A/N:

Hey, so this chapter is a little shorter, but that is because I know how excited a lot of you are for this scene, so I decided to post it now. :)

So, without further ado, let the showdown begin….

The ride to school the next morning was tense. Santana, who had stayed the night, was in the front passenger seat next to Brit, who was driving. She had already begun a harsh string of insults towards Rory which he tried to ignore figuring it was her method of psyching out the competition. He couldn't wait to get to school where he would no longer be her only target. Escaping from the car as soon as they pulled into the parking lot, Rory hurried inside to his locker.

As he stowed his bag and searched for his first period textbook a bouncing girl and her much taller boyfriend approached him.

"Good morning Rory! Are you excited?" Rachel squealed.

Rory was a little taken aback at her enthusiasm. "Yeah, I am."

"You're not nervous, are you man?" Finn asked, placing his hand on Rory's shoulder.

"No, not really. Maybe a little bit." Rory lied. Truthfully he was terrified.

"Don't worry, there is no need for you to be nervous. All eyes will be on me anyway, so if you do mess up nobody will notice." Rachel reassured him. "Now, come on Finn, we need to go find Mike and Tina before class starts."

Rachel turned and headed down the hall with a bounce in her step.

"I'm really sorry about her. She gets a little crazy in competition week. I'm sure you will be fine though." Finn said before rushing off after Rachel.

The bell rang and the other students around him started heading to class. He waited where he was, hoping to catch Blaine on the way to class. After two minutes he hadn't come through the hall and Rory went to class before he could be deemed tardy again.

Double math was not a fun thing to have on a Friday morning. It was made worse by his growing nerves and the constant taunting of the TroubleTones in the class; unfortunately the TroubleTones majorly outnumbered the New Directions here. Artie, who he was sitting next to, had no problem returning their torments, but Rory wasn't any good at it so he just tried to focus on his work. When the bell finally rang Rory was grateful to get out of there. He had a free period next and decided to spend it in the library rather than the Study Hall. He hoped he wouldn't run into any TroubleTones there.

Finally reaching the library he was glad to see it practically empty. He settled down onto his favourite couch, the same one he had talked to Blaine on six nights ago. Thinking about Blaine made him smile remembering the fun time he had had last night. Feeling a little upset that he hadn't seen Blaine yet this morning he decided to text him.

Hey, how are you? I miss you. :) xox – R

He hoped Blaine had his phone on silent and wouldn't get caught for texting in class. He must have because a minute later his phone buzzed with Blaine's reply.

I'm great, you? Miss you too. Sorry I couldn't find you this morning. Eat lunch with me? xx – B

I'm a little nervous, but good. Of course I'll eat with you. xo – R

Awwww…..don't be nervous, you will be fine! I'll be there to help you. :) Meet me in the same spot as yesterday. xx – B

Rory returned to his work excited about his lunch date. He was so engrossed in his homework that he didn't hear the figure that was approaching him. It was only when he glanced to the left that he saw the pair of designer boots that stood next to him.

"What do you want, Kurt?"

"You and I need to have a little talk." Kurt said, seizing Rory's arm and pulling him to his feet, towards the door.

Rory, being of equal strength for once, was able to pull away from him. "What is it now!" This boy was really starting to annoy him.

"Just, come with me, okay?"

"Fine." Rory quickly packed up his books then followed Kurt out into the hallway. "Where are we going for this 'little talk'?"

"Somewhere less public than the library." Kurt finally pulled into an empty classroom.

Rory set his books down on an empty desk and faced Kurt.

"Okay, what is it? Rory asked impatiently.

"Why did you lie to me?" Kurt practically screamed, his demeanor quickly changing from seemingly calm to psychotic in seconds.

"What are you talking about?" Rory was both shocked and confused.

"Oh, don't play dumb with me." Kurt snapped. "I told you to stay away from Blaine, so you go on a date with him?"

"I'm sorry, but when in that did I lie?" Kurt was not making sense to Rory.

"You didn't tell me you and him were together when we talked about it yesterday!" Kurt yelled, his cheeks growing red from the exertion.

"Wait, how do you even know we went on a date?" Rory suddenly realised what Kurt had said.

Kurt snickered.

"Tell me!" Rory was really frustrated now.

"I saw Blaine picking you up and followed you to see where you went."

Rory's mouth opened involuntarily in shock. "Are you serious? Do you have any idea how creepy that is? You're a freakin' stalker!"

"I am not!" Kurt yelled defensively.

"Yes you are!" Rory didn't know what to say. He couldn't believe what was happening. The bell sounded signaling the beginning of lunch and Rory could hear students filling the hallway outside on their way to lunch. Rory wanted to finish this talk as soon as possible so he could go and meet Blaine.

"What do you want from me Kurt?"

"You know what I want!" Kurt pointed his finger at Rory accusingly. "I want Blaine!"

"And what, do you expect me to just stop seeing him and tell him to date you instead?" Now Rory was getting red in the face from yelling too. He stepped closer to Kurt with a burst of confidence. He wasn't going to stand there and take any of Kurt's crap. He was finally going to stand up for himself.

"That would be nice, glad you agree." Kurt mocked.

"Are you kidding me?"

Kurt inched his face closer to Rory's and pointed to it. "Does this face look like its kidding?"

"You are insane. Blaine and I are together, you need to get over it."

"I don't want to get over it! It's not fair. I have been working on Blaine for a whole year, you have only been here for two months. I finally get a date with him and then I find out that he cancelled it and went on a date with you."

"How is it my fault that he chose me over you? He…doesn't…want you!"

It happened in slow motion. Well, it did for Rory at least. He saw Kurt's arm draw back and palm flatten out. He willed himself to dodge, but his body was slower than his mind. The only thing he had time to do was close his eyes. Kurt's arm flew through the air until his hand colliding with Rory's cheek, the sound echoed through the empty room. Rory's head had turned to face the wall from the force of the slap and his cheek was tingling from the impact. He stood frozen in that position for what seemed like forever. He could feel tears filling his eyes from both the pain of the slap and the way it reminded him of all the bullies who had done the same thing and worse to him. The Glee Club was supposedly his 'safe place' where nobody would hurt him. It was where he came to escape from all the abuse he received out in the world, but here he was being hit by one of New Direction's finest.

He slowly turned his face back around to look at Kurt who was standing there with a smug look on his face. Rory opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what it was he wanted to say and wasn't sure that anything would come out if he tried. He opted for the wimp's option, run away. He grabbed his books, pushing past Kurt, but was stopped by a hand that reached out to grip his arm. He whipped his head back around to face Kurt.

"Don't you dare tell Blaine about this, okay?"

Rory shot him a confused look. Did Kurt really expect him not to tell Blaine?

"If you do, I might just accidently let a certain little secret slip…."

Rory pulled his arm out of Kurt's grip. "You wouldn't!" he cried.

"Try me?" The look in Kurt's eye scared Rory to death. This was exactly why he didn't want to tell anybody his secrets, he knew there would be somebody that he couldn't trust. Those tears that were sitting in his eyes before were now dripping down his face and he could feel his throat becoming dry in his attempt to restrain sobs.

"Fine, I won't tell. Just, please, don't tell anybody!" he managed to stammer out before rushing from the room out into the nearly empty hallway.