Blaine POV
"Kurt?" I looked over at my best friend; he was daydreaming again when he should have been focusing on his essay.
"Mm hmm"
"You gotta focus"
"I am"
"Kurt" I tilted my head, he sighed and looked down
"I am trying I just don't get it"
"Let me see" He pushed the book and essay towards me, looking at it I noticed that he had put a lot of effort in to it "This is good, you just need to summarize it at the bottom"
"I'm no good at summaries"
"Sure you are, remember that review you did last week, you summarize then"
"Yes but that was about clothes, I'm good with clothes"
"Then just think of the subject like you think of clothes, it will help I promi…" I was cut off by Kurt's phone buzzing "I thought we said no calls or texts while were working?"
"It's an alarm and I'm late, very late" He frantically started to pack away his work "I'm sorry Blaine but I've really gotta go, I will text you, promise" he grabbed his phone off the table and ran out the door
Kurt POV
"I will text you, promise" I picked up my phone and ran as fast as I could out of the door and down the corridors of Mckinley. I barely noticed the several people I ran in to all I could think about was that I was late and I couldn't be late again. I got to my car and jumped in, dumping my bag on the passenger seat and putting my seatbelt on before driving as fast and safely as possible towards Emma-Lee's. Twenty minutes later I was pulling up outside my destination; it was a small relatively new house with children's toys scattered on the front lawn. Sitting on the grass was my tall red haired friend Emma-Lee and my pale brunette little girl both of them were giggling. I got out of the car and made my way over to them
"What's so funny Lizzie?"
"Daddy!" Elizabeth ran towards me, I bent down catching her in a hug "I missed you"
"I missed you to little one" I kissed her forehead
"Come see what me and Emmie did" she pulled out of the hug, grabbing my hand and dragging me towards where she had been sitting. I looked down to see a pile of drawings
"Did you do these?" Lizzie nodded proudly "Can I see?"
"Of course daddy" She handed them to me one by one explaining them to me when we got to the last one she told me
"This is me and you and grandpa"
"This is beautiful baby; would you like me to put it up on your art wall when we get home?"
"Yes please daddy"
"Alright princess" I turned to Emma "Sorry I'm late"
"It's fine K, you know I'm more than happy to look after Liz"
"Lizzie" I looked at my daughter "Were you a good girl today?"
"I was, wasn't I Emmie?"
"Yep you were good and helpful"
"No tantrums?" I asked
"No, she has been a little angel all day"
"See daddy I'm an angel"
"Hmm, sometimes" Emma laughed "You ready to go home?"
"Yea"
"Let's get your things together then" she ran around gathering everything in to her small Disney princess bag while I helped Emma clean up
"You look tired K"
"I'm surviving but I don't know what I'd do without you and dad"
"Maybe you should tell some of your school friends, I'm sure they would be willing to help"
"No, none of them can keep their mouths shut and I can't risk Karofsky and the others finding out"
"You can't keep her a secret forever Kurt" I sighed
"I can try"
"Kurt" Emma gave me the same look I had received earlier from Blaine
"I know I can't but I have to keep her safe Em, I promised"
"I know you did, couldn't you at least tell that boy you like"
"Yea cause that wouldn't scare him off at all" I gave her a sarcastic smile "Hi Blaine, did you get your history essay in? By the way I have a massive crush on you, would you like to come to dinner with me and my four year old daughter?"
"Kurt" she stopped putting the toys away and turned to look at me "you're being stubborn" I opened my mouth to protest but she cut me off "I know your scared, you have every right to be but if you don't try then you will never know what might happen" I was about to argue back when I felt Lizzie tapping my leg
"Daddy can we have mash potato for dinner?"
"What's the magic word?" I saw her concentrate on remembering so I waited patiently
"oh" a smile appeared on her face when she remembered "please" I smiled back
"Maybe sweetie"
"Yay" she began to run around in excitement, I shook my head and my smile widened
"Come on missy; let's get you in to the car" I turned to see that Emma had already put Lizzie's booster seat in the car "thanks"
"You're welcome" I picked Lizzie up and was about to put her in the car before she said
"Wait, I'm forgetting something" I put her back down
"What are you forgetting sweetie?" She was thinking so me and Emma waited
"It's important" she was clearly getting upset about it
"Don't worry baby we can get it on Monday"
"No we can't it's not that kind of thing" suddenly her eyes lit up and I knew she had remembered. She ran to Emma "Thank you for playing with me" Emma grinned
"You are more than welcome princess, come here" She bent down and gave Lizzie a huge hug. I was proud of Lizzie not only had she thanked Emma for having her but she had worked hard to remember.
"Come on Lizzie" I held out my arms for her and she ran in to them. I picked her up and strapped her in to her booster seat then I looked her in the eyes "You are such a good girl, I'm proud of you Elizabeth" Her smile grew
"I love you daddy"
"Love you too Lizzie" Emma stood next to me and lent in to the car giving Lizzie another hug
"Bye pumpkin, see you Monday"
"Bye bye Emmie" Emma turned to me pulling me in to her arms
"Bye Kurt, call if you need me"
"Or course" I returned the hug "Thanks for having her"
"Any time" She let go "You better get going you're a perfectionist when it comes to mash potato" I laughed and shook my head
"I'm going, I'm going" I got in to the car and opened the window "See you Monday Em"
"See ya" I started the car and put my seatbelt on, just as I was about to pull away Emma called "Kurt, footfalls echo in the memory down the passage which we did not take towards the door we never opened"
"You're quoting T. S. Eliot to me? Really?" She laughed and waved to us
"Bye you two"
"Bye Emmie" I drove away
"So did you have fun today?" I asked
"Yea we did lots of things"
"What kind of things baby?" The rest of the journey home was spent talking about drawings, songs and lunch. I had taken the long way home to ensure that we wouldn't drive by anyone from school. When we finally got home, I got Lizzie out of the car and quickly took her inside
"Shoes off Lizzie" I watched as she took them off and ran to her room
"Daddy, can you help me?"
"Coming baby" I ran up the stairs after her, she took the drawings out of her bag
"Can you put this one up for me?" she handed me the drawing of me, her and dad
"Sure I can honey" I quickly stuck it up on the wall along with her other drawings "There"
"Thank you daddy" she ran over to her dress up box "Can I wear one of my princess dresses?"
"Yea honey, which one do you want?"
"Belle dress" I got out the yellow dress
"Do you need help to put it on?"
"Yes please" I helped her get changed and folded her clothed at the end of the bed "Can you do my hair?"
"Sure, go get your hair brush" she ran to her dressing table and bought me her brush "turn around" I knelt down, took her hair out of the bunches and brushed her brown curls "Do you want me to put it back up?"
"No daddy, I wanna look just like Belle cause she's my favourite"
"Why is she your favourite baby?"
"Cause she's pretty and she likes people even if they are different" I smiled, if a four year old could understand that why couldn't the rest of the world?
"Those are very good reasons" I finished brushing and turned her around to look at me "Remember baby always love people for who they are even if they are different"
"Like Belle?"
"Just like Belle" then a voice came up the stairs
"Hello, anyone home?"
"GRANDPA!" Lizzie yelled and ran out of the room
"Inside voice Lizzie" I called after her. I put her brush away and followed her to see dad bowing to her
"What a beautiful princess, tell me princess have you seen Elizabeth anywhere?"
"It's me grandpa, I'm Lizbeth silly"
"Lizzie is that you" He gave a mock gasp "You look so grown up"
"I am grown up grandpa, I'm four"
"Are you too grown up to give your grandpa a cuddle?"
"No, never" she wrapped her arms around his legs. I smiled, my dad was the best dad I could ever have asked for and he always tried his best to be the best grandfather he could be for Lizzie. I watched as picked her up and gave her a kiss then he looked to me
"You okay?"
"I'm alright, you?"
"Same" He walked towards the living room and I followed
"How was school?"
"Same as usual, anything interesting at work?"
"Had a chew toy stuck in an engine"
"How?"
"Not got a clue"
"Grandpa?"
"Yes sweetie"
"We're having mash potato for dinner"
"I said maybe"
"Want some help?"
"I can help too daddy"
"Well let's all go get out hands washed then shall we" After washing out hands I gave dad the job of peeling the potatoes. "Come here Lizzie you need an apron"
"Why?"
"You wouldn't wanna get your dress messy now would you?"
"No way"
"Well then come here and put the apron on" after quickly slipping her apron on me and dad made the decision of having sausages and peas with the mash
"Peas" I could see concentration on her face "there's a princess story that has a pea in it"
"Yes there is Lizzie, do you remember which one?"
"Is it the princess and the pea?"
"Yea and do you remember what happens?"
"Erm she sleeps on a pea?"
"That's part of it"
"I don't remember the other parts"
"That's ok sweetie, how about I read that to you as your bed time story?"
"Yea"
"Okay then" The three of us got down to preparing dinner, all of us were laughing and having fun. It's hard being a teenage dad but with moments like that if I had to go back I would have Lizzie again. Once dinner was ready we all sat down eating and talking about our days
"Grandpa Emmie said that next week she will take me to the park and that if you like you can come, I know daddy can't go cause of school but you can if you want"
"I would love to sweetie" I watched her try to cut her sausages
"Do you need help cutting them darling?"
"NO" She shouted "I WANNA DO IT"
"Don't shout at me Elizabeth" I made sure to keep my voice firm and lower than usual, It's how she knew I was not happy "if you want to do it yourself you say 'no thank you daddy' you do not yell at me" I knew Lizzie hated it when she upset me
"Sorry daddy" she looked down at her plate "I didn't mean to shout" Putting down my cutlery I put my hand on her cheek and tilted her head up to look at me
"You're forgiven Lizzie ok, now do you wanna try again to cut up those sausages yourself?" Lizzie nodded all sadness gone from her face, she knew that once she was forgiven I was no longer upset or angry and everything was ok. I got back to eating my own food but kept an eye on her in case she did need any help. Five minutes later Lizzie had cut up her sausages and had almost finished when she broke the silence
"Daddy did you have fun at school" I smiled, always thinking of others
"Yep, I saw my friends"
"Good, I like it when you have fun"
"And I like it when you have fun"
"It's even better when we all have fun together" she put a spoonful of mash potato in to her mouth "an we atch a ovie ater dinnr?"
"Don't talk with your mouth full" Dad said before I had a chance. Lizzie chewed and swallowed
"Sorry grandpa, Can we watch a movie after dinner?" I looked up at the clock on the wall, Twenty past five
"Yea we have time, you can go pick out a movie while me and grandpa clean up ok?" Lizzie opened her mouth to answer but closed it again when she realised her mouth was full, she nodded instead
"Good girl" Dad praised her for remembering, once she was finished I gave her permission to leave the table and pick a film
"But come here first" Lizzie ran up to me
"Yes daddy?"
"You still have your apron on" I took it off her "There now go pick a film princess" Lizzie ran in to the living room and I put her apron in to the laundry basket coming back I saw dad gathering up the plates
"Need any help dad?"
"I think I got this" he started to wash up
"Hand me a tea towel and I will dry up" working together the washing up was done in under ten minutes. Lizzie ran in to the kitchen
"I know what film we can watch"
"Which film?"
"Beauty and the beast"
"Okay you want me to come set it up"
"Yes please" We all went in to the living room, dad got out the blankets and I set up the dvd. I lay down on the sofa with Lizzie in my arms, dad sat in his armchair and once we were all comfortable I started the movie. Lizzie had chosen the sing along version so every song that came on we were all singing along when we got to Tale as old as time Lizzie pointed out
"You sing like me"
"What do you mean sweetie"
"When grandpa sings he doesn't sound like me but you do"
"That's because I have a high voice darling"
"Like me?"
"Yep"
"Why?"
"I don't know baby"
"I like your voice it's nice"
"Thank you hon"
"Shh daddy this is the best part"
"Sorry" I whispered and we went back to watching in silence. When the movie ended I looked at the time again, twenty to seven
"Did you like that Lizzie?"
"Yea can we watch another one?"
"Not tonight baby, it's time to get ready for bed" Both of us got up
"Race you up the stairs daddy" before I even had a chance to answer she sprinted out of the room
"Need any help with her?" Dad asked as he got up
"No I'll be fine" I followed my daughter up the stairs and found her in the bathroom
"Bath time?" she asked, I nodded
"But it will be a quick bath tonight ok?" I ran the water "Do you need help to get out of your dress?" she nodded and I removed her dress and socks putting them on the side to keep them dry
"What are we doing tomorrow daddy?"
"I have to work in the morning baby but I can play with you all afternoon and we are going out for dinner"
"Where"
"A place I know" I checked and turned off the water "come on then Lizzie in you get" I lifted her in to the bath, she looked at the water
"There are no bubbles"
"Sorry Lizzie but we ran out, we will have to get some next time we go shopping" She remained standing
"I want bubbles"
"We don't have any, you can't have what isn't here"
"It's not fair" she crossed her arms and glared at the water, I took a deep breath
"Lizzie come on we don't have bubbles but you still have your toys, would you like some of them?" I watched her consider it
"Can I have my mermaid?"
"If you sit down"
"Okay" she sat and I handed her the purple mermaid "Will you play with me?"
"Sure" I grabbed the blue mermaid and rolled up my sleeves, we spent the next ten minutes with Coral the blue mermaid and Violet the purple mermaid exploring the bathtub 'ocean'
"Okay now I think it's time to get washed" she shook her head
"Coral and Violet want to keep esploring" I thought for a second and then looked at the toys
"Coral and Violet" I addressed the mermaids "Do you think you could explore next bath time because Miss Lizzie needs to get washed" I picked up Coral and bought her to my ear "What was that, you think that you can wait because your tails are tired" Lizzie looked at them "See Lizzie they need to rest their tails"
"Can I have the magic wash cloth?"
"You can, do you want the strawberry soap of the lavender soap?"
"The purple one"
"Lavender it is then" I handed her the soap and wash cloth "Be careful you don't get it in your eyes"
"I won't" she washed herself as fast as she could, it was and always had been her least favourite part of bath time "I can't do my back, can you do it daddy?" I nodded and she handed me the soap and wash cloth, I moved her hair and washed her back "Are you going to wash my hair?"
"Not tonight" I finished her back and got out her towel
"Why not?"
"Because it's not dirty, time to get out"
"Can I let the water out?"
"Mm hmm" While she did that I dried Coral and Violet and put them back on the side
"Cold" I turned back to see the water gone and her standing up and shivering, I wrapped the towel around her and lifted her out
"Is that better?"
"Yea, warmer now" I could tell by the way she was dropping words and not using proper sentences that she was getting tired
"Good, you dry yourself off I will go get you some jammies ok?" I ran in to her room grabbing out her Rapunzel pajamas and returned to the bathroom
"I'm sleepy daddy" she had dropped the towel and was rubbing her eyes
"I know baby but we gotta get you dressed ok?" I put the pjamas down and finished drying her
"Arms up" I pulled the pajama top over her head and then got the bottoms on "Come on sweetie teeth brush then bed time" she got out her stool and stood at the sink while I put toothpaste on her Cinderella toothbrush "There you go" I handed it over to her
"Thank you" she clumsily brushed her teeth, when she was done she handed me the brush back and slowly walked towards her room, I put her brush back and followed her. When I got to her room she was sitting on her bed with her hair brush
"Good girl" I got two hair bobbles from the dressing table and sat next to her, she handed me the brush and I brushed through her hair and put it in to two braids "There, in you get now" I turned on her night light, put the brush back while she climbed under the covers "Do you want a bed time story?" She shook her head
"Song"
"You want me to sing?" she nodded and yawned "Okay" I sat beside her
"Sunshine" She mumbled, I nodded
"You are my sunshine my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear how much I love you
So please don't take my sunshine away" She was asleep before I had finished, I bent down and kissed her forehead "Good night Elizabeth, Sweet dreams" I gave her room a quick tidy up before turning off the light I turned to look at her, she looked so peaceful "I love you Lizzie, Nightie night" I left quietly closing the door behind me. I went to the bathroom to clean up after bath time and found my dad finishing up the cleaning
"Is she asleep already?"
"Yea, she almost fell asleep in here"
"Bless her; I think all that singing tired her out" I nodded
"You didn't have to clean this, I would have done it"
"I know you would have but you have essays to work on"
"Don't remind me" Dad chuckled
"Come on" Dad indicated to the door "Let's go down stairs, have a cup of tea and then you can do your school work ok?" We were making our way down stairs when my phone buzzed I looked at it to see a text from Blaine
-Where did you run off to today – B
"You sit down, I'll make the tea" I opened my mouth "and before you ask yes I'm sure" I closed my mouth, sat down in the living room and answered Blaine's text
-Sorry, I had some errands to run for my dad – K
I hated lying to him, out of every one I lied to in order to keep Elizabeth a secret lying to him was the worst.
-Next time do you think you could tell me that instead of just running out? Anyway I was wondering would you like to meet up tomorrow? I know you work in the morning but maybe in the afternoon and evening? – B
-Sorry again for just running out and I'm really sorry but I can't do tomorrow I promised my dad I'd help him out with some stuff after work. Sorry – K
"Here you go kid" Dad handed me a cup "Careful it's hot"
"Thanks" I sipped my tea and waited for a reply from Blaine
"You ok kiddo?"
"I think so" Dad gave me his 'you can tell me anything' look "it's so hard to lie to my friends, I know I do it to keep Lizzie safe but it's still hard sometimes" Dad nodded and sipped his tea "It was fine when I wasn't in glee club and had no friends because then I had no one to lie to"
"I know Kurt, maybe you could find one trust worthy friend so you at least had one person you could talk to" my phone buzzed again "Like whoever it is that keeps texting you"
"Maybe" I looked at my phone
-It's ok maybe another time. Did you have time to finish that essay? Remember it's due in on Monday so you need to make some time to do it. All you have to do is summarise :) – B
-I'm finishing it tonight so that I don't have to worry about it this weekend. You make it all sound so easy but then again you get through your essays like some sort of genius kid. Anyway turning off my phone now so I can work on my essay, text you soon – K
I finished off my tea and looked up at my dad
"Maybe your right maybe I should confide in someone"
"But make sure you can trust them Kurt"
"I can" I stood up "Thanks for the tea dad, I gotta go work and I will probable fall asleep working so I will say good night now"
"Good night Kurt, Love you son"
"Love you too dad"
I headed to my room knowing I was in for a long weekend.