Kurt thought that Blaine knew he wanted to go to New York. They had talked about it the year before, when New Directions went to New York for Nationals, but not since then. Obviously Kurt was planning on applying to Julliard, NYU and Parsons Design College. He knew he was interested in fashion design but he wasn’t sure if he wanted to do that or something with theater or musical theater. He figured that when he got the acceptance letters he would end up making a decision then.

One afternoon Kurt and Blaine were sitting in Blaine’s room doing homework, Blaine laying on his bed and Kurt sitting at the desk. Adele was playing in the background as they worked on their Calculus problems. The pale boy was humming along when he accidently knocked a bunch of Blaine’s papers off of the desk. He heard Blaine chuckle at him and rolled his eyes before leaning down and picking up the papers. What he saw he was not prepared for.

The words University of California, Los Angeles looked back at him. Kurt’s eyes widened and he felt his throat clenching, a warning that he may start crying. He slowly stood up, dropping the rest of the papers on the ground and turned towards his boyfriend. Blaine felt Kurt’s harsh eyes on him and looked up, noticing that Kurt seemed very stiff.

“Babe what’s up?” Blaine sat up on his bed and turned so he was fully facing the thin boy. He then noticed the papers that Kurt was holding so tightly that his knuckles were turning white. Blaine felt himself pale slightly and stood up slowly crossing the room to his boyfriend.

“Kurt I can explain all of that” Blaine reached out slowly, not wanting to startle Kurt, and tried to take the application away.

“Explain what Blaine? That you want to go to college on the complete other side of the country from me? Explain that you changed your mind about going to New York? Explain that you didn’t think we would last after high school anyway so why not make it easier to avoid each other?” Kurt spoke harshly and tore the papers away from Blaine’s reaching hand. His eyes turned the coldest of blues and Blaine visibly flinched back at the look the other boy was giving him.

“No Kurt that is not what it is at all” The shorter boy looked at Kurt pleadingly, trying to figure out how to explain his thought process. “I just… It’s a backup Kurt. I am still planning on going to New York with you but…” he trailed off not wanting to bring up what happened at the beginning of the semester unless he absolutely had to.

“Why do you need a backup Blaine? You are a perfect student, every college wants you” Kurt’s eyes softened slightly but he still did not give in. He saw Blaine sigh and knew that he was right, that the tanner boy did not need a backup, that he could get into any college that he wanted to.

“Well after you know” Kurt looked at his boyfriend slightly confused, “New Year’s…” the confusion immediately disappeared, “I thought that maybe we shouldn’t be in the same area at all. You know my father went to UCLA and he wants me to go there. He wants me to follow his exact footsteps, go into a business major, join his Fraternity, meet a nice little Sorority girl, get married and have lots of little kids.” Blaine groaned, rolled his eyes impressively at the reminder of his father’s antics, and looked down at his feet, not able to look Kurt in the eye.

“He thought that our break-up would be the perfect opportunity to convince me that California was where I needed to be and honestly when we were apart I thought so to. So I took the application and promised that I would look at it. I wasn’t planning on doing what he wanted me to though. Did you know that UCLA has a great arts department? And biomedical?” Kurt’s eyes widened in shock.

“You want to do something with biomedical?” he interrupted and Blaine looked back up at him. He could have sworn that they had talked about this before, but thinking back he realized that they never really did. They talked about the future all right but it was mostly what would happen after college. Once they were old enough to have kids and get married. They always seemed to skip over the college years in their talks. The only time Blaine could ever really remember talking about it with Kurt was when they discussed going to New York last May.

“Yeah biomedical and psychology. I know that for me music isn’t a realistic goal. I don’t have the passion for it that you do, I just like doing it for fun and honestly I could think of nothing better to do with my life than to help people out, who just need someone to talk to.” Kurt nodded along. He remembered what a great mentor Blaine was when he first met him, what a great listener he is. He could see Blaine 15 years from now helping teenagers who had to deal with bullying and depression.

“I think you would be great at that, but UCLA? I will support you if that is really where you want to go but…” Blaine felt the need to hug his boyfriend tightly and reassure him that he wasn’t going to leave him. Kurt had some tears dripping down his cheeks and when he looked up with watery eyes Blaine couldn’t help but bring his arms around him and hug him tightly. Apparently the thought of them being across the country from each other really shook Kurt to the core.

“NYU has a great program to, and that is where I want to go, especially since I know you will be in New York. UCLA was just an option if necessary, and I will be honest with you. I will probably still apply there, mostly to appease my father, but if by the off chance that NYU won’t accept me and UCLA does I will probably go there.” Blaine felt his own tears dripping onto Kurt’s neck as he gripped the slender boy tighter to his own body.

“And just because we wouldn’t be in the same city doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t be together. I love you Kurt and I will always love you. A few thousand miles isn't going to change that.” Blaine pulled away and forced Kurt to look him in the eye. The younger boy looked at him and the look in his eyes nearly broke Blaine’s heart. He knew how sensitive Kurt was to being left, how afraid he was that everyone was going to leave him.

“Do you know how far that is? It’s like 3000 miles Blaine. I can’t be that far from you.” Kurt’s eyes flashed as an idea came to him. “You said UCLA has a great arts school? Well a relationship is compromise. I am going to apply there too and if we both get in and you really want to go the California I will be more than happy to follow you. I am not going to be 3000 miles away from you Blaine. I just won’t” Kurt’s eyes flashed fiercely and determined. He knew that he wanted to be in New York. He loved it there. He was comfortable there, but he would not be far away from Blaine. The few weeks they were broken up were enough and even then they were at most an hour away from each other.

“Kurt I cannot let you do that! New York is where you belong. You love it there.” Blaine was shocked that Kurt would even consider changing his college plans for him. “It probably won’t even matter. You shouldn’t even bother to apply to UCLA.” Blaine felt so much love for Kurt at that moment. The fact that he was willing to sacrifice one of his greatest dreams, just to be closer to Blaine, meant so much to him. He knew at that moment that the break up may have been for the best. It showed that they really did love each other and that they would do anything for each other. He proved that they were meant to be and that a relationship was actually work, not just fun. It had helped them both understand how much each other meant to them and that they wouldn’t want to damage that at all.

“Blaine” Kurt sighed and looked into the hazel eyes, “I am going to apply there okay? We will figure it out when we get the acceptance letters. It’s only February. We don’t have to worry about that for another two and a half months. Just know I will follow you wherever you decide to go. I will be happy as long as I am able to see you every day. I love you and I am not going to risk our relationship for some silly thing like New York when I could get a perfectly good education somewhere else.” He quickly leaned down and gave Blaine a quick kiss, a smile spreading across the shorter boy’s face.

“Fine. But just so you know New York will always be my first choice, not just because you love it there but because I love it there too. We will figure it out Kurt.” Blaine smiled up at the brunette. He was glad that they were able to talk about these things instead of just fighting about them. Maybe that was another thing that the break up helped with. “But now I think we should finish our homework so that we even have colleges to choose from” Kurt giggled which Blaine couldn’t help but smile at. He gave Kurt another quick kiss, pulling away laughing when the other boy tried to deepen it, and walked back over to the bed.

Kurt happily admired his boyfriend ass before turning around and sitting back down at the desk. The next few hours were spent finishing their homework and chatting about random things. Kurt smiled when he finished first, deciding to watch Blaine rather than alert him to his boredom. Kurt couldn’t help but admire the way Blaine’s eyebrows wrinkled when he came across a particularly hard math problem or Spanish translation. He watched closely when Blaine traced his lips with his pen and smiled brightly to himself when he fiddled with the ring on his left ring finger, the one that was identical to the one resting on Kurt’s left ring finger.

Finally when Blaine sighed and closed his book, Kurt walked over and lay next to his boyfriend. That night they just cuddled contently, jabbering about useless information and just enjoyed the time they had together. When Kurt’s phone rang at 10:30 both boys groaned loudly and rolled away from each other, knowing who was calling and what it meant. Blaine sat up and began to put on his shoes while Kurt reached for his phone.

“Hey dad. Yes I am about to leave now. I will see you when I get home.” He paused while his father talked for a moment and giggled when Blaine made funny faces at him. Kurt rolled his eyes playfully, “Love you too Dad. See you soon” He hung up and jokingly scowled at his boyfriend. “You are going to get me in trouble with him one day. I am just going to bust out laughing and he is going to think something is wrong with me” Blaine just smiled and shrugged as he led Kurt down the stairs and towards the front door.

“I’ll see you at school tomorrow” he held Kurt’s hands as they stood on opposite sides of the doorframe. “Love you. Text me when you get home.”

“Of course and I love you too” Kurt quickly leaned in and gave Blaine a quick peck before releasing the older boys hands and walking towards his navigator. He turned around and waved before climbing in and driving away. Blaine watched dejectedly as his boyfriend drove towards his house, before climbing upstairs and getting ready for bed. He was so tired but successfully stayed up until he got Kurt’s text, quickly texting the other boy a goodnight before he passed out.

The rest of the week went on very similar. The boys always going to one or the others house after school and hanging out together until they were forced to leave. Both boys were content to just cuddle and talk with each other, not doing anything too sexual, except for a few make out sessions here and there. They were just happy to be around each other, comfortable enough with their relationship that they didn’t need to be physical. That didn’t mean that either of them weren’t thinking about it. The thought of them together plagued both of their dreams at night, both boys waking up with sticky sheets more than once. They knew there was a big step in their relationship that they were going to take soon. They were both ready but neither of them wanted to force it. They just wanted it to happen. No planning like last time. Until then they were both content to just be together.

That was until the perfect opportunity came. Blaine’s parents decided that they were going to be taking a trip to Seattle for the weekend to visit some family and Burt and Carole were going to be visiting Carole’s cousin down in Columbus.

“So do you want to hang out this weekend?” Blaine asked Kurt, leaning against the locker next to his boyfriends. “You know, unless you have other plans or something.” Kurt rolled his eyes as he shut his locker and leaned against it facing the tanner boy.

“Well you know my other boyfriend isn't too happy about me spending so much time with you.” He teased and Blaine chuckled good-naturedly.

“Oh well we can’t have him be jealous now can we? I guess I will just have to spend the weekend all alone in my big house.” He sighed dramatically and turned around as if to walk away. Kurt placed his hand on Blaine’s shoulder and pulled him back so that he was facing him. Quickly looking around and seeing no one he kissed Blaine softly.

“I guess he will understand. Maybe he will break up with me and then I will have to spend all my time with you.” Kurt looked at Blaine through heavy eyes, causing Blaine’s eyes to darken and arousal to grow.

“What a pity. However will I stand it.” Blaine whispered against Kurt’s soft lips, wanting nothing more than to throw the younger boy against a wall and ravish him. However they were in school so that will have to wait. Blaine took the other boy’s hand in his own and they walked to history, both with a little pep in their step.

Jared watched as the two boys walked down the hallway hand in hand with his fists clenched tight. Blaine and Kurt walked towards their history class obvious to the tall blonde staring at them and watching their every move as he had been for the past few days. Ever since this mysterious party that Puck held, the couple seemed to be inseparable. Jared couldn’t stand it. He thought that he had finally broken the two up and made them miserable.

Yes he knew that they both knew the whole story now but he honestly thought that they wouldn’t be able to trust each other ever again. Jared glared harshly at the backs of the two boys before turning and storming off to his car, classes be damned. He needed to make Blaine miserable. He promised Anthony that he would get revenge. Something had to be done. It would be much easier now with Blaine in Kurt ignorant of his interference. Maybe this would be better. Maybe now they wouldn’t expect anyone to try to hurt their relationship, especially not Jared after he broke down in front of Kurt.

Jared climbed into his car and slammed the door behind him knowing that he would have to come up with a new plan. Something making Kurt insecure this time. He smirked as he looked back at the school and quickly drove back to his apartment knowing what he needed to do.