Life for Rent - Chapter 2
Finn POV
I woke up with a sharp shock as the sound my alarm ripped through me. As I slowly came to I looked at the time, 7:15. Why was it so much earlier than usual?
Oh that’s right I think Kurt set it earlier so I wasn’t late every day. He cares about me so much, its great.
But why do I always end up with the bed covers on the floor? I'm still in the same position I was in when I went to sleep… I got out of bed and stretched the night out and picked the sheets up. I can’t be bothered to make the bed yet, too early, I’ll do it when I get home tonight.
After getting dressed and getting everything together for school I realised why I’m an hour early. Crap, how did I forget that? I was taking Kurt to school today; his ‘baby’ had gone in for a service. I scrambled around the room picking random stuff I could find up for school and bolted out of the door, forgetting to duck and smashing to top of my head into the doorframe. I let out a yell and carried on rushing about.
I practically jumped down the stairs and said a quick ‘pickingkurtupseeyoulater’ to mom as I slammed the front door shut. I heard her shout something from behind me but it was muffled by the door. It wasn’t till I got in the car that I realised I had forgotten one vital thing, the keys. Luckily that must’ve been what mom was calling to me about because she was standing at the driver side window with them in her hand.
‘Be careful’ she said as I kissed her goodbye and backed out of the drive.
I'm lucky really that Kurt lives so close to me, I mean he’s the closest out of all of my friends at school. And to be honest, I don’t really care all that much about the Football guys; they’re just buddies by default. I really only think of the Glee club as my true friends, which is ironic because I lost loads of them the minute I joined Glee. Oh who cares, screw ‘em.
I noticed Kurt’s dad had obviously gone to work early, which was good because I could pull onto the driveway instead of risking losing my right mirror again from parking on the sidewalk. I got out of the car and looked at my watch, record time, brilliant.
I knocked on the door and waited… and waited… and waited, until the door finally opened. Kurt looked up at me through his light brown hair that was unusually covering his face. He looked slightly embarrassed, but still way too cute for his own good.
‘You’re early Finn Hudson’ he said to me with a pout. Even this early in the morning he looked amazing. His bluey-green eyes shone through his wavy brunette hair as he looked up at me. He was wearing his white skinny jeans with white plimsoll shoes with purple laces. As I let my eyes wander up him I noticed he was wearing a purple shirt the exact same shade as on his shoes, very Kurt. He also wore a white jacket and big fabric tie thing. I hadn’t noticed it being overly cold outside, but then again I was wearing my biggest fleece jumper, It had just happened to be laying on dad’s chair as I passed it running out the door.
‘Yeah I know, I thought I was gonna be late, so I rushed.’ I let out a little laugh as he gestured me inside, I unzipped my jumper and took it off, the house was boiling. ‘I like your, erm, tie thing.’
‘Thank you, and it’s a cravate’ He giggled a little and tugged on it ‘and I can see that you rushed, you forgot to turn your shirt the right way out’ Kurt giggled as he tugged on the label on the back of my shirt. I really had rushed. I blushed a little as we walked down to his room and he went back to his mirror.
‘My hair just won’t cooperate this morning’ He complained as he reached for a bottle of hairspray. He fiddled with his fringe as I sat down on the end of the bed and put my backpack down.
‘I suppose I'm lucky that way, my hair really only goes in one direction’ I said as Kurt swivelled round to look at me.
‘Don’t you try and lie to me, I know you spend just as much time on your hair as I do, no way does it look that nice without any effort’ he turned back to his mirror but continued to look at me through it.
‘Well yeah I use some gel or whatever but no way will my hair ever look as good as yours.’ I tried to look up at my sticky-up fringe, didn’t succeed.
‘You’re very sweet Finn’ Kurt blushed a little and picked up a brush ‘I’m not saying you’re not right’ He turned back around to me after he’d tidied his sink area. ‘But you’re very sweet’
He walked back over to me and gave me a little peck on the lips. He can’t just do that to me this early in the morning. As he started to turn towards his bag I grabbed a belt loop on the side of his jeans and pulled him back closer to me. He squealed a little as he was forced barely more than a couple of inches away from me.
‘Isn’t it...’ he started to breathe heavily; I could feel the warmth coming from him on my face. ‘A little early for this?’ His speech was a little slurred and so quiet, I don’t know why. We were the only ones in the house.
‘Well, its Wednesday, middle of the week’ I craned my neck up to him and whispered in his ear.
‘What’s that got to do with anything?’ He asked me with a laugh as I pulled his belt loop closer so he was practically in between my legs up against the side of the bed.
‘Nothing… but it kept you here’ I placed my free hand on the back of his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. This was different, more forceful, I could tell he really wanted it too this time, and that this wasn’t just a thank you kiss. I slid my hand from where it rested on his neck down his spine, which made him give a little shiver. As my hand neared the small of his back he did something very unlike him.
He moaned deeply as he graced his hand up my chest and gently pushed me off of him.
‘As much as I’d love to stay here and do this…’ he said wiping his thumb over his mouth as he walked over to his bag ‘we’ve got school in half an hour’.
‘Well we’ll have to meet up later? Because I’m kind of distracted now’ I shuffled on the bed, I was definitely distracted. C’mon, mailman, mailman, mailman.
‘I’ll see what I can do’ He gave me a little wink as he packed the last of his things into his bag and slung it over his shoulder. He proceeded to stand in front of his floor length mirror and adjust his jeans and coat.
I got up from the bed and stood behind him, he was obviously really concentrating on his cravate because he jumped a little when he noticed my reflection there.
I crouched a little and wrapped my arms around his waist, laying my chin on his shoulder.
‘You’re beautiful Kurt, you know that don’t you?’ I said nuzzling my chin into his shoulder. He just smiled at me. I loved how we looked together, complete opposites, but so much in common. Him the small, stylish, level headed one, me the fumbling, big one, who clothes just hang off of. I suppose we even each other out.
Oh that reminds me. I quickly let go of him and whip my t-shirt off. The look on his face was priceless. Mouth gaping, he stumbled back a little.
‘I thought I told you, not that I’m complaining, but we’ve got school in half an…twenty minutes now!’ he corrected himself looking at the clock on his side table.
I laughed to myself as I overdramatically turned my shirt the right way out staring at him with a calm down face.
‘I can’t go to school inside out can I?’ Kurt just laughed at us both as I put my top back on.
‘Right, ready?’ he said after I gave myself a quick look over in the mirror, you couldn’t see my head in it if I stood up straight, I’m too tall.
‘To Oz?’ he said with a grin as he held out his arm for me to take.
I gave him a little laugh as we walked up the stairs. ‘I’m not doing the walk, I can’t.’
‘Just another thing ill have to teach you then isn’t it?’ he sighed to me. Once we were in the car I remembered something else I’d forgotten.
‘Oh yeah its Seasons of Love day today isn’t it, we’re going over stage stuff’
‘Yep, should be fun, I want a say in this today, no way is Rachel taking over the whole thing this time, Rents one of my favourite musicals’ he said determinedly.
‘I didn’t know that, actually I don’t know Rent at all’ Kurt just gaped at me as we turned a corner.
‘That’s it, we’re watching it tonight, you want the film or the Broadway DVD? I’ve got both.’ He had turned in his seat to look at me.
‘Uhm, I don’t mind, whichever you think is better.’ I really didn’t know, but I know Kurt will choose the best one.
‘Could you call my mom then and tell her I’ll be at yours tonight?’ I said handing him my phone from the cup holder.
He dialled my home number, looks like from memory, after a few rings my mom picked up. I couldn’t hear her speaking but I could tell she was all right from the way Kurt was talking to her.
‘Hi its Kurt.’
‘I'm doing good thank you, how are you?’
‘Glad to hear it… yeah he’s here but he’s driving at the moment, we had that horrible assembly with that driving-whilst-texting video, all the ketchup, fake bruises and air ambulances, was disgusting’
‘Yeah I wouldn’t recommend it. Anyway I phoned to let you know Finn’s going to be dropping me home from school tonight, and then he’s planning on staying for some Spanish and a movie. Were doing one of the songs from it in Glee club so I’m teaching him some background’
‘Ok, aw thank you that’s really sweet of you, you know its not needed, but thanks. Depending on what time we’re done with everything he might stay over, Dad will be fine with it, that alright with you.’
‘Great, Ok, see you soon, bye!’
Kurt gets on so well with my mum, I’m so happy every ones been so good with us.
‘What’d mom say that made you so happy?’ I asked as we pulled into the school parking lot.
‘She said that she owes me a dinner night’ he said putting my phone back as I pulled into one of the bays.
‘Yeah she really likes you, but not as much as I do, no one could do that.’ I said with a smile.
He grinned over at me from the passenger seat as he unbuckled himself. ‘Well, I'm very likeable’ he gave me a huge grin.
I leant over and gave him a kiss as I took off my seatbelt. ‘You got that right Mr’.
As I shut my car door and started walking Kurt gave a little skip toward me from his side of the car and took my hand.
‘So how have you been getting on with Seasons of Love with Santana?’ he asked me as we entered the building.
‘Yeah its been good, glad I got chosen for it, our voices seem to go really well together’
‘Yes in hindsight I wouldn’t have been the best person for it, its kind of low for me, and you really need a baritone or an alto singing the male lead I think’
‘I gonna pretend I know what those mean and agree with you’ I said with a smile, sometimes its kinda embarrassing how much Kurt knows about stuff and I know so little, well he can teach me. I'm always open to new things.
I walked him to his locker where we finally unattached.
‘See you at Glee’ I said as I started walking off. I barely got three steps when I heard him calling to me.
‘Erm, hello? bye?’ he gave me a sarcastic wave and crossed his arms dramatically, fake pouting.
I chuckled and walked back over to him, gave him a tender kiss, whispered ‘love you’ and started walking towards class again.
Today should be a pretty good day, I’m looking forward to practicing my solo with Santana again and for once I’d done my Spanish work. Yep, today was going to be good.
I woke up with a sharp shock as the sound my alarm ripped through me. As I slowly came to I looked at the time, 7:15. Why was it so much earlier than usual?
Oh that’s right I think Kurt set it earlier so I wasn’t late every day. He cares about me so much, its great.
But why do I always end up with the bed covers on the floor? I'm still in the same position I was in when I went to sleep… I got out of bed and stretched the night out and picked the sheets up. I can’t be bothered to make the bed yet, too early, I’ll do it when I get home tonight.
After getting dressed and getting everything together for school I realised why I’m an hour early. Crap, how did I forget that? I was taking Kurt to school today; his ‘baby’ had gone in for a service. I scrambled around the room picking random stuff I could find up for school and bolted out of the door, forgetting to duck and smashing to top of my head into the doorframe. I let out a yell and carried on rushing about.
I practically jumped down the stairs and said a quick ‘pickingkurtupseeyoulater’ to mom as I slammed the front door shut. I heard her shout something from behind me but it was muffled by the door. It wasn’t till I got in the car that I realised I had forgotten one vital thing, the keys. Luckily that must’ve been what mom was calling to me about because she was standing at the driver side window with them in her hand.
‘Be careful’ she said as I kissed her goodbye and backed out of the drive.
I'm lucky really that Kurt lives so close to me, I mean he’s the closest out of all of my friends at school. And to be honest, I don’t really care all that much about the Football guys; they’re just buddies by default. I really only think of the Glee club as my true friends, which is ironic because I lost loads of them the minute I joined Glee. Oh who cares, screw ‘em.
I noticed Kurt’s dad had obviously gone to work early, which was good because I could pull onto the driveway instead of risking losing my right mirror again from parking on the sidewalk. I got out of the car and looked at my watch, record time, brilliant.
I knocked on the door and waited… and waited… and waited, until the door finally opened. Kurt looked up at me through his light brown hair that was unusually covering his face. He looked slightly embarrassed, but still way too cute for his own good.
‘You’re early Finn Hudson’ he said to me with a pout. Even this early in the morning he looked amazing. His bluey-green eyes shone through his wavy brunette hair as he looked up at me. He was wearing his white skinny jeans with white plimsoll shoes with purple laces. As I let my eyes wander up him I noticed he was wearing a purple shirt the exact same shade as on his shoes, very Kurt. He also wore a white jacket and big fabric tie thing. I hadn’t noticed it being overly cold outside, but then again I was wearing my biggest fleece jumper, It had just happened to be laying on dad’s chair as I passed it running out the door.
‘Yeah I know, I thought I was gonna be late, so I rushed.’ I let out a little laugh as he gestured me inside, I unzipped my jumper and took it off, the house was boiling. ‘I like your, erm, tie thing.’
‘Thank you, and it’s a cravate’ He giggled a little and tugged on it ‘and I can see that you rushed, you forgot to turn your shirt the right way out’ Kurt giggled as he tugged on the label on the back of my shirt. I really had rushed. I blushed a little as we walked down to his room and he went back to his mirror.
‘My hair just won’t cooperate this morning’ He complained as he reached for a bottle of hairspray. He fiddled with his fringe as I sat down on the end of the bed and put my backpack down.
‘I suppose I'm lucky that way, my hair really only goes in one direction’ I said as Kurt swivelled round to look at me.
‘Don’t you try and lie to me, I know you spend just as much time on your hair as I do, no way does it look that nice without any effort’ he turned back to his mirror but continued to look at me through it.
‘Well yeah I use some gel or whatever but no way will my hair ever look as good as yours.’ I tried to look up at my sticky-up fringe, didn’t succeed.
‘You’re very sweet Finn’ Kurt blushed a little and picked up a brush ‘I’m not saying you’re not right’ He turned back around to me after he’d tidied his sink area. ‘But you’re very sweet’
He walked back over to me and gave me a little peck on the lips. He can’t just do that to me this early in the morning. As he started to turn towards his bag I grabbed a belt loop on the side of his jeans and pulled him back closer to me. He squealed a little as he was forced barely more than a couple of inches away from me.
‘Isn’t it...’ he started to breathe heavily; I could feel the warmth coming from him on my face. ‘A little early for this?’ His speech was a little slurred and so quiet, I don’t know why. We were the only ones in the house.
‘Well, its Wednesday, middle of the week’ I craned my neck up to him and whispered in his ear.
‘What’s that got to do with anything?’ He asked me with a laugh as I pulled his belt loop closer so he was practically in between my legs up against the side of the bed.
‘Nothing… but it kept you here’ I placed my free hand on the back of his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. This was different, more forceful, I could tell he really wanted it too this time, and that this wasn’t just a thank you kiss. I slid my hand from where it rested on his neck down his spine, which made him give a little shiver. As my hand neared the small of his back he did something very unlike him.
He moaned deeply as he graced his hand up my chest and gently pushed me off of him.
‘As much as I’d love to stay here and do this…’ he said wiping his thumb over his mouth as he walked over to his bag ‘we’ve got school in half an hour’.
‘Well we’ll have to meet up later? Because I’m kind of distracted now’ I shuffled on the bed, I was definitely distracted. C’mon, mailman, mailman, mailman.
‘I’ll see what I can do’ He gave me a little wink as he packed the last of his things into his bag and slung it over his shoulder. He proceeded to stand in front of his floor length mirror and adjust his jeans and coat.
I got up from the bed and stood behind him, he was obviously really concentrating on his cravate because he jumped a little when he noticed my reflection there.
I crouched a little and wrapped my arms around his waist, laying my chin on his shoulder.
‘You’re beautiful Kurt, you know that don’t you?’ I said nuzzling my chin into his shoulder. He just smiled at me. I loved how we looked together, complete opposites, but so much in common. Him the small, stylish, level headed one, me the fumbling, big one, who clothes just hang off of. I suppose we even each other out.
Oh that reminds me. I quickly let go of him and whip my t-shirt off. The look on his face was priceless. Mouth gaping, he stumbled back a little.
‘I thought I told you, not that I’m complaining, but we’ve got school in half an…twenty minutes now!’ he corrected himself looking at the clock on his side table.
I laughed to myself as I overdramatically turned my shirt the right way out staring at him with a calm down face.
‘I can’t go to school inside out can I?’ Kurt just laughed at us both as I put my top back on.
‘Right, ready?’ he said after I gave myself a quick look over in the mirror, you couldn’t see my head in it if I stood up straight, I’m too tall.
‘To Oz?’ he said with a grin as he held out his arm for me to take.
I gave him a little laugh as we walked up the stairs. ‘I’m not doing the walk, I can’t.’
‘Just another thing ill have to teach you then isn’t it?’ he sighed to me. Once we were in the car I remembered something else I’d forgotten.
‘Oh yeah its Seasons of Love day today isn’t it, we’re going over stage stuff’
‘Yep, should be fun, I want a say in this today, no way is Rachel taking over the whole thing this time, Rents one of my favourite musicals’ he said determinedly.
‘I didn’t know that, actually I don’t know Rent at all’ Kurt just gaped at me as we turned a corner.
‘That’s it, we’re watching it tonight, you want the film or the Broadway DVD? I’ve got both.’ He had turned in his seat to look at me.
‘Uhm, I don’t mind, whichever you think is better.’ I really didn’t know, but I know Kurt will choose the best one.
‘Could you call my mom then and tell her I’ll be at yours tonight?’ I said handing him my phone from the cup holder.
He dialled my home number, looks like from memory, after a few rings my mom picked up. I couldn’t hear her speaking but I could tell she was all right from the way Kurt was talking to her.
‘Hi its Kurt.’
‘I'm doing good thank you, how are you?’
‘Glad to hear it… yeah he’s here but he’s driving at the moment, we had that horrible assembly with that driving-whilst-texting video, all the ketchup, fake bruises and air ambulances, was disgusting’
‘Yeah I wouldn’t recommend it. Anyway I phoned to let you know Finn’s going to be dropping me home from school tonight, and then he’s planning on staying for some Spanish and a movie. Were doing one of the songs from it in Glee club so I’m teaching him some background’
‘Ok, aw thank you that’s really sweet of you, you know its not needed, but thanks. Depending on what time we’re done with everything he might stay over, Dad will be fine with it, that alright with you.’
‘Great, Ok, see you soon, bye!’
Kurt gets on so well with my mum, I’m so happy every ones been so good with us.
‘What’d mom say that made you so happy?’ I asked as we pulled into the school parking lot.
‘She said that she owes me a dinner night’ he said putting my phone back as I pulled into one of the bays.
‘Yeah she really likes you, but not as much as I do, no one could do that.’ I said with a smile.
He grinned over at me from the passenger seat as he unbuckled himself. ‘Well, I'm very likeable’ he gave me a huge grin.
I leant over and gave him a kiss as I took off my seatbelt. ‘You got that right Mr’.
As I shut my car door and started walking Kurt gave a little skip toward me from his side of the car and took my hand.
‘So how have you been getting on with Seasons of Love with Santana?’ he asked me as we entered the building.
‘Yeah its been good, glad I got chosen for it, our voices seem to go really well together’
‘Yes in hindsight I wouldn’t have been the best person for it, its kind of low for me, and you really need a baritone or an alto singing the male lead I think’
‘I gonna pretend I know what those mean and agree with you’ I said with a smile, sometimes its kinda embarrassing how much Kurt knows about stuff and I know so little, well he can teach me. I'm always open to new things.
I walked him to his locker where we finally unattached.
‘See you at Glee’ I said as I started walking off. I barely got three steps when I heard him calling to me.
‘Erm, hello? bye?’ he gave me a sarcastic wave and crossed his arms dramatically, fake pouting.
I chuckled and walked back over to him, gave him a tender kiss, whispered ‘love you’ and started walking towards class again.
Today should be a pretty good day, I’m looking forward to practicing my solo with Santana again and for once I’d done my Spanish work. Yep, today was going to be good.