Wow…tough crowd. Oh well, you can't please everyone.
David's POV
Well…today's gonna be a long day. Today's the day where I apologize to Kurt and his father and try to convince him to come back to McKinley. Santana had classes so I told her I'd give her the update when the conference was finished.
As I sat in Principal Figgins' office with my Dad and Mr. Schuester, I remembered everything bad I had done to him: slushie, antagonize, threaten to kill him and kiss him.
Kiss…that day I'll never forget.
I only kissed him because I liked him. I till kinda do, so this is gonna be hard.
I tormented him even more after that because I was scared. Of being gay.
I know there's nothing wrong with that now, but then, I thought it was a bad thing, especially for an athlete.
You don't see that many gay athletes nowadays…are there even any? I'm pretty sure there aren't any in football.
A gay football player…wouldn't that be a joke if anyone found out?
The only people who know are Kurt, his boyfriend Blaine who goes to Dalton Academy and of course, Santana, my mistress.
I'm kind of glad I'm working with her. Prom King, who wouldn't want that title? And the fact that she's blackmailing me.
But she really did change me. She's keeping me aware of everything that's going around and all over, I'm seeing suicides caused by bullying so I decided straight up that I would stop.
Finally Kurt and his father showed up.
I haven't seen his father since I made fun of Kurt and Finn for waltzing and Kurt exposed that I threatened to kill him which pulled me out of school for a while.
He looked pretty serious, but I was also serious at taking back everything I did.
They greeted Principal Figgins and took a seat.
I expressed my apology to Kurt…it was pretty much the same speech I gave the Glee Club yesterday. I informed them about the "Bully-Whips" and assured them that Kurt would be under our full protection.
Kurt looked pretty timid the whole time but his Dad didn't seem convinced.
"You know, you talk a great game, but all I'm hearing is talk. And talk isn't gonna keep Kurt safe."
"But the anti-bullying club that David started will." Principal Figgins said. "The fact is that since the club began enforcing the no-bullying rule, we haven't had one incident!"
"Yeah, and if I took all the water out of the ocean, it wouldn't be wet anymore." Mr. Hummel said sarcastically. "The bullying stopped…because your top offender stopped."
"Mr. Hummel…um, can I call you Burt?" My dad asked.
Mr. Hummel nodded.
"You remember how understanding I was about this when it all began; I didn't come to David's defense. I believed your son! That's because the David I was seeing wasn't the young man that I knew. The boy I raised was a cub scout, he was kind, and he was a good citizen. I still don't know what was going through his mind when the bullying started, but I can tell you that the David I'm seeing now is my son back again."
He pointed at me. "This…this is real."
"Do you have any idea how much stress this has called my family?" Mr. Hummel asked. "My son having to leave his friends, my wife and I spending money we don't have on private school 'cause of your son!"
"Burt," my dad began. "were you always so accepting of homosexuals? We're the same age; I remember what we used to say about the gays when we were younger. Now, it's taken us a long time to figure out what's right. Why can't you allow David the couple months that it's taken him to figure it out?"
"Because he said he's gonna kill my son!" Mr. Hummel shouted.
"I never actually meant that though, it's just a figure of speech." I replied.
"How is he supposed to know that?" Mr. Hummel said, pointing at Kurt.
"Words still matter, David." Mr. Schuester said.
"I know." I assured him. "You have to believe how awful I feel about them; those ones especially. That's not me, not anymore."
"What do you think, Kurt?" Mr. Schuester asked him.
Kurt waited a few seconds before answering. "I believe he realizes what he did was wrong."
"You're only saying that because you wanna be back in the school so bad." Mr. Hummel said to him.
"Can David and I speak for a few moments alone?" Kurt asked. "You can wait outside in the hall."
Everyone got up and left the room. My dad patted my knee and followed them out.
I felt a bit scared at first. I'm not usually good at these things without my dad there to help out.
Kurt waited until the door was closed before speaking.
"What's your angle here?"
"I'm just trying to make things right." I said simply and looked down.
His stare burned through me like lasers. "David, I know, remember? But I haven't told anyone."
I looked up. "Why? It would have made your life a lot easier."
"I don't believe in denying who you are but I don't believe in outing either. But still, you owe me. The truth." He replied.
Ouch.
"What's going on here?"
I felt myself beginning to sweat. "It was Santana's idea. She wants to be Prom Queen so she figures if we can get you back, we'll get everyone to vote for us."
He crossed his legs. "I'm both repulsed and impressed by her Lady Macbeth-ian ways. A Latina Eve Harrington."
I looked at him strangely.
"Ok, if you're gonna be gay, you must simply know who that is." He said.
"Look, I don't know for sure if I am gay, ok?" I snapped. "Stop being such a broken record!"
Kurt leaned forward. "Ok, I have several options here. I could tell everyone the truth-"
He WOULDN'T!
"Dude, I said I'm sorry! You said you wouldn't do that!"
He held up his hand to silence me. "Hold on, or I can return here and marvel at your new anti-bullying pride which I fully believe in. And further demand that you and I start a chapter of PFFLAG here at William McKinley. Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays."
I rubbed my forehead. So many demands!
"You need to be educated, David." He continued. "You may not have to come out but you need to be educated."
I sighed. "Oh man, just kill me now."
We looked out into the hall where my dad, Mr. Hummel and even Finn were waiting and he gave them a nod.
I rolled my eyes.
After school, Santana came up to me.
"Well?"
"He said he'd need some time to think about it." I replied.
Her eyes widened. "THINK? It's a yes or no question!" She screeched.
I calmed her down. "I understand where he's going with this, but let's be patient. You don't get to call all the shots here."
She heaved a few deep breaths. "Fine…then we shall wait."
The next day, it was the talk of the whole school that Kurt might be coming back but no one knew of his motives. We decided to keep it on the DL not to reveal ourselves until he actually did come back.
A few days later, it was the big day: Kurt Hummel would be back at McKinley, and who else would be the first to greet him but the Glee Club. Gosh, it was like we were welcoming the President or something! Everyone was so excited.
He also brought a few friends from Dalton Academy to wish him good-bye and sing a little song for him. I felt a whole lot better now that I apologized.
Santana was so proud of me, and soon we were going all over parading around with Kurt, informing that we were the reason why Kurt decided to come back. Everyone was so impressed and we even got a lot of supporters and people promising to vote for us.
Phase 3 complete!
