Beautiful Chapter 1
Kurt Hummel woke up to a throbbing head and a sore body. He relived the details of the night before and he felt the same fear that had coursed through his veins every time his father walked into the room. He got up slowly and winced as pain seared through his spine. He walked to his large bathroom and turned the shower on. He sighed when he realized they were working on choreography in Glee today. It was ok though, nobody noticed him anyway so he could stand in the back and sway. He got out of the shower and slowly made his way to his closet to pick out an outfit that he didn't care about anyway. As the bruises had slowly covered his body, he had lost his drive to look fabulous for anybody. After he put on his clothes, he slowly made his way up the stairs to see that Burt was passed out on the couch surrounded by beer bottles and he let out a breath of relief as he grabbed his things and ran to his car.
As he was driving to school he was listening to the radio when heard the beautiful keys on a piano start to play, and then a strong voice sang through the car.
"She walks to school with the lunch
She packed
Nobody knows what she's
Holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress
She wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen
And lace
The teacher wonders but she
Doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain
Behind the mask".
Kurt smashes the off button on the radio as tears form in his eyes. He keeps his eyes on the road as he wills the tears to go away and he pulls into the school parking lot. He walks into the school and spots Karofsky standing with his back facing Kurt. "If I can just get to the Calculus room, I should be fine" Kurt thought. He makes his way slowly to his classroom, looking down at the floor. "Hey Lady" Karofsky shouted. "Crap" Kurt looked up and saw Karofsky walking toward him. He knew what was coming next. He felt the hands on his shoulders, then he felt the most awful pain as his severely tender back slammed into the metal locker, and the lock dug into his back. He felt the tears rise, and he slid down onto the floor.
He made it through the rest of the day without incident, although he still had Glee, and then he could go to his favorite coffee shop, The Lima Bean. He smiled a little at the thought. He walked into the Glee room and sat in the very back row. walked in and wrote Sectionals on the board. "Alright guys, time to work on the choreography for Don't Stop Believing" said Shuester. Everybody got up into their places as the music started. Kurt stood in the back and barely moved to do anything. Practice was almost over when called his name. "Kurt, would you like to inform everybody why you're not participating?" "I'm sorry Mr Shue I would rather not" said Kurt as he picked up his things and walked out of the room. He walked to his car and drove to the Lima Bean.
He walked into the coffee shop and got in line. As the line moved forward he noticed a cute mop of gelled down hair, ordering in front of him. The boy got his coffee and walked over to a table with three other boys in uniforms that he hadn't noticed before. He walked up to the barista and ordered his usual large nonfat mocha. After he got his drink, he went to an empty table and pulled out his phone. He had a couple of texts, both from Mercedes wondering what his deal was. He sighed as he closed his phone and looked up to see a pair of hazel eyes looking directly at him. His breath left his chest as if he had been punched, and he could only think one word:
"Beautiful"