Chapter 2
After spending the summer before their senior year getting to know each other, Noah and Kurt were ready to face the school. Well they had a week of hiding still, but the Monday after Kurt's 15th birthday they would walking in to school holding hands with their heads held high.
The first Monday of the new school year went as well as could be expected. Classes went well, and by the time glee came around Noah was missing his brown haired Princess so much. He almost ran to the choir room, making Finn laugh at his friend's antics. Noah wanted to stick his tongue out at his best friend but he still had a reputation to protect. One that in a week he would be ruining but he didn't care. He would walk over hot coals for Kurt, so his rep didn't matter anymore.
When he and Finn got to the choir room he saw Kurt talking to Blaine and Rory, who had recently confessed their feelings for each other. As soon as he saw his Princess he walked straight over to him, picked Kurt up, and hugging him tightly.
"Noah!" Kurt giggled as Noah hugged him. He then sat down with Kurt in his lap. It had become normal for Kurt to sit in Noah's lap. The glee club had got so used to it they didn't pay attention to it anymore.
Kurt giggled as he sat in his favourite spot on Noah's lap. He always felt protected and safe whenever he was in Noah's lap. He had been having a bad day. He had suddenly become on the football jock Karofsky's radar again. And he had been body checked into a few lockers, and so had his friends when they were with him. He knew he should tell Noah but he didn't want to leave Noah's arms just yet.
"You have to tell him." Blaine whispered. He had seen Kurt getting bullied by the meat head jock and he didn't want his small friend hurt.
"I know, but can't I get hugged for a little while longer?" Kurt begged. He didn't want to ruin one of his daily hugs, but he knew as soon as Rachel came in the moment would be ruined. She would get all diva like again.
She was the only one who didn't know about Kurt and Noah. She still thought that Noah would end up going out with her, all because they shared the same faith.
As soon as Rachel came in and spotted Kurt on Noah's lap she marched up to Kurt and slapped the smaller teen across the face. The room all jumped to Kurt's defence. Noah wanted to, but he had to comfort his Princess first. He pulled the smaller teen close so he was cradling him against his chest, whispering soothing nonsense in Kurt's ear. He smiled when Brittany passed him a cold compress and placed it on Kurt's cheek. With such soft, pale, skin Kurt already had a bright red hand print on his cheek and Noah knew that it would probably bruise.
The glee club faced off against Rachel. They were all very angry at the diva and her actions against the little brother of the group.
"Rachel...how...what...why?" Finn couldn't get his words to form full sentences. He was in shock at Rachel actions towards Kurt. He was just glad he was being held back so he didn't do anything he regretted. He looked around and saw all the members who had a fierce temper and thought of Kurt like a best friend or a little brother more than anyone else, like Santana and Blaine, having to be held back as well so they didn't get in to trouble for hurting her.
"How dare that thing sit on Noah's lap? He is mine!" Rachel said smugly, not realising that she had called Kurt a thing until it was too late. Suddenly the room was full of angry Spanish as Santana lost her temper and had to be held back even more as she tried to get to Rachel.
Mr. Schue entered the room with a new student, who wanted to join the club. What shocked him was Santana having to be restrained by Mike, Quinn, and Tina.
"What is going on?" Mr. Schue asked, taking in the scene before him.
"That bruja just slapped Kurtie, and called him a thing!" Santana screeched angrily, trying hard to break away from the people holding her.
"Rachel!" Mr. Schue said outraged.
"I barely touched him. And he was on the lap of my man…he deserved it." Rachel smugly said, denying and admitting to slapping Kurt in the same sentence.
"I am not your not man." Noah said over Kurt's head, which was lying on Noah's chest. Kurt was resting after crying for so long. The club had found out soon after making friends with the smallest member that he could almost sleep through anything anywhere. Kurt's cheek still had a faint red mark on it and, just like Noah had feared, was starting to get a little bruised.
"Oh please Noah, I know you're lying to make that thing happy." Rachel said, trying to get to Noah to make him see the light. But every other member stood in front of the jock who held Kurt.
"Rachel we're going to Principal Figgins. Now!" Mr. Schue said as he dragged the diva from the room, explaining to the new student that he would be back.
"How is he Noah?" Quinn asked, taking in the tear tracks and bruised cheek on Kurt's face. She had grown to love the smaller boy like the little brother she had never had. A lot of the glee club had come to think of him like that, especially the girls.
"He's going to have a bruise." Noah said with a lump in his throat. He hated the thought of his Princess being bruised already. And it was only the first day of school.
The glee club looked towards the door where the stranger stood, unsure if he was allowed in to the room. Everyone seemed so close already.
"Who are you?" Santana asked after she had calmed a little.
"I am Maxwell Stevenson. I am a transfer student." the young man said in a posh English accent. Maxwell had been shipped to America by his father. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He had been told by the girl that had been led away to join and tempt the smallest 'thing' away from her man.
He didn't know if he wanted to anymore. But as he looked at the small boy, he was intrigued and was getting a little hard.
Before he could say anything else Mr. Schue came back in, without Rachel.
"Right, I don't think we will do anything today. Not with Kurt asleep." Mr. Schue said as he walked over to the piano. Before he could dismiss Brad the piano man Kurt woke up, making the cutest little noises. Everyone smiled at him, causing him to blush.
"I'm up." Kurt said quietly as he stretched and worked out the kinks in his back from lying curled up in Noah's arms. He was just glad Noah had moved to sit on the floor so he had more room to stretch. Everyone tried to keep from laughing at Kurt's cat like stretching.
"Right then, Kurt what song would you like for sectionals?" Mr. Schue asked, going over to the music books to look for a song that the countertenor could sing.
"I get another solo?" Kurt asked shyly. He was shocked. He never believed that he would get one but now he was getting two. His day had gotten infinitely better: a hug from Noah, a nap, and now a second solo. He would ignore the pain in his cheek.
"Yes, and because Rachel is suspended and banned from glee, you won't have any more fights about getting the solo's." Mr. Schue said to a cheering group of teenagers. Soon the group broke out in to an impromptu rendition of 'Last Friday Night' by Katy Perry. Making Mr. Schue laugh as he watched the teenagers dance around the room together.
After all the drama at the start of practice, it was time to leave for the day. So everyone could think of song's that Kurt could sing for their sectionals.
"Would you sing it with me Noah?" Kurt asked as they walked to Finn's car. With no one around they could hold hands. Even though it was a glee day, the glee party day was a Friday so everyone could sleep over. So they were on their own as Finn was walking Quinn to her car.
"I would love to Princess." Noah said kissing Kurt's bruised cheek gently, causing the smaller boy to blush like he always did when Noah kissed him. All they had done since getting together was hold hands and Noah had only kissed Kurt on the younger boy's cheek or the back of the hand.
So at the next glee meeting Noah and Kurt stood in front of the class and sung the song they had chosen to sing for sectionals. Everyone agreed straight away, loving the way the two voices blended together.
Soon it was time for Kurt's 15th birthday party and again it was a nice sunny September Saturday. So they had an outdoor party again, moving it in doors as it grew darker. Like the year before, the football players played touch football and the girls gave each other manicures. But this time Kurt was on his own in the corner, sad as he watched Blaine and Rory make out by the pool.
Sam and Artie saw that Kurt was on his own in the corner. So they went over to him to ask what was wrong.
"Hey Kurtie, what's wrong Sweetie?" Sam asked as he sat next to the smaller boy. Normally, Sam would have been playing football with the others. But he had hurt his back in a game the week before so he was off the team for a while.
"I don't think Noah likes me anymore." Kurt said quietly. Even though he had been friends with the boys and girls of the McKinley High glee club for a year, he was still painfully shy.
"Why do you say something like that Sweetie?" Artie said, leaning over in his chair as he hugged Kurt.
"Because we have never done that." Kurt said, pointing at Blaine and Rory, who were French kissing on the decking of the Hudson-Hummel house.
"Sweetie, what are you talking about?" Sam asked hugging Kurt. He knew that Noah wanted to wait until that day before he kissed Kurt properly. Noah was being a perfect gentleman.
So Kurt tried to tell them that he wanted a kiss but didn't know how to ask for one. Sometimes he hated being as shy as he was. He started to tear up, another curse. He was extremely emotional sometimes and he hated that as well.
Noah was taking a breather before the next half of the of the football game, they were playing when he saw Kurt crying. He practically ran over towards Kurt.
"Princess what's wrong?" Noah asked breathlessly, having being playing football and then run over the expanse of the garden. However Kurt couldn't answer. He was crying too badly and blushing. So Artie and Sam told Noah why Kurt was crying and the smaller teen's fears.
When Sam was finished, Noah gathered Kurt in his arms and walked them to a quiet corner of the garden. When they were on their own Noah assured Kurt that he fancied the smaller teen a lot, and was going to give Kurt a kiss that day as one of the younger teens birthday presents. Noah then gave Kurt his first real kiss, making the smaller teen gasp.
After their first proper kiss at Kurt's 15th birthday party their relationship moved from chaste kisses on cheeks and backs of hands to kisses on the lips. They also came out to the school there were mixed reaction from the school but as soon as they saw how loving Noah was towards Kurt they didn't care.
However there were two people who wanted Kurt, but not in the gentlemanly way that Noah wanted him and they were Maxwell Stevenson and David Karofsky.
It was a month after Kurt's 15th birthday when Maxwell and Karofsky made their intentions known towards the younger teen. Maxwell had joined glee club much to the disdain of everyone else. They had enough talent and members without him for sectionals even with Rachel banned.
A week before he decided to sing to Kurt, he seemed to be everywhere that Kurt and Noah were. If they were having a romantic picnic for lunch in the choir room, Maxwell would barge in claiming he had 'forgotten' music. Then while he 'looked' he would flirt shamelessly with Kurt, making the smaller boy uncomfortable. As soon as Maxwell started to flirt, Kurt would hide his face in either Noah's neck, if they were sitting down, or in the taller boy's chest, surrounded by his letterman jacket, taking comfort and protection from the older boy.
When Maxwell didn't get anywhere with the flirting he changed tactics by serenading Kurt to prove he was a better man than Noah. So a week later, at glee practice, before anyone could say or do anything the band that always seemed to be there started to play 'Who's Your Daddy' by Toby Keith. For the entire song Maxwell would make crude sexual gestures at the smaller teen, making Kurt incredibly uncomfortable. Noah was getting annoyed at the rugby captain and how he was acting towards his boyfriend, especially the thrusting pelvis in Kurt's face. Before he could do anything like punch Maxwell, Mr. Schue motioned the band to stop. They did instantly. They were secretly pleased too stop. They didn't like Maxwell and they loved Kurt. He was the first glee member to actually talk to them for a long period of time instead of just asking them to play something. It was because of him that the rest of the glee club talked to them now.
"Maxwell that was highly inappropriate." the teacher said, making Maxwell sit down. The rugby captain sat next to Kurt. He moved his chair as close as possible and tried to take Kurt's hand, but Kurt squeaked and moved to Noah's lap, hiding in the jock's chest.
Maxwell glared at Noah as he comforted Kurt, while the rest of the club glared at Maxwell. They didn't like the English boy and they were trying to think of a way to get rid of him. He had never been to a glee club party and if the glee club had anything to do with it Maxwell Stevenson wouldn't be in the club by sectionals.
To everyone's pleasure Noah stood and placed Kurt in the lap of one of the only other laps that the taller boy trusted Artie's. Noah walked to the band whispering to them who were happy to play for the jock. Soon the opening the violins to '16 going on 17' from The Sound of Music could be heard.
Kurt smiled. He had only told one other person for his love of The Sound of Music and how it always cheered him up. He remembered his mom and the happy times they had together before she died. It also helped that he was named after one of the Von Trapp children.
As soon as it was Liesl's turn to sing, Kurt stood from Artie's lap, walked over to Noah, and began to sing along with his boyfriend. Maxwell sat and watched in awe at the love shining in their eyes when they finished the song, kissing tenderly.
"I'm going to leave glee club." Maxwell said, standing while Kurt and Noah hugged.
"Maxwell?" Mr. Schue asked confused.
"I joined glee because I like singing. I was hoping to make some new friends, but then I was paid to seduce Kurt away from Puck. And I wanted to, to begin with, but as I got to know you both I saw how in love you both are. So I'll leave and give Rachel her money back." Maxwell said leaving the room never to come back again.
2 weeks later Karofsky had his turn at trying to steal Kurt, not that he was successful of course. Being the smallest senior made Kurt the easiest target for the bullies. Even though the new directions tried to protect him, there were times that he was on his own, and that's when the bullies got him.
Seeing as it was a glee day, Kurt was walking to the choir room from his last class. When he hadn't seen any of his 'bodyguards' he decided to walk on his own. He didn't notice Karofsky coming up behind him until it he was dragged into the locker room.
Karofsky had spent the entire last year bullying Kurt. However the jock had been ok this year so far, and only occasionally body checked him into the lockers. So the smaller teen was shocked and frightened when he was dragged in to the locker room by his tormentor.
When Kurt was harshly pinned against the lockers by the Neanderthal, he really began to panic about what was going to happen.
"You need to be with a real man Babe." Karofsky said, licking Kurt's neck and pawing at the smaller teen.
"Leave me alone." Kurt begged, trying to get free. But he was a lot smaller and weaker compared to the muscle head of a jock. However before Karofsky could do anything more they heard the glee club shouting Kurt's name. Before Kurt could scream out to them Karofsky covered Kurt's mouth with one of his meaty paws, so Kurt bit it.
"You little bitch!" Karofsky yelled, slapping Kurt across the face, splitting the countertenors lip, the force of the slap causing him to fall to the floor. Kurt did scream then, loud enough for his friends to hear him.
Soon everyone rushed in to the locker room. They gasped in horror at seeing Kurt in the floor bleeding as Karofsky stood over him. Everyone, excluding Noah, dealt with Karofsky while Noah went to Kurt and hugged the smaller boy close. He whispered reassurances that he was there and that Kurt was safe. Noah also helped stopped the bleeding.
"Are you ok Princess?" Noah asked, checking to make sure there was nothing out of place or undone.
"You saved me." Kurt said in awe.
"Of course I did Princess. I love you." Noah said, that was the first time he had said and it felt right.
"I love you too." Kurt said kissing Noah. The smaller boy had never started the kisses between them, so it was a shy and sweet kiss that made Noah's heart soar and his pulse race.
A week later Maxwell had left the glee club and Karofsky got expelled for the continuous bulling of Kurt and the other misfits of McKinley high.
The club spent the time up to sectionals either rehearsing or having their weekly glee parties. But Noah and Kurt made sure they spent one night a week on a date, they went bowling, to the cinema and out to dinner. Kurt also found the time to tutor Noah and some of the other glee club members so they could go to college and get out of Lima.
With Kurt helping certain members of the club, everyone's grades improved so much so that Mr. Schue and the parents wanted to do something nice for the tiny senior. So all the parents of the glee club that Kurt had helped, chipped in together to buy the small brainiac the latest Kindle, and a few new books. Mr. Schue would award to him after the smaller teen and Noah helped them win sectionals with their version of 'All I Ask of You' from The Phantom of the Opera, then the group number 'Seasons of Love' from RENT.
Kurt was shocked when he got the present at the after party. He didn't complain, though he blushed, and said thank you. During their senior year the new directions not only won sectionals, they won regionals and nationals as well. Making them the most successful glee club that McKinley high had ever seen.
Figgins even asked them to sing at their graduation ceremony, which they did happily. Even though everyone was moving to New York, they had one final glee party in Kurt and Finn's basement.
They had a 6 week break before the next chapter of their lives began…
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