Grace Hamilton was a mess. The last time she felt this anxious was either her wedding day, or the day she went into labor with Elizabeth. In a few hours she was expecting her first and only grandson Kurt and his Fiancé to walk right threw her front door to spend the next two weeks visiting with her, this would be the first time she'd seen her grandson in person since his mother's funeral, sure they'd talked on the phone and she'd seen a few pictures, but that was it. She'd also be meeting Blaine for the first time who she'd never spoken to at all. She spent all day cooking and cleaning, there was a possibility she'd over done it a bit...two batches of cookies, two batches of muffins, a peach cobbler and an apple pie...not to mention dinner. The house smelled strongly of baked goods and comfort, she hoped they would like the food she'd made. She'd spent about an hour setting up the guest room for the boys, trying to make it as comfortable and welcoming as possible; she'd made sure to place a few extra pictures of Kurt's mother in the room figuring he'd appreciate the gesture and placed the quilt she had made Lizzie as a child on the bed. There were boxes in the attic she'd need help bringing down with all of Lizzie's stuff, she had stacks of photo albums in the living room on the coffee table for them to go through, she just...wanted everything to be perfect. Wanted to show Kurt that she could be the grandma he deserved. She'd asked him to bring some pictures of himself and his fiancé because she was planning on transferring them onto fabric and making the boy's a quilt of their own.

She had a lot of fun things planned for them to do together while the boys were visiting, Grace wanted to show them just how beautiful Vermont really was, and give them some bonding experiences. She had already gone out and bought a brand new camera and made the boy who sold it to her explain how to use it along with a new computer and printer that she hoped the boys could help her set up. It'd be much easier to keep in touch and this way she could print out the pictures of their time there and start another photo album. She had no real pictures with her grandson, and that had to change. With the boy's living only a few hours away she was their closest relative and she planned on making the most of that, she'd be the best grandma to Kurt if it was the last thing she ever did and when he and Blaine decided on having children? She'd be the best Great-Grandma ever. Family was too important to take for granted, and never again would she let precious time pass her by.

She had just finished re-arranging the plethora of baked goods on the kitchen counter when she heard her door bell ring. She straightened her skirt and smoothed out her hair and nervously made her way to the door to answer it, knowing it was the boys. When she opened the door there stood Kurt and Blaine, each was holding a small bag and Blaine was grinning at her openly, Kurt was smiling unsurely and seemed like he wasn't sure how to greet her so she stepped forward and pulled him into a hug feeling the tension drained out of his body as he hugged her back tightly, he let out a startled gasp and she pulled away slightly in concern only for him to pull her back in for another hug giving a broken laugh when he whispered "you smell just like mom" which caused Grace to close her eyes tightly willing away the tears that had started to sting her eyes, when they finally pulled away from the hug she held him at arm's length and studied his face for a moment before cupping his cheek "You are SO handsome sweetheart, and so grown up" she said patting his cheek lightly before turning to Blaine with a smile and opening her arms again for another hug saying "You're family now too, come give me a hug" which made Blaine chuckle and step into her arms to hug her and responding with "Thank you for inviting us to come stay with you, we've both been very excited" She pulled away and grinned at them happily motioning for them to come inside.

"No need to thank me, you are both welcome here any time." She said leading them up the stairs so she could show them the guest room where they could set down their bags. She saw Kurt let out a grateful sigh when she led them to one room and she laughed nudging his side. "You thought I wasn't going to let you two share a room didn't you? I'm not that old school kiddo, you both live together and are engaged it'd be pointless to separate you" Kurt grinned at her and nodded putting down his bag and walking around the room taking in the pictures and Grace motioned to the, Quilt on the bed "I made this for your mother when she was a child, it's made up of all of her baby clothes" Kurt ran his hand over the quilt gently and thanked her. She walked the boys downstairs to the kitchen and blushed lightly when both their eyes widened in surprise at the amount of food on display. "I bake when I'm anxious" she admitted "I was excited for you two to get here and was trying to stay busy, originally I only planned on the cookies...but before I knew it I had made all this" a giggle erupted from Blaine and he slapped a hand over his mouth before telling Grace threw chuckles "Kurt does the same thing, more than once I've walked in on him when he's stressed or nervous about something and he'll have covered every flat surface of kitchen with baked goods" Kurt blushed and nodded "Must be a family trait" he said softly.

Grace motioned for both boy's to sit at the table while she fixed them both a cup of tea "I hope you are both alright with Peach tea...it's my favorite so I tend to always have some brewing on the stove" she said and Blaine started laughing again causing her to turn around and raise a brow at him curiously taking note of Kurt's blushing and surprised face "yes?" she asked "Kurt's favorite tea is peach" Blaine informed her and she handed both boys a cup before sitting down with her own bewildered. "That's...incredible." She said taking a sip of her tea, noticing Kurt also held his cup the same way she did. It warmed her heart a bit and took her by surprise, even without contact and being in her grandson's life, they had similar tastes and mannerisms, similar ways of coping with stress. It was...astounding to be honest. She handed each boy a plate and told them to help themselves to any of the treats on the counter since there was no way she'd ever be able to finish them herself. Blaine had a plate piled high with cookies and Kurt had helped himself to a slice of Apple Pie and her peach cobbler. He took a bite of peach cobbler, letting out a 'Oh wow that's delicious' and opened his mouth looking as if he was about to ask her a question before closing it with a slight frown on his face "Umm...what should I call you? Mrs. Hamilton? Grandma?" he asked and she smiled at him softly patting his hand comfortingly "Sweetheart I'm your grandmother, you can call me whatever you want, you can call me grandma, nana, grammy, gran...whatever you want darling, you chose" Kurt nodded with a relieved smile "In that case, grandma can you teach me how to make your peach cobbler? It's incredible" She gave him a wide smile "Of COURSE! Oh I have books and books of family recipes I've written down over the years, I'm sure we can figure out how to make you copies of them all I'm, I'd love to teach you, and that way you can have your very own family cookbook!"

Later that night Blaine, Kurt and his grandmother were sitting on the couch together with a photo album on their laps with Grace showing them various pictures and telling them stories about when Kurt's mother was little. Eventually Blaine noticed the beautiful grand piano she had in the corner of the room and when she caught him staring at it she asked him if he played which caused Kurt to go on telling her about how Blaine was an incredible composer and was going to NYU for music, she motioned for him to go ahead and play letting him know that since her husband died no one had played it so it had been severely neglected over the years, she'd kept it taken care of due to sentimental value, but she had never learned to play herself. Excitedly Blaine sat down at the piano, testing the keys slightly before he snuck a quick smile at Kurt and started playing the piano version of 'teenage dream'. Kurt laughed and shook his head at Blaine before turning to explain to his grandma that the first time they met Blaine had serenaded him with this song and made him fall in love with him and showed her his ring and telling her that both his and Blaine's ring had been engraved with words inspired by the song. She asked the boys if they would sing it for her and Blaine immediately turned his puppy dog pout on Kurt, causing Kurt to groan and roll his eyes agreeing, as he walked over to sit next to Blaine on the piano bench. His grandmother had started laughing the minute she'd seen Blaine pull out the pout and Kurt's reaction, Blaine restarted the song and the two began to sing, their voices mixing together beautifully in a slower version of the song that started it all.

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The next day Grace had woken up early to make the boys breakfast, not too long after she started she heard Kurt walking down the stairs towards the kitchen and he peaked in shyly when he saw her busy at the stove making pancakes. He walked over to her and kissed her cheek with a sweet "Good morning Grandma" making her smile and her heart warm "Good morning dear, there's coffee ready in the pot and the cups are in the cupboard on your right, cream and sugar are on the table and breakfast should be done soon" Kurt thanked her and made both himself and Blaine a cup of coffee, right on time it seemed because once he finished Blaine himself shuffled into the kitchen with a yawn accepting the cup from Kurt and giving him a sleepy kiss and a soft "good morning love, thank you for the coffee" and smiling over at Grace happily saying "Good morning granny! Hope you slept well" causing her to chuckle, she thought Blaine was absolutely adorable and had told him the night before to go ahead and call her grandma too and had agreed happily when he asked if he could call her 'granny'. "Good morning darling, I did sleep well thank you, I trust you boys did as well?" she asked gaining a nod from them both as she set down a plate stacked high with pancakes on the table before moving to grab plates and silverware for them as well, Kurt got up and went to grab the butter and syrup from the fridge for her and Blaine grabbed them napkin's and took the plates and silverware from her hands to set the table himself "Oh you are both such gentleman!" she said sitting down smiling and the two boy's thanked her for breakfast and they all tucked in to eat.

After breakfast Kurt and Blaine offered to clean up for her while she got ready and she agreed, today they were going to an arts and crafts festival to do some browsing and shopping for anything interesting that caught their eye, there was supposed to be music and food as well so both Kurt and Blaine were excited, she told Blaine while Kurt was finishing getting ready that she wanted to take a lot of pictures today of the three of them to which he happily agreed and they made sure her new camera was fully charged and had a new memory card in it. Once Kurt was down stairs Blaine had snagged the camera and told him to stand next to his grandma for a picture, once he got a few good pictures of them, Grace told the boy's to stand together so she could get a few of the two of them together as well before they left.

At the festival, Grace noticed both boys seemed to be refraining from holding one another's hands, more than once she'd seen them reach for one another before looking around and pulling away causing her to frown. "Boys, if anyone here doesn't like seeing two men hold hands and kiss then they can go straight to hell, never you mind any of them, if someone says something they will have to answer to ME, no grandkids of mine will ever have to hide their relationship in public with me around." she said firmly grabbing both of their hands and linking them together, they smiled at each other before leaning forward and pressing a quick kiss to each side of her face. "Thanks grandma" Kurt whispered in her ear and she linked elbow's with him on his other side, only a few people had made faces at the boy's holding hands but had refrained from saying anything once they'd been on the receiving end of the harsh death glare from Grace just DARING them to say anything to her grandson and his fiancé. Kurt and Blaine bought knick-knacks for their families and friends, while Grace had bought them a painting for their apartment that Kurt had immediately fallen in love with before they all set to finding something to eat for lunch, they ended up stopping at a Barbecue stand for Ribs and corn on the cob which both Blaine and Grandma Hamilton had to convince Kurt to try, then they sat down at one of the various picnic tables near the stages to listen to one of the bands play while they ate.

By the end of the day they were exhausted, they went back to the house arms full of souvenirs and wished each other goodnight before they all went to bed early to sleep. In bed Kurt and Blaine were cuddled up together, Kurt resting his head on Blaine's chest while Blaine ran a hand threw his hair. "I'm glad we came" Kurt said softly. "Me too, your grandma is awesome Kurt, It's really great that you guys are fixing your relationship, I think this is going to be really good for the both of you, she's obviously trying really hard to make up for lost time" Blaine said. "I know it means a lot to me, it's strange though; how much we actually have in common. It's really great getting to hear all these stories about my mom and see all these pictures...and it's nice knowing we have family in driving distance now you know?" he said and Blaine nodded. "Definitely...you know...my grandparents stopped talking to me when I came out, I won't lie and say I'm not really enjoying this too, she told me I was her grandson too today, it meant a lot to me" Blaine admitted and Kurt leaned up to kiss him. "I love you baby, and I'm really glad you and grandma are hitting it off so well, your grandparents don't know what an amazing man their missing out on".

"I love you too Kurt, and thank you, let's get some sleep baby, we had a long day" Blaine said kissing him back and hugging him close. Kurt nodded and snuggled back into his chest. "Mkay, goodnight B, sweet dreams" he whispered, "sweet dreams love" Blaine murmured back closing his eyes as well. The two slept on peacefully wrapped in one another's arms. The rest of the week was spent exploring the area near Grandma Hamilton's house, cooking together and building memories. Blaine had set up her computer and printer for her and made her a facebook and skype account so they could keep in contact easier, and showed her how to use both. All in all the visit had been good for all three of them and when Kurt and Blaine headed back to New York they each felt happier and more relaxed, Grace herself was thrilled with the time they spent together and her new relationship with both boys her heart feeling much lighter than it had previously. She had her family back.

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