A/N: Hey, everyone! I may or may not be freaking out at the moment. This story has 163 followers and 50 favourites! Holy cow! Thank you all so much! Anyways, we're back at court, guys, and this time, Klaine is taking over! I hope you all enjoy Chapter 9!

XD I'm not really sure if anyone participated in the poll, since I couldn't check it, but I had at least one person request Sebastian as Dave's soulmate. He will be in the story, hence why it was important to ask.

In case anyone mentions it, I know that I left out the opening and closing statements, but as I hate court related things with a burning passion, I didn't feel like adding them. I had to watch Judge Judy waaay too much when I was little. I actually almost didn't write any of the court parts, and I know they're not that great, but I hope they're okay.

I just spell checked it and edited the chapter, so if I missed anything, I'm sorry. _ I had a lot of stupid mistakes, too.

Disclaimer: I don't own glee or Klaine.

Be sure to read the end note, everyone!

Kurt's POV

"Hello, David," Karofsky's attorney, Anthony, said, "I only have a few questions for you."

The judge had given everyone a 15 minute break after Tom had questioned David. The guards escorted him to the bathroom, where he was allowed to clean up and wipe the tears from his eyes before being questioned further.

Kurt, who just wanted everything to be over, sat on the edge of his seat, rocking back and forth nervously. He wasn't coping very well with seeing David, especially after listening to him speak about what happened that day. He was frightened by him, and he just wanted to go home. No. He wanted Blaine. It was almost unnerving how much he craved to be held in his soulmate's arms, and the promise of seeing him kept Kurt from running from the court room. If, for no one else, he would do it for Blaine.

If he had died, Blaine would have felt him slipping away. It was the same for every couple. It didn't matter if they had found each other or not. If your soulmate died, you would feel them as they left the world. It left you cold inside, as the other half of your soul was ripped away from the world.

He couldn't imagine leaving Blaine like that. It made his heart ache to even consider the possibility, as he had felt the same pain when he was in the 9th grade. Deep in his heart, he knew that he came close to losing Blaine then, and he hadn't even received his soulmate's name at that time.

"Okay, sir." David said.

Startled, Kurt looked up.

"You said you knew Kurt from school, correct?" Anthony asked.

"Yes, sir."

"When did you meet him?"

"I met Kurt when I was in the 6th grade. He was in the same Science class as me."

"Were the two of you rivals then?"

"No, sir. I was nice to him then. I started to feel attracted to him at the end of 7th grade. Everything changed during our 10th grade year. The night before my 16th birthday, I prayed that he was my soulmate, but when I woke up the next morning... it wasn't his name written on my wrist, but someone else's. I was devastated. I started bullying him that day..."

"I see. And you tried to take his life after you realized that you would never share the same soul as him and that he would never be yours, correct? I know it may sound harsh, but our hearts are fragile things, and some people handle things in other ways, however wrong they may be."

"Yes, sir. I know what I did was wrong, and I know that I made a bad decision, and I'm paying for it every day."

"Alright. No further questions, your Honor."

"You may step down, David," Judge Wilson said, "Does the prosecution have witnesses?"

"Yes, your Honor," Tom said, "I would like to call Noah Puckerman to the stand."

Puck, who had, surprisingly, sat patiently, awaiting his time to be called to the stand, stood. He slowly walked up, giving Kurt a look that he was trying to comfort him with.

"Good morning, Noah. I'd like to ask you a few questions."

"Alright." Puck said, sitting back in his chair.

"How do you know Kurt?"

"He's my boy. All of the guys in the glee club looked out for him," His facial expression changed to a hostile glare, "We tried to keep him away from Karofsky, which we obviously didn't do."

"So you're friends with him?" Tom questioned.

"Yeah. We met in glee. I hated the club back then, and I bullied him for being gay and all, but I had a change of heart last year, and he became a good friend of mine."

"I see. How do you know David?"

"We're on the football team together. I used to help him bully Kurt." Puck shrugged.

'Yeah, you helped him lift me into the dumpsters and shove my face into the disgusting toilets at school.'

"What did you do?"

"We uh... threw him in the dumpsters, slushied him, called him names, and gave him swirlies. I didn't shove him into the lockers as much as Karofsky did, though. I didn't really try to physically hurt him. I go to juvie enough as it is." Puck said.

"Okay, then. I hope you don't mind if I change the questions." Tom said.

"Go ahead, man. I know you gotta ask about it."

"Why did you and Mr. Hudson go looking for Kurt that day?"

"Kurt was bullied every day, as you know. He got jumped one day, and we found out about it. Everyone in the New Directions made him swear that if he left without any of us with him, he had to call as soon as he got home, so we knew he was okay."

"And if he didn't?"

"We told his dad. That was the agreement. If he refused our help, we told Burt." Puck said nonchalantly.

"Why didn't you tell Burt anyways?"

"His dad had a heart attack a while back, and Kurt was worried about his health. No one agreed with him, but he's only got 1 of his parents left, so we respected his wishes."

"What happened that day?" Tom asked curiously.

"Rachel told us he was feeling sick, so he left. After about 30 minutes after school, we started to get worried. His house is only about 10 minutes from there. Finn and I went looking for him, because everyone knew something was wrong. We ran to the locker room, where we saw Karofsky earlier, and there he was.

Karofsky was on top of him, beating him, so I ran up to him and punched him hard in his face to get him off. I told Finn to check on him, and he started freaking out about how Kurt wasn't breathing. I freaked out and starting hitting him harder and yelled for Finn to call for help.

I knocked Dave out and called Mr. Shue, and everyone ran down there and waited for the ambulance to come. Kurt looked pretty messed up." Puck finished, a look of tenderness on his face.

"Thank you, Noah. I have no further questions, your Honor."

"Would the defense like to cross-examine Mr. Puckerman?"

"No, your Honor." Anthony said.

"Alright, then. You may step down, Noah. Will the prosecution call upon any other witnesses?"

"Yes, sir. I would like to call Finn Hudson to the stand." Tom said calmly.

Finn squeezed Kurt's hand before standing up and walking to the stand.

"How do you know Mr. Hummel, Finn?"

"I met him at school. I was friends with Karofsky at some point, too. I never bullied him, but I never stopped anyone else from doing it back then. Then, our parents got together, and I lashed out against him, and his dad freaked out. I apologized and after wearing a shower curtain for glee, we slowly became friends. Then, a few months ago, our parents got married." Some of the people in the room laughed when he mentioned the shower curtain.

'Most of you who are laughing obviously don't know that he's not kidding. Yes, it looked horrible, but it most certainly wasn't a nightmare that I had during Gaga week.'

Tom smiled softly, but willed it away before asking his next question. "Could you tell me in your own words what happened that day?" he asked.

"Well, Kurt would usually text Mercedes as soon as he got home, and when he didn't, everybody stopped what they were doing and started freaking out. Santana yelled at everybody to go look for him, so Puck and I volunteered. He said that he saw Karof- I mean Dave- in the boys' locker room, so we headed there first. As you know, Puck hit him to get him off. He wasn't even trying to fight. "Finn looked down, sadness clear on his face. "It was like he was broken, and not just his body. We called 911, and they saved him."

"Thank you, Finn. No further questions, your Honor." Tom stated.

"Alright. Would the defense like to cross-examine Mr. Hudson?"

"Yes, sir. I only have a few questions, however, if that's alright, Mr. Hudson?"

"Yeah, man. That's okay." Finn said.

"You said you were friends with David at some point. Am I right?" Anthony questioned.

"Yeah. We were friends in our freshman and sophomore year." Finn stated.

"What changed that?"

"When I joined the glee club, he started turning on me, and he slushied me and tried bullying me, too."

"He tried to bully you? What stopped him?" Anthony asked.

"Coach Beiste put a stop to it. She said that she wouldn't have her football team fighting like cats and dogs." Finn shrugged.

"I see. Well, I think that covers it. You boys seem to answer any and all questions with one answer." Anthony smiled.

"You may step down, Mr. Hudson. Does the prosecution have any more witnesses?" Judge Wilson said.

'No. No, no, no, no, no. I'm not here. Kurt disappeared. Don't call me up there.'

"I have just one more witness, your Honor. Kurt Hummel." Tom said.

Kurt, who looked as though he was barely able to sit in his chair and not bolt out of the building, had a panicked look on his face. He slowly stood, and shaking, he found his way to the stand.

Once everything was finished, he sat down. A few moments later, he felt a sudden second-hand wave of emotions run through him. He felt calm in mere moments, and he looked up to see Tom waiting to question him.

'Thank you, Blaine.' he thought.

"How do you know Finn and Noah, Kurt?"

"We went to school together. Since Elementary school, actually. They used to bully me, though. Finn didn't really help, but he didn't stop anyone. They stopped a little while after we joined the glee club. I helped Noah get through a few personal problems, and we became good friends because of it. Finn is also my step brother."

"How do you know David?" Tom asked.

"I met him when we were in the 6th grade. He was nice to me then."

"Can you tell me what happened to change that?"

"Well, my first answer was that I didn't really know. I had figured it was because he was homophobic, but I was wrong. He was homosexual and, according to Dave, in love with me." Kurt said, looking glum.

"David said that he tried to kiss you. What happened that day?"

"Oh... I slapped him. I told him that he wasn't my soulmate, and that he was only a closeted gay who would never be happy as long as he lived in denial. Then he told me that if I told anyone, he would kill me."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Tom asked.

"I didn't think he would really do it. I guess I was wrong about that, though."

"What happened the day you were attacked?"

"I wasn't feeling well that day. I'd been slushied twice, pushed into the lockers during every class change, and I was running a fever. I decided to skip glee and go home right after school, so I told my friend, Rachel. As soon as I closed my locker door, someone grabbed me. I tried to scream for someone to help me, but someone punched me in my stomach, and it took my breath away. I remember being in the locker room, and I know that I tried to escape, but it was futile. I heard Dave, so I knew who it was, though I thought there were other people present. I gave up after a while, and he made it clear that I was going to die. Everything went dark, and the next thing I knew, I was lying in the hospital, feeling like I was hit by a truck."

He somehow managed to sit there calmly as he spoke, but as soon as he stopped talking, he began to shake. The fact that he was utterly terrified was evident to everyone in the room.

"Thank you, Kurt. No more questions, your Honor." Tom said, smiling sadly at him.

"Would the defence like to cross-examine Mr. Hummel?" Judge Wilson asked.

"Yes, sir." Anthony said, standing.

'Dear god, please don't. I just want to go home.'

"Hello, Kurt." Anthony said.

"Hi..." Kurt responded.

"David said that the way he treated you changed while you were in your sophomore year. How did he treat you the previous year?"

"He didn't really acknowledge me. Almost everyone else bullied me that year, though. He just scowled at me."

"Were you kind to him that year?"

"I... yes, but that was because he wasn't a bully then."

"It's not impossible that you may have accidentally given him an incorrect signal of whether or not you were interested in him."

"No! I never showed any interest in him! I was bullied every single day. I went to school to learn. I wasn't even attracted to him. I would just agree to be his partner in class assignments. Nothing more."

"No further questions, your Honor."

"You may step down, then, Mr. Hummel. Does the prosecution have any more witnesses?"

"No, your Honor." Tom said.

"Does the defense have any witnesses that they wish to call?"

"No, your Honor." Anthony said.

"Alright. There will be a thirty minute break, and when we come back, I will deliver the verdict." Judge Wilson said.

'Great. What am I supposed to do for half an hour? Pace?'

After thirty minutes of pacing, the Judge returned to the court room.

"All rise, Superior Court of Allen County, State of Ohio, the Honorable Judge James R. Wilson presiding, is back in session. Please be seated and come to order to hear the verdict."

"Thank you, Michael. Please be seated. In case number 95-D27-0413-KE-099628, in the matter of David Karofsky, a verdict has been determined. While he is under the age of eighteen, the court, under the circumstances of the trial, is willing to try him as an adult; David will serve five years in jail, with the option to finish schooling, and will not receive probation rights, as the amount is the very minimum. This court session is adjourned."

David stood from his chair and let the guards escort him from the building.

"Dad...?"

"Yeah, bud?" Burt questioned.

"Can we go home?"

Kurt felt a wave of exhaustion go through his body. Going to court had taken its toll on him. He stared at his dad tiredly.

"Yeah. C'mon, guys. Let's get out of here." Burt put his arm around Kurt.

Instead of staying that night and returning to school the next morning, Kurt went straight to Dalton after talking with his dad.

As soon as his car was parked, he headed straight for his dorm room, where Blaine would most likely be. He was extremely grateful for what Blaine did for him while he was being questioned, and he wanted to thank him.

Before leaving his house, he asked his dad about what soulmates were capable of:

"Hey dad?" He asked.

"Yeah, kiddo?"

"Can you tell me about soulmates?"

"Well, what do you want to know?" Burt raised an eyebrow at the question.

"What they can do."

"Soulmates are able to do quite a few things. They can feel one another's pain and emotions. According to the history books regarding them, a few couples are capable of feeling much more. The pain feels real. They cry when their soulmates do. It's also said that a vast amount of soulmates can influence each other's emotions. Your mother and I were able to do that. She liked to influence mine when she was pregnant. I'm pretty sure I was angrier than she was during her pregnancy. Why're you asking anyways, Kurt? Did something happen?"

"No, dad. I was just curious, is all. I started looking it all up after I found Blaine, but I never really found anything."

"Alright, then." Burt nodded.

He flung his door open, scaring Blaine, who had been reading.

"Hey, Kurt! How are you feel- oof!" Kurt hugged him tightly, making him lose his balance, and they almost crashed to the floor.

"Thank you." Kurt murmured into Blaine's neck.

"For what?" Blaine asked, though he knew what he was thanking him for.

"Everything. Thank you for being there for me. You never tried to pry anything from me. Thank you for-"

"Not being the first person that you were supposed to hug?" Jeff yelled before hugging Kurt from behind.

'Thank you, Sterling. Really. It's not like I wasn't planning on thanking him for calming me during court, which shouldn't have been possible.'

"Really, Kurtsie. You're so thoughtful. I mean, it's not I'm addicted to hugging people or anything." Jeff smirked.

"You're so welcome, Jeff. Now... Get out of my room!" Kurt pushed him out of his room.

"You know you love me, Kurt!" Jeff yelled from the hallway.

"No, I don't!" He yelled back.

"I'm telling Nick!"

Kurt and Blaine looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"So... I'm guessing everything went well today?" Blaine asked curiously.

"It was a lot to take in, but everything went smoothly." Kurt smiled.

'He's so sweet.' Kurt thought, staring dreamily at him.

"Great! Anyways, I got all of the teachers to give us make-up work." Blaine grinned, handing him a pile of work.

'Er... I kind of don't want to do anything after all of the things that just happened today. Wait... What?'

"Us?" Kurt accidentally asked aloud.

"Uh, yeah. I wasn't feeling well yesterday or today. Emotional overload."

'Oh... I definitely didn't think about that. I'm so sorry.' Kurt cringed.

"Come on. I'll even help you with the work." Blaine said, nudging him.

"Oh, my genius friend, you're so kind." Kurt joked.

"I try." Blaine winked at him, making Kurt snort and shake his head.

End Note: Wooh! I know this chapter wasn't filled with many facts, but oh, well. I didn't really know much about court cases, and I also couldn't look a lot of things up. I do know that in most cases, they have opening statements for both sides, buuuuut I was lazy. I tried to make this longer, but I had a set time frame to do this in, so I at least ended it with Klaine.

If there's anything that you guys would like to see happen, feel free to leave it in a review or PM me. I'll probably be putting a chapter up every two weeks. I would do it sooner, but I really only have Saturdays to put them up, and we go the library every other Saturday.

I don't really know how many chapters I'll be able to do next month, so be prepared for a few less, as it's my senior year, and I also have to apply for colleges, and I also have marching band shows, competitions, and practice coming up.

Please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter.