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Kurt did not talk to Nick the next day or the day after that, in fact he found he could not talk to the boy at all, getting choked up every time he even looked at him. How on earth was he supposed to deal with this? He would have loved to talk to Santana about his feelings, but only a week after their confessions the Latina had taken a turn for the worse again. As far as he understood from what Brittany told him, Quinn had been visiting home, she had even gone to Ohio State and attended a party with Finn and Puck, but she had not bothered to give Santana as much as a phone call.
Kurt was sure that both girls were suffering from their separation, but could not think of anything to help the situation. Maybe he was just one of those people who would never understand how relationships worked and would be alone for the rest of their lives? He had tried to get some advice from Noah the night before. He had called his cell phone but had only reached the mailbox, so he ended up calling the landline of his brothers' small apartment.
"Dude!" a voice answered, followed by a roaring belch.
"Uhm… hello?"
"Kurt? Is that you, bro?"
"Yes. Hi Finn. How are you?"
"I'm great. I got to tell you college totally rocks! I just ate so many cheese puffs it made me puke! Mom would kill me, but it won me ten bucks!"
"That's great…" the younger boy replied rolling his eyes.
"I know! So how's home? You just calling to say hi or is there another reason?"
"Uhm… actually… I was wondering if I could talk to Noah?"
"Oh, sorry kiddo, he's not here. He's out on a date."
"Oh… okay."
"Anything I can help you with?"
"Nah… it's okay. I'll call again some other time."
"Oh, come on, bro!" Finn exclaimed sounding disappointed. "We don't need Puck. I'm your big bro, too. If you got a problem I wanna help."
"I dunno."
"Please! I'm not as dumb as everybody thinks."
"I don't think you're dumb, Finn."
"Then give me a shot!"
"Okay." Kurt sighed, this was not exactly how he had imagined this conversation to go, but Finn was right, he was his big brother ,too, and even though everyone knew that Rachel called all the shots in their relationship he must know something about love and dating.
"Shoot!" Finn encouraged.
"Well, I was just wondering. What do you do to make someone like you?"
"Aww! Do you like someone, Kurtie? Tell me about her? Is she in your class?"
Kurt did not have the guts to correct his brother so he only replied with an affirmative sound. In the end he had ended up nodding and giving more little "uh huh's", barely listening to anything Finn was saying. All of this advice applied to girls, it would not be of any help to him at all. They had said their goodbyes both promising to call more often.
And that is how Kurt found himself on the school steps, watching Nick horse around with the other boys, none the wiser on how to handle his feelings for the boy.
"Watching dream boy again?" Mercedes said dropping down next to him.
"You really need to make a move soon. This pining thing you got going on is making me sick!" Lauren added as she settled on his other side.
"I'm not pining!" Kurt cried. "I just don't know what to do" he added in a whisper.
"Oh, boo! You got it bad." Mercedes wrapped her arm around his shoulders.
"How am I supposed to talk to him about this? I don't even know if he's gay."
"I'm sure he is. All the good ones are." Lauren said. "My mom keeps saying so."
"Maybe you should try and get to know him better." Becky suggested sitting down at his feet.
"But how?"
"Easy!" Mercedes grinned. "It's May right? You know what that means?"
"It's the month of love?" Kurt guessed.
"No, dummy! Your birthday is coming up!"
"Oh, right. But how's that supposed to help?" Kurt didn't think asking for a kiss from someone you barely knew was socially acceptable, even on birthdays.
"Invite him to your party!" the little black diva beamed.
As all three girls got incredibly excited and lost themselves in party planning and the possibility of seeing two boys kiss, Kurt was lost in his own little world. A party was certainly a really good idea, but how was he supposed to pull this off without everyone knowing exactly what he was trying to do? And what exactly did he want to do?
Kurt talked to his family that evening and everyone was happy to get involved in the party planning, Emma occasionally looking at him with tearful eyes sighing a soft "Thirteen. I can't believe it. My baby!"
The day of the actual party arrived far too soon for Kurt's liking. He had barely been able to sleep all night, the butterflies in his tummy keeping him awake. It felt like only minutes after he had finally managed to fall asleep when his family woke him with the traditional song and cake. He was just glad he had not had one of THOSE dreams that night as Brittany jumped into his lap.
He accepted his loved ones' hugs, a little sad that his too oldest brothers were not there celebrating with them. Later he smiled while opening his presents, most of them being gift certificates, as they had by now learned how picky the boy could be, a lot of them were from the local arts and crafts store, but there was also a beautiful jacket Kurt had spent hours admiring in front of a shopping window.
"Thank you!" he beamed, hugging his mother.
"You're welcome, baby!" the ginger replied, tears filling her eyes again.
"Mom…"
"I know, I know, you're just all growing up so fast." she sobbed. Her youngest becoming a real teenager and her two oldest away from home was clearly getting to her.
"Quick! Group hug!" Will laughed and they all enveloped Kurt and Emma in a bone crushing hug.
"Here there's one more." Brittany said, shoving a package addressed to Mr. Kurt Schuester into the young boy's arms.
Kurt looked confused.
"It's from Rachel." Sam explained. "It came the day before yesterday but we thought it would be cooler if you got to open it today."
"Thanks." Kurt smiled and opened the package, revealing a NYADA t-shirt. He was so happy he was lost for words and just hugged the fabric close, trying to detect any distinctive New York smell.
"You better call her later and tell her how much you like it." Emma smiled.
"I will!" he smiled.
"Okay. We will let you get ready now and then we will all help you with last minute party preparations." Artie said.
"Thank you."
Kurt could not believe how lucky he was, he surely had the best family ever. He smiled as Sam and Artie fought over what games should be played and Santana and Brittany danced along to their favorite songs while preparing a playlist for the party.
"Do you want us to sing later, Kurtie?" Brit asked.
"Yes, Rachel told us we could have her karaoke machine. Her dads will be bringing it over if you want." Sam added.
"I'd love that." the youngest Schuester smiled.
"We will rock this party!" Artie yelled.
Soon Becky, Mercedes, Lauren, Tina and Mike arrived to help them.
"So you gonna talk to him today?" Mercedes whispered.
"I dunno yet." Kurt replied biting his lip.
Soon the guests started arriving, the birthday boy had invited almost everyone in their school year, as he did not want to make it to obvious that he had invited Nick because he liked the other boy.
As Nick gave him his present and a one-armed hug Kurt blushed so hard he thought his head was going to explode and he knew his three best friends would be teasing him about it forever.
Soon everyone was laughing, playing or dancing and the party looked to be a success. Kurt was so busy watching Nick or opening presents that he never noticed the blue car pulling into their driveway.
"Aaaaah!" he screamed as he was flung over someone's very high shoulder.
"Happy Birthday, little bro!" Finn yelled, spinning around.
Kurt swayed for a second after the excited college boy put him back on the ground.
"Happy Birthday, ranger!" Puck smiled, hugging his little brother close.
"Noah! Finn!" Kurt beamed. "I can't believe everyone managed to keep this a secret from me!"
"Oh, we didn't tell anyone we were coming." the mohawked boy grinned.
"Really?"
"Yeah, didn't look like we'd be able to make it for a while, but we didn't wanna miss this for the world." he said, hugging his little brother again.
"Yeah, dude. Thirteen! That's big!" Finn grinned.
"And I heard you like somebody." Noah smirked scanning the crowd of guests. "Care to introduce us?"
"No! And… Shhh!" Kurt hissed, looking around to make sure no one had heard them.
"Oh! She doesn't know yet?" Puck asked, then turned to Finn "You didn't teach him how to talk to her?"
"Dude! You never tell a girl you like her! It makes you look like an idiot." the taller boy replied.
Kurt just hid his blushing face behind his hands.
"You okay, ranger?" Puck asked looking concerned.
The younger boy could only shake his head.
"Come with me." his brother said, taking his hand and pulling him to the front of the house.
Puck sat down on the curb, patting the spot next to him and waited until Kurt had settled down.
"Okay: Spill."
"There's nothing to talk about." Kurt said, staring at the tips of his shoes.
"Seriously, ranger. Are you forgetting who you're talking to here?" Puck said raising an eyebrow.
"No." big blue eye raised to face hazel ones.
"Then tell me what's going on."
"I don't like a girl at my party."
"Ah." Noah nodded. "I knew Finn got that wrong."
"No… I mean… I like someone… it's just… it's just…"
"It's not a girl." Puck said.
Kurt held his breath. Had the pavement just begun spinning? Maybe it was all the cake he'd had. Maybe he was diabetic. Oh no, at this rate he was going to make himself sick. He took a deep breath.
"How did you know?" he asked.
Puck shrugged.
"I guess I've always kind of known."
Kurt sighed, what was this about jocks being able to have such magnificent gaydar?
"Are you mad?" he asked, fear evident in his shaking voice.
"Why would I be mad, ranger? You can't help who you fall in love with. Believe me - I know."
Kurt frowned, but before he could ask the older boy got up.
"Come on. Let's go back to the party before your guests start wondering what happened to the birthday boy."
Puck helped his little brother back on his feet and wrapped an arm around his shoulder, leading him back around the house. As they neared the crowd of guests he leaned down and whispered "Now, which one's the lucky one?"
Kurt smiled and blushed, but before he could reply something unexpected happened.
SLAP
"Ouch! What the fuck!" Puck screamed.
Santana had appeared out of nowhere smacking her older brother hard across the face.
"You fucking whore!" the girl screeched. "How dare you turn up here?"
"Santana!" their parents cried out as the girl kept hitting her brother wherever she could reach, Puck never fighting back, just raising his arms to shield his face.
Kurt stood frozen, not being able to move and it was Sam who finally managed to hold on to his sister and restrain her.
"What's going on here?" their father asked.
"Why don't you ask lover boy over there?" the girl spat, still struggling against Sam's hold.
"Santana, please calm down. You're ruining your little brother's party." Emma begged.
"I'm sorry." the girl said to Kurt, then she freed herself and ran off sobbing.
"Tana!" Brittany cried and ran after her, Sam quickly following as well.
"Care to explain what's going on?" Will asked looking at Noah.
Everyone looked at the mohawked teen expectantly.
"Quinn's pregnant." the boy answered, hanging his head.
AN: don't hate Puck! don't hate Quinn! don't hate Santana!
PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!
The drama Gods made me do it!
Seriously.. this chapter totally wrote itself.
Big shout out to all my lovely reviewers! You guys are the best. oh and Kyle wins the award for longest review ever! Thanks so much! I can't believe there's still new people coming to this story. It is sooo long!
Oh and what are we going to do with Lea Michele? One day that woman is gonna cause a tumblr riot that will break the internet! lol
We almost made it through the hiatus! I'm beginning to feel optimistic about my survival.. unless you kill me for this chapter..lol
