Chapter Ten.5 – Another Fourth of Furt
"Hold still Sam! I know it's cold, but if you want it to stop hurting then you have to relax!" Quinn said.
I hissed as she pressed the cold pack to my face over my eye that was now a lovely shiner thanks to Karofsky.
We were all in the choir room waiting on Mr. Schue to show up…not that anyone cared at the moment. We were all still talking about my epic beatdown. Riiighhhtttttt. Finn was sitting by Rachel fidgeting like a toddler under her disapproving look, Tina was latched onto Mike, and Kurt was sitting on the other side of Quinn looking extremely dejected, probably because he saw Quinn kiss me. I never can seem to catch a break with this kid can I? God must seriously hate me for being gay.
"How bad does it look?" I asked.
Quinn lifted the ice pack off for a second. Ah, sweet relief! "It's pretty hot actually," she responded. Kurt gave her an 'eat shit and die' look, but she was too busy ogling me to notice him glaring bullets into the back of her head.
"Dude was a wild animal!" "Manimal." "Where were you Finn?"
All the different voices were starting to blur together and confuse my head. Having a very sad Kurt in the room didn't help either….along with the dull ache in my brain and the brain freeze coming on from that ice pack.
"I was still out on the field! But I totally would've given him a beatdown if I'd been there."
I've never seen him fidget so freakin much. Rachel looks like she could murder him any second.
Maybe that's not such a bad thing. That way I can be quarterback again.
"Point is that it shouldn't have gone down without you. You should've been leading the charge."
Then my Kurt spoke. No amount of headache, hangover or anything else could confuse me when my angel talks. Or turn me on more…
"Lay off Finn everyone. It isn't his problem…it's none of your problems actually, but thank you for what you did. Especially Sam." Hearing him say my name made it all worth it, even this ugly shiner than ruined my pretty face. Kurt couldn't possibly find me attractive with one of my blue eyes all discoloured and swollen and just yuck looking.
"Seriously. You're the epitome of a leader," I heard Mike say from where he was sitting behind me. I could see Kurt looking at me but his face was unreadable. I still couldn't help but smile from hearing him say my name.
Mr. Schue walked in then, his hands full of what was doubtless another of his awful songs.
"What happened to Sam's eye?"
"He stood up to Karofsky," Quinn answered for me since I was still grinning like a dopey idiot.
"All the guys did…well except Finn."
I guess we're all going to just rag on Finn. Not that I care, as long as it's not me.
"Is everyone okay? Do we need to go talk to Principal Sylvester?" Mr. Schue asked.
"No, I got in a few good licks too, so we can just call it even…" I said, "and maybe it'll send a message telling him to back off Kurt."
Mr. Schue walked over and squeezed Kurt's shoulder reassuringly. I should be the one doing that! No man that looks like a lesbian should be touching my sweetheart! Grr.
Kurt didn't say anything. Instead, he just opened his notebook full of sheet music and started absently flipping through the pages.
"Alright guys, we've got a wedding to prepare for!"
Oh yea…I forgot all about that in the commotion today. Kurt's dad and Finn's mom were getting married! Which is kinda weird since they really aren't all that close and they're about to be related…
Stupid Finn will get to live with him and see him any time he wants and I'm just going to stop before my jealous rant gets worse and I deck him like Karofksy. That Kurt-thieving Jerk.
A week's worth of rehearsal didn't seem to be enough in my opinion. The first song that was going to be performed as the wedding march sounded good and we had that one down to a science, but Finn had secretly come to us over the weekend and asked everyone to help him put together a song for Kurt.
Do I even need to mention how badly I wanted to stab him? It was like he was trying to steal my Kurt! First he gets to live with him and now he's singing some sappy love song to him? Grrrr. And the bad news is that I've heard all about Kurt's little crush on Finn last year…there's no way Kurt would choose me over him. He's tall, dark and handsome in a goofy sort of way and he would always been right there at Kurt side. Maybe I should get with Quinn…after all, I was paired up with her for that last number…
No! I have my heart set on Kurt, and dammit, I'm going to put up a fight for him.
Finn and Kurt led the wedding march and took center stage with their parents during the ceremony. Finn's mom gushed over Kurt…almost just like I would. Finn grinned at him and wouldn't take his eyes off him the whole time. I swear, if he doesn't stop looking at Kurt like a walking carton of rocky road, I have half a mind to interrupt this wedding and punch Finn square in the jaw.
The monkey suit I was wearing wasn't helping my mood. I don't like wearing things like this; they just make me feel ridiculous. I had also freshly lemon juiced my hair so it was a bright shade of blond to catch Kurt's scrutinizing eye and ensure that his eyes would never leave me, even though the small amount of make-up Quinn had insisted on using to cover up my black eye already had me feeling like I was being stared at. Mainly because the make-up didn't really do much, the bruise was still visible and it was plainly obvious to anyone who took the time to actually look at my face that I had on girly make-up.
After all the boring talking and the first official bride-groom kiss, we all headed downtown to an expensive hotel's ballroom that Kurt had arranged to have rented out for the reception. Mr. Schue was going to sing a song during the first couple's dance and then Finn wanted to make his best man speech and perform Kurt's honorary number.
…
It's like he won't shut up. And there's no way he has the vocabulary to have written that speech himself. But mercifully, Finn finally shut up and signaled to the Glee club members to take our places.
I was so excited to sing to Kurt, even if Finn insisted on singing lead…yet another reason to hate him for trying to hit on my man.
We sang "Just the Way You Are" to Kurt, and Finn…damn him!... pulled Kurt into a sweet dance. It should've been me dancing with Kurt, and it killed me inside that it wasn't. Kurt's eyes never left Finn's and they sparkled with unshed tears. It was now or never…I had to do something about this Finn business.
"May I cut in?" I asked Finn.
He nodded and took his hands off Kurt. I held out my hand, which Kurt accepted, smiling. I smiled too. Everyone else had paired up for their own couples' dance. I leaned down and rested my forehead on his, pulling our bodies close. He melted into my arms and I tried to let myself go in the song but my clumsy clown feet kept stepping on his. He made small yelps of pain when I'd accidentally step on his toes, but he never tried to pull away from me.
"What do you say we slip out for a minute Sammy?" Kurt whispered to me.
"Okay."
We made our way back to the small ballroom annex that we'd used as a dressing room of sorts. Kurt reached into his pocket, retrieved his iPod and hooked it up to Rachel's iHome that she had left along with all the girls' purses and extra Glee junk. He selected a soft orchestral song and held out his hand to me.
"May I have this dance Samuel?"
"Of course!"
We resumed our close, intimate dancing here in private. I was starting to be a little overwhelmed by it all, and I think it was starting to affect my dancing, which was already bad enough.
Kurt moved his hand up from where it rested on my shoulder up behind my neck and pulled our lips together. We just stayed like that as long as we could, never missing a beat in our dance. We just kissed and I felt so unbelievably happy. Happier than I had been with Blaine, and definitely happier than I could ever be with Quinn.
"I love you Kurt."
"You know something Sammy? I think I love you too."
A/N: That's another quarter of this chapter down, and hopefully you guys like it!
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Love always,
GMD
