Forever Has to Start Somewhere

Chapter 28: Spring Break

"Hey."

Adam turned his head and smiled when he saw Kurt approaching him.

"Hey," he greeted softly. He gestured at the table, "I got you your drink already. A nonfat mocha, right?"

Kurt nodded, flashing Adam a small smile as he moved to sit down. "Thank you."

"No problem."

There was a moment of silence. Adam tapped his fingers nervously against his own cup while Kurt traced the edge of his with a fingernail.

"So um," Adam interrupted. He winced a bit at just how awkward it sounded. "Congratulations on your win last night."

"Thank you, though I must admit the primary reason we won was because Rachel found a masterpiece in Get it Right."

"No matter how great it was, you still would have lost if Loser Like Me hadn't been amazing in it's own right." He raised a questioning eyebrow, "And that was a group effort, wasn't it?"

"I can see your point."

Another silence settled over them.

Adam was able to handle it for all of a minute before he let out a dejected sigh. He reached up, running fingers through his hair. "God, Kurt, I'm sorry. We haven't seen each other since Thanksgiving and this should have been a fun reunion between friends. But I had to ruin it by opening my stupid mouth and making it into this awkward thing where you try and figure out how to reject me and I just-"

"What?" Adam stopped mid tangent. Kurt's mouth had dropped open and shock was clear in his eyes. "I'm not trying to reject you."

Adam floundered for a minute before he managed to choke out, "You're not?"

Kurt gave a vehement shake of his head. "I was trying to say yes. I just wasn't sure how to bring it up and-"

"Yes?" Adam questioned. A smile spread over his lips and a giddy, dizzy feeling settled in his head. "You're gonna say yes?"

"Well, um, yes?"

Adam leaned forward, setting his elbows on the table. He was aware that his smile was only widening. "Kurt, I know this may be a little forward, but would it be alright if I kissed you?"

His cheeks flushed a deep red. Kurt looked down before glancing at Adam through his eyelashes, "You really want to?"

"Very much," Adam assured.

There was a brief moment before Kurt nodded. "I'd like that."

"Fantastic."

Without another word, Adam lifted himself far enough off his seat that he could lean across the table. He placed a hand against Kurt's cheek, his thumb stroking lightly under Kurt's eye.

"Thought you were gonna kiss me?" Kurt questioned. He sounded a little breathless.

"I am," Adam murmured. "But you have very pretty eyes. It would be a shame not to spend a moment admiring them."

"I have really soft lips. Could you admire that instead?"

Adam gave a light chuckle. "Of course."

Then he leaned forward to seal his lips over Kurt's.

When Adam and Kurt returned from their coffee date hand-in-hand, the others were waiting in the living room. After some cheering and good-natured teasing, they settled in the living room with the ice cream they'd bought the night before just in case. Rachel ate from a bowl of vegan caramel cinnamon ice cream as the boys crowded around the TV to play Halo, making unappreciated comments on their skill levels as the rounds went by and Kurt wracked up the highest kill total. Kurt and Jesse made their way through cones packed with lemon ice cream as Brody and Adam taught Rachel to play Mario Kart. After dinner, Brody and Adam took spoonfuls from a carton of moose tracks as Kurt, Jesse, and Rachel argued over what musical to watch.

They all decided to pile in the living room to watch Les Miserables once the trio had come to their decision. They fell asleep in a heap on the floor, Kurt and Adam's hands loosely intertwined while Rachel and Jesse were pressed close together and Brody laid across all of their legs.

On Sunday the house filled with music and laughter.

Jesse took the trumpet he'd gotten for Christmas out and played a few pieces. Brody and Rachel did a duet of A Change Would Do You Good with choreography which had them both breathless with laughter. Adam sung Baby Got Back to Kurt laughing even as his face flushed bright red. Continuing the trend, Kurt dragged Jesse into a duet of Hips Don't Lie that had Brody pounding his fists against the floor and tears of laughter streaming down Rachel's cheeks.

"This is so weird," Brody murmured as he followed Jesse down the hallway. Adam fell into step with them, his hands shoved in his pockets as he looked around. "I haven't been in a high school in forever."

"You're acting as though that was much longer ago than it was," Adam said.

McKinley didn't go on Spring Break until the week after, but Jesse had wanted a chance to catch up with the members of New Direction's that he was friendly with. Having nothing better to do, Adam and Brody had decided to tag along with him as he went to pick Rachel up from practice that Wednesday.

Brody gave a small shrug. "Feels like ages."

"A year is not ages," Jesse said with a roll of his eyes.

As they reached their destination, he threw the door open and stepped inside.

New Direction's was gathered in the seats at the back of the room while Mr. Schue and Shelby stood in front of them. When they heard the door open, they all turned to face them.

A moment passed before Shelby said, "You have perfect timing, Jesse."

He arced an eyebrow, surprised that his former coach had been the first to address him. "I do?"

"Yes. I was just telling the group about how much higher the standards would be at Nationals," Shelby explained. "As a three time champion, you should be able to demonstrate the level they'll need to be at."

"Oh." He blinked at her for a moment before looking over his shoulder at Brody and Adam, "Would you two be okay with putting on a number quickly?"

Brody raised his eyebrows. "I've never done this glee stuff, you know that."

"It'll be fine," Jesse dismissed. "You know how to dance and you know how to sing and you're good enough at them that you good into NYADA. And I really only need backup for the song I'm thinking."

Still looking skeptical, Brody let out a drawled, "Okay..."

"I'm for it," Adam piped in.

"Good!"

He clapped his hands together before turning to mouth the name of a song to them. When he got nods from both of them, he mouthed the title to the band.

As he turned back to New Directions, he felt a familiar feeling rise in his chest.

It had him letting out a soft sigh as the first notes of the song started.

He loved NYADA and the opportunities it gave him, but it didn't allow him the same amount of freedom that a glee club did. There was nothing quite like getting to put on a show without thinking about how his song choice would fit an assignment and affect his grade.

As the songs introduction came to an end, he let himself loosen up.

He stomped his foot against the ground and bobbed his head as he sung, "Rise above gonna start the war! Whatcha want, whatcha need, whatcha come here for? Well an eye for an eye and an F for a fight. Taking me down is a prisoners right!" Adam and Brody came in with the accompaning oooh's as he started the next line, "Got shackles on, my words are tied. Fear can make you compromise. With the lights turned up, it's hard to hid. Sometimes I wanna disappear."

En: So hopefully everyone is okay with the fact that this chapter didn't focus a whole lot on Jesse and Rachel even though they're together? I planned to focus on them a lot when prom comes around!

Also, I used the last bit in this chapter to address how Jesse feels about college. I am not repeating the canon thing and having him drop/flunk out, but I do think Jesse is the type of performer who likes to just perform and that he would feel restricted at any type of school, performing arts or otherwise.

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