Principal Figgins smiled into the microphone, flashing the crowd one of his signature Indian smiles before a girl in a long flowing green dress came onto the stage and handed the tan man 2 small slips of paper.

"Ladies first" He said, smiling at the paper in his hands before breaking the small seal on the paper and speaking.

"And the McKinley 2011 Prom Queen is…Dana Karofsky!" The old bully smiled and clapped her hand on her chest in surprise.

Kate smiled and clapped her hands, although she had voted for Lauren, one of the girls in glee she had grown close too after she realized she had no problem to hang out with Kate, she was happy for Dana.

Figgins placed the delicate tiara on Dana's dark hair and placed the silver sash over her dress.

"And onto the Kings" Figgins announced, opening the other slip of paper in his hands. "And the McKinley 2011 Prom King is…"

Figgins stopped and stared at the paper, leaving Kate clueless to what as printed on the paper, did it say 2 names or something?

"Kate Hummel"

Figgins, and the entire student body for a fact, turned and stared at her, all waiting for her to do something. To scream. To cry. To laugh. Anything.

Kate did none of the above, in fact she was gone and out of the school gymnasium in a matter of 10 seconds, only the click of her girlfriends heels running after her following her as she threw the doors open and tore through the mostly deserted hallways of McKinley High School.

"Kate!"

"Kate stop running!"

"Kate you need to stop!"

Said girl ignored the calls of her girlfriend, only running faster, a miracle with both girls wearing heels. Kate ran, to where she didn't know. She finally stopped when she was close to the glee classroom. Her only safe place in the school.

Kate started to shake, wrapping her arms tightly around her body, tempted to fall onto the ground, but resisted. Blair caught up with her, her black heels in her hands from running. She threw the shoes on the ground and ran to her girlfriend, engulfing the taller girl in her arms. Kate shook and clenched onto the other girl, as for almost dear life. Blair clenched the girl to her chest, not caring if her red and black dress got ruined.

"Why would they do something like this?" Kate whispered as her girlfriend held her.

Blair shook her head, holding her own tears back for the pain her girlfriend didn't deserve.

Hours, or so it felt so it was probably only 15 minutes, later Blair was sitting on the ground with her bare tan legs tucked under her while Kate paced back and forth in front of her, the heels she still hadn't taken off clicking against the laminated title and echoing through the hallway.

"Do you wanna just go home?" Blair asked after a few minutes of watching the other girl

Kate just shook her head, her chocolate waves bumping up against her pale skin. Even distressed she still looked more beautiful then Blair thought possible.

"This was about redemption." Kate said as she finally stopped pacing and turned on her heel to the dark haired girl, squatting down and looking Blair start into her eyes "This was about taking the pit of fear and cowardly emotions out of your chest and if I run, I'll have one too. This isn't what our Prom was going to be about."

"So this does this mean?" Blair asked, taking Kate's hand in hers'.

Kate pressed their entwined hands to her lips before speaking "I'm gonna clean myself up and I'm gonna go out there and show that they can't touch us. Or what we have"

"I'm gonna show them it doesn't matter if they're yelling at me or whispering behind my back, they can't touch us."

Blair stared up the girl she was in love with, tears of pride in her eyes. How in hell did she ever get so lucky?

Blair nodded and Kate helped her to her feet, Blair pulling her shoes on in the process and fixing Kate's dress, Kate doing the same to her.

Kate fixed her dress once last time, nervously. She took a deep breath as she mounted the first step. She walked up the steps and came onto the stage, the lights burning her eyes for a moment before they adjusted. She stood on the stage, in front of the large crowd of students, most of them glaring at her.

The stage was ironically, one of her safe spots. She had taken so much pain on it, or relieved herself with the pleasure of singing while upon it. She used to crave the attention of her pears, to have all of the eyes on her. And now she had it, everyone was thinking about her. Her moment just hurt like hell.

She supposes she should be bitter, more than upset really. Maybe if she was different she wouldn't be upset. She would be just bitter, or both. She was upset that Blair had to see her like this. She was upset that after thinking her classmates had finally stopped the bullying, that she was okay.

These thoughts ran though her head as she stared out to the hateful faces, somehow managing to find Blair's beautiful face among all of the others.

She took a breath through her nose and took a step forward to where Figgins was standing with an almost smile on his face. He placed the too-large crown on top of her hair and placed the sash over her dress, just as he had done with Dana.

She heard Figgins announce something to the students and she heard a song begin.

Dancing Queen, how clique.

Mercedes, and by the sound of it, Santana began to sing as the crowd parted showing a frightened looking Dana.

Kate walked closer to her "You could do it now you know"

"Do what?" She asked, clenching her hands onto sash desperately

"Come out. Be who you are"

Kate held her hand out and Dana's eyes flickered to it with frighten emotion.

"I-I can't" She whispered, turning and letting her dress thrash out behind her.

Kate stood there, feeling lonely and humiliated, wondering where it would be easier to blend into the crowd and disappear.

"Excuse me" The most beautiful sound in the world rang out. Kate turned with wide eyes to stare at the other girl "May I please have this dance?"

Kate smiled and looked around to the taken back faces of the crowd, her eyes meeting Rachel's who was also among the few smiling faces and made a little 'shoo!' motion with her hands. Kate looked back to Blair "Yes" She said taking Blair's extended hand "Yes you may"

Blair took lead, both of their hands resting low on each other's waists.

They brush their foreheads together, but didn't dare to kiss. Although there were chaperones, Couch Sylvester promising to watch extra carefully over them and Finn and also Puck walking them to the car and driving them home, they weren't going to rile the jocks up.

"Later" Blair promised "We'll save all the fun for later"