"Here I go, and there's no turning back. My great adventure has begun! I may be small, but I've got giant plans to-"
I flipped my cell phone open quickly, mostly to shut it up. I gave a quiet groan of a greeting, knowing exactly who was on the other end of the line.
"Hey, Blainers! How are doing? I haven't talked to you since the party. It wasn't cool leaving me at Rachel's, by the way. That was all kinds of awkward." I sighed. I kind of expected her to yell at me for this. I was actually surprised it took her so long. It was already Sunday morning, and the party had started on Friday.
"Well, I wasn't going to drive you all the way back to Westerville in the wee hours of the morning, Ava."
"It doesn't really matter, though. Rachel's dads drove me when they came home yesterday. But it was super awkward. But they were so nice! Did you know that one of them is doing a community theater production of Rent? We talked about it the whole ride, it was actually really fun!" Ava finally paused to take a breath before continuing in a slower tone. "Now I called you for a reason, and I sort of forgot it..."
"Of course you did..." I sighed.
"Oh yeah! Ha! Are you with Kurt now?" I groaned and looked at the little cheep digital clock on the bedside table.
"Considering it is about eight in the morning, no, he's still sleeping. And I was too, until you rudely awakened me. I'm in the guest room."
"Oh, well can you go wake him up? I need to talk to the both of you." I was well aware that Ava didn't plan on taking no for an answer, but Kurt needed a good night's sleep, and I definitely didn't want to wake him, but I fought for the cause anyway.
"Ava, I don't really want to-"
"Please, Blainey? Seriously, it's important, and you won't regret it."
"Ugh fine..." I said with another sigh. I kept glancing at the digital clock, as if hoping the time would speed forward for me. No such luck, of course. "I'm going to hang up. I'll call you back when I get Kurt awake."
"Kay. You better. If I don't get a call back in ten minutes, I'll yell at you."
"Alright, that's fine. I'm hanging up now, Ava. Bye."
I snapped my phone shut and started to the door. I cringed when it made a loud creaking noise when I opened it, realizing that I was probably the only one awake in the whole house. Finn was most definitely still sleeping, as would be Burt and Kurt, and Carole always worked the early shifts as a nurse, so she would be out of the house by now.
"Hey, Kurt?" I asked, creaking open the door. Of course, he was still sleeping. Normally Kurt is a pretty light sleeper, so I didn't have to do much to wake him up. I sat on the foot of his bed and said his name again, and he immediately stirred and sat up, looking at me with squinting eyes.
"What the hell, Blaine? What time is it?"
"Eight. I know it's early, and I'm really sorry, but Ava just called and she wants to talk to the both of us."
"At eight in the morning?" Kurt said with a groan. "Seriously, I'm sleeping."
"I know, love, but she said it was important." Kurt's face softened a bit and he shifted into a more comfortable sitting position.
"It better be."
I smiled gently at Kurt before flipping open my phone once again and speed dialing Ava's number. She responded immediately.
"Blaine! You have Kurt there? Put me on speaker!"
"Yup." I said and pressed the speaker button, shifting my body closer to Kurt's and holding the phone out between the two of us.
"Ava, you better have a good reason for calling us this early." Kurt said in his infamous sassy tone.
"Geez, it's only eight. That is not early."
"It's summer. Yes, it is." I groaned, because it was so like the two of them to get into an argument about what time of the day is early. As much as those two get along when it comes to music and fashion, I knew that Ava's personality was bound to get on Kurt's nerves at one point or another.
"No, I have to get up at- Oh, you're getting me of topic! I called for a reason."
"What?" Kurt and I both asked at sort of the same time. I heard a slight snicker on the other line, but I ignored it.
"So what are you guys doing two weeks from now?"
Oh, geez. I was officially scared. I looked at Kurt, who was looking at me, the wheels obviously turning in his head.
"Nothing I can think of at the moment..." Kurt said, and then smirked. "Why?"
"So I was talking to my dad about stuff and he gave me permission to take that whole week off of work... So I could take the two of you to New York."
Kurt's face lit up like a toddler at Christmastime. I grinned, mostly at him, although New York did sound like an awesome idea, especially now that I didn't have my parents to worry about.
"Really? You're kidding! New York, Blaine!" Kurt grinned at me, and I was afraid he was going to break his face, he was smiling that much.
"Just the three of us?" I asked.
"Unless Kurt's dad doesn't want you guys to go, then yeah, I guess it'd just be the three of us."
"Is he awake? He probably isn't, but I can wake him up. I'm going to ask him right now." Kurt said, bouncing off of the bed.
"You're not excited at all, Kurt." Ava joked.
"Not at all. Come on, Blaine. You can take Ava off of speaker, but leave on the phone, though."
"Okay," I said, pressing the speaker button again. "Av, you are off speaker. Give us a few minutes."
I followed Kurt across the hall, tiptoeing past Finn's room and into Carole and Burt's. Burt was definitely asleep. It was kind of awkward for me to be there, I realized, considering I was his son's boyfriend and this was his room... So I lingered at the doorway while Kurt went right up to the bed, plopping down and shaking his dad.
"Dad! Dad, wake up!"
"What? What time is it?" Burt said groggily, sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
"A little after eight, but I have a question for you. We're not doing anything in two weeks, right?"
"I don't know... It's a little early to tell..." Kurt's face sunk a little bit, so Burt continued. "Why?"
"Ava wants to take Blaine and I to New York," Kurt said in one breath.
"Ava's the girl from the zoo? Blaine's friend?"
"Yes," Kurt nodded.
"How old is she, again?" Burt asked, looking up to me.
" She's twenty-six, and very responsible. And she already said that she'll pay for the gas to get there and also for the hotel." I answered softly.
"Can we go? Please, daddy? It will be a great learning experience. We didn't get to do much tourist-y stuff at nationals... And Blaine's never been. Also, we'd be able to go see Wicked. Please?" Kurt was pretty much begging. It was a cross between pathetic and adorable. I still haven't decided, but I'm leaning towards adorable.
"I... Kurt, it's eight in the morning, can't you give me some time to think about it?"
"We have Ava on the phone..." Kurt said, motioning to the phone that was still pressed up to my ear, Ava probably intently listening to this whole conversation.
"Well, tell her that you can get back to her tomorrow. I'll have to talk to Carole about it first."
"So, is it a maybe-probably-yes or a maybe-probably-no?" Kurt sighed.
"It's a maybe-probably-I-don't-know, Kurt. Now go away and let me sleep." Burt said, collapsing back on his bed, murmuring a few inaudible phrases.
I followed Kurt back into his room, putting Ava back on speaker.
"You heard that?" I asked.
"Yeah... so how's it looking Kurt?"
"It was pretty much a yes. If he says he's going to talk to Carole about it, it's a yes. Carole would love for us to go to New York." Kurt smiled, having deciphered his father's answer already. Although I can't say I was surprised.
"Just think, Blaine... The three of us in New York City!" Ava said with a squeal. I smiled, putting my arm around Kurt and squeezing him close to me. He looked back at me with a glimmer in his eye.
"Yeah... New York City."