"Hey Kurt, do you wanna come with me and Quinn for dinner tonight?" Rachel asked the first weekend of their freshman year.
Kurt knew that Rachel and Quinn had been dating since Junior year of high school so he told his roommate to go on out. He had his own things to do. He needed to go shopping; now.
He flipped his phone up and hit 2. It hooked him up directly to his best friend Mercedes, only a short two miles away at her dorm on Fashion-Institute of Technology. "Hey Kurt," the fashion-student said to her best friend.
"Mercedes, I have a problem," he confided.
"What, is Rachel playing Barbra Streisand 24/7?"
"No, that's not it. I need to go shopping, get my mind of class for a little bit."
"Sure be over in about 10 minutes."
Kurt changed into pair of black pants and white button up shirt with a black vest over top of it. Mercedes arrived in one of her favorite t-shirts and jeans.
"Alright let's get started first stop Macy's."
The two fashion Divas spent nearly four hours shopping and came home with bags from 8 different places.
When Kurt came back to the dorm all the lights were turned off, and Rachel was sound asleep in her bed. "I never thought Diva would look so relaxed," Mercedes commented.
"Just don't wake her up. She has been waking up screaming and crying the past few nights, so she'll need all the sleep she can get," Kurt informed.
"Has she been having nightmares again?"
"I don't know. When she's asleep she scream 'ERIC NO!!!'. I don't have and idea who Eric is."
"I know who that is. When Rachel and I were little we were good friends. When we were in 7th grade my older brother got us into a party and a sophomore started to flirt with her. Somewhere along that time Eric took her in the back of his car and raped her. Weeks afterwards she had terrible nightmares of him doing it again. Last week she saw him in Times Square. She called me and told me everything."
"That's why she hasn't been sleeping?"
"Most likely."
"Come on let's put these up." Once the clothing was placed in order of designer name Mercedes went home to her own dorm leaving Kurt and a sleeping Rachel.
It was a little past mdnight so Kurt turned on his computer and watched his favorite show on Megavideo.
Half an hour later Kurt was watching another episode of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide before Megavideo ran out, when Rachel screamed. Her small body thrashed in the bed and she grabbed onto Star for dear life. Kurt got out of the chair and climbed up Rachel's ladder to try and calm her down. "Rach, Rach calm down. You're just having a nightmare. No one can hurt you in your dreams."
She put he head into his pajama top and cried. Kurt just did what he thought was right and rubbed her back. "What happend Rachel?"
"Did I ever tell you about Eric Swanson?" Kurt shook his head no. "Well when I was in 7th grade Mercedes and I went to this party......." After 15 minute Rachel told her rape story and how last week he saw him in Times Square trying to flirt.
"No one should have to go throught that. Even though I am mainly feminine I'll use all the man power I have to protect you from him."
"Thanks Kurt."
"Goodnight Rachel."
"Night Kurt."
