Elizabeth stared out of the window, the front garden was overgrown a little, she didn't have the energy to trim it and Burt was too busy looking after everything to even think about the garden, but she had a small smile on her face as she glanced out. But the scenery wasn't what she was smiling at, she was watching her little boy having a conversation with another boy at the gate, who's parents had just moved in next door.
She had been watching Kurt for at least an hour, playing by himself in the garden. She was wishing she could be out there with him, but her condition meant she had a low immune system and she could catch anything easily, they couldn't risk her getting ill.
Her little Kurt, didn't really have any friends of his own around their little neighbourhood, but as she had watched him, playing with his bat and ball, and all his crayons and paper by himself, she had seen the moving truck pull up and a little family of four climb out of a Mercedes in front. A little boy around the same age as her son, had looked over and seen Kurt playing by himself and had walked over to the gate to talk to him.
She had seen the massive happy grin that lit up Kurt's tiny freckled face as the other boy was talking to him, and she had to giggle a little with excitement for him. Her eyes warmed further as the little boy put his hand over the gate to shake Kurt's and she giggled to herself a little more.
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Kurt had been playing outside by himself. His mom couldn't play with him outside anymore, and his father was resting in the living room, so Kurt had decided to take some toys outside in the garden to play. He saw a truck pull up in front of the house next door, and moving guys were loading furniture inside.
New neighbours. Kurt just hoped they were a lot happier than the grumpy old couple that lived there before.
He was interrupted from drawing a rainbow on his paper, by a voice behind him.
"Hey there."
Kurt turned his head towards the front yard gate behind him and saw a mass of dark curly hair, framing a tiny face with big brown eyes and a wide toothy smile, Kurt smiled politely back.
"Hi." he replied quietly.
The other little boy smiled even wider at his response and beckoned him over to the gate with his hand, and Kurt got up from the grass, brushed down his pants a little and went to talk to the other boy.
"Hey, what's your name? My name's Blaine, I just moved next door." Blaine said as he held out a hand over the gate for Kurt to shake.
Kurt's face lit up in a big smile at being greeted properly, and he put his hand in Blaine's and shook it.
"I'm Kurt." he replied and Blaine smile only got even bigger.
Blaine and Kurt just stood smiling at each other for a little while before Blaine's mother called him to come inside to take things to his room, and he waved a goodbye to Kurt before he ran off to go into his new house. Kurt watched him run off, and waited until he was out of sight to go back to his drawings.
Kurt's father called him in for lunch shortly after Blaine had disappeared into his new house, and Kurt gathered up his toys and brought them inside.
He smiled brightly as he saw his mom sitting on the couch, waiting for him so he threw all of his toys quickly into his toy box at the side of the living room and quickly climbed up onto the couch to hug her.
"How are you feeling mommy?" He asked in a tiny high voice and she ruffled his hair lightly before kissing his head.
"A little better, my little prince." She answered in her light lilting voice, laughing softly at him as he snuggled against her, "and I saw out of the window, that you made a new friend."
"Oh yeah!" Kurt said excitedly and turned his smiling freckled face up at her, "his name is Blaine. He just moved next door."
"Yes i saw my love." His mother replied while smiling, "And I think you should invite him over to play sometime."
"Can I?" Kurt asked excitedly and she nodded at him.
"Of course, you can have him over whenever you want, my little prince. As long as it's alright with his parents."
"Thank you, mummy. Maybe he would like to play with my tea set?"
"Maybe." His mother replied, as Burt appeared with Kurt's lunch and Elizabeth's medicine.
"Maybe what?" Burt asked as he gave Kurt his plate and set his wife's medication on the table in front of them.
"Kurt made a new friend, a little boy now lives next door." She told Burt with a smile, and Kurt's father smiled down at him.
"Hey, that's great buddy. Are you going to invite him around to play?" His father asked and Kurt nodded enthusiastically while he ate his lunch.
After he had swallowed his mouthful, he answered.
"Yeah, he can play with my tea set."
Burt looked at his wife and she shrugged with a smile, he then turned back to his son and gave him a small smile.
"Don't you think Blaine would want to play with cars, and trucks and trains instead?"
"Why?" Kurt asked confused and Elizabeth shot Burt a light challenging glare.
"Yes why, honey?" She said and Burt threw her an exasperated look as he removed his cap and placed his hand on the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Because.." he started as he regarded his confused looking son, "Blaine might not be used to playing with...that kind of stuff."
"Burt." Elizabeth said in a warning tone, but Kurt cut her off with a laugh.
"It's ok, daddy," Kurt said with a nod and a proud grin, "I can teach him."
Elizabeth smiled victoriously at Burt as her husband sighed in defeat and smiled at her while shaking his head.
Kurt saw Blaine around lunchtime the next day, he was with his mother in the garden and Kurt waved at him from over the fence that divided their yards.
Blaine waved back with a big smile and ran over.
"Hi Kurt," he exclaimed with a big grin that Kurt couldn't help but return, "I told my mom about you, do you want to come and play?"
Kurt nodded excitedly as Blaine's mother watched them with a kind smile on her face, Kurt waved shyly at her and she wiggled her fingers back to him.
"Let me go and ask my dad!" Kurt said and Blaine shouted "Ok!" as Kurt ran back inside.
Burt was doing the laundry when Kurt found him and jumped up and down excitedly while he asked to go around to Blaine's and play, Burt grinned at his excitable don and followed him outside to go and speak with Blaine's mom.
As the adults chatted between them, greeting each other and talking about the kids and the neighbourhood, Burt lifted Kurt over the little dividing fence and Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and dragged him in the house.
"I just got this really cool train set, you have to play with me!" Blaine said as he dragged Kurt, still by the hand up the stairs and into his room.
Kurt giggled as they entered Blaine's messy bedroom and Blaine grabbed the new box that was in the middle of the floor and then they ran back downstairs and out into the yard again.
Kurt's father was still talking to Blaine's mom as both the boys set up the little track and trains along the little path in the middle of the yard.
Blaine was asking Kurt all kinds of questions as they sat playing, and Kurt sometimes laughed at the way Blaine would just blurt them out.
He asked his favourite colour, which was Green and Blaine's was Yellow, his favourite ice-cream flavour, which was Vanilla and Blaine's was Strawberry, his favourite toy, Kurt told him about his tea set and Blaine had told him about his bubble machine, how old he was, Kurt was 8 and Blaine was 7, what his mom was like, and Kurt had told him about his mom, if he had any brothers or sisters, Kurt said no and Blaine told him about his 14 year old brother, Cooper, and what his favourite T.V show was, Kurt didn't have one but Blaine liked the Ninja Turtles.
They played for about 2 hours until Blaine's mom called them both in for lunch, asking Kurt about what he usually ate for lunch as they approached.
She made them a cheese and tomato pizza and they happily munched on it while Blaine made Kurt watch his favourite show with him.
"Are you starting school here soon?" Kurt asked after the show had finished and Blaine nodded excitedly at him.
"Yeah, on Monday I do. Do you go to school around here?"
"Yeah. It's Hawthorn Elementary, is that where you're going?" Kurt asked and Blaine's face lit up.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go there too." He replied excited and they both smiled at each other.
"Blaine, do you have a best friend?" Kurt asked a little timidly.
"Nope, not yet. Why?" Blaine said and Kurt just shrugged, not confident enough to ask, but Blaine seemed to understand, "Do you want to be my best friend Kurt?"
"Yes I do." Kurt agreed and Blaine cheered loudly that he finally has a best friend and Kurt just laughed at him.
The first time Blaine came over to play, was after school one day that next week, Blaine's mother had an emergency at work and had asked if Burt could look after Blaine for a couple hours until her husband got home, and he agreed.
So Burt picked both boys up at the gate and took them home. Kurt was excited that Blaine would be staying to play. He really wanted to show him how to play with the tea set.
As they drove along Burt was becoming irritated. This kid, Blaine, had asked questions in the past 15 minutes, that Burt felt his head might explode.
He asked why he was going home with them? When would his mom be home? Would he be able to meet Kurt's mom? Why didn't she ever come outside? Oh...why is she sick?
Kurt had answered as many questions as he knew, but Burt had to fill in the rest.
But he was annoyed, and when they eventually pulled into the driveway about 5 minutes later he got out of the car with a relieved sigh, because now the boys were talking about games and toys and movies.
He guided them in the house, and Blaine looked confused as to where to put his shoes.
"Why don't you have a shoe rack by the door?" He had asked, holding his shoes and looking up at Burt curiously.
Burt had to bite back a "mind your own business" and he answered politely that they never needed one.
Blaine had just shrugged and placed his shoes very neatly, next to Kurt's and followed after him up to Kurt's room.
Elizabeth was sitting on the couch, but you could tell from grin that she had heard the boy ask his question.
Burt grumbled as he sat next to her.
"What's up?" She asked him when he sat next to her.
"I don't like that kid." He answered and she laughed lightly.
"Who Blaine...he's a sweetheart. Why?"
"Because the kid's so goddamn nosy!" Burt exclaimed and Elizabeth just laughed at him.
"Kids ask questions, my love, and it's amazing that he has so much confidence."
"Yeah, he's full of that." Burt grumbled again and Elizabeth patted his hands.
"Kurt is so taken with him...I wonder."
"Oh no. Don't you start getting ideas in that fantasy filled brain of yours." Burt interrupted her musing and she grinned.
"But what if..."
"No. I'm not discussing that with you again." Burt said with a roll of his eyes and he placed a kiss on her cheek before he got up to go into the kitchen.
"He could be, you know!" Elizabeth called after him with a teasing smirk, and hearing a loud "No" from the kitchen made her giggle to herself.