DISCLAIMER: Glee is not mine. Wow, my disclaimers are so original!
A/N: Emily, my beta, my valentine .
*Drums* Final chapter!
Chapter Three.
How can you feel when you're wounded like that, dear?
Don't mind. It's a common reaction.
Quinn knows there is something horribly wrong the second she steps into school.
It takes some minutes for Finn to get it as well.
Everybody is looking at them. Some boys laugh and whispers. Some girls glare at Quinn in disapproval and some stare at Finn in sympathy.
Every eye is set on them as they walk the school's hall.
Quinn fears the worst but tries to stay calm.
Until one boy, one who is, barely, suppressing a laugh, pats Finn on the shoulder and opens a laptop before him.
…
It takes practically the entire Football's team to separate Finn from Puck.
The punch given by Kurt the day before, loses itself beneath a sea of wounds on Puck's face.
"I'm sorry, man," Puck mutters, looking the taller boy in the eye. He needs to let him show, to let Finn know that he is truly sorry for this.
"All this time…" Finn starts but he doesn't have the strength to go on. "You two…" He says, looking at Quinn, as his team mates release him. "You two…" he repeats, but there is nothing left to say.
"I'm sorry, Finn," Quinn cries, slowly walking towards him. "I am so sorry."
"Save it," Finn answers. He's hurt and can't hide it. "We're not going to tell my mother about it." He states suddenly. "We're going to…" But he has no idea, he's lost and hurt and can't believe they actually did this to him. "We are not going to tell my mom." Quinn nods.
"I can stay at Brittany's, tonight. You can tell your mom that I had to help Brittany with something," She offers quietly but Finn shakes his head.
"Mom made you your favorite meal for dinner." There's silence, then. Puck wants to say something, anything, but he's never been good with words.
"You'll have to come home later that usual, though. I need some time alone." Finn leaves then before Quinn and Puck can say anything.
…
Kurt it is not surprised when Finn calls him. He is surprised though for what happens next.
"You knew about it," Finn accuses, letting his anger travel from mobile to mobile. "You knew about it and didn't tell me." Kurt doesn't answer. "And don't lie to me," Finn adds. "I am sick of people lying to me".
"Finn, I…"
"Don't tell me how sorry you are. Don't give me some elaborate excuse of why, when you were suppose to be my friend, you hid something this big from me. Just, just don't talk ever to me ever again." The phone goes dead then and Kurt just puts it in his bag.
"It was him, right?" Quinn asks as Puck tries not to look interested.
The future parents remain separate from each other. Kurt knows, sees and feels just how they want and need to hold each other close. They don't do it, they won't do it. Not because of what people would say but as a punishment for their actions. They don't think they deserve to be hugged and as much as Kurt sympathies with the two of them a part of him can't help but agree.
…
Quinn has the pregnancy to blame. Finn has school, Glee, football and his job. But Mrs. Hudson knows there is something more powerful than any of those, as he lifts the untouched food from the table.
…
Parents see everything. And Mr. Hummel knows there is a reason to leave the three boys and the pregnant girl alone.
"Goodbye, Mr. Hummel," The teens say as he leaves for work, on his off day.
"So, what do you want?" Finn asks, once the adult is out of sight.
He has soften a bit, at least with Kurt, after the boy pointed out that Quinn and Puck needed to give him an explanation.
"I'll prepare some tea." Kurt says, and they all know he'll be absent for more time that it takes tea to be done.
He walks to the kitchen quickly. Trying to make his selfish thoughts go away. It's about them, the three of them, Puck, Quinn and Finn. The subject, the discussion has nothing to do with him, so he has no right to be angry and sad for feeling out of place in his own house.
Some words reach him. Some words let themselves be captured by his ears.
"Of course it hurt us, Finn." Quinn is crying. "We care about you."
"Funny way of showing it."
"We wanted to tell you, there were so many times Finn when I was about to tell you, but I didn't want to hurt you."
"You slept with my best friend, Quinn. You were hurting me since the moment you did it. The only difference is that I now know about the knife you stuck in my back."
"Finn, please…"
"And do you know how it feels? Not only the betrayal, but…"
Kurt can't hear well and is tempted to leave the kitchen but stays in.
"I lost a family. Yes, I knew, we were supposed to give her away, but still, I had this dream, this fantasy of holding her, watching her perform in school. I don't know what a father is, I never met mine but I wanted to be one."
Quinn's voice is too soft and it gets weak through the walls but Kurt knows what she is saying. She is asking Finn, even if it is selfish, to walk in their shoes. To try to understand how much this was haunting and hurting them.
"That would never happen to me. I would never do that."
"Yes, well, Finn, how can you know?" Quinn shouts. "I thought you and me were going to wait until marriage and then start a family. I thought I could never love someone except you."
"So you love him. More than me?"
"It's different."
"Different how?".
"The way I love you, the way I care about you. I want you in my life, boyfriend or not."
Then there is silence again. Kurt lets some minutes pass but when he can't hear anything, not even whispers from the living room, he has to leave the kitchen.
He finds Finn letting Quinn hug him and Puck awkwardly sitting on a sofa. They're better, not great, not excellent, not even good, but a bit better. The three of them interact without even noticing him. He watches Quinn clean her eyes as Puck gives apologies to Finn. Everything they can say to each other, at least for today, is said and that's when Finn notices Kurt watching them.
"I forgot the tea cups." Kurt realizes but it's okay. None of them feel like drinking or eating, anyway.
The leave, a bit after. Quinn and Puck first. Puck telling Kurt that he's a decent boy, after all and that he can actually hit, and Quinn hugs Kurt tightly. Once the couple leaves, Finn looks at Kurt and they both let out an I'm sorry at the same time.
"I'm sorry, Kurt," Finn says "You were right for not telling me. I just felt so betrayed, by everyone and …"
"It's okay. I should have forced Puck to tell you. I can hit quite good."
"So I've heard."
It gets awkward after a bit. Kurt tries to steady his heart and tells it that no, Finn won't suddenly confess his undying love for him. Still, when the taller boy opens his mouth he can't help but dream.
"Thank you, for everything. Really, thank you," Finn says and smiles, truly smiles for the first time in the past days.
"Anytime you want. I'm always here for you," Kurt replies instantly and hates himself for it.
"I should probably go," Finn says and Kurt nods. And he goes, just like that.
Kurt watches him leave, imagining how hard it must be. Trying to think about all the things the poor boy has to go through, instead of thinking about how sad and alone he left Kurt. It's okay. He tells himself. He is going to be there, for Finn. Even if it means to go through to many other storms like the one they survived today.
Even if it means waiting forever.
The End.
Well, not exactly cute and romantic for a . But I wrote this some time ago. The idea came to me the very day in which Hairography would be aired and I had to write the whole fic before the story could go AU like whoa inside my mind.
And I want to say I love Glee, it has made me write fics again and April seems so far, faaaar away.
Anyway, thanks to everyone who read this little story I wanted to tell :)
Kisses And Happy Chinese year!