The following week had been chaotic for both of the boys. Kurt continued to preform two to three shows a day in New York, occasionally avoiding paparazzi who continued to hound him practically everywhere he went. They seemed wanting to get their hands on any information they could get. Getting to classes for his final exams was an absolute nightmare. They had to have someone watching for paparazzi on campus when he was around, and the teachers were not thrilled to say the least. There had been several memorable encounters he had dealt with already, and none of them had ended with a pleasant outcome. Today, a flood of paparazzi followed him home after his last performance of the night, as well as a few Blaine Anderson fans too. Rick had to call up a few buddies to come in and insure that Kurt and Rachel could get into the building. After driving a around the block a few times, they were finally able to get inside and away from the crowd without too many questions asked. When the two entered the elevator, they let out a sigh of relief, smiling at Albert who had turned the key to the top floor. 

“God, you're getting to be more a handful then Mercedes,” Rachel commented, fixing her hair upon noticing it was falling in the wrong direction.

“Well, to be honest, what did you expect? The two of us are both practically Broadway famous and it kinda adds to the crazy when one of us is dating Blaine Anderson,” Kurt replied, exiting the elevator as the doors opened to the penthouse. 

The two entered the living room together, flopping onto the couch where Santana sat reading something on her iPad. When she looked up from the device, she frowned at the disheveled appearances of her two friends. “Paparazzi again?”

“What do you think?” Kurt snapped, closing his eyes as he buried his head into a pillow on the couch. “I now have more sympathy for Blaine and his encounters. He was right, they ARE like vultures. You would seriously think they wouldve given up by now."

“Well, like Mercedes said, you kinda signed up for this,” Rachel commented.

“I know what I asked for when I found out the truth and decided to keep this up with him. I knew it was going to be hard, but I still want to make this work.”

“And we support you and believe you can.” 

“Which is why Blaine and I decided to finally go public with this relationship on Ellen.”

Both girls looked at him, mouths open wide. “You're flying to LA to be on Ellen??”

“No,” Kurt said quickly. “Blaine and I both agreed that we shouldnt make it a habit to keep flying back and forth every two weeks. He's going to go public about it tomorrow.”

“And when were you planning on telling us?” Santana asked with a clearly annoyed look on her face.

“I mean I've been a little preoccupied with other things this week…”

“Not a good enough excuse.”

“Well you know now right?”

“Yes, but-“

“Well then, if you excuse me, I'm going to call Blaine and finish up studying for my last test.” And with that, he exited the room to call his boyfriend.

~

One thing Blaine had always wanted to do, was watch the audience members dance during the commercial breaks. He had been an avid watcher of Ellen for as long as he could remember, and he always got a kick out of when she would show clips of her audience members singing to songs or dancing during the breaks. He was currently living out one of his dreams as he sat in his dressing room, watching them dance and sing to the songs blasting throughout the set. He found it fascinating to see how Ellen never seemed to change when the cameras were off and she was still sitting there chatting with whoever she was interviewing. He had just finished watching Emma Stone being interviewed, who he had met earlier on the way to his dressing room. He was a little starstruck when he bumped into her and was shocked when she recognized him. The two got to talking for a brief moment before sharing a picture and parting ways. Blaine immediately sent the picture to Kurt, who proceeded to freak out with him over text.

A knock at his door tore his attention from a text he was currently writing to Kurt. “Come in.”

A man, who he knew to be Andy, one of Ellen's workers, was standing in the doorway of the room. “She's ready for you.” 

“Okay,” Blaine answered, getting up from the rather comfortable couch and pocketing his phone after he finished the text. He exited the room, following Andy down a few hallways until they were standing at the top of the hallway that led to the stage. “Just wait here until she announces your name, then walk out, wave towards the cameras and dance if you want to. Have fun.”

“Thank you,” he said as Andy left, leaving him alone to wait for his cue.

He heard some music play before Ellen's voice rang out from the stage. “Our next guest is a up and coming pop singer who just finished up his tour with Jake Miller and Mercedes Jones. His EP "Love is Lust" hit #1 a couple of months ago on iTunes, and he's here today to chat with us, so without further ado, Blaine Anderson!”

He took that as his cue to enter the stage, smiling and waving at the camera and the audience as he walked. He made a beeline for Ellen who stood up to hug him, which was a surreal feeling. There was a brief moment before the two parted and sat down in the comfy chairs always seen on tv. While she calmed down the ecstatic crowd, he continued to keep the huge smile on his face. When she finally sat down she was returning the smile. 

“Great to have you on the show!”

“Oh gosh, thank you for having me, I'm such a fan,” he said with a nervous laugh.

“Well I'm a big fan of yours too!” she replied. “How are you doing?”

“I'm great! It's been a few crazy months for me.”

“You've definitely been busy. So you just finished the tour with Mercedes and Jake, how amazing is that?” 

“I can't even tell you how surreal its been. I mean, with my EP hitting #1 and then the tour with the two of them, it's been crazy. And to be writing my first album so soon after all of this is just mind blowing,” he said, leaning back into the chair, a little more relaxed.

“Congratulations on that! When can we expect to start getting some sneak peaks of some songs?” she asked.

“Well, I played a few of my new songs during my sets on tour, but those were just some of the ones I had written for that tour.”

“Speaking of new songs, we have a clip of your song from your show in New York just last week. Take a look!" The clip of him singing the song he wrote for Kurt played, and he smiled at the memory. When the clip finished, the crowd cheered loudly. “What a song, Taylor Swift better watch out!”

The crowd laughed at the comment while Blaine smiled, flattered at the comment. “Thank you!”

“So everyone's been watching you pretty closely the past couple of months, seeing as you seem to be in the news quite often. You've been seen hanging around Kurt Hummel, a new Broadway star in the show Pan. A lot of speculation has been going around the two of you. Care to give us a little clarification?”

“Yes, we have been hanging out pretty often, and I've heard all about the speculation,” he said, almost amused.

“So what is up with the two of you?” She pushed, hoping for the answer everyone wanted to know.

“Were officially together!” he said proudly. He smiled as the crowd cheered loudly, finally getting the answer they had been waiting for. “It's been a crazy couple of months but somehow we got through it.”

“And how did the two of you meet? You both live on the opposite side of the country, so there must be an interesting story there.”

“Yes, there is quite the story to be told. We met sort of by accident. We bumped into each other at the wrap-up party in New York, quite literally actually. We accidentally got our phones switched, and neither of us noticed until we both were home. We both kind of flipped out when we realized we didnt have our own phones."

The crowd laughed at the comment as he continued, “So naturally we got to talking, and we became friends before really met. We finally met in person for the first time when Kurt ended flying to LA for a visit with Mercedes, who hes ironically close friends with, and well, the rest is history.”

“That sounds like quite the first meeting for the two of you,” she said. “And I can only assume that you guys ran into a little bump in the road, seeing as you sang an apology song to him in New York?"

“Yeah, we did, but long story short, we got through it and we're both going strong. He's been working hard between classes at NYADA and the show and I'm incredibly proud of him,” Blaine replied with a smile, sending the crowd into chorus of ‘awes'.

“Well, I can't imagine it's easy to keep a long distance relationship going with you guys so far apart from each other,” she said. “How are you guys dealing with it?”

“It's been hard, but at the end of the day, it's worth it because he means so much to me.”

“Well best of luck to both of you. I hope to see you again soon, and tell Kurt I said hi next time you see him. Blaine Anderson everyone!”

The crowd cheered as the two stood up, hugging one another once more before Blaine waved to the cameras. He had the biggest smile on his face as he felt the relief of finally telling everyone about the man he was really falling in love with.

~

“Did you watch it?” Blaine asked Kurt when he answered the Skype call later that afternoon. He was laying down on his stomach with the computer on the bed in front of him with Kurts smiling face on the screen in front of him.

“Of course I did, duh,” Kurt said smiling. “I'm so glad everything is out in the open and we can finally not have to worry about keeping anything about us a secret.”

“Me too, you have no idea.”

A series of stomping sounds coming from the direction of Blaines bedroom door drew the boys attention. "BLAINE! IM HOME!" Apparently Jake was back from the studio. 

Blaine smiled apologetically as he turned his head to yell back, "I KNOW!" 

Kurt couldnt help but chuckle a little. “Hey," he began, “Has Jake been asking about Mercedes recently?”

“Yeah, hes asked a couple of times when she was going to be back in town. Why?”

“Because Mercedes has been acting weird every time I mention Jake..”

“Hm, I see.. Do you think they…” Blaine asked, trailing off.

“I mean it's possible,” Kurt said, running a hand through his messy hair.

“Well I mean, I don't know about you but I am SO ready for them to together, if they do,” Blaine said. “It would give Jake something to do besides miss me.”

“If you want to keep him entertained, you could just get him a pet, not a person…” Kurt stated, earning a slight glare and an eye roll.

“You know what I mean. Besides, it would be nice to have her around more. I miss her being here, why does she always have to be with you?” Blaine asked with a teasingly whine.

“Because shes my best friend who loves me and, by the way, was only here that often under your command.”

“Oh, yeah. Forgot about that night... Forgive me, I have a bad memory.”

“Oh, like you could forget our weekend in New York. I'm pretty sure I made it worth remembering,” Kurt said with a smirk.

“That is absolutely true.” Blaine agreed, sighing happily and sending him a smile.

The two shared a glance with each other, simply gazing at one another. It was Kurt who finally broke the silence. “So, I have something to ask you.”

“Please continue,” Blaine said, looking intrigued.

“I was planning on visiting my dad, Carole, and Finn next month in Ohio for 4th of July. Most of the New Directions members were planning on coming home for a visit too, since most of their families have big blowout parties and I love going home for them. I was wondering if I could steal you away from the bright and sunny LA to come with me.”

“Of course I'll come!” Blaine said, happily accepting the invite. “Actually, theres this Warbler reunion happening at like the very end of June and I was going to ask if YOU wanted to come with ME to Ohio for that.”

“I guess it's good timing then,” Kurt said smiling. "So are we on for it then?”

“It's a plan.”

The two chatted for another hour, just about a bunch of random things that came up before Kurt changed the subject abruptly after a very detailed conversation about the latest Project Runway. “So what ARE we going to do about Jake and Mercedes?”

“Well, I did hear Jake talking about a performance in Ohio for the holiday weekend. Apparently he was asked to preform at some firework show in Columbus.”

“Yeah Red, White, and Boom?”

“Yeah, I think that's it. Anyway, if Jake is going to be in town and I'm sure Mercedes is too, we need to think of something,” Blaine said with a look of deep thought on his face.

“Well, I think I may have an idea, but we're going to need Santana's help.”

Blaine raised one of his triangular eyebrows at the boy on his screen. “Do tell.”