“Hey Blaine! I was looking for you. You coming to Glee this morning?” Finn asked stopping us in our tracks. “Oh hey Kurt, are you coming to school today?” Finn asked with a laugh. I don’t think Finn meant to be rude; it just came off that way.

“Yeah, I figured why not. I just hope the teachers don’t get used to having me in class. I don’t plan on making a habit out of it.” Kurt replied with a sigh and removed his arm from around my waist, I immediately missed the contact.

“Blaine if you wanna go to Glee I’ll meet up with you in English. I’m gonna go smoke with Q and Sam.” Kurt addressed me with a shrug. I could tell that’s not what he wanted to do, but his mind was made up. There was a subtle shift in his attitude but he played it off. He told me goodbye and tousled my hair and walked off. Just like that he was gone. Again.

Thursday passed quickly, come to find out Kurt was actually in quite a few of my classes not just first period. He sat next to me in all of them and sketched in his notebook as the teachers lectured on and the rest of the class took detailed notes.

“Why don’t you ever take notes in your class?” I asked him and he shrugged showing me a sketch he’d drawn.

It was my side profile, drawn amazingly. The shading made it look like a black and white photo of me. Kurt was very very talented; I hadn’t even known that was what he was drawing. Extra attention was paid to my jawline and facial structure and it was just spectacular. It was honestly professional quality. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

“Kurt you’re really talented.” I said astonished.

“I like doodling.” He shrugged and patted my hair.

When the day ended I went to Glee club and sat there as Rachel complained about background singers trying to outshine her. She was really really annoying. Practice ended and I was probably the first person to leave.

I had forgotten that I had walked to school this morning so I was pretty bummed to find out I’d have to walk home alone. But I was genuinely surprised.

“There you are. Ready to go home?” Kurt asked him and Sam linking arms on either side of me and leading the way.

“I thought you guys would have already left?” I asked surprised.

“We made you walk this morning; we wouldn’t have left you all by your lonesome.” Sam explained and I smiled. “It was actually Kurt’s idea, I had completely forgotten.” Sam laughed.

“I was just going to offer you a ride home with Finn but he’s taking Rachel so that wasn’t an option.” Kurt shrugged. Sam had let go of my arm but Kurt was still holding on to me.

“I still don’t understand that? Why does she not like the skanks?” I asked.

“I think we’ve all individually done things to her. Q’s probably the worst offense though.” Sam said with a laugh.

“What did Q do?” I asked curiously.

“Okay, you can’t tell anyone. But it’s a long story.” Kurt sighed. “Q wasn’t always a skank. She went through a change. As you know her real name is Quinn. Well Quinn was head Cheerio, Quinn was top of the food chain here at McKinley. Dating quarter back of the football team, living life to the fullest.” Kurt explained quickly.

“Wait isn’t Finn quarterback?” I asked confused.

“Yup, sure is.” Sam said with a wink.

“But I thought he’s always gone with Rachel?” I asked.

“No, no. Rachel has always been obsessed with Finn. They’ve dated on and off for about a year now.” Kurt cleared up.

“So is that why Rachel hates Quinn, because she used to date her boyfriend?” I asked.

“No, it was much more than that.” Sam said sadly and Kurt continued the story.

“Quinn and Finn weren’t just the stereotypical power couple, they truly were in love. Quinn, president of the celibacy club, even went as far as giving her virginity to Finn to make him happy after their victory at the homecoming game. Finn being, well Finn, didn’t think far enough ahead to use protection and Quinn got pregnant. When Quinn told him he called her a slut and started dating Rachel. Quinn’s own father disowned her and she ended up living with Puck, and then later Mercedes. Everyone in Glee club took care of her except for Finn and Rachel. Rachel was mad at Quinn scoring a solo after auditioning for Glee club and told her something you should never tell anyone.” Kurt sighed and Sam continued.

“She told her ‘Why don’t you just abort it, you wouldn’t make a good mother anyway. At least this way the baby wouldn’t have to suffer.’ That afternoon Quinn got an abortion and took the next two weeks off to heal. When she came back Rachel and Finn had broken up. Finn came to her saying he was ready to be a dad, but it was too late and he was crushed. He comforted her and apologized and promised to always be there for her.” Sam explained softly.

“Rachel became insanely jealous, stole Finn back and exposed Quinn as the school slut who got an abortion instead of taking care of her child or at least giving it away so it could still be loved. Quinn lost all social standing and joined me as the school’s social outcast. I had always cared for Quinn; I even offered her a place to stay in my home. She turned it down because she didn’t want to be close to Finn. But when I offered her a chance of self-redemption, a chance to escape, a chance to be left alone she couldn’t resist. We formed the skanks and people stopped messing with her.” Kurt spoke sadly and I felt his grip on me tighten.

“Finn to this day has never stopped loving Quinn. So Rachel forbids him from associating with any of the skanks because she’s afraid he’ll leave her for Quinn.” Sam concluded the story.

“When I talked to Finn he didn’t know why Quinn joined the skanks, he called her fake, and said he hated her.” I said completely confused.

“He hates that she’s changed. And she’s not really fake, Finn just doesn’t understand what she was going through, how broken she was left, and why she needed to change. Q goes through phases where she’s happy and becomes Quinn, but when she’s sad she’s miserable Q who gets new piercings and ditches class to uphold an image.” Kurt explained. “She says she’s depressed but I swear she was left much worse off than she thinks. I feel like she’s borderline multi-personality disorder crazy. But I’d never tell her. We’re the skanks, and in the skanks there’s no judgment. Just support.” Kurt said the last part reassuringly.

“Wow, I cannot believe that, Rachel is an awful person. You guys should be the ones to hate her not the other way around. What about you Sam? What did you supposedly do to her?” I asked curiously.

“Well like Kurt said no judgment. That goes for everyone. We don’t hate Rachel. Sure she’s a fucking bitch and annoying as fuck. But we’d never bash her or offend her personally. Not even Q resents her, she actually feels sorry for her.” Sam sighed.

“What Sam did has to be the least offensive.” Kurt laughed slipping his arm out from in between mine and latching on to Sam. He looked around quickly and then kissed Sam’s temple when he saw no one looking.

“She asked me to junior prom. I said no.” Sam laughed.

“That’s it?” I asked amazed.

“Not exactly.” Sam laughed. “She proclaimed for the whole school to hear that the only reason I wouldn’t go to prom with her was because I was a fag. So I kissed her hard right in front of everyone. I left her breathless and walked away. She followed me and asked me out, her and Finn had just broken up so she was single and desperate. I spit on her and told her to fuck off and she’s hated me ever since.” Sam explained and Kurt chuckled.

“Oh god, why is she so obnoxious?” I asked and we all laughed.

“I guess now you’re wondering about my story?” Kurt asked and I nodded enthusiastically.

“Oooh babe can I tell it?” Sam asked excitedly and Kurt nodded Sam rewarding him with a peck on the cheek.

“Kurt’s story is the funniest.” Sam laughed loudly and Kurt grinned. “Rachel’s hated Kurt since eighth grade, and I guess she has a fairly decent reason to. Kurt’s mom died when he was little and his dad was in the hospital for his first heart attack. Kurt was staying all by himself and the teachers and students had been treating him differently scared they wouldn’t offend him. Well except brazen Rachel. The teacher asked how Kurt’s dad was doing and when Kurt opened his mouth to speak Rachel said ‘shut up orphan no one cares’ and the entire class laughed. So our little Kurtsie here pulls out his handy dandy liter and sets poor Rachel’s hair on fire.” Sam said shaking with laugher as he concluded the story.

“You set her hair on fire?” I laughed not believing what I was hearing.

“She’s a hothead. She so deserved it.” Kurt joked and we all laughed.

“Oh god that is too funny. All these stories lead to one thing, Rachel is a crazy bitch.” I laughed and they all agreed.

We reached my house and they asked me if I’d be walking with them tomorrow. I offered to drive them if they met me at my house around the same time and they happily agreed. When we said goodbye Sam hugged me and played with my hair. When Kurt hugged me he did something very unexpected, he kissed me. I’m not sure that it meant anything to him but it was huge to me. He kissed my lips and held me close. When he pulled away he told me he’d see me tomorrow and smacked my ass and walked away. He left holding Sam’s hand so I was very confused. I think Kurt’s very affectionate, but from what I’ve seen it’s only towards the people he cares about. So I guess right now I’m feeling very special that Kurt holds me close in his heart. I noticed the way he plays with Q’s hair, and lays on top of them when he smokes, he’s always holding someone’s hand, no matter who’s. But I feel like I’m a part of their group now. And mostly I feel like Kurt cares for me.