He laughed when he remembered Blaine’s face as Kurt handed him about seven boxes all perfectly wrapped and tied with a beautiful bow.

“Kurt this is way too much. I didn’t…” Blaine stuttered, “I only got you one thing” He looked down blushing and pulling the small box out of his pocket and placing it on Kurt’s lap.

“At least open yours first. I don’t think I feel as guilty if I don’t see what you got me yet” Blaine stared at his legs as they shook up and down. He couldn’t believe that Kurt would get him so much. He felt terrible for not splurging on his boyfriend. He was a terrible boyfriend. He heard a gasp from next to him on the couch and then felt a body land on top of his.

“Kurt” Blaine gasped for air as Kurt moved down to his neck “Kurt what are you doing…” He felt tears running down his neck “Kurt what is wrong? What did I do? Is it really that bad?” Blaine felt terrible. Was he really that bad at picking out gifts? Kurt shook his head no against the shorter boy’s neck. Blaine felt Kurt shift and he was soon covered in kisses and wasn’t able to breathe.

“Blaine I LOVE it!” Kurt mumbled against Blaine’s lips before pulling away with a huge smile and looking into his eyes. “Which finger should it go on?” he asked looking at the plain white gold band.

“It’s just a promise ring. I just wanted you to know that I plan on staying with you for as long as you will have me” he blushed looking at his hands, “So I guess you can put it on whatever finger you feel comfortable wearing it. I can get it resized if it is too small or big” Blaine trailed off as he was still nervous. He knew it was a huge step in their relationship, to offer a tangible symbol of their relationship. He looked over and saw Kurt beaming as he placed the ring on his left ring finger. It fit perfectly since that was the finger Blaine had planned on it going on.

“Well now I feel terrible” Kurt sighed, “My gift is terrible compared to yours. Actually I think every gift would be terrible compared to yours” He felt incredibly guilty. He heard a laugh as Blaine tore off the wrapping paper and lid and saw what was in the box.

“Kurt thank you! My wardrobe definitely needed enriching” Blaine was telling the truth. He hadn’t gone shopping in over a year and was starting to think he wouldn’t be able to be around his fashionable boyfriend for long without embarrassing the both of them. Kurt smiled as he felt the sincerity flow out of his boyfriend. Kurt was more than happy to buy the curly haired boy designer clothes all the time. He knew they would look fabulous on him, but he still felt bad about not getting an as meaningful gift.
“I promise. Tomorrow I will go out and get you something better” Blaine kissed the pale boy softly before grabbing his hands and turning to face him.

“Kurt, you don’t have to do that. This is more than enough and it is something that only you would get me” Blaine smiled as he kissed Kurt again.

This didn’t stop the taller boy since the very next day at nine in the morning he was at the store getting Blaine a matching ring. He wanted to give Blaine something that would prove how much he loved the other boy while also showing that Blaine was taken and no one was to go near him. As much as Kurt hated to admit it he would get extremely jealous whenever another, more attractive boy would talk to his boyfriend. He wanted something that would ward off the other guys who tried to flirt with Blaine.

Little did he know Blaine was thinking similar thoughts when he bought Kurt the ring for Christmas. He knew that Jared liked Kurt and thought that if Kurt was wearing a ring, Jared might be a little less likely to try to steal Kurt from him.

Kurt smiled down at his ring finger before running into the shower to get ready for the very long day. Kurt knew tonight was going to be very special, a night full of firsts. His first New Year’s kiss, his first New years with a boyfriend, his first New Years with Blaine and his first time having sex. Although they never really talked explicitly about having sex on New year’s both of the boys implied that they were expecting their mutual virginities to be lost that night.

Kurt got ready in record time, but made sure his moisturizing ritual was delicately completed. He finished getting dressed just in time for his family’s new year’s eve lunch. Burt and Carole knew that the boys were going to David and Wes’s party that night and Finn was going to a party at Puck’s house, so they changed the traditional New Year’s dinner to a lunch. Truthfully they were more than happy to have the boys leave for the night since it was only their second new year’s together. The lunch was a quite affair until Burt set his fork down and cleared his throat, looking at Finn and Kurt.

“Now boys” he sighed, “I know there will be drinking at these parties tonight,” the boys tried to interrupt him but Burt held up his hand quickly silencing the two teenagers, “I was a teenager too and I remember our new year’s eve parties. I am just hoping that you two will be responsible” he trailed off before seeing Carole glance at him and sighed heavily, “we are telling you to sleep at Wes’s house” looking at Kurt, “and Puck’s house” looking at Finn. He smiled evilly at the two shocked boys.

“If you come home Carole and I may be doing something you don’t want to see as punishment for you drinking.” Carole turned as red as a tomato as both Finn and Kurt were speechless, Kurt starting to feel the heat rising up his neck. He nodded not looking at the adults, instead focusing on his suddenly fascinating salad. Finn stood up from the table and quickly walked to his room muttering something about mental pictures and needing to drink just to erase what he just heard. Kurt quickly excused himself from the table and scurried upstairs.

By the time Blaine arrived at six thirty to take Kurt out to dinner both boys were too afraid to come out of their rooms in fear of what they might see. It took Blaine seven knocks to finally get an answer from his boyfriend. Instead of inviting him into the house like normal, Kurt pushed himself out the door and slid into his boyfriend’s arms. Blaine looked down at him to see him pale and shaking.

“Kurt, are you alright?” He was concerned. Maybe they should just stay in for the night. Kurt looked up at him through his thick eyelashes.

“Terrible mental images. Dad and Carole. Told me not to come home. They would be busy” Kurt stuttered out blushing heavily. Blaine looked confused before he eventually caught on and burst out laughing. Kurt stood up and glared at him before slapping his arm playfully.

“It is not funny. Dad’s aren’t supposed to do that” the pale boy hissed before turning to Blaine’s car with the shorter boy following behind chuckling.

“Yes but now we get to spend the night together without going behind your father’s back” Blaine leaned over and kissed his boyfriend before opening the door and letting Kurt climb in. They drove to the restaurant, a new French place that Kurt was dying to try, and Blaine was more than happy to appease him. They order their food, Kurt speaking in perfect French while Blaine stumbled through the words. Once their food arrived Kurt turned to Blaine with a serious look in his eye.

“Blaine I need you to be completely honest with me” Blaine looked up at him, a shocked look covering his face.

“Kurt I am always honest with you, what is it?” He asked worried that Kurt may have heard a terrible rumor about him. Kurt sighed. He had been thinking about this since the day Jared had visited him in the garage. He knew he needed to talk to Blaine about it but he didn’t want the curly haired boy to get upset at him for talking to Jared.

“Well I was working in the garage with my dad a few days before Christmas and you will never guess who came in to talk to me” he paused looking down at his hands, “Jared.” Blaine’s eyes harden at the name and he back instantly tensed.

“Yes and what did Jared say?” Blaine asked harshly turning to glare at Kurt. Why would he even bring this up tonight of all nights? He had plenty of time to tell Blaine before tonight. Kurt slowly looked up and flinched as he met his boyfriend’s harsh glare.

“He said that” he took a deep breath, “he said that he never said any of those things to you in the hallway.” Blaine looked shocked as he pulled away from the worried boy.

“And you believed him?” Blaine yelled as Kurt cringed away. “I am your boyfriend Kurt. Why would I lie to you?” Blaine was furious but not so much at Kurt as he was at Jared. He knew that Kurt just wanted everyone to like him, it was one of the many things Blaine loved about his boyfriend, but this was going a little too far. Jared knew that Kurt wouldn’t want to hate him and he was playing to his weakness.

“Well what he said made sense,” Kurt hissed back at Blaine. He was upset that Blaine would dare yell at him, especially in a public place. “He said you were just jealous of his and mine’s friendship and that you were trying to keep me away from him. You do always seem jealous when he is mentioned or around Blaine” Kurt looked at his boyfriend wish harshness in his eyes.

“Kurt I would never lie to you. He did say that in the hallway. I promise” Blaine’s eyes softened as he looked at his beautiful boyfriend. He took the other boy’s hands in his own before whispering “What do I have to do to have you believe me?” Kurt looked up at Blaine, searching his eyes for any hint of a lie. When he found none he sighed deeply before pulling Blaine into his arms.

“I believe you Blaine. I just” he trailed off, “I love you, I would never cheat on you, and thinking that you thought I might just” he sighed, “it just made me think that you don’t believe me when I tell you I love you and that I don’t want to be with anyone else ever.” He held up his left ring finger, “I wouldn’t be wearing this if I thought, for even a second, that I didn’t want to be with you.” He slowly leaned back before giving his boyfriend a loving kiss. Blaine returned the kiss before pulling back and smiling.

“I love you too” he said simply before kissing Kurt again.

The rest of dinner went off without a hitch, the two boys laughing and flirting, always making sure that they had some sort of physical contact.

When it hit eight o’clock they paid the bill and started the long drive over to David’s parents’ house. They arrived around nine o’clock and were surprised to hear loud music already thumping from inside the house. They read the sign on the door that stated that they were to “come on in dudes, it’s a party” that was obviously written in David’s messy scrawl, and opened the door and they were hit with the smell of sweating bodies and alcohol.

The lights were dark with only black lights showing the way. Both boys instinctively reached for each other’s hands in hope that they wouldn’t get separated. They made their way over to the open bar which neither of them questioned even though everyone who was at this party was underage. Blaine ordered himself a soda while Kurt decided that he needed a little help relaxing and ordered a rum and coke. Blaine’s eyebrows raised, but he didn’t say anything to his pale boyfriend.

“10” Kurt stumbled around feeling the alcohol in his system affect his balance. He had to get to Blaine before the clock struck midnight. They had gotten separated when Jared had forced Kurt into a conversation while Blaine went to get them another glass of champagne.

“7” Kurt knew Jared was following him but he didn’t make the connection between the time and the conversation they just had. Well screaming match is more like it but Kurt didn’t want to admit that he was yelling at anyone, even if he was drunk.

“4” Kurt looked around frantically looking for his boyfriend through the huge crowd of dancing teenagers. He could barely see even if there were no teenagers around him. The room was so dark and the only lights were black lights. He knew Blaine was wearing a white v-neck shirt but so were the majority of the party attendees.

“2” Shit. Kurt only had one more second until the ball dropped and it was officially the New Year. He wanted his first ever New Year’s kiss to be with the boy he loved. He knew he shouldn’t have let Blaine go off to get them drinks when it was so close to midnight.

“1” Kurt felt himself get spun around and felt lips meet his while others in the room yelled “Happy New Year!” He knew this wasn’t Blaine, he knew that he shouldn’t be kissing this mysterious person but he was drunk and at the moment wasn’t thinking straight. When the kiss ended a few seconds later, he opened his eyes to see who ended up kissing him. It was Jared. Kurt’s eyes narrowed and he reached up to slap the boy but Jared was too quick. He grabbed Kurt’s arm and used it to pull Kurt close to him again.

It was then Kurt realized who was behind Jared. The strobe lights were flashing and he saw his face. He saw the disappointed and confused look in his eyes. It was as if he couldn’t believe what he just saw. He couldn’t believe that Kurt would do that to him. After all they had been through he couldn’t believe that Kurt, his Kurt, would cheat on him.

Kurt shoved Jared out of his way and ran to Blaine but in his drunken haze he tripped and Blaine mechanically threw his arms out to catch his boyfriend… ex-boyfriend. Kurt looked up at Blaine through his dark eyelashes and for a moment Blaine’s heart softened but then the picture of Kurt kissing Jared of all people appeared in his head and his eyes hardened again and he let go of Kurt.

“Blaine I…” Kurt stumbled out but Blaine held his hand up.

“I don’t want to hear it Kurt. You knew. You knew how I felt about you being around him and now you kiss him. On New Years. This was supposed to be our night.” Blaine hissed at his boyfriend. “Ex-boyfriend” he had to remind himself.

“But Blaine I didn’t. I would never! He kissed me I was trying to find you!” Kurt slurred out. He then realized how much alcohol he had actually consumed that night... in preparation for what he and Blaine were planning.

“Yeah like I’m going to believe that Kurt, especially after I have repeatedly caught you two flirting in the hallways” Blaine murmured, “Kurt I can’t do this. We are…” he sighed rubbing his face. He looked at his hands like just realized that he had dropped the two champagne flutes when he saw them kiss “Kurt we are through. I don’t want to be around you” Blaine stormed off and shrugged Kurt’s hand off of him. He opened the door to the apartment and walked out leaving Kurt stunned behind him.