"Hello?"
"Hey princess, it's me"
"Kurt!" exclaimed Rachel, pressing her phone to her ear really hard, not miss a word he was about to say. "What did he say? Please, tell me he said yes, please, please!"
"Calm down" replied Kurt, amused, "yes, he did, he said I can go back to Mc Kinley"
"Yes! Long live Burt!" Rachel's enthusiasm caused Kurt to bust out laughing.
"I don't get it" she said, confused, "aren't you excited? I'm about to write that damn song for glee and dedicate it to your dad"
"Of course I'm excited, it's just that you're funny"
"Because I said 'long live'? As a 'princess' I'm used to hearing that, you should know that, you call me princess everyday" joked Rachel, pleased by the fact she had made him laugh.
"Actually, they say 'long live' to kings and queens" objected Kurt, "but I didn't mean that.. you really are amazing, Rachel, and I always thought that, but today I realized how true it is. No one had ever confronted Karofsky to protect me, especially like that.. not that I wanted you to punch him and stuff, but you were great anyway. You showed everyone what you can do, besides your diva abilities"
"My diva abilities?" echoed Rachel, raising her eyebrow. "You sound like Mercedes"
"No, no, what I meant to say is that you always complain about how people think you're selfish and how they don't like you.. and I think it's.. possibly true. I mean, I like you more than all of them put together, and I know that you're not selfish at all because I knew you'd fight for me even before you hit Karofsky today.. but they didn't. And now they know. They know that you can't just sing, act, or dance, or whatever"
"You forgot cry on demand"
"And boast about how many things you can do" added Kurt, sarcastically.
"Hey!"
"Come on, I'm joking. Well, you actually do that a lot.."
"I hate modest people" explained Rachel, avidly, "I mean, if you can do something why the hell would you shut up and let someone else take your role, when you know you could do it 10 times better and you just decide to be irrationally shy?"
"That makes sense.."
"Of course it does. I've practiced a lot and worked hard to be able to do all the things I can do now, and I'm not gonna let anyone tear me down. Maybe I'm a bit presumptuous, but they can't tell me to stop after all the efforts I had to make, and I'm proud to believe in myself. I mean, look at all the other girls, Santana, for example. She looks so full of herself, but the truth is that she has plenty of fears and hidden defects that she won't let out because she likes feeling like the queen of the school only because she's wearing a damn cheerleader suit"
"Okay, calm down" hissed Kurt, impressed but too tired to understand Rachel's weird logic, "I never said I didn't like your self-security, I actually admire it. Maybe I didn't last year, but I certainly do now, so don't worry, I know how great you can be, with or without a microphone in your hands, and they do too now"
"They?" repeated Rachel, dejected. "There was no one from glee club, apart from Finn. Nobody knows, and nobody will know. I doubt Karofsky would tell the world a girl hit him, right?"
"We were in a crowded hallway, some people saw it"
"Yeah, but they're not in glee club, they certainly won't tell Tina, or Puck, or.." she huffed, "Mercedes"
"Why are you so stuck on her?" asked Kurt.
"Because I had to let her write the song"
"What?"
"Yes, she's right, I wasn't going to write it any soon, and we need it for Regionals"
"You can still write one about my dad" joked Kurt.
"Shut up!" exclaimed Rachel, laughing out loud. "You don't want me to get there and punch you, do you?"
"Of course not" replied Kurt, smiling on the phone, "well, princess, I'm really tired, I'm going to bed"
"Fine, me too. Don't you dare call me again at 3 o'clock in the morning"
"Actually, it was half past 2"
"Whatever. Goodnight, Kurt"
"Long live, princess Rachel!"
"Idiot" said Rachel, before hanging up the phone with a grin on her face.
Kurt was happy too. He put his mobile down on his bedside table and he walked out of his bedroom to wash his teeth, but on his way to the bathroom he met Finn.
"Hi" he said, trying to enter the room, but Finn was standing in front of the door, "can you please move aside?"
"You do realize that Karofsky isn't going to leave you alone, right?" he asked baldly.
"I hope so. You saw yourself how Rachel manages it"
"That's even worse. Do you think that he couldn't handle a short girl who punches like a baby rabbit?"
"She seemed pretty dangerous to me" replied Kurt, coldly.
"Obviously, you fight like a grown rabbit"
"Can you please go?"
"You can't go back to Mc Kinley, Kurt" Finn ignored his question again, "you know that Karofsky won't stop bullying you because of Rachel, she's a girl, after all"
"What the hell, Finn!" blurted Kurt, irritated. "What do you think, that I will always let her punch him for me and that I'll hide under her skirt?"
"You're not gonna hurt him, that's what I think. I think you're too good to intentionally hurt someone, even if they hurt you bad, and so you shouldn't switch school because you won't be safe if you do"
"Rubbish, you don't want me to switch school so I can't see you flirting with Rachel"
"That's a lie, I care for you, you're my brother"
"Yes, but you care for her more, don't you?"
"I.." Finn hesitated, "I don't want either of you to get hurt, so you'd better stay where you are and not mess things up"
"Dalton is very expensive" commented Kurt, pointlessly, "my dad says it's okay if I want to go back at Mc Kinley, as long as I'm safe"
"But you're not!"
"I told him about Rachel and the glee club, how you would.. protect me"
"I can't believe Burt fell for that"
"I couldn't either, but he did. So get lost, I need to brush my teeth"
Finn didn't move for a second, speechless, then he huffed and walked to his bedroom.