Blaine stepped back and looked over the apartment. The decorations were all in place, the food and beverages would be arriving with Finn and Rachel, the guests would start showing in a half hour, and Kurt would be home in a hour. So far, the surprise birthday he had planned for Kurt's 40th was going well.

"Dad... where do you want this?" George had come up beside Blaine and was holding the wrapped present for Kurt from the family. George was growing too quickly and it was evident that he would tower over Blaine and Kurt by the time he was an adult. His black hair has a bit of a wave, but not the curls that Audrey and Blaine shared, and George had let it grow a full inch, a new record as he liked to keep it as trim as possible. Blaine had also had to teach him how to shave recently, as puberty had taken full hold of George and turned him from an adorable boy into an awkward teenager.

"Mmm... on the table by the television. We'll keep all the gifts there until it's time for them to be opened." Blaine responded, and George scuttled off to put the present in place.

Blaine took this moment of calm to dial Cooper and held his phone to his ear as it rang.

"'lo?"

"Cooper. It's Blaine. Tell me you'll be here on time."

"Oh yah! We're on the way. J just wanted to stop to pick up some flowers for Kurt."

"Don't you dare be late! It won't be as great of a surprise if she isn't there!"

"No worries squirt! We'll be there!"

Blaine ended the call and set his phone on the counter. Julie had gone to live with Cooper in the summer, for just the summer. Now it was the next spring, and while Kurt and Blaine had seen her at holidays, it wasn't the same. The house was certainly quieter, since she and George weren't always fighting like they usually did, she wasn't singing along to Audrey's piano playing, nor was she engaged in any illustrious fashion debate with Kurt. Kurt was still having a difficult time with her gone, and didn't expect her to show up for his birthday, so this was going to be quite the surprise party for him, if only because Julie would be there.

She had said on the phone to Blaine last night that she had news for them both. News that he tried to get out of Cooper later on to no avail; Cooper having noted that she would kill him if he told them. Blaine wasn't sure what it could be since she was always eager to tell them about her boyfriend of the month, or how she was doing in her UCLA theater classes she was enrolled in, or even how her uncle Cooper embarrassed her lately.

The door wiggled on it's hinges for a moment as someone outside of it used the key and Rachel and Finn appeared from behind it as it was opened, Rachel quite heavily pregnant. At forty years old, Finn had finally convinced her to have children, and while it took some medical intervention, they were now expecting twins. Blaine thought it was insane. He and Kurt were only a few short years away from an empty nest and would be in their mid-forties and still have the physical and financial capabilities to enjoy the freedom they would be afforded in that time. Rachel and Finn, however, wouldn't have the kids out of the house until they were close to retirement age and would somehow have to figure out how to run around after kids when they would be losing their stamina. Kurt meanwhile thought it was wonderfully romantic, as usual. Kurt for that matter thought having their kids in their early twenties was romantic, so his opinion could hardly qualify as counting.

Rachel, in her melodramatic way, waddled into the apartment with both hands resting on her stomach while Finn awkwardly balanced several boxes of booze and food in his arms. Blaine quickly rushed over to relieve him of part of the load once he realized how overburdened he was and the two of them began setting up the table with the refreshments without any prompting. Both Blaine and Finn were well trained by their spouses when it came to hosting parties at this point in their lives.

At some point, George must have told Audrey that her aunt was here because the petite young woman came rushing out of the music room to sit by Rachel on the couch and set her hands on Rachel's belly once she asked permission and got it. Audrey was absolutely in love with the thought of having little cousins to babysit and coo over. Every week she spent hours in the baby store, often dragging one of her dad's along with her, to ask their opinions on different clothes and toys. Kurt, of course, fed into this shopping obsession while Blaine had tried to encourage her to wait until the babies were born before getting her aunt and uncle anything.

Audrey had rarely ever cut her hair, aside from the usual trims, and now she had waist length hair that she kept tightly bound in a braid down her back all the time. She still wore long dresses and skirts, for some reason very modest in contrast to Julie's outgoing and often brazen fashion style. While attending school, she was also working on getting various musical certifications and worked after school teaching music lessons to children. While Blaine's mother would never admit it publicly, he knew that Audrey was her favourite of the grandchildren as she always spoke highly about Audrey's poise and grace. In the mind of Mrs. Anderson, Audrey was a high class woman.

Blaine watched with a smile as Audrey spoke with Rachel in hushed tones about the babies inside her belly. They talked about names, and setting up the nursery in Rachel's apartment, and how Rachel was feeling as she got closer to the due date. Even though Audrey wouldn't be biologically related to those babies, she was already completed invested as a cousin.

Kurt and Blaine had sat down George and Audrey last summer and spoke to them both about their biological mother. Neither of them had ever asked and it had worried Kurt and Blaine both because they thought that it was unusual since most of the books they had read about adoption said that kids would generally be curious about their biological roots. As it turned out, Audrey had never asked because while she didn't have any memories, she did have flashes of recollections of herself as a baby which made her feel uncomfortable and she didn't want to have to think about it. George never brought it up because he didn't want Kurt and Blaine to think that he didn't love them by asking. In the end they had both expressed to their dads that they were happy to have them both and wouldn't change a thing. Kurt had cried a bit after that, in happiness, and Blaine had had to give him the requisite snuggling to get him to calm down.

The guests started pouring in and George and Audrey were both good about putting away jackets and collecting gifts. Blaine greeted each in turn and exchanged pleasantries, though kept his eyes on the door eagerly waiting for Julie to show up.

And then she did, with Cooper following close behind her.

"Dad!" She cried out and jumped into his arms. Blaine was barely able to steady himself as she did. She was taller than him and kept herself in good shape. He hugged her tightly and as he pulled back he whistled and shook his head.

"Your daddy will not like that tan you're sporting... and those clothes..." He noted the bikini top paired with tiny denim shorts, "You look like you've been in California all right..."

Julie chuckled and then bounded over to her siblings to share in hugs and welcomes with them.

Cooper quickly replaced the emptiness Blaine's arms were now feeling with Julie's luggage, "Here you go squirt. She packs way too much."

Blaine chuckled and welcomed Cooper before taking Julie's luggage to the room they still called her's. Neither of them had been able to convert the room to a guest room officially, despite using it as one. It was still Julie's room in both their minds.

The party was picking up and Blaine watched the clock until he felt a buzz in his pocket that was Kurt letting him know he was on the way home and he expected a fabulous cake to be waiting since it was his birthday. Blaine chuckled since Kurt was getting a whole lot more than cake.

Blaine directed the guests around and hushed them as soon as he peered Kurt coming into the apartment building using binoculars and looking down to the sidewalk from their balcony. It was a tactic he knew the kids had used many times before to get friends out of the house before Kurt or Blaine got home when they hadn't asked permission first. Blaine knew about it and didn't say anything, he still wasn't sure if Kurt knew though.

Everyone was quiet and shared excited glances for what seemed like forever, then when the door opened, everyone yelled "SURPRISE!" causing Kurt to jump back into the hall with a yelp. Blaine knew he had truly managed to surprise Kurt then, since Kurt would have otherwise faked his surprise by putting a hand over his mouth and widening his eyes. Blaine knew him too well.

Everyone laughed and Kurt came back into the apartment, hugging those closest to the door and grinning past everyone at Blaine with a shake of his head that clearly communicated that he didn't believe Blaine had managed to get this past him. Blaine meanwhile nursed the beer in his hand until Kurt got through all the expected guests and saw his children lined up, all three of them.

And then Blaine watched as Kurt's eyes grew wide and watery and he leapt forward to embrace each of the kids, holding onto Julie just that little bit longer and with more force, not because she was his favourite, but because he missed her so much and she was the first to be be called their baby. Their baby who now was taller than Blaine and equal in height to Kurt, and might even grow a little bit more before she was done. The same baby who had started them on this adventure called parenthood. A gift from someone they once called an enemy, and a gift they could never repay in a hundred lifetimes.

Blaine watched as Julie laughed it off, Kurt's tears that is. And for his part, Kurt laughed too and asked her all the same questions Blaine had, and made a scene about her tan and getting skin cancer, and about what she was saying about herself wearing so little. He asked her about her classes and if she could afford to miss a few days of them to visit. Kurt also pressed for the news she had hung over them the night before, but Julie coyly refrained from giving a response other than to say that they would find out later, when they were alone.

The party was wildly successful, and towards the twilight of the night, when people were either drunk, well on their way to being there, or asleep like their kids, Blaine found Kurt's arms wrapped around his waist and Kurt's lips near his ear.

"Remember what happened at my 21st birthday party...?"

Blaine shifted in place, his pants suddenly becoming very tight. He definitely remembered, especially since it had been the night before they had discovered they had Julie waiting for them. His body tensed up and he looked towards his drunken husband with lust blown eyes.

Kurt laughed, watching Blaine's expression. "Oh I think you dooooo!"

Blaine cast a quick glance around the room, seeing people mostly focused on their conversations and no one paying them any attention. He dipped his head towards Kurt's ear now and said curtly, "Bedroom. Now.", then leading the way down the hall with a sense of urgency he hadn't had in awhile.

Kurt had barely shut and locked the door behind him when Blaine had all of his own clothes pulled off and on the floor, eyeing Kurt hungrily from the bed. Kurt's own eyes ran over Blaine, and the brunette licked his lips before crawling on the bed where Blaine pulled off his clothing as well.

Kurt's body was as gorgeous as it ever was, toned in all the right places, and he kept his pubes trimmed so Blaine could see the full length of the gorgeous manhood he kept hidden away from everyone else. It was barely a breath from getting his boxer briefs off to Blaine's lips rolling down over the head of Kurt's already erect cock.

Kurt moaned and arched his body back, pressing his hips forward so more of his erection was pushed into Blaine's mouth, who sucked it back eagerly. Blaine held as much of the cock as he could in his mouth, his tongue rolling up and down the frenulum rapidly. Kurt's hands had found their way into Blaine's hair and his fingers has twirled locks around them as he moaned and shuddered below Blaine, who saw that as an invitation to quicken his pace.

"Oh... Blaine... Blaine... you need to... oh..." Kurt was trying to get his words out but found him speech broken between the effects of the alcohol slowing him down and the distraction from Blaine.

Blaine hummed around the cock in question, but kept up with the blowjob as Kurt stumbled for the words, but eventually gave up and just rocked his hips into Blaine's mouth as he got close to coming.

Blaine pulled himself off Kurt right as he felt the tension built in Kurt's testicles and the base of his cock, indicating he was about to come, and let the white ejaculate hit him in the face, catching some of it in his mouth as Kurt watched the scene, panting heavily and intermittently crying out as the shocks of his orgasm hit him. When he was done, Kurt collapsed completely back on the bed with a moan while Blaine went to the en-suite bathroom to wash off his face, chuckling to himself.

When he returned, Kurt was laying on his side, looking at Blaine through slitted sleepy eyes and murmuring, "I can't believe you... you were suppose to fuck me up against the floor..."

Blaine laughed and nodded, watching as Kurt drunkenly fell asleep before him, leaning down to kiss the top of his head, "Yes... but we're not kids anymore and while I didn't mind if Santana heard us when you turned 21, I didn't want the kids to hear us like that tonight..."

All Blaine got in return was an incoherent mumble.

By the following evening, when the headaches were mostly worn off and the apartment had been cleaned up, save for a lingering smell of alcohol that had been spilled in some places, Kurt, Blaine and Julie were able to sit down in the living room. Kurt and Blaine were in full anticipation of Julie's news, and since Audrey and George were out with friends, it was the perfect time.

"Well dad... daddy... you know how I've been living in California right?" Julie started, causing Kurt and Blaine to exchange a glance, clearly both wondering if Julie was really this nervous about telling them whatever it was that she was including obvious information.

Julie picked up on it and shook her head, "Anyhow... so Uncle Cooper took me to this audition he set up and then I got a callback, and another... and anyhow... I'm going to be on TV."

Kurt and Blaine shared another look, one of surprise this time, and then looked back at Julie to ensure that she was being completely serious before they got excited.

"And you're really going to love this Dad... it's for a re-visioning of the Ghost and Phalanx series. I've been cast as Psyche. Can you believe it?" She was beaming, she was so excited. Blaine couldn't recall ever seeing her so excited.

Kurt let out a squeal then and reached over to hug her, "Oh my gosh! I'm so excited for you hon!"

Blaine let out a laugh and reached over to join the hug, "My daughter is going to be a superhero on TV!"

They laughed and Blaine shared insights on the comics, which he had continued to collect long after Julie had stopped collecting them, while Kurt asked about the differences between theatre and TV casting processes. Julie convinced them to bring Audrey and George down for a visit in a couple months when they'd be well into filming. By the time they finished talking, Audrey and George had long since come home and gone to bed, and Julie excused herself to get to bed as well, leaving Kurt and Blaine sitting on the couch together.

"Wow..." Kurt murmured finally, after they had allowed the silence to permeate for awhile.

"Yeah.." Blaine added, grinning over to Kurt.

"Do you think we did alright with her?"

Blaine arched an eyebrow, "Well, yeah. She's a smart young woman, who knows what she wants, and can take care of herself. She's happy and determined and everything we wanted for her..."

Kurt smiled as he looked back to Blaine, "And do you think we've done alright in general."

Blaine smiled, letting the memories of the past 19 years cycle through his head before leaning in and placing a chaste kiss on Kurt's lips, "Sweetheart. As you would say, we've done fabulously."

Kurt laughed and cuddled up against Blaine, "So what's next then?"

Blaine thought for a moment, and now that he knew they could handle work, marriage, and three kids, he knew it was time to ask Kurt the big question.

"Well, what do you think about getting a puppy?"