Chapter 14

"Dad?" Kurt said into his phone as he stood watching Sam stare off into space in his car.

"Kurt/ Where are you? Thought you said you wouldn't be gone long"

"Sorry things...got complicated. Dad can Sam stay with us for a while?"

"Your 'straight' friend Sam?"

"Well...not so straight actually dad. And his parents just found out and they kicked him out"

"What?"

"Exactly, so can he stay with us?"

"Of course he can" Burt said instantly. "I'll clear the rest of the stuff from the spare room"

"...Right"

"How long will you kids be?"

Kurt cast another look at Sam. "About half an hour" he answered, hoping that would give him enough time to at least get through to the other boy.

"See you then"

"Yeah right. Oh and dad?"

"Yeah?"

Kurt hesitated. "Love you"

"You too son"

"You're staying with us" Kurt informed Sam as he clambered into his car. "Sam?"

"Great" Sam said dully.

"Sam... I can only imagine-"

"Exactly! You don't know Kurt. You have absolutely no idea. Your dad loves you, always has and always will – even though he wasn't thrilled he accepted you being gay. Finn's mom still loved him even despite him supposedly getting Quinn pregnant. My parents would sooner not have me in their lives at all than have me in them as a bisexual so where exactly does that leave me? Am I that bad a person that they can't wait to get rid of me?"

Sam" Kurt said waiting for Sam to catch his eye before continuing. "You're right, I don't know what its like. But I do know that this is nothing to do with you. You're amazing Sam, and if you're parents choose not to see that because they can't face the fact that you aren't what they thought you were then that's their problem. Not yours so don't you dare start thinking this is something to do with you as a person"

"Sorry, I shouldn't have yelled" Sam said shaking his head "I'm glad you're here...why were you still here?"

"My sixth sense" Kurt said lightly, choosing to leave out the feeling of dread he'd had or the frantic pacing he had done while trying to convince himself that Sam would be fine.

"Right"

"You're letting me get away with that answer? Really?" Kurt asked, worried as he realised that Sam would normally never accept that as an answer.

"...What am I going to do Kurt?" Sam asked sadly.

"Well let's just get you back to mine, we'll take it from there" Kurt replied softly, switching the car into drive.

"We're here" Kurt said gently, jolting Sam back to reality.

Kurt watched sadly as Sam got out of the car without saying a word and got his case. "Sam" he started but they were interrupted by Finn coming out to meet them..

"I thought I heard you..." Finn started awkwardly. "What happened?"

Kurt just shook his head as they made their way into the house where Burt and Carole were waiting.

"You're in the room upstairs on the right" Carole said kindly to Sam.

Sam just nodded before making his way upstairs.

"What sort of parent does this to their kid?" Burt said angrily.

"You tell me" Kurt sighed.

"Is he ok?"

"No, not at all, I wouldn't expect him to be but- I don't know he seems to be just shutting down...I'm going to go try and talk to him"

"Make sure he knows he's welcome here as long as he needs" Carole told Kurt.

"Sam" Kurt said softly, pushing the door open.

Sam was sat on the bed staring into space and hadn't even turned around when Kurt entered.

Kurt sighed and sat down onto the bed next to the other boy. "Sam, talk to me? You're kind of worrying me"

Sam swallowed. "What am I meant to do?" he asked, his voice cracking. "They're my parents Kurt, they're supposed to always be there, and they're not supposed to turn on you like that and I just-how could they?"

"I don't know" Kurt told him honestly. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come over-"

"Don't be ridiculous" Sam said, facing Kurt properly for the first time. "This is not your fault at all, you don't get to blame yourself if I don't. They would have found out at some point anyway and their reaction wouldn't have changed"

"What exactly happened in there?" Kurt asked gently.

Sam hesitated"Mom told me to get out, dad agreed because she 'needed time' after such a shock"

"You're lying" Kurt said confused. "I can tell, what really happened?"

"The gist of it is true"

"But?

"I- My mom's exact conditions were that I stop seeing you or I had to get out as her son isn't gay"

"So it is my fault, at least partly"

"No" Sam sighed. "If it hadn't been you it would have been when I next fell for a boy, hell she convinced my dad to switch jobs so we could have a 'fresh start' last time. She just can't handle the idea of me being bisexual"

"Right"

"Hey" Sam said, intertwining his fingers with Kurt's. "It was my choice and I don't regret it. Unfortunately for you, you're stuck with me for good now"

"Luckily for me more like" Kurt smiled. "You scared me, I thought you were shutting down"

"I was but there was just this annoying voice that kept trying to get me back to the land of the living" Sam said with a smile. "...thanks" he added.

"Any time" Kurt assured him. "Speaking of anytime, my parents aid to let you know that you're welcome here as long as you need"

"Great. Where am I anyway? I thought you didn't have an extra room for Finn-"

"Oh it's – well it was – my parents room. When my mom died dad moved into the room next door and we kept this as he left it"

"Until when?"

"Honestly you're the first person in here since it was finished...a few hours ago"

"So it was cleared out for me? God you didn't have to do that Kurt-"

"It's been ten years and dads put it all in storage...besides this is more important. Unless you had somewhere else in mind while you were packing?"

"Well no but-"

"Then you're here, no buts. Like you said, looks like you're stuck with me for a while"

"It's the silver lining" Sam assured him as he gently tugged Kurt closer to him until their lips met.