Blaine has been at McKinley for about a week and he’s slowly getting used to it. His schedule got changed up a bit and only has 3 classes with Kurt now. He has a pretty good idea where he’s going and has only went to the wrong room a couple of times. Based off of the horror stories he’s heard from Kurt he’s been avoiding the “Neanderthals” as Kurt puts them, on the football team.

So far he’s been successful, he has yet to be slushied but he has seen Rachel, Tina and Mercedes all get slushied. He’s currently in AP Psychology and is waiting for class to be over so he can meet up with Kurt for lunch. Finally the bell rings and he meets Kurt outside his study, greeting him with a kiss “Hey Kurt.”

Kurt smiled taking his hand “Hey, How was phsyc?”

He groaned “Ugh, annoying as usual. Quinn was going on about…-“ he sighed looking at Kurt, who obviously wasn’t listening. “Hey,” he nudged his arm “are you listening?”

“Do you hear that?”

He looked at him.“Hear what?”

Kurt waved his hand “Shh, just shut up and listen.”

He listened and heard someone singing

“Oh.oh
I want some more
Oh Oh,
What are you waiting for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight.”

As they walked towards the voice, it got brighter somehow. They finally found who was singing, it was a girl they didn’t recognize. She must’ve heard them coming because she turned around. She was a short girl with blonde hair and honey-brown eyes, similar to Blaine’s. “Oh,” she gasped. “I’m s-sorry. I-I thought I w-was alone.”

He smiled “No, don’t be sorry, it’s okay. You’ve got a really pretty voice.”

The short blonde-haired girl blushed she was clearly shy. “R-really?”

They nodded and he said “Yeah, you’ve got a 40’s popish quality to your voice.”

She smiled “O-oh, th-thanks.”

Kurt smiled at her. “I haven’t seen you around before, are you new?”

She nodded “Yeah, I’m Rose, Rose Murray. I just moved here from Massachusetts.”

Kurt smiled “Oh, well I’m Kurt Hummel and this is my boyfriend.”

He smiled “Blaine Anderson.”

Rose seemed to relax a bit at this information. “So, uh. Do you guys have a chorus here?”

Kurt shook his head “No.”

She sighed sadly “Oh…”

Kurt continued “But we do have a glee club.”

She smile “Glee club?”

Kurt nodded “Yeah, like show choir, we compete. We actually made it to Nationals last year in New York but we came in 12th.”

Rose couldn’t deny it, she was impressed. Blaine smiled at her “You should audition..”

She was a bit hesitant “I-I don’t know…”

Kurt smiled “You’re really good, just give it a shot.”

She smiled “Okay.”

They grinned “Great.” He smiled “Hey, do you maybe wanna get some coffee with Blaine and I after school? My treat.”

She smiled shyly at him. “S-sure okay.”

He nodded “Great, we’ll meet you here after school okay?”

She nodded “okay.”

He took Kurt’s hand and walked to lunch. “She seems nice.”

Kurt nodded ‘Yeah, but she seems like she’s hiding something though…”

He sighed “Well, everybody has something they’re hiding Kurt.” He smiled “It’s not necessarily a bad thing though.”

Kurt nodded “Yeah, I know but still.”

He looked at him “Hey, don’t worry about it, if she wants to tell us she will.”

Kurt nodded “Yeah, okay.”

He smiled and kissed his cheek “Come on, let’s go to lunch.”

They went and had their lunch. After glee they grabbed their stuff out of their lockers and headed to Rose’s locker. “Hi Rose!” Blaine said cheerfully.

She smiled “Hi um…” she blushed “I’m sorry I suck at names.”

He chuckled “It’s okay, I’m Blaine.” He motioned at Kurt “And this is my boyfriend Kurt.”

She nodded making a mental note of it. “Right.” She sighed looking at her feet. “I’m sorry I’m just a little overwhelmed.”

He nodded “That’s understandable.”

Kurt smiled “Well, are you ready to go?”

She nodded “Yeah.”

He took Kurt’s hand “Do you have a car or…?”

She nodded “Yeah.”

He smiled “Ok, great just follow us.”

They walked out to the parking lot. “Where’s your car?” she asked. Kurt pointed out their cars to her. She smiled “Oh, okay my car is right next to yours.”

She took out her keys. I’ll follow you.” They nodded an she got into her blue accord and followed Kurt’s black Escalade to the Lima Bean. She looked at them curiously “The Lima Bean?”

Blaine nodded “Yeah, it’s the best place for coffee. Kurt and I come here every day.”

She nodded :Okay, if you say so.”

Kurt looked at her “How do you take it?”

She smiled “Just a late, I can pay for it, really it’s fine.”

He shook his head “No, I invited you, it’s my treat.” He looked at Blaine “And don’t even bother taking out your money babe, you bought the coffee this morning.”

Blaine sighed knowing it wasn’t even worth fighting. “Fine.”

He went to the counter. “Hi, a medium non-fat mocha, a medium drip, and a mocha late.”

The barista nodded “$8.50.”

He gave her a ten “Keep the change” They went to their usual table and sat down drinking their coffee.

She smiled “Wow, this is really good.”

Blaine smiled “I told you so!”

He kissed Blaine’s cheek. He saw the way Rose looked down at her cup. “Rose,” he asked “are you okay?”

She shook her head “N-not really.”

He looked at her “Do you want to talk about it?”

She sighed replying shakily “Ye-yeah.”

He looked at Blaine, he was as concerned as he was and back at her taking her hand “Whatever it is, we won’t judge you.”

She looked down at her coffee and then at them “I’m uh.” She took a deep breath and continued “I’m g-gay.”

He smiled “I had an idea that’s what it was but I wasn’t sure.”

Blaine looked at her “Are we the first people you’ve told?”

She shook her head “No, my family knows, as does everyone in my old school.”

He smiled sadly “Are your parents okay with it?”

She smiled “Yeah, they’re not too thrilled but they’re still supportive. School well, that’s a completely different story”

“Why what happened? “ asked Kurt, concerned.

She took a sip of her coffee and said “Well, I uh. I was outed by one of my ‘friends’ and they uh…they outed my now ex-girlfriend. We were…”she took a deep breath and continued “we were pushed into lockers called terrible names. Lindsay, my ex, she had a lot going on at home and it became too m-much for her.” She was crying at this point.
“She didn’t kill herself did she?” asked Blaine

Rose shook her head “No, no she didn’t. She’s getting home schooled now but uh, she broke up with me, she couldn’t handle it.”

Kurt and Blaine’s hearts broke for her. “I’m so sorry.” Said Kurt

She sniffled “We were together for three years, she was my first girlfriend…she was my everything.” She composed herself and continued her heartbreaking story “A-anyway, after Lindsay left me and the school, the bullying got worse, I was getting death threats daily, a-and my parent’s were getting calls. I had to get rid of my Facebook it was that bad.”

Kurt was stunned “Oh my god.”

She wiped her eyes “But uh, I was going to be home schooled this year but my dad got transferred to Columbus, so here I am.”

Kurt walked over to her and gave her a hug, even though they had just met. “I am so sorry Rose.”

She froze a moment and hugged him back “T-thank you Kurt.”

Kurt smiled sadly an sat back with Blaine. Blaine took her hand “I am so sorry this happened to you. We both get where you’re coming from.”

She looked up at the couple surprised “Y-you do?”

They nodded “I was beaten up after taking a guy to a dance then I transferred to Dalton.”

Kurt sighed “I met Blaine as I was ‘spying’ on the Warblers, their show choir and I was chased out of McKinley by a bully who threatened to kill me and I went to Dalton for half of the year and I unfortunately had to go back shortly after Blaine and I got together.”

He smiled taking Kurt’s hand “And I transferred here so we could spend out senior year together.”

She smiled “Aww, that’s so sweet.” She sighed “I honestly have issues with talking to people. I don’t know why it’s so easy for me to open up to you two, I just met you.”

He smiled at her. “Well, maybe it’s because Kurt and I have been where you are before.”

She smiled shyly. “I have issues making friends…I guess I’m just so used to people hating me and not being accepted that I just close myself off.”

Kurt smiled “Well, we’ve been there.”

He nodded and took Kurt’s hand. “And, you’ve got friends here now.”

She smiled “Thanks.” She took a sip of her coffee and asked “What about the glee club? Are they, y’know accepting of you two?”

Kurt nodded “Oh yeah! They’re great and really supportive. The New Directions, we’re like a family, we all love an accept each other, and support each other.” He sighed “I went through a lot last year with my dad having a heart attack and going into a coma, the bullying and my transfer. They supported me every step of the way. They are honestly the best friends anyone could ask for.”

She smiled “S-so they won’t make fun of me?”

Kurt chuckled “No, well Santana has weird nicknames for everyone but she’s really harmless.”

“Is the bullying still bad?”

He shook his head “No, actually it hasn’t been bad this year, surprisingly.” He smiled and took her hand as he noticed she was nervousness. “Don’t worry about it, Blaine and I have got your back.”

She smiled gratefully “Thanks, it’s hard being the new girl, and a lesbian to top it off.”

Blaine sighed “I know but if anyone gives you any trouble, let one of us know.”

“I will I promise.” She smiled “Well, I have to go, I still have some unpacking to do, I’ll see you tomorrow?”

They nodded “Oh,” Kurt said “Do you want our numbers?”

She smiled “I’d like that.” They put their numbers in each other’s phones. “If you need anything just text us.”

“Thanks I’ll see you tomorrow, Bye guys!” She left the coffee shop.

Kurt sighed “Do you wanna come over for a bit?”

He nodded “Sure.” They left the coffee shop and went to his house.

Burt was sitting on the couch his head in his hands. “Dad, you’re home early.” He could sense something was wrong. “ Is everything alright?”

Burt shook his head “No, not really son. Take a seat, there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

Blaine looked like he was intruding “Do you want me to leave?”

Burt shook his head “No, it’s okay son.”

He was scared now “Dad, what’s going on?”

“I got a phone call today from the shop, from your Uncle Andy.”

He nodded “Oh, okay what’s going on?”

“You’re Aunt Julie was in a car accident this morning.”

He grabbed Blaine’s hand “Oh my god…is she okay?”

Burt was quiet. “Dad, is she okay?”

Burt shook his head “No son, she died a few hours ago.”

Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt “N-no!” Then he remembered…the baby. “Dad what about the baby?”

Burt sighed “They were able to save the baby, she’s really small and is going to be in the hospital for a while.”

He cried in relief and in pain. Burt sighed “I know you were close to her Kurt, it’s going to be okay bud. The funeral is this weekend in Columbus.” Burt looked at Blaine “You’re more than welcome to come Blaine, he’s going to need someone to lean on.”

He nodded “C-can I go to my r-room please?”

Burt nodded “Of course bud. Do you want Blaine to stay tonight? I have no problems with that.”

He nodded “Will you babe…please?”

Blaine nodded “Of course Kurt. I’ll call my mom and let her know what’s going on.” Blaine made the call and walked Kurt to his room. They laid on his bed together, Kurt had his head buried in the crook of his neck sobbing.

“Shh, it’s okay Kurt. It’s gonna be okay baby.”

He shook his head “W-why her?! She was like my second mother, why her?! It’s not fair Blaine!”

Blaine pulled him closer to him “I don’t know baby,” He rubbed circles on his back “I don’t know. I know it’s not fair baby. It’s going to be alright, I’m here.”

He sighed “Y-you would’ve love her Blaine. She’s my mom’s sister, and she married my dad’s brother. She was just like my mom. I just…”

Blaine kissed his forehead “I’m sure I would have. Do you want me to get you anything, some water, something to eat?”

He wiped his eyes “Just some water, thank you baby.”

Blaine kissed him softly “I’ll be right back.”

There was a knock at his door “C-come in.”

Finn stood there awkwardly “H-hey dude. I heard about Aunt Julie. You okay?”

He shook his head “N-no. It’s not fair Finn! She was like my second mother, she was the best woman in the world. Why her!?”

Finn hugged his stepbrother “I don’t know man, I really don’t. It’s gonna be okay, I’m here, Blaine’s here. It’s gonna be okay I promise. Is Blaine staying the night?”

He nodded “Y-yeah.”

Finn smiled “Good, listen if you want to later on, we can watch a musical or something.”

He stared at his step brother “You hate musicals.”

Finn nodded “That I do.” He chuckled “With a passion.” He looked at Kurt “But I know that’s one of the things that makes you smile when you’re sad. I hate seeing you upset, it breaks my heart.”

He stared at Finn in shock, he actually remembered that. He hugged him “Thanks Finn. I love you, you know.”

Finn chuckled “I love you too bro, Let me know when you wanna watch it okay?”

He nodded “Okay.” Finn left the room and Blaine came in “Here you go.”

He took the water from him “Thanks baby.”

“What did Finn want?”

He chuckled “He offered to watch a musical with us to make me feel better.”

Blaine rose an eyebrow at him “But Finn hates musicals.”

He nodded “I know! He said that he knows its one of the things that makes me smile when I’m upset.”

“Aww, that’s sweet.” Blaine kissed his cheek “When are we going to do that?”

He shrugged “Later probably.” He kissed him softly “Thank you for being here Blaine, it means a lot to me.”

Blaine held him close “I’m always going to be here, always. I love you.”

He smiled “I love you too.”

They ended up watching RENT that night and Kurt fell asleep in Blaine’s arms.

He woke up to his alarm at six thirty. “Baby, it’s time to get up for school.”

Blaine sighed “Fiine.” They got ready and went downstairs Burt was sitting at the table, looking worse than he did. “Hi Dad…how you feeling?”

Burt chuckled “I’ve been better.” Burt looked at his son. “You don’t have to go to school today if you don’t feel up to it.”

He shook his head “No, I’ll go, it’ll take my mind off things. Plus Blaine and I’s new friend Rose is auditioning for Glee club today and I want to be there to support her.”

Burt nodded “Okay, if you don’t think you can make it through the day, let me know.”

He nodded “Okay.” They left for school.

Surprisingly, the day went by fast and he hadn’t broken down at all. They waited for Rose by her locker and she smiled as she saw them there. “Hi guys!”

“Hey Rose.” Blaine said “You nervous?”

She shrugged “A little bit.” She looked at Kurt “Hey, are you okay Kurt? You’re awful quiet.”

He sighed “Yeah, I’m okay. My aunt passed away yesterday but I’m okay.”

She sighed “Oh that’s terrible. I’m so sorry.” She gave him a hug.

He smiled “It’s okay, thank you.”

Blaine smiled “So, what are you going to sing?”

She smiled “Swing Swing by All American Rejects.”

He looked at her “Oh, well. I can guess who that song’s aimed towards. Lindsay right?”

She nodded “Yeah, I had that song on repeat since we broke up.”

Blaine nodded “Good, don’t let her get you down. Are you ready to go? I’ve talked to Mr. Schue so, we can just go in.”

She nodded “Yeah, let’s go.” They walked to glee club and Mr. Schue greeted her “Hi, you must be Rose, I’m Mr. Schuester, are you ready?”

She nodded. “Yeah.”

As everyone took their seats Mr. Schue clapped his hand “Alright guys, we’ve got a new girl auditioning today.” He turned to Rose “Whenever you’re ready.”

She smiled “Okay, well, uh. Hi guys, I’m Rose Murray, I just moved here from Massachusetts. And I’d like to audition for you guys.”

He smiled “What are you going to sing?”

“Swing, Swing, by the All American Rejects.”

Mr. Schue nodded “Okay, whenever you’re ready.”

She looked at Kurt and Blaine who smiled at her. And she began to sing.

“Days swiftly come and go, I’m dreaming of her
She’s seeing other girls, emotions they stir
The sun is gone, the nights are long
And I’m left while the tears fall”

She looked at Kurt and Blaine and they smiled at her encouraging her to keep going.

“Did you think that I would cry on the phone?
Do you know what it feels like being alone?
I’ll find someone new”

She smiled at the blonde girl in the cheerio uniform, she had met her earlier in math Brittany was her name.

“Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of
My heart is crushed by a former love
Can you help me find a way to carry on again?”

She closed her eyes as she pictured Lindsay, she couldn’t help but remember her face as she said “I can’t take it anymore Rose, I love you but I can’t handle the bullying. I’m sorry.”

“Wish cast into the sky, I’m moving on
Sweet beginnings do arise, she knows I was wrong
The notes are old, they bend, they fold
And so do I to a new love”

She looked at Brittany and smiled she had only known her for a day or so but she was so sweet.

“Did you think that I would cry on the phone?
Do you know what it feels like being alone?
I’ll find someone new

Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of
My heart is crushed by a former love
Can you help me find a way to carry on again?”

Tears were rolling down her eyes as she sang

“Bury me
You thought your problems were gone
Carry me
Away, away, away

Bury me
You thought your problems were gone
Carry me
Away, away, away”

She wiped her eyes and sang the final chorus

“Swing, swing, swing from the tangles of
My heart is crushed by a former love
Can you help me find a way to carry on again?”

Brittany was the first one to clap. Following Kurt and Blaine. She blushed and Mr. Schue said “Well, welcome to the Glee Club Rose!”

Everyone cheered and she sat next to Brittany and she missed the glare she got from Santana and she listened to the lesson.

That weekend, the family including Blaine, hopped into their cars and drived to Columbus for Julie's funeral. Finn was driving as Kurt was still too distraught to drive anywhere and he just stayed in the backseat with Blaine, who held him close and rubbed his back. "It's okay, I'm here."

He shook his head "It's not okay Blaine! That baby, is going to have to grow up without a mother!" He sobbed "Nobody should have to go through that! Especially a girl! A girl needs her mom Blaine!"

Blaine held him close "I know, I know."

"No you don't Blaine!" he cried "You still have your mom! I don't! You have no idea how it feels!"

Finn looked at him through the rearview mirror. "Dude, what the hell!"

Blaine shook his head "No, don't worry about it Finn."

Finn shook his head at him "No, it's not! You're just trying to help he shouldn't be snapping at you."

"It's okay Finn, focus on the road!" Blaine turned to his boyfriend, "Hey," He was silently crying against the window and pulled him close "I'm sorry, you're right I don't know what it's like to not have a mom." Blaine kissed his temple "I know you didn't mean to snap at me either. It's okay, this hits close to home for you, especially with her daughter. Kurt, look at me."

He looked up, tears welling in his eyes "What?"

"That baby, is going to be so loved sweetie! She's going to be alright, wanna know how I know?"

He nodded "I g-guess."

"Because you're loved and you turned out okay. She has her dad and he cousins and aunts and uncles. She'll have someone to talk to when she's older, someone who will understand. You're going to be really important in her life Kurt."

"Hope," he said.

Blaine looked at him "Hmm?"

"Hope" he repeated "her name is Hope."

Blaine smiled "Well Hope is going to have a cousin who's gonna help her get through the pain of growing up without a mom."

He smiled "Thank you Blaine. I love you so much."

"I love you too."

When they got to the funeral, Kurt was held by Blaine for the whole service as he sobbed on his shoulder. Kurt was always Blaine's rock, it was time for Blaine to be his and he was.