17 year old Noah Puckerman wakled into the crouded gay bar. This was his first time out in public since he finally admitted to himself and everyone else that he was gay. He walked around the crouded bar looking at the other guys as they danced and talked or made out in the corners. He sat on a stool and looked down into his hands. He was shaking. He looked up when a drink was sat in front of him and he looked up.

"First time here?" The man asked.

Noah nodded "Yeah how can you tell?"

The man smiled "I can smell the rookie all over you." He pushed the drink in front of him. "Here it's on the house."

Noah blushed and took the drink. "Thanks"

"Alright ladies." Came a voice from the stage.

Noah turned around to see a middle aged man standing on the stage wearing a colorful dress.

"I know why you all came here on this special night. One of our best dancers has prepared a number for you." He said. "You all know him as the one and only...Cherry!" he yelled.

Noah watched as the people grew louder and he couldn't wait to see wiat they were so excited about. The first time he saw Cherry it took his breath away. He was wearing a tight leather suit that hugged his body. His hair was up in spikes and he was wearing thick high heals. His eyes were outlined with balck eye shaddow and his cheeks were rosey red. Noah had never seen soneone so beautiful.

Cherry walked up to the micro phone and started to sing.

So I got my boots on, got the right 'mount of leather

And I'm doing me up with a black color liner

And I'm workin' my strut but I know it don't matter

All we need in this world is some love

There's a thin line 'tween the dark side and the light side baby tonight

It's a struggle gotta rumble trying to find it

But if I had you, that would be the only thing I'd ever need

Yeah if I had you, then money, fame and fortune never could compete

If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy

Yeah, if I had you

You y-y-y-y-you

You y-y-y-y-you

You y-y-y-y-you

If I had you.

Noah was tranfixed by him. The way his hips moved to the beat. The way he sung every word as if he was talking about him. He felt himself getting up and making his way up the stage as Cherry sung on.

From New York to LA getting high rock n' rollin

Get a room trash it up 'til it's ten in the morning

Girls in stripper heels, boys rolling in Maseratis

What they need in this world is some love

There's a thin line tween a wild time and a flat line baby tonight

It's a struggle, gotta rumble tryin' to find it

But if I had you, that would be the only thing I'd ever need

Yeah if I had you, then money, fame and fortune never could compete

If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy

Yeah, if I had you

You y-y-y-y-you

Cherry looked out into the audience while he sung. He saw a wave of guys melting in front of him. Until they all melted away and all that was left was an angel. He then locked eyes with the man as he got closer and closer to him.

You y-y-y-y-you

You y-y-y-y-you

If I had

The flashing of the lights

It might feel so good

But I've got you stuck on my mind, yeah!

The fashion and the stage
It might get me high

But it don't mean a thing tonight

Noah reached the front and saw that the guy was staring right at him. He looked back as if the man wasn't looking at him but when he locked eyes with him once more he saw the man smile down at him.

That would be the only thing I'd ever need

Yeah, if I had you, the money, fame and fortune never could compete

If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy

Yeah, if I had you

You-y-y-y-y-you

You-y-y-y-y-you

You-y-y-y-y-you

If I had you

Cherry continued to look at the guy. He saw the way the guy stared at him as he moved and swayed to the beat. He thought this man was pure perfection.

That would be the only thing I'd ever need

Yeah, if I had you, then money, fame and fortune never could compete (never could compete with you)

If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy (it'd be ecstasy with you)

Yeah, if I had you

You y-y-y-y-you

You y-y-y-y-you

You y-y-y-y-you

Noah was frozen in place. He couldn't take his eyes away from the beast in front of him. He felt like there was an invisable string pulling his closer and hopefully into his arms. As the amazing man belted out the final words he was looking right at Noah.

If I had you

Cherry finished his song but he didn't move. He didn't hear all the cheers that exploded from the audience. All he saw was him. This guy who he couldn't stop looking at even if he tried.

"That was Cherry!" Said the man coming up from behind him.

Cherry finally pulled his eyes away from the man and took his bows. He looked at the man once more before walking off the stage.

Noah watched him go and it took everything inside of him not to run after him. He watched as he walked off the stage and through the croud. Then he saw a bigger man stop him.

Cherry looked up to see a tall built guy smiling down at him.

"Well that was a pretty little dance you did. Where you going in such a rush?" The man asked.

Cherry looked down "I have to get home I have school tomorrow."

The man nodded drunkly. "Well why don't you and I go somewhere more private first."

The man grabbed cherry's arm. "No thanks." he tried to pull out of the man's grip but he was much stronger then Kurt was. "Let me go." he cried out.

The man held on tighter. "Don't you ever pull away from me."

The man hit Cherry and everything went balck for him.

Noah watched the man carry Cherry out. He was beyond pissed that everyone saw it but they did nothing so he decided to.

Cherry woke up not long after that. His face was sore and he shivvered when the wind blew. He looked around and saw that he was in an alley. He tried to get up but he was pushed back down. The same man from the bar was standing over him.

"Where you going Cherry?" He smiled and ran his fingers down Cherry's chest as he slowly unzipped his zipper. "You know I heart why they call you Cherry. They say it's because you never got it popped." he laughed "Well good thing I'm here to pop it for you."

Cherry struggled underneath the man. He kicked and screamed as the man started kissing his neck. Suddently the man was pulled off of him. Cherry looked up to see the guy from the bar. The man he couldn't stop looking at beating the hell out of the much bigger man. Charry scooted futher away and into a corner.

When Noah was satifisted with himself he looked at the frighten boy crunched in the corner. "Are you ok?" as he got closer he noticed how young he looked. "I'm not going to hurt you." Noah assured him. He reached out his hand. "You can trust me."

Cherry held his face with one hand and took Noah's with the other one. once he was up he started to back away from him. "Thank you." he said silently. "I should get home."

Noah nodded "Do you need a ride? My turcks right around the corner."

Cherry looked around. He didn't want to walk home in the dark by himself so he nodded and followed the man to his truck. After getting helped into the car Noah drove off.

"I'm Noah by the way. I just moved here yesterday." Noah looked over at Cherry who was zipping up his outfit. "Don't mind me asking but how old are you? You look like you couldn't be more than 14."

"I'm 16" Cherr said.

"Why are you working there when you're so young?" Noah asked.

Cherry sighed "Look if you're going to be asking me all these questions I can just walk."

"No I'm sorry" Noah said. The rest of the ride was quiet.

When Kurt pulled up in front of Kurt's house he reazlised that they stayed right next to eachother. He looked over at Cherry and was about to wake him up but he didn't want to disturd him. he got out of his truck and walked up to the front door and knocked.

A guy ,who looked about 17 answered it. "Who are you?"

"Um my name is Noah Puckerman. I live next door." Noah said poiting to his house.

"Oh you're the guy that just moved in with your mom, I'm Finn Hudson Hummel." he said "I don't mean to be ride or anything but why are you here so late?"

Noah shifted on his feet. "I was out when something happend. This guy named Cherry was attacked and-"

"What?" A deep voice bellowed from behind Finn. "Finn go to your room."

Finn left

Noah looked at the man. "Are you Cherry's father?"

"Yeah I'm Burt now what happened?" He said.

"I was at a gay bar when I first saw Cherry perform. When he was done he looked like he was in a hurry to leave but this guy stopped him. He hit Cherry and carried him out to the alley where he tried to...you know." Noah said.

"Oh my god where is my son." Burt asked getting louder.

Noah stepped back. "He's in my truck."

Burt walked pass Noah and out to his turck. When he looked in the window he saw his son with a swollen lip. He was asleep. Burt sighed "This guy...did he-"

"No" Noah quickly said. "I stopped him before he could do anything."

Burt let out a breath then looked over at Noah. "Thank you son for saving my boy." He shook Noah's hand then opned the door. He picked up Kurt in his arms. "Don't tell anyone about this okay. Let's just keep this between us."

Noah nodded "Yes sir um I live right next door and I was wondering if I could come over tomrrow to see if he's ok?"

Burt nodded "Yeah anything." he looked down at his son. "Why didn't you listen to me." he whispers.

Noah watched them go then he got in his truck and went home. His mom worked late so he didn't have to worry aobut getting yelled at for being late. He went to his room and flopped on the bed. Something made him look up and out his window. He saw Cherry's dad carefully removing the lether suit and covering him up. He kissed his son on the head and left his room. Sometimes Noah wished he had a father who would care like that about him. He watched Cherry sleep and he couldn't help but feel something he's never felt before and that was feeling for another person.

A/N Well that's it. I want to continue this story but I want to hear how you guy respond to it first so leave me your commmts and I hope you've enjoyed this chapter.

P.S If you hadn't figured it out yet Kurt is Cherry and Noah will find that out.