-“

“Blaine, kiddo, it’s been over a year, how many times have I told you to call my Burt, ehy?” Burt cut him off.

Kurt had never heard Blaine stutter nervously in front of his father since the first time he was officially introduced as the boyfriend. Even then it had dissipated quickly since they had already known each other for a while by then that they slipped easily back into their usual comfort.

“Okay Sir, erm, Burt. What I meant to say was that I just want you to know Kurt and I were always careful and that I respect him and I promise you I would never push him and we talked it through to make sure we were being safe and we knew, or though, we were since neither of us had ever…” Blaine stumbled over his words with a blush rising in his cheeks even though he managed to keep perfectly Dalton dapper sitting up straight and never letting his eyes fall from Burt, making sure the older man knew he was telling the truth. Blaine needed Burt to know how much he cared for his son, and how neither of them were throwing themselves or each other around like they didn’t matter. Both Kurt and Blaine had heard Burt’s “You matter” speech more times than they could bare to count in the past year.

Kurt shuddered as Burt’s eyes seemed to x-ray Blaine; as if reading into his very soul, trying to expose every detail of the boy with a fixed glare that even Kurt could feel boring into him like radiation. “You know Blaine; I’ve come so close to being angry at you this past week, I have wanted to be angry because even after everything you’ve been through Kurt you are still my little boy. I’ve seen you fight through so much, especially in those worst months at McKinley and even then, even after I saw how strong you were and how you’ve come out stronger at the other side I still saw you as my little innocent boy, but now this has really made me face the fact you aren’t a kid anymore and hell, Blaine, I want to hate you for that.”

Burt visibly sighed looking between the two boys sitting before him. “I guess I just never wanted my little boy to grow up” tears sparkled in the older man’s eyes. “But Blaine, I still can’t find it in me to be mad at you, not really. Seeing you with my boy I can see you love him, watching you, especially at Dalton this week, reminded me of how I was with Lizzy and I can’t ignore that. So no matter how angry I want to be I can’t come between you two because that look on your face and the way you hold yourself around my son, almost as if you are angling yourself to protect him and the- and the- baby, well, how could I deny my son that when hell he’s going to need you right now.”

It was clear to see Burt was working hard to stay composed and firm and help up his hand when both Kurt and Blaine opened their mouths to talk but Burt cut them off. “You two know this is going to be hell, right? You both have been through hell already telling you who you can and can’t love and they aren’t going to accept this any easier so Blaine I need you to promise me that if you two really are going to go through with this- pregnancy then you need to be ready for it because from now your lives are going to change. A baby changes everything and you two are practically just kids yourselves and if you don’t choose adoption, hell, even if you do, everything is going to change and it ain’t ever gonna change back.”

Kurt was crying now, the tears that had been building behind his eyes as his father spoke could no longer be held back and they simply broke the dam as they ran hot, wet, and silent down his face. Blaine looked to his love and saw the tears and felt himself welling up. Burt had always been the father Blaine had wished he had but right now he didn’t need anything more than for the father of his child to have a father who supported him and who still loved him no matter what. “I promise you Burt, I promise to do everything in my power to protect Kurt and our baby. I will do anything for them and I swear I will not force Kurt to do this alone, he’s strong, stronger than me, but I will be here for him every step of the way. I love your son Mr Hummel and I would rather die than let anything happen to him. I know this will be hard but I'm willing to do that as long as Kurt is and if at any point he wants to make the decision to give our baby up for adoption then I will support him, I won’t ever force a decision on him.”

Blaine looked at Kurt then. They had talked over and over about the idea of abortion but both of them had quickly and easily known a termination would never be an option. But the thoughts of adoption had never been fully covered. There had been too much pressure over everything else to have sat down and officially ruled out that option, and in that moment a trickle of fear ran through Blaine, wondering if it was perhaps something Kurt had been considering.

Kurt squeezed Blaine’s hand then and looked directly into his honey chocolate eyes as he spoke now even though he was still half talking to his father. “I know Blaine will be here for me and out baby, and I know that I want to keep our baby. I know it’s going to be hard, nothing in our lives is destined to be easy-” Kurt chuckled through the tears “but I just know we can do this. It’s out baby, our little miracle, and who knows what the chances are of this ever happening again are so I'm not giving her up after what is probably going to be a long fight.” The tears were falling steadily from Kurt’s eyes now as he smiled up at Blaine who snaked an arm around his waist.

“Well you kids seem to realise what you are getting yourselves in for, so long as you remember it when you’ve had no sleep because of a screaming baby who needs feeding and changing and caring for.” Burt chuckled, clearly unable to hide the happiness he felt, knowing his son was taking this like an adult. No matter how much it scared Burt that his baby boy was having a baby he knew Kurt could do it. That boy was so very strong after everything life had put him through and with Blaine by his side they would be able to do it he could see.

Burt got up from his chair and pulled his son into a hug. “I’ll always be here for you son, and you too Blaine” Burt added turning to the still nervous looking young man in front of him. Carol entered the living room then and put and arm around Blaine who jumped a little in surprise. “Don’t worry honey, I think you’re safe from the shot gun now” she laughed seeing the happy faces of her husband and step-son who she secretly loved as though he were her own.

“You know, I guessed something was going on with you two the last time you were both here for the weekend but this was very much not what I was expecting though I had a feeling” she shrugged with a small laugh when the three men gave her a quizzical look. “It’s not as rare as you might think, I’ve seen a couple of cases in the hospital in my years and what with Kurt’s sickness and there was just a look about you honey” she pulled Kurt into a hug then. “We are here for you boys whenever you need us, whatever it is don’t be afraid, we will all get through this together.” Kurt hugged Carol back tightly. She may not be his Mom but she was the mother figure that he never thought he would ever have again after Elizabeth died.