Keep Me Warm
Chapter 2: Fever
That night, Noah woke up to Kurt moaning, and his whole body feeling hot. Soon he was calling Burt to let him know about Kurt. When Burt answers the call, Noah says, "Kurt has a fever, and we need someone to come watch Liza Marie." Burt just says, "We're on our way, Puck. We'll be there as soon as we can." Before he ended the call.
When they got there, Burt had to chuckle, because Kurt was wearing Noah's Van Halen t-shirt. Noah glares at him and says, "He wanted to wear it. Okay?"
Burt just threw up his hands in defense and said, "Okay, Puck, and I'm going with you. I'm not setting here and waiting to hear if he is okay."
Noah just nods as Carole says with a chuckle, "God, how did I not notice, how alike you two were until now."
They both just looked at her with raised eyebrows, and then Burt noticed they were dressed almost alike.
Then Noah says to Burt as he was picking Kurt up, "God, Kurt got me the shirt before what happened to me, and I asked him if he was trying to turn me into you."
Before long, Kurt started singing Fever by Elvis Presley and Noah kissed his forehead as he says, "We're about to bring that fever down, babe."
As Burt drives them to the hospital, he says to Noah, "Puck, I'm so glad Kurt has you now. I could tell you were going to be the best thing for Kurt, when I saw Blaine with a black eye the day I brought Liza Marie to see him. Ha, I saw you kiss Kurt too."
Noah says with a chuckle, "I thought for sure Blaine would come back and try to have me thrown out or something." Then Noah clears his throat before continuing as he says, "Look, I know this is long overdue..."
Before Burt cuts, him off, saying, "Puck, I forgave you for all that, when I married Carole, and Kurt is going to kill me for saying this. Let's just say, his first crush wasn't Finn."
Noah chuckles and says, "I found the diary he hid from Blaine, Mr. H, so I already know about his crush. Why do you think he calls me, Noah, now? I'm sure he didn't realize I was the same Noah who helped him realize he was gay until after we graduated. We never liked being around each other until after Liza Marie was born. She must have seen how similar you and I were before what happened to me. Her nicknames for us are Papa Hulk and G' Pa Hulk. Ha, and Blaine was the one that told me that. God, Mr. H, I heard from Rachel that Blaine filed for divorce just days after Kurt was told he had cancer. I told Rachel I was gay first, and she talked to my mother. Ha, my ma says I'll be even worse than you were."
Burt chuckles and asks, "You know, the whole thing about me having a shotgun was all talk. Right?"
Noah chuckles and says, "Yeah, and now I have over fifty guns. Ha, Mr. H, I bet you anything we'll both be Liza Marie's date's worse nightmare."
Then Kurt says, "No, you won't, Noah!"
As soon as they get to the hospital, Noah runs in carrying Kurt and says to the nurse at the front desk," We need a doctor! My boyfriend, Kurt Hummel-Anderson, is a cancer patient here and is running a high fever."
Soon the nurse is leading them to a bed in the I.C.U. and the next several minutes were a blur as the doctors tried to get the fever down.
Later, when Kurt woke up, he hears Noah praying in Hebrew and saying at the end in English, "Please, don't let him die. I love him more than my own life. I might not have been the greatest friend to him in the past, but I want to be the greatest boyfriend he could ask for, Lord. I need him in my life, please, don't let him die! Amen."
When Noah noticed Kurt was awake, he says, "God, healed your dad when he was in a coma. So, I don't want to hear it, Babe. You changed my life and made me a better man. Yeah, the Air Force helped too, but if it wasn't for you and Liza Marie. I would be in the closet and in a loveless marriage with Quinn. Just like I helped you realize you were gay, you helped me realize I was, too."
Then Noah lays down next to Kurt in his hospital bed and continues by saying, "I have messed up so many people's lives and this is one thing I want to get right. Kurt, I want to be the man that grows old with you and come on. I saw you smile when I came to see you and told you I was gay. Plus, I might be friends with Karofsky, but he is not my type, and I know I'm not his. He's into Dalton Hobbits, and I'm into Princesses."
Then Burt clears his throat and says, "Ha, I'm surprised Blaine never said anything when you started calling Liza Marie, Little Princess, Puck. By the way, I call her that too, and it was Santana that reminded me that you called Kurt, Princess. Ha, I guess we rubbed off on each other, Puck."
Noah chuckles as he says, "Yeah, well, Mr. H, you are a better dad than mine, and frankly I want to take Kurt's last name, after he gets it changed back to just Hummel." Then Kurt says, "No, me becoming a Puckerman will be better and that's what Liza Marie wants too. Besides, people around here still fear you, Noah. Plus, Santana already calls you, Mr. P, behind your back."
Chapter 3 will be up soon
