I do not own Glee...
Dancing Through Life
by-andthenIfound5dollars
A/N: This is it, the last chapter of Part 1! I can't believe we are at the end already! Thank you so much to everyone who read and commented and sent me messages about this fic. I appreciate it more than I could ever put into words. We do a little bit of a time jump in this chapter. Little baby Sophie is walking and talking and setting everyone up for what's coming up next.
Part 2 is coming soon! It's still being edited with final touches, but I promise to start posting soon. Thank you again!
Kurt hurried down the hallway toward his hotel room, pulling the keycard from his pocket and jamming it into the lock to force his door open.
He and Blaine had been texting since Blaine had woken up a few hours ago. His last meeting had ended early and Blaine had told him Sophie was still napping. They had about an hour window of time.
Kurt was supposed to be at dinner in fifty minutes. But after almost two weeks, this wouldn't take long for either of them...and Isabelle would forgive him for being a few minutes late. She knew how much he missed his husband.
As his door flung open, Kurt spied his computer on the table where he'd left it that morning. He catapulted himself over the couch and started pulling at his tie as his computer started up. Blaine was already online when Kurt logged on. He didn't trust the hotel's horrible wifi to last long, but Skype sex was better than sexting and at this point he would take just about anything.
He continued to unbutton his shirt as he started the call, Blaine's face filling the screen in moments.
"Whoa, hold on there Papa," Blaine called, the picture was jumping and catching every few seconds, but Blaine's voice rang loud and clear.
"Blaine, I told you I'm not exactly comfortable with that since Sophie started talk-Hey Sophie!" Kurt cried, struggling to cover himself even though he hadn't even started to take off his pants.
His daughter's little head now filled the screen as her face broke out into a huge grin and she waved, her eyes looking down at Kurt's face on her screen and not at the camera. The picture finally cleared enough that Kurt could see Blaine's apologetic look at Kurt's obvious frustration. This was supposed to be a sexy skype date, and Sophie was supposed to still be asleep.
"BABA! I miss you!" she cried, her face getting even closer to the screen.
Kurt's heart melted as his frustration started to ebb away. "I miss you too, baby." Kurt called, waving again. "Are you having fun with Daddy?"
Sophie nodded her head and picked up her bunny to hold to her chest.
"Go to the park!" she told him excitedly, her two year old mouth moving carefully around her words.
"You went to the park today?" Kurt asked, careful to put awe into his voice as he reached down to finish buttoning his shirt. "That is so exciting, honey! What did you do?"
Sophie twirled her finger around her stuffed bunny's ear and nodded her head again.
"Pwayed," she told him, her eyes suddenly lighting up as she sat forward again. "Saw duckies!"
Kurt laughed and adjusted his computer to a more child friendly angle.
"You saw the ducks? What sound does a duck make?"
Sophie stuck her chubby little hands under her arms and started flapping her wings.
"Quack QUack QUACK!" she cried, Blaine cracking up as he struggled to hold on to her. "Duckies."
Kurt laughed again as he nodded his head. "That's right my smart girl, quack quack is what a duck says."
Sophie sighed as she sat forward again and pulled her bunny close to her chest. Kurt could tell she had just woken up, and probably hadn't had much of a nap at that. She would be a handful for Blaine later.
"Baba?"
"What honey?"
"Come home from work tonight?" she asked, biting her little lip as she rubbed her nose on her bunny's poor head. "Read Fe tory?"
Kurt's heart broke as he sighed back a sob and swallowed it down.
"Not tonight, sweetheart," he cooed at her, putting on the best smile he could muster. "Just a few more days, Soph. Papa will be home on Sunday."
Sophie's big eyes started to fill as she sniffed and held her bunny against her chest. Kurt's brain went into overdrive as he tried to think of something to help her stop crying. If she started crying, he would start crying...and then nobody would be getting anywhere tonight. Except for maybe Kurt, on a plane back to New York.
"Hey, Sophie," Kurt leaned in and stage whispered to her. "Can you do something for me, something extra important and super top secret?"
Sophie looked up and nodded her head, her dark brown curls bouncing from where they framed her face.
"Lean in super close so Daddy doesn't hear you, it's top, top secret."
Sophie put her bunny down and leaned in, her nose almost touching the screen.
Blaine grinned as he watched the two of them whisper back and forth to each other, pretending he couldn't hear what they were saying.
Sophie leaned back and turned in his lap. She put her hands on Blaine's cheeks and laid a big smacking kiss on his nose.
"From Baba!" she cried, breaking into giggles as she turned around and told Kurt she had done it.
"Whew, thanks honey." Kurt sighed, wiping his brow and winking at Blaine. "What would I ever do without you, Sophia Elizabeth?"
Sophie leaned back into Blaine's arms, her face one big smile as Blaine wrapped his arms around her and kissed her temple.
"We miss you," Blaine told him.
Kurt bit his lip and nodded his head. "I miss you, too."
Sophie yawned as she squirmed in Blaine's lap.
"Let me get her interested in something, Kurt," Blaine told him, setting Sophie on her feet and standing up. "I'll be right back."
Kurt took a deep breath and started at the ceiling for a few had composed himself by the time Blaine came back and sat in front of the computer again.
"Sorry," he whispered. "She woke up about three minutes after we agreed to the 'date'. I tried to text you."
Kurt shook his head as he shrugged.
"I shoved my phone in my bag as I hurried back to the room," he explained, shrugging again. "It's alright. Are you okay?"
Blaine sighed as he looked behind him and shook his head. "She really needed the nap," he admitted, turning back to the computer. "I hung up with you and she was at my hip, whining into her bunny that she was hot."
Kurt gave him his best sympathetic smile. "I promise when I get home, I'll give you a full week off duty."
Blaine laughed and shook his head. "If only that were true," he grinned, turning around to check the time. "I should probably get going. She needs to eat lunch and Kate will be here in an hour or so, and you need to go to that dinner."
Kurt nodded as he blew Blaine a kiss and they ended the call.
xoxo
Blaine drained the last of his soy chai latte and tossed the empty cup into the nearest trash bin.
He scanned the screen of flights once more. Kurt's flight was still delayed, but had finally begun flashing it's decent. He pulled his phone from his pocket to send Rachel, who was sitting with Sophie, a quick text to update her. It was now almost four pm. Kurt's flight was supposed to have landed at 1:45, but storms over the ocean prevented them from flying straight and had caused almost a two hour delay.
The only thing keeping Blaine from going insane was surprising his husband after almost two weeks apart.
Kurt told him not to worry about picking him up, telling him he would just take the car with Iz and not to get Sophie out. Blaine decided that morning not to follow his husbands advice, and Rachel very generously offered to sit with Sophie for a few hours for him.
He watched as the flight landed about twenty minutes later, but because Kurt and Isabelle had to go through customs and security it was almost an hour before people started filtering out of the gate Blaine was waiting in front of.
Blaine kept careful watch until he caught sight of his very tired looking husband, dragging his luggage behind him. He smiled and lifted his hand in a wave when he caught Kurt's eye.
Kurt's face broke into a grin as he shook his head. Blaine shrugged and winked at Isabelle's knowing laugh.
Kurt sank into his arms with a sigh. Blaine chuckled as he wrapped his arms around Kurt's tired frame and buried his face into his neck.
"I missed you," Blaine smiled, pulling back just enough to press his lips against his husbands.
Kurt let out the tiniest moan from the back of his throat as he pulled Blaine's lips back in for one more kiss.
Next to them, Isabelle chuckled good naturedly and very deliberately looked away.
"I missed you too," Kurt murmured, tipping his forehead against Blaine's, his arms still secure around Blaine's waist. "What are you doing here? I told you not to worry about getting out."
Blaine shrugged and smiled. "Rachel offered to keep Soph for a few hours, and I wanted to surprise you."
"Well, mission accomplished. I'm very surprised."
Kurt grinned as he finally untangled his limbs from Blaine's so he could pull Isabelle into a hug as well.
"I guess you don't need a lift home now, huh?" Isabelle asked as Blaine picked up her bags to carry over to where the driver was waiting for her.
Kurt looked over at Blaine who shook his head. "I drove the prius, parked a few lots over."
Kurt nodded and thanked Isabelle.
"No problem sweetie, take tomorrow off to spend time with your family and recover from jet lag a little. I'll see you bright and early on Tuesday."
Kurt and Blaine both waved as the town car drove off. Blaine reached over to take Kurt's other rolling suitcase and pointed in the direction of where he had parked.
"So," Blaine started as he slipped his arm around Kurt's middle.
"I may have flubbed the times to Rachel by a little," Blaine murmured, squeezing Kurt's waist.
"Oh yeah?" Kurt mumbled as he spied their car parked by the wall in the parking garage.
Blaine nodded as he licked his lips. "I really, really missed you."
Kurt's breath hitched as he resisted lying his head on his husbands shoulder.
"I missed you too." Kurt assured him. "I missed you so much."
The two quickly loaded Kurt's luggage into the trunk of the car before Kurt pulled the back door open and started to laugh.
"I'm pretty sure there wasn't a carseat and cracker crumbs all over the back seat the last time we tried to have car sex."
Blaine looked over his shoulder and smiled sheepishly.
"Oh, yeah..." he began as he tried to nuzzle his nose into the back of Kurt's neck. "Mel and I drove out to Beekman yesterday to get more cheese and soap. I let Sophie have her snack on the drive."
Kurt rolled his eyes and shook his head.
"Maybe I didn't think this through as thoroughly as I thought I had." Blaine admitted.
Kurt leaned in to unbuckle the car seat and toss it to the front.
"That's because you were thinking with your little head instead of the big one," he teased his husband with a fond grin.
"I don't even care," Kurt moaned, sweeping away as many crumbs as he could with just his hand and tossing the few little toys onto the floor. "It's been almost two weeks, this isn't going to take long."
Blaine barked out a laugh as he climbed in after his husband and slammed the car door behind him. He straddled Kurt's waist as best he could and leaned down to meet their lips together.
"Ooo, I love it when you talk sexy to me baby."
"Shut up and kiss me." Kurt ordered, unbuckling his own pants with one hand while he attempted to unbuckle Blaine's with his other.
xoxo
Blaine grinned as he leaned over the center console to grab the package of wipes they kept in the glove box.
"That was almost embarrassingly quick," Kurt groaned, taking the offered wet wipe to clean off his stomach and tuck himself back into his pants.
Blaine shrugged. "Maybe, but it was also ridiculously hot."
Kurt looked up at Blaine's goofy grin and shook his head fondly. "We were always pretty good at the back seat sex thing."
Blaine laughed as he checked himself before scooting back to open the door and climb out.
"Almost three years later and we still got it."
Kurt shook his head again, reaching over to grab the car seat he had flung in the front seat.
"Let's just get home. I wanna hug the baby, take a shower, and eat a cheeseburger." Kurt yawned as he opened the front door to climb back into the car. "In that exact order."
xoxo
Blaine tossed the last of the wet undershirts and socks from the washing machine into the dryer. He threw in a fabric sheet and started the machine. With a basket of Sophie's clean and folded leggings and pajamas on his hip, he softly closed the door to the laundry room and walked down the hallway.
He was just about to open the door to Sophie's room to put away her clean clothes when he caught sight of the two people he loved most in this world, fast asleep on the couch.
Sophie had been pasted to Kurt's side since the moment he walked in the door. After dinner, Blaine had pried Sophie away so Kurt could jump in the shower and unpack a little. Once she had been bathed and dressed in her pajamas, Kurt had taken her back and snuggled down on the couch in the living room to read her a few books.
"Hey," Blaine whispered, leaning over the edge of the couch. "It's still early, want me to take her?"
Kurt started awake and opened his eyes. He nodded and pecked Sophie on the top of her head before Blaine lifted her as gently as he could.
"I'll be right back," Blaine called softly, walking down the hallway towards Sophie's room to put her to bed. Kurt was fast asleep again when Blaine returned. He laughed and pulled Kurt up, pushing him toward the bedroom.
"Come on sleepyhead," Blaine laughed. "We can catch up tomorrow after you get some sleep."
Kurt mumbled something incoherently as Blaine pushed him onto the bed and lifted the blankets up over him to tuck him in.
"Of course my love, of course."
