AN: Okay so a bit of a what-if scenario requested by supergirl102. Instead of Burt going back for Kurt and hearing Kurt sing Rose's Turn, it's Finn that hears the song. Inspired by lyrics from "How We Operate" by Gomez
"Everything okay?" I asked as Burt came out of the school from talking to Kurt.
"Yeah," Burt replied, the word almost lost in his sigh. "It's just that Kurt is upset about the two of us hanging out together."
I nodded. "Maybe we should invite him to join us," I suggested.
"Now, why didn't I think of that," Burt replied in agreement.
"I'll go get him," I said, already starting for the door that Burt had just come out of.
I found Kurt in the auditorium, on the stage singing to be exact. Singing like he owned the stage and for those few minutes he did. It was a side of Kurt that I had never seen before, maybe because we all tended to overlook him. He didn't fit our idea of a male lead, and so he was often relegated to the background despite the fact that he sang better than almost everyone in the group, especially me.
Like everyone else in this school I saw things how society wanted us to see things - that social status was important, and being different was wrong. Conforming to the rules that society had set was what was important and if you didn't do that you were labeled a freak or a loser.
Kurt refused to view things that way. He refused to be who society said he was supposed to be and tried to be himself - and he was ridiculed and bullied for doing that. I had been a part of that. I had let the need to be popular blind me to what was right.
Perhaps it was time that I quit trying to be what society wanted me to be and be a little more like Kurt.
As, he finished the song, I started clapping as I headed for the stage. Kurt started hearing the sound and looked in my direction.
"That was awesome," I told him as I walked up the steps to join him on stage.
"It was "Rose's Turn"," Kurt replied. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to ask you to join us for hoagies. It'll be more fun with the three of us."
"Why. So you can feel less guilty for trying to steal my Dad."
"I don't want to steal anything from you," I replied sincerely. "That was never my intent. I do enjoy spending time with your dad but he is your dad. Nothing is going to change that. So, what do you say? Up for joining us?"
Kurt discreetly reached up and wiped some tears away as he nodded his reply. Side by side, we walked out of the auditorium, a new page in our relationship having been turned.