Nothing's mine. I swear I don't even OWN a baseball bat. ;p
The next day Dave decided that he and Kurt needed to take a drive. First of all because he wanted to show him Stephen's Park; Kurt needed to see the lay of the land, so to speak, if he was going to be an active participant on Tuesday, also he needed to fill Kurt in on The New Plan's minor details. He was afraid there might be screaming and he'd rather be far away from Mr. Hummel and his shotgun when that happened.
He snookered Burt by telling him they're going to the Lima Bean; he figured they could hit a drive-thru on the way to the park, Dave had no doubts that that will also be the cause of some screaming.
It turned out he was completely off base, not about the screaming, but about its cause. It starts as soon as Kurt gets in the truck.
"What is that?"
"It's a pillow."
"What is it for?"
"I thought you might want to sit on it."
"If I wanted a pillow to sit on don't you think I'd have brought my own?"
Dave decided to come clean, at least about the food, "We're not going to the Lima Bean, I want to show you Stephen's Park and talk some more about The Plan."
"You capitalize it in your mind when you think about it, don't you?"
Damn it to hell, two days ago he'd been talking to a zombie and now he was back with the Kurt who could make him blush with one sentence. He guessed The Plan had been cathartic for Kurt. Shit! He'd just done it again.
"So what if I do? It's a good plan."
He was a little irritated with Kurt for being able to read him so easily so they drove in silence for a few minutes. Dave found himself wishing they really were going to the Lima Bean for a normal Sunday brunch. Just two guys hanging out{on a date}having coffee and muffins or whatever the hell guys had for brunch. Kurt wasn't raped, he wasn't too scared to come out at school…Fuck, he had to stop this stupid train of thought before he started crying.
"When are you coming back to school?" he asked abruptly.
"On Monday, without a pillow."
"So soon?"
"Yes."
"That's good."
That is good, now he won't have to worry about Kurt while he's at school all day, won't have to worry about Blaine discovering he was being played out, this fit into The Plan perfectly. A part of him cringed at how calculating that was. Be honest with yourself David, he didn't call you to the hospital because you're filled with loving kindness and you will not cry about that fact.
"You need to tell your dad you're spending the night at my house on Tuesday, is that going to be a problem?"
"No, he already thinks you're my secret paramour."
{I wish} "Cool. There're some things you're going to need, too. Do you have some black clothes and a pair of dark colored shoes you don't mind getting rid of?"
"Oh…going all sneaky ninja are we?"
"Don't be dumb Kurt, it's so the blood won't show if you get any on you."
"Oh."
"Sorry."
"Don't be, I'm sorry. I was being dumb. Yeah, clothes and shoes, covered."
"You'll be wearing them to dinner so don't put on anything too sloppy, nothing out of the ordinary."
"Alright."
"Now I'm going to tell you something you won't like," Dave paused. He was sure Kurt wasn't going to react well.
"I'm going to have to get Az to help us."
"What! No! You can't tell anyone what happened!"
"I'm not going to. I'm just going to have him move my truck around for me and buy some movie tickets. And meet us at my house to play horseshoes afterwards."
"Have you gone off your rocker? Play horseshoes?"
"Yes. We have a fire pit in the back yard with a couple of horseshoe stakes set up. Me and Az and sometimes my dad play there all the time. It'll look normal and we need a reason to have the fire. Az is my best friend; he'll do it without asking any questions, he might even think we're going to make-out{fuck}and he's supposed to cover for us."
Dave knew that wasn't what Az would think, Az knew if he wanted to mess around with Kurt he'd just take him home and he knew by Thursday at the latest Az would figure out exactly what they'd been up to. He just hoped Kurt wasn't thinking that far ahead.
"Everything else we need I'll take care of."
"Everything else?"
"Gloves. Bats."
"Is that all we need?"
"There's a couple of other things, just let me worry about it and focus on what you've got to do."
"Black clothes, spend the night. I've got it."
I want you to meet me and Az at five-thirty on Tuesday at the Shell station. I'm going to put the stuff in your car then we'll drive to Breadstix. You and I will go in. Tomorrow when you call Blaine to cancel you can tell him to meet you there at six-thirty."
"Five-thirty at the Shell, six-thirty at Breadstix, check."
"Do I have to tell you not to write this down when you get home?"
"No!"
"You'll leave your car unlocked; when I leave I'll get in the backseat. We'll go to the park, play for a while, and then meet Az back at my house between ten and ten-thirty, if not sooner."
"I am absolutely astounded that you've actually worked out a time line for this."
Dave felt unbelievably bad. "Why didn't you call your friend Mercedes or that vampire chick and ask one of them to come to the hospital and do this for you? Hell, Finn was right there, why didn't you hit him up to kill someone for you?"
He couldn't help it, a couple of stupid tears leaked out.
"I'm sorry David. I didn't mean to… hurt you."
Dave wiped his eyes furiously, he was embarrassed at how sulky his voice sounded, "It don't matter, we're here."
Both boys stepped out and walked to the front of the truck, Kurt touched his arm lightly.
"I wish it wasn't like this."
Dave took a deep breath, "Me too. Now come on, I wanna show you around."
They walked together toward the playground.