Chapter 10

Blaine stood up from the couch, approached me, and shook my hand.

"Nice to meet you, Elliott," he said. "My name is Blaine. I don't know if Kurt has talked much about me before."

"Are you kidding?" Laughed Dani. "Much is an understatement. He doesn't shut up about you and how beautiful your wedding's gonna be!" Everyone laughed along with Dani as Blaine blushed bright red.

"He never said anything like that to me before," I mumbled to myself. Dani glanced at me, her laugh fading slowly. I assumed she heard what I said.

"Are you ok?" She mouthed to me. I shook my head a little.

"I don't know," I mouthed back to her. She frowned, but before we could talk more, Santana pulled her into the other room with Rachel. I looked over at Kurt, who was filing his pinkie nail with precision and focus. I smiled a little when I saw this. He was just too cute to resist. I walked over to him, I gulped when he raised his eyes to look at me.

"Can I help you?" He said coldly.

"C-Can I sit next to you?" I stuttered nervously. Kurt shrugged, fixing his eyes back on his nails.

"I don't see why not." I sat timidly next to him.

"I wanted to talk to you," I blurted out in anxiety.

"And what is it you would like to talk about, Elliott?" I bit my bottom lip in hesitation. I knew Dani told me not to bring up the kiss, but she didn't tell me not to bring up last night.

"I-I wanted to talk to you about last night. I figured we needed to discuss-"

"There is nothing to discuss, Elliott," replied Kurt, sharp as a knife. "because last night never happened." I gasped soft and quick.

"But, I thought we had fun..."

"You giving me carbs when I'm on a diet, that's fun?" My lip quivered.

"I-I didn't know you were on a d-"

"It doesn't matter," Interrupted Kurt. "Last night is dead to me, and if you still want to be in this band, you will never speak of it again. Understand?" I could feel the tears stinging in my eyes.

"B-But...I-I thought you liked me...?" Kurt froze for a minute, then huffed.

"Elliott, what happened last night was only because you caught me off guard. It meant absolutely nothing." I could hear my heart cracking in my ears.

"I...I don't understand..." I was practically sobbing at that point. "Didn't you feel it? You had to have felt it..." I put my hand on Kurt's thigh, causing him to immediately slap my hand away.

"Don't touch me Elliott!" Kurt stood up. "I don't know what you supposedly felt, but I felt nothing." Kurt began to walk away. I reached my hand out towards him, tears dripping from my eyes.

"Kurt, please, wait!" Kurt sighed impatiently.

"Elliott," he said, his back facing me, "I'm in love with Blaine. That kiss..." He stopped for a second, his voice sounding shaky to me, then he continued. "That kiss was nothing, Elliott. Don't ever, ever, do it again." I didn't what to say, what to feel, what to think! Out of pathetic desperation, I grabbed Kurt's arm.

"Kurt," I said, "Please, please listen to me! Lemme tell you how I feel..." Kurt tried to yank his arm away.

"No!" He shouted. "We can't Elliott! Just stop!" I pulled Kurt into an unwanted hug, gently rubbing his back, tears leaking down my cheeks. I just wanted to feel that euphoria again, that bliss. I couldn't have been the only one who felt it...I just couldn't have. As Kurt attempted to push me away, I nuzzled his cheek lovingly, causing him to stop. I felt his cheeks get warm with blush. I closed my eyes, not wanting to see his disgust with me as he pushed me off. However, to my surprise, he didn't push me off. He simply froze in shock. I opened my teary eyes to look at Kurt, who was red as a cherry. I nuzzled his neck gently.

"Kurt," I whispered in a light sob, "please..." Kurt's heart began to beat fast, I could feel it pounding through his chest. He pushed me off angrily, with surprising strength.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" He shouted, panting. I was frightened by his strength and the fact that he raised his voice at me. "You're so pathetic!" Hearing that made me wince. Blaine ran in after hearing Kurt's shouting. He put his hand on Kurt's shoulder.

"Angel, are you ok?" From where I was sitting, it looked like Kurt had tears building in his eyes, but maybe that was just the light.

"Please," Kurt answered, "just hold me." Blaine wrapped his arms tight around Kurt and kissed his cheek. As he rubbed Kurt's back, he scowled at me.

"What did you do to him?" I wiped my eyes, my eyebrows lowered and a frown upon my face.

"I did nothing." I replied. "It's what he did to me."

"Kurt would never do anything to hurt anyone." I scoffed.

"Yeah, okay. Sure." Blaine looked furious.

"You got a problem with Kurt?" He raised his voice.

"Blaine," said Kurt, "babe, please. It's okay. I'm not hurt."

"I am..." I mumbled to myself.

"It's not okay, Kurt," said Blaine. "I won't have anyone else bullying you." I chuckled a little.

"Bullying?"

"Yeah!" Blaine let go of Kurt and moved closer to me. "That's what you are, a bully!" I stood up from the couch and looked down on Blaine, who gulped when he realized how much taller I was than him.

"I'm not the one screaming at people." Blaine snarled at me in anger.

"Leave Kurt alone or I swear I'll-"
"You'll what?" I interrupted, moving my face closer to intimidate him, our foreheads touching. "You gonna hit me? I'm not afraid of you. I did nothing wrong, so you can't touch-" Blaine punched me in the jaw before I could finish. Kurt gasped.

"Blaine!" Rachel, Santana, and Dani gasped as well, Dani running over to me to help me up. Blaine went to kick me while I was down, but Kurt grabbed his arm. "Blaine, baby, please don't hurt him anymore!"

"But he made you cry! I saw your tears, I don't want anyone making tears fall down from your beautiful face and getting away with it. No one hurts you while I'm here." Kurt caressed Blaine's cheek to calm him down.

"You're my hero, Blaine." Said Kurt. "But, I'm okay, I promise. Don't hurt Elliott anymore..." He looked down at me. "He's hurt enough..." Blaine hugged Kurt tight and carried him into the other room. Dani helped me to my feet and wiped the blood that had leaked down my chin.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"No," I answered, "not really. I feel played..." In truth, at that moment I felt more angry than I did heartbroken. I couldn't believe I had thought...I sighed.

"Hey," said Dani, "it's gonna be alright, I promise." She gently dabbed my bottom lip, which was swollen from the punch. I smiled a little, but I didn't really believe her. She and Santana took me into the bathroom to clean me up.

"I didn't think Blaine had it in him," said Santana. "He's such a softy." Dani applied some disinfectant to my lip.

"People will do anything to protect the one they love," she said, looking at Santana smiling. Santana blushed and smiled back, then looked at me.

"Elliott," she said, "what happened to make Kurt and Blaine explode on you like that?" I looked down and sighed deeply.

"I guess I just said the wrong thing..."