Alone But Not Lonely

by DirectionallyChallenged

If I had been friends with Kurt in high school, things might have turned out a little differently. What might have happened if I the author was friends with Kurt in HS. Primarily OC and Kurt. Doses of other Glee characters as needed.

1. An Introduction and Explanation

I was watching Glee the other day and I was thinking about how I would have loved to be Kurt's friend in high school. And then I thought about if I was Kurt's friend in high school, how that would have changed his situation, if at all. And then I realized that it definitely would have because I'm a shamefully loyal friend and I would have done whatever it took to help Kurt.

So, I decided to create a kind-of-sort-of AU where I actually attend high school with Kurt and we actually become friends. But I haven't used my real name in the story. And I wasn't a soccer player, as much as I would have liked to be. Instead, I shot rifles and did JROTC. And I was damn good at it. So yeah. I've tweaked some aspects of myself, but not a lot. My personality traits I kept the same because that would obviously be the most influential factor as to determining my behavior and reactions.

Now I'm rambling.

Just know that this would be from my perspective, written in third person, and primarily Kurt-centric, with doses of Blaine and others when appropriate. I don't know whether it's going to be chronological, or whether I'm going to write it in bits and pieces and post in an arbitrary order.

Probably the latter one.

Regardless, I'm re-watching some of the previous Glee episodes from season 2 and trying to determine what would have changed if I had been Kurt's friend. A lot, in some cases, and a little in others.

I'm totally open for suggestions if you have any. I won't take suggestions that give what my response would be – ie "Kurt gets pushed into a locker by Karofsky and Kate punches him" – because only I know what my response would be, but I will take situations, preferably canon situations from Glee – ie "Karofsky knocks Kurt's phone away after getting a "Courage" text from Blaine".

Yeah. Guess that's it. I don't own any of the characters that are recognizable from the show. But I do own all the others.

You guys rock.

Kate

PS – Yes, I'm using Kate because it's a truncated version of a name that's related to mine. And it starts with a K.