The next morning Noah woke up early and after showering and getting dressed he grabbed his book bag and went downstairs. Before leaving he grabbed a bottle orange juice from the fridge and left his house. He crossed his yard and went to Cherry's house. He knocked on the door.

Burt answered the door. "Good morning Noah."

Noah smiled "Hi Mr. Hummel I know it's early but I just came to see if Kurt was ok before I left for school."

Burt smiled "He's ok but he's still asleep. I'm going to let him stay home today he's been through a lot but you can come see him after school."

Noah nodded "Ok whenever he wakes up will you tell him that I'm glad he's ok."

"I will" Burt said "Good luck on your first day."

Noah chuckled "Thank you, well bye." He turned and left.

oo

Kurt woke up feeling a lot better. He got up and went to the bathroom. He stared at himself in the mirror.

"What are you doing up Kurt?" Burt said walking up behind him.

Kurt sighed "I hate to go to school." He walked pass his father and back to his room.

Burt followed him. "Kurt I don't think you should go to school."

"Dad I'm ok" Kurt got out his clothes.

Burt sat on his son's bed. "You told me that you were going to quit?"

Kurt sat next to his father. "I was but before I left that night I saw all those bills on your bed."

Burt got up "Kurt I told you that I had it under control. You're sixteen and I don't want you working. Just focus on your school work. Now please promise me that you'll quit."

"I will" Kurt said quickly.

Burt nodded and placed his hands on his hips. "I was so scared last night when Noah brought you here."

Kurt got up and stood in front of his father. "I'm sorry dad."

"I don't want you to go alone alright. I don't want Finn and Carole to know about this." He placed his hand on Kurt's shoulder. "I can handle things here Kurt but you just focus on school."

Kurt nodded and hugged his father. "Ok dad I love you."

Burt hugged his son back "I love you too son." He pulled back and looked down at his son. "How is your mouth?"

Kurt touched his mouth. "Still hurt's a little."

"Thank god that Noah kid was there last night." Burt sighed "You got really lucky last night."

"I know dad" Kurt said gathering his clothes.

"Ok I'll see you after school." Burt left his son's room.

After getting dressed Kurt left for school. When he got there he kept his head down and walked over to his locker.

Noah was walking the halls when he saw Cherry at his locker. He smiled and walked over to him. "Hi."

Kurt turned around and smiled also. "Oh hey um Noah right?"

Noah nodded "Right and you are?"

"What?" Kurt said.

"Do you want me to call you Cherry?" Noah asked smiling.

Kurt looked down. The memory of last night flooding his mind again. He quickly shook his head. "No um my name is Kurt Hummel."

Noah nodded "Well it's nice to officially meet you Kurt Hummel."

Kurt looked back up "And you too Noah."

Noah stuck his hands in his jeans. "So how are you I mean I came by earlier but your dad said you were staying home."

"You came over?" Kurt said.

Noah shrugged "I just wanted to see if you were ok. Why do you work at that place anyway when you're so young?"

Kurt shrugged "We're going through a bit of money problems and I needed the money. The bar was close and it really paid a lot and no one else would hire me so what was I suppose to do."

Noah looked down. "Well I hope everything goes right for you and your family."

Kurt smiled "Thank you Noah um are you doing anything after school?" Noah shook his head. "Well my dad wants me to quit the club and I don't want to go back there alone. I was wondering if you would go with me."

Noah smiled again "Yeah I go with you."

"Good" Kurt said smiling.

"Kurt!" A voice shrieked from behind Noah. Kurt looked back to see Finn walking toward him. "What the hell happened to your face?"

Kurt sighed "I'm fine Finn."

Finn stopped in front of Kurt and touched his face. "Who did that you?"

Kurt pushed his hand away. "Nobody Finn calm down."

Finn turned to Noah. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh I was just saying hi to Kurt." Noah said "Um I guess I'll see you after school Kurt."

Kurt nodded "Yeah alright."

Finn waited till he rounded the corner. "Why the hell were you talking to him and what's going on Kurt. Why are you meeting him after school? Does dad know this?"

"Finn would you relax. I'm just going to show him around and yes dad knows." Kurt lied.

Finn sighed "I'm sorry alright but I'm just worried about you."

"Why?" Kurt asked.

"Last night I saw dad carrying you in the house and up to your room." Finn leaned in closer. "Did that kid to something to you?"

Kurt groaned "Finn he didn't do anything he just saved my life."

Finn leaned back "What do you mean what happened?"

Kurt looked away from his stepbrother. "Finn, would you just drop it."

"No!" Finn yelled "Tell me what happened, Kurt!"

"I said drop it!" Kurt yelled causing people to stare at them. Kurt sighed "I'm fine Finn ok but I really don't want to talk about it. So will you please just let it go?"

Finn sighed "Fine as long as you're ok."

Kurt smiled "I am now I'm going to be late for class. I'll see you at home."

Finn nodded "Yeah" he watched Kurt leave and he couldn't help but feel like something bad happened to his step brother and he was going to find out why.

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