By the time Friday evening rolled around, three more people had been added to their trip to the club in Columbus – Finn, Puck, and Janine.
When Kurt was loading his overnight bag in the Navigator, Finn and Puck came out with their bags.
"You're sure you want to do this? You're both risking getting hit on by gay guys. You can't make a scene or a big deal about it."
"You said there'll be girls there. I'm good. I like girls, straight or bi makes no difference to me. And we're taking Janine. Finn will be fine." Puck winked at Finn.
"We're not dating."
"Yet," Puck added.
Kurt said, "And you know we're going shopping tomorrow. You heard that part, right?"
"Yep," Puck answered. "I need a new wardrobe. You can help me with that. I want to look good, but edgy still. I'm not ready to dress like I'm working in an office or something, but I want to look nicer."
"I can do that," Kurt said.
"Nothing preppy."
"Of course not. What do you take me for? An amateur?"
Puck rolled his eyes.
Janine pulled up into the driveway. She and Chandler got out and put their stuff in the back.
Maribel pulled up and dropped Santana and Brittany off just a couple of minutes later. She rolled down the passenger window and called out, "Have fun, you guys!" She waved as she drove off.
"Alright," Kurt said. "Santana and Britt, back row. Chandler is with me up front. Let's go."
Once they were in, Kurt asked, "Where's your car, Santana?"
"At your dad's shop. The A/C isn't working. I figured today was a good day to leave it there to get it fixed since I wouldn't need it tomorrow."
Kurt pulled out and they headed to Sebastian's place where they were going to get ready and leave their stuff before they headed to the club.
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Santana, Adrien, and Kurt caught the line attendant's eye and he pulled them and the rest of the group out of the line and up to the front. After showing their ID, they paid the cover charge. Kurt, Chandler, Finn, and Janine put the black "under 21" bracelets on that they were given since they were the only ones to use their real IDs. Everyone else was given a lavender bracelet.
Sebastian led the group around until they found a booth they could use as their base for the evening. Brittany slid in next to Kurt and Chandler while everyone else headed up to the bar.
"How does Sebastian know Travis?"
Kurt blanked out, clueless.
Chandler leaned around Kurt to answer her. "He just looks like Travis. His name is Adrien. He's French."
"Oh. I think the guy who let us cut the line thinks he's Travis too."
Kurt said, "Could be. He does look very similar, but Sebastian's known him since they were seven, so I'm sure that he's not Travis."
"Add-ree-in? Is that what you said his name is, Chandler?"
"Yes, with the emphasis on the ADD part. ADD-ree-in."
"Thanks." She repeated it to herself several times. "Let's go dance." She grabbed Kurt's hand and pulled him towards the dance floor.
Kurt looked back at Chandler who had a big smile on his face and waved as Kurt was pulled away.
Brittany wrapped her arms around Kurt's shoulders and pulled him close. "This place is nice. Everyone is dancing with whoever they want to. And no one's being mean about it if it's two guys or two girls."
"That's why we invited you and Santana, so you could dance together and have a good time."
By the time they'd dance to a second song, everyone was back from the bar and was back at their table. Kurt and Brittany followed them. Kurt slid back in next to Chandler and Brittany followed him. Santana squished in on the end next to Brittany.
Sebastian spoke first. "Just to make sure that Finn and Puck are aware, there will be guys making out in the bathroom. Just do your business and ignore them. I've never been in the ladies room, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the same thing is going on in there. If anyone concerned about it, take someone from our group with you. People are drinking. Everyone is fair game to get hit on by anyone here. If you're not interested, just say so politely. Most people will just walk off and look for someone else."
Finn asked Janine to dance. Puck followed them out onto the dance floor to look for someone to dance with.
"Santana, will you dance with me?" Sebastian asked. He slid out of the booth and offered her his hand. He walked them to the quietest part of the club so she could hear what he had to say. "I want to apologize again. I know I did back in March, but I know you didn't believe me back then. I wouldn't have believed me either. What I did was just stupid. Like I said that day – a lame prank that got way out of hand. And then instead of just letting it go, I doubled down to save face. Not cool. You were great when we sang together. Anyway, I don't know how much it cost you to have your outfit cleaned, but I've saved up $100 since then to give you to cover as much of it as possible. I'd give you more, but I don't have it. I know I made everyone think that I'm rich and I can do whatever I want, but my dad isn't big on just handing out money. I get $100 a month and I have to pay for any extra gas that's not for driving between his house and Dalton and anything I do outside of school. I used to get $200, but my dad's been docking my allowance $100 a month until I repay him the money that Mr. Anderson demanded to cover the out-of-pocket expenses for Blaine's medical costs. $500 down with about $2500 to go. I have to get a job in Paris when we get there. I'll give it to you later when we get back to my place. You can use it when you go shopping tomorrow with Kurt."
"He said that I should give you a chance. I hate it when he's right." She rolled her eyes.
"He's right a lot of the time. It's an annoying trait of his."
"That and being forgiving."
Sebastian nodded. "That too. But honestly, I really am sorry."
They danced without talking for a while.
"You're a great dancer."
"You're not so shabby yourself. Don't you have a trust fund or something you can use?"
"Ah, the mythical trust fund," he joked. "I'll get my trust fund when I turn 25. The idea is that it will help me get started in my professional life, not pay off debts from being a stupid teenager. My dad wants repaid for that before I graduate from high school, so he's garnishing my allowance. I get my trust fund after I graduate from law school and it's not millions of dollars like a lot of people seem to think. My dad is the state's attorney, which is a political position and pays less than half of what Kurt's dad makes being a congressman. He's maintained his position at his law firm in name only. He doesn't practice privately right now. If he ever loses an election, he'll go back to private work. So, while it's true that he can afford to send me to Dalton, he not a multi-millionaire or anything."
"Well, kudos to you for pulling of the trust fund baby jackass shtick really well. You had all of us fooled."
"A compliment on my acting skills. I'll take it."
Santana rolled her eyes.
"You're actually a really good actress. You were really amazing in West Side Story."
"I know." She winked at him.
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Brittany followed them to the dance floor, taking Adrien's hand. They danced far enough away to give them a little privacy.
"So how did Kurt and Sebastian meet up again?"
"They were both at Dalton watching the baseball game. Chandler and I both play baseball."
"Is baseball popular in France? That's where Kurt said you're from."
"Actually, it's not popular at all. I played cricket in Paris."
"Is that a game? Why is it named after a bug?"
"I honestly have no idea about the name. It's a sport that uses bats and balls, but the rules are completely different than baseball. It's not played here as far as I know. I wanted to play a spring sport, so I tried out and made the baseball team. I played soccer last fall. I'm not going to play either one next year. I'm going to join the Warblers like Sebastian."
"Me and Santana are cheerleaders. We're going to college in the fall."
"Sebastian and I will be seniors in the fall."
"If you're from France, why don't you have an accent? We had an exchange student from Ireland living with us this year and I could barely understand him."
"Well, when Sebastian moved in next door, he and I were both 7. My grandma doesn't speak English and neither does his. We thought it would be fun if we could have a secret language where they couldn't understand us. He started to teach me, and then I started studying it in school when I was 8."
"So, you lived with your grandma?"
"Yes and my grandpa, but he worked during the day back then. He eventually retired, but he died last year. Sebastian and his mom moved in with his grandparents, but his grandpa was sick and he died not long after they moved in. Our grandmas are best friends."
"That's cool."
"It is. When Sebastian and I go back to France after our senior year, we'll be moving into my grandparents place. We're helping my grandma move in with Sebastian's grandma and mom this summer because she's been taking care of both of them and it will be easier if they're all living together. Their place has three smaller bedrooms and ours has two larger ones. We'll be moving furniture around and helping them reorganize everything while we're there."
"So you're going to college in France?"
"That's the plan."
As the song ended, Brittany moved closer to Santana, but she didn't cut in until the end of the song. They traded partners and went back to dancing as the next song started.
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When Brittany took Adrien out to the dance floor, Kurt and Chandler were left sitting at the table alone. They didn't say anything for several minutes. Kurt was staring out into the crowd of people dancing. When the song changed, Chandler squeezed his hand under the table. Kurt turned to look at him and Chandler leaned forward and kissed him. He scooted even closer to Kurt.
"What's got you so pensive?"
"It's this weird nostalgic feeling for what could have been. Santana is out there proudly dancing with Brittany, no hint of uncertainty in the look on her face."
Chandler looked towards where Kurt was looking and nodded.
"Finn is in a LGBT friendly club, not freaking out at about how a bunch of the guys in here probably find him attractive enough to hit on him. He and Puck are actually here with me when they repeatedly tossed me in dumpsters not quite three years ago. David had wanted to come, but he and his dad are leaving Sunday morning to drive out to Oregon, so they're busy this weekend. He said they were having a huge yard sale and packing up what little they're taking with them. His parents' divorce was finalized and the house sold. I guess the yard sale is part of the last bit of dividing their assets. His dad got a position at a local college in Eugene starting next fall, so they decided to drive cross-country for the next month, stopping along the way to see the sights. He didn't give me any other details, but he seemed excited about it in the email I got last night."
"That sounds cool."
"And then there's you." Kurt leaned in and kissed him. "Sometimes I wonder how things would have been different if we had met sooner."
"I wonder that too sometimes, but I'm glad we're together now."
"Me too. I just look back at the strife and in-fighting and actual physical fights between Finn and Puck and all of the nonsense, like the cheating, and I just think what a waste of time so much of it was. I know it had to do with immaturity and being teenagers, but I see us here tonight and I just can't help but think that with some better adult guidance that a lot of that stuff could have been dealt with in more suitable ways."
"I think you're right. All of the stuff you've told me about is beyond insane. And I'm sure it's nearly impossible not to look back on it and be upset by it."
"But it's over now. And honestly, it's just so weird. I think it's the combination of the music and the lights and seeing them here. It's giving me this weird dreamscape vibe – like all of that other stuff never happened. But I know it did. I want to just forget it and move on, but that feels disorienting too. Moving to New York in a couple of weeks will change everything. So much of what has been central in my life just won't be there. And there will be new obstacles, new people who don't like me, and some new people who hopefully will. I'm in the 'in between'. I've idealized New York City for so long, but I've only been there for a couple of days. It's exciting and scary."
"I'm in that same place. I've wanted to live in New York for so long, but I've never even been there. It is exciting and scary, but we're going together, so that's going to make it so much less scary and all the more exciting."
"You're right. You're absolutely right." He turned a bit and wrapped his hand behind Chandler's neck and pulled him closer and kissed him passionately.
"Wanky," Santana said, as she and Brittany sat back down.
Kurt turned and looked at her. "You know we're the only couple that hasn't had a chance to dance together yet. Why don't you to man the table for a bit and we'll take our kissing out on the dance floor?"
"I don't think we can man the table, but we can sit here and keep anyone else from taking it," Brittany agreed.
"Thanks, Britt," Kurt said. "That's perfect."
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Everyone except Kurt packed the air mattresses up and loaded the Navigator the next morning, giving him time to talk to Sebastian.
Kurt went into the kitchen where Sebastian was making breakfast for himself, Adrien, and his dad, who hadn't come down yet. "Thanks for letting all of us crash here."
"No problem. You brought everything you needed," Sebastian said. "We'll be back the week school starts, but we'll plan our trip to New York as soon as I can get the fall school schedule."
"Sounds like a good plan. I know you have to work and you're moving furniture and all of that, but I'm sure you'll enjoy you're the rest of your summer. Some day, I'm going to save up enough money to go to France. It may take ten years, but it will happen some day."
"Hopefully less than ten. You can stay with us, so that will cut down on your cost. You just need to save up for the plane tickets."
Kurt stepped closer and opened his arms, offering Sebastian a hug. He half rolled his eyes and stepped into the hug. As they let go, Adrien came in.
"Everything's loaded up."
"Thanks." Kurt stepped towards him and offered him a hug as well. When he let go, he said, "We'll see you when you come to New York in the fall." He walked towards the front door. "Enjoy your time in France."
"We will. See you this fall," Adrien said, walking towards the door with Sebastian following behind.
They waved as Kurt pulled out onto the street.
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Kurt stopped at quite a few second-hand shops on their way to the outlet mall in Cincinnati. Janine helped Brittany discover her boho chic style and she chose several flowing floral and patterned skirts, ranging in length from just above the knee to a few inches above the ankle. Puck lucked into a really nice deep brown full-leather bomber jacket that fit him like a second skin and a few pairs of jeans that fit well. Santana found a variety of items that didn't fit any particular style overall, but she loved. Given Finn's height, he hadn't found any clothing, but he had picked up a couple of '80s CDs.
He and Kurt went in on a soft brown vintage leather satchel with a long strap to wear it cross-body that was in excellent condition and matched Carole's wardrobe and style and a set of Mellencamp CDs to give to Burt and Carole for their joint Mother's and Father's Day they were planning to celebrate the following Sunday when they would both be back in town.
When they got to the outlet mall, Kurt parked near the area that had the restaurants. They couldn't come to a consensus on where to eat as a group, so they broke up into smaller groups and met back up after they had finished eating.
They spent the whole afternoon making their way through the stores and picking out what they needed. They headed back to Lima about dinnertime. They stopped outside of Cincinnati and picked up pizzas and ate them before they drove the rest of the way back.
When they got back, Janine offered to drop Brittany and Santana off on her way home. Finn went in the house long enough to drop off his new clothes and grab a change of clothes and some snacks. He was back outside and hopped into Puck's truck and left for a gaming night before Kurt and Chandler had managed to get the Navigator emptied and locked up. With Finn gone, that left Kurt and Chandler alone for the night.
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"Let's shower before we do anything else," Kurt suggested.
"Sure. You go ahead first. I'll start taking the tags off of the stuff we bought."
Kurt had finished with his moisturizing by the time Chandler finished showering. He got up and moved to the end of the bed and looked at the things they had gotten – several pairs of knee-length shorts in dark solid colors, four pairs of jeans, and a stack of vintage graphic tees in warm colors that they had picked up from their various stops at secondhand stores.
Chandler came out of the closet after dropping his dirty clothes into Kurt's laundry basket. He walked to the end of the bed and stood next to Kurt. "What brought on the urge to buy jeans, shorts, and vintage tees and tanks?"
Kurt turned and faced Chandler and wrapped his arms around his waist and kissed him. "Honestly, I just decided that I wanted us to have clothes to go horse around in and to hang around the house in that weren't just pajama pants like we're wearing now. I've always been on edge and so guarded and I thought that now might be a good time to try something new. Plus, all of those clothes have lasted through years of being washed with no special care. I just wanted some easy-to-care-for clothes that could be washed all together in a single load and then dried. I got a few things earlier this spring." He kissed Chandler. "And I think it mostly has to do with you and your influence."
Chandler looked confused since he wasn't known for dressing casually.
Kurt kissed him again. "It's not an imitation of the way you dress, but it's the feeling I get being with you. I don't have to be 'on' all the time now. I don't want that feeling of not being able to sit in your lap or you sit in mine or give up snuggling on the couch or in bed because I'm wearing clothes that I don't want wrinkled. Even though I'm going to give fashion design a shot and I love it – it's a ridiculous field. What I want an authentic life with you where we go to the beach and go hiking and whatever we want because we can. And I don't want to spend any of my time wondering whether I should participate in something because I'm wearing $300 pants or whatever. And sometimes I just want to blend in. I'm not sure that makes any sense."
"It does."
"Ever since forever, being gay has been my defining quality here in Lima. It's been the thing that people picked up on before I even knew a word for it myself. I stuck out. I chose clothing that other boys my age made fun of, but I've also used clothing as a shield for years. I do love the way I dress, but it also provided a bright and shiny shield for the bullies to attack. I put myself out on display and no one could ever accuse me of being a sneaky gay. I was doing the opposite of blending in. I already stuck out, so I decided to stick out in a way that I could control. They lobbed their insults at my clothing and in a stupid-weird way, it sort of helped the words bounce off a bit. Like they weren't attacking me personally. It's stupid. I know."
"It's not stupid."
"But now, we're moving on. I'd like to be known for other things. I don't want being gay to be my defining quality. I'd rather someone say, 'Oh, look there's that guy that designs really cool clothes.' Or 'There's that guy with the great voice.' Or 'There's that guy who always brightens my day by dropping a dollar in my violin case.' Anyway, I got the clothes for both of us. We wear the same size. I just want them to be clothes. We'll just put on an outfit and be ourselves. I want us to cook, clean, play, and relax in them. I'm not sure that even makes any sense."
"It all makes sense. I'm really glad that you're 'you' with me. I happen to like the real you quite a lot." He slipped his hands up under Kurt's shirt in the back and caressed Kurt's skin.
Kurt relaxed into his hold even more. "I love you. Do you want to share a bowl of ice cream while we design our new closets?"
"Yes." Chandler gave him a squeeze before he let go. "I'll grab this stuff and you can grab the basket in the closet. We'll wash clothes and design the best way to store them."
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Sunday morning after breakfast, Kurt and Chandler met up with Rex to go over the plans they had made for the closets, to design a bed frame together, and to get his help in repairing Kurt's mother's dresser. He wanted to take it with them to New York and use it as their TV stand. It had been in storage since they moved into the new house. Kurt and Chandler carefully loaded it into the back of the Navigator. Kurt went back in for the dresser drawer from his room that he needed to take with him as well.
When they got to Rex's place, he was standing in his driveway waiting for them. He pointed to where they needed to park. Kurt pulled past the house – in front of a detached 2-car garage and parked. The two of them got the dresser back out and carried into the workshop.
Rex carefully inspected it before he said anything. "I can make a leg identical to the one that's not broken. I'll need to do a little work to the underneath and add some support pieces. It won't be visible. It's the only way I'll be able to get the new leg on in the right position since the damage goes up into the wood right here." He pointed to a cracked section. "I'd also suggest that you let me do just a little wood care to protect the wood."
Kurt nodded. "That's fine. You're sure that you can fix it?"
"I'm sure. You said you were thinking of using it as a TV stand, right?"
"Right."
"Would you have a problem with me making three matching legs and putting one in the center, both front and back? That will support the weight whatever you put in the drawers, plus the weight of the TV and whatever else you put on top."
"You can make all of the legs match the color and everything?"
"I can. What I'll do is put the three new legs on the front and move the other one to the middle in the back."
"Sure, if you think it will make it more sturdy without detracting from the look of the dresser."
"The dresser is really lightweight. I think the support underneath and the extra support legs will make it a lot sturdier and extend its life pretty much indefinitely."
"Sounds perfect."
"You can set up your laptop over there at the island workstation with the stools. Chandler can help me move the dresser over to where I need it."
Kurt and Chandler spent the next few hours learning about power tools and working on cutting the pieces for their bed frame. Once the pieces were cut and drilled to fit together, Rex followed them to the hardware store to get the right color of stain to make the bed frame and headboard that was yet to be built the same color as Kurt's dresser. They also bought the carriage bolts and the rest of the hardware they needed to assemble the bed frame.
Afterwards, Kurt dropped Chandler off at his house to have lunch and spend the day with his dad and the rest of his family for Father's Day.
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Monday, Kurt left for the morning so the realtor could show the house. While he was out he picked up boxes, some bubble wrap, and tape. When he came back, the realtor called and told him that the family had made an offer.
Kurt called Carole. She cut her visit to DC short and took a flight out Tuesday morning. The offer was accepted and the sale went into high speed since the house that the Hummels wanted to buy was already empty with no waiting period to move in.
Over the next week, Kurt and Chandler went through their rooms and packed up what they were taking with them to New York. Since they were renting a U-Haul, they decided they should take their winter items with them, as well as anything they wanted to decorate with that they already owned.
Kurt didn't plan to leave much behind since the guest room in the new house was smaller than his current room and didn't have built-in shelving. The closet was also quite small, leaving enough room to hang clothes he'd bring with him, but not enough to leave much of anything stored in it.
They both made trips to Rex's house several days to work on the bed frame and headboard. When they went on Thursday, Rex had finished Kurt's mom's dresser. When they walked in, Kurt was amazed at how good it looked. He wiped a few stray tears from his eyes. He thanked Rex. Kurt and Chandler put the final coat of sealer on the bed frame and headboard while they were there.
Chandler went to work and Kurt went back home to help Carole prepare for the yard sale that she decided they needed to have. They also separated the items in the kitchen into three groups – Kurt, Finn, and the main kitchen in the new house.
Burt came home Friday evening. He worked his way through what was in the garage, setting aside things to put in the sale and blocked off the area where what he wanted to keep was stored, mostly in storage totes. They set up for the garage sale inside in case of rain.
By Saturday evening, everyone was pretty worn out. Finn and Kurt packed up what didn't sell and checked it over as they packed it up to make sure none of it was broken, and then loaded it in Finn's truck for him to take to Goodwill.
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Sunday morning, Kurt and Finn made Burt and Carole a nice breakfast for their belated Mother's and Father's Day celebration. Kurt gave Finn the job of making the fruit salad while he cooked turkey sausages, blueberry pancakes, and made the blueberry pancake syrup.
They all sat down to breakfast together for the first meal they had eaten together as a family in a little over two weeks. Once they finished eating, Kurt brought their gifts in from the living room where he had stashed them.
Burt unwrapped the box Kurt put in front of him. "Oh, wow. These are great." He rifled through the stack of CDs. "You said you could transfer CDs to my phone, right?"
"I can," Kurt said. "But look in the box again."
Burt found a smaller object wrapped in tissue paper and took it out. "I recognize this. I got this for you years ago."
"You did get me one, just not that one. I'm still using mine and the newer one you got me that holds 160gb. That one just holds 8gb, but it's plenty of space for those CDs. I already put them on it. This way you can get a speaker dock that charges it for your place in DC. And when you listen to it on the subway or whenever, it won't use your phone battery or risk someone grabbing your phone. You'll need to get some headphones that you like. You can listen to the CDs in your truck when you're home."
"Well, I will enjoy all of this. Thanks a lot, you two."
"You're welcome," Kurt and Finn said in unison.
"So, I guess that makes it my turn." Carole unwrapped the stack of puzzle magazines that Finn had found the previous night when he dropped the garage sale leftovers at Goodwill. "Well, these will keep me busy." She smiled up and looked at the two of them. "Thanks." She moved on to the next package. "Oh, my. This is gorgeous." She ran her hand across the leather. "It's so soft."
Finn said, "The magazines fit in it. It's got lots of pockets too and a super long strap so you can wear it over your shoulder. It's for you to use when you go back and forth to DC."
Kurt smiled at Finn realizing how much he had paid attention when Kurt was pointing out why the bag was a good choice.
Carole smiled at Finn and nodded, and then turned and smiled at Kurt, knowing where Finn had gotten the information. She opened it up and looked inside. "It does have a lot of nice pockets. I can organize everything I usually take with me. And I like that I can keep it on when I sit down. I'm always afraid I'll fall asleep while I'm waiting to board and someone will steal my cloth shoulder bag that I usually take."
"I polished it and treated it to be waterproof. That way if you get caught in the rain, it won't hurt the leather," Kurt said.
"Well, thank you both." She slipped the magazines inside, stood up, and slipped the strap over her shoulder. She adjusted the length a little. "It's perfect. The bag itself isn't heavy, which is nice. This will be great. I'll work on getting it all organized before I fly out the next time."
"You guys did good," Burt said. "Thanks. And breakfast was really good too. We'll let you two clean up as well. We're going to go back to boxing up stuff. I've rented a U-Haul for Thursday and Friday. See if you can get Puck over to help us move some stuff, will you, Finn? I have to fly back tonight and I won't be back until Friday night."
"Oh, yeah, sure."
"Chandler will help too. I'm sure," Kurt offered. "Maybe even Janine."
Finn's eyes perked up.
"That would be great," Burt said. "The new owners get possession on Saturday at noon, so we can't have anything left in here by then."
"We'll get everything over to the new place," Finn assured him.
Kurt finished the dishes with Finn before they left to pick up the bed frame pieces and the dresser from Rex's house. Since the garage had been cleaned out the evening before, they had room to put everything on one side of the garage.
"It seems so weird to be moving again," Finn said. "I like the idea of my own place that's still connected to Mom and Burt's. It's like a better in-between than a dorm. I need to do well, not just hang around with a bunch of people horsing around all the time and not doing my work. But since we live so close, I can still do stuff with people in my classes if I want to."
"I think it's perfect. That's what I told Dad. He's helping cover my expenses because living in New York City is insanely expensive. Your apartment is bigger than mine and Chandler's and the rent on our place is going to be a little more than three times as much as Dad and Carole's mortgage payment on the new house. I don't feel as bad now because you're getting your own place too, but it's not costing them extra. You can help with the utilities or take over your car insurance payments and your phone or something. Chandler and I will be covering our utilities, phones, and food. Our parents are paying our tuition and housing. We can do the rest."
"You're right. I hadn't really thought about it. After my insanity of asking Rachel to marry me and then my freak-out of not wanting to get married, I didn't really spend much time thinking about much of anything besides finishing school and Nationals. I should pay half the electricity and half of the water because they'll only be here half of the time. And my phone. I don't even know how much the insurance is on my truck. I'll have to find out. But anyway, you're right. I can't just be a freeloadeder forever. I'm going to go keep packing stuff in my room."
"Thanks for helping me with this."
"Yeah. No problem, dude. Did you finally decide on when you're leaving?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Chandler's family is having a big Fourth of July party at his grandma's place in Dayton. We're going, as in the four of us."
"Awesome."
"We're leaving for New York the next morning."
Finn nodded. "I'm going to go pack more boxes."
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"Hey, handsome," Kurt said, as he got in. He leaned over and kissed Chandler before he put his seatbelt on. "I missed you the last three days." He kissed him again. "I love you."
"Mmm. I love you too."
After he fastened his seatbelt, he reached out for Chandler's hand and interlaced their fingers. "Three months."
"Three fantastic months. I've chosen the Japanese place we got take out from our first meal together."
"Sounds delicious. So how was your trip with your grandparents?"