Chapter 10 : News

When Finn went to the mailbox that day, he did not expect much more than the other days. He took the letters there and didn't bother giving a look at it since there was hardly ever something for him.

He went back to the living room and gave the mail to Burt who was sitting in an armchair. Yet when Burt looked at the letters he noticed something familiar. A handwriting he knew perfectly well. He opened the envelop quickly and read the letter the faster, just in case it disappeared.

Dear dad,

I send you this letter to let you know that I'm fine. I could call you but I miss you so much that I would probably burst into tears at the hearing of your voice. I'm far from Ohio and I'm happy here. I have good friends and a good place to live. I don't know if you remember Noah Puckerman, he was not really nice to me in the past. However he has changed and when he heard I had disappeared he went after me. Now we live together along with other great people.

Don't worry dad, I am not alone and I am happy here. There is no one to judge me or despise me for what I am and this is what I wanted. I still feel terrible for leaving you alone but I'm sure that Carole and Finn are by your side to help you through this.

I love you dad, and I wish I could hug you right now.

Kurt.

Mom,

I know you might be pissed at me for leaving like I did, you would be right.

But when I told you juvie was great I was lying. Terrible things happened to me there and I needed to go far from this place to erase the memories. That's why I left with Kurt. We do great things here and we almost never think of Lima. We can't tell you where we are because you would want us to come back and we both have good reasons not to.

I miss you and Sarah a lot and hope I could see you soon.

Puck.

Guys,

We left but you're for nothing in it. For my part (Kurt) you were the kindest persons to me. We miss you a lot and are sorry for not being there with you for sectionals. We hope it won't be too hard to find two more members. We miss you and the glee club because it was the best part of our day (even if Puck won't ever admit it.). We hope you have fun as much as we do and hope to see you soon.

PS: Because Puck went to find me, doesn't mean he's gay so try to stop the rumor from spreading.

PPS: And you know what ? Kurt's got a boyfriend but don't tell anyone he'd kill me.

Kurt and Puck.

When Burt was done reading the letter he didn't know what to think of it. Kurt had written him a letter, and that was a good thing. He said he was happy and had a decent place to live. He also said that he was far from Ohio, but how far ? He could be anywhere, in Texas, in Japan. What did far mean ? Burt felt frustrated. His son had left for a week and a half and he had still no clue about the place he could be staying at.

And what was this story about the Puckerman kid ? Of course he remembered of him, he was Kurt's worst nemesis. Burt had heard that the boy was gone too but had never imagined they could be together. Even less that they could be living together.

And the icing on the cake was this boyfriend story. This kid wrote it as a joke. Kurt had never had a boyfriend in seventeen years and after one week he had one. His son was away from him, living with strangers and losing his innocence.

That was more than he could handle. A tear rolled down Burt's cheek. At least, Kurt had written to give news. And the boys were joking in the letter, they really looked happy. Burt stood up, took the phone and, after checking the number, he dialed it and pressed call.

"Hi." Said the woman on the phone.

"Mrs Puckerman ? I'm Burt Hummel."

"Hi Mr Hummel what can I do for you ?" She asked politely.

" I don't know if you heard that my son went away two weeks ago." Burt began.

"Oh you're Kurt's father. I'm sorry I didn't realize it at hearing your name. I'm sorry for your son." She said in a sympathetic voice.

"Thank you. I received a letter from him today and there's a word for you in it." Burt explained.

"What do you mean there's a word for me ?" She inquired.

"Our sons are together and Puck wrote something for you." Burt explained. He heard a sob at the other end of the line.

"You mean, Noah's safe and he wrote a letter ?" She asked incredulous.

"Yes, you should come over to read it." Burt said.

"Sure, I'm on my way, I'll be there in ten minutes." She said before hanging up.

"Is it true ?" Finn asked from the kitchen door. Burt looked at him and handed him the letter. Finn read the letter quickly, there was a wide smile on his lips.

"So they're together ! Is there something written on the envelope that could help us to know where they are ?" Burt shook his head. At this moment there was a knock at the door, Finn opened it and welcomed Mrs Puckerman.

"Hi Finn." She told him.

"Hi Mrs P" Burt stood up and took the letter from Finn's hands.

"Hi Mrs Puckerman, here is the letter I received this morning." He gave her the paper, she sat down to read it. As she read it tears ran down her face. When she was done she gave it back to Burt.

" I … I had no idea it had been this terrible for him. He … he told me it was great and I just believed it, I didn't try to see through his words and now he's gone." Burt put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

" I know all this, I feel exactly the same. But they look happy don't they ?" He tried to comfort her and himself as well. She nodded, sniffling.

"What do you think we should do now ?" She asked.

" I have no idea, there's no clue about where they are and they don't seem ready to come back. At least they have a place to live."

"Yes and they seem to have friends there. I hope they're okay. I have no idea what happened to Noah in juvie I feel like a terrible mother." She sobbed again.

Finn watched the exchange from the door before realizing what time it was.

" I gotta go to school." He stated. "Burt, d'you mind if I tell the glee club about the letter ?"

"They wrote a word for them in the letter so you can tell them." Burt said.

Finn smiled and went out of the house. The whole glee club hadn't managed to work properly since Kurt and Puck's departure, they were all too worried to sing anything. Finn folded the letter and slipped it in his pocket before hopping in his car. When he reached school he almost ran to the choir room to tell them the good news.

When he entered the choir room everyone was taken in their private conversations and no one looked at him. He smiled and said.

"Hi everyone I've got something to tell you." They all turned their heads towards him and Mr Schue entered the room at this moment.

"What's happening ?" He asked with a questioning gaze.

" I have something to tell everybody." Finn explained. "Burt received a letter today. It was a letter from Kurt." Everyone opened wide eyes at the announcement.

"And ?"

"So ?"

"What did he say ?" Everyone was like hypnotized by Finn.

"He says that he's far from Ohio, he's doing well. He apparently lives with other people in a nice place and ..." He managed a suspense before the last news.

"And ?"

"Hudson I'm gonna rip your head off if you don't end your sentence now !" Santana threatened.

"Puck is with him." If everyone's eyes were wide open before, now they looked like balls.

"You mean they're gone together ?" Mercedes asked incredulous.

" I told you Puck had turned gay in juvie !" Santana said.

"Not exactly no, there's something about that in the letter." He took the letter out of his pocket and everyone rushed on him to read it.

"Hey guys ! Calm down. I know we all want to know what they say but sit down, Finn's going to read it to us."

"Actually Mr Schue there are private things for their family, but they wrote a word for us." Mr Schue nodded, motioning him to go on.

"Guys, We left but you're for nothing in it. For my part (Kurt) you were the kindest persons to me. We miss you a lot and are sorry for not being there with you for sectionals. We hope it won't be too hard to find two more members. We miss you and the glee club because it was the best part of our day (even if Puck won't ever admit it.). We hope you have fun as much as we do and hope to see you : Because Puck went to find me, doesn't mean he's gay so try to stop the rumor from : And you know what ? Kurt's got a boyfriend but don't tell anyone he'd kill me."

"Oh ! So they're doing great ! I love them !" Mercedes said excited.

" I hate them ! They're having fun and we are here with no way to compete for nationals !" Rachel said grumpily.

"Uh, we already knew why Kurt left, in the other part of the letter Puck explains why he did so. He doesn't give details but says that terrible things happened to him in juvie and that's why he went away." Finn explains. Mercedes lifted her hand to her mouth.

"Oh my god, when he went back no one asked how he was doing. I mean, we all could see he wasn't doing well and we just ignored it." Everyone looked concerned.

"Yes that's why I tell you this, I think, if they ever come back, we should all be there for them cause they went through hard stuff." Everyone nodded a Finn's statement.

A/N: The letter the two boys sent has been written before the Keith/Kurt incident that's why Puck tells them cheerfully about Keith.

Hope you liked this chapter !

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