Love in the Air
AN: IM BACK! My summer started today which means I will have a lot more time to write! Thank you to everyone who reviewed last chapter, I sincerely appreciate all your comments. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, Modern Family, American Airlines, or anything else that looks familiar.
Chapter 21:
June 30th 2019:
"Well…" Santana trailed off looking around Kurt's bare apartment. Everything had already been packed and shipped to LA. Her own apartment had been cleaned out the previous day and she was spending their last night in New York with Kurt at his apartment.
The only signs of someone living there was the inflated air mattress in the middle of the living room. Next to it, four suitcases were lying open. It was Sunday night, yesterday had been their last day of work and tomorrow morning they were flying out to LA.
"It's our last night in New York, isn't it exciting?"
Santana looked up from where she was sitting against the wall as Kurt walked in with a box of pizza in his hands.
Normally he would object to such a calorie ridden food but he decided to make an exception for tonight. Plus Santana was already in her tenth week of pregnancy and the cravings were going strong. She had spent the past three hours complaining about how she was craving pizza and there was no way Kurt was going to cross her, especially now that she was more bitchy than usual.
"Oh very. I'm so glad that we won't have to deal with the back and forth trips anymore. That was tedious."
Kurt nodded in agreement as he gracefully sat down next to Santana. He flipped open the top of the pizza box sitting between them and handed Santana a slice of pizza covered in pineapple, Canadian bacon and cheese.
"Ohmygod this is delicious!" Santana moaned around her mouthful of pizza. Kurt reached over and wiped off a bit of tomato sauce from the corner of her mouth. Santana gave him a small smile of thanks before taking another bite.
Kurt took his time eating his own piece as he watched Santana eat her own piece with much more ferocity. She was grabbing her third piece as Kurt finished the last bite of his second.
"God Santana, slow down. You'll make yourself sick." Kurt chided as she gave him a glare.
"Nope, I'm starving and so is this one," she motioned towards her stomach, "so I sure as hell will eat as much and as fast as I want."
Kurt held his hands up in surrender, chuckling quietly as he grabbed another slice. His eyes flitted back to her stomach. Her baby bump wasn't noticeable under Eric's baggy sweatshirt which she was wearing but Kurt still knew it was there.
"Doesn't this all seem a little surreal?" Kurt asked, resting his head back against the wall, "I mean, if you had told me a year ago that I would be dating a pilot and you would be pregnant I would have laughed in your face and wondered what you were on."
He turned his head slightly to see Santana nodding, "True that."
"It's amazing though," Kurt continued, "we're moving to LA to live with our boyfriends, I have an audition next week for a project I'm ecstatic about and Tuesday Blaine is taking me on a super-secret vacation which he still won't tell me anything about."
Kurt paused and thankfully was too occupied thinking about the vacation to notice the small smile forming on Santana's face at the mention of Blaine's secret trip.
She had known the purpose of the vacation before the whole pregnancy thing, Blaine had even called her to essentially ask her permission, only after calling Burt of course. Once Santana had realized Blaine had delayed the trip and his proposal because Kurt was helping her, she had felt horrible and picked up the closest phone to apologize profusely.
Of course Blaine refused to accept her apology, and continuously reassured her that it was fine. At that moment in time she needed Kurt and he wasn't going to take Kurt away on a vacation. Blaine had been so sweet about the whole thing and Santana fell in love with the curly haired pilot a little more. There was no doubt in her mind that Blaine was perfect for Kurt.
"San?" Kurt's voice pulled Santana from her lapse, "you okay?"
"Yep!" She said smiling at him.
Kurt didn't think too much about her odd behavior, just putting it off as a mood swing or something.
Late that night, Kurt was just about to fall asleep when he felt the air mattress wobble as Santana scooted over. She placed her head on Kurt's chest and cuddled into his side.
Kurt's arms wound around her waist and he held her close, "Since when did you become a cuddler?" he whispered.
"Shh, just hold me." Santana mumbled, shifting a little closer to Kurt's warm body.
Kurt smiled into the darkness and kissed her forehead, "Good night Santana."
"Good night Kurt" she murmured.
Kurt waited until Santana's breathing evened out and she fell asleep in his arms before he let his own eyelids close as he drifted to sleep.
July 1st 2019:
Jeff skipped into the bedroom and threw his body onto the bed where Nick was still sleeping causing it to bounce slightly under his added weight.
"Morning handsome!" Jeff said cheerfully.
Nick groaned and buried his head further into his pillow, "Jeff it's like-"
"It's ten in the morning Nick." Jeff rested his weight on his elbows and looked down at Nick; he lifted one of his hands and ran his fingers through Nick's messy brown hair.
"Still, I'm tried so shhhh." Nick's hand rose from under the pillow and blindly moved towards Jeff's face until his fingers were pressed to Jeff's lips.
Jeff laughed and kissed Nick's fingers before gently pulling the sleep brunette's hand away from his mouth, "I guess I really wore you out last night."
Nick snorted into the pillow and rolled over, the blankets pooling around his waist, leaving his bare chest exposed. "So what exactly…" Nick yawned, his eyes squinting before he continued, "you woke me up for round two?"
The huge smile on Jeff's face faltered for a second, "Well… no, but I definitely wouldn't be opposed."
After a few seconds of silence, Nick noticed the way Jeff's eyes began to darken as they moved down his body. He brought his hand to Jeff's cheek and the blonde's eyes snapped away to meet this own.
"Before you get distracted, why don't you tell me why you woke me up" Nick suggested, still holding Jeff's gaze.
"Um, right okay. Guess what today is?" Jeff asked excitedly.
"Monday?" Nick replied automatically.
Jeff rolled his eyes, "Yes, but what is special about today specifically?"
Nick thought for a second but his mind kept drawing a blank, "No idea."
A sigh left Jeff's lips. After ten years he knew better than anyone how Nick always had random memory lapses after waking up.
"It's Monday July 1st, which means our two favorite flight attendants are officially moving to LA today. Though I guess they aren't flight attendants anymore since they finished on Saturday but still!"
Realization showed in Nick's eyes a second later, "Right! Kurt and Santana move in today. No idea how I forgot that."
Jeff smiled and cuddled into Nick's side, "It's okay, and tomorrow Blaine is taking Kurt on vacation..."
Nick hummed in agreement and rolled over so he was facing Jeff, "do you remember when we proposed?"
"Yes! I could never forget. I still can't believe that we both picked the same day to propose to each other."
An easy silence fell as the two men thought back on the day almost two years ago when they went from boyfriends to fiancés. It was mid-August and Jeff's turn to plan their Tuesday night dates.
Wanting to make it special, Jeff rented out an old drive-in movie theater. He and Nick were curled up on a blanket under the stars when the credits began to roll. Jeff took a deep breath and extracted himself from Nick's arms. He ignored the look of confusion on Nick's face and moved so he was kneeling in front of him.
"I remember that I got on my knee in front of you and poured out my heart." Jeff's voice broke the silence as he turned to look at his husband.
Nick smiled, "And then you said, 'Nick will you marry me?'"
"And you scared the shit out of me by saying, 'that depends.'"
"I know and I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you" Nick's eyes were locked on Jeff's.
Jeff brushed his fingers across Nick's lips, "You then surprised me by reaching into your own pocket and pulling out a ring saying, 'will you marry me Jeff?'"
Nick leaned in and connected his lips to Jeff's in a passionate kiss. Jeff responded immediately opening his mouth as their tongues meet.
"Hey Jeff?" Nick asked breathlessly, pulling his lips away from Jeff who started to suck on his neck.
"Wha?" Jeff's words were muffled against Nick's skin.
"D-do you have anything else you need to tell me?" Nick bit down on his bottom lip to suppress a moan as Jeff's talented mouth began to mark his skin.
Jeff's lips left Nick's neck, leaving behind a red spot, "No."
"Good." Nick said crushing their lips together again.
"Home sweet home." Santana walked into Eric's apartment, though now it was theirs, and immediately went over to the couch laying down and letting out a deep breath.
Eric watched her, love shinning in his eyes as he set down her suitcases and walked over to the couch. Santana lifted her head so Eric could sit down before she placed it back in his lap. His hands immediately moved to her hair and he began to slowly massage her scalp.
It was a ritual of sorts, whenever they got home from the airport they would go straight to the couch and Eric would massage Santana's head until all the tension was gone from her body.
"You feeling okay?" Eric asked, he was looking down at Santana who opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Yeah I am. I didn't feel sick this morning and I was too excited about finally being back here with you that I didn't notice if I actually did feel sick."
"Well I'm excited you're here too."
Santana hummed in agreement, "I love you Eric, and even though this is all happening backwards, I know I couldn't be happier to be raising a child with you and I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"I love you too Santana, I think it's happening exactly the way it's supposed to, I want everything with you too."
Santana took one of Eric's hands in her own and kissed his palm before closing her eyes and drifting of as Eric began to softly sing a song he had written for her.
July 2nd 2019:
"Why won't you tell me where we are going?" Kurt asked giving Blaine his biggest puppy eyes in hopes that he would cave and give Kurt some hint as to where they were going.
Blaine laughed at Kurt's expression and kissed his pouting lip, "Because it's a surprise. Don't worry you will love it."
Kurt huffed and went back to packing his suitcase, Blaine had already been packed when Kurt got to their -yes now it was theirs- apartment last night.
Blaine reached over and took out a thick sweater from their closet and handed it to Kurt who took a step back, "Blaine that's a wool sweater, it's 87 degrees out, why would I need to take a wool sweater?"
"Because," Blaine carefully folded the sweater and placed it in Kurt's suitcase, "It gets cold at night and I don't want to freeze, and yes we can cuddle but you still need something warm to wear."
Kurt shook his head, not bothering to argue, and continued packing, Blaine occasional telling him not to pack something or adding an article of clothing he insisted that Kurt would need.
It was around ten in the morning when Kurt was finally packed. They double check that they had left enough food and water out for Perry even though Nick and Jeff were going to stop by and check on the cat anyways. After one last double check that Kurt had everything, he and Blaine walked down to the parking garage hand in hand and placed their suitcases in the trunk of the car.
"So no hint?" Kurt asked for a final time as he buckled his seat belt.
Blaine turned the key in the ignition and leaned across the center console, "Nice try but nope." He quickly gave Kurt a kiss before shifting back into his seat. He put the car into gear and pulled out of his spot before driving out of the garage and towards his surprise destination.
Next chapter, it's vacation time for Kurt and Blaine! There are only a few more chapters left in this story and then an epilogue. I do have another story planned for when this one is finished and I'm really thankfully for everyone who is still reading, even after 21 chapters. :)
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