Kurt's dad and one of Rachel's dads were waiting for them outside of the departure lounge.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow at the glee club meeting. Wow, I never thought I'd be saying that again." Rachel said with a smile. No matter what she said, Kurt knew that she missed glee club and all of their friends just as much as he did. She gave Kurt a huge bear hug and then went to hug her dad.
"Hi dad!" Kurt exclaimed as he went to hug his father. Even though he just saw him two months ago, it felt as if they hadn't seen each other in years. He had to try his hardest not to cry.
"Hey Kurt." his dad said into his hair. "How was the flight?"
"It was okay, surprisingly good for coach actually. There were no screaming children or sloppy guys drooling on me so I'd call that progress."
His dad chuckled. "Come on kid. Let's get you home."
When Kurt got home Carole was busy in the kitchen making dinner while Finn was at the table concentrating on some papers he had in front of him. They both looked up at the same time, saw he was there, and in the next second he was almost trampled by his step-mom and step-brother.
"Kurt! How are you sweetie? How was the flight? Give me a couple of minutes to finish up dinner and then you have to tell me all about New York and school and everything!"
"Yeah dude, it's really good to have you home. We missed you like crazy." Finn said with a huge smile on his face.
"I missed you guys too, so much." Kurt then said, holding back tears and then they had one of those big, cliché group hugs that were just a little bit too tight.
"Okay, Kurt looks like he's having some trouble breathing so maybe we should let go now." said his step-mom thankfully.
Like Carole said, dinner was ready a couple of minutes after he'd arrived. He never realised how much he'd missed Carole's cooking until then.
"So what were you working on when I came in Finn?"
"Oh, the set list for the wedding. I'm trying to decide who should sing what."
Oh yeah! He'd almost forgotten Finn had taken over glee club while Mr Schue was away.
"How's glee club going by the way? Sorry about you guys losing sectionals. I'm sure you were fantastic." Kurt said. His brother's gaze dropped to his potatoes. Clearly Finn was still disappointed about the whole thing.
"It's going fine I guess. Everyone's still a little bummed about not going to regionals but we still do weekly assignments and everything."
"You should've seen them at sectionals Kurt. They were amazing!" Carole added. "I keep telling Finn he should be really proud of himself."
Finn cracked a smile and slightly blushed at the praise.
"But enough about me. How's New York and NYADA?"
Kurt then proceeded to tell his family about his new home. Like all of his new overly driven classmates and how he and Rachel went for walks every other Sunday in Central Park. He pretended not to notice how his brother's face slightly dropped at the mention of Rachel, but he tried to talk about the other things instead.
After dinner he and Finn were in their bedroom getting ready for bed.
"So I was thinking," Finn started and he looked a bit hesitant. "maybe you and Blaine could do a duet at the wedding. I mean if it's ok with you of course. I mean, your voices just sound so well together but if it makes you uncomf-"
"It's okay Finn." I interrupted, trying to stop his rambling. "Blaine and I are friends. I don't think it'd be weird if we did a duet. And it IS for Mr Schue." and as he said it out loud he began to believe it himself. He and Blaine were mature adults. He was sure it wouldn't be a problem to just sing together.
Finn breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks man, you're the best." And he went to lie down in his bed.
"And don't you forget it." Kurt replied with a grin and went to turn off his light.
The next morning Kurt woke up in a bit of a panic. It took him a while to realize that he was back in his old bed in Lima and not in New York. After he'd gotten his breathing under control he looked at the clock and threw a pillow over to Finn.
"Finn! Get up or we're going to be late!" They were supposed to meet at the school at 10:00am to discuss as well as have final practices for the performances and it was already 9:15am.
"I'm up, I'm up!" he responded.
Kurt then headed to the bathroom to start getting ready. After he'd showered and done his hair he put on a pair of slim trousers, a white button down shirt, and a grey waistcoat. He then went to the living room to wait for Finn. Finn came down a few minutes afterward, looking a bit frazzled.
"Hey, have you seen a messenger bag anywhere?"
"You mean one other than the one that's on your shoulder?" Kurt asked in response.
Finn looked down at his side and smiled sheepishly, "Oh…yeah. Thanks man. Okay you ready?"
"Yes, I have been for the past ten minutes now."
"Oh be quiet." Finn said playfully. "Mom, we're leaving now!"
"Bye kids! Have fun." Carole responded from the laundry room.
They then headed to the car and started the drive to WMHS.
"So is everyone back? Or is it just myself and Rachel?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah, everyone came back. Well except for Puck. He's been here since Christmas. Nobody wanted to miss Mr Schue's wedding. After all he did for us how could they?"
True, Kurt thought. Mr Schue was like a father to them. He knows he wouldn't miss his wedding for anything.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the mostly empty school parking lot.
"Where is everyone?" Kurt asked.
"Some sort of school holiday. None of the schools in Lima are opened, so we have the school to ourselves today."
As they made their way to the choir room they could hear the chatter getting louder and louder. He could easily hear Rachel's voice from where they were. Leave it to her to be perfectly punctual. It was actually a quality Kurt really loved about her.
When they stepped into the room, Mercedes shouted, "KURT!" Suddenly it was a race to see who could knock him over first. Mercedes, Brittany, Tina, Quinn and even Santana gave him huge hugs. Puck slapped him on the back a little too hard. Artie and Sam fist bumped him. And Mike gave a miss-me-high-hit-me-low five. And then Blaine looking as gorgeous as ever gave him the warmest hug and the room basically dissolved around them. Even after what happened, Blaine's touch always had that effect on him. He then pulled back and looked at him with those beautiful hazel eyes and that dopey grin like he was his favourite person in the world. Kurt wished he wouldn't do that because he knew he wasn't, at least not anymore.
"Hi Kurt!" he said finally. "It's really good to see you." His eyes then raked over his whole body. "You look amazing."
Kurt blushed, silently cursing his pale skin. "Thanks, Blaine. It's good to see you too. And so do you by the way." And he wasn't lying. He was wearing a black short-sleeved button down shirt and red pants which hugged him in all the right places. His heart-beat actually picked up a little bit.
"Alright, alright ok everybody settle down." Finn then said. Kurt was a bit surprised with how much authority he put into his voice.
Kurt went and took a seat between Blaine and Rachel.
"Okay first things first, Kurt, Rachel, would you please stand up?"
They both stood up looking a little confused.
"For those of you who don't know this is Kurt and this is Rachel." Finn said gesturing to each of them respectively. Kurt then got a proper look at the group and realized they were a few faces he didn't recognize. A pretty girl wearing a newsboy hat, another pretty blonde girl, an attractive mixed boy, who couldn't seem to take his eyes off the girl in the hat, and another handsome boy with brown hair that almost fell into his eyes. Actually, the blonde girl did look a bit familiar…
"They're like… glee club royalty." Finn continued. "Right now they're studying at the performing arts school NYADA in New York but they came down especially for the wedding."
"They're lucky. Because if they missed this like they skipped out on the holidays I would've gone all Lima Heights on their sorry asses." Santana remarked. It's good to know some things never change Kurt thought with a smile.
Kurt and Rachel took their seats.
"Okay now back to business. I've finalised the set-list for the wedding. Artie, Mike, Sam, Joe, and Puck, since you had that whole boy band thing going on for you at prom, I though you could do This I Promise You by N Sync." The guys all nodded, whooped and gave each other high-fives.
"Damn straight!" said Puck.
"Troubletones, well with Quinn and Tina included, I thought you guys could make a special appearance and do Crazy in Love by Beyoncé."
Mercedes jumped in with, "Oh hell yes!" and high-fived the other girls.
He then turned to Rachel. She shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Rachel… I umm, thought you could do the Power of Love for the bride and groom's first dance, if you want to of course." There was a bit of an awkward silence as everyone remembered that was the song she wanted to sing at their own wedding.
"Of course." She said after a while. "How could I turn down a Celine Dion song?" and forced a smile. She then looked over at Kurt and he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Kurt and Blaine, you guys will be doing Endless Love, the Lionel Richie and Dianna Ross version."
Kurt and Blaine nodded in agreement but on the inside Kurt was freaking out. It was one of the most romantic songs of all time and he was supposed to sing it with his ex-boyfriend. Yeah, that wouldn't be awkward at all.
"Marley, you'll be doing A Moment Like This by Kelly Clarkson."
"Whoa, whoa, back the hell up. How come Marley gets to sing that?" the blonde girl questioned angrily. "I believe I should be the one who gets that solo. I mean, who's to say she won't just zone out again?" The other girl's face flushed and she dropped her gaze to the floor.
"Alright Kitty, that's enough." Finn said in a warning tone.
However, Kitty wouldn't let up so she and Finn launched into a long and heated argument.
Blaine leaned over suddenly and Kurt jumped a little bit in his seat. "Let me give you a run-down of the new kids." He whispered. "The blonde who looks like she going to claw Finn's face off, that's Kitty.
"Oh yeah I remember her. I think I met her before I left." Kurt suddenly remembered. "She's Coach Sue's new right-hand woman right?"
"Yes, that's her. She's like a mixture of all of Santana's, Quinn's and Rachel's worst qualities."
"Wow, she must be a nightmare then." Rachel added.
"Well, let's just say that she's one of those persons who we hope has some good in her way deep down inside."
Kurt and Rachel shake their heads simultaneously.
"The girl wearing the newsie, that's Marley. She's a real sweetheart, with the voice of an angel. However, her slip-up was what cost us sectionals." Blaine said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Kurt couldn't imagine how it must've felt to lose at sectionals. Sectionals. He knows that Rachel would've probably gone mental.
"Yeah we heard about that. We're sorry Blaine." Rachel said.
"Yeah it's okay. I guess. Okay the one trying to calm Kitty down, that's Ryder. On the outside he seems like your typical jock, but he actually has a pretty amazing voice. Sound familiar?"
Rachel suddenly became very interested with the zipper on her skirt.
"Okay, yes. Go on." Kurt said, trying to get a change in conversation.
"Right. Now lastly we have Jake, Puck's younger brother. He was a bit of a player when he first started but he sort of eased up a bit since he joined glee club. Now he, Ryder and Marley are currently in a bit of a love triangle. But then again, I think Kitty likes Jake as well so I guess that makes it a love quadrilateral."
Kurt chuckled at this statement. He couldn't believe how easy it was to talk to Blaine. Maybe the duet won't be so bad after all.
"Okay. Now for the final song, we're all going to sing Somebody to Love, considering that it's one of Mr Schue and Ms Pilsbury's favourites. Is everybody okay with that?" Finn asked while looking directly at Kitty, as if daring her to object again. She just rolled her eyes in response. "Okay good. You guys have an hour to look at your individual songs and then afterwards we'll meet back here and practice somebody to love." Finn said as he started handing out sheet music to everyone.
Kurt looked over at Blaine with a small smile. "Well, let's go practice."
