DISCLAIMER: I do not own Glee.
Burt was twenty-three years old when he first saw her. He was sitting behind a desk in the back of Hummel's Tires and Lube, looking at the profits made for the week. The shop was still open, even though it was nine o'clock at night. He heard the bell above the door ring, and looked up seeing a young woman with dirty blonde hair, shorts, tank top, and a plaid shirt tied around her waist. She looked around for a moment before spotting Burt sitting in the back. She let out a huff of breath, and made her way to Burt.
"Hello, I know it's late, but my car broke down about two blocks from here. Can you help? Please." She said hurriedly, while wiping sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. Burt stood up and held out his hand.
"Hello, my name is Burt, and I'd be happy to help you, miss." He said charmingly, with a big smile displaying bright white teeth. The woman stood there for a moment before blinking and grasping Burt's outstretched hand.
"Carole," she said breathless "My name is Carole." They stood there for a minute staring into each other's eyes and shaking each other's hands. Burt looked down and coughed embarrassingly.
"Um, how about that car of yours?" he said while putting on a hat, and grabbing a set of keys that were lying on the desk. He looked at Carole for a second before walking to the door and opening it. "You coming?" Carole blushed and walked out the door.
After Burt fixed Carole's car they exchanged telephone numbers, with blushing faces. After a couple of months of going on dates, Burt asked Carole to be his girlfriend. A couple of years later Burt asked for Carole's hand in marriage and they had a small ceremony at the local church with family and friends. The next year, Carole was pregnant with her first child, a boy.
On May 11, 1998 Finnegan Michael Hummel was born. Burt and Carole couldn't have been happier. Finn was a very happy baby and they didn't have much trouble with him. On Finn's first birthday, family and friends gathered to celebrate, and watch as Finn tore into the pile of presents on the carpeted floor of the Hummel household. They ate the blue Thomas the Train cake, and laughed when Finn got most of the cake on his face and not in his mouth. Burt and Carole loved their son, but they felt as if something was missing. Three months later Carole found herself once again pregnant, with another boy.
On May 11, 2000 a very pregnant Carole Hummel worked hard in the kitchen baking Finn's birthday cake. Burt and Finn were at the store, picking up last-minute decorations, birthday candles, and some batteries for the baby monitor they would have to use in the next couple weeks. Carole was thinking of how fast her pregnancy has gone by, when the oven timer went off. She put on oven mitts and bent down slowly to take the cake out of the oven. After she checked that the cake was done baking, she started icing it. She was almost finished icing the cake when she heard the front door open and Burt's heavy footsteps. Finn walked in and wrapped his arms around her legs, and Burt came in holding a plastic bag, and kissed her cheek.
"How's the cake coming along?" Burt said as he took the items out of the plastic bag.
"It's all finished. Did you get all the decorations on the list?" Carole looked over to the pile on the table and check marked all the items in her head to make sure they got them all. She nodded in approval, and started opening the balloons to start blowing them up.
"Hey, maybe I should do that; you can hardly get up the stairs without being breathless. Finn, why don't you help daddy blow up balloons?" Burt looked over to Finn and smiled encouraging.
"Ok!" Finn yelled and rushed over to Burt. Carole leaned against the counter and shook her head.
"I can blow up balloons dear, I'm perfectly fine. But if you guys want to do it, that's absolutely okay with me. I'll start getting some of the other decorations up." Carole grabbed the rest of the decorations, and started walking toward the living room. "Don't forget, guests will be here at 3 o'clock." She said before slipping into the living room to put up the decorations. When all of the balloons were blown up, Burt and Finn walked into the living room with an armful of balloons each. The living was decorated in blue streamers, snacks were on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and board games were in a pile on the floor. Carole was lying down on the sofa with her eyes closed and head leaned back on the arm rest. Burt taped balloons on the walls, tables, and the rest of the balloons sat on the floor for the kids to play with. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 2:48, and decided that he should let Carole rest for a bit so he sat down in an arm chair and listened to Finn play with his toy cars.
Three hours later found Finn taking a nap on the couch sucking his thumb, as Burt and Carole cleaned up the living room. Carole waddled over to the armchair and slowly sat herself down. The party was a success, the guests had fun, and Finn got a lot of presents, which he was happy about. It was almost 6:30 and the Hummel's were tired, but Carole knew they needed to eat before they went to sleep.
"Hey Burt, do you think you could go and get us something to eat somewhere?" Carole whispered to her husband who was sitting on the couch rubbing Finns back as he slowly woke up.
"Sure, what should I get? After all that cake Finn had I don't think he'd want a lot." Burt said. Carole thought about it for a second before replying.
"Why don't we just get McDonalds? You and I can get meals; Finn can share some from mine." Carole said. Burt stood up, stretched his back, and picked up Finn.
"How about Finn shares my meal, because honey, you need to remember you're eating for two." Carole looked at Burt.
"What are you going to get then? You usually get a hamburger and you know Finn likes the chicken nuggets." Burt shrugged and adjusted Finn on his hip, before replying.
"I'll just get a happy meal, and our meals, does that sound good? If he doesn't eat it all, then that's fine." Carole sighed and nodded. Burt slipped some shoes on and grabbed car keys.
"We'll be back; you rest while we're gone dear." Burt opened the front door and shut it behind him. Carole leaned her head back and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep.
Burt pulled up to the drive through of the nearest McDonald's. Finn was in his car seat, making 'vroom vroom' noises while playing with a toy car. Burt ordered, and pulled up to the next window to give them his money. After he paid, he collected the food and drove back home. When he pulled into their driveway he turned off the car and unbuckled his seat belt.
"Finn, don't make a lot of noise when we first get inside okay? Mommy will probably be asleep." He turned to look at Finn to see if he understood and after getting a nod, he got out of the car, helped Finn, and grabbed the food. As he stepped into the house, he saw Carole asleep with her hand on her swollen belly in the armchair. He smiled at the sight, and felt a flutter in his heart knowing that he has another child coming into the world in less than a month. After waking Carole up, Burt walked into the kitchen and set the table with their meals. Finn had eaten 3 chicken nuggets and some apple slices when his head started to nod off. Burt, who was almost already finished with his meal, stood up and picked Finn up to put him to bed. As Burt put Finn to bed, Carole finished her meal, and cleaned off the table. When she was done she washed her hands and waddled to the living room to watch some TV as she waited for Burt. Burt came down the stairs ten minutes later and sat next to her.
"How are you doing?" Burt asked. Carole leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I'm doing fine; he's been kicking a lot though. Not quite sure if that's good or bad…" Carole trailed off lost in thought. Burt rubbed her belly as he thought over it.
"I'm sure its normal dear, we should go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow." Carole turned off the TV and made her way up the stairs slowly. Burt made sure all the doors were locked, and turned off all the lights. They kissed when they got into bed, and both fell asleep when their heads hit the pillow.
The next two weeks went fast, and on May 26, Carole started having contractions and went to the hospital. On May 27, 2000 Kurt Elijah Hummel was born.