Title: Promise Me

Rating: pg-13

Spoilers (if any): None

Warnings (if any): Character death

Word Count: 1,003

Characters: Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson, Glee

Summary: When Kurt Hummel flies home from college for the summer, he thinks he's just going to spend time with his family and boyfriend. Little does he know, fate has a way of stepping in.

A/N: First fic in about three years. No flames please? Song used is For Good from Wicked.

I don't really know where to start with this. My counselor said it might help to write down the story, since I can't speak it. I guess I'll start with a little back story. I met the love of my life when we were both 16. His name was Kurt Hummel. He is no longer with us today, because a group of evil men killed him. He was flying back from NYU, when his plane went down. I almost didn't even get to say goodbye.

"Hey Finn, sorry I'm late. The party store spelled Kurt's name wrong, so I just picked up a generic one," I called, holding up a sign that read Congratulations, Graduate.

"Uh, dude, you're going to want to sit down," Finn said to me, grabbing the sign and sitting me down on the couch next to Burt and Carole. Burt was gripping the phone like his life depended on it.

"I love you, Dad. I love you, Carole. I love you, Finn. I can't tell you how much I love you all," a voice on the speaker phone said.

"I-Is that Kurt? What happened? Is he hurt? Let me talk to him!" I exclaimed, grabbing the phone out of Burt's hand and taking it off speaker phone. "Kurt, baby, are you okay? Please tell me you're okay," I begged.

"I can't do that baby. My flight's been hijacked. I- I don't know what's going to happen, but I want you to know that I love you so much. You are my light, Blaine Anderson. You helped me get from where I didn't feel like living anymore, to where I now am. I'm so sorry that we didn't get to have a life together. I wanted to marry you, Blaine. I wanted to adopt babies together, and get frustrated when they spit up on their Armani bibs. I wanted to grow old and die together, not like this."

"This can't be happening. Not to you. This happens to other people, not the man I love," I tried to rationalize, tears streaming down my face. Carole helplessly tried to pull me into a hug, but I shrugged her off; I couldn't think of anyone but Kurt right now.

"I'm so sorry, Blaine. I can't believe it either. But…. I have two requests."

"Anything you want, you've got it," I promised.

"Promise me that you'll try to love again. I know you don't want to think about it now, but you deserve it. You deserve to be happy, Blaine. You deserve the best life that you can have, because you are an amazing person. I don't want your life cut short just because mine was. Just, remember me, okay?"

"Always. I'll never, ever forget you, Kurt Hummel," I whispered.

"And, will you sing my favorite song with me, one last time? I call Elphaba, this time."

I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

I wiped my eyes and cleared my throat before starting my lines. In another life, I could have laughed at the irony. Now, however, I just wanted to craw up into a ball and hold the love of my life one more time.

I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my boyfriend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

Because I knew you

I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

And because I knew you...

I heard the screams before Kurt said anything.

"Blaine! They're crashing it; this is it for me. Tell everyone I love them. Take care of yourself. I love-"

"No. No! Kurt! Please come back! Please!" I screamed into the phone. When Carole pulled me into her arms this time, I couldn't even fight back. I collapsed, sobbing into her chest. I didn't even notice her and Burt's hot tears dripping down the back of my shirt. I don't remember exactly when it happened, but I ended up in Kurt's room that night, smelling his pillow. The only thing I remember of that night, besides his smell, was felling around in my pocket for the little velvet box that held a ring he would never get to wear.