Never Say Never 6/?
Pairing/s: Kurt/Sam friendship leading to eventual slash, any other canon couples may be mentioned.
Rating: PG still
Spoilers: Set after Never Been Kissed so anything up to there, will go on to cover events in the rest of the aired season 2 episodes.
Fic Summary: As the bullylng gets worse, Sam notices and an odd friendship is formed.
Chapter Note: This chapter covers the first half of 2x08.
Previous chapters:
Chapter 5: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/153881.html
Chapter 4: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/1 41085.html
Chapter 3: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/137853.html
Chapter 2: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/1 34481.html#cutid1
Chapter 1: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/1 31098.html#cutid1
Author's Note/s : Thanks for the reviews, it means a lot that people are reading and enjoying it!
Chapter 6
The next day Sam threw himself into training to get back his quarterback position. Kurt was wrong, he didn’t want popularity to be happy, he wanted it to be safe. No one is going to bully the quarterback right? And once he got Quinn as his girlfriend properly and away from Puck he’d be top dog. Then, after a while, once his popularity is established long enough, if he dates boys it shouldn’t be too much of a big deal...right? Now if he could just erase the memory of how hurt Kurt looked when he realised Sam wasn’t coming out any time soon everything would be fine.
Kurt...he had been so excited when he told Glee club about his dad and Finn’s moms upcoming marriage and that they would be performing at their wedding. Finn had been smiling but had been noticeably less enthusiastic. Sam was still trying to work Finn out; he didn’t get how Finn could seem really friendly with Kurt one minute and then be equating singing with him to a death sentence the next. He didn’t think Finn was consciously homophobic; it was more like he was accepting in theory but had trouble dealing with them as people in reality...which had the capability to be more hurtful.
Sam was shaken out of his train of thought by Finn approaching and asking if he should be lifting weights with his shoulder.
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“Kurt!”
“What do you want?” Kurt sighed testily.
“Have you looked in a mirror? You look awful, drained and how much weight have you lost?!”
“I’m stressed, that’s all”
“Kurt you HAVE to tell someone, this has gone beyond our control”
“I told Sue, there’s nothing she can do legally unless he beats me up”
“You told her about the kiss? The death threat?”
“No. There’s no proof outside of my word. And if they believe him can you imagine how much worse he is going to get?”
“But-“Sam began as the bell rang.
“I’ve got to get to class” Kurt said, walking off and leaving Sam in the corridor.
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Sam looked up from tying his shoes after football practice as he heard a locker slam shut. He was surprised to see Mike and Artie threatening Karofsky to stay away from Kurt. He had noticed Rachel looking concerned yesterday at Glee so he guessed that somehow she was behind it, though then wouldn’t Finn be here?
“If he wants to be a homo, that’s up to him. Just don’t rub it in my face”
Sam felt himself get angrier as Karofsky spoke, by the looks of it, it made the others angrier too, he could see Puck had gone from being oblivious to shooting a death glare at Karofsky - if Puck hadn’t been in risk of going back to juvi if he did anything then Sam would be willing to bet Karofsky would be on the floor by now.
Out of the side of his eye he saw Karofsky shove Mike and let that be his excuse as he launched himself at the bigger boy.
What happens next is mainly a blur for Sam until Coach Beiste is pulling them apart and demanding to know what’s going on. Sam glared at Karofsky before taking in his surroundings.
“He knocked Artie out of his chair Coach” Sam settled on as an excuse, seeing Artie on the floor.
“I fell into Mike who fell into Artie” Karofsky excused.
“You ok Artie?” Beiste checked.
“Fine Coach, just an accident” Artie mumbled as Mike and Puck helped him up.
“Hmm just keep your squabbles out of my locker room” Beiste warned as she let them go, Sam storming out as soon as she did so.
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Kurt finding out was...interesting. Better than Sam had expected him to react.
“Thank you, especially Sam” Sam said, cornering Kurt after Glee. “What happened to the Kurt who would have had a hissy fit about us getting involved?”
“He’s too worn down to care” Kurt answered. “Besides, Mike and Artie put themselves in the line of fire sticking up for me like that and they don’t even know everything. And of course there’s how much of a blow your popularity will take, I might as well be grateful”
“Don’t worry about it. It was as much for me as it was for you anyway, you should have heard what he was saying!”
“Thanks anyway. Finn would have steered clear of picking a fight with Karofsky in case it damaged his reputation and I know how important that is to you”
“This is more important” Sam said seriously.
“Why? You chose what is more important to you when you decided to hide who you are”
“Not this again”
“It’s always going to be this again Sam. You confuse me” Kurt told him honestly.
“It’s one of my natural talents” Sam smiled.
“Uh huh. I’ll see you tomorrow”
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The next day of school was uneventful for Sam, other than Karofsky ‘accidentally’ shoving him a couple of times. It could have been a lot worse.
“Sam!” Kurt called, running to catch up with him as he crossed the parking lot.
“Kurt, what’s up? You look frazzled”
“I was wondering what you’re plans for this afternoon were?”
“Nothing, why? I thought you were still pissed with me?”
“I am” Kurt answered hastily. You are not his brain objected. Admit it, you can’t stay mad at him. “You’re just preferable to going home at the minute” he explained, blocking out his brain. “My dad found out” he added again at Sam’s confused expression.
“You’re kidding! Right, back to mine it is then and you can tell me all the details”
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Sam let out a long whistle as Kurt finished telling him what had happened. “That’s intense”
“I was worried what my dad was going to do to him!”
“Karofsky or Finn?”
“Both! But I was thinking about Karofsky. Ugh this is just going to get worse, Karofsky is going to wonder what I said to my dad and think that I told him what happened...And if dad gets mad at Finn again that will cause problems between him and Carole this close to the wedding”
“Chill” was Sam’s advice. “You can’t change anything now”
“I know it’s just- stressful. Wish I could hide away like you”
“I’ll let that jibe slide!”
“Very kind of you.”
Sam shook his head. “Anyway! Seeing as you’re here - film?”
“What were you thinking?”
“X-Men? It’s awesome and-“ Sam stopped at Kurt’s expression. “Toy Story?” he offered instead.
“That’s...better” Kurt agreed.
“I’m going to get you watching X-Men at some point you know?”
“Yes when I have something to retaliate with!” Kurt pointed out.
“Fine”
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Kurt’s phone went off half way through the film.
“Everything ok?” Sam checked.
“It was my dad. We’ve got a meeting at school tomorrow with Sue, Karofsky and his father”
“That’s good isn’t it?”
“Yeah it is” Kurt smiled. “But nothing’s changed, I still can’t prove anything”
“I could report the black eye-“
“From the fight you started?”
“...point taken. Gosh can you imagine what Karofsky’s father is like?”
“Better than his son hopefully otherwise my dad will flip out at him”
“I’d pay to see that”
“Yeah” Kurt muttered, looking worried and distant until a cushion hit him. “Hey!”
“Stop worrying and watch the rest of the film” Sam told him.
“Fine” Kurt huffed, throwing the cushion back so that it hit Sam in the face.
“Very mature” Sam said, muffled.
“You started it”
“I stand corrected, you’re obviously very mature”
“Oh shut up” Kurt huffed, smiling only when he was sure Sam wasn’t looking. Yeah you’re VERY mad with him his brain said snidely.