The New Year came in a rush, and with it Blaine now had to decide on a career choice. Him and Kurt had talked about it during Blaine's finals, and decided they would just see what was availble for jobs once the New Year started. Blaine had been searching and found a music teaching position open. There was one problem though, so he immediately went to Kurt.

"Hey babe. I found a teaching position open, they're looking for a music and choir teacher."

Kurt smiled and set down the color swatch he was working with. "Blaine that's great! Where at?"

It was then that Blaine heaved a sigh. "Cliffside New Jersey."

"And that's where exactly?"

"It's about a thirty minute drive from here. Without traffic."

Kurt smiled a little, "And is that a problem?"

"Well. No? Yes? I don't know. That's kind of a long commute. I mean, someone needs to be able to pick Ali up from daycare, and if I'm coming all the way from Jersey, it will be late by the time I get home. And I know your schedule gets a little crazy too sometimes and-"

"Blaine. Stop talking." Blaine made a point of shutting his mouth before Kurt continued. "Did you think we'd stay here and you would have to commute? It would obviously make more sense to move there. I can work from home sometimes, and the city isn't that far away."

"But Kurt, you love the city."

Kurt smiled and stood to stand in front of his fiance. "Yes, but I love you two more. Way more. Besides, the city is no place to raise children."

Blaine still got a little thrill whenever Kurt mentioned kids in the plural. "Okay. I'll send in my resume I guess and if I get it we'll look at houses after the wedding."

"Blaine that's stupid. The wedding isn't until May, what are we going to do until then? If they want you, then we'll go look at some houses."

"Kurt! We can't plan a wedding and buy a house at the same time. We can't afford that. And! We've been really amicable planning the wedding, adding the stress of buying a house on top of that, we'll be tearing at each other's throats. I don't want that. Plus you have the new line coming out soon. It's too much stress. "

"We're getting ahead of ourselves here. Apply for the job first, and we can decide on this later. And when you get the job we will go house hunting and if we ever start to argue really bad, we'll stop, go in separate rooms, remember how much we love each other, then go apologize and work everything out. Okay? We can get through anything as long as we remember how much in love we are, remember that."

Blaine's gave Kurt his signature heart-eyes and leaned up for a kiss. "I love you so much Kurt. I wouldn't be able to make any kind of decision if I didn't have you."

So, Blaine applied for the teaching job and, not surprisingly, got it. Kurt took a Friday off work so they could go house hunting while Ali was in daycare. Kurt had worked closely with their Realtor, telling him the exact things they were looking for in a house. The Realtor narrowed it down to four options in their price range. The first two were atrocious, the third was decent, and the fourth was way out of their price range. Which of course meant, that Kurt fell completely in love with it.

Blaine glared at the Realtor, who obviously planned this wanting a higher commission and knowing Kurt would love it. Kurt was literally skipping around the house. Skipping. Kurt only did that when he was super duper excited about something. Once the tour was over, Kurt turned to Blaine with a big smile and tears in his eyes.

"Blaine. We have to get it. It's perfect!"

Blaine sighed and glared once more at the Realtor before politely asking for a moment to talk to Kurt alone. The guy nodded and left, Blaine waited to hear the front door close before returning his attention to his future husband. "Kurt, we can't afford this."

Kurt looked like someone kicked his puppy. "Yes we can Blaine. You worry too much. Blaine it is perfect! It has four bedrooms! That's one for Ali, an office for us to share, and another room for our next child! And! It has a backyard. An actual yard, Blaine!"

Blaine shook his head, he wasn't going to let Kurt bribe him with talks of more kids. "Baby, I know you love it. I do too, but we have to realistic here. With the wedding and me not starting work until after Spring Break." Kurt pouted at him and narrowed his eyes. "Oh don't you dare Kurt Hummel. You know I've built up an immunity to puppy eyes!"

Kurt smiled instead. He smiled that smile. Blaine's favorite smile and he knew he was lost. Kurt walked to the kitchen counter, pulling Blaine along behind. He rubbed his hand over the surface then leaned his face down to it. "But Blaine, look at how pretty this kitchen is." Then he gave Blaine puppy eyes with that smile.

Blaine groaned and rolled his eyes. "You're impossible. I'm not going to win this one am I?"

Kurt continued smiling and shook his head a little. He stood straight and pulled Blaine close by his belt loops so they were standing mere inches apart. "How long do you think the Realtor will give us before he comes back."

Blaine leaned back to stare at Kurt, his mouth hanging open a little. "Kurt Hummel are you trying to bribe me with sex?"

Kurt smirked and moved in closer, lowering his voice and nearly killing Blaine, "Maybe. Is it working?"

Blaine threw his head back and let out a frustrated groan. "Uggh fine! Yes!"

"Yes it's working or yes we can get it?"

"Yes to both!"

Kurt started bouncing a little, causing Blaine to look back at him. "Really? We can get it?"

Blaine couldn't help but smile at how happy Kurt looks. "Yes baby. We can get it."

Kurt let out a squeal that could probably be heard by dogs everywhere and started kissing every inch of Blaine face. Each kiss was punctuated by a sentence. "Thank you Blaine! I love you! Oh my gosh you won't regret this! I love you so much!" Then Kurt tore away, running out to the Realtor.

Blaine was left behind laughing and shaking his head. Someday he would learn to say no to Kurt Hummel. It was not this day.

The day of their wedding came in a rush. The planning had mostly gone well, except for that time when Kurt had to redo every single detail only months before the wedding. Ali had recently discovered her independence, and therefore insisted on wearing nothing but a blue dress (her favorite color). Unfortunately blue did not go at all with Kurt's original theme of green and purple.

Nothing could stop Kurt Hummel though. He immediately re-arranged the entire wedding to work around Ali's blue dress. She had recently fallen in love with Disney Princesses and wanted her dress to look like Belle's yellow dress, but blue. So Reed begrudgingly made it for her. Kurt and Blaine decided to not have a wedding party, just two best men, Finn and Wes.

Kurt had initially been worried about Reed being able to make a tux for Finn, but after meeting Reed's now husband, his worries went out the door. Reed's partner was a tall, bulking Bulgarian that was bigger than even Finn, but just as big of a teddy bear.

Everything had fallen perfectly into place. The ballroom they were getting married in, and also having their reception looked amazing. Kurt ended up using a blue that was a few shades lighter than Ali's dress, with ivory and grey accents. It was finished off with crystal fixtures, faerie lights, and ivory linen draped up the ceiling. The room smelled of fresh white roses and hydrangeas.

Blaine was on his side of the ballroom, in a little room with Wes and Ali. Ali was busy twirling around in her dress. She turned and smiled at Blaine. "Unle Blaine. I pretty?"

Blaine was busy tying his tie, but bent down to Ali's level. "You're the prettiest girl I've ever seen."

Ali smiled some more, looking so much like Cooper, "we show unle 'urt?" She was having difficulty pronouncing 'c' and 'k' words still.

Blaine shook his head a little. "I can't sweetie. But I can have Grandpa Burt come take you to Kurt."

Ali's brow furrowed. "Why?" That was her favorite question.

"Because it's a surprise. Remember what we practiced last night when we were here? I can't see Uncle Kurt until after you throw all your pretty flowers."

"Why?"

Blaine was saved from what he knew to be 'why' after 'why' after 'why' by Burt coming in the room. "How's my other boy doing?"

"Ganpa Burt!" Ali flew towards Burt, who scooped her up with a laugh and kiss on the cheek. "Well don't you look pretty."

Blaine was more at ease just by having someone that resemble Kurt nearby. He knew once he saw Kurt for himself he would be completely at ease. He wasn't nervous at all, just excited and anxious. Time seemed to not be moving at all and he just wanted to marry Kurt already!

Burt clapped a hand on Blaine's shoulder. "How you doing kid?"

Blaine smiled and resumed tying his tie. "Good. I just wish it were three 'o clock. How is he?"

Burt chuckled and patted Blaine's cheek. "He's fine."

Blaine didn't know why, but that made him panic. "Fine? Just fine. He's not like. Second guessing is he? I mean I would totally understand, he meets super interesting people all the time and I don't know what he sees in a lowly high school music teacher I just want him to be happy ya know and just because it's today doesn't mean he can't back out I would totally understand if-"

Blaine was cut off by Wes slapping him across the face. Blaine blinked in surprise for a moment then shook his head a little. "Thanks man. I needed that."

Wes and Burt laughed. "That's what I'm here for. That's probably the longest run-on sentence you've ever uttered. I'm appalled Mr. Anderson soon to be Anderson-Hummel."

Blaine smiled and heard his phone ding from inside his bag. Somehow, he already knew who it would be from. Sure enough, it was a text from Kurt :

I'm going rogue. This doesn't count in the whole seeing-each-other-before-the-wedding thing does it? I don't think it does because you can't actually see me. Doesn't change the fact I had to wrestle this phone out of Rachel's hands. She's stronger than she looks btw. Anyways. I can't wait to marry you. Does it feel like time is going slower to you? Xx

Blaine laughed out loud, feeling even more foolish for his freak out. He sent a text back, saying how he couldn't wait either and yes time was moving too slow. Burt took Ali over to see Kurt, while him and Wes finished getting ready. Blaine loved his suit. It was his first time seeing it. Reed would not let him see it before because he didn't want Kurt to know what it looked like, wanting everything to be a complete surprise when they saw each other, and Reed knew Blaine would end up spilling to Kurt. His tux was extremely well tailored, showing off his slim waist and broad shoulders. The color was a bit of a surprise, a light grey with a blue and red straight tie. He even had practice sessions with Reed on how to style his hair. The curls were tamed back and Blaine couldn't help but feel like a 50's greaser.

Blaine was just tying up his shoes when there was a knock on the door. Wes answered and Jerry Anderson stepped in. Blaine froze and stood. He couldn't do this today. This was wedding for crying out loud, he didn't want to fight with his father. Wes had planned on staying, not wanting to leave Blaine alone, but with a warning look from Jerry, he left the room with an apologetic smile.

Blaine wrapped his arms around his middle like he usually did when he was uncomfortable. "Dad. Didn't think you'd be coming today. If you're here to tell me what I'm doing is wrong, then you can just leave. I don't wanna hear it today."

Jerry cleared his throat, looking just as uncomfortable as Blaine. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a small box. Clearing his throat again, he held out his hand. "I don't know how this kind of stuff works, but here. Didn't know if you needed something old or blue or whatever."

Blaine tentatively reached out and took the box. When he opened it, he saw it was Cooper's class ring from Dalton, complete with a blue stone. Blaine blinked at the token, then up at his father. "I don't...Dad?"

Jerry shuffled his feet, then slowly reached out, patted Blaine on the shoulder once, then left the room without saying anything. Blaine was left standing holding the box, his jaw dropped and his eyes filling with tears. Sure it wasn't some heart to heart talk, but it was progress. It was a peace offering.

Blaine wasn't really sure what happened after that, but suddenly time seemed to lurch forward. And finally, FINALLY, it was time for him to marry the man of his dreams Everything had a dream like quality after that. It felt like he was floating and everything around him was hazy. The only thing that came in clear focus was Kurt.

Amazing, beautiful, perfect Kurt. As soon as Blaine saw him, his legs seemed to start moving faster, and he swore he saw Kurt's doing the same. Kurt always looked stunning, but he was literally glowing right now. His dark, fitted suit showed off his long limbs impeccably. The shiny material making his flawless skin look even more luminescent.

They met somewhere in the middle, like they were suppose to, but neither were paying attention. They stopped about a foot in front of each other and just stared. Each took in how perfect the other looked with a sort of awed fascination. It felt like hours that they stood there staring, before their officiant delicately cleared her throat, reminding them there was business to attend to. They needed to become husbands.

If either had been asked what was said by their officiant, or who else was in the room, neither would be able to answer. They were both lost in their own little world of stolen glances, small smiles, and flashbacks about how this day finally came together. Their vows were said, and luckily they wrote their own and had rehearsed the speeches privately for months now, otherwise they would have been in trouble in this moment. Then the officiant said the word and that was it. They were husbands.

Kurt and Blaine Anderson-Hummel.

"You're absolutely sure you want to do this? I mean, it's not too late to cancel the appointment."

"Blaine, if you ask me that one more time I swear I will shave your head while you sleep."

Blaine snapped his jaw shut, but Kurt wasn't fooled. He counted to five in his head before Blaine started up again. "But you're absolutely sure?"

Kurt calmly set down the magazine he was reading to look at his husband. "Are you sure you want to? You keep asking me when I've known that I want this for the past three years. So tell me what you're- ALISON MARIE YOU GET OFF THE COFFEE TABLE THIS INSTANT- what you're really nervous about."

Blaine glanced back at Ali, who was pouting as she climbed off the table, then turned back to Kurt. "I'm just...what if they tell us we can't adopt?"

"Why would they tell us that? Blaine, we have lots of money, like too much so the kid would be well off there. We've raised Ali, we're both upstanding citizens, we both have stable jobs, we just built a rather large home...do I need to keep listing how perfect we are?"

Blaine gave a little smile and reached over for Kurt's hand. "You're right. I just am afraid they'll tell us no. I just don't want to get my hopes up and have them crushed."

Kurt gave Blaine a sweet smile and lifted his hand to kiss. "Don't worry babe, Kurt Anderson-Hummel doesn't take 'no' for an answer."

Blaine smiled and leaned over to place a soft kiss on Kurt's lips. They smiled against each other's lips, waiting for what was to happen next. Sure enough, Ali climbed up on the couch and wiggled her way in between Kurt and Blaine, then looked up at them expectantly. Kurt and Blaine glanced at each other then both cried out at the same time, "ALI SANDWICH!" They both bent down and blew loud raspberries on each of Ali's cheeks, making her laugh and squeal and pretend to want to get away.

Once they all settled and stopped laughing, Ali looked at Blaine, then Kurt and said very seriously, "Uncle Kurt wins." She then slide off the couch and walked away to go do something else, leaving Kurt to do a little victory dance while laughing at Blaine. They never knew what Ali meant, but after every Ali Sandwich she would declare a winner.

The next morning, they dropped Ali off at pre-school and went to go meet with an adoption agency. They had wanted to adopt sooner, but Dawson House had become really popular and they were in high demand. Kurt was always busy and he didn't want to not be a huge part of their next child's life, he already felt bad about being absent for a lot of Ali's time. Everything had settled now though, Kurt had more people working under him, and did a lot of his work from home nowadays, so it was finally time for more kids.

Blaine was worried the age difference between Ali and their new baby would be too much, since she was already five, but then he remember the age difference between him and Cooper and it didn't seem as significant anymore.

They had both decided they wanted a surrogate, which led to many arguments about who's sperm they would use. In the end, they decided to use a cocktail from both of them and use the surprise route. Blaine was a little sad, he just wanted a little Kurt running around.

Their meeting went surprisingly well. They both knew what they were in store for, having been researching it for the past three years. It would be a long process, but would be so worth it in the end.

After their screening process to prove they would be fit parents, and really Ali helped moved that process along, they would just need to wait for a surrogate that matched their requirements. They did have many requirements so it should be easy. They wanted someone that somewhat resembled Kurt or Blaine; eye color or hair color, someone with a good medical history too, and obviously someone that wouldn't mind being a surrogate for a gay couple.

A few months after their screening, they were sent a bunch of files with possible matches. Blaine stared at the pile, knowing that someone in there would be having their baby. It seemed like a momentous occasion, and he felt really intimidated by a bunch of papers suddenly.

Since Kurt was cooking dinner, Blaine decided he would look through them first. With a deep breath, he opened the first folder and began reading. He was about four folders in, and starting on the fifth folder when he looked at the picture of the girl with a confused look. He went back to the previous file, opened it, then looked back and forth between the too. He gasped as he stood up, taking the two files with him and practically running down the hall towards the kitchen.

"Kurt! Baby! I just had an either brilliant or stupid idea and I need you to agree with me or slap me."

Kurt looked up from whatever he was stirring and blinked at Blaine, who was wearing his excited puppy face. "Um...okay? What is it?"

Blaine walked over to Kurt, kissed him on the cheek quick then jumped to sit on the counter. "Okay, so we got our matches in today right? Well I was just skimming through them when I noticed these two." He set each opened file on his knees for Kurt to look at.

Kurt looked at them briefly for a moment, then back up at Blaine. "Okay? I'm still not getting it."

Blaine kicked his feet a little. "Kurt! They're twins! Look!" He did, then looked up at Blaine like he'd gone crazy, so Blaine continued. "Okay, hear me out here. How many arguments would you say we've had over who's man juice we're using?"

"Man juice? Really Blaine?"

"Shush. So listen. What if we each like, take a twin, then we both get little versions of ourselves running around! And! They would look like each other too. They would look like each other and us! And they would technically be related."

Kurt blinked again and set down his spoon. "Yes Blaine. They would be cousins. Doesn't that seem weird to you. They'd both be calling us dad, but they would be cousins. We would be the weirdest family ever."

Blaine shrugged. "We're already the weirdest family ever. Two gay guys raising their niece. Besides, who cares if we're weird? It's our family."

Kurt sighed, looking a bit skeptical. "I don't know Blaine. I just don't want them to grow up and get made fun of. And do you really want to have two babies at the same time?"

Blaine looked down at his lap and shrugged a shoulder. "You say all the time how we have too much money."

Kurt lifted Blaine's chin up with a finger. "I'm not talking about money babe, I'm talking about the stress."

"We could do it. You know we could baby. Just look at the files. One twin has blue eyes, one has hazel eyes. Their hair color is almost exactly like yours. We could have kids that look like both of us, just like straight couples get to have."

Kurt felt his heart break a little at the sadness in Blaine's voice. "How about we talk to our agent about this, having a meeting with these two and see what they think? But babe, don't get your hopes up on this."

Blaine smiled a little, though his eyes were a little sad still. "You would do it though? If they all said yes, you would?"

"I would do anything for you Blaine."

So, they scheduled a meeting with everyone so they could talk out whether this was a good idea or not. The meeting with the twins- Nicole and Natasha- went great, Blaine and Kurt fell in love with them instantly. Sure, the situation itself was maybe a little unusual, but after meeting with the twins, both Kurt and Blaine and wanted to do this. The twins agreed. Of course they talked with Ali too, to make sure she would be okay with having two babies around. She was excited and couldn't wait to be a big sister.

They planned everything perfectly so that the babies would arrive during the summer, when Blaine had off. His teaching job had been going amazingly, and he couldn't believe he actually enjoyed working with a bunch of teenagers. He was also amazed that teens these days really did not care if someone was gay. Sure there were those very few kids who would pick on the gay kid, but it was becoming more and more rare.

Kurt and Blaine were thrilled with their decision to have the 'twins' as they called them. Their due dates were in the same week, so they would be roughly the same age, and it was just easier calling them twins. Kurt had been a maniac getting the nursery ready. All four of them, Kurt, Blaine and the mothers, decided not to find out the sex of their babies, wanting to be surprised.

The time flew by, and nine months later, the got a phone call at four in the morning. One of their babies was on the way, Nicole. They both jumped out of bed, and raced to get their clothes on. Blaine called their neighbor over, who had previously agreed to watch Ali once the time came for them to go to the hospital. Within twenty minutes, they were leaving the house, with promises to their neighbor that they would call as soon as he or she arrived.

Kurt and Blaine could hardly contain themselves in the car, both would randomly burst into excited squeals or giggles or exclamations that they were having a baby. Once at the hospital, they rushed through the doors and to the desk. After being given directions, they all but sprinted through the hallways, reaching the room were Nicole was.

They arrived just in time. The doctors were already getting ready to send Nicole into the operating room. Blaine had a moment of panic, wondering why they needed to be in an operating room before it was explained to him that it was common and was just in case there were any complications.

Blaine and Kurt were forced into medical scrubs so they could watch the birth of their child. Biologically it was Blaine's, but that didn't matter to either of them. Natasha arrived just as they were wheeling Nicole into the other room, but she was forced to wait into the waiting room.

The birth went faster than Blaine had expected. Kurt stood up by Nicole, holding her hand and not really caring to watch her vagina. Blaine had stood fascinated as he watched his child being born. Moments later the doctor let out a shout of "it's a boy!" as a loud cry filled the room.

Kurt and Blaine looked at each other with tears in their eyes. A son, they had a son. As was custom, Nicole got to hold him first, but she soon passed him off to Blaine. Blaine couldn't hold back the tears as he held his son. Kurt stood behind Blaine, hooking his head on his shoulder and stared down at the beautiful boy.

Kale Braxton Anderson-Hummel was born.

Natasha went into labor two days later. It was during the afternoon, so Kurt, Blaine and Ali were already at the hospital. Her labor wasn't as quick as her sisters though. She was in labor for sixteen hours. Kurt sat by her side the whole time, thanking whatever possible god there was that he was a boy.

After a grueling day, Natasha was finally ready to begin pushing and the whole process started over. Kurt made himself watch this time, but it was only for a moment because it was just too much blood for him to see. He stood behind Blaine, who was once again fascinated by the whole process. A few pushes later and a loud cry filled the room. They barley heard the doctor yell "it's a girl!" Blaine spun around and hugged Kurt, crying into his scrubs.

Chloe Elizabeth Anderson-Hummel was born.

The babies were perfect. Kale already had a full head of dark hair, Chloe was completely bald. It was still too early to tell what color their eyes would be, but it didn't matter to them. Their babies were here.

It's a year later when Blaine gets the question he's been dreading the past six years. He had just picked Ali up from school, Kurt was picking up the twins from daycare. Ali was sitting in her booster seat with her head down. Blaine knew something was wrong when she wasn't talking, usually she would talk nonstop the whole way home about what she learned at school.

Blaine glanced in his rearview mirror. "You okay Aligator?"

Ali gave a dramatic sigh. "Uncle Blaine?"

"Yeah baby girl?"

"How come I call you Uncle Blaine?"

Blaine felt a lump form in his throat. This was not a conversation he wanted to have in the car. "Ali, I want to talk to you about this, but not in the car okay baby? Can I ask what brought this on?"

Ali nodded, though Blaine didn't see it. "Well today at school, we were talking about what our daddies did. I told them what you and Uncle Kurt did and then at recess Kayden said that I was dumb for calling you uncle and then he told me God didn't love me because I don't have a mommy."

Blaine was close to tears. He pulled the car over, knowing he couldn't bear to make Ali wait. He got out and opened Ali's door. She looked confused, but unbuckled herself and hopped out. Blaine walked over to a small park and sat down on a bench, patted the spot next to him for Ali to hop up.

"Uncle Blaine, what are we doing?"

Blaine sighed, collecting his thoughts. "I didn't want to wait until we got home. First off Alicat, don't listen to what little Kayden says. You're not dumb and God does love you. Lots of little boys and girls don't have mommies, and there's nothing wrong with that. Now baby girl, the reason you call me Uncle Blaine is because I'm your uncle." He took a deep breath before continuing. "Ali, when you were a baby, your mom and dad got into a car accident. Do you know what I mean by that Ali?"

The little girl nodded. "Uh huh. They got hurt?"

Blaine gave a little nod. "Yes baby, they died. Remember when we talked about dying after your fishie died?"

She nodded again, looking sad. "So my mommy and daddy died like my fishie?"

Blaine nodded, figuring it was the best answer. "Your daddy was my brother, so you came to live with me."

Ali nodded again, looking far too contemplative for a six year old. Blaine picked her up and put her in his lap. "Alison, I know I may not be your real father, but I think of you as my daughter. Just like Chloe is my daughter, and Kale is my son. I will leave you the decision, but if you want to call me and Kurt daddy, you can. "

Ali looked even more thoughtful then shook her head. "No. I like calling you Uncle Blaine and Uncle Kurt. But can I still call Chloe and Kale brother and sister?"

Blaine smiled and kissed her hair. "Of course baby girl, as long as I can still call you Aligator."

She thought for a moment, then added, "I think everyone else needs a name too."

Ten years later and Blaine is anxiously pacing along the bottom of the stairs. The twins are down the hall in the living room, fighting over some video game. But Blaine was tuning them out. The moment he had been waiting for had arrived.

Ali was walking down the stairs, Kurt following closely behind, shooting his husband a warning look. Blaine didn't see it though, having only eyes for Ali. He shook his head vigorously. "Nope. Absolutely not."

Ali was sixteen and about to go on her first date. Blaine was not okay with this. In all honesty, Ali looked gorgeous. Her normally curly, bushy hair was flat ironed to perfection, the small amount of makeup she had on was flawless, and Kurt had helped her get dressed so she looked amazing. Too amazing.

Blaine was still shaking his head as Ali rolled her eyes. "Nope. What about that nice sweater I got you for your birthday?"

Ali rolled her eyes again. "Uncle Blaine, that was a sweatshirt. And it's July."

"So?"

"Uncle Kurt! Can you control your husband!"

Kurt laughed and patted her shoulder. "What your dear uncle means to say is that you look lovely."

Blaine crossed his arms over his chest, grumbling. "I was a teenage boy once too ya know. I know they want."

Ali glared at him, a glare she clearly learned from Kurt. "And I told you that he's a nice boy. He's gentlemanly. And I also told you that I'm not just going throw myself around. Besides, you were a gay teenager, it's different."

"And what does your date think about you having two dads?" They used the term dad in these occasions, since it was just more simple that way.

Ali put her hands on her hips, definitely something she picked up from Kurt. "He's totally fine with it. Times are different now Uncle Blaine. That kind of stuff doesn't bother people anymore."

Kurt was about to intervene when the doorbell rang, making them all jump. Blaine moved to open it, but Kurt stopped him. "Blaine. Let Ali."

Ali shot Kurt a thankful look and went to answer the door. Blaine was still grumbling with his arms across his chest. Kurt laughed and rubbed small circles in his back. "Would you relax already? Our girl is smart, she won't let anything happen. Go easy on the poor boy, he's probably terrified. Remember how scared you were to meet my dad?"

Blaine shot his husband a glare for being reasonable. He just wanted to be grumpy, was that too much to ask? A few moments later, Ali came back with a rather tall boy following timidly behind her. Ali was holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

"Unlce Blaine and Kurt, this is Tyler."

Tyler stepped forward and held his hand out to Blaine. "Hello sir, nice to meet you."

Blaine looked at Tyler's hand then up and the boy, narrowing his eyes but not moving. Kurt stepped in front of Blaine and shook Tyler's hand. "Hello Tyler, nice to meet you too. Please excuse my husband, who seems to have forgotten his manners. I'm Kurt. Those flowers are beautiful." Kurt shot a glare over his shoulder at Blaine.

Blaine wasn't scared of Kurt...okay so maybe he was a little, but he would deal with that later. He stepped around his husband and shook Tyler's hand, trying to make it as firm as he could. He skipped the pleasantries. "Where are you taking Ali?"

Ali groaned and rolled her eyes. Tyler put on a charming smile. "Well sir, I'm taking her to dinner at that new Italian restaurant, my uncle owns it. Then I thought we could catch a movie, maybe go get some ice cream after?" He looked to Ali, who was smiling.

"And you're going to respect her?"

Tyler nodded earnestly. "Of course sir. Ali's a great girl, I would hate to ruin our friendship by being disrespectful."

Blaine was going to interrogate further when the twins came charging through. Kale ran in first, his long messy curls sticking up everywhere. Chloe chased after him, her long chestnut hair flying behind her. She was holding her finger out towards Kale and was letting out a spectacularly loud battle cry. Kale started shouting as he darted around all the people in the room, "She's trying to put a booger on me!"

Chloe laughed and shouted back, "I told him it has lots of protein! I'm just concerned for his health!"

Tyler stood there in shock, Ali was hiding behind her hands, Blaine was glaring at Tyler, and Kurt was laughing. He put on his best dad voice and shouted above all the other shouts. "Chloe! Leave your brother alone and go wash your hands. You're too old to be picking your nose. Kale. Living room. Blaine, go to your room!"

Sadly, the loudest whine in the room came from Blaine. "What! What did I do!"

As Kale and Chloe left the room, Kurt stood glaring at his husband. "For being rude." He turned to Tyler, who still looked a bit in shock. "Welcome to the crazy house!" He was the only one that laughed.

Ali finally came out from behind her hands. "Can we please go now?"

Kurt answered, "yes" the same time Blaine answered, "no."

Ali pleaded with Kurt, "Uncle Kurt, please tell Uncle Blaine to stop."

"Blaine. Tell Ali to have fun on her date."

Blaine grumbled some more then sighed. "Tyler, you take care of my little girl. If I hear you harm her in any way I'll-"

"Blaine!"

"-fine. Aligator, have fun. Be back by nine."

Ali stomped, a trait taken from Blaine. "Uncle Blaine!"

"Blaine shut up. Ali, be home by ten thirty and call if you're going to be even a second late. You know Blaine will be pacing. Tyler, it was lovely meeting you. Ignore my husband, he's harmless."

"Hey!"

"Say goodbye Blaine."

Ali stepped forward and kissed Blaine on the cheek. "Love you Uncle Blaine. I'll be good, I promise. Bye Uncle Kurt."

Tyler said his farewells too, and the couple left, closing the door gently behind them. Blaine stood there staring, eyes starting to water. Kurt noticed and chuckled. "Blaine, she's going to be fine."

Blaine sniffled and shuffled towards Kurt, who immediately wrapped his arms around him. "I know, I just. They're growing up so fast and I just..."

"Awww. You're adorable."

Blaine glanced up with a pout. "But I'm not harmless am I? I can be intimidating right?"

Kurt laughed and kissed his husband softly on the lips. Chloe chose that moment to walk by and made a fake vomiting noise. "Ewwww." They heard her run into the living room, yelling to her brother. "Kale! They were kissing again. You win! That's five for the day and it's only six o' clock! I need to start guessing higher."

"He still in there?"

"Yeah. Won't let me in."

"Can I?"

"Be my guest."

There was a light knock followed by, "Uncle Blaine? Can I come in please?"

A pause then the sound of a door being unlocked. Ali opened the door slowly, poking her head in to see Blaine sitting on the edge of the bed, holding something in his hands and looking down. She took another step, setting her robe and cap on a chair, then sat next to Blaine.

"Is that...a baby shoe?"

Blaine nodded and sniffled. "Yours. Found it."

Ali laughed and put an arm around Blaine's shoulder, leaning into his side. "Found it, or went looking for it?"

Blaine shrugged a shoulder but didn't say anything. "Uncle Blaine, you can't sulk all day. Today is going to happen whether you like it or not."

"No. I won't allow it. You're not allowed to graduate. You're not allowed to grow up anymore."

Ali rubbed her hand across Blaine's shoulder. "I know they say the first kid is the hardest, but you gotta let go. I'm going to school in the city, so I won't be far. I can come home every weekend if you want. Plus, Chloe is going through changes and will need a guiding female hand. No offense to you and Kurt, but I'm still traumatized by our first bra shopping experience."

That made Blaine chuckle. "Luckily you were always smarter than me and Kurt."

Ali laughed, "Thank God for that."

Blaine finally looked up and smiled at Ali. "I just can't believe this day has come. I feel like I only just got you, and now you're all grown up. Is it selfish I feel like we didn't get enough time?"

Ali smiled and shook her head. "It's not selfish at all. We're really close Uncle Blaine, I get that you're sad I won't be here everyday. I'm sad too. But this is all just part of life. I love the life you and Uncle Kurt gave me. I love the time we've had. I know I wasn't the best kid when the twins came along, but I know how hard you and Kurt tried to not make me feel left out. You two have been the best parents, I couldn't imagine my life being any other way. We have the craziest family I've ever seen, and I love everything about it. My mom and dad would have been proud of you, I just know it."

Blaine was crying gently and wiped a few tears away. "They'd be proud of you too baby girl. I can't give you the big speech just yet because then we'd never leave the house and Kurt would have our heads."

Sure enough, they could hear Kurt down the hall, yelling at Chloe to put her clothes on. Then again, it was always a challenge to get Chloe into clothes that weren't baggy and had holes everywhere. Ali and Blaine laughed, Blaine's turning into more of a sniffle. Ali rested her head on his shoulder again and started singing softly:

"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around. Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around."

Blaine wrapped his arms around Ali and hugged her tight, letting the tears fall onto her shoulder. They broke apart when they heard a soft throat clearing. Kale was sanding in the door, hair gelled and bow tie in place. "Daddy are you okay?"

Blaine smiled and nodded, opening his arms for his son. Kale was always concerned for other people, and loved affection even though he was a thirteen year old boy. Kale walked in and half sat on Blaine's knee. "I'm okay Kalecake. Just gonna miss your sister when she leaves."

Kale nodded. "I'm gonna miss her too, but dad says if you're not out of this room in five minutes then he's going to show everyone at the party the video of you losing your guys' sing off."

Blaine chuckled and hugged Ali and Kale closer. Just then, Chloe walked in having clearly been defeated by Kurt. She was wearing nice jeans and a blouse, her hair was actually combed and pulled into an elegant bun. She plopped on the other side of Ali, and rested against her side.

Blaine reached over and squeezed her shoulder. "You okay Chloebear?"

Chloe rolled her eyes, "don't call me that daddy."

"No way. Everyone in this family gets a nickname. Ali still lets me call her Aligator. And Kale, do you mind being called Kalecake."

Kale just shrugged a shoulder, not wanting to disagree with his sister, but actually liking the nickname. Chloe crossed her arms over her chest. "That's because Kale is a big baby!"

Kale stood up and glared. "Am not!"

Chloe stood too. "Are too!"

"You're just trying to act mean because you don't want to admit you'll miss Ali too!"

"Will not!"

"Will so!"

Kurt walked in the room. Everyone froze. Kurt surveyed the stand off between his two kids, then Ali and Blaine who were still cuddling. "Your daddy is right Chloebear, everyone gets a nickname. Stop picking on your brother. Now can we please all leave this room? We're going to be late."

Blaine pouted and clutched Ali tighter while reaching out and pulling Kale back on his lap. "But Kurt we're having family cuddle time."

Chloe's eyes widened and she tried to sprint from the room, but Kurt caught her and dragged her over to everyone else. He shoved her in the middle and closed the circle, his arms around Kale and Ali while Chloe was trapped between everyone. Finally she gave in and wrapped her arms around Kurt's waist. She liked to act tough, but she loved her family and loved family cuddles.

The little family stood there hugging each other, knowing that no matter where they went in the world, they would always have moments like