Wooo, here's another chapter for you guys! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing as always. :) And I think I had a question regarding baby names in a review from the last chapter? ...I have not started thinking of possible names for the baby, so send me suggestions if you'd like.
I do not own Glee.
"I am so excited!" Kurt sighed happily as he sat down on the couch, glancing towards the hallway to see if there was any sign of Blaine emerging from his room. He had a surprise for him today!
Finn, who was watching a sports show on the TV, glanced over at his step brother. "What for?"
"I'm taking Blaine shopping!" Kurt said with a smile as he turned to look at the other boy. "Baby shopping, I mean. I figured getting out of the house would be good for him. Plus I know that anything baby related always makes him happy, so..." He trailed off and shrugged slightly, absently wondering how late Blaine was sleeping in today (though he didn't blame him for sleeping so much; he was pregnant, after all).
Nodding slightly, Finn looked from Kurt to the TV and then back to Kurt. "Oh, yeah. That will be good. I know that he did have some stuff for her but..." He paused for a moment and frowned, remembering what Blaine had said when he'd showed up at the house, upset and looking for a place to stay. "His dad ripped the clothes up as soon as he got them home. So they're pretty much ruined. I know he kept them because he couldn't bear to throw away the only things he had for the baby..."
Well that certainly shocked Kurt. He hadn't known that Jack Anderson had gone as far as to ruin the only items that Blaine had for his daughter, and the news actually made him angry. First the jerk kicked Blaine out and then he did that! How dare he! "I can't believe that he would treat Blaine that way. He's his son! He should've been more accepting or something. Not yelled at him and then-"
"I don't really think you have a whole lotta room to talk, Kurt." Finn suddenly interrupted and turned away from the TV so he could give his full attention to his brother. "You didn't exactly treat him good either."
'He has a point.' Kurt told himself before sighing, knowing that, yeah, Finn was right. He hadn't treated Blaine well in the beginning. At all. "I... I know. But that's why I'm doing this now. I want him to know that I really am sorry and I want to be in his and the baby's life. I mean, I'll do anything to make sure he knows that. Anything."
"Anything, huh?" Blaine whispered to himself from where he stood just outside the living room, listening to what Kurt was saying. He hadn't intended to eavesdrop but he was just about to enter the room when Kurt started talking about him, so he had just decided to stay back and see what was said. He was curious.
"I mean, if he asked me to come back here, I think I would. I'd take a year off of college or... I guess I could transfer to Ohio State for a year or whatever until Blaine was ready to go to New York, if that was what he wanted. Of course I'd have to see if that was do-able, but I would..."
The sound of Kurt's voice died off as Blaine turned away from the doorway, realizing what he had just heard. Kurt would leave school for him? He would leave New York for their baby? That.. well that surprised him. New York was Kurt's dream, not Lima, Ohio. Kurt had wanted to leave this place, not be tied to it. And now the baby was doing just that. Frowning slightly, Blaine placed a hand on his stomach before he told himself that there was no reason to worry about this just yet. Who knew, maybe Kurt wasn't serious and he wasn't going to come back; after all, this was just a maybe thing he was talking to Finn about. Yeah. There was still plenty of time before all that needed to be worked out.
He stood there for a moment longer, simply collecting himself, before he turned and headed into the living room. "Hey, guys."
Kurt's attention immediately snapped towards Blaine and his face lit up the moment he saw him. "Hey!" He said happily, standing up. For a moment he started towards Blaine like he was going to give him a kiss, but then the both of them suddenly seemed to realize this and turned away with a blush. Well that was awkward. "Uh..." Kurt quickly returned to his seat and smoothed out his shirt slightly, quickly trying to redirect the conversation. "So I have a surprise for you!"
"You do?" Blaine asked as he pulled a sweatshirt over his head. He wore them most of the time now since they covered his small baby bump, and today his hoodie said 'King's Island' across the front. "I like surprises."
"I know!" Kurt said excitedly as he stood up and grabbed Blaine's hand. "Come on, we need to get going now. I know you'll love it!" With that he practically dragged Blaine towards the door, causing the pregnant boy to stumble along in surprise.
"Okay, Kurt, but I have to get my shoes..."
"Oh, right."
The countertenor let go so Blaine went to get his shoes and five minutes later the boys were out the door.
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As soon as the car stopped in front of Baby's R Us, Blaine was out and headed toward the entrance. Kurt jogged after, and when he caught up he let out a laugh. "Jeez, excited much?"
"The sales ads for this store looked amazing! They had this certain kind of bottles I wanted on sale..." Blaine said as he walked through the automatic doors, already looking for the bottle aisle the moment he entered. "They're supposed to help prevent too much air from getting in the milk, which will help keep the baby from spitting up too much."
Nodding, Kurt followed after Blaine, realizing that he must have been looking into this kind of stuff a lot already. "Okay. Well let's see what they have here and we'll get them. How many bottles do you think we'll need?"
Blaine shrugged as he found the aisle and walked down it, letting out a small noise of victory when he saw they had just the kind he was looking for. "Here they are!" He picked up a package that contained four bottles before he looked at Kurt, who was examining a pack of pacifiers. "We can start with this for now, I guess, until we know more about how much the baby is going to eat. And we're going to need those, too. I don't care what people say, my baby is gonna use a passy if that's what makes her happy."
"Okay," Kurt said, holding onto the package. "What other things have you been looking at? I know they're having a sale on their onesies and sleeper outfits today, but we can get anything you want. Just tell me."
Blaine blinked and turned back to Kurt. "It'll get expensive, though. I mean, babies aren't cheap and I only brought a little money with me today."
"Nonsense. I'm buying this stuff today. After all, she's my daughter too and I want to this."
"But Kurt, you're in college and need money for-"
"Ah!" Kurt held up a hand and shook his head, signaling that he was not backing down from this. "Blaine, I want to buy these things. I want to. Okay? I wanna get the baby something, so please just let me." For a moment he gazed at Blaine with wide eyes, hoping that the boy would just drop it so they could continue on their little shopping spree.
"Oh... alright, fine."
"Yay!"
The two moved on to the bedding section after that, though they agreed that getting things such as a crib and all the sheets could wait until they figured out where exactly the baby's nursery would be. After all, Blaine didn't know how long he would be able to stay at the Hummel's, and he didn't know what he was doing when he had to leave. The thought was scary.
"I think a forest theme would be cute. There's this adorable little owl set they have." Kurt said as he motioned to a few blankets embroidered with adorable little forest creatures, "And then if we paint the nursery green, it will already be neutral for when we have more kids-" He suddenly stopped then and blushed when he realized that he said, though he didn't take it back because it was true. He and Blaine would have more children when they were older, right? Because in his mind, they were going to stay together, get married, and then have more children in the future. "But we can decide on colors and that sort of stuff later. There's still time."
Nodding, Blaine blushed and turned down another aisle. "Right, there's time." He said softly, unable to believe what Kurt had just said. When they had more kids? Kurt wanted that? He hadn't realized that the other boy was really thinking ahead like that considering he'd only just found out about/accepted this baby very recently. The thought was nice, though, Blaine realized. He did want a future with Kurt and it was comforting to know that he felt the same way...
"Oh, look." Blaine suddenly reached out and grabbed a CD of classical music and baby lullabies as he was passing through an aisle. "The doctor told me that the baby should be starting to hear outside noises now and I've been meaning to get a CD like this so I can play it to her. I think she'll like it. She wiggles when I sing, especially during glee club, so the music will be good too."
"You can feel her move?" Kurt asked, a bit in awe as he snuck a glance down at Blaine's hidden belly.
"Yeah. I can." Blaine said with a soft smile as he moved a hand to his stomach. "It's almost like this fluttering feeling... I dunno, it's weird to explain. But it feels... good to feel her move, you know? It's sort of a reminder that she's in there and is healthy." He glanced at Kurt then and smiled more at the look on his face. "Amazing, yeah? The doctor said she might start moving enough for others to feel in a few weeks. Could take longer than that, though. It just depends." Shrugging, he dropped his hand from his stomach and grabbed one more music CD before moving on, figuring they could go look at the clothes then. After all, he still needed a lot of those.
Kurt followed, still finding it amazing that Blaine could feel the baby move. And when he would be able to feel it too... Oh, that would be so cool! The thought was really exciting. Still smiling, he walked over to a section where the footie outfits were and picked up one that he thought was adorable. "Look at this, Blaine!"
The pregnant boy headed over to look, smiling when he saw what Kurt had. "Oh, I like that. It has little teddy bears on the feet!"
"I know! And there's one just like it with frogs! We should get it. If you want to, of course."
"Yeah. Yeah, let's get them." Blaine nodded with a smile, watching as Kurt happily grabbed the outfits and kept them in his hand. "They look warm, this, which will be good for when she is sleeping. And... Oh, look at this!" He suddenly hurried over to another rack, seeing that they had the cutest little dresses.
"I'll be right there!" The countertenor called after him. "I'll just-"
"Kurt?"
The boy suddenly stopped at the sound of a familiar voice and he wheeled around to come face-to-face with his stepmother. "Carole!" He exclaimed in surprise, suddenly feeling a pang of panic. What was she doing here, at Baby's R Us? "I didn't expect to see you here- Oh! Dad, too." He blinked when his father walked over, his hands shoved in his pockets as he glanced around.
"Kurt." Burt said, also obviously surprised to see that he was here. "I wouldn't exactly expect to see you here either."
Scrambling for words, Kurt sort of just shrugged and gave them a smile. "Yeah. Well. Uh, what're you guys doing here?"
"A family friend is having a baby shower, so we came to get a gift. I thought your father should help pick it out since it will be from him, too." Carole explained before she glanced to her husband with a small smile.
Burt just shrugged at that (because he clearly had no clue what he was supposed to be picking out) and looked to Kurt again. "So, what are you doin here? This typically isn't the type of place a college kid likes to hang out."
"Kurt, Kurt!" Suddenly Blaine came running over, holding two dresses (one pink and one yellow) in his hands. "Look how adorable! The baby would be so- Oh! Hello Mr. and Mrs. Hummel." He quickly dropped his hands to his sides and blushed, feeling awkward for having just butted in like that. Especially when Kurt's parents didn't even know...
"Baby?" Burt asked in surprise as he looked at the younger boy, eyeing the baby clothes that were in his hands. "What baby?"
Kurt suddenly interjected in attempt to direct the conversation elsewhere. Because this was not happening right now! "Dad, I think Blaine and I need to-"
"No, Kurt, I wanna know. What're you kids doing here and why are you buying baby stuff? You gotta friend or someone that's in a situation?" Burt paused for a moment and looked between the two boys before realizing something. "Don't tell me that Finn got Rachel-"
"No!" Kurt exclaimed and shook his head furiously. "No, Rachel is not pregnant, Dad. I swear!"
Burt skeptically looked at his son before reluctantly believing him. "Alright. Then what's going on? Is it someone else? Because you two-"
"No, it's not-"
"Then what-"
"Nothing, just-"
"There must be-"
"No!"
"Kurt I know when-"
"Excuse me." Blaine suddenly said, clearing his throat slightly. "I can answer your question."
Three sets of eyes turned to the teen then, one pair especially wide. "Blaine..." Kurt whispered.
Blaine merely shook his head at the boy to signal that he wasn't going to listen to him. "Mr. Hummel, there's something you should know. I... well, Kurt and I... have some news.
Surprised, Burt shrugged and looked at Blaine. "Okay, kid. What is it?"
Blaine let out a breath, knowing that this probably wasn't the ideal place to tell Kurt's family (but hey, it was a baby store) , but... he was tired of keeping this from them, and they deserved to know. Plus they were asking questions... So he squared his shoulders and looked right at Burt and Carole, ignoring the panicked look that Kurt was giving him, and just said it. He flat out said it.
"I'm pregnant."
Dun dun dunnnn! How do you think Burt and Carole are going to react to that? It's bound to be drama-licious, don't ya think?
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