"Here we are Kids." Burt said. There was no reply.

"The cinema's on the other side of town and I'm hungry so I thought we would stop here for some lunch before heading over." There was still no response.

"Okay then. Let's go." Burt said leading them across to the diner entrance. They entered to find a reasonably newly built clean and open dinner.

"This is nice. You know you guys are going to have to talk to order you food. If you don't Kurt I'll order you the double cheese burger no salad with fries and onion rings, a milkshake with extra cream and a deep fried mars bar."

Kurt glared at him.

"Do you have any idea how many grams of fat that would contain?"

"Yes actually I do." Burt laughed.

They sat down in a booth and a pretty waitress with long brown hair walked over and handed them menus.

"My names Denise, I will be your waitress today. Can I take your drinks orders?"

"I'll have a cup of Jo please." Burt said.

Finn ordered soda, Kurt black coffee and Blaine ordered a chocolate milkshake.

"Tell me Blaine." Burt said as he looked at the menu. "What do you plan on doing with your summer?"

Blaine looked blank for a moment before answering.

"I uh.. I usually do work in theme parks. But this year I kind of want to stay close to Lima." He didn't mention this was because he wanted to spend as much time with Kurt as possible before he left to go to college. "I'll uh find some work somewhere. I like to work."

"I'm sure I could find you some work in the tire shop. I know you're not a complete novice."

"Thank you sir."

Kurt gave his father a curious look. Offering his boyfriend a job whilst they were having a serious argument seemed strange.

"I know you and Kurt are going to make up. You wouldn't be still calling me Sir and trying to impress me if you weren't."

Blaine sighed and looked down at his plate.

"I know."

"You're just angry. And we all get that way too. If you kids weren't stuck here together then you could get away from each other and cool off. But as it is you'll just have to let yourselves be angry and upset and trey not to say or do anything to upset each other till you both cool off enough to be able to talk it through."

Blaine gave a little smile. He looked over at Kurt and placed his hand on top of the table palm up. Kurt gave him a little smile and put his hand in Blaine's. They didn't talk. They weren't ready but they both knew the other loved them and that was simply enough for now.

Denise came back with their drinks and took there orders. A sandwich and salad for both Kurt and Burt; a burger for Finn and a grilled all day breakfast for Blaine.

"So, are you guys going to fight over which movie you watch too?" Burt said.

"I want to watch that Zombie Wars movie." Finn said.

"I could be up for Zombies." Burt said looking at Blaine for his opinion.

"Kurt doesn't…" Blaine paused remembering he was currently angry with his boyfriend.

"Yeah. Zombies sound cool. I like movies with lots of fighting."

Kurt rolled his eyes and tried to become very interested in the specials board.

Burt gave a small laugh.

"Wasn't expecting that."

"What? That I wouldn't like fighting? I love boxing." He lowered his voice slightly. "We used to have a fight club in Dalton. Of course we were very cautious to make sure nobody got hurt."

"I'm not sure if I approve." Burt said.

Blaine shrugged.

"It's not about violence. It's about safely getting rid of anger or frustration. It's about discipline and keeping fit and being able to protect yourself if needed."

Burt gave a slow nod.

"Okay then. No problem with that."

Their food was brought over and apparently being on a cold lake for two nights gave them quiet and appetite. They ate quickly and quietly. When they had all finished eating Burt put a few notes on the table.

"Blaine, come with me." Burt said standing up. Blaine looked curiously at Burt.

"What? Dad, seriously no more talks haven't you said all there is to say?" Kurt whined.

"I have." Burt answered. "But you two haven't." Burt said pointing at him and Finn.

"I am not talking to him." Finn said.

"He is your brother and the car is not budging an inch until you two are talking again. Now Blaine and I are going to go sit in the car and wait for you two to work it out. Aren't we Blaine?"

Blaine stared up at him.

"Yes Burt." He said standing up.

"WHAT!" Kurt yelled. " Oh I swear I'm not talking to you either now."

"You are all talking to each other." Burt said firmly. "We are on a holiday. We are meant to be bonding. I am meant to be getting closer to the boy whom my son has chosen to love as is Finn. We're all meant to be getting closer. We may live in the same house and you may all go to the same school but I know you don't always talk about the important stuff. We are a family and when Kurt leaves to go to college and I leave for Washington I want it to be easy for us all to keep in touch. To come to each other when we need somebody to talk to about the stuff that really matters. I don't want us to become one of those families who only talks at thanks giving. You boys are the most important things in the world to me. And I need to know that if anything happens to me you'll all still be there for each other."

"Dad." Kurt said hating even the slightest mention of something happening to his father, those weeks when he was in hospital and recovering from his heart attack were some of the worst in his life.

"We'll never be like that Burt. Me and Kurt we were brothers long before you and Mom married. As for Blaine, as long as he's good for Kurt and you know doesn't make out with my girlfriend again then we're cool." Finn said. Blaine gave him a short nod in reply.

"Right, well sort it out." Burt said walking out the caf� with Blaine following him.

Kurt looked at Finn and then slouched back into his seat.

"I..I'm sorry Finn. I was in the middle of arguing with Blaine and I didn't mean to insult Rachel. I'm sorry."

Finn sighed and hunched his shoulder slightly.

"I don't get it. You and Rachel are meant to be friends. Why do you say such mean things about her?"

"Yes. She's my friend, but at times she is utterly self obsessed. You know about how she ran for class president against me just to better her application forms when she already has a fairly full section. You know she went on a date with Blaine even though she knew I liked him and he was probably gay. She acts without concern for anybody else."

"She used to. But I think she's working on that. She.. she's really supported me lately Kurt. She's not been stuck inside her own world. She's kind of seen what it's like in mine and helped me out. Yes she can be selfish at times but I don't think she ever hurts people on purpose she just gets stuck on an idea. I know her faults Kurt, but you're my brother and she's the girl I might marry and I don't want to hear you ever say that kind of thing about her again."

Kurt had frozen with his hand held up near his face. He stared intently at Finn.

"Marry?"

"Well..yeah. I.. I think maybe we will one day get married. I mean I know she has a lot of plans and I might just end up trailing behind but .. I can deal with that as long as she wants me around I can deal with pretty much anything."

"Finn, honestly, who thinks of marriage in their senior year?"

"Don't you think of it.. don't you feel that way about Blaine."

After a minute Kurt gave a short little nod.

"I do."

The two boys were silent for a minute.

" I won't say anything bad about Rachel again. Unless she does something really awful that hurts you and you split up."

"Deal. And I'll be nicer to Blaine in glee club in return, okay?"

"Deal."

"We okay?"

"We're okay. I've always got your back Kurt."

"Same." Kurt said.

Finn stood up ready to go out side. Kurt also stood up and walked in quick steps over to Finn where he threw his arms around Finn's neck. Despite blushing and feeling slightly uncomfortable Finn gave Kurt a quick pat on the back.

"Come on dude, people are staring."

Kurt pulled away and gave a short nod. They walked side by side out to the car. Finn held the door open for Kurt to get in.

"So.. everything sorted?" Burt asked.

"Yeah." Kurt said smiling to his brother in the drivers mirror.