When Blaine reached the bottom of the pipe he looked around to make sure that his aunt was completely gone, before running in a crouched position across the lawn in front of the house.

He ran out on to the road, where he could see Kurt's car. He speed towards it like it was the most sacred thing in the world and like it was going to disappear if he didn't get to it fast enough. He struggled to stop himself when he reached Kurt's car, he had ran too fast and stopped too late, so he had to keep running a few feet behind it before he came to a stop.

He turned and walked back to the car, he could see Kurt laughing at him from inside the car, which made him giggled as well as he got into the car.

"Hey!" Kurt said, still giggling.

"Hey yourself!" Blaine said with a smile on his face, gasping for breath.

Kurt started the car and the engine growled to life. The car started to move and Blaine was glad to see his uncle’s house in the rear view mirror, even if it was only for a little while, and even though he knew he had to go back there soon.

It didn't take long before Kurt parked in the lot outside Breadstix. Blaine looked up at the restaurant and smiled. He loved this place, but it had been such a long time since he had been there. He turned to Kurt who was already getting out of the car; he got out of the car following Kurt to the front door of the restaurant.

"Are you hungry?" Kurt asked Blaine as they were shown to their booth in the corner of the restaurant. Blaine sat down before he turned to answer Kurt.

"Yeah, starving!" Blaine said, trying to avoid eye contact with Kurt. He was afraid to come across as needy, and that was something he really didn't want. Kurt handed Blaine a menu.

"You can have what you want. Remember I'm buying!" Kurt said smiling.

"Can you order for me? I don't really know what's good." Blaine lied. He had his favourite dish here, but he didn't feel comfortable with choosing himself, especially when Kurt was paying.

"Yeah, sure Blaine!" Kurt said with a smile. He looked at the smile; he didn't understand how Kurt could be so happy all the time. Blaine admired Kurt for that; he seemed to be able of taking all the bad things and turning it to something good.

"Can I ask you a favour, please, Kurt?” Blaine asked and blushed a bit his cheeks turning pink. He had been thinking of this all day; he didn't want to ask but he didn't have a choice.

"Yeah sure, Blaine?" Kurt said looking concerned and curious.

"I don't really want to ask, but I'm kind of desperate. Is there a possibility that I can I go back to yours after this and clean myself up?" Blaine regretted asking as soon as it came out of his mouth. "Actually, don't worry it's ridiculous, I shouldn't have asked. Just... just forget I even asked." Blaine said feeling embarrassed. He looked down at the table.

"No, Blaine, it's fine; of course you can!" Kurt said smiling. When Blaine felt Kurt put his hand on top of his he looked up at Kurt and smiled.

"Thank you, Kurt," Blaine said sincerely.

"Is it really that bad for you at your uncles house? You could always come and live with me for a while." Kurt said with a voice that made Blaine wonder if that actually could happen.

"That's a good idea, but I couldn't just intrude on your life like that, Kurt. I've done that enough already." he said.

"Blaine," Kurt said moving closer to Blaine before he continued. "If you're getting abused in that house, I'm not going to let you go back there again. I would be honoured if you came to live with us and so would my dad, he's going to love you!"

Blaine considered this for a moment, the thought of getting away from his uncle was so overwhelming that it gave him goose bumps and his eye began to water. Kurt's offer and his kind but concerning smile was too much; Blaine couldn't keep it together. He broke down and started to cry. He felt embarrassed to be crying in the middle of the restaurant, but he couldn't help it; he had never expected anyone to be this nice to him.

Suddenly he felt Kurt next to him, and soon he was in Kurt's embrace. "I-I-I j-just can't t-t-take it an-ymore!" Blaine said through his tears.

Kurt pulled Blaine into a standing position and walked him out of the restaurant. When Blaine realized he was back in the car he started to apologize.

"K-K-Kurt, I-I'm so s-sorry!" Blaine managed to get out while trying to calm himself down.

"Blaine, don't worry about it! Let's go back to your uncle's house and get some of your things. Then we can go back to mine. We can order some pizza and watch a movie." Kurt said and made Blaine smile.

"I don't want to go back there, but I need to get some clothes and my guitar," Blaine said confidently. He decided he needed to just go in, get his things and get out. His uncle shouldn't be going in Blaine's room anytime soon anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem to sneak in and out. Kurt smiled at him before backing out of the driveway of the restaurant.

The closer they came to the house, the more nervous Blaine became. But he knew Kurt was right he couldn't stay there anymore. It felt like five seconds before they were back at Blaine's uncle's house again. Blaine got out of the car and Kurt followed.

"Do you need any help?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah, if you don't mind!" Blaine said.

It was starting to get dark, so hopefully it would be harder to see them running across the yard. Blaine and Kurt ran through the darkness. They made it to the drain pipe that Blaine had climbed down on and he started climbing up. Blaine was in a hurry which made him slip now then and again. Every slip made Kurt jump with fear that Blaine was going to fall.

"Be careful Blaine!" Kurt yelled up to him.

Blaine nodded in response; he was too close to the top to start talking; he might alert someone. Blaine's feet hit the floor of his bedroom and he smiled; he had done it!

He had started to gather up his stuff when he heard the door click. That was convenient Blaine thought as he ran to his window closing it just in time for his uncle to walk in. He looked at his uncle and wondered what he wanted this time.

John walked towards Blaine and he pushed him back against the wall, he looked towards the window, he could just make out Kurt's figure staring up at him. The figure suddenly disappeared and Blaine turned to look at his uncle. He was right in his face now.

"You really think you were going to get away with what you did earlier?" John grinned. Blaine felt himself gagging at the smell of his foul breath.

"I'm sorry," Blaine said even though he knew that it would do no good.

John grabbed Blaine by his hair and threw him on the floor. Blaine landed on his back and started to squirm trying to get away, but John put his foot on Blaine's stomach to keep him in place.

"Get up!" John bellowed and took his foot off Blaine.

Blaine did as he was told and dragged himself off of the floor. John grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. Blaine started to struggle to breathe instantly.

For a moment Blaine didn't think that he was going to let go, but after what felt like forever he let go of Blaine's neck and he fell to the ground gasping for air.

Lying there, he could see that his uncle was gladly leaving his room. He heard him lock the door and was glad that he soon would be leaving as well.

Blaine didn't feel good but he knew he had to get his things to be able to leave. He dragged himself off of the floor for the second time in a very short time and walked to his bed. He grabbed his guitar and one of the bags he hadn't bothered to unpack since he had moved there. Luckily it was the one with a lot of his clothes, his song lyrics and a picture of him and his parents.

Blaine walked to the window and opened it. He looked out to see if Kurt was still there. He saw Kurt on the ground beneath the window hiding his face with his hands. It looked like he was crying. Blaine dropped the bag and it landed beside Kurt, making him jump and look up. Blaine could make out Kurt wiping the tears from his face. Blaine put his guitar on his back and began to climb down.

Once Blaine reached the bottom Kurt pulled Blaine into a tight hug, he didn't want the hug to end but he wanted to get out of there so bad that he was the one to break it. They walked back to the car in silence and the car ride was no different. After a while Kurt pulled into a driveway and Blaine looked at the house that hopefully would be his new home for a while.