Prompt: Perry Cox -"You can call me a sucker, I don't care, because I do believe in it. Bottom line: Couples who are truly right for each other wade through the same crap as everybody else, but the big difference is they don't let it take them down. One of those two people will stand up and fight for that relationship every time. If it's right, and they're real lucky, one of them will say something." -'Scrubs'
At precisely nine a.m. Kurt knocked on the office door of Miss Isabelle Wright. The executive was already behind her desk, phone pressed to her ear, looking as put together as ever. Looking toward the door, she smiled as she waved Kurt into her office.
Kurt stepped into the office and crossed to her desk. He placed the cup of coffee he had picked up at the coffee shop a block from the office on her desk and then took a step back, waiting for his boss to finish her conversation.
As soon as Isabella finished the conversation, she reached for the coffee cup as she hung up the phone with the other hand.
She sighed in content as she drank a sip of the coffee. "You get that just perfect, every time, Kurt," she told her now part-time, but still favorite, assistant.
Kurt beamed at the praise even as he launched into her schedule, which he had memorized on the subway that morning, pausing only when his boss interjected something.
"I've still got twenty minutes before my first meeting, right?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good, then drop the ma'am and have a seat. I want to know how the long weekend in Lima went. Did you see, Blaine?"
"Yes. Blaine and I spent time together and it was nice being home for awhile. I think I needed the break from the fast pace of the city," Kurt said, totally at ease with his boss.
"I can see the effect on you. You're more relaxed and your eyes are brighter," Isabella commented. "Or is that just from being with Blaine?" she asked, slyly.
Kurt ducked his head as he felt his cheeks blush. He wasn't about to go into what he and Blaine did while he was back in Lima for the wedding that wasn't no matter how much at ease she was.
"Yeah, it's from being with, Blaine," Isabella said, getting her answer. She picked her coffee cup and leaned back. "So are you and Blaine back together yet."
"No, not really. I mean I enjoyed being with him but he's there and I'm here. We saw how that works. Besides, there is Adam."
"The chemistry isn't there with Adam, though I do like the guy. I rest easier when I see you leave here with him at night but your eyes don't light up when you talk about him. You and Blaine are meant to be."
"After what happened, I'm not so sure anymore."
"There is no such thing as a perfect relationship even for a perfect couple. The difference is that during the rough times, one of them are always fighting for the relationship. Seems to me right now, that's Blaine as he's waiting for you to sort through everything."
Kurt nodded, letting his boss' words sink in. Since coming to New York, Isabella Wright had become more than just a boss, she was his source for good advice and he didn't doubt her words this time.