They gave in easily, happy that Lily had found a passion and they wanted her to mix with the other children. Both Kurt and Blaine took Lily to her classes, sometimes together, sometimes separately. Kurt's new line was doing wonderfully but subsequently, he found himself working longer hours in order to get his next designs out. Blaine was working on new songs and had to go visit with his manager a few times a week while Lily was at kindergarten.

Blaine was at Lily's ballet class at this moment, watching her as the teacher gave them instructions. Lily listened with rapt attention, eyes trained intently on her instructor as she demonstrated with quick, fluid movements. Lily was subconsciously twitching around, desperate to get up and prove herself. Blaine beamed. She had certainly picked up Kurt's determination. When instructed to, Lily copied the teacher's moves with shaky legs, but after a few tries she managed to replicate the movement with ease.

When the class was over, Lily came dancing over to Blaine, who beamed at her. "Daddy, were you watching?" She panted.

"I sure was. You were beautiful, Lily," Blaine told her, smiling. Lily beamed and flitted about on her toes.

"Hi, Blaine," Lily's teacher addressed him, waltzing up to Blaine with a shy smile.

"Hello Maggie," Blaine greeted.

"I just wanted to let you know that Lily's recital is coming up," Maggie said, a small blush flooding her cheeks. "Are you able to make it?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world," Blaine grinned at Lily who smiled back up at him.

"Will Daddy K be there?" Lily asked. Blaine wasn't sure where she had picked it up from, but Lily had taken to calling them Daddy K and Daddy B.

"Of course he will be," Blaine told her, "he wouldn't miss it either."

"Well it's on Saturday night," Maggie reminded him. "We'll see you there."

Blaine nodded and took Lily's hand, leading her out of the practise room. He missed the way that Maggie's eyes trailed over his body as she sighed. Married and gay – why was it always the good ones?

Lily babbled delightedly all the way home and only pausing when the car came to a stop in the driveway. Blaine helped Lily out of the vehicle and grabbed her things, heading into the house. Blaine was pleasantly surprised to find Kurt at home. Lily squealed, springing herself on her father and hugging him around the leg, immediately launching into an account of her class.

Kurt listened intently, smiling and commenting when necessary. After a few minutes, Lily bounded off to find Sheba and Blaine pulled Kurt into a kiss.

"Her recital is coming up," Blaine murmured against his husband's lips.

"I have the camera charged and ready," Kurt smiled into the kiss.

Blaine chuckled, tightening his arms around Kurt's waist. "Of course you do."

The hall was crowded, chatter echoing around the room as people greeted one another and tried to find a spare seat. Kurt gripped Blaine's hand tightly as they hurried to find seats, ignoring the whispers that followed them which were thankfully not hateful or prejudiced.

"It's the Anderson-Hummel's!" One woman pointed out loudly and both boys fought grins.

Kurt and Blaine took two seats next to each other and made themselves comfortable. Kurt grabbed the camera out and hurried to set it up to record. He didn't want to miss a moment of his little girl's first dance recital.

"Relax, baby," Blaine said, leaning in close. "We've got plenty of time."

"I don't want to miss anything," Kurt admitted, blushing slightly.

"Me neither," Blaine soothed, "and we won't."

"Are we still taking her out for ice cream after?" Kurt asked, fiddling absentmindedly with buttons on the camera.

"Yeah," Blaine grinned, bouncing in his seat a little.

"Why do I get the feeling you're more excited about the ice cream than Lily is?" Kurt asked dryly, an amused smirk playing on his lips.

"Am not," Blaine pouted and Kurt nudged him playfully. The lights began to dim and Kurt took Blaine's hand in his and squeezed it, the camera in his other hand at the ready.

Maggie stood on centre stage and smiled at everyone. "Welcome everyone," Maggie greeted the audience. "The girls have been practicing this for many weeks and are excited to show you all their hard work. Please show your appreciation."

Everyone clapped delightedly and the girls filed on. Lily was beaming, her hair pulled into a tight bun on the top of her head, dressed in her leotard and a light pink tutu. She spotted Kurt and Blaine in the crowd and waved, earning laughter from the crowd. The music started and the girls took their positions, effectively starting the performance.

Kurt and Blaine watched with proud smiles as their little girl danced. It was clear to see how at ease Lily was and it soon became evident that, like both her fathers, she belonged in the centre of attention under the spotlight.

When the performance was over, the audience clapped loudly, jumping to their feet. The girls curtsied, all smiling beautifully. Kurt shut the camera off and leaned into Blaine side, unable to keep the proud smile off of his face. Lily came running off the stage along with the other girls, racing over to her dads. Blaine scooped her up and she giggled.

"Did you see? Did you see me?" Lily gushed.

"We sure did. You were wonderful," Blaine grinned, kissing her cheek.

"We got it all on tape," Kurt beamed and Lily smiled back, leaving Blaine's arms and jumping into Kurt's, hugging him tightly.

"We're so proud of you, Lily," Blaine told her, wrapping an arm around Kurt's waist. "And for doing such a good job, we have a little treat for you."

Lily's eyes lit up brightly and her smile widened. "A treat? What is it?"

"We're taking you out for ice cream," Kurt grinned.

"I love ice cream! I want a chocolate sundae!" Lily squealed, dropping to the floor. Blaine chuckled and Kurt grabbed their bags, taking Lily's hand in his own. They headed towards the door, weaving in and out of the families. They left the hall and helped Lily into the car. Blaine slid behind the wheel and pulled the car out of the parking lot. They drove to a small ice cream caf� that was still open. It was blissfully quiet and one of their favourite places to escape to. Lily dashed to the counter and greeted the man behind it eagerly. Kurt and Blaine followed at a much slower pace, chuckling at their daughter's antics.

"What can I get you?" The man asked politely.

"I'll have a chocolate sundae, please," Lily grinned.

"I'll have cookies and cream, please," Blaine said, smiling at Lily as she remembered her manners.

"And I'll take a honeycomb, thanks," Kurt told him. The man nodded and Kurt pulled out his wallet, paying before Blaine could with a smug smile.

Lily and Blaine went and sat down in one of the booths, waiting for Kurt to bring their ice creams over. Lily dug into hers quickly, smearing chocolate all around her face. Blaine chuckled and scooped some ice cream onto his spoon, eating it slowly. Kurt happily tucked into his ice cream, smiling at his family.

Lily whimpered and put her hands to her head. "Ow," she moaned.

"Uh oh; brain freeze," Blaine winced and gently rubbed Lily's back. "It will pass, sweetie, don't worry."

Lily squeezed her eyes shut and then smiled as the pain dispersed. "What happened?" Lily asked, confused.

"You ate your ice cream too fast and got brain freeze," Kurt explained. "You just have to eat it slower."

Lily nodded and took his advice, continuing to eat at a much slower pace. By the time she was done, she had chocolate all over her face and was very sticky. Blaine handed her a napkin and she wiped her face as much as she could, but was still uncomfortably sticky.

"Let's get you home and into a bath," Kurt chuckled and they stood. Lily took one of their hands each, standing in the middle.

Blaine grinned knowingly at Kurt and slowly started counting to three. "One, two, three!" He counted and on three, the pair lifted Lily into the air and she laughed loudly. Kurt and Blaine chuckled and continued the action all the way back to the car.

When they got home, they got Lily into the bath and into her pyjamas. They tucked Lily into bed, reading her a story which had both Kurt and Lily in a fit of giggles as Blaine tried to put on his best polar bear voice. When Lily finally fell asleep, the two men went to the living room and stretched across the couch, Blaine collapsed on top of Kurt. Kurt ran his fingers through Blaine's curls, tugging and then soothing in an action that he knew drove Blaine wild.

"Is it too soon to watch her performance?" Blaine asked, lifting his head to look Kurt in the eyes.

"Try and stop me," Kurt grinned. Blaine haphazardly scrambled off of his husband to plug the camera into the TV. They curled up on the couch and watched the video again, grinning brightly.