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Chapter 2.

"Rachel, I swear if you say that one more time, I will tear your throat out!" Kurt was in the middle of a fight with Rachel, his roommate/best friend, although sometimes he just can't deal with her energetic personality; today is one of those times. As he sits at his desk at Vogue, Rachel continues to tell him that he should go out tonight and 'have some fun' he can tell even through the phone that she is winking at the end of that sentence! But what she doesn't understand is that Kurt doesn't want to go out tonight. He wants to sit at home and watch Blaine Anderson's new YouTube video. Kurt has been a fan of Blaine Anderson, ever since he saw his rendition of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream; he played it on piano, swoon! It was one of his earliest videos and Kurt is proud to say that he was Blaine's 54th Subscriber! Although Kurt is a big fan of his work, he is not a die-hard fan! Sure, every time Blaine uploads a new video, Kurt will sit at home and watch it, but unlike all the 14 year-old fan girls, he won't replay the videos over and over and over again, until his laptop dies. Maybe just three times, before he decides it's creepy to watch it again! But the reason Kurt watches Blaine's videos is because, Kurt feels like Blaine understands him. He feels, if Blaine and himself knew each other they'd be best friends, because they would understand one another, after all they are both gay and Blaine hasn't been ashamed of hiding the fact that he is 100% gay or that he was bullied in High School.

Kurt was bullied back in High School too, by McKinley's resident bully Mr. David Karofsky. He bullied Kurt throughout freshman year and through junior year, until a point where Kurt snapped. He chased him into the locker room, where Karofsky stole his first kiss. Kurt was too shocked to move, only when Karofsky leaned in again did Kurt manage to push the stronger boy away. Karofsky turned and ran out of the locker room faster than lightning. That was the last time Kurt ever saw the boy. He went missing, for 56 hours. Until the police found him, dead.

As Kurt sat at his desk thinking back on all the times he was locker slammed, called a 'fairy' or 'princess', David being run over and killed was the last thing he wanted. He knows that David did some bad things, but he never deserved to die. Being in the closet is hard. Kurt remembers when he first came out. Although, it may not have been the conventional way..

As Carol was spending more time with Burt, Burt was spending more time with Finn. He was starting to feel left out, he felt as if Burt bonded better with Finn because he was straight and into sports. So, Kurt joined the football team as kicker. He helped the McKinley High Titans win the only match that season! It was amazing the adrenalin pulsing through his veins, however, after that match he knew his hair couldn't manage being dragged through the mud every Friday, so he quit and decided to tell his Dad the truth.

"Dad, I'm gay." He started strong, although his voice cracked when he said gay. What would his father think of him? Would he even want him in the house anymore?

"I know" What? Surely, he heard his dad wrong. Did he say I know? "I've known since you were about 3 Kurt," Burt broke off into a small smile and he thought back on the memory "You asked for a sensible pair of heels for you birthday one year. From then on out, your mother and I knew. We were proud son. We still are proud!" Burt clapped a hand on Kurt's shoulder and walked to the stairs.

"Dad, you knew why I joined the football team, didn't you?"

Burt smiled to himself, before regaining composure and faced his son. "Of course" He ascended the stairs listening to shouts of 'You knew, and you let me go out there and RUIN my hair!' and 'What sort of dad are you' behind him.

Kurt remembers the conversation well, yet he still couldn't believe his dad let him play football knowing it would ruin his hair! He's just glad he hadn't agreed to make-out with Brittany yet, that's something he couldn't possibly get over.

"RACHEL" Kurt screams down the phone, earning several glares from his fellow colleagues. He raises his hand in apology and goes back to Rachel. "Look, Rach, I don't want to go out tonight!" Kurt stood his ground "I'm NOT going out tonight, so you and what's-his-name, can find somewhere else to do whatever it was you were going to do! And that's the end of it." Kurt pressed the end call button on his phone and slammed it onto the desk.

Although he loves the girl, he doesn't like the fact that Rachel is now, well let's say 'sexually active'. It wouldn't bother him as much if Rachel had one boyfriend and kept it that way. But she at least has one boyfriend a month; they go at it like rabbits. It's very disturbing when they have no walls in their apartment! Would they like walls in their apartment? Yes, very much. Can they afford walls in their apartment? No. No they cannot. Although, Rachel probably could as her dads seem to be insistent that she has every god damn penny they own. But Kurt unfortunately doesn't have that luxury. Ever since Burt's heart attack, his dad had to hire someone new at the shop, which of course meant less money could be given to Kurt to support him in New York. However, Kurt doesn't dwell on the fact that he has to work for his money, because at least every Saturday he has enough money left over, after paying his half of the rent, to go out with his friends.

His thoughts are disrupted by his phone ringing, yet again. Of course, it's Rachel, why wouldn't it be.

"Hello, dearest Rachel, what can I do for you this time?" Kurt asked in the most sarcastic voice he could put together at that moment.

"YOU HUNG UP ON ME!" Kurt has to move the phone away from his ear, he swears if Rachel yells down the phone anymore, he'll be losing his hearing by the time he's 30.

"Of course I did dear, you were being annoying and loud, and I'm sat at my desk TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE!" Again he has to raise his hand in apology as he attracts attention, but sometimes there is only so many ways of getting through to that girl.

"Ok fine, but just so you know, Andre is coming ov-"

"And who may I ask is Andre, what happened to Justin?"

"Oh, yeah, he was hot" Rachel says like she wasn't with him at the weekend. "But, he was too tall for me, taller than Finn! That's just too much! So, anyway Andre is coming over tonight, so you'll need to go"

Kurt cuts off her sentence because there is no way he is having this conversation again. "Rachel, I pay half of the rent, I usually leave whenever you ask me too, but we have always had the agreement that Friday nights I can stay in! You'll have to go to his place. Now, please leave me alone, I'm trying to work! I'll see you later, maybe." He hangs up and turns his phone off. If it was an emergency they can ring Vogue.

Ah, yes Vogue dot com or Heaven as Kurt often refers to it. Kurt first started at Vogue during his first year at NYADA, although back then he was only an intern as he didn't have much experience. But now, Kurt is assistant designer and part-time model, he gets bonus' if he models for a few photo shoots here and there, so why not? He's been told plenty of times by other models and photographers within the past year that he is hot. Like smoking hot! Of course, that isn't really what he wants to do. Kurt wants to design. Designing dresses; suits and red carpet outfits for celebrities, yes, Kurt Hummel wants to be a worldwide name in the fashion industry. Although, he's attending NYADA, and knows he has a magical voice, the love he has for fashion just isn't the same with musical theatre.


Later on that day, Kurt is called into Isabelle's office for a meeting. Kurt walks in and takes his seat on the far end of the table. He spots the new intern making coffee in the back corner. She turns around and smiles at Kurt, he smiles back as he watches the machine spit coffee onto her dress. He reminds himself to maybe give her a few tips on how to avoid splats.

Isabelle walks into the room with a folder as thick as the Goblet of Fire book, wow that is thick. She puts it on the table in front of him and gains the attention of all in the room.

"People, people! Look at all of these designs! There are hundreds inside this folder, and I need somebody to help me look through them all tomorrow?"

Kurt is the first to raise his hand, but Isabella looks down at him and shakes her head.

"I have something else for you to do, young man, just wait a minute" Isabelle returns to looking around the room as her eyes land on Ashley, she started last year as an assistant to the designs department. "Ashley, of course, would you mind helping?

Everyone looks to Ashley "No Isabelle, it'd be an honour." Kurt has to regain his composure as he almost laughed out loud at that, kiss-ass.

"Great! Now, Kurt, there is a small awards event coming up, something about YouTube. There is going to be some celebrities and a lot of YouTubers going, and I need someone to design a few outfits for me and attend the event. I know how much you love that Blaine Anderson guy" Everyone snickered at this, and Kurt blushed bright red. "People, please! I know you know about YouTube, so I thought that maybe you'd be the right person for this."

Kurt couldn't have said yes fast enough. Isabelle smiled a knowing smile and cut the meeting short. As soon as it ended, Kurt gathered his things and left the office. His mind was going into overdrive; he would be designing outfits for celebrities on the red carpet. Sure, it's not the Oscars, but it's THE red carpet. Plus, he gets to go in the event, with celebrities and YouTubers. He just couldn't wait to get home and start.


A/N; Thanks for all the views! It means a lot, but can at least one person just tell me whether it's actually any good. Thank you!