Sorry guys only a short chapter but the next one will be way longer. I promise. Enjoy! :0)
Chapter 4
Kurt guided Wes through the door to his dorm and gently lowered him onto his bed. After Wes's break down in the Warblers room Kurt had brought the shocked boy to his room, he had wanted to get him away from everyones questions, he didn't want everyone gawping at him as he cried over his now ex-boyfriend. Blaine and Jeff had gone in search of David, as much as they were worried about Wes, David was their friend to and they were worried about him. They couldn't undrstand why David would dump Wes? Okay they were sniping a lot at each other lately, well David more than Wes, but Wes was the love of Davids life! Well so everyone thought!
Kurt watched his friend as he silently sobbed, his face was red and tear stained. Wes had been staring down at his hands for the past 10 minutes, the only sound that filled the room was the occasional whimper that escaped his lips. Kurt walked over to his desk and reached for the half full bottle of coke that Blaine had left there earlier.
Standing in front of Wes he held out the botle in front of him. Wes didn't respond at first and Kurt was really getting worried, then slowly Wes held out his hand and reached for the bottle. With a shaky hand he unscrewed the lid and lifted it to his lips tipping his head backwards as he closed his eyes, letting the warm liquid slip down his throat.
As he lifted his arm Wes's shirt sleeve rided up slightly. Kurts eyes widened as his eyes fell up on the bruise that was starting to darken on his friends wrist. Wes lowered his arm pulling the bottle from his lips, his eyes fell on Kurts as they followed his arm. The look on Kurts face confused him slightly until he looked down at his own wrist and saw the end of the bruise peaking out of his sleeve. Wes quickly moved to cover it up, pulling his shirt down so it covered part of his hand, lowering his eyes once again towards the floor.
Kurt stood watching him for a moment wandering what the hell David had done to him. The thought that David might of hurt his boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend, the person he was supposed to love, angered him. The sight of the bruise had brought back so many vivied memories of his own bruised body that he was frozen to the spot. It took all his inner strength to not run away from the boy sitting in front of him and hide from the world. The feelings that he had tried so hard to squash were now threatening to rear their ugly head.
Kurt moved to sit next Wes as he nervously fidgeted pulling at the cuff of his sleeve. Kurt closed his eyes and breathed in as he tried to gain a hold on his growing fears, pushing the pictures from his mind, he needed to focus and concentrate on the lad before him. He didn't know what he would do if David had hurt Wes on purpose!
Kurt was about to ask Wes what had happened to him when Blaine and Jeff came bursting through the door. Both boys, who were sitting on Kurts bed, jumped, startled from the noise of the door flying open.
Blaine and Jeff walked into Kurts room, Jeff was finding it hard to breath as he held his side, Blaine was quiet as he walked over and sat down heavily on the chair by Kurts desk. Kurt frowned at the two boys, confused by the look of confused anger on his boyfriends face, also that they had interrupted his chance to question Wes.
"Jeff!" Wes shouted his face stern, Kurt and Blaine jumped at the sound of his voice. Kurt was surprised at the sudden change of the boy who had been so quiet and withdrawn, he was now striding across the floor heading towards Jeff, who was now leaning against the wall by the door struggling to control his breathing as he held his hand against his ribs. "How many times do you have to be told before you actually listen! You know you're supposed to be taking it easy, you know what the doctor said yesterday, and still you insist on running around like a lunatic!"
As much as Wes seemed to be annoyed with the struggling boy in front of him, his voice had an edge of concern and worry to it.
"Not...been.. running.. like a .. lunny" Jeff managed to wheeze out as he bent over placing his hands on his knees as he tried to slow down his breaths, his chest rising and falling heavily. God his lungs burned!
"Are you ok Jeff?" Blaine asked, he felt guilty because he hadn't noticed that Jeff had been struggling to breath as they walked back to Kurts dorm together. He had bee so lost up in his own thoughts that he really hadn't noticed.
"I'm.. fine" Jeff squeezed out as he tried to give Blaine a reassuring smile, which only came out as a grimace."Wes's just ...a .. worry wart" Jeff tried to laugh as he saw the stunned look on Wes's face, but it came out as a coughing fit which made him wince at the slight pain in his chest.
Kurt and Blaine stood as they watched their friend scrunch up his face, they moved to go to him but Wes lifted up his hand to stop them.
"It's ok I've got this, It's becoming a bit of a habit" Wes said, not realising how that may of sounded as he looked at the uneasy faces of their two friends. "Jeff just insists on ignoring all medical advice, which he's been warned about what will happen if he doesen't start listening!" Wes stated as he looked at Jeff, his eyes raised as though he was a parent telling off a child. A child who insisted on carryying on doing something that they had been told no to time and time again! . "Thinks he knows more than the doctors" Jeff just rolled his eyes at him which earned him a glare from the boy who was standing beside him trying to help ease his breathing.
"My.. body.. I should know what I... should be doing... and not... doing!" Jeff managed to breath out as his breathing started to become less deep. He was starting to get annoyed as he took another deep breath and swallowed, he hated being treated like a child wrapped up in cotton wool, he wasn't used to it. Wes just rolled his eyes as if they had had this conversation on numerous occasions.
Kurt and Blaine stood staring not knowing what to do or say, their faces revealing how shocked they were as they watched this little interaction. Wes began to gently rub Jeffs back as he tried to help the young boy breath. The way Wes's hand moved over Jeffs back, his hand moving in a circular pattern every now and then he pressed a little harder in certain places, it was as if he had done this a million times before. It was tender and intimate, the way you would touch a loved one, someone you cared deeply about.
Kurt turned to face Blaine catching his eye, uncertainty was written on both their faces. Blaine shrugged his shoulders as Kurt raised his eyebrow as he asked the other boy a silent question, raising his own eyebrows as if to say 'I have no idea!'. They both turned back to face the two boys again wandering when Wes and Jeff had become so close.
"Better?" Wes asked softly looking down at the boy leaning over beside him as Jeffs breathing started to ease. Jeff stood up straightening his back nodding, any annoyance towards each other had evaporated, as Wes's hand fell away, but only as far as Jeffs arm.
"Thanks" Jeff breathed out as he gave Wes a small smile "You're getting quite good at that" Jeff said with a small laugh, Wes smiled back at him giving him his own small laugh.
"Practice makes perfect" Wes replied shrugging his shoulders, this caused Jeff to laugh a little louder. Wes laughed back, the events of today forgotten for a moment as they seemed to share a private joke, before Wes suddenly remembered where they were.
Wes turned his head to face his two friends who had gone back to sitting quietly, a stunned look on both their faces. Wes moved his hand to the small of Jeffs back, a movement that didn't go unnoticed by the other two boys, the fact that Jeff seemed to welcome it, leaning in to it slightly, confused them even more.
"Sorry guys but I should really take Jeff back to his" Wes said an appologetic look on his face, "He needs to rest for a bit"
"Oh but Wes..I don't wanna" Jeff whined looking at the boy next to him. Wes turned to look at Jeff raising his eyebrows as said boy tried to do the sad puppy look.
"Really? You're trying that on me?" Wes laughed slightly because Jeff did look really funny when he tried to do the kicked puppy look, it really didn't suit him. "When did that ever work? " This made Jeff pout as he stuck out his tongue, Wes just rolled his eyes as he started to guide his friend out the door.
"Wes wait!" Kurt shouted jumping up as he shook himself from the shock state he was in, he really didn't want his friend leaving before they could talk. He needed to know about the bruise on his wrist, he wanted to make sure it wasn't what he was thinking.
Wes stopped and turned around to face Kurt, his own face fell as he saw the look of confusion and concern on his friends face.
"We really need to talk" Kurt said determindly as he took a step towards the confused boy in front of him. "About..." Kurt started to say pointing towards the boys wrist before he was interrupted. Wes quickly moved his hand to hide it, he slipped his eyes to Blaine unsure whether or not he had seen the bruise. By the look on the face of an even more confused Blaine, he hadn't noticed. Wes breathed out a sigh of relief, which was noticed by the boy standing next to him, Jeff frowned at him and Kurt wandering what was going on.
"Look Kurt it's ok, it's not what you think.." Wes quickly said willing Kurt to just leave it, he didn't want to discuss it now. Jeff frowned even more, he had a niggling feeling in the pit of his stomach that he was missing something here.
"Wes he..."
"Please Kurt just leave it okay!" Wes snapped in his desperation to stop Kurt from talking, he didn't mean it to come out so harshly. All three boys jumped slightly, stunned at the sharpness of Wes's tone towards Kurt, they hadn't expected that! Wes sighed as he noticed the raised looks on all three boys faces, he moved towards Kurt. He felt guilty for snapping at him, he knew Kurt was just worried about him, but he wasn't ready to talk about it, not now. His main concern at the moment was Jeff, he needed to take him back to Kevin anything else could wait.
"Look I'm sorry about snapping" Wes said as he placed his hand on Kurts shoulder. "With everything that's gone on today I'm just a little wound up, and I'm just worried about Jeff, I need to get him home.. " Kurt looked between Wes and Jeff, taking in Jeff's tired expression, his breathing seemed to of eased considerably, he knew he would have to leave it for now.
"Okay" Kurt said turning his attention back to the boy standing in front of him. Wes visibly relaxed with relief that Kurt was dropping it for now. "But we are going to talk about this!" Kurt added as he raised his eyes letting Wes know that the matter wasn't dropped, not by a long shot. Wes breathed out a shakey breath knowing that Kurt meant what he said. Wes brought Kurt into a hug and whispered 'thankyou' into his ear, Kurt just hugged him tighter in acknowledgement. Wes pulled away and walked back over to the waiting boy by the door, placing his hand back on the small of his back he gently pushed Jeff out the door.
"Kevin is so going to kick your ass Livesly" Wes said whiched earned a whine and an "Oh God, Do we have to tell him?" From Jeff as the door shut behind them. You could hear Wes laugh and say "come on" just outside the door.
Kurt stood and watched the door close lost in his own world as his thoughts of what just happened started to whirl around his head.
"What the hell just happened?" Kurt jumped and turned his head towards his boyfriend as he heard Blaines voice beside him. He hadn't noticed that Blaine had stood and walked over to him. He took in the look of confusion on his boyfriends face, a look that matched his own, Kurt turned his head back so that they were both stood staring at the closed door.
"I have no idea" Kurt whispered, his voice sounded distant as he was lost in his thoughts once again. "But I'm going to find out!" Kurt said more loudly as he crossed his arms over his chest. He let his eyes linger on the door that his two friends had just walked out of. He felt Blaines eyes upon him, he didn't have to look at him, he could feel the confused look upon his boyfriends face.
What the hell's just happened? Well I never saw that coming? What's going on with the bruise on Wes's wrist? Jeff and Wes seemed a bit tooooo comfy together don't ya think? OOOhhhh the plot thickens! The next chapter will be just our boys, which I know you will love, things get a bit heated, in more ways than one :0) as they talk about what's just happened! Oh and the long awaited talk that Blaine wants with Kurt, that Kurt thought he had successfully dodged, rears it head. hee hee :0) I can't wait to write it, it's going to be such fun!
