Sorry I sort of abandoned this story, but I'm back!

Chapter 2

Later that same year, the Finn basement incident took place. Kurt didn't like to dwell on that. Finn tried to apologize several times but Kurt wasn't hearing any of it.

"Kurt, can we just talk? Please?" Finn asked one day after glee club practice, a few days after the inncident and several weeks before regionals.

Kurt sighed and turned back to face his almost step-brother. "Yes, Finn?"

He kept his voice cool and even, without a trace of care. He'd mastered this indifferent, distant facade to use on jocks and homophobes, to keep them from thinking that their words hurt, that they might be getting to him. Kurt never thought he would have to classify the awkward, loveable Finn as one of those people though.

Finn walked up to Kurt, running a hand through his dark hair nervously. "Look, Kurt, I'm really sorry about what happened. You keep on saying that it's fine but I know that it isn't. I know that I don't deserve it, but please forgive me."

Kurt nodded stiffly. "Of course you're forgiven Finn."

He didn't mean it though, not really. Kurt tried to be the way he was before the incident, only without the apparent stalker tendencies that Finn told him he possessed during that time. Sometimes Finn would notice something different though, how Kurt would tense up if Finn accidentally bumped into him, how he would casually move when Finn tried to sit next to him during lunch or in glee club practice. Mostly during glee club practice though since most of the time when lunchtime rolled around, Kurt couldn't be found anywhere.

Finn knew that Kurt was trying to avoid him during lunch and he'd noticed that Mercedes and Quinn would always whisper things to each other in fast, worried tones whenever Kurt didn't show up. Finn didn't know why but he knew that it had something to do with his almost, kind of step-brother.

The quarterback had also observed that Coach Sue seemed to act really strange when Kurt didn't show up for lunch too. Finn thought that Coach Sue didn't have emotions. Then, one day after football practice, Finn saw Kurt in Coach Sue's office. She seemed to be yelling at him and even though Finn couldn't make out what she was saying, he was stunned to see that Kurt was just sitting there, his head hung in what could have been defeat or shame. And that's when things got really weird. The whole time, Sue had been standing behind her desk and leaning over it to yell at Kurt. All of a sudden, she stopped yelling and walked around her desk to sit next to Kurt. Finn could tell she was still talking to Kurt because he could see her lips moving. Sue had glanced up and almost saw Finn from his halfhearted attempt at a hiding place. Finn had quickly ran away and wondered what the hell he had just seen.

Finn didn't really seem to get it until one day after gym class. Finn knew that Kurt didn't change or shower around the other boys since they spent most of the time harassing him, instead he would stay late and change later seeing as he had a study hall after gym and just had to get a pass from Coach Tanaka to arrive late to the study hall.

So one day, Tanaka had made Finn and Puck had to stay after gym and wash the football jerseys after they had started a figth on the football field over some stupid mistake Puck had made but had quickly escaladed into a full on fist fight.

Finn knew it was because he was still angry after what had happened with Quinn and the baby. Even though they didn't talk about it, it was the obvious reason for their stupid fights that started for no reason. The ex-friends just didn't seem to be able to agree on anything.

However, they could agree on one thing, they hated having to clean the smelly football jerseys. They heard shower start and soon the pure, high sound of Kurt's voice filled the air.

"I forgot he stays later to shower," Finn whispered to Puck.

"Why are you whispering?" Puck asked, although he had also lowered his voice to a murmur.

Finn shrugged. He just didn't want Kurt to hear him and run away as his usually did.

He listened to Kurt's voice for a moment. Finn didn't recongize the song he was singing which wasn't all that strange since Kurt enjoyed singing show tunes and Finn didn't know that many songs from that particular genre. The song sounded sad though. Finn didn't always know how what Mr. Schue was talking about when he said to put your soul into the music you sing, but he knew he was getting it now, listening to his classmate's voice.

"He's really good," Finn muttered, more to himself than Puck.

"Duh," Puck responded, "He sounds like a freaking angel." Finn shot him a weird look. "No homo."

Puck sighed and chucked another clean jersey he had just folded into a pile. "Wonder what he's singing about. Sounds pretty heart breaking though."

"What if he had a secret boyfriend and never told us about him?" Finn suggested.

Puck let out a dry laugh. "In Lima? Yeah Kurt totally has a boyfriend, by the way, I'm also secretly a magical purple unicorn. Get your head out of your ass Finn."

Puck sighed and picked up a basket of dirty sport's apparel to take to washing machine.

"Besides," he said as he started walking, "I doubt he'd tell the two idiots who used to throw him into dumpsters anyway.

That was when it clicked. Finn finally understood. He walked quickly over to the showers, ignoring how creepy it was that he was trying to talk to Kurt while the other boy was showering.

"I finally get it!" Finn exclaimed excitedly, causing Kurt to jump about a mile in the air and spin around to face the intruder, nearly slipping on the wet tile. Kurt caught himself on the side of the stall and turned off the water quickly.

"Finn! What the hell?"

Kurt grabbed his towel swiftly and tied it tightly around his waist. He then just stood in the shower stall, glaring at the tall boy in front of him distrustfully.

Finn knew Kurt was angry and surprised but his mind was too busy thinking to really notice. After all, he tried to avoid thinking and difficult situations as much as possible. Maybe that's why he had always kind of followed along with whatever terrible thing the other jocks wanted to do to some poor, unsuspecting nerd.

"I finally get why you're still mad at me," Finn explained.

Kurt sighed and walked out of the shower stall, over to his gym locker. Finn trailed after him. He turned the dial to the correct combination and opened it, quickly pulling out his clothes.

"How many times do I have to say I'm not mad at you, Finn?" Kurt asked.

Finn shrugged. "Maybe until I actually believe you."

Kurt looked shocked and Finn wasn't surprised by his reaction. One did not simply give Kurt Hummel back talk and actually win the arguement but it seemed that Finn Hudson had.

Kurt recovered quickly from his shock and snapped back, "You better just believe me then because this is getting us no where Finn."

Finn hung his head and sighed then he looked at Kurt and gasped. He'd been avoiding looking anywhere other then Kurt's face as much as possible because looking at a dude while he'd half naked is kind of creepy. Besides, it had been exactly what he was afraid of Kurt doing for some reason.

Kurt looked like a skeleton. Finn could easily see all of his ribs.

"Kurt," Finn breathed.

Kurt seemed to realize where Finn was looking and sided, leaning over and banging his head on the locker next to him.

"Just what I needed," he muttered, "yet another person to try and shove food down my throat."

Finn eyes raked over Kurt's impossibly thin frame, making Kurt shift uncomfortably and turn away. Finn gasped again when he saw purple brusies scattered across Kurt's back.

"What the hell happened?" Finn demanded, the surprise he had felt quickly melting into rage.

"Locker checks," Kurt said emotionlessly, buttoning up the white shirt he had grabbed from his locker.

"But-but it looks so bad!"

"Finn, I bruise like a cantaloupe. Besides most of these are from painful run-ins with the actual locks. Those things hurt like a bitch."

Finn nodded, he was feeling a little numb from everything that he was trying to take in. So his almost, kind of step-brother has some kind of eating disorder and the bullying is worse than ever apparently.

"So, continuing our conversation from earlier, why do you think I'm still mad at you?"

Finn momentarily didn't realize what Kurt was saying, his brain was still trying to sort everything out.

"Well not really mad," Finn started, "more like distant. You just acted like I was about to throw you in a dumpster or something because I used to and you used think that I wasn't like the jocks but now you think I'm just like them because I hurt you just like they do."

Kurt stared up at the taller teen in a sort of awe. He never knew that Finn could be that...deep.

"I guess you're right," Kurt said, "but that doesn't change what you did."

"I know, I know. I was stupid. I was too worried about what other people might think to stop and realiz that you were one of my best friends. You helped me so much with Quinn and the baby drama and you completely redecorated your entire room becuase you thought I would like it better. Even though that was really off, you tried and that should have been enough for me."

Finn finished and watched Kurt for his reaction. The Cheerio seemed frozen, to astonished by what he'd just heard.

"I guess that's it, I should get back to class." Finn shuffled back awkwardly. He started walking out of the locker room but called back. "By the way, don't forget to add me to the list of people who's going to be shoving food down your throat. You need to eat more."

Kurt watched Finn's retreating back and smiled a geniune smile for the first time in what had felt like years.

OK so I will probably introduce Blaine next chapter. He's kind going to come in the same time Kurt transfered to Dalton.

Peace, Love, Glee

Julez