There's No Place Better Ch 19
"Kurt you're going to scare him off." Steve teased as Kurt sat waiting for their newest mechanic to arrive. Kurt refused to let
anyone else show him around and teach him how to work the system in the computer. And he only had twenty minutes to do it.
"I hardly think I am. I feel bad enough I don't need all of you warning me not to scare the new guy off. I get it you want to take my excuses away from me so I do my fashion."
"Um hello?" Kurt and Steve turned around. Kurt could not believe his eyes.
"It's a small world after all." Kurt mumbled as David Karofsky stood a little awkwardly at the desk. "I guess you're going to be the new guy."
"Yeah. Your dad was real hesitant at first but I guess I had the best sob story."
"Oh good not another one." Steve moaned.
"For the love of Prada go back to work before you scare him off." Kurt sighed shooing the older man back into the garage. "Ignore him he's just a tease. I assure you no sob story could get you in here if you didn't know a distributer cap from a carburetor." Kurt moved around the desk. "I'm here to show you how to run the computer. The guys still do everything on paper so it will be your jobs to put their paper into the computer so I can do the books."
"I'm actually familiar with the program. Your dad showed it to me. I didn't know I'd be the only one to use it." David said looking around the desk.
"Yeah it's just better if the computer illiterate don't touch it. It helps to have both the hard copies and the computer so I can double check the numbers. Here." Kurt took one of the receipts out of the pile. "Enter this we'll see how fast you are." Kurt was impressed with David's accuracy and speed.
"Kurt are you ready to go?" Blaine asked as he entered. He brushed a few snowflakes off his head.
"You're ten minutes early." Kurt replied standing up. "I've still got to introduce and tell the guys to behave. For men in their forties and fifties they can all be so immature." Kurt rolled his eyes. "Have a seat we'll go once I'm done." Kurt stepped back and noticed something very interesting. Blaine was staring at David and David was trying very hard not to stare at Blaine. "Come on I have shopping to do and a son to pick up after school." That last bit seemed to bring David back to the real world.
"You have a kid?"
"That's not important right now. I am on a schedule David. Whether my friend decided to show up early or not." Another shocked look and Kurt had David following him into the garage.
"I thought you and curly were an item?"
"Not since my senior year, not that it's any of your business. Look don't let these guys mess with you too much. They all think they're practical jokers and they go a little far sometimes."
"Ruin all our fun Kurt." Eddie sighed.
"You guys are the ones who wanted him to work here so I'd get out of your hair. You scare him off you can all pull double shifts cause I'm not coming back unless my fashion career falls through." Kurt proceeded to introduce David to the guys who were working and handed him off to Steve. A few more warnings and he was off to go Christmas shopping with Blaine.
Kurt was ginning as they walked out to the car. "So who's the new guy?"
"You mean you don't recognize him after practically eye raping him?" Kurt teased going around to the passenger side of Blaine's car.
"I was not eye raping him." Blaine hissed looking toward the garage before getting into the car. "I'm allowed to look. You don't see guys like him in the theater business."
"Blaine that was Karofsky." Kurt said pulling on his seat belt. Blaine just stared at him. "Blaine your mouth is hanging open in a very unattractive manner. Unless you're advertising for blowjobs or something." Kurt laughed when Blaine snapped his mouth shut and pulled out of the parking spot.
"He just doesn't look like he did in high school." Blaine commented.
"You think he's sexy." Kurt teased.
"Kurt."
"You want him to carry you to bed and fuck you till you scream."
"God has anyone ever told you you can be such an ass?"
"I tease because I care." Kurt sniffed. "If you want I can get his number out of his work file and give it to you. Or I could give him yours if you'd rather he make the first move. Who knows how long that would take I have no idea if he ever came out."
"And thank you for making me feel like I have even less of a chance." Blaine muttered pouting as they drove. Kurt would make it up to him later.
"So how are the bright young minds of Dalton Academy treating their new music and theatre teacher?" Blaine seemed to relax at the change of subject.
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Puck looked around the living room it was some strange mixture of Christmas decorations and bridal magazines. Mercedes and Kurt were sitting on the couch laughing up a storm when he walked in with Hayden. Hayden took his gifts up to his room to hide them till Noah could help wrap them. Cautiously Noah walked over to the couch and looked over. They had tattered and dog-eared spirals in their laps with magazine clippings and little notes. "I still can't believe you'd wanted to wear a kilt." Mercedes teased.
"Oh because it's worse then the monstrosity that are the mermaid dresses that you wanted. At least we know I look damn fine in a kilt."
"Might want to tone down the swearing we're home." Both of them leaned back to look up at him.
"Hi Noah nice to see you again too."
"Sup Aretha. Congrats on the engagement." Noah leaned down kissing Kurt before he got antsy.
"Thank you Noah. How was shopping with Hayden?"
"He's definitely learned to keep up with Kurt. I don't think anyone else was constantly being told by their eight year olds that they were moving to slow." They all shared a laugh. "So what are you two looking at?" Kurt blushed and closed his notebook pulling it to his chest.
"Oh well when we were in high school we made dream wedding plans. Kurt found them and we were just reminiscing." Mercedes replied flipping a page in hers. "Kurt wasn't lying when he said he'd been planning them since he was little."
"Oh no I believe it, his parents wedding was perfect." Noah leaned over the couch and reached for the notebook Kurt was holding.
"Don't Noah this one's just silly." Kurt said clutching it tighter. "We were just having fun when we made these. We were just about to go over the dress designs why don't you help Hayden wrap his gifts." Noah frowned a little but shrugged it off he'd just sneak it later.
"Alright princess have fun. Your folks should be back from Finn's soon should I order dinner?"
"No I have a roast in the oven." Noah gave him one more kiss before heading back upstairs with rolls of wrapping paper. Kurt hiding the notebook from him was a bit odd.
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When Noah went back upstairs Kurt sighed and lowered the spiral to his lap. "Kurt?"
"What?"
"Don't what me. Why didn't you let Noah see it?"
"Because we can't get married." Kurt replied softly. "I mean it's just frustrating that other states can. There are only four more since we graduated. None of them are Ohio."
"Well why not go to another state and get hitched?"
"What's the point when it's not valid when we come back?" Kurt looked at her. "I don't want him to get to thinking that I'm after that. I can be content with just having him and our family. There are plenty of ways I can make him family. They don't call them loopholes for nothing. Now we are here to focus on your wedding." Mercedes felt bad for her boy. He'd been working on his dream wedding all his life. She hoped one day the world would move forward again even if it only included Ohio.
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Noah helped Hayden wrap presents answering questions. Hayden wanted to know if they'd celebrate Christmas or Chanukah or both. How would they do both? How long was his dad going to be sick?
That was the question that bothered him. Kurt had been sick for over a week now. He mostly looked pale and got tired. He'd only gotten sick twice so it wasn't like it was morning sickness. Noah dropped the scissors he was holding. He got up with no explanation and went down stairs. "Kurt!" he rushed down the stairs Kurt met him half way looking worried. Noah threw his arms around Kurt and hugged him tight.
"Noah what's gotten into you?" Kurt squirmed out of his lovers hold. "What's wrong?"
"Kurt please tell me you haven't taken a test recently."
"What, well no I've been too busy getting the shop situated and dealing with phone calls. Besides we decided I wouldn't until I show symptoms. What does that matter?"
"Kurt I think you're pregnant." Kurt's face hardened.
"Noah you can't know that. I haven't felt off except for this virus. Baby I wish you wouldn't get your hopes up like that." Noah shook his head.
"No think about it you get a stomach bug and no one else catches it?" Kurt pressed his lips together and let out a frustrated sigh. Noah felt like he was being scolded all of a sudden.
"Noah I think you're reading too much into this. I don't want to go through another negative result right now. Please just drop it." Kurt wrapped his arms around himself. Noah felt really bad upsetting Kurt but he just had a feeling. Noah pulled Kurt into a hug.
"I'm sorry I just got this feeling all of a sudden." Kurt leaned against him.
"It's alright. I still want a baby but I just want to enjoy the holidays without worrying about it. I have a lot less and a lot more on my plate right now. I want to focus on helping Cedes plan her wedding and make our first official winter holiday special." Noah nodded and held Kurt tighter. He wanted that too.
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