3PM had come and gone as the members of New Directions were welcoming its two newest members, Rebecca and Troy. Both were incoming freshmen that sang well and said that they loved music. Neither really seemed to mind that joining glee club meant that other students would likely look down upon them or call them losers. They just wanted to sing.

Perfect additions, Kurt thought. It was now thirty minutes passed, and while Mr. Schuester was giving them one of his famous 'we can win at Nationals this year' pep talks, Kurt couldn't help but feel disappointed that Dave never showed up.

That was, until David Karofsky suddenly walked into the choir room.

The room became silent- quiet enough to hear a pin drop. Everyone was either staring at Dave while he was staring back, or they were looking over at the person sitting next to them with a confused expression on their face. Kurt was wondering if Dave was actually standing in front of them or if he had just been daydreaming the whole thing until Mr. Schue finally said something.

"Dave, you, uh... you're interested in joining New Directions?" he asked.

Dave had turned to look at Mr. Schuester when he had started asking that question, only to look back at the fifteen faces staring back at him. "Um," he started. Dave found Kurt in the bunch, where Kurt nodded slightly, helping Dave gain a bit of confidence enough to continue. "Yeah... if that's okay, I mean."

"And why would you want to join glee club exactly?" Mercedes asked as she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yeah, it's not like you've said the nicest things about it or us in the past," Quinn added.

Dave sighed as he looked over each and every face sitting in front of him. "I know I've done things to hurt a lot of you, but I just," he trailed off, looking down at the floor and then back up to Kurt. "I just want to make some changes in my life." He nodded a little to Kurt and then continued. "And I feel like this would be good for me."

No one really knew what to say at the moment. For Kurt, it felt as if everyone was thinking over the idea of Dave Karofsky joining glee club in their heads. Rachel, unsurprisingly, was the first one to speak up.

"I don't mean to sound rude, Mr. Schue, but we cannot seriously be thinking about letting him join glee club after everything he's done," she said.

Santana let out a loud sigh, where she was obviously rolling her eyes at her. "Rachel, seriously?"

"No, I appreciate everything that he's done with the Bully Whips and how he's been protecting Kurt, even if I still don't quite understand it. But I think that this would be completely inappropriate."

Loud discussions suddenly broke out amongst the members of New Directions. People were either arguing for or against Dave being allowed to join. Kurt, on the other hand, was sitting still, thinking about what he could say to the group.

"Guys!" Mr. Schuester yelled, getting the attention of all the members to quiet them down.

Dave had slid his hands into his pockets, looking completely defeated. "Sorry I wasted your time," he said as he turned to start walking back out the door.

"Dave, stop," Kurt sighed as he stood up. "Mr. Schue, if I may?" He walked between Santana and Brittany's chairs to stand next to Dave. "I invited him here."

A few were looking at Kurt with very confused looks on their faces, while others just had blank stares. Kurt couldn't help but notice that Finn was looking down at the floor, thinking over the idea of his stepbrother's former bully joining them. "If he wants to join, he can join," Kurt finished.

"Kurt," Rachel paused for a few moments before shaking her head. "Even after what happened last year?"

Kurt stood up a little straighter, before looking around the room at everyone sitting down. "This club has always been about accepting people since we first started out two years ago." He glanced at the ground, thinking over what to say before continuing. "We've never turned away anyone for any reason, and we're not going to start doing that now. Yes, Dave's made some mistakes in the past, but he's allowed to join."

Dave was still standing there wondering if he should say something else or stay quiet. Honestly, he felt like running out of the room and going home. While wondering if that should be his next move, Santana's voice brought him back to reality.

"I agree with Kurt," she said, nodding.

"I agree with Santana," Brittany said quickly, looking over to her and smiling.

"Fine," Rachel said, crossing her arms. "Sing something then."

Dave looked around the room again, blinking quite a few times. "Um," he said nervously.

Mr. Schuester put his hand on Dave's shoulder as a sign of support before saying, "do you have something prepared, David?"

Dave looked at the floor before he began to start nodding, looking back over to Mr. Schue. "Yeah, but... I'm, uh, still working on it." Kurt could see Dave shaking just a little bit- another clear sign of nerves. Rachel, Mercedes, and a few of the other members of New Directions either scoffed or rolled their eyes at Dave's last remark. Kurt was about to say something before Finn finally spoke up.

"All of us didn't have to sing a solo before we could join," he stated. "Mike and Lauren didn't until a little while later, right?" Rachel turned to him with a look of disbelief.

"He has a point," Mike stated.

Rachel scoffed yet again, "well I, for one, think that this is a bad idea."

"Maybe we should all just vote on it," Puck chimed in.

"No," Finn said. Most turned to look back at where he was sitting. "It should be Kurt's decision."

Kurt gave a soft smile to Finn before nodding. I really do have a great brother, he thought. He looked over at Dave before glancing back at the members of the group. No one was saying much of anything. A few were shaking their heads in disapproval, while others had clearly decided that it really should be Kurt's choice.

"Any objections?" Mr. Schuester asked. Again, no one said anything. Turning to look at Kurt and Dave, Mr. Schue smiled at the both of them. "Kurt?"

Kurt took one more look around the room at everyone before looking back at Dave. He let out a soft sigh and then smiled at the jock. "Welcome to New Directions."

It was the following day, and Mercedes had stopped at Kurt's locker to talk with him for a few minutes before having to run to class. "Kurt, are you sure that you're okay with Karofsky joining? I mean, I know Dave's different now and all, but..." she looked around the hallway before continuing. "Isn't it a little... awkward for you? After everything?"

Kurt looked up at the picture of Blaine in his locker, smiling, before pulling out a notebook and closing the locker shut. "Thank you for your concern, 'cedes, but yes. I'm okay with this," he smiled. "I'm the one that suggested it to him, remember?"

"Right... well, I'm not really understanding why, I guess," she replied.

"Look, I know that he was really horrible to me the past few years." Mercedes rolled her eyes at his statement, giving him her 'are you serious?' look. "Okay, I know he was really horrible to all of us the past few years," Kurt corrected himself. "But, let's just give him a chance, okay?"

Mercedes sighed, giving a weak smile before nodding. "I'm not really down with all of this at the moment, but... I guess if you're okay with it, then I'll try to be too." She gave him a bigger smile. Kurt smiled back and gave her a small hug before kissing her on the cheek.

"Kurt?" Kurt turned and saw Dave standing close by, attempting to not interrupt the conversation he had been having with Mercedes. He came a little closer and smiled at Mercedes. "Hi, Mercedes."

She took a few brief moments before smiling back. "Hi," she replied. She turned back to Kurt, "we still on for going shopping after school today?" She adjusted her backpack, waiting for his response.

"Of course," Kurt said. "You know I wouldn't dream of missing this sale."

Mercedes let out a small laugh, "alright, I'm off to class so I'll see you later." She gave them both a small wave and started walking away from them.

Dave moved closer to the lockers to be able to face Kurt. "Hey, I just... wanted to thank you."

"For what?"

"For telling me how stupid I was being," Dave laughed. "I really didn't think I'd ever have the guts to join you guys," he paused. "Thank you for that."

Kurt smiled, "I didn't force you to walk into the choir room. You did that on your own." Dave blushed just a bit and glanced at the floor.

"You should be proud of yourself, you know?" Kurt continued. "I know I am."

Dave nodded.

"So, tell me," Kurt said. "What song are you working on?" Kurt couldn't help from being excited. He just really wanted to hear what Dave sounded like when he sang.

"Oh," Dave said, letting out a nervous laugh. "Uh, I'm not completely sure yet..."

"Ah, well then. If you need any help, Kurt Hummel can definitely be of service. And don't worry, my musical tastes do expand further from show-tunes and GaGa."

Dave let out a light chuckle, "alright, I'll keep that in mind." He looked down at the floor again, sighing as if he was making a decision about something. Dave finally looked back up after a moment, "I actually wanted to ask you something."

"What's that?"

"Uh, could we... still do PFLAG?"

One of Kurt's eyebrows was raised almost immediately. "Really?" Kurt had remembered that he told Dave that he could do PFLAG or join glee club, but he never thought Dave would offer to do both on his own accord.

Dave nodded as if he had made that decision a long time ago. "Well, yeah. I got to thinking about what you said and," he paused. "Maybe it'd be good for me, you know? Maybe it'd be good for the whole school, really."

Kurt nodded back as he was thinking over what Dave had said. "You're sure?"

"Positive," Dave smiled. He then put his hand out, wanting Kurt to shake it. "PFLAG partners?"

Kurt let out a laugh. Dave had this huge, goofy grin on his face- one that Kurt had never seen before. Dave started laughing. "I guess that was a little cheesy," he said.

"Maybe just a little bit," Kurt replied. He smiled and nodded once more. "PFLAG partners," taking Dave's hand to shake it.

Another glee club meeting had just ended, where most were going out of one of the two doors to head home. Kurt had just said bye to Mercedes and Rachel where he noticed Quinn had stopped Dave before he could leave. They were across on the other side of the room, meaning Kurt couldn't exactly hear what they were saying to each other. He felt curiosity set in, especially when he noticed Quinn smile at Dave. I wonder what they're saying, Kurt thought.

Dave gave Quinn a small smile before nodding, where she turned and walked out of the choir room. Kurt felt his feet moving, reaching Dave before he was able to stop himself. "What was that all about?"

"Oh," Dave turned around. "She, uh... asked me if I wanted to go to Breadstix with her tonight."

"Quinn Fabray asked if you wanted to go to Breadstix?"

Dave nodded, yet had a confused look on his face as if he was thinking. "Yeah."

Kurt felt just as confused as Dave looked. "What did you say?"

"I," Dave started. "Well... I said yes." Kurt rolled his eyes. "Kurt, I didn't know what to say to her. She caught me off guard and I couldn't think of a good excuse to tell her no."

He sounded sincere, yet Kurt still felt irritated. "How about 'sorry Quinn, I can't. I'm going to be busy pumping iron in the gym'?"

Dave laughed, causing Kurt to feel a little more relaxed. "Yeah, I guess I could've said something like that."

Kurt sighed. "Dave, I understand that you're not ready to come out, but... please don't lead her on, okay? You're just going to be hurting her and yourself in the process."

Dave's eyebrow was raised for a brief moment. "Oh, I know that. She kept saying that it wasn't a date or anything like that anyways," he said. The confused expression returned to his face. "She said she just wanted to talk..." he trailed off.

Kurt could feel his facial expression match Dave's. "Oh," he simply said.

"I'll uh," Dave shrugged. "I mean, I'll go, but... I'll just let her down easy if she does try to make it a date or whatever."

"Yeah," Kurt nodded. "Okay... that seems logical." He smiled at Dave, but then became confused again as he thought over the whole situation. "I wonder what she wants to talk to you about..."

Dave shook his head. "No idea."