AU - Set during Senior Year on the run up to Christmas. Made as a companion story to Good Boy Kurt and will follow everyone else's POV except for Kurt's. All for added background illumination as the other story is obviously Kurt centric.
Rated M only
Warnings: Various adult themes, including abusive relationships, talk of rape, beatings, language etc... Not your thing, please move on… Plus it might help to read the other story to know what the hell is going on.
This Chapter covers Good Boy Kurt Chapter Two
From the Other SideChapter Two
Dave:
Slamming the door of the locker room open I stomp over to my locker and start checking the contents to make sure I have everything. Crap I overslept this morning, I was gonna wake up and talk to Kurt, I'll make time later and then I will make sure he sits next to me when we have those tests together this afternoon.
As usual the Glee kids ignore me and the other jocks give me a wide berth. Yeah that's right don't upset me, and I know from the way they're acting around me that I can get away with holding Kurt's hand, with walking him to class, smiling to myself I can't wait to be able to do that, to see that sweet smile on Kurt's face, he's such a romantic.
No one's got any slushy stains on them so my campaign from last year is still bearing fruit; the bullying is almost zero now. Humming some tune that Kurt is fond of I wander back out and start my unofficial patrol of the halls, gotta keep 'em safe for Kurt.
Passing the wheelchair kid Artie I notice he gives me a weird look but I don't bother to look back.
Mercedes Jones:
She's spent extra time on her outfit today; she wants to look good to hide how upset she is. Everyone knows she hates tests, as if they are any kind of true scale of someone's talent, after all she is one hot sexy babe and clearly everyone else has trouble understanding that, except Kurt, he knew.
Determinedly she pushes that thought away and struts through the hallways, it's been months since she was last slushied and she isn't afraid to come to school anymore, it's nice. Now if she can just get her best friend back.
It's been almost a week since Mercedes last saw him and she absentmindedly listens as the school gears up for the big game tonight, all the boys are playing and stressing out over the tests, especially Sam, her heart flutters thinking about him, about his hand in hers.
Slurping on her slushy she mentally bitches at Coach Sylvester, not that anyone can prove a damn thing, and Mercedes wonders if she can get away with shoving tots up the woman's exhaust again.
Reaching her locker she's stunned when she realises he's here, Kurt is actually here and rooting around in his locker. She knows he won't look at her, that he'll simply flit off and leave her behind but she holds her breath anyway as if that will help to keep him here.
There is a brief Glee meeting scheduled for this morning anyway, some new tactic Zizes has come up with to get closer to Kurt, Mercedes can't wait to tell them all that she's had a sighting of him.
And then Kurt is closing his locker up and he's smiling, a happy smile, not the fake one he uses around other people, this is the sweet one that he rarely lets out and her heart starts to beat faster and swell with hope. Does this mean that Karofsky hasn't beaten him, hasn't laid one of those horrible fingers on her boo? Is Kurt happy because Karofsky will take his aggression out on other people tonight and leave Kurt alone?
Expecting Kurt to leave she's ecstatic when he turns to her and keeps on smiling, she can feel her own mouth slowly curving up too. Mind blanking she can't remember what the others said she had to do if Kurt reached out to her, something about keeping it simple and being friendly.
Shyly she says, "Hey Kurt," and tries to keep her voice gentle so she doesn't spook him.
"Hey 'Cedes," he says back, that smile still in place.
It's like this terrible thing hasn't happened, like they're meeting up just like they used to and she remembers all the silly things they've done, she wants that back, she wants it badly. And she doesn't know what to say to him now, how to keep it light and friendly, she doesn't dare ask him how he is, in case he has to lie to her.
Instead Kurt asks her "Has anyone ever told you just how utterly amazing you are?"
She can feel the blush bloom and scuffs her foot embarrassed at his words, "No." If she was so amazing she'd never have agreed to the slushy attack, and she'd have found a way to save him from Karofsky.
"Well you are 'Cedes," he sounds so confident, and he looks like he means every single word, "And if no one else can see it then it's their loss."
Biting her bottom lip she says, "Thanks Kurt," she's missed him so much. Who else looks at her this way? No wonder she once tried to date him, he is the best thing out there, okay maybe he and Sam are equally the best thing out there.
"I miss you," he says quickly and then he looks away from her, wrapping his arms around himself he seems to shrink in.
"I miss you too," she tells him honestly and smiles hopefully, he peeks up at her and whatever he sees much have reassured him because that smile comes back.
"I love the outfit, yellow really suits you," he ventures his opinion on her clothes and she knows she must look damn fine if Kurt Hummel approves.
She sasses him like she used to, "It's just natural talent," surely this is a good sign, that he is interacting with her and noticing things like clothes.
Ready to return the compliment she tries to find something outstanding about his clothes and fails, they are clearly from a mass market shop, there is some shape to them and she can see he's put weight back on, he's more healthy, still far too skinny of course, he could do with some meat on his bones.
He waves a hand and says, "It's all right 'Cedes, I know," and then he proceeds to tell her about the shops he is going to and they both shudder at the same time, which of course leads to them giggling at the same time.
Then he reaches out to her and she knows she's showing her surprise but she reaches out ready to be there for him, to help him, to shelter him, to care for him.
Suddenly he's pulling back and staring down, oh no, the slushy, a betrayed expression crosses his face and there is so much pain too that she wants to turn the clock back, to go to that fateful day and have a do over.
A second later he bolts and she calls out his name in vain, he doesn't look back.
Throwing the damn slushy away she hurries to Glee, she has to tell them what happened, she has to tell them she failed, rubbing at her face and her burning eyes she holds on to that hope he offered her when he reached out his hand.
Hold on Boo, she thinks, hold on, we'll get there, we're coming for you, no one hurts my boy.
Finn Hudson:
Sitting there he thinks something must be wrong with his ears, because Zizes just said they should make friends with Karofsky, with the monster that took his brother away. He knows he's not super smart, but he's a leader and he's already failed once, he won't do it again.
"No," Finn says, "No way am I having anything to do with that…" words fail him again, he hates it when happens, Kurt would know the right word to use, he always did, he'd sigh and roll his eyes then he'd smile and he'd help, he always helped, no matter what he always helped Finn.
Even when Finn screwed up and didn't help him back.
"Yes," Lauren says, "We're not getting anywhere with just Kurt on his own, we need to make Karofsky think we're okay so we can get to Kurt," her voice has that tone which Finn knows is patience, like he's too stupid to understand.
The thought of being nice to that thing makes Finn feel sick, he went looking on the internet, he knows he shouldn't, after all Kurt's caught him on some very strange sites after Finn got lost and pressed the wrong button, Finn was too ashamed to admit that he got lost and let Kurt hold the browser history over his head instead. What he'd found this time really did make him sick, the young guy on the screen had screamed so loudly and he'd fought so hard, but the bastard still beat him, still tied him up, still raped him and Finn had fled to the bathroom to vomit.
Most jocks watched porn, most guys watched porn, but Finn knew the kind of porn Karofsky watched, so it means that is the kind of thing he was doing to Kurt, to Finn's little brother, his sweet if sarcastic and sometimes scary little brother. Only the fact Puck spied on Kurt in Gym class meant that maybe Karosky wasn't raping Kurt every single night, because Puck said there were no bruises, and if Karofsky raped Kurt there'd have to be bruises, because Kurt would fight, Kurt would always fight, Kurt was too strong, too stubborn not to.
"I'm not going be nice to Karofsky," Finn folds his arms and glares, doesn't she understand?
"Finn," she tries again, "He saved you on the football field, you've said it yourself he listens in when you talk about Burt's hospital visits, maybe you can reach out to the kid so he'll let you near Kurt. You pretend that everything is fine and then slowly we all get closer to Kurt and very slowly we can start to get Kurt away from him."
"She might have a point," Artie says as he wheels in, "I passed Karofsky as he came out of the locker room, he was humming 'Don't Stop Believing'."
Taking a deep breath Finn weighs it all in his mind, if only Kurt were here he was like really smart, he'd be able to help with this. Finn knows people look to him for leadership, he's screwed up before so he hedges, "We can give it a go, but we keep reaching out to Kurt, we don't stop that." Finn's tried everyday, every time he looks at his brother he tries to tell him with his eyes to come home, but every time Kurt lowers his head and runs away.
Finn remembers every word he yelled at Kurt, he wishes he could take every one of them back, why didn't Kurt realise that Burt loves him so damn much that Kurt will always be his son, that everyone just wants Kurt to come home.
Noah Puckerman:
Puck leans back and acts like he's cool with it. He's not, he just wants to punch that motherfucker Karofsky out and snatch his bro and run. But Puck's grown up in a bad neighbourhood, he knows it doesn't work that way, plus he'd be sent straight back to Juvie and he really doesn't want that, it's one of the few things that actually scares him.
If smiling at Karofsky does the trick he'll do it, and he'll even take that bastard's cock up his ass to save Kurt, it won't be the first time he's been with a man, it won't be the first time things were rough, he's tough, he can survive it, and he needs to save his brother. He needs to save the boy who made his sister smile, and who calls Puck Noah like he matters, like he belongs.
He remembers standing on those steps watching the boy as he twirled laughing in a way he'd never heard before, it was carefree, it was happy and then Sarah giggled.
Yeah he'd do anything to get that Kurt back.
And then Mercedes that hot sexy piece of Diva momma runs into the room in a state saying she's seen Kurt. Everyone sits up and turns their attention to her.
She tells them everything and people look more hopeful, Puck doesn't dare let himself hope, this could be the last few bits of Kurt left, glancing across at Satan he sees the same thought in her eyes, she might be a bitch and evil but she cares for Kurt in her own way, and he sees the same glimmer that says she'd be 'nice' to Karofsky to get Kurt away from that kid.
Sam Evans:
Standing there she looks so beautiful that Sam's heart speeds up, he thinks he loves her, he thinks he's an idiot for letting it all drift away. Mercedes looks so hopeful that Sam doesn't point out the silent exchange Puckerman and Santana just had.
It doesn't stop Sam hoping either, maybe there is something of Kurt left, maybe they can still get him back in time and help him heal. It won't be fast, it'll take longer than people think.
Sam misses his brother so much, it doesn't matter that they're not related; he feels so close to the boy, like he does his blood siblings. They'd gang up on Finn and Puck and foil whatever dumb plan the two jocks had come up with and laugh about it with Carole and Burt. Kurt would sit patiently and do Stacie's hair so nicely, he'd play cars with Stevie, he listen to Sam doing his impressions and smile sweetly even though Sam knows the impression is lame.
And Kurt was always ready to do to the cinema with Sam to sit through the next sci-fi film. The first time they'd gone Kurt had frowned at first until he got it and then he'd gotten caught up in it too. He'd thanked Sam for inviting him and they'd talked for hours about the plot, well Kurt had talked about the clothes, but it still counted. And best of all he'd sat through Avatar like a million times, he couldn't speak Navi but Sam wasn't going to hold that against him.
Finn isn't the only leader here so Sam stands up and goes to Mercedes' side. "I think we should try it, we try and be nice to Karofsky," he says as Mercedes gasps shocked and horrified, "And we keep reaching out to Kurt, we have to get him back."
Risking it Sam takes Mercedes' hand and leads her to one side, all to tell her about the new plan of course and the why's behind it, she doesn't like it but she nods and says she'll try. Reluctantly he lets go of her hand.
After that they all go their separate ways to their tests, he hates tests, he wishes Kurt were here to help him, to make the letters stop crawling over the page making no sense.
Quinn Fabray:
Being a Senior and Head Cheerleader means she owns this school, or at least appears too, she learnt the lesson that fame and popularity is fleeting, that all too quickly she can become a loser, she might not have liked it but she gained friends, friends like Kurt.
Quinn is in the same room all this morning with Kurt, she'll spy on him and see if there is any difference please let Mercedes be right. Oh and she'd noticed Sam holding Mercedes' hand long after he should have let it go. First Berry steals Finn, and now Mercedes is taking Sam away. Sighing Quinn lets herself admit she doesn't really want him though the popularity he'd bring is enticing.
Letting go Quinn mentally promises to leave him alone so that Mercedes can have a shot at him, she owed her that much after Mercedes took her in when she was living with Puck.
Sitting bolt upright with perfect posture Kurt is at the front of the room, being popular Quinn has to sit at the back and her heart sinks, there is no change, he looks straight ahead and talks to no one.
Getting her phone out she taps out a quick message and waits for the teacher, damn that Karofsky.
The tests start and Quinn pays attention, she is going to get a scholarship and she is getting out of Lima to find the perfect husband to give her the perfect babies, babies she won't have to give up, so she needs these grades.
Occasionally she looks up to see Kurt diligently working his way through his own tests, she remembers study meetings at Mercedes' house when she was pregnant with Beth, and how Kurt would rub her feet for her, his biting cutting wit missing and a sweet gentle smile on his face instead.
In her hand her pen snaps so she picks up the next one, yes she can smile at Karofsky and play nice, right up until they got Kurt back and then she'll kick that monster to the curb, hard. She's not the bitch Santana is but she can come close to it.
A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I'm only human. And I'm doing my best to keep them all in character but it's hard bouncing from POV to POV.
