Kurt talks with his father when he arrives home. He explains the situation to his father and that he will be going back after he rests for a little while.

Burt Hummel cant believe what his son tells him. He cant believe that a parent would do something that horrible to their child.

After a few minutes of arguing back and forth, Burt agrees that Kurt can leave school early to help Tom with Noah.

Kurt goes down stairs to his room and tries to sleep, but he keeps thinking about Noah and what he said to everyone at practice, "no one cared enough" and "didn't matter to any of you".

He sends messages to everyone but Quinn, Sam, Finn, Rachel, and Mr. Shue to meet in the choir room before class. He just tells them it is important and TO BE THERE! He sets his phone on the night stand by his bed and tries to sleep.

Kurt is in the choir room around 7:30, he is replaying the events that led up to yesterday's meltdown. He can only hope that he is doing the right thing and that everyone else will go along with his plan.

Slowly the other enter the room, Kurt waits for everyone to get seated before he begins talking to everyone.

This part is done script style…

Standing in front of the group of teenagers.

Kurt

I know you all are wondering why I asked you here this morning, so if everyone will please be quiet I will tell you. I was at the hospital most of the night with Noah and his sister Rebecca.

Questions are being asked by everyone at once…

Please be quiet and let me finish.

It quiets somewhat.

We all saw what happened yesterday with Noah and Mr. Shue, but what I saw last night at his home and at the hospital was worse than that.

The room erupts with more questions and speculations. Kurt finally loses his self control.

Kurt

SHUT THE FUCK UP EVERYBODY!

Everyone stares at Kurt like he has two heads.

Mercedes

Oh hell naw you just did not say that white boy.

Kurt

Cedes you know I love you girl but, SHUT UP.

He looks at the rest of the room silently asking if anyone else wants to interrupt him. When no one says anything he continues.

Kurt

I am not going to stand here and give a pep talk, but I am going to tell you the facts that I know. These facts are not to leave this room under any circumstances. There is a reason I didn't ask the others or Mr. Shue to this meeting, I don't want them to know what's going on either.

Kurt looks around the room at everyone watching them nod their heads in agreement.

Noah is in bad shape mentally and physically.

I don't know what exactly happened in Juvie, but I do know that he was attacked several times. He was beaten severely and never told anyone what happened to him.

Soft gasps can be heard from his friends, shocked expressions fall over their faces.

Rebecca his little sister called me last night and told me that Noah was hurt and he needed help. I don't know why I went, but I did.

When I got there he was bloody and sliding down the wall. He was in so much pain and unable to breath properly.

Shock turns to horror.

I asked what happened and his little sister told me their mother attacked him when he got home.

Artie was completely pale and Mike looked like he was going to be sick.

She had been drinking. She started hitting him because he got a job offer and the money he made would go to pay for the damages to the store plus his fines.

Mercedes starts crying softly, placing her hand over her mouth.

His own mother physically attacked him. Rebecca told me it wasn't the first time, that it had been going on for several years. His mother's excuse, "when I look at Noah I see his father and he acts just like him."

Brittany has tears falling down her cheeks, her eyes hold a look of terror. She has been Noah's friend since they were in grade school. She knows about his Mom. She crawls into Artie's lap, pushing her face into the crook of his neck. She needs to feel safe.

We managed to get him upstairs. His mother leaves, like nothing is wrong with her son, to go to work.

Santana says bitch under breath, wiping at the tears staining her dark cheeks. Her arms wrapped tightly around her own body.

Noah wouldn't let us call anyone. He just kept telling me that it hurt so much. He didn't want Rebecca calling his probation officer, Mr. Watson, but she did anyway.

Kurt doesn't feel the tears that the rest of the room is seeing quietly slipping down his pale cheeks. He doesn't even attempt to wipe them away.

Matt puts his arms around Mercedes, she is softly sobbing against his chest. Matt needs Mercedes just as much right now.

Tina clutches Mike, she feels like she cant breath, she needs to feel safe.

Mr. Watson arrived just as Noah passed out, he picked Noah up and we took him to the ER. They took Noah and his sister from their mother, Mr. Watson has guardianship of them.

They don't know how Noah survived without medical attention, there were so many bruises. His upper lip is split almost to his nose, cracked ribs, and he has internal bruising.

Kurt takes in the scene in front of him, really taking it in. He can see the pain and suffering on each person's face, but he doesn't really feel sorry for them. They are all, including himself, guilty of not caring enough.

But that is not the worst part. Noah experienced a full blown severe panic attack. They are painful and you have no control over your fears. He will experience more of them until he can handle what has happened to him.

School is going to be painful for Noah, we all saw that yesterday. He is going to need his friends, us, to help him get through this hell that we call high school.

Kurt watches the nods from everyone.

Noah has been a bully to most of us in this room. Dumpster dives, slushy facials, swirlies, port a potty lock ups….We know his list of crimes towards each one of us, but he had started to change when joined Glee.

He has been kind to me on more than one occasion, always telling me if I told he would toss me in the dumpster again. I know he has treated you guys differently too and probably made the same threat against you as well.

We cant let him fall apart, we cant let him lose the humanity he had gained before all of this, WE CANT FAIL HIM AGAIN…

Kurt offers a small smile and walks towards the seated group. He knows that he has pretty much over loaded their mental systems this morning but it had to be done for Noah's sake.

Artie

How did we miss this? How did we miss that he was being abused?

Brittany moves her face out of his neck and starts openly crying as she speaks.

Brittany

I didn't miss it. I knew and I didn't do anything. His Mom has abused him since he was ten. He never hit her back, he would just stand there and take it.

Artie's arms tighten around Britt, her voice is breaking but she doesn't stop talking.

I remember one day Noah went into his house to get us a drink, it was so hot out that day. I waited at the back door, Noah didn't want me to go in with him, he said him Mom wasn't feeling good.

He grabbed us a couple cans of pop and was headed to the back door when his Mom grabbed him by his shirt.

She jerked him around, wanting to know where is was going. Noah told her back outside. She laughs at him. She was drunk, I could tell, there was a liquor bottle on the kitchen table.

She reached over and grabbed a wooden spoon off the counter and I guess she saw me. She told me to go home that Noah was in trouble and she closed the door.

I went home. I was scared of what she would do to Noah, but I was only nine and I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to do.

Artie pulls her back to his shoulder, his arms wrapping around her, holding her.

Everyone quietly tells her it isn't her fault. She settles down in Artie's arms and listens to everyone talk about Noah.

Tina

I could tell Noah was changing after he joined Glee. I was crying one day after school, it was when me and Artie were having troubles before we broke up.

He sat down next to me and asked me what was wrong. Can you imagine Puck asking me that question?

But he wasn't Puck that day, he was Noah. He listened to me and then he told me to follow my heart.

And yeah he threatened me too. If I told anyone he would get me. I knew he was kidding but I also understood that he wanted to keep his image.

The last sentences are said with a small smile. She looks up at Mike and he pulls her close, kissing her cheek.

Artie

Remember when Mr. Shue made everyone learn how to use the wheel chairs? Puck came up to me after we did Rolling on the River and said that he was sorry for all the crap he put me through. I looked in his eyes and I saw that he really meant it. Even before that, he helped me with my chair several times.

Artie feels Brittany's lips gently kiss his neck. He snuggles against her face, needing to feel her at that moment.

Mercedes

I honestly enjoyed him calling me Aretha. It made me feel proud.

She smiles a little bit at her next comment.

It made me proud of him that he even knew who Aretha Franklin was and that he thought I sounded like her.

I think we both enjoyed the bantering we did, we never got nasty with each other. It was just us, you know?

She straightens in her chair and puts her best Diva face on.

He is one of us. He has been there for all of us and now its our turn.

Matt and Mike

Kurt we know something about Puck that you don't know.

Mike speaking for them both. Matt still has his arm around the back of Mercedes chair, he nods for Mike to go on.

Kurt raises his eyebrow looking at the two jocks. He isn't sure he wants to know.

Some of the guys were talking shit about you in the locker room before he got sent to Juvie and he went off on them. I mean, beating the crap out of them off. He was yelling at them about calling you the f word and how it was a mistake to say that around him. He took on a couple of them on and for the most part he won.

Kurt stares open mouthed at the two jocks. He knew Noah had stood up for him before, but it was usually when no one was around.

We thought you should know. He may not have shown it around you but he wasn't the same after joining Glee and baby gate. That's when we noticed he started changing and caring about people.

Mike looks over at Matt, they offer each other sad smiles and look back at Kurt.

We are with you Kurt.

Santana

So am I. I didn't know about the abuse, but I know he'd changed for the better. He's never gonna accept our help straight out, we will have to be sneaky about it.

Kurt knows that she is right about that part. He nods at her to keep going.

We have to be like a shield around him, we are there but we aren't up against him. If he even thinks we are protecting him he will block us all out, we will lose him.

There is a sneaky glint in her eyes. Yeah she isn't with Puck anymore, but he is still in her heart and always will be.

We all have classes with him, so we just keep an eye on him and run interference when we need to. Every one of us has power in this room. The jocks, the nerds, the Cheerios, Aretha, and the gays. We can do this guys!

She is practically leading them in a cheer when she is finished, and no one says a word about the tears that are falling down her face.

Kurt

I was worried that not one would want to help and here you all are surprising me. I agree with Santana, if we do this we have to do it without his knowledge. We cant let anyone else in on this plan.

I would be lying if I sad I wasn't pissed at the others, the comments were uncalled for, from Finn and Rachel. Mr. Shue can be an idiot at times. Quinn has gone back to being the Ice Queen from hell. Sam is just clueless to everything but what Quinn wants and what she thinks.

We will all act normal during Glee and towards them, we just wont share anything that has to do with Noah around them.

Does everyone agree with that?

He was answered with yes, hell yes, you got and can I go see the ducks at lunch from Brittany. Kurt smiled broadly at everyone.

I am going to see Noah and help him get settled in at Mr. Watson's place. I will call or text and let you all know how he is and when the doctor thinks he can have visitors.

Thanks for being his friend and mine.

The bell rings signaling the end of first period and everyone leaves for class, except for Kurt. He is on his way to the hospital to visit his friend Noah.

Lone Ranger by Mark Salling

He could have cut his hair

He could have been your friend

But he had found it wise

To disregard the trend

Its hard to ride out

Its hard to walk alone