Title: Defying Gravity
Summary: Kurt is 15 years old, he's in the closet and has a hopeless crush on his very straight best friend Blaine Anderson. One night, when he, Blaine and Blaine's twin sister Rachel make a small video on YouTube, their lives change forever. Part one of The Glee Club 'verse, Klaine AU.
Warnings: Foul Language, homophobia, bullying.
Authors Note: Sorry for the delay for Chapter 5. I did have to finish chapter 19 of Somewhere Only We Know (or rather chapter 60 of The Glee Club), so I could start writing the first chapter of Against All Odds. So I was a busy bee! Hopefully I'll be updating more, maybe or maybe not seeing as it is May and I will have to start studying for finals soon :(. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter of Defying Gravity.
Chapter 5
The next couple days were harsh. With the fans urging them to sing a new song, they were stressed to find the time. While rumours flew around the school about Rachel and her 'escapades' in the Locker room with Jesse. Rachel was dying, she had wanted attention. But this was the wrong type. She was getting laughed at, slushied on a daily basis and worse. It was affecting The Glee Club.
Jesse however was eating it up, and spitting it out. He told Jacob Ben Israel (an avid blogger) that he was pressured to do the deed with Rachel. The attention was drawing from The Glee Club and going back to Vocal Adrenaline.
"This isn't fair!" Finn groaned as he looked at the comments of 'Smile'.
"Tell me about it," Kurt sighed, "Rachel is depressed. She never comes out of her room anymore!" he grabbed Finn's laptop to see what people were writing. "Seriously? We're losing viewers! And subscribers!"
"I know! I mean, I only joined this because I felt bad about what I did... But it's like a part of me now. Whoever started this rumour will get punched in the face by me! And maybe Sam. But he's in Columbus right now at his Dad's." Finn stood up then clenched his fists.
"Listen to this, 'YouTube stars dating? Rumours have it that Jesse St James head soloist of Vocal Adrenaline is dating young singer Rachel Anderson from The Glee Club. When asking St James about this he smiled and replied 'It could've happened, I'm not denying it'. We found Rachel Anderson outside WMHS with her twin brother Blaine, when we asked her. She broke out into tears, and we were asked to leave by Blaine. So far, we believe this rumour to be...' This is so wrong!" Kurt groaned.
"What did they say about the rumour?" Finn took the computer back.
"'So far, we believe this rumour to be true. St James neither confirmed nor denied...' WHAT?" Kurt screamed, he slammed the computer shut. Ran outside to see his father working on the truck. "Dad! Drive me to Rachel's right now!"
"Kurt Hummel!" he shouted. "Don't speak to me that way!"
"I'm in a rage!" Kurt screamed, "I need to go to Rachel's house now!"
"Fine." Burt closed the lid and turned on the truck. Burt drove like a crazy man to Rachel's. Kurt ran out of the truck towards their house. He pounded on the front door, he waited for a minute. Leroy opened the door and smiled sadly.
"Kurt, what are you doing here?" he asked quietly.
"I need to talk to Rachel." he said quickly.
"I'm sorry Kurt, she's in her room right now..." he turned to look behind him.
"Then can I talk to Blaine?"
"I'm sorr-"
"Kurt?" Blaine said behind his Father.
"Blaine..." Leroy said in a warning tone.
"Dad, just let him in. He's basically family." Kurt raised an eyebrow questionably. What was going on?
"Okay." Leroy opened to door for Kurt to walk in. Blaine looked exhausted. He had bags under his eyes, his curls were going crazy.
"Hey Kurt." his grin didn't reach his hazel eyes.
"Hi... What's wrong? Besides the obvious." he laughed quietly. Blaine smiled.
"My mom's here." Blaine moved so Kurt could see the tall thin woman. She looked a lot like Rachel besides the curly hair; she had front bangs, and blonde streaks.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Kurt." she smiled, her voice was strong she sounded as if she were a Broadway singer - which she is.
"Y-Yeah." he breathed, Oh my god! I'm talking to THE Elphaba from Wicked! She sang Defying Gravity, which is probably why Rachel was perfect for it. WAIT that means she knows April Rhodes! Galinda! Oh my god! Kurt snapped back into reality, "It's great to meet you." he recovered. Blaine rolled his eyes. He didn't like his Mother that much.
"She's here because she heard about Rachel." Blaine sighed. "Kurt, wanna go downstairs?" he asked.
"Sure." he shrugged. The two walked down the stairs into the basement. "Why is she here?" he asked immediately.
"She just showed up out of the blue, she says it's because of Rachel. I doubt it; I think she just feels bad for not visiting us..." Blaine sat down on the couch.
"Where's Rachel?" Kurt bit his lip.
"In her room, she hasn't come out... I feel like this is my fault." Blaine looked down at his hands.
"What why?" Kurt asked loudly.
"I... Don't know. Why are you here?" Blaine brushed his curls out of his eyes.
"Have you seen Jacob's new blog about it yet?" Kurt moved closer to Blaine.
"No..." Kurt pulled out his laptop which he had brought. He opened it up.
"Wait, there's a new video." he clicked it.
The curly haired boy with crooked glasses showed up on the screen, 'Shalom blogosphere, Jacob Ben Israel here on my new vlog. Today we're talking about YouTube's new romance. Known as St Anderson. If you've read my new blog about the romance beginning between YouTube bands Vocal Adrenaline and The Glee Club, you know what I'm talking about.' Pictures of the bands logos flew behind his head.
'I'm about to talk to Vocal Adrenaline singer Sunshine Corazon. Greetings Sunshine,' he smiled at the Philippine girl. She grinned brightly.
'Hi Jacob.' the camera moved back to Jacob.
'I believe you've heard about your lead soloist Jesse's rumoured relationship with the enemy?' she nodded and sighed.
'We've all heard about it.' Jacob nodded.
'What is your take on the said relationship?' he asked.
'Since Jesse said it happened, I guess we have to wait until this Rachel chick admits to it.' she bit her lip.
'Thank-you Sunshine,' the camera zoomed in on Jacob's face. 'Now there are separate rumours going on right now. The full rumour is that Rachel Anderson - singer from The Glee Club, a new band on YouTube - lost her covenant V card to lead soloist Jesse St James. It's also said that she had sex with the queer of the group, Kurt Hummel.' Kurt screamed and pressed pause.
"WHAT?"
"Kurt, calm down." Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt. Leroy and Hiram ran down the stairs... Followed by Shelby.
"What happened?" Hiram asked looking at the two boys. Kurt had warm tears running down his cheeks, and soaking Blaine's shirt.
"The blogger, that basically blew up the Rachel story just said... That after Rachel lost her virginity, she... Had sex with Kurt." Blaine swallowed heavily. Leroy took the laptop and pressed play.
'Kurt Hummel apparently was 'testing' the waters. To see if he actually liked boys. We have here one of Kurt's dear friends here, David Karofsky.' the camera turned to the tall burly boy.
'Sup?' he grinned evilly.
'David, you said over your e-mail that Kurt confided in you after his and Rachel's meeting. What exactly did he say?' Jacob asked, David grinned.
'Well, afterwards Kurt came over to my house. He was all shaky and shit, when I asked him what was wrong. He was all like 'Rachel's pregnant!' and I was like No way! But yeah, that's what happened.' the boy shrugged. Hiram slammed the laptop shut.
"Leroy, shut it off. Look at the boy." he pointed at Kurt who was now shaking in Blaine's arms. Shelby stood shaking her head.
"What's this boy's name?" she asked Blaine.
"Jacob, Jacob Ben Israel. He's a blogger who reviews YouTube bands. He had been giving us awesome reviews... But, I don't know what happened." Blaine shrugged.
"So this... Boy is saying that Rachel lost her virginity, and is now pregnant because of Kurt?" she placed a hand on her hip.
"Yeah..." Kurt sniffed.
Rachel sat against her door, hearing everything. So now she was pregnant? Karofsky wasn't even Kurt's friend. She opened her door; she had heard that her Mom was here, she didn't want to see her though. She stepped into the basement. Kurt was in Blaine's arms, Hiram and Leroy were sitting on the couch across from them, and Shelby was busy texting on her phone.
"Hi." she sniffed.
"Rachel." Hiram stood up and hugged his daughter.
"Daddy, why are people doing this?" she hugged him back.
"I don't know... It's getting late, Kurt." he looked over at the pale boy. "Do you want to stay over?" he asked. Kurt nodded without pulling away from Blaine. "Okay I'll call Burt." and Hiram left. Rachel sat beside Blaine and looked at Kurt.
"I'm sorry Kurt, this is all my fault." she sighed.
"It's... Okay." he shook his head, still holding onto Blaine. Blaine started to stand up.
"Come on Kurt." the two boys walked to Blaine's room and shut the door. Rachel sat on the couch, staring at her hands. Shelby sat down beside her.
"Hi Rach." she wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Hi... Shelby." she scooted away.
"Rachel, you don't have to feel uncomfortable with me... I'm your Mom." Shelby laughed.
"No you're not. I don't have a Mom; I have a Papa, and a Dad. No Mom." she stood up and walked back to her room.
Kurt was curled in Blaine's bed, hugging Blaine's big teddy bear. Blaine had left to get changed.
"Papa called your Dad," Blaine laid beside him, "I'm sorry Kurt... Not only do people think you got Rachel pregnant, they know you're... You know." he ran his fingers through Kurt's brown hair.
"I know, schools going to be awful." Kurt sighed sadly, "Why would Karofsky do this? I don't even know him." Kurt turned his head and saw Blaine looking at him the same way he was before. His hazel eyes were soft and sparkling, Kurt looked at his soft pink lips, quickly though. He didn't want to draw attention to them. Blaine licked his lips and smiled softly.
"Maybe he's jealous because you're famous and he's not." he shrugged. Kurt laughed nervously. Blaine's eyes were piercing through his soul.
"Mm," he nodded. He closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
Blaine laid there staring at his bestfriend. His bangs had fallen over his eyes, his pink lush lips were parted slightly, and he was breathing softly. Every time he looked at Kurt, his heart did this weird fluttering thing. He always had the cheesy grin on his face, and Kurt always looked confused.
Kurt looked so sad lately, since everything that had happened. Kurt yawned in his sleep and snuggled closer to Blaine's chest. Blaine smiled and curved his body around Kurt.
I can't do this. He likes Artie, not me... He looks so beautiful though... I love you Kurt Hummel. He couldn't help it; it came up like verbal diarrhea.
"I love you." he whispered, Kurt remained silent. He shifted in his sleep and mumbled.
"I... Love you too Art..." Blaine froze and tears filled his eyes.
Kurt loved Artie... Kurt loved Artie! Kurt Hummel loved someone, and it wasn't him.
Mercedes and Tina stood with Rachel before school started. People began whispering about her, right in front of her.
"How far along do you think she is?" one asked.
"Dunno, the baby will be a fag though." the other replied. Rachel saw the Skanks and Noah Puckerman at the side of the school, Noah was watching her carefully. He said something to the Skanks who grumbled and he ran over.
"Sup Berry. Is it true?" he asked, Mercedes and Tina eyed him carefully.
"My last name isn't Berry Noah, it's Anderson. And no it's not." she said proudly.
"Okay then, well-"
"Anderson, do you know if your kids a Queer yet? Since Princess knocked you up!" Azimio cackled. Puck looked over at them, spat out his cigarette and walked over.
"Listen 'Azimio, just because you're on the Peewee football team doesn't mean you can talk to her that way!" he yelled. Azimio laughed.
"What you gonna do about it Puckerman?" Azimio asked.
"If you talk to my girl that way again, I'll kick your ass." Puck stood his ground.
"Bull, you couldn't hurt a fly." Azimio looked Noah up and down.
"Wanna try it bro? I can crack both your nuts right now, right or left. Your choice, or walk away and live to be a douchebag another day." Azimio hesitated.
"I don't believe you-" Noah punched Azimio in the gut.
"Now leave Berry alone, or I'll really kick your ass." Noah walked away, grabbing Rachel by the arm. Mercedes and Tina watched Noah take Rachel away in awe.
Rachel walked with Noah until they were far away.
"Why did you do that Noah?" she asked putting her hands on her hips.
"I hate assholes like him." Noah avoided Rachel's eyes.
"You're lying." Rachel bit her lip.
"Okay, so I've been through this before Berry. I... My Dad got a chick pregnant, and she couldn't live her life. People were laughing, and making fun of her. Her life was ruined, I watched her crumble down. I don't want that to happen to you, you're... You have too much potential to go down." Noah was still avoiding Rachel's eyes.
"Noah... Who was the 'chick'?" she asked.
"Our maid, Moira. She was gorgeous... Ruby red hair, she was the nicest. He knocked her up one night when he was piss drunk. Got her pregnant, when my Mom found out. She left my Dad, and fired Moira... While she was pregnant." Noah shook his head, "So it isn't true? Hummel didn't knock you up? If he did, I swear I'll kick his ass."
"It isn't true, Kurt's my bestfriend. I also think he likes my brother that would be awkward." She laughed," Noah... I have to ask you something."
"Shoot."
"When you were getting mad at Azimio, you said 'my girl' Why did you-"
"Yo, Puck Principal Figgins is on his way! Want us to stall him?" a Skank named Ronny yelled.
"You know it!" he replied, "Listen Berry, we'll talk later. Here's my number, call me okay?" he said as he ran off.
"My last name isn't Berry!" she yelled after him. As she walked back towards the school, Mercedes and Tina were waiting for her.
"Rachel!" Mercedes ran over. "What happened?"
"He was just talking to me." she shrugged, "Nothing big." she looked around the courtyard. "Have you seen Kurt or Blaine?"
"No." Tina shook her head.
Quinn opened up her locker; Artie was talking about something useless. She thinks it's something about Brittany.
"And her hair, don't even get me started," he continued adjusting his glasses.
"Artie," she said softly, "We're in a band together. It doesn't mean we're friends." she closed her locker, and walked away. Artie stood there pouting; there was a tap on his shoulder. He turned, hoping it was Brittany. Instead stood a shorter 15 year old with brown hair.
"Hi Artie!" Kurt smiled greatly.
"Hi... Kurt." Artie started following Quinn.
"So," Kurt followed, "what song do you think we should sing? Next I mean." he laughed nervously.
"I Dunno, I'm sure you'll think of something." Artie said, he waved goodbye and continued to follow Quinn. "Quinn!" he grabbed her hand. Man they were soft.
"Yes Arthur?" she smiled even though it appeared she was annoyed with him.
"I was wondering if you could get me a date with Brittany." he said hopefully.
"Why don't you ask Santana? She knows Brittany the best." she stepped into the gym, and he followed.
"I might be best friend's with Santana, but I'd rather not talk about those things with her. She goes all Spanish on me and talking about 'Tapping Dat Ass'." he laughed, he caught sight of Sue Sylvestor the Cheerleading coach.
"Q, get over here!" she shouted, Quinn looked at Artie and bit her lip.
"Sorry, I've got to go. I'll try talking to Brittany, but she's pretty thick. It'll be hard." and she ran off.
"Thanks!" he waved. He left the gym and saw Blaine at his locker. "Hey Blaine, I wanted to ask you something."
"Sure," Blaine groaned.
"Um, okay. I wanted to sing a song. Dedicated to the person I like." he smiled. Blaine started coldly at him.
"Oh really, and what song were you thinking about?" he asked.
"Isn't she lovely." Artie suggested.
"Okay. Let me ask Kurt, because he's my bestfriend." Blaine said coldly and he walked over. Artie scrunched his forehead in confusion.
"That's... Cool?"
Ms. Holliday was talking about something dumb. He stared off into nothing; Brittany was drawing her new kitten Lord Tubbington on the side of his paper. After school he started walking to Rachel's locker, she was sitting on the ground in Noah Puckerman's arms while Blaine was on the phone talking quickly.
"What happened?" he asked, running to Blaine.
"Look at her locker." Blaine said without looking up. He looked over and gasped, 'WHORE' was written in large letters.
"Oh my god." he looked down at Rachel who was being rocked in Noah's arms.
"W-Why would they do th-this?" she hiccupped. He turned and saw Artie, Santana and the rest of The Glee Club watching.
"Who the hell did this?" Artie asked.
"Yo, Hummel take your friend." Noah handed Rachel to Kurt. He stood in front of The Glee Club.
"Why are you helping her Puckerman?" Santana asked stepping forward.
"Save it Lopez, she's my girl." he glared. Finn started to say something but Tina stopped him.
"Who the hell did this?" Artie repeated.
"That asshole Azimio and his butt buddy Karofsky. They thought it'd be funny to bother her." Noah shook his head.
"Cans I go kick his ass?" Santana asked.
"Allow me." Noah pushed through the group.
"Don't Noah!" Rachel yelled, Noah spun around.
"Berry, he hurt you. I want to kick his ass!" he yelled.
"Don't sink to their level-" just then, a junior named Sebastian walked by.
"Oh the whore is sticking up for herself. That's so sweet," he through his slushy in her face, "Whore." and he walked away.
Kurt opened the door to the Van and everyone came in. Even Noah Puckerman, even though he protested that. Santana and Brittany took the front seats and everyone else sat either on the floor, or on the bottom bed holding Rachel as she cried.
"I... I don't understand why people would do this to me?" she sobbed.
"Dad said he would talk to Mr. Figgins." Blaine bit his lip.
"Ha," Noah scoffed, "He won't do jack shit." Kurt rolled his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Mercedes asked hugging a pillow.
"He'll say 'We'll keep a look out for it', and they'll do absolutely nothing." Noah bit his lip.
"I know how you feel Rachel," Kurt started, "well the name calling."
"But Kurt..." she sighed, "What they're saying about me isn't true. You're actually gay." she shrugged.
He had no idea what snapped inside him, "Yeah and you're just a bitch." they all turned their heads. They left with Rachel, who was crying even harder. Blaine remained in The Van with him. As he left and closed the door he looked up.
"Kurt... She's my sister. You can't just say that to her." right before he closed the door he whispered. "Stop being such a dick." and he left.
Kurt sat there, surprised at what he had said. He was left alone...
All alone.
He stared at the door waiting for someone to come back. Saying 'We're sorry Kurt, we overreacted'. But no one came back. It was almost 9pm when Carole came out to the Van. Kurt was still sitting in the same spot, with a blank look.
"Kurt honey." she said sadly. He remained unmoving. "Come on, let's go inside." he shook his head.
"N-No. I'm staying in here." he pushed her away.
"Honey, you'll freeze." she tried to get him up again.
"No! I have blankets, I want to be alone!" she sighed and shut then locked the door. He finally moved up to the top bed. He laid on his side of the bed; he stared at the empty side. It had Blaine's flashlight, his pillow, and oh. It seemed he had forgotten his Minnie Mouse sweatshirt. Kurt shivered suddenly. He was only wearing a wife beater. He grabbed the sweater and slipped it on, he breathed in slowly. It smelt like Blaine.
It made him sound crazy, but the smell of Blaine made him feel calm. He snuggled farther into the sweater. He grabbed his phone, and texted Blaine.
'Hey... -Kurt'
Kurt waited for a few minutes.
'I'd rather not talk to the person who called my sister a bitch. You're basically acting like Karofsky, or Azimio. You hurt her more than they could ever. -Blaine'
Kurt froze. He was worse than... Azimio or Karofsky. Surely Blaine was overreacting.
'I'm not that bad Blaine -Kurt'
'You basically are Kurt, you were like her brother. Then you turn around and say something like that? -Blaine'
'I'm... Sorry. -Kurt'
'It's too late for that... -Blaine'
Kurt bit his lip and the tears started falling down. He closed his eyes, and let them fall. What's the use? He had no friends anymore.
"Kurt!" I yelled running towards him.
"Y-Yeah?" he replied sniffing and wiping away tears.
"I'm sorry; it's all Rachel's fault. I love you." I hugged him tightly.
"B-Blaine... I love you too." he looked me in the eyes, our lips met slowly. He loves me.
Blaine's alarm went off, and he groaned. Today was going to be tough. He had told his best-friend and hopefully future husband that he was worse than the bully's that had been bothering his sister. He got out of bed, Rachel seemed surprisingly happy.
"Why are you so happy? The whole school thinks you're pregnant." Blaine asked scratching the back of his curls.
"I'm just, happier." she paused and giggled, "Blaine can I tell you something? And you'll promise not to tell anyone?"
"Are you actually pregnant?" he coughed.
"No! Last night, after you went inside and everyone left... Noah and I were sitting by the pool... And he kissed me!" she screamed.
"What." Blaine froze.
"He kissed me?" she was then brushing her hair.
"Rach, you're dating the schools Badass?" he asked.
"Maybe." she giggled. She paused, "Have you talked to Kurt?"
"Yeah." he shrugged.
"Blaine!" she said sternly, "He called me a bitch! And you talk to him? He's... He's a douchebag!" Blaine sighed.
"You're right... I'm sorry."
After Shelby dropped them off, Rachel went straight to Mercedes and Tina. She had to tell them about Noah. Blaine watched her leave, she seemed so... Unaffected that her bestfriend since kindergarten was left alone.
Usually Blaine hung out with Kurt in the morning; he hadn't even seen Kurt yet. He went over to his friends Nick's locker where he and his other friend Jeff were laughing about something.
"Then, I falcon punched you." Nick snorted.
"You two are ridiculous." Blaine interrupted, they both looked over shocked.
"Wow Blaine, you're not with Kurt for once." Jeff laughed.
"Yeah... So what are you guys doing?" he asked.
"We were talking about how I kicked Jeff's ass in Super Smash Bros Brawl. He had no idea what was coming. Never mess with Captain Falcon!" Nick shut the locker.
"Hey come on, I was like two hits from killing you." Jeff pointed out.
"That would've been awful, the prestigious Captain Falcon getting killed by Jigglypuff." Nick shook his head.
"So Blaine, I take it you'll be with Kurt-" Jeff started.
"I won't be, but go on."
"That's weird, anyway. Wanna come over tonight and try to beat me?" he asked.
He thought for a moment, he really should do something about The Glee Club. If he were no longer friends with Kurt, then how would they make videos? It would be so awkward. He couldn't bear the thought of Kurt upset again-
"Blaine?" Jeff waved a hand in front of his face.
"Sorry, that would be awesome." he agreed. Finn walked by and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Dude, Kurt isn't at school is he?" he asked. Blaine shrugged saying his farewells to Nick and Jeff.
"I don't know, I'm mad at him for saying that to Rachel. Though she would be happy about it." Blaine laughed.
"Why would she be happy?" Finn asked, as they both walked down the hall together.
"After everyone left our house yesterday, she and Puckerman snogged." Finn's expression changed.
"W-What?" he asked.
"Yeah, I think they're dating now." Blaine shrugged then walked into Art class.
Tina waved as he sat down.
"Did you know about Rachel?" she asked.
"Yeah, I hate Puckerman. He's kissing my sister." a girl laughed behind them.
"Puck just wants to get in her pants." Blaine glared at her.
"And you are?" he asked.
"Ronny Thomas, also known as a Skank. I know Puck, whereas Berry doesn't,"
"Our last name isn't Berry, it's Anderson!" Blaine groaned.
"What evs, I just say what Puck does. He just wants in her pants, enough said." and she turned away. Blaine was fuming; Tina remained quiet and drew a vampire on her sketch pad. He began drawing a picture, a random one. It started off as a Tree, it turned into a person, and then it was just an eye. A single eye, with tears in it. He stared at it. It needed a colour. Out of nowhere, he chose a bright blue colour. That looked almost green.
"Ah, glasz. One of the rarest blues." his teacher smiled.
"Glasz?" he asked.
"Mhm, I would die to have those eyes." she said then walked away. Tina looked over his shoulder and giggled.
"That looks like Kurt's eyes." wait what?
Kurt opened his eyes slowly, the smell of Blaine flowing into his nostrils. He stretched and reached for his phone. There was a missed call from his Dad, and a text message from his step-mom. He typed a short 'I'm not going to school -Kurt' and he didn't want to deal with his Dad. For a moment, he had forgotten why he didn't go. When he jumped down from the top bed, a wave of sadness overcame him.
'Yeah and you're just a bitch' How could he be so... Foolish? He lost everything. He sat on the floor and pulled his knees up to his chin. He felt hungry; he grabbed a bag of Cheetos. His stomach curdled. Nope, not going to eat anymore. He grabbed a ginger ale and gulped it down. Ignoring the pain in his stomach.
It was around lunch, and he wasn't hungry anymore. Weird.
He pulled a blanket down from the bottom bed and buried himself in it. The sunlight hurt his eyes, his whole body ached. He heard the door open after a while.
"Kurt, it's dinner." Burt said. It was already that late?
"O-Okay." he croaked. As he uncovered himself, he felt quite dizzy.
"Jesus Kurt, have you eaten today?" his father asked as he helped his son out of the Van then closed the door.
"Yeah," he shrugged.
"What did you eat?" Burt asked.
"Cheetos. But I didn't feel well, so I stopped." they got inside. Finn looked up and remained quiet. Kurt sat at his spot; Carole put a plate full of meatloaf, whipped potatoes and baked carrots on it. Finn dove in, and didn't say a thing.
"Why didn't you go to school today honey?" Carole asked.
"I didn't feel well." he lied, Finn laughed while drinking a sip of his milk. Kurt looked up and felt the sting of tears coming back.
"What's so funny Finn?" Burt asked.
"Hmm? Oh nothing, I just thought of something funny that happened yesterday." and he looked back down at his empty dish.
"Anyway, Kurt do you want to me to make a doctor's appointment?" Carole placed a hand on Kurt's pale small ones.
"No. I think I just feel under the weather." he lied again. He stood up, "I'm going back to bed." and he left. His plate untouched.
Burt looked at Finn curiously.
"Finn did something happen at school?" he asked, Finn shook his head.
"No. I don't know what's wrong with him; maybe he's on his period." Finn stood up and went to his room.
"Smart kid, I was just about to tell him to go to his room." Burt laughed.
"Burt... Kurt didn't touch his dinner." Carole said slowly.
"I'm going to go talk to him, something must've happened. You go talk to Finn." Burt got up and walked out to the Van. Carole nodded and went to her son's room. She opened his door, and walked down the stairs.
"Finnegan." she said, Finn looked up from his desktop.
"Yes?" he replied. Carole smoothed out his bedspread then sat on it.
"What happened at school to make Kurt...? So not himself?" she asked, Finn turned off the monitor and sighed.
"It's not my story to tell." he simply said.
"Finn..." she said in her motherly voice.
"Mom," he mocked, "nothing happened."
"Kurt open the goddamn door!" Burt yelled. Kurt opened it slowly.
"What?" he asked then buried himself back in the blankets.
"I want to know why you're not eating." Burt stepped into the Van.
"Maybe it's because I'm not hungry?" Kurt whispered.
"That's bull Kurt and you know it, did something happen at school?"
"No Dad! Maybe Finn's right, maybe I have my period! Just get off my back okay?" he snapped, Burt sighed.
"When you want to talk, I'm here." and he left. Kurt looked up from under the covers and saw his Dad had locked the doors too. He got up with the blanket and went back on the top bed. He laid on his side again, pulling his arms out of the sweater he pulled his legs into it and just laid there. He wanted someone to talk to... Who would understand? He wanted someone to hold him while he cried. Sure Carole and his Dad had offered to help him. But to do that, he would have to tell them what happened. He could never do that. He opened his eyes, through the blurry tears he saw Blaine's pillow untouched, his blankets just lying there. He rolled over onto Blaine's side. He held onto Blaine's pillow and cried harder than before. He didn't even cry this hard when Elizabeth Hummel passed away. He wanted to be held...
He wanted to be held by Blaine.
By Blaine...
Blaine...
He wanted Blaine.
No.
Needed Blaine.
"Rach!" Blaine called out.
"Yeah?" she replied.
"Have you seen my Minnie Mouse sweatshirt?" he asked, she walked into his room and shook her head.
"Last time I saw it we were rehearsing Smile, it must be at..." she paused, "Kurt's."
"Okay, I'll stop by there in the morning." he pulled on a Harry Potter t-shirt and went into the basements living room.
"You can't go over there Blaine, he called me a bitch." she said matter of factly.
"I'll go over and get it. I won't even talk to him, okay?" he said turning the channel to Doctor Who.
"That's fine, why is that hospital on the moon?" she asked sitting down beside him.
"The Jadoon put it there because a plasmavore was in it." he explained.
"What's a Jadoon?" she asked.
"It's those Rhino things," he said, "This is my favourite part. I always thought the blood would taste salty."
Rachel turned her head and stared at him, "You're so weird." and she got up and left.
"Hey Rachel." he said, she turned.
"Yeah?"
"Promise me... You won't get carried away with Noah." he whispered.
"Of course, I don't want the rumours to be true." Shelby passed by Rachel as she went upstairs. Shelby sat down in the lazy boy near the TV.
"Blaine, how are you?" she asked.
"Fine." he kept his eyes on the TV.
"You should speak to Kurt..." she advised.
"What? How do you know about that?" he turned.
"I know things; he's your best-friend. He's Rachel's too; I also have a suspicion... You have more feelings for him." she crossed her legs.
"How do you know that?" Blaine sat up straighter.
"Blaine, I was on Broadway. I can tell when someone has feelings for another person. Especially when it's gays," he opened his mouth and she held up her hand, "I know you're gay. And you probably don't want to have this talk with me. But, I want you to know. It's better to get through this rough patch, to stop speaking to him forever. You're best friend's..."
"Yeah and Rachel's my sister. I can replace Kurt, I can't replace her." he stood up, "I'm going to bed. I doubt you're going to watch David Tennant kill an old lady. So I'll turn it off for you." he pressed the off button and left.
Replacing Kurt? Who was he kidding?
In the morning, he got Hiram to drop him off at the Hudmel's. He and Finn were getting a ride from Burt to school. He knocked on the door; hopefully Kurt wasn't going to answer. Finn opened it and he had that dopey smile on his face.
"Hey dude! I'll be like a minute."
"Cool, I'm just going to run out to the Van and get my sweater." he heard Finn say something from behind him, but it was probably about breakfast. He took out his key and opened the door. It was a mess. There was a large pile of blankets on the floor. "Weird." he jumped onto the counter to look for his sweater. His pillow and his sweater were missing. He jumped back down then looked on the bottom bed. No luck. He started moving the pile of blankets; he pulled a big one off the top and gasped. Kurt was curled up in a ball sleeping... and he was wearing Blaine's sweater. "Kurt?" he whispered. Kurt remained silent. "Ku-urt!" Blaine poked him. The smaller yet older boy stretched out and he seemed to whisper something. Blaine placed a hand on Kurt's forehead, and noticed there was a cold sweat that had broken out on the boy.
Kurt opened his eyes slowly and fell back asleep curling in an even tighter ball. He looked like he was in a very uncomfortable position.
"I'm going to move you okay?" he lifted Kurt up, by instinct he supposed; Kurt wrapped his arms around his neck and held on tight. He stepped slowly onto the counter. Plopped Kurt onto the top bed got on and pulled him up to the pillows. He put a blanket over him and kissed him lightly on the forehead.
"Blnn..." Kurt mumbled. Blaine leaned in closer.
"What?" Kurt grabbed Blaine's jacket and pulled him down beside him. He opened his eyes and was confused.
"W-What are you doing here?" Kurt asked the tears in his eyes now evident.
"I came for my sweater," he said truthfully. Kurt nodded and started to take it off. "No, it's okay. You can keep it on," he stopped the boy.
"O-Oh..." and he laid back down. Kurt turned away from Blaine and bit his lip, it looked like it was about to bleed from how hard he was biting.
"Kurt..." Blaine sighed, "don't cry." he moved his hand over and swiped one of the tears that escaped with his thumb.
"Y-You can go now... I know you can't be friends with me because of what I said. You said it yourself, I'm worse than A-Azimio and Karof-Karofsky." he let out a shuddering breathe.
Blaine thought of a minute, "You're right... I shouldn't be missing school." he started to go, when Kurt started crying even harder.
"Pl..." he hiccupped.
"Pardon?"
"Please d-don't leave m-me Blaine!" Kurt reached for him and pulled him back down, "I can live with Ra-Rachel and everyone e-else hating me... But not you... Please don't hate me!" Kurt cried loudly. Blaine laid there frozen, Kurt was clutching him crying his eyes out. He finally pulled his arms around Kurt and just held him.
"I won't leave you Kurt, I promise."
"Blaine?" Finn called, but no answer. He had remembered Blaine mentioning something about the Van. He walked out and opened the doors. "Blaine?" he saw Blaine's bag just sitting on the floor where Kurt had been sleeping. He stood up on his tippy toes and saw something unbelievable. There was Kurt (shocker) but then there was Blaine. Whispering sweet nothings in his ear while he cried softly. They hadn't even noticed his presence.
"I'll never leave you Kurt." he heard Blaine say, Kurt's crying had ceased and they were just laying there together. Kurt surrounded by Blaine's arms. Kurt was clenching the back of Blaine's jacket, as if he was trying to keep him there forever. Finn slowly left the Van, trying not to make too much noise.
'Blaine's not coming to school btw -Finn'
'What? Why? -Rachel'
'He's... Indisposed? Is that the right word? -Finn'
'Do you mind sharing why my brother is "indisposed"? -Rachel'
'You'd get mad at him, and me. -Finn'
'Is he with Kurt? -Rachel'
'Bingo, but Kurt's asleep. Blaine just has his arms around him. Like what mom's do after their kid has a nightmare -Finn'
'He's in so much trouble! -Rachel'
Rachel went into her address book and dialed for Blaine.
'Hello?' Blaine whispered.
"Blaine Everett Anderson, you mind sharing why Finn said you were indisposed?" she asked sternly.
'I'll talk to you later Rach,' in the background she heard a loud sniffle, 'Blaine?' the voice whimpered. She heard Blaine shush the voice, 'It's okay Kurt, I'm here. Listen Rach, I'll call you later.' and her brother hung up. She groaned. She passed by Jacob Ben Israel.
"Rachel Anderson, just the YouTubers we were looking for. Would you like to comment on your new name at WMHS?" he asked holding up his microphone.
"What new name?" she asked quietly.
"Since you are alleged to be dating Kurt Hummel, Jesse St James, and now Noah Puckerman. The blogosphere has dubbed you, 'Whore of the Year'." and he scurried off.
"Wanna say that again Jew fro?" she heard Noah from behind her. Jacob turned around and gasped quietly.
"I said, your girlfriend has been... Um, dubbed 'Whore of the Year'." he hesitated.
"Thanks, now I have an excuse to pound your annoying head in." that's when he swung. Rachel shut her eyes tightly; she couldn't see her own boyfriend hurt someone. Even if that someone started these rumours. She finally opened them; both of the teenagers were upright. Santana had caught Noah's fist.
"Listen here Puckerman, I'm all for 'Kick an Asshole day', but don't fall for it. You'll hit him, and he'll just ruin your life." she turned to Jacob. "Beat it, or I'll go all Lima Heights on your ass." she pulled out a Red Vine. The blogger ran off. Rachel let out her long held breath.
"Where's your Bro?" Noah asked putting his arm on her shoulder.
"At Kurt's..." they passed by Kurt's locker. Rachel noticed White spray paint on it, 'FAG' was written in large letters. Noah laughed.
"He deserves it."
Carole got off from work early, she checked the mail. She made a sandwich for Kurt, and walked out to the Van. When she opened the door and looked up to the top bed. Two boys were asleep up there, Blaine was spooning her step-son. His arms were wound around Kurt's waist almost protectively.
"Blaine?" she whispered. The younger boy looked up. He let go of Kurt carefully and jumped down.
"Hi..." he smiled weakly.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at school?" she asked.
"I came over to get my sweater, but Kurt was wearing it. He started crying, I couldn't leave him like that..." he sighed.
"Do you know why he hasn't been eating?" she asked reaching over to fix Blaine's hair.
"Uh, yeah... I do." he swallowed.
"Well?" she crossed her legs.
"Lately, I'm sure Papa told you about the pregnancy rumours?" Carole nodded, "Rachel was pretty choked up about it, and we were comforting her. We really should've been comforting both of them. But we didn't. So, Kurt had said he understood how Rachel felt. Then, she was like 'But Kurt you're actually gay'," Carole's eyes widened, "he called her a bitch... We automatically took Rachel's side, and left Kurt alone... Everyone gave him the silent treatment, we didn't even know if he was at school the past couple days. We were just mean... I realised, we should've helped Kurt too. What they're doing to him is much worse, they're calling him a..." he breathed in deeply, "Carole they're calling him a fag."
"What?" she grabbed her phone, "I need to call Burt right now. Excuse me, you can get the sandwich if you want Blaine, and thank you for telling me." she then left. He grabbed the sandwich and started eating it. He heard movement above him, but ignored it.
"Damn it," he heard Kurt say, "I dreamt it all." and he started to cry. Blaine put the sandwich down and climbed back up. Kurt was sitting up, he smiled through his tears.
"You didn't dream it Kurt... I'm actually here- Oof!" Kurt tackled Blaine and held him tight.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Kurt repeated.
"Y-You're welcome," he chuckled, "I am so sorry Kurt. While everyone was comforting Rachel, I should've been comforting you... You were getting hit hard just like she was."
"It's... Okay. I forgive you, just please... Don't leave me," they both laid back down and basked in each other's warmth.
Burt stormed through the halls of McKinley, he passed by jocks, he passed by the cheerleaders, he stopped to say 'Hi' to Quinn. He saw Finn laughing about something with an Asian boy and a kid with glasses.
"Finnegan Christopher Hudson, get your ass over here." he yelled, people stopped to look.
"D-Dad?" Finn stuttered.
"That's right, get over here NOW!" he shouted. Finn rushed over.
"What's wrong? Is Mom okay?" he asked quickly.
"No! She's trying to comfort your brother right now with Blaine, because you're a bad brother. You should be the one holding him right now, telling him he'd never leave him. Not Blaine! I don't understand what in your mind would make you take sides of a friend and not your own Brother," Finn was about to say something, "and before you even say something about Blaine. He comforted his sister, and his best-friend. So don't even try to say he doesn't give a damn." Burt's face was completely red.
"Dad, you're making a scene." Finn swallowed heavily as kids were now watching.
"Does it look like I care right now Finn?" Burt saw Rachel out of the corner of his eye with a kid with a Mohawk. "Rachel Anderson, over here!" he pointed. The petite girl walked over slowly.
"Y-Yes Mr. Hudmel?" she asked.
"My son right now, is in your Brother's arms. Because you were being selfish. Just because a rumours going around that you're pregnant, doesn't mean you can turn around and get mad at my son." he paused to breath in, "Sure he called you a female dog," some of the students watching snickered, "That doesn't give you..." Burt saw Kurt's locker. 'FAG' was written on it. "Finn..." he breathed in. Finn ran over. "Who wrote this?"
"Azimio Addams and David Karofsky." he answered. Burt turned his head to the African American boy, and the white boy smiling at the whole thing.
"YOU SONs OF BI-" Burt lunged at the boys; Finn grabbed his step-dad's wrists. Noah ran over and grabbed his shoulders.
"Mr. Hudmel, great to meet you. My names Noah Puckerman, you beat those kids. You'll go to jail, do you really want your kids to have a Dad in jail?" he asked. Burt relaxed.
"Finn, we're going home." he grabbed his step-sons hand and led him out.
"Kurt," Blaine started, "There's a new vlog from Jacob..."
"Press play." Kurt grabbed his pillow and held on tight.
'Not even 5 minutes ago, Finn Hudson and Rachel Anderson were called out by none other than Kurt Hummel's father Burt Hummel in the halls of WMHS. Burt yelled at his step-son Finn for not caring about his own brother. Whereas he told Rachel, she was selfish. Since this story is still developing, we'll have later on.' and the video ended. Kurt managed to smile.
"I can't believe your Dad did that." Blaine closed the laptop.
"He'll do anything to protect his... Baby cub." Kurt sighed and sniffed. Blaine looked up and hugged his best-friend.
I love you.
Kurt snuggled into Blaine's chest.
I love you.
He sighed happily and looked up into Blaine's hazel eyes.
I love you.
"Thank you for being here for me Blaine... When no one else was." Kurt smiled.
I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you-
"I wish Artie were here," Blaine froze. Of course Kurt would think of Artie right now. While Blaine is holding the love of his life. Kurt is off dreaming about a romance that will never be.
Burt opened up the door, "Blaine, I need to talk to my sons. You should go home anyway." Blaine nodded, let go of Kurt and left. Carole drove him home.
He stepped into his house to be attacked by none other than his sister.
"BLAINE!" she screeched.
"RACHEL!" he mocked.
"How could you? He called me a-"
"Yeah and you basically made fun of him for being gay Rach.' Yeah but Kurt you're actually gay', you deserved being called a bitch." he pushed by her.
"You're supposed to be on my side! Not Kurt's!"
"Rachel! There are no sides! You both had rumours going on about you; you're supposed to stand up for each other! Not hate on each other. Did you know he hasn't eaten for 2 days because we all left him? When I got there, I swear I was only going there for my sweater. He begged me not to leave, because he didn't want to be hated by anyone. I had to promise him; while he slept I wouldn't leave him. Rachel, I swear I thought you were better than this." and he left.
Rachel stood there, mouth open wide and didn't say a word. He was right... Her brother is always right.
Blaine sat in his room, texting away to Kurt. Apparently Burt grounded Finn again, and Kurt only got a minor punishment for calling Rachel a... Well yeah. Someone knocked on his door.
"Yeah?" Rachel opened the door slowly.
"I want to apologize for everything... I told everyone to stop hating Kurt, but I don't think a word apology will cut it..." she started, "I talked to Noah, and he actually gave me this idea."
"What is it?"
"I want to do a flash mob, at school. Apologizing for what I did to Kurt, I asked Artie to play his electric guitar. Maybe you could film it? Y'know for The Glee Club?"
"I think you've got a good idea sis,"
Kurt finally went to school, he had missed a lot but he recovered. He was sitting in the library for English typing away at a paper. Suddenly a loud electric guitar was heard from outside the library. He looked around and no one seemed phased by it. He looked through the windows into the main hall that was upstairs. Artie stood there, strumming across the guitar smiling with his square glasses on. Behind him was Blaine holding up a bigger professional camera, he had a big smile across his face. Then, a girl's voice pierced through some speakers...
Rachel?
(Rachel)- "Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
What you said before
Like how much you wanted anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again."
He looked around again at his classmates who were still not paying attention, as the chorus started several voices started to sing along. Brittany, Quinn, even Noah Puckerman who was just sitting in the library. The several of them jumped up and started dancing as the chorus went on. Brittany and Quinn grabbed his small hands and pulled him out of the library while singing.
(All)- "'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you."
Quinn and Brittany walked with im until they were facing Rachel, who was holding a microphone. She grinned, and mouthed 'Im sorry' before starting to sing again.
(Rachel)- "Maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for trying to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way I found out
I'm nothing without you."
Brittany pulled him down the main stairs. The whole open caf was full of people, all wearing either shirts that said 'The Glee Club' or shirts that said 'Sorry' on it. He laughed, and realised he had tears in his eyes. This time it was different... They were happy tears. More of The Glee Club had started to sing. Tina, Mercedes, and everyone else. To his surprise, even Blaine was.
(All)- "'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you."
After that chorus, The Glee Club were all standing up on a stage. Kurt stood in front of it, with Blaine who had the camera pointed at him. There was another girl, Lauren was it? She had their flip camera and she was on stage. Santana stepped forward.
(Santana)- "Being with you is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can't let you go
Oh yeah."
Blaine had handed the camera off to someone while Santana sang then jumped on stage. He grabbed the mic while they were all doing the "la la's".
"Kurt, we're so sorry for everything. We shouldn't have left you when you were hurting... Can you forgive us?" he smiled, Kurt stood there blushing.
"Yes!" he squeaked. Right when he screamed that, The Glee Club jumped into the last chorus. Blaine jumped off the stage and took the camera back.
(All)- "'Cause we belong together now, yeah yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you."
(Rachel)- "'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you."
The moment the music ended, Kurt jumped up and hugged Rachel.
"My life would suck without you too."