I'm sorry it took so long! This has been written for a few days now but I've had homework and I had a 10 page application to fill out to go to a camp (: I'll try to be more consistent! D:

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Chapter 4: He Was Just Leaving

Chandler woke up at 6:00 on Saturday morning, feeling well rested and happy. He tried desperately to believe that last night had happened, and only truly accepted it as fact when his phone lit up with a text.

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello! See you tonight at 6? (: -K

A goofy smile lit up his face as he read the text and stumbled his fingers over keys trying to type a response.

Good morning beautiful. Sounds good, see you then. (: -C

He considered deleting the beautiful part, but decided to keep it. He took exactly 4 seconds to get the courage to send it before he did. After all, he had already gone past corny with some of his past texts. Smiling once more, he hopped out of bed and into the bathroom next to his room. Chandler always liked showering in the morning. The hot water rolled off of him in waves and woke him up, relieving the tense muscles of the pain of finally moving again after a night of sleeping. After 15 minutes, he stepped out and pulled on a pair of boxers and a fluffy bath robe. He was looking through his wardrobe trying to find something to impress Kurt, my date he reminded himself, when there was a knock at his door.

"Who is it?" he called out, surprised that anyone would rise as early as he had.

"Guess who!" a voice shouted back, a voice that Chandler would recognize anywhere, even if it sounded different every time he heard it. He rushed to the door and flung it open, throwing himself into the laughing man's arms.

"Hey buddy! Miss me or something?" he joked.

"How couldn't I?" Chandler retorted, staring up at his older brother with a smile. Jaxon was technically his half-brother as they had the same father, but he loved him just as much anyway. He had been gone for 2 years in Europe, and wasn't supposed to be home for another 6 months.

"What are you doing here?"

"You want me to leave?" Jaxon joked, feigning hurt. "Well alright, then, bye!"

Chandler laughed as his brother tried to walk away, tripping over the carpet in the hall. "How about I get dressed and meet you downstairs in 5 minutes for coffee and breakfast?"

"Sounds like a plan!"

Chandler smiled to himself as he closed his door. He had missed his brother terribly, and couldn't wait to talk to him. He threw on a pair of black skinny jeans and a black beater with a grey cardigan over it and ran downstairs. Jaxon sat at the kitchen table digging through his bag for something when Chandler walked in.

"Need any help?" he asked as he set up the coffee pot and got out two mugs.

"No thanks, I think I've got it. Ah hah!" he shouted, pulling out a small striped bag. "I got you something!"

Chandler opened it to find a gorgeous ivory sweater with green stripes that exactly matched his eyes. "Thank you so much, I love it!" he squealed, hugging Jaxon tightly. Then he accidentally let some words slip out. "I can wear it on my date tonight with-" he covered his mouth and his eyes went wide.

"Hold up," Jaxon smirked. "Date? With who?"

"Nobody. That wasn't supposed to come out."

"Aw, come on! I haven't been able to tease you in two years! How many boyfriends have I already missed out on? Can't I make fun of this one?" he begged.

"He's not my boyfriend yet..."

"But you want him to be?"

"...You're impossible."

The next hour was spent with Chandler telling Jaxon all about Kurt; his eyes, voice, style, attitude, and anything he could think of. He showed him a picture of the two together on his phone that they took the night of Klaine's break up. Kurt's hair was going everywhere and his eyes were rimmed with red. However, his smile was genuine and Chandler's arm was around his shoulders. He thought it was beautiful, not like the fake posed pictures that everyone took. It was real.

"Wow he's hot." Jaxon said with his mouth wide open. "How old is he?"

"Too young for you, he's 17. Are you sure you're straight?" Chandler asked jokingly.

"Hey, 3 years isn't bad," he laughed, ignoring the second half of the question.

The two slipped easily back into conversation and were discussing the architecture of buildings in Italy when Chandler's mother came downstairs. Her eyes widened at the sight of Jaxon sitting in the living room. "Hey Mom," he greeted, as if he had never left.

"Jax!" she exclaimed. "Baby I missed you! Haven't you ever heard of a phone call? Oh goodness, you look so skinny, do you want something to eat? You look great though, so much older. So much like your mother." She hugged him close and he smiled at her ranting.

Katherine Kiehl had loved Jaxon like her own son since he was a year old and she met their father, Joseph. He loved her as well and acted as if she was his real mom. When Chandler was born a year and a half later, the family was complete. Everyone was accepting and loved each other (for the most part) and even after their father left, nobody cared more about the boys than Katherine.

"I missed you, too, Mom."

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The three decided around one o'clock to go out for lunch to celebrate their family being together again. They drove to Breadstix and joked about how disgusting they really were, but it had always been their favorite spot anyway. It had been so long since they were together that Katherine almost cried, and they all had a lot to catch up on. The conversation had gone from Breadstix to an ice cream shop. Time flew by and before anyone even noticed, it was already five o'clock.

"Well, we should probably head home," Katherine said looking at her phone. "I don't want to stay out all night. What do you boys say to movie night, just like we used to?" Her eyes shined with hope at the thought.

"I'd love to, Mom, but I have plans soon. I actually have to go get ready or I'll look horrible. Is it really already this late?" Chandler was freaking out.

"Yeah," Jaxon chimed in. "He's got a hot date tonight." He winked at his blushing little brother.

Chandler groaned. "Can we just do it later? I'll be home by eleven. Promise."

Katherine smiled, glad that her son seemed happy again. "Of course, baby. Jaxon and I can catch up more, you just have a good time and don't worry."

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Chandler was in his bedroom freaking out. He wore his tightest white skinny jeans and the new sweater he got over a white t-shirt. He looked good, in his opinion, but what if Kurt didn't think so? What if he said the wrong thing and ruined the date? What if he-

The doorbell rang throughout the house. "I GOT IT!" Jaxon yelled, already running down the hall. Oh no Chandler thought, rushing to beat him, but tripped over his own foot and went crashing to the floor. "Hi, you must be Kurt," he heard.

Finally getting up, he got to the door to see his date *squeal* standing in the doorway with a bouquet of white dahlias- Chandler's favorite- shaking hands with Jaxon.

"Kurt," Chandler breathed out. "You look- amazing." He wore a pair of sinfully tight, deep red jeans with a black polo and a white tank top showing from underneath. Reminding himself to move, he leaned forward to give Kurt a gentle hug.

"Thank you, so do you." Kurt blushed. "These are for you." He held the flowers out shyly, and Chandler took them graciously and took the other boy's hand, ushering him inside.

"I'm just going to throw these in some water, oka-"

He was interrupted by his (annoying) brother. "So Kurt," he began. "You're even better looking in person. I honestly thought Chandler made you up or photoshopped you." Kurt turned a dark red once more, looking at the boy in question with confusion.

"I'm sorry, this is Jaxon. Who was just leaving, by the way." He gave his brother a meaningful glare.

"Alright," the older man gave in. "I can see when I'm not wanted. You don't want the brother ruining your night. Bye squirt, bye gorgeous." He waved and turned out of the room, leaving Chandler face palming and Kurt even more confused.

"Is he-"

"I honestly don't even know."

"Should we get going before any other family members I don't know about pop out?"

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea." He took his date's hand again and gave it a gentle squeeze while smiling reassuringly. "So where to?"

So the date is next chapter. Sorry, Jaxon will be important though so it was necessary to bring him in (:

Until next time, xoxo Val x3