“Elizabeth, sweetie, now is really not the time to start doing that” Kurt said sarcastically to his daughter who was sat happily in the bathtub, flicking water left, right and center. Kurt sighed. Finn, Rachel, Carole and his dad were coming over half an hour to meet Elizabeth for the first time and she was not helping. Normally, she was a delightful child who didn’t really play up but she seemed to know when her fathers were stressed.

Admittedly, Kurt knew it was kind of his and Blaine’s fault they were running late. They had forgotten to set their alarm. Luckily, their baby acted as a human alarm clock.

Elizabeth threw a rubber duck at Kurt to shake him out of his stressed state. “Thanks” Kurt said, looking at the water stain that was rapidly spreading on his shirt.

“I give up with you” Kurt laughed at his daughter. He pulled off his t-shirt and threw it in the laundry basket at the other side of the room. Kurt lifted Elizabeth out of the tub and wrapped a towel round her. Blaine stopped walking through the hallway outside to lean on the doorway. “Hello muscles” he said winking at his husband.

“Not in front of the baby” Kurt said, pushing past Blaine but kissing him on the cheek quickly. Blaine smiled as he watched Kurt disappear into the nursery.

Then the doorbell went. Shit, Blaine thought to himself, looking at his watch, They weren’t meant to be here for at least another 25 minutes. “Kurt?” Blaine called out. “Should I let them in and welcome them to our home or kill them for being early?”

“Kill them” came the answer.

Blaine laughed as he walked towards the door, turning the handle slowly. “BLAINE!” came the cry as he found himself being pulled into a bear-hug. Finn. “Hi” Blaine said attempting to hug the man back – the height difference was proving to be a problem. “Where is she?” Finn said eagerly as he pulled back. “Where’s my niece?”

“Kurt’s just dressing her. You’re early.” Blaine said, shooting Finn a raised-eyebrow look. “Sorry about that” Rachel said, kissing Blaine on the cheek and pulling him into a hug. “Someone couldn’t wait to leave the house this morning. Sure, when he is meeting his niece for the first time, he gets up, but meeting me at the airport? No” Rachel said.

“Hey. I forgot you once. ONCE. It hasn’t happened since!” Finn said, defensively. Rachel smiled at her husband “Good job I love you” she said patting him on the cheek.

“Finn, you wanted your niece. Here she is” Kurt said, carrying the baby into the living room.

“Ah!” came the cry from Finn, bounding over to them. Kurt, very warily, handed the baby over to him. He loved his step-brother but he wasn’t the most careful of people. Surprisingly, Finn took the baby into his arms gently and kissed her on the top of the head. “Hello Lizzie. I’m your Uncle Finn” he said, a broad smile on his face.

“Aw, you two, she’s precious” Rachel cooed.

“And that beautiful lady over there is your Aunty Rachel.” Finn said talking to the baby again. “She can be very annoying at times but we all love her and I’m sure you will too”

Kurt gazed in awe at his brother – Finn had never been the gentlest human being but he was holding the baby tightly but carefully, protecting her.

The doorbell rang again.

“I’ll get it” Kurt said, moving over to the door.

“Dad!” he exclaimed as he opened it.

“Hey son” Burt said holding his arms open. Kurt hugged his dad back tightly, before moving on to hug Carole, his step-mother. “Hi honey” she said, squeezing Kurt back.

“Now I wanna see my granddaughter!” Burt said, smiling. Finn walked over to his step-father and handed him Elizabeth. “Hello there little one. I’m your granddad Burt. Now if your dad’s don’t spoil you, you make sure you come on over to me. I will make sure you are treated like a princess.” Burt said, hugging the baby tightly to his chest.

“That won’t be a problem” Blaine said. “She already owns enough outfits to rival that of Harper Beckham” Kurt smiled – he had sort of gone overboard with the baby outfits.

Burt passed the baby along to his wife and he sat down on the couch, he tried to hide it but he lifted a hand to his eye and wiped it swiftly.

“Dad? Are you crying?” Kurt said, bewildered.

“I’m sorry. It’s just your my little boy. And now you have your own little girl. It’s overwhelming to think I might not have even been here to meet you Blaine or see that gorgeous little girl. I’m so proud of Kurt. You’re a great father, I can already tell.”

“If I can be half the father you are, that would make me a very, VERY happy man” Kurt said, beaming at his father, brushing away a tear himself. He hugged his dad quickly round the neck.

Blaine took Elizabeth off Carole who went to put an arm round Burt.

“Well, we’ve all established how cute the baby is and what awesome fathers Kurt and Blaine are gonna be, so why don’t we go out for lunch?” Finn said happily.

“Do you ever stop thinking about food?” Rachel asked him.

“Nope” Finn answered as he was already halfway through the door.

“Me and Kurt will meet you guys at the restaurant. We need to get Elizabeth’s stuff sorted out”

“Sure” and “Okay” came the chorus from the others.

“Blaine, what are you talking about? We already have her stu – mmph!” Kurt was cut off by a pair of lips suddenly attached to his. He kissed Blaine back tenderly, whispering against his lips “What was that for?”

“My way of agreeing with your dad. You are already a fantastic father, and I can tell you are only going to get better”

Kurt rested his forehead against Blaine’s. “I love you”

“I love you too” the reply came almost instantly.