Please see chapter one for all warnings etc…
Make My Heart Start Beating
24
When I mentioned the Lima Bean as possible employment for Sebastian I expected it to take a week or so, I didn't expect to turn up for my very last shift to find him already here and familiarising himself with the layout, ordering system and the magical coffee making machine.
He's also very good at the job picking it up swiftly and can multitask as he teases some of the female customers and puts orders in.
Walking around I clear up after customers and wipe tables as he steals the show completely. If he weren't gay there would be a lot of women picking him up as he showers them with comments. Some of their boyfriends and husbands don't look happy at his antics.
Intending to rescue him before the big burley guy glaring daggers at him throws a punch I'm shocked when I sidle up to Sebastian and he pulls me into a hug, "Hey honey, so how am I doing on my first day? Told you I had this customer service thing covered."
The man on the other side of the counter relaxes and the woman next to him coos at us, "Well Snookums," I retaliate, "There are still a lot of customers to serve and some of the men might think you're hitting on their girlfriends."
I know he understands but that gleam in his eye's there as he does the cute facial scrunch, "But Tiger, you're the only man I see. Why would I be hitting on women?"
"It's fine," the big scary burly man says and he starts to smile, "You have fun Mr Hummel and say hi to your dad, we voted for him."
"Thank you I will," I say a bit breathlessly as I'm plastered up against Sebastian, "Now Sebastian you have work to do, behave."
He lets me go and then nods with false contriteness, "Yes Kurt," I'm walking away when I hear him whisper to the next bunch of customers about how bossy I am to him, it's a bunch of cheerleaders who all giggle and agree I'm bossy to them too.
Oh dear.
And he thinks I'm involved with a bunch of people who are natural disaster magnets, he makes his own disasters. Leaving him to it I catch sight of David and Kyle walking in, ah yes, my own little leaving the Lima Bean party is about to start.
The others all turn up and I amuse myself at their reactions to Sebastian serving them, I do hope he behaves himself with their names on their cups. It's a faint hope and I bustle around the shop busily as the gang all gather in one area.
The time arrives and I hang up my apron for the last time, the other employees all hug me including Sebastian who uses it as an excuse to squeeze my ass making the women giggle at him. "I'll be off in another thirty minutes," I freeze in his arms at the thought of him joining us, "Not ashamed of me are you?"
"No, just not looking forward to the fallout," I kiss his cheek, "I'll see you soon, say in thirty minutes?" And he gives me a genuine smile. Why do I feel like I just passed some kind of test?
Making my very last cup of coffee I pat the non-hot part of the machine fondly and then with a wave I skip off to my friends.
Of course the subject would be Sebastian and why he's working here, butting in I tell them, "He's working here because I suggested it to him, this way he only has to work part time and he can keep on writing."
Annoyed that their favourite coffee spot is ruined a few of them whine about him being here when I snap, "Get used to him being around, he lives in Lima and works in here now, plus he's my boyfriend."
Crushing silence and David tips his cup at me in support, Finn gives me what he thinks is a sympathetic grimace, Kyle sticks with David and most of the rest stare. Mercedes and Tina exchange a glance and then Tina bravely breaks the deadlock, "So you're dating again, that's great Kurt, while Mike and I are in town we can double date."
"Thank you Tina," I'm grateful to her and her adoring boyfriend, I'm glad they've managed to make it so far together it gives me hope love really is out there, but is it with a chipmunk?
Slowly the conversation picks back up and I get a few disapproving stares which I steadfastly ignore until a certain shadow falls on the table and then he's pushing onto the bench with me to weld himself to my side.
"Miss me?" He asks me.
"You were only on the other side of the shop and I could hear the ladies giggling at you," he pouts at my words, "Yes I missed you."
"Good," he's smirking again and then his arm is slung possessively over my shoulders and he settles in, "So how's everyone?"
They all stare at him. Oh god this is going to be one of those disasters isn't it.
David rescues us, "Awesome 'coz I'm getting married."
"You know what?" Kyle acts dumb, "Me too, wow how amazing is that?"
It smoothly diverts everyone to the impending wedding next year and David basks in the joy of being so very happy it's almost sickening. Under the table a knee touches mine and Sebastian somehow manages to break the laws of physics by getting closer to me than I thought was physically possible.
We spend the next few hours there and then agree to meet back up at mine, well my parents, as it's the biggest to hang out in the back yard, but then Blaine steps in, "Why don't we go to Breadstix?" Which instantly gets seconded by Santana who's strangely addicted to the horrible things masquerading as breadsticks there.
Rachel phones through and books us all a table.
Twisting my neck I murmur to Sebastian, "Do you want to put your bike in my car? I can drive us there and back, I don't mind dropping you off at yours tonight, I could walk you to your door, make sure no soup tin wielding maniacs were hiding near by?"
And maybe get invited in for coffee? Our making out session was derailed yesterday by work.
Heat flickers in his eyes and then he shakes his head, "No, but thanks," he tenses and whispers, "Haven't actually been paid for today yet…"
Oh.
"If I offer to pay are you going to get as prideful as I would be if our positions were reversed?" I ignore the momentary amusement in his green eyes, at least he passes up the innuendo, I've handed him on a plate, "Okay, but I can still stop off to check you got home safely?"
"Is that the only reason or are you going to pin me to the bed again?" He asks softly, I flush guiltily and he chuckles, "Can't resist dessert huh?" I flush harder and nudge him to behave he just chuckles at me again. "Go, have fun with your friends. I'm working tomorrow, you're working at the garage and we can meet up after?"
"Sounds like a plan," I agree and then on impulse kiss him gently as he stands up to leave.
"Bye Tiger, bye everyone," I watch him get to the door and he turns to blow me a kiss making me sigh and then he's gone.
Sitting back normally I find them staring at me again, "What?"
And then passes four hours of torture until I plead having to go to work and I storm out of Breadstix annoyed at their attitudes and how they kept trying to put me off Sebastian by reminding me of all the horrible things he's done.
The worst thing is I do feel guilty now, he did threw a slushy in Blaine's face blinding him but he'd been aiming for me, he really nearly put a terrible photoshopped picture on the internet under Finn's name, he tried to steal Blaine from me, he took over the Warblers in a cut throat power move. He did sleep with Blaine and with David for one night only and according to them for one round only.
Stomping up to my room I phone David, "Yeah you got Dave."
"David when you slept with Sebastian did he really just get on and off for one round?" I blurt.
"Yeah? Why?" He sounds confused.
"Because when I slept with him after getting drunk at Scandal's he stayed all night for multiple rounds and he didn't just top, he bottomed," oh god why am I telling him this?
"Sorry you got the wrong number," David says and my stomach drops at those words and then he says, "Hey Kyle honey? I'm sorry but I'm getting a headache, can we go back?" And only then does the phone go dead.
He's coming back here and I'd better be ready to face him, David might look like a big dumb jock and act like one but he's really a giant romantic teddy bear with a mind like a buzz saw when he wants to. He's smart enough that he can beat me into the ground with most subjects without trying, when he does try he can be damn scary.
A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.