(5) I Won't Let Go

I Will Hold You Tight

Kurt was sitting on the couch in his living room in between Finn and Blaine, while Burt and Carole sat on the loveseat, and Jones sat on the recliner.

Kurt had told the detective everything he knew. "Well," said Jones. "This is good. We have a decent amount of evidence. I'll turn in these files and by Monday, we should have Karofsky in cuffs."

She thanked them for their time and walked out the door.

"Kurt," Burt said. "I need to go to the garage... You think you'll be okay here?"

Kurt smiled and nodded. "He won't be alone," Finn spoke up. "I'll stay with him."

"Me too," said Blaine.

Carole had to leave to the hospital later on, leaving the three boys by themselves.

"So what do you want to do?" asked Finn.

"Yeah," said Blaine. "We can watch movies or play board games or whatever else you'd like." he mailed at Kurt who returned it.

"Why don't we watch Mulan?" asked Kurt. They all smiled and happily agreed.

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Maria Jones put her squad car into park just outside of the Karofsky residence driveway. She breathed deeply and gripped the steering wheel tightly just the way she did every time she confronted a perp to take them in. She opened the car door, walked up to the porch and rang the doorbell. It was answered by a burly man with a beard and goatee who looked very professional in his business suit. "Hello?" he called. "May I help you?"

"Detective Maria Jones: Lima Ohio PD: Special Victims Unit..." she flipped out her badge to the man. "Paul Karofsky?" the man nodded. "I'm here to talk to you and your son David Karofsky." she said.

He invited her in and called his son to the living room. David walked into the room. "Yeah?" he asked nonchalantly. Maria clenched her fist... The nerve of this guy to act as if he hadn't done anything wrong...

"David Karofsky?" he nodded. Out from the inner pocket of her blazer. She pulled out a blue document and handed it to his father. "This is a warrant for your son's arrest... David Karofsky," she walked over to him and pulled out handcuffs. His eyes widened and he took a step back, nearly nocking down the small table behind him.

"This MUST be some sort of mistake," said Paul.

She grabbed David by his shoulders and pinned him to the wall with his back facing outward. She placed the cuffs on his wrists. "You are under arrest for the rape and assault of Kurt Hummel. You have the right to remain silent."

"This is total BULLSHIT!" cried David. "I didn't touch the little fag!"

Maria raised her voice just slightly. "Anything you say can and will be used against you. You have the right to an attorney present now and during any future questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you free of charge if you wish."

"Dad!" whimpered David.

"Detective!" he called. "Surely you have the wrong person! It's a mistake! It must be!"

She shook her head as she opened the back of the car and pushed David's head into the car. She could only wish that this was a mistake. That this had never happened. Unfortunately, reality had other plans.

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Th three boys were halfway through Mulan when the house phone rang. Finn leaned over to the lamp table where it sat and picked it up. "Hello?"

It was Jones. "I just wanted to call to say that David Karofsky has been arrested."

Finn closed his eyes and breathed deeply. "Thank you so much..." He felt a lump forming in his throat. "I- I'll pass on the news. Will that be all, detective?"

"For now... Goodbye Finn."

He thanked her again and hung up. "Who was that?" asked Kurt.

"It was Jones..." Kurt sucked in a breath. What had happened? "Kurt. Karofsky's been arrested."

He let out a sigh of relief, but didn't say anything. No words could ever express the amount of relief he was feeling.

Blaine spoke up though. "Good. Do you know the trial date yet?"

Finn shook his head. "That was all the info she had for now..."

They sat in silence for a while. Kurt rested his head on Blaine's shoulder. He loved the way Kurt's head fit perfectly in the gap between his head and shoulder. They were near the end of the movie when Burt walked through the door. His eyes were puffy and red and everyone knew he'd been crying.

He smiled at the group of boys, then headed into the kitchen. Blaine excused himself and followed Burt into the kitchen.

"Burt?" Blaine called. Burt quickly wiped away the tears that were rolling down his cheeks. "I was... I was wondering if I could stay the night. I just... I don't want to leave Kurt..."

Under normal circumstances, Burt would have politely declined. But this situation was anything but normal now. "Sure thing, kiddo. Kurt uh... He has an air mattress in his room unless you'd rather sleep in the couch."

Blaine decided on the air mattress. He would be closer to Kurt that way. He made his way back to the couch and Kurt's head reclaimed it's position on Blaine's shoulder.

They decided to watch a few more movies before going to sleep. Kurt was the first one to decide to call it quits and he headed up the stairs. Blaine decided that there was really no point in staying up if Kurt was already going to sleep, so he decided to go to sleep as well.

Blaine pulled out the air mattress from underneath Kurt's bed and blew it up using a pump quickly. As he turned out the lights and climbed into bed, he bid Kurt goodnight. "Sweet dreams," he whispered.

He soon realized that his dreams would he anything but.

In the middle of the night, Blaine awoke to the sound of whimpering coming from Kurt's direction. He quickly scrambled up and flicked on the light as Kurt's flailing became more intense. "Kurt! Kurt! Just calm down! It just a dream, he can't hurt you! Kurt!"

Blaine grabbed Kurt's wrists to try to stop them from swinging at him.

"KURT!"

His eyes shot open and he was breathing heavily. His eyes were watering as he pulled Blaine into a tight hug. "Oh thank god it's just you. I thought- I thought..."

He couldn't even finish the thought. He just buried his head into Blaine's shoulder as his whole body shook with sobs. Blaine shushed him and gently stroked the back of his head. God, his heart was aching for Kurt so bad. He didn't even realize he was crying until he felt the first tear drip from his cheek onto Kurt's back.

He wiped the tear as he pulled away and looked at Kurt. "You ok?" he asked.

Kurt smiled weakly and nodded. "I'm a lot better now, thank you."

Blaine nodded, switched the light back off, and climbed back down onto his mattress. They laid there on silence for a while before Kurt spoke up.

"B-Blaine?"

Blaine turned towards Kurt and asked, "Yeah?"

"Will-will you... Will you sleep next to me... Please?"

Blaine climbed out of his covers and into Kurt's bed. He came face to face with Kurt's eyes. Those eyes... They had seen so much more hate, injustice, and pain in this past weekend than Blaine had his whole life.

"Thank you..."

Blaine just nodded and placed his forehead on Kurt's as he closed his eyes. He reached for Kurt's hand and laced their fingers together. Kurt had his eyes closed and pulled their intertwined hands up between their chests.

It might have been the drowsiness. It might have been the stress of the whole situation getting to them. Or it might have just been fate. But as they felt each other's heartbeat through their hands, they seemed to be in sync with each other.

They slowly drifted off to sleep, the rhythmic sounds of breathing lulling them into deep dreams.

Kurt didn't have another nightmare that night.

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A/N: I'm so sorry for the wait, but this story is so hard for me to write and my iPod was confiscated...

Please let me know what you think, and have faith because I have a big storyline planned.

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