AN: So a little bit of Kurt thoughts before the solo that he blows in "Wheels". Inspired by lyrics from "Sing A Powerful Song" by The Saw Doctors
Kurt stood outside the choir room, staring through the open door. Some would say his hesitation came from nerves about the upcoming audition against Rachel for the "Defying Gravity" solo, but it wasn't that. Kurt knew he was ready for that. Knew that he would have no problem showing Mr. Schuester that the hi F was within his vocal range. No the hesitation stemmed from knowing that he was about to through the audition on purpose.
Kurt could still see his father's face when he had told him about the phone call. Could see the pent up fury and humiliation that it had caused. Humiliation not because his son was gay, but because Burt was incapable of protecting Kurt from things like this. The last thing he wanted to do was put his father through more incidents like that. Proving that he could hit a certain note or getting a solo that would give the closed-minded fools more ammunition didn't seem important in the scheme of things. Let Rachel Berry have her moment of glory. He wasn't throwing the audition for her, or for the homophobes that polluted this world - he was doing it for his father. To protect him from the aftermath of singing what was considered a girl's song. Wasn't that more important than a solo.
Knowing what he had to do, Kurt walked into the choir room. All he had to do was blow that one note. He'd put his all into the rest of the performance. Show everyone that he was just as good, if not better than Rachel, by belting out the song up until that point. In the scheme of things, what he was doing for his dad was more important than some solo. After all, the love he had for his father was the most powerful song of all.