May 9, 2012, 11:45 p.m.
Life Lessons of One Mr. Blaine Anderson: Chapter Two
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Kurt has always loved weddings. He wasn't sure if it was the way the couple looked at each other during the ceremony or the overwhelming feeling of love he felt whenever he was at one. Either way, he knew that he couldn't wait until he himself had a wedding.
For now, he had to settle with taking his daughter Penny to the park. Penny had been his life ever since he had adopted her as a baby three years earlier. Now, a healthy five year old, she enjoyed running around New York with Kurt, going to plays and playing in Central Park. That is, when Kurt had time. Working at a fashion line tended to make him extremely busy.
This day, though, Kurt had a feeling that something was amiss with his favorite park. For one thing, he felt like he was in the middle of some cosmic change. There were no visual clues for that, but Kurt felt that something was not of this time.
But for now, Kurt sighed and watched Penny play from his bench, keeping his distance from the other mothers. They didn't seem to approve of him being there. Not because he was gay, no, this was New York. Rather, they didn't approve of him being there rather than a nanny or him having another partner with him.
"If only they knew." Kurt would think to himself. If Kurt had his way, he would be with somebody. Maybe even the man he had been dreaming about lately. A man with curly black hair and beautiful hazel eyes; he had woken him up multiple times with a problem in the morning, making him relieve it. Kurt has had these types of dreams every once in a while, but not several days in a row. Today would mark the 16th time he had this dream, to be exact. And that was 16 times too many for Kurt.
He shook himself out of his thinking about this dream, and noticed Penny talking to another man on the playground. Kurt tilted his head at the man Penny seemed to be talking to quite fervidly. He appeared to be rather short, but he was dressed to the nines, wearing what appeared to be a suit with tails and a plum ascot. Yeah an ascot, not a tie. He also appeared to be listening to Penny, albeit with a very confused look on his face. Kurt decided that he should perhaps go over there and see who this man was and if he was going to hurt his daughter. Kurt got up and walked over to her, and started to call her name.
Penny turned towards Kurt and ran towards him, jumping into Kurt's arms. "Daddy! Daddy! This man says that he needs help and I told him that you would help him find his way home!"
The man turned to Kurt and appeared to freeze. Kurt looked the man up and down and noticed that he seemed confused. "Hello, my name is Kurt," Kurt stuck out his hand for the man to shake, "Did Penny give you a hard time?"
The man seemed to shake whatever he was thinking and took Kurt's hand in return, causing a little shock in his arm, "Good day to you sir, my name is Blaine. No, your daughter did not cause me any trouble, although I was particularly puzzled about her talking of this 'Dora' and how she looks for things."
Kurt stifled a laugh in his throat. "I'm sorry about that. Are you new to New York?"
Blaine chuckled at that, "No, no, my family have lived here for many a year, although it appears that I cannot recognize any of the landmarks around me. Pray tell, do you know whatever happened to Central Park? I cannot recall it being this big or even this luxurious in greenery."
Now Kurt was confused. This man talked like he came from a hundred years ago or something. Maybe he was sick, although it didn't look like it had to do with age. Maybe he hit his head or something. Kurt had grown up in the Midwest, so he felt his Midwest instincts kicking in. "Take him home and see if he needs help. He looks confused. Maybe he needs a doctor."
"But he might be somebody who is just pretending and is going to harm me or even Penny. How can I trust him?"
But Kurt didn't have a choice. Penny jumped out of Kurt's arms and grabbed Blaine by the hand. "Come on, Blaine, let's go back to our house. I'll show you Dora then!"
Before Kurt could say anything to Penny about how Blaine is a stranger and they shouldn't even be talking to him, Penny grabbed Kurt's hand and started dragging him towards a taxi. Kurt sighed. Maybe this won't be so bad.
When Kurt, Blaine, and Penny got back to the apartment that Kurt had on 54th street, Penny finally let go of Kurt's hand, but continued to drag Blaine to their living room T.V., where she sat down and made Blaine sit right next to her. She put in a DVD of Dora Kurt had gotten for free from an old neighbor, and started chatting away with Blaine about it. Kurt chucked to himself and headed towards the kitchen to make dinner. "Are you hungry Penny?"
"YEA! Can you make macaroni and cheese daddy? Please? My daddy makes the best mac and cheese that you'll ever have!" Penny seemed to be bragging about Kurt to this Blaine guy.
Blaine just laughed and said, "I do not doubt it, I have never heard of this 'mac and cheese'. I am sure Kurt does it the best."
For some reason, hearing that made Kurt blush a little. Blaine wasn't that unattractive; actually he was one of the most attractive men he has ever seen. That didn't mean that Kurt should just trust him. Although Penny didn't take well to strangers. Whenever Kurt brought home a new boyfriend, Penny always hid away until he had left. So Kurt guessed that this Blaine guy couldn't be too bad if Penny seemed to take a liking to him. "Blaine would you like some as well?"
Blaine just replied back, "That would be lovely. I'm afraid I have not eaten much since last night."
Kurt smiled at that and started boiling water for the macaroni to cook. It was nice to have someone watching Dora for a change rather than Kurt. Kurt had almost thrown out that DVD because he had to watch it so many times. Kurt was just glad Penny appeared to be socializing with other people. Since Kurt never hears of her having friends at the day care she goes to, he never gets to see her play with others. But now, she seemed to be getting along with new people, which in Kurt's eyes is a huge step.
Kurt started to chop carrots to add to the noodles and dropped them in three minutes before they were done. He decided to take these three minutes to spy on his daughter and her new 'friend'. Kurt left the kitchen and headed towards the living room, where he saw Penny now was wearing her Dora backpack and tutu, and Blaine was holding her little Dora map. They both appeared to be shouting at the screen at Dora, telling her where swiper was.
Blaine turned at looked at Kurt coming, excitement in his eyes. "What an amazing device! It talks to you, and you talk back to it! I have never seen anything like it! Do tell me, can Dora see me as well? A have never seen a little girl look so…unreal."
Kurt rolled his eyes, "It's called a television, Blaine, and the little girl on the screen isn't real. She's a cartoon."
Blaine turned from Dora to Kurt with a confused look on his face, "What, pray tell, is a cartoon?"
But before Kurt could answer, he heard his oven ding to say it was done preheating and Kurt remembered his macaroni noodles boiling. "Crap. Dinner. Penny dinner will be ready in an hour. Can you please be washed up and ready by then?"
"Yes daddy," Penny said, almost like she wasn't listening, "Aww Dora's over. Hey Blaine do you want to watch The Little Mermaid?"
Blaine whipped his head back to Penny, "You mean to tell me that this device actually tells the tragic story of the mermaid who fell in love with the prince?"
Kurt laughed under his breath as he headed back to the kitchen to finish dinner. He glanced at his glassware and decided to bring down a wine glass. He's going to need all the help he can get to put up with the dynamic duo.