Brand New Start
Chapter 20
Blaine POV
"I can't believe it's already time for you to leave."
"Mom, it's been a month. Trust me; it's time for us to leave." Finn says to his mom as he puts the suitcases in the trunk.
"Well I'm going to miss you." Kurt says to Carole. "It's been nice having someone else cook for a while that wasn't Finn." He laughs.
"Hey! I think I cook just fine!" Finn says throwing one of the bags at Kurt.
Rachel comes out of the house with her small bag and throws it in the back seat. "I get the back seat for a bit." She giggles.
"Shotgun." I yell before Kurt can say it.
"Dangit. I guess I'm napping with Rachel in the back." Kurt sighs.
Finn walks over and fist bumps me as Kurt hugs his dad and Carole goodbye.
"It was very nice being with your family for the holidays." I say as I walk over to Burt and Carole.
"You are welcome anytime dear." Carole says grabbing me and pulling me in to a big hug.
"Yes definitely." Burt says offering his hand to me.
"Promise me you won't send me any flip cam videos!" Puck says to Rachel as she hits him in the arm.
"Very funny." She giggles.
"No seriously. I mean it!" He laughs.
Rachel hugs Puck and Sam with tears in her eyes as Finn nods to them both. Finally they break apart and Finn walks Rachel to the car.
I climb into the front seat as Rachel and Kurt jump in back. Finn hugs his mom for the last time and gets in the driver's side to start the car.
"Let's get this road trip started." He yells.
"I'm taking a nap." Rachel announces.
"Rach, you can't just sleep on a road trip. We have to play games." Finn whines in the rear view mirror to Rachel.
"But I'm tired baby. SOMEONE kept me up all night."
"Yes we know, apparently God was doing heavenly things to Rachel last night." Kurt says from the back seat.
Finn turns to me confused. "OH GOD." I mouth to him.
"OH." He says turning back to the road with his cheeks reddening.
Rachel leans her head on Kurt's shoulder. "Ok Finn, what kind of game do we play?" she asks yawning.
"Ok for every letter of the alphabet we have to find something on the road. Whoever guesses gets to pick the next person to find something."
"Seriously? This is your idea of fun?" She mocks him from the back seat.
"It is fun? Right? I mean we played it on the trip up. It was fun right?"
I smile at him but don't answer.
"Sure Finn. It was a blast." Kurt says. "I'll go first. A is for automobile. Now I choose Finn."
Kurt lays his head down on Rachel's shoulder and closes his eyes.
"You always get the easy one!" Finn complains.
"B is for…" He looks all around the car looking for something that starts with the letter B.
"BUS FINN! The dang bus. Why must you take so long when it's right in front of you?" Kurt yells.
"Ok Fine! If you want to hate on my game, you pick one."
"Can we please just sleep Finn?" Rachel asks.
"Fine. Sleep. I'll just talk to Blaine!" He pouts.
Rachel and Kurt both high five each other and lean back and close their eyes.
"Kids these days." I joke. After an hour Finn finally starts a conversation that doesn't include food.
"I can't believe we are playing for New Year's Eve." Finn says looking back at Rachel sleeping in the back seat.
"Yeah, pretty exciting. I wonder how big the crowd will be. Playing a rooftop gig on New Year's in New York is pretty epic."
"It's gonna be totally awesome."
"C for cat." Finn says suddenly pointing at a cat running along the side of the road.
I laugh and point to the other side. "D for driveway."
"See this game doesn't suck!" He says proudly.
We get all the way through to X when Finn decides he doesn't want to play anymore. I tease him because he always stops at X when it's his turn. We are halfway home when the two in the back start to stir.
"I have to pee." Rachel announces.
"Finn doesn't stop unless you are about to pee on the seat." Kurt mocks.
"That only applies to you!" Finn says pulling off at the nearest exit.
"Whatever!" Kurt says rolling his eyes.
We pull up to the truck stop and park near the front of the building.
"You don't expect me to go by myself do you?" Rachel says quietly.
"Rach, we're all guys. We can't go in with you." Finn laughs.
"No but you can walk me to the bathroom. What if someone tried to kidnap or rape me?" She says seriously.
"Ok ok, I'll take you to the bathroom." Finn jumps out and lets Rachel out of the car. "Do any of you have to go?"
"Nah." I say as I look back at Kurt who is still trying to wake up.
They walk around the side of the building and disappear from view.
"So how are you sleepy head?" I ask Kurt.
"Still sleepy. How are you? Did you get past X this time?"
"Of course not. Finn always quits at X." I laugh.
"I'm surprised he gets that far. So did you enjoy the holidays?" Kurt asks.
"It was amazing. I never really got a lot of family time during the holidays. My parents are always gone. It was nice to just relax and enjoy a home cooked meal and friendly company."
"I'm sorry your parents aren't around."
"Nah, it's ok. I mean sure it would be nice to see them more often, but I have you now." I've never felt closer to anyone the way I do Kurt. And having Finn and Rachel around is like having a brother and sister. "We've created a lovely home the four of us."
"Yeah. It's nice." Kurt says leaning back against the seat again. "Speaking of our family, what the heck is taking so long?"
"I can go check on them; I need to go anyway now."
I climb out of the car and walk toward the direction that Finn and Rachel headed. Neither one of them are around. I see the open men's room and quickly head in to use the restroom. When I come out I see a few women coming out of the ladies room.
"Can you believe that? They were totally going at it!" One of the girls is saying.
"I can't believe they didn't lock the door. Who wears cookie monster underwear at that age?"
I close my eyes and lean up against the wall. Yeah, the laughs never stop in this family. After a few minutes pass Rachel and Finn both come out of the bathroom pulling at their clothes.
"You told me you locked it." Rachel is saying staring up at Finn.
"No I said 'lock the door' and you said yes." Finn says yelling after her.
"Exactly Finn, I said YES, as in YES LOCK THE DOOR!"
"OH!"
"I can't take you two anywhere!" I say from behind them causing them both to jump and turn around quickly.
"Um, Rach just needed me to check to see if there was anyone hiding in there." Finn says looking at Rachel and then back to me.
"Yes, I was scared to go in alone without him checking the stalls first." Rachel says nodding her head.
"And…then you just sort of tripped and ended up having sex with her?" I say looking over at Finn.
"Yes, er what?" Finn asks confused.
I point to the ladies still staring at us as they walk back inside the gas station. "Yeah the cookie monster underwear was a real hit again. You might want to sell those on eBay when you are done with them, they are becoming quite famous." I grin as I walk back toward the car.
"I see you found them." Kurt says as I climb in the back seat with him.
"You could say that." I laugh.
"No. They weren't." He asks shocked.
"Oh they were." I say as they climb back in the car.
"What?" Rachel asks Kurt as she leans back to grab her blanket.
"In the bathroom? Really? You couldn't wait the 3 more hours until we got home? Do you guys need therapy or something?" Kurt asks her.
"Oh hush Kurt! No one needs therapy. We are simply two healthy adults in an active relationship." She says looking over at Finn who is nodding in agreement.
"Hunni, you two are so active I'm surprised a baby isn't born every time you go into a room alone with each other."
"Very funny Kurt!" Rachel says as Finn pulls back out onto the highway.
When we finally arrive at the loft everyone is happy to be home. Finn and I carry the suitcase up the stairs as Kurt and Rachel start unpacking everything.
"Ok I definitely don't feel like cooking." I say as I finally throw myself down on the couch.
"Pizza please?" Finn begs.
"Ok fine, you can have pizza tonight. But we are going to cook out of your mom's new cookbook tomorrow." Rachel says walking over to get the phone. Finn groans and grabs the cookbook and puts it up on the top shelf in the living room.
"Maybe she won't see it if I put it out of reach." He laughs.
"Maybe you won't eat at all if you don't stop being such a baby." Rachel says slapping Finn on the butt as she walks past him into the kitchen.
My phone buzzes in my pocket and I quickly get up and leave the room to answer it.
"Hello Blaine Anderson speaking."
"Blaine, how are you?"
"Sir, I wasn't expecting to hear from you. Is everything ok?" I am surprised to hear the voice of my boss on the line.
"Oh everything is really well Blaine. I just wanted to call and let you know that we have given you a new mentor at work. I'm afraid we had to let Mr. Smith go." My ears perk up out of curiosity of my former nemesis no longer working for the firm.
"Oh I'm sorry to hear that sir." I say faking a voice of sincerity.
"Well it was unfortunate but sometimes you just need to part ways with certain types. However, we wanted to let you know that your new mentor is one of our best. So we hope you learn a lot from her."
"Yes sir, I look forward to it." I say as we finish the phone call.
I hang up the phone and run back out to the living room. "He's gone! The jackass is gone!" I shout.
"Excuse me?" Rachel says looking around the room.
"Mr. Smith. Gone from the firm. I have a new mentor."
Finn jumps up from the couch and high fives me. "That's awesome dude. Maybe now you can actually learn your job."
"So you get a new mentor?"
"Yeah apparently she's some shark from the firm. Should be interesting." I say.
We all head up to the roof with full plates after our pizza arrives. "I sure did miss this city." Rachel says staring down at the street below.
Finn walks up behind her. "I missed it too. I've really grown to love it here."
"Weird right? I mean I love Lima, but New York just feels like home now." Kurt says reaching over to grab my hand.
"Thank you guys." I say suddenly and they all turn to look at me.
"For what dude?" Finn asks.
"For being my family. I'm glad I have you guys to come home too."
"Awww." Rachel says walking over and wrapping her arms around me. "We love you too Blaine."
"Ok back off girly." Kurt laughs as he jumps up and sits on my lap. "The hot sexy one is mine."
"Hey, what does that make me?" Finn asks raising his eyebrow at Kurt.
"The other guy." Kurt laughs.
"Well, I happen to think the other guy is pretty delicious." Rachel coos as she wraps her arms around Finn's neck while reaching up on her tip toes to kiss his cheek.
"So your excuse for the bathroom today is that you were hungry and Finn was delicious?" Kurt asks.
"Dude, you went there, I didn't." Finn says spinning Rachel around and sitting her down on the chair.
"What did I say?" Kurt asks me.
"Kurt darling, you really are sweet and innocent aren't you?" I say pinching his cheeks. "But I don't think that was what they were caught doing."
"I don't get it. All I said was…." Kurt looks over at me and puts his hand to his mouth. "Oh sweet baby Jesus that was not what I meant. God you guys are perverts."
"I'm not a pervert, I'm just magically delicious." Finn says grinning.
"You're too big to be an elf." Kurt mocks.
Finn grins and winks at him, "That's what she said."