AN: Little bit longer today. Enjoy!
Chapter 37
The two boys ended up waiting to Skype until after they each ate their dinner. Kurt answered the call from his boyfriend with an uneasy smile. "Hi hon."
Blaine gave him a questioning look. "Hey. What's up?"
Kurt shrugged, looking away from the screen for a minute before answering. "Oh nothing. How's home? I miss you."
Blaine raised an eyebrow. "I miss you too but you're acting suspicious babe. You sure nothing's wrong?"
Kurt sighed, not willing to lie to Blaine. "So at dinner, dad said you can still spend Xmas and Xmas eve with us but I'm ."
Blaine leaned back in his chair and asked in a mild tone. "Want to repeat that babe?"
Kurt looked down and repeated his sentence, twisting his hands together. "I'm not allowed out of my room until dinner. So you can still come over but I can't see you until then."
Blaine hmmed before asking. "And why is that babe? Why did your dad change his mind?"
"Because I gave him an attitude at dinner." Kurt mumbled, blushing.
Blaine gave Kurt a look. "I see. Is your door shut babe?"
Startled at the non-sequitor, Kurt nodded.
"Good. I need you to go stand in the corner for me." Blaine said calmly.
Kurt gave him a shocked look. "But why? You can't punish me for something when you aren't even here."
Blaine gave Kurt a glare. "I can't? I told you before I left that you weren't to be rude to your dad. Not even four hours later, you are rude enough that you get grounded. Is that listening to me babe? Is that being respectful?"
Kurt looked back down. "No sir."
"No, it's not. Now, if you'd prefer that I be there while you stand in the corner, we can wait until Saturday night to take care of this. Otherwise, turn your computer to face the corner and go stand facing it." Blaine ordered.
Kurt sighed and thought about it. He didn't like the idea of standing in the corner while no one was there but he didn't want to spend Xmas Eve getting punished. He turned his computer to face the corner and then walked over, keeping his arms at his side.
Blaine watched as Kurt stood in the corner, fidgeting slightly. He pulled out a book and started reading as he waited for Kurt's time to be up.
While Kurt stood in the corner, he recalled the incident that had landed him there.
At dinner
Finn didn't come down, apparently still feeling hung over. Kurt, Carole and Burt sat at the table eating while Burt told Kurt all about his trip to Washington. Kurt listened interested, all the while still upset with his dad's decision to ground him.
After hearing about a trip to a monument, Kurt couldn't help muttering "Glad someone gets to go places."
Burt stopped his story and asked what he said. Kurt repeated himself and Burt grew angry. "Is this about my grounding you?"
Kurt glared at him. "What do you think?"
Burt crossed his arms. "I think you had better knock out that attitude or I can add time to your grounding."
Kurt scoffed. "You can't do that. Blaine is spending Xmas with us. You can't just keep him away."
Burt raised an eyebrow. "I can ground you to your room until after dinner on Xmas Eve. Blaine is still welcome to come over here but if you say one more thing, then he will be staying down here while you are grounded in your room. Would you like that?"
Kurt glared. "Whatever. Do what you want."
Burt sighed. "And there it is. You need to learn to quit while you're ahead bud. Because now you are grounded until after dinner on Saturday."
Kurt huffed and pushed back his chair. He put his plate in the sink and stomped upstairs, slamming the door shut behind him. He threw himself on his bed but his anger quickly gave way. He felt bad talking to his dad like that when he had been gone for so long and he knew he'd be in trouble when Blaine found out. As he thought this, his computer started ringing for a Skype call.
Back in the corner
Kurt sighed. He deserved to be in the corner. His dad had given him plenty of warning and Blaine had warned him earlier but he had ignored both of them. Resolving to apologize when he was allowed out of the corner to both Blaine and his dad, he let out another sigh. The corner was so boring and it was really embarrassing to be standing there when no one was physically in the room. He kept his ears alert for footsteps because this would be awkward to explain if someone walked in.
Blaine watched as his boyfriend began moving a bit, clearly growing bored. Looking at the clock, he saw it had been pretty close to eighteen minutes so he called to Kurt. "Come here."
Kurt turned out of the corner and walked to where his computer was. He sat in front of it, looking down. Blaine waited. Finally Kurt looked up. "Sorry Blaine."
"For?" Blaine asked, wanting to make sure Kurt had taken home the message he wanted him to.
"For being rude to my dad. It was disrespectful to him and it meant I was disobeying you." Kurt said, face red.
"Good boy. I'm so proud of you." Blaine said, trying to keep his tone light and not condescending.
Kurt's eyes teared up a bit at the words. "Really?"
Blaine frowned. "Don't cry baby. I am proud. This was hard for you. It's harder when I'm not actually there huh?"
Kurt nodded. Blaine continued on. "So the fact that you still did as I asked and you thought about what you needed to is really good. I'm proud."
"Thanks Blaine." Kurt said. The two continued chatting for a bit before Blaine signed off.
Kurt moved away from his computer and walked over to his dresser, pulling out Blaine's sweatshirt. He pulled it on and cuddled inside it for a bit, missing Blaine. He turned to his door and, strengthening his resolve, he headed out to find his dad.
AN: Let me know if you liked the flashback thing. Trying something new. Please review.