As Blaine drove he continued to try and figure out how he was going to make it on his own. His first thought was to just call Kurt; he could move to New York a year early. Kurt's dorm room was small but they could make do and he could always earn his high school degree online. He shook his head. He knew Kurt would never go for it. He would insist that he finish up at McKinley and stay with Burt and Carol. But Blaine knew he couldn't ask the Hummel's to take him in.
What if he went back to Dalton? He knew he couldn't afford the tuition, but maybe if he worked for the school in exchange for room and board they would let him attend.

Blaine continued to come up with ideas as he pulled up to the ATM. He pulled out his bank card and hoped that his parents hadn't cleaned out his account. He pulled up his account information on the closed his eyes and tried to hold in his tears as he saw that his parents had indeed cleaned out his savings. There was a small sum of money left in his checking account but it wasn't nearly enough to last him a year on his own. He quickly withdrew the whole of what was left in his account he put the cash into his wallet. He knew he would have to budget it out later.

He drove away from the bank and headed towards the Lima Bean. He arrived a few minutes early and went in and sat at his usual table. He took deep trying to calm his nerves. He didn't want Tina to know that he had just been disowned by his parents. He knew he could handle this on his own; there was no need to worry anybody else with his problems.

Tina walked in a few minutes later, her face bright and smiling.

"Blaine!" She cried as Blaine stood and pulled her into a hug.

He and Tina had gotten quite close since graduation. She and Mike had hung out with him and Kurt a lot over the summer.

"Tina, how are you?" Blaine said putting on his charming smile.

"Good! I'm missing Mike, but I think that is something I'll just have to get used to."

"Did he make it to the city ok?" Blaine asked.

Tina nodded, "Yes, and he loves it. I'm actually going up over Labor Day weekend to see him. I can't wait. You should come with! I'm sure Kurt would love to see you."

Blaine bit his lip, he was pretty certain he didn't have enough money to fund a trip to New York.

"We'll see." He said not showing his worry.

"Well before we get into glee club stuff I need to buy you that coffee. I'm in desperate need of caffeine." Tina said with a small laugh. Blaine laughed along with her as they walked up to the counter. After they had ordered they sat back down.

"Ok, well as you already know, I think we're going to have to step up as leaders this year in glee club."

Blaine nodded as he sipped his medium drip. "I agree, I think we should put together a number to solidify our senior status. Maybe we could sing the new P!NK song or Katy Perry has a great new song out…"

Tina laughed. "Blaine Anderson, I should have known that you would have a catalog of fantastically cheesy songs picked out."

"What do you mean cheesy?" Blaine gave Tina a look of mock indignation.

"You forgot that Kurt has told me about the GAP incident"

"Fine," Blaine said, blushing. "Point made."

"But as much as I love your song ideas, I was thinking we could start with some team building."

"What did you have in mind?" Blaine asked.

"Well, I was thinking we could have a party." Tina replied.

"That's a great idea!" Blaine said excitedly. "Where should we have it? The park? Your house?"

Tina shook her head, "Well, I hate to ask, but...I was thinking we might be able to have it at your place? I mean you've got a great house, and it's so big. And of course you have the pool, which would be a lot of fun!"

Blaine's heart began to beat fast in his chest. He knew Tina had meant well. His house was a great place to host a party—it just wasn't his house anymore.

"Blaine? Are you ok?" Tina asked reaching her hand towards Blaine's.

Blaine shook his head. "Umm..."

Tina quickly backpedaled as she saw Blaine's distress.
"Oh Blaine, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked. It was stupid. I put you on the spot. I'm sorry. We can just have the party at the park or the local pool or something.

Blaine looked up at Tina; he took a deep breath and forced a smile. "No, its fine Tina. It's just..." Blaine paused as he searched his brain for an excuse "Umm my...my parents are redecorating the house so it's not really a good time to have a party."

Tina squeezed Blaine's hand. "It's ok; I shouldn't have asked it was rude of me. We'll just have it at the local pool. I'll call them later to set things up."

Blaine nodded as he tried to keep his panic hidden. "Sounds great, but umm...I have to get going."

Tina gave Blaine a confused look, "But you haven't finished your coffee! And I thought we were going to Target?"

"I know. I'm sorry, Tina. I just forgot I've got something to do at home. I'll see you tomorrow at school though! Thanks for the coffee." Blaine said as he quickly left the coffee shop.