Blaine, oblivious to all the drama going on, called up Mercedes. He knew the surprise party had to have the New Directions since the Warblers were Kurt's friends, but the former were his family. Kurt's eighteenth birthday had to be the most memorable day ever. Once Kurt left for New York and found better men who didn't run away from bullies and were taller, hotter and sexier than him, he would definitely break up with Blaine. Which is why Blaine wanted Kurt to remember him as the adorable, or even dorky boyfriend, who had pulled out almost all the stops to make sure his eighteenth birthday was the best ever, just below all the celebrity birthdays.

He heard Mercedes pick up the phone and say, "What's up, my second favorite white boy?" He channelled the "smart and cute but not dorky" part of him and said, "Hey, I wanted to let you know that I, rather, we, the Warblers over here are setting up a surprise birthday party for Kurt and are cordially inviting you and your group to join us."

Mercedes just said, "Cordially my ass! We would have gate-crashed even if you hadn't invited us! Seriously, white boy…I love that you are doing this for Kurt. He deserves to be loved and adored as much as possible. I wish he could have stayed at Dalton so he didn't have to face Karofsky."

Blaine agreed as she continued, "Wait, Tina's calling. I'll let you go now, but I'll give the group your digits so they can let you know themselves. That's fine with you, right? Buh-bye, sweetie!"

Blaine ended the call and looked back to the notepad. He tore off the page with a viciousness that he used only for boxing. He sucked. He couldn't even come up with a proper theme for the love of his life's birthday. And just then, he saw a poster of Wicked right in front of him. He realized quite late that the room he was sitting in was the one where Kurt used to stay and he left this poster behind as it was stuck by super-glue and wouldn't have come out without tearing the poster. And he could remember Kurt clearly saying, "Rather someone else have the whole poster than me having pieces of it."

Just then, the bulb in Blaine's mind lit and he realized BROADWAY!

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Wes, in the meantime, had started telling his story to Jeff and Nick. He said, "It all started when I was eleven. At that time, I was obviously still staying with my parents. I mean, obviously. I was a kid, you know? And not as mischievous as I am now. And did you know..."

Jeff said, "You're deflecting, sweetie. Tell why exactly you and David can't confess your feelings for each other." He then hugged Wes again and said, "You can tell us, you know." He gave a short smile to Nick. Their relationship was so close that Nick knew it wasn't a term of romance, but endearment.

However, Wes was oblivious to this and gave Jeff a horrified look. He moved away from him and screeched, "I am gay, but that doesn't mean I like every guy. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…"

Nick, shockingly but sadly realized, that this was a thing he had repeated many times. He wondered what had happened to Wes. He brought his hands up as a sign of surrender and said, "Don't worry Wes, I trust you as well as Jeff. But tell us why you freaked out."

Wes sighed and said, "Well..."

David had come back by then and he sat next to Wes. He rubbed his back lightly and said, "It's okay. No matter what they say; we are still together, aren't we? I mean, not together together, but…"

And then Jeff and Nick saw an amazing thing happen. The same boy who was crying into Jeff's shoulder literally donned a metaphorical coat of courage and hugged his friend saying, "We don't need labels, do we? We know the truth. That's enough for me and I hope it is for you."

He then looked at the duo and said, "David and I became friends when we were about nine years old. We did all the stuff boys did together. Learn to make a farting noise, roll in the sand, kick balls all day, tease girls, that sort of thing. Our mothers had become best friends due to us hanging out with each other. Then when we were eleven, David came out to me."

David smiled and said, "That was the scariest moment of my life. Not knowing if my best friend was going to accept me because I wanted to have my first kiss from a boy than from a girl."

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Blaine came running in just then screaming, "I got it! By Eureka, I got it!" Nick deadpanned, "All that's missing is you in a barrel!" Everyone gave him a weird look as he said, "Archimedes? Anyone? ...No one? I am stuck with a bunch of nitwits."

"Except you, dear." He added as Jeff gave him a glare which was usually trademarked by Kurt. Wes, who had donned his leader persona said, "So what did you decide? Skating rink? Ice cream parlour? Movie theatre?"

Blaine gave out a loud sigh and said, "I'm not just one of the Warblers. I partly know your secret, remember? You don't have to change yourself around me."

And then Wes went back to his depressed state as everyone looked shocked. Blaine looked around and said, "When I was depressed over the fact that it had been one year since the bullies had beaten me and my date up, Wes came into my room and confronted me. And then I realized that some people do have it worse than I have. And in Wes' not so clean but kinda appropriate words and I quote, I got my head outta my ass and saw the freakin' sunshine."