A/N:Hi guys - So sorry for the delay in updating this (or any of the other stories), but that pesky thing called 'life' got in the way.
Actually it was more that I was just so exhausted and tired from doing so much makeup over the theatre run that I have just been part of - bases for 140 people, two colors - first act white faces, second act normal colour faces; plus on top of that for some of the cast additional makeups and then retouches, not to mention lips and cheeks for all of them as well(that and my hands were beyond disgusting from the copious amounts of grease paint covering them in various colours!), that this just slipped away for a bit!
That and I did reach the limit almost on my internet for the month of June - and once it gets beyond that point, the charges for over limit are astronomical! (I went a little crazy after the Tony awards downloading all the new Broadway shows - Sami is quite obsessed with Hedwig and the Angry Inch; all she does is scream in sheer delight and dance like a maniac! Thinking she has a thing for NPH!)
And also not watching Glee or FRIENDS at the moment - so it's taking a little longer to get some of the brain juices flowing. Being watching Criminal Minds in the spare minutes I have had, so that means that Juanita, who is a character in another story, wants to come out and play for a little bit.
However thank you for the reviews,follows/faves and PM's that received after the last chapter - it's nice to even after it's been sitting dormant for a little bit, to get an email saying you have a new person favoriting or following the story, or wondering if all is okay when haven't updated in a bit!
Anyway, never fear it is still very much being written and will be completed!
Even though not flat out saying this in the chapter - there has been a small time jump of about a month since the happenings in the last one.
So as said at the end of the last chapter - this is going to be a heavy Brittany one! There of course will be others - but thought it was about time I gave our Britts are storyline!
So enjoy and you know what to do from here - review, fave and follow!
Love KJ xoxo
Chapter 18-
Friday morning, Mikki walked into the coffee shop and went over to the counter.
"Good morning Kurt" she said, as she approached the counter.
"Oh hey, give me a second and I will have your usual ready to go" he replied, giving her a quick look.
"No rush, not in a hurry today" replied Mikki as she went over to the couches in the coffee shop and sat down, grabbing her phone out of her handbag, to look over her schedule for the day.
As she was replying to a message that Hunter had sent her, Brittany came over at sat on sofa with her.
"Morning Mik" she said.
Mikki looked at her friend. "Hey" she replied.
"Don't have work this morning?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah, just grabbing a coffee and then be on my way. But I actually am running a little early and since I don't want to be making much noise in the apartment since Rachel sleeps late, I am taking some time before I have to face the dragon at my work known as my boss" replied Mikki.
Brittany laughed as Kurt came over to where Brittany and Mikki were sitting.
"Here you go Mik, your regular to go" said Kurt, putting the take away cup on the table.
"Thanks" said Mikki, grabbing her purse out of her handbag and grabbing some money for Kurt and handing it to him.
"Sure. I'll see you later tonight, no doubt" said Kurt, as he went to head back to the counter.
"Yeah, hang on wait" said Mikki, grabbing a medium sized envelope out of her bag, as Kurt turned back to her.
"Something else?" he asked.
"This is for you" said Mikki.
"For me?" asked Kurt.
Mikki nodded and Kurt put the money into the apron he was wearing and took the envelope from her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Well now if I tell you that, it's not going to be a surprise now is it" said Mikki, with a laugh.
Kurt looked at her and then to Brittany.
"I have no clue what it is" said Brittany, with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Okay" said Kurt and opened up the flap of the envelope and took what was inside out. He gasped in shock when he saw the contents of the envelope.
"Oh my god, this is amazing" said Kurt.
"So you like?" asked Mikki.
"Like, more like love it" said Kurt, sitting down on the sofa next to Mikki and hugging her.
Mikki laughed. "Well I'm glad" she replied.
"Yeah, thank you so much. Where did you find this stuff" said Kurt.
"eBay" replied Mikki with a laugh.
Kurt laughed as did Brittany. "You and your eBay addiction" said Brittany.
"Hey, I'm not knocking her eBay addiction, because these are Royal stamps from Australia and Britain of Kate and William" said Kurt, showing Brittany.
"Okay, that's kind of cool" said Brittany.
"It's more than cool, thank you, thank you" said Kurt, hugging Mikki again.
"Well you always put up with me and my crazy coffee addiction and let me ring you up in a mad tiz and order coffee over the phone to pick up. And I remember you said you loved the British royal family and when I was on eBay, I saw them and thought to myself that you'd probably like them" said Mikki.
"And I do really, thank you. And I will definitely be checking this out on eBay myself" said Kurt.
Mikki laughed. "Well I will write down the sellers that I got the stamps from for you so you can check out more".
"Thank you" replied Kurt.
"Okay, well as much as I would love to stay here and chat, I really have to be going. So I will see you all later on" said Mikki, grabbing her handbag and coffee and standing up.
"Yeah, see you later" said Brittany.
"Bye and thank you again" said Kurt.
"Yeah bye guys" replied Mikki and left the coffee shop.
"Oh my god these are awesome" said Kurt, leaning back on the sofa and looking through the first day covers that Mikki had given him.
"Can I look?" asked Brittany.
"Yeah sure" replied Kurt, handing her one.
"They are pretty cool and they are even stamped with a mark that says 'first day of issue'" replied Brittany as she looked at one.
"Yeah, I'm not sure what they means" said Kurt.
Brittany's phone started to ring in her handbag and she handed the first day cover back to Kurt and grabbed her cell out of her bag.
She looked at the caller id and smiled. "Hey stranger" she said, upon answering it.
Brittany listened to the caller on the other end of the line.
"Really, yeah that's awesome. Of course we can catch up" said Brittany.
She listened once more.
"Sure yeah, I will go and get my sister and we can meet you there" replied Brittany.
Listening again to the other person, Brittany laughed. "Sure we will see you there soon. Bye" she replied and ended the call.
"Okay, I hate to come in here and not buy anything, but I have to go and meet someone, so I will see you later on tonight" said Brittany.
"Yeah sure, who you meeting?" asked Kurt.
"Just an old friend" replied Brittany with a smile and put her cell phone back into her handbag and stood up.
"Well have fun then" said Kurt, as he also stood.
"I will" replied Brittany and left the coffee shop and Kurt headed back to work.
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Brittany and Cynthia were walking through Times Square in the direction of the steps, where they were to meet up with an old friend.
"I can't believe he's here in New York. It's going to be so great to see him again" said Cynthia.
"Yeah it will be" replied Brittany, with a nod.
"Do any of your friends know about him and you?" asked Cynthia.
"It's never really came up. I mean it's not like we can't see other people, because really all it is a piece of paper" said Brittany, as they approached the steps, and saw the person that they were there to meet standing with his back to them, looking around in somewhat awe of all the things that were able to been seen from his position.
Brittany went over to him and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey handsome, you look lost" said Brittany, with a slight teasing tone in her voice.
The guy turned and looked at her and laughed.
"You are still a crack up Britts" he said, hugging her.
"How do you know I'm not Britts?" asked Cynthia, with a smile.
"Because I think I know my wife's humor" he replied with a laugh.
"True, and also I'm much prettier then my sister" said Cynthia.
"Hey" replied Brittany, looking at her twin sister with a frown.
"Oh you're both gorgeous, and you know it" he replied.
"Always the charmer, Adam" said Brittany.
"Well yes, it's part of the whole British package" he replied, with a laugh.
"And it's just such a pity that you don't use it on women" said Cynthia.
"Oh sure I do, but just the really, really cute ones" he replied with a smile.
"And we're cute then?" asked Brittany.
"Oh very" replied Adam, with a laugh as Brittany and Cynthia laughed also.
"So what say, can I escort two of the most loveliest ladies in New York to lunch and we can talk?" asked Adam.
"Sure" replied Brittany, and the three of them headed off to lunch.
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Rachel was sitting at a table at Hagawi waiting to order lunch, when she was tapped on the shoulder.
"Fancy seeing you here stranger" said Will, with a laugh.
Rachel turned and looked at him and smiled.
"Oh hey" she replied.
"Hey" replied with a smile of his own.
"So you grabbing some lunch?" asked Rachel.
Will nodded. "Yeah ever since you bought me to this place, I can honestly not stop coming here. There tofu is just too amazing".
"Well you're more than welcome to join me" said Rachel.
"Thank you" replied Will and took at seat at the table with Rachel.
"So are you getting use to the run of theater now, and sleeping in later" said Will.
Rachel laughed. "Yeah, it takes a bit of getting use to, but I think after doing it now for over a month here and also in Boston that I am starting to get the handle on it" said Rachel.
Will nodded. "Although it does mean no time for a social life really, since we are on stage virtually every night".
"Well yes, but I try and catch up with my friends during the day and all that" said Rachel.
"So you're not with your boyfriend anymore then?" asked Will.
"No, where still together" said Rachel.
"Oh, it's just that you didn't mention him specifically when you said you catch up with people during the day" replied Will.
"I spend quite a few nights at his apartment, especially when he has Jayden, because he's just so adorable" said Rachel.
"Jayden, who's that?" asked Will.
"Noah's son. He was married, but it turned out that his wife actually preferred women, and they got a divorce, but not before she got pregnant and ended up having their son" said Rachel.
"Wow, that's some twisted shit" said Will.
"Kind of, but Noah is a great dad" said Rachel.
"Hmm, but that means also a lot of responsibility for you as well. You're sort of a step mom" said Will.
"True, but I don't mind" said Rachel.
"Well just make sure that it doesn't impact on your professional career, because you're far too talented to become a stay at home mother" said Will, as one of the waitresses came over to their table to get their order.
After placing their order with the waitress, Rachel looked at Will.
"You don't plan on ever having kids then?" she asked.
"Not really no, with this type of work that I do, what kind of father would I be" replied Will.
"I'm sure you'd be a great one" replied Rachel.
Will looked at her. "Yeah maybe, just don't see myself as ever being one, and unless that perfect girl comes along, then it's never going to happen" he said, looking at Rachel with a smile.
"I'm sure she will, one day" replied Rachel and the two of them continued to talk whilst waiting for their lunch.
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That night Puck, Blaine and Sam were in the coffee shop, having met up there after work and dinner.
Mikki walked into the coffee shop and went over to the sofa and sat down next to Blaine.
"I am seriously exhausted" she said, as she flopped down and rested her head on Blaine's shoulder, and he looked at her with interest.
"Personal space much" said Blaine.
"Bite me, I'm tired" replied Mikki.
"You're not coming down with gastro too are you?" asked Puck.
Mikki looked at her cousin. "No, why would I have that?".
"Jay has it, hence why I don't have him tonight. Can't risk it getting to Rach" replied Puck.
Mikki nodded her head. "Hmm no, just tired that's all. Sue was on a power trip today and I swear we hardly got time to actually stop".
"Have you ever thought of leaving and maybe taking up something else, like photography" said Puck.
Mikki looked at him. "Being a freelance photographer wouldn't pay the bills unfortunately, even though it's something that I would really love to do" she replied as Kurt came over.
"There's my most favourite person in the whole world" said Kurt, with a laugh.
"Hmm if that's the case, then coffee please and make it extra strong" she replied.
"Yeah, and I'm insulted we're not your favourite people?" asked Sam.
"Of course, but Mikki more so, she bought be British Royal stamps" replied Kurt.
"And the guy you're using as a pillow currently you don't buy anything for, ever" said Blaine.
"You eat my food, therefore I buy that" said Mikki.
"She has a point, we do all eat her food and never pay her anything for it" said Sam as Mikki nodded and Brittany entered the coffee shop along with Cynthia and also Adam.
"Hey guys" said Cynthia, as they got over to the others.
"Hey Cyns, long time no see" said Blaine.
"Yeah" she replied, as Kurt's mouth opened in shock when he saw that Adam was with them.
"Close your mouth there gorgeous, wouldn't want you to be catching any flies now" said Adam.
Kurt gulped and closed his mouth. "Aww, look he's speechless" said Adam, with a laugh.
"No, not speechless. Just haven't seen you in like what five years" replied Kurt.
"Hmm, it has been a while" replied Adam, with a nod.
"Yes, so you know that's Kurt and these are my other friends, Blaine, Mikki, Sam and Noah, although we call him Puck" said Brittany, making the introductions.
"And this is Adam Crawford, an old friend from college" said Brittany, to her friends.
"Just an old friend, I am wounded at that" said Adam, clutching his heart in mock horror.
Brittany laughed as did Cynthia. "Okay, okay and also my husband" replied Brittany, with a laugh.
The others, with the exception of Kurt looked at Brittany in horror.
"Your husband?" asked Mikki.
"Wait, you're married" said Sam.
"Well yes, but it's not like he's a real husband" said Brittany.
"Is there another kind?" asked Puck.
"Uh huh, the kind that you don't sleep with" said Cynthia, with a laugh.
"Kind of would though that is what being husband and wife means you would do that stuff" said Blaine.
"Well yes, but I don't like women, at least not in that sense. Isn't that right Kurt" said Adam, looking to him with a smile.
"Right yes. Coffee needs to be made" said Kurt, heading back over to the counter.
"So you're gay then" said Mikki.
"As gay as gay can be" replied Adam.
"You married a gay guy Britts?" asked Sam.
Brittany nodded as she sat on the sofa next to Mikki and Adam took one of the arm chairs with Cynthia perching on the arm of it.
"Yes, but it's not like I didn't know he was gay to begin with. I've always known that" she replied.
"Then why?" asked Mikki.
"Well I'm British as you can tell, and after college here in New York where I met the lovely Britts and equally as lovely Cyndy, along with Kurt who was also studying there, I had no means of staying in the US and obtaining work without going through lengthy visa applications" said Adam.
"So Brittany married you for a green card then" said Puck.
Adam nodded. "She did, because Kurt wouldn't" said Adam, looking over to the counter where Kurt was busily making coffees not wanting to make eye contact.
"You and Kurt use to date?" asked Blaine.
"We dated for a little while, but I think he was just in love with me for the fact that I was British" said Adam, with a laugh.
"Yes, we all know how much Kurt loves the British monarchy" said Cynthia with a laugh.
Adam nodded. "Yes considering he majored in history and did multiple papers on that subject, I think it's well known".
"Yeah and when I knew that Adam was at risk of losing a really great job, that he had gotten because he wasn't a resident. I said I would help him stay in the country and be his pretend wife" said Brittany.
"And what if the government had come and asked questions, then what you would have done" said Blaine.
"Well since we were already friends we knew a lot about one another to begin with and also just in case that was to have happened I had some clothes at his place and he at mine" replied Brittany.
"My, my Brittany Pierce lying to the government, I never would have thought it" said Sam, with a laugh.
"Yes, well she doesn't have to anymore since the reason I am here is to get a divorce" said Adam, with a laugh also.
"Divorce" said Mikki.
Adam looked at her and nodded. "Since marriage for all is hopefully going to be recognised by all states, I would actually like to be able to marry the guy I have been seeing for about three years someday and can't do that when I still technically have a wife" replied Adam.
Kurt came over and looked at him as he put down the tray of coffees he had.
"You're getting married?" he asked.
"Maybe" replied Adam.
"Wow, congratulations" replied Kurt.
"Thanks sugar, looks like you missed out, huh" replied Adam with a laugh.
"Hmm, I like you and all Adam, but really you're not my type of guy" said Kurt.
"And what exactly is your type of guy?" asked Mikki.
Kurt looked at her. "I don't know, guess I'll know when I meet them" he replied.
"You should try online dating" said Blaine.
"Because you had so much success with that" said Sam, with a laugh.
"Okay yes Tina, didn't turn out to be the one for me. But how will you know that there isn't someone out there if you don't keep looking" said Blaine.
"I don't know, online dating is kind of scary to me. You never know who you could meet" said Kurt.
"Well I'm sure you will find someone someday as well Kurt" said Adam.
"Thank you and congratulations I guess for when you do get married" said Kurt.
Adam nodded.
"So did you want some tea, I have English Breakfast?" asked Kurt, looking at him.
"You think just because I'm English that I drink that all the time" said Adam, with a laugh.
"Don't you. And with those things with holes in them" said Puck.
"Crumpets. And if you make a Cafe au lait, that would be great Kurt" replied Adam, shaking his head with a laugh.
"Yeah I do, so coming right up" said Kurt, going back over to the counter to make the coffee.
"So what deep and dirty secrets to you have about these two?" asked Sam, with a laugh gesturing to Brittany and Cynthia.
"Don't you tell him anything or you won't be getting that divorce" said Brittany with a laugh, and they sat around the coffee shop for a little longer, talking with one another.
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The next morning, Puck went around to Rachel and Mikki's apartment and used the key he had to open the door, hoping that they hadn't placed the chain across it.
The door however opened when he turned the door knob and he walked inside, closing it behind himself.
The apartment was in semi darkness and Puck walked over to Rachel's room, quietly opening the door to his girlfriend's room.
Rachel was lying in the middle of her bed, arms wrapped around one of her extra pillows. Puck chuckled quietly to himself and placed the tray of coffees and paper bag that he had with him on the ground and then climbed gently on the bed, wrapping his arms around Rachel and gently kissing her on the cheek.
"Hmmm" came the reply from Rachel.
"Hey, morning my sleeping princess" said Puck, quietly.
"Hmm, morning" replied Rachel as she stirred from her sleep.
She turned and looked at him and kissed him.
"Morning" said Puck, with a smile.
"Yeah, nice way to wake up finding you in my bed when you weren't there at night" replied Rachel.
"Well I will keep that in mind" replied Puck.
Rachel laughed. "What's the time?".
"Just after nine and I bought coffee and also muffins from that little bakery you like" replied Puck.
"Really?" asked Rachel.
Puck nodded and quickly kissed her and leaned over the bed to grab the tray of coffee and bag of muffins from the ground.
"Yeah, just don't tell Kurt I bought coffee elsewhere. The guy would probably never speak to me again" said Puck.
Rachel laughed.
"Your secret is safe with me. However if Mikki saw you come in with the coffee, she might say something" said Rachel.
"Nah, I think she's still in bed. She didn't appear to have been up when I came in, and considering she did say she was exhausted last night, she's probably having a sleep in" said Puck.
Rachel nodded as she took a sip of her coffee and Puck opened the bag and grabbed a muffin out of it and handed it to her.
"You know a girl could really get use to this kind of treatment" said Rachel.
"I'm sure she could, but don't think this is going to happen every morning" said Puck.
Rachel laughed. "So is Jayden doing any better?" she asked.
"A little, I spoke with Santana last night and the worse of it seems to be over. But her and Dani also have it as well, so it's probably best to say clear for a few days" said Puck.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah poor little guy".
"Definitely, Santana when she is ill isn't at all fun. So I actually really pity Dani at the moment having to deal with her" said Puck, with a laugh.
"High maintenance then" said Rachel.
Puck nodded. "Yeah, and this you will never believe. And only found out last night, but it turns out that Britts is married".
"What?" asked Rachel, in utter astonishment.
"I know right, but as it turns out it's not your conventional sort of marriage since the guy she married is gay" replied Puck.
"Then why?" asked Rachel.
"He needed a work visa and now since there is more chance of marrying another dude, he and Britts are getting divorced" said Puck.
"Wow, that's kind of crazy" said Rachel.
Puck nodded. "Uh huh but a total Britts thing to do, and that is help out a friend like that".
"Still she is lucky she didn't get caught out" said Rachel.
"Yeah" replied Puck.
There was a knock on the bedroom door of Rachel's room.
"Yeah what?" asked Puck.
"Just wanted to say morning. Heard you guys talking" said Mikki, from outside.
"Morning" replied Rachel.
"Yeah, so anyway just going to have a shower and head out and then you guys can do whatever it is you want, so Rachel doesn't have the matinee performance today" said Mikki, from outside.
"Because we need your permission to do stuff" said Puck, with a laugh as Rachel blushed red.
"No, I just don't want to be in the apartment hearing stuff. So I am going to take my camera out and see if I can get some good photos around the city, help me relax and that" said Mikki.
"Sure cous, have fun" said Puck.
"Yeah" replied Mikki and walked away from the door.
"So you want to do stuff?" asked Puck, kissing Rachel.
"Noah, you heard what Mikki said" she replied.
"Yeah, we can be quiet" he replied with a laugh and kissed her.
"Okay, fine. But if she hears us, I'm blaming it on you" replied Rachel, and kissed him back before they got down to doing other things.
End Note:
So I guess that was kind of unexpected, right! But for those of you who do know FRIENDS, you will remember that Phoebe was also married to someone, in order to help them get a Green Card.
And since, I want to be including virtually all the characters that we have seen on Glee somehow into this story, I thought that was a funny angle on how to include Adam in it, and also again as said give Brittany a storyline.
The stamp thing, well again totally me actually. I have been collecting them now for over 20 years. Sadly though with that sort of mail not being as much now, I don't get as many as I once use too. But I have stamps (including the Royal Wedding and some others that have been released with William and Kate) from all over the world. And for those who aren't sure what Mikki got Kurt, a First Day Cover or FDC, is what they release on the stamps first day of issue and some become collectable items depending on the stamps and if they are limited number.
Hopefully I will have the next chapter up much sooner - it's already in the process of being written! It will probably be sometime mid next week - as I won't have much time to over the weekend, since I am going to be volunteering at ComicCon OZ, and getting hopefully to meet a lot of the celebs that are going to be here for it! (Including the Ashmore twins, Jennifer Morrison, Richard Dean Anderson, Sam Worthington and Logan Echolls - and considering as a volunteer we get to meet them all and if want get autographs for free, I am totally geeking out at the thought!) Sadly, no Glee people or Starkids - but I would probably be passed out on the floor or lose all ability to talk if any of them were here!
So anyway stayed tuned for updates, because there are some really BIG story lines coming up shortly!
Until next time, KJ xoxoxo.