“Hi,” came Kurt’s breathless reply.

“We’re getting married.” Blaine said, awe clear in his voice.

Kurt couldn’t help smiling at his beautiful boyfriend… fianc�. “We are.”

“When?” Blaine asked, “I mean when can we, when do you want to? I would do it today… just say the word and I am yours.”

Kurt couldn’t help the blush that spread down his chest and up his face. “I was thinking June 9th. I know June wedding, very clich�… but Cabaret will close June 3rd, you will already be out of school by then. That is when I will have my extra week of vacation. We could go somewhere…”

He was cut off by a searing kiss. Once Blaine pulled away, he said, “It’s perfect, you are perfect.”

When Blaine’s alarm began blaring, breaking the mood into shards they finally got up and started their usual morning routine; looks lasted longer, touches were more frequent though. As Kurt placed breakfast in front of each of them and sat down he said, “There is one problem that I didn’t think of though.”

Blaine looked startled, but reigned in the slight panic in his eyes as he asked, “What do you mean?”

“You work with Tina, she is observant, she will see the ring, and then everyone will know. What do you want to do?” Kurt said after sipping his coffee.

Blaine smiled, clearly glad this was the problem Kurt was talking about. “Well, I could always call in sick; we could call your family, go see mine, and then maybe we can invite our friends over for dinner tonight?”

Kurt was a little taken back by the suggestion, Blaine had never called into work before, even when they had stayed up late into the night and he was exhausted. “Won’t they be suspicious if you call in?” Kurt had to ask.

“Maybe, but I am entitled to personal days. What do you say?” Blaine sounded apprehensive now.

Kurt gave him a reassuring smile, “Do it. Do you think you can get your family together on such short notice?”

“We can have everyone meet for brunch, Robert may not be able to make it, Josie too if she has appointments today, but everyone else can usually get away for an hour or two.” Blaine got on the phone to make all the necessary calls to his work and family while Kurt cleaned up their breakfast dishes.

Soon, Kurt had his laptop set up on the coffee table and the couple leaned against the couch as the computer rang. It was still early, before eight, and Kurt hoped his parents would still be there. To his surprise, Finn answered the call.

“Hey dude! What’s up?” Finn exclaimed as his goofy face came into view.

Kurt couldn’t help but smile, as he noticed Finn struggling not to ask the question that was clear on his face. “Are Mom and Dad home?” he asked, barely containing his excitement as well.

“Yeah, let me get them.” They could hear Finn yelling as he moved away from the computer. Kurt face palmed when he distinctly heard him say, “I think he popped the question!”

“It’s a good thing I have or the surprise would have been ruined.” Kurt muttered to Blaine who chuckled with him.

Soon Kurt’s family was gathered around the monitor all smiles. “Morning Kiddo, What’s up?” Burt asked.

Both men knew what he was really asking, so without preamble Kurt merely yelled, “He said yes!” causing various reactions. Finn cheered, “Awesome Dude!” Carole smiled broadly, as tears slowly began rolling down her cheeks, and his father chuckled shaking his head.

Carole wanted to see the ring, but Burt asked the question they knew they were going to be fielding from now on, “When?”

They seemed shocked at the June date, but promised to help in any way they could. Before they knew it though, it was time for Kurt’s family to go to work. Kurt promised his dad he would call him later, knowing he wanted to hear more from just his son.

Before they left for brunch with the Andersons, Kurt made a list of the things he would need for a dinner party with their friends. Since Rachel had a show that night, they decided to have the party at five, so she could be there before heading to the theatre. Kurt sent out a mass text to all their friends, and then they set out for the restaurant.

Kurt was almost more nervous to tell the Andersons about the engagement than he was to actually propose… almost. He found himself fidgeting with the ring sitting on Blaine’s ring finger as they walked. Blaine didn’t mention it until they were rounding the last block.

“Calm down, Kurt, my family loves you.” He spoke soothingly in Kurt’s ear.

Kurt sighed, “I know, it’s just… what if this makes it different to them. What if they like me fine as the boyfriend, but they hate the thought of me as part of your family?”

Blaine stopped walking and pulled Kurt to him into a hug. “Impossible, they will be thrilled, just trust me.”

It didn't take long for them to find out the families reaction, almost immediately upon entering the restaurant in fact. Blaine pulled his mom into a hug and Elise yelled, "Blaine Anderson what is that on your hand?"

The attention of the whole family as well as half of the restaurant was drawn to the sparkling ring encircling Blaine's left ring finger.

"Thank you Elise for letting us tell you in our own way." Blaine chuckled a deep blush making its home on his face. He grabbed Kurt's hand, squeezing it before continuing. The Anderson's were quiet as he spoke. "Last night, Kurt proposed and I accepted. We're getting married!"

Silence reigned for a moment and Kurt was just beginning to panic when the ruckus broke out. Elise seemed to be chanting "oh my god" while Mrs. Anderson grabbed her son tearfully talking about her baby growing up. Micah and Mr. Anderson shook Kurt's hand in turn offering their congratulations. The boys were eventually passed around the group gaining multiple hugs and handshakes each.

As they sat around the table and he meal progressed, many questions were asked of the boys. Kurt thought Mrs. Anderson was going to have a panic attack when she learned they would have less than four months to plan the wedding. Kurt tried to reassure her with the knowledge he had planned his parents wedding in a fraction of the time, but it wasn't until Blaine told her it was a tentative date (with a conspiratorial wink to Kurt) did she calm down enough to continue the meal.

Reluctantly the group left once their plates were cleared away and Mr. Anderson insisted on picking up the bill. The women offered help in any way as they parted.

By the time Kurt and Blaine were heading to the store, all I their friends had replied they would be attending dinner that night. List in hand they quickly did their shopping before returning home.

Kurt was in a state trying to prepare a dinner party for seven on such short notice. Blaine helped and luckily neither were messy people so the apartment was always guest-ready.

Kurt had just come downstairs after getting ready, sending Blaine up to do the same, when the first guest arrived. Kurt opened the door to find Rachel Berry standing there looking expectant, her arms crossed over her chest. "Ok what's going on Kurt?" she asked in greeting.

Kurt pulled her in, shut the door and began walking back to the kitchen before answering, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

" I know you, Kurt; you plan at least a week for any party you throw." She began but before Rachel could break into the interrogation she clearly had planned, another knock sounded through the apartment. Kurt rushed back over to the door to find Nick and Wes waiting there.

"Kurt we brought your script by to save a trip tomorrow." Wes announced, making Kurt marvel in how much he and Rachel were alike.

Seizing the perfect distraction Kurt invited them in saying, "Wes, Nick, I would like you to meet a dear friend of mine Rachel Berry."

That was all it took to make them forget to question any reason he may have invited them there that evening. Wes began gushing over Rachel who accepted the praise and launched into one of her favorite subjects: herself.

The next ten minutes were filled with the rest of their guests arriving. Kurt flitted from opening the door to monitoring the work in the kitchen. No one else asked the reason for the impromptu dinner party, all seeing he was frantic; at least that is what he led them to believe. Truthfully, Kurt was excited to tell their friends the news and that calmed him down from any stress this party might have brought otherwise.

As planned when everyone had arrived, Blaine who had been listening at the top of the stairs came down and greeted everyone. He made sure this time to keep his left hand in his pocket. If anyone found his one armed hugs strange, no one let on. Kurt led everyone to the table they had set up in the living room to sit.

From his seat beside Blaine, whose left hand was clasped in his, Kurt spoke, "You all are some of our dearest friends. You have been here for us separately for years and for both of us these last five months. You are here because you mean a lot to us." Their friends all smiled at him, save Santana who gave a bored glare at Kurt, clearly telling him to hurry it up and bring the food out.

"Because you mean a lot to us, we wanted you all here together," Blaine picked up the speech on cue, "to tell you... we are getting married!"

Tina was the first to break the silence, "I just knew you were perfect for each other!" Mike grabbed her hand and smiled at the other couple, obviously proud of his girlfriend's intuition.

Brittany squealed, leaping out of her chair and pulled both boys into a hug. Nick just smiled while Wes offered a sincere congratulation. Santana just sat there with a smug smile on her face. If Kurt wouldn't have known her better he would have thought she was indifferent, but his years of experience with her taught him better; she was happy for him.

Kurt looked over at Rachel expecting to see another beaming smile, but instead the girl was in tears. Kurt's heart dropped; they didn't look like tears of joy, rather she looked heartbroken. "Rachel, what's wrong?" he asked a mixture of hurt and concern in his voice.

"Nothing really, I'm happy for you both really. I'm just being silly." she waved him off with a hand before adding. "well Kurt lets see the ring!"

He looked over at his fianc�, “Blaine"

"Wait, what?" Santana finally spoke, "you mean he didn’t propose, you did?" Kurt nodded, "Wow Hummel I didn't know you had it in you."

While Kurt went to grab everyone's plates, Blaine showed off his ring, mainly to the girls, who gushed over the intricate design. They all talked animatedly over the meal, all except Rachel who was unusually quiet. She picked at her food, a dish Kurt made especially for her, but would smile when he caught her eyes.

Once everyone else was seated around the living room glasses of champagne in hand, Rachel excused herself, citing her show as the excuse to leave. Kurt knew she needed to be heading to the theatre but got the impression there was something else wrong. After one quick toast to the happy couple and a fair bit of arguing from all that one sip of champagne on Rachel's part would not be unprofessional, Kurt offered to walk Rachel down and hail her a cab.

They were safety inside the elevator before Kurt breached the subject. "Okay Rachel, I know you something is wrong, please tell me."

She sighed in defeat before answering, "I am truly happy for you and Blaine... it’s just... and I know I am being silly and selfish... I just... I want that. I had that and sometimes I feel like I threw it all away for no reason. I mean I am happy... I'm a star, and when I am onstage I feel complete but otherwise... I'm so lonely and I miss him. Seeing you so happy with Blaine and getting to do what you want... sometimes it just makes me want to move back to Ohio and I think I could be happy there if I just had him again."

There was no reason to ask who he was, even before she mentioned Ohio, Kurt knew exactly who she was talking about. He could see the hurt and embarrassment in Rachel's eyes. "You need to talk to him. This is ridiculous Rachel, you are not in high school anymore. Stop dancing around your feelings and do something about it. If being with Blaine has taught me anything it is that you have to put yourself out there, you have to make yourself open to the possibility of hurt if you ever want to really be happy. Just... call him; you may surprise each other. It’s true, you may get hurt. I wish I could tell you things will turn out wonderfully, but I can't. But you have to take a chance if you want to be happy."

Rachel nodded, tears once again leaking from her eyes. She pulled him into a hug. "I am so happy for you, you deserve everything. Thank you for understanding and talking to me."

"Now, you go wow your audience, then go home and call Finn. Tomorrow text me if you need someone to talk to." this earned a smile and another thanks. Kurt hailed a cab, bid her goodbye, and then returned to the party.

The next morning, Kurt still hadn’t heard from Rachel, so he walked Blaine to school. He ended up spending most of the day observing Blaine in his classes. The younger kids were more perceptive than Kurt would have thought. In each of Blaine's morning classes at least one student asked about the new ring on his finger. Each time Blaine would explain he was getting married and smiled over at Kurt. When lunch came around, they were just taking out the meal Kurt had packed for him that morning when a barrage of teenagers descended upon the choir room.

"Is it true?" Rocco asked once the group stopped in front of the pair.

"Is what true?" Blaine asked, his half of the sandwich held slyly in his left hand.

"That you're getting married." Veronica explained like she was speaking to a toddler.

Blaine beamed, making Kurt's heart swell. "Why yes, it is, however did you find out?"

The entire glee club screamed making Kurt and Blaine jump in their seats. Question upon question were launched upon them in such a frantic manner the couple had to laugh at the overexcited teens. They spent the lunch hour not eating but slowly answering each question once they calmed the group down enough to listen.

Just as glee was officially about to start, Kurt's phone chimed an incoming text. Reluctantly, Kurt excused himself to go meet Rachel as she begged in the text, with the promise to come back and visit with the club as soon as he could.

Kurt walked into the coffee shop expecting to find Rachel crying. He was curious however when she was just sitting there tearing a napkin to bits. He sat down across from her in front of the coffee she had already ordered for him. "Tell me what happened." his voice was calm but determined. He didn't want her beating around the bush so to speak.

"I called him this morning." was all Rachel said.

"And..."

She looked at him, her face unreadable, "I told him everything, how felt, how much I miss him... just everything. He got so mad at me when I told him I was thinking of quitting the show and moving back to Ohio."

Kurt's heart dropped for two reasons; he didn't think she would seriously give up her dream, especially once it was in her grasp, a prospect that could lead to resentment in the future, but also by Finns reaction, that was unexpected.

"He told me I was meant to be a star, I belonged here, and I couldn't really be happy in Ohio after actually living here." Rachel looked up and there was something like hope in her eyes. "But he also told me he felt the same way. He wants to move here after he graduates in May. He wants to try again. I'm so happy but I am just so scared Kurt. What if he hates it here, what if I am not what he wants anymore, what if he resents me, what if..."

"Rachel!" Kurt cut her off, "What if this is your chance to truly be happy again. Do you love Finn?"

Rachel looked at him like he had two heads, "Of course, I never stopped loving him, I tried I just couldn't."

"Then just trust in that for right now, if you focus only on the bad that might happen, that is what you will get. Sometimes you just have to jump not knowing if there is a net or not."

This earned him a smile, "When did you get so good at this relationship thing?"

He told her honestly, "About 5 months ago when I stopped trying to protect myself from getting hurt and let myself just fall.”

As it turned out, planning a June wedding in New York was quite a lot harder than planning a November wedding in Ohio. Each afternoon and evening after they were home from work and rehearsal, Kurt and Blaine would research wedding and reception sites. Each call ended in disappointment, it seemed everything was booked even for the following year. They tried everything from parks to bed and breakfasts, hotels to even churches and no one had an opening.

They were both getting frustrated, Kurt more so than Blaine. After Kurt threw his notebook across the room in frustration, Blaine asked, "Do you think we would have better luck in Ohio?"

"Finding a space maybe, but the Marriage Equality Act hasn't passed there yet. They're close, but not close enough. I don't want to wait Blaine, what are we going to do?"

Blaine pulled him into a hug, his tension easing immediately at the touch. "We’ll think of something, even if we have to cram everyone in this apartment, we will be married on June 9th, I promise you."