Greetings all. I'm apparently in an updating mood over the last few days so here's the next instalment. Is anyone else bouncing like a four year old because its only TWO WEEKS TILL GLEE !
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Ok I don't think I can talk about Glee anymore I'm too excited. Anywho...here we go again.
Chapter 19 – Defining our future
(BPOV)
"B! Blaine get in here and help me dammit. This shit is heavy!" I walked into her now 'old' room where she was half covered by a large box and it looked like she was going to fall over.
"Jess are you trying to crush yourself...here give it me."
"That's why I was calling you dummy...I need your fucking help!"
"Relax relax...I got it." I pulled it out of her hands and nearly stumbled over. The box was fucking empty and I was bracing for something much heavier and it took all my balance to not fall over from the over compensation.
I threw the box to the side giving her my best impression of Kurt's 'bitch stare', "Not. Funny. Jessica."
"Oh shut it with the full name treatment Blainey Boo and c'mere." She opened her arms for a hug and as much as I wanted to scoff at her I walked over an hugged her as she continued to giggle.
"That wasn't funny Jess...you're lucky I love you." She seemed to tense at that statement and pulled away and I could see that her eyes were a little watery.
"Jessie...honey what's wrong?" I placed my hand under her chin and lifted her face so that I could look into her normally fiery disposition.
"Blaine its...it's just that even though t-this moving in with Kurt thing was m-my idea...it's been you and me for a while now...and I guess...I dunno I guess I'll miss your curly head is all..."
I couldn't believe it. My usual snappy and honestly stubborn best friend was standing there staring at me having an honest minute with me and it made me want to cry. Everything had changed so much over the last few months but I would be lying if I said that I did miss the little moments we would be having with each other now that she wasn't going to be living here. I mean she was only living down the hall and she could and would be over all the time but looking at her a little crushed and at the empty room now kind of made it sink in a little more.
I pulled her in for another hug kissing the top of her head, "Jess honey, I'll miss you too ya know that right?"
She sniffled a little but I felt her shake her head into my shirt, "I know B I know. I can't believe my little Blainers is growing up and moving in with a boy."
I laughed and pulled away slightly. "Ya know babe, this was your idea remember? And I have been grown up for a long time thank you very much."
"Blaine we're here!" Kurt called from the living room, obviously with the girls and Sam in tow. He had talked them into helping him moving his stuff today.
"Be right there, just gotta move one more thing honey!" I yelled back as Jess looked at me incredulously.
"B the room's empty ya know..."
"Oh..I know..." Before she could see what I was doing or fight me off I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder with a squeal.
"Blaine Everett Anderson put me down this second ha ha ha ha !" I carried her out of the room and past my boyfriend and our friends who were all but killing themselves at my little display. I completely ignored her giggling and pleas to put her down as I turned to address Kurt.
"I'm just going to take this, " I slapped her butt lightly, " down to her apartment then I'll be right back ok?"
"Heh ok baby. Don't drop it though it looks fragile."
"Hey! Kurt Elizabeth Hummel I am not fragile...your boyfriend here just doesn't understand that...and if he or you knows what's good for you, you will put me down right this minute!"
I ignored her and pecked Kurt's cheek tightening my grip on Jess so she couldn't struggle out of my grasp.
I walked away and I could feel Jess give a defeated wave towards Sam, Kurt and the girls as we left the apartment, "Bye guys."
I kept laughing to myself quietly as I walked to the end opposite side of the hall and opened Jess' unlocked door before depositing her on her new couch that she bought.
"There you go m'lady...now... you are moved in."
She smiled at me as she looked around the apartment absently trying to fix her now messed up hair.
"Thanks B."
I crouched down in front of her and placed my hands on hers which were in her lap, "Hey cheer up ok?" She sighed before she started talking.
"Blaine it's just gonna take some getting used to. You and Kurt belong together and I have to say that I am glad that I won't find your random clothes throughout the house anymore because you guys were too 'into it' to remember to pick up after yourselves." I winced as I remember that embarrassing conversation, "You need to live with him because you mope when he's not around hence why I wanted to do this for you but it's still hard...you're like my brother and its gonna take some time to get used to this."
I leaned up and pecked her on the lips, "Jess you are always welcome over whenever you want...breakfast, movie marathon...anything.I mean I will be expecting you there so don't disappoint me." I pouted my signature pout which she smiled at. "You know that Kurt loves you too...you're like the sister he's always wanted and we want you in our lives so you're stuck with us!"
She laughed a little but I cut her off, "Just knock before you come in...just in case there's anymore random clothing shedding. You don't need to see that, and honestly I don't think we'd appreciate it either."
Laughing together again it was as if the tension and conversation never happened as our foreheads rested against one another.
"So B, I know that I never asked you this before but can I address the big gay elephant in the room?"
"Oh my god...I'm scared where this is going."
"Well...I never accosted you about this ...but how was it?"
"Uh how was what?"
"Oh my god Blaine...you're such a kid sometimes! I come home to find your clothes thrown all over the apartment and I don't get any sex details! I mean really...what kind of hag repayment is that?"
We laughed together as I stood up and went to leave. "Ok I'll give you all the juicy details later because if I don't get back there now and help Kurt I'll never be getting any again. Let's just say...it was perfect."
I blushed as I went to close the door but Jess screaming at me as I left had me stop.
"Fuck Anderson I want something less sappy than that!"
I gave her my best cheeky smile when I responded, "You know I rocked his world." As I closed the door blushing furiously I heard her yell back, "That's my boy B!"
I walked back into my apartment with a goofy smile on my face to find it a whirlwind of activity. Sam was hooking up my TV in the living room after having moved the entire TV stand from my room. Mercedes and Kurt were obviously having a heated argument over clothing priority or functionality for closet space in our room. Rachel was trying to organize my kitchen because a lot of the kitchen stuff was Jess' and I knew that I would have to go shopping soon for new stuff. Kurt had brought more with him than I had originally thought and I was wondering how those girls even fit all of this in their apartment.
"Hey Blaine can you hold this wire for me for a sec?" Sam was crouched behind the TV stand so that all I could see was his legs and an arm holding up a cord feebly.
"Sure." I walked up to him, stripping myself of my shirt, leaving me in my wife beater (hey moving stuff was sweaty work), and grabbed the cord from him.
"Thanks..almost done here man just one...more...plug...there we go!" He grabbed the cord from my hands thanking me again and plugged it in before crawling out from behind the stand. We both moved it back towards the wall and stood back to inspect how it looked.
"Blaine?" Sam asked still looking in the direction of the entertainment stand, "You really think you're ready to live with Kurt?" His openness surprised me but Kurt had told me he recently seemed to be very blunt in the friendliest ways.
"Uh yeah I am Sam...sorry I know that didn't some out as confident as it should have but you kinda caught me off guard."
He chuckled and turned to face me, "Look man I know that you were a little tentative about my friendship with Kurt and I get that I really do. Kurt was always one of the nicest people to me back in Lima even when I was new there so I'm glad that I can be that friend for him now. I love the guy he's real ya know...I know I don't have to tell you that but I care about him. He's told me about some of the shitty stuff...not in any detail mind you...that happened to him because of Will and I just want to make sure that he doesn't get hurt again. So I guess what I'm trying to say not so eloquently here is...is this what you want? Kurt and you together for the long haul?"
His sincerity rang true through the expression he was giving me and I couldn't help but smile in return.
"Without a doubt Sam. I'm really excited about our future."
He just nodded looking down at his shoes before his face turned into a huge smile and our eyes met. Before I could register what he was doing he grabbed me and pulled me into a strong but short hug.
"Whoa ok Evans. I guess that was the right answer." He laughed again pulling away matching my own grin.
"Should I be worried about this little display of manly love dear?" Kurt was standing there against the wall with Mercedes looking at me smiling but with a cocked eyebrow. Rachel had turned around in the kitchen and was staring at us, hands clasped across her heart looking doe eyed at us.
"Oh Kurt it was soooo beautiful. Sam was looking out for your best interest. I guess me being so small they forgot about me being there..."
She stopped when she realized that no one was really listening to her.
I stepped over to Kurt kissing his cheek, "Hi baby. No need to worry. Sam was just giving me the 3rd degree...be good to my friend thing."
"Uh huh sure sure...I'm watching you Evans...this one's mine." Kurt wrapped his arms around my waist and locked eyes with me, but making a pointing gesture towards Sam.
Sam just snickered and walked over to stand near Mercedes, "No need to worry Hummel. Blainey bear there isn't really my type." He winked at Mercy and she smiled a little before looking over at us. If she thought I missed that little exchange who was she kidding.
The remainder of the afternoon we unpacked all of Kurt's things, rather quickly surprisingly, except for his clothes which we had to separate into formal, everyday essentials and occasional outfits. The occasional and formal were going into the antique wardrobe I had bought a few days ago that was temporarily in the other bedroom while I had cleared out some of my closet space for him. To be totally honest I could have given him all the closet space in the house and he could have filled it. The rest of his knick knack were still to be unpacked but we had to have some time tonight to pack up for the weekend at his parents. Rachel had to go too because she was obviously heading back with to Lima with us and needed to pack as well.
Once Sam and Mercedes left, together ironically enough but we didn't push for details quite yet, and Rach left go home and call Finn so they could iron out what time they would be meeting at the Hummels, Kurt and I looked around the apartment and then at each other.
(KPOV)
Looking around our apartment...eeeee our apartment, I chanced a glance over at Blaine who was standing there looking at me adoringly. He did look delicious in just his wife beater and khakis but I was more concerned with the caring smile on his face.
"Hi roomie."
"Hi roomie...wow Blaine why is this so surreal? I mean I've been pretty living here for a while now but right now it feels..I dunno."
"Great?" He had a hopeful look on his face as he pulled me into a hug.
I nuzzled into his neck and said, "Yeah it feels fantastic actually."
A few hours later once we..ummm...christened the apartment yet again we were packing up our small suitcases for the flight tomorrow morning when my cell rang. I had already talked to Finn and he was going to meet Rach, Blaine and I at our parents house saying that he was going to be later than us getting in. He had also said that he was super happy that Blaine was coming because he wanted to see him again and make sure he was treating me right. The last part of that confession worried me slightly but I knew it was coming...and it was also going to come from my dad.
I picked up the phone seeing that it was my parents home number, "Hello?"
"Hi kiddo, how are you?"
"I'm ok dad. Just packing up for this weekend and getting Blaine organized..ya know he has no skills for packing and utilizing space." Blaine's stuck his tongue out as he tried to cram his shirts into his suitcase in the most ungraceful of fashions.
"Ha ok son, just make sure he, you, and Rachel get to the airport in time for your plane ok?"
"Yeah definitely dad. Rachel hasn't stopped talking about seeing you guys and Finn again and well... I've missed you guys too, a lot."
"We've missed you too Kurt. Look I'm not going to keep you long I just wanted to say hi and make sure you were still going to be at the airport at 10:30 tomorrow morning."
"Yeah dad...as long as the plane's on time, so will we be." I smiled because even though my dad wasn't an emotional guy I could tell he was a little giddy about this weekend.
"Alright son, we'll see you tomorrow then. Blaine's still being good to you?"
"Yes dad...we'll finish the inquisition tomorrow ok?" Blaine looked up from his suitcase to look at me incredulously at this statement but I waved him off.
"Ha ok son. G'night and see ya tomorrow. Love you." I smiled like a little kid because I was really excited to see my dad and Carol and Finn again.
"Love you too. Night." I hung up the phone tossing it on the bed as I looked over at my helpless boyfriend who seemed to be getting consumed by his clothes.
"Ok Blaine look firstly you need to find a garment bag for that...and then you nee to unpack all of this and start again." He huffed but smiled as I took over the duties of rearranging his stuff.
That night we fell asleep as usual curled together, me being the big spoon for a change, smiling outwardly because this was our first night together in our apartment together.
'Goodnight Kurt. Love you."
"Night Blaine. Love you too." I tightened my grip on him as he yawned adorably before we let sleep take us. It had been a busy day but it was going to be a busier weekend.
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(BPOV)
The flight back was short but kind of annoying. Rachel didn't shut up the entire time about how she was excited to see Finn and talk about how their relationship had grown stronger over the last few months and how they were a better couple because of it.
I mean I loved Rachel don't get me wrong but Kurt wasn't the best flier and was stressed already as it was and her incessant ramblings were not helping the tension levels.
When I finally encouraged her to read over her complimentary Sky Mall magazine instead of talking she got the hint and shut up while we made our shaky decent.
Even though Kurt was back in class we still got the long weekend off and a few extra days to boot. I wasn't starting rehearsal until the first week of December so all I had to do was get someone to cover my shifts at the coffee house.
Thanksgiving was officially tomorrow but we were spending until Saturday night in Lima because Kurt needed to make sure he went shopping while he was there. He lamented that he wouldn't be able to spend his first Black Friday in New York shopping with Mercedes but I promised to take him shopping again once we got back so he dropped it.
Once we finally landed and I got a very relieved Kurt off the plane, we grabbed out luggage and found our way out of the arrivals gate. I had driven to New York so I had no familiarity with how surreal it was to be back here and in the airport no less. Besides I hadn't been back here in years...not since I left the summer before last and it gave me the chills.
Well it could have been the fact that even though it had snowed a little bit in New York nothing had really collected on the ground there but here we were met with a miniature onslaught of the white stuff seeing it blanket the runways outside as we searched the arrivals gate area for Kurt's folks. It felt colder here but hopefully I was going to get a warmer welcome then the weather had in store for me.
Kurt seemed to sense out his dad before I actually saw him myself. He dropped his suitcase where we were standing and all but ran at his father.
"Hey Kid! Ooomph!" Kurt collided with his dad in a large hug that had me smiling. I wished I had that kind of relationship with my father. Ironically enough I hadn't even told my parents that I was going to be home for the weekend never mind that Kurt and I were together or living with each other for that matter.
I shook myself out of my own brain and remembered I had to play it cool and not let it slip that I was already living with his son.
Rachel and I approached the hugging father and son and Rachel made a very loud , "awwww" noise that broke them apart. This caused Burt to release his son and address the small brunette.
"Hello dear how are you? Good flight?"
"It was ok Mr. Hummel aside from me apparently talking too much I'd say the flight was a success." She shrugged and nudged my shoulder which caused me to laugh nervously.
Burt extended his hand to me, "Nice to see you again Blaine."
I took it with a tiny bit of force as I was trying to mask my fear and slight apprehension, "Likewise Mr. Hummel. How are you?"
"I'd be better if I wasn't in this stupid airport but back at home with my son... so how bout we get our butts moving then huh?"
I let go of his hand as he was talking and he gave me a small smile which made me feel a little better. As we grabbed all of our luggage Kurt came back to my side and whispered in my ear, "See that wasn't so bad was it?"
I kissed him lightly on the cheek as we walked then I heard Burt speak again, "I saw that Blaine." I cringed and he laughed knowing my reaction without even looking at me as Rachel and Kurt laughed.
'It's fine Blaine...and stop calling me Mr. Hummel...you too Rach...you make me feel old. Call me me Burt alright? I've known you kids for years we should be past formalities."
I nodded and said ok much quieter than Rachel did and Kurt squeezed my arms reassuringly.
Maybe this wasn't going to go too badly.
Ok that's it for now kiddies. I am working on the next one now because the dinner and w/e is fresh in my head so it won't be long until the next update. Let me know what you thought in a review. I loves all of them...they make my Klaine heart swell.
Ta my little readers. See you soon!