"Fag!"

All of the boys at the table erupted into obnoxious sneers, laughing at the boy who had spilled his tray all over himself when one of the football players "accidentally" bumped into him. The team continued hurling cruel comments at the embarrassed boy, even after he threw his tray to the ground and darted for the nearest bathroom.

"Try going in the ladies room, I'm sure you'll fit in there!"

Kate sighed and turned away from the table, visibly uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?" Blaine whispered, shifting his position so he was face-to-face with Kate, prodding his girlfriend to look back at him.

She wouldn't give in though, and after a minute of silence, stood up and stalked out of the cafeteria.

"What's her problem?" One of Blaine's teammates joked, but Blaine didn't have the time to tell him to fuck off because he was quickly following behind Kate. She had surely got a good head start, but Blaine definitely wasn't going to give up on this.

"Kate! Wait, stop!" Blaine cried, finally slowing after Kate came to stop and turned to look at him. Blaine's heart immediately dropped when he saw her tear stained face.

"Love, what's wrong?" Blaine asked again, reaching out to touch her arm reassuringly. Kate just pulled away and ran a hand through her hair, trying to even out her breathing. When Blaine extended his arms welcomingly and gave her an apologetic look, Kate immediately felt horrible. Blaine hadn't even done anything wrong and she was being a jerk to him - hell, he was only trying to help.

"I'm sorry," Kate whispered and without hesitating stepped forward to fit into Blaine's strong arms. "I'm sorry."

Blaine pulled away to wipe at her wet cheeks and gave her a warm smile.

"You don't have anything to be sorry for. I was just worried, love. Can you tell me what's wrong?" Blaine questioned, lifting her chin to stare expectantly into Kate's eyes.

Kate looked to the ground and hesitated, before looking back up at Blaine and giving him a pleading look.

"Could we go to your house?" She asked, silently hinting she would talk if they were anywhere but here.

Blaine considered it for a moment. He had two tests before the end of the day, and he knew it would be hard to schedule a retake with football practice everyday. His girlfriend rarely asked for anything though, so hell, it was worth it.

"Of course," he replied, and she smiled back at him before leaning up to give him a kiss of gratitude. Blaine smiled against her lips before he went off to his locker to fetch his books.

They lay sprawled out over Blaine's bed, enjoying the comfortable silence. Kate was lying on Blaine's chest, her hand drawing lazing patterns in the fabric of his shirt.

Reluctantly, Blaine decided to speak up first.

"Did you ask me to ditch school so you could tell me what's wrong or to get a bunch of my amazing cuddles?" Blaine joked, lifting his head to beam down at his girlfriend. That finally earned a chuckle out of Kate and Blaine grinned in victory. She lifted her head to look back up at Blaine and smiled gently at him before resting her head back down against him.

"I just.." she started then hesitated, choosing her words carefully. The things his teammates were saying to that boy earlier had really gotten to Kate. She wouldn't usually be bothered by the jocks bullying some random boy, but she had been starting to feel differently lately. She felt cowardly not being able to stand up to them and do anything. Truth is, she had been questioning her sexuality lately herself. She didn't know how to bring this up to her boyfriend, though. What if Blaine was homophobic?

"Are you homophobic?" she suddenly blurted out and immediately regretted it. She clamped a hand over her mouth and curled in on herself, preparing for the worst.

"Nah," Blaine replied calmly, propping himself up on his elbows so Kate would move with him, turning so they could look at each other. "is this about what the team said at lunch?"

Kate nodded, staring down at her hands folded neatly in her lap. "I hate when people say awful stuff like that. Especially to another person. I feel just as low as them sitting back and not doing anything." she explained, looking up at Blaine sympathetically. "I can't do that anymore."

"You don't have to," Blaine whispered. "If you want to stand up to them, I'll be right there beside you." He reached down to wrap his arms around her waist in a comforting bear hug, making Kate smile and lean up to kiss him on the cheek.

"Thank you, Blaine."

A/N: This is a new story I'm starting featuring Blaine and Kurt (Kate), where they're in high school and Kate starts questioning her sexuality/gender. I have a lot of amazing ideas for this fic, and hopefully they work out! Sorry about this really short chapter, the next one will hopefully be a lot longer. :)

Feel free to leave any reviews/feedback, I'd really appreciate it!