Prompt: John Roxton - "Sometimes you roll the dice on people. That's what we did, all of us, when we signed on this journey. You take what you get. There are too many ways to die out here and the one thing we can't do is kill each other. We're all we have." - 'The Lost World'


Heading out to the football field, it soon became apparent that Tina wasn't the only Glee girl that was suddenly taken an interest in the Kurt/Karofsky situation. Nor was she the only one who felt that the rest of the guys should do something to put a stop to Karofsky bullying Kurt. It wasn't that I didn't agree with her, it was just that I wasn't sure what we could actually accomplish.

"How is any of us getting suspended for fighting going to help the situation?" I asked, as I pushed Artie toward the field.

"Who is saying anything about fighting," Artie countered. "If we show a united front Karofsky might decide bullying Kurt isn't worth the trouble. There is power in numbers, Yo."

"Karofsky doesn't strike me as the type to exactly back down. Especially as he's seem to take more pleasure in harassing Kurt more than anyone else in the school this year," I replied.

"So you're saying you're not willing to stand up for, Kurt. Aren't the idea of groups and teams to look out for one another," Sam said.

"Exactly and Karofsky our teammate too. I say we just stay out of it for now," Finn piped in.

"I'd expect that sentiment from Puck," Sam commented, "but not you."

"Hey!" Puck, who had remained silent up to this point, interjected.

"I'm just saying that brothers are supposed to have each others backs."

"Kurt and I aren't brothers," Finn stated firmly.

"You will be soon," Artie reminded him, looking over his shoulder at us. Seeing the glare he was getting from Finn, he refrained from saying anything else.

"Hey guys, arguing amongst ourselves isn't going to help anything," I told them as we reached the track circling the field. "Sam and Artie have got a point. We've all found acceptance with the others in Glee that we don't have anywhere else. Not even on this team," I said, realizing that my words were sounding quite a bit like Tina's right about now. "We've got enough issues as teenager to face without causing more amongst ourselves. At the very least we owe it to Kurt to take a stand against Karofsky. Who's with me?"

"I am," both Sam and Artie replied quickly.

"As long as it doesn't get physical I'll join you. I'm not about to risk juvie again for Hummel."

I nodded accepting Puck's answe.r

"Finn, you in?"

"Yeah, sure," Finn replied, before taking off on his warm-up laps that we all had to shrug.

"We'll confront him after practice then," I tell the others.

I have an uneasy feeling about the whole thing, but we owed it to Kurt to show him that we were on his side.