Burt

Blaine and Kurt waited at the table for Finn, Rachel, Kurt’s Dad and Carole to arrive. Kurt was fidgety and anxious because he knew they would say no. Blaine set his hand on Kurt’s thigh to calm him down. Kurt looked at him with hopeful eyes. “I am just so worried that we won’t be able to go. I could never let you skip this trip. The Warblers would be so mad at me if you didn’t go.

“I love you so much Kurt. I wouldn’t ever dream of leaving you here. I was totally serious before. I refuse to leave you this summer. I would rather stay in Ohio to be with you than with the Warblers in Europe. And if they say no, I promise you that we will go to Europe together someday. It will be you and me forever. You know that don’t you?” Kurt felt the truth in Blaine’s words. It was like they didn’t ever have a choice not to love one another. Blaine took Kurt’s hand and gave it a tight squeeze and smiled. This always seemed to calm Kurt down.

Burt and Carole arrived and sat down across from the boys. They were just waiting on Finn and Rachel. “So boy’s, have you thought about what you are going to do this summer? Kurt, you are still welcome to come work in the garage. I can always use the help. Maybe we can get Finn in there and start teaching him the trade.” Burt said with a smile toward Carole.

“Finn could use some car maintenance lessons.” Carole smiled back.

Kurt wasn’t sure how to respond so, “haven’t really thought about it yet Dad. This was the last day of school and I really just wanted to enjoy a day or two without thinking about working.”

“I was thinking about some fun things like Kurt and I plan to go to King’s Island and maybe drive up to Cedar Point. We definitely will be hitting all the movies, too.” Blaine was always so smooth. Kurt got the feeling that even though he didn’t want to, Burt really like Blaine.

Finn and Rachel arrived at that moment and sat down, “so are we ready” which caused Burt to wrinkle his eyebrows.

“Subtle, Finn.” Kurt stabbed him with his eyes.

“Hello. Thanks for inviting me to dinner.” Rachel tried to distract from the obvious.

“ok.. so out with it. Am I ready for what you boy’s……well, and girl are going to hit me with?” Burt was immediately eyeing them.

Kurt started first. “Ok Dad. The New Directions were asked by The Warblers to join them in doing a Goodwill Tour in Europe. It is an incredible opportunity for us to see history, be exposed to different cultures and learn about different people. The best part is that our travel expenses are paid for. We just need to cover food and extra’s. Some of the food might be covered because we may be having meals with host families. So, what Finn and I would like is to have yours and Carole’s permission to go.” Blaine glowed at how well his boyfriend spoke. He couldn’t have said it better than that. Kurt didn’t realize that he was now holding his breath to see what his Dad’s response would be. Nothing came out of his mouth. This was not a good sign.

“My I take you drink orders?” Thank God for the waitress that broke the silence at the table. All the kids ordered water and waited because Burt still had not made any type of comment.

“I will have a beer and my wife would like the house red wine, thank you.” Burt seemed monotone which only meant that he was ready to let loose all of his thoughts. The waitress left to get the drinks and Burt turned to both Finn and Kurt and said, “Let’s get some food in our stomachs and then we can all talk reasonably.” Kurt worried because he was already talking reasonably.

After the drinks came, Burt and Carole started to loosen up a bit and regular conversation was happening. It was like Kurt had never said anything. As they were finishing up, Burt advised all of them. “I will take care of the bill. How about the 4 of you head over to the house. We will be there shortly and then we can discuss this trip.” Uh-Oh was all Kurt could think.

“Blaine. This is not good. I feel like I am going to spoil your entire summer.”

“Calm down babe. There is no way that you could ever spoil my summer. As long as we are together this summer, it will be perfect. I don’t care where we are, as long as we are together.” Blaine reached out to Kurt’s hand and held it.

“I really don’t deserve you.” Kurt stated lovingly.

“Let’s just get back to the house and we deal with it.” Blaine was always so diplomatic.

Kurt, Blaine, Finn and Rachel all got to the house at the same time. “Kurt. I’m sorry man. I guess I could have handled that a little better. I was just so excited because Rachel’s Dad’s already signed her form. I guess I was just antsy.”

“We should probably sit in the living room and wait. I fully expect to get an earful.” Kurt grabbed Blaine’s hand and they headed to sit on the couch. Finn and Rachel followed.

They heard the door slam and footsteps walked straight to the room where they sat waiting. Burt had a serious look on his face and Kurt was sure that they were not going to be going to Europe on this trip. Burt sat down in the arm chair facing the sofa where Kurt and Blaine were sitting. Finn and Rachel were sitting on the loveseat. Burt took a second to gather his thoughts then he cleared his throat, “ok, so this trip we are talking about. It sounds to me like both glee clubs will be attending?”

“Yes sir.” Blaine answered with a lot of nervousness in his voice. “But Burt, we will have chaperones and there will be shared rooms.”

This made Burt cough, “So boys with boys and girls with girls? Somehow that is not making me feel very good about this Blaine.”

“Well Kurt will be rooming with the New Directions members and I will be with the Warblers. In the same hotel, but we will room with our own groups. So, Kurt would probably end up rooming with Finn, because they are brothers.”

“I’m not sure there are enough chaperone’s for me to be happy about this trip.” Kurt thought he saw his dad actually making a real consideration to let them go. Carole must have talked to him on the way home. She was standing behind Burt with her hands on his shoulders. “I’ll tell you what, If everyone, and I mean everyone has permission to go on this trip, I will agree.” Rachel actually squeals out loud at the response. “Kurt and Finn, Have Mr. Schuester call me, because I want to understand who will be on the trip with you and confirm that everyone has permission to go.”

Kurt could not believe that just happened. “Dad, thank you so much for letting us go. You have no idea what this means to me.”

“Kurt, you and Finn are not kids anymore. I have to start letting you learn your way, so I am trying to understand and deal with all this. Now, the real talks.” Uh-oh. “I would like to see you and Blaine, but Finn, you and Rachel better not travel very far. When I am done with them, I’ll need to talk to you two also.”