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Chapter 36:
"Blaine are you okay?"
Blaine flinched.
"Fine, Jeff...why?"
Jeff stared at him.
"You...I don't know, you seemed weird, that's all." he shrugged as he grabbed his pajamas.
Blaine smiled tiredly.
"I'm fine, but thanks for asking." he said as he pulled the covers back on his bed.
Jeff helped him up onto the mattress, and then went to change into his pajamas.
"How did your visit with Kurt and that other kid go?" he asked when he'd returned.
Blaine shrugged.
"Fine." he didn't feel like really discussing it anyway. "'Night, Jeff."
"'Night, Blaine."
Kurt was shaking.
The purple slush ran down his cheeks, mingling with hot tears.
He had just been heading to lunch with Finn and Mercedes , when a bunch of the football team players had cornered him. Strando had shoved Finn out of the way and literally dumped the grape slushie he'd been holding over Kurt's head.
Finn and Mercedes both looked like they wanted to strangle Strando.
The jock smirked.
"Like I told you, Hudson, he had it coming."
"'Cedes," Kurt spoke his best friend's name with quiet desperation.
She understood, grabbed his messenger bag, and held his arm tightly as she guided him toward the Girls' Bathroom.
"I shouldn't have let it get to me." he whispered as he watched Mercedes yank a bunch of paper towels out of the dispenser.
"You don't need to be ashamed, Kurt. Strando's an ass, trying to fill Azimio's shoes." Mercedes responded, wetting one of the towels and carefully cleaning the muck off of his face. "I'm gonna kick Karofsky's ass - he's supposed to be lookin' out for you. Wasn't that the point of the Bully Whip thing?"
Kurt flinched, but said nothing.
"I should lay into Santana too," she continued, finishing with Kurt's face, before helping him remove his stained Alexander McQueen sweater and polo shirt. "Did you bring another shirt to wear?"
He nodded.
"I put it in my locker when I got to school this morning." he answered. "Otherwise it would wrinkle." he paused. "and leave Santana alone. 'S not going to change anything if you go after her."
Mercedes rolled her eyes.
"I'll go get it." she said. "and no promises on Santana."
He watched her leave the bathroom before turning back to the sink. It wasn't without difficulty that he managed to rinse the purple syrup from his hair.
When Mercedes brought him his shirt, he put it on quickly, and attempted to style his hair as best he could.
Her hand found his, and squeezed it.
The two left the bathroom and headed for Glee Club.
I'm really sorry, Kurt. Are you okay?
"I'm fine, Blaine," said Kurt. "It was just a slushie."
No it isn't! What happened to that anti-bullying organization?
"Blaine," said Kurt calmly, "Seriously. Calm down. I promise, I'm not hurt - a little shaken, but I'm not hurt. Honestly I was expecting that to happen sometime, and it was a shocker that it took that long to happen. Anyway, Karofsky and Santana can't keep protecting me."
Blaine sighed.
Are you going to the trial tomorrow?
"Don't think so." Kurt leaned back on his bed. "'S far as I know, Mark and Finn are supposed to testify."
How the hell is Finn supposed to testify - he got kicked out and didn't show up til Quinn called him!
"Past incident stuff remember? Finn may not have seen a whole lot of what I went through, but he sure as hell knows about it." Kurt reached over and grabbed his French notes. "I think Mia's basing a lot of her argument on all that, and trying to show that you and I are not the insane victims or something."
Let me know how it goes when Finn gets back?
"Of course." Kurt replied. "How are your finals going?"
Okay I guess. Math and Science today. Yuck. Three more though, so should go by quickly. What about you?
"I have French and Home Ec tomorrow."
Good luck. I'd better go, I have to get back to studying. Do you want to go catch a movie Friday night? Celebrate finals being over?
"Blaine, your finals end on Friday. Mine start tomorrow. I'll be studying like crazy all weekend." he paused, tracing a finger over his notes. "but yes, that would be nice."
You just said you would be studying all weekend -
"I can make time for you, you know." Kurt said, smiling slightly, "Just don't be surprised if I don't call until late, or get delayed in answering your texts."
Noted. I'll let you get back to studying.
"Alright, bye."
Well, this one was a short one...but we're back to the trial next chapter, so...yay?
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