Aug. 14, 2014, 7 p.m.
I Do... But For Other Reasons: Chapter 1
M - Words: 1,208 - Last Updated: Aug 14, 2014 Story: Closed - Chapters: 10/? - Created: Mar 01, 2014 - Updated: Mar 01, 2014 176 0 0 0 0
"Dealer!" Kurt called. The dealer threw a card in his direction. Kurt picked it up and looked down at the four red clubs sitting on the front of it. He counted up the numbers in his hand, five, twelve, fifteen, nineteen. Kurt hesitated, he was so close to either making or breaking twenty-one. He chose to keep what he had and hoped someone would break. He had a chance at winning some big money and thats what he wanted. He lost some and this win would win it all back plus double than what he started.
A couple more guys asked for cards and sighed in despair as they broke. It was just down between him and the man at the other end of the table with the crooked bowtie and gelled back hair. The man asked for a card and sighed with relief. Kurt watched the man mouth "twenty." He mustve been a new gambler if he was really being that obvious.
"Hit me!" Kurt called to the dealer. At this time Kurts heart was pounding as the dealer laid down the card. Kurt picked it up and with his best poker face laid his hand down right-side-up, "Twenty-one!" He announced to the crowed sitting around the table. The man sat back in his chair in defeat. Kurt grabbed his winnings and smirked at the loser. The other guys and spectators left. It was just the two of them sitting at the table.
"Whad ya say? Another round? Place your bet?" The man at the other end asked.
"As long as its just the two of us."
"Alright, so sure youll win again?"
"Oh, your tactics are horrible, Hon."
"Starting bet, fifty bucks." The man laid down a crisp fifty doller bill.
"A bit steep for someone of your winnings." Kurt chuckled as he too placed down a fifty.
The card dealer laid down two starting cards in front of the two men. They each grabbed the cards and looked down at their hands.
"So, what brings you to a casino?" Kurt asked, striking up a conversation.
"I just recently got out of a relationship and Ive been drinking and gambling my pain away." The man admitted.
"I bet shes doing the same thing." Kurt said as his eyebrows raised, "Thats bad though. You shouldnt be doing this. Its unhealthy." He admitted, "Hit me." Kurt then told the dealer. The dealer handed Kurt a card.
"He, actually, and no, I dont think hes just as upset as me."
"Oh...?"
"Yeah..." The man trailed off, "Can I get a card?" He asked the dealer. He too was handed a card, "Blaine." The man said.
"Excuse me?" Kurt asked.
"My name is Blaine."
Kurt nodded, faking the impressed look on his face, "Kurt." He replied back.
"Im assuming thats your name?" Blaine guessed.
"You know me so well." Kurt giggled. Blaine threw his head back and laughed.
"So, what brings you here?" Blaine re-asked Kurts question.
Kurt shrugged, "I grew accustomed to it. I always come to the casinos if the hotel has one."
"I see." Blaine nodded, "Do you live in Las Vegas?"
"No. New York. You?"
"Same."
"Wait, you live in New York too?"
"Yeah." Blaine said, "Grew up in Ohio. Moved to New York."
Kurt chuckled in disbelief, "I grew up in Ohio and moved to New York."
"Wow, small world."
"Small world indeed." Kurt agreed.
"Well, are you gonna play or sit and lady-chat your back stories?" The dealer asked impatiently.
"Alright, give me a card." Kurt commanded. The dealer tossed him a card.
"Me too." Blaine called and he too was given a card.
"Would you like to tell me more about your lost love?" Kurt asked.
Blaine looked at him hesitant, "He was my long term fiancé." He sighed, "He broke off the engagement just before the wedding."
"Thats tuff."
"It was. I really thought-" Blaine cut himself off and bit his lower lip. He shook his head, "All I want to do is get married."
"I do too." Kurt breathed, "Anytime before I die. I dreamt of that day since I was born. It started with by thirty but now Im just-" Kurt stopped his rambling.
"Why dont we just marry each other?" Blaine suggested. Kurt looked at him stunned, "I mean, we can get a divorce right after. As long as we both experience that life."
"Even if we dont know or love each other?" Kurt asked. Blaine gave him a knowing look, "Okay!" Kurt chuckled his word, "Alright! I may sound just as desperate as you but..."
"Oh my God!" Blaine laughed.
"I have legal documents and a license that says I can officiate the Wedding." The dealer said. Both Kurt and Blaine looked up at him in shock. The dealer nodded and mouthed a "yeah." He then bent down and pulled a stack of papers out of his bag and laid it on the table.
"Oh, but dont we need to plan for ever-"
"Dont worry. We just need a nice, private place to wed you two." The dealer said. The two men looked at each other.
"I cant believe were gonna do this." Kurt chuckled.
The dealer clapped his hands together, "The mens bathroom!" He announced.
"Do you have vows prepared?" The dealer asked amongst the men as they stood in the handicapped stall of the hotels casinos mens bathroom.
"Um..." Kurt chuckled, "Okay. Blaine, I may have only met you twenty minutes ago over a game of Black Jack but I think this wedding is important for me. It finishes the goal I have set twenty-seven years ago. Yes, Im twenty-seven and single, we dont have to address that. Anyways... This may not be the way I imagined my wedding ten years ago but as long as Im finally getting to do this then Im happy that our flowers are those red tulips sitting on the sink and our building is the handicapped stall of a mens bathroom in a hotel casino."
"Wow, desperate!" The dealer said as he nudged Blaines elbow but stopped as realization dawned, "Wait!" He exclaimed, eyes wide.
"Thats all I have to say." Kurt finished.
"When I imagined my wedding I imagined seeing all my friends and family and a long, decorated aisle that the person I love and I would walk down. But I guess this handicapped stall with a complete stranger works too." Blaine let out a little chuckle, "And I guess if my family saw this wedding they would be pretty pissed considering we plan on getting a divorce the next day so I guess this secret wedding with our card dealer officiating it is okay."
"Do you, Kurt I dont know your last name, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband that youll divorce the next morning for the good?"
"I guess I do!"
"And do you, Blaine I dont know your last name, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband that youll divorce the next morning for the good?"
"I guess I do too!"
"Then you may - do whatever two complete strangers do when they get married just for the feeling of a marriage."
Kurt and Blaine looked at each other unsure for a moment, "Cheek kiss?" Kurt asked. Blaine nodded. Kurt turned his head so Blaine could peck his cheek.
"Congratulations! This is officially the strangest wedding Ive ever been to!" The dealer announced to the newly weds.
"Well, what do want to do now?" Kurt asked.
"How bout we go to the bar?" Blaine suggested.
"Good idea. Ill go back to my card dealing job." The dealer agreed.
"Dealer!" Kurt called. The dealer threw a card in his direction. Kurt picked it up and looked down at the four red clubs sitting on the front of it. He counted up the numbers in his hand, five, twelve, fifteen, nineteen. Kurt hesitated, he was so close to either making or breaking twenty-one. He chose to keep what he had and hoped someone would break. He had a chance at winning some big money and thats what he wanted. He lost some and this win would win it all back plus double than what he started.
A couple more guys asked for cards and sighed in despair as they broke. It was just down between him and the man at the other end of the table with the crooked bowtie and gelled back hair. The man asked for a card and sighed with relief. Kurt watched the man mouth "twenty." He mustve been a new gambler if he was really being that obvious.
"Hit me!" Kurt called to the dealer. At this time Kurts heart was pounding as the dealer laid down the card. Kurt picked it up and with his best poker face laid his hand down right-side-up, "Twenty-one!" He announced to the crowed sitting around the table. The man sat back in his chair in defeat. Kurt grabbed his winnings and smirked at the loser. The other guys and spectators left. It was just the two of them sitting at the table.
"Whad ya say? Another round? Place your bet?" The man at the other end asked.
"As long as its just the two of us."
"Alright, so sure youll win again?"
"Oh, your tactics are horrible, Hon."
"Starting bet, fifty bucks." The man laid down a crisp fifty doller bill.
"A bit steep for someone of your winnings." Kurt chuckled as he too placed down a fifty.
The card dealer laid down two starting cards in front of the two men. They each grabbed the cards and looked down at their hands.
"So, what brings you to a casino?" Kurt asked, striking up a conversation.
"I just recently got out of a relationship and Ive been drinking and gambling my pain away." The man admitted.
"I bet shes doing the same thing." Kurt said as his eyebrows raised, "Thats bad though. You shouldnt be doing this. Its unhealthy." He admitted, "Hit me." Kurt then told the dealer. The dealer handed Kurt a card.
"He, actually, and no, I dont think hes just as upset as me."
"Oh...?"
"Yeah..." The man trailed off, "Can I get a card?" He asked the dealer. He too was handed a card, "Blaine." The man said.
"Excuse me?" Kurt asked.
"My name is Blaine."
Kurt nodded, faking the impressed look on his face, "Kurt." He replied back.
"Im assuming thats your name?" Blaine guessed.
"You know me so well." Kurt giggled. Blaine threw his head back and laughed.
"So, what brings you here?" Blaine re-asked Kurts question.
Kurt shrugged, "I grew accustomed to it. I always come to the casinos if the hotel has one."
"I see." Blaine nodded, "Do you live in Las Vegas?"
"No. New York. You?"
"Same."
"Wait, you live in New York too?"
"Yeah." Blaine said, "Grew up in Ohio. Moved to New York."
Kurt chuckled in disbelief, "I grew up in Ohio and moved to New York."
"Wow, small world."
"Small world indeed." Kurt agreed.
"Well, are you gonna play or sit and lady-chat your back stories?" The dealer asked impatiently.
"Alright, give me a card." Kurt commanded. The dealer tossed him a card.
"Me too." Blaine called and he too was given a card.
"Would you like to tell me more about your lost love?" Kurt asked.
Blaine looked at him hesitant, "He was my long term fiancé." He sighed, "He broke off the engagement just before the wedding."
"Thats tuff."
"It was. I really thought-" Blaine cut himself off and bit his lower lip. He shook his head, "All I want to do is get married."
"I do too." Kurt breathed, "Anytime before I die. I dreamt of that day since I was born. It started with by thirty but now Im just-" Kurt stopped his rambling.
"Why dont we just marry each other?" Blaine suggested. Kurt looked at him stunned, "I mean, we can get a divorce right after. As long as we both experience that life."
"Even if we dont know or love each other?" Kurt asked. Blaine gave him a knowing look, "Okay!" Kurt chuckled his word, "Alright! I may sound just as desperate as you but..."
"Oh my God!" Blaine laughed.
"I have legal documents and a license that says I can officiate the Wedding." The dealer said. Both Kurt and Blaine looked up at him in shock. The dealer nodded and mouthed a "yeah." He then bent down and pulled a stack of papers out of his bag and laid it on the table.
"Oh, but dont we need to plan for ever-"
"Dont worry. We just need a nice, private place to wed you two." The dealer said. The two men looked at each other.
"I cant believe were gonna do this." Kurt chuckled.
The dealer clapped his hands together, "The mens bathroom!" He announced.
"Do you have vows prepared?" The dealer asked amongst the men as they stood in the handicapped stall of the hotels casinos mens bathroom.
"Um..." Kurt chuckled, "Okay. Blaine, I may have only met you twenty minutes ago over a game of Black Jack but I think this wedding is important for me. It finishes the goal I have set twenty-seven years ago. Yes, Im twenty-seven and single, we dont have to address that. Anyways... This may not be the way I imagined my wedding ten years ago but as long as Im finally getting to do this then Im happy that our flowers are those red tulips sitting on the sink and our building is the handicapped stall of a mens bathroom in a hotel casino."
"Wow, desperate!" The dealer said as he nudged Blaines elbow but stopped as realization dawned, "Wait!" He exclaimed, eyes wide.
"Thats all I have to say." Kurt finished.
"When I imagined my wedding I imagined seeing all my friends and family and a long, decorated aisle that the person I love and I would walk down. But I guess this handicapped stall with a complete stranger works too." Blaine let out a little chuckle, "And I guess if my family saw this wedding they would be pretty pissed considering we plan on getting a divorce the next day so I guess this secret wedding with our card dealer officiating it is okay."
"Do you, Kurt I dont know your last name, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband that youll divorce the next morning for the good?"
"I guess I do!"
"And do you, Blaine I dont know your last name, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband that youll divorce the next morning for the good?"
"I guess I do too!"
"Then you may - do whatever two complete strangers do when they get married just for the feeling of a marriage."
Kurt and Blaine looked at each other unsure for a moment, "Cheek kiss?" Kurt asked. Blaine nodded. Kurt turned his head so Blaine could peck his cheek.
"Congratulations! This is officially the strangest wedding Ive ever been to!" The dealer announced to the newly weds.
"Well, what do want to do now?" Kurt asked.
"How bout we go to the bar?" Blaine suggested.
"Good idea. Ill go back to my card dealing job." The dealer agreed.