Great job, Blaine. You just single-handedly destroyed the best thing that ever happened to you.

No, this is what needed to happen. Kurt may not realize it, but you're not good for him. With you to worry about, he won't get anything done. He won't become the star that he's destined to become. All of the late night phone calls and video chats… they'll only distract him from his studies and everything else.

"But, I love him so much…" Blaine whispered nobody, sitting in the exact position he had been in three hours ago when Kurt had hung up on him.

Don't be selfish.

No. Blaine couldn't be selfish. He couldn't be Kurt's biggest regret in life. He wouldn't allow that to be the way he was remembered.

You would rather be remembered as that jackass that broke his heart the first day he got to college?

Yes.

Blaine made the decision to get up from his place in bed- even though it was so comfortable- and walked over to get his phone. As he paced the floor, he dialed the number Kurt's dorm room.

Ring, ring, ring, ring ring…. Hi, you've reached Kurt Hummel, obviously I'm not available at the moment or else I would answer. If this is Brittany- then this is answering machine, Britt, don't start having a conversation. Anyway, leave me a message and I'll do my best to get back to you.

Beep.

"Kurt," he started, "I'm so sorry, Kurt. But, I meant what I said. This is just how it needs to happen. I love you, ba- Kurt." Blaine caught himself, "I love you so much, and it's not the distance… it's just." Just say how you feel, Blaine. Tell him the truth. "I don't want to be your regret, Kurt. I don't want to be the person who held you back from everything you could have been. I don't want you to look back and think how if only Blaine Anderson hadn't gotten in the way you could have been a huge star. Please, please understand. Don't call me back, Kurt. Don't ask for me to change my mind, because I…I just can't. I'm here if you need a friend, but only that." Blaine hung up the phone.

"So, that's it. It's really over." Kurt whispered, drifting into sleep.

One week has gone by, one week without the Kurt being able to say, "Sorry, I have a boyfriend". One week without Blaine being able to give Sebastian a good reason for them to not head to a closet somewhere and make out while he visits Dalton. One week, one week that already felt like it was one year spent in hell.

Blaine had been dragging through school, already failing his first test and coming close to failure on another. When asked why, it wasn't because he didn't study or hadn't known the material, it was because he simply couldn't bring himself to actually answer the questions, and he had been distracted.

When he went for his weekly visit to his old academy, he made a habit of sitting in on a Warblers practice to see how they were doing; he hadn't bothered to stay more than thirty minutes. The Warblers had gotten into singing some love song and he went running out of the room. Not even Wes was willing to chase after him, claiming he heard enough of his crying the night before on the phone.

Blaine was going about his normal-and pathetic- routine of going home, doing homework and going to bed, when he heard a familiar ringing. Not the phone, again…

"Hello?"

"Blaine Warbler, you asshole!"

"Rachel?"

"Yes, Rachel!"

"What do you want?" he groaned, sitting on the bed.

"What do I want? Well, let me think about that. I want you to stop making my best friend miserable, that's what I want!"

"Rach-"

"Do you know that he hasn't gone to any of his classes?" she interrupted, barely even noticing he had begun saying anything at all.

"What do you mean he hasn't gone to any classes?" asked Blaine, a bit confused.

"I mean Kurt won't leave his room! We have almost every class together, and I haven't seen him at one! Apparently he did go to one of his design classes, but I only know that because I have one of my friends checking up on him and reporting back to me. You need to fix this, Blaine. You need to fix it now."

"He's better-"

"REALLY? Does he SEEM better off to you right now? Do you know what missing a week of classes is already doing to his grades, after everything Burt and Carole did save up for his tuition are you going to allow yourself to be the reason he fails out? In case you haven't noticed, Warbler, he was better off with you! He was happy; he had something to look forward to! He knew that after a long day of classes he would be able to go to his dorm and tell you all about it! He could have a horrible day and know that when he goes home he has a boyfriend there who loves him and will be there for him!"

There was a long silence before Blaine spoke up.

"Rachel, you don't understand!" Blaine reasoned, sitting up taller on his bed.

"I don't understand? Listen to yourself, Blaine!" Rachel took a long pause, huffing and puffing through the phone, "…do you love Kurt?"

The question took Blaine by surprise, "Of course I love him, I love him more than anything else in the world."

"Then why did this seem like a good idea to you? Why did it make sense to make both of you miserable and alone? I understand the long distance relationship thing, Blaine, remember, I have one myself!" said Rachel.

"Moving to New York City… it's scary, Blaine… it's just… he needs you. He needs you, I need Finn… that's just the way things are. If you just expect for you to be separated from him for a year and then show up next August ready to run back in his arms, then you're going to be in for disappointment, Blaine, because Kurt will move on. It will take some time, but after breaking his heart like this, if you don't fix this soon, Kurt will never take you back." Rachel was about to hang up the phone when she heard a small whisper.

"I made a mistake…"

"Excuse me?" asked Rachel, thrown off guard.

"I said I made a mistake…" he repeated.

"Are you going to do something about it? I mean, he's not even getting dressed these days, Blaine…"

"I'm going to fix this." He told her, already rising out of bed.

"You are?"

"Yes."

"So, my talk worked? I got through to you?" Rachel inquired, "That usually never happens…"

"I have to go, Rachel…thank you."

Blaine hung up the phone and raced to his closet. He had an idea. He had an idea that would maybe help him get his Kurt back. Because after all of this, Lord knows it wasn't going to be easy to get forgiveness.

Next chapter should be up either soon today, or tomorrow. I've been struck with sudden inspiration!