" Are we going on vacation" Blaine asked in a confused tone. " Sort of" Ella could hear his confusion and went on " Well I've been talking to my cousin Patrick you know the one who lives in Lima and he talked to my aunt and she said we should go live with her and go to Patrick's high school" she sounded very proud of the plan. Blaine let that sink in a bit before he spoke "Do you really think his high school will be any better then ours" he hated tearing down her idea but he had to state the obvious." Nobody will know us there it will be a fresh start and we'll have Patrick he's a football player but the nice kind" she added to put his mind at ease. She did make a valid point they could start fresh and at this point that was all he really wanted. " You would really leave Westerville for me" he smiled. " I would do anything for you" she smiled back.

A few hours later Blaine was out of the hospital and back at home. Ella had come to help him pack he was still bruised and sore but nothing was broken. Three hours later Ella left to go pack they would be leaving in the mourning. Both of them knew Blaine would be the talk of the school Monday mourning and decided to not stick around for that. Both of there parents had agreed this was the best thing for everybody. While lying in bed that night Blaine grabbed his phone off his nightstand and stared texting

Can I come see you tomorrow- Blaine

Sure- Alex

It was about 10 am when he arrived at Alex's house. He hadn't seen him since that night. His face looked worst then his own but he looked delighted to see Blaine. They sat at the kitchen table and Blaine was the first to speak " I just want to tell you how sorry I'm about all of this" Alex looked confused " Blaine why are you apologizing your not the one who beat the crap out of me" Alex tried to joke but Blaine looked so serious. He placed his hand on Blaine's " Seriously there is no apologies needed it's over we made it out in one piece and those asshole are going to be spending a lot of time in juvie" He shifted in his chair " So I hear your getting out of this place" He sounded a little disapointed " Nothing's keeping me here" Blaine looked down at Alex's hand on his and then stood quickley " I should really get going Ella is waiting for me" Alex took him in a tight hug which hurt a bit but he hugged back. "Keep yourself safe" Blaine added " Have fun at your new school" Alex still had disapointment in his voice. " I'll keep in touch" Blaine yelled back to him as he walked down the driveway and gave him one final wave as he drove off. Blaine wised it could have worked out with the boy but he took the beating as a sign from the universe that he and Alex where not meant to be.

When Blaine pulled up to the house Ella's car was already there her parents had just bought it for her sweet 16 and Blaine was a little jealous but he figured his parents might get him one for his birthday but that wasn't for another two months. " Your boxes are already in my car" was the first thing Ella said when Blaine walked in. " How did things go with Alex" she asked curiously
"Perfect" was the only word Blaine could say before his parents walked in. He hugged each of them quickly " This is not goodbye just see you later" he said while both nodded in agreement and then he was pulled out the door by Ella. The car ride went by fast with them singing Disney songs at the top of there lungs and cramming down junk food.

It was about 2 pm when they pulled up to her aunts house. Her aunt Judy greeted them each with a big hug. By the time they where unpacked and cleaned up it was dinner time. Blaine loved Judy already she had made him fell so welcome so quickly and he was so grateful.Half way through dinner the front door open and a deep voice followed " Mom I'm home" he entered the dining room in a football uniform " Oh hey cuz and cuz's best friend um it's Blaine right" Patrick asked. "Yes" Blaine answered back quickly." So how's Paul's room working out" he asked Ella. Paul was her other cousin who had left for collage that fall. " It's great neither of us need a lot of space" she pointed to her and Blaine. Monday mourning found Ella picking out ten different outfits and it took her a half an hour to finally pick one Blaine quickly picked out a sweater and
jeans. It was almost pointless to look nice because it was January in Ohio and any cute outfit had to be covered by a large jacket and scarf. " How do you manage to still look handsome all bundled up like that" Ella said jealously to him as they stepped out of the car and walked to the front office of McKinley High School. " I guess it's just a gift" Blaine joked back and Ella gave him a playful shove. They sat in the office as her aunt filled out some paperwork for them and when she was finished it was 8 and school stared in a half hour. Judy handed them each a paper " Here are your schedules and Patrick will give you a ride home ok good luck" she hugged them both and left. They went to the library to pick up there books and Ella looked upset at her schedule . " What's wrong Ell's" Blaine had picked up on her face. " They gave me Spanish instead of french." she sounded like a little girl pouting " Well I'm sure you can fix that" he assured her. The two went to find there lockers and just as Blaine was finished putting his final book away out of the corner of his he caught a glimpse of a very handsome boy standing in the hallway.