May 13, 2016

Blaine tied his tie around his neck and he stared at himself in the mirror. He smoothed it down and smiled at himself. Looking into the mirror he saw Kurt out of the corner of his eye, "You dont look nervous."

Kurt looked up from his tablet where he had his speech written, "I dont feel nervous. Should I be? Now Im thinking I should be nervous is making me nervous," he shook his hands.

Sitting down beside him, Blaine rubbed Kurts back, "Hey, you are going to do fine. Dont listen to me."

"You go and sing in front of thousands of people," Kurt said with a sigh, "I am going to fall on my face."

Blaine took Kurts hand in his hand cradling it, "Repeat after me," he cleared his throat, "My name is Kurt Hummel."

Kurt gave him a look, "I dont know, I mean..."

"That isnt what I said," Blaine said in a sing song voice.

"My name is Kurt Hummel," he repeated.

"I can do anything," Blaine said and nodded to him.

Kurt gave a small laugh, "I can do anything."

"And I have a cute butt," Blaine smiled.

"And I have a...okay," Kurt pushed Blaines hands away, "Alright I get it, you think Im amazing."

"No, I know you are amazing," Blaine pointed out, "Besides my boyfriend is graduating college at the top of his class, he needs some recognition. Plus you do have a cute butt." He squeezed Kurts ass through the fabric of his dress pants.

Kurt let out a laugh, "We dont have time, the ceremony starts in two hours."

"And heaven forbid we are a bit late," Blaine said with a sigh.

"I have to attend the pre-party," Kurt said as he adjusted his own tie, "Plus I get to show off my hot boyfriend."

"We do make quite the pair," Blaine said with a laugh.

Kurt nodded his head, "Okay now that I let that go to your head, we need to go."

"Fair enough," Blaine said and he grabbed his suit jacket, "What do you think, do I look like a rock star?"

Reaching his hand up, Kurt fixed a stray hair on Blaines head, "Perfect. And as for me," he looked in the mirror, "Yep, perfect."

Blaine shook his head with a laugh, "Come on, the car has been sitting there for five minutes."

After they arrived at the graduation ceremony pre-party, the couple made their way around the room. Kurt introduced Blaine to his fellow graduates and teachers, and some were even fans or knew fans of Stereo Outcast. When it was time for the ceremony, Kurt left Blaine to sit down in the graduate section, while Blaine waited for everyone else in the lobby.

"There you are," Rachel said walking over to him, "Derby had to use the bathroom again."

Blaine gave his sister a hug, "Its okay. Ive just been signing autographs and taking pictures. No big."

"Be quiet you," Maddie said hitting his shoulder.

Burt and Carole walked through the doors. "Hey good to see you kids again," Burt smiled at them.

"Hey Mr. H," Derby smiled, "Glad to see you could make it."

"I wouldnt miss my own kids college graduation," Burt said as he gave Rachel a hug.

Carole rolled her eyes, "I doubt he would have been anywhere else."

Maddie turned back to Blaine, "Oh, how did the pre-party go?"

"It was cool being on the other end," Blaine said, "Usually Kurts there for me, but I could be there for him this time. It was fun."

"Only a good boyfriend would say that," Rachel said, "Now come on, my best friend is graduating college!" She went into the auditorium with everyone following her.

Kyle leaned over to talk to Blaine, "She has grown quite a bit since Ive known her."

"Yeah," Blaine nodded with a smile on his face, "She has."

They all went inside the auditorium and found a row to sit down in. Soon the program started and there were people on and off the stage, finally they were going to announce Kurt. Blaine sat on the edge of his seat.

"Now our next speaker is someone who I grew to greatly admire," the Dean of the college said, "Kurt Hummel."

Blaine stood up and clapped for his boyfriend. He was so proud.

Kurt stood at the podium and smiled, he adjusted his gown and looked into the audience. "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, when I started to attend this school I thought maybe it wasnt for me. I kept these feelings to myself, but as I learned on my journey through life it was actually where I needed to be. I cant explain how thankful I am for the opportunities I was granted from this school and in my personal life."

Blaine smiled to himself as Kurt stood on the stage and told his story.

"I had been granted an opportunity to help in a starting fashion line," Kurt said to everyone, "But I turned it down. I had a few people tell me that I was crazy, I should take this opportunity and create, but it isnt what I wanted. Ive instead chosen to partner with different charities and start creating my own clothing line. I have been working with one charity, the Trevor Project, and we are hard at work in the beginnings of what I hope to be a long partnership."

The room clapped for Kurt and he just smiled.

"Thank you," Kurt said, "I want to congratulate the graduates who have made it through everything. Weve all seen each other at our best and worst days, through hardships and brightest days. To everyone here supporting the graduates and those who couldnt make it, you gave them something they cant buy or obtain from themselves. The late nights you stayed up, advice you gave, dinners you cooked...or bought," he grinned, "But without you, I wouldnt be here, we wouldnt be here, so thank you. And with that I want once again congratulate the class of 2016, we did it!"

Everyone in the audience stood up and applauded for Kurt. He took a small bow and went back to his seat. A man announced everyone by name and when they said Kurts name, the entire group stood up and clapped for him. Derby let out a wolf whistle.

When the ceremony was over, they waited in the lobby for Kurt. He appeared carrying his gown in one hand and his tablet in the other. He went to Blaine first and gave him a hug, "Thank you."

"I told you that you would be amazing," Blaine smiled and kissed his temple.

Kurt pulled back and smiled at him. "You always knew."

"Alright, dad time," Burt said as he hugged Kurt, "I am so proud of you bud."

"Thank you Dad," Kurt said hugging him back.

Burt wanted to treat everyone to dinner, so they went to Kurts favorite restaurant in the city and ate dinner.

Kurt leaned on Blaines shoulder, "I cant believe Im all done."

"Well Mr. Hummel now that you have finished school, what are you going to do next?" Kyle asked using a fork as a microphone.

"Im going to go to Disneyland," Kurt teased.

"Hey no fair," Rachel said, "You promised we would go there together."

"Where are you two going?" Carole asked Blaine and Kurt.

"Im surprising him," Blaine smiled.

"I feel bad you are planning this whole thing for me, but we only went to Cedar Point for you," Kurt said.

Blaine smiled, "Then think of it as both of our celebrations."

Kurt shook his head and laughed, "You really are quite the guy arent you?"

"Well one does not get this way on looks alone," Blaine teased, "But like I said earlier, you do have a cute butt." Kurt just snorted a laugh and covered his face with his hand.