Jared: Hey! I was wondering if you wanted to get coffee together and talk?

Kurt smiled a sad smile. He felt really bad for the boy. He was the only guy other than Blaine and Kurt at McKinley who was out. He was new in the beginning of the year, around the same time that Blaine decided to transfer to Kurt’s school but a year below them, and was so obviously gay that he immediately got picked on. The jocks knew that they couldn’t touch Kurt, and by association, Blaine. Kurt knew how the blonde boy felt so he decided to take Jared under his wing much to Blaine’s dismay. He knew that Blaine was worried that the younger boy may get the wrong impression and start going after Kurt. Kurt had tried to reassure his boyfriend though and told him that he just didn’t want the poor boy to get hurt and that maybe he just needed to be reassured that everything would be alright. Blaine agreed grudgingly and would sometimes even hang out with Kurt and the new kid.

Kurt: Jared, I would love to meet you for coffee. How about noon at the Lima Bean? What did you want to talk about?

He looked at the clock and saw that it was ten. He frowned thinking that he would have less than two hours for his entire morning ritual. He was about to text Jared back to change the time when his phone rung.

Jared: Karofsky.

It was that one word that changed Kurt’s mind. He knew that he would get ready as quickly as he could. That one word had so much power over Kurt. Karofsky. It made him so angry that he felt that could take the football player down with one punch. He would never try since it may ruin his nails. He would much rather slap than punch but Karofsky deserved something to hurt him.

Kurt: I will be there at noon. Drive safely and stay in public.

Kurt jumped out of bed and rushed into the shower. He barely even focused on what he was going to wear. Okay that was a lie. It was impossible for Kurt to not focus on his clothes. It took him a good half hour to figure out what he was wearing. He quickly did his hair and his moisturizing ritual and checked his clocked and saw that it was time for him to leave. He grabbed his car keys, phone and wallet putting them in his purse… err… satchel. He ran down the stairs and opened the door yelling towards the kitchen knowing that his father and Carole would probably be in there.

“I’m going out. I will be back in a while!” He yelled closing the door, not hearing his father’s goodbye warning about being safe. He jumped in his car and drove quickly to the Lima Bean. When he pulled into the parking lot his phone rang again but this time it wasn’t Jared, it was Blaine. He smiled brightly as he read the text.

Blaine: Good morning babe. What are you doing today?

Kurt laughed knowing that his boyfriend would always sleep in if given a choice which Kurt tried to never do. He was surprised that he even slept in as late as he did today since he normally woke up around six or seven, even on the weekends.

Kurt: Good morning. I am going to get Coffee with Jared right now actually. Want to do something tonight?

Kurt looked at the cars dashboard and saw that it was time for him to go inside, so he turned his phone on vibrate and headed inside looking around and seeing that Jared wasn’t there yet. He went up to the counter and ordered.

“One Grande nonfat mocha and a Grande coffee please” he told the barista. He picked up the order and sat at a table waiting for Jared to arrive. The bell over the door rang and Kurt looked up and saw the flustered blonde boy looking frantically around the coffee shop. Kurt waved him over and the younger boy scurried over and sat across from Kurt.

“Spill” Kurt told the boy, “What did Karofsky do?”

“I don’t really know if I should tell you. Karofsky would kill me if I told you” Jared mumbled and Kurt had a good idea about what had happened.

“How about I guess what happened and you just nod if I am right or shake your head if I am wrong?” Kurt asked and Jared nodded slowly thinking that at least Karofsky couldn’t say that he told. “Did he corner you?” Jared nodded his head looking down at his coffee. Kurt felt himself getting angry.
“Did he umm…” Kurt didn’t know exactly how to put it without making Jared feel terrible. “Did he kiss you?” he whispered not wanting others to overhear them. Jared’s head snapped up and his eyes widened before confirming what Kurt already believed. Kurt couldn’t believe that this had actually happened again. He felt rage bubbling through his body and he reached over the table to grab Jared’s hands.

“Jared I know what this feels like. I mean…” He was interrupted.

“How the hell do you know what this feels like? For some reason Karofsky leaves you alone. He only picks on me. You couldn’t know what I am going through!” Jared hissed out ripping his hands from Kurt’s and glaring at the pale boy across the table. Kurt sighed knowing that Jared didn’t know the entire story and he guessed that it was about time that he told his new friend what had happened last year.

“Actually Jared, I do know exactly what this feels like. I went through the exact same thing last year” Kurt breathed in deeply knowing he was about to begin a long story.

“Last year I was Karofsky punching bag. He started off just calling me a fag and just shoving me. It kept getting worse though. He would toss me into lockers, punch me in my stomach. He did that on purpose you know. Only focusing on my stomach I mean. He didn’t want to punch my face even though I’m sure he would have liked that much more. He didn’t want anyone to see what he was doing to me and he knew I would be too afraid to tell anyone about what he was doing to me. The people in the Glee club were the only ones who noticed anything. They saw me getting more and more depressed and were worried. They knew that Karofsky was picking on me but they didn’t know the extent of what was happening. It didn’t help that I was getting bored of the classwork and Glee club was just getting really repetitive. It was then that I decided to go ‘spy’ on the Warblers and I met Blaine. When I got back from my so called mission, Karofsky kept picking on me. He shoved me hard into a locker and I had had it. I chased him into the boy’s locker room and he ended up kissing me. He later told me that he would kill me if I told anyone. Unfortunately I had already told Blaine about it. Eventually my father found out that Karofsky had threatened me. He didn’t know that Karofsky had kissed me. Only Blaine and you know now, but my father did not feel comfortable with me being at McKinley any more so he used his honeymoon money to pay for me to go to Dalton.” Kurt took a deep breath.

“I couldn’t be happier that I was able to go to Dalton. I got closer to Blaine and eventually it just worked out that I was able to get a boyfriend out of this terrible situation. A boyfriend that I love. But the tuition was steep and I had to transfer back to McKinley. But Karofsky was kept on a tight leash. He had to be in different classes from me and he was forced to go to counseling. He apologized to me and said that he never wanted to hurt me. I thought that this was all over. I thought that Karofsky had learned his lesson and that he was done with picking on other people. I guess I was wrong.” Kurt looked up at Jared’s face and saw tears running down his cheeks. He reached for his hands again just hoping that Jared would understand that he knew what was going on through his head. Jared happily gripped Kurt’s hands trying to wipe the tears from his face.

“Kurt I had no idea. I’m sorry. I just…” He sighed, “I don’t know what to do”. He looked at Kurt pleadingly as if searching Kurt’s eyes for the answer. He looked so broken that Kurt honestly didn’t know what to tell him. He felt so much pity for the poor boy.

“I would suggest talking to the principle? Maybe since this isn’t the first time Karofsky has been questioned or whatever they may have to actually react to the problem. Maybe he will get expelled permanently this time” Kurt said hopefully. It would be amazing if Karofsky finally got what was coming to him. Jared agreed and they continued chatting for a while, Jared having many questions for Kurt about how he got through all of this and how he was continuing to deal with it. He also seemed very curious about Kurt’s relationship. Kurt believed this was just because he didn’t understand how one could be in such a strong relationship after going through all that he did so he happily answered any questions that were asked. He looked at his watch and saw that it was nearly four in the afternoon.

“Hey Jared. I really need to go but don’t worry. We will go to the principle the first day back from winter break and tell him everything that has happened.” Kurt smiled at the younger boy and hoped that he would be okay. “Text or call me whenever you need to talk though okay?”

“Sure. I will talk to you later Kurt.” They got up and walked to their cars giving each other a hug before heading their separate ways. Kurt looked at his phone shocked that Blaine hadn’t texted him back. Normally when they weren’t together they were constantly texting.

Kurt: Hey are you okay?

He got a text back immediately and let out a breath of relief. He was worried that Blaine was mad at him.

Blaine: My mom taught me that if you don’t have anything nice to say you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Kurt sighed. He was really not going to start this again was he? He thought that Blaine had gotten over the fact that Kurt was hanging out with another gay guy. For some reason Blaine believed that Jared had a crush on Kurt but Kurt couldn’t agree with that. He thought that if Jared was going to fall for anyone it was going to be Blaine. Like has Blaine ever seen himself? Kurt could honestly say that Blaine was the hottest guy he had ever seen.

Kurt: Blaine I’m coming over. We need to talk about this okay?

Kurt pulled out of the parking lot without waiting for a reply and began the drive to Blaine’s house. He knew that Blaine would not be happy with him but his boyfriend would not deny him access into his house. He pulled into the driveway and the door opened. So Blaine had been waiting for him.

“Hello Kurt” Blaine said irritably, “What do we need to talk about?” He asked knowing very well what they needed to talk about. Blaine did not like the fact that Kurt was with another guy getting coffee, which was their thing in the first place. He thought back to the day when Kurt was home sick and had asked him to watch after the younger boy. At the time Blaine had no real reason to not like Jared so he was more than willing to make sure the blonde boy was safe.

“Hey Jared! Wait up!” Blaine yelled across the hallway running up to the younger boy and smiling. “Kurt couldn’t come to school today so he asked me to help you out”. He was stunned when Jared turned around and glared at him.

“Kurt deserves so much better than you” Jared hissed, “You are going to hurt him and I am going to pick up the pieces” He smirked at the idea and hoped that their break up would happen sooner rather than later.

Blaine let his boyfriend in the door pushing that day out of his head. “Come on in”. He closed the door behind Kurt and led him up to his bedroom.

“Blaine” Kurt sighed, “you need to get over being jealous. There is nothing going on between Jared and I” he grabbed his boyfriend’s hands “I love you Blaine. I am not interested in dating anyone else” he smiled at the shorter boy.

Blaine sighed, “But he is interested in you. Trust me I know. I trust you I don’t think that you will do anything but he…” he shook his head, “he will try something if he thinks he can get away with it. Why do you think he wants to be around you all the time and get coffee with you?”

Kurt ripped his hands out of Blaine’s “He needed to talk Blaine. That is all we did. Talk!” He grumbled, “do you know what we talked about? Karofsky. The same thing that was happening to me last year is happening to him. And by same thing I mean exact same thing” He looked into Blaine's eyes, “he needed someone to talk to and right now I am all he has.”

Blaine felt terrible for judging Kurt. He knew that Kurt was just trying to help. He felt bad for Jared having to go through this but he couldn’t muster up enough pity to actually want to help the boy. He did think he could ever truly pity the boy and believed that to some extent that this had to be karma. He wasn’t cruel enough to want this to happen to his worst enemy but at the moment he was just so angry that he wasn’t thinking straight.

“Kurt I know you want to help him, but I really don’t feel comfortable with you hanging around him by yourself. Not after what he told me…”He trailed of cursing himself under his breath for letting that slip out. Kurt’s eyes widened and the face he was making was pure shock.

“Blaine…” he said cautiously, “what did Jared say?” His eyes narrowed and he took a deep breath. Blaine looked down and mumbled something.

“Blaine what was that? You can tell me. You need to tell me!” Kurt urged his boyfriend.

“Umm well he basically told me that he couldn’t wait for us to break up so he could pick up the pieces and take you for himself” Blaine whispered and he felt Kurt’s grip tighten and looked in his eyes. Kurt looked furious and he did not want to be on the receiving end of that look so he attempted to get off the bed but was pulled into a bone crushing hug.

“Blaine I am so sorry. I didn’t know” He pulled away and looked into his boyfriends eyes, “Why didn’t you tell me?” He pulled his boyfriend back in resting his head on his shoulder.

“I couldn’t he said… Well he said he would hurt you if I ever told you” Blaine began to feel himself tearing up and felt Kurt’s neck getting wet from the tears. Kurt kissed the top of his curly hair covered head.

“Sweetie you don’t have to worry. He won’t hurt me. I won’t be around him anymore if it makes you feel that uncomfortable. I can’t hurt you that way” He pulled away and gave him a quick peck. “How about I stay here with you for a while and we watch a movie?” Kurt felt terrible for hurting is boyfriend and just wanted to make it all better. He felt Blaine nod and sat up on the bed pulled away from the darker boy.

“I’m just going to call my dad really quick to let him know where I am. Pick out a movie okay?” he walked out the door and quickly dialed his house number. He let his father know that he was at Blaine and was just told to be home by eleven and to be safe. While he was in the hallway he ordered pizza, pepperoni for Blaine and veggie for himself.

“Did you find a movie?” Kurt looked at the T.V. screen on the wall opposite the bed. He smiled brightly When he saw Moulin Rouge playing and went over to lie next to his boyfriend. They curled up together only moving to answer the door for the pizza. They ate their pizza and watched the movie in silence occasionally looking at each other and giving each other quick kisses.

When the movie ended Kurt felt his eyes prickling. No matter how many times he had seen the movie the ending always got to him. He stood up off the bed about to leave his house but felt two strong arms wrap around him and pull him back on the bed.

“Where do you think you are going?” Blaine whispered into Kurt’s ear sucking on the pale boy’s ear lobe. Kurt let out a moan and turned to kiss his boyfriend deeply who responded just as enthusiastically.

“Blaine” Kurt groaned as Blaine found the sensitive spot on his collarbone, “I need to get home.” Blaine looked up with lust apparent in his darkened eyes. Kurt could barely resist that face but somehow managed to pull away.

“Do you want my father to kill you?” Kurt chuckled and gave Blaine one last kiss before standing up and practically running to the door knowing that if Blaine got ahold of him again there would be no way he would make curfew. Blaine laughed and followed him to the door and they walked downstairs together.

Blaine led Kurt to the front door and opened it for his boyfriend. He gave him another kiss goodbye promising to talk to him tomorrow. He sighed as he closed the door after watching his boyfriend drive off. He closed and locked the door before heading back upstairs to get ready for bed. Once he got out of his shower he saw his phone blinking signaling that he got a text. He scurried over to his phone and smiled when he saw who it was.

Kurt: I just got home. I love you and I am sorry again.

Blaine smiled and quickly texted him back.

Blaine: I love you too. I forgive you. Don’t worry honey.

With that Blaine climbed into his cold bed and quickly fell to sleep dreaming about his boyfriend.