Chapter 31:

On Monday morning Finn knew it would not be an easy day. He had two important things to announce to the glee club and he knew the first one would upset all of them. So when he was walking to the choir room he had a knot in the stomach just at the thought of their reactions.

He had walked slowly to make sure that everyone would already be in the room. Indeed when he entered the room everyone was there looking for something. Or someone. He walked in the center of the room and stopped. But before he could say a word Mercedes talked to him.

"He's gone again hasn't he ?" She asked already sad. Finn nodded slowly.

"Yes, he left Saturday early in the morning."

"Why didn't you tell us ? We could have run after him and prevent him from doing so." Mercedes told him, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"We didn't realize he had left before ten, he was already far at that time. And even if we had caught him before leaving he would have done so anyway."

Everyone looked very sad and it made Finn angry. They didn't look wretched at all when Puck had left again and now that Finn knew what had happened to him he couldn't do but feel bad for his former best friend.

"What d'you mean he would have done so anyway ? I know my boy and if I had been begging him to stay he would not have left me." Mercedes said defiantly.

" Puck called me yesterday night and he told me that someone had tried to prevent Kurt from leaving but it didn't turn out very well." Finn began.

"Who tried to stop him ?" Artie asked. Finn sighed.

"Karofsky." Everyone looked shocked. "He was waiting for him at the bus station and he beat him up pretty badly." Mercedes was already walking to the door looking for Karosky. Finn and Mr Schue ran to stop her.

"Let me go ! This asshole needs to be taught a lesson !" Mercedes shouted, struggling in the two men's arms.

"Mercedes calm down. You can't do anything right now it would turn against you." Mr Schue told her.

"We can't stand here after what this bastard did to Kurt !" She shouted again but she was not struggling anymore.

"Is Kurt okay ?" Tina asked.

"He has two cracked ribs and breathes painfully, but Puck told me that he's alright." Finn explained.

"Oh yeah, so if Puckerman tells he's okay we will believe him and won't do anything ? This guy has never given a damn about anyone Finn, you're the first one to know about it !" Mercedes attacked him.

"Puck cares about Kurt Mercedes. You know he stood up for him when the jocks attacked him." Finn told the little black girl.

"And then he broke my boy's heart, weird way to care for someone don't you think ?" She asked sarcastically.

"Actually Puck cares for Kurt more than we think." Finn said.

"He told you that too and as for anything he tells you you believe him ?" Mercedes asked.

"They're together Mercedes." Finn told her.

"I know they're together thousands of miles away from here !" She answered.

"No Mercedes. They're together." Finn said again insisting on the last word.

"Stop saying that ! I freakin' know they're toge... Wait, what d'you mean by together ?" She asked unsure. Finn smiled.

"They're boyfriends." Finn told the whole class. Everyone looked shocked, except Mr Schue for some reason. "Puck wanted me to tell you all about that so that's what I do."

"Wait, Puck wanted you to tell us ? It means that's just a big joke, Puck ain't gay I think I'd know if he were." Santana stated. It was against everything she had spread all around the school for the past weeks.

"Really ? How many sexts you sent has he answered to ?" Finn asked quirking an eyebrow. Santana blushed.

"It's none of your freakin' business Hudson." She answered sharply.

"Puck told me to ask you to stop sexting him since it's not really a turn on for him." He answered smirking. Some people laughed but they immediately stopped when Santana glared at them.

"Have them been dating for long ?" Quinn asked.

"Since the day they got attacked by the jocks. That's another reason why Kurt would have left anyway, after what happened to Puck he could not stay away from him for too long." The words had slipped from his tongue against his will.

"Wait, you know what happened to Puck ?" Mercedes asked.

"I … no I don't, I just know it's been really hard that's all." Finn lied.

"You've always been the worst liar ever Hudson, tell us already." Santana demanded.

"Hey guys stop that !" Mr Schue told them all. "If Puck doesn't want us to know he must have good reasons. So no one will try to have Finn to tell them what happened to Puck again. Besides, Kurt told me that we are all going to know at some point." Finn nodded. "So as much as we care for Puck-"

"You don't care about Puck. No one in here cares about Puck. I know I was the first one to not care about him but we've been such assholes to him !" Finn could not hold it anymore he felt really bad. " We all knew something bad had happened to him and when he was there and left the room no one went after him except for Kurt. And look when he left for the first time, we were all there debating whether he had turned gay or not. I think the worst is last time he left, we noticed he had left almost at the end of glee class."

When Finn ended his sentence there was a deep remorseful silence in the room.

" I think I'm going to cry." Britanny said and Santana took her in her arms.

" I think we could all use free time for ourselves right now." Mr Schue stated. "You can go, class is dismissed for today."

Everyone got up slowly and walked out of the class. When in the corridor Finn called all the jocks plus Santana, because she could help and they went outside before Finn spoke.

"So Puck asked me to do something to Karofsky for what he did to Kurt, who's in ?" He asked.

"Isn't there something off in Karofsky's behavior ? I mean yeah he doesn't like Kurt but he wouldn't go and wait for him to beat him up badly, it makes no sense." Artie stated.

"Everything's off in Karofsky it ain't new." Santana stated.

"No Artie's right. Puck told me that Karofsky had the hots for Kurt that's why he harassed him and wanted to stop him from leaving."

"You mean that Karofsky's gay ?" Sam asked.

"Something like that yeah. I guess that when Kurt told him he was with Puck he kinda lost it and beat him." Finn assumed. "So Puck told me we should take him to some place empty of witnesses and scare him away from Kurt. He and Burt also told me to kick him for them."

"You bet we're gonna kick him !" Santana said.

A/N: You know what ? I absolutely don't own glee. Although I did in my dream last night...

So, only four chapters left, tell me if you want me to update every day or to take my time it's the same for me...

Love you all !

Ant.

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