After school was great. Me and Henry rehearsed in the auditorium for a few hours, all without awkward sexual incident, thank you. At the end, he pulled out a few sandwiches again and we just discussed anything and everything. It turns out that he is a musical fan. Yeah bitches! He has seen almost as many musicals as I have, yeah you can't touch this, from Avenue Q to Spring Awakening. He also told me that he and Mike are trying out for varsity soccer come spring. I told him that my Dad owns a car repair shop and that I learned a lot about cars from him and work there part time to pay for my amazing attire. As soon as our discussion came to our families though, he seemed to quiet down and be less energetic.

"Yeah I'm and only child, it's just me and my Dad though. My mom, she had died when I was 6. Bad car accident. I've never really told anyone about all this." I said softly.

"Oh. I'm really sorry to hear that Kurt. I mean, losing a parent's tough. I…I lost my brother." , he barely spoke above a whisper, tears brimming around his eyes. "He was only 2 years younger than me. We grew up together, played together all the time. Then he was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 12. He uh…he died a year and a half ago. He didn't even make it to high school." Tears were streaming down his tan face now. I didn't have any idea what to do so I just held him as he cried.

Once he calmed down. He finally spoke again. "Ever since then, my parents have been completely different. My sister is off at college and I am the only one there. My parents don't even seem happy about anything anymore, they just run a routine and treat me as more of a roommate rather than a son. I hate it. They're so distant, I don't even know them anymore." Henry looked completely crushed. "I'm sorry I kinda just dumped this all on you, it's just that you told me about your mom, and I really wanted to finally get this off my chest."

"Oh of course, Henry. I totally understand. I'm always here if you need someone to talk to."

"Thanks", he sniffed, "Well I better get going, thanks again for all your help today, and not just with glee", he smiled.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow" I replied quietly with a soft smile.

"See ya."

I was so shocked by how easily he let me in. He lost his brother and I lost my mother. It was like we were sent for each other, just to help one another get through it. I couldn't help but joyous that he confided in me. I felt like we were starting to get really close.

A few days after our after school practice, our dance team met up in the gym. I was bursting with excitement. I couldn't wait to see what song Henry had picked and what dance moves he was planning.

"Alright guys, you ready to kick Mike's team's ass?" Henry shouted with excitement.

"Whatever", Santana scoffed, "Let's just get this over with."

"Always so effervescent, huh?" he shot back with a semi-bitch glare. "Well, I decided we are going to be dancing to "Magic" by B.O.B., I hope your all cool with that". Not my first choice, I would have gone for "Dancing Through Life" but it's still a good dancing song.

Henry began to teach us all the choreography, he even created similar moves for Artie who was extremely happy that he wouldn't be left out. The moves were complicated, I'll give you that, Henry spent most of his time helping Finn stay upright, but towards the end of the song, all the guys had sway their hips like two dollar hookers, not that I'm complaining. Oh I'm so bad! Too bad Puck had to go and ruin it.

"Nope, no way am I doing that. Save that gay shit for Hummel and the girls, I'm a stud, not a chick."

Henry lashed around to glare at Puck, anger seeping out his eyes. "What did you say?" Henry seethed.

"I said, save that gay shi-"

"Listen here asshole, I'm the captain of this team and I will NOT tolerate you saying offensive things like that!" Henry bellowed. "What gives you the right to label a simple dance move like that? Gay? The dance move is not gay, especially in the way you mean it. You're saying that gay is stupid and wrong when it clearly isn't. It's a lifestyle that no one has control over, so stop calling things gay to mean stupid. If I hear you say anything like that during rehearsal, I will kick your ass."

"Chill dude, no need to flip shit. Sorry."

"Good, now apologize to Kurt".

"What?"

"You heard me. I've seen the way you treat him because he's gay. I won't have that. Now apologize."

"What? No way! I'm the Puckasaurs I don't have to do anythi-" And just like that Henry's fist ripped through Puck's face, sending him straight to the ground.

"What the hell!" Finn yelled, rushing to pull Henry off of Puck.

"Dude, what the fuck's your problem?" Puck screamed.

"You, asshat!" Henry spat. "You think you can walk around saying shit like that without any consequences? You can't say that! Especially not to Kurt who has to deal with you and your so called "friends" shit all the time. He didn't do a fucking thing to you and throw him in the dumpsters and call him names! I don't know who you think you are, but I won't I have you treating Kurt or anyone like dirt just because they're different than you!"

"Yeah, dude I get it. I haven't done any of that shit since joining glee."

"Then enough with the insults."

"Yeah. Yeah, sure."

Oh my god. Henry did that…for me? I thought, squealing like a school girl. After that the rest of rehearsal was slightly awkward. The next day at practice seemed better and according to Finn, Puck and Henry hashed things out earlier that day. I still couldn't believe that Henry went and beat the crap out of Puck for me. Me and Mercedes had a long conversation about his outburst over the weekend. She thinks that I should be careful, but is much happier now that she can really see Henry for the great guy he is. Once the week had been up, we were ready to perform.

Mike's team went first with "Down" by Jay Shaun. They were really good. Mike was front and center most of the time with Rachel not too far behind him. Their choreography wasn't very intricate for the girls, given Quinn being pregnant. It consisted of Matt, Mike and Brittnay doing the complicated routine, while the rest had a simpler version. Our song was great, if I do say so myself. Even with Artie and Finn, we still had some much more complicated moves compared to the other team. We even got Finn and Puck to do the "Gay Shit-gate" move. Also, Henry did a solo just to compete with Mike. Having only seen Henry dace to the existing glee songs, I didn't know much of his dancing ability. But once he started to go, he went all out, he even did a few round offs and a back-flip! With that, we were sure to win.

"Well, after seeing such wonderful performances", Ms. Pillsbury said, "I would have to say that Henry's team was the victor." That was all it took for me to jump up and down with Mercedes while the rest of our team just started cheering. Mike's team looked disappointed but Henry and Mike still bumped fists afterwards. While jumping and screaming with Mercedes, Henry and I made eye contact. He grinned wildly and started running at me, grabbing me and hugging me with all his strength, all the while Mercedes eyeing us. I was way too happy to be hugging him to feel the pain of his bear hug or care about Mercedes' suspicious glance. I was just happy that Henry was happy, after his confession about his brother in the auditorium and the fight in the gym, seeing Henry smile again was one of the best things in the world.