As I drag Landin behind me into the small coffee shop I see Blaine already sitting in the soft seats in the corner and move as quickly as I can with a 4 year old in tow. He had left pretty quickly the night before and when I came back from getting Landin to bed he was gone, luckily Santana had swapped numbers with him earlier in the night so I could convince him to meet me this morning. I picked Landin up and put him on to the couch before sitting down beside him.

"Hi" I smile softly as he pushes a cup of coffee and a hot chocolate across the table towards us. "Thank you for coming!"

"It's ok" he shrugs before turning towards Landin "I'm Blaine! I went to school with your daddy..." he nodded towards me and I spluttered the coffee I was drinking.

"That's uncle Kurt!" Landin giggled taking a marshmallow out of his mug and chewing it softly.

"But I thought-"Blaine looked thoroughly confused and I laughed before trying to talk.

"If you hadn't left before we could explain...." I cut him off smiling "This is Landin...." I give him a quick cuddle and ruffled his hair. "Dale's son...."I trail off watching Blaine fiddle with the sugar packets in front of him.

"Daddy D and Daddy J are on the honeymoan!" Landin squeaks from the corner making us all laugh.

"Honeymoon little rock star! Why don't you go and sit at the kids' corner and make a nice picture for Mrs B?" I smile at his little cheer as he hops down off the chair.

"I'm going to draw her a zombie! They had blood and guts in the film we saw!" he runs off as I shake my head at him.

"Dale is going to kill me for letting him watch that!" I groan looking back at Blaine. "You're quiet..."

"I'm just processing! I thought he was yours...." He trailed off as a waitress came over and put a cheesecake down on the table. "Please tell me you still like cheesecake?" he smiled at me and my heart fluttered.

"Like I would ever give this up!" I exclaim happily pulling the plate towards me and taking a bite. "This is to die for!"

"So how di- I mean who is his-" Blaine stutters awkwardly.

"They adopted him, two years ago now.....he knows he's adopted but not that his parents were killed in a car crash.......they will tell him when he's older... I have him this week while they are on honeymoon until they get back. He's four, likes football, music and drama club and spending time with Uncle Kurt of course..."

"Oh um I didn't mean to pry I just haven't met anyone like us that have a kid you know...." Blaine's head wrinkles into a frown.

"It's ok to be curious! Really I love being his uncle and it means I get to practice for my future family...." I shrug non-committally.

"You're planning a family?" he asks in no more than a whisper.

"Not right now!" I laugh "I'm missing another dad in that fantasy picture for starters..."

"Good!" Blaine breaks into a grin "I mean not good that you don't have a boyfriend but good that your single-" his eyes bug out a little when he realises what he has said. "No I didn't mean- oh god I'm sorry!" he slams his head on to the table with a groan.

"Blaine look at me!" his head slowly lifted to make eye contact with me. "What is going on with you? You're acting all weird..."

"I just- you make me nervous!" I gasp a little but don't say anything, letting him continue. "You're this successful costume designer; you have an amazing apartment, good friends, a gorgeous nephew and your freaking breath taking...."

"Your right he is gorgeous huh?" I tease him as he blushes slightly.

"Kuuuuurt I'm serious..." his hand reaches over to hold mine. "You look even better than you did five years ago. You look happy!"

"I am happy but it shouldn't make you feel nervous! I'm the same peachy I was all those years ago..."

"Yeah that I screwed over...." He strained to keep his voice quiet while thick with emotion. "I'm just really sorry! If I could go back and change it I would!" he looks down at the table so I take his hand into both of mine.

"Don't say that! What happened back then.....it was hard to get over but I did! So did you and if it worked out differently then you wouldn't have the success you have now....let's just try and get to know each other again! We have all the time in the world!"

"Well I go on tour again in a couple of days....maybe we could go for coffee again before I leave? Alone?" he looks up bashfully and reminds me of my beloved best friend.

"Uncle Kurt? Can we go home? I'm bored!" Landin is back beside me pulling on my sleeve.

"Ok rock star!" I look back up to Blaine. "Sorry! I have to go but Coffee here on Monday? At four?" he nods and I peck him on the cheek before taking Landin's hand and leaving the shop.

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"Aunty Tan!" Landin is jumping up and down over the top of where she had been napping on the couch. "Wake up! I brought you back a scottie!"

"A Biscotti? Nice! Thanks munchkin!" she takes the biscotti and pulls herself into a sleeping position with Landin on her knee playing with her hair. "Did you have a good day?"

"Yeah! We went to the coffee shop and met Blaine! He has really curly hair!" he smiled happily at her, and Santana looked at me with a menacing stare.

"Oh you did huh?" I came to sit down on the free space while her fixed glare remains.

"Well I couldn't just leave it like I did last night could I?" I pick up my vogue magazine and start to flick through.

"Hmmm sure you couldn't...." she pulls Landin in closer and plants a kiss to his cheek. "It would have nothing to do with the eye fucking you were doing last night? Or the gag worthy flirting?"

"What's fucking?" Landin looked up and I hit Santana on the arm.

"Tan! Language in front of the nephew?!" I screech.

"It's something grown-ups say and do honey! Like when your daddy D gets drunk with uncle K?" Santana explains and I hope to god he doesn't repeat this in kindergarten like the wanker phase...Dale would kill us.

"Oh when they do the silly dancing?" he asks genuinely interested now.

"Yeah exactly! But it's really important not to tell anyone about it! Or it won't be a secret anymore okay?" Landin nods at her and pretends to zip his lip. "So what did Blaine have to say?"

"Not a lot he was really nervous!"

"Of course he was nervous! He broke your heart the last time you saw each other..."

"Did he hit it with a hammer?" Landin pipes up in between us.

"No Land! He just made me a bit sad and we stopped being friends!" I explain keeping it as child friendly as possible.

"Did he not share his toys? Kimmy didn't share with me and then got in big trouble! Did Blaine get in trouble?"

"He got in the scariest kind of trouble!" Santana said seriously. "Burt gave him a talking too!" Landin's eyes went wide, as much as he loved my dad he found him a bit scary, probably because he always saw him yelling at Finn when he was doing something wrong.

"Don't scare him Tan!" I scolded her. "Why don't you go phone your daddy before we have dinner? Skype is open on the computer just press the green button okay?" he hopped down and ran through to my room to call his dad.

"Okay spill?" Santana squished closer to me.

"Spill what?" I fold my arms over my body and match her gaze.

"You know what! When are you going on another date?"

"Santana we aren't going on a date!"

"So you're not seeing each other again?"

"We are going for coffee on Monday! But it's not a date!"

"Sure it's not...." She gets up to head to the kitchen and I follow her.

"Don't start! It's just a catch up as friends!" I moan pulling out the vegetables to start on dinner.

"Oh so you don't have feelings for him then?" she slumps against the counter where I'm chopping up peppers.

"No I don't!" I scoop them into a pan and then start on the carrots "And even if I did he goes on tour again in three days......and he doesn't like me like that remember?"

"Things change! You don't know unless you try..."

"No I do know! We are friends trying to reconnect is all....nothing more! So drop it and help me make the pasta?" she huffs before moving to get the pasta and pour it into a pot.

"I just want you to be happy....." she whispers out from under her hair.

"I am happy sweetie!" I nudge her with my hip and gain a small smile.

"I know but-"

"But nothing! We are going to be friends, hopefully like we were when we were in high school! So no gossiping to Dale or my Dad!" I point the knife at her.

"Mums the word! But I'm still betting on a hook up in your future..." She walked out to get Landin before I could even argue with her.

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Landin says you're going on a date tonight with Blaine?!?! Us boring married couples need some gossip..... xx

I'm going to kill Santana! She told him that and just FYI also let him draw on the wall! It's not a date!! Xx

Thou protests too much......xx

What are you Shakespeare now?! Xx

He wishes he was that cool....xx

Go get Jake to give you a happy ending and leave me be! Xx

What vulgar language! I hope you don't talk like that in front of my child......xx

No! Because I actually like him! Xx

You love me......and my overbearing ways.....xx

If you say so old man! Go enjoy your honeymoon....Blaine just walked in xx

How hot does he look scale of 1-10? Xx

Not answering xx

That means he looks good Floppy! I know you too well..... Love ya xx

Tell Jake if he gets bored of you to just leave you there :P xx

Use protection! We don't need any babies running round.....xx

Funny xx

I try ;) xx

"Sorry I'm late!" Blaine's voice brings me back into consciousness and I see he has two coffee cups in his hand. "I saw you didn't have one so just got yours too....you looked busy..." he nodded to my phone as he sat down.

"Oh that! It was just Dale trying to be funny!" I explain burning my tongue as I sip down the too hot liquid. "So I was thinking...."

"Dangerous!" I give him a kick under the table "I was joking! Please continue!"

"As I was saying......" I roll my eyes at him "Since you're going away again tomorrow we could maybe email to keep in touch while you're away?" I blush looking down at my hands.

"That sounds like a good idea....I mean we just got back in touch I don't want to wait two months to learn everything we have missed."

"That is why I thought we could each get five questions.....and you have to answer it as well! That way we learn about each other's lives and then we can still fill in what is going on in the present time!" I clap my hands in excitement as he nods with me.

"Okay but for now can we cover basics?" He looks at me seriously.

"Like what?" my voice squeaks a little bit and I feel nervous again.

"Bright coloured wayfarers, chocolate chip ice cream and rocky horror...." He grins at me when I realise what he is saying.

"Anything McQueen, cheesecake and rocky horror...."

"It's funny that your three items from a burning building haven't changed!"

"Neither have yours!" I point out indignantly "I suppose some thing's never change!"

"You have though...you're more confident than you were in high school and your muscles....wow!" I gawk at him not quite knowing what to say. "Sorry! Over sharing..." he mumbles into his coffee cup.

"No it's okay....you have developed well too...."

We eventually slip into a normal conversation and before I know it it's time to leave and say goodbye to each other for a few months. Walking back to the apartment I feel happier then I have in a long time and it's no coincidence it falls in line with Blaine popping up.