Nov. 10, 2012, 5:22 p.m.
He Shoots, He Scores: Chapter 7
E - Words: 2,882 - Last Updated: Nov 10, 2012 Story: Closed - Chapters: 21/? - Created: Jun 25, 2012 - Updated: Nov 10, 2012 336 0 1 0 0
As planned, Kurt and Blaine finished their "movie" and grabbed dinner and all the snacks they'd need for the night. Kurt disappeared, as promised, to the drug store and returned while Blaine was still shopping.
They pulled up outside Rachel's house and she climbed into the back seat with her overnight bag and Kurt started driving while Rachel complained about not undestanding the plan. Kurt pulled over just around the corner from their house and turned to her.
"Listen, my dad decided that Blaine couldn't stay in my room anymore because we're dating, so he's supposed to be staying with Finn until Brittany and Santana leave, which is tomorrow. Finn thought up a wonderful switching idea which would leave Blaine in my room, and you in Finn's, now are you going to make yourself cry or am I taking you home?"
Rachel stared at him blankly for a moment before closing her eyes, clearing her throat and summoning the tears. Kurt turned back and pulled into the drive way. Blaine grabbed all the bags while Kurt walked with Rachel to the house and through the front door.
Poor Burt wasn't used to crying girls, he didn't know what to do but offer her a hug and offer anything he could before Kurt ushered her upstairs.
Burt turned to Blaine and shook his head. "I'll never know what to say to a crying woman. You're lucky not to have that problem."
Blaine chuckled and headed for the kitchen to put everything away. He didn't notice Burt following him.
"Listen." Burt was standing in the doorway and caused Blaine to jump. "I know you make Kurt happy for now, but the last guy that made my son this happy broke his heart, and I'll be damned if I let you do the same."
Blaine turned to Burt after placing Kurt's diet coke in the fridge. "Burt, I wish there was a way for me to explain how much I care about Kurt. I really only want him to be happy, and if I'm not right for him, then I'm not right. I'm not going to force myself on him, but I'm also not going to let him walk away if I'm something he really wants."
Burt nodded slowly. "Well okay, as long as we're on the same page."
"We are."
Burt glanced at the fridge. "You might want to consider taking the cookie dough and two cans of diet coke up to Kurt's room. That's what they always eat when they complain about Finn."
Blaine grabbed the cans and cookie dough before nodding his thanks at Burt and walking upstairs. He skillfully opened Kurt's door without dropping anything and closed it just as smoothly.
Rachel was sitting at Kurt's vanity fixing her face after the meltdown while Kurt was sitting on his floor pulling movies out from under his bed.
Blaine left the cookie dough by the door and placed Rachel's drink on a coaster by the bed and sat behind Kurt on the floor. "Here you are."
Kurt smiled. "Thanks." He kissed him on the cheek before returning to his movies. Blaine rested his head on Kurt's shoulder and watched him flick through his movies.
Neither noticed Rachel standing behind them, watching fondly while holding her drink.
"You two are too adorable."
Blaine turned his head to the side for a second before smiling contently.
"Kurt, we're gonna have to go downstairs and get the-"
"Cookie dough?" Blaine pointed at the bag close to the door.
Rachel walked over and picked up the bag before grinning. "Well done. Now go away, Kurt and I have to pretend to wallow my fallen relationship."
Blaine laughed. "Alright, alright. I'm going." He got up and quietly slipped out of the room. He started down the hall towards Santana and Brittany, but stopped when he heard giggling followed by a series of "oohs" and "ahhs" Walking in one them once was more than enough for his eyes.
Instead of barging in on Finn, he headed down stairs.
Burt was sitting in his chair watching a football game. Blaine sat down on the couch without sharing a word only to hear Burt chuckle. "That took longer than I expected."
Blaine glanced at him, clearly confused.
"I should probably explain this now. Rachel and Kurt are attached at the hip. They know what the other one needs. Kurt knew she needed a night here, just like he knew the last thing she'd want to see right now was you and Kurt being all new and together. Isn't that why they kicked you out?"
Blaine laughed. "Yeah. I guess I probably should have seen that coming."
Burt nodded. "You're welcome to hang out down here for the night. Besides, it'll give me a chance to get to know you a bit better."
"I'd like that."
Burt smiled. "So first thing's first. When you take a beer, which you'll be doing a lot of tonight, you have to do a full rotation. Out of the case into the freezer, out of the freezer into the fridge. It's important."
"I don't really drink beer."
"Don't like it?"
Blaine shook his head. "Because of the team. It catches up with you."
Burt glanced over his shoulder, making sure Finn wasn't there. "I won't tell Finn if you don't"
Blaine headed upstairs a while later feeling a little tipsy, not surprising seeing as he'd always been a lightweight. He'd had two beers, way less than Burt and he was feeling pretty good. He'd never fully cleared up which room he had to go to at first, so he opened Finn's door and walked inside.
The room was dark, really dark. He heard squeaking but couldn't place what the noise was until he turned on the light and realized that it was the bed.
The bed that Rachel and Finn were sharing. And moving on.
Blaine gasped and spun around. "Oh my god."
Finn shuffled around trying to cover himself and Rachel. "What the hell?"
"I didn't know which room to go to!"
Rachel didn't seem overly upset, in fact she was covered up giggling. "Kurt's either going to die of laughter or hate that you saw me naked before him."
Blaine grabbed his pjs off his bag by the door. "Don't forget to mess up my bed on the floor so it looks like I slept here..." He closed the door behind him and let out a sigh. Burt was walking towards his room and Blaine smiled at him.
"Blaine...where are you going?"
"I was just going to change into my pjs."
Burt nodded, understanding better. "I was just going to say goodnight to Finn."
"NO!"
Burt eyed him, but Blaine thought quickly. "He's changing. I'll send him over to say goodnight when he's done."
Burt nodded. "Thanks. Night kiddo."
He continued down the hall and Blaine turned back to Finn's door. He opened it again, this time covering his face with his pjs. "Sorry. I know I'm interrupting again, but I just ran into Burt in the hallway and you have to go say goodnight to him, Finn. I'm going to Kurt's room now. I'll see you guys in the morning. Like with clothes and everything."
Once again, Blaine turned and left the room before things could get much worse. He glanced down the hall and saw Burt go into the bathroom. He pointed at Kurt's room and Burt nodded. Blaine knocked on Kurt's door lightly.
"Kurt? Rachel? I'm sorry to distrupt your night. I was just wondering if I could change in your bathroom."
Kurt flung the door open and Blaine stepped in.
"I told you to just come in."
"Easier said than done when your dad's right there." Blaine covered his eyes. "And I saw Rachel and Finn naked."
"...Care to explain?"
"I didn't know which room to go to, and I figured all my stuff was over there anyways..."
Kurt made a disgusted face. "I'm so glad I've never walked in on that. I don't think I'd be able to handle it."
"Cause Finn's like a brother, right."
Kurt shook his head. "No, I actually used to have a bit of a crush on him in high school. Just...Rachel. I love her to pieces, but I really do not want to see her naked. Ever."
Kurt crossed the room in a few steps. "I'm glad you're here though, I was bored." He eyed Blaine's lips before carefully pressing his to Blaine's.
Blaine rushed to intensify the kiss. His arms wrapped around Kurt's waist quickly, and he opened his mouth, inviting Kurt inside.
Kurt didn't exactly push Blaine away, but he hesitated slightly when he tasted the alcohol on Blaine's tongue.
Kurt eventually had to pull away for air, but Blaine left his lips and started kissing his way down Kurt's neck.
"Blaine, slow down."
Blaine pulled off Kurt's neck and stared at him like Kurt had just taken away his favourite toy.
"You've been drinking."
It wasn't a question, but Blaine nodded anyways. "I had a few beers with your dad. We bonded."
Kurt pulled out of Blaine's arms and walked away from him. "Blaine, I can't do this. You should probably find somewhere else to sleep tonight."
Blaine watched as Kurt walked into his bathroom and closed the door, leaving Blaine alone in the room. He stood there for a few minutes before leaving the room and knocking on Finn's door. He waited for the invitation before going in this time.
Finn was fully dressed, laying on his bed reading a magazine about dirt bikes (which was upside down)
"Blaine? Close the door."
Blaine closed the door and Rachel came out of Finn's closet in her pjs.
"Blaine, what are you doing here?" She walked over and sat on the edge of Finn's bed.
"I...I'm not really sure. We were kissing and then he asked if I'd been drinking and then he told me to find somewhere else to sleep."
Rachel and Finn exchanged a look and Rachel went straight for the door. "I'm going to check on him, I'll see you in the morning." She blew a kiss at Finn before closing the door.
Blaine looked from the door to Finn. "I'm so confused right now."
"Dude, grab a seat."
Blaine sat down on the floor, where his bed was set up and looked at Finn like a kid ready for story time.
"Has Kurt told you a lot about Sebastian?"
Blaine shook his head. "Just that he's his ex."
"Okay, well Sebastian was Kurt's last boyfriend. He was a super nice guy...at first. He used to treat Kurt like a king, taking him out to fancy dinners, they'd see show after show on Broadway, they even went to Florida for spring break. Sebastian's parents were some super rich couple in New York, and instead of raising him they threw money at him. Anyways, about 3 months into their relationship, he changed."
"What do you mean he changed?"
"First he became distant, and then he started only calling Kurt when he was drunk. He never beat him or anything, he was more...I don't know, verbally abusive? He'd yell at Kurt for hours. Burt doesn't know about the drinking, or the abuse or anything. Kurt didn't want him to know."
Blaine was holding his head in his hands. "So my having been drinking..."
Finn nodded. "It's not that you can't drink around Kurt. He's honestly fine with it, I think you just caught him off guard a little. Just don't...mention it to Burt. He hated Sebastian for breaking Kurt's heart. I can't imagine what would happen if Burt found out about the drinking."
"I won't say anything."
They sat in silence for a few minutes before Rachel poked her head back in the room. "Finn, we need cheesecake."
He hopped out of bed and walked past Rachel, kissing her on the cheek before going downstairs.
Rachel walked into the room and sat down next to Blaine. "He's not mad."
Blaine nodded. "Okay."
"He just realized how fast he was diving into things with you, and it reminded him too much..."
"Finn explained everything."
Rachel was quiet for a minute. "He's still fragile, despite everything that happened he still misses Sebastian."
Blaine nodded. "He isn't sitting over there by himself crying or anything, is he?"
Rachel smiled. "No, he went to take a shower and re-moisturize, but he asked me to get him some cheesecake. That's something you should know, when he's upset he'll say he doesn't want anything, but he really wants cheesecake. And he'll say he wants diet coke, but when he's upset it needs to be regular coke."
"Good to know."
"And when I'm upset, I like hugs and chocolate."
Blaine smiled. "Does Finn know that?"
"Why do you think I told you?" She giggled lightly. "I should probably get back before Kurt gets out of the shower. I really like you two together, but if you break him again I will kill you."
"Understood. Thanks, Rachel."
She stood up and left the room.
Blaine sighed and laid down on his bed on the floor. He heard Finn walk in the room and pretended to be asleep.
Blaine woke up the next morning to a snoring Finn. He groaned and lifted himself off the ground and headed downstairs. He was walking funny from sleeping on the floor, and his shoulder was all messed up.
He walked into the kitchen to find coffee already made, and Kurt cooking pancakes.
"Kurt"
He spun around, dropping the pancake he was flipping on the floor. He stared down at it for a second and then back at Blaine. "That was supposed to be yours."
Blaine laughed and grabbed some paper towels to clean it up. "Well I hope you don't make me eat it now."
Kurt turned off the burner and bent down to help him clean it up. "I'm really sorry about last night."
Blaine looked into his eyes. "Kurt, if I had known-"
"But you didn't, because I didn't tell you. There was no way you could have known."
"Don't. I shouldn't have been forcing myself on you like that under any circumstances."
Kurt smiled. "But I liked that. I liked it a lot. I just freaked out a little. Rachel and I talked about it last night after Finn brought us cheesecake, which he didn't have to do. I didn't realize how quickly things were happening, and then I did...I freaked out a little, but that's not going to happen again."
Kurt looked into Blaine's eyes. "I know we don't know each other very well, and I know things could go horribly wrong but it really feels different with you this time, and I can't spend my whole life scared because of some guy."
Blaine leaned forward slightly, almost scared to kiss Kurt and scare him away. Kurt noticed his hesitation and slammed their lips together. It was a powerful kiss, full of passion and trust, at least it was until Finn stormed into the room.
"I smell pan- oh, sorry."
Kurt slowly pulled away and glared at Finn. "You need to learn to check your text messages before storming downstairs. If you had, you'd have gotten the same message as Rachel, Brittany and Santana stating that you should all stay away from the kitchen this morning." Kurt stood up and grabbed the plate of finished pancakes. "But I knew you wouldn't, so here. Now go."
Finn smiled and started leaving with his pancakes, only to be stopped by Kurt again. "You have to share with Rachel, and no eating in my room."
Finn left the room, slightly less excited than he had been and Kurt turned back to Blaine. "So, do you want some pancakes?"
Blaine smiled. "Can I be honest?"
Kurt nodded. "Of course."
"I appreciate everything that you've done, getting up and making pancakes and everything...but I hate pancakes."
Kurt let out a relieved sigh. "Oh god, I thought you were gonna say you hated me or something. Well, for future reference what DO you like?"
"Waffles, eggs, cereal, just about any breakfast food but pancakes. I mean, I'll eat them in a pinch. Like when Carole made them the other day. I couldn't tell her I hated them. So I drowned them in maple syrup and ate them."
Kurt smiled. "Well, you know where the cereal is."
Blaine winked at him and bent over to grab the cereal out of the cupboard. Kurt didn't object.
"And you promise to call me the second you get home?"
Santana smiled. "I promise!"
Blaine grabbed Santana and Brittany, pulling them into a bone crushing hug. "I'm gonna miss you guys"
Brittany giggled and hugged him back while Santana groaned loudly. "Blaine, you're squishing me!"
He reluctantly let them go and Kurt stepped into hug them. "Dad and Carole had to get to work, but they told me to make sure you know that you're always welcome here. Even once Blaine's gone."
Brittany linked arms with Santana. "You guys should come visit us. You can sleep in Lord Tubbington's room."
Blaine smiled. "Thanks Brit, hopefully I'll be able to come visit soon."
"Count me in." Kurt winked at Santana, an action that both intrigued and terrified Blaine.
The taxi pulled up outside the house and Blaine started loading their stuff into it while Kurt walked them over. "You've both got my number, right?" They nodded. "Good. Next time you want to spring something like this on Blaine, let me in on the secret so I can plan some time off from work."
They shared another round of hugs before Kurt and Blaine stepped back to watch them drive off.
Blaine watched the road where the taxi had been for a few minutes before Kurt nudged him lightly. "You'll see them again soon."
Blaine looked back at Kurt and smiled. "Yeah, I know. It's just hard letting them go."
Kurt watched him for another few seconds before kissing his cheek. "Come on, we've got another 20 minutes of make out time before Burt and Carole get home."