Chapter Two: Announcements

January 17th 2012

Gleeverse

"Kurt." The voice sounded like part of his dream at first.

"Hmm, Blaine?" He turned over towards the sound, having to force his eyes to stay open against the sunlight.

Blaine smiled, kneeling down so he was at the level of the bed, his chin resting on the mattress. "Morning."

"Does it have to be?" Kurt yawned.

Blaine laughed, placing a gentle kiss on Kurt's forehead. "Sadly so. Come on, up you get."

"I'm up, I'm up," Kurt slipped off the bed, stumbling over to the mirror and rearranging his hair. "What time is it?"

"I just got here," Blaine walked over and stood behind Kurt, wrapping his arms around him.

Kurt smiled, "We going to tell them today?" They had planned on announcing their engagement to Kurt's parents that morning. So far the only ones who knew were Finn and Santana because they had caught Blaine shopping for a ring. They had even convinced Finn not to tell Rachel.

"Well, that was the plan," Blaine rested his head on Kurt's shoulder, placing a kiss on his neck.

"Alright then, let's go," Kurt said, putting the finishing touches on his hair. He grabbed Blaine's hand, leading him out the door and down the stairs to where his family was setting the table for breakfast.

"Hey dude," Finn greeted his step-brother, sitting down and scooping a spoonful of scrambled eggs onto his plate. Kurt and Blaine sat across from him. Burt took seat at the end of the table and Carole sat between him and Finn.

"We actually have an announcement," Kurt grinned, squeezing Blaine's hand.

"You start," he whispered to Blaine.

"Alright," Blaine cleared his throat, shifting in his seat, "Mr. and Mrs. Hudson-Hummel, I love your son very much and as you know Kurt is planning on going to New York and I've decided to go with him, and they recently passed a law which…"

"We're engaged!" Kurt interrupted loudly, bouncing excitedly.

There was silence for several moments, then his father cleared his throat, "Kurt you're only eighteen. I don't think that…"

"Dad, we're not going to be getting married right away. At least not until Blaine has graduated. I-I thought you'd be happy for us!"

Carole put a hand on her husband's arm, "I think what your father is saying Kurt, is that the two of you are both so young. Marriages out of high school rarely end happily; we just think that you should… wait."

"As Kurt said," Blaine tried to keep his voice calm and rational, "we're not suggesting that we get married next week. We're just saying that we have made the commitment to one day get married."

"Besides, you know me, it would take me years just to plan my wedding," Kurt joked.

Finn smiled. "I'm happy for you, dudes," he congratulated, swallowing a mouthful of eggs.

Kurt rolled his eyes at his step-brother's appalling etiquette. "You already knew, you idiot," he scolded.

Finn shrugged.

"That went horribly," Kurt was sitting in Blaine's car in the school's parking lot, his head in his hands. He had thought that his family would be happy for them, but they had spent nearly an hour trying to talk them out of it.

Eventually he and Blaine had managed to convince them that they were not planning on getting married any time soon and that they intended to live together first.

"They were just surprised," Blaine rubbed his hand up and down Kurt's back, "I love you, and you love me, that's all that matters."

Kurt looked up, sniffing and wiping away tears. "I love you so much," he wrapped his arms around Blaine's neck, and they kissed, gently and tenderly... Until Kurt heard Santana knocking on the window behind him. The girl laughed and whistled before taking Brittany's hand and walking away.

They had planned on telling the rest of glee club about their engagement, but Kurt had asked to wait a few days. He was wearing the ring, which he hadn't yet taken it off since the day Blaine had proposed. When he had accepted he had told him that he would wear it for the rest of his life, and he fully
intended to do so.

However the announcement Mr. Schue made when he entered the choir room made Kurt wish he had told everyone first. Mr. Schue was planning on proposing to Miss Pillsbury. It wasn't that Kurt wasn't happy for them, it was just that he thought that if he and Blaine said anything about their own engagement it would seem like they were copying Will. Even though they had been engaged first.

"Copy cat," Kurt grumbled under his breath. Blaine laughed, his arm around Kurt.

Apparently Will had heard something because he looked over at them, "What was that, Kurt?"

"Congratulations," Kurt said a bit louder with a sarcastic smile.

"It took so much self-restraint not to suggest the song we're going to end up singing," Zoey had caught up with Kurt and Blaine after glee rehearsal and was walking with them to the parking lot.

"And what song would that be?" Kurt asked.

Blaine answered for her, "We Found Love."

Kurt rose an eyebrow.

"Fan fictions," Blaine explained.

Kurt nodded, but Zoey looked surprised. "You read fan fictions?" she asked, laughing. "Wait," she said seriously, "have you ever read The Sidhe?"

Blaine nodded, "It was so sad."

"You read through to the end though?"

"My character died!"

"But the two of you are born again and find each other, it's so beautiful."

Kurt leaned on Blaine's car, waiting for him to open it, "I feel so left out."

"Then read the story," Zoey said exasperatedly.

Blaine shook his head, "No, he came across an M-rated one with him and Puck once and hasn't read a fan fiction since."

Happy Klaine Day!