Love in the Air
AN: Hello! So a few notes about this chapter, there are two songs mentioned that are used in Kurt and Nick's auditions, I picked those songs because I love them and there is video of both Chris Colfer and Curt Mega singing them. Not to spoil it but if you want to listen to the songs, just search the title of the song and Curt Mega for Nick's song and Kurt Hummel for Kurt's song, it was one from season 3 that he performed.
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Chapter 24:
July 4th 2019:
It was another warm, sunny day in LA. Kurt and Santana were sprawled out on a plaid blanket lying under the shade of a huge oak tree in the park while Nick, Jeff, Blaine and Eric were throwing around a football. It wasn't particularly quiet, there were numerous other families around so the sounds of activity were in the air but it was pleasant nonetheless.
A Frisbee landed next to Kurt and he picked it up just as a little girl ran over in a red and blue sundress. She was extremely shy and lowered her head, taking the disk from Kurt and whispering a quiet 'thank you' before she ran off.
"Awww," Santana remarked, nudging Kurt's shoulder, "she was adorable."
Kurt nodded in agreement, "Yes she was, and in about 6 months you will have one of your own."
Santana was now about three months along and her due date had been set for January 7th 2020. Kurt had gone with her to a few doctor's appointments when Eric had been busy so he was quickly learning everything about pregnancy. Of course Santana never hesitated to hide her opinions either and often shared all the wonders of childbirth with Kurt who had to refrain from sticking his fingers in his ears and singing to block her out.
He took most of it in stride, and since he had known Santana the longest he knew how to handle the mood swings that she had without the extra hormones pumping through her body.
Santana was quiet for a second, glancing down at her stomach where she was just starting to show through the tight red mini dress she was wearing. She had insisted on wearing the same clothes that she normally would despite being pregnant. Her excuse was not wanting look anything different than normal and Kurt was pretty sure she had used the word 'frumpy' when describing maternity clothes.
"At least my baby is going to be the cutest, most adorable little child with the heart of his father and looks of his mother."
Kurt rolled onto his back and looked up at Santana, quirking an eyebrow, "He?"
She seemed to quickly realize her slip but shrugged it off, "I just... I have this feeling. I won't be disappointed if it's a girl, I just think it's a boy." She paused a second, looking out to where the other guys were playing. Eric currently had Jeff pined to the ground and was messing with his hair, "you should have seen Eric's face the first time I called the baby a 'he'. He got really quiet for a second, and then freaked out because he thought I had found out the sex already and I just stood there laughing. It was priceless."
Kurt rolled his eyes because that was such a typical thing for Santana to do, "Just be lucky that you have him around all the time."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"N-nothing, just be lucky that you get to see Eric every day, he isn't gone for random chunks of time." Kurt's face fell and Santana reached up and grabbed him, pulling him down onto her and into a hug.
Kurt squeaked in surprise and tried to wiggle out of Santana's hold without much success.
Santana ignored a Kurt's protests and held him tighter.
"What's going on here?"
Kurt froze and Santana's grip loosened enough for him to roll out of her arms.
"Nothing to worry about Blaine, just that your fiancé," Santana emphasized the word way more than necessary, "well…he was moping so I was trying to cheer him up."
Kurt shot a glare down at Santana and stood up brushing off the few blades of grass from his clothes. Blaine, Eric, Nick and Jeff had given up on their game and were back over by where Santana, Kurt and the food were. Jeff was trying to sneak a few potato chips only to have Nick hit his hand away. Kurt gave Blaine a chaste kiss, "Don't listen to her, I was not moping."
"Ha, funny Kurt." Santana deadpanned, holding out her hand which Eric took and helped her up. She gave him a small smile of thanks and ruffled his blonde hair, "He was getting all sad because you have to go back to work tomorrow."
Kurt narrowed his eyes at Santana for telling that to Blaine, "We are going to go on a walk, we'll be back." He grabbed Blaine's hand and pulled him away before Santana could say more.
They walked in silence for a few minutes, intertwined hands swinging between them and the gold bands on their fingers catching the sunlight and glimmering.
"Kurt," Blaine began, breaking the silence, "we've talked about this, I mean –it's my job- I wish I could stay here with you, but I have to work. I'll only be gone for three days and then I'm back again."
"I know I know," Kurt said quickly. He saw an empty bench by the small pond at the center of the park and picked up the pace so they could get to it before it was occupied, "I just…I'm freaking out about my audition tomorrow and right now you are the only thing keeping me sane, I can try to talk to Santana but it always turns to baby talk –which is fine, I'm really happy for her- but sometimes it's a little much and –" Kurt's rambling was cut off when Blaine's lips were on his.
Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist, kissing him hard as he pulled Kurt down onto the bench so he was sitting on Blaine's lap. He pulled back and kept one arm securely around Kurt's waist while his free hand cupped Kurt's chin, "Okay, first things first, you need to breathe."
Kurt rolled his eyes.
"Kurt. Breathe." Blaine said again.
"You're not seriously-"
"Kurt."
"Ugh, fine." Kurt took a deep breath, raising his shoulders more than necessary and letting out the air in a huff, "happy?"
"Very." Blaine replied cheerfully, pressing a kiss to the corner of Kurt's mouth. "Now, I know that you are nervous about your audition, but you'll do amazing Kurt. I've heard you practicing; you know your song and the monologue by heart. Nick will be there with you too, and trust me he freaks out more than you do. I'll call and text you as much as I can tomorrow and I expect updates on how it went."
"I-okay." Kurt conceded, feeling slightly better already. He wasn't sure why he was so nervous about this audition in particular. He had been to a few others before he quit flight attending but this was a part he really wanted.
Blaine leaned over and kissed him again, smiling when he saw the small smile on Kurt's lips when they parted, "Good, now how about we go back over and enjoy our BBQ and the fireworks with our amazing friends, all of which are currently staring at us."
Kurt laughed but realized that Blaine wasn't joking and looked over his shoulder to where Nick, Jeff, Santana and Eric were all standing by the tree, looking right at them. When they saw Blaine and Kurt looking back they quickly tried to make it look like they hadn't been staring. Jeff of course was the worst and tripped over a cooler that had been in front of him causing Eric, Santana and Nick to all laugh.
"Okay, let's go before they start coming up with ridiculous theories like we broke off the engagement or something."
Blaine pretended to look horrified, smiling when he got Kurt to laugh and took his hand again as they started walking, "Never, I am marrying you if it's the last thing I do."
"Alright then, just know that you will have to put up with my crazy." Kurt squeezed Blaine's hand and gave him an over exaggerated smile.
"I already do." Blaine said, kissing Kurt's cheek and causing him to blush.
"Hush you."
July 5th 2019:
Kurt was freaking out.
Well, yes, freaking out was the right word. Nick had just been called back to give his audition meaning Kurt was next. In five minutes he would be out there on the stage, singing his heart out and trying to convince some of the most famous people in musical theater that he deserved a part.
Eric had explained to him multiple times how the audition process worked and had even came with him and Nick to the theater that morning to make sure they were settled in before he had to leave.
It was fairly simple really, for the first audition; Kurt would go out on stage and sing a musical number from any musical that highlighted his vocal range. Then he would recite a monologue to show his acting. That was it. If he got called back, then he would show up the next day and read from the actual script and perform a number as well. In addition he may read lines with another actor to see how their chemistry was.
Kurt had chosen to sing 'Not the Boy Next Door' from the musical 'The boy from Oz' while Nick was going to sing 'For Good' from 'Wicked'.
Thankfully Kurt's phone beeped, distracting him for a second. The message was short, but still sent his heart fluttering and put a smile on his face.
You can do this Kurt, you are amazing and I love you xo –B
Kurt smiled at the text message, a small bit of anxiety leaving his body only to quickly come back when he heard his name called. With one last glance at the message, Kurt pocketed his phone and headed back for his audition.
That evening Kurt was relaxing on the couch waiting for Blaine to call while Perry was curled up on the ridge of the couch next to Kurt's head.
A recording for Blaine singing in the car played through the apartment and Kurt reached over and grabbed his phone quickly excepting the call, "Blaine?"
"Hey you, how did you audition go?"
Finally hearing Blaine's voice over the phone, Kurt instantly relaxed. "It went well, really well. Is it wrong that I have a good feeling about this?"
Blaine laughed on the other line, he was in Austin, Texas at the moment, "No, I don't think so. Do you know when they will call to let you know about a call back?"
"Sometime tonight or tomorrow. I think they call tonight if you get a call back and tomorrow if you don't since the call backs would be tomorrow. After that, I think we find out the next day if we get in, that would be the day you get back." Kurt reached up and ran his hand down Perry's back, a purr rising from the furry orange cat. Thankfully Blaine wasn't there or he would be giving Kurt a look that said. 'I told you so.'
"Okay, well I'm sure you did fantastic as always, you are incredibly talented Kurt, and I'm sure the people choosing the parts for this play realize that."
Kurt blushed at the comment and the two continued talking about the audition and their days before Kurt's phone beeped signaling that he had another call.
"Blaine, I'm getting a call, I'll call you right back okay?"
"Okay, love you!"
Kurt fumbled with his phone finally excepting the other call, "Hello?" he said breathlessly because his heart was about to pound out of his chest.
"Hello is this Kurt Hummel speaking?"
"Yes, this him." Kurt's voice was shaky and Perry looked at him with expectant eyes.
"Hello Kurt, my name is Phillip Messera, you can all me Phil. I'm the director of 'One of the Few' and I have to say… I was really impressed with your audition today."
If Kurt had been drinking anything he would have spit it across the room from that one simple compliment, "Thank you Sir, th-that means a lot to me."
"It's all true Kurt," Phil chuckled on the other line, "and please call me Phil. Today in your audition you showed a lot of the passion and ferocity that we are looking for in our Levi. As you know from reading the character synopsis, Levi has put up with a lot and, -well he doesn't really take crap from anyone."
Kurt was having a hard time wrapping his mind around the fact that the director of the play was personally calling him and complimenting him on his audition. Let alone that Levi was one of the main characters. He was boyfriend of the other main character Tyler and the other characters were Levi's father and sister, along with their respective families.
"Thank you S-Phil, and that was always something I found admirable about Levi, in a way I can relate to him because of the difficulty he had faced and growing up in a small town where many are ignorant and quick to judge."
"Yes, anyways I was calling because I would like to see you again Kurt. You have a call back tomorrow for Levi. I look forward to seeing you perform again and seeing how you play this important character."
A squeal of excitement nearly left Kurt's lips before he buried his head into the pillow. He took a deep breath, "Thank you again Phil."
They said a quick goodbye before Phil hung up and Kurt called back Blaine, telling him everything the director had just told while letting out of all his excitement. Blaine listened and laughed at the right places, Kurt could imagine how big of a smile was on his face.
"Have you heard anything from Nick?" Blaine asked.
"No I haven't, not yet-" Kurt stopped talking when he heard a huge commotion on the other end of the line before Jeff's voice came over the phone instead of Blaine's.
"Kurt, did you get a call? Do you have a call back?"
"Um, hello to you too Jeff, and yes I did! I got called back for Levi,-" A huge whoop and laugh from the other end cut off Kurt again.
"Oh my god this is freaking fantastic, that director guy Scmil- Phil whatever his name is called Nick twenty minutes ago, he got called back for Tyler!"
It felt like the millionth time that night that Kurt was speechless and it took him a second to find his voice. This was all to amazing, there was no way that both he and Nick would get called back for opposite, lead part in an original musical that had potential to go to Broadway.
"Are you serious? Oh my- wow. Okay Jeff can you put Blaine back on the phone? I want to say goodbye and then I'll go call Nick."
"Sure no problem, and good luck tomorrow!" Jeff's voice trailed off and there was the sound of the phone exchanging hands before Blaine's voice was back. He and Kurt talked for a few more minutes before they said good night and goodbye.
Kurt promised to call after his audition the next day to let Blaine know how it went, and then he would be home and Kurt would know if he got the part or not.
July 7th 2019:
All it took was the sound of the front door opening before Kurt was jumping off the couch and running through the apartment and into the entryway, throwing himself into Blaine's arms.
Blaine stumbled backwards but held Kurt tightly, pressing kisses to any part of his skin that he could reach, "God I missed you." He whispered into Kurt's hair.
They stayed that way for a second before Kurt pulled back so he could look Blaine in the eyes, "Blaine, Phil, the director from the musical called…"
"And?" Blaine asked his eyes darting across Kurt's face trying to find the answer in Kurt's eyes.
"I got it, I got the part!"
Next chapter has more about the play, along with finding out who is going to play Tyler. I'd love to know what people think the gender of Santana's baby will be, I've already picked and I have a name too but I'd love to hear your ideas :)
I wanted to thank everyone who offered to give me feedback on my ideas for my next story. I replied to your reviews with the ideas so let me know what you think :)
Thoughts?