Disclaimer: Do not own, sadly.
Beta-ed by: Debraelq who is amazing :D
Timeline: Tuesday – Thusday (Two weeks , two days)
--Chapter Two: Askance--
After a few minutes, he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"T-thank you, Rachel…" He smiled shakily.
She nodded her head slightly. "Are you okay, Kurt?"
He bit his lip, "Yeah, S-sure I am."
She looked doubtful of this but didn't comment on it.
"You want me to help you practice?"
--Breaking the Rules--
Over the next week, Kurt and Rachel practiced every day after school – excluding Thursdays which was when Glee was going to be on- and it was a week later that Finn asked if he was coming to Glee for the second time.
Kurt had been standing at his locker and trying to avoid members of Glee – he swore that all the other members, other than Rachel, had just disappeared. They hadn't even noticed him.
"Kurt?!" the voice rang down the hall, and Kurt groaned quietly … just great.
He shut the door to his now incredibly plain locker and turned to leave, but a strong hand grasped his arm.
"Whoa, Kurt what happened to you?You look like the jocks have given you a makeover… and a bad one." Mercedes raised her eyebrow as she surveyed his clothes – a plain cotton button-up shirt which was light blue, and a pair of blue jeans. Not to mention that he was wearing sneakers.
Kurt cringed. He hated the clothes, too, but he could not relapse.
Rules, rules, rules.
He had walked away, desperate to escape her company and had run into someone with a decidedly male chest… Not good.
He took a step back and raised his eyes to look at Finn Hudson. Oh great, now he'd rather be back with Mercedes…
"Hey there!" the ever ecstatic Finn chirped.
"H-hi… What do you want?" Well that had been a great thing to say seeing as Kurt had been the one to run into Finn…
"Oh, yeah," Finn smiled, "Are you joining Glee again?"
Kurt bit his lip. One day after school to practice… Maybe he would only have to sing backup… Hopefully.
"Umm…. Yeah, I might turn up." He hoped he wouldn't regret his decision.
--Breaking the Rules--
After eight full days of practice with Rachel -and some extremely quiet shower singing, Kurt's voice was almost restored to normal. Almost, being the key word. His voice could only reach an F (which was very good), but his voice became all crackly and his throat very sore. He didn't know if he would be ready for Glee in the afternoon, he had already skipped the practice one week ago.
Word had spread around the school about the "gay kid gettin' unbent" and his "new look". Kurt was sick of it; he tries to fit in and even more people look.
--Breaking the Rules--
The Glee club watched as Rachel and Kurt entered. Rachel sent them a warning look while Kurt smiled hesitantly.
"Hey Kurt," Finn cheerfully called across the room, breaking the tension as all the Gleeks happily called out and waved to the tentative boy.
--Breaking the Rules--
Yeah, Kurt kind of has two personalities.
Kurt's thoughts = italics
The Rules influence = underline
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