This story will be so AU that the only thing noticeable might be the characters name. I am a fan of Blaine but I want a good PucKurt. So, there will be no Blaine. If you love Finn, Mercedes or Rachel this story won't be for you.
Kurt Hummel sat in Glee class seriously wondering why he even bothered to show up. It's last period on a Friday and as usual the class is being dominated by Rachel Berry singing love songs to the idiot Finn Hudson and honestly, those two needed to make out or move on because Kurt was about to throw up at the puppy eyes they were making at each other. Kurt noted that Quinn Fabray was also watching with interest as her boyfriend had obscene eye sex with Rachel and although she felt she needed Finn at the beginning of the year after the spectacle with Beth and Puck she felt that she was ready to be alone. It was clear that her and Finn wasn't going to work out; he was clearly smitten with Rachel and Rachel clearly hung up on him. And Quinn hated being in the same room as Puck as he was a reminder of her mistake.
At times Quinn regretted her faith because she knew if she was an atheist like Kurt she would've had no problems with an abortion but she had already made her god angrier with her for her ventures into premarital sex and didn't want a confirmed spot in hell for murder as well. No, it was better that she lived her life her life the way it was intent to be and with her father recently talking to her again Quinn was in no rush to lose her fathers love. After months of only relying on friends she wasn't sure was her social equal she had missed her family. She knew that her father was the deciding factor in how things went with her mother and she knew that her father had all right to be disappointed in her. She was disappointed in herself. Them kicking her out rocked the very foundation of her life and she would do almost anything to ensure her father always loved her.
While Santana Lopez was ready to claim Brittany Pierce, Brittany refused to date Santana as a secret. She felt to hide their relationship was admitting to guilt and Brittany knew she had nothing to be guilty of. And while she wouldn't wait for Santana, she was in no rush to find someone else. Santana understood but it didn't mean she liked it; it was times like these that Santana hated the few moments of clarity Brittany had. Going from her smoking cat to deep thoughts on relationship values and so, Santana Lopez wondered why she was in Glee. She only showed up to spend time with Brittany. She had grown to enjoy the class however the constant prattle of Rachel Berry would cause a saint to sin and so Santana wondered how many classes would she attend before she snapped and choke Berry for verbal burble or choke Mr. Schuester for allowing it to happen.
Noah Puckerman sat in Glee wondering why he bothered showing up to school anymore and then he remembered his four month old daughter that made it impossible to study but also impossible to stay mad at for any length of time and then he remembered his sister Sarah and how much he needed to finish school for the both of them and because Kurt and Mr. Hummel would probably killed him for screwing up a good thing. Noah would never forget when Beth was born and Quinn wouldn't let him see her, he was about to breakdown when she called him a Lima loser for the third time that day and something in him refused to sign the papers.
He insisted on seeing the social worker because as the father he was sure he had rights. Mr. Hummel and Kurt being there made it so much easier for the staff to listen to him and even then he almost didn't make it home with his baby girl. Hearing the staff tell him how much of a waste his daughter's life would be in subtle tones about the difficulties of teen parenting and how selfish he was being to go against the birth mothers wishes. Even Shelby joined in saying she didn't think he was ready and he was being selfish not thinking of the things Beth would need that he wouldn't be able to provide for her. The words that hurt the most was the insinuation that he would lead a life of crime to provide if he cared enough and she didn't want to see him on TV for robbing banks or ATMs.
Kurt's silent support was all he needed and when he feared some underhanded move from the hospital like them giving Shelby Beth if he went home had him afraid to leave even when he knew he had to go and check on Sarah. When he was supposed to take Beth home Kurt came with a car seat and when he insisted he would pay him back he was brushed off. That was the beginning of a stronger friendship with Kurt.
Kurt felt his phone vibrating and didn't hesitate for a distraction:
Dave: Is that offer for friendship still standing?
Kurt was a bit surprised ever since he and Noah had ran into David Karofsky over the summer he was so nervous over the close vicinity of the jock until he heard Noah and David talking about temple and how Noah could never convince David to go. He never reconciled the fact that the jock was Jewish. He wasn't too hard on himself because before sophomore year he had few encounters with the boy and the times he was dumpster tossed he wasn't one of them tossing him in. Noah had told him that though David could be a major ass hat, he was once his best friend in school but David had moved away briefly and when he came back had become best friends with Azimio and he, Puck had become best friends with Finn.
When David had apologized to Kurt and Noah had not too politely told him that anyone that messed with him would answer to both him and a father with a shotgun. David had wondered why Kurt never threatened any of them with a shotgun-toting Dad when he was being bullied.
Kurt: Yes, since you haven't used my number to assault me yet. And how may I offer my services?
Dave: You'll find out soon enough. Just remember you agreed to be my friend.
Noah: Dave just texted me. I'm leaving.
Kurt: He texted me too but he didn't say much. I'm leaving as well.
Noah and Kurt was heading out the door when Mercedes pointed them leaving to Mr. Schuester, it said a lot about his credibility as a teacher when he neither inquired where they were going or tried to stop them.
Burt Hummel was in Garage when he heard one of the workers yell that there was some kid there to see him. His mind immediately flashed to Kurt and if it was one of his friend and that something was wrong. When he saw that it was one of the jocks from McKinley he briefly wondered how many years he would get if he assaulted a minor. This kid was too shifty and he kept wondering when the prank would start. Having an effeminate son in a small town like Lima had you on guard always.
"Can I help you?" Burt asked
"You're Kurt's dad right." David asked. He'd remember the few times he spoke with Noah over the summer and how much he raved about how much of a help Burt Hummel was in the sudden down swing his life has taken.
"Yes, Kurt is my son. Do you mind telling me why you are here?" Burt inquired. Whoever this kid was he looked too nauseas to be healthy and as Burt looked closely he saw that he was rather pale.
"My Dad is Paul Karofsky, he said to come here and wait for him. Its kind of an emergency."
Burt knew Paul in passing, he brought his car in for service every so often and they were once members of a single parent group. When Kurt had started to become distant and that time had coincided with the time when Paul had noted that David was becoming more sullen and withdrawn at home.
"Is there a problem?" Burt asked. It was strange even with the distant connection that he and Paul shared for his son to turn up without notice.
"Kurt and I are friends. I told my dad something big and my stepmother's brother was visiting and he overheard and freaked out. I barely dodged a punch before my dad told me to leave. "
"He kicked you out?" Burt yelled.
"No, he just told me to wait for him here. He said he'd call you. He'll explain it to you. Please don't make me say it."
Paul Karofsky was livid. His wife and the mother of his two youngest children wasn't half the person he thought she was.
Paul was sitting at work when David texted him that they needed to talk. He had notice the changes in David's behavior and he had made an effort to talk to him about every thing he could think of hoping something would make David open up to him. He had notice the tenseness of David's shoulders when he had brought up accepting him no matter who he loved. He had no reason to suspect David was gay nor did he have reasons to suspect that he wasn't. He was open minded enough to know there wasn't a certain look that made someone gay or a certain trait. David might look the quintessential jock but Paul had been to enough cities to know that things aren't always what they seemed.
When he had first suspected that his son was gay he had spoke with his wife about it. When she mentioned a program that would shape him up he had told her in no uncertain terms that he wasn't interested in fixing his son since his son wasn't broken and that if she treated him any differently he wouldn't be pleased. She seemed a bit distant towards David but they never had the closest of relationships so he felt they would continue in mutual understanding.
Since his son never told him he was gay and he never asked his wife was willing to look past any future defects and kept introducing David to nice girls that her friend knew. It was the sudden stream of girls that made David sure of his sexuality and after the disaster of the last date David decided he needed to tell his father the truth even if the only thing accomplished was the end to the dates.
When David told him that he didn't set up those dates with those girls and that Theresa claimed his Dad was doing a favor to the girls parents Paul was livid. He tried to keep his cool, he really did. He had just controlled his temper when David had told him he was gay, no preamble no delay. He remembers feeling a conglomerate of feelings of anxiousness and pride for how his son was handling it.
"Leave now." Paul heard Theresa's voice behind him.
David and Paul saw Theresa and her brother standing in the door and the look on Jacob's face was murderous, as David made to walk past in an effort to go to his room he saw Jacob swinging at him.
He barely dodged it and would've retaliated had his father not told him to grab his car keys and leave. He thought briefly his father was kicking him out with just the clothes on his back until he heard him say to go to the Hummel's garage. He'd call ahead to Burt.
"I won't have this around my children." Theresa had said.
"I won't have you trying to kick my son out of my home." Paul countered, "He isn't going anywhere and if you don't like it you can leave."
"That boy is diseased. Either you get him help or my sister will leave and take her children with us. Theresa while Paul thinks about his Christian duty, you should come back with me." Jacob interrupted.
"I'm Jewish you idiot and I have no Christian duty. And if you try and take my children to those rednecks you call a family I WILL call the police and press charges on your brother for attempting to assault my son." Paul replied.
"I told you we could've fixed him. And leave my family out of it. I can't believe you want to expose our children to that. Think of the Sarah and Daniel. They shouldn't be exposed to that."
"If you don't stop mentioning fixing my son as if he's a broken toy I will have to ask you to leave. I told you in confidence as my wife, I understand you aren't comfortable but he is my son. He was my son before you were my wife and he will always be my son. He can't divorce me as a father; I can divorce you as a wife. My children come first especially when their mother isn't willing to put them first."
"I think I'm going to visit my parents and spend some time with my family. If at the end of two weeks you decide to keep that filth around our children I WILL file for divorce. I DON'T agree with the choices he is making and I won't have my children thinking that it's okay."
Paul didn't want her to leave and he knew that later on he would mourn the relationship as it was but he couldn't find it in himself to regret choosing his child over a closet homophobe. He shuddered to think what it would mean to his other children if the grew up in such a toxic environment.
"Aren't you going to wait till the children come home?" Paul asked. Since David's mother had deserted them when David was five he never wanted another child of his to experience that. So, for Theresa to leave and not explain to his children first where he was going was like a blow.
"I'll write." And with that Theresa walked out the door and away from her marriage.
Her brother was heard grumbling and arguing at Theresa for her failures as a wife because she was leaving her children in a home whose inhabitants were sure to be going to hell. A part of Theresa was glad to be able to leave. She loved her children, even Dave to a certain extent, but she had no biological ties to them. Maybe that's why she felt she was going through the motions. Her family and her was very distant, she was once considered the black sheep.
After she had adopted Sarah and Daniel with Paul she had waited two years before she had contacted her family. Her father had welcomed her with open arms. He had never wanted to meet his daughter's new family although he allowed her brothers to see her. She had started attending Christian meetings, and was please to hear from the leaders in her church that she was making spiritual progress. She knew the charade was up once Paul told her brother he wasn't a Christian. If there was a group her father hated more than the Catholics was the Jewish population. He held them all responsible for the death of his lord and savior Jesus Christ and felt that all Jews were somehow responsible. Even if Theresa wanted to, she was sure she wouldn't be allowed to return to her husband's home again without risking the wrath of her father. The tears Theresa cried were for her family as well as herself.
And as Jacob talked about marriages of those unevenly yoked and unbelievers leading believers away from the truth Theresa hoped she would find the strength to break away from her family once more.
This story has some special meaning to me. I will never abandon.
With that being said, I will focus on each character for varying amount of time to weave a web I hope will be worthy.
