It was finally Monday and Dave couldn't wait to get to school! All he could think about all weekend was his new friendship with Kurt. Yes, Kurt had agreed to be his friend after his suicide attempt, but this time was different. This time, Kurt didn't feel guilty for not answering his phone calls or feel sorry for him. Kurt liked him, for him!
When Dave arrived at McKinley, he went to his locker first to swap out his books. He planned on meeting Kurt at his locker so he could impress him once again by opening it for him, but when he got there, he found a smug looking Azimio Adams instead.
"Oh man! You missed it, Dave!" Azimio said. "We gave everyone on that Glee loser signup sheet a slushy facial this morning! We saved the best for last, too. It was priceless! That ferry Hummel didn't see it coming! We got him with five different colors of slushy!"
Dave couldn't believe what he was hearing! He remembered today with perfect clarity. He remembered that he and five of his friends were out to slushy everyone on the Glee list. He remembered thinking that Kurt was looking mighty fine this morning too and that he had to get those kind of thoughts out of his head. He remembered when Puckerman decided that Hummel should get the worst of it.
"What happened to you, man?" Dave asked, disgusted.
"What?"
"Why are you doing this?" Dave was pissed. "What did the Glee kids ever do to you guys?"
"They're all freaks, and they think their better than us!" Azimio defended himself.
"Right now, they are better than you." Dave said, heading to the nearest restroom.
"What is wrong with me? What is wrong with you, man?" Azimio called after him.
When Dave entered the boy's room, he was met with a soaking wet Kurt. His hair was sticky up in all directions and he had taken his shirt off to rinse it out in the sink.
"Kurt? Are you alright?"
"Like you even care." Kurt said.
"I do care. When I heard what-
"Oh please, Karofsky! You knew they going to do this! Or was that the plan all along? Sit in on Glee auditions to put faces to the names so you could attack us today?" Kurt yelled. "I was just beginning to think I could trust you, but you're just like the rest of them. You're just a Neanderthal that can't handle anything different!"
"Kurt, I-
Kurt put on his dripping wet shirt and left the room before Dave could finish. Dave had to think of something and fast. He couldn't let the other jocks ruin his chance with Kurt this time.
Dave had an apology all planed out for Kurt. Now all he needed was for Kurt to stop avoiding him and listen to it. Kurt was sitting with the other kids that joined Glee, and Azimio had dragged him over to the football players table. Dave didn't say much as he listens to his friends talk about football tryouts next week. Dave had to get Kurt to understand that he was sorry.
On Tuesday, Dave put a card in Kurt's locker hoping that he would seek him out. But as he watched from the end of the hall, he spotted Kurt throw it in the trash without even reading it. On Wednesday, Dave waited for Kurt to get to his locker before he approached him, but when Kurt spotted him, he took off quickly through the crowded hallway. On Thursday, Dave waited at Kurt's locker, but Kurt never showed up.
On Friday, Dave decided to leave Kurt alone. The jocks continued to slushy the Glee kids and throw them into the dumpster, and Dave wondered if Kurt even noticed that he wasn't present at any of those events. Dave was even considering not joining the football team, just so he could gain a little recognition other than jock.
That afternoon, Dave was headed to his bus when he saw Kurt sitting on a bench out front. Dave decided that he wasn't putting up with it anymore. He wanted Kurt to like him, dammit! He was going over there to talk to him and damned anyone who saw him do it!
Sitting next to Kurt he tried to apologize, but once Kurt saw who joined him, he get up and started walking away. Dave wasn't going to let him get away this time and followed him.
"Kurt, will you just listen to me?" Dave tried to get his attention while dodging students.
"I don't want to talk to you, Karofsky!" Kurt said, continuing to walk.
"Kurt, I'm sorry that you got attacked like that, alright?" Dave said, figuring he better just apologize now. "I knew they were talking about it, and I'm sorry that they actually did it. I'm sorry for all the things they do, and I'm sorry that I don't know why you're mad at me because I had nothing to do with any of it!"
Dave stopped in his tracks. Why was he apologizing to Kurt for something someone else was doing to him? Dave has been dealing with this crap for four years now, and he was so sick of it! If Kurt wanted to hate him just because he happens to be friends with Azimio, than let him be. Dave was done. He couldn't deal with anymore of this high school drama crap!
Kurt noticing that Dave went quiet, he stopped and turned to find that the jock had stopped following him about thirty feet ago. Dave looked deep in thought, with a sad look in his eyes. To Kurt's surprise, Dave turned around and started walking in the other direction. Great! Now, I feel bad. Why do I even care if that ham hock is upset?
Before Kurt could like about it, his feet were carrying him over to where Dave had sat down on the bench, he had just left. Kurt took a deep breath and sat down next to the larger boy.
"Alright, I'm sorry I blamed you being a part of their stupidity." Kurt apologized.
Dave looked up at him with a tiny smile that Kurt could have misinterpreted shyness.
"Kurt, I swear I didn't know they wear going to attack you like that." Dave lied.
"I know." Kurt said. "Do you want to hang out this weekend or something?"
Dave's head shot up and that shy smile was replaced with a grin. Kurt thought Dave ten times better when he smiled like that.
"I would love to!" Dave answered.
Kurt just finished writing down his address when his father's truck pulled up. He handed the piece of paper to Dave and told him to be show up around four. Dave couldn't believe it! He was going to hang out with Kurt this weekend! At his house! Dave couldn't remember being this happy! Then he watched the buses pull out of the parking lot and realized he missed his bus. Damn!