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This chapters song: After The Storm – Mumford and Sons. My favorite band. They are AMAZING. I listen to them when I'm writing(:

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CHAPTER 3

After The Storm

Kurt sat around all day. Nothing to do, nobody to talk to. His parents were at work and Finn was at school, of course. Kurt didn't feel like doing anything but sitting around and watching cheesy TV soap operas. He settled on one about a psycho lady who killed her father. Or at least, that's what he thought. He wasn't following it too well.

About the time 3:00 rolled around, he got a text from Finn.

Is it ok if I hang out with Rachel after Glee? Mom told me 2 ask.

Kurt rolled his eyes and replied to the message. Of course it was okay if he was out with Rachel. Blaine was coming over. Like Kurt needed Finn eavesdropping on the two of them, because they were probably going to be talking about Karofsky. And Finn didn't know about half of the stuff that went on. It took Kurt a long while to convince Finn not to kill Karofsky that morning, and he didn't want Finn knowing about the other stuff that went on. Burt had already been to Principal Figgins and discussed the issue. Karofsky was to be expelled, along with Azimio. The other two got away with it because they didn't really talk the whole time, so there was no evidence of them having to do anything with the situation.

Kurt remembered that Blaine asked him to call after school that day, to make sure it was okay for him to come over.

"Hey, you can come over any time. Just let yourself in, alright? I'm in my room. So just look for the door leading to the basement in the kitchen."

"Alright, I'll be there in a bit."

Kurt hung up and recalled his conversation with his Father that morning. Burt basically said that he approved of Blaine, and it was okay if he hung out with Kurt any time just as long as he was informed about it.

Kurt sighed and threw his phone down on the floor. All of his friends were probably practicing in Glee club now, so he wouldn't hear from them for awhile. He didn't really want to explain what happened. Maybe Finn would. Well, hopefully. Probably not.

Kurt was curled up in the middle of his bed, almost asleep, when he heard his door swing open.

"Kurt?" Blaine kind of yelled down the stairs.

"Yeah, I'm down here." Kurt muttered.

He completely forgot about being in his pajamas. Kurt freaked out a little and looked down to his matching blue pajama set. 'Crap, I look like such an IDIOT.' He thought to himself. Kurt always showered every morning and took at least an hour to pick out his outfit. And here he was, face wasn't moisturized... hair wasn't even brushed. Crap.

"Hey, Kurt! You feeling better?" Blaine asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just.. tired." Kurt spoke.

Kurt looked up to Blaine. Oh, Gaga. Kurt did a double take. He had a striped cream and red colored shirt on, a crimson cardigan, and his usual dark skinny jeans on. But they were way skinner than Kurt remembered Blaine wearing.

"So, wondering why I have the guitar?" Blaine grinned.

Guitar?

Kurt glanced to the object in Blaine's hand which was obviously a guitar and said "Uh, yeah." after sitting up.

Blaine walked over to Kurt's bed and plopped down beside him, leaving only a few inches of space between them. Kurt ignored the amazing feeling in the pit of his stomach he couldn't quite place.

"I just had something to play for you. Nice hair." Blaine chuckled.

Kurt growled a little and put his hands up in his hair, trying to fix it, while Blaine played a few chords on his guitar.

"I haven't figured out the entire song yet, but I think I can play at least half of it... I might change some of it around.." Blaine spoke.

Kurt waited, wondering why he was even playing a song for Kurt. Wasn't that what people did when they liked someone? No. Blaine was just being a friend. A strange friend Kurt barely even knew. A friend Kurt was falling hard for, even if he hadn't figured it out yet.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That's why I hold,
That's why I hold with all I have.

That's why I hold.

I won't die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I'll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

Blaine was in tears by the end of the song, and Kurt was on the verge of them. Kurt wondered why Blaine was crying, and he wanted Blaine to smile brilliantly again. Because in the small time he knew Blaine, he had grown to love that smile of his. And he would do anything to get it back.

"Blaine, what's wrong?" Kurt asked.

Kurt remembered Blaine saying that he knew what Kurt was going through when they were in front of Kurt's house a few nights ago.

Had he really been through the same thing?

No, he couldn't have been. Not someone as happy as Blaine.

Blaine sat his guitar on the ground softly and turned to Kurt. He opened his mouth to say more, but couldn't He was crying, he was getting it out of his system. Kurt didn't know it, but Blaine felt the same about Kurt. He felt like he could tell Kurt anything.

Kurt reached over and tugged Blaine to him. He didn't really know what he was doing.. but he did know that Blaine just needed someone to hold him right now, just as Blaine had done for Kurt a few nights ago.

Blaine buried his face into Kurt's chest, and Kurt closed his eyes and rubbed circles along Blaine's back. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist. They lay like that for a good ten minutes before Blaine shifted and looked up to Kurt's face.

"Thank you." He whispered.

"No problem. You needed a good hug." Kurt grinned lazily and brought his hand up to Blaine's face to wipe some of the tears away.

'What am I doing?' Kurt thought.

Kurt unwrapped his arms from around Blaine and suddenly scooted back a bit.

"I think you should leave." He looked down at Blaine's guitar on the floor.

"..Okay.. I'll.. see you later." Blaine spoke a little quickly and confused. He got up out of the bed, grabbed his guitar, and left.

And that was that.

Kurt buried his face into his pillow and screamed. He didn't want to love anyone. He would just get hurt in the end. He was always the one who got hurt.

"It's better off if I just.. don't get to know him." He muttered and picked at a lose thread in his blanket.


"YOU DID WHAT?" Rachel and Mercedes chimed in at the same time.

"I-I told him to leave." Kurt looked sideways, trying his hardest not to look at their faces.

Kurt had found himself at Rachels house a few nights later. He hadn't told anyone about Karofsky because he simply didn't need to. Word got around quickly in McKinley High. Kurt wasn't really up for talking trash about Karofsky, since he got a taste of his own freaking medicine for once.

"Kurt," Mercedes said as she shook her head and Rachel buried her face in her hands. "are you an IDIOT?"

"No.. why?"

"Why? Kurt, that boy is in love with you! How can you NOT see it?"

"He's not. I don't want him to love me, and I don't need to love him."

"Kurt, honey," Mercedes put a hand on Kurt's shoulder. "Just because you've been scarred in the past doesn't mean you should push love away from you. It means you should let it come to you, and it has. And you're fighting against it, Kurt. That's a mistake. You need to go see that boy and set things straight."

"Who says I need love?" Kurt grumbled.

"I know for a fact that everybody needs love, Kurt." Rachel sat cross-legged on the side of her bed and filed her nails while she said this. "It's the only thing to heal a broken heart. And from what I hear of this Blaine, he's pretty nice. Believe me – the Glee club has called a numerous amount of his friends. We had to kno-"

"RACHEL," Mercedes shouted and put her hand over Rachel's mouth. "We agreed not to discuss that with Kurt."

Rachel's eyes grew wide as she looked between Kurt and Mercedes.

"You guys did what?" Kurt exclaimed.

"Kurt, we just wanted to know about him... alright?"

"I barely even know him! I just met him five days ago, and you guys already know more about him than me! The only thing I know about him is his smile, and how amazing he sounds when he sings. And how he loves to wear skinny jeans and hang out with his Grandma when he's sad.." Kurt mumbled. "Oh, Gaga. I do love him.. ugh."

Kurt pinched the bridge of his nose and fell back into the pillows, wanting to fade from the world. What kind of a mess did he get himself into? He didn't want to fall in love. He didn't need it.

"Just make it right, Kurt." Mercedes sighed.


(: Promise more of the New Directions will be in the next chapter. I've got something up my sleeve(:

Muahaha.