Things moved incredibly quickly from that point on. AJ, Brian's friend, became Blaine's agent and representation. He managed to score a dream deal, and the whole process was thrown into pre-production before the end of the year.

At Christmas, Blaine and his entire family – Mark, Elise, Callie, Ethan, Melanie, and Andrew – got together in Ohio. He excitedly broke the news to them.

Blaine flew out to Los Angeles with Kurt just after the new year and he sat in on a few rounds of auditions. He didn't want to direct the film, but he had still wanted to have some level of influence over the process. It took countless auditions before a girl walked in, looking as if she had accidentally stepped off the street and like she didn't belong there at all. Blaine instantly knew that she was perfect for the lead role, a girl named Charlotte. Charlotte was a combination of Blaine and Ethan and Kurt and every other boy and girl that had been through the system.

Blaine was thrilled when the casting director and producers also liked Blaine's girl. He knew that his script was in good hands, but finally seeing elements of it come to life reassured him all the same.

The four months spent filming the movie were hard on Blaine. He wanted to be on set as much as possible, but also wanted to be with Kurt. Kurt couldn't leave New York because he was working. Suddenly, Kurt and Blaine were thrust into a situation much like Blaine's junior year all over again. But this time they were strong and knew not to let anything get in their way.

When the film wrapped, Blaine returned to New York. Brian's show was being picked up again, and after a bit of revision, it would be gracing the stages of Broadway. The director insisted that Blaine reprise his role, so Blaine almost forgot about his movie in the sudden flurry of activity in New York.

Life was perfect, for the first time that Blaine could remember. He and Kurt lived together, not too far from Rachel and her boyfriend of the minute. Andrew was about half an hour away, and Melanie and the Warrens were always just a phone call away. Both Blaine and Kurt were starring in Broadway shows and living the lives they'd always dreamed of.

Six months after the film wrapped, Blaine flew back to LA to see a rough cut of the movie. It was perfect, better than anything he could have ever imagined. But there was something missing.

Over two thousand miles away, in New York City, Kurt and Rachel's phones chimed simultaneously. They opened their emails to find sheet music and a request from Blaine.

Can you two quick record this and send it to me?

Neither was sure what Blaine was asking, but they both agreed.

At his next meeting with the editors, Blaine played his song. They loved it and agreed that it was perfect for the film. Blaine grinned indulgently as he was allowed to call Kurt and Rachel and break the news to them.

"Guess what?" Blaine said when he had them both on the line. "I just talked with the editors and they want you two to come out to LA and record the song I wrote for the movie!"

"What?" Rachel screeched.

"That's amazing!" Kurt said.

"It'll just take a weekend. Can you guys make it?"

"Of course," Rachel immediately answered. "Stars like us always have to be ready to pull something together in a pinch."

Blaine laughed appreciatively. Rachel had not slowed down or mellowed out at all since high school.

Blaine flew back to New York with Kurt and Rachel after they recorded the song, but didn't pick back up on Broadway. He would be leaving again soon for the press tour for the movie. Instead he spent a few weeks enjoying the anonymity that came with no one knowing his whole life story. Soon, that would be shattered.

Since Ted, the director, was quite well-known and respected in the industry, and a few of the actors were also household names, the film was getting a bit of buzz. Everyone, it seemed, wanted to know more about the man behind the story.

Blaine wasn't at all prepared for the first television interview he did.

"Coming up in just a few minutes is the brilliant young mind behind the year's buzziest films. After the break, we're going to be asking newcomer to the scene and NYADA graduate Blaine Anderson all the tough questions about his new film," Rita Hayworth, a popular talk show host announced to her audience.

Blaine started to sweat at her words. It was highly unusual for the screenwriter to do press for the film, but due to the highly personal nature of the content, AJ and Ted insisted that Blaine had to be the public face.

It seemed like it was only seconds later when Rita introduced him to her 200 person live audience and the thousands of visitors at home.

"So Blaine," Rita began, "this is your first film project, correct?"

Blaine nodded. "Yeah. I did a bit of theatre in New York and I just left a run of a really fantastic show on Broadway, but this is my first foray into Hollywood."

"It's remarkable that for someone so young, your film is getting this much publicity. What's your secret?"

"Well, it's an honest story. It comes from a place of pain and heartbreak - and love. Everything there is so raw and real than everyone can relate to it. It also helps that we have the best director and cast out there." Blaine was shocked at how composed he sounded.

"Now, The Lives We Hide is about a young girl who is stuck in the foster care system. How did you decide on the concept?"

Blaine laughed nervously. "Well, I was raised in orphanages and foster homes," he said.

Rita looked shocked. Obviously AJ had been able to keep the big secret.

"It was rough and not the least bit fun," Blaine continued. "But I made it out. Then, a few years ago, I found my birth mother online, and later I found my birth father – purely by accident, of course. It was a really emotional time, and I wasn't allowed to express myself in my normal ways, so I started writing down all my emotions. Somewhere in there, Charlotte – she's the main character – emerged. Her story isn't exactly mine. But it is one hundred percent true. I talked with my old social worker and kids at the group home that I used to live in to form her."

"Wow, Blaine, that is really amazing. It's brave of you to bear your soul like that," Rita commented. "Can you tell us more about why you couldn't express yourself?"

"Oh," Blaine said. "Well, it's a pretty long story. I guess I'll give you the condensed version. I was working on an off-Broadway production of Footloose back in New York, but the stress and strain exacerbated my heart condition. I wasn't allowed to do any strenuous activity for over a year. I managed to get a heart transplant, and in those first weeks back home, I decided I needed to occupy my hands again. If I couldn't dance and sing, I could at least write."

"And you did a fantastic job of writing," Rita said, segueing into showing a clip from the movie. When it ended, she asked Blaine a few more questions about the film, but Blaine knew he was almost done.

"Well, there you have it, folks," Rita said to wrap up the interview, "the heartbreaking tale of how a young boy made it out of an Ohio orphanage and into the Hollywood spotlight. Remember to catch his film, The Lives We Hide, in theatres next week."

As the cameras turned off of Blaine, he slouched in his seat.

"Good job, hun," Rita whispered to Blaine as he shakily got to his feet.

"Thanks," he said with a smile. "You know, I've performed on Broadway plenty of times, but nothing was as stressful as that."

"Get used to it, kid. Reporters are going to eat up your story."

And they did.

Over the next few weeks, Blaine found himself talking more about his own experiences in foster care than about his film. The film publicists didn't mind – as long as people were interested in Blaine, they would go to see the movie – but Blaine felt incredibly uncomfortable as the public pieced together his entire history. Well, most of it. There were certain events that Blaine refused to ever mention to any member of the press.

People from Blaine's past were also suddenly popping up. When Blaine went to Columbus for a bit of publicity, the interviewer there claimed to have talked to his "surrogate parents" when he was young.

Apparently one of Blaine's foster families had recognized him and decided to cash in on his fame. Unfortunately, they didn't count on Blaine's harsh yet unaltered memories of his days in foster care.

"Believe me, the first foster family to treat me like I was a real person was also the last family I was with. They are the ones thatwon't be coming forward to cash in on this. They are the ones that I consider to be my mom and dad."

"So, are you saying that you were mistreated in your previous foster homes?"

Blaine hesitated. This was one of the things he had always left out.

"In the film, Charlotte has to deal with some very unfortunate foster parents. Were they based on your real experiences?"

Blaine could see AJ urging him on from the audience. "Yes," he finally admitted. "It's not common, but it does happen. Unfortunately, I fell victim to negligent – and abusive – foster parents on more than one occasion."

At another interview, Blaine was asked about his family.

"You have said previously that you consider your last set of foster parents your mom and dad. How do your birth parents feel about that?"

"They gave me up when I was born. They expected me to consider other people my parents. And to clarify, I do not consider myself to be an orphan, but I also would not say that there is anyone in my life who I call 'mom' or 'dad'. I have parental figures – but they are also close friends."

"Do you resent your birth parents for giving you up?"

"They know exactly how I feel. I spent my childhood divided by hating them and wishing they'd come rescue me. But we have built a relationship that has incorporated all three of our families and is very strong and loving."

Blaine knew that he wasn't giving the reporters everything they wanted, but he couldn't stand to air all of his old dirty laundry.

Unknowingly, Blaine provided the biggest fuel for reporters at the premiere. He and Kurt emerged from a limo and walked down the red carpet hand in hand.

Suddenly, all the reporters cared about was if Blaine was gay and how his families had reacted.

Blaine was never more thankful for Kurt's presence when the older man guided him away from the reporters.

The Lives We Hide earned rave reviews in newspapers and magazines across the country. Kurt and Rachel even got a bit of the spotlight for their song (Kurt more so than Rachel because he was 'involved' with Blaine). Reviewers were calling it the best film of the year and one of the most honest stories they'd ever had the pleasure to see in theatres.

But that was nothing compared to the calls that Blaine received from his family and friends.

He and Ethan spent over an hour on skype after Ethan saw the movie. Callie, Mark, and Elise raved about it to all of their friends, and made sure to call Blaine every time they thought of something else they loved about it. Melanie saw it alone for the first time, and then with Adam and the kids. She cried through the whole movie. She told Blaine all about how Jack and Kathy were proudly bragging to all their friends that their brother was a movie star. Andrew took his girlfriend to see the movie, without telling her about any of his emotional connection. When he also broke down in the theatre, he'd had to explain the whole story to a very confused, but sympathetic, woman.

Blaine didn't return to New York immediately after his press tour. He first made a stop in Sidney, Ohio and the Greenway house.

Walking up to the front door was like being a kid again. But Blaine no longer recognized the kids running around Greenway's yard. It was a bittersweet moment for him as he realized he no longer fit in the place he had so desperately wanted to escape.

"Blaine!" Mrs. Hanson called as soon as Blaine walked through the door.

Blaine greeted her with a wide smile and they embraced tightly.

"You still haven't grown, I see," she joked.

"The place looks fantastic, Mrs. H."

"We miss you around here. None of the kids seem to like helping out as much as you did."

"Well, I was a weird kid."

She smiled nostalgically and led him to her office.

"I want to take you, the staff, and all the kids to see the movie," Blaine blurted out.

"What?"

"I know that it's probably a bit too close to home for some of the kids here, but I think it's really important to show them that it gets better."

"Blaine, you don't have -"

"I know," Blaine interrupted the woman. "I want to. Plus, I've already rented out an entire theatre for all of you, so it'd be really awkward if no one showed up."

As Mrs. Hanson gathered up the kids, Blaine walked upstairs to the dorm. Everything was the same as it had been for the past 25 years. Blaine crouched down beside the bed that he had occupied for so many nights. Sure enough, scratched on the side, were two small letters: BA.

Blaine returned to New York after his visit to Ohio. Things seemed to settle down for a while. He was cast as the replacement for Raoul in Phantom, and enjoyed the rush that came with performing in Broadway's longest-running musical every night.

When the awards season buzz started in November, Blaine was shocked to hear his name tossed around a few times – for original screenplay and original song. He refused to put too much stock in any of the rumors, but that wasn't true for the rest of New York.

In the first week of December, Blaine was invited to appear on Good Morning America. It was just a couple weeks before Golden Globe nominations would be announced, and The Lives We Hide was just being released on DVD.

"So, what do you think about your Golden Globe chances?" the host asked him.

"Honestly? I refuse to even consider it a possibility."

"Why not? Everyone else seems to think you have it in the bag."

"It's just a reflex that I've built up from childhood. I never let myself get too excited about anything – that way, I won't be disappointed when – if – it falls through."

Blaine could see the sadness in the host's eyes, and regretted allowing himself to be so frank.

"Well, if it counts for anything, I think you've got yourself a nomination at the very least."

Two weeks later, Blaine woke up not to his alarm like he usually did, but to Kurt squealing, tackling him and thoroughly tangling both of them in the sheets.

"W'as goin' on?" Blaine asked blearily, eyes darting around to see if there was a reason for Kurt's early morning assault.

"Look," Kurt said, shoving his phone at Blaine. "Look!"

Blaine rubbed his eyes, but obediently read the article on Kurt's phone.

Golden Globe Nominees Announced

The Golden Globes have announced their nominees for this year's awards.

Best Picture, Drama

The Lives We Hide

Best Director

Ted Holden, The Lives We Hide

Best Screenplay

Blaine Anderson, The Lives We Hide

Best Original Song

"Dear" - Written by Blaine Anderson, Performed by Kurt Hummel and Rachel Berry

Blaine's eyes widened.

He read the article again.

He had two Golden Globe nominations.

Two.

And Kurt had one too! Plus, the best picture and director nods!

"Oh. My. God," he whispered.

"I know!" Kurt squealed. He immediately jumped back on Blaine and began to shower him with kisses. "This is unbelievable!"

Blaine spent the morning fielding phone calls and interviews. Kurt also received attention, but most of it was focused on Blaine. By the end of the day, both men were exhausted – and they hadn't even left the apartment. They called in take out and ended up falling asleep in front of the TV.

It was a clear January day in LA, and Kurt, Rachel, Blaine, and the entire TLWH crew were walking the Golden Globes red carpet. Blaine, instead of bringing Kurt as his date, had also invited Melanie and Andrew. Mark and Elise had been his first choices, but they had to work and couldn't leave Callie and their newest foster daughter, Hannah, alone in Ohio. Everyone was curious as to who the people with Blaine were, but they managed to preserve their privacy.

Once seated at their table, Blaine could barely eat or drink. He spent the whole night clutching Kurt's hand tightly. As each category was called, Blaine grew more and more tense. Finally, the presenter for Best Screenplay walked out.

"This year's nominees for best screenplay cover a variety of topics. From youth in foster care to political scandal and magic to romance, there is no shortage of creativity or talent sitting in this room. The nominees are..."

"For The Lives We Hide, Blaine Anderson."

Blaine could hear the applause and felt Kurt's hand tighten in his. He barely heard anything else.

"And the Golden Globe goes to … Blaine Anderson."

There was an uproar at the table. Blaine hadn't heard a word though. He probably wouldn't have even realized he had won if Kurt hadn't kissed him and whispered the news in his ear.

Numbly, Blaine got up from his seat and stumbled to the front of the ballroom. Blaine walked up the steps of the stage, ears deaf to the thunderous applause. He shook the presenters' hands and accepted the statuette before approaching the mic.

"Wow," he said, finally regaining control of his brain. "Um, I actually really didn't expect to win this. I was just beyond honored to be even considered among these other men and women. So thanks. Um, well, I have a ton of people to thank – Brian, for helping me gain confidence in my writing; AJ, for believing in my story; Ted, for bringing my story to the screen so beautifully; and the entire cast and crew. You all were more amazing than anything I could have ever dreamed of. I also want to thank Melody, who was mysocial worker when I was a kid. I'd also like to apologize for how much I resented you back then. I never understood how difficult your job was.

"Now it gets a bit complicated. I want to thank Mark and Elise, my first real mom and dad, who have stuck with me since I was sixteen – longer than almost anyone else. Thanks to Callie and Ethan who are the best siblings I could have ever asked for. And, of course, my mother and father, Melanie and Andrew. I'm so glad I found you guys.

"Most importantly, I want – need – to thank the most kind, caring, generous, talented, and handsome man I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Kurt, you have inspired me since the day I met you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here right now – in any sense of the word. You all have kept me alive.

"Lastly, I want to send a special message to all the kids at Greenway and in the system across the country. I know it sucks better than anyone else in this room. And I know this sounds cliché, but it does get better. So hang in there. I made it through some of the worst parts of the system and am thankful every day."

Blaine smiled at the crowd and wiped his tears. He walked off the stage to thunderous applause.

When Blaine returned to his seat, the first thing he did was kiss Kurt deeply before thinking about what had just happened.

"Oh my God," he said in sudden realization. "I just won a Golden Globe."

Kurt and his other seating companions laughed. Melanie and Andrew hugged him tightly.

The Lives We Hide didn't win any other awards that night, but Blaine didn't care. He wouldn't have minded not winning at all. Just the fact that he had made it there – that he wasn't living on some street in Ohio or dead – meant more than any award.

Well, this is the end of continuous stories about Kurt and Blaine in the "Searching" verse. I do have a few one shots set in the future written which I will begin to publish under the title, "Building A Family" I would love any prompts for anything you want to hear more about either before, during, or after these stories.

Thanks for reading!