Never Say Never 7/?
Pairing: Sam/Kurt friendship/pre slash, eventual slash, any canon couples are fair game
Rating: PG still
Spoilers: Anything aired so far in Season 2 may be mentioned
Fic Summary: As the bullying gets worse Sam notices and an odd friendship is formed
Chapter Summary: And so we move on to the events oif the second half of 2x08 Furt
Previous chapters:
Chapter 6: http://community.livejournal.com/samkurt/157276.html
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 Notes: So, so far this story is 13 chapters long and I'm still going to goodness knoiws how long it will end up being!
Also I know a story on ff.net was stopped recently because the author switched ship but I'm really far too invested to switch ship now so no need to worry about that!
Chapter 7
The next day in Spanish Kurt got a note.
Good luck wiv meetin. S :)
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“So how did it go?” Sam asked, appearing around the corner as Kurt and Burt left Sue’s office, causing Kurt to jump.
“Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!” Kurt accused.
“Sorry. Hi again Mr Hummel”
“Hello, Sam wasn’t it?” Burt checked. “Um I’ll leave you boys to it, I should let Carole know”
“Bye dad”
“So?” Sam asked again as Burt left.
“He’s expelled”
“What? That’s brilliant!”
“I know”
“You sound enthused”
“It’s just taking a while to sink in”
“Of course. But while it’s sinking in this calls for a celebration!”
“Being seen out with me-“
“Will be bad for my reputation I know. And yet, I’m still offering”
“Then lead the way”
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“So are you looking forward to the wedding?” Kurt asked as they sat in Pizza Hut (Lima really needed to broaden the restaurants they had around as far as Kurt was concerned).
“Yeah, sorry my black eye is going to mess up any pictures”
“Don’t worry, we’ll work around it. Has Quinn said yes yet?”
“How do you know about that?”
“I know everything” Kurt told him seriously. “And she’s the close friend of my best friend. Proposing? Really? That’s not desperate at all”
“I like her”
“You’ve known her six weeks!”
“It’s not like I actually proposed”
“That’s right you just said that you wanted to marry her one day and promised not to be your dorky self”
“Is there a point to this?”
“Other than that you’re so desperate to be popular and not to be seen as gay that you’re promising a girl you barely know to not be yourself? No I think that’s it”
“First I’m not gay. Second I promised not to do impressions that’s all”
“I cannot believe that you can’t see how doomed and popularity driven this relationship is. You are so in denial”
“Even if you’re right, what relationship in school isn’t popularity driven?”
“Finn and Rachel, Artie and Tina, basically most Glee club relationships. It’s not healthy Sam”
“Good job that’s not what this is then”
“I hope it isn’t. If you hurt Quinn then Mercedes will probably hurt you. As will Puck AND Finn”
“Not you?”
“I have no desire to get my hands dirty”
“Of course”
Kurt looked at him curiously.
“What?” Sam asked defensively.
“You confuse me. You’re desperate to be popular but then have no apparent issues being seen with and protecting me which will have a negative effect. It’s quite a contradiction”
“Maybe I just think that some things are worth it”
“Then I’m honoured”
“So you should be. Besides I need to be sure I’ll have at least one friend when everyone finds out about me”
“If I’ve gotten over being angry that you’ve been lying to fit in until that point”
“Bi-“
“Bisexual I know, I know but still”
“I didn’t realize you were still mad”
“It’s fading, turns out you’re hard to stay mad at”
“That’s handy to know”
“But you have to be careful that you don’t use your powers for evil” Kurt told him seriously.
Sam grinned as Kurt’s phone began to ring.
“You going to answer that?”
“It’s just...a friend”
“Who I don’t know?”
“His name’s Blaine” Kurt admitted. “He goes to Dalton Academy”
“Dalton - hold on aren’t we up against them at Sectionals? Oh Kurt tell me you aren’t dating our competition”
“I’m not. He’s just a friend”
“And yet you’re keeping him a secret”
“I know what the others will say. Rachel will accuse me of betraying the team, Finn will freak at the idea of two gay people together and immediately assume that we’re dating-”
“It shouldn’t matter what other people think”
“I’ll start living by that rule when you do”
“Touché. So not dating, but do you want to?”
“Maybe. He’s amazing. I’m just, I don’t know, nervous I guess - he’s the first real option I’ve ever had”
“Yeah” Sam replied non-committingly, surprised at the brief surge of emotion he felt (that definitely WASN’T jealousy Sam decided).
“Anyway I can ring him back later”
“Great. So it’s Friday - movie night?”
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“You’re late” Burt said as Kurt walked in.
“I called you”
“Yeah at ‘Sam’s’ again”
“I was”
“Are you and him-“
“NO. God no, I got him to watch Chicago and then he made me watch Spiderman while telling me how the comics are even better and I should read them” Kurt said wearily.
“Hmm”
“I’m going to bed. Night dad”
“Night Kurt”
“Did I hear Kurt come in?” Carole asked, entering a moment later.
“Yes he was watching movies with Sam again. That kid better not hurt him!”
“He’ll be fine, you worry too much”
“After this last week do you blame me?”
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“Sam are you ready to go?” Kurt asked from outside the room Sam was getting changed in. “The wedding isn’t going to wait for you”
Getting no answer Kurt knocked again.
“Sam I’m coming in” he warned, pushing the door open to reveal a distressed Sam standing in front of the mirror. “What’s wrong with you?”
“I can’t do my tie” Sam said so forlornly that Kurt had to fight the urge to laugh.
“Oh come here” he said. “Honestly if I’d known you would have this much trouble I’d have got you a clip on one like I got Finn” he continued as he tied Sam’s tie. “There, perfect” he said quieter, noticing how close he and Sam were for the first time.
“Thanks” Sam murmured, making no attempts to move away.
“Guys! We can’t start without you!” Rachel said, sticking her head around the door.
“Right” Kurt said moving away quickly, sparing Sam one last look before rushing out.
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“So did you know about that?” Kurt asked Sam as he found him sitting outside the reception hall.
“Only like half an hour beforehand” Sam explained. “Finn seemed to have a brainwave during the wedding so we kind of had to improvise.”
“Never thought I’d see the day Finn would do that”
“Well he was bound to notice how amazing you are eventually” Sam said easily.
“Well naturally” Kurt answered with a smile as a comfortable silence fell between them.
“Do you think he means it?” Sam asked curiously.
“I hope so” Kurt said quietly. “He believes he means it anyway”
“...Doesn’t that mean he does mean it?”
“Like I said I hope so. But truth is, it’s one thing to say it in front of family and friends, another to say it when the bullying is actually happening”
“Well at least Karofsky’s gone, and you’ve got me”
“I know”
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“That’s why it’s so hard for me to leave”
Sam hammered at the Hummel’s front door. LEAVING. He was LEAVING.
“Sam” Kurt said as he opened the door. “Come in won’t you” he said dryly as Sam pushed past him into the house.
“You’re LEAVING?!” What the hell Kurt?!”
“I can’t go to school with Karofsky. You KNOW I can’t”
“We can protect you! I can protect you!”
“I don’t want to have to be protected!”
“So you’re running away” Sam said scornfully.
“Worked for you” Kurt shot back.
“But you’re different!”
“Why?”
“Because you’re meant to be better than that!”
“Right so you can feel better about yourself being a coward by ‘protecting’ me, how could I forget?”
Sam ran his hand through his hair frustratedly. “Because you’re much braver than I am! Than most people are! If YOU quit what hope do the rest of us have” he finished trailing off.
“I’m sorry if you built me up as some sort of courage role model. I hate that I’m leaving, do you think that I WANT to leave all of my friends, leave GLEE?! I don’t”
“Then why?”
“Because I have to. I want to be able to walk down halls without a bodyguard without being terrified, I just want to be myself without being harassed for it. I can’t be in the same school as Karofsky anymore. And I can’t have my dad scared for me every day, not with his heart problems now”
“But Dalton?! It’s a boarding school, you’ll be so far away AND you’ll be competing against us at Sectionals”
“I know all that but it doesn’t change anything”
“What am I going to do without you?! I’ll have to save all my dorkiness up until Christmas!”
“At least you have Quinn”
“How d-never mind, you know things”
“I’m happy for you” Kurt forced a smile.
“Thanks” Sam mumbled.
“Besides it’s only a couple of hours away, I’m going to be able to come back some weekends”
“I’ll hold you to that” Sam warned.
“I’m counting on it” Kurt answered, smiling.
“Oh come here” Sam said, pulling the smaller boy into a hug.
Kurt froze for a moment before reciprocating it.
“New Directions won’t be the same without you” Sam told him. “God knows what outfits we’ll end up with at Sectionals”
“You’ll all be fine” Kurt told him, moving away, leaving Sam to mourn the sudden loss of contact. “I have to pack”
“Right I’ll just...leave you to it. Good luck Kurt, I hope Dalton’s what you’re looking for”
“Thanks Sam”