Klaine and Finchel
"Worried?" whispers Rachel as Kurt stares blankly ahead at the seat in
front of him. "I don't know." replies Kurt after a few short seconds
of silence. "You?" he asks curiously. "A little." She replies as she
stares down at her lap. "How long has it been since we've talked to
them?" She asks. Rather quickly Kurt replies " 1 month, 19 days, and
14 hours." "Wow. That's... A long time." She slowly replies. "Yeah."
whispers Kurt as memories and worries overflow his mind. What if he
wants to get back together? What if he's moved on? What if he's with
someone else? Or worse, what if he's with Sebastian? Just the thought
of it tore at Kurt's heart and shattered it as quick as a heartbeat.
Kurt could not deny his love for that boy, and it didn't matter how
much Blaine's cheating hurt, that love was not going away. "Kurt, when
this plane lands, we just have to promise ourselves that we will
confront them... And receive the closure that we deserve. The closure
that's keeping us from living our lives without pain and regret." A
compassionate faint smile came across Rachel's face as she looked at
Kurt and then said, "we can do this." Kurt, realizing how lucky he was
to have a friend like Rachel, took her hand and held it tightly.
"What time does his flight land?" Asked Blaine eagerly as he helped
Finn clean up the choir room. " Uh...I think 6:00" said Finn as he
stacked the chairs in the corner. "Do you want to come with us to pick
him up?" asked Finn. Even though there was nothing he wanted to do
more then to see Kurt as soon as possible, he quickly responded "Oh,
no. I'm sure he'd rather just spend tonight with you guys." As Blaine
stared at the ground holding back tears, Finn patted him on the back,
and said "It's gonna be okay, man. You'll be able to see him before he
leaves." Blaine nodded and replied "Thanks." As he relived what had
happened in New York over and over again in his mind. "What are you
gonna do about Rachel? Is she on the same flight?" Blaine asked. Finn
froze. "I don't know... Kurt never said if she was coming with him...
And I'm not exactly sure if Jews celebrate thanksgiving... but if she
does come home... wow, I don't know. I guess I'll just talk to her."
said Finn as he also relived New York in his mind. The hurt that
Rachel's kiss with Brody caused him came back, and his regret about
leaving so abruptly followed. He'd kept himself so busy with directing
the play that he hadn't really thought about what had happened, but it
started to sink in how much he missed Rachel, and he was all of the
sudden distraught. He stood there, thinking for a moment, then asked
"How long has it been?". Blaine looked up and replied "1 month, 19
days, and 14 hours.". "Wow. That's... A long time." He slowly replied.
"Yeah." Blaine whispered as memories and worries overflowed his mind.
Once the plane had landed, Kurt and Rachel gathered their luggage and
walked into the terminal. Amidst a crowd of people, Kurt spotted his
Dad with a bouquet of flowers evidently bought at a drug store on the
way to the airport. Kurt didn't mind one bit though. Burt rushed up to
Kurt and pulled him in real tight. He kissed his head and whispered "I
missed you so much, I'm so glad you're home." . "Me too, dad." Kurt
replied as he held on to him. "Oh Rachel! I didn't know you guys were
coming back together? How are you?" Said Burt as he grabbed Rachel to
give her a hug. "I'm good, mr. Hummel. It's great to see you!" She
replied. "Are your folks here?" Burt asked. Kurt butted it and said
"Oh, her dads' flight home from Aruba got cancelled so I told her she
could stay with us until they come home tomorrow morning. Is that
okay?" "Of course it's okay! You can stay as long as you'd like
Rachel." said Burt not really thinking about Finn. "Kurt!" yelled
Carole as she made her way through the crowd to give him a hug. Finn,
not seeing Rachel, followed behind Carole and went to grab Kurt's
bags. "Oh and Rachel! How are you sweetie?" said Carole as she leaned
in to give Rachel a hug as well. As she said this, Finn's heart
stopped. He looked up and saw Rachel hugging his mom, and they slowly
made eye contact. Both of them didn't expect to see each other, so
they were both at a loss of words. "Ok, I'll go get the car and pick
you guys up out front." said Burt as he grabbed Kurt's bags from Finn,
still standing there staring at Rachel. "I'll go with you." replied
Carole as she grabbed Rachel's bags and knowingly left Rachel and Finn
to talk. "Uh... I'll come too." added Kurt once he realized what
Carole was doing. Rachel and Finn stood silently alternating between
staring at the ground and staring at each other. After what seemed
like an eternity of silence, Rachel finally asked "how are you?". Finn
looked at her and replied "I'm okay... you?" "I'm fine." "You look
beautiful..." Finn responded nervously. He leaned in, kissed her
cheek, and then said "...Really beautiful." Rachel, surprised and
flattered, replied "Thank you." She contained herself on the outside,
but on the inside she wanted to scream I love you, kiss him, and go
back to exactly how it was 6 months ago. Finn felt the exact same way.
But they both knew it wasn't that simple. "So, what have you been up
to?" She asked. Finn smiled and answered "I came back here, went to
see Mr. Schu and everybody, and I directed the musical." Rachel smiled
and said "Wow, thats great. I bet it was amazing. What musical?"
"Grease." he replied with a smile. "i wish you could have been here to
see it." "Me too. It's just like our first glee club rehearsal."
Replied Rachel as she looked up lovingly into Finn's eyes. "Yeah,
thats why I picked it." Finn responded as he looked back at Rachel in
that same loving way. As they stared at each other for a few moments,
longing to kiss each other, Burt honked the horn. Finn snapped himself
out of it, and escorted Rachel to the car.
As he sat in the car, Kurt checked his phone. No messages. He scrolled
through his messages to see the last one that Blaine had sent him.
There were about 100 unanswered texts from Blaine within a week after
New York, and then there was nothing but one blank text that was most
likely accidentally sent 4 days ago. Kurt started a text at least 20
times, but couldn't find the words to say, and deleted the message
every time he got a couple words in. All that Kurt could do was wait
to see what happens these next couple days in Lima, and his worry and
heartache would have to wait to be resolved. He'd just have to have
patience. Patience and ... Courage. Finn hopped in the drivers seat,
Burt sat in front, and Carole, Kurt, and Rachel sat in the back.
Rachel couldn't help but occasionally stare at Finn through the rear
view mirror, and Finn did the same. They ignored the idle chatter that
was going on in the car, and just kept communicating through a couple
glances in the mirror. When the car ride was over, Rachel knew then
and there that she still loved Finn with everything she had, and she
was determined to let him know that.
It was almost midnight. Kurt was unpacking the last of his things, and
Rachel was finishing up her bedtime routine. No one had really said a
word since they got home. Kurt, longing to break the silence and take
his mind off of Blaine for just a second, finally said "2 minutes til
show time, Miss Streisand!" Rachel laughed and came out of the
bathroom. "Wow, doesn't it feel like you never left?" said Rachel as
she looked at all of the pictures on Kurt's shelf. "Yeah, it feels
like I should be running through my solo for glee club tomorrow one
more time before I go to bed." Kurt replied. "I miss it so much.
Singing solos, dancing around the choir room with everyone, and
dreaming about New York with you." Rachel said. "Don't forget being
slushied in the face and being terrorized by Sue constantly." said
Kurt. "Life was a whole lot simpler." Rachel said as she picked up a
picture off of the shelf. "Prom was easily one of the best nights of
my life." Said Rachel as she held a picture of Kurt and Blaine at the
prom and showed it to him. Kurt, having forgotten about Blaine for
just a few seconds, was then reminded of him, and quietly replied,
"yeah, mine too." Rachel, realizing what she had done, quickly said
"oh, Kurt I'm so sorry I wasn't thinking." "No, it's ok." Kurt
replied. "Let's just go to bed, I'm exhausted." "Ok..." replied Rachel
as she laid down next to Kurt. "This is about to be a really
interesting weekend." whispered Kurt. "Yep." Rachel responded as she
closed her eyes.
"Rachel I love you more then life itself. Please stay with me. I love
you so much. I can't lose you again. You're everything I need.
Please.""Oh, Finn! Yes! Yes! I love you too! Kiss me!". Rachel
suddenly woke up and opened her eyes. It was dark and she didn't know
where she was, but then she remembered she was in Kurt's room. She
laid there with her eyes open for a little while, trying to realize
what her dream had meant, but then she realized that the answer was
simple. She quietly got up trying not to disturb Kurt, and walked
across the hall into Finn's room. Fast asleep in bed, she climbed in
next to him, placed her hand gently on his cheek, and kissed him. He
slowly woke up, gazed into Rachel's eyes, stroked the hair off of her
face, and didn't say a word. After a few moments, Rachel whispered
"After I went back to New York, I started dating Brody. We had been
dating for about a week when one night after we had dinner, he leaned
in to kiss me, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me."
Finn, hurt and confused by this story, replied "why are you telling me
this?" "Because..." Rachel replied, "... It was then that I realized
that I shouldn't be with Brody. I realized The only person I ever want
to kiss is you. I love you more than anything in the world, and I
don't care how far away you are, I'm going to be with you. Forever."
Finn stayed silent for a moment. Then, he kissed her again. The most
passionate kiss they've ever had. He then gently pulled her closer to
his chest, and cradled her in his arms for the rest of the night.
Kurt woke up early, and saw that Rachel was no longer beside him. He
knew right away what must have happened, and felt a sense of relief
and happiness knowing that his step brother and his best friend
finally realized that being together is their destiny. Yet, he found
his heart breaking even more then it already was. He knew that the
problems between him and Blaine were more complex, and it wasn't going
to be that easy to forgive and forget. To keep himself busy, Kurt went
downstairs, and prepared a small breakfast. He knew that he'd have to
cook the entire Thanksgiving dinner today, so he thought that he'd get
a head start. Burt came downstairs and sat down at the kitchen table
as Kurt finished cooking some eggs. "So, have you talked to Blaine
yet?" Kurt paused, sighed, and quietly replied, "no." "Well Kurt, I
know that it's totally up to you, and I'll support whatever decision
you make, but I think that the only way that you two will be able to
move on is if you talk to each other, now that you've had your space
for a while, and see where you go from here." Kurt, surprised and
thankful to hear this come from his Dad, replied "you're absolutely
right... I just have to find the words to say." Burt then grabbed
Kurt's shoulder and said "you can do it." Kurt half smiled and said
"thanks dad."
After dinner, Finn and Rachel went to the Berry's for their
thanksgiving, Burt and Carole cleaned up the kitchen, and Kurt went to
get some coffee from the Lima Bean. Kurt was surprised to see that it
was actually opened, went inside, and bought a cappuccino. He sat down
at the same table that Blaine had first said "I love you." Kurt didn't
know whether to smile or cry, so he did both. After sitting there
reading through old conversations on his phone that he and Blaine had
had before New York for about a half an hour, he decided to just head
home and re-watch the Macy's thanksgiving day parade. As he walked
toward the door, there he was, out of nowhere, reaching his hand to
open the door to the coffee shop. His hair was slickly gelled back as
usual. His bow tie was a little crooked, and his cheeks were a rosy
red color due to the chilly night air. He was wearing his gray coat
that Kurt had remembered so vividly being held up against and his
sweater was the same one that Kurt had told him constantly that he
should wear more often. There eyes met at the same moment, and they
both froze. So many things to say, and things to do had crossed both
of their minds at the same exact time, and by looking into each
others' eyes for just that moment, they both knew it. Finally Blaine
quickly said "hey." His eyes remained locked on Kurt's. Kurt glanced
at the ground and replied, "hey." He then slowly continued out the
door and started walking to his car. Blaine quickly followed and
yelled "Kurt, wait!" Kurt stopped, but didn't turn around. "I haven't
heard from you in over a month, and I'm not just gonna let you say
"hey."then walk away." "Well, I'm at a loss of words. I don't know
what to say." Kurt replied as he stared at the ground. "Well then let
me go first." Blaine said as he turned Kurt around. At first he just
stared at his face, thinking about how much he loved everything about
Kurt, and then he said "These last few weeks have been awful... I
can't stop thinking about you when I wake up, when I'm at school, when
I'm singing a song, when I'm at home, when I go to bed, and when I
fall asleep. You're my everything Kurt, and these past few weeks have
been hell without you. I know that I can't take back what I did
but..." "You hurt me more than I've ever been hurt in my life. I felt
like I was going to die." Kurt interrupted. "I know I put you through
hell. I don't deserve you. You are everything that is good in this
world, Kurt, and not being able to talk to you, not being able to kiss
you, not being able to tell you how much you mean to me, and not being
able to hear your voice and hold you in my arms is the worst feeling
that I have ever felt, and it's the worst feeling that I could ever
feel." Blaine replied halfway in tears. Blaine's pain hit Kurt like a
bullet in his heart, and he knew his love for Blaine would not go
away. After a moment of silence, Kurt said "I went on three dates. The
first one, the guy was tried to sing along to a song on the radio and
was painfully tone deaf... The second desperately needed some hair
gel ... And the only thing wrong with the third was that he wore a
regular tie ... After that, I gave up. I realized that I could only
date a guy who had the voice of an angel, had hair that was always
perfectly slicked back with gel, and who wore bow ties non stop...
I... I can't stop loving you Blaine." Before Kurt could say anything
more, Blaine burst into tears. Kurt gently put his hands around
Blaine's neck and said "Blaine, it's okay, please... stop crying,
everything's ok." "No Kurt, everything's not okay. I'm so happy that
you love me enough to take me back just like that, but before you do
that, I need you to know how sorry I am that I hurt you. I love you so
much Kurt and I regret what I did with everything I have. I need you
to know that I love you more then anything I've ever loved before and
I will do whatever it takes to earn back your trust and love you the
way that you deserve to be loved." said Blaine as he struggled to
compose himself and stop crying. "I know." said Kurt as he himself
started to cry. "I should've been there for you. I should've given you
the attention you deserved. But please just stop apologizing and just
kiss me." said Kurt as he dried the tears from Blaine's eyes. As
quick as he could, Blaine pulled Kurt in and kissed him as
passionately as he could. Tears were still streaming down both of
their faces, and they quickly grabbed each others hands and squeezed
them tightly. They finally pulled away and gently pressed their
foreheads together. After a few moments of silence, Kurt quietly sang
"I really can't stay...". Blaine laughed a little when he realized
what Kurt was doing and quickly replied "but baby it's cold
outside..." "I've got to go away" "but baby it's cold outside""this
evening has been""been hoping that you'd drop in""so very nice" and as
Blaine sang "I'll hold your hands their just like ice" he held up
Kurt's hands and kissed them. Then Kurt continued "my sister will be
suspicious..." "gosh your lips look delicious" "my brother will be
there at the door" "waves upon a tropical storm" "my maiden aunts mind
is vicious" "ooh your lips (Blaine kisses Kurt on the lips) are
delicious..." "Well maybe just a cigarette more" "never such a
blizzard before" "I really can't stay..." And then both of them sang
"baby it's cold outside..." They laugh a little, then held each other
tightly. "I'm so glad we're back together because no one can harmonize
as good as we can." said Kurt with a smile. Blaine stared at Kurt,
realized that Kurt just said they were back together, kissed him
again, and then held him tightly. "I wish we could stay here forever."
whispered Kurt as he held on to Blaine. Blaine smiled and whispered
back, "why can't we?". It was then that Kurt knew that all the pain
and suffering was worth that moment, right there, right then.
THE END3