CHAPTER1
Hey kiddo are you ready to go my dad asked me from the doorway I turned around teary eyed at leaving the only place I have ever known as home yea dad I am ready to go I said my voice cracking on the last word oh Kurt I know that you do not want to leave but I have to do what's best for you & that is not staying here with all these homophobic jackasses lima just isn't safe anymore now I looked it up spent months profiling forks & while it might be a little wet it is excellent they don't tolerate this bullying or discrimination & there crime rate & gang rate is one of the lowest In the country & I got a new garage set up there & I got u & Finn jobs already we will be ok you will see mom says that it is time to go Finn says from the doorway ok Help me with these carryon bags & meet us in the car kiddo he said disappearing threw the door I took one more look at the room that had always been mine & I remembered all the tea parties & sleepovers this room held I remember my mom reading me bed time stories & tucking me into bed I remember when my dad first told me he was marrying Carole I run my fingers over the markings on the door from all the height checks I let my mind wander to the going away party our friends threw for me & Finn last night & I smile & feel two tear drops fall & blow a kiss & close the door ready to start my new life I rode with my dad to the airport & Finn with carol since we had both shipped our cars days earlier as we drove past my old school I shivered memories coming back to me in vibrant colors *** Hey fag Dave shouted at me I kept my head up & kept walking I know you heard me he said pushing me into the wall I slunk to the ground well well well David what do we have here I heard azimo ask just a fucking fairy well lets teach him a lesson then I felt the fist hitting me all over my body the last thing I remember before blacking out was feeling blood all around me & a Hearing a very sickening crunch*** Kurt my dad's voice thundered threw the car pulling me out of my flashback Kurt he said again yea dad I stuttered are you ok he looked at me wearily I finally noticed I was shaking & sweating yea dad I whispered my throat suddenly dry he looked at me & realization clouded his face I'm so sorry Kurt for what those jackasses did to you but that's why we are moving to get away from that & you never have to worry about them again they were both tried as adults & put away for a long time I just turned on the radio & stared out the window & chewed my lip for the rest of the ride when we finally arrived at the I kept a stiff upper lip & texted all my friends that I loved them & would miss them terribly when we boarded the plane I took one more look at my home & whispered goodbye & closed my eyes
