Blaine, Kurt and Layla sat on the couch all trying to stop their tears from flowing.
"Wow, I gotta stop this, I'm not one for losing my cool." Layla said
"Wow, that line must run in the family," Kurt joked, thinking back to Blaine.
"What? Layla asked. She wondered if it was something she mad missed while in the bathroom.
"I said that before!" Blaine laughed. His laugh lifted some of the pain out of the room. "You know, they know me at Dalton as 'The Dapper Guy."
"More, like the 'Dapper Hobbit,' love!" Kurt said, making them all laugh and having Blaine give him a jokingly dirty look. Blaine wasn't a fan of his height, or lack of, but he was only about an inch shorter than Kurt.
"Dapper Hobbit? I guess shortness also runs in the family." Layla said, trying to keep her mind on anything but her life. She was also short, at only 5'1.
Layla was good at a few things and one of them was distraction. She always could take the most horrible thing, ball it up, throw it to the bottom of her mind and think of something else. She spent countless days daydreaming after Cecelia died. Sometimes it felt like all she had was her mind.
"Do you both go to Dalton?" Layla asked, still avoiding anything else.
"Um, no. I do, but Kurt did for while last year. He goes to William McKinley. We miss him terribly though! Well, I miss him terribly." Blaine said, as Kurt reached for his hand.
"I miss you to, but we're together everyday after school and on the weekends!" Kurt protested.
"So when did you guys start dating?" Layla asked genuinely interested, this time, but also making small talk. She had already made up her mind; Kurt was perfect for her brother. She didn't know too much about Blaine, but she saw how his eyes were when Kurt talked, she saw the way they held hands, like they never wanted to let go. She could even feel it in the air. It was like a power that hung over the room, even when they were all sobbing like babies.
" Well, I always had a little crush on your brother, from when I first saw him, and it took what seemed like forever for him to notice! The Warbler's pet bird, Pavoratti, had died and I sang Blackbird by The Beatles in his memory, which really moved Blaine and we've been together ever since. It was this March, March 17th." Kurt told Layla.
Layla was about to respond when Aunt Lynn came out of her bedroom. She threw the phone on her bed and smoothed down her short brown hair.
"Hello Kurt! How are you? I'm so glad Blaine's finally brought you over!" She said
"Hello, Lynn I'm good thanks. You have a lovely place!" Kurt said with a smile.
"Thank you Kurt! So, I'm guessing you've met all the skeleton's in the Anderson family closet, huh?" She laughed as Kurt shrugged. "Sorry I missed it all, that was Delia, my boss on the know, old people, business stuff."
"Di..." Blaine started with when there was a nock at the door.
"Blaine, did you order another pair of jeans? I swear, Blaine every week...!" Aunt Lynn said, starting towards the door. She opened it and everyone's eyes widened with surprise.
"Hello, mam, I'm Officer Danbury, is Layla Yvonne Anderson here?" The police officer said, looking straight at Layla. He already knew she was.
