Kurt was tired of his dad going on and on about how ridiculous it was that local gangs had been spotted close to the Hummel family home. Kurt would always admit that he was scared to walk past anyone who even resembled a gang member but he also knew that gangs were nothing new around his area. Burt talked about moving but then he considered the tyre shop and how much that would cost and decided it would be too much.
Kurt and Finn walked into school on a cold, breezy Monday morning and headed for an emergency glee club meeting. Finn sat down without even saying hello to people, he practically fell into a chair, it was safe to say that he was still half asleep.
Kurt said hi to a few people but when Mr. Shue came into the room, it was almost as if on cue, everyone sat down. Mr. Shue wrote 'safe' on the board. "Okay guys, you know that gangs hang around, that's not news to you guys," Finn seemed to wake up on the mention of gangs and interrupted. "These so called gangs are that good that there is no record of them hurting anyone yet. Do they really think they scare anybody?"
A few members of the club sniggered and laughed at Finn's comment but Mr. Shue wasn't finding anything funny. "GUYS. This is serious. They hadn't hurt anybody since yesterday maybe but overnight, they've robbed a house, that house happened to be an old lady's who is now in hospital and they've robbed a shop, they've been seen with knives, guns and baseball bats. As your teacher, I am telling you to stay safe. You walk home in groups, don't go out alone, avoid being alone at night, please. Lock your houses, do anything necessary." Mr. Shue looked round the room.
Kurt picked up his bag, "so you want our assignment this week to be 'safe' and we have to sing songs about staying safe?" Kurt grinned sarcastically, "I have never felt safe in this school anyway, I've only just begun feeling safe in this room and that is half because Finn is here. The only way I'd feel safe is by locking everyone I love, including the people in this room.. Well the majority of people." Kurt glared at Rachel and walked out as the bell went.
"That's actually a really good idea." Brittany smiled excitedly and turned to Santana who gave her a confused look in return.
Mr Shue allowed the group to go and sighed at Kurt's comment. "Don't worry Mr. Shue, I'll talk to him." Finn patted his teachers shoulder.
"And if he doesn't listen, send him to me, but thanks Finn."
Kurt sat through his last lesson of the day and wrote away. Finn was trying to get his attention all the way through the lesson but he just ignored him. After lesson, Finn pulled him to the side of the corridor. "Listen, I told Mr. Shue I'd talk to you. I'm worried Kurt, you might say that you're fine walking round this place but I think that if anyone was to be a victim, you'd be one of them." Finn realised how that sounded and looked at the ground, "I didn't mean-"
Kurt gave him a harsh look, "oh don't worry, I know exactly what you meant. 'The gay kid will get beaten first', it's obvious that's what a lot of people are thinking.." Finn looked apologetic, "but what's worst is, I agree! I probably will be the first from this school and from glee club to be a victim so I might as well just go out there and offer myself to them."
Finn started walking, "stop talking like that, you're coming home with me, come on." Kurt followed reluctantly. He thought that he was over reacting but then he thought about homosexuals being beaten up simply for loving the same gender and it infuriated him a little more. He followed Finn because Finn would keep him safe, all though he wouldn't admit that to his brother, it was true.
He went home that night and had family dinner, he even shared a smile! He also listened to how scared his dad was that the tyre shop would get broken into. He nearly fell asleep right there.
Finn started his own conversation with Kurt as they cleaned and put away the dishes, "so, you thought about the glee assignment?"
"I've thought about it but I can't really think of anything that fits the bill." Kurt put away the cutlery.
"I think it's one of the worst assignments we've ever been given but at least it shows Mr. Shue cares about us." Finn looked to Kurt and half smiled.
"Yeah I know. I take that for granted at times."
Finn finished cleaning, "I think we all do." They both nodded and went off to bed.
"Do we all know what we're doing?" The leader of the gang shouted.
When everyone just looked around at each other and didn't respond, Jo shouted again, "I SAID, DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING?!" The gang nodded and shouted 'yes.'
Jo had ordered that the gang would break into The Lima Bean and take as much money as possible. And maybe a coffee too... Why not?
One gang member would screw a hole into the shop window, another would carefully break in by opening the door after they've made the hole and then one man, James worked at the Lima Bean a few months back until he quit so he knew where the keys had been hidden over night and knew the procedures of the shop. Jo ordered the smallest member to keep watch outside and deal with any witnesses.
Kurt was lay in bed listening to music, he'd recently seen a piano in the music shop window earlier that day and was still curious about it. He wanted to ask his dad if he could have it if he cleared space for it and saved up but he couldn't remember how much it was and he would need a picture of it to show his dad.
But could Kurt go now? He knew he couldn't go downstairs, his dad wouldn't even allow him to go out at this time but Kurt needed to ask him as soon as possible. It would only be a short trip if he climbed out of his window, ran there and ran back, AMD he needed some air. So that's what he did. He kept his hood up and his arms wrapped round himself at all times, he kept his phone in his pocket and looked around just in case. When he got to the shop, he took his phone out and took a picture and then went to his iPhone notes and wrote down exactly what was on the sheet at the side of it.
As he put his phone away and started walking back, the small man keeping look out for witnesses had spotted Kurt looking suspicious and ran after him, he honestly thought that Kurt had taken photos of the robbery. The little man started running after Kurt. Kurt began running and sheer panic took over his body, he panicked even more when he wasn't fast enough and the man caught him.
He wrapped his arms round Kurt and pulled him round the corner where no one would see.
He pinned Kurt up. "Give me the phone." The curly haired man said.
"You can have it, you can have it, I just wanna go home, please." Kurt searched his pocket.
"What were you taking pictures of?" The guy said.
"The piano in the music shop window, you can even look if you want. I'm sorry!" Kurt was scared but this 'man' was actually a boy, a curly haired boy who didn't look any older than Kurt himself.
The boy looked through the phone, dropped Kurt so he was no longer pinned up and said, "okay, so you haven't taken any pictures but what is stopping me from beating you just for interacting with me?"
"Because I just wanna get home, I won't say anything, I'd be too scared of anything happening." The boy looked curiously.
"How old are you? Shouldn't you be at home tucked up in bed?" The boy grinned thinking he was smug.
"I'm seventeen and you don't look any older than me anyway.." Kurt wished he hadn't have gotten cocky but it annoyed him that someone who looked no older than himself felt he had the right to manipulate him like this.
"I might be young but I could do more damage to you than you think so you better watch your mouth."
The boy started walking away, Kurt felt relieved. "Can I go?" Kurt felt a little relaxed.
The boy looked around to see if anyone was watching and gave Kurt one last look. "Yes, go."
Kurt walked away fast and the boy watched him.
This boy would normally not even think twice about beating somebody up but for some strange reason, he let Kurt go. He didn't know why. He didn't even regret it but no one was around so it didn't damage his reputation and the only person that knew what just happened was Kurt.. And they'd never have to interact again, right?
Kurt made sure he had everything and started walking, he also thought it was weird that he just got away without a scratch. He walked round the corner and saw a card on the floor, it looked like some sort of ID so he picked it up. He continued walking and read it, "Blaine Anderson aged 16." He glanced over at the picture and smiled, in fact, Kurt was really happy because he was right. That curly headed guy that just pinned him up and let him go was in fact a year younger than him. Kurt slipped the card into his pocket, carried on walking and climbed through his window getting back into bed.
Maybe he did feel a little more safe now.