“Ok let’s try this again” Blaine chuckled as he wrote out the algebra problem once more on his page. “2x� - 18 = 0 find x and please don’t point to x and say there it is again. It was only funny once”
“Alright, alright boy genius” Santana sighed and stared down at the notebook with no clue where to start. Blaine was coming through on his many tutoring sessions he’d offered his neighbour after she babysat the Angel that was Claire Anderson. In a surprisingly better mood since the incident at the day care centre, the little girl was quite content with the cheerleader. They watched The Little Mermaid and the little princess was asleep before her father brought home his new boyfriend. Shocked that Kurt was actually ok with the whole kid thing, Santana was secretly happy for the pair.

2x� - 18 = 0

“You’ve got no idea do you?”
“None”
“The idea is to move everything over to the opposite side to the x to find it’s value” Blaine began as he drew an arrow above the 18 in the equation and connected the line to the zero on the opposite side “Now when you’re moving something across, you take the symbol in front of it and turn it into the opposite. In this we take the minus and turn it into a plus”
“So zero plus 18?”
“Yes”
“But you can’t do that. It’s just 18”
“Exactly”

2x� = 18

“Now what?”
“Take the two across”
“So it’s 18 divided by two?” Santana asked and received a bright smile and an encouraging nod from her tutor.

x� = 18 � 2

x� = 9

“Now when you move the little two across do you find the square root of 9?” Santana asked hopefully as she looked up at Blaine.
“Which is...?”
“Three?”
“By golly, I think she’s got it” Blaine laughed and marked a bright red tick next to her correct answer. The cheerleader’s jaw dropped when it actually registered that she’d gotten the answer right. Squealing happily she pulled Blaine into a tight hug thanking him over and over again. The librarian quickly shushed them with the permanent stern look painted on her face.
“I got it right?”
“You got it right”
“That’s never happened before...”
“Well then try it again with the next one” he chuckled and wrote the next problem out on the page so she could draw the lines across to understand the problem. A maths geek at heart, these problems came easily to Blaine but that wasn’t always the case with others. Santana stared at the next problem for a minute before drawing her lines and started to figure it out. Getting it wrong the first time, Blaine told her to go back and think about every single step. Once she went over it again, she got it right which resulted in another high pitched squeal, tight hug and warning from the librarian.
“Thank you Bl... Bushy Brows” she smirked quickly thinking of a random nick name. He’d broken the cheerleader down but she wasn’t about to let him know that.
“Any time” he smiled before hearing the librarian cough loudly to get someone’s attention.
“Blaine Anderson?”
“Right here”
“The admin office is asking for you”
“What did you do now Fairy Princess? Cheat on an Algebra test?”
“Clearly not when I’m tutoring you” Blaine laughed and picked up his bag wondering why the office needed to see him. He hadn’t done anything wrong which worried him a little “Keep going and I’ll check the answers in Glee Club” he chuckled and heard Santana groan as he walked for the door “And Fairy Princess?”
“You’re gay and I’m all out of nicknames”
“Fair enough”
Blaine headed down to the office only to be met at the door by Amber with Claire in her arms. Quickly looking his daughter over there didn’t seem to be anything physically wrong with her.
“Is everything ok?”
“Elizabeth Hanney’s son Daniel has the chicken pox” Amber sighed as she handed Claire to her father along with her day bag “We have to shut down the centre til all the kids have been checked out and we can decontaminate the place. I’m sorry but you have to take her home”
“Now? I have a...” Blaine began but stopped as he saw the stress in the carer’s eyes. A chicken pox outbreak was the last thing the centre needed especially with finals coming up for all the young parents. “It’s cool I’ll take her home”
“I’m sorry again Blaine”
“It’s ok, illness happens. Do I need to get Claire checked out right now?”
“She’s had all her shots and she never went near Daniel so she should be fine. Just keep an eye on her if she starts to scratch, look for spots”
“Will do” he nodded “You take care of yourself Amber, you look stressed”
“I feel worse than I look” she sighed “Sorry again”
Claire waved at Amber as she walked off back toward the day care centre. Looking up at her father, she rested her head on his shoulder contently. Not much of a talker, this was the little girl’s way of comforting her father no matter what his mood.
“So much for my Physics test this afternoon huh Munchkin?” he chuckled and lifted Claire’s day bag strap onto his shoulder as the pair walked down the hall. There was nothing else he could do but take her home. The bell for the end of fifth period sounded and the halls of McKinley quickly filled with students. News of Blaine having a daughter at the school’s day
care quickly spread once he’d told Kurt so no-one really cared as the young father walked down the hall carrying his little girl. Making his way over to his locker, he needed to get his English books before heading home.
“Hey” Kurt smiled happily ask he skipped to Blaine’s locker and leant against its neighbour. Quickly pecking his boyfriend on the cheek, Kurt’s attention then changed to the little girl reaching for him. Taking her into his arms, it freed Blaine to get his books “Hey beautiful girl. What are you doing out of the day care? Is Daddy taking you for a little field trip?”
“Dad is taking her home” Blaine sighed softly “Chicken pox outbreak at the centre”
“Is Claire ok?” he asked quickly checking her arms for spots
“She’s fine but they had to shut the centre til they can decontaminate everything. I was supposed to be taking a Physics test this afternoon. If I miss this test Mrs Holmes is going to flunk me”
“Let me take her” Kurt blurted out impulsively “I have a study period with Mercedes, we could watch Claire for you. We’ll take her to Glee Club after school and meet you there”
It had been a couple months since Blaine had told his now boyfriend about his daughter and for the second time in 18 months, his world seemed to change for the better. Kurt had been such an amazing support in and out of school plus he couldn’t help but fall in love with the now year and a half old little girl. Her contagious smile and cute little giggle made him melt every time. A lover of kids, Kurt was happy to play with and help out with Claire whenever Blaine needed him to. Of course Kurt cherished the alone time with his boyfriend as they started to really fall for each other especially when Mrs Lopez offered to keep Claire an extra hour just to give the young lovers some time together
“I can’t ask you to do that”
“But I want to and you need to get to class right now”
“Kurt...”
“Go, Claire and I will be fine”
“Thank you” Blaine smiled and pressed his lips to Kurt’s lovingly before placing an equally loving kiss on his daughter’s forehead “Be good for Kurt”
“Go” Kurt laughed “Say ‘Good Luck Daddy’”
“G’Daddy” Claire giggled and her father raced off to class as the kids in the hall slowly filtered into their class rooms. Resting the little girl on his hip, Kurt picked up Claire’s bag as he headed toward the library to meet Mercedes.

XXXXX

“We’ll make a tap dancer out of her one day” Rachel laughed as she held onto Claire’s hands and watched the little girl dance on top of the piano. The Glee Club band had gotten to the choir room early like always and was playing a soft tune as the few members that also arrived early danced around.
“Don’t tell her father that, he’s already decided on ballet” Kurt laughed as he flopped down on the chair beside Mercedes and watched Rachel with Claire.
“I can just see you taking her to ballet classes when she grows up a little” Mercedes chuckled to her best friend nudging him gently.
“Me? Blaine’s her Dad”
“I see how you are around both of them. This is the happiest I’ve ever seen you and I know it’s going to last a very long time”
Kurt blushed at the thought of him and Blaine in it for the long haul. Of course he wanted to think they had a strong future but this was high school, nothing ever went to plan in high school.
“Do we have a new member of the Glee Club?” Mr Schuester laughed as he walked into the choir room and saw Rachel quickly pulling Claire off the piano and into her arms. “A little young maybe?”
“Chicken Pox at the day care centre. It was either Glee Rehearsal or Blaine flunked Physics” Kurt chuckled as his friend sat Claire down on his lap. Bouncing her gently, Kurt and the others waited for the last of their group to arrive. Blaine was the last to run into class and he slid into his seat next to Kurt apologising profusely to Mr Schue.
“Chicken Pox and Physics. I understand” he chuckled “If you need to bring her to a rehearsal, that’s ok just be prepared to present your weekly assignment first up”
“I can do that” Blaine laughed pulling some sheet music from his backpack and handing it to the band as he stepped to the middle of the room “So in keeping with the ‘Party Anthems’ theme I picked the one party theme I can always sing about but never act on anymore. Plus it’s a bit of fun”
The group gathered looked at Blaine confused until the band started to play the first chords of Katy Perry’s ‘Last Friday Night’

There's a stranger in my bed, there's a pounding in my head
Glitter all over the room, pink flamingos in the pool
I smell like a minibar, DJ's passed out in the yard
Barbie's on the barbeque, Is this a hickey or a bruise?

Pictures of last night ended up online
I'm screwed, oh well
It's a blacked out blur but I'm pretty sure
It ruled
Damn

Last Friday night
Yeah we danced on tabletops and we took too many shots
Think we kissed but I forgot
Last Friday night
Yeah we maxed our credit cards and got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the boulevard
Last Friday night
We went streaking in the park, skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois
Last Friday night
Yeah I think we broke the law, always say we're gonna stop Whoa
But this Friday night
Do it all again
This Friday night
Do it all again

Trying to connect the dots, don't know what to tell my boss
Think the city towed my car, chandelier is on the floor
Ripped my favourite party dress, warrants out for my arrest
Think I need a ginger ale, that was such an epic fail
Pictures of last night, ended up online
I'm screwed, oh well
It's a blacked out blur but I'm pretty sure
It ruled
Damn

Last Friday night
Yeah we danced on tabletops and we took too many shots
Think we kissed but I forgot
Last Friday night
Yeah we maxed our credit cards and got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the boulevard
Last Friday night
We went streaking in the park, skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois
Last Friday night
Yeah I think we broke the law, always say we're gonna stop Whoa
But this Friday night
Do it all again
This Friday night
Do it all again

T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.
T.G.I.F.

Last Friday night
Yeah we danced on tabletops and we took too many shots
Think we kissed but I forgot
Last Friday night
Yeah we maxed our credit cards and got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the boulevard
Last Friday night
We went streaking in the park, skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois
Last Friday night
Yeah I think we broke the law, always say we're gonna stop Whoaa
This Friday night
Do it all again

Blaine flopped back into his seat next to Kurt and Claire with a laugh. The little girl who thankfully didn’t understand anything her father was singing about giggled and danced in Kurt’s lap.
“Ok so we need to take you out for a night on the town” Puck laughed from behind Blaine as he patted his fellow Glee Clubber on the back “Get you away from diapers and crying babies”
“Oh I don’t know...”
“This may not be to the extreme of Puck’s idea of a night out but how about bowling this Friday night?” Mercedes suggested. They all needed a night out as the stress of this year’s Sectionals competition got to them.