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Chapter 5

Finn was sure Kurt was okay. Yeh he was more quite than normal and a little more snappy but he was a teenager and he was bond to get moody at some point. But Puck was on his case so he desired to phone Kurt.

All the glee kids had each other numbers, he stroll down his contact list to Kurt's name and hit the call button. He pressed the phone to his ear, Kurt answer quickly

"Hello?"

"er hi..." Said Finn realizing he didn't know what to say.

"Did you call me by accident?" Asked Kurt he sound amused.

" Er no, I can't remember were mom and Burt were going tonight... I wasn't listening when mom was telling me... I want to ask her about tonight when she gets back" Finn lied hoping Kurt would buy the lie

"They going to the new Chinese place" said Kurt "It was your idea remember"

"Oh yeh" said Finn slowly he wasn't good at talking to people he shouldn't be allowed to talk to people. Why Puck though he could talk to Kurt he didn't know.

"Is that all?" Asked Kurt

"Puck said he saw Karofsky pushing you into a locker today" said Finn they was silents from the other end of the phone "Kurt?"

"He been pushing me in too lockers for weeks" said Kurt "It's hardly a serect"

"Wait this is been happening for weeks?" Asked Finn, yeh he knew Kurt been having some trouble, but he though it was an few homophonic comments and slushies' facial. But he never seen Kurt get slammed into a locker before "Has he punch you?"

"No" said Kurt at once "I'm fine Finn, really... It's nothing I can't handle"

Finn frowned Kunt sounded confident, but he knew Kurt had lots of insecurities - some come out from their parents dating. But could Kurt Handel it? He say something similar when his dad was in hospital but his mom dragged an exhausted and emotional Kurt back home from the hospital and force him to sleep and eat, because Kurt had forgotten to. "If he giving you a hard time, you have to someone"

"Finn, I'm handling it okay"

"Kurt, why is he doing this to you?" Asked Finn yeh Kurt was gay but it wasn't a reason do slam him into lockers. Kurt didn't necessary like boyish things but he was a good person.

They was silents down the line for a moment "some people find it hard to accept that not everyone fixs in side the same boxes as everyone else, and some people tried to fit in but they like a square peg in a round hole so lash out, and I'm a easy target to lash out at"

"I didn't understand half of what you said" said Finn annoyed why did Kurt had to say so much? Couldn't he just give a straight answer?

"Never mind" said Kurt "Can I get back to my film now?"

"Yeh sure dude" said Finn "See you at school tomorrow"

"Bye" said Kurt before hanging up.

Finn signed he wasn't sure what good the phone did. But at lest he could tell puck that he had phoned Kurt. He went to play on his Play Station when he thought what Kurt said. Karofsky was lashing out at Kurt. Kurt didn't say the bullying was happening because he was gay. Finn frowned he was sure this was homophonic bullying - but if Karofsky was lashing out at Kurt because Kurt couldn't win a fight with him...he phone Kurt again

"What now?" Asked Kurt he sound annoyed now.

"what did you mean by Karofsky lashing out at you?" Asked Finn

"That he taking out all his frustration on me" said Kurt "Its not a big deal"

"But that's out of order, you should really tell"

"You're stating to sound like Mercedes" said Kurt "Look just chill dude"

Finn paused "Did you just say chill dude?"

"Watching lots of 90's things at the moment" said Kurt "Don't judge me"

"I'm going to hang up now" said Finn he frowned, then he decided to phone Mercedes. Kurt had he was sounding like her. Maybe she knew what what going on.

"You never phone me" said Mercedes "Did you call me by mistake?" Finn frown why did people keep asking him that.

"I just had a odd chat with Kurt" said Finn he quickly told Mercedes about phone call "And then he told me to chill dude, I was wounding if you knew what was going on?"

"Karofsky is taking out his anger on Kurt" said Mercedes "and Kurt too stubborn and too independent to tell anyone"

"So this has nothing to do with Kurt being gay?" Asked Finn

"I wish I could say no" said Mercedes she sounded sad

"Has Karofsky hit Kurt?"

"No, not to my knowledge anyway" said Mercedes "But it wouldn't surprise me if he has done. Look me and Kurt have a deal. And if Karofsky doses anything more I'm telling a teacher"

"What do you mean dose anything more?" Asked Finn feeling like he was missing something "More than locker slams?"

"Finn I'm scared that Karofsky is going to hurt Kurt" said Mercedes "That's why we alway together at the moment. Quinn knows Kurt doesn't feel safe that why she got miss Sylvester to make him rejoin the cheerios. You got to keep a eye on Kurt, because he might act like nothing bothers him but it dose..."

"Maybe we should tell Mr Schue" said Finn "This sounds bad"

"I been trying to get Kurt to tell someone but he doesn't think The school will do anything" said Mercedes "He doesn't trust the teachers to act on it"

"We'll go behind his back" said Finn at once "Screw whatever promises you made to Kurt, if you don't think Kurt is safe you have to tell. Kurt might be mad for a while but he'll get over it. He doesn't stay mad at people for long trust me I know... I'll talk with Mr Schue with you..."

"Okay" said Mercedes in a quite voice "We'll tell him tomorrow...and Finn thank you"