You'd think he was a kid in a candy store or something. He was so curious and excited.

He never really thought about how Blaine would react to things like that, things he experienced every day.

Blaine wanted to keep his face pressed to the window, but they had more important things to focus on.

The entire car ride was Rachel teaching Blaine how to write, mostly just his name. In order for this plan to work, they were going to have to pretend they'd never met him before, which meant the only way for him to introduce himself to Burt was to write his name on a piece of paper.

They would focus on teaching him to write more, and teaching him to read as well, once the plan worked and they had more time to spend together.

As they sat in the airport, Kurt and Finn both did their best to teach Blaine everything they knew about tools, fixing cars, and working in Burt's shop.

Blaine had to know about these things, he had to impress Burt.

Once they actually got on the plane, however, Blaine basically passed out in his seat.

It really didn't surprise Kurt at all. Blaine had to be exhausted. He spent the entire night before traveling to find a sea witch, got turned into a human, had to walk to a hotel when he'd never even stood up before, and then had a very exciting day full of human foods, car rides, and learning how to write.

Kurt was actually surprised Blaine hadn't fallen asleep sooner.

It was probably a blessing, the car ride had been fun, but a plane ride might've been too much for the boy who had never left the water before. He didn't want to scare Blaine.

"So, you really think this plan will work?" Finn asked after the plane took off.

"I really don't know."

"Burt's a really nice guy, I can't imagine he'd just turn Blaine away, I'm sure he'll give him a chance." Rachel said.

"But did we do enough? Do you think Blaine's ready?"

"We did all we can, Kurt, there's nothing left to do but wait."

Mercedes was right.

All they could do now was wait, and hope his plan worked.

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"You remember what we told you to do, right?"

Blaine smiled and nodded.

"Now remember, in order for this to work, you have to pretend we've never met before, you don't know us, got it?"

Another nod.

"Okay, hide over there, Finn will come get you when we're ready, okay?"

One last nod.

Finn opened the door to the shop, walking inside before holding it open for Kurt, Rachel, and Mercedes.

"Dad, we're back!" Kurt called.

"What are you guys doing here?" Burt asked, pulling Kurt into a hug.

"Well, we were going to drop Mercedes and Rachel off at their places and then head home, but after being on a plane all night and driving all morning we needed a break from all that sitting." Finn said.

"Then Kurt reminded us that we pass this place on our way home, and we figured we'd stop by to say hi so you'd know we got here safely." Rachel said smiling.

"How was the trip?"

"Great, it was a lot of fun." Mercedes said.

"Hey, just out of curiosity, did you hire anyone new yet?" Kurt asked.

"No, those help wanted signs don't seem to be doing their job." Burt said with a sigh.

"Well, I'm sure someone will come by soon. Don't give up just yet."

"I want to hear more about your trip, sit down, tell me all about it."

"Start without me, I'm gonna head to the restroom." Finn said, exchanging a look with Kurt before leaving.

"I really wish you could've been there dad, the ocean was amazing." Kurt stated.

"Yeah, Mr. Hummel, the whole trip was just fantastic, thank you so much for letting Mercedes and me go with Kurt and Finn." Rachel said with a smile.

"Um, Burt? I think this guy is looking for you." Finn said as he walked back in the room.

"What guy?"

"I don't know, he walked in holding your help wanted sign, maybe he wants a job."

He stood up and started towards the direction Finn came from, the four exchanged a smile, following after Burt.

Blaine bit his lip nervously as the man with the baseball cap walked up to him.

"Can I help you?" Burt asked.

Blaine looked down at the sign a moment before holding it out towards Burt.

"You want a job?"

Blaine smiled and nodded.

"What's your name?"

Blaine put the sign down and pulled the small notepad and pen that Finn had given him out of his pocket, scribbling on it before handing it to Burt.

He gave Blaine a bit of an odd look before reading the paper.

"Blaine Anderson?"

Blaine nodded again.

"Anderson?" Kurt whispered.

"Well, I thought he needed a last name." Rachel whispered back.

"Why Anderson?" Finn asked.

"I got the idea from Mama Mia. I named him after the character Bill Anderson because he was a sailor and Blaine grew up in the water. Plus... Blaine Anderson, Bill Anderson, they have the same initials. I figured it was meant to be."

"That's musical theatre genius..." Kurt whispered, a bit of a shocked tone to his voice, how had she thought of that when they were under so much pressure and lacking in time? Only Rachel Berry...

She smiled proudly.

"Do you have any experience working in an auto repair shop, Blaine?"

Blaine's eyes widened a bit and he glanced at Kurt. He obviously had no idea what to do now.

"Any particular reason you're not talking, kid?"

Blaine looked back at Burt and touched his neck with his hand, moving his hand up towards his lips as if he were mimicking the act of sound coming out of his mouth before shaking his head.

"You can't talk?"

Blaine shook his head again.

"Would you mind waiting here for a moment?" Blaine nodded.

"Who was that, dad?" Kurt asked as his dad walked past him.

"Some kid looking for a job."

"What's his name?" Burt handed Kurt the paper Blaine had scribbled his name on. "Are you going to hire him?"

"I don't know."

"Why not?"

"It's hard to get any information out of him, he can't talk."

"You mean he's mute?" Kurt asked, trying to sound surprised.

"So you're not going to hire him?" Finn asked as he caught up with Burt and Kurt.

"I don't know, probably not."

"But why?" Kurt asked.

"You can't not hire a guy just because he can't talk, that's not fair." Finn stated.

"Why don't you just give him a chance, dad?"

"Why are you pushing this so much? Do you know him? Does he go to school with you or something?"

"I've never seen him in school before..." Kurt said. Technically, he wasn't lying.

"You're not just trying to get me to hire him because you think he's good looking or something, are you? I can't hire a stranger who doesn't speak just so you can get a boyfriend, you know..."

"Dad!"

"You don't even know if this guys gay."

Kurt bit his lip, actually, he did know... it was one of the first things Blaine had told him.

"Oh my God. Dad, it has nothing to do with me trying to get a boyfriend. I just don't think that you should refuse to give the guy a job just because he can't speak."

Burt gave him a look.

"I'm with Kurt on this one, I don't see the harm in giving the guy a chance."

"See that? Finn agrees with me."

"Well... if it means that much to you two... I guess I could give him a shot."

"Thanks, dad." Kurt said, running in the opposite direction.

"But he screws up, and he's out of here."

"Sounds fair." Finn said.

"We did it!" Kurt whispered to Rachel and Mercedes excitedly once he finally reached them.

"Really? Your dad's going to give him a job?" Mercedes asked.

"Yeah, part one of our plan worked perfectly."

"You think part two will go as smoothly?"

"I sure hope so." Kurt said as he watched his dad walk over to Blaine.

"You don't think he knows, do you?" Finn whispered as he walked over.

"No way. At first he thought it was just me trying to get a boyfriend, but once you backed me up, he knew that wasn't the case."

"But he does think something is up, you and I were really pushing for him to give Blaine the job."

"So we'll just back off for a while."

"You can't do that." Mercedes said.

"What? Why not?"

"Come on, you may have taught him what a tire is, but there's no way that you gave him enough knowledge to work here. Before yesterday he didn't even know what a car was."

"Mercedes is right, Burt said he'd give Blaine a shot, but if he screws up he's not going to let him keep working here." Finn stated.

Shoot! Kurt didn't think of that.

"Well, what are we suppose to do now? If my dad fires Blaine, the rest of the plan falls apart!"

"Calm down, we've made it this far, we'll think of something." Finn said. "Maybe we should hang out here today, run damage control. If Blaine starts to screw up, we'll help him out, that way he won't get fired."

"So much for backing off so my dad doesn't get suspicious."

"Kurt's right, if you spend the whole day helping Blaine, he'll know that, for some reason, you two want Blaine to keep working here."

"And if he sees you basically doing all of Blaine's work for him, he'll figure out that Blaine has no idea what he's doing and he'll fire him."

"We don't have any other choice."

"We'll just have to help Blaine without my dad knowing."

"How do you plan on doing that?"

"I have absolutely no idea..."