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Mr. Schue strode into the room with David on his heels. Kurt gave his boyfriend a questioning look, but Dave just sent back a mysterious smile.
"I would like to introduce our newest member of New Directions," Mr. Schue motioned towards Dave, "David Karofsky."
Dave gave a little wave. Kurt could tell that he was uncomfortable under the intense glares of the glee kids. He didn't blame them for being upset, Dave had slushied every single one of them and he punched two of their best singers in the face.
Kurt patted the chair next to him that Mercedes wasn't currently occupying. Mercedes had lectured him on the danger of dating his ex-bully during their nightly phone calls the night before. He was happy that they cared enough about him to be worried, but he didn't want them to chase Dave away.
Dave speedwalked to the chair next to Kurt. He was a lot calmer today, thank goodness.
"I can't believe you auditioned!" Kurt grinned.
"Yeah," Blaine muttered, "can you even sing?" Blaine had been acting so strange and agressive ever since Kurt had caught him cheating. He wondered if that was because he was stressed. Blaine was working day and night to get on the football team so that he could have something to put on his college applications since he no longer attended a fancy private school. He and Finn had been lifting weights together and it was starting to pay off surprisingly fast. It almost bothered Kurt how much time his ex-boyfriend was spending with his brother, but it was good to know that Blaine hadn't taken the break up out on Finn and his newfound friendship.
"Actually," Mr. Schue smiled widely, "he and Rachel are going to sing a duet for sectionals."
"Oh, no we're not!" Rachel got to her feet which wasn't as dramatic as she thought it was considering that she wasn't much taller standing up. "I mean, I'm not declining a solo or anything, but I'm vetoing him as my partner."
"You don't have that power, Rachel." Mr. Schue informed her.
"Then we'll form a mutiny against him!" Rachel stomped her foot.
A sly grin crossed Mr. Schue's face, "Even if that duet is Without Love from Hairspray?"
Rachel's eyes widened, she had been begging Mr. Schue to let her sing Without love for months and now this was her shot. "I can still sing it with Finn!"
"Nope," Mr. Schue shook his head, "As good as Finn's voice would be for this song, Dave's is perfect for it."
Kurt fought the urge to fight for the duet with his boyfriend but held his tongue. He didn't want to hurt their chances of going to regionals by having a gay duet. It was a sacrifice that he was willing to make. Of course he would do a duet with Dave for the glee club as soon as they got back.
"So," Mr. Schue crossed his arms. "What's your desicion?"
Rachel looked conflicted then finally sighed, "Fine, but this doesn't mean that I'm okay with him being in glee."
"What do you say, David?" Mr. Schue asked Dave who, Kurt realized, was looking a little pale.
"Um..." He looked around nervously. Kurt realized that his boyfriend had stage-fright. He had probably never sang in front of anybody other than Mr. Schue for his audition. Kurt nudged him and gave him a reassuring smile. "I guess so." He said finally.
"You can talk to me if you ever feel uncomfortable about the solo." Mr. Schue offered. "You don't have to do it if you're scared."
Dave looked over to see Blaine smirking at him then shook his head with a more confident grin, "I'm not scared Mr. Schuester."
Mr. Schue looked satisfied with the answer, "Good, you'll do great. Now, time to learn some choreography."
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Kurt felt unusually tired as he collapsed onto Mercedes' bed after a hard day's work of dancing.
"Okay," Mercedes was all buisness as she sat down beside him. "In the midst of my lecturing, I never asked you how you and Karofsky got together."
Kurt saw this as a chance to get one of his friends on board with his relationship. Not having any support whatsoever was exhausting. "Well, we've been friends since a few months before he..." Kurt hated to say the words, "tried to commit scuicide... and we got together a few days ago. I caught Blaine cheating on me on Saturday morning and later when I stormed out of glee, Dave was in the hallway and we started talking. I told him that Blaine had cheated on me and we decided to make a joint effort and write him an e-mail. The e-mail explained that I was breaking up with him and had profane words added in by Dave, we never meant to send it, but..."
Mercedes laughed, "You accidently sent it?"
Kurt blushed, "Well we ended up kissing and I put my hand on the keyboard and when we stopped kissing, the computer said that we had sent the e-mail."
"That is the funniest story that you have ever told me since the man wearing the plaid with polka dot pants!" Mercedes roared.
"The man in the plaid with polka dot pants was more of a horror story than anything." Kurt insisted, shuttering at the memory, "Luckily, I burned my dad's polka dot pants that he bought after that just to drive me crazy."
"Aw," Mercedes gave Kurt a pat on the head, "poor, boo. You have endured too much!"
"I agree," Kurt groaned, "so what do you say to a Sex and the City marathon and manicures?"
"And pedicures?" Mercedes perked up.
"Duh." Kurt grinned.
They spent almost six hours watching Sex and the City and doing each others nails before Kurt was practically asleep on his feet and had to leave for home.
Kurt slowly walked through the livingroom. He heard a sound coming from the bathroom and looked into the small illuminated room to see Finn rifling through the cabnet.
"What are you looking for, Finn?" Kurt yawned.
"Oh, uh..." Finn pulled his hands back to his sides, "nothing, just... toothpaste." He was acting suspicious, but Kurt knew that Finn couldn't be doing anything too devious. It was Finn for Gaga's sake.
"It's on the counter, Finn." Kurt pointed out sleepily, "What are you up to?" He decided to pry.
"None of your buisness." Finn snapped.
Kurt blinked, first Blaine, now Finn... Maybe Blaine had convinced Finn to be rude to him, too. But Kurt knew that Finn would pick his brother over Blaine any day. "What is wrong with you?" Kurt asked, "You've been acting weird."
"You act weird and I don't get all up in your buisness." Finn clearly wasn't letting up on the agression thing and Kurt didn't want the fight to turn physical, Finn must have been eating his Wheaties or something because he had gained more muscle than Blaine. Kurt wasn't going to push Finn any further so he just backed off for now.
Something told him that this wasn't over. Finn was up to something and whatever it was, it was very un-Finn-like.
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The next morning, Kurt didn't say anything to his father or Carole about Finn's strange behavior. He didn't want Finn to be upset that he tattled on him.
"Are you feeling okay?" Burt whispered to Kurt just like he did every morning since Saturday.
"I'm fine." Kurt assured him. That was always the answer.
"Take your meds." Burt ordered.
"I will." Kurt promised, "You need to take your meds, too."
"Don't I always?" Burt said sarcastically. Kurt was almost to the point where he hid Burt's heart medication in his food.
"Dad, I need you to keep taking it." Kurt said seriously, "I don't want you dying on me."
"I'm not the one you should be worried about, Kurt." Burt frowned.
"Then take your meds." Kurt replied then gave his father a kiss on the cheek. "See you later, dad."
Burt just grunted in reply.
"And don't you dare wash your pills down with a Coke and two Slim Jims." Kurt warned him, "No matter what you say, that is not the breakfast of champions!"
"Whatever you say, son." Burt called after him as he left the kitchen to go meet Finn at the door.
"Took you long enough." Finn growled as he threw open the door and stomped outside.
Someone was grumpy today. Kurt decided not to make fun of him today. He wasn't in the mood to be noogied, plus his hair was perfect.
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A/N: *Gasp* what's going on with the gleeks? Find out sooooon! I think I'm gonna write a few more chapters before bed time :) REVIEW OR ELSE GRUMPY!FINN WILL COME TO YOUR HOUSE!