Kurt, Brandon and Quinn walked into the sanctuary together to find everybody already there. They sat down in the one empty three seat sofa and got comfortable.
Bird smiled at them with a red cup in hand
"Oh good, you're here. We're going to play Truth or Dare. You in?"
The all nodded and Bird started the game by asking Quinn.
"Truth."
"Why did you join glee club?"
"I like to sing and Coach Sylvester wants us to spy for her."
Bird nodded and sat back, satisfied with the honest answer.
"Kurt. Truth or dare?"
Kurt gave her a look like his answer was obvious
"Dare."
Quinn thought for a minute before she smirked with a glint in her eye
"I dare you to join the football team."
Kurt scoffed while everyone else laughed
"And how do you suppose that I do that?"
Puck quickly interjected with the answer
"We're out of a kicker, you should get Finn to get you a try out. He is the quarterback."
Kurt nodded and took a sip of his breezer. He was going to get on that football team and own this dare.
"Okay, done. Blaine, truth or dare?"
"Dare" Blaine said with a wink.
Kurt gave himself a mental pat on the back
"I dare you to make out with me for the rest of the night."
Whoops and whistles went throughout the room, Puck's cheers the loudest. Blaine just smiled and grabbed Kurt's face in for a deep kiss. They both forgot that everyone else was there as they made out for the rest of the night.
Quinn was almost at her bedroom door when she heard the loud music playing in Kurt's room. It sounded like Single Ladies. She walked to his room to investigate and walked in on him dancing the single ladies perfectly with Tina and Brittany as back up dancers. She turned off the music and slow clapped.
"Whoa, Kurt. Never pegged you as the type to know how to dance so well."
Kurt chuckled bashfully and scratched the back of his neck with his right hand. If he was blushing or just red in the face from exertion, Quinn had no idea. She was really impressed.
"When and how did you learn to dance the single ladies?"
"I was bored once when I was on vacation so I learned it from a Youtube video. It took me like 2 months to perfect it though."
Quinn nodded and turned the music on again from the beginning. She sat down on the bad and started to watch with a smile on her face. She wanted to see the whole thing.
They were halfway through the dance when somebody else paused the music. Kurt looked up and saw Burt standing beside the stereo with an amused smile on his face.
"What's going on here? You guys having a party?"
"We're rehearsing a number for glee club."
Burt walked closer and looked at the leotard Kurt was wearing with a reluctant smile
"What's this?"
"It's a leotard, they keep sweat from the body. Guys on the football wear them."
There was a beat of silence where Kurt tried to keep his expression serious. He lasted only a few seconds before he started to laugh so hard that tears appeared in his eyes "Oh god, I'm so sorry I'm just trying to imagine Puck or Finn wearing this thing. Funniest image ever."
Burt chuckled and walked out with a last remark
"Just keep it down, Deadliest Catch is on. Oh and Kurt, Brandon's downstairs and he wasn't to talk to you."
Kurt walked into the living room to see Brandon sitting on the sofa playing some game on his phone.
"Hey stranger, Burt said that you wanted to talk?"
"Yeah, I need to go home for a bit. Mom called and reminded me of the promise I made."
Kurt nodded and hugged him.
"Boo. It's gonna suck not having you here but we both know how important those appointments are."
"Yeah, I'll see you soon though."
"Of course you will. Drive safe and tell your mom I said hi."
"Will do."
They hugged again and Kurt walked him to the door. Brandon drove away with a little wave.
Brandon had just finished putting his grocery bag into the back of his car when he noticed someone filling their tank on the other side of the parking lot. He knew who it was right away and quickly strode up to them.
"Lori? What the hell are you doing here?"
"I'm filling my tank, what does it look like?"
"No I meant in Lima."
She shrugged at him like he should know the answer. Kurt. Of course she would be here for Kurt.
"How is he?"
"He's fine but listen you shouldn't be here, it's dangerous!"
"Well Brandon, it's dangerous for me to be anywhere."
He sighed and nodded with defeat. He knew it was true.
"You know Kurt, He's the strongest person I know, He'll get through this all right."
She nodded and wiped the stray tear that had fallen down her cheek
"The thing I'm most proud of in this world is being his mother."
Brandon was extremely uncomfortable. Now that he'd met Burt and Quinn his whole opinion of Lori had shifted. She wasn't and never would be Kurt's real mother. No matter how well she raised him for the last 13 years.
"I miss being his mother."
"He refuses to call Elisabeth that, Burt always calls her his mom. He also insists on being called Kurt Stevens, even though it isn't really his real last name."
Lori looked offended
"Yes it is. I bet that drives Burt and Elisabeth insane."
"No he gets it, he just wants Kurt to be happy."
Lori looked sadly down at her hands.
"Listen I'm working on a plan to get us back together."
"You're getting back together?"
"Of course Brandon, what did you think! Juss promise me you won't tell him anything, or that you've seen me. Promise me?""
Brandon answered uneasily
"Yeah, I promise."
They said their goodbyes quickly, got in their cars and drove their separate ways.
When the bell rang after glee club Kurt was quick to run after Finn and to stop him for a minute.
"Hey Finn can I ask you a favour?"
"Uhm… Sure."
"Great. I need a try out for the football team. For the kicker."
Finn looks at him sceptically for a second before he nodded reluctanty.
"Okay."
"Thank you!"
Kurt and his friends walked outside into the courtyard and sat down with their lunches at a cafeteria table.
"-And glee club is like the gayest thing ever."
Kurt cleared his throat with a serious look in Puck's direction and he mumbled a sorry and took a huge bite of his BLT.
Blaine walked towards their table and sat down beside Bird "So what were you guys talking about?"
"Kurt was telling us about glee club."
"You're in glee club?"
Kurt nodded and took as a sip from his water so he'd have something to do. He hoped Blaine didn't think of him as a loser now.
"Cool."
Kurt smiled and continued eating his salad.
"So are you going to school here or are you just visiting us for lunch?"
"It's part of my parole. They made me choose between going to school or cleaning up on the highway. I chose school."
Kurt nodded approvingly. Blaine chose the right move because those orange things he'd had to wear would have been disgusting.
Burt walked into the kitchen the next morning and saw Kurt nursing a cup of coffee at the breakfast table.
"Good morning, Kurt."
"Morning, Burt."
Burt sighed. He wished that Kurt would just call him dad, but he wasn't going to force the kid. He'd had Kurt back for three weeks now and he was willing to wait a little longer to be called dad. He hoped that Kurt would eventually call him dad.
"Did Lori ever tell you anything about your father?"
Kurt nodded
"Yes. She just told me it was a guy she'd had a one night stand with and that she'd never remembered his name."
"Weren't you even curious about your father?"
"Yeah but she was enough for me so I didn't really think much about it."
He shrugged his shoulder and took a long sip form his coffee. He sighed happily as he cradled the mug.
"I see that you love coffee."
Kurt chuckled and nodded
"Oh yes!"
Kurt walked back upstairs to his room to get ready for school. He was so tired and was not in the mood for school but his football try out would be that day. He sighed and started to style his hair in the mirror.
He'd been styling it for about 10 minutes when he heard Quinn crying in the bathroom. He walked over and knocked lightly on the door.
"Quinn? Are you okay?"
"No, not really."
"Do you want to let me in?"
Quinn blew her nose and sniffled before she opened the door. Her eyes were red rimmed and Kurt was worried.
"What's wrong?
She gestured to a stick on the sink and Kurt picked it up. It was a pregnancy test. It was positive.
"Oh Quinn."
He took her into his arms and let her sob until she couldn't anymore. He looked at the clock on the wall and saw that she'd been crying for half an hour. They we're already late for school. He would just show up for the try out.
"Have you told Sam?"
Quinn looked very ashamed
"It's not Sam's. I broke up with him a week ago because I felt guilty."
"Who's the father?"
Quinn voice was so quiet when she answered that Kurt almost didn't hear her.
"It's Puck."
Kurt met Finn on the football field wearing his red work out ensamble.
"Thank you for doing this, Finn."
"No problem."
Finn handed Kurt the helmet
"Put the helmet on."
"But it'll mess up my hair!"
Finn chuckled "Put your helmet on."
He put the helmet on Kurt's head and patted him on it after.
"Red's your color."
Kurt started to walk away to get his stereo when Finn stopped him
"Where are you going?"
"To get my music ready."
"You can't do that here, the guys will kill you. It was okay when we rehearsed but we can't here."
Kurt sighed and walked away anyway. He would have his music, he didn't really care about the guys on the football team. He didn't really care for football either, but he was not going to lose on a dare.
He walked into group of boys circling the coach and picked at the coach's shoulder
"Hi my name is Kurt Stevens and I'm here to try out for the role of kicker."
"Fine, go ahead."
He walked on to the field with Finn trailing after him. He put the stereo down on the ground, turned on the music and quickly got into position. He did his single ladies dance before kicking the ball as hard as he could. The ball flew through the goal on the other side of the football field and there was silence for a full minute. Everyone was in shock that the new gay kid was good at football. One guy even dropped his helmet on the ground.
Coach Tenaka ran to Kurt with so much enthusiasm he could've fallen on to the ground
"Can you do that with huge gorillas running down the line who want nothing more than to taste your sweet blood?"
"Sounds like fun, can I have my music?"
"A long as you kick like that you can wear a dress for all I care," he turned them around and shouted happily at the other guys "We've got ourselves a kicker!"
Puck had just walked into the school when he was flanked by Kurt and Quinn. They each took a hold of an arm and dragged him into the empty auditorium.
"What's up?"
Quinn kept looking at the ground like she didn't want to look at him and Kurt was looking at him with a seriousness he hadn't seen on the boy's face before.
"Wha- What's wrong? And don't tell me nothing because I can see it clearly."
"I'm pregnant."
Puck was shocked. He walked towards the piano and sat down. Kurt handed him a bottle of water and he took it. He couldn't take a sip since he felt like he was going to barf on the floor.
"Fuck."
Quinn started crying and Kurt took her into his arms. He looked so sad to see his sister in this situation.
"What uhm- What are you going to do?"
"I don't know, but I'm not getting a... you know."
Puck nodded sadly and stood up. He felt like his life was over but he wasn't going to make this about him. He did knock her up and he felt so bad about it.
"Whatever you want, okay?"
Kurt looked almost proud that he wasn't running away. He nodded slightly at Puck and tightened his arms around Quinn before letting her go. Kurt's phone vibrated with a text and he saw that it was Finn reminding him about football practice. Like he would forget about being on that football team.
"Quinn? We should get to class, I know it's hard but we do have a test."
She nodded and picked up her bag before she quickly walked out with a little strained smile in Puck's direction. He appreciated the sentiment.
Kurt walked up too Puck and put his hand on his shoulder
"It's going to be. Okay?"
Puck shrugged and they walked out of the auditorium.
"You know you have to tell Burt soon, right?"
Quinn sighed and laid down on her bed. She nodded her head and hugged her stuffed rabbit to her chest.
"I'm just scared, you know?"
"Yeah, I have no idea what it's like for you, but I know that a secret this big will just eat at you the longer you hide it. I tried hiding that I was gay from Brandon of all people and then one day I walked in on him watching porn, the gay kind and I just remember being so shocked and relieved at the same time. Shocked that he liked guys, too and relieved that I didn't have to hide it anymore. So being gay isn't nearly the same thing as a teenage pregnancy but it's an uncomfortable secret nonetheless."
"Thank you, Kurt."
They cuddled in her bed for about an hour. Both were in deep thought about their secrets. Kurt had an idea that he found would help in this situation a bit.
"Hey Quinn?"
"Yeah?"
"You know how Burt hates Blaine?"
"Yeah."
"I'll tell him i'm dating Blaine right after you tell him or before, your choice. But we'll both be reprimanded or something."
Quinn smiled. She liked that idea very much. She took his hand and dragged him down the stairs. She had no idea where her bout of confidence came from but she felt ready to tell her dad. She was nervous and scared but she was confident that she would still have a home. This was Burt Hummel after all.
They stood in the kitchen and conducted their plan. Quinn would go in first and Then Kurt would go in. He would get the yelling and she would get the comforting. Kurt was sure Burt was going to be so mad at him. Much madder than he would be at Quinn. He hated Blaine. He always called him 'that punk kid'.
Quinn took a deep breath and walked out of the kitchen alone. She walked slowly up to the door of Burt's home office. She took another deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
She walked in quietly and sat down in the chair across from him.
"Dad, I need to tell you something."
He looked back up from his papers and saw the seriousness of her words written on her face. He put down his papers and gave her his full attention.
"What is it honey?"
"I've made a mistake."
She was getting emotional. She didn't want to lose her tears yet, she hadn't even said the words yet. But she was so scared of what he was going to say to her or what he was going to do about this.
Burt stood up and moved to the seat beside her. He took her hand and squeezed it gently.
"It's going to be okay. Whatever you did I'm always going to love you."
She released a breath before she said the words with a scared breathless tone
"I'm pregnant."
She started crying in earnest and Burt just stared at her in shock. He grabbed her into a hug and kissed her forehead.
"It's going to be okay."
She cried even more at that.
There was another knock on the door before Kurt just walked in.
"Hey Burt, I need an extension for my curfew for tomorrow."
Burt gestured to Quinn crying quietly in his arms
"Can we talk about this later?"
"Not really. Blaine needs an answer know so he can know how long time we have together for tomorrow night."
"Blaine? The juvenile punk? No, not a fat chance in hell, Kurt!"
"But Burt-"
"No Kurt! You are not going out with that kid and that's final!"
"But-"
"No."
Kurt sighed with frustration and kicked at the door. He made an angry sound before he ran out of the room and into his room. He slammed the door as hard as he could and laid happily down on his bed. His acting was good. He wasn't even dating Blaine, they just made out a lot when they hung out. But Burt didn't have to know that.
He heard Quinn walk into the room and smiled faintly at her. She smiled back and whispered a quiet 'good night' before she walked into her room. They'd talk tomorrow.
- Kurt and Blaine were lying side by side on a blanket in the middle of the empty football field.
"-And Finn somehow convinced Mr Shue and coach Tenaka that learning the single ladies dance would help us win the game in some ridiculous way."
Blaine laughed and took a sip from his coke.
"Brilliant. Please tell me the reactions in the rehearsals."
Kurt smiled and tried to laugh as he remembered all the scandalized faces of the guys on the football team.
"Okay so there was one guy in particular that was so mad about this that he almost cried, like dancing would be the end of the world. Puck looked a tie between amused and offended. Finn looked proud of himself and Sam was just amused."
"Oh man, I am so going to watch that game. Puck dancing the single ladies dance? I'm so in!"
"Are you sure you're not just gonna go to see my sexy ass kicking the last goal?"
Blaine looked up and down his body and winked
"That too."
Kurt leaned over Blaine and kissed him.
"Hey, Kurt?"
Another kiss.
"What?"
"You're amazing."
Kurt drew back and looked into Blaine's eyes.
"I- Really?"
"Yeah. I really like you."
"I like you, too."
The game had been going horrible and Kurt was frustrated. They were going to lose if they kept going at this rate. He looked up to the stands and saw Blaine sitting there with a frown on his face. He sighed and hoped that the guys would do the dance. It would distract the other team enough to at least score once.
There were 30 seconds left of the game when Finn called for time out. The guys huddled into a circle and talked for a bit before they went back onto the field. They got in formation and Finn made the signal. Kurt was so excited. They were going to do the dance!
The flute sounded and the music started. The guys started to dance in sync. They really had rehearsed it well. The other team was in utter shock and Kurt knew they now had a decent shot at winning.
Finn threw the ball and Puck ran and caught it and ran as fast as he could to the end of the field. They had just scored. Now it was Kurt's turn to make a score. He had to kick the ball through the goal posts. He had to.
He and Finn walked onto the field and got into position. The music started and he took a deep breath before he did his moves quickly and kicked the ball as hard as he could.
He closed his eyes and waited. Cheers erupted through the crowd and Kurt knew he had done it. They'd won because he did it. He kicked the ball through the goal posts and he was damn proud. Finn hugged him in celebration and Kurt looked up to the stands to see Burt bursting with happiness. He and Carole were jumping up and down in celebration.
Kurt turned around saw the cheerleaders celebrating with hugs and jumps too. He looked around for Quinn but couldn't spot her anywhere. Then he felt someone jump his back with a loud laugh. It was Quinn. He ran around with her on his back for a while until he needed to go to the locker room.
Kurt was putting his last moisturiser on when he heard a quiet knock on the door to his room.
"Come in."
Burt walked in and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"I just wanted to say that I'm really proud of you, son."
Kurt didn't know why but he felt a rush of emotion in that moment. He looked at Burt through the window and knew why. Burt, his dad was proud of him. It made him feel happy. For the first time since he found out about the kidnapping, he was happy.
"Thanks… Dad."
Burt choked and smiled so wide Kurt thought his cheeks probably hurt. His eyes were a little wet, too. Kurt felt good that he made Burt happy by finally calling him that.
"Good night, kiddo."
"G'night."