"Kurt, I have missed you so much." Carole said as her and Kurt sat on the couch facing each other.

Carole had come to New York two days ago to visit them and was staying for the week.

"I missed you to. I really have missed you; it's so hard having you back in Ohio and us here. I don't want you to have to be on your own there." Carole put her hand over Kurt's and gave it a little squeeze and gave Kurt a smile.

"Am not. I have my friends and my job keeps me going. I wish I was closer to you all but…"

"Come to New York, Carole. Live here. That way you will be so much closer to us and you won't…"

"Sweetheart, as much as I would love that, my home is in Ohio. The day I retire I might come to live here. There are times yes that I can get lonely without Burt, but when I do I go up to his grave and then I don't feel lonely anymore, it brings me comfort. My life is in Ohio for now. But maybe one day I will come and live here, to be with my family but now, I promise you I am okay and when I am not okay I know to go and visit Burt or ring up any one of my family or friends." Kurt nodded his head knowing Carole wouldn't change her mind.

"Promise me the day you do want to move here you will tell me, that you wouldn't feel like you can't leave dad behind or something."

"I promise, and your dad is always here," she points to her heart. "And always will be." She said before pulling Kurt into a hug. Kurt had really missed Carole and just wanted her to be happy.

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October

Kurt had gone back to work in the beginning of September and it felt good to be back. Everyone welcomed him back and did everything they could so there wasn't as much pressure on Kurt before his dad had passed away and Kurt was grateful people were starting to pull their weight more. The kids were back at school and Blaine was back to teaching. Kurt also had finished going to therapy two weeks ago. He was much better and getting back to himself.

Kurt was making dinner and the kids were down in their rooms doing their homework before dinner. It was six and a Friday and Kurt guessed Blaine had to stay back late to correct papers.

Kurt was just finished making the dinner and was taking out the dinner plates when he heard the door open and Blaine coming into the door. Blaine was exhausted and put down his bag on the couch as he walked into the kitchen.

"Tough day?" Kurt asked as he put down the plates and opened his arms for Blaine to fall into them. Blaine nodded his head as he walked over to Kurt's opened arms and rested himself against Kurt, lying his head on Kurt's shoulder.

"Yeah. I just want to sleep. I love teaching but don't like correcting those tests." Blaine mumbled into Kurt's shoulder before lifting his head up to give Kurt a quick kiss.

"Well don't fall asleep until you've had your dinner."

"That smells amazing by the way."

Later that night Blaine and Kurt lay in bed awake listening to the thunder outside and the rain hitting against the windows. Blaine moaned as it just got louder.

"I hate thunder!" Blaine mumbled as he turned his head to the side seeing Kurt lying on his stomach with half of his face buried in the pillow and the other half-faced Blaine with his hands under the pillow.

"Am surprised you didn't fall asleep even with the thunder. I thought you were really tired?" Kurt said with his eyes half closed.

"I thought so to." Kurt moved himself closer to Blaine and rested his head on Blaine's chest as Blaine wrapped his arms around him.

"You don't think you could go outside and tell the thunder to shut up." Blaine chuckled as Kurt shook his head.

"No, am to comfortable, am not moving."

A few minutes later Jack and Lily came into the room.

"We can't sleep with the thunder." Jack said as Lily stood beside him nodding her head. Kurt and Blaine sat up in the bed and made room for Jack and Lily to get in between them. They both got up on the bed and crawled in between Kurt and Blaine. Lily was beside Kurt and Jack beside Blaine. They put pillows in the middle for Jack and Lily and they all rested their heads back down onto the pillows.

"It's a good thing you two came in because daddy and I were getting afraid of the thunder." Blaine said as the kids giggled.

"Don't be silly, dad. You and daddy are to brave to be afraid of thunder." Lily said sleepy as her eye lids closed slowly as Kurt put his arm around her and she rested her head on Kurt's chest as Jack was the same with Blaine.

"Yeah, Lily's right." Jack said really low that they didn't nearly hear him. Kurt and Blaine looked towards each other with a smile as there two kids fell asleep.

"Night, Hun." Blaine whispered as he saw Kurt was nearly about to fall asleep.

"Night sweetheart." Kurt whispered back as his eyes closed. In the next few minutes Kurt and the kids were asleep.

Blaine could feel himself drifting of but first he couldn't help but think of how lucky he was to be where he was right now. He looked at Jack and Lily sleeping soundly and then to Kurt. He could hear Kurt breathing softly and slowly and he could never get tired of waking up to Kurt and falling asleep with him. He could never get tired of his life. There was always a question in the back of his mind for the past few weeks and every day he wanted to ask Kurt more. He wondered if Kurt would want the same thing. There was only one way to find out. They were flying back to Ohio tomorrow to see Carole and he would ask then.

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Ohio…October

"How are you doing sweetheart?" Carole asked as her and Kurt sat at the table drinking coffee.

"Am okay, am getting there, it's just still hard." Kurt said with a small smile on his face as he took a sip of his coffee. "How are you holding up?"

"You know, am okay. Yeah it's tough without Burt but just like you I am getting there to. It's helps having great family and friends to pull you through the hard times." Carole put her hand over Kurt's on the table. She suddenly looked more serious and worried.

"Kurt you have to promise me if you ever get so down and depressed again you will let Blaine and I help you. I couldn't bare it if I lost you to." Her eyes were shining with unshed tears. Kurt gave a little nod.

"I promise. I swear I will never do it again." Kurt's voice was shaky as he replied. Kurt's mind wandered back to that night for a few seconds, the moment he opened his eyes and saw Blaine in tears. Kurt looked back up to Carole and a few tears fell down her face and Kurt got up from the table and round to Carole's side and pulled her in for a hug as Carole got up on her feet to.

"Dad's always looking down on us Carole, I just know it." Kurt whispered as he held Carole tighter.

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"Blaine, are you ready to…" Kurt stopped talking when he saw Blaine put a finger up to his own mouth for Kurt to be quiet. The kids were asleep on the bed in Kurt's old room. Blaine got up from the bed gently so he wouldn't wake up the kids. When he got up from the bed he stood in the doorway on front of Kurt and turned back around to look over at Jack and Lily sleeping.

"They hardly ever sleep during the day." Kurt whispered as they both looked over to the kids sleeping.

"Well, that bed is super comfy. Best days in high school were in…" Kurt put his hand over Blaine's mouth before he could finish.

"Really, Blaine? Our kids are just a few feet away from us." Kurt couldn't help but chuckle and took his hand away from Blaine's mouth. Blaine tried to hide his smirk as Blaine and Kurt headed out the door and Blaine pulled the door closed behind him.

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Blaine and Kurt walked hand in hand through the grass and pass the graves. Kurt held a small round light brown pot with different colours of Lillie's in the pot, holding it in his other hand. He hadn't been here since the day they went back to New York, days after the funeral. Kurt looked towards his mum and dad's grave, just a few feet away. At least their together Kurt thought.

Kurt and Blaine stopped at the grave and Kurt let Blaine's hand go as he bent down on his knees on the stones of the grave and put down the pot in front of him beside the headstone.

"Hi mum and dad." Kurt whispered with a small smile as he looked to the headstone, reading it.

Blaine didn't move and looked towards the headstone to.

"Seeing as you two can see everything front up there, I guess you saw what happening to me a while ago and I am sorry. I know if you both could say anything to me you would say why? Even with us gone you still have an amazing life with Blaine and your kids. You two would be right because now I see how stupid it would have been to throw it all away. But the emptiness inside me wouldn't go away and…I thought by doing that - that I would feel something and it did…it made me want to live." Kurt didn't feel the tears falling down his face until Blaine was kneeled down beside him and put his arms around his waist pulling his close. Kurt leaned his head on Blaine's shoulder as his eyes kept looking at the gravestone.

"I promise I-I will never leave you Blaine." Kurt whispered that Blaine almost didn't hear.

"I know you won't, I know babe." Blaine tried holding back the tears as he kissed the top of Kurt's head.

They stayed like that for a little while longer until they both got up of the ground. They both stepped of the grave and back onto the grass. They stood side by side looking towards the grave when Kurt turned to face Blaine as Blaine did to and gave him a little smile.

"Are you okay?" Blaine asked worried and Kurt nodded as he took both of Blaine's hands in his and looked into Blaine's eyes.

"Because of you I am." A smile appeared on Kurt's lips before he continued. "A lot has happened in the last few months but there was something I was going to ask you just before dad passed away." Kurt took in a deep breath before he continued. Blaine's eyes could tell Kurt he was curious.

I was wondering how you would feel about being a dad again? I want to have another kid with you Blaine." Blaine couldn't help but let out a little chuckle.

"Are you able to read my mind, Kurt?" Blaine gave Kurt a massive smile.

"You want the same thing?" Kurt asked just to make sure Blaine really did want this.

"Yes, of course I do. I was going to ask you today but you bet me to it."

"Well you bet me to it by asking me to marry you first, even though we both asked each other." Kurt said as Blaine just shrugged his shoulders smiling.

"Well then I have to ask you now then, seeing as that's what we do. Kurt, do you want to have another kid with me?" Kurt brought his hands up on either side of Blaine's face and rubbed his thumbs gently on Blaine's cheeks, looking deep into those loving big brown eyes that Kurt could look at forever.

"How could I say no?" Tears falling down Blaine's face aren't what Kurt expected. "Hey, you're supposed to smile."

"I know, their happy tears. I just…we got through it…we always get through it, Kurt." there was that smile now on Blaine's face. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist.

"Of course we did because it's you and me Blaine. It always has been since high school." Kurt couldn't help but let a tear fall down his face as he leaned it and kissed Blaine gently.

"I love you so, so much and I promise it's always going to be you and me. We are going to grow old together and until the day I die I will never ever leave your side and even afterwards wherever we end up, I will still be by your side, sweetheart. You are everything to me and now this kid we are going to have will grow up in a loving family and will always feel loved because that's just who we are and we are who we are because of each other." Blaine nodded his head slowly as he wiped away the tears falling down Kurt's face.

"I love you to. I know there will be a lot more heartbreak in our lives but we will always get through it and I am proud of you, our kids, proud of everything and I know your parents are proud of you to." Kurt let his arms wrap around Blaine's neck as he let his head fall on Blaine's shoulder, facing his parent's grave. Blaine pulled him in closer.

"I hope so. I know they can hear us now and I just know their smiling and heard that we are going to have another kid. I think that emptiness is starting to heal a little with the love I have always gotten from them." Kurt said softly as he smiled towards the grave. Blaine kissed Kurt's head and laid his head against Kurt's.

"You will always be their little boy Kurt no matter where or how older you get. That little boy grew up and became my perfect boy and I could not thank them enough for giving me you." Blaine might not have been able to see it but he knew Kurt was smiling.

"You're my boy to. How about we go home and bring the kids to your parents' house, I think I have to thank them again for raising someone like you." Kurt lifted up his head back up to face Blaine who was grinning and blushing a little.

"Really? You're blushing when I tell you sweeter things like that." Kurt raised an eyebrow with a smile on his face as he chuckled.

"Well, what can I say? Only you can make me with something so innocent." Kurt let his arms drop from Blaine's shoulders and took one of his hands in his as they started to walk away slowly when Kurt looked back to the grave and smiled before turning around and heading home.

"Blaine?"

"Um"

"Remember we always said that our lives were like a book?" Kurt asked as they walked out the gate and towards the car

"I do."

"What chapter do you think we are on now?" Blaine looked to Kurt and wondered for a second before he grinned and replied.

"I don't know, Kurt. But, what I do know is we have already started writing a new chapter of our lives." Kurt smiled back at Blaine's loving eyes and gave Blaine a quick kiss on Blaine's lips and leaned his head back down on Blaine's shoulder. They held onto each other's hands and walked side by side, smiling and knowing life will always throw stuff at them but, they also know something else, they can take it and get through it because guess what? It's them against the world.