I had every intention on having this chapter up last week but ya know life gets in the way. Updates are probably gonna slow down a bit I'm in the process of applying to grad school and I have the GRE to study for and blah blah blah you all don't care. Anyways, as an apology for the long wait I give you an extra long update. Extra long as in twice the length of previous chapters. Thanks to everyone who took the time to review, follow, and favorite this story since last chapter. I hope to continue to write a story you all stay interested in and enjoy.

The day was finally here. Well not finally it has only been two days but still, to Kurt it has been the longest two days ever . Blaine said he would be over by 4:30pm to study. Blaine is gonna be here, in my house, in my room. Oh god I need to clean my room! WHAT AM I GONNA WEAR!? Kurt thinks as he start to tidy up his room straitening up the papers on his desk and doing a bit of dusting. Kurt kept his room naturally clean so there wasn't much to do. He heads over to his closet and starts filing though it looking for the perfect outfit.

Kurt looks over at the clock on his nightstand 3:00pm it reads. He still had an hour and a half and the entire house to himself. His dad is spending the weekend in Columbus for an election event, Carol has to work late at the hospital, and Finn left a few hours ago saying something about Puck and Call of Duty, level 15 prestige, Kurt always just tunes him out at that point. Maybe I should prepare some snacks, or make some cookies, I wonder what kind of cookies Blaine likes. Kurt decides to make classic chocolate chip cookies before Blaine arrives.

He heads down stairs, pre-heats the oven, mixes the dough, and puts it into the oven to cook for 12 minutes, before he starts to clean up the mess he made in the kitchen, leaving it cleaner than it was before. The timer for the cookies goes off and Kurt sets them on the cooling rack. He stands there for a couple of minutes not sure what to do next. He grabs a cookie still a bit hot he blows on it a little to cool it off and he starts nervously eating it. 5 minutes, Blaine was going to be there in 5 more minutes. Ugg Kurt this is ridiculous. It's not a date. Then why am I so nervous? He thinks picking up another cookie. There is a little nagging voice that saysbecause you like him. and he wants to yell back yeah well it doesn't matter because he doesn't like me! It is then that the door bell rings.

Kurt calms himself; he wants to laugh at how ridiculous he knows he is being as he answers the door.

Before him is Blaine looking ever so gorgeous in his black polo and bowtie, with tight, but not as tight as Kurt's, red pants that are cuffed at the bottom, his hair gelled, and a charming smile on his face.

Blaine is first to speak "Hey Kurt!" he takes in Kurt's appearance he is wearing a some what loosely fitting gray button down shirt with a light scarf wrapped around his neck, enough for the cool autumn weather, and skinny jeans that hugged Kurt's curves beautifully.

"Hey, Blaine. Come on in." Kurt says moving out of the way to allow the younger boy inside.

Blaine takes in his surroundings Kurt home is about the size of his house. There are pictures all over the walls, a flat screen TV over the fireplace, and a grandfather clock in the corner. To anyone it would look like an average home, but the feeling Blaine gets very warm and inviting. He then notices the pleasant aroma of freshly baked cookies which adds to the already very homie atmosphere. "Are you baking cookies?" He asks.

"Umm. Y- Yeah I made some for us as a study snack, they are chocolate chip." Kurt says heading over to the kitchen and putting the now cooled cookies on a plate.

Blaine follows him into the kitchen "I love chocolate chip. It smells heavenly!"

Kurt blushes "Uh thanks, I hope they taste as good as they smell." Kurt turns to face Blaine, plate of cookies in his hand.

Blaine grabs one and takes a bite it is warm and chewy. "Mmmmm," Kurt turns even reder at the noise Blaine makes "Kurt, these are so good!"

Kurt lets out a chuckle "Thanks. So... Calculus, are you ready to crush some derivatives!"

Blaine laughs "Ready when you are." He says grabbing another cookie from the plate Kurt is holding.

The pair head upstairs to Kurt's room where they spend the next two hours studying, notes and books spread out over Kurt's bed and floor, going over the three chapters they needed to know for their test on monday. Good thing they both took decent notes and were able to help each other on the sections and problems they didn't understand.

"Ugggg! Okay that's it. That's everything. We are going to ace this test!" Blaine says really enthusiastically for a guy who just spent the last two hours filling his brain with calculus equations. "Are your parents going to be home soon?" Blaine asks.

"No, my dad is in Columbus for an election event, he is running for congress against Sue and her campaign against the arts. He just entered the race a week ago so he has some time to make up on the campaign trail and election events. Doesn't help he also has to run as a write in candidate as well." Kurt says.

"Wow! Kurt that's amazing, you must be really proud." Blaine says.

"Yeah I am." He smiles "Anyway, Carol is working late at the hospital, and Finn is at Pucks." He finishes. Kurt was getting really comfortable with Blaine, he enjoyed having him around, and would at least say they were on their way to becoming really good friends. friends

"Oh cool. S-Soo do you wanna order a pizza or something? I'm starving. My treat!" Blaine offers looking hopefully truth be told he really doesn't want to leave yet.

Kurt can't help but smile always such a gentleman. "First you buy me lunch, now you want to buy me dinner Mr. Anderson?" his voice a bit deeper than normal. Where did that come from? Was I just flirting?

Was Kurt just flirting with me? Blaine's brain short wires for a second before he starts doing a mental happy dance.

"No, please let me pay this time. I owe you from lunch on Thursday" Kurt insists.

Blaine nods "Yeah, okay." Who was Blaine to argue with that? Blaine calls in the order they get a pizza half BBQ chicken for Kurt and the other half with pepperoni, bacon, pineapple and jalapenos for Blaine.

"Eww, Blaine really?"

"It's delicious! And the pizza guy said it will be here in about 30 minutes"

Kurt shrugs "If you say so. At least you didn't get it with those tiny salty fish. My dad loves those."

"My brother Cooper likes those too. They always smelled terrible. I ate one once, it was like I poured a mound of salt in my mouth." He cringes at the memory.

Kurt laughs, his dimples prominent on his rosy cheeks, his eyes scrunch and sparkle. Blaine breath hitches he can't help but stare and take in the beautiful boy in front of him.

Kurt catches how Blaine is looking at him, it makes his heart warm and lets him hope that maybe that look means something more. "Shall we go down stairs?"

Blaine nods and allows Kurt to lead the way.

They head downstairs and decide to put on a movie while they wait for the pizza to arrive. They decide to put on The Lion King. 15 minutes into the movie the doorbell rings signaling the pizza has arrived. Kurt heads to the door to answer it, wallet in hand. He hands the guy a 20 taking the pizza, setting it on the table and sitting back down next to Blaine.

"Mmm I love pizza" Blaine comments opening the box and grabbing a slice. "Thanks for paying."

"Yeah no problem." Kurt says as he grabs a slice too. They both return into comfortable silence sitting close on the couch 'watching' the movie, stealing sideways glances at one another. Half way through Hakuna Matata the movie suddenly cuts and the TV screen turns black, they are suddenly in the dark. It takes a second for Kurt to realize what is going on.

"Blaine?"

"Yeah Kurt?"

"I think the power just went out."

"Oh okay, good, at least I know I didn't just go blind." Blaine teases he can't help but laughing at his own joke.

"Shut up" Kurt says playfully laughing at his obvious observation mentally face palming himself "Oh, just wait one second. One of the few times where being obsessed with Yankee Candles and splurging at their sales becomes useful." Kurt feels around for the lavender scented candle and lighter he knows are on the small table next to the couch beside him. He finds the lighter and flicks it on. "Got it." He says lighting the candle.

He starts to feel his phone vibrating in his pocket. He sees that the caller ID says Finn, he answers it "Hello?"

"Hey Kurt, so I'm probably gonna stay the night at Puck's because his mom says it is not safe to drive during a black out with no street lights. Can you let my mom know when she gets home? She is not answering her phone."

"Yeah sure Finn."

"Thanks bro. See ya later."

"Yeah, see ya." Kurt hangs up and turns to face Blaine or what he can make of Blaine in the dimly lit room. "That was Finn he's staying the night at Puck's because of the black out it is not safe to drive with the streets so dark. So maybe you should stay too? At least until the power turns back on."

"Y-yeah that's okay. Umm, let me just call my parents and let them know." Blaine says taking out his phone to phone his parents.

Kurt continues to make his way around the living room lighting candles that were set out already, and heading upstairs to get the others he has stored in his room. He sets them all around the living room so the room is better lit.

By the time Blaine gets off the phone with his parents the living room is engulfed in the smell of lavender, jasmine, with a hint of vanilla. Kurt is what he will always associate this smell with now. "They say it's fine." He tells Kurt.

Kurt nods as he goes to light the gas fireplace as well for extra light and warmth. "So what would you like to do now?" Kurt asks. "We can go over what we studied today, or I think we have some board games around here somewhere." Kurt suggests.

Blaine ponders over the choices of what they could do with the power out when it comes to him. "Let's build a fort."

"A fort?" Kurt says with a raised eyebrow. "Blaine you're 17 not 7." He adds.

"Oh come on Kurt it will be fun. Pleeeeease!" Blaine gives Kurt his puppy eyes and a pouted lip that makes it impossible for Kurt to say no to. That look should be illegal. He is like an adorable puppy."Alright, lets build a fort."

They start getting to work building their fort in the living room Kurt gets the extra sheets from the linen closet and pillows from the mountain of pillows on his bed. Blaine pushes the couch back and moves the coffee table to the side so they have room to build their fort in front of the fireplace. The pizza still on the coffee table Blaine puts there barley touched dinner in the fridge for later, not like it is gonna do anything to keep it from going bad with the power out.

Kurt comes back with an arm full of sheets blankets and pillows. They start to hang the sheets using string, safety pins, and thumbtacks. Enjoying their time together constructing their fort laughing when sheets fall on the other person, hitting each other with pillows, careful not to knock over any of the candles. They argue over how their fort should be constructed. "A teepee structure Blaine really? No, if we are going to do this we are doing this right." Kurt says setting up the sheets for a more of a house structure, his idea eventually winning out in the end.

Blaine chuckles and starts to daydream letting his imagination wander for a bit. He starts imagining him and Kurt purchasing their first place arguing over what color to paint the living room, or what wallpaper to hang in the bathroom. And of course Kurt wins out in the end not because he is right, which he probably is, but because Blaine wants to make him happy. It was a nice dream but not something he should be thinking about at this point, but a future with this wonderful boy was something he defiantly craved.

Kurt throws a pillow at Blaine. Blaine snaps back into reality. "Hey!" Blaine says as he is suddenly jolted out of his wonderful thoughts. "Are you just gonna stand there or are you gonna help me Anderson?" Kurt teases.

Blaine laughs and throws the pillow back at Kurt. "I'm helping see." He says grabbing another sheet to pin together.

With the sheets finally hung they cover the bottom of their fort with a layer of pillows and comforters making it look very cozy. Finally done, Kurt is the first to enter the fort lying down in his left side, making himself comfortable in the nest of pillows and blankets. He sighs as he closes his eyes, relaxes, and takes in the cozy atmosphere of the sent of the candles with the warmth of the fireplace and fluffiness of the pillows beneath him.

Blaine takes in his surroundings the dimly lit room, the light flicker of the candles and the fireplace surrounding them adding what some people would consider a romantic setting to everything if only we had some music. Blaine looks down to see Kurt in their fort nuzzled in the pile of pillows relaxed, not a care in the world. It is the first time he has seen Kurt completely at ease he is so beautiful he wants to keep Kurt like this forever. Away from the bullying at McKinley, away from whatever other worries Kurt has in his life. He wants to wrap Kurt up and taking him to a place where pain doesn't exist, where he could be happy and content forever. If only such a place existed.

Blaine slips in next to him, lying down on his right side facing Kurt, as he also cuddles into the pile of pillows and blankets. Feeling Blaine's presence Kurt opens his eyes to see Blaine staring at him. "Hi." Blaine says just above a whisper. "Hi" Kurt softly says back.

"I'm glad you suggested we do this" Kurt says smiling. "It was a lot of fun."

"Mmmm" Blaine agrees, "I'm glad you enjoyed it." Blaine stare deep into Kurt's eyes getting lost in the swirls of blue, green, and turquoise.

Kurt can feel his cheeks start to flush and his heartbeat speeding up with the way Blaine is looking at him, as if he is staring right into Kurt soul. Is he closer than he was before?

Blaine gently brings his left hand to caress Kurt right cheek, thumb running across Kurt's cheekbone and down to where his cheeks are red. Kurt's eyes go wide with fear? Confusion? Surprise? Nervousness? Blaine can't decipher. Blaine doesn't know what compelled him to caress Kurt's cheek but it just felt right in the moment. He continues tracing down the side of Kurt's face and across his jawbone.

Kurt leans in to Blaine's touch, relaxed Don't over think it, not now. Kurt tells himself. God that feels good.

Blaine moves in closer their lips only a few inches away now. Blaine allows his thumb to come across Kurt's jaw to his chin and up to caress Kurt's bottom lip. His eyes never leaving Kurt's as he leans in even closer looking for any hint that Kurt wants him to stop. He looks into Kurt's eyes all he sees now is want and desire. That is all Blaine needs as he finally leans in completely, his left hand cupping Kurt's cheek, his lips capturing Kurt's soft lips in a tender kiss. Kurt kisses back, breathing in Blaine. His right hand finding a place against Blaine's neck, his mind unable to process a single thought other than OH MY GOD, BLAINE ANDERSON IS KISSING ME!. The kiss was amazing, wonderful, and everything he wanted his first kiss to be, with exception of it being too short. Blaine pulls away resting his forehead against Kurt's panting as if he had just ran a marathon.

"Wow" Blaine finally says as he starts to come back down from could 9, taking in how beautiful Kurt looks with his cheeks flushed his lips plump from their kiss. "Yeah." Kurt agrees.

"W-was that okay?" Blaine says starting to feel insecure about his somewhat impulsive decision to kiss Kurt in that moment he just couldn't help himself. Their foreheads still connected Kurt nods "Yes." A few more moments of comfortable silence goes by before Kurt asks, "C-can w-we do that A-again?" starting to get nervous again.

Blaine smiles at how adorable Kurt is when he's nervous. He leans in again kissing Kurt with more pressure and more passion than the first one. Allowing themselves to get lost in each other's lips. Blaine allows his tongue to come out and lick Kurt's bottom lip, not wanting to push by invading his mouth and freaking him out. Kurt lets out a groan from the back of his throat at the sensation and allows his lips to part, his tongue coming out to caress Blaine's. Blaine moans at the sensation of Kurt's tongue meeting his, he wants more but knows they should take it slow and he reluctantly pulls away.

Only a few seconds later and the lights flicker back on. They look at each other as they both start laughing. "Perfect timing." Kurt comments.

Blaine comes down from his laughing fit, becoming serious again. He looks at Kurt as if he hung the moon and the stars, "Have dinner with me on Friday night." He says pushing away a strand of hair that fell in front of Kurt's eyes.

The action causes Kurt to blush even more if that was even possible. "L-like a date?" Kurt asks looking at Blaine. He can see that Blaine is serious.

"No not 'like a date' an actual date." Blaine says "Please?" He adds with his charming smile.

Blaine just kissed me and now he wants to take me out on a date. Best day ever! "Y-yeah, I'd like that, a lot actually."

"Great" Blaine says his smile getting even bigger I have a date with Kurt Hummel he sings over and over in his head. "We should probably get this all cleaned up. It's getting late." He suggests.

Kurt looks at the time on his phone, its almost 10:00pm which isn't too late for a Saturday night but Kurt knows that Blaine lives just on the outskirt of Lima by Westerville which is a 45 minute drive, if you speed. Kurt nods "Yeah, we probably should". Blaine stands up and helps Kurt up. They go around blowing out the candles, taking down their fort, stealing glances at each other while folding up the sheets and putting them away.

When they are finished Blaine collects his books and backpack from Kurt's room and Kurt sees him out the door. "I had a lot of fun tonight Kurt, thanks for agreeing to study with me." Blaine says

"Yeah anytime." Kurt says not wanting the night to end but quickly reminds himself he has an actual date with Blaine on Friday. Kurt gathers up some courage as he takes a step towards Blaine and plants a chaste kiss on his mouth. "Goodnight Blaine."

"Night Kurt." Blaine says as he turns and tries not to skip to his car. Kurt finally closes the door when Blaine's car pulls away. Leaning against the closed door Kurt catches his breath. He can't help the huge smile he has on his face as he mentally replays the events of that night in his head. BEST DAY EVER!

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