Chapter 1
Kurt had everything. He lived with his best friend Rachel Berry and had his dream job in his dream city. Life was great. The only thing that could make it better, a boyfriend. Yes, Kurt Hummel was single and living in the Big Apple. He wasn't exactly sure why he was single, I mean there has to be plenty of good looking gay people in New York right? Well if there were, Kurt hadn't found any yet. There was that one guy from college, Adam I think it was, but Kurt didn't find him that attractive.
Anyway, Kurt may not have found the love of his life, but like I said, he was still a lucky man. Every day he would wake up refreshed and ready to go to work, except today. First his alarm didn't go off, then he couldn't find the right outfit to wear, and now it was the annoying conversation he had with Rachel almost every day.
"Rachel I told you, I'm not interested in finding a boyfriend right now." Kurt said, rolling his eyes at how persistant his friend could be.
"But Kurt, you really need one. Seriously all you do when you come home from work is sit around either reading or sitting on the couch, stuffing your face, while you watch some sappy romance movie."
"For your information I do not watch sappy romance movies. I watch musicals or Disney movies and I only watch them when I feel lonely." Kurt said matter-of-factly.
"Which is almost every night! Come on Kurt, live a little! Go out every so often, roam the streets, just to something to make your life happier!" Rachel all but yelled at him.
"I am not having this conversation with you and I also don't need you to tell me how to live my life. I have to go, I'll see you when I get home." And with that Kurt grabbed his coat and sketch journal and walked out the door.
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The ride to work was a hassle. It seemed like all the cabs were full and since Kurt was going to be late to work, he decided to use the subway. Biggest mistake of his life. The second he got on board everyone recognized him. He was asked for autographs and picture sand one man even asked for a lock of his hair. Needless to say, by the time Kurt got to work he was beat.
"Well I guess that's the price I pay for being a world famous fashion designer." Kurt said aloud to himself. "Ugh, I need a coffee. Janelle! Get in here!"
"You called sir."
"Yes, I'd like my usual coffee order please and make it snappy, I haven't had the best of mornings." Kurt said rubbing his forehead.
"Right away sir." Janelle said exiting the room.
Kurt didn't know why, but he felt like today something bid was going to happen. He had this strange feeling in the pit of his stomach. Before he could think too hard about it Jannelle came back in with his coffee.
"Here's your coffee sir and you have a call on line one." She said before leaving quickly.
Kurt took a sip of his lukewarm coffee and answered the phone.
"Hello?" he said very nonchalantly.
"Good morning Mr. Hummel, this is Rebecca, the manager here at the St. James Theatre on Broadway and I'm calling to see if you could do me a favor."
"Sure, shoot."
"Well, we are putting on a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats for its 30th anniversary and we were wondering if you would be kind enough to create the costumes."
"I'll have to talk to my agent, but I will see what I can do."
"Great! Please call me or the theatre when you have your answer. Thanks for your time, goodbye."
"Bye." Kurt said hanging up the phone and calling his agent in.
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"Well, you have a big show on the 15th that you can not miss, but that's only one day and I'm sure you can squeeze it in. As for other shows, I will just cancel them and book them at a later date." Kurt's manager, Stella, said.
"Great! So I can call Rebecca back and tell her I can take the job?" Kurt said a little anxious.
To be honest Kurt always wanted to design for Broadway. Every since he decided to take up fashion designing instead of performing he knew he still had to get to Broadway somehow. And here he was with the exact opportunity to do so, so could you really blame him for being so excited?
"Yes, you can call Rebecca. Just don't spend all your time on the fact you are finally designing for Broadway and actually do the job, ok?"
"Yes, yes, I know. Be professional, blah, blah, blah, I get it. Now if you excuse me, I have a very important call to make," Kurt said.
"Yes Rebecca, I'd be happy to design the costumes."
"Great! We start six at am tomorrow. That good for you?" Rebecca asked politely.
"That works out fine, I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Tomorrow,." Rebecca confirmed and hung up.
Kurt was so happy he did a little victory dance around the office.
"Get a hold of yourself Hummel. It's not that big of a deal, right?" He questioned while leaving the building. "Nah, it's not that big." He decided after about two seconds of coolness.
"Broadway, here I come!"