Love Can Survive Anything

Too Many Bowties

"Chris you need to just pick one, ok?" Kurt was loosing his patients. Chris had every tie he owned lying out on his bed. He had narrowed his choices down from about 40 to 7. Some might call that progress. Kurt called it indecisive.

"Don't rush me Papa! I want to look perfect!" Chris exclaimed before throwing another tie on the floor. 6

"I know you do bud. I always wanted my outfit to be perfect when I was growing up too. But there comes a point when it matters more that your not late than it does that you look good." Kurt looked at his watch and grimaced. If they left now, they would make it with 10 minutes till the wedding.

"I think Aunt Mercedes would understand. She always talks about how cute I am. Well I want to look extra cute for her today!" Chris dropped a neon pink tie onto the floor and directed his attention to the few ties left. 5

"Ok." Said Kurt giving up. "Let's go get in the car. You can decide between what's left on the way there." He began to herd Chris towards the door but before they got very far Chris dropped another. 4

After buckling Chris into his car seat as fast as he could Kurt ran around to the driver side. He started the car and went as fast as was legally possible down their driveway and down the road. Meanwhile Chris was just babbling in the back with his remaining ties in hand. He was looking each one over, like he was trying to spot one specific detail that would eliminate another option. Apparently he found what he was looking for because he dropped one onto the car floor. 3

Kurt brought his attention back to the road and was careful to not break any laws. Mercedes was already gonna kill him, why should he add a traffic ticket to the mix.

"Hey Papa, do you like the color blue more or the color red?" Kurt looked back in the review mirror and saw what Chris was talking about. Of the three ties Chris had left, one was a navy blue, and the other was a fiery red. The third tie was a Maroon color like the one Blaine was wearing that day.

"Red." Replied Kurt, and in response Chris promptly dropped the blue tie with the other in a pile on the ground. 2

They were almost there. "Look Chris" Kurt said after a few minutes of silence. "There's the church the wedding is at." It could be seen a little ways away, past a field of corn.

"Papa I can't decide between these two ties, and we're almost there!" Chris cried, looking defeated.

A small smile played on Kurt's lips, an idea forming in his head. "You know Chris, Daddy wore a maroon bow tie like that today. He's wearing it right now." Kurt assumed that Chris would want to wear the maroon tie to match Blaine, ending this debate immediately, But Chris's reply further shocked him.

"Well then I'm just gonna wear this tie." he said, holding up the fiery red tie. As he did, he dropped the Maroon tie, and it floated down to the floor.

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