Chapter 9 – Seeing Red
When people say that the impromptu performance shut down the school for awhile, they mean awhile. It was around eight in the morning when I awoke. I had nothing to do today, so I might as well go see my favorite friends from McKinley. I dressed in a gray turtleneck sweater and gray kahkis with sparkling gray converse. I sent a text to Blaine, Shane, and Nick to tell them I would be at McKinley today. I grabbed my keys and phone and headed for the car. I was a two hour drive from Westerville to Lima and back. I arrived around ten-fifteen. I had just walked through the double doors when I heard a slam. Oh shit! Please don't let that be Kurt! To my dismay, it was. I followed him to the men's locker room and peeked around the door.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" Kurt all but shouted.
"Girl's locker room is next door." Karofsky said nonchalantly.
"Why are you so against this?" Kurt demanded.
"Cause I don't want you taking a look at my junk." Karofsky said, narrowing his eyes.
"Yeah, that's a straight guy's nightmare. Well, guess what, M Hawk? You're not my type." Kurt said angrily. Karofsky slammed his gym locker shut. His fist was clenched. "You going to hit me? Do it! You can't punch the ignorance out of me when I can punch the normal boy out of you." Kurt dared.
"Don't push me, Hummel!" Kafosky growled. I almost interuptted, but I didn't. This was Kurt's fight.
"You just can't accept how extrordinary ordinary you are." Kurt wanted to say more, but Karofsky's lips cut him off. Oh, hell no! Kurt pushed him away as Karofsky came in for another one. Good boy! Karofsky stormed out as soon as I moved out of the way. I ran in there to find Kurt crying.
"Kurt, shh. It's me, Katie. You're okay now. I've got you. I've got you." I tried to comfort him as I gathered him in my arms. He clung onto me like I was his life line. His body was wracked with sobs that he was shaking violently. I knew right there that Kurt needed Blaine badly. I dug out my phone out of my pocket while still holding Kurt. He thought I was going to let go of him and he whimpered. That broke my heart really bad. I held him closer and kissed his head to reassure him. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here. Shh, Kurt." I murmured in his ear. Now, I know how a mother feels when her son or daughter is hurt. I dialed Blaine's number as fast as I could.
"Hello?" Blaine answered cooly.
"Blaine, thank God. I need your help now! It's Kurt." I said, slightly panicked. The broken boy in my arms held his hand out shakily for my phone when he heard me say Blaine's name. "He wants to talk to you."
"Put him on." Blaine said seriously. I handed Kurt my phone. In the mean time, I ran my hand through his hair. Only I could do that until Kurt got a boyfriend, which might be awhile.
"Blaine," Kurt said brokenly. That broke my heart even more, "he did it again. He hurt me really bad." Kurt couldn't even say his name and I couldn't stand to hear it. Tears pricked my eyes. I was so upset that my tears couldn't be contained anymore. A tear dripped onto Kurt's head as he saw me cry. His other hand grabbed mine to let me know that I wasn't alone. "Bye. See you soon." He handed me my phone back and I put it in my pocket. "Why are you upset when I should be?" Kurt asked.
"I'm upset because I'm angry that Karofsky took your first kiss." I told him. "Lets go to the choir room and wait there." We stood up and went out into the hallway. Kurt grabbed his phone and bag that had been discarded there, then we went to the choir room. I received a text from Blaine, saying:
Whr r u? – B
I responded:
In the choir room. – K.A.
No more than a minute later, Blaine and, to my surprise, Nick came in. Blaine rushed to Kurt's side. Nick took one look at me and took me in his arms.
"What happened?" Blaine asked. Kurt looked at me and nodded.
"Kurt's bully took his first kiss from him." I spat, disgusted. The bell rang and that meant lunch period. I came up with a plan, but I needed to talk to my good friend, Azimio first. (A.N. – Yes, Katie and Azimio are best friends in my story.) "You guys go talk to Karofsky. Nick, come with me." I ran quickly as I could to find Azimio. He was near the staircase when I called, "Azimio!"
Azimio turned around and saw me and Nick. He smiled as he said, "Well, if it isn't my bad ass girl, Katie. How goes it and who's the boy toy?" Nick's eyebrows raised at the term boy toy.
"I'm fine and the boy is my boyfriend, Nick. He's cool, so no reason to hate, ok?" Azimio nodded. "I need you to buy me a slushie because I have a plan to humiliate Karofsky." I told him.
"Why would you want to humiliate him?" I quickly told him the story. "He kissed Kurt?" I nodded. "Okay. What flavor?"
"Cherry." I smirked. "I'm going to call him out by song." I heard a slam against the rail. I looked to see it was Blaine. "Hurry." I told him. He ran off to go get it. "Nick, find Mean by Taylor Swift, the karaoke version and lets go." We rushed down the staircase. Everybody gave us weird looks, but I said, "I'm calling out David Karofsky for tormenting me and my brother, Kurt." I nodded for Nick to start the music:
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all you are is mean
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
But someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
After I was done singing, I threw the cherry slushie that Azimio bought me in Karofsky's face and whispered in his ear: "Payback's a bitch, isn't she?" The jock stormed off, murmuring about his eyes stinging. I got high fives from the football players at the table.
"Honey, we should go have lunch. Azimio, we'll be back. I'm just taking Katie to lunch." Nick said.
"I owe ya, Azi. I'll be back." I said. Nick and I went to Breadstix and saw Kurt and Blaine at a table. "Can we join you?" I asked the two boys.
"Sure! The more the merrier!" I sat next to Kurt and Nick sat next to Blaine. "So, what happened after we left?" Blaine asked. I looked at Nick and he nodded.
"I called him out and slushied him." I stated proudly. Kurt looked at me in disbelief. I shrugged. We ate and returned to McKinley. Sadly, Blaine and Nick had to go back to Dalton for study groups. I told both boys I would see them tonight. I stayed in the choir room until glee club. Kurt promised not to tell anyone. I quickly wrote on the whiteboard: I slushied Karofsky! – Katie. Finally, it was time for Glee. Everybody froze when they saw me besides Kurt until Puck broke the ice.
"Damn, girl! I didn't think I would see you so soon!" he said. I was tackled by everybody that Mr. Shue didn't see me.
"Guys, take your seat, please." They took a seat beside me. "Can you please take your…" Mr. Shue trailed off when he saw me. "Katie, OhMyGod! What are you doing here?"
"Well, the Warblers had an impromptu performance yesterday, and I made the Warblers, so I had a free day and I decided to visit, even though I'm now your enemy for Sectionals."
"Do you want to sing a song?" Mr. Shue asked.
"It would be my honor, but before I do, please look at the whiteboard." I gestured toward the board. They read it and cheered. Puck cheered Bout damn time! "So, I know Mr. Shue gave you an assignment to sing a song by the opposite sex. So I chose a song by Rascal Flatts. It's called Stand." I gave a signal for them to start playing and I started to sing:
You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless, like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand
Life's like a novel with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon with only one way down
Take what you're given before it's gone
And start holdin' on, keep holdin' on
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break
Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, yeah, then you stand
Every time you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place, yeah
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break
Cause it's all you can take
Yeah, then you stand
Yeah, baby
Woo hoo, woo hoo
Woo hoo, woo hoo
Then you stand, yeah yeah
I looked at Kurt when I was done. He gave me a hug. I returned it and said, I love you in his ear. Finally, I had to go. I left with a final goodbye and walked to my car. It took me two hours to drive back and it got dark. Nick and Blaine were done, but Shane wasn't, so we stayed in my dorm until curfew. I fell asleep with a smile on my face. Today was complete awesomeness!
*Glee!*
A.N. - Sorry if the story was really long. It might be a few days before I update the next chapter! Sorry! But I need your help! I'm running out of ideas and I need some of them! Either tell me in reviews or PM me. Songs used in this were Mean by Taylor Swift and Stand by Rascal Flatts!