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Chapter 37:
Karofsky had no idea why he'd even bothered to come to the trial today. Neither Blaine, nor Kurt were testifying, so what the hell did it matter?
He was vaguely surprised to see Hudson there. Sure, he looked scared shitless, and the other jock had no idea why, but it was amusing as hell.
He also saw...was that Blaine's dad sitting next to Kurt's? What were they doing here?
Oh right...if Hudson was here it made sense that Mr. Hummel would have accompanied him.
That didn't explain why Blaine's dad was there though.
He slid silently into his seat and stared at his hands. He'd heard that the State would be finishing up with its argument today. That meant the Defense would begin presenting witnesses tomorrow or whenever the trial resumed after today.
Fantastic.
When they brought Azimio back in, Karofsky couldn't help but catch the inmate's eye, and he didn't like the look on his face - the 'I-want-to-beat-the-freaking-crap-out-of-you' look - it was incredibly irritating.
He shuddered and turned his attention to the front.
The judge entered, and then the trial started up again.
"The State calls Mark Collins to the stand." said Mia.
Karofsky's jaw nearly fell right off his face.
Who?
He watched as a tall boy, about his own age, got to his feet and approached the stand.
He had dark brown hair and green eyes, and was wearing a red button down shirt, combined with fitted, dark jeans.
Jeans that showed off a pretty nice -
Oh shit.
He was attracted to the guy.
Great. Just freaking great.
Mark had no idea why he'd bothered to try to look nice for testifying. It wasn't like anyone in that room was ever going to see him again.
He lounged casually in the chair on the witness stand, watching the attorney - what was her name? Mia right? - closely.
"Mr. Collins, could you please explain to me 'The Sadie Hawkins incident' that you went through two years ago?"
Mark shrugged. The chair was suddenly really uncomfortable.
"I went to the dance with my friend, Blaine Anderson." he said. "We didn't go as a couple, but it didn't stop us from getting beat up by homophobes."
Mia nodded.
"Did you or Blaine ever ask for what happened to you?"
Mark sat up a little straighter.
"H-No, no way. We were already getting bullied to an extreme amount, and we didn't even try to be obvious about our sexuality."
Mia nodded again.
"No further questions," she said finally. "Your witness."
Surprisingly, the Defense attorney, Baker, didn't move.
"I have no questions for this witness." he announced, gritting his teeth.
Mark could see that he was upset about this...probably because any questions he could ask were probably the same ones he'd put to Blaine about that night. There was no point.
"Mr. Collins, you may step down."
He exhaled and tugged uncomfortably at his shirt collar.
As he headed back to his seat, he noticed that another boy was watching him.
He was fairly attractive - short brown hair, brown eyes, definitely a jock, by the fact that he was wearing a letterman jacket (who the frick wears a letterman jacket to a court hearing? he thought)...but then he could have guessed that without the jacket based on the guy's muscular frame.
Their eyes met and then the guy hastily refocused his attention on the front of the room.
Mark sighed and slumped down on the bench.
"The State calls Finn Hudson to the stand!"
Karofsky sighed and watched as Finn walked up to the witness stand. This was gonna be really interesting.
"Finn, how do you know Kurt and Blaine?" asked Mia.
"Uh, Kurt's my step-brother," answered Finn, "and Blaine's part of a Glee club that my school competed against last year. He's also Kurt's boyfriend."
Mia checked her notes.
"You know the defendant, correct? You're on the football team with him?"
Finn nodded.
"Yeah...to both of those."
Karofsky smothered a snort.
"What were Mr. Roberts's feelings regarding your Glee club?" asked Mia.
Finn shrugged.
"He never really liked it."
Oh come on, Hudson - you can do better than that. thought Karofsky. Hell I could give her a whole freaking list of how many different ways Azimio bashed your Glee club!
"Can you explain that a little better?" asked Mia. "What exactly did the defendant think of you and your friends?"
Finn looked deep in thought.
"I know he and the other guys thought it was weird...like we were all suddenly gay for joining."
"Did Mr. Roberts ever single Kurt out?"
"No...well there was the Lady Gaga thing."
Karofsky's face fell.
Oh shit. He'd been with Azimio when they'd threatened to beat Kurt up because of his stupid outfit.
If Hudson mentioned him, the jury would pretty much freaking ignore his whole testimony.
And then Hudson would probably kill him if Azimio wasn't convicted.
Damn it.
"What was that?" asked Mia.
"We had to do a Lady Gaga song as our assignment...the guys weren't really into it," explained Hudson, "and Kurt took some heat because he went ahead and did it with the girls. Azimio was going to beat him up because Kurt refused to tone it down...or whatever."
"Tone what down?"
Finn shrugged.
"His sexuality." he replied.
"So would you say that he did not ask for any bullying to happen to him?"
"Pretty much."
"Yes or no, Mr. Hudson." said Mia.
"Yes. He didn't ask for it."
Mia sat down.
"Your witness."
Okay so no Klaine in this chapter, but they will be back, I promise.
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