Hey everyone! Welcome to the eighth chapter! To answer some of your questions, I do realize that no judge would just hand over a daughter to a father who left, but it will be explained very soon!
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Blaine sat in the driveway, completely silent. The whole car ride back to his home was consumed by his thoughts.
In two weeks, Melody wasn't going to be his anymore. She was going to be Kurt's.
He wiped the few tears running down his face and then opened up the car door. He stepped inside of the house to see Melody lying on the couch, watching TV, and texting.
"Hey dad," She said, not looking up from her phone's screen. "How was the staff meeting?"
Blaine let out a sigh and then softly smiled at her. "Wanna go get some ice cream, Mel? We have something we need to talk about."
Melody looked at him, clearly confused and then gave a small nod.
Kurt couldn't have been more excited. His daughter was finally going to be his. First thing to do was to redecorate a room for a teenage girl.
He assumed Melody liked purple…or maybe she was more of a green or yellow person. Yes, he had redecorated a lot of rooms in his life, but this was different. He needed to prove to Melody that he could make her happy.
But that was only going to happen if his application was accepted soon.
He gazed around the extra bedroom and then heard the door bell ring. He walked quickly to the hallway and then down the stairs. As he opened the door, he revealed his father standing on the doorstep.
"Dad!" Kurt exclaimed as he pulled the man into a hug. Burt let out a gruff chuckle and hugged his son back.
"Hey bud, can I come in for a second?"
Kurt opened up the storm door more and gave him a nod. Burt walked in and then stopped in his place, facing towards Kurt. His son stared at him, confused.
"Well, Oswald called me with the news," Burt began. Kurt licked his lips and nodded, his nerves getting the best of him. "Well…Melody's official yours, kid."
Kurt began to squeal a little and then pulled his father into another hug.
"Oh my GOD," Kurt said as he pulled apart from his father. "I have so much work to do. First there is the bedroom. Then there will be adjusting her to Westerville. Oh and I'll have to get her transfer to Dalton all set in stone. And then-"
"Woah, woah," Burt said as he placed his hands on his son's shoulders. "Kurt, let's slow down a little. First thing is to get your daughter here. And then you need to make her feel welcome, as well. Then you can do all the other things in time. You don't want her to flustered with all of this. Take your time…show her how much you care about her."
Kurt folded his hands and then brought them to his lips. He shrugged his shoulder and then sighed, letting a small smile form on his face. "You're right. I just can't wait to have her in my life again."
"I know, bud. And I can't wait to have my granddaughter back," Burt said with a grin. The pulled into another hug, both of them letting a tear or two fall.
Melody licked off the hot fudge from her fingers as she sat down in the soft booth. Blaine sat down with a simple scoop of vanilla ice cream and walnuts on top.
"So," Melody began. "What's up, dad?"
Blaine let out a sigh and then looked his daughter in the eye. "Well…I guess the first thing is to tell you that I wasn't at a staff meeting."
Melody looked at him in confusion. "Okay…so where were you? At Scandal's or something? Because that would be hilarious, quite honestly."
Blaine closed his eyes as his daughter began to snicker. As Melody saw her dad not smiling at all at her joke, she stopped her laughing.
"Mel, I was at the courthouse," Blaine said plainly.
"Did you get a ticket?" Melody asked, trying to think of the reason why he would be there.
"N-no," Blaine said as he took in a shaky breath. "I-I was with an attorney…"
"Why were you with an attorney?" Melody asked, starting to grow suspicious.
"We were discussing an application. A child custody application," Blaine said as he tried not to look in his daughter's confused eyes.
"Dad," Melody began, nervously. "What is going on?"
"Melody," Blaine began, the tears already forming. "K-Kurt…has won custody over you and I-"
"No," Melody said while shaking her head. "No, dad. NO!" She pushed down on the table and stood from the booth. She ran out of the deserted ice cream parlor in tears. Blaine held his head as he watched her run down the sidewalk, towards the park.
And soon enough, he began to sob too.
Kurt finished filling out the transfer transcript later in that day. By next Monday, Melody was going to be a student at Dalton Academy.
He placed the paperwork into an envelope with the tuition money and then placed a stamp onto it.
The phone in the house began to ring and Kurt stood from the kitchen table. He pulled the phone off the charger.
"Hel-" Before Kurt could even finish what he was saying, he was cut off.
"I really hope you're happy," Blaine was on the other line and Kurt could tell he had just been crying. Kurt let out a sigh and leaned up against the tile countertop.
"What's going on, Blaine?" Kurt asked the younger man.
"She's gone," Blaine said coldly.
"What! Call the police or something-" Kurt began, completely enraged by Blaine's actions.
"She ran to the park, Kurt. And the reason why is because she doesn't want you," Blaine said in absolute fury.
"I-I," Kurt began. "I don't know what to say, Blaine. What should I do?"
"Let me keep raising her," Blaine said through the receiver.
Kurt rolled his eyes. "Okay, I'm not saying I'm gonna do that, but…maybe you guys could stop by and I could show her around a little. I can show her that I'm not going to be a terrible father, ya know?"
Blaine let out an aggravated sigh. "Look, Kurt. No matter how much you try and get her to love you, she won't. Just-"
"Just nothing, Blaine," Kurt said coldly. "I am going to get her to love me again. I know I will. Because, no matter how much you think I don't, I love that girl with all my heart. Now, you go and find her before I get the police to do it for you. Oh and you better bring here by tomorrow or…you'll be charged with kidnapping another man's child."
Blaine couldn't believe how horrible Kurt was being to him. But, he knew that he had to obey him. If he had any chance of seeing Melody again, he needed to stay on Kurt's good side.
"Fine," Blaine said into the receiver. "I'll bring her to you tomorrow afternoon around 3:00. Is that okay?"
Kurt let out a happy sigh and then grinned. "Now that's better and, yes, that will be perfect."
"See you tomorrow," Blaine said as nicely as he could.
"Yes, you will," Kurt said as he hung up the phone and placed it into the charger.
Melody sat under the large oak tree in the park. She stared at the small pond, tears falling down her cheeks. She used her jacket sleeve to wipe them up.
A few moments later, another person walked up from behind her. It was her father. He looked like he had been crying as well and it almost made Melody have a pain in her chest.
"Daddy," She whispered as Blaine sat down next to her. They locked eyes with each other and then they pulled into a hug.
They both began to sob into each other, both holding the other tighter and tighter. Blaine pulled away from her and pushed some of her wavy hair behind her ear.
"You will always be my daughter, okay?" Blaine asked her. Melody gave him a nod and then wiped up another tear, sniffing up a stuffed up breath. "No matter how much he tells you that you are his, remember that you're mine too."
Melody looked him with those eyes that reminded him so much of Kurt. The she finally whispered to him. "Always…"
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