Case Closed

JR cleared his throat and Blaine finally noticed they were there. “Dad, mom. Come in. Sorry. I didn’t see you there.” Kurt backed away a little bit but didn’t move from the bed and didn’t remove his arms from around Blaine. “How was your lunch? Did you go to Vini e VecchiSapori?”

“Of course, you know your granddad Blaine.” JR was still a little stand offish. He was clearly not comfortable with Blaine being this close to his boyfriend while he was there. “Can I ask you something?”

“Sure Dad.”

“Do you love Kurt?”

Without hesitation Blaine answered. “Yes dad. I love Kurt with all my heart and want to be with him forever.” Blaine did not show any concern because he knew it didn’t matter what his father thought. He knew how his Granddad felt about his relationship with Kurt. Blaine was happy that he was on his side. He knew his dad was still struggling with his homosexuality. Blaine had always hoped that he would come around. Maybe now was the time. “Do you want to know what I feel dad?”

JR shrugged, not really knowing how to answer the question. Blaine whispered to Kurt. “I want to stand up.” Kurt understood. Blaine wanted to show a strong and determined front to his father. He wanted his father to know that he was standing up for what he believed in.

JR watched the power struggle in front of him. “No Blaine. Not yet. The doctors have not released you yet. You can sit up, but no standing yet.” Blaine looked at Kurt and conceded. He made a move to sit up, but he was in a lot of pain yet.

Kurt urged him not to move. “Blaine. Wait a minute. Let me get up and help you baby.” JR was shocked at the term of endearment used by another boy to describe his son. Kurt did just what he said. He moved to the other side of the bed to support Blaine. Very carefully, Kurt put his arm around Blaine’s back and his other arm around Blaine in the front being very careful not to touch the recently stitched area. Blaine winced at the pain but continued looking into Kurt’s encouraging eyes every step of the way. Kurt whispered. “You’ve got this Blaine. I know it hurts, but you’ll have to start moving today anyway.” He continued to encourage Blaine to sit in spite of the pain. When Blaine was finally sitting, a huge smile spread across Kurt’s face. “You did it baby.” He kissed Blaine on the cheek.

“Thanks to your help.” Blaine kissed him quickly on the lips. “Wow. The pain in this position though.”

Kurt took the button and pressed it for Blaine. “You should get some relief here soon.” Kurt caressed the side of Blaine’s face. Blaine squeezed his eyes shut trying to handle the pain, but a tear rolled down his face and Kurt quickly wiped it away. “Oh. Sweetie. Hold my hand. You will get relief soon. I promise. Look at me Blaine.” Blaine looked at Kurt and his beautiful eyes. The pain seemed to subside a bit as Blaine released the death grip on Kurt’s hand. “Thank God. I think you may have broken my hand.” Kurt shook his hand in the air.

Blaine took hold of Kurt’s hand and brought it to his lips. He kissed the palm us Kurt’s hand and each finger then brought it to his face. “Better?” Blaine completely forgot about his parents being there as he blushed. “Sorry dad. I know this is difficult for you, but I wanted to try to talk to you from a better position. Kurt won’t let me stand so sitting up is the next best thing.” Kurt sat on the bed next to Blaine supporting his back with his arm. “Now. I was going to tell you about me… and Kurt. Can you tell me why it bothers you so much that I am gay? Is it the embarrassment?”

“Blaine. You are a wonderful son and talented and intelligent. Any father would be pleased to have a son like you. I just don’t understand why you have to choose to be gay.”

“Okay dad. First, thank you for the compliment. I try very hard in school because I know you sent me to a private school and I owe it to you and mom to do well. Second, I didn’t choose to be gay. I am gay because that’s how I feel. I’m just wired that way. I really don’t believe anyone would purposely choose it. I knew it all along, but I tried to like girls..... For you. Dad, I really tried, but I just felt like I betrayed myself in doing that.But now that we’ve said that. I am attracted to boys. I don’t know why, but I don’t get the same feeling for girls as I do for boys. Kurt happens to be the most attractive boy for me.” JR and Catherine listened intently.

“But son, do you know how hard you’re making it for yourself?” Kurt took Blaine’s hand to offer some support.

“Dad. I am not making hard on myself. It just is hard. I knew when I finally accepted the fact that I was gay a long time ago, that it would just be hard. But, then Kurt came along and suddenly, I was so happy. It didn’t seem so difficult.”

“I’m trying Blaine. Your mom understands a little or should I say she has come to terms with this better than I have, but Blaine, I am trying. You have to know that.”

“Dad, as long as you are trying, that makes me happy.” Blaine took a deep breath because it was confession time. “Dad. I love Kurt. When I say love, I mean love like you love mom.” Kurt looked at Blaine with adoring eyes while Blaine continued. “I didn’t realize how empty I was until Kurt came into my life. I had no idea I kept so many things inside. Kurt gave me an unbiased ear to listen to all my idea’s and thoughts and just let me be me. I didn’t know how I kept all my feelings pent up for long. Kurt didn’t do anything but listen and suddenly, I wanted to share everything with him. I also don’t want you to think that I fell for the first boy I liked, because Kurt was my best friend before being my boyfriend. I really put him through a lot that I wish I could take back. He stood by me as I went for other guys and he even supported me when I thought I would lose my nerve. Believe me when I say that my eyes were only half open. With Kurt, I don’t walk around half seeing things anymore.” Blaine turned to Kurt and continued while still staring at Kurt. “Dad, I love Kurt. It hurts to be apart sometimes. I really feel my heart aching when I am away from him. I want to be with him forever. I hope to be able to marry him and I hope we can forge our own life, no matter how difficult, no matter what comes along to test us. I feel it in my bones. Kurt is it for me. He is my everything, I’m nothing without him.” Blaine reached out to caress Kurt’s face and Kurt turned into his touch with a smile.

“I see.” He turned to Catherine hoping for her to have something to say. JR just didn’t know what to say. She just smiled at her son seeing something. “Catherine?”

“JR. Can’t you see it? Jack is right. They are meant to be honey. I know we didn’t expect this and it wasn’t something we would have wanted for Blaine, but you can’t deny the love you see in front of your eyes.”

“Are you 100% on board Catherine?” JR still had his inner turmoil that his only child was gay, like he was a failure.

“JR. I want to be able to whole-heartedly support my son. Look at your son. He is strong, he is a leader, and he is everything you wanted him to be.”

“But when others find out about…..” JR was truly concerned for Blaine’s well being. It wasn’t just the homosexuality. It was about life being hard on Blaine if people knew.

“Dad, they all know.”

“What? Who is all?”

“The Warblers all know and they are probably the most supportive of me and Kurt. You know what they did? They knew all along that I was in love with Kurt. Even before I knew it. Wes said that he was going crazy with the way I was handling the situation. He tried to help get us together, but thankfully, I figured it out myself.” Blaine looked at Kurt with a smile.

“It will be so hard.” The truth and fear was spilling from is fathers mouth.

“Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, but I have Kurt to go through all of it with. Look at what has put us here. Kurt… he is the strongest person I know. After all that has happened, he is here next to me, supporting me, instead of healing himself. He had things done to him that were horrible, yet he is more worried about me instead of dealing with himself.”

Kurt interrupted. “That’s not true Blaine. I can help you right now because I have the knowledge that you will be there for me when I need you to be there. I need to make sure that you are healthy and will always be by my side.”

“I’ve given Kurt a promise ring Dad, but I am going to be honest with you if you will promise to just support me. I know that this is hard for you Dad, but it would really mean a lot to me and Kurt if you would just accept us. I love you and I know in time, you will see how my love for Kurt is the same as your love for mom or grandmother.”

Catherine took JR’s hand in hers to offer support to her husband. This was no different than what they were both doing for each other. “I can’t promise you that I can just let the thoughts go, but I will promise to support you in your decisions as long as you can support them yourself.”

A smile crept onto Blaine’s face and a tear ran down his cheek. He turned to Kurt. Kurt wiped it with his thumb and Blaine leaned in to kiss Kurt’s tear stained face and immediately pressed his lips to Kurt’s for longer than a moment. “I proposed to Kurt and he accepted. I fully expect to fulfill my promise to him someday. I hope you can find it in you to support me in this. Believe me when I say, I am a better person because of this person in front of me.”

Catherine burst into tears and walked to the boys taking them both in her arms and hugging them. “Welcome to the family Kurt.” Kurt had tears streaming down his face as Catherine took his face in hers palms and kissed Kurt on the forehead. JR gave into the scene in front of him and smiled as he saw the content and conviction in his sons face. His son was clearly confident of this decision. Kurt was looking back at Blaine in adoration and JR reasoned that this is alright. He moved to his son an enveloped him in a big hug.

“I am happy for you Blaine.” He moved aside and repeated the action with Kurt. “Welcome to the family Kurt.”

“Thank you sir.”

“Don’t sir me. Family calls me JR.” Kurt nodded with a sheepish smile.

They were released from the hospital midday after Blaine did okay walking with painkillers. Kurt and Blaine wanted to get all of this over with. They were ready to move on with their life with both sets of parents behind them and adoring grandparents to lean on. They were in a limo with Jack Sr. and Ellen headed to the police station. The parents followed in another.

As they stood outside of the building Kurt and Blaine took a moment to collect themselves. They wanted to be confident and not broken down when they entered. Blaine turned to all the parents. “We need a minute before we go in.” He turned to Kurt taking his hands into his. “You know you will have to make a statement and recall all the events of the incident, right?”

“Yes. I know.” Kurt was shaky, but he had been trying to mentally prepare himself for this moment.

“I can’t be with you, but I wish I could be with you. Just know that I will also be making my statement at the same time, but my heart will be with you.” Kurt didn’t think he could love Blaine any more in this moment, but he did. His heart swelled and his eyes were misty and he knew that Blaine was his forever.

“My dad and Carole will be with me. I’m thankful for that.” Kurt felt a little comfort that he would be accompanied. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt and gave him a reassuring hug before separating them. He put his hands up to cup Kurt’s face and kissed him gently on the lips. Putting his forehead to Kurt’s he whispered. “I love you, Kurt.”

“I love you, Blaine.” They turned and hand in hand they walked toward their parents and the door.

The parents stood aside waiting for them to be ready. JR again witnessed something he never thought he would understand. Blaine put his arms around his slightly taller partner and hugged him gently and reassuring. It was just what you would expect form a partner and his son looked very comfortable doing this. He never flinched or looked around to see what others thought. He confidently hugged his partner. Blaine Kissed Kurt gently and they stood forehead to forehead before whispering something that made both of them smile and turned to meet everyone at the door, hand in hand.

Once inside and standing before the detectives that would take their statements a familiar feeling came across Kurt. His heart began to race and he couldn’t breath. He squeezed Blaine’s hand tightly and turned to look at him. Blaine recognized what was happening and whirled around quickly to once again take Kurt’s face into his hands. No one else seemed to know what was happening. “Kurt, baby, its okay.” Kurt’s face was stricken with fear and he grasped Blaine’s wrists tightly.

“I-I can’t .. breathe. Blaine. Help me.” Kurt was beginning to cry.

“Kurt?” Burt knew things were not okay right now, but he had never seen Kurt like this before.

“Please Burt, let me handle this. We’ve been through it before and we’ll get through it again.” He turned attention back to Kurt. “Kurt, baby, we are going to take our deep breaths again, okay?” Kurt nodded in recognition, but couldn’t speak. “Okay, deep breath 1-2-3-4-5…” This was the easiest one yet. “One more, 1-2-3-4-5…. “ Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt and kissed him on the top of his head. He looked up to see his dad watching him. “Are you okay to continue?” Kurt merely nodded.

The detectives wanted to know if they had lawyers present as well as parents. Since Kurt did not, JR was able to sit as their lawyer if needed to consult during the statement. Kurt was unsure if that was good or bad. “Kurt, my dad will be great. I know he is still struggling, but he is an unbelievable attorney.” Blaine’s grandfather and mother would remain with him.

Kurt, Burt, Carole and JR were escorted to a windowless room. Burt had his hand on Kurt’s shoulder as they walked in. Kurt wasn’t sure about JR being there, but it was at least comforting to know that a lawyer was there for advice as needed. The detective sat across the table and Kurt seated center with Burt and Carole on either side of him and JR standing behind him.

“Kurt, I want you to be comfortable while you provide this statement. I’ll be taking notes and videotaping at the same time. It will be a continuous video. Let me know if you need a break and I’ll ask as few questions as necessary in case details are needed.” The Detective was very generous. “Would you like a bottle of water?”

“Yes Please.” He hit an intercom button and asked for someone to bring it.

“Now remember, I need you to be detailed in your description of events. This statement will be used in determining his ability to receive an early prison release. We already have evidence of the rape and your witness statement is being taken at this time. Now I will turn on the recorder and you can begin as you are ready after I state the case information. Do you have any questions before we begin?”

“Is it okay to stop as I need and can I talk to my dad or JR during the statement?”

“Yes you can, but I will interrupt to advise what action you took.” The detective nodded his head. And Kurt repeated he was ready. He pressed the button. “This is the case of Kurt Hummel and province of Tuscany vs. Paul Le Fleur. The defendant is charged with Sexual assault of a minor, sexual misconduct with a minor and Rape of a minor. The following is a statement from Kurt Hummel regarding the events of this day. Mr. Hummel, will you please begin by stating your name, age and date of birth.”

“My name is Kurt Hummel, age 17, date of birth 5/14/1994.”

“And please begin Mr. Hummel”

“I was in the bathroom at Florence secondary School because I was upset over an argument that my boyfriend and I had.”

“Please state your boyfriend’s name.”

“Blaine Anderson. I was supposed to be performing on stage at that very moment which is where Blaine and all the rest of the people were. I just needed to be alone so I slipped through a blocked area to find this bathroom to gather my thoughts. As I was there alone, someone entered the bathroom. It was Paul Le Fleur. “

“Please state how you now Mr. Le Fleur.”

“I met Mr. L… uh, Paul in France when we performed at his school. He had attempted to rape me in Paris and was arrested at that time by Paris officials. Anyway, he entered the bathroom and kept me pinned between him and a sink. He toId me he had been following me. I had nowhere to move and he continued to taunt me with threats of…. Threats…..” Kurt stopped entirely

“Mr. Hummel you need to say it please.”

Tears began falling from his ashamed eyes. “Yes, just a second… he threatened to rape me. He said that he wanted Blaine to pay for punching him. He was disappointed that I didn’t … shake my ass of on stage before he could ….” Kurt let a few more tears escape. Burt handed him the water bottle. “Before he would take me. I stood up to try to walk away calmly, but he pulled out a knife and held it to my throat.” Kurt sobbed at the thought of the knife, but even more so at who the knife was supposed to be for. “He said he brought the knife for Blaine. If he killed Blaine, he could have me. Then he threatened me to be quiet.” Kurt couldn’t continue. He couldn’t breathe from crying so hard.

Burt took Kurt’s hand in his to provide comfort. “Take you time son. No need to rush.”

“I begged him to stop. But, he took my tie off… and then.. then he tied my hands behind my back. He pushed me up against the wall hard.” Kurt was talking louder and a bit more frantic. His breathing was heavy.

Kurt was gasping the air. “He’s disgusting. He wanted to hear the noises that I made while he fucked me. He actually thought he was flirting with me. He ripped my shirt open and felt my chest and kissed my face and he … uh.. I don’t think I can say it.

“Please Mr. Hummel. It’s really important.”

Kurt nodded. “He licked and bit on my nipples. I tried to turn my head away, but I couldn’t… I couldn’t get away. H-h-he was tall and my hands were tied. I wanted to get away.. I really wanted to get away.”

JR finally couldn’t take it anymore. He had no idea how hard this was for Kurt, but he did know that what happened to Kurt was awful and that Blaine was right about Kurt. Kurt was strong. JR had new found respect for this boy that took his son’s heart. He is good for Blaine. He matches Blaine’s charisma with strength, Blaine’s courage with compassion and Blaine’s silliness with feistiness.

“I actually begged him to stop. I tried everything I could. I tried to reason with him, beg him and scare him to stop.” Kurt stopped completely looking down. He felt completely drained and he wasn’t even finished with the story. He felt the shame creep back to him. He couldn’t face anyone. “I feel so ashamed of myself. I feel like I didn’t do enough to stop him.”

Kurt felt a strong hand on his shoulder but couldn’t bring himself to look at anyone in the room. “Kurt, you are so brave and strong. You didn’t ask for this and you didn’t deserve any of this. What you deserve is love and hope.” It wasn’t his dad speaking. Kurt looked up and found the eyes of his love’s father. He felt like he broke down a wall at that moment. JR was caring for him in a way that he never thought he would. “Kurt, be strong. You need to finish to be able to put this person away for what he did to you and what he did to Blaine.” Kurt nodded. He understood.

“He pushed me up against the wall slamming my face into the cold tile and pressed his body up against me. I could feel his… you know … his penis against me and he was aroused.” More tears fell. “Then he undid my pants and pushed them and my boxers to the floor. I was so bare… and on display. I was so ashamed. He ran his hands around my whole butt. He wouldn’t stop running his fingers on me. He said he liked my ass and that he could tell that I took care of myself. I was there pushed up against the wall with a knife to me and all I could do was wait. Wait for what I thought was the inevitable.” Kurt sobbed to heavily now. Carole reached out and drew him to her arms, JR brushed at his hair and Burt rubbed his back.

“Shh. Honey. You can do it. I know its hard Kurt. I know it is. You can do it.” Carole knew what her stepson needed.

“I want to see Blaine, Carole. I need to see Blaine.”

JR knew this would not be possible since they were mid statement. He bent down to look Kurt in the eyes. “Kurt. I know that you think that I don’t understand.” Kurt met his eyes. “I do now. I get it.” Kurt could see tears in JR’s eyes. “Please do this for my son and for you, my future son-in-law. We all need this.”

Kurt turned back to the detective again. “He pulled out a bottle of lubricant and I thought I was crazy because I was thankful that he had it. I was thankful that I wasn’t going to be ripped apart by this Neanderthal. He was so..so..so smug saying that he didn’t want to ruin me for if he had a second chance to fuck me again. He pushed his pants down far enough and used some and started rubbing himself.”

Blaine already completed his statement and had been waiting for Kurt to emerge from his room. “Granddad. I’m really worried about Kurt. He has been through so much and me not there.”

“There’s nothing you can do now. We have to wait as long as it takes. Don’t worry, your dad is there and will support him.” Blaine looked doubtful.

“Paul grabbed me around the waist and pulled me away from the wall so I was bent and spread my legs apart to stand between them.” Kurt took another deep breath. “He used the hand with lubricant on it and started to run his finger around my … hole. Then pressed his finger into me adding one at a time. He had 3 fingers inside me and I screamed in pain, but he wasn’t listening anymore. I had one last plea to stop and then I felt his penis against me. He kept telling me to relax. The pain was.. it was bad.”

Kurt looked at his dad. “I asked to die. I asked him to kill me after he had me. I wanted to die, I knew I couldn’t face my family or my boyfriend after this. I just wanted to die. If he had the blade close enough to my neck, I would have done it. He took all my pride away when he put his fingers inside me and I knew my soul would be gone when he stuck his penis inside me.“ Burt broke into tears because his son was apologizing to him. “I actually begged him to kill me when he was done.”

“Then I heard Blaine come in. My boyfriend had to see me bent over with someone else’s hands in intimate places and my face plastered up against a wall. He lunged at Paul before he could do anything else to me. I fell over and couldn’t really see everything, but I did see Blaine get cut on the arm and heard Blaine yell when he got cut on the stomach. It was awful. I was so helpless the entire time.”

“Is that where it ended Kurt?” The detective asked.

“No, Mr. Shue, my brother, Finn and my friend, Puck walked in just as Blaine was coming back to help me. Blaine pulled my pants up and untied me. Mr. Shue called the police and I believe that’s it.” Kurt was spent. With his elbow on the table, he laid his head on the palm of his hand. It was difficult, but there was a release in telling the whole thing. The shame still existed, but knowing that Paul would go away for a long time, if not for his life, was satisfying.

“Kurt. You did fantastic.” The detective knew how hard that was. 45 minutes of the statement. You just need to sign that this tape is an original and that you completed it here at the station. Kurt signed and stood up.

“Can I please see my boyfriend now? I really need to.” The detective nodded and pressed a button. The door opened from the outside a few seconds later.

Kurt walked out with his dad, stepmom and JR. “Kurt!” Blaine had a worried look on his face. He met Kurt halfway down the hall. Kurt fell into his outstretched arms holding Blaine as tight as he could without hurting his stomach. He said nothing, just cried. “Baby. I’m so proud of you.” Blaine didn’t care that his stomach was aching. He wrapped his arms around Kurt and held him. He would do this for as long as Kurt needed. Blaine turned to his Grandfather. “Can we go now?”

They got back into the limousines and were at the local airport. They were driven right up to the jet and got straight in. Kurt fell asleep in Blaine’s arms within minutes of being on the plane. He was exhausted and it showed.

Mid-flight, Blaine’s dad came to sit across form Blaine facing him. “I love you Blaine. You are the best son a man could ask for.”

Blaine slightly smiled looking up from Kurt, who was still asleep in his lap, once again looking uncomfortable, but managed to be sound asleep. Blaine was running his fingers into Kurt’s chestnut locks. “Thanks Dad.”

“I want to let you know that I was wrong about the two of you. You are meant to be together. Listening to Kurt make his statement today made me realize how well matched you are. While you both have similarities, you also have attributes that complement each other. You really do love him, don’t you?”

“Dad… yes. With all my heart.”

“You have my blessing. I have learned so much about this man with you. He is very special and he is very strong and I would be proud to have him as a son-in-law.” JR smiled at Blaine. This was the first genuine smile ever.

“Thanks you dad. You have no idea what this means to me.”

“I have a little bit of an idea. Save some time for shopping in Paris with me.” Blaine crooked his eyebrows. “You need a ring, don’t you?” JR smiled as he returned to his seat next to Catherine.

Blaine smiled even though he was screaming on the inside. Paris would be happy memories this time. “I promise Kurt.”