A/N: Sorry for the delay in getting a chapter of this updated; but with all the other stories also on the go, it's been quite hard to keep track of them all; that along with the best direction to take them.
So this chapter sees Kurt get in some ways a friend, who he can if wanting to go to for advice besides that of Mikki; who will always have his back regardless of anything. But I did want to see Kurt having some sort of male connection, and not have it at all be anything other than friendship.
All characters from Glee do not belong to me; and any characters you don't recognize from the show do belong to me and cannot be used without my permission.
Love,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 3:
One would think that growing older, it would mean that friendship loyalities would change; but that was never the case for Mikki or Kurt.
Having been asked by the Kapowski's if he would like to go to Myrtle Beach, with them and also that of Eric's three nephews who were staying with the family for a little bit over the summer break; before he and Mikki were to start high school, since they for the rest of the year lived on an army base in Wisconsin; upon clearing it all with Lizzie and Burt, both who had to work over the summer break in the two businesses that they owned, Lizzie's little bakery and Burt's mechanic shop; gave Kurt permission to spend the week with the Kapowski's in Myrtle Beach.
Driving her son, around to the house; where his best friend of now many years lived. Lizzie pulled to a stop behind the car that Midge would drive, and with Kurt got out of the car and got his bags; before heading up to the front door.
"You promise me Kurt" said Lizzie, as she pushed the doorbell and they waited for the door to be opened. "That you will be on your best behaviour for this week and that you will listen to Midge and Eric"
"Promise Mom" he said, with a nod as he looked to her; and the door of the house opened, and Midge stood on the other side.
"Hi" she said, giving the two of them a warm smile. "Come on inside" she continued as she stood aside to let the two of them walk in. "It's already quite warm out there today"
"Yes it is" replied Lizzie, with a nod as she looked to the woman that for many years now had been a close friend of hers also. "And thank you for asking if Kurt wanted to go along with you"
"Oh you know we enjoy having Kurt around here" said Midge, looking to her and then looking to Kurt with a smile. "And I'm sure he will have a great time too"
"Yes, well I have told him that he needs to be on his best behaviour" said Lizzie, looking to her only son quickly. "And he's assured me that he will be, so hopefully that will be true"
"I'm sure it will be Lizzie" replied Midge, with a small laugh. "Kurt's never any trouble at all" she continued, shaking her head. "It's my two oldest girls and also Clint and Spence; that I will be keeping my eyes on the most whilst we are away"
"So they definitely are more like that side of the family" said Lizzie, with a laugh also. "And not so much your side"
"Very much so" replied Midge, with a smile and laugh. "Did you want to have a sit down and talk before you leave?" she asked, looking to her friend. "Unless you have to be back at the bakery"
"No, I have some time" said Lizzie, with a nod. "So a chance to sit down and talk would be good"
"Okay" said Midge, with a smile and looked to Kurt. "Kurt, honey" she said, and Kurt looked to her with a smile. "Miks upstairs, so why don't you go on up there, and make sure, she and Clint are not planning any pranks to play on their younger siblings"
"Sure" replied Kurt, with a laugh and nod, and then looked to his mom. "I'll see you next week"
"Sure my little buttercup" said Lizzie, with a smile to him; and Kurt blushed slightly at the nickname that Lizzie had called him from a young age. "Have a wonderful time" she said, giving him a hug; one that Kurt also returned. "And like I said, be good for Midge and Eric"
"I will and I will" replied Kurt, looking to her with a nod; and picked up the medium sized suitcase that he'd packed to take away. "Bye"
"Bye" replied Lizzie, with a smile to him and Kurt headed upstairs to Mikki's room; and Lizzie looked to Midge. "So let's go and talk"
"Yes, lets" replied Midge, with a smile of her own; the two women heading to the kitchen to talk before Lizzie then left the Kapowski residence, leaving Kurt to spend the week with the family in Myrtle Beach.
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Walking up the stairs to Mikki's room, Kurt could clearly hear the sound of guitar playing as he approached his best friend's bedroom; and going over to the door, pushed open the slightly closed door to his friend's room.
"Hey Mik" he said, as he entered and saw that she and also her older cousin Clint, who he had met at one of Mikki's birthday parties, were seated on the bed.
"Oh hey Kurt" she replied, looking up to her best friend with a smile; as he put his bag down to the floor and also removed the backpack that he still had on his back and placed that down as well. "You remember Clint, right"
"Yeah of course" said Kurt, with a nod and then looked to the older male sitting on the bed; seeing that both he and Mikki were sitting with guitars each. "Nice to see you again"
"You too" replied Clint, looking to him with a nod. "Dizzy, said that you were coming along with us to Myrtle Beach" he continued, as Mikki rolled her eyes at the nickname that Clint would call her and Kurt gave a quick laugh and nod. "Good, you can keep Spence occupied whilst I go find girls there"
"Clearly as you can see" said Mikki, with her own laugh and looking to her best friend. "My cousin now has a one track mind" she smiled and looked to Clint, shaking her head. "And call me Dizzy again, and I will be calling you something very unpleasant in front of any girls you may happen to start talking to at Myrtle Beach"
"But I've always called you Dizzy" replied Clint, with a frown and looking to his cousin. "You wouldn't let me call you Disney, so you got Dizzy instead"
"So that's how she got the nickname of that from you" said Kurt, with a laugh; as he sat to his best friends best, and Clint replied a "Yep" with the nod of his head, and Kurt laughed as Mikki looked to her best friend with a frown.
"You dare start calling me that" she said, lightly punching him in the arm. "And you and I will no longer be friends"
"Wouldn't dream of" said Kurt, with a small smile to her. "I think I value your friendship too much to lose it"
"Suck" said Clint, with a laugh; shaking his head and looking to Kurt, and then looked to Mikki again. "So you want to try that first part?" he asked, as Mikki gave a nod. "Just don't over think it, and you will do fine"
"Yeah, I know" replied Mikki, with a smile to her cousin. "I already know how to play the song normally, since I do have the songbook for it" she continued, with a nod. "It's just changing that to finger style for it, that's the challenge"
"Hmm" said Clint, with a nod also. "But you can hear the difference definitely" he said, as Mikki placed her fingers to the first section of the guitar fret board where she would start to play. "And you now have another critic besides me, to tell you good or bad"
"I'm sure Miks, plays just fine" replied Kurt, with a smile to him and then looked to Mikki also with a smile. "So which song is this that you're learning?"
"Here Comes The Sun" replied Mikki, with a smile to her best friend also; and he laughed.
"Beatles, should have guessed" he said, with a smile as Mikki gave a nod and Clint nudged his younger cousin in the side, telling her to hurry up and starting playing; and then started to play the song, both Kurt and Clint listening as she did the first part of the chorus section of it.
"Sounds okay to me" said Kurt, looking to his best friend, and then to Clint who gave a nod. "But then again, I don't play one single instrument; so I wouldn't know if it's being done right anyway"
"Yeah, but you like music right" said Clint, as Kurt looked to him with a nod. "So see, you know stuff then and you know if something doesn't sound right"
"Are you two talking" said Mikki, as she stopped playing. "Or listening to make sure this sounds okay"
"It sounds fine, Diz..." and Clint stopped short giving Mikki a smile, before continuing. "Miks" he said with a smile, as she nodded her head. "And like I said, all you have to do is continue to play the songs like you normally would; but instead of the strum technique you chose to pick certain strings and you will know if you know that song if it sounds right or not"
"Yeah" replied Mikki, with a nod. "I'm still nowhere as good as you are" she continued, with a small laugh. "But I will get there"
"Exactly" said Clint, with a smile to her. "And then you can play like this" he said, and started to play the chorus section of 'Livin' on a Prayer', and Mikki looked to her cousin with a laugh.
"You're not going to be taking your guitar to Myrtle Beach now are you?" she asked. "And busk on the street in an effort to impress girls"
"You know I actually never thought of doing that" he said, with a smile, looking to his cousin. "That's actually a really good idea"
"Somehow I don't think your aunt and uncle will allow you to do that" replied Kurt, with a laugh; and Clint looked him to with a smile.
"I'll introduce you to some of the girls too" he said, with a laugh. "It will be a win, for us both"
"I don't know about that" said Kurt, shaking his head. "I just think we could maybe get in trouble, if you were to busk"
"Kurt's right" said Mikki, looking to her cousin, with a nod. "And I don't think your dad would be too happy if he found out you did that" she continued. "You know how he is for rules"
"Rules were made to be broken" said Clint, with a smile to her. "Now, before I teach you anything more" he said, with a sigh as he put his guitar down to her bed. "I'm starving, lets go and get something downstairs for lunch"
"Sure" replied Mikki, with a nod; and she, Clint and Kurt headed downstairs to get some lunch, before later in the day racing the others who were in the house and had been playing Mario Kart to that of a challenge and to see who indeed was best at the video game.
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Getting to Myrtle Beach on a Friday, and with the plan to spend the weekend and then the following week there until the next Friday, before they returned back to Greer; Mikki along with Kurt, and also Clint, Spencer and Kitty, with the others off doing stuff with Midge and Eric; having given the older ones permission to go on the more thrill seeking kind of rides without adult supervision, since Clint was now over the age of sixteen, and therefore able to look after his younger brother, cousins and also Kurt.
Waiting in line for the Sling Shot ride at Family Kingdom Fun, where they were spending the day and thankfully all over the height requirement of four foot; Clint was talking to and trying to impress the girls who were in front of them in the line, and also waiting to go on.
"So is he always like this?" asked Kurt, looking to Spencer; who in turn looked to him and nodded.
"Yep, he is" he replied, with a laugh. "He can't not go somewhere and pick up girls" he continued; as the others who'd be on the ride before them got off and the ride attendant started counting the numbers of the people that were able to go on the ride this time, before it became full, and got to where Mikki along with Kurt were and stopped his counting pointing to Clint and then Mikki, before announcing that was limit.
"We kind of wanted to all go on together" said Kurt, looking to him and the attendant looked at him and shrugged his shoulders, stating they'd have to wait to the next ride.
"Well Kitty, you can go with Clint, and then Kurt and I will go on the next one with Spence" said Mikki, looking to her younger sister.
"You're sure?" she asked, as Mikki gave a nod.
"Positive" she replied. "You're the youngest of us, so you should definitely have Clint you with you"
"Okay" said Kitty, as she moved up to where Mikki was and looked at the ride attendant, who in turn nodded his head and let Kitty move through before putting the chain across to stop people from proceeding any further.
"Just don't crap my style, puss" said Clint, with a smile to his cousin; who in turn shook her head as they moved to the ride.
The three remaining, on the bottom of the ride whilst the others went on waited for the others to have their turn on the ride; and once they were off, the other three had their turn, and when they were finished with it, went over to where Kitty and Clint were waiting, for them; Clint still talking with the girls he'd been talking with in line before they went on the ride.
"So Charlotte and Kellie and Eva" he said, looking to the three that had just gotten off the ride. "Are going to come on the next ride with us" he said, with a smile to them. "The Swamp Fox Roller Coaster"
"Okay" said Spencer looking to his older brother, and then to Mikki, rolling his eyes before they headed off for the next ride that wanted to go on.
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Sitting in the room that he was sleeping in, in the accommodation that Midge and Eric had gotten for the duration of their stay in Myrtle Beach, and the room with two single beds he was sharing with Clint; Kurt was texting his mom to let him know all way okay and that he was having fun on the trip.
"Do you by any chance want to take home some annoying younger brothers, with you when we get back to Greer?" asked Clint, as he walked into the room and lay down on the bed that he was sleeping in, and Kurt looked him to with a laugh.
"What did they do this time?" asked Kurt, looking to the other male with a laugh; and Clint groaned where he was lying in frustration.
"Where do I start" replied Clint, sitting up and looking to Kurt. "So want them?"
"Umm, I'm not sure if my parents are going to wanting to essentially steal your brothers away from their parents" said Kurt, and Clint gave a laugh.
"Oh it won't be stealing" he replied, shaking his head. "I'm giving them to you, free of charge"
"Thanks, but no thanks" said Kurt, with a laugh also. "If they drive you this mad, don't you think they will do the same with me?"
"Probably, yes" replied Clint, with a sigh. "So who you texting there?" he asked, looking to the younger male with a smile. "Girl, back home?"
"No, not a girl" replied Kurt, looking up at him and shaking his head. "Just my mom" he continued, with a small smile to the other male. "I told her I would check in every day and let her know how it's all going"
"Okay, yeah" said Clint, with a nod. "I got to do the same with my mom too" he continued as Kurt gave a nod also. "So, in regards to the other thing" chuckled Clint and looked to Kurt with a smile. "There's not a girl at home that you have your eye on"
"No, no girl I have my eye on" replied Kurt, shaking his head; and Clint looked at him.
"You're not in love with Mikki are you?" asked Clint, narrowing his eyes at him. "Because if you are, we need to be having some serious words here"
"I do not like Mikki, at all in that way" said Kurt, with a laugh. "So you can calm down on the protective cousin mode" he continued as Clint gave a nod. "Mik's only ever going to be someone I see as a friend"
"Hmm good" replied Clint, giving a nod. "And I'd appreciate it too if this coming year at high school, if you could look out for her as well"
"Why would I need to be looking out for her?" asked Kurt, looking to him; and Clint sighed.
"Because guys can be real jerks" he replied. "And Mikki is a trusting person" he continued, as Kurt gave a nod; knowing that was definitely true about his best friend. "Which means guys will try and take full advantage of that, and I just want to be sure that there is someone who always has her back and will make sure she won't get hurt"
"Of course" replied Kurt, with a nod; as Clint looked to him with a smile and nod also. "I'll always have Miks back, no matter what. She's my bestest friend, and I do not want to see her hurt"
"Good" said Clint, looking to Kurt with a smile. "You know I was kind of worried about Miks going to high school, but I'm glad she's got someone she can really trust there with her"
"I'm glad I got her too" replied Kurt, with a smile also. "I don't know what I'd do without her to be honest"
"Yeah" replied Clint, with a laugh. "Well any time you need to talk to someone also, and just ask for advice and all that stuff" he continued. "Then just talk to me over chat, and I'll do what I can to help"
"Sure thanks" replied Kurt, with a smile to him; as they heard Midge call them to come out for heading to dinner; and the two of them headed off to dinner with the rest of them who were on vacation in Myrtle Beach.
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Getting back to Greer; and with Clint, Spencer and Joe; returning to Wisconsin. Mikki and Kurt started getting ready for the new school year, and for them the start of being high school students also.
Having a few days, before hand gone shopping with Midge, and also Kitty who was in her final year of middle school; and gotten all the school supplies that they were needing for the upcoming year, Mikki headed around to the Hummel residence, to organize with Kurt; folders and such so they would be all ready to go come the start of classes in two weeks time.
"You're seriously not color coordinating everything" said Kurt, looking to his best friend with a laugh as they sat down in the living room of his house; with a load of folders, loose sheet paper and an assortment of other things around them.
"I am" replied Mikki, looking to her best friend with a nod; as she put some plastic pockets into the folder she was currently organizing behind that of colored dividers that she had already placed in there. "One color folder for each subject" she said, with a smile to him. "And that way, I will be always grabbing the correct one when I need it from my locker"
"I guess that does make sense" said Kurt, with a nod; as he looked to his plain black binders. "At least then you don't have to get every single one out all the time and check to see what is inside it"
"Exactly" replied Mikki, with a nod also. "And I'm sure an easy fix for you would be just something as simple as putting labels to the side of the binder with what subject it is"
"Yeah, I'll do that" said Kurt, looking to her with a smile. "I'm guessing Midge has given you all sorts of little tips and that, on how to make this as smooth as possible going from middle school to high school"
"She did" replied Mikki, with a nod. "It helps to have a mom who is a high school teacher" she replied with a laugh, as Kurt also gave a nod as well. "That and also Clint gave me all these pointers before he and my cousins went back home too"
"Yeah, your cousin is pretty cool" said Kurt, and Mikki looked to him with a laugh.
"He can be some of the time" replied Mikki, shaking her head. "But a lot of the time he's more annoying than anything"
"Yeah, but it's still nice that you kind of have them close by" said Kurt. "None of my cousins live anywhere remotely close by" he continued, with a sigh. "And I think the last time I saw any of them, was like five years ago and they're the ones on my dad's side"
"And you've never met the ones on your mom's side still, right?" asked Mikki, looking to him as Kurt shook his head; knowing that Lizzie's family were from England and therefore all her family still lived over there and had never been over to America, for a visit; and they in turn had never gone over to the United Kingdom to visit there either.
"No, but one day I would love to go and meet them" replied Kurt, with a nod. "I do write to my girl cousin Lara over there, and she's really nice" he continued, as Mikki also nodded. "But as for the ones on my dad's side; since he and his older brother really don't get along all that well, it means that family get-togethers, are a very rare thing"
"Well if you want Clint as cousin" said Mikki, with a laugh. "By then all means you're quite welcome to have him"
"I think you'd probably miss him if he weren't around" replied Kurt, with a laugh also; and Mikki scoffed at the notion. "But he did however tell me that if I do need to talk at anytime during the year, then I was quite welcome to contact him over chat or something"
"That was really nice of him" said Mikki, as Kurt gave a nod; and the two of them continued to talk with one another, and finish off organizing all their folders and other stuff for school starting soon, before Mikki headed back home.
End Note: I wanted Kurt to have a close male friend, before he obviously becomes good friends with Sebastian and Artie in college; when Mikki and Seb start to date; and whilst we never saw any interaction with the two of them actually in Glee; I do think they would make good friends, and of course they have the common connection of always wanting to be on the look out for Mikki.
Anyway, thanks for reading and hopefully the next chapter won't be as long a wait; but it just all depends on the update schedule with the other many stories that I also have going on at the moment!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxo