AN: A little game time at the Hudson-Hummel household. Inspired by lyrics from "The Tide is High (Get The Feeling)" by Atomic Kitten.
"Did you have to put both guys back in one turn?" Burt asked with a groan as Kurt triumphantly put his dad's second green Parcheesi piece back to the start circle.
"Yes, I did," Kurt said, moving the last piece he needed to get home twenty spaces. He then picked up the dice an rolled again.
Finn watched the game progress from the doorway of the dinning room. His stepbrother was far ahead of their parents. Watching the three of them, Finn felt a warm feeling come over him. A feeling that this was exactly how things were supposed to be. No, they didn't always get along, but even when they did argue amongst themselves, Finn had to admit that it was a nice feeling knowing that he had three people who would be in his corner no matter what.
"What is this, pick on the green guy?" Burt exclaimed as Carole put the piece Burt had just moved out of his start circle back.
"It's not our fault you keep getting in our way, Dad?" Kurt commented, picking up the dice and rolling them. The two he needed to move his last piece into home did not come up.
"Uh huh," Burt commented picking up the dice. Looking up he spotted Finn. "Oh hey, you're home. How was the movie?" he asked, rolling the dice.
"Pretty lame actually," Finn replied.
"I told you the critics weren't saying anything good about it," Kurt commented, looking over his shoulder at Finn.
"Maybe next time I'll listen to you."
"Want to join in next game," Burt said, motioning to the board as Carole rolled the dice. "Perhaps you can beat your brother because your mother and I keep getting our butts kicked."
"Yeah, sure, why not," Finn said. So what if his teammates at school would think playing board games with the family was lame. This would actually probably be the highlight of his night.
Taking a seat next to Kurt, as his stepbrother rolled a two an move his last blue piece into home with a flourish, Finn remembered how he had fought this. He had wanted to hang on to what his mom and he had. He also remembered her saying that their family only managed and that he didn't realize it because it was all he ever knew. Two months after the wedding, he knew what she meant. He liked having a brother and a father figure in his life. The truth was, he wouldn't want to go back to the way things were for any reason, even if it did mean having to deal with all of Kurt and Burt's idiosyncrasies. After all, he and his mom probably had a few themselves. Idiosyncrasies or not, what the four of them had felt right.