Ok, part II please read and review.
Kurt limped into school the next day, dreading having to face Sue Sylvester's fury of his injury. He doubted whether the cheerios coach would see it as an accident, she would want to know exactly what happened and Kurt couldn't tell her. As he dug through his locker he considered just jumping into the cubby and hiding the rest of the day.
"Liberace," Kurt flinched at the familiar voice, though he really didn't mind when Ms. Sylvester called him things, they were less like insults and more like nicknames.
"Yes, Ma'am," he squeaked, shifting off his knee which was starting to ache. His heart dropped to the floor when Ms. Sylvester looked down at his knee.
"I heard you hurt yourself." Kurt flushed as the coach studied him with something that could have been mistaken for concern, if it were anyone else.
"How did you-?" Kurt asked wondering who had told her, the only people that knew were…oh. "Puck," Kurt growled the jocks name.
"Mohawk explained that he tackled you and hurt your knee." Kurt's head shot up to look at the tall woman, Puck lied to the most feared teacher in McKinley? "Now that is a lie if I ever heard one so I want you to tell me the truth. Now," Kurt had always disliked lying to people, not that he couldn't or wouldn't, he just didn't like to. And he also knew that Sue would catch him in his lie and he wasn't completely sure what she would do to him.
"Is that really important? I hurt my knee and I'll take the consequences." He waited for the cruel sneer and the punishment, but that didn't come. Instead Sue inhaled sharply,
"Take today off and if you are ok tomorrow you can come back to practice and if not, we'll wait until you are. You stopped being sloppy performing the routine two weeks ago anyway. Now listen to me, Hummel. Those gorillas don't deserve your protection, but you certainly don't deserve to be treated the way they treat you. Now there is nothing we can do about it if you don't tell anyone. So stop working so hard to pretend like nothing is wrong. Put that effort towards something useful, like Cheerio practice." Ms. Sylvester hissed, Kurt smirked,
"You think this is hard, try running 1000 miles in the Siberian desert, that's hard." Ms. Sylvester frowned,
"Flattery will get you nowhere, ladyface." Kurt knew she was lying. "When you go home, lay down, put ice and then heat on your knee, the last thing I need is my meal ticket to be off of the squad," Kurt almost blushed when he called him her meal ticket, she liked him. As much as Sue Sylvester could like someone,
"Yes Ma'am," he agreed softly. Sue stormed off slamming a drink out of a kid's hand and Kurt couldn't help but smile, she was mean and tough and cold to those around her, not unlike him. And what he had just witnessed was what only a select few got to see out of him, her soft side.
"NOAH PUCKERMAN!" Kurt growled in an uncharacteristically deep voice as he approached Puck who was talking to Mike. Puck turned to him like a child being caught doing something wrong. Mike shrunk nervously and backed away slowly,
"See ya, man," leaving Puck alone. Puck swallowed pointedly and took an unconscious step back, watching Mike leave feeling slightly betrayed.
"Kurt, I-" Puck stuttered, but Kurt didn't let him finish.
"How could you do that? How could you tell, you know I was going to tell her, but I wanted to be the one to do it so she wouldn't be mad and you had to go and-I could punch you!" Kurt yelled it all in one breath, seemingly getting taller and broader with each word. Puck stared, he'd never seen Kurt like this, not even when the gleek was being bullied, he was never this upset. "You could have cost me my spot on the squad, do you realize that! How would you feel if I went and told Coach Tanaka that you… you…" Kurt searched for something to throw at Puck. And he knew he was overreacting considering what had transpired between him and Coach Sylvester, but he didn't want Puck thinking he owed him anything.
"I knew you wouldn't tell her what really happened, you would tell her you fell down the stairs or something. And it's not like Karofsky and Amizio don't deserve what coming to them." Puck hurried to get his words in before Kurt could continue, but suddenly Kurt froze and for a moment Puck thought Karofsky was standing behind him.
"You told her it was them?" he whispered, she had lied to him about a lie? Then it hit him, she had wanted him to be the one to tell her it was them, so she could do something about it.
"I AM GOING TO RIP YOUR FACE OFF AND WEAR IT ON HALLOWEEN!" the familiar roar caused many people in the hall to duck to the ground, cowering in fear. Kurt looked up surprised, having heard Sue make all sorts of threats but this one sounded rather real. Kurt's stomach nearly came out of his mouth when Sue came out of a classroom with Karofsky and Amizio being dragged by their ears. Kurt felt Puck take a step closer to him and despite Sue having a hold of them, he was very glad. "I know it was you two that went into my office and STOLE my protein power." Kurt's eyes widened in surprise but as Ms. Sylvester met Kurt and Puck's eyes they both knew exactly what she was doing. Karofsky and Amizio claimed their innocents the entire way down the hall but Sue was having none of it. "You will be suspended from this school for at least 5 days." Kurt could have laughed in happiness, 5 days without Karofsky and Amizio, it would be like a vacation. He spun back around to Puck who looked at him hesitantly, unsure of how to react.
"Thanks Puck, and come to my house Saturday 9:00 sharp. If you want Quinn, I have a lot of work to do." Puck didn't miss the small smile that was on Kurt's face as he walked away.
Ok I know it's bad, but the next chapter will be much better. Kurt and Puck go SHOPPING. I'll have that up soon. Not sure when though, school is taking up a lot of my time. please review!
