Title: Ask Me to Stay
Chapter Title: Sympathy and Heartbreakers
Author: Ash Knight
Pairings: (undecided)
Warnings: bad language, sexual situations, and violence
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any songs I use for this story.
Notes: Matt never transferred in my story but I still haven't decided how I'm going to use him.
Summary: Fed up with the way everyone sees him, Kurt decides its time to leave Lima. With nothing to lose he starts to let everyone know exactly what he thinks unaware of the consequences. But when things reach a boiling point and he has to choose, will there be anyone able to give him a reason to stay?
Despite how the day began yesterday it ended pleasantly with him and Noah pillow fighting until his father came down because of the noise they were making. Once they stopped laughing and got themselves under control Kurt's father just told them to keep it down throwing his son a mock glare, which let Kurt know he wasn't really that mad. After Kurt and Noah had straightened up and cleaned the mess they had made from the pillow fight they both went to bed with smiles on their faces. It was nice to know Noah wasn't freaked out by him being in the same room with him while he was undressed.
Knowing all this and with a good night sleep Kurt woke up in a much better mood than he had the previous day. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. Lifting up his shirt he began to check on all the damage from the day before. After the bandages were taken off he saw that the cream had already started to work. The bruises had already started to reduce in size and started healing as was evident by the change in color. Instead of the black and blue from the night before they were now a mix of green and purple around the edges. It truly looked disgusting but Kurt was already used to how it looked and was thankful no one would see it.
Kurt then put his shirt back on and brushed his teeth. Breakfast was next on his agenda and he needed to start it soon so both he and Noah could get ready for school. He walked out of the bathroom and over to the couch where the new resident of his home lay, still asleep and lightly snoring. For a moment Kurt just watched him sleep, noticing how relaxed he seemed to be.
"Noah, it's time to get up" Kurt finally said.
Not getting any reaction from the halfback Kurt shook him by the shoulder.
"What?" he drawled out half asleep.
"You got to get up. You got to get ready for school and I got to make breakfast."
Noah groggily sat up and blinked his eyes as he looked around. Kurt chuckled at the sight as it made Noah look like a bald owl. However, Kurt soon stopped laughing as Noah stood up from the couch and stretched his body out with a few loud cracks and pops, completely exposing the tent he was pitching with his boxers. Quickly averting his eyes away Kurt turned and walked up the stairs before his friend notice his own reaction to the sight of Puckzilla in the morning.
By the time he was done cooking breakfast his dad had walked into the kitchen and Kurt served him his food.
"Dad, I invited Carole and Finn over tomorrow night for dinner, is that ok?"
"Sure son, but are you sure you're up for it though?"
"Yeah, it's no problem" Kurt said honestly. "I just got to make sure I got everything I need to make dinner for the four of us."
"That's not what I meant" Burt said giving his son a knowing look.
"Dad relax, I am done with Finn. Besides, I have too much in my life right now to even think about stuff like that for the time being."
His dad looked like he wanted to say something but decided to let it slide as he began to eat his breakfast.
"Sam is coming over again tonight along with Brittany. We need to work on some stuff for glee club."
"That's fine; just try to keep down this time. I could here the two of you from room last night"
"Sorry dad, I'll try to keep it down. We just got carried away" Kurt said with a big smile on his face which his father noticed.
With that Kurt fixed a plate for Noah and himself and tucked in. He told his dad he was going in for shift at the garage after school so he might be a bit late depending on how busy it was but he would still be back in time to make dinner. Burt that was fine and Kurt finished his breakfast and went downstairs to get ready for the day. Noah was still in the shower so Kurt decided to pick out his clothes for the day. His bruises would be easy to cover up but the problem was he still couldn't wear anything too tight since they still hurt.
He really needed to update his wardrobe again but he had spent almost all of his money for the month bailing Puck out and he needed the rest for getting him a bed on Saturday, not to mention his other expenses like his cell phone bill. But regardless he still didn't regret helping his friend knowing it was more important to help him than to buy new clothes. Besides he could wait another month for clothes, and the bruises would fade before then anyhow. Kurt was interrupted by his musing as Noah came out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel, still damp with water over his showered body.
"There's a fresh plate upstairs for you on the counter in the kitchen" Kurt said as he tried not to stare at his new friend's nipple ring or anywhere else for that matter.
"Thanks Kurt" Noah said as he started looking through his own clothes for something to wear.
Kurt went back to picking out his clothes and finally decided on a large beige sweater that ended just above the knees and a pair of skinny leg jeans. Grabbing a pair blue boxer brief underwear he took off into the bathroom. It was still full of steam from Noah's shower and Kurt put the clothes off to the side and turned the shower back on. Stripping off all of his clothing he got in and felt relief as the hot water began to run down over his body.
-Next Scene-
Grabbing a pair of fresh boxers for himself, Noah dropped the towel off his waist and started to get dressed. Just as he was pulling on a pair of dark blue jeans he heard Kurt's voice coming through from the bathroom.
Stranger than your sympathy And I wished for things that I don't need
And this is my apology
I killed myself from the inside out
And all my fears have pushed you out
(All I wanted)
And what I chased won't set me free
(It's all I wanted)
And I get scared but I'm not crawlin' on my knees
The soprano continued, unaware he had a hidden audience in the form of Noah still in the closet getting dressed. For some reason Noah couldn't help but smile as he heard Kurt singing. He couldn't deny the guy had a great voice but he was surprised by the way he sounded. Kurt had mentioned last night about his vocal diversity but Noah didn't really get it until now. Before, whenever he heard Kurt sing, while it was always great his voice was always very feminine. To hear him now was a big difference from what he was used to.
Oh, yeah And stranger than your sympathy We're taught to lead the life you choose
Every thing's all wrong, yeah
Every thing's all wrong, yeah
Where the hell did I think I was?
Take these things, so I don't feel
I'm killing myself from the inside out
And now my head's been filled with doubt
(All I wanted)
You know your love's run out on you
(All I wanted)
And you can't see when all your dreams aren't coming true
More than ever he wished he had been there yesterday in glee to have heard him sing to Finn. Noah laughed out loud at the idea of what Finn's face probably looked like as watched the Kurt Hummel blasted him in song yesterday with a song that was so foreign from the sopranos usual style. He kept listening as he continued getting dressed, smiling the whole time. Once he found a black clean shirt he went upstairs to eat whatever Kurt had made for him. He had to admit he liked Kurt's cooking so far. Burt was still seated at counter reading the newspaper as Noah emerged from the basement.
Still nervous around the older man, Noah said a simple good morning and grabbed the plate that was obviously meant for him since it was still untouched. They stayed relatively silent with the only thing said were few pleasantries. As soon as he finished he excused himself and went back downstairs. Kurt was dressed by now and sitting at his vanity mirror apply his customary makeup. Noah didn't really understand the point of putting all that gunk on but choose not to say anything. It had been kinda cool to see Kurt yesterday being more of dude but now it looked like it was back to his usual gay look. With a shrug Noah simply picked up his cell from the charger he had plugged in before he went to sleep and sat down on the couch. Kurt continued his routine until he heard the jock break out in laughter and looked over to see him looking at his cell phone.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing, I'm just sexting Santana."
"To be honest I don't see why she bothers. I've seen your sext before and I have to say they were very uninspiring."
"When the hell have you ever seen my sext Hummel" Noah asked, offended Kurt of all people was questioning his skills.
"Uh hello, we're talking about Santana here. She brags all the time about the two of you and sometimes shows off the sexting in front of the other cheerios, but it's more of a way claiming you as hers. So I've seen your sexting plenty of times and I have to admit it's pretty boring."
"What would know? Last time I checked you're still a virgin."
"While that may be true, I believe you're forgetting I'm also an honorary girl at school. I hear all the time first hand what women really want. On top of that I've read plenty of romance novels and literature to express many different desires. So I can say with absolute certainty that I could sext even better than you" Kurt finished as he adjusted a scarf on his neck.
"Bullshit!" Noah said. "There's no way you could ever sext better than Puckzilla!"
"Oh yeah, than how about I prove it" Kurt said as he stood up and faced the jock.
"How are you gonna do that?" Noah just rolled eyes, not believing Kurt could really back up his claims.
"Give me your cell, and I'll sext Santana myself, letting her think I'm you. I'll do it so good that before lunch period is over she'll drag you to some place, of my choosing, and fuck your brains out" Kurt said with a confident smirk and crossed his arms.
He couldn't believe Kurt of all people had just offered to sext with Santana, especially to prove he could do it better than him, Puckzilla. Needing to establish his superior skills he told Kurt he was on. Kurt took the cell and began typing away, making sure Noah didn't see what he was typing to the Latina. Kurt just told him to finish getting ready or they would be late. Noah left Kurt waiting couch and grabbed a pair of socks and his sneakers and his book bag. As he put everything on he looked over at Kurt and saw he looked about ready to throw up at whatever Santana was sexting him. With a smirk he knew the resident gay of WMHS had bitten of more than he could chew. Kurt was definitely disgusted by hetero sex but he just tried to picture Santana as another guy. When Noah said he was ready he went over to his bed and picked up his bag, still not giving Noah his cell phone back.
"I gotta go to the garage after school today, so let's take your truck to school. I want to take it to see what we can do with it for the moment."
"There's nothing wrong with my ride Kurt."
"That's not what I see. That thing is a death trap and looks like it needs a lot of work. When was the last time you got it serviced?"
"Uh, never" Noah said as if it didn't matter.
"That's just what I figured" Kurt said with a roll of his eyes as he went back to sexing. "Come on we are going be late if we don't leave now" he finally said.
They went upstairs and said goodbye to Burt and got into Noah's truck. As they drove Kurt continued to sext Santana and refused to give the phone back to its owner.
"You can't drive and text at same time" Kurt said still typing away.
"I do it all the time" Noah retorted. "Besides I'm just trying to save you some embarrassment Hummel! You're looking so green you could be Kermit the Frog."
"Don't worry about me Puckzilla, I'm just fine, so just keep your eyes on the road because I know you just can't handle what I'm doing anyway."
Noah just rolled his eyes his eyes and told Kurt he was dreaming, making Kurt speed up his typing. They reached the school in time and as they walked up to the entrance Kurt gave the jock his phone back. Looking through it he saw all the text had been erased. Confronting the soprano about it all Kurt did was smirk at and said 'auditorium'. And walked through the front door of the school. At a complete loss Noah just shrugged deciding to drop it for the moment and walked inn the school following Kurt.
He was met by shocked looks and the customary looks of fear from all of the geeks. People immediately took notice as he walked down the hall and some of the geeks tried to run only for Puck to catch sight of Jacob Ben Israel. Never one to miss an easy opportunity to establish his dominancy he quickly went over causing Jacob to scream in fear.
-Next Scene-
Kurt turned as he heard a scream only to watch as Puck grabbed the school newspaper guy and drag him outside. He was hoping Puck would stop with the bullying but then again it was Jacob. The pervert was usually begging to get his ass kicked with his antics, and just kept begging for more. Not wanting to think about it Kurt kept walking towards his locker. He had to get his math book for next period and needed to get his cheerios uniform. Emptying his bag what he didn't need, Kurt's heart jumped into his throat as he realized his portfolio was missing. Looking through the bag he saw it was gone and then looked in his locker, hoping he had just forgotten it there.
Once again Kurt found the book nowhere to be seen and he began to panic. Making sure to double check his locker confirming it wasn't there he began to panic. Trying to think of where he could have left it he began to retrace in his mind the last time he saw the portfolio. He remembered putting it in his bag yesterday morning. After that he had gone to school and was getting his other books from his locker when… when the fight started. Looking around he didn't spot his portfolio anywhere in the hallway.
Logically, by now he knew if it had been thrown out of his bag during the fight someone must have picked it up. Paling at the thought of Karofsky and Azimio having found it. If they had he might as well start digging his own grave. While the book itself wasn't so bad since it didn't really have anything embarrassing in it wasn't much of a big deal. However the DVD he had made was what really worried him. A lot of the stuff he had recorded was very private and would make him a laughingstock. And not just him but Tina and Brittany and some of his friends on the cheerios who had helped him out. He had to get it back!
Trying to think, Kurt was at least a bit sure that Karofsky and Azimio didn't have it because aside from bumping into Sam they hadn't done anything else and he would have noticed them picking anything up as they left. But then who else could have it? His mind was spinning at the possibilities and was only interrupted by the sound of the bell. The hallway started to clear but instead of going to class Kurt headed straight for the lost and found in the main office. It was a long shot but he had to try at least something. He had to find that book, he just had to…
-Next Scene-
Puck had enjoyed throwing the newspaper guy in the dumpster and hearing the perv scream out in fear. As he walked back into the building he brought back down from his high as his phone rang. He looked and didn't recognize the number in the ID.
"Who is this?" he said, not bothering with a greeting.
"Hello is this Noah Puckerman?" a mans voiced asked on the other end.
"Who wants to know?"
"My name is Jason Brown Esq. I was contacted by a friend of yours, Rachael Berry to take your case" he explained. "I've been trying to find you since yesterday afternoon but I was told someone had posted your bail and you were released until your hearing."
"Uh, yeah, I'm back in school right now" Puck answered quickly.
"Well I won't keep you then. I was hoping to speak with you in person about your case sometime in the coming week. You may call my secretary and set up an appointment at your earliest convenience."
Noah quickly took the number and hung up. Being reminded of his legal problems was definitely a sobering thought. Not wanting to deal with it he walked off towards the nurses' office, eager to take his morning nap.
-next scene-
Going to the lost and found had been a waste of time as he had feared. No one had turned it in which left him back at square one. Right now Kurt was trying to stay cool, knowing that he had no recourse but to sit and wait for someone to come forward. He walked into his math class late and took his seat after he had given the teacher his late pass. As he did he noticed Noah wasn't in class, which didn't surprise him much. Noah hadn't gone to a math class in the last two years and as much as he wanted him to start showing up to class he knew he shouldn't expect a 360 out the halfback over night. He just hoped he wouldn't do anything that would ruin his chances. After all, if he got himself into anymore trouble right now there was probably nothing Kurt could do for him.
Putting it out his mind Kurt just opened his math book and began taking notes. The class seemed to drag on forever and most of this he could do in his sleep. Kurt had always been good at school and math, science, English, French, and Spanish were his best classes, with an A average in all of them. The moment the bell rang Kurt bolted out the room and headed for the girls bathroom. Going into the first empty stall he saw he began to change into his uniform and folded up his normal clothing. Once that was done he took off for gym.
Gym had always been his most hated class since he usually had his clothes stolen from his locker and then thrown into the toilet. Or the guys would try to mess with him during class by tripping him while jogging and so forth. But one of the perks of being a cheerio was that he didn't have to deal with any of that anymore. Instead he could stay in the gymnasium while the rest of the guys did their usual exercises and use the equipment in the cheerios gymnastic room that Sue Sylvester had made exclusively for cheerio use.
Pulling out his mp3 player he put on some dance music and pushed in his ear plugs. With some light stretching he loosened his muscles up, mindful of his back and then began doing some simple cartwheels. Once he felt his blood flowing he changed to more complicated tricks going faster and faster into the routine. He took a running start to build up his momentum and ran up the far wall a few feet before kicking off doing a triple flip in mid-air, landing in crouch like a cat. Then just a split second after he landed with just the strength of his legs he launched himself up and backwards doing flips landing on his feet each time, never once touching the ground with his hands. Once again he landed in crouch letting the momentum he had built up slide him backwards slightly.
Completely out of breath Kurt stood up and turned off the music just in time to hear the door open. Having expected this Kurt carefully schooled his features, making sure not to give anything away.
"Give me the key to the auditorium" Santana demanded.
"Nice to see you to" Kurt answered sarcastically.
"Whatever, just give me your key, I need to use the auditorium, like five minutes ago, so give it up!"
"No" Kurt stated and then turned his back on the Latina.
"Look, Kurt, I don't have time for this, just give me the key and I'll get out of your grill."
"Well for starters you could actually ask me for the key with some manners."
"Could I please have the key?" she asked sounding anything but polite.
"Better but not good enough. Now if you really want the key, you're gong to have to give me something in return" Kurt said with a confident smile.
"And what would that be?" Santana asked wanting to get this over with already.
"Well, I was working on a private project of mine but sadly enough to finish it I need a female dancing partner, one that could keep up with me. I was hoping to use some of it for a new routine for the cheerios I wanted to propose. I thought about asking Quinn but she doesn't have… the spice for it if you get my meaning. So I was wondering if you wanted to give it a try."
Santana was thinking it over, weighing her options carefully. In the end the idea of possibly getting one over Quinn won out and she agreed. Kurt gave her the key and told her to return it at glee this afternoon. Without even a word of thanks Santana took off. Kurt laughed at what he knew was going to happen in the auditorium.
"I win" he thought to himself and laughed once again.
-next scene-
Puck was lying in the nurses office sleeping like a log as he usually did. He was suddenly awakened thought as he felt a very pleasant sensation of someone fondling Puckzilla. He slowly opened his eyes to see Santana standing over him looking like a wolf ready to sink her teeth in its prey.
"Rise and sunshine" Santana said seductively as she continued her ministrations.
"Couldn't wait to see Puckzilla again I see" Noah smirked up at her, placing his arms behind his head.
"You're the one who said to come find you," she replied as she worked his crotch even harder. "Now the question is, do you have the balls to do what you said you were aching to do to me?"
At a complete loss he didn't know what she was talking about. Thanks to Kurt deleting all of the texts he was flying blind.
"You know Puckzilla is always ready" he moaned out.
"I got the key to open the auditorium, be there in five minutes. Use the backstage entrance. I'll be waiting."
With that the she stopped what she was doing and walked away, leaving Noah lying in the nurses office with an obviously raging hard on. Steeling himself Noah got up and left the nurses office. Making sure there was no one around he pulled out his cell phone.
"What the hell did you tell Santana?" he typed and pressed send.
He went to the bathroom to collect himself and was about to leave as he felt his cell vibrate.
"Just use the bra to tie her up. That's the only hint I'm giving you. And I guess this means I win, LOL!"
Growling in frustration he put his cell phone back into his pocket and walked to the auditorium. The door was open of coarse and he walked through. There was no one backstage so he walked out further passed the red curtain. He found Santana waiting for him, standing right in the center of the stage underneath a spotlight shine right at her. As he walked towards her he saw she was holding something behind her back.
"Miss me much?' he said as he stepped into the spotlight with her.
Instead of answering she simply gave him a predatory smile and handed him what she was holding behind her back; her bra.
"Go ahead," she said in sexy voice. "Do it! If you think you got what it takes."
-next scene-
His work out had increased his appetite fiercely and Kurt felt like he hadn't eaten all day. He walked into the lunchroom and went straight for the healthiest thing he could find. Getting a salad and some fruit he paid for his lunch and quickly looked for Mercedes only to find she was not in the lunchroom.
"Hey Kurt over here" he heard.
Sam was calling him over like the day before only he was sitting alone at a table. Kurt walked over sat down, looking for where Quinn might be.
"Hey Kurt. I missed you at gym today, where'd you disappear to?"
"I was working on my gymnastics" Kurt answered. "I have to make sure I stay in top form and I was working out some stuff for a new routine."
"Sounds cool. It's the same for me to. I always have to work out to keep up with everyone else on the team. For now though I got an excuse not to since my arm is still sore from being dislocated. I don't know what coach Beiste is going to do though for the next game. I really want the quarterback position again."
"To be honest I'm glad I don't play football anymore."
"You were on the team?"
"Yeah, last year. I was the kicker."
"Wait a sec; you're the kicker coach Beiste told us about?"
"Well that depends on what you heard."
"When we were trying out she was saying stuff about how the team only won a single game last year and how it was all due to some kicker. That was you?"
"Yeah," Kurt replied with a shrug.
"But wait, why did you quit? I thought after you won the team the game you would have become a legend or something."
"Yeah, you'd think so" Kurt said with a roll of his eyes. "Football just wasn't my thing. I only did it because I wanted to make my dad proud of me. We're already as different from each other as night and day, and I thought that if I joined the football team we could finally connect. But, in the end I came out to my dad after the game. I was so freaked out because I thought he wouldn't love me anymore. But, he said he knew I was gay since I was three and said he loved me no matter what."
"Your dad seems pretty cool" Sam said looking very sad for some reason. "But it's too bad you didn't stay on the team. We still don't have a decent kicker for the team."
"Well, I like being a cheerio more than I ever liked football. I just don't like sports all that much. I learned enough about football when I joined the team to at least talk with my dad a bit about it whenever it comes up it since he loves the game, but that's as far I'm going to take it."
"That's too bad, I love sports. It was the only thing I was good at since my dyslexia makes it so much harder for me to deal with school. I'm just barely able to stay eligible to play."
"Is it really that bad?"
"Yeah, most of the time it feels like I'm being taught in three different languages. I learned some techniques on how to deal with it but it takes me longer to actually get it all to stick in my head."
"Well, my grades are really good and most of the time I'm bored out of my mind with what they give me. If you want I could help you out and tutor you a bit. Maybe after we catch you up it won't be as hard anymore for you."
"Sure, that'd be awesome! But are you sure you wouldn't mind?"
"I wouldn't have offered if it was going to be problem" Kurt laughed. "Just call me whenever you're free to set up some time and we can work things out from there."
"Thanks Kurt, that's really cool of you."
"Anytime" Kurt said. "By the way, where's Quinn?"
"She said she had to go to the library to get some stuff for a paper she had to do. Everyone else has been kind of been doing some damage control with the Rachael and Finn situation."
"Wait what situation."
"Supposedly they had some huge fight last night. From what Quinn says Rachael got pissed off because she found out about Santana and Finn sleeping together."
Kurt felt his head start to pound, already getting a headache from the drama he had inadvertently caused.
"Where's Finn now then?"
"I don't know, but I think he's just lying low" Sam answered. "He got a huge slushy bath last period and he can't seem to walk the hallways without someone shouting out 'Limpdick' in his direction."
Kurt let out a painful moan as he put his head in his hands. He really shouldn't have lost his cool yesterday but the damage was already done. Hopefully everything would blow over soon since the last thing he needed right now was more problems with Finn. Sam then asked where Puck was since he hadn't seen the halfback all day. Kurt just shrugged and said he was probably tied up at the moment with s a small laugh. Sam looked like he wanted to press it further but instead dropped it.
-Elsewhere-
Artie had called Mercedes last night and asked her to meet him in the A/V room at lunch time. He figured if anyone could explain what he had seen it would be her. She had come over and Artie showed her the portfolio as well as the videos on the DVD. He was surprised to see Mercedes just as bewildered as he was. The diva had never seen either of the objects before and couldn't tell him why Kurt had never shown the group any of it. Mercedes had completely agreed with Artie about the contents of the book; it was fantastic.
When she looked herself up in the book she saw the sketch of Kurt had done of her. She was wearing an elegant midnight blue gown with an open V neckline. The gown made her look like amazing and it was accessorized with lots of gold jewelry. She had on large gold earrings and her arms were covered in gold bracelets reaching up her forearms. For a necklace she wore a gold coiled chain with a cross pendant. She loved it instantly.
She started looking at the breakdowns of songs he had written just for her and laughed. Kurt really knew her style and had chosen a lot of diva songs for her with some others he thought she could bring to life with her chocolate thunder. Along with that it broke out into more diverse range as she was placed with different members of the group. Her favorite duet songs were the songs Kurt had picked out for her and Puck to do, and a few to sing with Artie.
The level of surprise just kept going up when Artie told her about the DVD he had found in the book. He put it on for her to watch and she couldn't believe what she was seeing. But what really shocked her was the 'Defying Gravity' video. When the diva off happened she was very sad to vote against her best friend since he obviously wanted the solo so badly. The moment she heard his voice crack on the high F note she had become very disappointed and sad for her friend. But now after watching the video she was so confused. This video was made right after the audition which meant that Kurt had tanked his performance but that just didn't make any sense. Why would her best friend do that? She knew how excited he was about proving he was better than Rachael; hell they all knew. He even got them all to promise to vote for the better person. So why did he do it?
"You really didn't know?" Artie asked, still just as confused as before.
"No, I didn't I know. I don't understand any of this" she said as she held up the portfolio.
"I just figured you knew since you two are so close."
"Nope, Kurt never showed me any of this before. But, he's going to explain himself if I have anything to say about this" she declared in her usual diva style.
She took out her cell phone and began to text as Artie watched, not sure if he had done the right thing after all.
-Next scene-
As Kurt was having lunch with Sam, Quinn had finally showed up and they all had lunch together. Just as the lunch bell rang Kurt's cell phone began to vibrate. Expecting another text from Noah he was surprised to find a text from Mercedes. Needless to say she didn't sound happy and knew she wanted to talk to him about yesterday. With a sigh he just texted her back saying he would meet her early in choir room. The last classes of the day had been as boring as he expected. As soon as they were over he bolted to the choir room only to be stopped in the hallway by Noah.
"What the hell was that?" he demanded.
"Hey, don't get mad just cause I'm better than you at sexting. I told you I know what girls want, it's not my fault you didn't listen" Kurt said with a playful smile. "Besides, don't tell me you didn't have fun."
Noah looked like he didn't know whether to punch Kurt or laugh. Instead he just smirked and grabbed the soprano in a headlock and gave his new friend a noogie.
"Hey watch the hair!" Kurt said, not really mad.
They started getting strange looks in the hall as the other students watched them interact. Kurt told him he had to get to the choir room and Noah let him go, giving his hair one last ruffle, making Kurt slap his hand away. As they walked into the choir room he saw not only Mercedes waiting for him but Artie as well.
"What's up Mercedes?" Kurt asked.
"We need to talk Kurt" she said as she crossed her arms.
"Cedes, I'm sorry about yesterday, I was just having a really bad day."
"This isn't about that Kurt" Artie said as he wheeled himself next to Mercedes. "We want to ask you about some stuff."
"Ok, what's gong on?"
"That's what we want you to tell us" Mercedes declared as she pulled out the book from Artie's book bag behind his wheel chair.
Instantly knowing what it was Kurt snatched it out of her hand.
"Where did you find this?"
"I found it on the floor in the hallway after the fight" Artie quickly explained.
"You had no right to go through my stuff!"
"I didn't mean to Kurt. I tried to give it back to you yesterday but you just kept storming off."
"Fine, its ok, just forget all about it, alright" Kurt said not wanting to have this discussion at all.
"Were not going to forget about it Kurt. We are going to talk about it right now boo" Mercedes chimed in.
"There is nothing to talk about Cedes" Kurt insisted.
"What's going on?" Noah asked, not liking being kept out of the loop.
"Nothing, alright it's nothing" Kurt kept insisting.
"It's not nothing Kurt! If you had shown us this last year we could have beat Vocal Adrenalin into the ground. Why didn't you show us this before?" Mercedes pushed on.
"Mercedes, I didn't make this for us to beat Vocal Adrenalin with. It started out with just me in the book and songs I had performed and then stuff I thought I needed to work on."
"Ok then what about the DVD?" Artie interjected, looking as Kurt's face paled.
"It's private ok! Just drop it! It doesn't matter now."
"Kurt, look at me" Artie said. "I know you're angry at us right now, but we're just confused."
"I'm not angry at you guys" Kurt said with a steadying breath. "This is just something I never wanted anyone to see."
"Kurt. . ." Artie was about to say something but was interrupted as Rachael walked in.
Quickly stuffing the portfolio away Kurt took a seat and acted like nothing was wrong.
"Puck! I didn't know you were here!" she said happily as she the jock standing by Kurt and Artie. "Did my dads' lawyer contact you; he said you had been released yesterday."
"Yeah he called me and gave me his info to make an appointment to see him about my hearing next month."
"That's great! I knew my dads' lawyer could help."
The rest of the group started to come in all surprised to see Puck, except Santana of course, who looked like the cat that swallowed the canary. Quinn and Sam just said hello, and sat down just behind Kurt.
"Alright, Puck, it's good to have you back" Mr. Shue said with smile, and everyone sat down, once Noah's return was acknowledged by everyone. "Ok, now does anyone have a number to do for their assignment?"
"Actually Mr. Shue, now that Puck is back, there is a song I'd like to try" Mercedes said, standing up and giving Kurt a knowing look.
Kurt just put his head in his hands, wanting to just sink into the floor.
"Puck, could you give me a hand on the guitar?" she asked with a big smile.
Puck just shrugged and grabbed his guitar, joining the diva in front of the door. The moment the music began, Kurt just groaned which was thankfully hidden by the music. Kurt had picked this song for Mercedes last year when she had started to date the halfback briefly. Artie looked like he was about to laugh out loud recognizing this from one of Mercedes pages in the book.
Your love is like a tidal wave, spinning over my head
Drownin' me in your promises, better left unsaid
You're the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be
Mercedes voice was definitely a good match for this song as she also began to dance around Puck while he played the guitar but never once touching him, just like Kurt's instructions said to in the book. Puck seemed to be getting a kick out of the attention, adding his cocky sex appeal to the performance. The rest of the group was smiling clearly enjoying the show, except Finn, Kurt noticed who seemed to not even realize what was gong on around him as he just stayed quite and stared at his shoes. Along with Santana who looked like she wanted nothing more than to stop the performance and rip the diva's hair out, roots and all.
You're a Heartbreaker
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around with me!
You're a Heartbreaker
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around - NO NO NO!
Kurt had picked the song because it seemed appropriate at the time, both knowing Mercedes reluctance to date the jock and his well know reputation with women. The glee club at this point had gotten up and were dancing amongst themselves while also watching. Mercedes really was working it as Kurt knew she could. Puck hadn't moved an inch and Mercedes with each verse was dancing more and wildly making it seem like she was fighting some invisible force that was drawing her closer to her would be seducer.
Your love has set my soul on fire, burnin' out of control You're a Heartbreaker
You taught me the ways of desire, now its takin' its toll
You're the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around with me!
You're a Heartbreaker
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around - NO NO NO!
In a quick move Mercedes had motioned for Quinn and Rachael to join her, backing her up and slowly advancing on Puck as the music slowed down.
Mercedes: You're the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy Mercedes: You're a Heartbreaker
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be
Rachael: Dream Maker
Quinn: Love Taker
All (for the rest of the song): Don't you mess around with me!
You're a Heartbreaker You're a Heartbreaker
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around with me!
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Don't you mess around with me!
You're a Heartbreaker
Dream Maker, Love Taker
Heartbreaker!
With that Mercedes pushed Puck away and turned her back on him along with Quinn and Rachael, letting Puck finish the last of the song notes with his guitar. As the last note wailed out the glee club applauded wildly. Puck was of coarse enjoying all of the attention, Kurt noticed. But then since when did he not enjoy the attention of beautiful women? Mercedes quickly went over and gave Kurt a kiss on the cheek and sat back down next to him.
"Wow Mercedes, you certainly went out on that one" Mr. Shue said still applauding.
"What can I say Mr. Shue I suddenly felt inspired" Mercedes replied, glancing over at Kurt.
"Of course you felt inspired Aretha. I knew you wanted me" Puck said and began to waggle his eye brows at her.
"Welcome back Puck" Mercedes said with a roll of her eyes.
Everyone laughed, except Finn and Santana, neither one of them looking very happy, although both for different reasons. Thankfully the rest of glee was uneventful, and as soon as it was over Kurt was out the door. He told Puck he'd be waiting by the truck and took off. As he headed to the truck he noticed Finn trying to talk with Rachael. Not wanting to get anywhere near that drama he shot on passed them and out into the parking lot. About ten minutes later Puck arrived, looking like he had won the lottery. They both got in the truck and Puck sped off towards Hummel: Oil & Lube.
"So what do you think?"
"About what?" Kurt asked.
"That whole thing in there. Think Aretha has come around and wants to get up all in this?" he asked jokingly.
"I seriously doubt it" Kurt said. "Besides I'm sure Santana is more than willing to keep you busy."
"Speaking of which what the hell did you tell her?"
"Hey, I told you before; don't get upset just because I'm better at sexting than you."
"You just got lucky, that's all" Noah said, not wanting to admit defeat.
"Uh huh," Kurt said, not really caring since he knew he had clearly beaten his friend at his own game.
Noah turned on the radio, neither one saying anything further. When they got to the garage Kurt got out and told Noah to bring the truck around to the parking lot in the back where they kept the cars that where in waiting to be serviced. Kurt walked into the office seeing Daniel behind the manager desk. Daniel had been working here for as long as his father opened the garage. He was an older man, a bit older than his dad, with a mane a dull grey hair and very dull brown eyes. He smiled as he saw Kurt come in.
"Hey Daniel" Kurt said as he walked into the office.
"Hey Kurt, how's your dad?" he asked.
"Bored out of his mind, but otherwise he's ok. After his stress test he should be back to take over again."
"That's great" Daniel said as he went back to signing some papers.
"Did the new parts for the transmission for the Nissan come in?"
"Nope, and I've been on the phone with them arguing about it for the past hour. They said it's going to take another two weeks, unless of course we pay extra."
"I'll give them a call and straighten it out" Kurt said, looking through the rolodex. "While I take care of this, could you head out back and bring in a pick up truck. My friend Noah is out back with it right now. Start a diagnostic on it, put everything on my tab."
"No problem boss" Daniel said with a big smile.
Kurt just smiled and began dialing the phone. Kurt had been working at the garage with his dad since he was five years old, which meant he knew the place inside and out. Now that his dad was unable to come in he had pretty much taken his dads place, in an unofficial capacity. Daniel was in charge of the shop officially, but Kurt knew just as much about cars as any of the other guys in the garage and could literally re-build an engine in less than two hours all by himself. It was clear they all expected him to take over the garage some day, and they didn't mind taking his orders. While Daniel was a great mechanic he just didn't have the managerial skills necessary to run the place. Every other day Kurt would come by the shop right after school to take care of those things and make sure everything was running smoothly until his dad got better.
Noah walked in to see Kurt sitting behind the desk on the phone arguing with someone. Kurt motioned for him to sit down while he listened to the other end.
"Look, don't try to con me, alright! We've been doing business with you since I was in diapers. I know what those parts really cost and I know we ordered it two weeks ago because I have the invoice right in front of me. Now are you going to tell my customers why their car isn't ready?" Kurt asked waiting for a reply. "I'll fax you the invoice myself right now, in the mean time I want those parts by no later than tomorrow noon, or I'm going to have to order from someone else, you got me?"
With a few finally words, Kurt hung up and grabbed a yellow sheet a paper on the desk.
"Sorry about that. People seem to think that just because my dad isn't here they can take advantage."
"No problem, but what exactly is that guy doing to my truck?" Puck asked, not liking the idea of anyone messing with his ride.
"Relax; I got Daniel doing a diagnostic on it that's all. From the way the engine sounds it probably needs some new plugs and should be looked at for anything else and I'd rather have it checked out."
"Dude my car is badass like me, it can handle anything."
"Don't call me dude!" Kurt retorted, getting annoyed. "This isn't about being badass or whatever it's about common sense. Taking care of your car is more than just filling up on gas and taking it to a car wash once in a blue moon.
"I know that!" Noah snapped back, not liking being chastised like a five year.
"Then how long has your oil light been on?" Kurt asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Noah was unable to answer the question as he obviously hadn't even noticed his truck need an oil change. Completely exasperated with Noah's macho bullshit he took the invoice and went over to the fax machine. Sending the fax off he then went to the cabinet in the corner and pulled out two pairs of coveralls, tossing one of them to Noah.
"That one should fit you" Kurt stated as he began to pull on his own.
Noah was about to protest when Daniel walked back in.
"Well, I'm done with the diagnostic. Here is everything that needs to be fixed."
Kurt looked over the clip board, checking things over, making some notes here or there.
"Alright, I'm going to get started on some of these. I won't be able to finish this all today but I can get the easy stuff out of the way now and I'll bring the car back Saturday and finish the rest."
Noah watched as Kurt and Daniel started discussing some options for the repairs, not understanding a word of it. After that Kurt just told Noah to follow him and put on the coveralls and walked out of the office leaving Noah behind. Noah just followed still not putting on the coveralls, not liking being told what to do. Kurt walked around and checked up on everyone's work and made sure everything was in its proper place before he went over to Noah's truck.
"Ok first and for most to prove I'm not crazy pop the hood and turn the engine on" Kurt told Noah.
"Whatever" Noah said and did as Kurt instructed.
"Now listen closely to all the noise the engine is making" Kurt said loudly over the noise.
"It's how my ride always sounds! There's nothing wrong with her" Noah declared.
Kurt merely rolled his eyes and tuned off the ignition. Over the next hour Noah watched as Kurt Hummel performed an oil change, replaced the plugs in his engine, and replenished his transmission fluid and then some. Only stopping to take care of some customers and answer a few questions from the mechanics on who Noah was. It was rather odd seeing the Kurt Hummel digging through car parts and immersing himself in engine grease. With another hour passing Kurt stood up and wiped his hands and face, leaving a big smear of grease over the right side of his face that made Noah laugh.
"Turn it on" he told the laughing jock, ignoring his laughter.
Still laughing Noah got in and turned the ignition key. The truck roared to life loudly as if just waking up. The change was blatantly obvious even to a layman. The engine sounded smoother and less like a grinder.
"You see, I told you" Kurt stated simply.
"Whatever" Noah said, not wanting to admit once again that Kurt was right.
Kurt closed the hood and told Noah to shut it off once again. Kurt then replaced all four tires on the truck with brand new ones since it was a miracle the others hadn't blew yet. How Noah drove so long on obviously bald tires was beyond him. When Kurt was done he did his usual rounds of the place, helping the other mechanics with the cars and then checked the inventory. After he re-checked all the paperwork and called it a day. He told Daniel to he was leaving and went to wash up. Noah watched the whole time, rather impressed with the soprano. He admitted to himself that while yesterday had been rather sobering, Kurt still kept finding ways of surprising him.
"You ready to go?" Kurt said suddenly beside Noah.
"Uh… yeah" He replied as he was brought out of his thoughts.
With that once again they were off, this time back to the Hummel household. On the drive Kurt started explaining the rest of the things the truck needed, like tire rotation and so forth. Noah just smiled said 'whatever' once more, trying to get a rise out of his new friend. Instead of rising to the bait Kurt just popped in his headphones and listened to his 'Wicked' playlist on his mp3. Before they knew it they were home and Kurt, once again began dinner. Burt was watching the "Deadliest Catch" and Noah joined him at Kurt's encouragement. Hearing them from the kitchen, Kurt kept working on his cooking. He suddenly remembered he forgot to drop by the library to get a kosher cookbook. He needed to ask Noah about what he could and couldn't eat.
His dad's stress test was after next week and if he passed he had promised to lighten up on the menu. But, he still wanted to make sure his dad seriously started to take care of himself. If it was just him and his dad it wouldn't be a problem but since Noah was staying with them he wanted to make sure Noah was comfortable also. Kurt figured being Jewish was important to Noah since he would only do songs of Jewish decent in glee and had made several mentions as to his heritage outside of glee as well. Although, he wondered if Noah realized that Hummel was a German name, and that Kurt was just as his name suggested, German. The irony was definitely not lost on Kurt and he laughed aloud at the thought.
Setting the table once again for the three of them, Kurt wondered yet again about what to do about the menu.
"Maybe I could ask Rachael" he thought to himself.
She was the only other Jewish person he knew so that seemed like a good idea. Mentally writing it down on his checklist of the many things he had to do Kurt continued to making dinner, which came out to be cheese ravioli with fresh tomato and artichoke sauce. Kurt called the men to the table and served them each before finally serving himself.
"Are your friends still coming over?" Burt asked as he began to dig into his plate.
"Yeah, they should be here in awhile, I should have just enough time to take a shower."
"What are you gonna be working on?"
"Don't worry dad, I'll try to keep it down" Kurt said smile.
Burt laughed and took a bite out of his ravioli.
"Sam and I are teaming up to do that duet we never got the chance to do and Brittany needs my help finding a song to sing for Artie."
"Why is she singing a song for Artie?" Noah asked.
"It's a long story but basically she really likes Artie, but he's supper mad at her for something she did and won't talk to her at all."
"What did she do?" Noah pressed.
"It's not my business to spread around Noah," Kurt stated simply.
Noah just rolled his eyes and continued eating. Everyone continued to eat for a moment in silence, until finally Noah asked:
"So why are you helping her then?"
"She's my friend Noah; I don't really need any other reason."
"But since when are you friends? Last time I checked you barely talk to her at all."
"Brittany and I have always at least been on friendly terms although not very close. Plus after… well after we spent some time together last year we got very personal, so were still close." Kurt replied unable to suppress a blush as he remembered how close he got with the blonde.
"Wait… you mean… you slept with Brittany!" Noah laughed.
"No I didn't!" Kurt yelled.
"How far did you get then?" Puck asked with a huge shit eating grin.
"My sex life is none of your business Noah Puckerman!" Kurt snapped. "And I'll have you know a true gentleman never kisses and tells."
Noah just laughed all the harder, making Kurt want to sleep him right in the face.
"Uh son, you are… being safe, right?" Burt asked his son, making Noah laugh even harder.
"We are not having this discussion!" Kurt yelled, slamming his fork down, wanting this embarrassment to be over.
Ignoring Noah's laughter and his dads looks Kurt went back to finishing his food. Noah finally stopped laughing after about another minute, and went back to his own food. After some silence that was just fine by Kurt, his dad started to ask Noah some questions about school. Letting the two talk, Kurt simply finished his plate and excused himself to take that shower he wanted. He still had the faint smell of engine grease on him and he wanted to give his bruises some more attention as his back began hurting after gym.
By the time he had finished with his shower, Noah was already downstairs, plugging his X-Box into Kurt's TV. Letting him continue with his task he went over to his bag and fished out his mp3 player and his portfolio. He hadn't added a page for Sam yet and he wanted to get that done along with looking through his music collection for ideas for the duet. Finally the door bell rang and Kurt tucked the book away and went up the stairs. As expected Brittany and Sam were at the door. Kurt ushered them in and brought them to his room.
"Would you guys like something to drink?" Kurt asked as reached his room.
"Sure" Sam said and Brittany nodded.
He got them each a bottle of water and they sat on the couch.
"Ok, so do you guys have any idea of what songs you want to do?"
"I got a bunch of CD's and I thought we could look through them" Sam said.
"I couldn't think of anything" Brittany replied sadly.
"Alright then how about this; Sam help Noah with his X-box and play some games, while I help Brittany choose a song and help her with the music. When were done you and I can look through each others music and see if we can find something we can both agree on."
"Yeah that's cool" Sam agreed and went to join Noah in a game of Halo.
"Ok now Brittany, choosing a song should be easy as long as you're clear about what you want to say" Kurt explained, although Brittany just looked even more lost than before. "Alright, let's try this; close your eyes." Kurt instructed, and Brittany complied. "Now, I want you to think of Artie and sing a song that reminds you of him."
Brittany kept her eyes closed for a long time while Kurt watched. For a moment he thought she might have fallen asleep as she seemed so unresponsive. Since both Sam and Noah had been listening, being only two feet away, they paused the game to see what was going on. It was about another minute and a half before Brittany jumped to life singing:
"Five! Five dollar footlong!"
Sam began to laugh, unable to sit up, and Noah looked like he didn't know whether to laugh himself or vomit at the image of what there handicapped friend had in his pants.
"Ok, Ok Brittany, let's try something else" Kurt said, stopping her from from her continuous singing of the one line. "How about, instead we find a song that says what you feel about Artie and what you want to say?"
Brittany agreed and Kurt helped her look through all of the material he had. It took a good while but Kurt finally found one and started helping her with the vocals. The song was simple but he knew Brittany struggled with songs that had too many lyrics. Going through it line by line, coaching her slowly in vocal range until he knew she had it, he then let her practice on her own.
"Alright Sam, you ready?"
"Just a sec Kurt, Puck and I are trying to finish this" Sam replied as he continued playing.
"Boys and there toys" Kurt thought to himself with a smile.
Kurt watched for a minute as Puck and Sam continued to play some mission or something. He really never played video games before so he was at a loss for what was going on. He then started looking through some of his music and started picking out some songs he thought might be good. When Sam was finally finished he and Kurt got to work looking at the material. Kurt quickly found that Sam was heavy into rock music. While he had no probable with rock music, in fact he enjoyed it to; he just didn't see himself singing anything like 'Disturbed'. Sam of coarse didn't even recognize anything he had picked out, as show tunes and musicals were not thing.
Kurt and Sam kept going over song choices until about another passed and they finally agreed on a song. It seemed like a good choice since it was easy for both there vocal ranges, and Sam loved astronomy as it turned out. It wasn't a duet song but they figured they could just take alternate verses and join together on the chorus. Kurt pulled out his laptop, and looked up the sheet music and printed it out.
Kurt suggested he could play the piano while Sam could accompany him with the guitar. Sam didn't have his own guitar yet so he couldn't practice the music.
"Noah, do you have your guitar on you?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah, it's still in my truck" Noah informed, not taking his eyes of the game.
"Would you mind getting it and helping us out with this then?" Kurt requested, really clearly annoyed at Noah's inattention.
"In a minute" Noah responded, clearly not even paying any attention.
"Men" Kurt muttered placing his hands on his hips, making Sam laugh.
Exasperated with the jock Kurt marched over and dove his hand into Noah's right jean pocket.
"Hey!" Noah yelled as he felt the soprano's going into his pants, dangerously close to his groin.
Kurt just pulled out a set of keys threw Noah a look, daring him to say anything. With one final look Kurt just turned himself around and calmly walked up the stairs with his head held high exuding his usual aura of superior confidence. When he disappeared through the doorway, Sam laughed at the look on the halfback's face.
"What are you laughing at?" Noah said menacingly, not liking being laughed at.
Sam just continued laughing, until Noah was directly in front of him looking about ready to punch Sam's lights out. Sam quickly stopped laughing as Puck loomed over him, getting into his personal space.
"You're dating Quinn" Puck stated, looking Sam right in the eye.
"Yeah, I am" Sam replied nervously. "You got a problem with that I take it"
"She and I are just friends now, but I'm telling you here and now. If you so much as make her cry, you and are going to have problem" Puck stated with a crack of his knuckles.
"Enough!"
Puck looked over and saw Kurt standing on the stairs holding his guitar, looking like he wanted to slap Noah right in the face.
"That's enough!" Kurt repeated as he walked forward and tossed Noah his keys. "Go back to your game" he stated.
"I don't take orders from anyone Hummel" he growled.
"I don't care Puck! Go back to your game and let me and Sam finish our work in peace, or you and I are going to have a problem."
"Get real, you know you can't take me" Noah pressed.
"You're right I can't. But I'm not afraid of you either. I have to face the threat of violence everyday, so while you think you can intimidate Sam or anyone else, you can't intimidate me" Kurt said, walking right into Noah's own personal space.
"He still loves Quinn" Brittany said suddenly, making everyone look towards her and breaking the tension in the room, as they had forgotten she was there also.
Noah gave her a look which had no effect on the blonde cheerleader. So with one finally look towards Sam he went back to his game. Sam nodded in thanks to the blonde for coming to their aid, receiving a smile in thanks. Kurt gave him the guitar case and they got back to work. They worked for while until Sam got all the notes down. Since Kurt never once missing a piano lesson he was quiet skillful on the keys. All he needed to do was study the sheet music and he would be more than ready for tomorrow.
Sam thankfully was quick to pick up everything up they had finished in no time. When they were done Sam left with Kurt asking him to meet him in the choir room in the morning so they could practice one more time before glee. Sam agreed and gave Kurt a hug goodnight. Kurt then went back to coaching Brittany in her vocals and soon Brittany had it down perfectly.
"Thanks Kurt," she said. "You're really good with vocals."
"Anytime," Kurt said. "I practice my vocals a lot, so it's easy for me to do by now."
"I know; you're an amazing kisser" Brittany stated, making Kurt blush.
Noah who had heard, started laughing, making Kurt want to bury his head in a pillow. After a bit more practice Brittany left with the sheet music she had been given to practice with, giving Kurt a kiss goodbye.
-end chapter-
Songs used in chapter:
Goo Goo Dolls: Sympathy
Pat Benatar: Heartbreaker
OK everyone, here's the new chapter and I hope you enjoyed. I want to take the chance now to address certain things. First and foremost, I want to thank all of the readers who have left me reviews. To tell you all the truth I am really just flying by the seat of my pants when it comes to this story. I don't even know how its gong to end so anything could happen as for right now. From all of your reviews, it seems everyone wants Puck and Kurt to end up together. While I admit I was going to leave the option open for Kurt to hook up with other characters I'll be more than happy to get Kurt and Puck together. However its gong to take a while so don't expect too much too soon.
Also, I need to let everyone know that this chapter is actually incomplete. You see, when I was writing my first story, the Harry Potter story still in my profile, I wrote it with graphic sexual material. Someone reported me and got my story booted off the site and my account suspended for a good stretch of time. In this chapter I wrote a sex scene between Puck and Santana, but I took it out since I don't want any problems. But, now I've decided to leave the decision up to you readers. I will gladly repost the unedited version of this chapter and every chapter hence forth as long as you all agree not to get me into any trouble. I don't mean to hold my story hostage but if this story gets booted off the site than I'm just going to stop writing it. So please let me know what you want. Oh, and before I forget, I rebooted chapter two since I went back and did a bunch of grammar clean up and so forth but the content is still the same.
Beyond that I want to explain some stuff about the way I have the characters so far. Kurt is the main protagonist in this story and I chose him, not just because he's my favorite character but because, I've walked in his shoes before and because I also find him very compelling in the show. In this story a lot of his hidden strength and personality is going to shine through because his entire view point is that he doesn't have anything left to lose. It's like those cancer patients who are told they are going to die in less than a year. They put all their affairs in order and go about doing whatever they always wanted while they still have the chance. Kurt's motivation is that since he is planning his escape from Lima he can do almost anything. Add that motivation along with the strength and courage he displays in the show and you have a very bold Kurt to deal with. The idea for this story came to me as I watched the fourth episode when he was talking to his father about what Finn had told him about the duet with Sam. My idea was that it affected Kurt more than his father or anyone else realized, hence a big part of his choice to leave. On top of this you're going to see a lot more of his manipulative tendencies and cunning. In the last season you see him using these very qualities to try and get Finn. I really liked these qualities in him so in this story your going to see a lot more of that side of Kurt, the difference now being is that he wont be using them to hurt anyone but he'll still use them to get what he wants or even to help his friends.
As for Puck, in the last chapter, even I was worried about his being so out of character but in the end I wrote it that way because even in the show he has shown a more sensitive side which he always hides. Plus he was in a very bad place emotionally and in that one day he spent with Kurt, he saw more of the soprano than he ever did. With all the things he was bombarded with it kind of threw him off his game a bit but he's still Puck, and he is going to go about business as usual for a good while. This unfortunately is going to have some bad consequences for him. Hopefully Kurt will be able to help, since in the beginning I was planning on making Kurt Puck's moral compass. Now that they are living together, each of them is going to see more of each other than what they show other people, and while Kurt for right now can see right through Puck; Puck is going to learn to see right through Kurt as well. But, like I said I don't have anything set in stone planned for the characters so even I am going to have to see what pours out of my imagination.
Then there is one Finn Hudson. I have to admit here and now, I don't really like him all that much, however despite all evidence to contrary this is not a Finn bashing story. I always saw Finn as a gigantic homophobe since even before Kurt started in his planning he was blatantly uncomfortable around Kurt. Not to mention before Mr. Shue tricked him into joining glee, he was right by Puck tormenting him along with the rest of the jocks. That's something everyone never mentions or acknowledges because they instead mostly paint him as some cute naïve boy next door type. Kurt, now without his crush and his new sense of determination is not going to have any problem throwing all of Finn's past actions and his short comings (no pun intended) back into the quarterback's face. So far I don't believe I'm wrong but if anyone has another opinion please share it and let me and everyone else know. This is just how I'm interpreting the character which is always up for debate. In this story, Kurt Hummel's behavior is going to throw Finn Hudson for a loop which you might see more of in the next chapter, if I can plan it out correctly. Finn Hudson will either grow up or just blame others for his short comings until it's too late. Which one I don't know yet, and you'll probably know as soon as I do.
Well that's all I have to say for now so please be kind and review and let me know how I'm doing so far.