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"So, um Dad," Kurt awkwardly stated at the silent dinner table later that night. His father looked up at him, interested. Usually Kurt and his dad kept to themselves during dinner. Kurt continued, "I got invited to a party for this weekend."

"Ok. Who's hosting?" Burt replied, taking another bite of his dinner.

"Rachel Berry." Kurt mumbled, picking at his food with his fork.

"Who?" Burt asked after a short pause.

"Oh, well, she's in Glee club and stuff," Kurt said. Burt nodded and continued to eat.

"So anyways me and Mercedes are going to go to the mall together after school tomorrow to get some new clothes for the party." Kurt continued, trying to make small-talk. Burt looked up.

"Why don't you just pick something that you already own to wear instead of spending more money?"

Kurt blushed and looked down at his dinner. "This is different dad," he sighed. He couldn't tell his dad it was because his crush was going to be there; it would be too awkward. Burt shrugged. A few minutes of silence followed.

"You two will have to take the community bus." Burt said after a while.

"Why?!"

"Well, Mercedes doesn't have her license yet...right?"

"Yeah, but I can just drive us-"

"Have to take the car into the shop to get the engine fixed tomorrow."

"But the other ca-"

"Kurt, just take the bus."

"Dad it's FILTHY. I. can't. ride. that. bus."

Burt stood up. "There's no other choice, Kurt. I'm sorry." And with that he went over to the counter, placed his dishes on the sink, walked to his room, and shut the door. Kurt finished eating and cleaning up the kitchen, finished his homework, and went to bed.

"This. Sucks." Kurt said, glaring out the dirt-covered window of the community bus, "It's disgusting and it....it smells." He turned, pouting, to Mercedes.

"You're such a wimp," She laughed.

"I know." Kurt replied, smiling at her half-heartedly. The bus suddenly stopped and he was rammed against the seat in front of them.

"Ewww..." Kurt moaned, wiping the dust and dirt of his sleeve. Mercedes broke out into a fit of laughter. Kurt glared at her jokeningly, then sat up in his seat to see who was getting on the bus.

"Oh. My. God. No." Kurt whispered to himself, closing his eyes and sinking down in his seat.

"Hey look who it is."

Kurt unwillingly opened his eyes.

"Hello Puck," Kurt forced a smile. Mercedes did a short hello gesture and then took out her ipod and started to play a game. Puck sat down across from the two. Kurt switched seats with Mercedes. Puck didn't speak again until the bus came to the mall stop where Kurt and Mercedes were getting off. Apparently, Puck was too. The three awkwardly stood there waiting for someone to walk down the aisle first. Puck did a gesture for Kurt to go.

"Ladies first," He snickered. Kurt did a gesture for Puck to walk down first.

"Oh then you should go first."

"You're the gay one."

Before Kurt could make a smart comment back, Mercedes rolled her eyes, pushed Kurt out of the way and walked down the aisle first. Kurt followed behind and Puck followed Kurt.

Once they were inside, Puck walked off and Kurt and Mercedes tried to find a place with some cool choices of clothes.

"We should look for a gift for Rachel too," Mercedes suggested, "We could get her a dog." She laughed and pointed to the pet store. They both knew of Rachel's huge fear of canines. Kurt grinned to himself, picturing a huge dog ripping off Rachel's head.

"Let's go look at the dogs just for fun." Mercedes grabbed Kurt's arm, but Kurt pulled away and walked quickly in the other direction.

"What's the matter?" Mercedes asked, catching up to him.

"Dogs are gross. They shed and have fleas and-"

"Are you afraid of dogs?"

"No...just afraid of them ruining my clothes," Kurt stated, "One time when I was little I was at the park with my dad and there was this stray dog. It was covered in mud and dirt. It ran towards me and jumped on me. The mud stained my favorite outfit and the smell from the dog was terrible. My dad had to drag me home because I wouldn't stop screaming."

Mercedes giggled and Kurt glared at her.

"Come on let's check out that store." Mercedes pointed ahead to an expensive looking clothing store. Perfect. They walked inside and looked around, eventually buying stylish outfits for the party. They bought some jewelry for Rachel and left the mall.

The day was finally here. Kurt drove up to the front of Rachel's house and parked. He took a deep breath, checked to make sure he was looking alright (no dirt or wrinkles covering his clothes), checked his hair also, popped a breath mint into his mouth, grabbed Rachel's present, and got out of the car. He took another deep breath as he walked up the front porch steps and rang the doorbell. He had to impress Finn tonight.

"Here we go..." Kurt thought to himself, as Rachel Berry opened the door.

AN: ANDDDDD i will save Rachel's party for the next chapter. xD Many, many ideas for that...hehe *evil grin*

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