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Chapter 5

Blaine was awakened suddenly the next morning to the feeling of somebody shaking him. He rolled over slowly onto his back and sluggishly opened his eyes. Rachel was leaning over him, smiling. She was way too perky for this early in the morning. "What time is it?" Blaine asked, sleepily.

"Six"

Blaine gave the girl a cold stare. "In the morning?"

Rachel nodded. Blaine rolled back on his side, turning his back to Rachel. "Go away. Only Kurt wakes up this early."

Rachel grabbed the covers and pulled them off of Blaine who tried to grab onto them but his reflexes were too slow as he was still not fully awake.

"C'mon, it's time to get up. Breakfast is almost ready."

Blaine ignored her, hiding his face in his pillow. "My dad made waffles."

Blaine shot up, "Waffles?"

Rachel laughed, "Yep."

Blaine scrambled out of bed, grabbing her hand and dragging her behind him, "Well what are we waiting for then?"

Rachel smiled and let Blaine pull her downstairs. Despite all of the changes that had been going on in Blaine's life the school day went by pretty normally. Kurt picked him up and drove him to school like always. He got slammed into the lockers at least three times like always. He got slushied at least once just like always. And Kurt was waiting at his locker when school was out so that they could walk together to Glee just like always. What changed was that this was the first time ever that he dreaded going to Glee practice.

He had never been the cause of such a scene before, well except for last year when he briefly lost his mind during the 'Gap Attack' fiasco. He was worried about what the others would think of him. That they would see him differently; that they would treat him differently.

When Kurt and Blaine walked into the choir room, Blaine was immediately engulfed in a hug, by Santana no less. She even gave him a kiss on the cheek and told him that she would be there if she needed to talk.

One by one the rest of the New Directions followed her lead, each coming up to give him a hug, even Puck.

Blaine tried to hold back tears. He didn't know that any of the New Directions cared about him this much, except for maybe Mike. Mike had been the one true friend that he had made.

Mr. Schue came over and gave Blaine a pat on the back. "Is everything okay Blaine?"

Blaine moved to the front of the room, Kurt coming to stand beside him, giving him strength just from his mere presence. "First of all, I would like to thank you all for your support. Yesterday was not my best day. Well the whole week has been pretty lousy to be honest. My dad and I got into a car accident over the weekend and he's not doing so well. My mom decided that while all of this was going on it would be better for me to live with someone else. So right now I am living with the Berrys'."

The Glee club gave him sympathetic looks and gave him well wishes for his father. Blaine went over and sat next to Mike with Kurt on his other side. Mike shot him a look letting him know they were going to talk later.

Glee club went by relatively quickly. Everyone was filing out of the choir room to go home, Blaine staying behind to talk to Mike.

Kurt gave him a quick hug, "I'll be waiting in the car, okay?"

Blaine nodded. Mike waited for Kurt to be completely gone before he spoke, "So what's really going on?"

Blaine rung his hands nervously, "I don't know what you're talking about. Everything I said was the truth."

"But not the whole truth. I know you Blaine. There was something you were leaving out."

Blaine stayed silent.

"You know you can tell me anything right?"

"My mom didn't just decide it would be better for me to live somewhere else. She kind of kicked me out."

"I'm sorry man."

"She blames me for the accident. We were kind of arguing at the time."

"That sucks man."

"Yeah, the Berrys' were kind enough to take me in."

Mike gave him a pitying look and Blaine slapped his arm.

"Hey, she's not that bad."

Mike laughed. "But seriously, I'm here if you need to talk."

"I know man. Thanks."

The next few weeks went by fairly quickly for Blaine. He was quickly adjusting to being a part of the Berry family. He had stopped by to see his father a few times over the past few weeks but his mother had turned him away every time.

Blaine walked into the Berry house at the end of the third week to find both Hiram and LeRoy as well as Burt and Carole sitting at the table waiting for him. He knew instantly that something was wrong, none of them were supposed to be home from work yet.

"Blaine, come sit down by us for a minute. We have something we need to discuss with you," Hiram said, seeming to choose his words very carefully.

Blaine cautiously made his way over to the table, sitting in between Hiram and LeRoy.

"What's going on?"

"We got a call from your mom today," Burt spoke up. Blaine wasn't surprised his mom had called Burt, seeing as his mom wouldn't even talk to him, except to tell him to leave; she probably thought he was staying with the Hudson-Hummel family.

"Is my dad okay?"

"Your dad is fine Blaine. That's actually why she called. He woke up."

"He did? Did she how he seemed?" Blaine asked anxiously.

"She didn't mention it. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. So I guess I'll be going home soon."

Part of Blaine was really happy. His mom would have mentioned it if his dad wasn't okay, like if he had any brain damage, right? But on the other hand, he didn't want to leave the Berry's. They treated him like he was a part of their family. They seemed to genuinely care about what he had to say, about his thoughts and feelings. His own parents weren't like that so he was reluctant to leave.

"Actually that's what we wanted to talk to you about," LeRoy cut in. "We've talked to Rachel and we're all in agreement as long as it is something you want. Blaine we would like to adopt you. I mean you are already part of our family and you still will be no matter what you decide but we would like to make it legally true."

Blaine could feel everyone's eyes on him, waiting for an answer but his eyes were locked on LeRoy's, searching his face. One thing that he had learned about LeRoy Berry in the last few weeks of living with him was that the man could not keep a secret. Everything that you needed to know would be written all over his face.

"They didn't want me back did they?"

No one had to answer, he already knew the answer. While he was incredibly hurt, Blaine knew he had two choices. He could either mope about a family who had never wanted him or choose to be a part of one who had proven that they did.

"Yes. Yes, I want you to adopt me."

The Berry's threw their arms around him, telling him how much they loved him and how proud they were to have him as a son. Blaine knew he made the right decision.

The End

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