"So kid where you from?" Kurt's dad asked me as we sat in the living room.

"Westerville actually."

"Hmm...you and Kurt going to swing up there while you are here to see your folks?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"My parents...they aren't accepting...my mom would be very upset that I'm still going through this 'phase' as she calls it and my dad would be very upset to see...well to see that I'm alive and clean."

Burt blinked at me a few times. "I see. Do you want a beer kid?"

"Sure."

He went into the kitchen and grabbed us some beers.

"What are your intentions towards my boy?"

"I'm going to marry him one day."

"Are you?"

"Yes."

"You two engaged?"

"Not yet, neither of us is ready for that yet but we both know it's going to happen."

"Good to know that you two aren't rushing everything."

"I'm assuming this is about me and Kurt sharing a room."

"Can't say I'm too happy about that."

"With all due respect Mr. Hummel Kurt and I are very much in love and I understand that you think we are moving too fast but we are just moving at a pace that feels natural to us."

"You not pressuring him into anything?"

"Definitely not. I would never do that...besides nobody can pressure Kurt into anything ask Adam."

"That boy pressured Kurt into doing stuff?"

"He tried he didn't succeed. I didn't find out about it until after they broke up or...well to be honest I would have kicked the shit out of Adam."

He nodded.

"I never liked that Adam kid. Kurt never him brought him home you know? We only met him 'cause we went to New York to surprise Kurt...took us two whole days to figure out they were boyfriends but I figured maybe that's just how my kid was, maybe he wasn't the PDA type, of course after seeing that kiss between you two at the airport I realised that's not true."

"Sorry about that, it was just supposed to be a little peck...but we got lost in each other. We sometimes forget there are other people around, my brother calls it love blinders."

"My point is that you are the first boy Kurt has ever brought home and that tells me a lot about how he feels about you. I just need to know that you feel the same way."

"Mr. Hummel I love your son with every fiber of my being."

"You say that now but everything is new and easy, what happens when you two get into a fight? You gonna turn tail and run?"

"Actually we have already fought...it was a misunderstanding but it was pretty bad, we got past it, we always will. This is a real relationship, it isn't some fling or two kids playing house, we are both in this for the long haul. And I hope when the time comes you'll give me your blessing to ask Kurt to marry me."

"If he doesn't beat you to it."

"Nah, I've already told Kurt I want to be the one to propose."

"I can see you are serious about my boy and as long as you treat him right you and me we'll get along just fine, you break his heart though and I'll break your face."

"If I break his heart I'll give you the baseball bat."

"So you guys fight a lot?"

"No, but we have fought. It's part of being in a relationship especially when you spend as much time together as we do."

"So what was the fight about?"

"It was just a misunderstanding but things were said, feelings were hurt...we've agreed to make sure to we talk to each other instead of jumping to conclusions...it's fine now."

"Hmm...good, it's important to learn from these things."

I nodded.

"So what do you do for a living?"

"Right now I'm a bartender but I have an audition to sing at a coffee shop not far from our apartment. Kurt doesn't know about that yet though, he knows I was thinking about it but I figured I'd wait to see if I get it before I tell him. I don't want to get his hopes up."

"So you sing too?"

"I do; some of my friends and I have an acapella group we perform in clubs and restaurants sometimes."

"Is that what you want to do? Be a singer?"

"You know before I met Kurt I had never really thought about the future, but yeah I think that's what I'd like to do. But don't worry I have a trust fund from my grandparents so no matter what Kurt will be provided for, although Kurt has pretty already decided that money is earmarked for a house there's enough where I can dip into it from time to time if need be."

"You guys really talk about all that stuff? Marriage, a house, kids?"

"We do, I think Kurt has already picked out what nursing home we're going to live in when we are old men."

"My boy sure knows what he wants."

"He does and I thank my lucky stars every day that includes me."

"I wasn't sure about you, what with the eyeliner but you're growing on me, you call start calling me Burt. Want to see if there's a game on?"

"God yes, Kurt never wants to watch sports...I mean he tries..."

"But then he gets bored and starts reading a magazine."

Ok, so maybe Burt isn't going to kill me.