Kurt and Rachel finally entered the office. Rachel seemed very nervous as she sat down. Kurt stood behind her and squeezed her shoulders lightly.

Feeling more secure she took a deep breath and told her tale; with the principal, Mr Shue, and Kurt listening intently. She could tell when Kurt was getting angry because his hands would squeeze her even more tightly than before.

When she looked at him his face was twisted in anger, his blue eyes glowed in absolute hate.

"I'm gonna kill him" he said in a calm but murderous voice turning to walk out.

"Porcelain get back here!" Sue ordered.

Kurt slowly turned around his eyes were still hard "What?" he demanded

"We will deal with him in a non-violent way" she said " you sure are protective of this girl..."

" It's not just what happened with Rachel..." he sighed " Karofsky kissed me and threatened to kill me if I told anyone. He just did that to Rachel to stop being confused... he would have done it to her anyway eventually, but her chastising pushed him over the edge. It's all my fault! If I had been braver and not been so scared of him my best friend wouldn't have been almost raped today!"

Rachel stood up and hugged her friend " Kurtis Christopher Hummel you listen to me right now! It wasn't your fault! I was the one to open my big mouth!"

" It wasn't your fault either Rachel Lea Berry!" he retorted hugging her back.

"Well," Sue interrupted " I think you two have given me enough to expel the boy. Now get to glee I have to talk to Will for a moment."

The two sat in the choir room Rachel was nuzzling Kurt's neck as he was stroking her back.

"Hi Kurt!" His friend Mercedes called as she entered with Sam, Quinn, Mike and Tina.

Rachel looked at them as Puck, Finn, Santana, Brittany and Artie entered.

"What happened?" Puck demanded as he looked at Rachel's injures

"She stood up for me and Karofsky almost raped her!" Kurt told them.

Puck began to shake " This dude is gonna get it!"

The club nodded

Sam walked up to Rachel, kneeled down, and put a hand on her shoulder "don't worry Rach we won't let him hurt you anymore!"

The club ran out leaving Kurt and Rachel alone again.

"This could be bad." Rachel murmured.

"Yeah... but hopefully all they'll do is give him the Shlushieing of the century." Kurt said

Rachel giggled. "Kurt I forgot to tell you something."

"And that would be?"

"You are the best friend I could ever have."

"You're mine too Rachie." he said

Before the two teens knew it their lips were moving closer and closer until they met in a kiss.

They were so busy they didn't see the pair of eyes staring at them. Neither of them knew their lives were about to get worse just because of an innocent kiss.

"Rachie.." Kurt murmured as he pulled away "Thank you for standing up for me today."

"What are friends for?" Even though I wish we were more than friends she thought.

She nuzzled his neck again as they waited for the rest of the club to return.