Prompt: Michael Garibaldi - "Sometimes people walk away because they want to be alone, and sometimes they walk away because they want to see if you care enough to follow them into hell. I think I went the wrong way." - 'Babylon 5'
As Kurt turned to follow his father, I was left standing in the hallway watching him walk away. I knew I had a choice to make - either I followed and got further involved or I went the other way and let Burt handle things from here.
I was tempted to let Burt handle it. After all, he was Kurt's father and in a better position to help him. Burt had an authority that I didn't. He didn't have to worry about facing the people in this school again tomorrow. Hadn't I done enough by forcing Kurt to let his father know what was going on?
Besides, Kurt had said that this wasn't our problem. It seemed as though he didn't want us involved. Perhaps I should honor that. Except that I already was involved. I had stood up to Karofsky before for Kurt. I had forced Kurt to involve his dad. There was no doubt in my mind that I was ready to tell Burt about Karofsky if Kurt hadn't spoke up.
Or perhaps this was like when a girl told you to leave them alone, even though they were crying. I had been stupid enough to do just that one time when I had been dating Quinn. She had gotten furious with me stating that sometimes when a girl tells you to leave them alone they wanted to see if you cared enough to press the issue.
Was that how Kurt felt right now? Was he telling us it wasn't our problem because he wanted to see if any of us cared enough to stay involved.
I had made a mistake in not standing up for Kurt with the others, I knew that now. Not wanting to make the same mistake twice, I turned and hurried after both Kurt and Burt. We were going to be family soon, and whether he wanted me involved or not, I owed it to them both to get involved.