"Where'd you go?" Finn asked when Kurt returned to the choir room.

Kurt smiled. "I went to the bathroom."

Tina leaned backward and looked at Kurt. "You went to see Blaine."

He shrugged his shoulders. "Bathroom," he said.

Rachel leaned toward Kurt and seized his right hand, placing it up to her face. "Then why do you still smell like the lotion in your bag. Wouldn't it have washed off when you washed you hands?"

Caught me, Kurt thought. He smiled and blushed slightly. "I was in the bathroom… I just wasn't alone." The girls smiled and Finn covered his ears. "And I wasn't in the restroom to use it."

"Really Kurt Hummel? On campus?" said Rachel.

Kurt flicked his eyes back at Finn who now had his eyes shut tight. He placed his hand on Finn's arm. Finn opened his eyes and saw he could lower his hands now too. "We didn't do anything- just wanted a moment alone is all. We seldom get them."

Finn loved his brother and he wanted him to be happy. He couldn't wrap his head around the concept of being attracted to another dude, but did know what the privacy between couples meant. And Kurt was right. If Blaine comes to visit, they're not allowed in Kurt's room, much like when girls come over for Finn; they're not allowed in Finn's room either. So at home they're not alone, when they go out together it's almost always in a group date and Finn never heard of them not going somewhere that wasn't surrounded by people. Man, where did that leave time for affection? he thought. He knew Blaine and Kurt were very conservative in public because neither one enjoyed the looks some people gave them.

"Speaking of which, Finn can I have the car tonight? I'm going to Dalton to visit Blaine."

"Sure, but you know your dad would never go for that."

"I'm telling him that I'm meeting Blaine for dinner, which is still half true. Please?" he begged Finn. "I'll tell him as much as he needs to know, but please cover for me? I'll owe you one."

Finn saw the importance of this favor written on Kurt's face. "Yeah. You know I will." Kurt smiled and resisted the want to jump at Finn to hug him.

"Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Best brother ever!"

"Yeah, yeah, you're welcome. I will be redeeming that favor."

"Anytime. Anything you want." Kurt pulled out his Iphone and quickly punched in his father's contact information.

"Kurt, phone away during rehearsal," Mr. Sheuster reminded from the front of the class.

"It's my dad," he said as if it were a real excuse. "I'll be real quick, I promise."

Mr. Sheuster raised his eyebrows. "Real quick, then get back to work on your song with Finn. That goes for you too Ladies," he gestured toward Tina and Rachel and they quickly turned back to their own song work.

The phone rang twice before Burt Hummel answered the phone. "Hummel's Tires."

"Dad."

"Hey Kurt. What's up? Aren't you supposed to have Glee rehearsal or something?"

"I do. I'm at it now, but I wanted to let you know that I'll be home later than expected. I'm meeting Blaine for dinner." That seemed well enough. It's better to tell him rather than ask permission.

"Ah I don't know, Kurt. It's a school night."

"You've let me have dinner with Mercedes plenty of times during the school nights. Besides, I already told him I'd go." Kurt heard a sigh on the other end of the line. He imagined his father covering his eyes with his free hand and pinching the bridge of his nose; something he did when he knew he should agree, but wasn't sure it was the best decision. "Yeah, I guess that's fine. Just don't be home too late."

"Thank you!"

"Yeah, have fun."

"I will. I gotta go. Mr. Sheuster is staring at me to put my phone away."

"Alright, I love you. Be good."

"Love you too, Dad." Kurt hung up and shook with gleefulness.

"Phone away, Kurt," called Mr. Sheuster.

"Got it!" Kurt chirped as he pushed his phone back into his pocket.

"Bought it?" Finn asked. Kurt nodded. "Man, if I asked my mom anything like you did, she gives me the third degree. 'Where you going?' 'When will you be back?' 'Who else will be there.' Blah. Blah. Blah."

"Yeah that's the great thing about Dad. He doesn't care about details. He only wants to know basics."

"Maybe I'll start asking you dad for permission to do things from now on."

By the end of practice every group had a song. The most interesting choices to Kurt were Brittany and Mike's idea to do a dance to Brittany singing Glitter In The Air by P!nk, Artie and Sam doing Long Skirt/Short Jacket, and Puck/Santana/Mercedes doing their version of Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas. They got so into the idea that they were already working on the arrangement. Kurt was most excited to see Mercedes group do their number, but imagined Brittany and Mike to look amazing due to the fact they were the best dancers. Kurt decided to go with Finn's idea of a mash-up of Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones and Creep by Radiohead. They didn't have time to start an arrangement and it was completely out of Kurt's realm of music taste, but he liked the way the music fit together and decided to give it a try.