"Welcome back guys, now for some of you this is your last year and other's it's your first" Mr Schue motioned to Blaine who was sat next to his boyfriend Kurt both holding hands. "Now I know that from the rumour mills a lot of you had a very romantic summer. So for the first assignment of the year I want you to sing to or about someone you care for. Alright guys." The club started talking to each other loudly.

Blaine turned to Kurt "You mind if I serenade you" He whispered lifting his eyebrows. Kurt laughed and nodded.

"You mind if I don't sing for you" Kurt asked apprehensively waiting for Blaine to shout at him.

"It's the 8th on Thursday isn't it" Blaine asked his sudden joy turned sullen. Again Kurt nodded not looking at Blaine. Blaine lifted Kurt's head with his fingers revealing his ocean blue eyes glistening with unshed tears.

"You can to whoever you want to who am I to stop you" Blaine smiled and kissed him.

Kurt thought about that day he and Blaine had talked about it and Blaine accepted that he wanted to be left alone to grieve but would accompany Kurt to Lima memorial after school.

The next few days….

After the usual love songs by Rachel, Finn, Tina, Blaine and Mercedes were preformed. Rachel had sung "One and only", Finn had sung "I don't want to miss a thing", Tina had sung "Hopelessly devoted to you", Blaine had sung "It's not unusual" (earning a blushed Kurt) and Mercedes had belted out Whitney's "I will always love you". These were on Tuesday and Wednesday. When Thursday rolled around Kurt and Artie walked into the choir together earning stares from the entire club accept Blaine. The sat together at the front and talked quietly Kurt had red eyes and was trying to hold tears back. When Mr Schue walked in Kurt suddenly stood and asked if he could go first he nodded and sat in the empty seat next to Kurt.

"This song is for someone extremely special who was in my life and I would like to honour them with this. Blaine" He motioned for Blaine to grab a guitar and he sat at the piano.

I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side

When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you

I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do

When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

And when you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were, yeah

And all I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too

And when you're gone
All the words I need to hear will always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you

Kurt was nearly sobbing by the time he finished and everyone was shocked when Artie rolled over and hugged Kurt. Blaine sat down by Rachel who asked very loudly.

"What going on with Kurt and Artie? Did you guys break up?"

Blaine just shook his head and walked over to Kurt to whisper in his ear the glee club looked confused. Kurt nodded and he and Artie walked out of the room. Blaine stood in front of everyone and spoke with tears in his eyes.

"9 years ago today Artie was in a crash which involved him, his mother, Kurt and Kurt' mother. Artie and Kurt's mom were on one side of the car when a drunk driver smashed into them. Arties mom was in hospital for a few days with a broken arm but her airbag helped. Kurt was in hospital for a month because he had hit his head and left him in a coma for 3 weeks. Artie was in hospital for a few weeks after he had surgery to remove a piece of metal that was in his back leaving him paraplegic. Kurt's mom got the full impact of the crash and died instantly. Kurt wanted you to know but he wants' today to be about him and Artie he doesn't want pity he just wants' to grieve"

Blaine walked back to his seat to grab his bag and he left, the other sat there shocked there was not one dry eye in the room. The next day Kurt and Artie were back to normal but as the talked they shared a look and both nodded, they knew that it wasn't the same for either of them but they knew that day would always be there if they were together or apart and that kept them together.