GAH! So sorry everyone! I never intended to wait this long to upload. I got the worst case of writer's block. Nothing I wrote down sounded good at all. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Thankfully, I know pretty much where I'm going in the next chapter so it shouldn't take me TOO long to write/upload. Tomorrow is my LAST FINAL EXAM EVER! *happy dance* I'm excited, but I'm also really sad because tomorrow night is the last time I'll see all of my friends because Jan 1st, I'm moving to FL. I might just cry...haven't decided yet ;)
Once again, thank you for the reviews. I'm glad you all enjoyed the last chapter and know that there is plenty more where that came from!
Disclaimer: No ownage of Glee or Disney for this chick.
Blaine woke the next morning, his arms still wrapped around Kurt's naked torso. He enjoyed the feeling of the boy's soft skin against his hands. Slowly, so as not to disturb the sleeping boy, he removed his arms from around his boyfriend's body. Kurt reacted by pulling the comforter closer to himself, as if he realized in his unconscious state that Blaine's warmth had disappeared from around him. Blaine looked at the clock. 7AM. A reasonable enough time to get ready considering they would have to start early at Epcot. He made his way to the bathroom and flicked on the switch. The tub was still full of water from last night's event. He reached into the bottom and pulled the plug as the water loudly gurgled its way down the drain.
He stepped into the shower and gently lathered some shampoo and conditioner into his curly locks, soaping his body with a body wash that the resort provided. It smelled very similar to the bubble bath that Kurt had used in the tub last night. When he was finished, he towel dried his hair and threw on the new day's outfit. Today he was wearing dark blue, almost black skinny jeans and a low cut grey and yellow graphic v-neck t-shirt that clung to his body. Kurt was still sleeping when he came out of the bathroom a half hour later, so the older boy crawled back into the bed, wrapping his arms back around the younger boy's body.
Kurt's subconscious awoke him when he got a whiff of Blaine's clean, sea-salty body. He turned himself around so he was now facing Blaine. "Hi."
"Hi," Blaine said with a grin.
"You smell good." Kurt complimented.
"You do too. Do I smell mint?"
"Yeah, you actually woke me up when you went to shower so I quickly brushed my teeth then hopped back in bed. You were so cute, trying not to wake me."
Blaine rolled Kurt over onto his back, hovering over him as he leaned in for a steamy kiss. "Thanks," he breathed when their lips parted.
"Alright, let me get ready and we can head out." Kurt playfully pushed Blaine off of him, ignoring his pouts of disapproval. He disappeared into the bathroom and reappeared thirty minutes later. Today he was wearing tight white pants and a red v-neck tee. He topped off the look with a white pageboy hat.
"You look like a candy cane," Blaine said, pulling Kurt in by his waist, nibbling on his ear.
"I don't know if I should be offended or flattered," the younger boy replied, tilting his head instinctively as Blaine's hot breath and stubble caused the hair on his neck to stand on end.
"Obviously you should be flattered. You look good enough to eat." He playfully kissed Kurt's nose as they headed next door to the Contemporary for breakfast.
After grabbing food to go in the dining area, the pair made their way back onto the monorail like their first day there. This time Kurt knew immediately that they were going in the right direction, getting off at the first stop. There was a huge line to get onto the express monorail to the Magic Kingdom, Kurt noticed, but almost nothing for the monorail to Epcot. They hopped onto a monorail with a gold stripe and were soon making their way to the other park.
In a matter of minutes they had arrived. The train was inside the park. Blaine was pointing at attractions that they had to hit that day as the monorail curved around what Kurt thought looked like a giant golfball.
"Spaceship Earth." Blaine corrected him. But Kurt still referred to it as the golfball. The monorail came to a stop and they exited just as the park opened. When they got through the turnstiles, there was a large topiary display of Belle and the Beast dancing. "Oh my God! I didn't even realize we were going to be here during the Flower and Garden Festival! This is great. The park is going to be even more beautiful with all the flowers."
The first thing Blaine decided to do was to get FastPasses for a ride called Soarin' which was on the right side of the park. They entered a glass domed building and made their way downstairs along with a couple hundred other guests. Kurt didn't understand why they were getting FastPasses if the wait was only twenty minutes. "Because," Blaine began, "if we ride on this now, the wait for Test Track will be two hours long. This way we can get our FastPasses, ride Test Track, then Mission: SPACE, and it will be time to use our FastPasses for Soarin'"
"We're going to be doing a lot of running around today, aren't we?"
Blaine laughed, "yeah I should have told you."
"Good thing I wore comfortable shoes today." He said sarcastically, looking down at his feet. He was wearing low-heeled, red leather boots.
Blaine shook his head. "Well you know what Epcot means, right?"
"Blaine, until Saturday I didn't even know Epcot was a word."
He laughed, then said in the most convincing voice, "It means, Every Person Comes Out Tired."
"You're joking," Kurt cocked his eyebrow in disbelief of the boy. "I highly doubt that Walt Disney would have allowed a theme park to be named something like that."
"Yeah you're right. It's like, Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow. Or something like that." He swatted his hand as if to say it was no big deal he knew this.
"That's exactly what it means, isn't it? I swear you know too much about Disney. You probably know more than the people who work here."
Blaine ignored this statement. "Hey guess how many triangular panels there are on Spaceship Earth," he said excitedly, walking backwards like a child.
"I haven't the faintest. But something tells me you-."
"11,324!" he spat out, cutting Kurt off.
Kurt stopped walking, his mouth dropped a little. "That's just sad that you know that."
Blaine ran back to be at Kurt's side, dropping his arm around his shoulder. "Yeah but you still love me." They continued walking.
"I sort of have to now. Nobody else would find your knowledge of Disney attractive," Kurt said playfully.
This time Blaine stopped walking, his mouth open placing a hand on his heart, pretending that he was offended by Kurt's statement.
Kurt rolled his eyes, then reached out for Blaine's hand and pulled him along in the direction they were walking.
There was a decent sized line for Test Track when they arrived. Thankfully, though no FastPasses were being taken yet as it was still too early, so the line moved quickly. Kurt was distracted by the car going 70mph around the outside of the building but came to the conclusion that he could ride anything after Tower of Terror or Rock n' Roller Coaster. After watching a little video, they were brought into the next room, and soon placed in a car. They were sitting in the front row, Blaine in the "driver's" seat, and Kurt next to him. When the ride started, Blaine put his left arm in front of him as if he was pretending to steer the car, placing his right arm around Kurt's shoulder. He sporadically turned the "wheel" to mimic the wild driving of the car, while Kurt just looked at him, giggling. When they reached the door that the car was meant to crash through, Blaine put his shades down but threw his arms up and yelled like he was afraid of the crash. Kurt was laughing. The car zoomed around the track as it soared above a backstage area, wind whipping in their faces. It picked up speed as it made its way around the building, banking to the left and sending Kurt leaning into Blaine. And just like that, the ride was over.
They got out and reviewed their photos, Blaine taking pride in his acting skills, though disappointed that Kurt didn't look scared like he did in all the others.
"What can I say? I'm just not scared anymore." Kurt said with false bravery.
"Well then from now on, I think you are ready to join me in staging our photos."
Kurt rolled his eyes, (it was becoming a habit) "Ok, what's next?"
"Mission: SPACE!" Blaine said heroically, leading him to the next building over. The outside of Mission: SPACE looked like a planetary arrangement. There was what appeared to be Venus in the courtyard, and a spinning Earth with the ride's name on it. Farther back there was a giant replica of the moon complete with markers of moon landings and the entrance itself looked like Saturn, with a gaping hole for the entrance.
"More Intense or Less Intense," the Cast Member named William asked.
"Well, what's the difference?" Kurt asked, perplexed.
William sighed, clearly he had explained this to about a hundred other people during the day. "More Intense has G-forces while the Less Intense experience does not."
Blaine piped up to explain further to Kurt when he still looked confused, "do you get motion sick?"
"Not really." Kurt said, racking his brain to think of a time when he may have.
"Then we'll do More Intense!"
William handed them each an Orange card and sent them up towards the opening of Saturn. Two more Cast Members pointed them in the right direction, since the line split from there. Inside was a giant gravity wheel that was slowly rotating, revealing different rooms inside of a space station. There was also a replica of a Mars rover above their heads. The line was short, the queue hadn't even been opened all the way, and soon they were being grouped into one of the Bays.
The doors behind them closed and a video started to play. Gary Sinise introduced himself as their Capcom, explaining what the training session was going to be like. It explained how the ride would be spinning and would also pitch and roll. Now Kurt wasn't sure he liked the idea. The video ended and they were brought into a corridor that seemed to go in a complete circle around the room. They would be on Team Five along with another couple who were on their honeymoon.
"Congratulations," Blaine leaned over to the couple.
"Thanks!" The bride said, smiling, holding onto her hubby's hand.
Kurt suddenly got the urge to hold onto Blaine's too.
Another video started playing, this time Gary Sinise was telling the teams what their responsibilities were going to be. "I'm not going to remember all that." Kurt said, when he heard what his responsibilities as Navigator were going to be.
"You don't have to. The buttons will all light up," Blaine assured before the Capcom repeated the same thing.
The Lieutenant spoke next to give a warning, "Now listen carefully. Leaning forward, closing your eyes, or looking left or right during your flight could disorient you. So keep your head back against the headrest, keep your eyes open at all times, and focus straight ahead, even if you start to feel disoriented."
Kurt gave Blaine a death look. Which caused Blaine to squeeze his hand for reassurance.
The doors opened and the group made their way inside to their capsule. They took their seats and pulled down their restraints, making the tight space feel even tighter. That's when the bride started to freak out. Kurt was about ready to join her. She fought with her husband as she pleaded with him to get off the ride. Eventually he gave in and a Cast Member let the couple out, leaving Blaine and Kurt alone in their capsule. The Cast Member closed the capsule door, and to Kurt's astonishment, the space got even tighter. But it was too late now. He could hear the floor drop and their capsule rolled backwards. On the screen in front of them, it appeared as if they were on a launch pad ready for lift-off. The capsule started to vibrate and they were soon shot off into space.
The ride continued to pitch and roll and soon it felt like there was zero gravity (due to the spinning) They were flung around the moon, put into hyper-sleep, dodged meteors and eventually they were ready to land on Mars.
That's when Blaine shouted, "Oh my God we totally need to go to Pigfarts!"
Kurt remembered the warning about not turning his head but he had to react to this statement, "Ok... WHAT? What is Pigfarts?"
Blaine laughed. He totally set me up for that and he doesn't even know it. He launched himself into an epic British accent, "Pigfarts is only the greatest wizarding school in the galaxy. It's where I'm being transferred next year."
The ride ended and the restraints released themselves, which allowed Kurt to look incredulously at his boyfriend. "Are you feeling alright? Did the spinning do something to your head?"
Blaine sniggered at his inside joke. "I'll show you what I'm talking about when we get home."
Kurt felt more confused now than he ever had the entire trip.
It was now 10:30 and they'd be needing to get to the American Pavilion which was on the opposite side of the park by noon to see New Directions in their competition, so Blaine decided that they should start walking around the World Showcase. They started off in Canada, leisurely strolling through the shops, Blaine saying how the restaurant in Canada, Le Celier, was one of his most favorites in all of Walt Disney World. The next country was the UK. That's where Kurt spotted Mary Poppins.
"Oh my God it's Mary Poppins!" He clapped his hands childishly in front of his face as he pulled Blaine into the line that had formed. It was the first character encounter they had had so far and Blaine had promised that they would meet some characters.
"Hello, how do you do?" Mary Poppins said politely to Kurt.
Kurt was giddy and basically speechless. It was as if he was meeting Julie Andrews herself. Mary Poppins waited patiently for a verbal response from Kurt, a smile on her face the whole time.
"You'll have to excuse him, Ms. Poppins," Blaine spoke up, "it's his first time in Disney and he's never met one of his idols until now.
She giggled, "Well in that case, I am flattered that I get to be your first interaction." She curtsied for the duo. "What is your name?" She took Kurt's hand and placed it on her arm.
"Kurt." He finally managed to speak.
"Kurt, what a lovely name." This Mary Poppins was perfect, and hearing her say his name made him think on another of his favorite Julie Andrews films. "Are you enjoying your time here on this beautiful day?"
He nodded excitedly.
"Would you care to take a photograph?" She asked.
He nodded again but then his expression dropped as he realized that neither of them had brought a camera. How stupid!
"Oh dear." She became sad as well, "well wait a moment. Can't you take a photograph with those cellular devices you children are always carrying around?" She gave a semi-displeasing look as if she herself were the nanny of Kurt and Blaine and they spent too much time on their phones, but that she would forgive them this time.
"Ms. Poppins, you are practically perfect in every way!" Blaine said, pulling out his iPhone.
She smiled a dazzlingly white smile, as she held onto Kurt's arm. He stood proper as a gentleman as Blaine snapped the photo.
"Thank you so much Ms. Poppins!" Kurt said as he joined Blaine at his side.
"You boys are such polite gentlemen, oh I do hope I run into you again someday! Goodbye Kurt!" She waved at the couple, "Oh! How terribly inconsiderate I've been. I never caught your name." She was looking directly at Blaine.
"Blaine, how do you do?" He took her hand and kissed it, which caused her to blush and put her other hand playfully to her cheek.
"How do you do. Two princes, you are." She waved them off again, "goodbye to you as well, Blaine."
Kurt was in heaven after meeting Mary Poppins. They continued their walk, this time venturing into France. Blaine thought it would be a nice time to go to the bakery in the back to purchase a dessert. There were so many options. Cream puffs, creme brulee, eclairs, chocolate mousse, cheese and fruit platters. They probably would have bought one of everything if they weren't so expensive. Kurt settled on the chocolate mousse while Blaine got a cream puff. The mousse was perfect, fluffy, and absolutely decadent. The cream puff was huge and could hardly fit in Blaine's mouth, so he ended up with some of the cream on his face. Kurt giggled, and leaned in to kiss it off the corner of Blaine's lips, licking it slowly and seductively.
Blaine smiled, a pleased look on his face. "Mmm. Remind me to get more cream on my face." Then instantly blushed as he heard what he said come out of his mouth.
Kurt lost it. He fell back against a wall and slid to the cobblestone ground in a fit of laughter.
"That's not what I meant!" Blaine pouted at his stupidity.
"That's-what-makes it so-much-funnier!" Kurt breathed between laughter. He sighed, finally catching his breath as he raised both of his arms and wriggled his fingers to signify he wanted some help getting up off the ground.
Blaine conceded and pulled him up, Kurt popping up a little extra off the ground on his way. "Alright, let's keep going."
The next character they ran into was Belle and the Beast. Of course Kurt had to meet her too.
"I don't know if I should let you after the way you laughed at me." Blaine teased.
"Come on, you asked for it. Besides we have to tell her about the way you surprised me!" Blaine gave in, it would be nice to hear Belle's reaction.
"Hello there, what are your names?" Belle asked politely as the couple reached the front of the line.
"Kurt, and this is my boyfriend Blaine."
"Nice to meet you both!"
"Belle, I have to tell you that my boyfriend surprised me with our hotel room the same way the Beast surprised you with the library." Kurt found it much easier to speak to Belle.
"Oh did you hear that Beast?" She turned to her furry prince. "How wonderfully romantic!" She turned back again. "Would you both care to take a picture?"
This time there was a character attendant who assisted in the photo taking, so Blaine could get in the photo as well. When the photo had been taken, the two boys left, waving goodbye to the princess and the Beast.
The next country was Morocco. Aladdin and Jasmine were meeting guests and when Kurt excitedly ran to the line, their character attendant told them that Aladdin and Jasmine's line was already closed.
Kurt's smile faded. Blaine took his chin in his hand and said, "don't worry, babe. We can meet them later. Besides, we're two countries away from the American Pavilion and it's 11:30. We should probably get our seats."
Kurt agreed and they skipped over Japan, passing by the red torii gate that stood, anchored in the water and the giant shopping complex, Mitsukoshi, which Blaine said was basically worth the price of admission just to walk through, adding that they'd head back later.
They arrived in the American Pavilion only moments later, finding a seat on a wooden bench in the third row, center. There was no program, so they had no idea how many groups would be competing or what they'd be singing. They didn't even know when New Directions was slated to perform. It was now 11:40, so Kurt decided he would get up to find a bathroom. A Cast Member pointed him to the left of the brick building which was meant to look like a replica of Independence Hall. That's when he caught a flash of something through the lattice fence and heard Mercedes' characteristic laugh. He stuck his face up to the fence and could see New Directions backstage.
"Cedes!" He called. She heard her name but didn't know where it was coming from. "Mercedes! Over here!" She saw a flash of peach skin as Kurt stuck his fingers through the small hole in the fence, wiggling them.
"Kurt?" She ran over, as Kurt put his face back to the fence, his blue eye wide with excitement at seeing his friend.
"We just got our seats! When do you guys go on?"
"We're the last ones to perform of five," she told him. "Wait 'til you hear what we're singing! We're doing-"
"Mercedes!" Mr. Schuester was calling Mercedes back over to the group, who had huddled themselves in for a pre-performance pep talk.
"Ah! Gotta go. Guess you'll just have to wait. Kisses!"
She winked and ran back to the group, as Kurt shouted back, "Break a leg!"
Hehe, I HAD to include Mission: Space (I used to work there so I know quite a bit about it) What did you all think of Mary Poppins? I think she sounded just lovely, don't you?
As always, reviews are wonderful and I wish you could all see my face as I read them *sheer joy*
