A/N This is just a fun little one shot I came up with (with a little help from klainedreams34, AKA darcangell23 on ao3) to help me get past the writers block I was having with the other Halloween story I am working on. Hope it makes you smile!
Funny story, my son could not say the world 'Girl' for the longest time. It always came out ghoul.
Reviews always welcome!
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Fishtails and Candy Corn
Kurt let out a groan as he handed his dad the socket wrench from the tool box at the garage Halloween morning. "You want me to take my four year old cousin trick or treating?"
"Your Aunt Vivian went into labor at two o'clock this morning," Burt said, leaning back under the hood of the Toyota he was working on. "And she's still only a third dilated. Your Uncle Hank can't just leave her there at the hospital to take Lily trick or treating."
Aunt Vivian was his mom's younger sister. She and her husband had recently moved back to Ohio from Georgia, where Hank had worked as an air traffic controller. They now lived just north of Columbus.
"I promised Rachel I'd go to her party tonight and be bored out of my skull. She'll never let me hear the end of it if I don't show up."
Burt shrugged. "I thought the party didn't start until eight. Trick or Treat in Westerville is from four to seven, and you don't have to stay out that long. She's four, you only have to take her around a couple of blocks. It'll take you an hour, tops. Your Uncle Hank also had a costume he planned to wear, but he says you can use it."
Kurt rolled his eyes, afraid to ask what the costume would be. Hank had a similar sense of style as Burt most of the time, but ever since Lily had been born, she'd had him wrapped around her finger, and he had worn matching Halloween costumes with his daughter for the last three years. Last year it had been My Little Ponies.
"Okay, fine, but I'm not promising I'll wear the costume."
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Kurt decided there were definitely worse costumes his uncle could have picked. He hadn't planned on wearing it, but Lily had looked up at him with those angelic turquoise eyes, smiled and said, "pwease, Kurtz?" and he had given in. He was just grateful he was in Westerville and not back in Lima, where he'd most likely run into the jocks, who would add this to their list of ammunition to use against him.
He had tried to stay back and not be noticed as they made their way through the first couple of blocks, but as they approached one of the larger houses on the outskirts of the neighborhood, Lily grabbed his hand and pulled him up the steps with her.
The house was a two story Tudor with a large yard that had been elegantly decorated for Halloween, with Scarecrows and hay bales, and dozens of gourds and pumpkins, both carved and not. Dried corn stalks lined the walkway, and there was even a black cat napping in a rocking chair on the porch.
Lily smiled happily as she pushed the doorbell. A moment later it was answered by the most handsome boy Kurt had ever seen. His dark hair was combed back from his face and held in place with perhaps just a tad too much gel, and his hazel eyes twinkled in merriment as he took in Lily's costume.
"Ariel!" the boy, who was dressed as Prince Eric, exclaimed.
Lily giggled in delight. "You's supposed to pwetend you don't know my name and sing kiss da ghoul!"
The boy laughed, and glanced up, almost startled to see Kurt standing there. "Un, well, I'm not sure if your dad, King Triton would like that."
Lily grinned. "Dat's not weally my daddy. Dats my cowsin Kurtz. And dis is Bwaine. He sings to me at da pweschool sometimes."
The shorter teen blushed. "Some of the boys from my school choir volunteer to sing at preschools and nursing homes, and even at the hospital in Columbus."
Kurt smiled at him. "That's really nice. My school's choir gets shoes thrown at us when we try to raise money for charity."
Blaine let out a choked little laugh. "Wow, and I thought my old public school was bad. What school do you go to?"
"McKinley, in Lima. I'm just here taking Lily trick or treating while her mom is having a baby."
"That's right," Blaine said looking back down at Lily. "You told me your mom was going to have a baby soon. So she's having the baby tonight?"
Lily nodded. "It's gonna be a ghoul. I wanted a baby bwother."
Both boys laughed at that. "Well, how about some candy instead?" Blaine said, offering her the large bowl of full size candy bars and movie theater size boxes of various other treats.
"Oooh! Candy cohn!" the girl exclaimed. "My favwite!"
Blaine glanced back up at Kurt. "What about cowsin Kurtz? Would you like some candy corn as well?" He held out the bowl, smiling.
Kurt blushed. "I'm more of a Milk Duds or Junior Mints kind of guy."
"Me too," Blaine said, grinning wider. "Maybe we can split a box at the movies Friday night?"
Kurt smiled back. "I don't share on the first date."