Blaine was awake when Kurt came back in the room.  He had turned on the lamp and was sitting up against the pillows, messing with something on his phone.  As soon as he saw Kurt walk in, he looked up and smiled.  “Aww, you put your clothes back on.”

Kurt laughed, “Of course!  Some of the other guys on this floor may not care who sees what, but I don’t show my goods to just anyone.”

“Oh I see, well I guess that means I’m pretty special then.” Blaine put down his phone and watched as Kurt went to the mini-fridge to grab a bottle of water before returning to sit next to him.

Kurt smiled and gave him a kiss.  “I guess you could say that.”

Blaine’s phone lit up and Kurt glanced down, noticing the time.  “1am?!  How long were we asleep for?”

“Um, maybe like three hours?  I kind of lost track of time once we got back to the room.”

Kurt threw himself back against the pillows and sighed.  “I am never going to sleep tonight.  You know this is all your fault?”

Blaine took a second to focus his attention away from his phone and onto Kurt.  “My fault?  How is it my fault?”

“You were warm and comfortable.”  Kurt moved to his side and looped his arm around Blaine’s to cuddle up next to him.  Blaine gave Kurt a smile, but was obviously still distracted by his phone.

“Who has your attention because it’s definitely not me.”

“Hmm?  Oh, yea.. I’m sorry.  I’m almost done.  I’ll explain everything in a second.”

The time it took for Blaine to finish was agonizing.  Kurt was worried.  There was something wrong and of course it had to be because of him.  Maybe Blaine’s ex boyfriend contacted him or that boy from the party.  Kurt suddenly realized how stupid he was being.  Trust him.

Blaine finally set his phone down and laid down to face Kurt.  Blaine sighed, obviously troubled by something.  “That was Lisa.  She texted me because she thinks Jessica is going to talk to my dad.  I guess she’s really upset that we didn’t get back together.”  Kurt could see the concern in Blaine’s face and he felt so incredibly selfish that it he had worried it was about him.

“Jessica doesn’t know about us though, does she?”

“No, she doesn’t, but she does know about that guy from the party.  I don’t know what I’ll do if she tells him.  I don’t know what he’ll do.  I don’t want to lose my family or school or...you.  I can’t believe she’d do this to me.”

Kurt wanted nothing more than to make everything better, but he didn’t know where to start.  He could talk to Jessica, but she might get suspicious.  Kurt wrapped his arms around Blaine’s waist and pulled him in tight.  “I’m sorry.  Is there anything I can do?”

“I don’t even know if there is anything I can do.  Lisa is going to try to talk some sense into her.”  Suddenly Blaine’s voice filled with emotion.  “Just don’t leave me, Kurt.”

****

Kurt was getting anxious waiting for Blaine.  He tried to make good use of his time alone by reading ahead for his classes, but the words on the page seemed more like a foreign language.  After the fourth attempt at reading the first paragraph of his history book, Kurt heard Blaine’s key in the door.  He wanted to jump up and hug him and ask him how everything went, but he decided it would be best to give Blaine some space.

Blaine walked in, dropped his stuff on his desk chair, and threw himself on his bed with a sigh.  “I don’t know how I ever dated her.”

“I assume that means it didn’t go well then?”

“I convinced her to not talk to my dad.”  There was something off about Blaine’s voice though.  He didn’t seem happy about the news like Kurt assumed he would be.

Kurt sat up to face Blaine.  “That’s what you wanted though, right?”

“It is, but I lied to her just like I have been lying my entire life.”  Blaine threw his hands up in the air and pulled at his hair.  Kurt felt that was his cue to put his book on the desk and join Blaine on his bed.

“But you don’t have to lie forever”, he said, playing with the curls on Blaine’s head.  “We’ll figure something out.”

“No, Kurt.  You don’t understand.  My entire life was a lie when I was with Luke.  It was exhausting, but I lied because it kept me safe.  Now I just want to be honest with myself and the world.  I feel like I’m finally in a place where I can do that, but I something has to get in the way.  I love you and I want the world to know.”

Kurt suddenly tensed up.  He had never seen Blaine angry before and did he just say love?  What do you say to that?

“I--”  He barely got out one syllable before Blaine sat up to face him.  “Shit.  I’m sorry, Kurt.  I don’t mean to take my anger and frustration out on you.  You don’t deserve it.  This is all my fault.  And god, I’m just being really selfish right now.  I don’t even know how you feel about coming out.  If you’re not ready I understand.  I won’t push it.”

Kurt could barely focus on the words that were coming out of Blaine’s mouth.  Love.  He said love right?  He loves me?

“Blaine.”

“Yes?”

“Did you say love?”

Blaine broke eye contact with Kurt.  He had been so flustered, but he was suddenly calm, at least until he began talking again.  “I-- uh, yea, I did.  It’s not exactly the way that I wanted to tell you.  And you know you don’t have to say it back.  I mean, not unless you mean it.  I just don’t want you to feel pressured to say it back just because I said it, you know?”

Kurt smiled.  “Blaine?”

“What?”

“Stop talking.”  Kurt placed his hands on Blaine’s face and pulled him in for a kiss.