Welcome Back! So This Chapter Ended Up Being Longer Than I Expected It To Be. I Thought I'd Just Do The First Two Performances With Some Plot But Not Too Much But It Just Started Writing Itself At One Point. But I Know That You Guys Won't Mind That LOL. So I Hope You Enjoy. The Demi Lovato Assignment Came To Me Because The Album Is AMAZING! There Are All Different Types Of Songs On The Album And Its Just Truly Inspirational. So If You Haven't Heard Any Of The Song, I Recommend You Get On iTunes And Download The Entire Album Or Run Out To The Story And Buy It. You Won't Regret It!
Thirteen
Kurt sat in the front row in the choir room with Santana on his left and Rachel on his right. He had spent his lunch with Santana and Rachel seeing as he and the fiery cheerleader were helping Rachel with her song for Glee today.
The assignment of the week was to pick a song from Demi Lovato's album Unbroken and put your own spin on it and perform it for the class. Kurt had his song picked out the second the assignment went up on the board. He helped Santana with her performance and they both helped Rachel seeing as she had been at Kurt's house yesterday evening. They usually wouldn't have even bothered to help her seeing as Rachel Berry only wanted help if she asked for it. But Kurt had seen that he was overwhelmed with trying to figure out how to sing the song and harmonies by herself. So he volunteered his help and Santana's as well.
"Alright guys who wants to go first?" Mr. Schuster said with a giant smile on his face. He had chosen this album because he knew it had a lot of songs that could be used from Regionals or even Nationals.
"Funny looking Girl is going first." Santana said standing up.
Rachel rolled her eyes and stood up. "I believe the name of the Streisand movie you're referring to is Funny Girl, Santana. If you're going to insult me do it right."
"Are you sure? Because looking at you right now, I'm more than sure the name has to be Funny looking girl." Santana rebutted.
The class snickered at the remark and Rachel caught on to what Santana was implying. She sighed and then walked to the center of the room. Kurt and Santana stood behind her on each side. They stood behind the black microphone stands as Rachel took her place behind the sparkling bedazzled one.
"Whenever you're ready Rachel." The Spanish teacher said.
Everyone stopped talking and turned their attention to the Jewish girl. She pushed her hair back and ran her hand over the black turtle neck and the houndstooth knee length skirt she wore with black tights and black tights.
"So I picked a sound that both shows my impeccable range and also how much I love Finn." She made eye contact. "This song is for you. Because you don't realize what you do for me, but I want to show you."
The band started to play and Kurt and Santana began the background vocals.
"The slightest words you said/ Have all gone to my head/ I hear angels sing in your voice/ When you pull me close/ Feelings I've never known/ They mean everything/ And leave me no choice," Rachel sang softly. Kurt and Santana rocked back and forth mindlessly as they harmonized with the lead singer.
"Light on my heart, light on my feet/ Light in your eyes I can't even speak/ Do you even know how you make me weak," She sang. She pulled the microphone from the stand and started to walk around. "I'm a lightweight/ Better be careful what you say/ With every word I'm blown away/ You're in control of my heart/ I'm a lightweight/ Easy to fall, easy to break/ With every move my whole world shakes/ Keep me from falling apart,"
She went on to sing the entire song and Kurt and Santana couldn't help but to smile at the reaction Finn was giving. At the end of the song Rachel got back behind the stand and belted out the last note. The entire class erupted in applause.
Finn stood up and walked in front of his girlfriend. "Thank you."
Rachel wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on the tall boy's chest. He enveloped her in his arms and they shared a passionate kiss. Santana opened her mouth and made a gagging noise at which Kurt laughed and the duo high fived and took their seats again. Rachel and Finn walked back to their seats holding each other.
Kurt rolled his eyes and crossed his legs. He was tired of seeing the pair so in love. He wasn't turning into one of those people that hated love; he just hated seeing people happy when he wasn't. The only exception would be Santana and Brittany.
"Mr. Schue," Sebastian raised his hand. "If you don't mind, I would like to go next."
Mr. Schuster smiled. "Go ahead Sebastian. I'm glad to see you getting involved in the assignments so quickly. I am excited to see what you have to sing."
The green eyed boy walked to the center of the room and with the help of Mike and Brittany, moved the stuff from the previous act and the three got set. The band started to play their strings.
"The day I first met you/ You told me you'd never fall in love," He sang; the second the words came from his mouth he made eye contact with Kurt. "But now that I get you/ I know fear is what it really was,"
Sebastian started walking towards Kurt with his usual swagger as Brittany and Mike danced behind. "Now here we are/ So close yet so far/ Haven't I passed the test/ When will you realize/ Baby, I'm not like the rest," Sebastian jogged back to his place and caught on to the routine as he continued to sing.
"Don't wanna break your heart/ Wanna give your heart a break/ I know you're scared it's wrong/ Like you might make a mistake/ There's just one life to live/ And there's no time to wait, to waste/ So let me give your heart a break, give your heart a break/ Let me give your heart a break, your heart a break/ Oh yeah, yeah," He sang and winked at Kurt.
At this point Kurt was blushing fifty different shades of red and pink. Sebastian ran to him and pulled a chair right in front of him as he started to sing the next verse. "On Sunday you went home alone/ There were tears in your eyes/ I called your cell phone, my love/ But you did not reply,"
He grabbed Kurt's hands and pulled the boy from his seat. He threw his arm over his shoulder and led him on a pretend romantic walk. "The world is ours if we want it/ We can take it if you just take my hand/ There's no turning back now/ Baby, try to understand,"
Kurt covered his face as Sebastian left him standing there and the boy danced around him with Brittany and Mike along with him. "Don't wanna break your heart/ Wanna give your heart a break/ I know you're scared it's wrong/ Like you might make a mistake/ There's just one life to live/ And there's no time to wait, to waste/ So let me give your heart a break, give your heart a break/ Let me give your heart a break, your heart a break/ Oh yeah, yeah,"
Brittany and Mike led Kurt to a stool that was set in the middle of the room. He took a seat and covered his mouth to try to hide the enormous smile that was on his face and would not leave.
Sebastian swaggered toward him with his hands tucked into the pockets of his olive baggy pants. (Kurt had to admit that the boy looked absolutely hot in this moment. The olive pants were different but attractive on the boy; he also wore a tucked in salmon colored button up shirt and black Aldo shoes.) He brought his finger to his lips as he continued to sing. "When your lips are on my lips/ And our hearts beat as one/ But you slip out of my fingertips/ Every time you run, whoa-oh-whoa-oh-oh,"
Kurt got chills as he hit that note and his smile grew wider only he didn't try to hide it. Sebastian kneeled in front of him and grabbed his hand. "'Cause you've been hurt before/ I can see it in your eyes/ You try to smile it away, some things you can't disguise/ Don't wanna break your heart/ Maybe, I can ease the ache, the ache/ So let me give your heart a break, give your heart a break/ Let me give your heart a break, your heart a break,"
Sebastian stood up and got as close to Kurt as possible; Pressing their foreheads together. "The day I first met you/ You told me you'd never fall in love"
Their eyes met and Kurt smiled hard. They didn't even notice the look of shock on half the classes face. But they were brought out of their trance when everyone started to cheer and clap loudly. Kurt cleared his throat and then looked toward the class. Santana had a smirk on her face while Brittany was bouncing up and down in her chair with excitement. Rachel and Finn both sported stunned looks but the rest of the class was smiling—except for Blaine and Puck. The two boys both had scowls on their faces.
"So as many of you may know, Blaine and I broke up last week. And while it may be distasteful to show that I'm interested in someone else already, and that someone being his ex boyfriend, but when you catch feelings like this you just have to let them out." Sebastian said. He looked to Kurt and smiled. "And know you know how I feel."
Kurt blushed and smiled a goofy smile he didn't even know he was capable of showing. "That was really sweet Sebastian. We'll have to talk about this later, but thank you."
Sebastian winked at him and then helped his down from the stool. Kurt walked back to his chair and fanned himself as Santana and Brittany both leaped at him for details. Artie, Tina, Sugar, and Joe all attacked Sebastian as he took his seat.
Mr. Schuster got up and told everyone that the assignment was going good so far. He was upset that they were out of time for the day and that the club needed to go to their next class but he said they would pick it up the next day. Santana and Brittany skipped off to sixth period cheerleading and all of the football players went to sixth period football. The rest of the class went to whatever class they had next, but luckily for Kurt he had study hall. He grabbed his bag and took his time to get to his locker. He grabbed his things and then shut it. Behind his locker door Puck leaned against the lockers looking out in front of him.
Kurt didn't say anything to him; he just stared at the boy. He stared at the chiseled jawline that he had once kissed on for what seemed like hours; he looked at the boy's stubble covered cheeks that he's love to feel against his lips; he took in the thin pink lips that he used to be crazy about—but in this moment, he hated all of those things.
Without saying anything Kurt turned on his heal and started walking in the direction of the library. He heard footsteps falling behind him and the presence of the running back.
"Shouldn't you be in the locker room pretending to not peak at Sam and Mike's abs or something?" Kurt said not looking back.
Puck scoffed. "You know as well as I do that the only dude I ever looked at like that was you."
Kurt shrugged and made a faint 'hmm' sound. "Well then I guess you don't have to worry about looking at dudes anymore then because you will never see me like that ever again."
Puck grabbed his arm and pushed him against the locker, not in a rough way, but to get him to stop walking. He put his arms on either side of Kurt's head.
"We both know that if I wanted to look at you like that again, I could have you begging for more in seconds." Puck said seductively.
"It did only take you seconds to finish didn't it?" Kurt said sarcastically. He still hadn't met the other boy's eyes but he saw his nose flare at the statement.
Puck growled and shook his head before forcing Kurt's head up to make eye contact. "Cut the bullshit Kurt." He said aggressively. "This isn't your personality, it's Santana's. Why don't be drop the bitch act and talk to each other for a minute."
"What is there to talk about Puck?" Kurt said defensively. "You don't want to see me anymore. I'm a, if I remember correctly, cock slut that no one will ever want."
The taller boy sighed and dropped his hand from the lockers. He ran his hands through his mohawk and pulled at it. "You know I didn't mean any of those things."
"You sure do seem to know a lot of the things I do and don't know." Kurt retorted.
Puck snapped a looked at him and Kurt rolled his eyes. The tough guy demeanor didn't work with Kurt anymore. He was immune to the boy's intimidation.
"Look, I just wanted to come to you and say sorry for the way I acted at the party. It was really fucked up and I shouldn't have put you out there like that." Puck said.
Kurt was taken aback. He never expected for the Jewish teen to apologize for any of the things he had done, and here he was apologizing for one of them. "I wish I could say that I'm sorry for the party but I'm not." Kurt replied. "You were a dick and you deserved to be called what I called you."
Puck growled. "That was a low fucking blow Kurt. You know how that makes me feel."
"Yeah well I'm just a cum swallowing stupid faggot remember?" Kurt raised an eyebrow. "My kind doesn't really have sympathy for people's feelings."
"Dude, don't bring that up to me." Puck said shaking his head and rubbing his eyes.
Kurt stood up straight and waited until they made eye contact. "Was the party the only thing you want to apologize for?"
The two fell silent. Puck looked away and didn't answer the question. Kurt leaned back against the look and looked down the hall. The hallway had been empty the entire time and Kurt knew that he could get in trouble if they were caught out of class right now. And he also knew that Puck would start acting like a douchebag if another student came out and saw them talking to each other right now.
"If you don't mind, I'm going to leave now." Kurt said turning to walk away.
"What's going on between you and that Garbler?" Puck said from behind him.
Kurt turned around and scrunched his brows. "What does it matter to you?"
Puck shrugged and stuffed his hands into his pocket.
"Its none of your business. You didn't want me anyways so it doesn't matter what he and I are doing." Kurt said,
"He only wants you to piss of Blaine. It's the typical guy move. He dumped Blaine and is now going after his ex boyfriend to rub it in his face. Its classic and you're gonna be the one that looks dumb." Puck said,
Kurt chuckled. "When did you get your PhD in Psychology? Last I checked you couldn't even pass high school Freshman English."
Puck rolled his eyes and took a deep breath to stay calm. "I'm just warning you, you're gonna look like that fairy slut the second you walk down the hall with him. No one will mess with him because they know they he's fucking your ass and not the other way around. People will call you a slut and might even start asking for a turn."
Kurt's mouth tightened and he tried to keep back tears. He took in air through his nose and let it out from his mouth. He took a step up until he was pressed flesh against Puck. (Seeing that he is shorter, his face met his neck so he had to look up to him.)
"Look here Puck. You and I, whatever it was we had going is over. You made that deathly clear when you said all that stuff to me in the auditorium. And you backed it up when you embarrassed me at the party. So any thoughts you may have, mean absolutely nothing to me. In fact, you mean absolutely nothing to me. So do yourself a favor and leave me the fuck alone. Because the next time you say something to me, will be the last time you speak ever. Got it?" Kurt barked. All the anger he had built up inside of him coming out at once.
Puck bit down on his back teeth and his jawline tightened. Kurt turned on his heal and walked away with force. He muttered curses the entire time he walked until he reached the library.
A/N: Songs In This Chapter Are 'Lightweight' And 'Give Your Heart A Break'. (Obviously Both By Demi Lovato) I Hope You Enjoyed. Tell Me What You Think. The Entire Puck And Kurt Convo Literally Came To Me Last Second. Hope It Was Long Enough And Keeps You Happy Until Tomorrow.