He figured Finn was too.

Between the plane ride, the car ride, and now running around the shop trying to help Blaine without Burt knowing... they wanted nothing more than to go home and sleep.

But they had to keep going, they had to be here in case Blaine needed help.

And man, did he need help.

He didn't have a clue, not that Kurt really expected him to know this stuff.

So when Burt asked Blaine to bring him something, Kurt would hand what his father was looking for to Blaine, and let Blaine bring it to Burt.

Finn was running around more than Kurt was, helping fix cars and find what they needed to fix certain parts, Kurt made a mental note to thank him later.

He owed Finn big time.

When Burt finished his lunch break, he walked over to where Kurt and Blaine were, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Need something, dad?"

"Yeah, I need you to go home."

"What?"

"Kurt, you're driving everybody crazy, you're all over the place."

"But..."

"You're distracting everyone from their work, especially Blaine."

"I was just trying to help, it's his first day, I wanted to make sure he knew where everything was."

"Well, now he knows, so go home."

"Dad."

"Now, Kurt."

"Can I at least say goodbye?"

"Fine, but then you're out of here... and take Finn with you." Burt said before walking away.

Kurt bit his lip and sighed. "Looks like you're on your own, Blaine. I'm sorry. Remember part two of the plan?"

Blaine nodded.

"Alright I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

Kurt felt Blaine grab his hand. He looked back at the boy who obviously didn't want him to go, sighing.

"I'm sorry, Blaine, I have to. I wish I could stay here with you, but my dad is making me leave. You'll be fine, just remember everything that Finn and I have been doing today, and... do that, okay?"

Blaine let out a small breath before nodding, letting go of Kurt's hand.

"See you later, Blaine."

Blaine waved at Kurt, who was walking over to Finn.

"We've officially been kicked out."

"By who?"

"Who do you think, Finn?"

"He caught on?"

"I don't think so, he just seems to think we're driving everybody crazy."

"Well, we certainly are acting crazy, trying to do all Blaine's work for him without anyone finding out."

"It's hard work, covering up Blaine's merman secret."

"You think he'll be okay here by himself?"

"I sure hope so."

"I guess the best thing to do would be to go home and take a nap, catch up on our sleep."

"Good point, we're going to need to be well rested if we want to keep up with Blaine and my dad."

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Finn was sitting on the couch, flipping through the channels in an attempt to find something to watch on TV while Kurt cleaned out his suitcase, washed all the clothes that were inside, and cleaned up the mess in his room that unpacking had caused.

"Dude, we just got back from the trip, relax a little bit."

"I will not relax until all my clothes are clean and back in my closet where they belong. How can you just leave all your stuff in that suitcase? Doesn't it bother you?"

"Not really."

"I don't understand you at all, Finn." He said, Finn turning off the TV and heading upstairs just as the front door opened and closed.

"Dad, you're home late." Kurt said as his father walked into the kitchen.

"You can thank Blaine for that."

"Blaine? What? Why?" Kurt asked as he followed after his father.

"The kid doesn't know squat about cars... in fact I don't think that kid knows squat about anything."

"He can't be that bad."

"Yes, he can. First thing tomorrow, I'm firing him."

"But, you can't!"

"Yes, I can... after seeing him work today I don't really have a choice."

"Yeah you do, sure you do. Give him another chance."

"Kurt, I asked him to hand me a wrench and he gave me the leftover half of my sandwich from lunch. He is not working for me anymore, and that's final."

"He's just nervous about his first day on the job, he'll get better."

"And how do you know that?"

"Because he told me he was nervous."

"He told you?"

Kurt bit his lip. "Well, you know... his version of telling, he wrote it down."

"What were you two doing... writing to each other when he was suppose to be working?"

"Dad, he made some mistakes."

"A lot of mistakes."

"Doesn't everyone deserve a second chance?"

"Kurt, I don't know what it is with you and this guy but he is not working for me anymore, and nothing you say or do is going to change my mind. The minute he gets to work tomorrow, I am firing him. End of discussion, I don't want to hear anymore about it."

Kurt sighed. Now what was he suppose to do?

"Burt! Are you home?"

Burt walked towards the stairs. "Just got here, what do you need, Carole?"

"The upstairs toilet is backed up again, and I can't find the plunger anywhere."

"I think we have a snake at the shop, that might work better anyway... I'll run there and get it."

Kurt's eyes widened a bit.

"You're going back to work?"

"Yeah."

"But... you can't do that."

"Why not?"

"Well, you're... you, you just got home."

"I'll be right back."

"Wait! No, dad, you can't go to the shop!" Kurt said quickly, but his dad was already out the door.

Kurt raced upstairs and banged on Finn's bedroom door.

"Finn! Open the door! Now! This is an emergency!"

"What happened, what's wrong?" Finn asked as he opened the door.

"Code red!"

"Huh?"

"Dad's going back to work!"

"What? Now? Why?"

"It doesn't matter why, what matters is we have to get there before he does!"

"Why didn't you stop him before he left?"

"How was I suppose to do that, Finn?"

"You could've... told him that they changed all the names of the streets and that he'd never find it."

Kurt glared at his step brother.

"How do you even get dressed in the morning?"

"Okay, I think we should be spending a little less time insulting my ideas and a little more time trying to beat Burt to the shop, let's go!"

Kurt followed Finn down the stairs as quickly as he possibly could, hopping into the car just before it raced down the road.

"What if we don't get there in time?"

"We will."

"What if he gets there first?"

"Kurt, calm down."

"I can't calm down, I'm a nervous wreck right now."

"Just breathe, relax... we'll get there. Besides, what's the worst that could happen if Burt got there before us? We'll just explain everything and he'll understand."

"How are we suppose to explain this, Finn? What are we going to do?"

"Kurt?" Finn bit his lip. "Do you... wish Blaine was still a merman?"

"What? Why would you even say that?"

"It just seems like you're stressed about him being here... not happy."

"I'm not stressed about him being here, I'm happy that he's here. I'm just frustrated because I have to lie. I wish I could just tell my dad the truth. I wish I could just enjoy the fact that I didn't have to leave Blaine behind but I can't, because I'm too busy tangling myself up in a web of lies."

"So just tell Burt the truth."

"He'd never believe me." Kurt said, looking out the window. "I just wish things between Blaine and me didn't have to be so difficult."

"You like him, don't you?"

Kurt looked down. "No. No, of course not. I just, I'm trying to look out for him. I wish everything was as simple and easy as Blaine seems to think it is."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, in Blaine's mind, he was becoming human so that he could come home with me and we could spend all our time together. Why can't it be that simple? Why can't it just... happen like that? Sure, our plan was working up until now, but if we kept it going, I'd never really see Blaine anymore... that wasn't what he wanted. That wasn't what he gave up his voice for."

Kurt sighed and looked back at Finn.

"I've got to do something, I've got to... make a change."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to figure out a way to convince my dad to let Blaine move in with us. I'll spend the rest of my summer teaching Blaine how to read and write and do math and when school starts back up again he'll go to McKinley with us. He'll get what he wanted, we'll spend all our time together."

"But is that what you want, Kurt? To give up so much time just so that you can spend it all with Blaine?"

Kurt smiled for the first time tonight. "Yeah... it is."