One Big Happy Family
Chapter Five
Kurt had made the appointment for the next Wednesday since it was the earliest they could fit him in. By Tuesday night he hadn't felt any better, if anything, things were getting worse. It is now even random smells would cause him to be sick. He was getting worried that something serious was wrong with him. Thankfully the appointment was today. Kurt arrived at the doctor's office and signed in before taking a seat. He had gotten sick again just after Spanish class and he was actually feeling nauseous right now, but he was really hoping to find out what was wrong with him so that he can get rid of it.
"Kurt Hummel?" The nurse called looking around the small room.
As Kurt stood up from his seat to make his way towards the nurse he lost his battle with his stomach contents and quickly placed a hand directly over his mouth.
The nurse rushed over to his side. "Oh, sweetie! Do you need a bathroom?"
Kurt could only nod his head as the nurse quickly led him towards the bathroom. He made it inside and over to the toilet just in time the nurse soothed circles on his back. Once he was finished, she helped him up and as he made his way towards the sink he gave her a weak 'Thanks.' He pulled out his travel toothbrush and toothpaste from his satchel.
"Has this been happening a lot?" She asked.
"Recently." He said as he finished brushing his teeth.
"Well come on then, let's get you checked out."
Kurt followed the nurse; she checked all his vitals and then brought him into a room to wait for the doctor. As he waited he wondered what was wrong with him, the nurse said he had a low grade temperature and he had gained five pounds since he had last checked. He was going to have to cut back on his food intake and try working out more. As he was making a new work out regimen with more time on the tred climber, the doctor walked in. Her face was unreadable as she looked over his chart.
"Kurt, I want to take draw some blood to run a few tests. There are a few things I am worried this could be. "
Kurt watched as another nurse came in carrying a tub containing the tools needed to draw blood. Kurt was not fond of needles but he sucked it up and allowed the nurse to do her job. Once she finished, she labeled it, put it in a plastic bag and sealed it before walking out of the room. The doctor told Kurt it would be about fifteen minutes before they had the results so he should just relax in here.
'Relax', Kurt thought, 'yeah right'. He sat there thinking of all the possible things that could be wrong with him. The worst being the same thing that had taken his mother. It was times like these he wished he could believe in something. It might have helped to calm his nerves. After what seemed like hours the doctor returned still as Kurt looked at her he was unable to read the expression on her face.
"What is it?" He asked. "What is wrong with me? Am I dying? Do I have a disease?" Kurt had obviously worked himself up in a frenzy.
The doctor smiled gently at him, "No, Kurt, nothing like that, actually this is good news." She paused and then when she spoke again, Kurt felt as though he were hallucinating.
"Wha.. What? I am sorry can you repeat that?"
"I said you're pregnant Kurt. You are going to have a baby." She smiled gently at him and Kurt could do nothing but stare at her.
Kurt was running on auto pilot as he left the doctor's office. She had done an ultra sound and had been able to tell that he was about a month or so along. She was able to tell when he had conceived and he remembered that he had forgotten to take his shots for two days. It had been mid-terms for his classes and he had stretched himself thin. They weren't using protection every time because he was on the shots. He wished they had been more cautious because this was so not going to be easy.
Now he was trying to figure out what they were going to do. He had definitely not been planning this. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid. Kurt pulled into his driveway and took a deep breath. He would talk to Noah later and let him know. Kurt got out of his car and locked it as he walked up the steps and opened the door.
Kurt had been moody all night. He knew it, but really couldn't help it. This was totally all Noah's fault. If he had thought to wear a condom, none of this would have happened. So Kurt had every right to be moody, plus he could now at least blame it on the hormones.
He was downstairs getting the tub ready so he could take a nice soothing bath. He added the lavender bath salts to the water so that it might help relax him a little. As he was about to get into the tub there was a knock on the bathroom door.
"Kurt." Noah's voice floated into the room.
"Come in," he said, sinking into the tub and sighing as the hot water began to help loosen up some of his tight muscles.
Noah stepped into the bathroom.
"Babe?" He asked, "Are you alright? Did you get some bad news at the doctors?" Kurt turned towards Noah. He didn't want to talk about this now. He was tired and his head was killing him with all the thoughts circling around.
"Noah. Look…we do need to talk, but I am much too tired to do so tonight. Can we save it for tomorrow night?"
"Are you sick Kurt? Is it something incurable? Please don't say its cancer. Oh, god…" Noah was frantic and approached the tub in quick steps. He crouched down and pulled Kurt into a sitting position trying to find any sign that he might die.
"Noah," Kurt said placing a hand on his cheek and making the man look him in the eyes. "I am not dying, nor am I sick. Well not really, truly sick."
Noah looked as if he wasn't sure he should believe him then he asked, "Well if you're not sick then why have you been puking lately?"
Kurt sighed. So apparently they were doing this now. He looked into Noah's eyes but before he spoke, he turned his gaze to the water.
"Noah…" he took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant."
There was complete silence from the other boy. Kurt was scared. Hadn't Noah wanted a baby with him? Wasn't that what they had discussed? Was he changing his mind now that it had happened, was that it? Would he leave Kurt because of this?
Before Kurt could get any of his thoughts out, Puck had pulled Kurt into his arms and was kissing him passionately. Hands roaming, Kurt pulled back a little with a smile on his face, "Isn't this what got us into this situation in the first place."
Noah barked out a laugh, giving a quick peck to Kurt's lips before pulling away.
"You have no idea how happy this makes me."
Kurt was relieved Noah wasn't going to leave him.
"Good." Kurt said. "Now we have to figure out a new plan that includes this child, so when we sit down and tell my dad and Carol the news, they won't kill us."
They decided it would be best to tell Burt and Carol about the baby sooner rather than later because there was no way for them to hide it. Noah was too excited to hide it any way. Kurt was terrified. Just the thought that seven and a half months from now he'd have a baby. Not just like before, oh no, he was growing this kid inside him and it was freaking him out.
On one hand he was glad it was nothing really bad like cancer, which he'd worried about. But on the other hand, they were bringing a baby into this world. That was a terrifying thought too. God his dad was going to be pissed. They were too young. Raising Sara and Josh was different; this was Kurt's flesh and blood. Noah and he had created this baby themselves. The thought was both amazing and petrifying. He so did not want to tell his parents.
After dinner when they were sitting in the family room watching TV, was not when Kurt was planning on sharing the news about his pregnancy. However, Sara had a different idea. She climbed on to the couch, laid her head in Kurt's lap and faced his belly. Kurt inhaled deeply and then his breath caught as Sara began to speak, "Hi in there. I am your big sissy Sara. I saw your picture and I can't wait till you come out so we can play." She smiled and kissed Kurt's belly then turned her attention to the TV again.
Kurt was frozen. He couldn't believe that had just happened. Maybe it hadn't. Maybe he was just hallucinating. God let him be hallucinating. He chanced looking at his dad and Carol sitting on the smaller couch and the look on their faces told him he had definitely not been imagining things.
Kurt looked at Noah. He just gave him a smile and shrugged his left shoulder so Kurt figured it was going to have to be now. Taking a deep breath he looked at his parents, opened his mouth and began talking.