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A/N: Title stolen from For Good from Wicked. Belated fills for Hummelberry Week on tumblr. Today's theme: Kurt and Rachel as kids.
For it's size, Lima has a disproportionally high number of parks. At age six, Kurt Hummel doesn't know what the word disproportionally means, but even if he did, he wouldn't be complaining about the park situation. He loves going on bike rides with Mommy now that it's summer and neither one of them have school. It's nice lead the way on his big boy bike (Kurt stopped using his training wheels in the spring) and let her tell him where to turn and stop until they were at one of Lima's many parks. Then, Mommy would take his safety pads off and let him loose, occasionally abandoning her book to chase Kurt around the jungle gym or push him on the swings.
They've just gotten to the park and Kurt runs as fast as he can towards the slide. This park is more crowded than most, so there's a line to go down. It doesn't seem fair, but Kurt still waits his turn in line behind a girl with dark hair. She doesn't look very happy to be waiting and keeps tapping her foot against the jungle gym and tossing her hair, like movie people do.
"When I'm famous, I'll never wait in lines," she says, turning on Kurt suddenly, "Famous people never have to wait for anything."
Mommy and Daddy always said everyone had to wait for their turn, but Kurt never asked if that rule applied to famous people, so he just nods. He's never met a famous person in his life, so knowing someone who is going to be famous is exciting. Sticking out his hand like Daddy taught him, he says, "I'm Kurt."
"I'm Rachel Barbra Berry and I'm going to hug you, okay?"
She waits for Kurt to give a little nod, then complete ignores his outstretched hand in order to wrap her arms around him in a bear hug. Kurt, whose experience with hugging people is limited to his family, kinda flails for a minute before wrapping his arms around the girl. The line for the slide shifts a little bit and Rachel lets go of him.
"My daddies told me you have to ask before you hug someone," she tells them.
Kurt thinks that's good advice, but he's more caught up on the first part of her sentence. "Don't you mean your daddy?"
"Nope," Rachel says, flipping her hair again, "I have two. They're over there!"
She's pointing towards two grown ups near the bottom of the slide. One of them takes a picture before blowing her a kiss and the other one just waves excitedly towards her. Rachel waves back and Kurt considers this. Both of the grown ups are boys and they're doing things that his daddy does for him when they go some place together. Nodding to himself, Kurt turns to Rachel and tells her, "You have two daddies."
"I know. They're the best!"
The conversation lulls until it's Rachel's turn on the slide. She turns to Kurt and asks if he wants to go down with her. Kurt almost says no at first, because it seems dangerous, but she's already holding his hand and pulling him behind her. It's a little weird to go down the slide with someone that isn't Mommy or Daddy, but he's still laughing when they reach the bottom. Rachel's daddies come up to them then, smiling big and wide as they both hug her.
The daddy in glasses asks, "Who's your friend, baby girl?"
Rachel grabs at his hand again, pulling Kurt close. "This is Kurt and he's my new best friend and when I'm famous, he's gonna be famous with me."
She'd never shared this bit of information with Kurt (who planned on being a mechanic like his daddy), but once she says it, the idea has an undeniable appeal. If he was famous, he could probably meet Patti LuPone, who was Mommy's favorite actress, or Belle from Beauty in the Beast. Plus the whole waiting in line thing seemed appealing. Before he can even give his opinion on his new future, Rachel starts to pull him towards the sandbox.
Once they're there, they sit on the wooden frame and hold hands in quiet for a little while. Vaguely, Kurt thinks that it's nice to have a friend to hold hands with and be quiet, but then Rachel opens her mouth to say, "Thank you for being my best friend. I was scared that no one would be when me and my dads moved here."
Kurt has never moved in his whole life, but it seems like a scary idea. This doesn't seem like the right thing to tell Rachel though, so he just squeezes her hand before saying, "We're gonna be best friends forever. Even when we're famous and are in a lot of movies."
"I'm going to be on Broadway," Rachel corrects, but then adds, "But we'll still be best friends. Do you want to go on the swings now?"
Kurt nods immediately and they race over there. When Kurt wins, Rachel starts to complain, but he offers to push her first on the swings and she settles back down. Their first crisis as best friends is taken care of quickly. They take turns on the swings until Kurt's mommy comes over and tells him that it's time to go home. He hugs Rachel goodbye before pulling on his elbow and knee pads, pinkie promising at the last minute about staying best friends and becoming famous together.
