"Adeline, Mary, Suzie! Stay with the group!" Rachel yelled to her daughters overexcited friends, crouching down to their level, "I got to give the nice man our tickets and then we can go get our seats." She looked over at Finn who was standing akwardly next to her, with a jolly green giant smile pastered across his face.
"When do we get cake?" Mary asked, tugging on her braid.
"After the play." Rachel handed the ticket man the tickets and herded the group of giggling three year olds into the theatre. After finding a seat, Rachel turned to the 4 little girls, "Now girls, Everyone in the play worked super hard on it, so we arn't going to spoil it by talking and giggling are we?"
"No Mommy. I wanna see Mr. Kurt preform!" Demitria said from the center of the row.
"Good, Now sshh. The play is starting." She whispered as the lights dimmed and the musical began.
'Into The Woods' always brought back fond memories for Rachel. It was the first musical she had seen as a kid and had always been one of her favorites. Rachel watched as Kurt walked to center stage, pulling along a plastic cow. He had been cast as Jack and the Beanstalk. Rachel couldn't help but laugh when she had heard. A 17 year old playing a 12 year old. Finally Kurt's high pitched voice came in handy.
When little red riding hood skipped on stage, Rachel had a sense of ...familiarity. Finally it hit her, where she knew her from. "Why didn't you tell me Quinn was in this play?" She whispered to Finn.
"I didn't know she was." He whispered back.
"But she's your girlfriend!" Rachel hissed.
"No, We broke up like forever ago Rach." Finn said.
"SHUTTAP!" Demitria whisper yelled to her parents, "Mr. Kurt is about to talk about his plastic cow!"
The two shut up and were quiet for the rest of the play.
"presents, presents, presents!" Demitria sang, skipping around the room.
"I know your excited about the presents Demi, But calm down so we can give them to you." Finn laughed.
She smiled and ripped through all her presents, Rachel, Finn and Kurt's presents were saved for after her friends had left. The little girls then stuffed themselves with cake before their mothers came to pick them up.
Once the last girl had left Demi tugged on her dad's pants leg, "I want my present now."
"Alright, it's in my car okay? I'll be right back." He left and returned a few moments later with a box wrapped in Little Mermaid wrapping paper.
Rachel placed her present on the table next to Kurt's and allowed her daughter to open Finn's first.
Inside the box was a pair of fluffy bunny slippers and a seperate box. "YAY! New Bunny Slippers." She yelled.
"I remember you messed yours up when I first met you, So I figured you could use a new pair." He told her.
"Open the little box." Rachel commanded, for she knew her daughter would forget about it.
"I'm going too." Demi said in a sassy voice, opening the box. Inside was a silver locket with Demitria engraved on the front. "Wow Daddy, It's so pretty!"
"Finn, That's a beautiful thing. Here honey, let me help you put it on." Rachel said.
Demi smiled and walked over and Rachel hooked the locket around her neck. Kurt walked forward and handed the little girl his present.
"Here Demi."
She pulled out the tissue paper and looked inside, "Oh yay! A Barbra Streisand CD! Thank you Mr. Kurt!" She hugged his legs and sat back down on the couch.
"I may have to steal that from you baby." Rachel joked.
"Mine!" She cried, clutching the CD close to her body.
"I'm only kidding." She said, handing her a small leather jacket, "Here's your present. I didn't have time to wrap it."
Demitria smiled and slipped it on, "Now I look just like you mommy!"
"Nah, Your way prettier than me." Rachel smiled, hugging the little girl.
"When is Uncle Blaine going to get here?" She asked, looking up at her.
Kurt let out a pained sighed and walked off to the cornor of the room and tried to collect himself. Rachel saw it out of the cornor of her eye and let go of the little girl and nodded, to let Finn know that he needed to entertain Demi while she talked to Kurt.
"Hey, Are you alright?" She asked, putting a hand on his back.
"Yeah, I'm fine." But his voice was a bit shaky.
"I know you and Blaine were...close." Rachel responded, crossing her arms.
"I just can't but feel responsible for all this, It's my fault." He closed his eyes and lent his head against the wall.
"Kurt, Blaine is a stupid jackass. This isn't your fault. No one knows my brother better than I do, and trust me, I'm going tomorrow to talk to him and when I say talk, I mean whip his ass for being such a dick."
"Your going to see him? Can I come?" Kurt asked, perking up a bit.
Rachel sighed, " I don't think that's the best idea..."
"No...I get it." He trudged defeated back to the couch and plopped down next to his stepniece, faking a smile for her sake.
Damn, Blaine had really screwed up this time.