Chapter Twenty-Five
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Summary: Will the proud music teacher eventually find love with the beautiful kindergarten teacher or will he forever come second to the football coach? Rated M.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belongs to me except for any OCs found wandering. I own nothing save for this computer.
Kurt shivered with excitement as he and Noah headed out of town that Wednesday to check out the wedding venue that Carole had booked for them. Who knew that having a congressman for a dad would pan out for him? The current manager of the world-famous luxury hotel in Columbus had been someone Burt had grown up with and when Carole had contacted him, he had been only too happy to accommodate them, he said.
The drive took them less than two hours and when Kurt saw the big, beautiful building glistening in the early winter's pale sunlight, he almost hugged himself. He couldn't get over the fact that in two weeks, he was going to say 'I do' in front of family and friends and marry the hottest guy ever. He glanced over at Noah, a tiny grin on his face and when Noah took his eyes off the road for a second, the smile only blossomed.
"Hey, babe, why so quiet?" Noah, turning off the engine, couldn't help but chuckle at the way Kurt was smiling at him. One didn't often get Kurt's full-blown goofy grin and the energy coming off of him was incredible. It was a wonder he wasn't actually fidgeting like a five-year-old on the way to Disney.
"Noah, look at it! In two weeks we'll be in there, saying our vows in front of everybody!" His voice was high but soft, almost a whisper and Noah could hear the awe in it. "…And I can't wait to be married to you."
"Oh, well, now," Noah grinned, "that definitely deserves a… mmphf!" Kurt's lips crashed softly against his and he chuckled into the kiss. He brought one large hand to cup the side of Kurt's face and the kiss gentled until they pulled back, their foreheads pressing together.
"…kiss," Noah sighed. He caressed Kurt's smooth cheek and then pecked him on the tip of his pointy nose. "Come on, beautiful, let's go find that manager Carole was gushing about."
Kurt laughed breathily and unbuckled himself, his cheeks pink and his eyes sparkling. Noah thought he had never looked more beautiful, the soft blue scarf framing his face and highlighting his glow. He walked to the front of the car and held his hand out to Kurt who grabbed it and they headed inside the massive building, approaching the front desk with a spring in their steps.
"Hello and welcome! I'm Kelly, the guest manager. How may I help you?"
Kurt and Noah stared at the woman who had approached them; if a person could be said to be glossy, it would be her. From her gleaming beige and gold streaked blonde hair down to the tips of her gleaming leather pumps, Kelly was the epitome of the glamorous professional.
Kurt smiled brightly at her and shook the hand she held out to him. As she shook Noah's hand, Kurt introduced them, his voice still a little breathy. "Hello, Kelly. I'm Kurt Hummel and this is my fiancé, Noah Puckerman. We were told you were expecting us?"
The woman's green eyes sparkled at them and she smiled pleasantly as she said, "Oh, yes, Mr. Burkowski is waiting for you, actually. Will you come this way?" She moved off after nodding to the two receptionists at the front desk. Kurt and Noah looked at each other with tiny grins on their faces and their eyebrows raised at each other and followed Kelly to the general manager's office.
The hotel's décor was elegantly simple, not overdone as so many chain hotels were and Kurt looked about in appreciation; when they were led into Mr. Burkowski's office he smiled wider. There were a couple of very nice pieces on the wall by the door through which they were led but the most striking thing was that the wall behind the large glossy desk was all glass. This allowed a beautiful view out into the atrium of the hotel that was filled with lush greenery and water features. One couldn't help but relax with such a vista available.
A tall, graying man rose from behind the desk and came around it, his perfectly aligned teeth gleaming in the recessed lighting.
"Hello, I'm Simon Burkowski and you must be Burt's boy, Kurt? I've got to say, you look just like Elizabeth!"
Kurt gaped at the man and to be honest, he couldn't see him growing up with his dad who for so many years before he became a Congressman, thought flannel was the height of fashion.
"Hi, yes, I'm Kurt and this is my fiancé, Noah…" Kurt's hand was taken and shaken in a warm, firm grip and then so was Noah's. Simon thanked Kelly who gave Kurt a little smile before leaving, closing the door firmly behind them.
"Sit, sit, please, and tell me how old Burt is doing, living it up in the nation's capital," and he let out a booming laugh. It was then that Kurt could see the possibility of this man being friends from way back with his dad. He told him how much his dad was loving what he was doing and that Carole was having fun keeping him in line.
Simon grinned at them and shook his head. "I can tell you, old Burt was the last guy I thought would get into politics. I guess you have to find something to be passionate about, huh?"
Kurt nodded and glanced over at Noah who had been far too quiet since they'd entered the hotel. Now Noah glanced back at him with a little grin and nodded. Kurt took it to mean they should get to the point of their visit so he smiled now at Simon.
"Uhm, I want to thank you for accommodating us and our crazy schedule, Simon," Kurt said, his smile widening and his eyes sparkling in the light from the atrium behind Simon.
Simon waved that away and leaned forward, his hands clasped before him on the desk. "Kurt, our hotel is famous for making things happen in a short time… and doing it with style, too. Before I came here, I worked with another chain of hotels and believe me, they were nowhere as classy as these folks here. I promised your dad and mom that we would do our best by you and by gum, we will! Here, let me get Kelly back in here and she can show you to one of our junior ballrooms and see if you like it." He paused to press a button on his telephone, spoke briefly to someone and then turned back to them. "Carole said you plan on inviting about 50-60 folks to this shindig?"
Kurt and Noah chuckled at the way he talked and they nodded, Noah speaking up for the first time. "It was my idea to have it on Christmas Eve. I'm Jewish but it's a special time for the other folk and thought Kurt would love it." He looked at Kurt's beaming face, unaware of how closely Simon was watching them and then he continued. "I'm really grateful that you guys could do this for us. This isn't my first rodeo," and they all grinned at that phrase, "but this one has got to be extra special."
Kurt blushed as Noah continued to look at him while talking and Simon's chuckle brought their attention back to him. He got up and held his hand out towards the door, saying, "Well, son, you will absolutely get your wish. Kelly is going to show you around and explain the details of what we have come up with."
He walked them to the door and Kurt and Noah thanked him warmly for his help. Kurt also told him he would be in touch with him later in the week just to get a progress report. Once again, Simon told them he was glad to help out and by the time they'd stepped through the door, Kelly was waiting for them with a warm smile. Simon handed them over to her and she once again asked them to follow her.
With a little wave to Simon, Kurt followed Noah and Kelly along to the first of the junior ballrooms, a facility she said that could hold anywhere from 100-300 guests.
"This is the one that I think will suit because you will be having both the ceremony and reception in the one location," Kelly smiled at them, throwing the doors open and stepping back so they could exam the huge room. "The extra space is perfect for that, don't you think?"
Kurt walked several steps away from the doors and gazed around happily. The walls were a lovely, cream color with slightly darker wainscoting. The carpet was an unobtrusive ecru with a slightly darker pattern running through it and all in all, the color of the room made it look even larger than it really was. As for the chandeliers and wall sconces, Kurt thought they were absolutely beautiful and he turned to tell Kelly so.
"Yes, this is really nice! What do you think, Noah?" Kurt eyed his lover who had walked a little away from him but he turned back to smile approvingly at Kurt.
"Yeah, it's cool. What about the decorations, though. I kinda thought Christmas decorations would be up already?" He moved to stand beside Kurt who was still looking around happily and took his hand.
Kelly smiled at them with an 'awww, they are so cute!' look lurking in her green eyes. "We don't decorate all the ballrooms for Christmas because some clients don't want it. However, since you specified a Christmas Eve wedding, we will definitely be putting up all the decorations you can handle!"
They laughed and then she continued. "In addition, there will be a few nuptial touches," and she waved at them to follow her once more. She took them almost back to the hotel's lobby but detoured to what was apparently her own office, inviting them to sit as she went behind her own desk.
"Here," and she turned a large white, leather-bound book towards them. "These are some of the ideas I came up with when your mom called and Mr. Burkowski assigned me to help."
Kurt looked at some of the wedding decorations and he and Noah selected the items they liked. Kelly had apparently selected all white flowers and Kurt loved the idea.
"If you like the idea, I want to drape the walls in gauzy, white fabric and the table linen will be a mix of white overlaying gold, green and red underskirts. What do you think?"
Kurt grinned at her. "You are definitely a girl after my own heart!" He turned to Noah. "Sweetie, thank you for suggesting Christmas. It used to be my favorite time of year until…" he trailed off and Noah knew he was going to say 'until my mom died'. He took Kurt's hand in his and smiled into his eyes.
"I know, babe." He turned to Kelly and nodded so she could continue.
"Well, I thought white lilies of the valley, hydrangeas, orchids, ranunculus and roses would look spectacular on the tables in tall vases, ceramic topiaries; actually, as well we would have them in intervals along the walls in tall white urns. Yes?" She grinned at them and Kurt got the feeling that he was looking at a budding wedding planner.
They looked at photos of what she had in mind, promising that the end result would be somewhat varied. "Also, as we are using white draping, we can play around with the lighting and projection. Oh, it's going to be beautiful, trust me!"
Kurt laughed and nodded, squeezing Noah's hand. "Thank you so much, Kelly, this all looks so wonderful." He turned to Noah and grinned mischievously. "I can't wait until Rachel sees all this on Christmas Eve."
He looked at Kelly who was eyeing them curiously and explained. "Rachel's my brother's wife and she thinks we can't have a beautiful wedding in such a short time."
Kelly shared the laughter with them but she nodded. "Well, we'll certainly show her, won't we?"
For the rest of their visit, they discussed the food that the hotel would naturally be catering. Kurt looked at Noah and then back at Kelly before clearing his throat. "Uhm, about the wedding cake… I want to do it myself."
Noah stared at him with something close to awe in his eyes and Kurt colored right up to his hairline, although he smiled at him and swatted him on the arm.
"Wow, you can do that… make a wedding cake?" Noah's voice was so loaded with his feelings for Kurt that Kelly, herself, almost blushed.
Kurt sniffed, tilting his chin up although the corner of his lips tilted up. "Of course, after all, I'm magic, right?"
They all laughed it up and then Kelly nodded. "Yeah, that will be good. The chef can do the side cakes for you, we just have to set up a meeting between you guys and him and you'll be good."
After checking on possible allergies and preferences for the menu, they finally wound down the meeting. As they rose, to leave, Kelly escorting them once again to the lobby of the massive hotel, she asked them one last question.
"Uhm, I'm not being too nosy here but I just want to know if you guys have already rented your tuxes?"
Kurt and Noah stared at her and when two spots of pink appeared on Kurt's cheeks, she threw back her head and laughed in a somewhat less than professional way. She finally sputtered to a halt and shook her head as she tried to explain her mirth.
"Oh, your eyes just grew so big, both of you; you're really cute together," and she was off again, giggling at them. Finally, she pulled herself together and told them, "Don't worry about it. Kurt, give me your cell phone number and I'll shoot you a text of a place I know that will set you right up, okay?"
Kurt thanked her profusely, seriously embarrassed that he, of all people, had forgotten about their wedding attire. Noah glanced at him and slipped his arm around his waist but he smiled at Kelly in thanks.
"We've been busy with work and everything; we're pretty glad to have you on board with this, Kelly," and he held his hand out to her.
Kelly beamed at them as she shook Noah's hand. Really, the man was just too gorgeous for his own good and she turned to Kurt with a kind smile. "I'll link up with you tomorrow, Kurt, so it's all good. It was certainly nice meeting you both and a real pleasure to work with you, guys. Bye, now!"
Kurt smiled all the way to their car but when they got in, he turned to Noah and pressed a hand against his to stop him from turning it on. Noah looked at him but smiled enquiringly.
"What's up, babe; did you forget something?"
Kurt looked at him, his eyes soft but shook his head. "No – just this," and he leaned forward to press his lips against Noah's in a sweet but all too brief kiss. "I love you."
Noah licked his lips, sure he could still taste Kurt and smiled. "Love you, too, babe. I'm so glad we're doing this."
Kurt chuckled at the use of the word 'this' to describe their wedding. "Yeah, me too."
After that, the two hours to Lima sped by as they discussed the things that Kelly had gone over with them and Kurt's ideas on what their suits should be like. He rather liked Kelly; he liked Simon, too, for that matter and he just felt so buoyant about the whole affair. Things were going smoothly and he crossed his fingers that no glitches would pop up in the next couple of weeks.
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Kurt and Noah pulled into the Hummel driveway and Kurt glanced at his lover, the question bright in his eyes. Noah simply smirked at him, threw his door open and jumped out. Kurt giggled as he hurried to get to his front door and opened it as he listened to the chirp of Noah's car alarm being activated.
"I thought you were going to pick up Judith from at Sarah's," Kurt called over his shoulder as he stepped into the house, Noah coming in behind him and shutting the door as Kurt took off his coat.
"Well, when we made the plan to drive to Columbus today, I thought to myself: Self, don't you think you ought to give yourself a reward for sitting through an afternoon of wedding planning?"
Kurt paused in the act of removing his scarf to stare, wide-eyed at his smirking lover. "Really, now," Kurt said, reluctantly amused by Noah's behavior. "And what did 'Self' say to that?"
Noah advanced on Kurt who took a tiny, teasing step backward. "Well, 'Self' thought about it and then answered, 'You know what, I think we deserve a reward for sitting through all that wedding planning stuff that's bound to go over our heads anyway.'"
Kurt narrowed his eyes at his fiancé but took another little step backward, just keeping himself out of hands' reach. "And did you and 'Self' decide what that reward would be?"
Noah chuckled now, amused by Kurt's suspicious air and beginning to get aroused simply because he was in an empty house with his sexy lover tauntingly just out of reach.
"We sure did!"
"And are you going to tell me what the reward is?"
Noah shook his head, "Naw-uh, I'm not going to tell you… I'm going to show you!" and at the last he lunged at Kurt who let out a startled squeak and found himself wrapped tightly in Noah's muscular arms.
Noah captured Kurt's lips that had parted when he was grabbed and plunged his tongue into the hot, sweet depths. Kurt moaned into the kiss and abandoned the task of removing his scarf in favor of wrapping his arms around his lover.
Their tongues battled playfully before Noah retreated, only to move his lips to Kurt's jawline, his earlobe and then down his neck in a series of tiny, sucking kisses. Kurt writhed against him, his head back as he sighed into the feel of Noah's big body against his.
"Noah, honey, ugh, babe, let's take this… mmmm, oh yes, uhm, let's go downstairs…" and he finally managed to ease himself backwards to stare in the dark, heated eyes staring hungrily at him.
Noah straightened up and stepped back, his eyes running down Kurt's long, slender body and coming to a stop at the really obvious evidence of Kurt's arousal. He bit his lip and looked at Kurt, smirking, before grabbing his hand and tugging him towards the door that led to his basement suite.
Kurt giggled at Noah's rather juvenile behavior and thought to himself, 'It's not good to come between a man and his reward,' and chuckled all the way down the stairs.
His laughter ended as Noah threw him onto his bed and he opened his arms to welcome him. As the bigger body settled onto his, Kurt sighed, offering up his mouth as well. There was nothing better than kissing this man, he thought as Noah first nibbled gently on his bottom lip before slipping his tongue inside.
"Mmm," Kurt murmured as they pulled apart for air, "I wanted to do this right there in Kelly's office."
Noah's pupils dilated even further as he nodded. "I know; I felt the same way too and if she'd had to leave for any reason, I would have taken you over her desk…"
Kurt groaned and his lashes fluttered shut; Noah's words as well as the way he was grinding down onto Kurt's swollen cock made his heart stutter.
The kiss this time was deep and almost ferocious. Hands scrabbled at clothing but only seemed to get in the way and finally, Noah flung himself off the bed to tug frantically at his jeans. Kurt was in no better state as he wriggled out of his own skinnies, pulling his underwear down at the same time.
They stared at each other, panting and anxious to return to hot, silken flesh and finally, at least partially disrobed, they got their wish. Noah's lips fastened themselves to Kurt's long, smooth neck as his hands slid down and around to cup Kurt's ass, bringing their dicks into alignment.
The groans and soft cries only spurred them on as Kurt's long legs lifted to wrap around his lover's hips. This first round would be fast and furious, Kurt realized, as neither of them could wait to do any prepping.
"Oh, god, yes," Kurt moaned as his hands gripped Noah's shoulders and he held on as his lover's hips set up a furious pace.
Noah panted as he stared down at Kurt, wondering how one person could look so wrecked and yet so beautiful. His mind screamed Mine! at him as the memory of Kurt's eyes before he kissed him in the car came back to him. Mine, finally!
The momentum and heat built between them and soon, with the sweat running down their reddened faces and their cocks swelling impossibly between them, they hit their peak.
Noah!
Oh god, Kurt, yes!
Kurt threw his head back as he pulsed between their bodies, the hot slick fluid easing the way and then it was Noah's turn to erupt, his big body shuddering as Kurt writhed beneath him.
Their shirts were sticking to their bodies, not helped at all by their emission that was now spreading slickly and stickily between them but did they care? Not when all they could see was that love and heat shining in the other's eyes.
Noah dropped his head and the rest of his body down onto Kurt, knowing that for brief moments Kurt could handle his weight. All the strength had gone out of his arms and he nuzzled Kurt's neck as he panted harshly.
Kurt stroked his back and played with the damp hair at the nape of his neck before dropping a kiss onto Noah's forehead. He always seemed to recover from their bouts faster than Noah did but he loved wallowing in the afterglow. He had had that with other lovers but never to this level and he needed to savor every bit of it.
Noah snuggled into the comfort of having Kurt's hands on him and he barely held back a yawn, so contented was he just to be in Kurt's arms. However, movement made him remember their sticky mess and he lifted his head to peck Kurt on his puffy lips.
"Hey, doll, shower?"
Kurt raised an eyebrow and smirked at him. "Together? Do you think there's enough hot water for what one of your 'showers' entails?"
Noah grinned unrepentantly. "Hey, I can't help it if my guy is irresistible. Your skin was made to worship, babe, and I do worship… oh yeah."
They laughed as Kurt's cheeks reddened further. No other lover had spent as much time touching Kurt as Noah had. When they were together in Kurt's basement suite, he was sure Noah would be happy if he walked around naked all the time. He looked at his lover, all his love evident in his blue-green eyes.
"You know I think you're beautiful, too, right?"
Noah nodded but the smile in his eyes was soft. "I know; I like the way you look at me."
Kurt tilted his head in inquiry. "Oh yes? How exactly do I look at you?"
Noah ducked his head but not before Kurt saw the red creeping up his face. "I don't know; kinda like – you think I'm a prize. Like, you didn't think you'd get it…"
Kurt felt his heart swell and he tugged Noah closer so he could nuzzle his hair. "Oh, well, you are very perceptive because that is so true."
Noah raised his head to look deep into Kurt's eyes but there was a slight furrow between his eyebrows. "But why? I'm no prize; heck, I've been called a Lima lo…" he broke off as Kurt put a finger to his lips.
"If I never hear that phrase again it will be too soon. You were never that, sweetie, and you've proven it, haven't you?" He smiled into Noah's beautiful eyes. "You were a kid who probably got into stuff way too soon but you were never what they called you. Besides, I thought you were sex on a stick… even if you were a Neanderthal!"
Their laughter bounced around the otherwise quiet room and soon they were tugging each other towards the en suite for their shower. They took turns disrobing each other and by the time they were standing beneath the stream of hot water, their lips were attached once more.
In that shower cubicle was a world of two, Noah and Kurt and no one's plans and expectations mattered at all but theirs. The world narrowed down to lips and hands and clean, hot, silky skin and to them, there was nothing better at all.
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