After dating for almost six months, Kurt and Blaine still hadn't been on an actual date.

Rachel had offered to look after Alyson for the night so that the two boys could finally go on their first date and Kurt was kind of freaking out. It was the first night that he was going to be away from his little girl since she was born. Kurt wasn't even sure how Ally would react to being at Rachel's for a whole night and he was kind of worried that she wouldn't exactly be happy with the arrangement. Of course, Alyson loved Rachel and her Dads, but she had never been away from Kurt for more than a school day.

Regardless, Kurt and Blaine dropped a slightly teary Alyson off at Rachel's house at precisely eight o'clock before Rachel nearly dragged Kurt back out of the door as he felt guilty for leaving Ally when she was upset.

"She'll be fine, Kurt. You deserve some time to be with Blaine by yourself, I mean you guys haven't even been on a date yet. Now go."

"But I-"

"Go." Rachel said defiantly.

"Fine," Kurt pouted. "Just make sure she has her bunny with her because-"

"I know, Kurt," Rachel laughed. "Blaine, take him now before he sets up a tent in my living room and refuses to leave, please."

Blaine just laughed and took Kurt's hand, leading him out of the house and back to the car where he proceeded to drive to an unknown — well, unknown to Kurt — location.

"You okay?" Blaine asked five minutes into the drive.

"I just...I don't like being away from her, especially because she was practically crying her eyes out when we left."

"I can take you back if you want, we don't have to-"

"No," Kurt shook his head. "I want to go on a date with you. I want to feel normal for once, I guess I'm just a stereotypical protective Dad." Kurt said, eliciting a small laugh from Blaine who covered one of Kurt's hands with his own.

A while later, Blaine was parking the car as Kurt looked outside of the window with a confused expression on his face.

"Blaine...why are we at the grocery store...?"

"Because we, my beautiful boyfriend, are buying food." Blaine explained.

"Um...may I ask why?"

"All will be revealed," Blaine smirked mischeviously. "Come on."

After walking through the shop for a good ten minutes, the two boys had a bag full of food and drinks and were back in the car as Blaine drove to yet another location.

"I have no idea what you're up to, Mister." Kurt wondered aloud. "So this better be good."

"Don't worry," Blaine laughed. "We're nearly there."

What Kurt wasn't expecting was for Blaine to park the car in the car park to the tiny beach that was a few miles away from Lima.

"I know it's not the best beach ever but not only is it our first date together, it's both of our first dates ever so I wanted to do something special and...well I guess you could call this romantic and-"

"Blaine?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up," Kurt laughed. "Although your rambling is sort of adorable."

"Yeah I guess I'm sort of nervous." Blaine said, his eyes downcast as he fiddled with his hands until Kurt took them both into his own.

"Don't be. I think it's a really sweet idea." Kurt smiled as Blaine looked up at him shyly.

A few moments later, Kurt and Blaine were sitting side by side on a blanket, not really eating, but just watching the waves crash onto the shore.

"Does it bother you that we can't do this all the time?" Kurt asked, leaning his head against Blaine's shoulder as his boyfriend wrapped a protective arm around his shoulders.

"Honestly? No. It doesn't because being with you, be it on a date or otherwise...that's enough for me." Blaine replied, burying a kiss in Kurt's hair.

"I love you." Kurt sighed, his eyes slipping shut.

"I love you too."

The two boys spent around an hour just talking and eating food until Kurt launched himself at Blaine, kissing him hard as he pulled Blaine on top of him and laid back on the blanket that was spread out.

"Woah, wait," Blaine said breathlessly, pulling away from Kurt. "You know I didn't wanna be alone with you for this, right?"

"I know, but that doesn't mean I'm not okay with it...ever since...I've been afraid of really being with anyone — even though I know it's not the same if I'm with you — but you...you make me feel safe and loved and that's all that matters."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Kurt replied, pulling Blaine back into a kiss. "Take me home." He whispered into Blaine's ear.

It was almost two am when he got the call.

Kurt rolled over in his bed with a groan, grabbing his phone off of the table and sleepily answering it.

"Rachel, it's like two in the morning, what the hell?"

"Kurt! I've called you like fifty time, why weren't you answering?" Rachel practically screamed down the phone.

"I was asleep, what do you think I was doing!?" Kurt exclaimed, causing Blaine to promptly wake up and look up at him with a sleep, confused expression.

"Kurt, I need to tell you something..."

"What?" Kurt groaned.

"So, I remembered you telling me that Ally liked eating ice cream when her mouth was hurting so I gave her some and I only had strawberry, I thought she'd be fine but-"

"But what Rachel?" Kurt said urgently, sitting up in bed as his eyes filled with tears.

"I don't know what happened but you need to get to the hospital, like now." Rachel replied, blatantly crying.

"Rachel, what the hell happened to my little girl?" Kurt asked, his voice high pitched and wavering as he began to cry himself.

"I'll explain when you get here just please-"

"I'm on my way." Kurt practically cried, hanging up the phone and throwing it on the bed as he ran around his room, grabbing all of his things frantically.

"What happened?" Blaine asked worriedly, also getting out of bed.

"I don't know," Kurt cried, physically shaking. "Rachel just said she gave Ally ice cream and they're at the hospital and oh god Blaine, what if something happens?" Kurt cried as Blaine took him into his arms.

"Hey, she'll be okay." Blaine comforted, rubbing circles over Kurt's back.

"You don't know that," Kurt cried, burying his face in Blaine's shoulder. "If something happens to her because I wasn't there, I-"

"Shh," Blaine whispered. "Come on, I'll take you to the hospital, I'm not letting you drive like this."

Kurt nearly screamed with relief when they got to the hospital and Rachel told them that Alyson was okay. Apparently she was allergic to strawberries, but she was okay and that was all that Kurt really cared about in that moment.

"I'm so sorry Kurt." Rachel cried, hugging her best friend.

"It's okay... she's okay, that's all that matters." Kurt sniffed. "I just really need to see her or I'm gonna lose my mind." He slowly pulled away from Rachel and turned around to hug Blaine quickly, but tightly.

"I'll be right here, I promise." Blaine whispered, kissing Kurt's forehead before allowing him to go and see Ally.

As Kurt approached the room, he tried to remind himself how to breathe. He felt partly responsible for what had happened, Ally was staying at Rachel's house because he wanted to go out with his boyfriend and she ended up in hospital because of it. Sure, it could have, and probably would have, happened at any other point in her life but he wasn't there and he felt like absolute crap because of it.

"Hey bubba," Kurt smiled weakly as he walked over to Ally and let the one year old grab onto his hand as she let out a little gurgle. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you baby." He said sadly, leaning down to press a kiss to her slightly warm forehead.

Kurt stayed with Alyson until she fell asleep and he pressed a kiss to her tiny cheek before leaving the room to join Blaine and Rachel.

"Are you okay?" Blaine asked upon Kurt's return, recieving a barely there nod from Kurt as he sat down next to Rachel. Blaine sighed, standing up and walking over to Kurt before gently carding his fingers through his soft chestnut hair. "I'll go and get you something to drink." He said as Kurt latched lightly onto his hand.

"Thank you." Kurt said, smiling up at his boyfriend before letting him walk away, their hands staying connected until just their fingertips were touching and then Blaine was gone.

"So...how was your date?" Rachel asked, smiling softly at Kurt.

"It was perfect," Kurt said and Rachel could hear how happy he was, even if he was still shaking and his eyes were still filled with tears. "We had a picnic on the beach and then we went back to mine and -"

"I do not need to know the details, thank you very much," Rachel laughed. "I'm glad you had fun. And I'm sorry that I had to ruin it."

"Please stop blaming yourself, Rach. It's not like you knew that she was allergic to strawberries — I didn't even know that she was allergic to strawberries. If it didn't happen now it would've happened at another time, at least we know that she's allergic now and we can avoid this ever happening again."

"I just feel really guilty," Rachel replied, almost crying again. "My dads weren't even awake. They heard me scream and came running down the stairs thinking I was being murdered or something, I had no idea what to do and I don't know what would've happened if they weren't there."

"It doesn't matter anymore," Kurt said, wrapping his arms around Rachel's neck. "She's okay, that's all that matters to me. I just feel bad because she must've been so scared and I wasn't there. I don't know how to forgive myself for that."

"It's like you said to me; how were you supposed to know? I'm sure if you knew that she was gonna end up in hospital you wouldn't have gone out...if you knew that she was gonna end up in hospital you probably would have brought her in early just to make sure nothing happened." Rachel said, eliciting a small laugh from Kurt.

"I know, deep down I know that but I'm still completely freaked out and shaken so it's a little hard to think right now."

Blaine returned a few moments later with three bottles of water and the most comforting smile Kurt had ever seen in his life. He sat down next to Kurt and allowed his boyfriend to curl up to his side, closing his eyes as he tried to stop his brain from exploding.

Although Kurt was pretty sure he was asleep he could hear the sound of someone talking, he just couldn't make out who or what it was. Figuring it was probably nothing and his brain shut up, allowing him to drift back to sleep for a few seconds until he felt somebody gently shaking him.

"Kurt," Blaine said softly as Kurt's eyes fluttered open and he sat up, stretching his muscles which were sore from falling asleep in a plastic chair, half snuggled up to his boyfriends side. 

"Where's Rachel?" Kurt asked confusedly, noticing that his best friend was missing.

"She went home after much coaxing from myself that you'd be okay. The doctor said you can take Ally home."

"Oh thank god," Kurt sighed. "Ugh. I feel like I just slept under a tonne of bricks."

"Lovely," Blaine laughed. "Come on." He said, standing up and outstretching his hand towards Kurt.

Kurt gratefully took Blaine's hand and allowed himself to be led into Ally's room by Blaine. He carefully picked the sleeping baby up and cradled her against his chest as she let out a tiny whimper.

Kurt set Ally in the car seat that was inside Blaine's car as the last time they'd gone out with her they took his car before climbing into the passenger seat next to Blaine.

"Thank you." Kurt said tiredly. "For everything today. The date...after the date...coming here and dealing with me while I was a mess at like two in the morning. Just...thank you."

"You don't ever have to thank me," Blaine said honestly, leaning across the car to kiss Kurt on the forehead. "I'm always going to be here for you, no matter what."

"I love you so much." Kurt smiled.

"I love you too."