Prompt: Brooke Davis - "I don't always know what I'm doing, but I'll try to make things better. And when I make a mistake, because face it we all do, I promise I'll ask for your help. I can't do this alone, but if you take a chance on me we can do great things together." - 'One Tree Hill'

AN: This one is a continuation of drabble #268 in "Snapshots". I'm hoping that writing this will satisfy the urge to write a oneshot from it.

"Kurt is going to be okay."*

I had said those word to Rachel not long ago and now I repeated them silently to myself, trying to convince myself of their truth. With one arm around his shoulder and a hand wrapped around his wrist in an attempt to stop the flow of blood from the cut Kurt had inflicted on himself, I suddenly wasn't so sure.

"Don't tell anyone about this, please Finn."

The quiet plea felt like a knife going through me. I didn't always know the right thing to do but I did know that I couldn't promise that. At the very least, Burt had to be told. This was serious, more serious than the pregnancy that Quinn and I had tried to keep quiet. The fact that Kurt had cut himself, even though it didn't look too serious, was a cry for help that spoke louder than anything he could have said. As strong as Kurt was, he couldn't fight this battle alone. Rachel and the others had already seen that.

"I can't promise you that, Kurt. This isn't something I can deal with alone. Your father needs to know."

"I don't want to be put away. It was stupid and done in a moment of weakness," Kurt said, his voice revealing panic even though he didn't try to pull away from me.

"I'm not crazy," he whispered.

"I know that," I told him, pulling the washcloth away to check on the cut.

Thankfully, the bleeding had stopped. I knew that he had gotten a tetanus shot last year after cutting himself on the dumpster that Puck and I had tossed him into so at least taking him to the emergency room wasn't necessary. I could let Burt decide who outside the family to involve in this.

"But your father still needs to know, Kurt. This whole situation has gotten out of control. You can't do this alone. You're crumbling under the stress and families are there for one another through thick and through thin."

"We're not family."

"Yes, we are. The wedding is just a formality at this point. You're my brother, Kurt and I promise you that I'm here for you from this point on. No matter what happens, we'll get through this because there isn't anything that is going to defeat the four of us together."

Kurt doesn't reply, just leans his head against me. I'm anxious for Burt and my mom to get here because then I won't be doing this alone but until now, I'm all that Kurt has got and I may not be able to fix everything but I will do what I can to make things better.

*line taken from the episode "Furt"