Klaine: Teach Your Children Well

Chapter 3: Turning Tables

Blaine P.O.V:

Dinner is ready and we all take a seat on the beautifully dressed table. My mom makes a sweet comment about it but my dad is quiet. Again. I feel Kurt eyes changing between me and my dad. I love him and he is definitely concerned about the whole situation. I hope he doesn't think he can do something about it because he cannot.

My dad sits right in front of me, I tried to make eye contact several times tonight but he ignores it. I feel more like a stranger than his actual son.

We start with the first course: a salad with goats' milk cheese, it's delicious. "Carole, Kurt this is the best salad I've ever eaten." I say with a smile for both of them. I mean it this is so good! "So the salad we made for you at home wasn't good enough?" I'm surprised to hear my dad speak. I look up confused, that's not what I meant. "E-excuse me?" I say frowning. The whole table is suddenly very quiet. "Look, I've been quiet this whole time but I can't keep it inside anymore. Look Blaine, don't get me wrong I tried. I tried for almost ten years but I just can't anymore!" With this being said he leaves the table. "Honey wait!" my mom says running after my dad but before she leaves she says: "I'm so so sorry" I want to go too but I'm paralyzed. What just happened?

Kurt P.O.V:

Marcus has left the building.

One moment everything seemed fine, we were starting of with a nice salad when Blaine makes a sweet comment and all at sudden Marcus just looses it. Dad, Carole, Blaine and I are shocked and speechless. I can't believe Blaine's dad would do something like this. What he said about trying it but failing... Did that mean he still had trouble with Blaine's sexuality. I would've thought after all these years he wouldn't bother anymore, I know my dad doesn't. He doesn't for so long now, he always stands up for me. I remember Blaine's dad not being at the wedding either, even though we sent him an invitation. But that could be explained by the fact that neither of us knew we would get married too.

"I'm sorry Blaine, are you okay?" Carole stands up and goes to Blaine to give him a little comfort. He has tears in his eyes and I know he's trying to be strong but it just tears him down. I offer him my hand to hold and he grabs it but more automatically that actually searching for a little bit of support. "Don't worry son, he will change his mind. He probably just had a bad day..." dad says trying to cheer him up. But Blaine shakes his head: "Y'all heard it, he's keeping this inside since day one. He never came to terms with me being gay. I can't believe I never knew he still had troubles with it. Maybe I just didn't want to see it. Damn I can't believe this... I'm sorry I need some alone time. Thanks though, you guys are really, really kind." Blaine leaves the chamber as well, I hear him walking up the stairs and I wonder what I should do now. Give him some alone time or go up to him and talk. I'm pretty sure he could use that last thing so I follow him upstairs. Dad opens his mouth, but I see Carole shaking her head to him, which she used to say: "Let him, Blaine can use someone right now."

I know Blaine is in our room. I'm quiet for a second and I hear he's really crying. I still doubt the fact that I should enter or not but it just breaks my heart to hear him like this so I just have to. I open the door and go to our bed. I patted him on the shoulder, at first he keeps on laying in the same position but then he gets up a little. I take this moment and hold him close to me in my arms. His head is on my chest and he's still crying. I pat his back, I want him to know I'm here and I always will be. "It's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay" I say multiple times. I'm not sure if he actually listens but I feel so helpless and I want to say something.

We lay down, I still hold him in my arms like a little kid. I don't mind at all, I rather have him close to me after all of this. I lean with my head on his and after a while the sobbing is reduced. We hear a knock on the door and Blaine gets up a little, so do I. "Yes" I answer and my father comes in, I can see he feels quite awkward. "I come to check on you guys" he says looking at Blaine, making sure he is the one that's okay. He takes a seat at the end of our bed. "Look Blaine, I don't know what just happened but I want you to know it isn't your fault. You did nothing, and I repeat nothing wrong. So please don't change because he thinks you should. I know it hurts, I damn well know how it feels to lose people around you because you don't agree with their opinions. He's on the wrong side of history, so screw him. I want you to know that Carole and I are here for you and so is your mom. She just called to check on you and she was going on about how bad she felt. She wants to come over but I told her to wait a while, you can call her whenever you want. She can come over, too. Just figure out what you want. If there's anything we can do for you just ask, you better well know that you're family to us. So you can come downstairs whenever you want and we can eat or I don't know play a game, watch a movie, whatever you want." dad says. I look at Blaine and I'm relieved to see he's smiling. "Thank you so much Burt, seriously you guys..." He has still tears in his eyes but this time it aren't sad tears. "It's the least we can do, come down whenever you want." dad simply replies and walks out of the room giving me one last look saying: "take care of your husband, he needs you" I nod, I always will.

"So what do you want to do?" I ask Blaine, I hope he has enough of all the crying not that I judge him it just makes me want to cry as well and I don't wanna feel so helpless anymore. "Kurt I love you" Blaine says totally ignoring my question. "I love you, too. I love you so much and I hate to see you like this. I don't know how to make the pain go away and that kills me. But Blaine everything my dad just said, it's true. You're such a big part of this family and what just happened doesn't effect that." We hug and for a second I think Blaine's gonna cry again but he doesn't he actually says: "What about we go downstairs and play a silly game to prove you I'm still better than you" He winks playfully. Yes he's back to normal again. "Oh, you think you're better than me, sweet. But honey I have to disappoint you, I won't let you win this time."

The rest of the night we play board games, it's really fun. We're a normal happy family. We invite Blaine's mom as well and she is just in time to see me win Monopoly. I have to admit I almost lost... We eat the dishes we prepared and I'm satisfied when I see Blaine eating, too. Blaine wins scrabble, he's definitely better at making words than I am. The next game we play is some music game I bought a few years back, it's really fun because it combines singing, dancing and acting - the three things Blaine and I are really good in. We make teams and to make it fair I go with my dad and Blaine goes with his mom. Carole is the quiz-master and makes sure no one of us is cheating.

It's a perfect night with the perfect people.