Little Numbers

Chapter 11

Thurs 25 Dec (7:45am)
~Incoming Call~
"Goooood morning, lovebird!"

"Damn, Rachel. It's way too early for you to sound like that."

"And a Merry Christmas to you, too!"

"Ugh... You don't even really celebrate Christmas, why are you up? And why are you calling me?"

"To talk about your undying love for Lonely Boy."

"...What??"

"The text you sent me last night. Late at night. Laaaaate. When you should've been asleep."

"...Crap. Oh god... So that wasn't just a bad dream?"

"No. No, it was a good dream. A dream full of warmth and-"

"Please, just stop. It's too early."

"It's never too early for matters of the heart, Kurt."

"No heart. No heart involved at all."

"Well, clearly you had a revelation last night. Did he do something? He did, didn't he? Did you call him? Did he call you? Did he finally send you a picture of himself? And did you-"

"No. Nothing. Nothing happened."

"Liar!!! Why do you keep lying to yourself?"

"I'm not lying to myself."

"Explain Ethan, then."

"I refuse to discuss your hatred towards my boyfriend again -"

"I don't hate him, I-"

"Shush. I love him and he loves me. It's been over a year and you should be used to it, to him, by now."

"So what about the text?"

"A lapse of judgement -"

"Kurt."

" - brought to you by Christmas, rum, and lack of sleep."

"Kurt, I just want you to be happy. You know that."

"I am happy. Blaine and I... We're friends."

"And are you sure that he sees that the same way?"

"Rachel. We've never even met. Of course he doesn't -"

"Since when is that a criterion?"

"Uhm, I'm pretty sure that's the usual protocol. You meet someone, you like someone, you fall in love with someone."

"Right. Because you're known for doing things the 'usual way'."

"Will you let me get up and take a shower now?"

"So that you can avoid this conversation again? Sure."

"And can we not talk about this in front of my family later?"

"Okay, fine. 3pm?"

"Yes."

"See you then! And Kurt?"

"Yes?"

"I really do just want you to be happy."

"... I know, Rachel. And I am."

"Okay... Bye!"

"Bye."

~~~

(8:23am)
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