Chapter 29:
Kurt was in the living room to catch up with the others. They were all sitting on the couch except for Kurt which was funny when you know what they had been doing on it.
Puck was in his room to take his revenge on Karofsky. Well, not to take his revenge himself but to plan his revenge on the asshole.
"Puck ?" Finn asked at the other end of the line.
"Hi Finn what's up ?"
"why d'you call me ? Are you okay ? Is Kurt with you ? He left again."
"Yep I'm okay and yes Kurt's with me. I called you about him, have you seen Karofsky since yesterday morning ?"
"mmm Yeah I saw him with the team Saturday afternoon, why ?"
"What did he look like ?"
"What is it Puck ? Why d'you ask me all that ?" Finn sounded exasperated.
"The bastard beat Kurt up like badly yesterday morning." Puck stated.
"What ? Are you serious ? What has he done to him ?" Finn asked and Puck was relieved to hear true concern in his boyfriend's brother's voice.
"He has the hots for Kurt, but of course Kurt doesn't give a fuck about his ass so he cornered him at the bus station to prevent him from leaving. He punched him and threw him on the floor before kicking him in the ribs. He has two cracked ribs."
"I'm so gonna kill him !" Finn almost shouted in the phone.
"That's what I called you for, gather the jocks from glee and corner him in some empty place, you'll just have to scare him away from Kurt coz' no one messes with my boyfriend without paying for it."
"Wait, what ?" Finn asked. The plan looked simple to Puck, but yes, sometimes Finn could be quite dumb so he would explain it more slowly.
"You wait for him in a-"
"I'm not talking about that ! Your boyfriend ?" Oh that ! Puck thought grinning.
"Yep my boyfriend, why ?" He asked casually.
"You mean like Kurt and you are … a couple ?" Finn sounded incredulous.
"That's what I mean yeah, have you got a problem with that ?" Puck asked, because he knew what Finn had told to Kurt and could never really forgive him for that.
"So it wasn't true."
"What wasn't true ?"
"Everyone at school said that you had broken Kurt's heart due to what happened with the jocks in the parking lot the other day."
"What ? That's so ridiculous !"
"Well you refused to kiss him so ..."
" I wasn't gonna obey this fuckin' asshole ! But just so you know Kurt and I started dating like one hour after that." Puck said proudly.
"But you are so..." Finn seemed to be in lack of words.
"Great ? Wonderful together ?" Puck guessed.
"Alike. I mean I know you both very well and-"
"No you don't Finn. You used to know me but I've changed, I wouldn't have run after Kurt if I hadn't."
"So you turned gay in juvie and fell head over heels in love with Kurt at the point of running after him I have no idea where ?" Finn asked skeptically.
"No ! I didn't want to be with Kurt this way at that time, I just needed to find him because he could help me to cope with what happened in juvie."
"Why don't you tell us bout what happened ?" Puck sighed.
"Because I can't okay ? But I guess you'll know when we'll come back for the trial."
"But you told Kurt." Finn stated.
"Kurt's my boyfriend Finn he was the only one I told what happened."
"So you are really dating ?"
"For the tenth time yes we are, and you can tell anyone you want, Burt already knows as well as Karofsky so just tell the whole glee club."
"You're serious ?"
"Yep, you're brother is like the greatest person I've ever met and I'd never be ashamed of dating him. Oh tell Santana to stop sexting me cause she doesn't understand it's not a turn on for me."
"Okay..." Finn answered slowly, still shaken by the news. "How is Kurt doing ?"
"Very well, he has kind of a big bandage around his ribs and he breathes painfully but he's doing very well."
"That's good. So you want us to scare Karofsky away from Kurt ?"
"Yup, try not to get into trouble but if you can kick him a few times for me it'd be great."
"Will do. Bye Puck."
"Bye" And Puck hang up.
After hanging up Finn walked upstairs to find his mother and Burt sitting in the kitchen.
"Did you know ?" He asked.
"What did we know ?" Carole asked.
"About Puck and Kurt." Burt turned around to face him.
"Yes I knew, why ?"
"Because it's bad ! Because Puck is not a nice guy he breaks every girl's heart and he will break Kurt's !"
"It's really nice of you to worry about your brother but he's going to be okay, Puck really cares about him."
"That's what he tells everyone before ruining their life ! I gotta call Kurt and talk to him into changing his mind." Burt stood up quickly.
"No you won't ! Look, I know Puck's been a jerk but what happened in juvie would have killed him if it hadn't been for Kurt to give him the strength to go on. He will never let him down Finn."
Tears were filling Finn's eyes, he had no idea what had happened to Puck but every time someone mentioned it it seemed worse.
"What happened to him Burt ? I know he doesn't want you to tell anyone but he's been my best friend and I really care about him."
Burt seemed to be thinking about it. He looked at Carole who nodded slowly.
"You must promise me you won't tell anyone, it's really hard stuff and there's a reason if Puck doesn't want anyone to know." Finn nodded, dreading was he was about to hear. Now that he was going to know he wasn't really sure if he still wanted to or not. "Puck has been … raped and sexually assaulted several times in juvie."
Finn lifted his hand to his mouth. He had expected something like that, maybe not that bad, but hearing it was ten times worse than imagining it.
Everyone remained silent for a few minutes. His mom didn't look too shaken so Finn figured Burt might have told her earlier. When he could finally talk again Finn asked.
"And why did they come back ? Kurt told us it was something about juvie."
"Yes, the police found out that Puck didn't intend school anymore and threatened to throw him back to juvie, they came back to tell the truth about what happened because Kurt was the only one to know at that time. They'll come back for the trial and this Max guy will spend his whole life in jail."
"So they're not throwing him back there ?" Burt shook his head. "It doesn't explain why Puck went after Kurt" Finn stated thoughtful.
"Puck lived hell in juvie" Carole began. " Everyday he thought of … of killing himself. The only thing that prevented him from doing so was the knowing that he could be brave and face it all since, after all, he had put Kurt through hell his whole life and he had always stood proud and Burt never knew about anything. The thing is, when he got out of juvie and saw that Kurt had just given up and left he didn't think he could make it anymore that's why he went after him. Then I think that they grew attached to each other since Burt ran into them kissing at the hospital."
The mere idea of Puck and Kurt kissing was all kinds of awkward to Finn.
"So now we are waiting for the trial for the asshole who did that to Puck to be condemned to spend his life in jail ?" Burt nodded. "And do you think they'll come back for good after that ?"
Burt shrugged and Carole gave him a sad look.
"Puck has lived hell in here there'd be no reason for him to stay here if he's well where he is now and Kurt..."
"Kurt wouldn't leave Puck alone." Burt stated out of nowhere.
"Anyway, Kurt wouldn't come back, this is the worst place for him. He's been badly beaten up yesterday morning."
"What ?" Burt asked infuriated.
"To what Puck told me there's this jock at school who has the hots for Kurt and he didn't want him to leave again so he waited for Kurt at the bus station and hurt him there." Finn explained, already feeling bad for Burt.
"Has Kurt been badly hurt ? What's this bastard's name ?"
"Kurt has two cracked ribs and bruises. Don't go after Karofsky Burt we already plan to take care of him with some other jocks."
" I guess I can't beat up a kid. Kick him for me then."
"Will do." Finn answered. "Oh by the way, Puck asked me to tell everybody about them, d'you think I should ?" He asked because he really didn't know what to do.
"Why did he ask you that ?" Burt asked incredulous.
"He told me something about Kurt being kinda the most awesome guy he had ever met and was proud of being with him." Finn explained.
"Puckerman told you that ? It's kind of a surprise but anyway, this boy hasn't asked much things after all that happened, the least we can do is do what he asks."