Chapter 46: Will You Accept?

The next day at school, Kurt got a text from Sam.

S: Hey, where are you?

Kurt sent a reply.

K: I'm in class, waiting for it to start. Why?

S: I didn't see you at your locker. I was hoping to get a kiss, since you skipped out on me in Glee yesterday.

K: Sorry. After the way you dismissed my offer to come over, I figured you were bored with me and our activities. I thought you would want some space.

S: Why would I want that? And besides, I was gonna tell you I had something else we could do, but you ran off before I could. Now it has to be a surprise for tonight.

K: What's happening tonight?

S: If you had stayed yesterday, you would have know then. If I told you now, it wouldn't be a surprise. I just need to know if you have something comfortable to wear. Something not as tight as those sexy pants you're wearing right now. ;)

Kurt's head shot up from where he was sitting in the front of the class and looked out the door. His eyes made contact with Sam's green ones, his mouth dropping open when Sam smirked and winked before he sauntered off.

S: Do you have something comfortable to wear?

K: Yes, I do.

S: Good. Also, I was gonna have my Dad drive us to where we're going, but he has to work. So you're driving us.

K: How am I driving us when I don't know where we're going?

S: I'll be giving you directions in the car.

Kurt looked up as the teacher came in. He glanced down as he received another text from Sam.

S: Just make sure you're ready to go at five. My Dad's dropping me at your place, and then we can head out.

S: I'll see you tonight, Babe.

S: I LOVE YOU 3

Kurt bit his lip and closed his phone, placing it on the table.

'Where are we going that's such a surprise?' Kurt pondered as his teacher droned on with the day's lesson.


When free period came along when he should have had Glee, Kurt gathered his things to head home. Carole had readily agreed to come by so they could work out wedding details.

He arrived home to find Carole in the kitchen with Burt, and they were looking at wedding magazines, marking off pages with ideas.

"Hi, Honey." Carole said, smiling at Kurt.

"Hi." Kurt walked into the room.

"Carole and I were looking through some magazines for ideas, we've found some we like." Burt said, standing to get more coffee.

"Okay, I'll look them over when I come back up. I'm just going to take my stuff to my room." Kurt said, walking to the door leading to his room. He placed his bag on his bed and took off his coat and shoes, then went to his closet and pulled out the box of bridal magazines he had hidden away. He carried it upstairs and placed it on the counter, opening it and lifting some magazines out.

"Have you decided on a dress yet?" Kurt asked Carole.

"Not yet, but I have some ideas of what I'd like." She said.

"Since I can't see what you choose, I'm just gonna go watch the game on tv." Burt said, excusing himself.

Kurt settled down beside Carole, and handed her the magazines.

"Let's start with the dress, we can work out around it." The two started sifting through the magazines, with Kurt pointing out which pieces would be most flattering for Carole.

They stayed that way for the next hour and a half, going through the magazines, picking out dress ideas that looked best for Carole to try on, and making arrangements to go shopping for her dress when she was free.

"Once we have your dress picked out, everything will get easier." Kurt promised his future step-mother.


The doorbell rang at the Hummel household at precisely five o'clock.

Burt answer the door to see Sam, dressed casually in his jeans, a baggy t-shirt under his Letterman jacket and well-worn sneakers.

"Come in, Sam." Burt said, ushering in his son's boyfriend.

"Thank you, Sir." Sam said, entering the house.

"I've told you before, Sam, it's just 'Burt'."

"Sorry. Is Kurt ready?" Sam asked.

"You two were planning on going out?" Burt said, puzzled.

"I take it Kurt didn't tell you." Sam nodded. "I'm taking him out for a surprise."

"Sounds fun. I'll go get him for you."

"No need, Dad. I'm here." Kurt entered the foyer.

Sam stared at his boyfriend.

'How is it that he can make a pair of black baggy sweatpants, a formfitting black long sleeved v-neck and plain shoes look so sexy?' Sam thought.

"Wow." Sam said.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"You look great." Sam said honestly.

"You said comfortable. It's not the greatest but..."

"You look amazing, no matter what you wear." Sam said.

"Well, I'll let you two get going." Burt said. "Kurt, home by midnight."

Kurt watched his Dad leave.

He turned back to Sam and said:

"Are we going?"

"Yeah, let's get going now." Sam said, opening the door. Kurt grabbed a light jacket and followed, closing the door behind him.

The two strode to Kurt's car and climbed in.

"Where are we going?" Kurt asked, looking back as he backed the car down the driveway.

"You'll see." Sam smiled.


"A Carnival?" Kurt said, sitting still in his car after he parked.

"I wanted to change it up." Sam said. "And I told you I wanted to take you on a special date."

"That was if I won the bet. I didn't." Kurt pointed out.

"Does that mean I can't take you somewhere special?" Sam asked.

Kurt looked at Sam silently.

"C'mon." Sam said, opening the passenger door. "We're gonna have fun, I promise."

Kurt sighed, letting his eyes roll as he stepped out of his car and locked it.

Sam reached for Kurt's hand as they walked to the Carnival entrance. Sam paid for the both of them, and they entered.

"What do you want to do first?" Sam asked.

"I don't know. Whatever you want is fine." Kurt shrugged, looking at all the people wandering around, many with kids.

"How about I win you a prize?" Sam suggested, leading them to a game.

"A prize?" Kurt said, looking at his boyfriend.

"Yeah." Sam picked up a water gun after handing over some money. He hit the target every time, and won Kurt a sweet cuddly bear, in soft blue.

"Here, Babe." Sam smiled, handing the bear to Kurt.

"It's cute, thank you." Kurt said, giving a small smile.

"You're welcome, but it's not as cute as you." Sam said, making Kurt blush. "And you're even cuter when you blush."

"Okay, enough." Kurt hugged Sam, wrapping his arms tight around him. He felt Sam return the hug, and Kurt buried his face into his boyfriend's shoulder.

Kurt pulled back from the hug.

"Let's go play some more games." He smiled.

"Sounds good, Babe." Sam said, taking Kurt's hand and pulling him along to another game.


Over the course of the next two hours, Kurt and Sam played more of the games, and they each won their fair share of stuffed animals.

"'Alright, alright, alright.' Sam said in his best Matthew McConaughey accent. "Why don't we go on the Ferris Wheel before we call it a night here?"

"Only if you don't do Matthew McConaughey's accent again." Kurt joked. "He was only good in two movies: Magic Mike, and Fool's Gold."

"Alright, I won't do his accent again." Sam laughed.

"Then let's get on that Ferris Wheel." This time, it was Kurt pulling Sam along, both trying not to drop their prizes.

They approached the small line for the wheel and waited.

"If I had known we were coming here, and were going to win all these prizes, I would have brought a bag." Kurt said, giving Sam a look as he struggled with his armful of stuffed animals.

"Sorry, Babe." Sam said, sounding not sorry at all as he gave Kurt a cocky smile.

"Hey, Guys!" The two turned their heads to see Blaine approach holding a little girl's hand.

"Blaine, hi." Kurt said. "What're you doing here?"

"I promised my Aunt and Uncle I would take my little cousin here to the Carnival." Blaine touched the back of the little girl's head. "She's not happy though. I couldn't win her any prizes at the games."

"You thuck." The little girl said, making Sam and Kurt laugh.

"Clarisse, you've been told not to say that many times." Blaine said, dropping into a crouch so he was eye level with the little girl.

"It's true." She said, sticking her tongue out at Blaine. Blaine hung his head and tried not to laugh.

"I know, I know." He said, smiling as he stood up. He turned to Sam and Kurt. "Looks like you two won a lot though."

"Yeah, but we can't keep them all." Kurt said, nudging Sam and pointing his head at Clarisse.

"Yeah, we can't. If only we knew someone who would want them." Sam agreed, acting wistful.

"Sam, I have an idea." Kurt said. "What if we ask Blaine and Clarisse to watch or prizes while we go on the Ferris Wheel, and once we come off, Clarisse can have most of them as a prize herself for watching them for us?"

"I say, that's a great idea, don't you, Blaine?" Sam asked, watching Clarisse's little face light up.

"Well, it's fine with me. But Clarisse is really the one you should ask." Blaine said, understanding what they were doing for him.

"How about it, Clarisse?" Kurt asked. "Can you watch these while we go up on the Ferris Wheel? When we come down, we can take the ones we'd like to keep, and you can have all the rest for yourself."

"Yes, please!" The little girl said excitedly. Sam and Kurt handed their prizes to Blaine and Clarisse before stepping onto the ride.

They settled down and pushed the safety bar down, securing themselves as the ride started.


As the ground got farther and farther away, Kurt and Sam shifted closer together.

"The stars are so pretty." Kurt said, his head resting against Sam's.

"They are. But the light they give doesn't compare to the light that shines in your eyes." Sam said, nuzzling Kurt's neck.

"The mobile planets at school, in the science room, don't do any justice for the real thing." Kurt said, as the ride stopped with them at the top.

"Yeah, those galactic mobiles aren't the stars of the Universe or McKinley." Sam stand, looking up at the sky. "We are. At least, I want us to be."

Kurt turned his head to look at Sam.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I'm Star Quarterback. You're one of the Star singers in Glee. Together, we could be the Stars of McKinley." Sam said.

Kurt shivered.

"You cold?" He asked, taking off his Letterman jacket.

"Yeah, I left my jacket in the car." Kurt said, as Sam placed his jacket around Kurt. "Aren't you gonna be cold?"

"No, I'm fine." Sam said, watching Kurt slide his arms into the sleeves of Sam's jacket, before pushing his hands into the pockets.

He watched further as Kurt's face scrunched up adorably, and he pulled a small white box out of the pocket.

"Sam, what's this?"

Sam took the box from Kurt and opened it, showing Kurt the ring inside.

"Sam, I love you, and would love to marry you one day...but I'm not ready for marriage!" Kurt rushed to say.

"Kurt, calm down. I want to marry you one day too, but this is just a promise ring." Sam said, taking one of Kurt's hands and still holding the box in the other hand.

"A promise ring? What are you promising?" Kurt asked.

"If you accept, this ring will symbolize my promise to you to be true, to never pressure you to do anything more than kiss, to listen to your problems, to tell you when you have food in your teeth or eye gunk, to come over to your new house whenever you need something super heavy to move around." Sam said, gazing deep into Kurt's eyes. "I promise to make you feel proud when you walk or point down the hall and say, 'That dude's my boyfriend.'And I promise to do all of those things without trying to sound like Matthew McConaughey."

Kurt stared at Sam with a look of awe and shock on his face as the ride started again.

"I really care about you, Kurt. And I want us to be together, now, and in the future."

Kurt was frozen in place as the ride reached the ground again.

"Hey, how was it up there?" Kurt snapped out of his trance to look at Blaine and his little cousin.

"The stars were beautiful." Sam said, glancing at Kurt.

"Am I allowed to have the prizes now?" Clarisse piped up.

"You are, but they have to pick the ones they'd like first, okay?" Blaine said.

Clarisse nodded and Sam smiled. He pulled the first bear he had won Kurt, the soft blue one, out of the little girl's arms. Kurt walked to Blaine and pulled out the stuffed animal he was most fond of, a red and black lion.

"The rest are all yours, Sweetie." Kurt said, smiling at Clarisse.

"What do you say, Clarisse?" Blaine said.

"Thank you!" The little girl squealed. Kurt gave a soft smile for the little girl.

"I'd better get her home." Blaine said. "It's past her bedtime."

"It was good to see you, Blaine. And it was nice to meet you, Clarisse." Sam said, looking at the bouncy girl.

"It was nice to meet you, too!" She said, dragging Blaine away.

"I'll see you two around!" Blaine called as his cousin pulled him off.

"She's cute." Sam said. "Makes me think of having one someday."

Kurt stayed silent.

"Let's get you home." He said finally, his voice quiet as he started walking.