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Make My Heart Start Beating

30

Friday night is family night and I stretch out my back waving the guys off, their offer this morning was sweet but annoying. And all our customers today have heard about me staying at Sebastian's but the line of what kind of man I am stops them in their tracks and they all nod.

Exactly what they think we did last night is up in the air. Maybe they think Sebastian let me have the bed while he slept on the couch he doesn't own, or that he took the floor in a show of gentlemanship that is sadly lacking these days.

The garage is locked up nice and tight so I drive home humming along to the radio. Walking into the house I call out to let them know I'm there and add, "I just need to shower and then I'm ready for Breakdstix!" With their fake everything, even if their cheesecakes are sublime and so full of calories they should be illegal.

"I can scrub your back for you Tiger," Sebastian's leaning in a doorway and smirking at me, he looks very fetching in a shirt and tie.

"Sebastian!" I dance over to him and kiss him.

"Kurt," it's dad, "Sebastian's joining us for family night, go dress up kiddo."

"Okay," I'm ridiculously pleased that dad wants my meerkat to be there with us. Beaming I walk towards the stairs, "Be down soon."

Hurrying through my shower, though I'm careful to rub my own lotion on first, I grab some nice dress pants and blue shirt with matching tie. Skipping down the stairs I aim straight for Sebastian and hug him, his arm automatically wraps around me holding me there, I could get used to this.

Now all I have to do is hide the shotgun and make dad behave the whole way through dinner, I'll ask Carole to keep an eye on him. Finn's bouncing around and he loves Breadstix, I'll have to remember to pay attention to him and his ramblings and we can do some brotherly bonding. David and Kyle are joining us too I'm glad dad and David have learnt to get along so well.

Offering to drive I stand by the door and pull my boots on lacing them up the front, my reasons for hanging onto the boots are that they are boy clothes, comfortable, practical, and make my legs look fantastic.

"I'm up front," Finn runs to the van door and climbs in, he really doesn't change.

It's a good thing dad hires big people carriers for these summer things and I'm just about to pull out of the yard when Carole asks Sebastian if we had fun last night and how did dinner go.

"The grocery shopping and dinner were lovely and you know what kind of man Kurt is..." Which prompts dad and Finn to immediately veto any details of the night, Carole giggles and David and Kyle want all the details later. "Damn I've used that line all day at the Lima Bean and everyone's just cooed and said what a nice young man Kurt is."

Laughter starts up and I glare out of the windshield and grumble as they tell tales to Sebastian about what a scheming bossy little thing I am. He joins in the laughter and I huff in annoyance as I park up at Breadstix, "All right you can all get out now you've finished vilifying me to my new boyfriend."

"Oh come on bud," Dad claps me on the shoulder, "I haven't even started on the baby pictures and stories yet, that's for the next time Sebastian comes over."

An arm winds its way around me and I let Bas lead me to my doom, I was looking forward to dinner too. At least this for this dinner I won't have to worry about them bashing Sebastian, they've invited him along and they're accepting him.

Sitting down we go through the limited menu and Bas' face as he reads it is funny, "The cheesecake is good," I murmur to him.

"Hmm, I was hoping for a different kind of dessert," he murmurs back and I squirm slightly and blush.

The waitress takes our order and both Carole and I watch dad like hawks, he knows what we're doing and toys with the idea of the unheart healthy dish, but changes his mind at the last second to the boring heart healthy dish instead.

When she gets to me the woman is a bit frosty and drops into the conversation that she knows what I got up to last night and I can't believe these people have the gall to tell me what to do in my own relationship, Sebastian steps in as dad looks angry and ready to snarl at her, "Oh please," Sebastian scrunches his face up, "You know kind of a guy Kurt is," he rubs his nose against mine, "Ah mon bel homme."

"Oh," she apologises for a few minutes and then takes our order while cooing at us and saying, "I'm so sorry, Kurt's such a sweet young man, oh you really are an adorable couple," which Bas plays up to and has fun with.

They wait until she's out of hearing range and then David asks, "What the fuck just happened?"

"Language," dad tells him and adds, "But what he said, have you two really had to put up with that all day?"

"Yes," Sebastian scoots closer to me, "She was polite about it, the rest had things to say to me, mostly to do with respecting such a fine upstanding citizen and how they voted for his daddy."

"Sebastian," I turn to him worried, "My customers were nicer but seemed to think you were taking advantage of me. I put them right," I don't mention I did it by parroting back his words he'll be insufferable if he finds out.

Unfortunately it sets the tone for our dinner. People keep coming up to my dad while we eat, not unusual in itself but it's clear they're telling him all about me, in the end dad falls back on Sebastian's comment and they all leave us alone.

Stressed and frazzled we go home and dad invites Sebastian in, he even mentions that I'm old enough to have anyone I want to stay the night and then we veg out in the living room and argue over what film to watch.

It's getting late when Sebastian says he has to go home and I walk him out the garage, "You could stay over," I offer, "Dad doesn't mind and I like sleeping with you and waking up with you."

"Good," he kisses me as he wheels his bike out and checks his lights. "But today has been a very long day," he smirks, "And as fun as it was to annoy people I think we need to behave tonight."

Oh no, don't say they've frightened him off, "Sebastian don't leave, they'll get used to us, really," I hold onto his arm, "Give it another chance."

Glancing at my hand on his arm and then back to me he pulls me into a hug, "I meant, lets act like we're behaving tonight, I'll scandalise them another time, relax, I still have to pay you back yet. Speaking of, let me know when you're going for your medical, I'll join you and we can both have squeaky clean records, then I owe you dessert."

Whacking his arm gently I agree and lean into him for a kiss that he just has to take over and deepen as I cling to him, "Cycle carefully and let me know when you're home safe and sound."

"Yes dear," he sounds henpecked and then rides down the yard to the road, I get a brief wave and he's gone.

Going inside I fake tiredness but David's watching me and so is Carole, I know they're going to grill me about last night in the morning. Dad jerks his head I follow him into his study, "Well I have to say I was worried, I know the kid's reputation, and he didn't live up to it at all. Kid's really turned himself around, he's going to stay a bit of a joker but he's smart enough to keep up with you and the way he looked at you didn't hurt. I'm glad he's changed so much."

"Thanks dad," I hug him, it means a lot to me that he approves of my meerkat.

"There's just one last thing Kurt, if anything bad happens you know you can come to me, I still have a shotgun and I know some guys that will help me bury the body where no one will ever find it," he has his blank face on so I'm not sure if he's making a joke or not.

"Dad!"

"Night Kurt," he shoos me out.

Stalking up the stairs I fall onto my bed and grin, today might have been very annoying but things are good, I even get a message from him letting me know he's home safe.

A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.