"Hm, maybe just one more time...and you're done," Blaine instructed and smiled down at his four-year-old daughter, Sophie, who giggled as Blaine guided her hand once more around the mixing bowl to stir the cake batter. They were currently making a cake as the dessert for the dinner they were attending at Rachel and Finn's that night.

"I did it," she cheered excitedly, climbing a stool so she could sit upon the island, "Uncle Finn, Auntie Rachel, and Aiden are gonna love it!"

Blaine chuckled and hummed his agreement as he poured the cake mix into the pan and placed it carefully into the oven.

"So, Ms. Sophie, what do you suggest we d-," he cut himself off quickly when he saw Sophie at her spot on the counter with her head in the mixing bowl. He rolled his eyes fondly and slyly snuck up behind his daughter.

"What are you doing," he yelled and started tickling her sides.

There was a loud 'thump' as the bowl hit the tile floor and an even louder shriek of 'Daddy, stop!' from Sophie. He finally gave in a few moments later and moved back around the island to pick up a kitchen rag so he could start cleaning Sophie and the floor.

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After the kitchen and Sophie were all cleaned up, Blaine gently placed his daughter back on the ground and guided her into the living room.

"You wanna watch a movie, Sophie," he asked and walked over to the wall of movies Blaine and Kurt had collected over the years.

"Nemo, Nemo, Nemo," Sophie chanted.

She ran off down the hallway towards her room. When she came back she was armed with her blanket and stuffed rabbit tucked under her arm. She hopped up on the couch and snuggled into Blaine's side.

"Ready," she announced and cuddled her rabbit against her chest.

Blaine pressed play on the DVD remote and rested his feet on the coffee table, relaxing back into the sofa and watching as Nemo's father yelled at him to "get back here, right now!". A few minutes later they both heard the familiar sound of a car pulling into the driveway.

"Papa's home," Sophie screamed and pushed her blanket off of her. She pitter-pattered all the way down the entrance hallway and into Kurt's arms. "Papa," she wailed happily and threw her arms around Kurt's neck.

"Hey, baby girl," Kurt greeted, "What did you and Daddy do today?"

"First he picked me up from pre-school, then we came home and played dress up and Barbies, and then we made a chocolate cake for Auntie Rachel's special dinner tonight," she explained wildly.

Kurt watched his daughter in amusement and set her down on the ground, brushing her bangs back from her forehead. "Sounds fun," he said and leaned down to kiss her nose.

She giggled and ran back into the living room to finish watching her movie. Kurt watched his daughter and sighed blissfully before walking off to the kitchen to finally put down the grocery bag he had placed on his arm.

He had started putting everything away when he felt two arms wrap around his waist, and a mouth at his ear.

"Hello, gorgeous," Blaine drawled and pressed a kiss just behind Kurt's ear, "How was work?"

Kurt smiled and kissed Blaine's cheek. He put the box of spaghetti noodles down on the counter and turned around in Blaine's grip. He huffed out a huge breath and let his head rest against Blaine's shoulder. "Stressful," he said and lifted his head up, pouting slightly.

"Awwh, baby," Blaine laughed and tightened his grasp on Kurt's waist. He kissed Kurt, adding a very exaggerated "mwah" to the end of it, and started pulling Kurt towards the living room where Sophie was currently dancing around the room with her stuffed bunny. They both laughed and settled back onto the couch.

Blaine pulled Kurt into him and began massaging his neck, trying to work out the knots he could feel there. Kurt moaned softly and closed his eyes. He let his head fall back onto Blaine's shoulder and melted into Blaine's touch. He opened his eyes a few minutes later and turned his head towards Blaine.

"Mm, you're amazing," he said and smiled up at Blaine.

"You're just realizing this now," Blaine teased and kissed Kurt deeply, earning an "Ew!" from Sophie. He laughed and pulled away from the kiss. He rested his chin on top of Kurt's head. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

Sophie gasped as she finally stopped twirling, falling lightly on her butt. She quickly shook it off and stood back up. She walked over to Kurt and climbed onto his lap and bounced up and down. "Papa, you have to help me get ready for Auntie Rachel's dinner," she persisted. To get her point across she started lightly poking him in the stomach. "C'mon, Papa!" With one last poke to his stomach, Sophie bolted off his lap and down the hallway towards her room.

Kurt sighed, "And here I was, thinking I could relax for just a little longer."

Blaine smiled empathetically and pressed one last kiss to Kurt's lips. Kurt made to get up and trudged towards Sophie's room. When he walked in he saw Sophie dressed in one of her play princess gowns, pearls hanging off her neck, and shiny sequined heels on her feet. On top of her head was a bright pink sun hat that hung down into her face and over her eyes. He laughed quietly and walked farther into the room. He came up behind her and took the necklace and hat off her head.

He opened her closet door and pulled out a simple, white, spaghetti-strap dress with a little bow in the corner. "Change out of that, and into this, please baby, we only have a few minutes before we need to leave," he told her.

He looked back over to see Sophie with her arms stuck above her head. "A little help," she huffed and flailed her arms around for emphasis.

He turned to help her carefully out of the dress, trying to avoid pulling the clip-on earrings that were attached to her ears. Once everything was finally off he sat down on the bed and began to help her maneuver the dress onto her little body.

After fighting with the dress for quite sometime, what with Sophie's wiggling body, he finally breathed out a sigh of relief and got up to exchange her clip on earrings for some real ones. They were small little things, no bigger than the head of a push pin, but they accented the dress perfectly.

Kurt picked up a hair brush off of Sophie's dresser and sat down on the edge of the bed. He pointed to the open spot on the floor, "Sophie, come kneel here so I can fix your hair," he instructed.

She hurriedly scurried over and kneeled daintily in between Kurt's legs. In a few minutes time Sophie came running out of her room and into the kitchen with her curly brown pigtails swinging behind her.

"Daddy, do I look pretty," she asked Blaine. She twirled in a circle, her dress flying in a big poof around her body.

"Gorgeous, baby girl," Blaine smiled and playfully tugged on one of her curls. He turned back to the cake he was currently frosting and started putting little swirls around the edge. Once he was satisfied with how it looked, he finally put the cover over it and turned back to Sophie who was gazing longingly at the cake. He chuckled, "You'll get to have some soon enough sweetie."

She just sighed dramatically and rested her head on her hand.

Kurt finally came out of their bedroom dressed in a simple black button-down with a grey vest on top, paired with a pair of black skinny jeans and black dress shoes. "Let's do this," Kurt said and tucked a stray piece of hair back into place.

Sophie hopped down off the counter and ran towards the front door, leaving Kurt and Blaine standing in the kitchen.

"Why did you dress her like that?"

"What do you mean? That's how she always dresses.."

Blaine huffed out a laugh stared at the floor. "I know, but just seeing her tonight, it made think that next year she's going to start school, and then she's going to be getting her first boyfriend, and graduating. And then she's going to go off to college, and what are we going to do then, Kurt? She's going to find someone and get married, and start her own family, and she's growing up too fast!"

Kurt stared at him, laughing silently to himself. He moved forward and pulled Blaine into a hug. "Awe, babe, you still have fourteen years before you get to start worrying," he laughed, "Now c'mon, I left the keys in the ignition and I don't feel safe with her in there alone." He kissed Blaine quickly and picked both of their coats off the back of the couch.

Blaine picked up the cake and shut the kitchen light off with his elbow, following Kurt out and into the car.