Recap:
"Oh no it's okay, we'll have you meet my dad another time" Kurt chuckled
"Yes and hopefully it'll be in a crowded place with lots of witnesses" Puck joked. It worked, Kurt was laughing as he slipped from the truck. He shyly waved goodbye to Noah before walking to his front door. Puck waited till Kurt was safely in his house before leaving for his.
"Oh god I hope this feeling never dies" he muttered to himself.
Chapter 2
3 Months Later
Kurt woke up to his cell phone ringing, thinking it was Noah he didn't even check the caller id
"Hello?" Kurt said sleepily
"…..You're a fag, why don't you go kill yourself…" the caller said harshly but before he could finish Kurt flipped his phone off; his heart began to race in fear. His phone went off again; he was startled out of his thoughts, he looked down at his phone it was a text message from an unknown number. Kurt clicked 'read,' he was dreading what the message could say
Don't you ever hang up on me! The next time you do something bad will happen, and if you don't believe me, go look outside
Kurt ran downstairs to the front door, he threw the door open and saw his car in the drive way. It was all beat up, the windows were shattered and something was sprayed painted across the car. Burt and Carol were already out there trying to wash the writing off as fast as they could, but Kurt could still read it though. It read
'GO AND DIE FAG' Kurt was frightened; no one has ever told him that he should die because he was gay, or even damaged his car because of it. He slammed the door closed and ran to his room, and flipped his phone up and called Noah; tears started streaming down his face
*Ring Ring* "Hey princess whats up"
"Noo…Noah" Kurt sobbed out, Puck sat up in alert
"Baby what's wrong?" he asked worriedly
"M...my…c….ca…car" Kurt stuttered out
"Something happened to your car? Are you okay?"
"No…some….someone told me I should….kill myself, and it looked like he took a crowbar to my car and broke all the windows" Kurt said
"What the fuck!" Puck shouted out angrily "Baby I'm coming over right now"
"Okay…hurry Noah" Puck flipped his phone off and ran out to his truck. He raced to the Hummel residence; he got there in record time. When he pulled up to the side of the curb, he noticed Mr. Hummel and Carol were washing Kurt's car. He didn't even worry about meeting Mr. Hummel; all his thoughts were to get to Kurt. Puck jumped out of the truck and ran to the house and barged inside, ignoring the yells that were probably coming from Mr. Hummel. He ran straight to Kurt's room, knowing where from the numerous times he's been there when everyone else has been out of the house.
Puck heard running steps behind him but he didn't care, all he wanted to do was wrap his arms around Kurt, he barged into the room and found Kurt huddled on the bed. He ran over to the bed and grabbed Kurt and embraced him. Kurt huddled into his boyfriends arms, inhaling Noah's calming scent, tears started run freely down again. Running footsteps came to a halt
"Who do yo…?" Burt started to yell out but stopped when he saw his son wrapped in the man's arms and crying his eyes out. Neither boy looked up at him, Burt saw the other boy 'shushing' his baby boy, trying to calm him down.
Burt didn't get a good look at the man, just that he was muscular build and had a shaved head, but he figured he'd let it be for now, Kurt must of seen his trashed car. He backtracked down the stairs leaving to go back and work on the car.
"Princess it'll be alright" Puck said quietly in Kurt's ear while he rocked them back and forth
"It was so scary Noah" Kurt whispered into Noah's neck
"Oh baby I'm sure it was" Puck said, he couldn't even comprehend how Kurt must be feeling, even with his bad assness he never told someone they should kill themselves.
They stayed like that for hours
2 Months Later
It was getting closer and closer to graduation, in fact it was the end of their second term; Spring Break was a few days away.
Puck had gotten his grades up. He got to the point where he could graduate right now and be done with school. After Kurt and he started dating, Puck really wanted to become a better man for him, not some Lima loser who would never leave town. He wanted to go with Kurt and become successful, so he cracked down on the studying, and talked to his teachers to see what he needed to do to get his grades up. All he did was study and hang out with Kurt, actually attending class and paying attention Puck did perfect in all his classes. Puck was a smart man; he just never applied himself before. So in order to give his studies his all, he quit football. Puck stayed out of everyone's way, and no one seemed to care so he just laid low.
Kurt could graduate right now also, he had perfect grades and all of the classes he needed were done with, he was just going to take extra credits for his last term, but he was debating on just getting his diploma now and not graduate with his class. After the thing with Blaine, he became sort of a loner at school, seeing as the others knew Blaine long before him. He didn't really have anyone to graduate with. Kurt was seriously debating on if he should, the abuse from the mysterious caller was getting worse, and the police were nowhere in catching him.
The abuser had escalated in the few months he started calling, first it was always directed at Kurt. Kurt always answered the phone though, fearing something really bad would happen, but even so he still got frightful stuff. First being his car, then dead animals wrapped up as a present, even some of his clothes disappeared from his room, like some of his underwear. He was so scared after he found out that the man was able to break into his house; after that he had to tell his dad everything, so that he could convince him to change the locks. Burt immediately called the police to explain that his son was being harassed; he was pissed off to say the least. When Kurt had told Puck what had happened, Puck took to sneaking in at night and cuddling with Kurt until the morning. All the abuse was towards him, thank goodness. Kurt didn't know what he'd so if they'd start targeting his dad, or even Carol, his dad still had to worry about his heart.
One un-fateful afternoon, Kurt didn't pick up the phone when his abuser called. That was when everything changed.
Kurt was in the bathroom taking a shower, after a hardcore work out session, he didn't hear his phone ring. When he got out, he was so tired that he didn't even check his phone, figuring his abuser hadn't called yet. As soon as his head hit the pillow he was out like a light, Puck wasn't able to come tonight for he had to baby sit his little sister all night, so Kurt was in a restless sleep not used to being alone at night anymore.
The Next Morning, Late Morning
Kurt was awoken by Carol shaking him
"Kurt wake up, wake up"
"Carol? What happened?" he asked
"Something terrible happened, please get up" Kurt straightened up, more awake now
"What's going on Carol?" he asked hesitantly.
"….there …..was…a….fi….fire….in…..the shop" she sobbed out, looking down at her feet "your father was caught in it"
Kurt's heart stopped, "I…is….he….ok….okay?" Kurt dreaded the answer. Carol looked up at him
"They're taking him to the hospital right now, so…..I'm …no…not sure" she struggled to say. Kurt had tears streaming down his eyes at this point
"Can….can… you take me there?" Kurt asked Carol, he wanted to see his dad
"Of course sweetie" she said before walking out of the room, so Kurt could get ready. Kurt threw some clothes and blindly reached for his phone, shoving it in his pocket; he ran downstairs wanting to get to the hospital as fast as he could. Carol was waiting by the front door for him.
At the Hospital
"Please a man just came in, his name is Burt Hummel, and he's my father" Kurt said to the receptionist
"Aw yes, he's in ICU right now, there is a waiting room up on the third floor near where he is. I'll let someone know you are here"
"Thank you so much" Kurt said. Carol and he took the elevator up to the third floor; they followed the signs to ICU. When they got to the waiting room, Kurt sat stiffly on the chair, he was so scared. There was an outside balcony off the waiting room, Kurt decided to call Noah, he wanted to hear his boyfriends calming voice.
"Carol can you come get me if they come out?"
"Of course Kurt" she said as she nodded. Kurt got up and walked to the balcony; he took out his phone and noticed he had a missed message and a text message from last night. A sudden feeling of dread filled him; he knew exactly who they were from. He opened the text message, it read
'You'll pay for this fag' Kurt's heart began racing faster.
"Kurt they have news about your father" Carol's voice drifted over to him
"O…okay" Kurt said as he shoved his phone in his pocket, and walked inside. He noticed the doctor and the policeman who's been working his case. They nodded to him
"Mr. Hummel" Kurt nodded back
"How's my father?" he asked
"He's doing okay, he inhaled some smoke, so we were able to quickly clean it out, but he'll need to stay here for a couple of days for observation." The doctor said, Kurt sighed in relief
"Thank you doctor" he said
"Mr. Hummel" the police officer said
"Yes?"
"I just came from the scene, and we believe it was arson. Luckily a customer was with your father when it happened, so he was able to get your father to safety" the police officer explained. Sudden realization filled Kurt; his abuser had started the fire. He fished for his phone and opened up his inbox to show the police officer
"It was him I know it, please keep it I have all the messages he ever sent me" Kurt said as his voice was breaking up. The police man took the phone and scrolled through the messages
"Mr. Hummel why haven't you shown me these before?"
"I'm sorry, but I was so scared"
"It's alright….having these messages might help us figure who this bastard is, please excuse me" and with that the police officer left.
"Carol can I use your cell phone?"
"Of course Kurt" she handed her cell phone over to him and watched as the boy went back out onto the balcony; he decided to call Noah to tell him what was going on.
"Noah he attacked my father" Kurt said when he heard the man answer the phone
"Is he alright babe?" Puck said worriedly, he knew immediately it was Kurt by his voice.
"Yea, the doctor said he should be alright but…" Kurt paused
"Baby but what?"
"…Noah remember what we talked about a few days ago?"
"Yes that we're going to go to New York together after school ends" Puck said confused, how did this relate?
"Noah I can't wait, my father is in danger because of me. He was targeted because of me; I can't live in this kind of fear anymore." Kurt cried in the phone
"Okay baby what do you need me to do?" Puck asked
"I need you to go to my house and pack my clothes, and get the money I have stored up under my bed, and then come pick me up." Kurt said in a somber tone
"Okay baby, I'll see you in a few" Puck hung up the phone and got to packing.
An Hour Later
Kurt just finished writing a letter to his father when he saw Noah come up in the elevator; he turned to look at Carol
"Carol I think I'm going to go home and rest" he said to her
"Oh okay Kurt, do you want me to drive you?" she went for her purse
"No that's okay; my friend is picking me up and driving me home"
"Okay Kurt, I will see you later tonight" she smiled sadly at him. Kurt grimaced; he went up to her and hugged her
"Take care of him" he said as he snuck the letter into her purse
"I will, don't worry"
"Bye"
"Bye" she called out, as he walked away.
"Are you sure about this?" Puck asked once they were in the elevator
"Yes" Kurt said as he grabbed a hold of Puck's hand, afraid to let go.
"Alright" Puck brought up their linked hands and kissed Kurt's clenched hand "I'll be with you till the end"
"Thank you Noah" Kurt smiled teary eyed at him.
Once they were in the car Kurt asked "Can we stop at the bank, I need to pull out the rest of my money"
"Of course"
"Do you need to also?" Kurt asked
"Naw I kept all of my money in box in my closet, I don't trust banks especially Lima banks" he said teasingly, hoping Kurt would smile. It worked Kurt was chuckling
"I see, yea I put half of my money away and kept the other half under my bed. With my allowance I received, and the money I got from my broken car, we should have plenty to pay for airfare and then some leftover for when we get there"
"Then we can use my money to get a hotel once we get there for at least a week, then we can decide what we should do" Puck explained
"Okay, sounds good"
At the Airport
They were extremely lucky; they were able to get very cheap tickets for New York that was leaving that day in a few hours.
"We're really doing this aren't we?" Kurt asked nervously
"Yea baby we are" Puck said as he rubbed circles on Kurt's back. They were sitting down at the waiting area, about ready to leave Lima for a very long time.
"I know I'm doing the right thing Noah, with my father in the hospital that stalker can't expect me to answer my phone, for all he knows I'm spending the night with my father. Plus my father is safe from that man for the time being, so it'll give the police a few days in order to find him." Kurt explained fully to Noah
"It'll be okay Kurt, they'll catch that fucker" Puck said soothingly. Kurt nodded; he rested his head in the crook of Noah's neck
"Thank you for being here for me" Kurt said quietly
"Forever and always princess"
Until the Next Chapter
