It's been 6 years. 6 years since Kurt and Rachel had their big fall-out. 6 year's since they vowed they'd never speak to each other again. 6 years since they refused to be a part of one and other's lives. You would think that such a situation of them meeting after so long would call for a great dramatic moment considering it held the two biggest diva's since Beyonce. However I'm sure the ridiculousness of their meeting would have had Rachel turning in her sleep had she not been a part of it.
"Please stay near the cart honey!", Rachel plead with her two year old as he ventured off yet again, amazed by the bright colors and shapes of the toys. The young boy turned his attention back to his mother than decided that the toys were more interesting.
"Christopher James Hudson! You come back here at once!", she ordered, putting on her 'mom' voice but regretting it when her infant daughter began to whimper. She shushed the child quickly until she was asleep once more. Chris immediately snapped to attention and returned to the cart where she clipped on his baby leash.
"Sowwy Momma.", he apologized, pouting, his bottom lip out. Rachel sighed and ran a hand through her messy, uncombed hair and patted him on the head.
"I'm sorry for yelling honey. Mommy's just a little tired." She continued her way through the store, irritated because she could here a loudly squalling infant and was worried it would wake her own baby, until she got to the pharmacy. Just as she approached the man working it pulled down the cell like bars over the window. She was about to beg he give her the prescription she needed when a similarly needy voice came from beside her.
"Please don't close yet I really need this prescription for my baby.", plead the voice. She grimaced when she realized that was the person with the crying baby and instantly feeling bad for having been irritated.
"I guess I can do that. Do you need one as well?", asked the man. Rachel snapped out of her mental reasoning and nodded, handing the man the prescription she needed for her husband who, despite her wanting to do it in the morning, needed his medicine than.
"Alright these are fairly simple, I'll be back soon. You can wait over there.", he said with a wave before disappearing into the back room.
"Please calm down sweetie, daddy's getting your medicine.", came the same person from before, pleading with the crying child. Rachel turned her interest to the direction of it and saw a thin man with his back turned to her bouncing the screaming baby in his arms. Suddenly a song she loved and adored (Defying Gravity) went off and she heard the man groan before trying to maneuver the child and its carrier so he could get to his pocket. She tied the end of the baby leash to the cart and made sure Chris could not untie it before she approached him.
"Do you need a hand?", she asked politely, hoping to help the obvious first-time parent. When he turned she could not hold in a gasp at the face she hadn't seen for years. Evidently the man did not recognize her as he simply nodded without so much as a second glance thanked her before handing her the child so he could answer his phone.
"Hello?….I already told you Blaine is in LA and Adaia is sick so I can't leave her with a sitter, I just can't make it to rehearsal tomorrow.", he said, visibly upset this person had called him. Rachel made quiet soothing sounds to the baby , though they did not work, not that she expected them too, and listened to her used to be best friend sound absolutely miserable in having to deal with a child that she hadn't even known about.
"Yes….yes he'll be back by than….that's the soonest I can be there unless she gets better quick enough…if I can I'll be there alright? Okay so please just stop calling for tonight and let me take care of my daughter.", he finished angrily, ending the call and shutting down his phone. He turned to her, the bags under his eyes seeming even darker, and took back the little girl who had cried herself to sleep.
"Thank you so much.", he said gratefully before placing her in the car seat he'd been walking around with, than sitting down. She pulled her cart next to the row of seats and sat next to him.
"I'm sorry to bother you but…do you know anyone named Blaine Anderson?", she asked, deciding she might be wrong in his identity seeing as it had been 6 years since she'd even seen a picture of him. He gave her a quizzical look than, still not distinguishing whom it was, deciding it was a fan of his husband.
"Yes….he's my husband.", he responded. She smiled, creating a plan in her head (because she's Rachel Hudson).
"Really? I went to high school with him. Yup I was a senior when he transferred", she smiled, now knowing this was indeed Kurt Hummel. He frowned, figuring out that this weirdo next to him must have not only been at McKinley but graduated with his class.
"Oh…well I was as well. We must have crossed paths, what is your name?", he asked, intrigued. She smiled at her opening, loving the dramticness of the moment. She opened her mouth to speak but then.
"Prescription up for Rachel Hudson!", called the pharmacy worker as he laid the bag of medicine on the table. Kurt blinked a few times before his mouth flew open.
"Rachel? Oh my god I thought you lived in LA?", he asked confused. Rachel was busy planning the death of pharmacy man seeing as he'd stolen her moment but heard Kurt none the less.
"I got my first job offer on Broadway about 3 months ago so we moved here since Finn was in a break between movies anyway.", she explained with the wave of her hand.
"Kurt Hummel-Anderson your prescription is ready.", called the man as he set the other bag on the counter. Kurt stood and retrieved both bags, handing Rachel hers.
"That's great. Look I'd love to talk longer but as you know I've got a sick baby and I have to go home.", he explained remorsefully. He pulled out a slip of paper and stole a pen off the counter, scribbling something down before handing it to Rachel, and seeing she'd done the same. They exchanged the papers.
"Call me if you get the chance to talk, I'd really like to catch up.", Rachel smiled as she motioned her son off the chair and began walking side-by-side to the exit.
"So…Finn never told you did he? About Adaia?", Kurt asked. He frowned when Rachel shook her head.
"Not a word…I didn't even know you two were trying for a baby.", she explained, vowing revenge on her stupid husband.
"Well we weren't exactly trying we just didn't know we could so the right precautions weren't taken and well you know.…regardless I expected Finn to at least tell you when she was born."
"Yeah well you know Finn as well as I….he's an airhead.", she said smiling as they reached the parking lot.
"I'll defiantly call sometime.", she said, leaning in and hugging him.
"Talk to you later."
"You to." and the two separated to their vehicles.
"You dumb ass mother fucker! You didn't even tell me he was pregnant!", Rachel yelled as she smacked him upside the head with a pillow once more.
"I sowwy Rach I fowgot!", cried Finn with his stuffed up nose. Rachel huffed and smacked him again.
"You forgot? How can you forget something a precious as a new life!", she countered angrily.
"I…uhhh"
"Never mind, she said, snuggling in to their blankets, but don't except any for at least a week.", she muttered into her pillows almost giddy with laughter when Finn made the sound of a child denied his candy.