Chapter 1
Kurt was in the boy's locker room, hiding from Rachel. It had become his only safe haven from the diva, and he hated it. He hated the smell and how dirty clothes were all over place, but especially the smell.
He knew the diva wouldn't come in here, and he was hoping that he could hide until the bell rang for the afternoon lessons. He hadn't been able to hang out with his new friends as Rachel always demanded to be there no matter what the rest of the glee club said.
Rachel was harassing Kurt worse than the bullies of the school; she had somehow got the football team to slushie him on a daily basis. She screeched whenever he sang, and knocked him to the floor when they were doing their group numbers. Mr. Schue had to send her out of glee practise more than once.
He heard the door being pushed open. Scared that Rachel had found him, he curled in to a tighter ball against the lockers.
"Kurtie?" Finn called out. He had been told by Blaine and Rory that Kurt taken to hiding in the locker room from Rachel.
"Finn…" Kurt said, uncurling and walking to his brother.
"Come on lets go sit with our friends." Finn said, pulling his little brother out of the smelly locker room. He draped his arm over his baby brother as they walked.
"What about Rachel?" the smaller teen asked nervously. He tried to drag his feet when he saw them walking towards the courtyard where everyone had lunch.
"She has detention." Finn said, laughing at the thought of the self-proclaimed 'goody-two-shoes' diva in the school's detention room.
The brothers laughed as they walked to their friends. Well, Finn laughed and Kurt giggled. To Noah it was the most magical sound he had ever heard. He didn't know when he started to see the younger boy differently but he knew that, with Kurt so shy, he would have to wait until Kurt was comfortable around them before he made a move.
All the friends had decided that after watching Rachel bully the smallest of their group, Kurt would never go anywhere alone. They hadn't liked what she was doing and they told Mr. Schue a few times. He had then banned her from glee for a week, but she always said sorry in a very fake voice and the cycle would start all over again.
Making the glee club incredibly protective of the smallest member, they stood up to many bullies for the younger teen, which Kurt would be forever grateful.
So, over the next two weeks Kurt never went anywhere alone. He was walked to and from lessons. To and from glee, lunch and anything else he needed to do. In those two weeks he spent time with every member of the glee club getting to know his new friends. He found out that he like the company of Rory, Blaine, Sam, and Artie the best. And he had also got a little crush on Noah.
He was worried how his new friends would react to finding that information out so he kept it to himself. He didn't want to lose his new friends. Every week the entire glee club, excluding Rachel, would go to the Hudson-Hummel house and have a meeting and practise without the diva. Soon it was time for regionals and the club was ready.
When they got to the venue, and in to the green room, the atmosphere was tense. Rachel was on side of the room and everyone else on the other, ignoring the girl.
Soon it was time for their performance. They all filed out on the stage and got ready. Kurt would stand at the front of the stage while the rest of the group would be in darkness. They had begged Mr. Schue to do it like this for Kurt's song. They wanted to be able to cover Rachel's mouth so she didn't ruin the song.
The opening bars of the song 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' from Evita began. It wasn't the original solo but as soon as Mr. Schue heard Kurt singing, he changed it.
The audience sat in awe of the big voice coming out of the tiny teen on stage. Not a note was missed and again all the high notes were hit. As soon as Kurt finished singing the silence lasted for all of two seconds before the audience erupted in to cheering applause. Soon Kurt went back with the rest of the club and they sang their second song, 'Another Day in Paradise' by Phil Collins. They sang acapella making the haunting song seem more poetic.
After they had performed their second and third song the audience erupted in the thunderous applause. The New Directions ran off the stage cheering. They had nailed it. An hour later they were called back on to the stage to hear the results. They stood, holding hands, wishing and hoping that they had won.
Soon the head judge was reading out third place then second place and they were neither. So the words out of the judge's mouth next made the day of 15 teenagers.
"And first place goes to McKinley High's New Directions!" making the group jump around cheering. Mike and Noah lifted Kurt on to their shoulders, dancing around the stage with the smaller teen giggling at their antics.
On their way back to the school everyone drowned out Rachel as she said that she had made the winning possible. Finn had planned a party around their house. Rachel didn't know about it so she couldn't gatecrash it this time, like she did for Kurt's 14th birthday party at the start of the year.
Soon the glee club were singing and dancing up the drive way of the Hudson-Hummel boys, making their happiness heard all over the neighbourhood. Soon they all came crashing in to the house. Before they could get far though, Burt stopped them.
"Boy's the basement is ready." he said. The family had decided to convert the basement of their home into a soundproof party room for the boys and their friends. It was equipped with a music system, large screen TV, and games consoles.
Making their way down the stairs, their friends gasped at the space that would be theirs and their many parties.
Soon the friends were singing, dancing, and playing on the consoles; having fun. Noah sat on one of the couches, watching Kurt sing and dance. He had found out over the past few weeks that - even though Kurt was shy, quiet, and blushed very easily - as soon as the smaller boy heard music and had microphone in his hand, he became the life of the party, his eyes sparkling.
Noah felt the sofa dip with the weight of someone sitting next to him. He turned to see Finn beside him. He swallowed, not ready for Finn to know about his little crush on the other teen's brother. 'It's more than a little crush' his brain supplied. Noah wanted to roll his eyes but then Finn would have known something was up. So he did nothing.
"Are you all right Puck?" Finn asked. He had never seen his best friend so quiet.
"Yeah just thinking." Noah said 'about doing inappropriate things to your brother' he finished in his head. He was beginning to hate himself at the impure thoughts he was getting for Finn's 14 year old brother.
"You hurt him…and I will skin you alive and mount your testicles on my wall." Finn said as he got up. He had seen the way Noah was looking at his baby brother. He knew that the taller teen would protect Kurt but that didn't mean Puck was safe from getting the big brother speech.
Over the next few months every member of the glee club came up to Noah and gave similar threats to the older teen. They had grown incredibly protective of the smallest, and youngest, member of the glee club.
They had gone on to win their nationals, bringing a trophy back to McKinley for the first time from the glee club.
With only a month left of school Noah decided that he wanted to take Kurt to the prom at the end of their junior year. Not only that. He wanted to begin dating the smaller boy. So he set about wooing the younger boy and getting the glee club to help him.
Kurt was surprised when he opened his locker and a little piece of paper fluttered to the floor. He looked around, not seeing anything out of place and bent down to pick it up. He opened it and read,
Dear Kurt,
Over the next month I will prove my worthiness to you, before asking you to the prom. There will be notes like this and little presents which will only continue when you, hopefully, agree to be my date to the prom. I will treat you like the princess I know you want and deserve to be treated like.
Fondly,
Your soon-to-be Knight in Shining Armor.
x o x o x o x o x o x o x o x o
Kurt's heart fluttered a little at the sweet note. He blushed and smiled as he folded the note carefully and tucked it in to his bag, keeping it safe.
Over the last 3 weeks of the school year Kurt received a little love note or a present at the start of every day. Noah always stood nearby to watch the resulting blush. All of Kurt's friends knew what Noah was doing, and they were impressed.
A week before prom Noah was ready to reveal himself to Kurt, so he did something he knew Kurt would love.
"Right, as this is the final glee meeting of the year, you can do whatever you like." Mr. Schue said. The teacher had been told what Noah had planned, and the teen had even got a 'hurt him and I hurt you' talk about Kurt from the teacher. Which surprised them both, it just seemed Kurt brought everyone's protective streak.
"Can I sing Mr. Schue?" Noah asked, cutting Rachel off before she could ask.
"The floor is yours." Mr. Schue said, going to sit in the seat that Noah had just left.
Noah grabbed his guitar and started to strum the opening notes to
'Everything' by Michael Buble. This caused Kurt to blush when the smaller boy realised he was the one being sung too. As soon as Rachel realized, she screamed and stormed out. But Noah didn't stop singing until the end.
Kurt was blushing so much Noah was worried the smaller boy would faint from all the blood rushing to his head. When Noah stopped singing he reached for Kurt's hand and asked the seven words he had been aching to say for a month.
"Will you go to prom with me?" he asked, waiting with baited breath for Kurt's answer.
Kurt blushed and nodded. He couldn't get the words out of his throat he was so emotional. Noah smiled and shyly brought Kurt's hand to his lips and kissed the back of it, making the girls sigh and Kurt to blush.
The night of the prom had finally arrived, and Kurt was very nervous. He couldn't get his hair to sit right and he couldn't do his tie, he was getting nervous. Carole came to his rescue though, helping him while Burt waited downstairs. He was waiting for his son's date to see what his intentions were.
When the door bell rang Kurt began to panic again, but Carole soothed his nerves. Noah, however, was incredibly nervous. Kurt wasn't ready and Burt wanted a word.
"Why do you want to date my son?" the older man asked gruffly. He liked Noah, but Kurt was his baby boy and anyone who hurt the younger boy would have to answer to him and his shotgun.
So Noah sat down and explained calmly why he wanted to date Kurt, and what he had done so far; impressing Burt even further. The conversation stopped as Kurt came down stairs in a suit with a tie and cummerbund that matched his eyes.
Noah held the flowers out to Kurt, smiling at the blush he got in return. Kurt held the flowers up to his face to smell them and then gave the flowers to Carole. He took Noah's offered arm and they were soon on the way to the junior prom.
They spent the entire prom talking and dancing. Noah was the perfect gentleman the entire night. When he dropped Kurt off after the dance was finished, the only kiss that he bestowed on his beauty was to the back of the hand.
It was soon time for summer break and nothing had really changed expect now, when the glee club hung around the basement at the Hudson-Hummel house, Noah and Kurt would hold hands.
During the summer Noah still brought little presents and sent little love notes to Kurt. And the Hudson-Hummel family let Noah join them on a Friday night family dinner. Noah was looking forward to the new school year for the first times ever because, as soon as Kurt turned 15 they were coming out as a couple. And Noah would proudly have Kurt on his arm.
Little did they know there would be competition for Kurt's affection in the new school year.