A/N Okay, so here is chapter two of AMTHGF. It's quite a bit longer than last time, and I am hoping that updates continue to stay this long :) Enjoy!
(Kurt's Point Of View)
I woke the next morning feeling unusually sad. I took a look at my phone and when I saw that there were no new messages from Blaine, I remembered what had happened yesterday at the Lima Bean.
I could hear dad and Carole downstairs and Finn getting ready in the next room, but I couldn't get up. I was too tired from crying for most of the night.
After being awake for a few minutes, I could hear dad calling up the stairs for me to get up and ready for school, but I just ignored him, still not feeling like getting up. He called up again a little while later, but I was too tired and upset to answer him, so I ignored him again.
When I didn't get up or answer him for the second time, my dad came up to check on me.
"Kurt! What are you still doing in bed? If you don't get leave for school in twenty minutes then you will be late. Get up!" he ordered.
Instead of doing as he said, I just rolled over on the bed so that I was facing away from him and groaned into the pillow. He must have known that something was up, as he walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge behind me.
"Kurt what's up kid?"
Once again, I just ignored him and I groaned into my pillow again.
"C'mon kid. What's up?"
"Dad, I really don't want to talk about it right now." I could tell by dads face that he didn't care and that he was going to get me to talk to him some time, so I thought 'Why not just tell him now? Get it out of the way. It may even make me feel better, getting it off of my chest instead of bottling it all up inside.' I gave in, turned over and began to talk.
"It's Blaine. I found out last night that he has been cheating on me. I don't know for how long, but yesterday when I went to meet him for coffee after school, he was already there with another guy. Sebastian Smythe." I told him slowly, so that I wouldn't start crying again.
"Kurt. I'm so sorry," he said in a comforting tone, whilst patting me gently on the shoulder reassuringly. "But kiddo, listen. Break-ups happen and I know that they can be painful, but one of the best ways to get through the pain is to get out of the house and be around the people that you can trust and that still love you. And the best place for you to do that is at school with all of your glee friends. So come on. Get up"
I got out of bed, knowing that it was no use arguing against him, as he always won anyway. I got up and dressed, and then I did my moisturising routine. I didn't rush, as I knew that I was going to miss homeroom and most of first period anyway. Besides, I really didn't feel like socialising quite yet so the longer I took to get ready, the less time I had to spend around other people that I really didn't want to talk to.
Once I was ready, I headed downstairs and into the kitchen. I poured myself a mug of coffee and a bowl of cereal, before sitting at the island and eating it.
As I was eating my breakfast, dad walked in and told me that he would drive me into school, and that I should get Finn to drive me home later after glee practice. I silently nodded in a way of agreement and carried on eating the bowl of cereal on the counter in front of me.
The drive to school was spent in silence by dad and I, although there was the light hum of the stereo playing quietly in the background. I checked my phone for messages several times. There were a few from different members of the New Directions, asking where I was and if I were okay, but there were still no new messages from Blaine. This wasn't really much of a surprise to me, considering that just yesterday I ran out on him whilst he was trying to explain this whole situation to me, but I still couldn't help feeling a little sad at the lack of communication.
We pulled into the parking lot and I climbed out of the car, saying a quick goodbye to dad quietly on my way. I walked into school and headed straight to the attendance office to sign in and get a late pass.
I was walking down the hall to my locker as the bell rang, signalling the end of first period. I got to my locker just as Mercedes was walking out of her class accross the hall. When she saw me, she quickly ran over to me and pulled me into a welcoming hug.
"Hey white boy," she greeted, ending the hug. "Where were you earlier? I didn't see you in homeroom. Are you okay?"
"Hi Cedes. I'm fine. I just overslept a little this morning." I answered her. "Seriously Mercedes. I really am fine. Stop worrying." I added when she gave me a sceptical look.
"I really don't believe you, because as your best friend I can tell when you are lying to me, but I'm going to leave it for now. Just promise me you will tell me what's up when you are ready." I nodded in agreement. "Good. I've got to get to class now, or Mr Wright will hate me forever for being late. See you at lunch."
"See you at lunch" I muttered as she headed off down the hall and I headed off in the other direction to my own class.
My chemistry lesson seemed to drag on for hours, as it is the one lesson that I have without any of my friends. Normally, I would pass the time by sending cheesy texts to Blaine whilst he was in his Spanish class, but without that distraction, I just had to suffer through the long tiresome class alone. The rest of my classes that morning weren't much better either, although I did have people that I could pass notes with to keep from being too bored.
After all of my morning classes, I went back to my locker to put my books away, before heading to the cafeteria to meet the New Directions for lunch.
As I headed down the hall, I decided that I was going to tell all of my friends what happened last night with Blaine over lunch.
I walked into the cafeteria, grabbed a tray and made my way through the queue for food. I picked out a plate of pasta salad and a bottle of water before making my way over to the table where my friends were all sat.
"Hey Kurt," they all greeted as I sat down between Rachel and Mercedes.
"Hey guys," I replied before turning to Mercedes and whispering, "I'm ready to tell you what's up, but I'm going to tell everyone, not just you. And I promise, like I said before it's nothing too major and I'm fine."
Mercedes nodded in reply, telling me that I should go straight ahead and tell everyone, so I turned back to the whole group and got their attention so that I could begin.
"Guys, can I say something really quickly?" They all nodded, giving me the go ahead to continue. "Okay, so this is no big deal or anything, but I just wanted to let all of you guys know. I don't want you to feel sorry for me or anything though, because I'm fine. Really."
"Kurt. You're not, like, seriously ill or anything, are you?" Tina asked nervously.
"Yeah dude! Seriously, stop mumbling and tell us what's going on." Puck added.
"Guys. It's okay. I'm not ill or anything." I heard a few grateful sighs at this point. "It's just, um. I broke up with Blaine." I said the last sentence as fast as I could.
Every ones jaws practically dropped to the floor.
"What!" they all exclaimed.
"But you two were perfect for each other! What happened?" Rachel asked.
"Obviously, we weren't perfect enough for each other," I said before proceeding to tell them the full story of what happened at the Lima Bean yesterday.
Once I had finished re-telling the events of last night, Finn suddenly stood up, banging his fists down on the table either side of his lunch tray.
"I could seriously injure that jerk! Both of them in fact!" he shouted, fuming.
"Finn. It's okay. Really, I'm perfectly fine." I said trying to calm him down, even though I knew he was just being protective over me as a brother.
"Fine! I believe you Kurt, but I still don't like that guy anymore."
Just then, the bell rang to signal the end of the lunch hour, so we all stood and gathered up our things before heading our separate ways to class.
The rest of the day went by slowly. I felt better after telling all of my friends about what happened, but I was slightly worried about Finns reaction. I didn't want him to go and do anything stupid that may get him into trouble.
After glee practice, I went to follow Finn out to his car, when he stopped me.
"Hey, um, Kurt. Would you mind asking Mercedes or Rachel, or someone for a lift back? I, um. I just have some stuff that I need to take care of."
This made me slightly more worried than I was before, but I agreed to get a lift with one of the girls anyway, warning him not to do anything too stupid whilst he was out. Finn laughed awkwardly at this and then walked out of the choir room, whilst I headed back over to the girls to ask one of them to drive me home.
Quinn offered me a ride, as it was only a little out of her way anyway. During the ride home, we kept up a small conversation, but mostly just simple topics, such as what we had been studying that day. Luckily the topic of my break-up never came up, so the journey never turned awkward.
When I got home, I just went about starting the mountain of homework that had been set over the last couple of day that needed doing.
Over dinner, both Carole and dad asked where Finn was. Even though I was still worried that he was out doing something stupid and wanted to tell them, I covered for him and told them that he had gone over to Puck's house for dinner. I don't think they really believed me, but they left it at that.
When Finn still hadn't returned home at half past ten, I almost went and told dad and Carole about what I thought he was really out doing, but I didn't want to worry them, so I just told myself that he really had gone to Puck's and was staying for the whole night. After all, he did that often enough anyway.
I fell asleep soon after eleven o'clock, still not having heard Finn return home. I spent the whole night subconsciously thinking about what he could have been doing all evening and not wanting to believe any of my thoughts, as they all ended badly.
It wasn't until the next morning that I discovered what had really happened.
A/N So, did you like it? Please review to tell me what you thought. Also review if you have any ideas of what could happen in an upcoming chapter, as I know what is in chapter three and I have a vague idea for chapter four, but after that, my mind is blank. Your ideas are much appreciated :)
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