Kurt

I got into school early the next morning and headed straight to the locker rooms. I winced at the scene, knowing what had happened previously in this room. I found Coach Beiste in her office and she looked up at me when I knocked eagerly on the door.

"Kurt! How's Dave?" she asked immediately.

"He's fine. He woke up at about 8 and I stayed with him for a few hours but I had to get home. His family were there too. Any idea of who did it?"

"Nope. I've got to get Figgins' permission to watch the CCTV footage but it won't be of the actual locker room, just the corridor and outside of the school and even then they might be wearing masks or something. I've talked to the police and they've agreed to get involved in the investigation but if you ask me they're not that bothered. It's stupid really. If neither of us had found him I don't know what would have..." Coach Beiste trailed off.

"Well, let's just be glad he's alright. He said he should be out tomorrow and he can come back to school whenever he's ready as long as he has no brain damage or anything, but everything's looking fine," I told her.

"Oh thank god. I am going to do everything possible to find out who did this!" Coach stated.

"Thank you. It's really appreciated. Oh and did you happen to pick up Dave's phone? It wasn't on him when they changed him," I asked her, and her eyebrows furrowed together.

"Well, yes, but it's not exactly in great shape," she mumbled, reaching into a draw and pulling out Dave's mobile, which was distorted. It had obviously been stamped on or thrown. I took it from her and pressed the power button, but nothing happened.

"I guess I'd better give it to him anyway. He might want to claim insurance or something," I told her. "Look, thanks a lot Coach. From both Dave and I. I'm so happy you were there for him."

"It's no problem, Kurt. I'm just glad he okay. Tell him I send my best wishes when you next see him, okay?"

"I will do. See you, Coach!" I left the locker room, shoving Dave's phone in my messenger bag as I ventured down the corridor. I took out my own phone and sent a texted Dave again.

To Lauren: Morning! Text me when you're awake? xx

I found my way to my locker, where I spotted Mercedes a couple of metres down at her own locker. She smiled at me and closer her locker before making her way over to me.

"Hey, Kurt!" She observed my expression for a minute. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. It's Dave. He's in the hospital. He got beat up last night," I explained.

"Oh my god, is he okay?" Mercedes asked, a look of genuine concern on her face.

"He'll be fine. They weren't exactly kind with his injuries though," I told her.

"What? What happened?" she asked.

I told her the details, beginning with the phone call and explaining about the word carved into his arm which still made me wince. Mercedes wasn't even that close to Dave, although I guess they'd been forced to spend time recently with her being my best friend and him being my boyfriend, but she seemed horrified at what had happened.

"What the hell, Kurt? How could some one do something like that!"

"I don't know, Mercedes. I just know that who ever did it isn't going to get away with it. Coach Beiste is going to help with it too. She need to get Figgins' permission to watch the CCTV footage first., but I guess he'll have to let her," I told her. My phone vibrated and I looked down to see that Dave had replied.

From Lauren: I'm awake. I was just eating my breakfast. They're definitely letting me out today so Lauren's picking me up at lunch :D xx

To Lauren: Great to hear! Mind if I swing by after school then? xx

"Don't worry, Kurt. We'll find out who did this. Even if Figgin's doesn't let her watch the footage, he can't stop the police if we get them involved," she said.

"I guess so. I just worry about him. He got so angry about it. I've never seen him so angry!"

From Lauren: Do I mind? Are you kidding? I'm waiting for my kisses! xx

To Lauren: I'll pay up, don't worry :) xx

"He has every right to be angry too. Who wouldn't be angry if that just happened to them. I'd probably kill literally kill them if I knew who they were!" Mercedes said.

"Trust me, it's good for them that they remain anonymous otherwise they'd be dead right this minute!" I told her.

"Honey, don't let it get to you. Who ever did it can probably be arrested. By the sounds of it if Dave had been left too long it could have gone for the worse. He lost a lot of blood right? That could have had major effects. If they'd kicked him in the wrong place it could have done more than knocked him out. Oh I'm sorry." She'd seen my face and realised I was imagining all the things that could have happened. "That didn't happen though so we've just got to be happy it wasn't worse!"

"I know, I know. I guess I'm just worried about him still," I told her,

From Lauren: You'd better! I'll be expecting it! How's your day? xx

To Lauren: I went to see Coach Beiste. She's going to see what she can do to find out who did it. We'll sort it, don't worry. xx

"Coming to class, Kurt?" Mercedes asked as I put my phone back in my pocket. I nodded and we made our way away from the lockers to our lesson.

Dave

The morning had been so long. I'd waited ages for Lauren came at lunch time, but until then I had to talk to the doctors to make sure I was fully okay. They finally let me go and Lauren agreed to take us out for lunch. She took us to McDonalds which was something she hadn't done since I was about 11. We both ordered our meals and sat on one of the colourful table and chair sets.

"You feeling alright, Davey?" she asked as we unloaded our meals onto the table.

"I'm fine. Still aching a little bit, but I'll get by. What about you? Was work good?"

"Yeah. The same old, same old. Mind if I use my phone though? I need to text Lawrie and tell her I'm not going out tonight." I handed her the phone which was in my chest pocket.

"Why aren't you going out tonight?" I asked curiously.

"I was going to stay in with you. I know you'll probably want some alone time with Kurt, but I thought we could have one of our old film nights?"

"Well I did ask him over but I'm sure he'll be up for a film night. He likes you anyway," I informed her. She giggled at me.

"Well just tell me if you want me to get out. From the text Kurt's just sent I'll be interrupting," she laughed and I snatched the phone back off her.

From Kurt: History is so boring! I've missed not seeing you in school :/ I'm going to have to make up for not seeing you for so long! xx

To Kurt: I've missed you altogether. I'm sat in McDonalds with Lauren at the moment and she's laughing at our sappiness. Can't wait for it, trust me! xx

"Stop laughing!" I exclaimed. This just made her bust into another fit of giggles.

"I can't help it! I bet you're a hopeless romantic, aren't you?"

"Shush. I am not discussing my love life with you!"

"Oh please. You don't need to, I know everything there is to know about your love life!" she told me and I frowned at her.

"Remind me why I told you any of that?" I grumbled.

"Because a: I give the best advice ever, b: I'm trustworthy and c: I'm the greatest sister in the world and you love me!" she said with a laugh. I took a chip in my finger and bit down on it with squinted eyes aimed at Lauren.

"Well b is right and a is partly right. Not sure about c..." I joked.

"Oi! I bought you Maccy's and let you text your gooey mush on my phone. I am the best sister in the world!"

"Fine! I admit it, you're an awesome sister!" I gave in and she just beamed at me.

We finished eating our food and when we'd threw the rubbish away she turned to me and said "Right, let's get you home and prepared for Kurt making up for not seeing you for so long," she said with a wink. I shoved her in the shoulder but she just laughed at me.

"Shut up, Lauren!" I complained, but I could help but smile back. She really was a great sister.

Kurt

The drive to Dave's seemed longer than usual. I'd been texting him all day, but I really wanted to see him. I'd seen Coach Beiste at lunch and she'd offered to exchange email addresses so that she could tell me any updates in what's going on.

I reached Dave's after a while and climbed out the car. I walked up to the door and rang the bell. An eager Lauren answered and pulled me in. As I kicked off my shoes she told me the plan.

"Hey, Kurt. So we were going to have a film night and I've ensured Dave you will get your alone time. You don't mind me intruding for a bit, do you?"

"Not at all," I said with a smile and threw my bag down to the side.

"Great! Dave's in the living room setting up. Mum's not here, she's gone to seen her sister and isn't going to be back until late so we can have some fun now," she said with a wink and I laughed at her. "I'll be in in a bit. I'm just going to grab a jumper from upstairs," she added and ran upstairs.

I made my way through to the living room and found Dave kneeling near the DVD cabinet. I quietly cleared my throat and he looked up and smiled at me. He stood up and made his way over to me, immediately settling his hands on my waist. I shuffled closer to him and wrapped my arms loosely around his neck.

"I missed you," I told him and he beamed at me.

"Funny, 'cause I missed you too," he said and leaned down to kiss me. I couldn't believe how much I'd missed kissing him. It came as a relief as our lips crashed together, our breath mingling.

"Hey guys, want to watch P.S I Love... woah okay. Alone time starts now," we heard Lauren mumbling as she walked in. Dave and I broke apart and we both looked over at a giggling Lauren who stood with the case of P.S I Love You clutched in her hand.

"One of my favourites," I admitted with a smile and strolled over to take the DVD from her. "You okay with that, Dave? I guess you're not really into romantic chick flicks?"

Dave shrugged. "I'll watch it. I guess you're going to make me watch one at some point so I a may as well start now."

Lauren squealed an I went ahead and put the DVD in. Lauren had set up an armchair for herself with a few cushions and a blanket, where as Dave had the sofa set up for us. He had this double duvet lying across it and all four of his pillows. The curtains had been pulled shut to make the TV more visable and all doors had been shut to not let in any light. It felt very cosy.

When the DVD had been slotted in, I took my place on the sofa next to Dave and leaned my head onto his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around me and let me snuggle into him further. Definitely cosy. They had cans of coke set out on the table and Dave had a bowl of popcorn resting on his lap. They really were well prepared for a film night.

We watched the film and it wasn't long before I was absorbed by the romance of it. It didn't help with Dave above me breathing into my hair and laying soft kisses in it every so often. His grip on my shoulders tightened at the sad parts and I leaned in closer to him, my fingers tracing his sleeves. I had to admit that no matter how many times I watched the film, I couldn't stop myself from letting a few tears slip.

When the film finished and we'd finished all the snacks, Lauren escaped upstairs leaving Dave and I alone. I settled down into a position that didn't put any pressure on what I assumed was his still aching muscles and smiled up at him.

"I believe I'm owed something," I whispered and Dave leant down to press our foreheads together.

"How I meant to pay up when your eyes are all puffy from crying? That film wasn't that sad, was it?"

"Yes! How you can you not think it was that sad?"

"Because I'm a guy," he laughed.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't realise I wasn't," I joked.

"Well, it's good enough for me," he said and he leaned in to kiss me. My hands found themselves tangling in his hair and he smiled into the kiss. When he broke apart, our breath coming faster, I smiled at him.

"We definitely have some to make up for," I told him and he responded by leaning in and placing a gentle kiss on the tip of my nose.

"Definitely."

So I hope you liked this big pile of mush :') Apologies for any mistakes!