Previously

I nodded slowly. "Where is he?"

Finn was about to reply but then he obviously changed his mind as he caught something out of the corner of his eye. Instead he just pointed.

I turned around and looked in the vague direction of his finger. I thought he must be joking as I couldn't see anyone new. But then I saw someone I didn't recognise; someone who was now making his way over to where we were stood. Kurt.


Kurt said something to his cousin which I couldn't make out and then Finn said something back. I knew what he was telling him, I didn't have to guess. It didn't feel fair that it was the first thing that everybody knew about me. Everybody else got to hide their secrets; why couldn't I?

Nevertheless, I was strangely touched when Kurt turned to me and attempted to tell me his name. He was trying; most people wouldn't. I laughed and corrected him. He nodded and tried again.

"Perfect."

He seemed to jump slightly as I spoke.

"What, didn't think I could speak?" I was slightly hurt, but used to it.

Kurt shook his head vehemently. He tried to say something but then gave up and turned to his cousin.

Finn nodded and turned to me. "He said he thinks you have a really nice voice."

I looked back at Kurt to see him looking at the floor, face flushed red with embarrassment. I wanted to put him at ease with a hug, to tell him that I didn't mind, but more than that that I was flattered. But we had only just met. I settled for just saying "thanks", to which he looked up with a flickering smile on his soft features.

The confidence and desire for approval had gone and he was left a mere shell of what he was. He was a nervous boy, lost in a new life, one he had to start without his father. And I wanted to do nothing more than to help him.

There was one thing about me that, whether I liked it or not, everybody knew about me. There was another that nobody knew. And up until now I was going to keep it that way forever. Up until now. Now... I wasn't so sure. What had changed?

I met Kurt.