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'
Sitting at the head table, Kurt longingly watched the couples on the dance floor swaying to the slow song that Santana was singing. Tina was dancing with her head resting on Mike's shoulder, a contented smile on her face. Mr. Schuester was dancing with one of the single nurses that Carole had invited from her job. Rachel and Finn were talking softly as they carefully turned in circles. Finn had already stepped on Rachel's toes more than once. And of course there was his father and Carole, clearly lost in one another. The only time Kurt could remember seeing his Dad that happy was in the pictures from his first wedding. Though he knew Carole could never quite replace his own mother, Kurt did hope that she could at least fill the empty space in his dad's life that his mom's death had caused. He knew it would be easier for him to leave for New York knowing his father wasn't alone.
"Favor for your thoughts?" Mercedes's asked, placing one of the wedding favors that she had helped Kurt and Carole put together a few days ago, on the table in front of Kurt.
The question made Kurt jump as he was brought out of his thoughts.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," the bubbly teen added, as she slipped into the chair his Dad had been occupying earlier.
"It's fine, Mercedes," Kurt said, glancing over at her before returning his gaze to his dad and new stepmother.
"They look happy tonight, don't they?" Mercedes commented, following Kurt's gaze.
"Yeah, they do despite me almost messing things up for them."
"Messing things up? Kurt, you're the one who introduced them," Mercedes said, trying to figure out where her friend was coming from. "Are you talking about that incident with Finn in the Spring, because if you are Finn was as much at fault as you if not more."
"It wasn't just that. I wasn't exactly nice to Carole while my father was in the hospital. I pushed her help away just like I did with the rest of you," Kurt replied, feeling Mercedes arm come to rest on his shoulders.
"Kurt, you were under a lot of stress. We all knew that. No one holds that against you."
"That's good to hear but I still feel like I keep placing obstacles to them being together in the way, and real life provides enough obstacles for love as it is. Just like the situation with Karofsky. Dad didn't need that extra stress on top of getting ready for the wedding. What if Carole decides she doesn't want to deal with all the problems having a gay stepson is going to cause?"
"Then she wouldn't have said yes but she did because she loved your father and she loves you. Her vow today showed everyone here that. I don't think there is anything those two can't face and overcome now that they're together," Mercedes said, nodding her head toward the newlyweds.