When Kurt Hummel envisioned his future, he definitely didn't think that he'd be a newly divorced father of three, living in New York as a big time fashion designer. Yes, certain parts of that, he had envisioned, but the divorced part was never something he had planned for. Now, after a year of being divorced, Kurt and the kids were finally getting back on their feet.

"Ashlynn! Ryan! Hannah! Come on, we're going to be late." Kurt yelled as he scrambled to pack two lunches and find lunch money for Ashlynn. One by one, his kids scrambled down the hallway. Hannah, who was three years old, was first.

"I'm all ready to go, Daddy!" She exclaimed. Kurt smiled at his daughter and handed her her lunch.

"Okay, sweetie. Go wait on the couch until Ryan and Ashlynn come down okay." Kurt told her. She nodded and skipped off into the living. Ashlynn came down next. Her bouncy blonde spiral curls were pull back into a neat high ponytail and she was wearing a short skirt and a top that barely covered her belly button that showed off her typical sixteen year old rebel slutty fashion.

"No. Don't even think that you're going to school like that." Kurt said as soon as she reached the kitchen.

"Why?" Ashlynn retorted.

"Because it's way too short." Kurt told her.

"But, I've been wanting to wear this outfit for a while." She retorted.

"Well, you're not wearing it today. Go and change. NOW!" Kurt said his temper flaring.

"You suck. I hate you." Ashlynn muttered as she stomped back to her room. "I might as well wear a fucking sheet to school. At least that covers everything!" She yelled back.

"Watch your mouth." Kurt yelled at her. Ashlynn rolled her eyes and pushed past her brother as he walked down the hallway reading a book.

"Hey, buddy, what are you reading?" Kurt asked.

"Book on reptiles." Ryan muttered not bothering to take his eyes off of the words in the book.

"Oh that's cool. Do you have to read that for school?" Kurt asked.

"No." Ryan said before grabbing his lunch box and heading into the living room to join his little sister on the couch. Kurt sighed. Ryan was ten and had always been a little bit of a nerd. Kurt loved how smart he was, but he just wondered where he got it from. Neither Kurt nor his ex-husband had loved science as much as Ryan did.

About five minutes later, Ashlynn came stomping down the hallway. She was wearing a pair of capris and a tight fitted v-neck shirt, but at least this one covered her up. "This better?" She asked angrily.

"Yes, thank you." Kurt replied. Ashlynn mutter a quick, "Whatever…" and grabbed her bag and headed for the front door. Ryan and Hannah grabbed their backpacks and followed her as Kurt gathered his things together and then walked towards the parking garage to get in the car. Their morning routine was pretty simple. First stop was Ashlynn's high school, followed by Ryan's elementary school and then finally Hannah's pre-school. After that Kurt went to work at "Kurt Hummel Couture" which was a business that he had built up over the past few years.

Kurt pulled up to Ashlynn's high school and stopped the car. "Well, have a good day honey." Kurt said. "Don't forget to pick up your brother and sister today." he added. Ashlynn gave him a look and didn't even bother to respond. She instead saw a few of her friends from volleyball and walked over to them.

"Hey guys." She said with a smile.

"Hey, we're going to slushie that new glee club loser, you in?" the captain of the volleyball team, Amie asked.

"Sure, I guess." Ashlynn replied. The truth was Ashlynn really didn't want to slushie the glee club. She loved to sing, but not in front of people of course. She'd join the glee club but that would be social suicide, so instead she just put up with the snotty volleyball players that she hung out with. Amie hid a giant red slushie behind her back as they walked up one of the glee club's new member, Brianna and then she tossed it in the girl's face. The girl , Brianna, was in shock as desperately tried to wipe the corn syrup that was stinging her eyes away.

"Welcome to glee club loser!" Amie laughed. "Come on girls, lets go." Ashlynn looked back at the girl as she walked away with the rest of the volleyball team. She was just so distraught. Ashlynn was fairly certain that there were tears running down the girl's face, but what could she do. There was a hierarchy in high school and Ashlynn did not want to be on the bottom of it.

Just a few blocks away, Kurt had dropped Ryan off at school. He walked through the courtyard hesitantly looking around for Michael and his friends who made his life a living hell everyday. Ryan didn't see them so he sat on a bench just outside and reopened his book. Then, he felt someone rip the book from his hands and it fell to the ground.

"What are you reading nerd?" Michael seethed.

"Nothing, just please leave me alone." Ryan said quietly. He reached down to try to grab his book and Michael's two friends push him from behind. He fell to the ground and his hands slipped across the sidewalk leaving him with some pretty bad brush burns. Ryan wanted to cry, but he knew that would only make it worse so he held the tears in. Michael and his friends high fived and then walked away muttering, "loser!" Ryan picked up his book and then stood up. There was a ripped hole in the knee of his left pant leg. His Dad was going to kill him; these were new. He dusted off his pants and rubbed his burning hands together. Ryan took a deep breath and then walked into into the school. He hated school.

Kurt's last stop was Hannah's preschool. Because she was only three, Kurt walked her in unlike his other two children. He held her hand as they walked down the artwork covered hallways to her classroom where Miss Grace was.

"Hi Hannah." Miss Grace said with a smile. "Are you ready to come and play?" she asked. Hannah shook her head and hid behind Kurt's leg. She was normally a pretty brave child, but she had her days like this one where she didn't want to leave Kurt's side. Today, really wasn't good timing for this though. Kurt had a huge fashion show coming up and he was still way behind on his designs.

"Hannah, sweetheart, you like pre-school." He reminded her.

"No! I want to stay with you!" She said her eyes filling with tears.

"You have to go to school. I'll see you later tonight and Ashlynn will pick you up." Kurt told her.

"No! I want you!" She cried. Miss Grace intervened and pried Hannah off of Kurt's leg. She screamed and cried, but Kurt knew she would calm down in a few minutes. He really needed to get work. He got in the car and drove over to Kurt Hummel Couture.

"Mr. Hummel, you have two calls waiting for you." Lindsey his assistant told him.

"Tell them I'll call back later. I am way behind on designs for the fashion show later this week." Kurt replied as he hurried into his office.

"Yes, Mr. Hummel." Lindsey replied. Kurt sat down and began to work and before he knew it was three o'clock. Ashlynn got out of school and immediately started walking the three blocks down to Ryan's elementary school. She waited in the courtyard until she saw her brother come of the building. She took notice of the hole and the dirt on her brother's pants.

"What happened to you?" She asked.

"I fell- at recess." Ryan stammered.

"You know Dad is going to kill you, right?" Ashlynn said. "Those are like the fourth pair of jeans that you ruined." Ryan sighed and didn't say anything. What Ashlynn said wasn't anything new to him and it was the fifth pair of jeans actually. "Whatever, we have to go get Hannah." Ashlynn said. Ryan followed his sister as they walked down another two blocks to Hannah's preschool. They walked into the colorful building and went to the daycare area. Hannah only had a half day of preschool, but she stayed in day care until three when Ashlynn picked her up.

"Hi, I'm here for Hannah Hummel." Ashlynn said. Hannah saw her big sister and went running over to her.

"Hey Hannie, what did you do today?" she asked as she settled Hannah on her hip.

"I painted and played with dolls." Hannah replied.

"That sounds fun." Ashlynn said with a smile. Ryan went and grabbed her backpack and then they started their walked home. When they go home Hannah went off to play while Ashlynn and Ryan started their homework. It was getting late and Kurt still wasn't home, so Ashlynn put an over ready pizza for them in them oven. After ten minutes, the timer dinged and Ashlynn got out three paper plate and set them on the table.

"I don't want pizza." Hannah grumbled.

"Well, that's what I made." Ashlynn told her "So, eat it."

"I don't want pizza and I don't want you. I want Daddy!" Hannah yelled as she hit the plate of the table. The pizza fell on the floor and tomato sauce got everywhere.

"Hannah! What the hell!" Ashlynn yelled. "That's it. I'm calling Dad." Ashlynn got up from the table and stepped carefully over the piece of pizza on the floor. She grabbed the phone dialed Kurt's work number.

"Hello, Kurt Hummel Couture, Kurt Hummel speaking." Kurt answered.

"It's me Dad." Ashlynn said. "When are you coming home?" Ashlynn moaned. "Hannah's being a brat."

"I'm sorry honey. I need to get more done on my designs. The fashion show is this week." Kurt said. "It's going to be a late night."

"Dad, I have homework…" Ashlynn moaned. When her father said "late night" that meant that she had to babysit.

"I'll pay you twenty dollars. Please?" Kurt begged.

"Fine." Ashlynn sighed and then hung up. She hated being the oldest. Kurt hung up and continued working on the design he was almost finished with. Time passed by quickly and before he knew it, it was nine o'clock. Kurt was so stressed out. He had so much to do at work and home these days was just an endless stream of stress and teenager drama. What he really needed was a drink. So, he packed up his stuff and turned off all the lights in his office. He was the last one there so he locked up the building and then walked down to Garvey's Bar just four buildings down. Kurt walked in and the music played tastefully in the background. He sat down at a chair at the bar and looked at his iphone as he waited to be asked what he wanted.

"Hi, Can I get you something?" a voice asked. Kurt looked up to answer and he saw a beautiful man with green eyes staring back at him.
"Yeah, shot of tequila please." Kurt replied. The man smiled back at him.

"Coming right up." He told Kurt. Kurt watched at the gorgeous man made his drink. Maybe tonight wouldn't be as bad as he thought it was going to be.