"So this is the infamous coffee shop you keep talking about?" Kurt asked as he studied every detail of the coffee house they were in. It was quaint, there wasnt much to it, but its simplicity was enough for Kurt. After all, his favorite coffee house was The Lima Bean, and there was nothing fancy about that place.

Blaine smiled, "Yeah... its not the most spectacular but they sure do make a real good cup of coffee. You must try!"

Kurt studied his soul mates face, from the smile that could out shine the Sun to the light twinkle in his honey eyes. He could tell Blaine was easily excited, even from a cup of coffee. Kurt laughed, "Whats going to stop me from buying a coffee?"

Blaine rested his chin on top of Kurts shoulder, "Mmm... youre so perfect."

Kurt blushed, "Why do you say that?"

"Because," Blaine began, "If you didnt like coffee I wouldnt love you as much as I do." He laughed.

Kurt laughed too, "Then I guess Im glad I like coffee." Kurt knew Blaine was joking though. It was fun teasing with him too.

The pair ordered their coffee and took a seat where - as Blaine told Kurt - was the usual spot Blaine went to with Trent and Jeff.

"What do you think is going to happen with - Finn and Rachel?" Blaine asked curiously.

Kurt took a drink out of his cup with a shrug, "I dont know. I mean I love them both and want to make sure that theyre making the right decision, but I dont know what is right for them now. Its good that theyre not getting married until later, but whether they are better as just friends or in a relationship is where I stand confused."

Blaine nodded and took a sip of his coffee. Licking his lips he said, "I thought they were too young to be getting married. Arent they only juniors?"

"Theyre as old as me and Im only a junior." Kurt said. Blaine nodded again and they sat in silence.

"Hey!" A voice exclaimed as the person who owned it hugged Blaine from behind. It startled Blaine for a moment but he instantly recognized the voice. He turned around to be face to face with Josiah.

"Josiah, hi!" Blaine was excited to see his friend again. Kurt too waved slightly at Josiah, waiting for Blaine to introduce the new person.

"Whos this?" Josiah asked, looking at Kurt.

"Oh, Im sorry. Josiah, this is Kurt. Kurt, this is Josiah. Kurts my soul mate." Blaine couldnt help the grin on his face. He liked introducing his soul mate. It was something he didnt think he could get used to.

"Hello." Josiah said brightly, a gleam in his eyes, "Wasnt it just the other week you told me you havent yours yet, Blaine? Wow, so much can change in such little time!"

Blaine chuckled, "Yes it can." He looked back at Kurt and with a smile he added, "Maybe you and your soul mate can join Kurt and I on a double date?" Blaine suggested.

The gleam in Josiahs eye vanished, "Oh, about that." He frowned and looked down at his feet.

Blaine frowned too, and found himself in a sudden awkward situation, "What? Didnt you already find your soul mate? You said you di-" Then Blaine noticed a tear fall from Josiahs face.

"I lied, Blaine. When I said I found my soul mate I lied. I just said that because you looked like life was taking you so well. Me, not so much. After the accident my life spiraled downhill. I just wanted something positive to tell you so you wouldnt worry."

Blaines mouth fell open, he was without words. Luckily Kurt filled in, "Im sorry to hear that, Josiah, but like Blaine and I, youll find them someday." He tried to stay positive in this suddenly negative turn.

Josiah looked Kurt dead in the face, cheeks blobbed with wet tears, "My soul mate died while I was in ICU." He said so coldly it sent a shiver down both Kurt and Blaines spines, "When I thought I wasnt going to make it, he didnt make it." And suddenly Josiah was crying to hard to produce words.

Kurt let a small tear fall from his face, he only just met the boy and he felt so sorry for him. Blaine stood and gave his old friend a hug, "Its okay." He repeated over and over again, "Its okay. Well get through this together."

"I dont know what Im going to do. Im going to live alone for the rest of my life."

"If it helps," Kurt said from his seat. Both boys turned to look at him, "my dad lost his soul mate when I was a child. Years later he moved passed her and found love again." He stood and walked up to the other two, "I know some people dont believe that someone should be with anyone but their soul mate but Carole makes my dad really happy. She may not ever compare to my mom, but shes a spectacular person and my dad deserved her."

Josiah looked back down at the floor, "I dont know... I just dont know."

"Maybe he can talk to you. You need someone like him to talk to." Blaine suggested and Kurt nodded his agreement.

"My dad is an excellent person to talk to about almost anything. I think you need a support of someone like him, definitely!"

"Ill-Ill think about it."

Blaine looked to Kurt. He suddenly felt fear flow through his body as he realized one of them is going to eventually die and the other will have to walk the rest of their life without the other half. He wasnt ready for that.

As Kurt walked into Glee practice Monday morning he witnessed a sight he was afraid of seeing, even though he wanted to see it when he first heard of the happening.

Rachel extended her hand out to Finns and dropped something in it, "Looks like you wont be needing another one of these for a while." She said. Finn lifted the item up closer to his eyes and Kurt could see the object glisten in the light of the room. It was their engagement ring.

Kurts heart dropped as much as he wanted his friend and step-brother to wait until they were older it was a such a heartbreaking sight to see something you usually dont imagine seeing. He approached Finn who was absentmindedly staring at the ring.

"Now what?" Finn asked blankly when he felt Kurts presence next to him.

"Return the ring. Youre not going to need it now. Unless you can fit it on your finger. Bet itll look very pretty." Kurt chuckled to himself after saying the last part.

"Is it bad that even if Im still with Rachel I still feel like my heart shattered?"

"Probably not. She broke off a wedding engagement at your wedding." Kurt said.

Finn pocketed the ring, "Do you mind coming to the jewelry store with me after school to return it?" He asked Kurt.

"Sure, Ill come."

Blaine couldnt keep his focus during his classes today. His focus was kept on Josiah. He still couldnt believe Josiah was going to live his life without his soul mate and he couldnt imagine life without Kurt. He didnt want to, but he kept on doing it.

Every once in awhile Blaines mind slipped and he thought about life without Kurt. He only just met his soul mate but already he forgot life without him, because Kurts been with all his life. Even if he wasnt there physically his name was still on Blaine so Blaine knew he was still alive.

Now Blaine sat on his bed in his dorm and once again he thought about a dead Kurt. Blaine shuddered as he tried to blink out of the thought.

Blaine realized that life is short and someday either he or Kurt will no longer be here and the other will have to live the rest of their days without them. He realized that every passing second is one second closer to their impending deaths. Every second gone was every second that scared Blaine more. He began watching his finger hoping that Kurts name would not disappear. A thing that he knew had a fifty percent chance of doing eventually.

Blaine did not want to lose Kurt. He kept reminding himself that Kurt was fine and nothing was going to happen. Not today, not for a long time.

BLAINE:

The lights go out and I cant be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have put me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing

He began singing. As more seconds passed on the clock.

Come out of things unsaid
Shoot an apple off my head and a
Trouble that cant be named
A tigers waiting to be tamed, singing

You are
You are

Blaine stood and walked over to the window in his room. He stared out it blankly, not really staring out of it.

Confusion that never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks
Gonna come back and take you home
I could not stop that you now know, singing

Come out upon my seas
Cursed missed opportunities
Am I a part of the cure?
Or am I part of the disease? Singing

You are, you are, you are, you are
You are, you are, you are, you are

And nothing else compares
Oh nothing else compares
And nothing else compares

You are
You are

Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go

Blaine looked back down at Kurts name. He still didnt want to believe that one day one of them would not be here.

"Im here to return a ring." Finn said to the lady behind the counter the store as he laid down the engagement ring.

"They said no." The woman guessed in more of a statement as she picked the ring up.

"No, she said yes." Kurt told her, "She just changed her mind later."

"How long have you kept this?" She asked, inspecting the ring.

"Several weeks." Finn replied as he began twiddling his thumbs.

"Honey, you cant return the ring if she already wore it. For several weeks, too." She laid the ring down and scooted back to Finn.

Finn picked it back up and put it in his pocket, "Thank you." He mumbled before he and Kurt left.

Kurt and Blaine were on another coffee date at the same place as before Tuesday afternoon, "They wouldnt take back the ring." Kurt began to tell Blaine.

"Why...?" Blaine asked absentmindedly as he played with his coffee cup.

"Because he owned it for too long." Kurt told him. Blaine gave him a nod. Kurt noticed his soul mates body language as something that is bothering him, "Whats wrong?"

"Hmm..." Blaine looked up and stopped playing with the cup, slightly more alert.

"Why are you acting like this? I know you, youre not like this." Kurt asked.

"Sorry, just... things..." Blaine replied, "Things have been on my mind lately."

"Okay..." Kurt rested his elbows on the table and leaned in closer to Blaine, "What things?"

Blaine sighed a little before responding, "Kurt, I dont want to lose you." He looked right into Kurts eyes, "I know weve only met just a few days ago but I love you. Youre my soul mate, and I dont want to lose you. I cant imagine a world without you."

"Blaine, someday one of us will be gone. How do you feel about that? One day, were all going to go."

"I know - I know that. Im just scared that it will be sooner than we both expected."

Kurt smiled a warm, comforting smile at Blaine and reached across the table to rest a hand on top of Blaines, "Well have each other for as long as our lifetimes, and every lifetime after that. Even if we lose each other sooner than later in this one, youll have the next one to look forward to, a promise that I can make." Blaine looked down at their hands.

KURT:

Sometimes we fall down and cant get back up
Were hiding behind skin thats too tough
How come we dont say I love you enough
Til its too late, its not too late

Our hearts are hungry for the food that wont come
And we could make a feast from these crumbs
And were all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you wouldve done

KURT AND BLAINE:

Yeah gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time weve been given here
This is all we got then we gotta start thinkin it
Every second counts on a clock thats tickin
Gotta live like were dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like were dying oh

Kurt looked at Blaine and gave him a head nod to sing. Blaine smiled and did so.

BLAINE:

Well if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbye
Should be so careful who we left out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, therell be no one on the line

KURT AND BLAINE:

Yeah we gotta start lookin at the hands of the time weve been given here
This all we got then we gotta start thinkin it
Every second counts on a clock thats tickin
Gotta live like were dying oh

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like were dying oh

KURT:

Like were dying oh
Like were dying

KURT AND BLAINE:

Like were dying oh
Like were dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like were dying

BLAINE:

You never know a good thing until its gone
You never see a crash until its head on
Why we think were right when were dead wrong,
You never know a good thing til its gone

KURT AND BLAINE:

Yeah we gotta start lookin at the hands of the time weve been given here
This all we got and we gotta start thinkin it
Every second counts on a clock thats tickin
Gotta live like were dying oh

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like were dying oh

Like were dying oh
Like were dying
Like were dying oh
Like were dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like were dying

Blaine loved the little song, but the fear still whirred in his stomach.

Kurt walked into the living room and found his dad reclining in his chair as he read the paper, better now than never to ask Burt if he could talk to Josiah, "Dad, can I speak to you?" He asked as he took a seat on the couch.

Burt looked up from the newspaper and to his son, "Whats on your mind, kiddo?"

Kurt huffed and looked down at his hands, "I have this friend..." Kurt trailed off, not knowing how to take this.

"Wait, is this friend you?" Burt asked, afraid of the possible talk this could take him.

Kurt shook his head with a small laugh, "No, its more of a friend of Blaines, though." Burt relaxed, "This friends soul mate died before they ever met. Hes been having difficulty getting past this. I want to know if you wouldnt mind speaking to him? From one person who lost their soul mate to another?" Kurt got out all in one breath. He inhaled sharply after he was done.

Burt folded the paper and sat it away from him before answering his son, "As a person who walked the earth without his soul mate to another?" He asked. Kurt nodded, "Sure. Bring this person in and well speak."

Kurt smiled, "Thanks, dad. I hate to see anyone like this, and its been giving Blaine some ideas..."

"Now whats wrong with Blaine?" Burt asked as he began to rub his face.

"Hes just scared of losing me. Im trying to tell him that its alright, and that nothings going to happen to any of us for a long time. I just hope he can move out of this phase."

"It probably is a phase. Hes probably just thinking about all the time he wants to spend with you and how little he actually has. Just give it time, kiddo."

Josiah stood freaked in front of the Hudson-Hummel door next to Kurt and Blaine, "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Blaine asked reassuringly, "We can turn around if you want?"

"No." Josiah replied simply, "I need to know how to get better. I need to learn how to move on."

JOSIAH:

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Dont know where it goes
But its home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And Im the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing thats beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

Im walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

Read between the lines
Whats fucked up and everythings alright
Check my vital signs
To know Im still alive and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing thats beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah

I walk alone
I walk a...

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And Im the only one and I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing thats beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Til then I walk alone...

"Come on, lets go in."

"This is Josiah." Kurt presented the boy to Burt as they walked into the house.

Burt outstretched his hand for Josiah who took it and shook it, "Nice to meet you, Josiah." He greeted then signaled for everyone to the living room, then another to take a seat.

"Josiah, Kurt brought you here because apparently your soul mate died before you two ever met. Is this correct?"

Josiah looked to Kurt then to Burt and nodded, "Ye-yes, sir." He slightly stuttered.

"No need to fear, boy. I wont bite. Im here for any assurance you need. I too lost my soul mate. I walked through this world eight years without her, but it certainly isnt the end of the world. Do you have any questions for me?"

"How did you get over it?" Josiah asked, "Its been so long and Im still not over it."

"Everyone gets over deaths differently. Some take longer than others, its okay, they were your soul mate who you will never meet in this lifetime. That doesnt mean you wont ever meet them." Burt reminded him, "What you need is the support of your loving family and friends to get by. Never shut them out. I didnt think I would make it if it wasnt for Kurt. I knew that I had him and that we were going to get through this together."

Josiah looked to Blaine with a smile, then to Kurt, who he may have hardly known, but has treated him so well. Kurt brought him help, after all.

"Then eventually I moved on. Its completely normal for two people to marry even though they arent soul mates. Its completely normal to fall in love with them, and I did with someone who wasnt Kurts mom. It might have taken me eight years to do it, but I did, and maybe you will too. Finding love with someone who was not made for you may not be something that all soul mates do but youre young and deserve somebody to spend the rest of your life with."

Josiah nodded, "Im not sure I want anyone else. Maybe someday, but I think its not going to come soon."

Burt rested a hand on Josiahs thigh reassuringly, "Whatever it takes, you can talk to me, my wife, Carole, Blaine, or Kurt for anything, were all here." He looked to Kurt and Blaine, "Boys, do you have anything youd like to add?"

Blaine grinned widely, "We decided to sing a song." He looked to Kurt and they both nodded their readiness

KURT:

Youll be okay
Youll be okay
The sun will rise
To better days

And change will come
Its on its way
Just close your eyes
And let it rain

Cause youre never alone
And I will always be there
You just carry on
You will understand

BLAINE:

Youll be okay
Youll be okay
Just look inside
You know the way

Let it go

KURT AND BLAINE:

Fly away

BLAINE:

And say goodbye
To yesterday

Cause youre never alone
And I will always be there
You just carry on
You will understand

KURT AND BLAINE:

And I will be strong
When love is gone

KURT:

And Ill carry on...

KURT AND BLAINE:

Youll be okay
Youll be okay
The sun will rise
To better days

Youll be okay
Youll be okay
Just close your eyes
And let it rain

BLAINE:

When you need it the most
And all youve got is a prayer

KURT:

You must carry on

KURT AND BLAINE:

You will understand
You will understand
You will understand

Youll be okay
Youll be okay
Youll be okay