Chap 24

KURTS POV
The last Warbler presented his song, and we all got up to leave the auditorium. Blaine and I moved especially quickly, because it was already 5 o clock, and we had to move all my stuff from Lima to Dalton. I predicted lots of time and heavy lifting. Of clothes, that is.

We drove up to the ever so familiar driveway, only to see another car there.

"Do you parents have people over?"

"Um. Not that I'm aware of," and then it clicked. "Carole and Finn are back!" I almost jumped out of the car before it had parked, had Blaine not held me back.

It was strange. I hadn't seen too much of Carole and Finn since the wedding, because I'd been at Dalton, and they were in, well, Italy, but I was so excited to see them.

"I hope they like me..."

Blaine was straightening out his tie, brushing off some invisible dust from his jacket.

I took him by the collar and kissed his forehead.
"How could they not, Blaine?"

I smiled, and I could tell it relaxed him a bit.

We got up to the door, and it was unlocked. I walked in to find Finn watching Football on TV.

"God, don't you ever get tired of that stuff?"
"Kurt!" He bounced up from the couch and came over to the doorway. We kind of stood there awkwardly, not knowing if a hug was appropriate. I had to learn how to have a brother, and it was weird.

"How's Dalton? Everyone treating you nice?"
Finn looked over and realized I wasn't the only one here.

"Yes! They're all lovely, and speaking of lovely people, this is Blaine, he's my, uh, boyfriend."

Finn smiled genuinely.
"It's nice to meet you!"
They shook hands.

"So I heard you went to Italy for a football scholarship? How'd it go?" Blaine asked, legitimately interested.

"Well, are you two staying for dinner tonight? I think we're doing take out and a movie, and I think mom wanted everyone to hear about it all at once."

"Well that's up to Kurt."

"Yeah! Totally! I mean, we'll have to pack up the truck first, but we can drive it all back after dinner. You don't have any other plans?"

"No, not at all!" Blaine took my hand, and I still felt the electricity from his touch.

"Kurt, you're home!" Carole came running down the stairs, greeting me with a hug. "It's so great to see you!" I swear she was so close to pinching my cheeks.

"And you must be Blaine!" She gave him a huge hug as well, to Blaine's surprise. "Welcome to our, well, messy home, for the time being. Burt doesn't know how to turn on a vacuum."

Blaine shook his head "It looks lovely Carole, no worries."

"I hear Warblers!" Dad came in and slapped Blaine on the back. "Nice to see you both! What brings you here?"

"Well actually we came to get Kurt's things to move into the dorm."

"Of course!" Carol replied. "Well, let's get to it!"

"Oh you guys don't have to help! You just came back home for goodness sakes, take a break!" I didn't want them all helping out! I felt bad.

"Hey, 5 heads are better than two, right?" Burt said.

"Right!" Finn agreed. "And.. Uh... Ten hands are better than, uh.." You could almost see the gears going off in his head, trying to do the math.

"Come on, Hun." Carole patted him on the back and they headed upstairs. Burt followed and Blaine and I smiled at each other.

"See? They love you."