Did you all miss me? When is Kurt going to meet Claire? Will they be friends? How will Claire get away from her aunt? SO MANY QUESTIONS! Hopefully this chapter will open some of those questions!
One more thing: I just wanted to remind everyone something that I forgot to post before. This story takes place during Season 3, but it is not canon. Some things are the same (for example: the seniors are graduating, Blaine transferred to McKinley, etc.), but others are not exact from the show (different songs and storylines). I try to use songs that were not already on the show, but I just wanted to clarify this before people start saying "this didn't happen this way!"
*I do not own Glee. If I did, there would be way more Klaine scenes and less Finchel…*
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"Mercedes! You will never guess what my Dad told me this morning!" Kurt excitingly shouted toward his best friend. He practically ran through the hallway, trying his best not to knock into anybody. Kurt couldn't wait to tell Mercedes about Claire. It's not like his dad ever told him that he couldn't tell just a few people. They were going to meet Claire, anyways.
"Let me guess. Did you get tickets to a Broadway musical?" Mercedes sleepily replied. Although Kurt and Mercedes are best friends, they can be complete opposites at times. While Kurt is wide awake in the mornings, Mercedes needs a few hours to totally wake up. Maybe it's something in the skin products that he uses, but Kurt never seems to be tired. Even on school field trips, where he had to be at school at 5:30 AM, Kurt was talking as if he had been up for hours. Mercedes, on the other hand, needed much more time, and caffeine, to even get out of bed.
"I wish… But no." He said. "It turns out that I have a cousin who I never met before! And she's coming to live with me!"
"Really? What's her name?" Despite getting less than the desired amount of sleep the previous night, thanks to a group Facebook chat with Brittany and Tina, this news seemed to wake the tired girl. It's not very often when something exciting happens at McKinley, besides the occasional pregnancy scare.
"Claire. I don't know her last name, though. I think she's around twelve, which stinks because she wouldn't be at school with us. All I know is that she's been living with an abusive aunt that I've never heard of for about 9 years. I don't know much about her, though. She's hopefully coming next week!" Kurt's eyes were sparkling as he jumped up and down like a kid in a candy store.
"Whoa, I'm glad that a kid like that will have you to look up to. You need to make sure that you don't get into her business too much. It's going to be a big change for her, and you, and everyone."
"I keep wondering what she'll be like. If she likes to sing, maybe we could get her to join Glee club when she's in high school. And she can come with you and me and Blaine…" His voice trailed off into the distance.
"Kurt?" Mercedes could read the worried look in Kurt's eyes.
"What if she doesn't accept Blaine and me? I mean, with an aunt like that…"
"She'll love you. It's hard not to love you, Kurt."
Right at that moment, a cold liquid splashed on Kurt's face. A grape Slushee. It took him a few seconds to realize what happened, and a few more to get any words out of his mouth.
"Screw you, Karofsky!" He yelled after the well-known school bully, Dave Karofsky. After Kurt wiped the green ice off of his face, he rushed into the nearest bathroom, leaving Mercedes alone in the hallway.
What if Claire really was against gay people? That would be horrible. But for Kurt's sake, until he met Claire, Mercedes decided to assume that Claire was nice, sweet, and everything that Kurt ever wanted for the little sister that he never had.
Mercedes heard a familiar ringtone from the ground. She picked up a phone, which turned out to be Kurt's. A new message from his Carole. Mercedes opened the message.
"Your dad just called Claire. Her last name is Devine, she's 14 and in the 9th grade. We're registering her at McKinley in a bit. I knew you were wondering. Love, Carole."
She picked up Kurt's books, along with her own, and began to walk toward her first class.
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"Memories." Mr. Schuester said as he underlined the word of the week on his whiteboard. It was finally time for Glee club rehearsal, and Kurt couldn't wait to tell everyone about Claire. "Look deep into your mind and try to remember the first thing in your life that you can remember in detail."
Noah, everyone called him "Puck", was the first to raise his hand. "I remember my first day of Hebrew school. It sucked. So I never went back."
"My dad used to take my sister and I to baseball games." Quinn, the head cheerleader, spoke out. There was a bit of a quiver in her voice. When she got pregnant in 10th grade, her dad disowned her and reminded her of the baseball games right before he told her that she has 30 minutes to leave. It turned out, her father was having an affair, and Quinn moved back with her mother at the end of the year.
"My first talent show was when I was little. I won first place." Rachel announced. Rachel would find any moment to brag about her theater experience, but she was really talented.
Mercedes scribbled on a scrap piece of paper and handed it to Kurt discreetly. Kurt slowly unfolded it, trying not to be caught for passing notes.
I checked your new messages after you got slushied. Carole texted you. Her name is Claire Devine and she's 14. She should join glee club!
"In greatest detail, I remember my mom's funeral." Kurt said, stuffing the note into his binder. "But there's something that I wanted to ask you guys." He stood up and walked over to Mr. Schuster.
"Sure, Kurt. Who is it?" Mr. Schue asked.
"I have a cousin who I've never met before, and she's coming to live at my house to get away from the aunt that she lives with now." Kurt could see the faces of the other Glee club members slowly turn into a face of sympathy. "She's been living with this aunt for 9 years now, and she never really knew her real parents. I wanted to ask her if she wanted to join Glee club."
"Kurt, your dad told us not to tell anyone!" Finn said.
"This is fine, I'm just making sure that we're all okay with her joining the club."
"Of course, Kurt. We need more members. How old is your cousin?"
"Claire is 14, so she's in 9th grade. Even if she doesn't join Glee, can you all be nice to her and show her around? She's had a pretty tough life." All of the other club members nodded in silence.
As Kurt sat back down, people were whispering questions towards him. What was she like? Most importantly, would she want to join Glee?
Glee club was pretty much social suicide at McKinley High, yet the club was full of cheerleaders and football players. Even though the club has the 12 members it needed to compete with other schools, more voices would make the club more powerful. Not to mention that most of the club was graduating at the end of the year. It would be good to have someone carry over to the next year.
Rachel, the club's female lead singer, stood up. "I think that we should sing something to convince her to join. I'm thinking of-"
"Rachel, I think it would be we shouldn't think of anything too big yet." Mr. Schue interrupted, as usual. Rachel sat down, slightly mumbling something to herself. Kurt didn't mind that Rachel wanted the solo, since that is usually what she always wants. But Kurt agreed with Mr. Schuester. They didn't want to scare Claire away.
He couldn't wait to go online tonight and search for Claire. Her name just sounded sweet, and Kurt couldn't believe how someone whose name sounded like that could ever be sad. Claire Devine, he thought. He was related to Claire Devine. Was that his mother's maiden name? Kurt wasn't quite sure, but if it was, his name could be Kurt Devine. It just didn't have the same feeling to it.
Kurt sighed. He hadn't even met her yet, but how could he miss out on Claire's childhood?
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I just had to add in the Slushee and the whiteboard word. I've always loved the whiteboard words. I know that this chapter is kind of short too, I'm just never good at beginnings. Especially because I had the idea for this story about 3 months before I started writing. Right now, I'm writing chapter 16, but adding in bits into the other chapters. Thanks in advance for reviews! Have a wonderful night!
