Chapter Twenty-Seven

Kurt didn't end up making a decision about the nursery till about two weeks after the room had been cleared out. No one seemed to understand that he wanted this room to be absolutely perfect. It couldn't just be thrown together, it had to be planned and thought about, this was going to be their baby's room. No child of Kurt Hummel would have anything less than the best. He'd make sure of it.

Kurt would often just go and sit in the room, sometimes for hours just looking for some inspiration. The only thing that was left in the room was an old rocking chair that had been his mothers. She had used it when Kurt himself was a baby and so it was fitting that Kurt should use it for his little one. Kurt would sit in the chair, rocking forward and backwards gently, musing over the possibilities. He had his sketchbook with him and when an idea struck him he would quickly draw it. There were a few different designs in the book now and he knew that the perfect one would be a combination of all of them.

"I think I've got it!" Kurt said excitedly, after about a week of his behaviour.

Blaine was curious as to what Kurt thought was the perfect nursery. In fact everyone was interested to know. Kurt showed Blaine before anybody else because he wanted to give him the chance to veto anything that Kurt had decided on, though everyone knew that the chances of that were slim to none and they were proved right when Blaine declared the plan perfect.

Burt and Kurt went to the hardware store to get the paint and other supplies that they would need, while Blaine stayed with Finn at the garage. Burt was the best person to talk to when it came to DIY because he had all the skills of a handy man. They managed to get everything they needed but it was very costly. Kurt had forgotten to factor in the cost of his perfect nursery. To save his son getting upset, Burt paid for everything claiming that, that was his gift to the baby.

Kurt insisted on doing the majority of the painting as there wasn't much else that he could actually help with. Everyone agreed as long as he didn't try to reach anything that was out of his reach. Kurt spent nearly a whole day in the room with the door closed so no one could see what he was doing in there but the window was open to allow the paint fumes to leave and a light breeze to enter. When he'd finally finished he allowed people to come in and see the finished walls.

The walls were painted in a creamy yellow colour with a white border dividing the top of the wall from the bottom. In the border were little black music notes that were all individually painted by hand. It was beautiful and meant so much because of the significance of music for both Blaine and Kurt, and they knew they'd bring up this baby with music in its life.

After the paint had dried, Burt put up shelves on the walls and laid a new and fresh carpet down which was lilac in colour. When Kurt looked in on the room after Burt was finished he sobbed. Kurt did a lot of crying after every stage of making up the nursery. Blaine was getting used to Kurt coming to find him and nuzzling against him, his face wet with tears. He found it adorable that Kurt was feeling so emotional about it. What he wasn't going to admit was that he was feeling emotional about it too, though not to the point that he was crying.

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Blaine had avoided the courts and his father as much as possible, only doing as much as was needed from him. He got the news that his father had been found guilty from his mother but he honestly didn't know how to feel about it. He didn't know if there was a right way or a wrong way to feel. When Melissa asked him if he wanted to go to the sentencing he knew that he definitely didn't want to go, not even to see his father for one last time. Melissa and Cooper went but when they tried to tell him how many years the man had got Blaine refused to listen. He didn't want to know. What's done, was done and all he wanted to do was move on from it.

He spent a lot of his time in the garage with Burt; they had started building a car together, just for fun. They were both enjoying their time together and it felt very much like father and son time. Burt was the kind of father that every boy deserved and Blaine felt so privileged knowing that he'd been taken under the wing of such a great man.

Burt taught Blaine so much about cars and he was quickly getting more involved with the fixing of cars that were brought in. He'd only been working there six weeks. Helping the customers made Blaine more confident and not the cocky kind of confidence that he had before, which had only appeared when he'd put others down. No this confidence grew stronger when he knew that he had helped someone or when a little old man thanked him for helping him fill up their car with gas.

"That's how you become a man. All this 'being macho' don't count for much in the real world. I was a cool guy back in high school but I wasn't the nicest person. I had to change to be the man I am today." Burt told Blaine.

The guy that Burt had been back in high school hadn't been particularly bad, not by a long shot, but like Blaine and Kurt knew, in high school, Burt had used the words 'fag' and 'fairy' when other guys on the football team showed weakness. He had really changed from those days. Heck, he was now a Congressman that campaigned for gay rights and marriage equality. In Blaine's eyes he was the perfect kind of guy.
Another thing that Burt was great at was making sure everyone felt equal and included. It was clear that Burt had more in common with Finn and Blaine but he always made sure to do something with Kurt as well. They had their special father and son times when it would be no one except those two. Seeing Burt and Kurt together was something beautiful. They had so much love for one another, probably because it had been the two of them for so long and they had had to learn how to live without Kurt's mother. Their relationship was amazing.

Blaine hoped that he could become something like the man that Burt was now. He was respected, well liked and appreciated by most who knew him, and those that he didn't get along with were normally people that had a problem with Kurt. He didn't ever stand for people insulting the people he cared about. Yes, Blaine was sure that if he could even be half the man that Burt was then he would be happy with his life.

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Kurt was walking towards his bedroom after having been downstairs to grab a snack to ease the grumbling of his stomach. He'd just made it to the top of the stairs, nibbling on an apple, when he heard a thump coming from Finn's room, swiftly followed by a curse word. Knocking lightly on Finn's door he peered his head inside to see Finn struggling with his suitcase and some boxes.

"Need any help?" Kurt asked.

Finn nodded at him, looking a little upset. "I don't know what I'm supposed to be packing. What if I leave something here and then realise that I need it in LA?"

"Then you can ask us to send it to you, it won't be a problem." Kurt said gently as he made his way inside Finn's room and found an empty space on his bed, that was piled with his stuff, to sit down.

He had a feeling that the frustration Finn was feeling wasn't just from the packing and he wanted to be here for Finn and to help him talk through it. He knew that his brother had to be feeling nervous about the move. He would be alone and without his family to help him through things and he'd be so far away from them, it wasn't like he was going to be in the next state. Finn had also broken things of with Rachel, not because he wanted to but because he thought that it wasn't fair for her to be attached to someone that would be so far away from her, her being in New York and him in Los Angeles.

"Kurt?" Finn said, his voice was small and his eyes were on the ground. "I don't want to go. I'm going to miss everything!"

"It's okay to be afraid, Finn. Everything is going to be changing. But you being away doesn't mean you're going to miss everything. Far from it."

There were tears in Finn's eyes and it was weird for Kurt to see Finn like this. He'd always looked at Finn as if he were some kind of superman, walking down the hallways of McKinley in that Letterman jacket.

"I'm going to miss everything with my little niece or nephew. Even if I'm here when they're born I'm going to miss everything else. What if when I come back they don't even recognise me?"

Kurt let out a choked laugh as his own eyes started watering with tears. "Do you really think that Kicker won't know all about their uncle Finn? You're going to be their favourite uncle, just don't tell Cooper I said that. I will make sure that we Skype regularly so that you can see the baby and talk to them so they will know who you are, please don't think that I won't make sure of it."

Finn gave a sniff and used his arm to wipe at his teary eyes. "You'd really do that for me?"

"It's not just for you. It's not like I want you gone either." Kurt said, giving his step-brother a smile.

They sat quietly for a moment, gathering their emotions.

"Dude, how come you never found out whether the baby is gonna be a boy or a girl?" Finn said out of the blue.

"I don't care about gender. As long as this little oneis healthy I'll be happy."

"Cool. I'll love it either way." Finn assured.

"I know you will."

Their heavy conversations ended and they focused on lighter topics. Kurt helped Finn to pack up some of his things, helping the taller teen to decide what he really would need when he moved to LA and what he could get away with leaving behind. With both of them working together they made quick work of it and after a while they had all the things that Finn would be taking with him stood next to the door for when he would finally be moving, which wasn't far away now.

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Breakfast time was always an active time at the Hudmel household, especially since Kurt's pregnancy had been discovered and Blaine had moved in. There was a constant flow of people coming in and out of the door, the toaster was always in use the and kettle was always having the switch flicked, keeping the coffee coming to the sleepy people that gathered round the table.

Blaine was chomping on his cereal when Burt announced that he had booked Blaine's driving test for the next day. Blaine spluttered on the cereal that he had in his mouth. He was not ready for this. Seeing Burt so calm across the table while he was panicking wasn't really helping either. He knew he was going to fail a driving test, he'd only really just started to learn how to drive. He didn't want to let Burt down.
"I don't think I'm ready for that." remarked Blaine.

"Of course you are!" Burt's gruff voice sounded loudly. "I wouldn't book your test if I didn't think that you were ready, kiddo."

They didn't say anymore on the matter and Kurt could see that Blaine was worrying about it. He wouldn't say out loud that he was. He'd just sit in silence judging himself.

Burt and Carole left for work and after his second helping of food, Finn departed for Puck's house to go over plans for their move to LA. Kurt watched Blaine as he idly pushed his remaining cereal round the bowl, having stopped eating after Burt's announcement.

"Baby, you need to relax. You got this, I know you do." Kurt tried to reassure Blaine.

"And what if I completely mess it up? It'll be a waste of your dad's time and money."

"You can always retake it, but I don't think you'll need to. My dad wouldn't have set this up if he didn't think you were ready, just like he said."

Blaine remained quiet. He still doubted himself but he didn't want to stress Kurt out so he would keep it to himself. Kurt however, knew Blaine well enough to know what he was doing.

"If you're interested we could head upstairs. I know the perfect way to help you relax..."

The look that Kurt gave him made Blaine feel very hot and he was more than interested in whatever Kurt had to offer him. He watched as Kurt got up from his chair and headed towards their bedroom. Blaine followed him like an obedient puppy which left Kurt smirking.

When they got into their bedroom Blaine closed and locked the door, just in case. As soon as he turned back round Kurt had his hand's at Blaine's belt buckle, loosening it so that he could yank down Blaine's pants. Blaine's already half-hard cock was revealed and Kurt wrapped his hand gently around it, stroking it. Blaine started getting harder until he was fully erect and panting.

Kurt gently dropped down to his knees and took the head of Blaine's cock in his mouth. He ran his tongue around the tip, teasing him. Blaine's head fell back against the door with a thump, his eyes closed as he felt the wet heat of Kurt's mouth around him. He came undone as Kurt took more of his length, his tongue working wonders. Blaine couldn't help but thrust slightly, his hips moving instinctively. He heard Kurt gag a little so he tried to hold his hips in one place, not wanting to choke Kurt.

Blaine's hands were in Kurt's soft hair, pulling at it lightly, needing something to hold onto as he felt the familiar feeling that let him know that he would be finished soon.

"Kurt..." Blaine warned him wanting to give his boyfriend the opportunity to pull away when he came.

Kurt continued with renewed vigour, knowing what was coming. Blaine's moans were getting louder and he was thrusting even more. Then the build up was too much and he came, it hit the back of Kurt's throat and he swallowed it greedily. He leant away from Blaine, watching as Blaine breathed in and out heavily. He was certainly relaxed now. He looked down with heavy eyes to see Kurt smirking at him.

"You're really too good to me." Blaine's voice was full of love. "Let me take care of you now."

Kurt blushed. "There's no need. I'm good."

He'd came at the same time as Blaine. It was easy to turn him on right now and with all the noises that Blaine had been making he hadn't needed any help at all.

Kurt held out his hands so that Blaine could help him off of the floor. "Post-orgasm snuggles?"

"Post-orgasm snuggles." Blaine agreed.

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Blaine burst through the front door and hurried into the living room where everyone had been waiting for him to get back from his driving test. All eyes rested on him. They looked nervous waiting for him to speak.

"Well kid? I'm not getting any younger." Burt pressed.

"I passed." Blaine burst out. "I did it!"

Kurt flew into his arms, wrapping his arms around him and peppering his face with small kisses. "I'm so proud of you honey."

Stepping back, Kurt allowed others to congratulate Blaine, watching him get emotional as he witnessed just how much love and support he got from their families. He was always surprised when people showed him that they loved him and Kurt wondered if his boyfriend would ever realise that he was worthy of it.

"It's a good job that you did pass because I already got you a present." Burt chuckled.

"What? You don't need to get me anything, like ever. You've already done so much for me!"

Burt just shrugged off his comment. "Well I was thinking you'd need a car so you could drive your family around. The one we've been working on together? It's yours."

Burt handed the key to Blaine who now had tears in his eyes. He looked down at the car key which had two key-rings on it. One was for Hummel Tires & Lube and the other was the sonogram picture of their baby. Blaine clutched it close to his heart.

"Thank you so much. I love all you guys." His voice was shaky but he managed to keep any tears from falling.

"Let's go out to celebrate! We'll eat out at Breadstix. My treat!" Melissa said cheerfully. "Blaine, you could drive Kurt, Finn and Cooper, if you'd like?"
Blaine nodded, a grin on his face.

"I call shotgun!" Cooper announced loudly.

Blaine halted that idea straight away. "Kurt's up front. You can sit in the back."

Cooper complained the entire drive to the restaurant and all Blaine could do was smile smugly, casting the occasional glance at Kurt, sat in the seat next to him stroking his bump absent-mindedly.