It had been 2 weeks since the incident and slowly things were getting better. Blaines injuries were healing well and he returned to school, facing all of the questions he was asked by his friends in Glee club. Sectionals went by with Blaine being treated to a makeover by Kurt to hide his bruises. His cast however was a little more difficult to hide. They drew with the Warblers, which lead to a big Warbler/New Directions party at Blaines house.

Alex was sent to juvie and given a restraining order so that he couldnt approach either Kurt or Blaine. Blaine had been told by his parents who were phoned by a police officer and then went on to tell the New Directions as a whole - to which Puck told them he wouldnt last five minutes. Kurt couldnt be happier. He hugged Blaine so tightly and whispered, "Hes gone. I cant believe hes gone and he cant hurt us anymore."

Laurel, Kurts therapist, noticed a definite change in Kurt. He didnt appear to be anxious anymore and rarely got paranoid. She therefore told him that she only wanted to see him once a month from then on, unless things got bad again. In celebration of this, Kurt and Blaine decided theyd change Thursday night to date night.

The next Thursday, Kurt decided it was his turn to surprise Blaine with a date. He told Blaine to be at his house for 7 and dress in something comfortable and then got to work. When Blaine showed up at 7 on the dot, he was very eager to find out what Kurt had in store for him. When he opened the door, he was surprised to see Kurt, dressed in jeans and a plain t-shirt, with an apron over his outfit. His hair was styled, but strands were beginning to fall onto his forehead in the way that made Blaine think he was plain adorable.

"Blaine!" Kurt greeted him, throwing his arms around Blaines neck and squeezing him tightly.

"Hey," Blaine whispered into Kurts ear, wrapping his arms around Kurts waist to accept the embrace.

"Sorry, I dont exactly look like Ive made effort for our date, but I knew Id get messy so I thought Id avoid ruining one of my favourite Marc Jacobs shirts," Kurt explained as he lent back to look at his boyfriend. Blaine raised his eyebrows in question and Kurt blushed. "Ive been cooking. And theres plenty more to do. Cmon, Ill show you!"

Kurt grabbed Blaines hand and pulled in into the house, making sure the door was shut behind them. He lead him into the kitchen, where the most delicious smells radiated from, and went back to stirring a pot.

"So Ive made us dinner and Ive made some cookie dough and I thought for dessert we could bake our own cookies," Kurt continued. "If you want to that is. If not, Im sure I can find something else."

"That sounds great!" Blaine reassured him. "Fantastic even. And Im sure I wont be able to mess up!"

"Exactly," Kurt said with a wink. "Now, sit at the table and Ill be right with you. You can put some music on if you want. Ive made a playlist on my iPod."

Blaine headed over to where Kurts iPod was docked and opened up his playlist, finding one labelled "Date Night". He shuffled the songs and smiled as the quiet and calm music began. He sat down and watched Kurt as he finished serving up the dinner.

"Okay," Kurt said as he brought the plates over. "Ive made chicken and pasta in white wine sauce and Ive thrown together some salad if youd like any." Kurt set the plate in front of Blaine who immediately smiled.

"Youre definitely the cook in this relationship. I could never make this if I tried!" Blaine chuckled.

"Its easy! Ill show you how to one day. You need cooking lessons, Anderson," Kurt returned with a grin. "Now, what would you like to drink? We have juice or coke or we could be grown up and sophisticated and have a glass of wine."

"Hmm, as this is a special occasion I might be grown up and sophisticated for once," Blaine said thoughtfully.

"Special occasion? What are we celebrating?" asked Kurt as he poured himself and Blaine a glass of wine.

"Freedom. You getting better. Us," Blaine listed.

"Those are all things worth celebrating," Kurt laughed. He finished pouring and held up his glass, which Blaine mimicked. "To us."

"To us," Blaine repeated and they clinked their glasses together.

Dinner went well. Blaine loved the food and they chatted happily. After dinner, Kurt found the cookie dough and rolled it out onto the clean kitchen counter. He produced a whole box of cookie cutters, featuring letters and numbers and lots of different shapes.

"What do you want to make? We have a lot of cookie dough," Kurt inquired.

"Hm," Blaine hummed, thoughtfully. He reached into the box and pulled out four letters. He pressed them into the dough and peeled out the letters before laying them out onto the tray. "I made the name of the most amazing guy ever." They both looked down to the word KURT made out of cookie dough.

"Im pretty sure thats not how you spell Blaine," Kurt said, before delving into the box to find the letters of Blaines name. After making both of their names, they made the date of the day that they got together as well as several animals, some musical notes and stars like there were on their first date. They also made other things that made each of them think of each other, like coffee cups and clothes, as well as a variety of shapes for decoration including hearts and flowers. They ran out of cookie dough and, whilst Blaine ate the last remnants, Kurt put the cookies in the oven.

Whilst the cookies baked, they decided to watch a film. Kurt let Blaine choose as it was his treat, so Blaine being Blaine chose The Little Mermaid. Kurt told him he was childish, but shut up when Blaine reminded him that he did own the film on DVD. They cuddled on the sofa watching the movie together, Blaines head on Kurts chest, one arm around Kurts back and the arm with the cast lying across Kurts stomach. Every so often, Kurt would drop a kiss to Blaines forehead and then his nose and finally his lips, to which Blaine responded immediately. Short chaste kisses turned into making out, both of them smiling as much as was possible when attached to another person at the mouth.

They were interupted however when you oven timer went off, blaring loudly.

"Ignore it," Blaine groaned against Kurts mouth.

"I cant ignore it, the cookies will burn," Kurt protested.

"Id rather the cookies burn than stop kissing you," Blaine argued.

"Well, I wouldnt. Come on, budge!" Kurt insisted. Blaine pouted, but moved off of Kurt and trailed behind him as he headed into the kitchen. He quickly donned a pair of oven gloves and opened the oven, allowing a waft of cookie scented heat to escape. As soon as Kurt had placed the tray on the counter top, Blaine went to grab one, but Kurt stopped him.

"Nuh uh," he said. "Those are really hot. We need to wait for them to cool!"

"So our kissing was stopped because of cookies that I cant even eat yet. What if Finn comes home and eats them all?" Blaine complained.

"Hes stopping at Rachels tonight," Kurt told him.

"Theyre back together?"

"Yup. Apparently theres something about Rachels animal sweaters and over enthusiastic, self-absorbed personality that Finn just cant be away from," Kurt chuckled. "Whilst theyre cooling we can make some hot chocolate?"

"With marshmallows?" asked Blaine.

"Whatever you want," Kurt grinned. He whipped up their hot chocolate and marshmallows before putting the cookies onto a plate. They carried them through to the living room so that they could snack and drink whilst watching the movie. Blaine couldnt help but giggle as he ate the letters of Kurts name, and said "Hey, look, Kurt, Im eating you!" Kurt had just rolled his eyes at that.

After they were too full to finish the cookies and had drank the hot chocolate, they went back to cuddling and watching the film. By the time Burt and Carole returned, they were fast asleep in each others arms.

Their relationship was stronger than ever at this point; they were each others everything. Kurt and Blaine were getting coffee on a Monday after school and Kurt was chatting away about the latest issue of Vogue and how when he moved to New York, people would probably appreciate what he wore. Blaine sat watching him, barely hearing a word he said, and leaning his chin on his hand. Kurt went to take a sip of coffee, giving Blaine the chance to input his opinion.

"I love you," Blaine sighed.

Kurts breathing halted and he had to stop himself from spitting out the coffee that was in his mouth. He looked at Blaine, whos loving expression hadnt changed and forced himself to swallow the coffee and begin breathing again.

"I love you too," he said, his voice a little quiet, but Blaine still heard him. Blaines expression was still the same and he couldnt help but return a smile. "You know, when you stop to think about it, Kurt Hummels had a pretty good year." He reached across the table and gently took Blaines hand. "Because of you."

"I could say the same." Blaine grinned and nodded to the door. "Want to get out of here? I dont think the customers of The Lima Bean would enjoy me kissing you as much as I would."

Kurt couldnt even speak. Instead he just nodded furiously, taking Blaines hand properly in his as they rushed towards the exit.

Indeed, it had been a pretty good year for both of them. Who knew what their senior year would bring.