A Year with the Anderson-Hummels - Week 5
Summary: It’s Lucy’s 10th’s Birthday and Kurt and Blaine want to make the day perfect for her.
“So Lucy, your birthday is coming up in a few days.” Kurt began one night while seated at the dinner table. All three of the older kids were out, so it was just Kurt, Blaine and Lucy. “Do you have any idea what you want to do?” Lucy shrugged her shoulders.
“Papa’s right kiddo.” Blaine said. “This is a big birthday. Double digits. You must have something that you want to do or something you want.”
“I want a pony.” Lucy said, a smile on her face.
“Something that we can realistically buy.” Kurt told her.
“You can realistically buy me a pony if you try hard enough.” Lucy shot back.
“Nice try.” Blaine told her. “Pick again.”
“Okay fine…” She sighed. “I don’t really need to do anything big. I just want to have a few friends over for a sleepover.”
“Now that sounds perfectly reasonable.” Kurt told her. “Who would you like to invite?” he asked.
“Ummm….Maisie, Riley, Sophia.” Lucy told them.
“Perfect!” Kurt said. He loved all three of those girls. They were all so sweet and polite.
“And Dakota! I want to invite her too.” Kurt looked over at his husband who had visibly tensed up.
“Dakota? I thought you guys weren’t friends anymore?” Blaine asked.
“We made up.” Lucy told them very matter of factly. “And I really want her to come to my birthday party.”
“Okay, honey. Of course she can come.” Kurt told his daughter, which earned him a glare from Blaine. Kurt knew exactly why his husband was upset. Dakota Carlyle was the daughter of Gwendolyn Carlyle who was head of the PTA and resident bitch at the kids school. Since Kurt had gotten his promotion, Blaine had been the one to deal with the many demands of their children's school, which meant he had spent his fair share of time dealing with Gwendolyn Carlyle.
“I can’t stand that woman!” Blaine told his husband later that night while they were getting into bed. “She thinks she’s better than everyone else and thinks she runs the whole school.”
“Well, she kind of does.” Kurt muttered.
“And I’ve met Dakota!” Blaine said. “She’s a little brat! I don’t even know why Lucy wants to be friends with her.”
“I don’t know, but we can’t tell her who she can and can’t be friends with.” Kurt reminded him. “It’s one night that we’ll have to deal with her. So for now, shhh,” he said as he held a finger to his lips. “Just got to sleep.” Blaine let out an angry huff before scooting closer to his husband.
“But I just want to say..”
“Shhh”
“But-”
“Shhhh!” Kurt told him again. “Sleep.”
Over the course of the week, Kurt, Blaine and Lucy got together stuff for her birthday party. She wanted pink streamers and balloons. They also got a large foil one and zero balloon. Lucy had decided on a chocolate cake with vanilla icing that was also pink, which wasn’t a shocker. Things were really starting to come together...until Lucy came home from school one day.
“Daddy,” she began.
“Yes, sweetheart.” Blaine replied.
“Dakota said that she’s a vegan and she’s also doesn’t eat anything with gluten in it. Is there gluten in my cake?” she asked.
“Umm… yeah. I think there is.” Blaine replied with a sigh, already knowing where this was heading.
“If she can’t have cake, what is she going to eat?” Lucy said, some panic evident in her voice.
“Okay honey, it’s okay. I’ll whip up some gluten free vegan cupcakes or brownies...or something.” Blaine told her.
“Do you have recipes for those?” she asked.
“No, but for you I will scour the internet for one.” Blaine pressed a kiss to his little girl’s head. “Go on and start your homework. Everything will be fine.”
“I love you Daddy. You’re the best.” Lucy replied before skipping off to her room to start her homework. Blaine rolled his eyes. Baking some weird vegan gluten free cupcakes hadn’t been in his plan for the day.
When Kurt got home later that even, he found Blaine in the kitchen. “What are you doing?” he asked.
“Can’t you tell? I’m making bullshit vegan gluten free cupcakes because over at the Carlyle house they’re vegan and gluten free. And because I love our daughter, I had to go through this shit to make sure that her friend had something to eat because she’s too good for store bought birthday cake.”
“We had the stuff to make vegan gluten free cupcakes?” Kurt asked. Blaine gave him a glare.
“Are you kidding me? No! We didn’t have the stuff.” Blaine exclaimed. “I had to go to some weird health shop twenty minutes away so I could get stuff like coconut oil, gluten free oat powder, and coconut syrup...which I didn’t even know was a thing! If you ask me, the vegans in this world are going to take out all the coconuts. Coconuts are going to be an endangered fruit!” Kurt couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s not funny Kurt!”
“No honey, I’m sorry. You’re right. It’s not funny.” Kurt said, though he could barely contain his laughter.
“It’s that Gwendolyn Carlyle! Who makes a kid eat like this? Our kids aren’t vegans and they eat a hell of a lot of gluten and they’re just fine!”
“Well, how are they coming out?” Kurt asked.
“They’re going to be great! Because I am a great baker...much better than Gwendolyn Carlyle. I just need to pour them in the pans.” Blaine added. He walked over to the cabinet above the fridge and reached up high. He could see the cupcake pans, but they were just out of his reach. He went up on his tippy toes and reached even further but he still couldn’t reach them.
“Do you need me to get it for you?” Kurt asked.
“No! How dare you insult the vertically challenged!” Blaine retorted. He continued to reach for the pans. Kurt watched as his husband struggled, his tongue poking out of his mouth. He only did that when he was really focusing on something. After a few seconds, his husband relaxed and his shoulders slumped forward. “Okay...help me.” he muttered. Kurt gave his husband a smirk and walked over. He grabbed the cupcake pans with ease and set them on the counter.
“Anything else hun?”
“No. Leave me and my lack of height alone so I can finish these bullshit cupcakes.” Blaine muttered.
“Will do. I’ll be in the office if you need me.” Kurt told him before disappearing down the hallway. If Kurt knew one thing for sure, Lucy’s birthday in a few days was going to be interesting to say the least.
Saturday came and it was time for Lucy’s party. She was so excited that she was practically bouncing off the walls. “What time are my friends coming Papa?” she asked.
“They should be here by four.” Kurt told her. “And it’s almost time so they should be here soon.”
“We’re going to have so much fun!” The almost ten year old exclaimed. Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Lucy ran to the front door with Kurt on her heels. It was her friend, Maisie. She was tall for her age with the most beautiful red hair that Kurt had ever seen. She was also the daughter of one of his coworkers at Vogue, Angela.
“Happy Birthday Lucy!” Maisie exclaimed as she extended a large purple bag to her friend.
“Thank you! Come in! You can put your sleeping bag in the living room.” Lucy told her as she took her friends hand.
“Hello Kurt,” Angela replied. “Thanks for inviting her. Maisie is so excited.”
“Well, we’re glad to have her.” Kurt replied.
“Where’s Blaine?” she asked.
“Oh, he’s out grabbing the pizza.” he replied.
“Hope you remembered to order a gluten free one without cheese.” Angela laughed. “I heard Dakota Carlyle is coming to the party.”
“Oh we know all about Dakota’s diet requirements.” Kurt confessed.
“Maisie had her over a few weeks ago. I have never met a brattier child.” Angela whispered so the girls wouldn’t hear. “And her mother...well don’t even get me started.”
“Sounds like you should be talking to Blaine. He’s not her biggest fan either.”
“Well you tell Blaine if he ever needs to rant to call me. We’ll get drinks.” Angela told him.
“I will I promise.” Kurt laughed. “Anyway, you can pick Maisie up around ten o’clock tomorrow. I’m sure they’ll have a great time.”
“Sounds good! Bye honey!” Angela said as she waved to her daughter and then left to get back in her car. Riley and Sophia, Lucy’s other friends showed up later. All four girls were playing happily when Blaine got back with the pizza.
“Pizza!” the four girls exclaimed.
“Whoa, whoa, hang on!” Kurt said stepping in front of his husband. “We should wait until Dakota gets here to eat pizza. That’s the polite thing to do.”
“But we’re hungry!” Lucy whined.
“I’ll put some chips in a bowl for you.” Kurt told his daughter as he opened a new bag of chips and poured them in a bowl for her.
“How long are we going to make them wait?” Blaine asked quietly. “The party started at four and it’s almost five. Dakota is an hour late.”
“We’ll give her like fifteen more minutes and then we’ll let them eat. Why don’t you stick the pizza in the oven until she gets here.” Kurt told him. They waited for another twenty minutes before the doorbell finally rang. Lucy got there first and opened it to reveal Dakota and her mother. Blaine and Kurt walked in soon after.
“Sorry we’re late.” Gwendolyn replied as Dakota rushed in the house with Lucy. “We just plain lost track of time.”
“Yeah, we were wondering if you got lost.” Kurt said with a laugh.
“I told Dakota to text Lucy. It must have not gone through.” she said.
“Well, Lucy doesn’t have a phone...she’s only ten.” Kurt told her.
“Oops!” Gwendolyn replied. “Anyway, hello Blaine.”
“Hi Gwendolyn.” Blaine replied
“Looking forward to seeing you at the next PTA meeting. Maybe you can bring some of those delightful cookies you make.” She replied with a fake smile. Blaine knew she was lying. Stupid vegan would never eat his cookies.
“Yeah, maybe I’ll try.” he replied.
“Anyway, I’ll get going. I have a pilates class.” she said.
“Well have fun.” Kurt replied as he slowly began to close the door. After Gwendolyn left, it was just them and the five girls. They opened up the pizzas. Lucy, Maisie, Riley and Sophia all had pepperoni while Dakota had her special pizza. Then they decided to watch a movie in the living room.
“This is a really pretty purse.” Lucy said to Dakota while they were watching the movie.
“It’s Chanel.” she replied
“You named your purse?” Sophia asked sweetly.
“No! It’s a brand.” Dakota replied. “Not that you would know.” she muttered.
“Hey, what does that mean?” Lucy asked.
“I just means that she probably doesn’t have fancy brands like this. Her mom is maid at a hotel and her dad works a restaurant.”
“He owns a restaurant.” Sophia told her.
“Yeah and it doesn’t really matter what her parents do. What you’re saying is really mean.” Lucy told her.
“I’m not being mean. I’m just telling the truth.” Dakota said. “My mother tells me everything. She’s on a scholarship to our school because her parents can’t afford it, so why would they have fancy brands like Chanel. They’re obviously poor.” Lucy could tell that Sophia was getting upset.
“Dakota, just stop! You’re not telling the truth. You’re just being a bully.” Lucy shot back. “And Sophia is my friend! I don’t want you treating her like this.”
“I thought I was your friend!” Dakota demanded.
“You were, but I like being friends with bullies.” Lucy replied. Kurt and Blaine who heard the commotion came into the living room.
“What’s going on?” Kurt asked.
“I’m going home! I’m going to text my mother!” Dakota said before she stomped down the hall and went into the bathroom.
“What just happened?” Blaine asked again. He looked over at Sophia who had tears in her eyes.
“Dakota was being mean to Sophia.” Lucy told them. “She was being a bully and I don’t like it when people are mean to my friends so I told her about it.”
“Sophia, honey, are you okay?” Kurt asked. The little girl nodded, though she still looked a bit shaken up to him. After about twenty minutes, the doorbell rang and Blaine opened it. It was Gwendolyn Carlyle and she did not look happy.
“So, why did my daughter text me that she is being bullied at this party?” she demanded.
“Well...your daughter is not telling the whole truth.” Blaine shot back. “Dakota was the one bullying another girl at the party.”
“My daughter is not a bully.” Gwendolyn retorted.
“Okay,” Blaine sarcastically replied with a huff.
“What?”
“I just find it hard to believe that with a mother like you that your daughter couldn’t not be a bully.” Blaine told her. “Listen, I have dealt with bullies my entire life. Kurt and I have taught our children that the only thing that matters about a person is that they are genuine, kind and treat others with respect. And your child does not do that. Lucy has made her decision and I’ve made mine. You can take your daughter home. We don’t accept bullies in this house.”
“You are making a huge mistake.” Gwendolyn growled as she stepped further into the house.
“No, you are making a mistake if you think you are getting any further into my house.” Blaine growled back. “Take your daughter. Oh and you can take this bullshit gluten free vegan pizza because it tastes awful and get out of my house. Oh and by the way, I won’t be at PTA meeting so you’ll have to go without my cookies.”
“They weren’t good anyway.” Gwendolyn hissed.
“Oh, I’m so hurt.” Blaine replied sarcastically. “Just get out of here.”
“Dakota, let’s go.” Gwendolyn replied as she left with her daughter. Blaine slammed the door and went into the kitchen where Kurt and the other girls were waiting.
“Well, let’s not let that get us down. This is a party and I think it’s time for cake.” Blaine said. He went and got the pink birthday cake. They put ten candles on it and sang. Lucy was smiling from ear to ear and all four girls ate every bite of their cake. Clearly they didn’t care that the cake was store bought and not gluten free. The rest of their night went smoothly. The girls all got along and they went to bed.
In the middle of the night, Blaine woke up and saw that his husband was not in bed. He padded down the hallway and found Kurt in the kitchen. He was eating one of the cupcakes that he had made for Dakota. “What are you doing?” he whispered so he didn’t wake up the girl.
“I needed a midnight snack.” Kurt told him. “These are so fucking good Blaine.”
“Well, I’m a fantastic baker.” Blaine replied.
“I might need to go vegan.” Kurt confessed.
“You take that back!” Blaine shot back.
“Have you even tried them?” Blaine shook his head and then took a bite of the cupcake that his husband was extending towards him. The cupcake was chocolatey and moist...and really good.
“Damn, they are good.” Blaine confessed. Kurt finished up his cupcake and threw it in the garbage before peeking into the living room. All four girls were sleeping peacefully.
“I’m really proud of her.” Kurt said. “...and you.”
“I’m proud of her too.” Blaine confessed. “And I’m happy that I got to tell off that bitch Gwendolyn Carlyle. Right now, i’m tired. Are you going to join me back in bed?”
“Of course I am.” Kurt said as he took Blaine’s outstretched hand. The two men walked back to the bedroom and settled into bed. They knew that the girls would most likely be waking them up either, but neither one of them cared. Both Kurt and Blaine were proud of their daughter. She stood up for her friends and did the right thing. She really was growing up...much too fast for Kurt and Blaine’s taste.