Something was different today. Like the school had taken a collective breath and was just waiting for someone else to exhale first. It was weird to say the least. It put me on edge, I didn't know what was going down, but it seemed like people stopped talking whenever someone from Glee walked by. There was pointing and whispering, and it was making me really uncomfortable. Like they knew something, something big, and didn't feel like sharing with the rest of us. It wasn't until Karofsky and Azimio walked by with a slushy each, and didn't throw them, that I got worried. If they were bypassing my morning double facial, then whatever was going on wasn't going to be good.
Of course when I talked to Finn, he just shrugged it off, and said something about some collective 'them' getting bored with me. That might have explained why Karofsky and Azimio had left me alone, but it didn't explain why the rest of the school was acting so weird. Puck wasn't much help either, he said something about me being a badass now, that was all that was going on and that I should capitalize on it. Only I don't think I'd done anything particularly bad assed since 'Epic Locker Room Brawl 2010', which hadn't been all that great, or effective since the point had been to get Karofsky to back off of Kurt and Kurt had still had to transfer.
I wonder if this is how he'd spent everyday, not know what was going to happen or when it was going to happen, but knowing that something was going to happen. 'Cause if it is, I don't know how he lasted this long, it's been less then a day and I'm a mess. It's pretty sad when I have to trick Tina and Brittney into walking me to my next class 'cause I'm scared. Urgh, this is so sad, I mean, what do I have to be scared of? I can take care of myself if anyone wants to get physical with me, and the worst I've ever gotten has been a slushy facial, but today just has me on edge.
My last period of the day was a study hall, and I almost skipped out early so I could get home and have today just be over, but I stuck it out. We had Glee tonight and Regional's weren't far off, and if Finn was to be believed then one of the schools we were competing against was made up of Decepticons, and we needed to get all of the rehearsal we could get. I managed to convince Mrs. Bell to let me get out a couple minutes early so I had time to get to the choir room before the halls were filled with other students. Which, I guess was both a good thing and a bad thing. It was a bad thing because I got to rehearsal about ten minutes early, and I'm not the best at entertaining myself.
It was a good thing because I finally figured out why the school had been so on edge all day. And suddenly I went from being freaked out to being stupidly happy. Of course the school would be on egg shells today, of course Karofsky and Azimio would be on their best behavior, of course everyone would be talking about it. It wasn't everyday that Kurt Hummel walked back into the lions den, head held high while wearing black skinny jeans, knee high boots, and a t-shirt that said 'Suck IT!'
And it wasn't every day he looked at me, like I was someone other then just another face in the crowd. It wasn't everyday he smiled at me, with that 'I know something you don't know' quirk to his lips. So I smiled back and then did the only thing that in some repressed part of my head made sense. I kissed him. It wasn't the best kiss I've ever had, too much lip not enough tongue, and our teeth clicked together awkwardly a few times before we got the angle right. And when I pulled away he smiled again.
"Blaine said you were affectionate, but I wasn't expecting that."
"Blaine talks too damn much."