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Chapter 10
"Do you really think that will work?", Kurt asked when he and Finn stood on the porch of their house. Finn nodded. "All the others will help us get through this. With the earpieces of Artie, our friends can help us out if something goes wrong." "Kurt? Can you hear us?" Kurt recognized the loud brunette's voice in his earpiece. Kurt hissed. "Jeez, Raquel, you don't need to yell into my ear", he complained. "My name is Rachel, Kurt. I hope you can at least remember your parents' names." "Dirk and Charlotte, right?", Kurt guessed. "We are so screwed", Puck whispered in the background. "Finn, make sure Kurt doesn't mess things up.", Rachel instructed her boyfriend. "Frankenteen as a caretaker? Oh boy…", Santana mumbled. Finn suddenly remembered something. "Oh and Kurt? Make sure you never touch water, or anything wet directly", he said. Kurt cocked his eyebrow. "Why?", he wanted to know. Finn was about to answer when the door suddenly opened. "Boys? Why are you standing outside for hours? Come in", Carole said and shooed the boys inside. Both boys reluctantly entered. Burt already sat at the dinner table. "About time you come home. You are always at Rachel's. Why are you and your New Direction friends spending so much time together, lately?", Burt wanted to know. "Ehhmm…" Finn scratched his head. Normally, Kurt was the one who was thinking of all their excuses. He was not really the smart one among the two of them. "Tell him that is the last summer the NDs can spend together before everyone leaves for their colleges", Quinn said in his earpiece. "Well, this is the last summer we can really spend together before everyone leaves Lima and goes to different colleges", Finn repeated Quinn's words. Carole nodded. "That makes sense. Your friendship is really special, isn't it?", she said. Finn nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, it is."
"Kurt, darling, why are you so quiet? Is something bothering you?", Carole asked him during dinner. Kurt froze. What was he going to do now? He didn't even know those people, apart from Flint (Was that his name?). "Tell her you are still upset you didn't get into NYADA, that fancy, dumb university for stuck up and self-absorbed assholes", Santana said into his earpiece. "Well…" Kurt played with the broccoli on his fork. He really didn't feel comfortable saying this, but he had no other choice."I am still upset because I didn't get into NYADA, that fancy, dumb university for stuck up and self-absorbed assholes", Kurt repeated a little bit reluctantly. Finn dropped his fork on his plate. "Santana!", Rachel hissed. "Don't say something like that or we will get into serious trouble! Kurt barely uses swear words, you know that!"Carole and Burt, however, compassionately looked over to the chestnut-haired boy. "Kiddo, we understand why you are upset you didn't get into this college. You are still bitter about it, right?", Burt asked. Kurt just nodded. "But please don't swear like that anymore, honey, okay? That's not you", his stepmother pleaded. "Okay. I am sorry", Kurt said. "Well…that was close. But now, we really need to be careful what we say" Kurt could recognize that Asian boy's voice (What was his name again? Miles?) "And what are your plans for tomorrow?", Carole asked the boys. "Well…maybe the NDs will have a meeting again", Finn mumbled. "I'm glad you two found good friends like these kids. High school friends will stay friends for the rest of your lives, so don't mess it up if you will ever need them and we are not around anymore", Burt winked. Finn nodded. He hoped his stepfather was right.
The rest of the dinner went without a hitch as Finn did most of the talking with the help of his friends. After one hour, dinner time was finally over and the boys could go up to their rooms. "That went great, didn't it?", Finn said proudly. Him and Kurt were sitting in front of Finn's laptop in his room, chatting with the rest of their friends. "Yes, but we really need to get Kurt's memories back. Your parents will find out and then we are in trouble not only because of our secret, but also because we messed his brain up", Blaine said. "Speaking of which…where is he now? I haven't seen Lady Lips for a while now…", Santana noticed. Finn turned to the left where Kurt was sitting- and saw no one. "That is not good. You can't leave him alone like that. What if one of your parents wants to talk to him and he will say the wrong things?", Tina said, concerned. "Or even worse…" Mercedes trailed off as they suddenly heard a scream from the boys' shared bathroom. "He finds out", the girl finished her sentence. Finn got up and quickly went to the bathroom door, holding his laptop on his arm. "Dude, everything okay in there?", the boy tentatively asked. "He just found out he is a fish; how the hell can he be okay, Frankenteen?", Santana said in a snarky tone. Finn retrieved one of his mom's hairpins from the dresser next to the door, carefully unlocked the door with it and quickly entered the bathroom with his laptop. Kurt was in the bathtub and horrifiedly stared on his bright blue tail. "All I wanted to do was to take a bath…", he finally said, still stunned. Finn scratched his head. "Yeah…Sorry, dude, I kind of forgot to mention what happens every time we touch water-" "We? What do you mean by that?", Kurt sharply cut his stepbrother off. "Long story. We will explain everything tomorrow, Kurt. This really isn't the place and the time for a story like this", Blaine told his boyfriend. Kurt nodded. "Alright, I can imagine. But first things first: How do I get rid of this thing?", he asked, flicking his tail.
"So this happens everytime I touch water?", Kurt asked his friends after they summarized the happenings of the previous months. The NDs were once again in Rachel's basement which somehow became the main meeting place of them. Blaine nodded. "I know this seems unbelievable, but it's the truth." The chestnut-haired boy frustratedly ruffled his hair, something he did not that often. "I can't believe this! How can this be my life?" "And did we also mention we all got super dope powers?", Sam mentioned excitedly. Mercedes smacked his arm. "Sam! Baby steps, he still has process all the other things", she hissed to her boyfriend. But the harm was already done. Kurt incredulously stared at the blond boy. "You are kidding me, right? Please tell me you are just kidding", he pleaded. Sam shook his head. "Sorry, man", he said apologetically, held out his palm and created a small ice ball which was floating over his hand. Kurt's eyeballs almost popped out of his sockets when he saw that. "That's freaking awesome, right?", Puck grinned, held out his hand and the ice slowly turned grey. Sam caught the newly formed metal ball and showed it to Kurt. "We all have powers like that", Rachel explained and squinted at a glass with orange juice. The glass slowly shaped itself into a figurine which looked like a girl, but not just any girl. Santana put her hands on her hips. "Seriously, Berry? A figurine of yourself? How self-absorbed can a person be?", she scoffed. She stomped her foot and the earth trembled, causing the figurine to fall down and shatter into pieces. Rachel glared at the Latina. "Are you crazy, Santana? This was one of my masterpieces", she whined. Brittany kneeled down to the shards. "Here, let me help you" She carefully put the pieces together and used her fingertips to turn the orange juice on the shards into glue. Proudly, she held the figurine in the air which was fixed rather badly. "As good as new", she said proudly and handed the item to Rachel who smiled tightly. "Thank you, Brittany", she said irritated, trying to sound nice. Kurt disbelievingly gaped at the actions of his friends. "I have to get out of here. This is just too much", he mumbled and ran up the stairs. "Kurt, wait!", Blaine called out and followed him. Quinn turned to the rest of the NDs and crossed her arms. "Well, that went great, didn't it?", she said sarcastically.
Kurt sat on Rachel's porch, head in his hands when Blaine joined him. "I know this is hard to process, but you will get used to all this in no time", the dark-haired boy tried to console his boyfriend. Kurt sighed deeply. "How is that even possible? Were we all born like that?", he asked. Blaine grimaced. "It's far more complicated like that", he answered. Kurt turned to him. "Then explain it to me. Please", he pleaded. The other boy sighed. "Long story short: Your mother fell into an enchanted lake, the so called moonpool when she was our age. One year ago, we both also fell into a moonpool because you felt drawn to it or something like that. We gained powers and then we fought against a bad guy called Sebastian", Blaine recounted. Kurt flinched. Sebastian. He didn't know why, but somehow, he felt something like…hatred when he heard that name. Blaine also seemed to notice the other boy's odd behavior. "Are you okay?", he asked, concerned. Kurt nodded numbly. "Yes, yes, I'm fine. Please go on", he said. "When we were on vacation with our friends some weeks ago, they all got turned into merpeople because they fell into the moonpool as well", Blaine continued explaining. Kurt cocked his eyebrow. "That sounds crazy", he said. Blaine laughed. "Yes, it really is crazy, I have to agree. But Alice, Pamela and Gwen told us there has to be a reason why it turned out like this. They think that we are destined for something…important, but we couldn't figure out what exactly", Blaine frowned. "And who are those three women?", Kurt asked. "Oh sorry, I forgot to mention it. Those were your mom's best friends and they are also mermaids. They are something like…mentors to us and helped us out a lot" Kurt smiled. "That is nice. I mean that we are not alone with all this…" He tried to find an appropriate word. "… craziness?", Blaine offered. The boys started laughing. After both of them had calmed down, Kurt turned to Blaine. "I kind of understand why I wanted to be your boyfriend. You know exactly what to say to cheer me up", he said and leaned his head on Blaine's shoulder. Blaine smiled softly. "We will find a way to bring back your memories, I promise", he said and reassuringly squeezed the other boy's hand.
A/N: Well...I have nothing to say this time...
Peace, I'm out :)
