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The family sat down to dinner and talked and talked and talked. Carole, Burt, Kurt, Mercedes, Sam, Paul and Francine and even Angel and Breaker sat and discussed the changes to their lives.
Everything was discussed about, discussed over and discussed about some more. Some questions were answered and many more questions arose from that. Everyone voiced their opinions and the night was like a huge weight had been lifted off of everyone.
Kurt had been pleasantly surprised that both Burt & Carole as well as Mr. and Mrs. Winters had backed his decision about having the kids move with him back to New York. He had fully prepared himself to argue the topic with pin-pointed reasons to dispute any arguments thrown his way but none of that had happened.
Apparently nobody was under any impression that he would move back to Ohio, which Kurt was both thankful and a bit guilty for. But he had been assured by his parents that Finn and Rebecca had talked about everything when they made the decision to intrust Kurt with their children, and if moving them to New York was what Kurt had to do, then it had to be done.
The children had been nervously excited and bravely scared all at the same time about the future move, Breaker exclaimed proudly that he would be the envy of his class if not the whole school when he broke the news to them. Angel had become quiet when the discussion had come to the family home and she voiced her concerns like an adult. She did not want to lose the house her and her father and mother and brother had shared. Not just yet anyway.
Burt and Carole had decided to move into Finn and Rebecca's house and sell their house and before the night had even ended, Kurt had placed a call to one of Quinn's contacts to sell the house. Angel had been happy at that idea and explained that eventually she may be able to let the house go, but for now, she wanted the physical reminder. Especially the tree house.
Being the month of March, and the school year would finish in June, Kurt and the kids had decided to finish the year out at their current school and make the move to New York during the summer, ready to start the new school year afresh. Kurt would go back to New York meanwhile, giving him time to enrol the children into a new school, have everything ready for them when they arrived, and most importantly, redecorate his apartment, or even possibly find a new residence.
Kurt's heart fluttered and his love for one Sam Evans had re-recemented itself when the blonde man had announced that he would be selling his house in Hollywood and be moving to New York to start his and Kurt's new life together. Breakers reaction to the idea of him living with Sam freakin' Evans had been such an excited, fan-boy reaction, so Finn-esque that all the adults at the table hadn't known wether to smile, laugh or cry, so they settled on a mix of all of those things.
After everything had been talked about and things cleared and decisions made, Mr. and Mrs. Winters bid farewell to the family, squeezing the life out of their grandchildren before they set off back to Michigan in hopes of making it back before morning. Again, the children had shocked the adults with their maturity and had given the urn of Rebecca's ashes to the elderly couple and told them to either keep them or spread their mothers ashes in her favorite place in her hometown.
Kurt couldn't help the waterworks at that and whimpered into Sams strong shoulder for a good while until Rebecca's parents had left with her ashes in tow.
The family then decided that some cheering up needed to be had and everyone huddled into the family room of Finn and Rebecca's house to watch old New Directions performances. And that's where Kurt found himself snuggled up against Sam, watching the performance of Born This Way, the first performance he had performed upon his return to McKinley High School.
"I like your shirt" Sam whispered into Kurt's ear and ran circles on his back.
Kurt giggled quietly as he ran his left hand along Sams tight abs, his right hand wrapped around a metal spoon lodged in his vanilla ice-cream. "Im sure you do Sam" he replied with a smirk after he had taken a large mouthful of sugary sin.
Sam giggled and kissed Kurt on the lips, tasting the goodness of the ice-cream and the better goodness of Kurt. "When I saw that's what yours said I literally ran to the bathroom and cried" the larger man said shyly, "I wanted so much to wear one that said that."
Kurt snuggled into Sam more and sighed ruefully. "I cant believe you went through all of that by yourself. You know you really should have just come out to me when we first met instead of denying it and going out with Quinn."
Sam wrapped his arms around Kurt and held tight. "I know I should have been more brave, but I think when I did come out, it was the perfect timing."
"While drunk off your ass at our graduation party?" Kurt asked cheekily.
Sam giggled and nodded. "Yup!"
The lovers laughed with each other until the video ended. Breaker immediately started another performance, of Mercedes singing Hell To The No, the original version.
Angel had turned her head when her Poppa Burt had started to lightly sing the words to Mercedes' song, but she stopped and stared at her uncle and his boyfriend trading light kisses. "OH!" the little girl exclaimed loudly, and the couple broke their embrace and everyone snapped their head towards her. Angel smiled and pointed to Sams swollen lips, "That's why your shirt said 'Trouty Mouth'!"
Mercedes out-right cackled and snorted and rolled off of the couch she was sitting on in fits of laughter at Sams hurt/amused/frustrated/dopey look he pulled at the angelic girl. "Oh girly, I love you so much right now!" she announced and pulled said girl into a light hug.
Kurt stifled his laughter as best he could, it coming out as strangled hiccup noises. He ran his fingers along Sams pouting lips and smiled. "Yes, that's why his shirt said 'Trouty Mouth', don't you just want to put a fish-hook in these lips so cherry red?" he asked seriously, looking at Angel.
Sam threw his arms up in the air in exasperation but the huge grin on his huge mouth showed he was enjoying the toying with. "Im never gonna live that song down, am I?"
"Hells no!" Breaker exclaimed.
Everyone turned to look at the boy surprised and not to find him standing up with his camera in front of his face, recording everyone. Mercedes, who had calmed down just a tad looked at the boy with shining eyes. "Oh god, please tell me you got that whole thing down on camera? I needs to show that to Santana!"
Breaker turned the camera onto Mercy Jones and nodded. "Yup! Even got you falling off the couch!"
Mercedes' giggles ceased immediately and she stood up to chase the boy around the room for the camera. Kurt giggled and snuggled into Sam some more. Sam sighed and kissed the back of Kurt's neck. "Sweet justice that Breaker is."
"I don't even want to know where the fuck he pulled that camera out of" he laughed and shook his head.
Sam was about to reply when the volume of the DVD increased and the couple turned to Burt who had a huge grin on his face. "This is my favorite performance."
The familiar chords played through the speakers and Sam and Kurt both flushed pink. Mercedes settled down back onto her original seat temporarily forgetting about the potential blackmail material on Breakers camera. Breaker settled down back on the cushions on the floor with Angel as they watched the screen.
The velvet red curtains in the April Rhodes Civic Pavilion opened to reveal an elaborate stage set up. Sams heart beat picked up under Kurt's back as the stage showed what looked to be another planet. The props were fantastic thanks to the new budget Glee had been given after winning Nationals. A digital video was playing on the giant projector in the backdrop, the view looking down upon Sams favorite planet, Pandora.
"What is this?" Angel asked sweetly and curious.
"The day I fell in love with Kurt Hummel" Sam said to Kurt more than to anyone else.
Burt smirked at Kurt's beet-red face. "Shh, here he comes."
Sure enough, out from the left hand side walked a stunning blue creature. His whole slightly-defined body was clad in electric blue paint, various orange markings littering the bare chest in arrow-like patterns. Around his left arm a piece of brown leather wrapped itself around and the excess hung down straight. Kurt ducked his head in embarrassment at the small brown rag hanging around the Na'Vi's hip on the screen, covering his modesty.
Breaker giggled. "Is that you uncle Kurt?"
The blue creature walked out, its hands fanned out on its side, its head snapping, looking around at its environment. The blue creature looked an awful lot like Kurt. The braided black hair hung long, some resting on the left shoulder while the most hung halfway down its back.
"Sure is" Sam answered again, eyes transfixed with the beautiful creature walking on the stage, the entrancing music playing in the background.
The blue, green and purple neon lights alternated with every step Kurt took until he finally came to rest in the middle of the stage where fluorescent white lights hung down from the ceiling, the illuminated dance floor underneath his feet shining white light as well.
"I. See. You. I. See. You."
Na'Vi Kurt ran his hand through the strings of lights as he began to sing, his voice soft and in mid-register.
"Walking through a dream, I see you. My light in darkness breathing hope of new life. Now I live through you and you through me, enchanting. I pray in my heart that this dream never ends."
Sams breath hitched at the beauty of Kurt on screen and pulled the live Kurt tight against him. Na'Vi looked so beautiful under the bright neon lights. Sam knew that watching Kurt when they had first performed this song, he knew that was the moment for him. His Oh! There you are, ive been waiting for you forever! moment.
"I see me through your eyes. Breathing new life, flying high. Your love shines the way into paradise. So I offer my life as a sacrifice. I live through your love."
Na'Vi Kurt walked away and made his way up and over the set, coming to rest in grey colored rocks as another blue creature came onto stage from the right hand side.
The camera zoomed into focus on this new creature as he walked out during the chorus Kurt was singing. He was slightly taller and more built, his toned body completely on show bar the small black cloth that covered his rare and groin. He walked more stealthily as he approached the middle of the stage.
He had yellow markings all over his electric blue body, most notably the half-circles and dots on his face. His pouty blue lips still looked tasty to live Kurt. Na'Vi Sams hair was black, and was slicked back to halfway on his scalp, then cascaded down in beaded-off sections that twisted in their individual strands until they came to the small of his back and gathered into one pony-tail, then just let loose until it reached the ends of the raven strands.
His yellow eyes watched Na'Vi Kurt turn and walk towards the rocks and he fingered the white lights that hung down from the ceiling curiously as he began to sing, his folksy voice blending well with the music.
"You teach me how to see all that's beautiful. My senses touch a world I never pictured. Now I give my hope to you, I surrender. I pray in my heart that this will never end."
The camera zoomed out to a wide shot again as it took on the whole stage. Na'Vi Kurt crouched on the rocks, holding the strikingly elegant pose as Na'Vi Sam sang his verse. Na'Vi Sam turned and made his way to the rocks on the other side too as he began to sing the chorus.
"I see me through your eyes. Breathing new life, flying high. Your love shines the way into paradise. So I offer my life. I offer my love, for you."
Na'Vi Kurt stood from his position and walked across the stage, eying Na'Vi Sam as he did the same thing. They walked towards each other slowly.
"When my heart was never open" Na'Vi Kurt sang.
"And my spirit never free" Na'Vi Sam replied in tone.
"To the world that you have shown me" Na'Vi Kurt sang, hitting the high note at the end.
"But my eyes could not envision" Na'Vi Sam sang as they drew closer on stage to sing together, Kurt's voice taking the harmony.
"All the colors of love, and of life evermore!"
Na'Vi Sam sang the back-up as Kurt took on full control, hitting the high F because he could.
"Evermore! (I see me through your eyes.) I see me through your eyes! (Living new life flying high.) Flying high!"
The two Na'Vi on stage circled each other as they sang, their voices blending effortlessly. Na'Vi Kurt stepped into Na'Vi Sams personal space and breathed him in as they sang the last verse together.
"Your love shines the way into paradise. So I offer my life as a sacrifice."
Na'Vi Sam breathed in the scent of Na'Vi Kurt and sang his line, voice husky and panting slightly. "And live through your love."
Na'Vi Kurt's yellow eyes blinked a few times before he sighed and exhaled his line. "And live through your life."
The two Na'Vi stepped away from each other and looked out into the audience, onto the Glee club who were captivated as they sang out the song a few metres apart from each other, their arms pointing out to no one in particular.
"I see you. I see you."
The small Glee club cheered in the video as did the live Angel and Breaker, joined by a teary-eyed Mercedes and a smirking Burt and Carole.
Burt stopped the DVD and placed the remote down on the couch and turned to his son. "You seriously had no idea he was gay during that whole performance?"
"Hey!" Sam chimed in, face still red but wether from embarrassment or being happily flustered Burt couldn't tell.
Kurt giggled and snuggled into Sam even more. "Well, of course I had my suspicions" Kurt trailed off in a sing-song voice.
"Oh my gosh uncle Kurt, that was so adorable!" Angel gushed, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"Thank you" her uncle replied with a fond smile.
"I was so glad when Mr. Schue announced that our theme for that week was to sing a song from our favorite movie and recreate it" Sam smiled at the memory. Looking over at Mercedes sitting on the couch nearest to the TV he smiled and winked at her, "And Mercedes just so happened to have mentioned to him that we should do it in pairs."
Mercedes nodded with a smirk. "It was all part of my superior match-making skills. I had the whole you-two-singing-together-then-falling-in-love-with-each-other thing planned out, and it was suppose to end in this beautiful performance, which was meant to end in an epic kiss of Hevansly proportions!" she huffed out breathlessly.
"And you two just danced around each other like clowns until after graduation!" Carole exclaimed shaking her head, "Your combined cluelessness was frustratingly adorable."
Kurt's mouth fell open. "What? You mean you guys all knew? I mean, I know Im pretty much unable to contain myself when it comes to my feelings" he ducked his head shyly, "But even Sam? You guys knew he was gay then?"
Sams eyes bugged out when Mr. and Mrs. Hummel just giggled to themselves and nodded. Mercedes laughed at Sam and shrugged her shoulders. "Everyone knew Sam, especially when I mentioned to Mr. Schue that we should do that assignment in pairs" she rolled her eyes.
"I wasn't that bad!" Sam protested.
"Well you did practically leapt across the room to ask me to work with you" Kurt replied, sitting up and looking at Sams still blushed face.
"I only wanted to give you that duet we never got to do!"
Kurt giggled at his stubborn fiancé and pressed a small kiss to his lips. "Lu mawey yawne" Kurt grinned.
(Be calm my love)
Sam smiled his dopey smile and kissed Kurt's forehead. "Nga yawne lu oer lor."
(I love you beautiful)
"Nga yawne lu oer nihawng, Trouty Mouth!" Kurt giggled, poking his tongue out."
(I love you too, Trouty Mouth!)
Sam laughed and leant in to kiss Kurt, deeper this time. Kurt pressed his lips against Sams and sucked on his lip before they pulled away.
"Aww! Geek speak! You two better not have said anything dirty!" Mercedes scolded lightly.
Kurt poked his tongue out at his best friend before snuggling back up to Sam. Burt cleared his throat at that point and nodded at Mercedes. "All of a sudden, Im very thankful that you two didn't get together like Mercedes originally planned."
"And that" Breaker exclaimed, camera facing himself, "Ladies and gentleman, is how Sam Evans fell in love with Kurt Hummel, my totally awesome uncle slash badass looking Na'Vi!"
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Starzhei's Note:
- Sorry for taking so long to get this chapter out! I've been in New Zealand on a little holiday and I didn't have my laptop and typing on other peoples laptops or computer is super weird for me lol. Doing anything on someone elses laptop or computer is super weird for me. I dont even know! Maybe im just super weird? Yeah, thats probably it.
- Let me know what you think about this chapter. I know its pretty plotless but I thought it was kind of cute lol. I just re-watched 'Duets' and couldn't stop smiling the whole gad-damn time! Sam was freakin' adorable that I NEEDED to right the wrong that Finn made when he broke up the awesomeness that would have been a Hevans duet!
- Alright, shameless promotion time...Go check out 'Everything Old Is New Again' by the epicness that is 'vcg73' because that story is one hell of a story, Im telling you! Its a future fic revolving around Kurt getting his heart broken by a scumbag asshole by the name of SCUMBAG ASSHOLE! Kurt returns to Lima to nurse his broken heart and runs into an old friend, one Mike Chang! They gets to talking and Kurt finds out that Mike is gay, and is back in Lima because he has had his heart broken also! The two old friends embark on a new relationship to try and heal their hearts completely. The story is beautifully written, the futures our favourite Gleeks have are awesome, and I guarantee that you will LOVE IT! So, like, go! Read it, review it and all that good stuff, you wont be disappointed!
- One more shameless promotion...GO BUY MATTHEW MORRISONS NEW SINGLE! Entitled 'Summer Rain', his sultry voice carries the track wonderfully and the romantic gesture of making love in the pouring rain is cemented in song! Favourite line? I kinda stole it and slipped it in this chapter hehe. "But look at you tonight, so beautiful under these neon lights " is the line, and I kind of tweaked it to add to the context of Sams thoughts about the performance. So, yeah, check that single out, its FANTASTIC! I cant for his album to drop!
- I dont own Glee, or the song 'I See You' by Leaon Lewis but meh, all is ok with me. I do own a copy of Matthew Morrisons single though, which is totally awesome.
