BY VERY DEFINITION
4. So What
Technically, Parker was supposed to be reading the next chapter of Fasting, Feasting but she had become distracted by the popcorn bumps in the ceiling. She surveyed the room and it's white plaster with boredom. I don't care how long I'm here for, I'm doing something with this room before it drives me crazy! She was laying on her back, her head hanging over the foot of the bed, providing a winning view of her boring ceiling and the rest of her miserable room. Distantly, Parker heard the doorbell ring.
"Parker!" Rhonda called up the stairs, "You've got a visitor!" Parker sat bold upright in shock, she then scrambled off the bed and to the dresser where her gloves were laying. She pulled them on to her arms just as there was a knock on her bedroom door. She quickly went to it and swung it open, revealing Kurt.
"Kurt." She said in surprise, "What's up?" Kurt walked past her and stood in the center of her small room. Parker closed the door and joined him.
"I came to talk to you but I now find myself distracted by the sad shape of this room." He said softly.
"Well, I've been meaning to hang up some posters but I haven't gotten around to getting any yet." Parker answered defensively.
"Posters?" Kurt sounded insulted, "Parker, what this room needs is a full out makeover. Come on, we're going to the mall." He started to stride from the room.
"Kurt!" Parker called, running after him. "It's a school night, not that I have any rules about that yet but I'm sure they'll say something about it. And I think Rhonda was planning on taking me."
"You call your mother Rhonda?" Kurt asked.
"My foster mother." Parker corrected. Kurt looked at her with an unreadable expression.
"Well, go tell her that I'm taking you, and she shouldn't worry because I have quite a flare for interior design." He said as he disappeared down the stairs.
"Kurt!" Parker repeated in exasperation, chasing him down the stairs. By the time she pulled up next to him he was standing outside of the kitchen where Rhonda spent most of her time. Rhonda looked up from the newspaper she'd been reading with a cup of coffee. Parker looked at Kurt, who was watching her expectantly.
"Well, Parker, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" Rhonda asked, standing with a cheery smile.
"Yes. Sorry. This is my friend, Kurt Hommel. Kurt, this is my...well, Mrs. Pierson." Parker introduced weakly. Rhonda paid it no mind, however, as she shook Kurt's hand.
"Very nice to meet you. It's nice to see that Parker is making friends." Rhonda said. Kurt elbowed Parker in the side and she squeaked.
"I mean," She cleared her throat when Rhonda looked at her, "Kurt is very interested in decorating my room, so he offered to take me shopping so we can make it look nicer."
"Oh." Rhonda said, Parker felt guilty. "Well, then. Don't be out too late, I won't hold dinner for you. Here," She went to her purse and pulled out her wallet. She opened it as she returned and pulled out a platinum credit card. "I was planning on renovating your room anyway. Use this to buy all the decorations and things you need. And have dinner on me." She said. Parker timidly took the card from her and put it in her pocket. Kurt grinned.
"I guess we're off then. Nice to meet you Mrs. Pierson!" He called as he dragged Parker out of the house.
"I feel bad." Parker said as she climbed into Kurt's truck.
"I know what I'm doing. And I'm sure you two will find something else to do together." Kurt insisted. Parker thought about it for a minute.
"I want do go to the zoo." She said finally.
"An excellent choice, just tell them that." He glanced at the pocket where Parker had put Rhonda's credit card, "We'll search for bargains so we don't use all their money."
"Don't worry about it." Parker said, rolling her eyes, "They're loaded."
Kurt dragged her from store to store. They went to Marshall's and Macy's looking for bedding, bed bath and beyond for pillows, F.Y.E and Hot Topic for posters.
"I like colors." Parker insisted as Kurt held up another black bedspread.
"We can get colorful pillows. Trust me, it'll look better this way." Kurt said, tucking the bedding under his arm. At bed bath and beyond Parker picked out red pillows and black-and-white checkered pillows. The two of them spent over an hour in the back of F.Y.E, looking through the posters on display. Parker loved the selection of Band Posters at Hot Topic. Finally, they loaded everything into the truck and headed back to Parker's.
"What did you originally come over to talk to me about?" Parker asked. It was seven and Kurt had wanted to talk to her at three-thirty.
"About that plan of yours. We're totally for freaking Rachel out by making her think you sing better than her, which you're convinced you can't. But we don't know what you sound like. We want to hear you sing."
"It's nothing special." Parker demurred.
"Mr. Schue doesn't think so."
"Mr. Schue thinks a lot of things." Kurt just looked at her with his best puppy dog expression, making Parker laugh.
"Alright! Fine!" She giggled, leaning forward and turning up the radio. She started to sing and on the chorus Kurt joined in.
"Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na
I guess I just lost my boyfriend
I don't know where he went
So I'm gonna spend my money
I'm not gonna pay his rent
I got a brand new attitude
And I'm gonna wear it tonight
I'm gonna get in trouble
I wanna start a fight
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
I wanna start a fight
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
I wanna start a fight
So, so what, I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't need you
And guess what, I'm havin' more fun
And now that we're done I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine and you're a fool
So, so what, I am a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't want you tonight
The waiter just took my table
And gave it to Jessica Simps
I guess I'll go sit with drum boy
At least he'll knows how to sing
What if this song's on the radio?
Somebody's gonna die
I'm gonna get in trouble
My ex will start a fight
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
He's gonna start a fight
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Yeah, he's gonna get in a fight
So, so what, I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't need you
And guess what, I'm havin' more fun
And now that we're done I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine and you're a fool
So, so what, I am a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't want you tonight
You weren't there, you never were
You want it all but that's not fair
I gave you life, I gave my all
You we're there, you let me fall
So, so what, I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't need you
And guess what, I'm havin' more fun
And now that we're done I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine and you're a fool
So, so what, I am a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't want you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine and you're a fool
So, so what, I am a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don't want you tonight"
When the song ended the two of them burst out laughing.
"See, you're pretty good!" Kurt said, Parker just shook her head, "No, really. You kinda have that raspy thing going on and you can be loud or soft. I don't think you're better than Rachel, but you're different."
"I get that a lot." Parker said, making Kurt laugh harder.
Kurt had stayed to help her put on the black bedspread and the red and black and white pillows. He helped her hang up posters to some of her favorite bands, artists and movies. Soon the walls were covered with posters of A Day To Remember, Panic! At The Disco, Shinedown, Pink, Adam Lambert, Jack Black, Less Than Jake, FallOutBoy, House M.D, Alice In Wonderland, Tim Burton and OwlCity. Empty picture frames sat on her dresser, waiting for memories to fill them, also by them was a new jewelry box and a CD player with a handful of new CDs.
"Not bad." Parker complimented.
"It's getting late." Kurt commented, looking at the clock in Parker's CD player/radio.
"Hey, thanks a lot." Parker said as she walked him to the door. He smiled and saluted, then he turned and headed out to his truck. When Parker turned around she found James and Rhonda standing in the hallway by the kitchen.
"Since you missed dinner I figured we could sit down over ice cream." Rhonda said.
"It's nine at night." Parker said in confusion.
"Spoils." Rhonda said with a smile, "Come on now, it's a treat." Parker followed Rhonda and James into the kitchen where the table was already set with three bowls of vanilla ice cream. Parker took her place at the head of the table and started using the back of her spoon to melt her ice cream down.
"So, this Kurt. He's a friend of yours?" James asked.
"Yeah, I guess."
"What was he here for?" Rhonda asked.
"Originally to help me with some Glee club stuff, but he got distracted by how boring my room was." Parker looked up to see Rhonda and James pause with their spoons still in their bowls.
"You're in Glee club?" Rhonda asked curiously.
"Yes. Sorry I guess I forgot to say. That's why I've been getting home so late, we have Glee rehearsal after school sometimes." Parker answered, sucking on her spoon guiltily.
"I'm glad to see you're making friends here." James said calmly, "And this Kurt, is he your boyfriend?"
"No, he's gay." Parker said just as calmly. James made a small choking sound and Parker backtracked, "I mean, I think. No one has actually confirmed it for me. Would that be a problem?" She asked apprehensively.
"Of course not." Rhonda said soothingly, "Do you like your new room?"
"Yes."
"Are you going to let me see it?" Rhonda asked.
"Of course." Parker responded instantly, "Couldn't keep you out. And I'm sorry for going with Kurt, I know you wanted to take me..."
"We'll have plenty of shopping excursions of our own, I'm sure." Rhonda insisted, bringing Parker back to an earlier thought.
"I want to go to the zoo." She said blankly.
"Been a while since we've done that, what a wonderful idea." Rhonda grinned, "We could drive up to Toledo next weekend, what do you think?" She directed at James.
"I think it sounds great." He said, a little slow on the uptake due to the fact that he was distractedly scooping up the rest of her ice cream.
"You don't sound enthusiastic." Rhonda scolded.
"James doesn't have to come if he doesn't want to." Parker said quickly. Rhonda and James both looked at her sadly for a few moments.
"You know, you could try calling me Dad every now and then." James suggested. Parker lowered her eyes.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because it'd be honored if...."
"You shouldn't be." Parker interrupted.
"I shouldn't want you to call me dad?" James asked.
"You say it like's it's a compliment, like it'd mean a lot." Parker said softly, "But with me it isn't. You don't want to be my Dad, that title was already taken and you really don't want it." James had no response. Parker finished her ice cream and pushed back to the table.
"Thanks for the ice cream, and the shopping, and the support. It was nice." And she walked quickly from the kitchen, up the stairs, and closed her bedroom door firmly behind her.
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Technically this chapter wasn't that short but I feel like not a lot happened in it. I've been focusing on Parker a lot, she's probably the main character but the originals will be around and VERY important. Expect the next update soon!
Song this chapter was "So What" by Pink, I just thought it so perfect, they're not affected by anything when riding around in Kurt's pimpin' truck :D
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