Kurt couldn't have felt more excited for that day. It was the homecoming dance, and that meant he was going with Blaine. They planned on going to dinner at Breadstix, and then go to the dance from there, with Rachel and Finn. Kurt realized Karofsky was backing off. He honestly didn't know what it was. He changed into his tux, along with Finn. Blaine and Rachel were coming there. Kurt put hairspray in his hair, fluffing it. They both heard the bell ring. Finn went and got the door, Blaine climbing the stairs to Kurt's room. Blaine and Kurt both decided to wear matching suits. Blaine leaned in and gave Kurt a kiss.

"Are you ready?" Blaine asked.

"Yeah," Kurt said, smiling the first genuine smile that appeared on his face in a while. He couldn't help but grin.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Rachel and Finn were sitting on the couch. Rachel looked stunning. She was wearing a strapless, sweetheart dress that was pulled into her body by a corset. It was fuchsia with a black belt embellished with rhinestones, and sequence aligned the neckline. She paired it with black stilettoes, and the dress had ruching around the natural waist. Despite her looking so beautiful with her hair flowing down her back, Finn knew Burt would expect him to keep an eye on Kurt.

"Remember Finn," Rachel said.

"I know but Kurt needs me to look out for him. Okay? I'll divide my time," Finn assured her gently.

"And you will fast dance?" Rachel asked. Finn nodded. "Slow dance?" Finn nodded again. "Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'?"

Finn nodded. "Yes I will. All of that for you. Trust me."

Rachel smiled brightly. "I'm so happy with you, Finn. Okay? I'm proud. You are really stepping up."

"And I know I need to step up for Kurt, Rachel. He's my brother. You know I love him to death," Finn said.

Kurt and Blaine climbed down the stairs. They were ready to go to Breadstix for dinner.

When they finished, they all went to go to the school gym for the dance. They could hear music pumping out from the speakers. The entire gym was decorated in the McKinley High colors of red and white. There were few teachers, which made Kurt really nervous about the lack of supervision, but he needed to let that go and have fun. It was the opportunity he needed to take for once. Ever since the kidnapping happened he felt so much anxiety, but now he would be able to forget about all of that, and he was grateful for that. He saw Mercedes and Artie and sat down at their table.

"Hey guys," he said, a little breathlessly.

"Hey, Kurt how are you?" Mercedes asked.

"I've been doing a little better. A little. I am not saying it's completely perfect. I mean-I-" Kurt broke off. "Every time I close my eyes I see it happening. Every time I sleep I see it."

Artie shook his head. "I wanna kill them for doing this to you," he growled behind a clenched jaw.

"Artie as much as I know you wanna kill them, don't incriminate yourself," Kurt insisted.

"But you said that he was blackmailing you to buy drugs for him! He kissed you afterwards! He pretty much destroyed your life!" Artie said, feeling as though he had to be protective.

"Artie while I appreciate your protectiveness, I still don't want you to risk anything or do something stupid, okay?" Kurt said over the loud music.

Artie nodded, though he couldn't make any kind of promises that he wouldn't make a threat. He wanted to strangle Karofsky when he found out Karofsky attempted to rape Kurt in an alley behind Breadstix. He knew that event completely scared Kurt shitless.

"Still, if you want me to run over somebody, I do not mind. I will happily do that. Karofsky and Rick and Azimio would have to deal with me, one on one, yours truly," Artie said.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "Artie," he said.

"And besides, Kurt. You know that when you take this to trial you will need to give your statement," Mercedes said.

"I know but do you honestly think that I wanna think about that right now?" Kurt asked. "I wanna forget about it tonight."

"Yeah I know. Is your family still looking for a lawyer?" Mercedes asked.

Kurt nodded miserably. "I know. We are still looking. It's taking way too long to find one."

"Yeah." Artie nodded, sympathetic.

The dance continued on, Kurt, Blaine, Rachel and Finn in the same area. 'On the Floor' by Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull blasted from the speakers. Kurt then turned to Finn, smiling widely.

"Finn thank you so much!" he said. "For the first time in a while I actually feel safe!"

"Hey c'mon it's the least I could do!" Finn insisted, dancing really badly, which Kurt didn't care about at this point.

However, what they both saw next made Kurt panic with fear. He saw something he was hoping and praying not to see at all.

"Oh my God," he whispered. "It's Karofsky!"

"What? I thought we had a deal!" Finn cried out.

"What?!" Kurt shrieked out. "You talked to him! I told you not to do that!"

"I just wanted to this to be over!" Finn explained.

"With him it's never over, Finn! I'll handle it!" Kurt snapped. He couldn't believe Finn interfered like that when he specifically told him to leave it. He immediately went up to Karofsky.

"Karofsky, just go! Leave this building now!" he snapped.

"No!" Karofsky growled. He grabbed Kurt's wrist tightly.

Finn then went up and pulled Kurt out of the way. "Finn!" he said.

"Look, we had a deal! Leave and back off from Kurt!" Finn snapped.

"You gonna stop me?!" Karofsky taunted.

Finn nodded, pulling his jacket off. He punched Karofsky hard in the face. "NOW GET OUTTA HERE!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. He put his jacket back on and turned around, however, when he saw Karofsky pulling out a gun, he panicked, his jaw dropping. Kurt practically ran. Five gun shots were fired, and Karofsky ran away before anybody could catch him, even the teachers.

Author's Note:

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