A/N: FYI, due to the websites rules on e-mails and other website postings the e-mail addresses I posted aren't showing up correctly. The at symbol should be after the name for each of them. Sorry for any confusion...
It was just a normal day for Kurt Hummel as he walked in to his office building with his morning coffee. He didn't know that when he checked his e-mail his life would be changing forever.
Before that fateful January day Kurt was just another gay man in Lima, Ohio, except that he was one of the best wedding planners in the United States. When Kurt was growing up he had dreams of being on Broadway, but those were crushed when the counter-tenors voice refused to deepen – no one wanted a counter-tenor that looked like a pre-pubescent porcelain doll as a leading role, the show would flop after just one night. So Kurt relied on his back-up plan. He took classes on color schemes, food, décor, different styles of dresses and tuxes – anything and everything that helped him know weddings inside and out. It paid off well – not counting his fathers wedding, his first wedding was done for experience only. He spent countless months preparing food, clothing, and flower designs for his choir teacher, Mr. Shuester, and his fiancée and Kurt's guidance counselor Ms. Pilsberry. The wedding had gone so well that both Mr. and Mrs. Shuester told everyone about it, and news of Kurt's eye for weddings spread. He was able to start charging people for his services, and after only doing three paid weddings he was starting to get so many requests he was having to turn people away. He only took on those that he thought would be a challenge or take him to new locales, and he didn't prepare them cheaply either.
His inbox was full that morning, as it was every morning, but today was January 4th, there were at least double the normal amount of requests, seeing as many people got engaged on New Years and he was out of the office all week-end. Even though Kurt was not lacking in funds, he refused to hire help, even a secretary, so he always spent the first four hours of work reading and responding to requests from bridezillas and horrible mother's of the groom-to-be. One e-mail this morning stuck out though.
From: Blaine_Anderson BASportsandFitness . net
Subject: Wedding date 12/31/2021
Hello kind sir. Over the last three months I knew I was going to ask my long-term girlfriend to marry me and have been researching wedding planners for the day in which she said yes. One name kept being repeated: yours. My darling Ellie said yes, so I am writing to ask of your services. We live in Westerville, Ohio – not far from your offices so we would have no trouble staying in contact throughout the process, however we are wanting our wedding to take place in New York, on New Years Eve of this year. I know that gives you less than a year, but from what I have heard that would be no problem for you. Please send word of your answer as soon as possible, for if you cannot give Ellie the wedding of her dreams we need to start working on a second plan.
With kind regards,
Blaine Anderson
614-555-9837
Kurt was sure he had heard the name before, but couldn't place it. He decided to worry about that later though. He put Mr. Anderson's e-mail in the file marked REVIEW before going on to read the others. He sent out a mass reply to over 500 requests that simply read
From: Kurt_Hummel HummelWeddings . net
Subject: Wedding Request
I am sorry to inform you that I cannot fulfill your requests. I have included a short list of wedding planners that might take you on.
Riley_Flint RileysEvents . net
Danica_James djsweddings . com
Molly_Williams MWParties . net
Sincerely,
Kurt E. Hummel
Kurt hit send, then went to the REVIEW folder to look over the three inquiries that he was somewhat interested in. Blaine Anderson's was in there, as well as a request from a woman from Florida who was getting married on Valentines Day and wanted Kurt to work on her wedding for 6 weeks straight, and one from an older gentleman who wanted to give his younger bride a Hawaiian wedding. Before Kurt picked which one he would devote his time to, he had to do a phone interview with them.
First he called the Floridian. Kurt knew the minute she answered the phone he could not work with her. Before Kurt could even tell her why he was calling she had asked him when she should be expecting him because they had lots of work to do. Always a professional, Kurt told her that this was only an interview to see if her needs met up with his abilities and that he would need some more information about the kind of wedding she was wanting. She had insisted that she would tell him all about it when he arrived. He didn't want to lose his cool, so he simply told her that he didn't think he could meet her wishes, wished her a good day, and hung up – then quickly blocked her number from his calling system.
Next he called the gentleman with the Hawaiian wedding. While this call went better than the last, he didn't know if he wanted to spend the next six months travelling between Ohio and Hawaii as the man wanted only authentic Hawaiian aspects to the wedding, meaning Kurt couldn't use his favorite stores or designers here on the East Coast. He told the man he would be getting back in touch with him soon, he had to check his schedule and other projects and see if he could fit it in.
Finally he called Mr. Anderson.
"Thank you for calling B. A. Sports and Fitness. This is Blaine Anderson. How may I assist you this morning?" A deep, yet melodic voice asked.
Kurt gasped at the sound on the other line; he had never heard anything as beautiful as this mans voice. He quickly recovered though: "Yes, this is Kurt Hummel with Hummel Weddings. I was hoping to ask you some questions about your wedding request."
"Oh, Mr. Hummel, thank you for calling so quickly. Ellie has never been this excited for anything. I didn't tell her who the wedding planner was, just that I had made a contact. We've only talked a bit about what she wants, we know it's going to be a big affair, close to a thousand guests, not including the wedding party. She said something about having at least ten bridesmaids, as she has a huge family plus friends that she wants to include. We know we want a New York City wedding, but we don't know where specifically. The date HAS to be New Years Eve though. I know that's tough, with New York doing the whole Times Square ball drop, but Ellie is insisting. Do you think you could do this, Mr. Hummel? If you can't, I don't know who can. I've been told you are the best, the one and only magic worker for weddings." He sounded so desperate for this wedding to be perfect Kurt was beginning to pity him. What man in his right mind would bend over backwards for a woman this much? Kurt had to tell this man yes. "I don't think I could handle knowing I had broken him if his fiancée got upset over him not being able to give her a special wedding" Kurt thought.
"Well Mr. Anderson, I would like to meet with you and Ellie in person before I give my word to this wedding, but I think I can get you your special day. Do you have time this week to meet with me?"
Kurt heard papers being shuffled around before Blaine Anderson answered. "Yes, yes, we have a pretty clear schedule. Any day, any time, we'll be there."
They agreed on Wednesday at noon, at a quaint little coffee shop called the Lima Bean. Until then Kurt racked his brain as to where he had heard of Blaine Anderson before. All the young man could think about was Blaine Anderson, his gruff, yet soft voice, and the obviously kind soul this man had.
A/N: 1344 words for the first chapter… I'm going to try to keep writing like this, but no promises. I hope my readers enjoy this story, I know exactly what I want to happen, it's just getting there that's the problem. Please stick with me as I work this one out. Let me know if there's anything you like or dislike so far, or anything you want to see in this or anything else I may write (I do take requests for one-shots, kinks you may want fulfilled, etc). Toodles :D