The rest of the week is spent with Callie and Puck not really ignoring each other but artfully dodging each other. The girls still surrounded her at some point during the school day while the boys kept Puck busy with his new apartment after school.
The trip to the Goodwill store should have been video tapped for utube according to Puck. It seems the volunteer salesperson thought Kurt and Finn were a couple until it was awkwardly explained to the older woman that they were actually step brothers. "If that is your story and you're sticking to it…But it is what it is to me." The silver haired woman grumbled under her breath as she lead them to the furniture area of the huge store and then quickly walking in the opposite direction.
"What the hell does that mean? It is what it is?" Kurt huffed out in annoyance. His attention was quickly diverted to the most horrible looking lump in the corner of the store. "And what in the blue hell is that?"
In front of the boys was a puke yellow over stuffed couch. A worn out pleather monstrosity that had Kurt shielding his eyes from the horrendous creation while Puck and Finn were taking turns bouncing up and down on it. With each bounce a wave of old people's smell floated through the air.
"Come on Kurt try it out!" Finn exclaimed as he made another odious bounce on the couch. "It's big enough for two people to sleep on it."
"Finn Hudson! You have lost the little sense you were born with if you think I am allowing my three hundred dollar designer jeans touch that…that smelly decrepit thing!" Kurt's voice growing shriller by the second. "It probably has bugs! Bed bugs!"
"Calm down little brother! It's a couch! It's not a bed!" Finn looks at Kurt with utter confusion as to why a couch would have bed bugs.
Noah is laughing at the arguing pair until he sees a baby crib sitting in the corner. He immediately walks to it letting his hands wander over the oak wood. His mind is picturing his child, his baby, sleeping in the beautiful piece of furniture.
"Puck….Earth to Puck?" Finn tries to get the attention of his best friend. "Kurt?"
"It's beautiful Puck. But you still have plenty of time to purchase the baby a bed. Remember you need furniture for the apartment." Kurt gently places his hand on the dark brooding jock's shoulder.
"I don't care about me Kurt. The baby needs this, so it will have a…place to stay…to be part of my home, my life." The words are quietly spoken, almost a whisper as the dark throat swallows the huge lump forming there. He looks at Kurt willing the slight teen to understand him.
"Okay Noah, let's find out how much it is. Finn go and grab one of the sales ladies and bring her here." Kurt instructs his brother before looking around at the other furniture. He finds a small two person dining set for thirty dollars and takes the tag off. He turns to look at a couple of wingback chairs when he hears the high pitched screeching of an elderly woman.
"Put me down you over grown hormone! HELP!" The senior citizen begins to smacking Finn all over his head.
"Stop that! Hey! Please! It kinda hurts!" Finn tries to weave and bob his head while maintaining his grip on the older woman who is slapping at him.
"FINNEGAN HUDSON! WHAT THE…FOR THE LOVE OF COUTURE PUT THAT OLD WOMAN DOWN! NOW!" Kurt runs to where Finn is being assaulted or Finn is assaulting the old woman, he really isn't sure. "Are you trying to get us arrested? Ma'am I'm so sorry for what the Neanderthal did, we merely needed assistance."
The old woman looks at both teenagers as if they would burst into flames if she possessed super human powers. "In all my years of working at this store I have never been man handled by anyone! I think you need to leave this store before I call the police and report you for…for putting your hands where they don't belong!"
Finn opens and closes his mouth several times, his mind not wanting to comprehend what the old lady was accusing him of before doing even more damage to their dire situation.
"Wait…You think….Oh gross! No way! That's sick! I was just doing what Kurt told me to do! There is no way I would TOUCH you like that!" The exasperation showing in Finn's ramblings.
"What do you mean touching me would make you sick? You little creep I will have you know back in the day I turned all the boy's heads in school!" The little old lady strikes a pose from one of the pin up's from the forties.
"Ma'am he didn't mean any harm really, his mouth just opens before his brain fully understands the words that are falling out of his mouth." Kurt tries to smooth the situation over. "We just needed some help with the baby crib our friend will be a papa in a few months and well his mother just kicked him out of her home over it."
"I thought Mrs. P kicked Puck out because he raped Callie first?" Finn never knows how to keep his mouth shut.
"Finn YOU ARE NOT HELPING!" Kurt knows they are doomed now.
The old lady's eyebrow disappear in her gray hair. She knew there was a reason she got a bad vibe from these boys. She begins to back slowly away from the two looking around for someone to help her. "I just need to…"
"Prudence it's okay. I'll help these young men out." A woman that Finn seemed to remember from when he was little walks up to them. "I know his mother."
"Don't I know you?" Finn scratches his chin trying hard to think.
"Yes Carole and I went to school together. How are you Finn? And who is this handsome young man?" The woman looks to be in her mid to late forties with dark blonde hair and a small slender build.
"My name is Kurt and I am Finn's older step brother. And you are?" Kurt offers his hand to smiling woman.
"I thought you reminded of her. You are Burt and Elizabeth's son! You favor your mother so much." The woman looks Kurt over as if memorizing him or just maybe remembering her deceased friend. "Oh my! I am sorry. My name is Katherine Simmons, I went to school with both of your mothers."
Kurt smiles at the woman's exclamation. Many of the women that went to school with his mother treated him like he was glass, like he would break. This woman didn't seem to have that problem.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Simmons. I am sorry for the scene we caused with…" Kurt looks at the little old who is still staring at them with venom in her wolf like eyes.
"Pru just wants attention boys. She is harmless. And call me Katy please." She tries to hide her amusement behind her hand covering her face.
Puck picks that moment to walk up to Kurt wanting to know the price of the crib. He looks at the scene in front of him, including the old lady hiding behind a rack of dishes spying on Finn.
"What did I miss? I know I missed something…." He nods his head at Prudence who is now trying to hide behind a floor lamp and it isn't quite working out to her benefit. "Kurt did you find out the price of the baby bed?"
"No not yet. I want you to meet Katy. She is a friend of Carole's and she was a friend to my mother. This is Noah Puckerman. He is the reason we are picking out furniture." Kurt smiles when Noah extends his hand Katy.
"Um, nice to meet you Ms. Simmons. I really like the crib. Can you tell me how much it is?" Puck shuffles his feet unsure if he really wants to know the price.
"I think we can work out a deal to benefit us all. Let me see the tickets you already have picked out." She reaches out to Kurt for the rest of the tickets as Finn plucks the one off the couch to hand to her.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT FINN!" Kurt huffs at the taller teen. He tries to snatch the ticket from the larger hand.
"Come on Kurt! It's Puck's decision. Not yours!" Finn stands up straighter gaining more height on the slim soprano. He hands the ticket to Katy ignoring the way Kurt tries to take it from him.
"Let's see. The small dinette set, the army trunk, the two smaller wingback chairs…..Hmmm…A hundred dollars for all of it, including the crib. But you have to take the albatross couch." She smiles at Kurt's expression. "Does that sound fair?"
"Deal!" Puck smiles at the understanding woman before walking back over to the crib taking out his wallet.
"I suppose with the right throw the couch could work. But it will have to match the chairs and the drapes." Kurt muses more to himself than to anyone else. He turns to Katy, "What about dishes, pots and pans? Oh and Noah will need some linens too."
"We have a couple of complete kitchen sets. The linens will be a bit tricky. Most of the linens that are donated are donated because they missing a piece or they are totally threadbare. You could try one of the area resale shops for those." Katy leads Kurt to the section where the dishes and other kitchen items are located in the store.
An hour later and two trips back to the Goodwill store Puck's apartment is furnished neatly with Kurt hanging curtains and Finn trying to raid the empty refrigerator. Puck is in his bedroom setting up the crib in the corner closest to his bed. When he is finished he walks out into the living room watching the other two teenagers for a moment before watching them change.
Kurt became Callie and Finn just kind of disappeared from picture. He watched as Callie hung the curtains, fussing about how they needed to be straighter more level. Puck can see his son sitting in the playpen by the couch. He smiles at the video he is having in his own head. He slowly comes around as Finn begins to yell his name and something about grabbing a couple of burgers or calling in a pizza delivery.
"! I'm starving man and you have absolutely no food in this place!" Finn rubs his empty stomach as it growls.
"I haven't been to the grocery store yet Finnocence! Drink a glass of water until we can go and get something." Puck's voice is a low growl.
"Come on Puck let's go grab a couple of burgers. Or maybe get some take out." Finn keeps on whining like a Snicker's commercial on TV.
A knock on the door interrupts the next whining session from Finn.
"I'll get it." Kurt looks at the tense moment building between the two best friends before walking to the entry door. Opening it he finds several friendly faces on the other side of it. "Hey Coach Beiste! What's going on?"
"We thought you guys might be hungry." Coach Beiste is holding two picnic baskets, one in each hand. "The girls and I thought you guys could have like a house warming party since it's Friday night." Her voice is full of good cheer as she steps inside of the apartment. The rest of the Glee boys follow her inside. Mike and Sam carrying Artie's wheels.
Puck recognizes one of the baskets as Callie's. He hopes for just a moment that the girls are there waiting outside of the door, but he knows even if they were she would not be with them. "What are the girls doing since everyone else is here?" The tone of voice is not lost on Coach Beiste.
"They are getting ready for a sleep over they are having tomorrow night at Callie's. It seems they are going to have a slumber party of sorts." Beiste smiles gently at Puck. "So the guys thought you might be up for a marathon of…..Hello."
The group of teenage boys all groan out at the same time. "It's called Halo!"