Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any other event or place that is mentioned. I only own my OC's and the plot line for this story.
Warnings: Mild swearing mostly, AU
Pairings: Klaine, Finchel, Niff, David/OC and Wes/OC
Author's Note: Woohoo! Reviews already, thank you guys. I wanted to have this posted on Sunday but then my cat decided that it was the perfect time to have her kittens. Plus I got stuck into a really good fan fiction.
I'm from Australia so I don't know a thing about New York or any of the schools so I spent two weeks googling so much information that I know the ins and outs of NYU and Parsons. Everything for NYADA is just what I know from the show. Some places that I mention actually exist in New York and some I just made up for the heck of it so I hope you guys enjoy this next chapter.
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Chapter Two: Summer Plans
"Seems a bit weird, doesn't it?"
Kurt's head shot up as he looked to the doorway of his bedroom. He was sitting on his bed with half full boxes of his belongings spread all over his floor.
"You scared me dad."
"Sorry kiddo." Burt walked into the room and sat down next to Kurt.
"What's weird?"
"How empty this room looks. It took you two weeks to set this room up how you wanted and now, less than two years later, it's taken you three days to pack what you're taking with you."
"I know, it seems so little but I'll only have so much room in my dorm. Most of this other stuff will have to stay here till I get an apartment."
"I'm going to miss you Kurt." Burt told his son as he put an arm around his shoulders and pulled him into his side.
"I'm going to miss you too dad. But I'll try and make it home for every holiday though so you'll still see a lot of me."
"This house is going to feel so empty without you and your brother here. We got so used to two growing teens coming and going at all times that it's going to be different once you both go."
"You'll still have Sam here dad, he still has one year left of high school. I'm pretty sure he'll want to bring friends home so it won't be so empty."
"Not the same, Sam's a great kid but he's not you or Finn. Just means you boys need to visit, a lot." Burt explained as he stood from the bed and started for the door.
"We will dad, besides you still have another week with us being under your feet and annoying you guys. It's probably going to take that long to help Finn pack; I can't believe that he hasn't even started yet."
"He's procrastinating; I just think that he's waiting for you to offer to help him." Burt said with a laugh.
"Probably, I'll offer to help him tomorrow, it's too late to start now."
"Alright, dinner should be ready soon anyway. I should probably go and try to pry Finn and Sam away from the TV long enough to help set the table."
"Good luck with that dad. I'll be down shortly; I've just got a couple more things to sort out."
With a nod towards Kurt in acknowledgement Burt left Kurt to his packing and headed towards his step-son's room, his next task was going to be fun.
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The weeks had gone by fast after Kurt and Finn had opened their letters, they had all gone out to BreadstiX for dinner to celebrate along with Rachel and her dads. Most of the night was spent talking about what the kids were planning on doing for the summer before they were all gone.
The next day Rachel and Finn informed their parents that they were planning on putting their wedding off till after they graduated from college. With both of them attending college in New York they no longer felt as though they needed to rush into marriage. Both sets of parents were relieved with this new turn of events and were glad that they didn't have to plan for a wedding that they weren't really enthusiastic about to begin with.
At least that was one less thing that needed to be planned that summer; the three teens would already be busy with packing and moving to New York. Rachel would be leaving first in July followed by both the boys in August. Kurt started classes on August twenty-seventh and Finn had freshman orientation on the twenty-sixth with his classes starting on September fourth. That gave them a month and a half of the summer holidays to spend together before Rachel left.
Kurt had made plans with the New Directions girls to have a weekend sleepover at his house before Mercedes left for her new life in L.A and Santana headed to Louisville. Finn planned to use the same four day weekend to have a video game marathon with the Glee boys before most of them left to go their separate ways. The only ones remaining behind would be Sam, Artie, Brittany and Tina. Pizza and junk food seemed like a good idea for that weekend as long as the boys had the house clean by the time Burt and Carole got back from D.C on the following Tuesday.
Finn and Kurt made plans to shop for their weekend party on the Thursday beforehand, Burt and Carole gave them two hundred dollars for their weekend supplies. Thankfully Puck was more interested in the actual games to even bother with sneaking alcohol into the house which made Kurt happy because he really didn't want to deal with a drunken brother as well as their friends.
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"We're gonna need more chips dude."
"Finn how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me dude?" came the reply as Kurt pushed one of the two trolley's down the aisle at the supermarket.
Both teens had left their house two hours previous to start on the food shopping for their long weekend party. They had been arguing nonstop since they stepped foot in the market, Finn wanted to spend the money on a whole lot of junk food whereas Kurt kept telling him that they couldn't have junk food every day and they certainly were not going to eat chips and chocolate for breakfast.
They had finally come to a compromise, splitting the money between the pair they each grabbed a trolley and placed the food they thought was necessary into their respective trolley's. Whatever amount went over their hundred dollar budget would come out of their own money to make up the difference. Finn was happy as long as Kurt bought some bacon so they wouldn't have all healthy food for their breakfast meals.
"Sorry. But we still need more chips, with how much the other guys eat there won't be enough for you and the girls."
"Then get more chips, I told you whatever goes over the hundred dollars you pay out of your pocket. You wanted all that crap than you can pay for it."
Finn gave a nod of agreement before grabbing four more bags of chips off of the shelf and throwing them into the trolley. So far the trolley was three quarters full of chocolate, chips, soft drink and various other snacks that Kurt didn't even want to know the names of. Finn seemed proud of himself so Kurt just let him do what he wanted. Kurt just made sure to add some vegan chocolate into the trolley or Rachel would have a fit, so not what Kurt wanted to deal with that weekend.
"When did Burt say that he and mum were leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning at around eight, they don't want to waste too much of the day driving to Columbus. They check in at their hotel at twelve so they have plenty of time to go for brunch before checking in." Kurt informed the former jock as they walked into the next aisle.
Kurt wanted to grab supplies to make waffles or pancakes for breakfast, with how much Noah, Sam and Finn put away on a daily basis Kurt has to make sure that he has plenty ingredients or there wouldn't be enough food to feed everyone. He doubled up on all the ingredients and piled them all into the trolley; Finn was following close behind as they moved further through the shop.
"Hey Kurt, do you think we should get some fruit too?"
"Seriously, with the amount of junk food you have piled in that trolley you suggest fruit?" Kurt asked the taller teen with an incredulous look.
"Hey I like fruit too."
"Finn, fruit flavoured lollies don't count."
"Can we still get some fruit? Rachel will never let me hear the end of it if we don't get at least some fruit."
"Fine, but she's your girlfriend so you pay for it."
Fifteen minutes later both boys were at the registers putting their shopping through, by the time their groceries were scanned and paid for Kurt had already received several text messages from Rachel to make sure he had brought plenty of vegan food. She may be his best friend but she could sure drive him crazy sometimes, she drove everyone else crazy all the time.
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"Did you boys get everything you needed?" Burt asked them as he started to help them bring the bags into the house.
"Yeah, we went a little over the two hundred but we just used our own money to make up for it." Kurt informed him.
"Rachel kept texting with requests and suggestions for food that we should stock up on." Finn added as they headed to the kitchen with his load of shopping.
"Well I just hope that Puckerman doesn't bring alcohol into this house."
"Don't worry dad, Puck knows that he isn't to bring any to the party. I'll admit he has matured a bit since Shelby allowed him to see Beth, even if he was dumb enough to try and have a relationship with a teacher." Kurt assured his dad.
"Good, because this whole party deal is based on you guys not consuming any alcohol."
"No need to worry Burt, we'll all be too busy getting sugar highs to worry about alcohol." Finn added as he started stuffing chip packets into the pantry.
The next ten minutes of unpacking passed in silence as Burt continued to help the two boys pack away the food supplies for their weekend, he trusted the boys but he just liked to make sure that the rules were followed to the letter. It was one thing to have a bunch of teenagers in his home for a four day weekend but a completely different thing to have alcohol added into the mix.
It wasn't Kurt or the girls that he had to worry about; it was his other son and his friends that were more prone to troublemaking than anyone else. Especially with it being summer, teens just seemed to get crazier during the holidays between school years. It was either the sun or lack of teachers that caused the effect.
"I'm going to start on dinner now, should be ready in an hour." Kurt informed them as they started to head out of the kitchen.
Burt headed to the living room to watch TV while Finn headed upstairs to play his Xbox, Carole wasn't due home from work for another half hour so Kurt started grabbing the ingredients he would need for their dinner. He loved cooking; there was just something about the repetitive motions of food preparations that Kurt found cathartic. He found baking a great way to relieve stress as well, the results were quite rewarding too. The only downside to student housing during his freshman year was that there were no kitchens in the suites in the residence hall he was staying in for his freshman year.
He had been in contact with his roommate over the past couple of weeks, they had started emailing each other as soon as they knew the others name and email address. Ethan seemed like a really nice guy, he and Kurt found out that they both had a lot in common with each other. They were both gay, though Ethan had a boyfriend, they both liked musicals, both were doing Fashion Design and they both loved cooking. The only thing the pair didn't have in common was the ability to sing, Ethan claimed to be tone deaf but his boyfriend on the other hand was quite adept at it and was studying Music Technology at NYU.
It was good that he was able to get to know his roommate before leaving for New York; he wasn't sure how awkward it would be if they didn't know each other beforehand. They would be sharing a double room together, Kurt was just glad that he wasn't sharing a quad, he'd heard that they weren't really comfortable with four people trying to occupy such a small room.
Ethan had grown up in New York and had promised to take Kurt on a proper tour of all the good hot spots in the city after they had fully settled in. Kurt was looking forward to it and had invited Finn and Rachel along as well. They didn't get much of a chance to explore when they were there for Nationals their junior year so it would be a whole new experience the second time around. It also helped to have someone who knew where they were going as their guide. All in all Kurt was looking forward to being in New York again.
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AN: Phew, finally. I wanted this up before the start of this week but things don't always go as they are planned. My brother is watching my son for the weekend so I will have a new chapter up by Sunday, this time I'll actually keep to that plan. This chapter is so short compared to the first one because the third is going to be pretty long.
Next chapter will be the party and their departure to New York; I'm also hoping to add in their little tour as well. I already have the chapter half planned out so it shouldn't take too long to type up.
On an even better note, at 10:00 am on Tuesday the 22nd of October same sex marriage will become legal in the ACT. How awesome is that? It took Australia long enough. Tasmania is apparently soon to follow on that front too, and my home state (New South Wales) has it on the agenda as well. I honestly thought that Victoria would be the first considering they have the SSCV but oh well, ACT is better than nothing, even if over half the country voted a complete wanka into office.