Hi guys! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
I was looking at the links I put at the last chapter. Yeah, the link I have to Felix's outfit is not the right link. I don't know how I got that link there because I checked it and I have never seen that outfit before. Felix would never be caught dead wearing that. So here is the real link.
www (dot) polyvore (dot) com /felix_church /set?id=26019153
And this is only part 1 of a 2 part chapter. I really didn't realize it was already this long. And this is just in the car, fyi. So yeah...
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Chapter 3: The Mall, the Movies, and Hangout at Home (Part 1)
The alarm went off in the room that Kurt and Finn shared at 8:00 AM the next morning. Finn groaned and covered his head with his pillow. "It's tooooooo earrrrrrrlllllly," he muttered. "Kurt, make it shut up."
Kurt stared at the alarm clock for a minute, trying to remember why he had set it for eight AM when they were on vacation.
"Kurt," Finn groaned sleepily. "Turn it off."
Kurt hit the snooze button, stared at the clock a second longer trying to remember why he was up this early, and proceeded to lie back down, still thinking. He went back through the events of the night before: He had gone to church with Mercedes because she had wanted him to hear the new youth pastor, he remembered he was stunned with what the youth pastor had said before the sermon began, and he remembered talking to Anna and—"FELIX!" Kurt cried darting up in bed, fully awake now.
"Wha?" muttered Finn. He removed the pillow from his over his head, sleepily rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "What are you yelling about now?" Kurt had—unfortunately—successfully snatched him from the world of sleep.
Kurt usually wasn't too bad, but at the moment Finn considered him worse than the alarm clock as his stepbrother danced across the room to his iPod, which was currently connected to his iHome. "Our Time Now" by The Plain White T's blared through the speakers.
Kurt turned the music down a few notches before he danced around the room and to the closet and picked out a few different things to try on. He turned around to see his stepbrother still in bed, pillow over his head, trying to ignore the music—doing so rather unsuccessfully since a pillow can only muffle so much.
Kurt danced over to Finn and removed the pillow from his head. Kurt took Finn's hands in his own and tried to make him sit up. "Kurt," Finn moaned again. "What are you doing?"
"Trying to get you up. Come on, dance with me. It'll help you wake up."
"Kurt, the mall doesn't open until like 10:00." Finn didn't understand what the big deal was. They had all day to hang out. The quartet was going to hit the mall, grab some lunch, go to a movie, and then come back here to chill before dinner. That was an all day thing. "And the stores themselves don't actually open until like 10:30.
Kurt shook his head. "By the time I figure out what to wear, take a shower, moisturize, come back here to most likely find you back in bed, wake you up again, let you pick you out what you're going to wear while I do my hair, you take your shower, and you do your hair, and then we eat breakfast, it will most likely be10:00 or past 10:00 by the time we leave the house. Then we have to go pick up Felix and Anna who live about ten minutes from us in the opposite direction of the mall. That makes a total of forty minutes driving time: Ten minutes to drive to their house, thirty minutes of driving to the mall from their house. Meaning it would be closer to 11:00 by the time we actually got to the mall."
'Our Time Now' ended and 'You belong with Me' came on. Kurt began deciding on outfits, humming along. When the chorus came on Finn began singing along.
"But she wears short skirts
I wear T-shirts
She's cheer captain
And I'm in the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
And find what you're looking for has been here the whole time."
Kurt grinned at his clothes. Never once did he regret having Finn as a stepbrother. He was always there for Kurt when he needed him and he got to know things about the jock that he never would have known. Like the fact that he listened to Taylor Swift. Yeah, they had their moments, like when Kurt felt like his dad liked Finn more than himself because Finn was straight and into "guy things" like sports. And like the time when Finn went homophobic on him about the room. Finn still had his moments after that but Kurt chose to ignore them. Kurt chose not to be put off by the "typical male behavior." But ever since the wedding, Finn had been more of a brother to him. Thinking about it, Kurt regretted his reasons behind getting their parents together, but he never regretted the result.
Kurt picked the outfit he was going to wear and gently picked it up. He started to sing along to the song too.
"Hey isn't this easy
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say your fine
I know you better then that
Hey whatcha doing with a girl like that
She wears high heels
I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time."
Kurt met Finn's eye and they both smiled at each other. Then Kurt walked to the bathroom, outfit in hand, to take his shower.
Kurt's prediction was pretty much right, as always. While Kurt didn't have to wake Finn up again, they didn't end up leaving the house until ten past 10:00. Then they had to wait about five minutes to warm up the car, so they didn't officially leave the house until 10:15 when they started out of the drive way.
But things only went up from there.
They picked up Felix and Anna who were just about ready when they arrived. Felix said something about grabbing his "Would you rather…?" cards off the table.
"Oh, I love that game," said Finn.
"It's so much fun," said Anna. "I'll pick first. If that's okay?"
"Sure," agreed the boys.
"Okay, pick a number—one to fifty. Whoever chooses closest to the number I'm thinking of will answer the question."
"Twenty-four," said Felix.
"Twenty-nine," said Finn.
"Thirty-three," said Kurt.
"Finn wins!" shouted Anna. "The number was twenty-nine!" She pulled a card out of the deck and examined it. "Alright, Finn. Choose your category: Pain, fear, and discomfort; appearance and embarrassment; ethics and intellect; or random."
"Pain, fear, and discomfort," he answered. "Some of those are really random questions."
"Like this one," Anna laughed. "Would you rather hang upside down from the Eiffel Tower suspended by a nylon cord or be strapped to the wing of a flying airplane with only duct tape?"
"Uhhh….Let's see. Hang from nylon cord or be held down by duct tape?" Finn tapped his chin, thinking. "You know what would be cool? Bungee jumping from the Eiffel Tower. That would be awesome!" There was a pause and then he answered the question. "Hanging from the Eiffel Tower. I prefer to be inside the plane when it's flying." Finn suddenly had a moment of realization: "How am I going to ask someone a question if I'm driving?" he asked.
"No worries," Anna chimed out. "You tell me who you want to ask. I'll pick a card and ask for you."
"That works then."
"Yeah, I don't want to get into an accident and scar up my face," said Kurt.
"That would be tragic," agreed Felix.
"I pick Kurt," said Finn.
"Okay," replied Anna as she picked out another card. "Which category, Kurt?"
"Appearance."
"Would you rather sing every word you speak or always speak in rhymes?"
"I would sing everything. There's only so much rhyming a person can do before that bit gets old and over-used." Kurt turned around and held out his hands for the cards. "If I may?" he asked.
"Of course," Anna said, handing them to him.
Kurt looked through them, looking for a card he really liked. After looking at about three different cards, he found one. "Felix?" he asked, turning around in his seat to look at the boy. "Category?" He looked at the card and then turned back around, fingers crossed for luck. Ethics and intellect, he thought to himself. Please?
"Umm…Ethics, intellect."
"Right then," said Kurt, mentally cheering in his head. "Would you rather have your significant other be sensitive to your feelings or have your significant other respect your intellect? But not both."
"Sensitive to my feelings," replied Felix without missing a beat. "What's the sense in having them respect you for your intellect if they're going to be a bitch about everything else? I don't see the point."
A huge grin cracked over Kurt's face. "That's exactly how I feel."
Felix smiled as Kurt handed the cards back to him. Their eyes met for a brief second before Felix looked away and at the cards. "Anna, category?"
"Random," she replied.
"Would you rather be left on a stationary ski lift over night during a snowstorm or be trapped on a continuously operating triple-loop rollercoaster for twenty-four hours?"
Anna frowned. "What kind of question is that? Would I rather freeze to death or die happy on a rollercoaster?" She smiled her thousand-watt smile. "Rollercoaster, please!" She laughed. "Okay, it's my turn again. Kurt, choose a category."
"Pain, fear, discomfort."
"Would you rather drive fifty miles with a car full of digital alarm clocks beeping or drive the same distance with four Styrofoam coolers constantly rubbing against each other and creating that annoying squeaking sound?"
"Squeaking sound. I can always drown that out with music. Beeping alarm clocks can't be drowned out so easily. Besides, it's not recommended to drive with a headache. Cards please?"
She handed him the cards.
This time he just picked one at random. Then he let out a laugh. "Finn, category?"
"Pain, fear, discomfort," replied his stepbrother.
"Would you rather always exit your house through an underground dirt tunnel which you must crawl through on your hands and knees or exit normally but have to sleep every night on cheap carpeting with no bedding at all?"
"Tunnel. That sounds so much more exciting than exiting the house normally. Screw sleeping without bedding. I'd rather crawl through a tunnel underground than freeze in the winter months."
"Cards please," requested Anna.
"Of course," said Kurt handing them back to her.
"Finn?" she asked.
"Felix," he replied. "Category?" he asked.
"Pain, fear, discomfort," he replied.
"Wow, that's, like, a trend right now," Anna commented. "Felix, would you rather walk in circles through a revolving door 1000 times or hang upside-down in an elevator for three hours?"
Felix looked super excited. "Are you kidding? Elevator for the win! I would love to hang upside down in an elevator and scare unsuspecting passengers! Do I get a cape too?" he asked.
Anna laughed. "Whatever makes you happy, Princess."
"Yaaaaaaaayyyy!" cheered Felix.
Kurt giggled to himself.
"Okay, Anna. Choose a category," said Felix.
"I'm going to break the trend of pain and discomfort and select appearance and embarrassment." She handed the deck of cards to Felix.
"Okay," he said as he chose a card at random. "Would you rather have your skin change into vibrant colors according to your emotional state (for example have your skin be red for anger, blue for sadness, yellow for cowardliness, etc) or wildly and uncontrollably flail your arms around whenever you walk?"
"I would love for my skin to change colors! I would me a human mood-ring. I actually had a X-Men Evolution OC like that. Her skin would change colors according to her mood and if she touched somebody her skin would change color according to their moods. That was her only power though. Not much help in battle. Felix, category?"
"Random," he said.
"Would you rather live your life in a small capsule in outer space or in a small submarine at the bottom of the sea?"
"That depends. Would this small capsule have windows that I could see the depths of space out of? And would it just be floating along or would it have navigational controls? I don't expect it to have hyper-drive though since it's a 'small capsule.'"
"Yeah, I suppose it could. I don't see why it wouldn't. Although a control panel might be a bit much for a small capsule."
Felix shook his head. "Not a control panel, I was thinking more along the lines of a joy-stick. Just to navigate the direction I'm heading in space."
"That works."
"Small capsule in space it is then. Yay! Okay, Finn, choose a category."
"Random," Finn replied after thinking about it for a second.
"Would you rather be able to fly or be able to become invisible?"
"Invisible. Then I could sneak into the girls locker room and watch them change."
Kurt looked over at him, disbelieving. Then he scoffed, mostly at himself. Why should he be surprised? Finn was a guy after all. "Really? I'd choose flying. Then I could just fly out of here and not have to worry about Karofsky again. I could fly to New York or London. I'd even fly to Milan, fashion capital of the world."
"That sounds like so much fun. Could I come?" asked Felix.
"Absolutely," answered Kurt with a smile.
Finn looked over at Kurt and then back at the road, a small smile on his face. "Kurt, choose a category."
"Ethics and intellect, I guess."
"Okay," said Anna, picking a card. "Kurt, would you rather be ruled exclusively by your heart or exclusively by your mind?"
Kurt thought about it. "Would I rather be ruled by my heart or my mind…? Be ruled by love or logic? Hmmm…" He thought for a second. "I'd rather be ruled by my heart. Logic is just cold and calculating if it's done right. It can also be ruthless. Ever stood outside on a cold winter night? Don't. I don't recommend it. But that winter cold can be compared to the chill of logic. Stand in it too long and you're bound to freeze and die. Love, on the other hand, is like the welcome warmth of summer. A person can bask in the glow of the summer sun and enjoy life. Basking in glow of love is the same idea as basking in the summer sun."
"Yeah, but with love comes heart-break," Felix put in.
"And with sunlight comes sunburns. Whenever you play with fire there's always that risk of getting burned." Kurt smiled at another analogy that he thought of. "Just like upsetting a hippogriff will risk you getting attacked."
"Oh, Malfoy totally had that coming to him. It's just too bad Buckbeak was sentenced to death after that."
"But he saved Sirius and they both ran away together after that. Anna, choose a category. Cards, please?"
Anna handed him the cards. "Ethics and intellect."
Kurt drew a card. "Would you rather have your mother live with you during the first year of your marriage or have your mother-in-law come over for dinner seven days a week for the first two years?"
Anna took a deep breath. "Wow, that is hard. Well, it depends on which one is more okay with having their daughter married to another female. My mom kicked me out of my house when I told her I was a lesbian."
"What!" cried Finn and Kurt at the same time.
"I was so scared my dad would stop loving me and kick me out of the house or something when I told him I was gay. I'm lucky. He said he'd known since I was three when I asked for a pair of sensible heels for my birthday." Kurt turned around to look at Annabelle and Felix. "What happened?"
"Felix and I decided we would tell our parents that we were both gay. We both figured they needed to know. I had the feeling it wouldn't end well so I told my sister, her best friend Emily, and Lucas what we were planning on doing. My sister and I decided we'd plan a small little get-together with Felix's mom and dad. Emily and Lucas wanted to come to but we nixed that idea. Instead they were on standby in case things went south."
"Which they did," added Felix. "But Alice, Anna's sister, was there at home with us. She had her phone at hand to call Emily."
"When I told my parents that I was a lesbian, my mom exploded. My dad didn't seem to have a problem with it, but he looked mortified when my mom freaked out. I was promptly kicked out of the house. They gave me thirty minutes to gather what I could of my stuff."
"I called Lucas and he picked me up. I told him what happened and he took me back to my house so I could gather my stuff. My parents freaked out on me as well when I told them."
"And then Alice had a fit, started yelling at our parents. She said if I wasn't allowed to live here anymore, she was leaving too. She and Emily had plans to move into an apartment together anyway."
"That's why you came up here with Lucas," said Kurt. "Where are you guys going to school?"
"McKinley," answered Anna.
"That's where I go," replied Finn. "I'll show you around and stuff. Be careful though, you might end up getting slushied."
Anna quirked an eyebrow. "Slushied?"
"Yeah, it's what happens to the unpopular kids. I'm part of the glee club. We're the lowest part of the high school food chain. And, since you know me, that makes you unpopular by association. Thus, getting slushied."
"I'm going to Dalton. We chose it because of their zero-tolerance policy."
"Really? That's where I go, too. I started there last month. I went to McKinley but had to transfer because of some…stuff. I'll show you around and stuff when we go back."
"So to answer your question, Kurt," started Anna, "I think I would prefer my mother-in-law coming to dinner for the first two years." She looked at Finn. "Finn, category."
"Appearance," he replied.
"Finn, would you rather shave your head once and get a tattoo on your entire scalp or shave your eyebrows permanently?"
"Why would I shave my eyebrows? A tat is so badass and besides, my hair would grow back. I wanna ask you a question, Anna, but that will have to wait until we get to the mall. Can't do it while I drive."
"I wanna ask Felix a question then," said Kurt. "Cards, my dear?" he asked turning to Anna who smiled and handed him the cards. "Felix, category please?"
"Pain, fear, discomfort. I haven't done that in a few rounds I don't think."
"Would you rather suffer from unpredictable fainting spells or from bouts of shouting?"
Felix laughed. "Shouting," he replied automatically. "Then I could scare people when they got on the elevator by hanging upside down with my cape and annoy them with my shouting until they got to their floor." He gasped. "I should so do this when I go to college in New York City. They have tall skyscrapers."
Everybody laughed.
"Okay, Kurt, now it's my turn. Cards please?"
"Of course," said Kurt, handing them back to Felix. Their hands brushed in the process and both boys swiftly pulled their hands back like they had been burned, dropping the cards in the process.
"S-sorry," they both muttered. They both went to pick up the cards, hands brushing again. They both gave a nervous little giggle.
"Oops," said Felix. "Sorry about that."
"Yeah," agreed Kurt.
"Category?" asked Felix when the cards were picked up.
"It-It doesn't matter," replied Kurt shakily, looking at his fingertips. He still felt the sensation on his fingertips when his hand brushed Felix's.
"Would you rather drink a quarter bottle of olive oil or read 'War and Peace' cover to cover?"
"Already did it," said Kurt proudly. "The reading, not the drinking of the olive oil," Kurt said quickly, clearing up any confusion as they pulled into the mall parking lot.
Finn found a spot and parked the car, turning to Felix. "May I have the cards? I believe it is my turn to ask Anna a question."
"Anna, category?"
"Appearance and embarrassment," she replied.
"Would you rather have to spend a month, with no explanation, wearing a cape everywhere you go or wearing an eye patch and carrying a walking stick?"
"Cape, duh. That's a no brainer. I would love to wear a cape around for no reason. I love getting odd stares from people who think I'm weird. Because it's true."
Just let me know what you think thus far. Review? Please. I less than three my reviewers. (And sorry if this part is too long. I just thought I would incorporate "Would you rather...?" and during the car ride and it became really long.) LOL