Hello all! If you have not read my original story The Game of Life, I suggest you do so first. For anyone else, who has, this is going to be a companions mini-series to it. It's going to feature one-shots about things you never saw in The Game of Life, like Rachel telling Blaine and Kurt, little cheesy times between Rachel leaving Glee and the twins turning fifteen, Finn and Rachel moments in the five year gap, birth of Blaine and Kurt's babies, all that kind of stuff. Anything and everything! I will write a little summary for each individual one up here, so you know which it one it is, okay?
Title: Shocking News
Summary: Rachel's been sick for quite some time and Kurt is getting worried.
Rating: T
Blaine sat beside Kurt in the Warbler meeting hall, not surprised to see him tapping wildly on his iPhone. Blaine had learned, rather wisely, over the months spent with Kurt, that Kurt was always texting someone, whether it be Mercedes, talking about the latest fashion trends, or Finn demanding to know where Kurt had hidden his Xbox controller; whatever it be, Blaine prided himself in knowing the countertenor's facial expressions. Which is why Kurt's oddly worried expression had him confused. Kurt finally finished his text message and Blaine seized the opportunity.
"Who are you talking to?" Polite, but curious with no hint of pressuring, a perfect question.
"Rachel." Kurt replied, fingers flexing slightly around his phone as he waited for a response. Blaine frowned. It wasn't that he had a problem with Rachel; she and he had actually gotten very close after the whole dating debacle, it was just that Rachel was not much of a texter; she liked to feel 'in tuned' with whoever she was conversing with and even shied away from calling on the telephone, preferring face to face conversations.
"She's at the doctor's." Kurt added before grabbing his phone, fingers flying over the keys. "or was, anyway. She's been sick for a while, puking all the time at school and stuff. It's been going on for almost a month now. I'm trying to get her to tell me what the doctor said but she keeps telling me that she has to tell me – us face… face-to-face." Kurt's voice lifted a little at the end, betraying his determined look of nonchalance. Blaine immediately placed his hand on Kurt's shoulder.
"Hey. Rachel's going to be fine. You know how she can be, refusing to care for herself when competitions are around. She probably has a bad, bad case of the flu or something. She's talking about seeing us face-to-face so the doctor must have released her. She's okay," he added, squeezing Kurt's shoulder. Kurt smiled at him and slipped his iPhone into his pocket as the Warbler counsel filed in, followed by a few stragglers. Blaine pushed the Rachel Problem to the side of his mind as Warbler rehearsal began and Kurt did the same, allowing himself to get lost in the harmonies.
About an hour into practice, however, something practically unheard of in Warbler history (as Wes was quick to point out); a knock had rebounded through the now silent practice room. A few tense, quiet seconds past before Thad gestured frantically for a bit for someone to answer the door before Blaine made his way across the room to do so. He opened the great wooden doors to catch sight of a tear-stained, petite brunette in a short plaid skirt, red sweater, white tights, and red shoes to match.
"Ra-Rachel?" Rachel's lip quivered and Blaine wrapped his arms around her, gesturing to Kurt to get over there to help him. The Warblers stayed silent as Kurt and Blaine made their way back into an empty couch, maneuvering Rachel into it before sitting on either side of her. Blaine took to rubbing soothing circles on her back as Kurt gently wiped the tears off her cheeks and whispered comforting words to her. Several times they both tried to get her to tell them what was wrong, but she just cried harder and they backtracked. Finally Rachel calmed down somewhat, sitting up straighter and gently but firmly pushing Kurt and Blaine's hands away from her. She turned to the counsel, all of which had remained surprisingly silent as soon as the door opened to reveal a distraught girl. She respectfully, stiffly asked if she could borrow Blaine and Kurt for a few moments. The counsel erupted once more.
"Absolutely not! You are probably a spy using your – your womanly wiles to get information from the two!" Thad practically screamed. Blaine, seeing how upset Rachel seemed to be at the accusation, made a mental note to pay David to slip itching powder into Thad's underwear again.
"I can assure you," Kurt began, the icy tone in his voice causing the room to go silent again, "That Rachel is not a spy, and would never be a spy. I can also assure you that if she were, her 'womanly wiles' as you so aptly put it, would not work on either me or Blaine, as we are both gay." Thad colored and made to argue. Blaine chose to intervene.
"Pardon my intrusion, counsel, but Rachel is a close friend of Kurt and I, and as she just came from a doctor's appointment and is in tears, I really do insist you grant us this impromptu break to converse with her." He ignored the suddenly sympathetic looks he, Kurt, and especially Rachel were now getting. Wes nodded.
"I'll ant you this impromptu break Junior Warblers Kurt and Blaine. My condolences to whatever is wrong, Guest Rachel." Rachel nodded her head slightly before grasping Kurt's outstretched hand and allowed herself to be gently led out of the room. Kurt waited for the door to close before asking Rachel what was wrong. Rachel started sobbing again and Kurt ferociously hugged her, looking close to tears as well. Blaine joined the hug, wrapping an arm around Rachel's waist and the other, Kurt's.
"i-I don't know who to talk to and I-I'm so scared! D-Dad and D-Daddy know but no one else does and I d-don't know what I'm going to do a-and every – everyone's going to h-hate me and Q-Quinn's going to k-kill me and it's g-going to r-ruin Finn's life and I-I can't a-allow that to happen so I h-have to leave b-but I d-don't want to!" Kurt and Blaine didn't let go as Rachel cried her heart out into their chests, darkening their uniforms.
"Rachel," Kurt intoned gently, rubbing circles into her back and ignoring the fluttery feeling his stomach the warmth from Blaine caused. He needed to concentrate on Rachel. "You need to tell us what's wrong, preferably clearer than before." Rachel locked eyes with him.
"I'm p-pregnant, Kurt. Finn's the d-daddy. We- we s-spent the night t-together the day b-before Santana t-told me they'd d-done so last year. I t-told my dads and t-they are really s-supportive and scheduled this a-appointment for me. I found out they are t-twins today and I j-just couldn't - couldn't not tell anyone. I-I thought about t-telling 'Cedes but then you t-texted me and I c-came here i-instead." Kurt stared momentarily.
"That so explains how made you were when you found out Finn lied." He said finally. Rachel was silent for a moment before breaking out in laughter which Kurt tentatively joined in on. Blaine didn't quite understand what was so funny about the statement but seeing Rachel's tear-stained face glowing with laughter still caused him to crack a smile. He didn't know what was in store for the three in years to come, but at that moment he was ready to take the world on for Rachel. And his honorary nieces and or nephews.
So, hello again, I know it's kind of weird to have two of these things in the same 'chapter' but this are both equally important. Well, okay the one up there *pretend this is an arrow pointing to the very top of this* was important and this is just shameless pandering for reviews. That and if you have any special requests for a certain thing you were curious about or just wanted to read, or whatever, just tell me and I will do so. ALSO I still might do a sequel featuring the *fake drum roll* drama with Beth, the mini-glee kids, and the future Baby-Hudson (or Hudsons, you never know) but for now I don't really want to make the large commitment to an all new multi-chapter story, so for now make do with one-shots, yes? Until next time! Updating methods still apply (between next day and one week from last update, if I'm lazy).