Author's Note: So, I've had various ideas for how Kurt met and interacts with the other characters in Glee. One main point being Brittany. No, I don't envision him turning straight or anything like that, but I do think that Britt is special to him. Thus it is only fitting that this begins with Kurt and Brittany. Not sure how often I will update this or how many characters but if any of you have suggestions by all means leave them in a PM or a review! Thank you!
The backyard was enclosed by a white picket fence, but it was more for decoration than privacy or security. The way the house was situated, were it not for that barrier the lot would share backyards with the house from the street behind it. It was this fact that would lead to walls of different sorts coming down. A four year old Kurt Hummel was quietly playing picnic in the backyard. His mother was watching him from the kitchen window. She had set out a blanket for him and even a plate of sandwich triangles with the crusts cut off. He also had a small cooler with some juice boxes in it. It pained Elizabeth Hummel to see her little boy out there all alone but he did not seem to mind it. He had his picnic lunch and his favorite teddy bears to keep him company so to him all was well.
Brittany Susan Pierce's family had grown as she now had a baby sister. Their old house had been too little and they'd moved across town into one of the suburban communities to a larger house that better suited their needs. She missed her little room at the old house but this house had a much larger back yard to play in and that seemed much better. They had only recently settled in and today was the first day that she was actually getting to explore. Her mom was sitting on the back porch with her baby sister and she was allowed to play in the yard so she went out to explore every inch of her new play area.
It wasn't long before she found herself at the back fence. She was a little on the taller side for her age but she was willowy thin and if not for all of the dance classes her parents had her in there would have been no outlet for all her energy. Through the pickets of the fence she could see a little boy playing and she wondered idly if he had some imaginary friends playing with him. She had a few and they were nice but it was always interesting to make new friends. "Hi!" she called out happily.
Kurt's head lifted and turned towards the sound, startled. The back neighbor house had been empty for as long as he could remember so he wasn't used to hearing any voices from the back yard. He could just make out some bright blue eyes and a little bit of blond between the pickets of the fence. He put aside his things and carefully pushed himself to his feet. Cautiously he padded over towards the back fence. "Hello?" he asked, a little confused and uncertain.
Brittany then recognized the boy that was her new backyard neighbor - it was that very pretty little boy Kurt Hummel from her ballet class. "Hi Kurty," she said cheerfully.
"Brittany?" he inquired.
"Yep. I'm your new backyard neighbor. Mommy and daddy had to get a bigger house because I have a baby sister now. I didn't know we'd be so close to someone I know though."
Kurt for his part was not sure how to take this. On the one hand, he was used to being by himself - for it had always been that way outside of preschool or ballet class. On the other hand, he did like Brittany, she seemed to be a very interesting girl. He watched her in dance class with fascination because the way she moved was already so much better than most of their classmates and she was just so full of shiny happy energy that it was hard to not get caught up in it. He decided tentatively that having Brittany now as a neighbor had to be a good thing. "What's it like... having a sister?" he inquired, his musical voice quiet as he made his way close to the fence.
"I'm not sure yet. Mandy's so tiny... and really loud but not always. She doesn't look much like the Cabbage Patch babies though. Daddy said something about a stork bringing her - maybe that's why?" Brittany asked as she twined a lock of blonde hair around her finger. "She looked at me though and smiled all big and that was nice..."
Kurt was not sure what to think of the idea of a baby sibling. The crying alone would probably irk him to no end but if Brittany was happy then he would say nothing. The baby wasn't his little sister so it didn't matter. He thought about more things now. It would be really nice to have someone to play with and maybe Brittany could be that person. They were the only little kids in this part of the neighborhood. With his mom teaching older kids piano, they couldn't always go to the park or anything like that... and he did like Brittany, as much as he liked anyone really. She danced pretty good and she'd never made fun of him for being in ballet.
He looked back to his little picnic blanket. He still had some peanut butter sandwiches with their crusts cut off and some juice boxes still in the little cooler his mom had brought outside for him. "Want to picnic?" he asked.
"I'm not sure mom will let me come over..." Brittany said softly, frowning.
"What if... what if you get a blanket and come over to the fence. I can hand you a sandwich and a juice box and we can maybe talk about ballet class or something," Kurt suggested.
Brittany tilted her head to one side as she pondered the offer and then she nodded, her hair bouncing around her face as she got up and went quickly to her mother's side. Kurt looked at his things and it took some doing and several trips but he moved his things over to the fence. The cooler was the hardest part - he had to drag it... but he did it and he was really proud of himself. By the time he was finished, Brittany had returned with an old flannel blanket and was sitting by the fence. He handed her a sandwich through the fence and a juice box.
The two children chattered on about Miss Suzanne's ballet class and Brittany commented that it was a little too easy for her. Kurt looked down, blushing a bit because he felt the same way. Brittany reached her little hand through the fence and poked his side, eliciting a peal of laughter from the ticklish Kurt. "Why did you look away?" Brittany asked.
"I... I think I agree with you," he admitted quietly. He was worried that she would think him weird for thinking so. It seemed like though there were other boys in the class that most of them were there because they had sisters or because their parents forced them to be there. It really didn't seem like any of them were there because they wanted to be there.
"Oh good. I was starting to think I was the only one. I like dancing. It's so much fun and though there are some rules there aren't really a lot of them. You can just move to the music and sometimes I imagine I'm floating on clouds or on water and it's even more fun," Brittany giggled.
Kurt pondered that, he had never really done that. "Sometimes I pretend I'm a prince..." he admitted softly.
Brittany perked up at this. "Oh! You really would make a good prince Kurty. You look pretty like princes do," she replied, nodding her head before nibbling more on the sandwich.
Elizabeth Hummel looked out the window and chuckled at the sight of her son leaning against the fence talking to a little blonde girl that she recognized from Kurt's dance class. It soothed her to see her son interacting with another child his own age. He was so smart, reading already at a fourth grade level and progressing all the time. He seemed so lonely to her sometimes. He didn't really fit in with the other boys his age and most of the girls his age didn't want boys around them.
She decided then that as soon as she was finished with what she was working on that she would make a plate of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and take them over to the 'new' neighbors. Hopefully the two children could find friendship together.