A/N: Yay! Four reviews last chapter :D I was motivated to write again! So here's the Karofsky family dinner.
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Kurt stood nervously at Dave's side as his boyfriend led him into the kitchen to meet his family members that were already there.
"This is my oldest sister Stacy and her husband Jarod." Dave motioned towards a very tall woman leaning up against a counter and her much shorter husband, "And this is Kurt."
Stacy waved a little then said, "Uh, Dave, your girlfriend is a boy."
"I never said I was bringing a girl." Dave pointed out.
Kurt felt as awkward as Jarod looked and drifted behind Dave a little. Stacy chuckled, "Aw, don't be scared, it's fine, we kinda saw this coming ever since he told us that he was going to marry Zac Efron when he was eight."
"I did not." Dave blushed a little and Kurt couldn't help but think about how adorable it was.
"Yeah, huh," Stacy laughed, "you said you wanted to elope and run away together and play basketball and sing songs."
"That never happened, Kurt." Dave insisted, "Let's go before she tells more embarrassing lies."
Kurt waved good-bye to Stacy and Jarod then followed Dave into the living room where a little girl was watching Dora.
"This," Dave snatched the giggling girl up in a hug and gave her a kiss on the top of the head, "is Cinna."
"Put me down!" Cinna's smile contradicted her words.
"This is Kurt," Dave set Cinna back on the couch and pointed at Kurt, "say hello."
"Hello, Kurt!" Cinna greeted energetically.
"Hello, Cinna." Kurt said softly.
"Are you and Davey married yet?" Cinna wondered.
Kurt blinked, "Well, not yet, we're not old enough yet."
"Oh," Cinna frowned, "I think you should just get married now anyways so that you can have kids to play with me."
"Um..." Kurt looked over at Dave who was just as amused as him, "Okay, I guess."
Cinna jumped off the couch, excited, "Okay, Davey, get on your knee and ask Kurt to marry you!"
Dave obliged and knelt down in front of Kurt as he took one of his hands, "Kurt Elizabeth Hummel," Kurt laughed at the determined look on his boyfriend's face, "will you do me the extreme honor of becoming my husband?"
Kurt fanned himself with the hand that Dave wasn't holding, "I would be extremely honored to grant you that extreme honor."
Cinna stood up on the couch, "Okay, Davey, stand there!" She pointed at a spot in front of her, "And Kurt, you go back there and walk down the isle."
"We're getting married right now?" Dave chuckled as he took his spot.
"Why am I the girl here?" Kurt asked as he stood where Cinna had instructed.
Cinna giggled, "Because you're pretty like a girl."
Kurt was flattered, "Thank you."
Cinna started humming the wedding march and Kurt walked slowly toward Dave. When he finally got to his boyfriend Cinna began to speak, "We came here today to make sure that Dave and Kurt can get married then have babies even though they are two boys. And so now you say why you want to be married."
Dave nodded and smiled down at Kurt, "Because he's the sweetest, nicest, funniest, most beautifulest boy that I have ever met in my whole life, and I love him so much."
Kurt blushed and mouthed 'thank you' then noticed that they were both looking at him expectantly, "I just want health care benefits."
Dave rolled his eyes, "Thanks." He said sarcastically.
Cinna continued, "Now you two are going to be married forever and ever, no matter what." She paused then gasped, "Where are your rings?"
Kurt didn't realize they needed them, "Oh, uh..." He reached to his neck to remove the necklace that he kept tucked under his shirt. He unhooked the back and slid the ring off of it then held it out, "This was my mother's wedding ring, take care of it until we get a divorce."
Dave was a little shocked, he knew that Kurt had loved his mother a lot and this was a huge gesture of his seriousness about the relationship. Dave took the ring and then the chain and held them in one hand as he slid his class ring off of the other and then slid it onto Kurt's ring finger, "This is my class ring, you can keep it in the event of a divorce which won't happen because I would lock you in our basement before you could file for one."
Kurt grinned at that, "I don't think I would be the one to want a divorce."
Dave returned Kurt's bright smile, "And I would never divorce someone as amazing as you, so I guess we have nothing to worry about."
Cinna clapped her hands together, "By the power inside me, I now announce you man and man, Davey, you may now kiss the bri- um, Kurt!"
Dave gladly pulled Kurt into him and gave him a lingering kiss... with tongue. Kurt kissed back for a few seconds, but was reminded of their under-aged audience, "Uh, Dave..." Kurt tried to talk through his mouthful of Dave's tongue. Dave pulled back with a sheepish grin on his face.
"Wow," Kurt and Dave turned to see Stacy standing in the doorway next to two men and women that Kurt didn't recognize, "that was so hot."
Kurt blushed, embarrassed that he didn't realize all of the people watching. Dave seemed indifferent as he stung the ring back onto its chain then hung it around his neck.
"Kurt," Dave said, "These two are my brothers, Kyle and James." Dave's brothers were even bigger than him, just as Kurt suspected. "This fine young lady," He gestured to a girl who was almost shorter than Rachel, "is Kyle's wife. And this woman is my nerdy older sister, and James' twin, Jamie."
"And this must be your... boyfriend?" Kyle asked slowly.
"Yes," Dave nodded confidently, "this is my boyfriend, Kurt Hummel."
"You owe me fifty bucks dude." Kyle said to James.
"Damn it!" James growled and pulled out his wallet.
"You two were betting on my sexuality?" Dave gasped.
"Kinda," James gave them a lopsided smile, "I thought it would be easy money if you decided to stay in the closet and get a gay beard."
Jamie jumped in, "At least you won the 'girlfriend before boyfriend' bet."
"The what?" Kurt's eyes widened. Was that what it sounded like?
"Well," James said, "I bet Jamie that Dave would get a girlfriend before he got a boyfriend and I won two years ago."
Dave buried his head in his hands, "Don't remind me of that horrible, horrible time."
"Woah," Kurt raised an eyebrow, "Two years ago? That was before you dated Santana- gag- who did you date?"
Dave looked away dramatically, "Brittany S. Pierce!"
"Ohmygod," Kurt laughed, "me too!"
"Oh, that was an awesome week." Dave sighed at the memory of butch!Kurt. "You looked ho- oh uh..."
Kurt raised an amused eyebrow, "Were you staring at me or something?"
"A little." Dave blushed.
"Mom and Dad should be back from the store soon." Stacy checked her watch.
As if on que the sound of a door shutting filled the house and the older Karofskys rushed to meet their parents.
Dave looked down at Kurt and put a reassuring hand on his back, "You ready?"
Kurt took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes."
Dave grabbed Kurt's hand and led him into the dining room where the Karofsky family was starting to settle down. Dave disappeared for a second and Mrs. Karofsky fixed Kurt with a death glare until Dave returned to his side with an unopened bottle of water for Kurt. "Who knows what kinds of pathogens could be harbored in open drinks." Dave whispered.
Kurt rolled his eyes, "Your as bad as my father."
Dave pulled Kurt's chair out for him and across the table Stacy asked Jarod why he never did that for her.
"Mr. Hummel," Mrs. Karofsky said sternly, "hats off at the table."
Kurt didn't want to upset her by refusing so he took off his hat and set it beneath his chair. Stacy looked like she just understood something and she mouthed 'Oh' with a nod.
Dave leaned towards Kurt and whispered, "Stacy is an oncologist, I asked her to make sure the food was as safe as possible and I think she just got why."
"Oh," Kurt said softly.
They all ate and talked though Kurt stayed silent and ate slowly, unsettled by the scary looks he got from Mrs. Karofsky. He began to feel slightly nauseated and decided that he wouldn't forgive himself if he threw up in front of his boyfriend's family.
"You okay?" Jamie asked Kurt.
"Yeah." Kurt tried to smile, but it felt unconvincing.
The conversations went on until everyone was done eating and they retired to the living room. Dave, Paul, and Kurt offered to stay behind and help Stacy and Jarod clean up.
"Well," Paul smiled as he sized Kurt up, "I honestly didn't see this coming." Kurt gave him a confused look and he explained, "I just didn't think that you would ever be comfortable around my son let alone want to date him, but I'm glad that you two worked it all out." Kurt was relieved that Paul approved. "And I was also shocked to see that you cut your hair, you seemed so fond of it."
"I was." Kurt sighed and brought a hand to his shaved head.
"Hmm..." Paul didn't push for an explanation and Kurt was thankful. "Sorry about my wife, she comes from a more closed minded family than us, but we're trying to get through to her."
"I don't know," Stacy said, "she is super-religious."
"Yeah," Dave agreed, "she was really upset with me when she found out, too."
Kurt didn't like to think about the week when Dave was outed. He was in the hospital, upset and scared, and his mother was more concerned with his sexuality than his health. That woman didn't deserve Dave in her life.
Kurt cleared the dishes left out on the table and brought them to Stacy to wash. She smirked at him then whispered, "If you're going to throw up, the bathroom is that way." She gestured with her head.
"Do I really look that nauseous?" Kurt chuckled.
"Yup," Stacy winked, "it's pretty bad."
"Well then I look how I feel." Kurt groaned.
Dave snuck up behind Kurt and wrapped his arms around him, "You okay, babe?" He asked as he planted a kiss on Kurt's neck.
"Yeah," Kurt turned his head to give Dave access to his lips and Dave gladly took advantage of it.
Stacy covered her eyes with her hands though she peeked a little, "That is too adorable!" She squealed, "Where's my husband? I need some man-lovings." She scurried away to find Jarod, leaving Kurt and Dave to their mini make-out session.
A little cough interrupter them and they looked toward the door to see Mrs. Karofsky looking a little sick.
"Hey, mom." Dave said nervously.
"Hello, David," She nodded at him then looked down her nose at Kurt, "Kurt."
"Hello, ma'am." Kurt managed a smile, but the woman seemed to ignore him as she got herself a cup of water.
Dave put an arm around Kurt's shoulders and rested his head against Kurt's, "Don't worry," he whispered, sensing Kurt's unease, "she'll just ignore us."
Kurt sighed and watched as Dave's mother stalked out with an air of superiority. "I'll be right back." He said and walked after her. He grabbed onto her wrist, "Can I speak to you?"
Mrs. Karofsky looked down at him, surprised, but nodded and led him into the empty dining room. "What do you want to talk about? Haven't you put my family through enough?" She spat.
"Ma'am," Kurt said pleadingly, "I don't know what your problem is with me or Dave, but I just need you to try and accept your son."
Mrs. Karofsky grimaced, "You're the one who turned him gay, as soon as you're gone everything will be okay again and Dave will see that he's just sick and go back to normal."
"You just don't get it though." Kurt insisted, "You can't turn gay, you're just born this way." She looked skeptical, "Trust me, I wouldn't chose this."
"And that's why you need to be kept away from normal people," She said, "so that they won't think that this is okay."
"But isn't it just fine?" Kurt said exasperatedly, "We don't hurt anybody. What makes a couple of two men or two women any different then a man and a woman? Love is love, isn't it?"
"It's a sin to be a homosexual." She said calmly.
"And it's a sin to cuss," Kurt added, "and it's a sin to disobey your parents or to be jealous of someone or proud of something or to want something nice. You must cuss, or get jealous every once in a while. Why don't you hate yourself, or anyone else who feels that way, for it? Because you can relate. People hate homosexuals so much because they can't fathom how it feels to love someone of the same gender. It's so easy to pretend like you're oh so holy when you ignore your own 'sins' then hate others because of theirs. You can't help but feel jealous by people or things, so it's exactly like being homosexual, you can't help it."
"Yes. You. Can." Mrs. Karofsky insisted, "And don't you dare call me a sinner, boy. The devil is in you."
"You believe that because of some book? Because of some blind faith?" Kurt was resisting the urge to start yelling, "If someone walks around claiming to be your god himself, you might just believe it, right?"
Mrs. Karofsky was outraged, "You come into my house and you-"
Kurt interrupted, "Just, please, try to put yourself in our shoes. How would you feel if people hate you even before they know you? I just need to know that you will at least try to see eye to eye with Dave, he can't help who he loves. I grew up without a mother and I don't want Dave to have to."
Mrs. Karofsky gave Kurt a terrifying glare, "You are an abomination, you shouldn't be alive."
"What do you want me to do?" There was no getting through to her, "Do you want me to kill myself? Don't I have just as much of a right to live as you do? Shouldn't I be allowed to love whoever I want just like you do?"
"You need to repent." Mrs. Karofsky growled.
"Mrs. Karofsky," Kurt said calmly, "asking me to believe in a book that tells people that I am a monster that doesn't deserve happiness and then expects me to believe that it was written by a heavenly body who is supposedly understanding and merciful is like asking you not to believe it. I won't ask you to change your religion no matter how rediculous it happens to be, but I do want you to change your views on homosexuals. Get educated, because the only thing you know about us is that we're just sinners and that isn't all we are. We're people, we deserve to be treated like them."
Mrs. Karofsky shook her head, "You should leave."
"I will," Kurt nodded and slowly backed away towards the door, "just think about your son. If you treat him like you do now... well, then you're not a very good mother, are you?" He turned and left before Mrs. Karofsky could react. Kurt met Dave in the kitchen and gave him a kiss, "I'll see you soon, I have to go."
"Oh," Dave frowned, knowing something was wrong, "I'll walk you out then."
Kurt nodded and walked out with Dave, saying good-bye to the Karofskys on their way out. Hopefully, Mrs. Karofsky had gotten something out of their discussion.
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A/N: Wow, go Kurt :) So now Kurt and Dave are married, yaaaay! Okay, PM me any requests for something you might want to see happen, I do love to find ways to work things into my stories upon request, it's like a challenge. Oh and this is officially my longest and most reviewed fic so far :D
