Keys of Knowledge - Chapter 3
Title: Keys of Knowledge
Chapter 3: Making Friends
Writer: Grenouillenue
Fandom: BTVS - Cross with Glee
Characters: Dawn Summers & Kurt Hummel, slash in later chapters
Rating: G for now
Prompt: tamingthemuse - non sequitor, varietypack100 - family
Word Count: 929
Summary: Kurt is in New York, and so is someone else.
Previous parts here
I wanted to put this chapter in first person, either Kurt of Dawn’s POV but this chapter has both of them interacting and I want there to be some behind the scenes info for both of them, so it is in 3rd person for this chapter but it may change in the next chapter.
This chapter is for werestillflying my very first reviewer, one of Kurt’s roommates is named after a character from a TV show we both enjoy.
After their first meeting, Kurt and Dawn don’t see each other for two weeks. They are both caught up in trying to find their own rhythm and adjust to life in New York that they don’t even spare a thought for each other. Kurt practically forgot her until his father asks about her on the phone that weekend.
Kurt pauses for a minute “I’m not sure.”
“I hope she’s doing alright, she said her sister was in Rome and she never mentioned her parents.” answered Burt. Kurt couldn’t keep himself from laughing under his breath. Burt really couldn’t stop his habit of adopting strays and people who seemed alone or lonely. He was surprised that it took Burt two weeks to ask about her.
“I will talk to her tomorrow.” Kurt said half serious, half trying to placate his father before he transitioned, not very smoothly, into complaining about the general education requirements for his degree. A few minutes later Kurt sighed and looked over at his desk at the reading he should start. He said goodbye to Burt and cringed at the thought of staying up to finish reading. “At least tomorrow is Sunday” he said to no one in particular, his roommate Malcolm raised his head and looked at him.
“What?” he said thinking Kurt was talking to him.
“Just talking to myself Mal, go back to your nap.” Kurt looked at his books and realised that he couldn’t leave all of it till tomorrow, he was meeting Rachel at a coffee shop around the corner to discuss how their first weeks had gone.
Sunday morning came all too early. Kurt had finished all of his readings for the next 3 days. He was feeling ‘keen’ for the first week of school, but he knew it wouldn’t last.
He got up and started getting ready for the day. Mal had commented on his morning and evening routines earlier in the week and Kurt quickly realised that in order to get uninterrupted time in the bathroom he had to get up early. He really wasn’t used to sharing a room or bathroom. After Burt and Carole got married they moved, so he hadn’t had to share with Finn and both boys had their own bathrooms. Now he was one of 5 guys using the bathroom in their suite. He was by far the most ‘high maintenance’ one of the group.
Kurt walked out of his room, through the attached room, careful not to wake the sleeping boys. He closed the door quietly and locked it behind him, checking that he had his ID card and his wallet. He turned to leave and ran straight into Dawn, knocking them both to the ground.
“Sorry” Kurt said rubbing his hip where he had landed.
“Are you ok?” Dawn asked, then she realised who she ran into and laughed. Kurt looked at her like she was insane. “Sorry, it must be something about your family. I literally fell into your dad on the stairs when I moved in.”
“Are you all settled?” Kurt asked getting up off the floor.
“More or less, the rest of my stuff just arrived yesterday.” By that she meant that Penni had appeared with her stuff in her dorm room, mere seconds after her roommate had left. “Any plans for the day?” she asked Kurt.
“Yea, I’m going for coffee with a friend from high school who goes to NYADA.” Kurt said noticing that Dawn was looking a little lost and lonely;
“NYADA?”
“New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, we’re just going for coffee, did you want to join us?” Kurt asked. Okay maybe he had a little bit of his dad’s penchant for adopting strays.
“Really.” Dawn said eagerly, “That’d be great, just let me put my books away.”
Kurt and Dawn walked into La Pâtesserie Quotidienne, a coffee shop two blocks away from their residence. Rachel of course is already there, sitting, not quite patiently, in the corner watching the door for Kurt’s entrance. She already has his coffee in her hand so Kurt motions for Dawn to get her coffee and join them.
“Who’s the girl?”
“Her name’s Dawn she’s my neighbour. Dad ran into her when he moved me in, I think he’s adopted her from a distance.”
“Oh, alright”
“Hi.” Dawn said with a little wave, sitting down next to Kurt.
“Dawn this is Rachel, Rachel this is Dawn.”
“Hi, where are you from?” Rachel asked.
“Sunnydale.” Dawn answered, feeling uncomfortable with the way Rachel was looking at her, the sheer intensity in her eyes.
“That’s the town that sunk last year, isn’t it?” Rachel asked
“Wow” Kurt turned to her as well, unsure what to ask next, thinking about having your entire town fall into a sinkhole.
“Yea, that’s the look everyone gets when I tell them where I grew up. Home, if you can call it that, is Cleveland now.”
“Cleveland, really?”
“Yea, Buffy moved to Rome so now I’m staying with Giles and Faith in Cleveland.”
“Buffy?” Rachel asked bluntly.
“Yea, my sister.”
“Oh, Kurt do you think I should cut my hair?”
“Well, Rach that was a bit of a non sequitur.” Kurt said giving Dawn a sympathetic look.
“It’s fine, my family isn’t really easy to explain.”
Rachel, Kurt and Dawn finished their coffees and talked about their classes. It turned out Kurt and Dawn were both in the same French course. About an hour and a half after they arrived, Rachel and Dawn exchanged cell-phone numbers and Dawn and Kurt headed back to Brittany House.
Please read and review - THANK YOU
The first 6 reviewers will get to name the remaining roommates for Kurt and Dawn. They won’t play a giant part in the story but they will be mentioned a few times. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (Just first names)
My coffee shop is loosely based on Le Pain Quotidien that I found online.
I was going to have this happen the first weekend at school but I don’t want to write the end of FROSH/Orientation week and the parties that usually happen that weekend.
I don’t know what the schedule would look like for a first year student at NYU, I’m going to base this off of my university experience and what I can glean from the nyu website. If anyone knows how many courses students take per semester at Tisch let me know.
P.S. did anyone see the Naya (Santana) M&Ms ad? I love it.
Chapter 3.5
Chapter 3: Making Friends
Writer: Grenouillenue
Fandom: BTVS - Cross with Glee
Characters: Dawn Summers & Kurt Hummel, slash in later chapters
Rating: G for now
Prompt: tamingthemuse - non sequitor, varietypack100 - family
Word Count: 929
Summary: Kurt is in New York, and so is someone else.
Previous parts here
I wanted to put this chapter in first person, either Kurt of Dawn’s POV but this chapter has both of them interacting and I want there to be some behind the scenes info for both of them, so it is in 3rd person for this chapter but it may change in the next chapter.
This chapter is for werestillflying my very first reviewer, one of Kurt’s roommates is named after a character from a TV show we both enjoy.
After their first meeting, Kurt and Dawn don’t see each other for two weeks. They are both caught up in trying to find their own rhythm and adjust to life in New York that they don’t even spare a thought for each other. Kurt practically forgot her until his father asks about her on the phone that weekend.
Kurt pauses for a minute “I’m not sure.”
“I hope she’s doing alright, she said her sister was in Rome and she never mentioned her parents.” answered Burt. Kurt couldn’t keep himself from laughing under his breath. Burt really couldn’t stop his habit of adopting strays and people who seemed alone or lonely. He was surprised that it took Burt two weeks to ask about her.
“I will talk to her tomorrow.” Kurt said half serious, half trying to placate his father before he transitioned, not very smoothly, into complaining about the general education requirements for his degree. A few minutes later Kurt sighed and looked over at his desk at the reading he should start. He said goodbye to Burt and cringed at the thought of staying up to finish reading. “At least tomorrow is Sunday” he said to no one in particular, his roommate Malcolm raised his head and looked at him.
“What?” he said thinking Kurt was talking to him.
“Just talking to myself Mal, go back to your nap.” Kurt looked at his books and realised that he couldn’t leave all of it till tomorrow, he was meeting Rachel at a coffee shop around the corner to discuss how their first weeks had gone.
Sunday morning came all too early. Kurt had finished all of his readings for the next 3 days. He was feeling ‘keen’ for the first week of school, but he knew it wouldn’t last.
He got up and started getting ready for the day. Mal had commented on his morning and evening routines earlier in the week and Kurt quickly realised that in order to get uninterrupted time in the bathroom he had to get up early. He really wasn’t used to sharing a room or bathroom. After Burt and Carole got married they moved, so he hadn’t had to share with Finn and both boys had their own bathrooms. Now he was one of 5 guys using the bathroom in their suite. He was by far the most ‘high maintenance’ one of the group.
Kurt walked out of his room, through the attached room, careful not to wake the sleeping boys. He closed the door quietly and locked it behind him, checking that he had his ID card and his wallet. He turned to leave and ran straight into Dawn, knocking them both to the ground.
“Sorry” Kurt said rubbing his hip where he had landed.
“Are you ok?” Dawn asked, then she realised who she ran into and laughed. Kurt looked at her like she was insane. “Sorry, it must be something about your family. I literally fell into your dad on the stairs when I moved in.”
“Are you all settled?” Kurt asked getting up off the floor.
“More or less, the rest of my stuff just arrived yesterday.” By that she meant that Penni had appeared with her stuff in her dorm room, mere seconds after her roommate had left. “Any plans for the day?” she asked Kurt.
“Yea, I’m going for coffee with a friend from high school who goes to NYADA.” Kurt said noticing that Dawn was looking a little lost and lonely;
“NYADA?”
“New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, we’re just going for coffee, did you want to join us?” Kurt asked. Okay maybe he had a little bit of his dad’s penchant for adopting strays.
“Really.” Dawn said eagerly, “That’d be great, just let me put my books away.”
Kurt and Dawn walked into La Pâtesserie Quotidienne, a coffee shop two blocks away from their residence. Rachel of course is already there, sitting, not quite patiently, in the corner watching the door for Kurt’s entrance. She already has his coffee in her hand so Kurt motions for Dawn to get her coffee and join them.
“Who’s the girl?”
“Her name’s Dawn she’s my neighbour. Dad ran into her when he moved me in, I think he’s adopted her from a distance.”
“Oh, alright”
“Hi.” Dawn said with a little wave, sitting down next to Kurt.
“Dawn this is Rachel, Rachel this is Dawn.”
“Hi, where are you from?” Rachel asked.
“Sunnydale.” Dawn answered, feeling uncomfortable with the way Rachel was looking at her, the sheer intensity in her eyes.
“That’s the town that sunk last year, isn’t it?” Rachel asked
“Wow” Kurt turned to her as well, unsure what to ask next, thinking about having your entire town fall into a sinkhole.
“Yea, that’s the look everyone gets when I tell them where I grew up. Home, if you can call it that, is Cleveland now.”
“Cleveland, really?”
“Yea, Buffy moved to Rome so now I’m staying with Giles and Faith in Cleveland.”
“Buffy?” Rachel asked bluntly.
“Yea, my sister.”
“Oh, Kurt do you think I should cut my hair?”
“Well, Rach that was a bit of a non sequitur.” Kurt said giving Dawn a sympathetic look.
“It’s fine, my family isn’t really easy to explain.”
Rachel, Kurt and Dawn finished their coffees and talked about their classes. It turned out Kurt and Dawn were both in the same French course. About an hour and a half after they arrived, Rachel and Dawn exchanged cell-phone numbers and Dawn and Kurt headed back to Brittany House.
Please read and review - THANK YOU
The first 6 reviewers will get to name the remaining roommates for Kurt and Dawn. They won’t play a giant part in the story but they will be mentioned a few times. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (Just first names)
My coffee shop is loosely based on Le Pain Quotidien that I found online.
I was going to have this happen the first weekend at school but I don’t want to write the end of FROSH/Orientation week and the parties that usually happen that weekend.
I don’t know what the schedule would look like for a first year student at NYU, I’m going to base this off of my university experience and what I can glean from the nyu website. If anyone knows how many courses students take per semester at Tisch let me know.
P.S. did anyone see the Naya (Santana) M&Ms ad? I love it.
Chapter 3.5