The girls spent a good portion of the day getting Kurt absolutely and completely wasted. Once Santana pulled out the vodka, Rachel ordered some Chinese food and they both cuddled up with Kurt simply waiting for the alcohol to kick in and for him to drop that blank emotionless look on his face that was beginning to seriously freak them out. By the time he had taken enough shots to get utterly SLOSHED he was bouncing between raging angry moments were he sobbed and yelled about Blaine and how he broke his heart and he would never forgive him for this and never wanted to see him and his stupid gelled hair again, to quietly crying moments were he would just curl up in a ball on the couch and whisper brokenly how much he loved Blaine and just want him back and wanted him to hold him and tell him that he still loved him. Rachel actually caught Santana wiping at her eyes during those moments, she herself couldn't help but shed a few heartbroken tears listening to Kurt's devastated pleading for Blaine to come back to him.<p>When Kurt once again cried himself to sleep Santana grabbed Rachel by the arm and dragged her into the kitchen.<br />"I swear I'm 5 seconds away from hopping on a plane and dragging the hobbit back here myself, this is physically painful to watch" She hissed while taking a swig of the bottle on the counter.</p><p>Rachel nodded and sat herself on the stool nearest Santana and put her forehead in her hands.<br />"I know what you mean, and what about Kurt's apartment? It's literally a shrine to his and Blaine's relationship...we can't let him go back there, but he needs clothes...and well...he'll have to go back to it eventually, I just can't stand the thought of him walking in there to get ready for work, taking a look at everything and just breaking down all over again." She groaned miserably.</p><p>"What if we go there today? While he has the chance to have a breakdown and we can help him box the stuff up so he doesn't have to do it alone? I can put it in my car and hold it at my place till they get back together and everything goes back to normal in Rainbow-land." She offered carefully</p><p>Rachel considered it, as hard as it was to watch Kurt go through his various break downs today, she'd much rather him do it while they were with him and could help. Besides if they helped pack then it would take a considerably shorter time to do so, which translated to less stress for Kurt in the long run.</p><p>"I think that's actually a really good idea, it'll get done much faster with us there to help and that way the next time he goes in there he doesn't have to face it and deal with it on his own" She agreed.</p><p>A couple hours later Kurt woke up still slightly tipsy and much more relaxed. When the girls breached the subject of his apartment he just let out a heavy sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose before agreeing that he might as well just get it over with.</p><p>Upon entering Kurt's building Rachel grabbed onto his hand in a show of support while Santana held boxes and tape leading the way towards his apartment like a woman on a mission. She knew this wasn't going to be easy for him, and she wanted to try and get in and out as quickly and painlessly as humanly possible.</p><p>Once they opened the door and Santana put down the boxes on the kitchen table they all took a moment to look around at the various pictures on the walls and other miscellaneous knick-knacks that just screamed 'Blaine' including the bubble-gum-bow-tie promise ring Blaine had given Kurt last Christmas which was sitting innocently on the mantle in the cute little display Kurt had created for it. Christmas.... 'The first of many' he had said. Kurt closed his eyes tightly in an attempt to rein in the painful memories, Blaine hadn't been to the apartment many times, but the entire place had a touch of him in it. Kurt had wanted it to be their place instead of just his. Visions of them all over the apartment swam through his mind as he desperately tried to shove it all away. He couldn't think about all that right now, he had to think of this clinically. Just pack everything up and put it in the car, that's all he needed to do. The next time he came in here it wouldn't be nearly as bad as this.</p><p>Both girls grabbed boxes and put them together and began filling them as quickly as they could, Rachel in her gift of foresight had yanked a bunch of pictures of Kurt and his friends and family from one of her photo albums and simply started replacing each picture with a new one without Blaine in it. That way when they were done the walls wouldn't be suddenly bare and obviously missing something. When she grabbed a box and headed for the bedroom Kurt stopped her and shook his head telling her quietly he'd rather do that one himself.</p><p>Nodding understandingly she headed back out into the living room with Santana who was trying to take down as much as possible as quickly as possible without damaging anything since she was sure soon enough everything would be going right back up anyways. But for now, Kurt just needed to be able to walk into his home without bursting into hysterical tears, so this is what needed to be done.</p><p>They worked mechanically and Rachel was taping a box shut when they heard a quiet "thud" from the bedroom and a sob rip from Kurt's throat. In a flurry of movement they both rushed to the door and neither was expecting what they saw in Kurt's hand from his place on the floor.</p><p>Exchanging shocked looks with one another Rachel stepped forward slowly towards Kurt and softly asked "Kurt...what's in that box?"</p><p>Without looking up or responding to her he just lifted his hand towards her and let her lift the box gently out of his hand. Santana stepped up beside her as she opened it and both of them gasped sharply.</p><p>Nestled in the beautiful velvet box was a simple platinum ring engraved with the words<br />'My Missing Puzzle Piece'</p><p>"Kurt..." Rachel whispered brokenly staring at the ring with wide eyes before looking back at him, he stood up and sat down on the foot of the bed plucking the box from Rachel's hands and pulling the ring out of it holding it between his thumb and forefinger and let out a shaky laugh.</p><p>"I had this plan...stupid really now I guess... I had been saving for months...now you guys know why I insisted on a smaller apartment when my salary could have afforded me so much more...I wanted this to be perfect for him...last Christmas he gave me that ring, that adorable bow tie ring he made out of my favorite bubblegum wrappers, and promised to always love me...and this year I had planned on flying home early for Christmas to surprise him was a ring and a promise of my own, I had this elaborate scavenger hunt thought out in my head that would take him to all the meaningful places in our relationship, the stairs at Dalton were we first met, the Lima Bean were he first told me he loved me...each place with a gift and a note sending him to the next location and eventually it would just be him and me. I would get down on one knee and promise to love him every day for the rest of my life, promise to always put him first, promise to spend every day of forever showing him how truly unique and amazing I think he is and ask him to marry me, because I didn't want to spend one more day without knowing he was mine for good, that he was my missing puzzle piece...you know.. Just like the song...'' He trailed off with a faraway look in his eyes with his thumb rubbing over the engraving gently as if he were lost in his own thoughts.</p><p>Both Santana and Rachel couldn't contain the tears that ran down their faces as they listened to Kurt. This was even worse than they imagined.</p><p>_</p>