Oct. 20, 2012, 4:26 p.m.
Promises
Promises: Chapter 23
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"Guess what Kurty?" Cassidy asked as she climbed into his lap.
Kurt smiled at the small girl and wrapped an arm around her waist, "And what is that baby girl?"
Cassidy giggled at the nickname, then she lean over and whispered in his ear, "My birthday is in three weeks."
Kurt leaned his forehead on Cassidy's, "I knew that silly," he smiled.
"Just making sure," Cassidy said as she wiggled out of his lap and went back to coloring on the floor.
Finn walked into the room with a bag of chips, "Yo dude, hey little dude."
Cassidy scrunched her nose. Kurt couldn't help smiling knowing exactly where he had seen the same expression before. "I'm not a little dude," she said as she kept coloring.
"Sure you are," Fin sat down on the couch.
"You're going to ruin your dinner," Cassidy said sticking her tongue out in concentration as she colored.
Kurt laughed as Finn made a face, "I will not.
Cassidy looked up, "Yes you will. Blaine always tells me that if I eat a snack when the little hand on the clock is past the four I won't be able to eat my dinner because I won't be hungry."
Kurt started laughing harder from his spot on the couch. Finn stood up, "Fine, I won't eat." He grumbled as he walked back into the kitchen.
Cassidy's face fell, "Is Finn mad at me?" she asked Kurt.
Kurt wiped the tear from his eye, "I don't think so sweetie, he is just a big teddy bear sometimes. How about I go talk to him and start dinner, Carole and Burt should be home soon."
"Alright," Cassidy said as she picked up a purple crayon.
Kurt stood up and walked into the kitchen to find a grumpy Finn sitting at the table. He walked to the cabinet and took out a box of spaghetti. He filled a pot of water and placed it on the stove, turning on the burner and waiting for it to boil. "Are you just going to sit there?" he finally asked breaking the silence.
"No," Finn said shortly.
"You do realize she is a six year old," Kurt said as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I know," Finn sighed, "But how she said it. Blaine always tells me this or that. I've probably heard that fifty times in a day."
Kurt lifted an eyebrow, "Erm...Finn you do realize why she does that don't you?" Finn just gave a shrug. "Because all they ever had was each other for awhile and she looks up to him."
Finn shifted in his seat, "It's not that I don't like Blaine, it's just sometimes people him on a this pedestal that other's can't even attempt to climb up."
"Are you jealous?" Kurt asked without thinking.
"No," Finn shook his head, "I know I could never be doing what he is doing, never like in a million years."
Kurt stared at his step brother, "Yes you would."
Finn filly looked up at Kurt, "What?"
"Yes Finn, I believe you would do exactly what Blaine did because you did or would have if I gave you more of a chance," Kurt said to him. Finn looked at him confused. "When my dad was in the hospital after his heart attack, you were there for me even though we weren't brothers yet."
"Yeah well you pushed me away," Finn said.
"True," Kurt nodded, "But you kept at it. I guess I never thanked you for that."
"But I just did that because..." Finn didn't know how to say what he wanted.
Kurt smiled, "And those are exactly the same reasons Blaine does the same thing."
"I guess you're right," Finn sighed.
Kurt stood up, "I'm always right Hudson you just chose not to say it until now."
Finn smiled, and then he saw Cassidy walking into the kitchen holding something in back of her, "Hey Cass."
"This is for you," Cassidy said holding Finn her drawing she had just drew, "I hope you aren't mad at me."
Finn took the picture, "Of course I'm not." He looked down at the picture, "Erm, what is it a picture of?"
Kurt laughed a little as he put the noodles into the boiling water and walked over to the fridge to take out the chicken.
"It's me on your shoulders silly," Cassidy smiled, "See, that's me and that's you," she pointed to the drawing.
"Oh," Finn smiled, "Cool."
The door that leads to the garage opened, "Hey boys and little lady."
Cassidy smiled, "Look Burt," she held up her picture, "Look at the picture I made of Finn and me."
"Wow, those are some skills you got there kiddo," Burt laughed, "You should hang it on the fridge."
"It's Finn's picture though," Cassidy said.
Finn stood up and took a magnet off the fridge, hanging it up, "There we go," he smiled. Kurt just smiled as he shook his head.
Later in the evening Kurt packed up Cassidy's things because he was driving her back home tonight. They were meeting Blaine back at the apartment.
Kurt and Cassidy walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Blaine opened it, "Sorry about that, I was cleaning up a bit."
"Its fine," Kurt said as he leaned over and kissed his cheek.
Cassidy made a face, "You two kiss a lot."
Blaine laughed and tickled his sister's side, "Oh you."
"Stop Blainey," Cassidy said pushing his hands away, "Guess what we had for dinner?"
"What did you have?" Blaine asked picking up his sister and kissing her on the forehead.
"We had spaghetti in white sauce with chicken in it, Kurt made it," Cassidy said excitedly, "And earlier Finn was mad at me, but then I drew him a picture and he loved it so much he hung it on the fridge."
"Well you had an exciting evening," Blaine said glancing over at Kurt who gave him a reassuring smile. "Okay now that you are home, you know that means."
"I'll go brush my teeth," Cassidy said as Blaine set her down and she ran into the bathroom.
Kurt handed Blaine her backpack, "She was excited about showing you what she made in art class."
"Thanks," Blaine said taking the backpack, "I'm wondering if I should ask, but Finn got mad at her?"
Kurt shook his head, "It was nothing, he was eating before dinner and Cassidy called him out on it."
"Oh," Blaine said with a nod, "Anything else fun happen?" he walked over to the couch.
"Nope," Kurt said as he followed, "Did you eat any dinner yet?"
Blaine nodded as he read a newsletter from Cassidy's teacher, "Yeah, Ashley bought McDonalds, one our bets. I won."
Kurt smiled and leaned on Blaine's shoulder, "Good to know."
"Yep," Blaine laughed, "I always win when it comes to bets."
"And what exactly did you two bet on?" Kurt asked, but was hesitant.
Blaine gave him a smile, "There was a guy at the coffee shop and I said that he was most definitely going to buy a regular cup of coffee and Ashley thought he was more of an espresso kind of guy."
"And he got a regular coffee?" Kurt asked rolling his eyes. He knew Ashley and Blaine always played those games at work when they were bored.
"Course he did," Blaine smiled, "I'm the one who ended up with the McDonalds for dinner and didn't have to pay wasn't I."
Kurt laughed as he leaned on Blaine more, "You dork."
"You love it," Blaine said turning his head to kiss Kurt's head, "Hey Cassidy how are you doing in there?"
"Almost done!" a voice called out from behind the closed bathroom door.
Kurt thought for a moment, "What are you going to do when she starts dating?"
Blaine froze, "How about I just work on her getting past elementary school."
"I'm done Blainey," Cassidy ran into the living room and then back to her room.
Blaine then looked back at Kurt, "On second thought, maybe by the time she is twenty is good, or you know twenty five."
Kurt laughed, "You put your sister to bed and I'll be here."
"You sure?" Blaine asked standing up off the couch, "She really likes it when you help put her to bed."
"Well if you're going to pull my arm," Kurt said sarcastically.
Blaine smiled, "Alright you," he pulled on Kurt's arm lifting him up and started pulling him towards Cassidy's room. "Did you want to hear a story tonight baby girl?" he asked his sister who was already under her covers.
"Yes," Cassidy nodded and held up a story, "I want to hear Kurt read."
"Oh," Kurt smiled as he sat down on one of the sides of her bed, "Hmmm, Fancy Nancy, this sounds like a good one."
"It's one of my favorites," Cassidy smiled.
Blaine sat down on the end of the bed and crossed his legs under himself getting comfortable for the story, "Mine too."
Kurt let out a small laugh as he opened the book, "I love being fancy," he read out loud, "My favorite color is fuchsia. That's a fancy way of saying purple."
After Kurt finishes the story, Cassidy is half asleep and she is tucked in. "Thanks for that," Blaine sighed happily as they walked back into the living room.
"No problem," Kurt grabs Blaine's hand, "I should probably get going though, and sadly it is a school night."
"Yeah," Blaine nods his head slowly.
Kurt notices his face look sad, "Is something wrong?"
Blaine looks up, "What? No, why would you think that?"
"What is it Blaine?" Kurt pulls him closer to him and wraps his arms around him.
Blaine wraps his own arms around Kurt, "Do you regret it?" he asks holding on tight as if he was about to float away.
"Regret what?" Kurt asks hoping Blaine isn't asking what he thinks he is.
Blaine looks up at Kurt slowly, "Us?"
"Never," Kurt answers quickly, "I will never regret being with you Blaine. How could you even think that?"
"I guess just sometimes...I don't know," Blaine said his arms lowered and he just let Kurt hold him.
Kurt leaned down and kissed him, "I love you Blaine. Please don't ever think otherwise, I love you."
"I love you too," Blaine sighed with a small smile, "I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry," Kurt reaches and lifts up Blaine's head, "I know this is hard, but we can make it work."
"I know, but I'm always taking care of my sister and you watch her for me..."
Blaine tried to pull away, but Kurt kept his grip now with his hands firmly on his waist. "Don't ever think I do those things because I have to, I do those things because I want too. Even if we weren't together I would want too. Blaine you have no idea how special you are," he leaned his forehead down on Blaine's, "My family is your family now and your family is mine."
Blaine reached up and rubbed his eyes, "I...why?"
"Why what?" Kurt asked him confused.
"I just don't understand why?" Blaine whispered, "How did you find me? Why was it you that I bumped into that day?"
Kurt smiled, "I don't have all the answers Blaine, but I can tell you this. I love you and I know you love me, so I think that's just enough for us for right now."
"And how do you always know what to say?" Blaine said as he once again wrapped his arms around Kurt.
"Remember," Kurt grinned, "It's because I always have the right person listening."
Kurt was waiting by Blaine's locker the next morning; he was holding a single daisy in his hands. He wanted it to be one of the first things he saw in the morning.
Last night, Kurt had to eventually leave after Blaine settled down and they checked to make sure Cassidy had fallen asleep. And he reassured Blaine several more times that he had wanted to be with him.
Blaine walked to his locked slowly, and then he looked up to see Kurt there waiting for him. "Hi you," he said quietly.
Kurt leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, "Good morning," he held out the flower.
"Thank you," Blaine took the flower carefully not wanting it to get crushed in anyway.
"Are you excited about Regionals?" Kurt asked excitedly, "And we have you now so I think we are guaranteed a win."
Blaine laughed, "Did we find out who we are up against?"
Kurt shrugged, "Not yet, Mr. Schue mentioned we may find out soon though. It shouldn't matter we are going to beat them anyways."
"Yeah, I think we will," Blaine said as he shut his locker.
Kurt smiled as they started walking towards there first class, "And just think after we win the Regionals, it's on to Chicago for Nationals."
Blaine nodded, "And the school pays for it?"
"Yes Blaine," Kurt said to him, "Well sort of, the show choir has to raise money for it really."
"And how do they do that?" Blaine asked as they walked into the classroom.
Kurt thought for a moment, "Well awhile ago we did a bake sale, and some just donated money. Last year we tried holding a Night of Neglect."
"What's a Night of Neglect?"
"When we sing songs by artists who aren't recognized for their talents," Kurt explained, "It didn't go over well at all. The only people that showed up were this group of people Coach Sylvester forced to be there and they just heckled us."
"Well that sounds mean," Blaine said opening his notebook.
Kurt let out a small laugh, "Yeah, well we made it Nationals anyway, lost horribly. But we made it."
"That's good, did you do anything fun?"
"Oh yeah," Kurt nodded, "I can't believe I never told you. We were in New York and it was amazing. Rachel and I had breakfast at Tiffany's and then we sang on the Wicked stage. The end was probably the worst, with Finn kissing Rachel right on stage, but overall it was so much fun." He looked over and Blaine was staring at him while resting his head in his hands. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Blaine shook his head, "You're just...so amazing," he sighs, "I guess that's why I love you."
Kurt froze looking at Blaine, they had never said that to each other at school yet. Kurt then smiled, "I love you too," he replied quietly.
The teacher ended any conversation they were about to have by starting class, but it didn't matter because they kept sneaking glances at one another. And they even held hands after class for a few minutes before they had to part.
"And I can't believe that...Kurt!" Rachel snapped loudly.
"What?" Kurt asked turning towards his friend.
Rachel rolled her eyes, "I am trying to talk to you about Regionals and all you are doing is giggling with your boyfriend."
Blaine laughed as Kurt acted as if he offended, "Whatever," he waved his hand, "And we have plenty of time to talk about Regionals during Glee club."
"Yeah, Rachel, the boys just want to make goo goo eyes at each other," Santana said taking a bite of her food.
Blaine smiled at her, "Thanks Santana, we..."
"So they can think about getting there mack on later," she smiled at them.
Kurt leaned over, "You should always wait and see what comes out of her mouth first."
Blaine snorted a laugh, "I suppose so."
"Don't act like it isn't true," Santana smirks.
"What were you saying Rachel?" Kurt asked turning towards her avoiding Santana's remarks as he always did.
"Never mind," Rachel shook her head, "We can talk about it later in Glee club," she stood up and walked out of the cafeteria.
"I swear she is getting more annoying as the years go by," Santana says.
Brittany tugged on her hand, "She isn't so bad, she did write that nice song about all about headbands last year."
Kurt and Blaine laughed, "I take it those are the original songs you were talking about," Blaine said looking over at Kurt.
"Yep," Kurt nodded, "To be truthful they didn't really work out all that great, hence the reason we haven't done them this year."
"I see," Blaine nodded, "I know how hard it is to write an original song."
Mercedes looked over at him, "You write songs?"
Blaine shrugged, "A little, I'm not that great at it yet. I wrote that one for Kurt for Valentine's Day."
"We should totally hear one," Finn said smiling.
"Maybe one day," Blaine said with a blush creeping slowly across his face.
Kurt leaned over with a whisper, "I can't wait until I get to hear another one."
Blaine ducked his head down, and the bell rang before he could say anything. The group made there way out of the cafeteria, "I'll see you in Glee," Blaine said to Kurt.
"Yep and I am going to remember that you owe me another song," Kurt teased, "Now you may run along."
Blaine shook his head with a laugh as he walked next to Artie and they went on about some movie they both wanted to see when it came out over the summer.
At Glee, most of the students were anxious because Mr. Schuester announced he had an important announcement for them today. They were chatting loudly when he walked into the room, "Alright everyone! Guess what I hold in my hands?" he asked.
"Tickets to Sea World?"
"A gift card to Breadstix?"
"A trip to New Zealand?" Everyone turned and looked at Puck, "What I heard it's nice there this time of year."
"Erm, no to all of those," Mr. Schuester said, "Actually what I have in my hands in the Regionals line up. And I haven't opened it yet, so here we go." The members of the New Directions all sat on the edge of their seats waiting to hear the names Mr. Schuester was about to read. "Okay, first we have the Soul Singers and then, the Dalton Academy Warblers."
"It's your old school," Kurt said elbowing Blaine, "We won't have you wanting to switch sides now?"
"Never," Blaine grinned, "But it will be nice to see some of the guys again."
"You went to a private school?" Mike asked.
Blaine nodded, "Yeah, I went to Dalton for about a half of a year."
"You aren't a spy are you?" Brittany asked and made Blaine jumped because she suddenly appeared next to him.
"No," Blaine shook his head, "I'm not. My uncle made me leave the school."
"Why would he do that?" Sam asked. Kurt shot him a look as if asking him not to talk about. "Erm, never mind," he said and then faced forward. The subject was then dropped by all of them.
"Anyways, I think we are guaranteed a win," Mr. Schuester smiled.
"I wouldn't be so sure," Blaine said, and everyone turned to look at him, "Not that I don't doubt we have amazing voices, but you would be surprised what those guys can do. When I was on the Warblers we barely used any of the tricks we practiced."
"Why not?" Rachel asked, "Wouldn't you want that advantage?"
"I guess we just felt like we didn't have to use all those crazy stunts to know how good we were," Blaine shrugged, "Even though we didn't win our Regionals that year, although we really should have because I'm pretty positive Vocal Adrenaline did cheat that or they really are drones from the future."
"Both sound about right," Mercedes commented.
"Well then," Mr. Schuester smiled, "I guess we will have to give it our all. And there is a required song theme this year."
"What?" Rachel stood up, "Why would they do that?"
"Calm down Rachel," Mr. Schuester said to her, "I have a feeling we can make it through guys. The theme is music from the movies. How about we just think of some ideas and start writing them on the board."
Everyone looked at Mr. Schuester confused and then ideas started forming in their minds. And then they all shouted out different songs from movies they had heard.
"Diamonds are A Girl's Best Friend!"
"Twist and Shout!"
"Jailhouse Rock!"
"Eye of the Tiger!"
Blaine looked over at Kurt, "Do they always get this excited when..."
"Yeah," Kurt nodded not letting Blaine finish, "Yeah they do."
Blaine let a small laugh and then held his hand up in the air. Mr. Schuester was surprised as he was trying to write down everyone's ideas, "Wait, wait, Blaine?"
"What about Don't You Forget About Me from the Breakfast Club?" Blaine offered, "We are sort of like them I suppose, with everyone all from different worlds and everything. And most of us are seniors graduating at the end of the year."
Everyone looked at him and then nodded, "That's an awesome idea, it's a kick ass song," Puck said fist pumping into the air.
"Great idea," Mr. Schuester said writing it on the board, "I think we are going to have a winning round at Regionals."
Comments
Loved it. I love Cassidy.
Cassidy made a face, "You two kiss a lot." .... No Cassidy, not nearly enough *sigh* ANYWAYS this story is great! Though there is a mix up with lines around the middle when Kurt has the daisy at Blaine's locker.