A/N: Thanks once again for all the reviews and follow/favs on this. Always appreciated!
Also I sincerely apolgise for the delay in getting this chapter up!
I have had major issues with the internet - in Australia we are in the midst of changing over to a new internet system, and I have had nothing but complete trouble trying to get mine set up. Three cancelled appointments to get the inside equipment installed, and then errors connecting up the modem for access..only to be told that there are errors in place on the system and it will be fixed within 24-48 hrs, on numerous occassions!
Anger with this becomes worse, when as an Australian I can't actually speak to anyone in my own country and instead get routed to India, where it is hard in some cases for them to even understand what I am saying, and me understand what they are saying!
And after much hassle - I finally managed to get in touch with Aussies, and get it all sorted out, and thus are now back up and running again!
That and to top it all off to make a shitty month even more shitty - had some issues with some who are now my ex-friends. Got sick and fed up with them treating me like my feelings and all that didn't matter, thinking they had a right to make me feel bad but if I by any chance upset them, they were the ones who demanded I apologise to them.
And to top it all off, apparently the fact that I like writing, and also like Glee and musicals is immature!
(This coming from one girl, who didn't even like to watch anything with a person from Glee in it - and when pointed out to her when watching Pitch Perfect, that Skylar Astin, who she was saying was cute etc, had been in Glee and is also a Broadway alum along with Lea and Jon in Spring Awakening, - she quickly then decided she hated him and the movie. If that's not immature then I don't know what is!)
So anyway, those back stabbing bitches and immature little idiots, are not in my life anymore, I refuse to surround myself with negative people who only are my friend in order to use me (for instance for my Costco membership and eBay account!) - and I will continue to do what I love to do and screw what anyone else thinks!
Anyway, enough talk from me - on with the chapter! And again I do apolgise for the delay.
But you all know what to do at the end.
Love KJ. xxxooo
Chapter 32 -
Friday evening, Rachel had just finished the promise duet with Kurt, a mash up of "Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy" to a round of applause.
Rachel went back over to where the others were and sat on the couch next to Hunter and Kurt went to head back behind the counter.
"You should seriously audition for something Kurt, I can see if there are any musicals that are needing people, just being in the background would be fun" said Rachel.
"Thanks for the offer Rach, really. But I just like to sing for the fun of it, and also this place is a little too important to me, to give it all up" said Kurt.
"Well if you ever change your mind, let me know. I have contacts" said Rachel.
"Thanks Rach" replied Kurt, and headed back to the counter to continue with his actual work.
"So I was wondering do you guys like golf?" asked Hunter, as he sat there with the others.
"Golf?" asked Puck.
"Yeah, you know the game" said Hunter, with a laugh.
"Know what you mean, but kind of wondering why you asking?" asked Sam.
"Umm, there is a open day at the golf course this Sunday at the advertising agency gets good rates at, and I thought you guys might like to come along with myself and also Seb" said Hunter.
"Guessing Mikki, won't be there" said Blaine with a laugh.
"Nope, for starters it is my old place of employment who are all going to be there, and I don't exactly play golf either" said Mikki, with a laugh also.
"I have never actually played golf to be honest" said Sam.
"I played mini golf in high school does that count?" asked Puck, with a laugh.
"Yeah, sure. And it doesn't matter if you haven't ever played. It's not like it's a competition. It's just all in fun" said Hunter.
"Okay, yeah sure count me in" said Puck.
"Same here" replied Sam.
"What about you Blaine?" asked Hunter, looking at him.
"Yeah sure why not, and I know already how to play golf, my parents are members of a county club back home in San Fran" said Blaine.
"Awesome" replied Hunter.
"So when is it again?" asked Puck.
"This Sunday, is that cool with you guys" replied Hunter.
"Yeah, that sounds okay. I can organise to drop off Jayden to Santana and Dani in the morning" said Puck.
"I can babysit" said Mikki.
Puck looked at his cousin. "You don't mind doing that?" he asked.
"Not like I have anything else going on in my life that I have to do at the moment or anything, so it's fine. I enjoy spending time with him" said Mikki.
Puck nodded. "Thanks. I'll drop him around in the morning, and meet up with you guys then" said Puck, looking at Blaine and Sam.
"Sure, sounds like a plan" said Sam.
"Okay, yeah and I can meet you guys here, and then we can head to the golf course" said Hunter.
"Okay then" replied Blaine, and they continued to talk a bit longer before all heading back to their apartments.
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Saturday morning, Rachel had headed off to meet Hunter before she went on for the shows that she was performing in that day, and Sam had said he was going to take advantage of the fact that it was such a nice day and go for a run.
Mikki and Blaine therefore were in his apartment, sitting in one of the arm chairs, making out and just enjoying being able to once again be with one another, when there was a knock at the apartment door.
They both looked over to the door, which they had made sure was in fact locked with the chain across, to prevent anyone not knowing what was going on between them from entering.
"Should we maybe get that?" asked Mikki.
Blaine shook his head. "Ignore it, and they will go away".
"It could be your roommate and he doesn't have his keys maybe" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Yep, and if so he will get the idea that we are otherwise occupied and to come back later" said Blaine, kissing her.
"Hmm, okay" replied Mikki and kissed him back.
There was another knock at the door and then a voice. "Hello, anyone home?"
Mikki and Blaine stopped kissing, and looked at one another, both knowing that the voice was that of someone's they hadn't heard in a long time.
"Is that who I think it could be" said Mikki.
"Yeah" replied Blaine, with a nod.
"Maybe you should answer then" said Mikki.
Blaine nodded and Mikki got off from his lap and adjust her shirt which in their making out had become a little rumpled, and Blaine also tucked in his shirt, which Mikki had been attempting to pull off, before he went over to the door and answered it.
"Ell" said Blaine, opening the door and seeing his old roommate, the one who had lived with him before Sam had moved in, on the other side.
"Oh hey man, I didn't think anyone was home" replied Elliott Gilbert, looking at him.
"Nope, just in here hanging out" replied Blaine.
Elliott nodded.
"So come on in" said Blaine, holding the door open more and Elliott walked inside the apartment, and then saw Mikki standing by the kitchen counter.
"Mik, wow. Hey girlfriend" said Elliott going over to her and giving her a hug.
Mikki laughed and returned the hug. "Hey yourself, my best gay" she replied.
"Yeah" replied Elliott with a laugh.
"So what brings you back to New York, Ell?" asked Blaine.
Elliott looked at him. "Well as you know I finished touring with Wicked a few months ago, and since then being playing with a group of guys in Vegas around some places. But I really want to get back into the whole theatre stuff, so I have a few auditions lined up and thought if I'm going to be here, I have to at least catch up with the old gang".
"Well it's really great to see you, man" said Blaine.
Elliott nodded and looked at him. "Dude, are you wearing lipstick?" he asked, noticing the slight stain that had been left behind from when he and Mikki were kissing just earlier.
"Umm, no" replied Blaine, wiping at his mouth.
Elliott looked at him and then to Mikki, who was trying to keep a straight face, and then back to Blaine, who was still wiping at his mouth.
"Oh no way" said Elliott, with a laugh.
"What?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
"You two, seriously? How did I not know about this?" he asked.
"There's nothing to know" replied Mikki.
"Okay, really let's see. Mik is the only one here in the apartment, and it took at least a minute for Blaine to answer the door, and also has telltale signs of lipstick on his mouth, which would only come from some pretty intense making out. So therefore adding all this up, means that you two are together" said Elliott, pointing to the both of them.
Blaine and Mikki both just looked at him.
"I don't see either of you denying it" he said, with a smile.
"Fine, yes. You got everything right, we're together" said Blaine.
Elliott looked at the two of them, his smile widening.
"Guys, that's awesome" he said, hugging the both of them together.
"Hmm, it is. But at the moment only a few people actually know that we are" said Mikki.
"Who a few?" asked Elliott, looking at him.
"Sam, my roommate now and also Rachel who is Mikki's roommate" said Blaine.
"So Puck doesn't know that his cousin and best friend are hooking up with one another then" said Elliott.
Mikki shook her head. "After all that happened with Marley, we just want to keep out relationship on the quiet side for the time being"
"Yeah, I heard about what happened there from Britts" said Elliott.
"Disaster to say the least" replied Mikki.
Elliott nodded. "Well if you guys are keeping this quiet, my lips are sealed. I promise".
"Thanks man" said Blaine.
"So what are the others doing today, would love to catch up with them" said Elliott.
"I can send them a text and have them meet us at the coffee shop" said Blaine, grabbing his phone off the kitchen bench.
"Okay yeah" replied Elliott.
"I will meet you there as well, so it doesn't look at to suspicious the two of us arriving together" said Mikki.
Blaine looked at her, as he typed out a message to the others. "Okay yeah" he replied.
"Half hour?" asked Mikki.
"Sounds good" replied Blaine.
Mikki nodded and kissed him, and Elliott looked at the two of them with a laugh.
"So cute" he said, with a smile.
"Yeah, okay. Just act surprised when you see me, kay" said Mikki, poking him.
Elliott looked at her, and did his best surprised face and put his hands on both sides of his face. "Oh my god Mikki" he said, in a high pitched voice.
Blaine and Mikki both looked at him and laughed.
"You dork" she replied, with a laugh.
"Yeah" he said, with a nod.
"Okay, I'll see you both soon" replied Mikki and went over to the apartment door and left.
Elliott looked at Blaine. "You dog" he said.
"What?" asked Blaine, looking at his former roommate as he finished sending the message off to the others.
"Not telling me about you and Mik, I'm hurt" replied Elliott.
Blaine laughed. "Yeah, sorry about that. But you know now".
"Yep, and I promise my lips are sealed shut" said Elliott, mimicking a zipping action across his mouth.
"Thanks man" said Blaine.
"Yeah, come on let's go. I want to go and say hey to the other two" said Elliott, then they both left the apartment and headed to the coffee shop.
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Blaine and Elliott got to the coffee shop, after Blaine had gotten texts back from Rachel saying she was already there having coffee with Hunter, Sam who said he would be there soon, and the same reply back from Brittany and also Puck who said he would obviously be by soon with Jayden.
The two of them got to the coffee shop and walked inside, Brittany had beaten the two of them there and Rachel and Hunter were already there.
Blaine walked over to the others. "Hey guys, look who has stopped by a visit" he said.
Brittany looked up and gave out a little scream, going over to Elliott and hugged him; and Rachel who had obviously never met him before just looked on confused.
"Elly, oh my god" said Brittany, as she hugged him.
"Hey Britt Britts" said Elliott, returning the hug.
"You didn't tell me you were coming for a visit, when I was talking to you recently" said Brittany.
"Yeah, didn't know I would be back then" said Elliott.
Brittany nodded. "Well it's good you're here, we've missed you".
"Yeah missed you and the others too" said Elliott, and looked to Rachel.
"And you've got to be Rachel" he said, going over to her and holding out his hand.
Rachel nodded and shook it. "I am" she replied.
"Cool. I'm Elliott, I use to be Blaine's roommate" he said.
"Oh okay, I've heard stories about you" said Rachel.
"Whatever they said, I'm sure it's not true" said Elliott with a laugh.
"Nothing but truth, man" said Blaine, looking at his former roommate.
Elliott looked at him and laughed.
"And I'm not sure if you remember Hunter, but he use to work with Mikki" said Blaine.
"Yeah, the face is familiar" replied Elliott, looking at him.
"Yeah, hey man" replied Hunter.
"And what you mean use to work with Mik?" asked Elliott, looking to him.
"Oh I will let Mik explain that one to you when she gets here" said Blaine, as Sam and Puck who also had Jayden came over to them.
"Oh no way, dude" said Puck, when he saw Elliott.
"Hey look it's the dad" said Elliott with a laugh.
"Yeah how you been?" asked Puck, handing over Jayden to Brittany, and giving Elliott a friendly hug.
"Been good man" replied Elliott.
"Yeah, same here" said Puck.
Blaine looked at Sam and then to Elliott. "Sam, Elliott. Elliot, Sam. New roommate, old roommate" he said, with a laugh.
"Hey, how you going?" asked Sam, holding out his hand.
"Good thanks. And I hope Blainey here hasn't been too much of a pain as a roommate" said Elliott, as he shook Sam's hand.
Sam laughed. "Nah, he's pretty cool for one".
"Yeah, he was" replied Elliott with a laugh.
"So why the text, dragging me away from all the hot sweaty guys at the gym and thus having a nice Saturday morning perve" said Mikki, as she came over to the others, having changed out of what she was wearing earlier, into some gym gear.
"Hot sweaty guys, well I got to say I approve" said Elliott.
Mikki looked at him and laughed. "Oh wow, okay Blaine did not tell me why he was asking me here. Because so much better than hot sweaty guys" said Mikki, giving Elliott a hug.
"I will take that as a compliment" said Elliott.
"The biggest of" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"Did the two of you, use to date?" asked Rachel.
Mikki looked at her and laughed, as did Blaine, Puck, Brittany and Elliott.
"Mikki is totally gorgeous and all, but I think I'm more partial to the cutie behind the counter who has failed to even realise I am here" said Elliott, looking over to where Kurt was serving customers and also making coffees.
"Oh, you're gay. My bad. Just didn't get the vibe from you" said Rachel.
"Ohh, there's a vibe. That I didn't know" replied Elliott, with a laugh.
"Well she's right with some guys you can totally tell, right away" said Brittany.
"Yeah, I didn't pick that either" said Sam, looking at him.
Elliott laughed. "Yes, but I am still very offended that Kurt has failed to even notice me" he said and went to the counter and behind it and wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist and kissed him on the cheek.
"What the hell" said Kurt, jumping out of his skin almost.
"Hey sweet cheeks" said Elliott.
Kurt turned and looked at him. "Oh my god, no way" replied Kurt.
Elliott unwrapped his arms from Kurt and let him turn, and then was immediately engulfed in a hug by the barista.
"How you been?" asked Elliott, with a laugh, returning the hug also.
"Excellent, and you so mean scaring me like that" said Kurt.
"Well you failed to even realize I was in your coffee shop Kurt and I got to say that hurts" replied Elliott, with a sad look.
"Oh, sure sure. Bet you didn't even remember little old me when you were touring" said Kurt.
"Hmmm, I don't know you are pretty unforgettable handsome. And if I can say you have somehow managed to get even more handsome" said Elliott.
Kurt blushed as he realized all the people in the coffee shop were indeed looking at him.
"So, umm your coffee order is still the same I take it" said Kurt, unwrapping himself from Elliott.
"My order with you is most definitely still the same, baby" said Elliott, with a wink.
Kurt looked at him and went red in the face. "Take a seat with the others and I'll bring it over to you shortly" he said, going back over to another customer.
"I'll have my usual to please Kurt" said Mikki.
"Same here" said Blaine.
"Me too" said Sam.
"I'll just bring you all your usuals, in a minute. Gees you people" said Kurt, turning back to his other customer.
Elliott laughed as he went back over to the others.
"You are so mean" said Brittany, as she pulled Elliott to sit down on the couch next to her.
"What, no I'm not" replied Elliott with a laugh, as Mikki also sat next to him.
"Oh really, so embarrassing poor Kurt in his work is normal then" said Rachel.
"Actually for Ell, it pretty much is" replied Mikki with a laugh.
"Really?" asked Sam.
"Kurt and I use to be boyfriends" said Elliott, and looked over to Kurt. "Isn't that right handsome".
"Ignoring you" said Kurt, from where he was still serving other customers.
Elliott laughed as did Blaine, Mikki, Brittany and Puck.
"So the two of you broke up when you left New York" said Rachel.
Elliott looked at her and nodded. "Although it was not my wishing, yes. Hard to maintain a long distance relationship".
"And because a guy as totally gorgeous and handsome as Ell, would be constantly getting phone numbers from both women and men all the time" said Mikki.
"That's actually quite true, I did get a lot of phone numbers every night at the stage door" said Elliott with a laugh.
"Stage door?" asked Rachel.
Elliott looked over to Rachel and nodded. "Yeah, I was playing Fiyero in one of the touring productions of Wicked"
"Wow, that's awesome. I love Wicked, it's one of my favorite newer musicals" said Rachel.
"Yeah, and I hear that you to are quite the star as well. Tony award and everything" said Elliott.
"Uh huh, and it's taken me a long time to get to that point as well" said Rachel.
"Oh believe me I know what you mean. Some will work for years and always just be in the chorus, never will they get that starring role" said Elliott.
Rachel nodded.
"Well Rach really lucked out on the whole Funny Girl thing. It was definitely a role that she was destined to play" said Puck.
Rachel looked at Puck and gave him a small smile.
"It's still on right? Because I would love to check it out whilst I'm here" said Elliott.
"Yeah, it's still playing for a few more months, and I can get you some tickets if you want to come along and see it" said Rachel.
"That would be great, thanks. I appreciate it" said Elliott, as Kurt came over with the coffees on a tray for them all.
"And if you can get an extra ticket, if it's not too much trouble. I think I'd like to take someone along as my date" said Elliott, looking at Kurt with a smile.
"I've seen the show already" said Kurt, looking at him.
"Oh but that doesn't mean you can't come along with me and see it again, and have dinner with me beforehand as well" replied Elliott, with a smile at him.
"You're not going to take no for an answer are you" said Kurt.
"You know me too well" replied Elliott.
"Fine, two tickets. But only if it's not any trouble for Rachel" said Kurt.
"No problem at all. I am all for having people see me perform and also not one to stand in the way of a relationship either" replied Rachel, with a laugh.
"There is no relationship, just two friends going out together" said Kurt, heading back over to the counter.
"You will give into my charms Kurt again, you can't resist me you know that" said Elliott with a laugh.
The others all laughed as well, and then continued to talk and discuss what else had been happening in their lives, since some of them had last seen one another.
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The next day, Mikki was looking after Jayden since Puck had gone with the others to play some golf and Rachel being at work, and Brittany spending the day out with Cynthia.
Therefore Elliott was also around at Mikki's apartment, and the two of them were entertaining Jayden with the guitar that Mikki had stolen from Blaine's apartment and was playing simple nursery rhymes on it, thus entertaining the younger Puckerman.
"You do realize that you are playing the guitar upside down right?" asked Elliott, looking at Mikki as she played.
"I do, and if you noticed I haven't stuffed up on it either" said Mikki with a laugh.
"That's a skill right there" replied Elliott with a laugh.
Mikki nodded as she continued to play. "Well when the majority of the guitars you can get are right handed and you happen to be a lefty, you learn to play upside down".
"Honestly you never cease to amaze me" said Elliott with a laugh.
Mikki looked at him and smiled as she finished the song , and Jayden clapped obviously wanting more.
"Demanding kid" said Elliott.
"Well he's Puck's son what you expect" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"That and Santana's. And that right there is volatile combo" replied Elliott.
Mikki nodded as she started up playing another nursery rhyme, thankful that most of them were in a basic chord structure and simple to play.
"So I was thinking, it's getting near lunch time. And we could maybe go and grab something to eat, because it's been way too long since I have good ole' New York food" said Elliott.
"Sure, sounds good. Just as long as no one thinks that we are in anyway together" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"I doubt anyone would ever think that" said Elliott.
"Really, male, female, kid. People are going to think that" said Mikki.
Elliott laughed. "Well they can, but I know you have the eyes for only one man now".
Mikki looked at him and laughed.
"Yeah, you keep playing songs for Jayden, and I will get his stuff organized to go out" said Mikki, as she stopped playing the guitar and handed it to Elliott.
"Sure" replied Elliott, taking up the task of playing the nursery rhymes, whilst Mikki went and got stuff organised so that they could head out and get some lunch.
End Note:
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter! And again I do apologize for the delay in this!
And of course we all know who Elliott is - and the little throwback to him doing musical theater, is of course a take on real life and the fact the Adam did play the role of Fiyero in Wicked!
Little tidbit - I personally am a lefty, therefore I play guitar left handed! This is mostly due to an injury I received when I was 9 years old (I slammed my left index finger in a car door and it is now permanently bent into what's called a swan neck - it needed surgery and everything!)
Which is why Mikki is playing the guitar upside down, much to Elliott's dismay! But it's something I learnt to pick up, as I use to play right, but because I now can't bend that finger as much, it is a lot harder to use the fret board, so I had to teach myself to play left and fret with the right hand instead!
And I even now play the violin left as well - so basically for me all the instruments I need to buy in the strings category are very expensive! (Unless I can restring them to my preferred way!)
Thankfully though it doesn't affect my piano playing or wind and brass instrument playing!
Will try and get the next chapter up in the week - it's half way to be finished! It's getting into the warmer months here in Australia, and I will try and keep the chapters coming at a steady pace; however when it is really hot the last thing I want to be doing is typing because I can't bear to have the laptop sitting on me for long periods of time and also as well just sometimes to hot to think!
That and I am also going to be attending a lot of markets around my area, and selling things that I have been making over the past few months - hair ribbons, earrings, girl's skirts and that sort of thing - all with a common theme; either Frozen and Disney, and Christmas! (and that is another reason why came to blow with the now not friends, and that is because I told one [same girl doesn't like anything with anyone from Glee in it] that under no circumstances is she to come on to the same stall that I had, which was the plan when still friends, and sell almost identical items as me. To which she had a crying hissy fit over and me telling her to grow up!
But that apparently makes me a mean bitch, even though the whole idea of going to a market and selling said stuff was my idea in the first place, and she decided that she would also make stuff and that she should come along and then weasel in on all my ideas!)
So I will try and get the next chapter out as soon as the creativity for it flows - and if that means that I have to sit in front of the TV and give the crazy furbies constant Glee (and listen to them ask one person in particular for back scratches!) then so be it!
Until next time,
lots of love, KJ (and the demented furbies!) xoxoxo