K- Just meet us outside the ice cream parlor. I'm going to tell Zach that I invited you.

D- Okay. See you soon. Thanks for doing this for me.

K- No problem. See you soon.

Kurt and Blaine were making their way down to the parking lot as Kurt quickly typed out his text messages to Dave. They had just made it to the front doors and could already see Zach standing outside. "This should be fun," Kurt said sarcastically. Blaine chortled in agreement.

"Hi," Zach greeted with a smile.

"Hi," Kurt greeted back, hoping Zach's overt happiness was no because he just got laid.

"Blaine," Zach said with a nod of his head.

"Hi, Zach," Blaine responded.

"So, ice cream?"

"Oh, uh- yeah. I invited Dave. I hope that's okay. He called and wanted to hang out, so I told him to meet us."

Zach made a face.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"You're not trying to get us together for a date, are you?"

"No. Really it was a coincidence that he called. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal because you two are so-" Cough. "-close these days."

"Kurt, we're fucking, not getting to know each other's hopes and dreams."

Blaine shifted his eyes back and forth and toed the ground uncomfortably. Zach was so forward with his personal life while Blaine couldn't imagine being that candid with another person about his exploits with Kurt. Their personal life was just that: personal. As in: not any one else's business, but their own.

"Well, I can't uninvite him now, so… It'll be fine, you'll see. Besides, now you have a chance to get to know Dave a little more. He's a good guy."

"You clearly don't understand the point of his and my relationship."

"My car's over there," Blaine interjected. "I'll drive while you two continue to bicker." Kurt smirked and eyed Blaine happily.

In the car, the banter between Kurt and Zach continued with Kurt turned around in his seat and leaning over the front consol, arguing that maybe Zach aught to give monogamy a try.

"I am being monogamous," Zach replied. "I'm only sleeping with one person."

"That's not monogamy."

"Sure it is. It's having relations with only one person during a period of time. Believe me, I'm well versed in the definition of monogamy. Look it up if you don't believe me."

"I just don't understand why having sex with Dave is better than having sex with Dave and being romantic with him."

"There are no strings attached to this."

"But you were willing for strings with me." Kurt quickly flicked his eyes over to Blaine, realizing that he had said the comment as if Blaine wasn't there. "What's the difference?"

Zach also flicked his eyes over to Blaine and saw the honey colored eyes looking back at him in the rearview mirror. He swallowed and thought his words through carefully. "I'm sure Blaine can give you a good enough answer to suffice." He smiled cockily then noticed Blaine's eyes were no longer in the mirror. Zach was satisfied with himself for answering the way he did.

"Seriously. Is Dave such a bad guy that he'd not worth a shot at a relationship that's more than casual hook-ups? For all you know, you could be ruining him and turning him into someone who thinks sex is just sex."

"Sometimes it is."

"Key word being sometimes. How do you know you're not teaching him that it is always just something you do and not anything more?"

Zach sighed. "You're talking as if a relationship is up to me."

"Guys, we're here," Blaine announced as he parked the car.

Both boys seemed to have either not heard Blaine or they were ignoring him as Kurt was still turned round in his seat, leaning on the center consol, and looking intently at Zach in the back seat. "What makes you think that Dave wants anything more?" Zach continued. "Remember, he's had absolutely no problem being forthcoming with making booty calls whenever he feels like it and having sex with me the first time, seemed almost like a no-brainer to him. He's literally never once brought up wanting anything more than what we already have."

"Seriously, Guys, we're here." Blaine unbuckled his seat belt and then went as far as unbuckling Kurt's as well. When there was still no response, Blaine got out of the car and walked around to Kurt's passenger side door and opened it. He also opened Zach's while he was at it. He looked up and saw Karofsky.

Dave was on the side walk, leaned up against the building and he put his hands up in a gesture that signified "What's wrong?"

Blaine made a face, rolling his eyes and shaking his head that answered Dave with a silent, but understood, "It's nothing, but it's annoying."

"How do you know he hasn't brought anything up because he's worried that he'll scare you off?" Kurt continued.

"He should be worried because it would scare me off. I don't want anything serious."

"You are such a liar!" Kurt looked out the door at Blaine. "We're going to be a second." He shut his car door, leaving Blaine outside of the car. Zach did the same and crossed his arms, not wanting to continue the argument, but knowing that Kurt wouldn't let it go until it was finished.

Blaine rolled his eyes again and walked over to Dave on the sidewalk. "This might take a while."

"What's going on?"

"They're arguing about Zach's choice to have casual hook-ups with you instead of a relationship." He paused, seeing Kurt's hands now in the mix and talking animatedly. He really did look cute flailing around the way he was.

"Is Zach saying that he doesn't want a relationship?"

Then Blaine understood why Kurt was so passionate about this. It was because, despite Zach's defensive response of Karofsky not wanting anything more than what they already have, Dave really did and Zach didn't know it. Kurt was helping Dave out. "It's not that so much as he's saying that you don't and have no problem with the way things are."

"How am I a liar?" Zach asked.

"You said you wanted someone to finally go through you. That was less than a month ago!"

"Correction. I wanted you to go through me. You're different."

"Why? What's so special about courting me rather than getting naked with Dave? What you do with him is way more intimate than making out with me. Why me and not him?"

"I don't know!"

"That isn't a good enough answer!"

"It's going to have to be because I'm don't talking about it."

"Wait!" Kurt reached forward and grasped Zach's arm before he had a chance to open his car door. "Just tell me this has nothing to do with me."

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Are you being serious with me, or are you just saying that to get me out of your face?"

"I'm being serious. This really has nothing to do with you."

"So if someone else were to go after Dave, you'd be fine with it?"

"Yes." Zach lifted his eyebrows and used his facial expressions to emphasize his answer.

Something about the way Zach was overly animated made Kurt not believe Zach because he seemed too over the top. "Okay. Fine. I'll leave you alone now. Just please be nice and take having ice cream with him for what it is. Just an outing."

"I can do that." They both got of the car, Kurt still eyeing Zach's actions carefully, and met up with Blaine and Dave.

"Hey," Dave greeted.

"Hi," Kurt said.

"Hello, lover," Zach acknowledged with a wink.

The expression on Blaine's face when he looked at Kurt was questioning and Kurt responded by shrugging his shoulders and scrunching his face as if to say I don't buy it.

The ice cream parlor they went to was the same one that Kurt use to go to with Karofsky before Blaine knew about them hanging out. It was a couple towns over and it was very sixties. Kurt liked the dramatic nature of it, but thought the outfits the waitresses were forced to wear were ghastly. The girls wore poodle skirts, bobby socks, and roller skates. The guys who worked there were bus boys, not waiters, and wore bowties and triangle hats on their heads. It was like sitting in a scene from Grease or Pleasantville. Everyone smiled and was always very happy to serve everyone one. It was a family place and not the kind of place anyone from McKinley would go just to hang out. The Dairy Queen was much closer and malt shops were most definitely not the cool thing to do, despite how cool it felt to be in one.

All four boys took seats at an empty table that sat six because all the four top booths were taken by people that had either two or three people in their party. A very perky young woman with a pink ribbon in her hair and a pink scarf tied around her neck rolled up to them. "Hello boys! I'm Tammy, I'll be your waitress today. What can I get for you?"

"Blaine? Kurt?" All four boys and the waitress looked over to the waitress' left. Trent and Derek were looking at them. Derek looked a little uncomfortable, but Trent seemed happy to see them. "I didn't know you guys came here." Trent smiled.

"We're going to need a minute, please. Sorry," Blaine explained to the waitress pleasantly.

"No problem, Sweetie. Take your time, boys." She skated away and tended to one of her other tables.

"What are you two doing here?" Kurt asked, trying to sound pleasant.

"Ice cream. You guys come here often?"

"No." Blaine answered. "Well, Kurt does. This is kind of he and Dave's place. Oh! Trent this is Dave. You know Zach already."

"Hi!" Trent shook Karofsky's hand. Dave said hello and wondered if Kurt and Trent were somehow related because there was a slight resemblance.

"Dave, this is Derek," Kurt offered, gesturing to the brunette that was hanging back behind Trent.

"I know." Dave turned to Derek and held out his hand. "We haven't met, but I've heard a lot about you."

"Likewise." Derek took Dave's hand and shook it.

Zach was taking in the scene of everyone. Blaine and Kurt were clearly trying to fake being comfortable with Derek right in front of them and both Dave and Zach had an air in their voice that was hiding something when they said that they heard things about one another. "Why don't you two join us?" Zach offered with a smile. Kurt's eyes shot over to Zach's face, thinking that his offer was an awful idea.

"Oh. Um." Trent looked back at Derek in some form of silent conference. He didn't catch it, but Derek's expression had changed. What was once uncomfortable, now read as calm.

"Sure!" Derek answered. "We'd love to."

"Oh. Ok," Trent said. It wasn't that he didn't want to sit with the other boys, it was just a little weird for Derek to want it. "Thanks." Trent took a seat next to Blaine while Derek sat next to Dave.

"Dave, Trent and Derek are both Warblers."

"Oh."

"You sing?" Derek asked Dave.

"Oh. No. I'm not very musical."

"Liar," Kurt interrupted. "You were great during the halftime show with the other football players.

"Football?" Derek asked.

"Yeah," Dave said, trying to be conversational. He cleared his throat. "I'm a left tackle."

"Sounds like fun." There was a slight innuendo to his tone, like tackling men was an interest of Derek's and he wanted Dave to know that.

Blaine knew what Derek was doing. He eyed them carefully without making it seem like he was staring. He looked back at Kurt. "Kurt I think I forgot my wallet in the car. Can you please help me find it?"

"Of course." Kurt got up immediately, knowing that finding Blaine's wallet was not what Blaine really wanted. Also, any excuse to get away from that table was happily welcomed. They walked away and didn't see Derek's eyes on them as they exited the parlor.

"What the fuck?" Blaine exclaimed when they reached the car.

"I know! What the hell, right?"

"Why did Zach invite them to sit down? I thought he didn't like Derek."

"He doesn't. At least I don't think he does. He probably did it just to bug me because I argued with him on the way here and made him sit through a pseudo date with Dave. I'm sorry. This is my fault."

"No. It's fine. Just a little uncomfortable. I'm sure we can get through ice cream and then leave. Trent is harmless, but did you catch Derek's change in demeanor?"

"Yes! I was hoping you could enlighten me."

"He's flirting with Dave. Or at least working up to it."

"But he's with Trent. Why would he flirt with another guy right in front of him?"

"I don't know. Derek's not exactly in a good space right now, according to Trent."

"It's okay though, right? You're not like…" Kurt gulped. "Jealous or anything, that he's here with another guy and flirting with someone else?"

"Oh, Kurt." Blaine grabbed Kurt and hugged him. "God, no. I'm with you and I love you. I have no regrets leaving him and I certainly don't think of him as anything at all. I only think of you. You're perfect."

Kurt hugged Blaine back. "Okay. I just wanted to make sure. I know you love me, but I wanted to make sure you were okay."

They let go of each other. "I'm okay. I promise."

"You're sure?"

"Yeah, but just to make it clear, we can't just leave now and let the four of them figure things out themselves?"

Kurt chuckled. "I wish. Come on. Two can play at this came. Let's order a sundae and share it. Maybe the cuteness of our affection will make them all sick enough to want to leave early."

"Good call!"

They went back inside and took their seat across from Zach and Dave. While they were gone, apparently, things had made a progression in the level of uncomfortability. Both Trent and Zach were now watching Derek gush to Karofsky about sports and Karofsky's muscles. Admittedly, Dave looked flattered and maybe a little into the attention. No guy had given him that much positive attention before. Blaine knew Derek and Dave had little to nothing in common, but the way Derek was reacting to Dave whenever he spoke, a stranger might have guessed that they had a lot in common.

"So, Zach," Blaine said trying to get his attention. "Are you in any other clubs other than Glee?"

Zach was obviously distracted. "Um. No," he answered, not really looking at him.

"Trent fences," Kurt offered as part of the conversation.

Trent looked Kurt's way, his attention was focused on Derek, but hearing his name broke him from it. "Huh? Oh yeah. I'm on the team that won the State Championship fencing match last year."

Zach pretended to care. The waitress came back and everyone ordered. Dave ordered is usual milk shake and Kurt and Blaine ordered a chocolate sundae with hot fudge and strawberry topping. They ignored everyone else and fed each other, giggling when Blaine tried to put whip cream on Kurt's nose.

"Do you know how long I spend on my skin a day? You come near me with that and you'll be punished for it." Kurt really expected Zach to comment on it and say something like "can I watch?" but by now he was so focused on what was going on with Dave and Derek that Zach looked bothered or annoyed.

Blaine furrowed his brow and was beginning to feel really bad for Trent who was sitting back in his chair now and neglecting his milkshake. He barely touched it. Trent was obviously in a bad mood from being neglected and ignored by Derek this whole time. Trent was a good guy and Trent really liked Derek, he didn't deserve to sit through what Derek was putting him through. "Derek," Blaine said rather loudly. Everyone pretty much froze. Derek and Dave's bubble was popped and Derek looked at Blaine like Blaine sounding annoyed pleased him. "Have you and Trent gone to any more movies at the Revival Theater? Last time we all went, you both looked like you were having a good time."

"No." Derek answered and turned back to Dave. "Do you like musicals?"

"Not really," Karofsky answered. "Kurt tried to get me into a few, but nothing really stuck."

"Okay! I'm finished," Zach announced and looked at Kurt. "You?"

"Yes. Blaine?"

"Yeah. We're done."

"Dave, you haven't finished your milkshake," Derek said with a smile.

Kurt squinted his eyes. Can he be more obvious? Why doesn't he just sit in Dave's lap? Kurt thought.

The waitress came back over and everyone paid. Derek grabbed a napkin and quickly wrote down his phone number. "Call me sometime."

They all stood up and Blaine glanced at Trent again. He still felt sorry for him. Blaine gave Kurt a quick kiss on the cheek and whispered, "I'll be right back. I need to settle something."

He got out from behind his chair and walked past Derek on the other side of the table. As he walked past him, he cuffed his hand around Derek's arm and pulled him with him towards the restrooms. Derek stumbled a little, but went with Blaine with no objection. The others at the table watched Blaine's action with a combination of expressions ranging from shock to thankfulness. Zach was thankful, Kurt and Trent were in shock, and Dave just looked a little uncomfortable, but didn't say anything. He stared down at the table.

When the bathroom door shut behind them, Blaine had expected to start yelling at Derek, or at the very least, listen to Derek yell at him for dragging him away, but that's not what happened. He was just relieved that everything happened slow enough for him to react properly. The door shut and Derek pulled Blaine to him by the hand that was holding onto his own arm and trapped him against the door. He smiled and all of his emotion was visible in his eyes. He leaned in quickly and stopped when Blaine turned his head in time for Derek to miss kissing Blaine's lips. "What's the matter, Blaine? Jealous?" he asked and tried to kiss Blaine again, unsuccessfully.

Blaine gently pushed Derek away and moved away from him. His eyebrows were raised in utter astonishment. "Fuck no! Jealous? You think that would make me jealous?" He pointed through the wall. "Have you lost your fucking mind?"

"Oh come on. Why else would you be so bothered?"

"Because you just tried to kiss me again. This morning you told me that you'd leave me and Kurt alone. Not to mention you showed up here with Trent, who would be crazy to go back out with you after what you just pulled."

"You know, I'm surprised you're so accepting of spending time with Kurt's ex's. How does it feel to be at a table of guys who have all made out with your boyfriend?"

Blaine ignored the comment because that fact had never even occurred to Blaine that it should bother him. It didn't bother him. "What happened to you? When did you become so mean? Trent is a good guy and actually likes you and you fawn all over another guy right in front of him."

"What do you care?"

"Tell me you didn't do this just to try to make me jealous?"

"That's not the only reason."

"So it's true then?"

"I wanted to make Kurt jealous too. He used to make out with Dave when he couldn't have you."

"Wow," Blaine said to himself more than anything else. "You are so deranged. You are so not worth this. I'm not even going to bother arguing with you because you're fucking nuts. Seriously, out of your mind if you think that making both Kurt and I jealous would cause a wedge between us." Blaine plowed past Derek and out the bathroom door.

"Blaine!" Derek called out as he followed Blaine out back into the restaurant.

Blaine approached Kurt and grabbed him by the arms. He planted his lips to Kurt's hard. Kurt kept his eyes open because, frankly, he was surprised and confused. Also, public displays of affection were something they rarely did. Kurt glanced around when Blaine backed off because it seemed that everyone in the restaurant was staring at their group. "I love you," he said. "You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and there is nothing that will ever change that." He looked back at Derek. "Nothing." He linked his fingers with Kurt's and tugged him out of the ice cream parlor with him. Zach followed without saying anything to any of the other boys and Kurt, Zach, and Blaine drove back to Dalton in complete silence.