Life In New York
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Life In New York: Chapter 12


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Story: Complete - Chapters: 37/37 - Created: Jan 27, 2012 - Updated: Jan 27, 2012
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After Kurt's first class he was already drained. Who knew marketing could be so exhausting? He sat at the school cafe and tapped his foot impatiently. He needed coffee and a bagel, like, NOW. But he still wanted to wait for Blaine. He turned as someone walked into the door and saw Blaine standing with a tall skinny blonde dressed like he lived in American Eagle.


Blaine immediately spots Kurt and walks over to him. "Hey baby! This is Derek. He's in my Music History class!"


"Hey..." Kurt says as Blaine kissed him on the cheek. He turned to Derek, looking him up and down before straightening his posture, "Hello Eric...I'm Kurt." Kurt said smiling and reaching his hand out. There was something about this kid...And Kurt didn't like it.


"Umm… it's Derek…and I know, Blaine has told me all about you." Derek said, daintily shaking Kurt's hand. Kurt couldn't help but detect a bit of annoyance in his voice but Kurt chose to ignore it.


"Derek wanted to go grab some lunch so I invited him with us. Is that alright?" Blaine asks, smiling. It was just the first day of classes and things seemed to be going great for him.


"Sure!" Kurt said cheerily before turning around quickly to face the counter. He didn't like how close this guy was standing to Blaine; he didn't like his clich� flaming haircut, or his stupid, 'I-wish-I-was-still-sixteen' clothes.


They go to the counter to order. Blaine orders a coffee and asks Kurt what he would like.


"Anything non-fat…" Kurt says, he thinks he see's Derek roll his eyes and it takes every fiber of poise and dignity in his body not to reach back and slap the spray tan off of his face.


Blaine gets Kurt a drink and a bagel for them to share. He reaches in his pocket to grab his wallet. Derek puts his hand on Blaine's. "No, no. I insist!" Derek says, pulling out his own money and paying for the three of them.


Kurt's eyes open wide at the contact and he stares at Derek."Thanks..." Kurt says, before grabbing Blaine's hand and walking to the nearest table with Derek in suit.


Blaine smiles back at Kurt and takes a seat in a booth with him. Derek sits across from them. As he hands Blaine his coffee, he stares into his eyes as if Kurt wasn't even there.


Kurt sets his cup down quickly. "So what classes do you have Darryl?" Kurt asked quickly.


Glaring at Kurt, he says, "It's DER-EK! And I have Music History, Algebra, and Choir."


Kurt sips his drink lightly."Algebra huh? Thought you would have finished that in high school." He said looking down at his bagel before ripping a little piece of it off and eating it. (Or were you too busy looking at catalogues for Abercrombie and Bitch?) He thought to himself.


"I actually graduated in the top three percent of my class." He said in a matter-of-fact tone. "But I decided to start with a few of my basics this year, if you must know." He replies snappily.


"Oh I really don't need to..." Kurt snapped back, setting his drink down."But if you feel like gloating again, go ahead I'll be sure to ignore you."


Blaine looks back and forth between the two. "What's going on?" He says, really not understanding


"Not sure, ask Gay Jersey Shore over there." Kurt spat.


"Your 'wonderful fianc�' over there is the one trying to dissect every little thing I say to make him sound better than me." He replies, glaring at Kurt.


Kurt closed his eyes and chuckled bitterly."Blaine..." Kurt said in a warning tone.


"I have no idea what is going on here. But we should probably get to class before this goes any further." Blaine says, grabbing Kurt's hand and getting up.


"I agree..." Kurt said standing as well. He looked at Derek before kissing Blaine passionately."I'll call you after class," he said before walking away.


"Mkay baby. I love you," Blaine says to Kurt. Derek feels like he's going to be sick.


Derek looked at Blaine."Well..." He said before throwing his empty cup away


Blaine was so confused. "What was all that about? I seriously have no idea."


"Neither do I...I thought you said he was "the kindest, most passionate person" you knew." Derek said, picking up his bag.


"He is. I honestly do not know what all that was about. I'm sorry." Blaine says, looking back at Derek.


Derek got lost in the sincerity in Blaine's eyes for a moment before responding."Uh…. It's fine. Make it up to me by going out with me tonight? Just to a cafe or something…" He said smiling.


Blaine smiles. "I can't tonight. Tomorrow?"


"Sure..." Derek said before hugging Blaine a little longer than necessary."See you tomorrow?" He said softly.


"Definitely," Blaine replies before walking to his next class.


Kurt can't concentrate for the rest of the day. Kurt knows when he doesn't like someone and he wanted to punch this Derek guy in the face. He knew the look he was giving Blaine and Kurt didn't like it. After class he walked to the car and waited for Blaine with his arms crossed and leaning against the passenger door.


Blaine's second class goes well. He walks back to the car, trying to forget about the strange coffee incident earlier. When he sees Kurt, he gets worried. "Hey. What's wrong?" Blaine says, pulling Kurt close.


"Nothing." Kurt says simply. "Come on. Unlock the door." Kurt says placing his hand on the handle.


"Kurt, seriously. What are you thinking about?"


"How I want to get in the car."


Blaine sighs. "Fine."


Blaine unlocks the car and Kurt sits down quickly. Once Blaine sits down, he pulls out his phone to answer a text from Wes.

"Is that Derek?" Kurt asked, arms crossed.


Blaine just stares at Kurt for a minute. "It's Wes actually. Is that what's wrong with you? What even happened earlier?"


"Nothing, I just asked a question, I'm not allowed to ask questions anymore without you attacking me?" Kurt said quickly.


"You can ask any question you like. But there is obviously something wrong with you. And I want to know what it is. I love you. I just want you to be happy." Blaine explains.


"I just..." Kurt sighed."I just don't like that guy..." He said, picking at a string on his cardigan.


"He seemed really nice in class. I just can't figure out where all that aggression came from when we met up with you." Blaine sighs.


"Yeah I bet he was nice in class..." Kurt said crossing his arms and looking out the window.


Blaine is completely oblivious. "What do you mean?"


Kurt stared at Blaine stupidly."Really Blaine? You couldn't tell? You didn't notice anything? The way he was all over you? The way he was looking at you?"


"I really didn't notice. Was he really? You know I'm not exactly the smartest at knowing when someone is acting like that. I mean, remember how I was when we met? I had no idea that you wanted me back." Blaine says.


"Maybe I'm just over analyzing…" Kurt said, resting his forehead on his fingertips.


Blaine reaches over and grabs Kurt's hand. "I'm not saying you're wrong. I honestly don't know. But either way, you have nothing to worry about."


"I know this sounds terribly clich�, but it’s not you I don't trust..." Kurt said sighing and running his fingers across Blaine's knuckles. Blaine was so trusting and naive...He just didn't want Derek to try anything with him.


"I know, baby. But like honestly, no matter who it was, if someone ever tried anything, I would come running back to you. You're the only person I want to be with. Even if it was Edward Cullen! THAT'S how much I love you!" Blaine says, giggling to himself.


Kurt smiled."But Blaine, if Robert Downey Jr. showed up at our door, you would be out of luck." Kurt said laughing and leaning over to kiss his fianc�.


Blaine kisses him back, smiling. "Ready to start planning?"


"Well we should probably get home first," Kurt said smiling as Blaine cranked the car and drove to the apartment.


They get home and get comfortable. Kurt grabs his laptop and cuddles next to Blaine on the couch. 'Where should we start?" Blaine asks.


"Date." Kurt said firmly."So I know how long I..We have to plan this." Kurt said looking up at Blaine.


"Well, I mean I'm kind of torn. Summers and springs are beautiful. Winters are too cold but the snow is amazing. What do you think?"


Kurt gasped."A spring wedding would be amazing... But that's so far away..." Kurt wanted time to plan it, but he also wanted to become Kurt Anderson as soon as humanly possible.


"That sounds amazing. The weather would be perfect. It is kind of w while away. But it would also give us time to save more money and make sure everything is perfect."


"Yeah..." Kurt said. A while later they were on the floor with pictures of cakes, business cards for formal wear stores, and phone number cards everywhere.


Blaine looks up and watches how Kurt's eyes light up when he gets a new idea and plans everything out. "You're so beautiful." He whispers.


Kurt paused putting a paper into his newly claimed "Wedding Binder" and looked at Blaine and smiled."What makes you say that?" Kurt said. He felt he looked a mess. He was wearing a white t-shirt, some boxer briefs and his hair was a mess.


"Everything about you. But right now, just seeing how excited you are about the wedding, it's beautiful. You're Beautiful. It makes me feel special."


Kurt felt tears fill his eyes and he crawled over to Blaine and sat next to him."You have no Idea how lucky I am to have you..." Kurt said, pulling Blaine close.


"I feel the same way, baby." Blaine whispers in Kurt's ear, holding him closer


"Let's just get married tomorrow..." Kurt says smiling


"Really...?" Blaine asks. This isn't like Kurt. He would want a big, extravagant wedding.


Kurt looked at Blaine."Well...why not?" He said smiling.


"I just assumed you would want a big ceremony with your family, Mercedes, Rachel, and everyone. I wouldn't mind running out and getting married right now if that's what you wanted. It doesn't matter how we do it, I just want you." Blaine said sweetly.


Kurt smiled, He really only said it out of impulse, but the idea was growing on him the more they talked about it. "Blaine, we could walk out of this house RIGHT NOW down to the court house and sign those goddamn papers and it would be perfec.t.." Kurt said cupping Blaine's face in his hands."Well realistically speaking, we couldn't do it /tomorrow/ but maybe next month...But the point I'm trying to make is I don't need a big wedding to be happy with you..." Kurt said placing a chaste kiss on Blaine's lips."But I would definitely need some kind of wedding party afterwards or I would die from event withdrawal." He said laughing.


"True. I would like the big wedding. But I don’t need it. All I need is us."


"Exactly...But I'm serious about the party though…" Kurt said laughing.


"Even if you weren't serious, we'd still have a big party. Who wouldn't celebrate this awesomeness?!"


Kurt chuckled."You are so cute." He said, planting a kiss on the shorter man's head.


"I love you, Kurt," Blaine says, smiling.


"I love you too Blaine..." Kurt said kissing his fianc�.


"So, a city hall type wedding. Then a huge party?" Blaine double checks.


"Yep!" Kurt says smiling."Well I need to make a few calls..." Kurt took out his cell phone and looked up at Blaine."Do. You want me to call your mom?" Kurt asked softly.


Blaine gets a shock of pain for a brief moment. Even though he and his dad were never close, it still hurt that his father didn't approve. "Can we do it together?" Blaine asks.


"Are you sure?" Kurt said, finding Blaine's Mother in his phone book.


Blaine thinks for a minute. "Yes. It's not her I'm upset with. I want her to know. She loves you."


"Do you...want to tell…him?" Kurt said timidly. Even though Kurt knew he wouldn't approve, he thought he should know his son was getting married.


"I don't want to talk to him. I would like my mom to be here. But if not, I understand. He isn't welcome. She can tell him if she wants. But I want nothing to do with him." Blaine says, looking away. He won't admit it, but it still tears him apart.


Kurt's heart breaks at how upset Blaine looks."Hey..." Kurt says, hugging Blaine. "I'm sorry... I should've never asked…"


Blaine tries to hold the tears back, but his voice breaks. "It's not your fault. I just can't talk to him."


"It's okay Blaine..." Kurt said kissing Blaine's hair and putting his phone down to hold Blaine closer.


He holds his breath to keep the tears back, snuggling as close as he can to Kurt.


"Blaine..." Kurt says trailing his fingers down his fianc�’s back."You can cry..."


Blaine turns over to face Kurt and just lets the tears fall.


Kurt lets Blaine cry into his chest and traces his fingers up and down his back. He starts humming quietly and rests his head on Blaine's shoulder, kissing his cheek every now and then as he clutched Blaine's trembling frame.


After a few minutes, Blaine's sobs slow down. "I'm sorry," he whispers against his fianc�’s chest.


"Blaine. No." Kurt said firmly."Don't be sorry. You have no reason to be sorry about anything."


He sighs. "I shouldn't be crying. We're getting married soon."


"Blaine...sometimes you just need to cry..." Kurt said stroking his fianc�’s hair.


"I just...I wish he could be more like Burt. He's exactly what every father should be."


"You know my Dad considers you family already Blaine... If you ever need to talk to anyone, you can call him or Carole. They consider you one of their children Blaine."


That sends Blaine into tears again. But this time they are happy tears. "I really think he should be the first to know..."


"Do you want to tell him?" Kurt asked, backing away to grab his phone and wipe Blaine's tear worked eyes.


"You should tell him," Blaine says. "But put it on speaker. I want to hear his reaction."


"Alright…" Kurt says smiling and kissing Blaine before dialing Burt's number and putting it on speaker. It rang a couple of times before a gruff "Hello" came through.
"Hey Dad!" Kurt said cheerily.


"Hey, Kurt!" His dad lights up. "How are you, son?"


"Great actually... Listen, is Carole around? I have something to tell the both of you." Kurt said, grabbing Blaine's hand.


Blaine smiles back at Kurt and puts his head in his lap.


"Umm, yeah. Let me go get her. Is everything alright?" Burt says.


"Yes Dad.." Kurt said rolling his eyes.


Blaine starts to laugh.


"Hey sweetie!" They hear Carole saying.


"Hey Carole!" Kurt says excitedly."I have some news...Are you sitting down?"


"Yes...Tell, tell, tell!!!" She says enthusiastically.


Kurt looks at Blaine and tries not to laugh before making a straight face."Blaine's pregnant..." He says seriously.


Blaine cracks up immediately.


"Umm...What?" Burt asks.


"Blaine is having my child…" Kurt says feigning a sob.


Carole can't stop laughing. "Seriously, Kurt. What's going on?" Burt asks.


Kurt lets out a laugh."Okay…Serious now..Blaine and I are getting married..." Kurt said. Everyone was silent for a moment before Carole let out an exited shriek which caused Blaine to jump.


His father is speechless. After Carole stops screaming like a teenage girl, she finally speaks. "When?! Oh my god! Who proposed?! Where?! Tell me everything!!!" She practically yells with happiness. Blaine just laughs.


Kurt laughs. “Blaine proposed three days ago, and we're planning on having a small simple city hall deal type wedding." He says smiling at Blaine.


"Then a HUGE party afterwards!" Blaine adds.


"Kurt Hummel having a small wedding?" Carole said, "I can't believe what I'm hearing. And so soon!" She gasped.


"AND it was all his idea!" Blaine says, just as shocked.


Kurt just smiles."Well this is all we need..." Kurt said."Dad, you've been awfully quiet."


Burt has tears in his eyes. "I just can't believe my son is getting married. You've grown up fast, Kurt. But I am really happy for the both of you. I couldn't have pictured a better person for you."


Kurt smiles at the phone and then at Blaine, squeezing his hand."I'm happy too.."


"Good!" Burt replies. "So when is this party?"


"Well we haven't really decided on that yet...What do you think Blaine?" Kurt said.


"Hmm," Blaine says. "How long do we need for planning?"


"About a month.." Kurt said, "OH! But Dad, Carole, I want you guys and Blaine's mom to be there for the actual marriage." He said looking at Blaine.


Blaine smiled slightly. "It would be great if you could come."


"Of course!" Carole shrieked again, which made Blaine jump again.


Kurt laughs at Blaine. "We should probably go so we can call everyone else. We just wanted you to be the first to know." Blaine says


"Love you guys.." Kurt says


"Love you too sweetie. We love you too Blaine." Carole says. "Thanks. That means a lot to me!" Blaine says, smiling. "I love you both too."


"Now who to call?" Kurt says after they hung up. After Kurt and Blaine called Mercedes, Wes, David, Finn, Rachel and other close family, the only person left to call was Blaine's mother.


"My mom..." He says. Blaine knows she will be happy for him. But he's still terrified.


"Do you want to talk to her alone?" Kurt asked, holding the phone.


"Please stay..." Blaine looked at Kurt desperately.


Kurt's heart broke at the look in Blaine's eyes."Alright.."


Blaine calls his mother. She answers after a few rings. "Hey mom...Umm...I...I mean, we have some news for you..." he stutters.


"What is it dear?" She said, "I was just having some coffee with your father.." Kurt looked at Blaine worriedly and grabbed his hand.


Blaine's heart skipped a beat. "Well...I proposed to Kurt...Mom, we're getting married..."


"Really? How wonderful!" She cooed congratulations dear." Kurt smiled at Blaine."Charles did you hear?" Kurt's heart dropped. He knew Mrs. Anderson had the Best intentions when it came to her husband and Blaine's relationship but sometimes she didn't fully understand."Blaine and Kurt are getting married!" She said excitedly.


Blaine was terrified. He wasn't expecting her to tell him right then. He handed the phone to Kurt and brought his knees to his chest…


Kurt held the phone to his ear and held Blaine's hand. He heard nothing but silence. "Charles...Charles, where are you going?" Then there was the slam of a door. Kurt winced."I'm sorry Blaine dear…" She said.


"Oh, It's Kurt, Mrs. Anderson."


Blaine hugs his knees to his chest tighter. He can feel the waves of tears coming.


"Oh hello dear! Congratulations!" she said cheerfully.


"Thank you.." Kurt said quickly."We were actually hoping you would come down for the wedding, it's sometime next month."


"Of course dear.." she said.


"I'm sorry Mrs. Anderson but I really have to go." Kurt said, seeing tears start to slip down Blaine's cheeks.


"That's alright..Goodbye Kurt.." She said. Kurt hung up quickly and moved over to Blaine, hugging him close and stroking his hair.


Blaine leans onto Kurt, trying to control himself. But the tears won't stop falling.


"Blaine..I'm so sorry.." Kurt whispered. He held back his tears. One of them had to be strong, and Blaine had been strong long enough, he needed someone to hold him. He needed to be protected for once in his life.


Blaine can't even speak. He just lets Kurt hold him.


Later that night they ended up on the couch with Kurt holding Blaine and watching Moulin Rouge.


Blaine falls asleep in Kurt's arms. He's has too much to deal with today.


Kurt looks down at Blaine when the movie is over and sees he's asleep. His arm is so numb and his back is turned in a strange position, but he doesn't dare move. Blaine has gone through so much today and he deserves to be at peace for a while. If only for a few hours. But sooner or later Kurt falls asleep.


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