A/N : Sorry this chapter is a little shorter than usual and that it took me so long to update, work has been a pain lately and I'm really anxious because school's about to start.
Chapter 6
Kurt half rolled his eyes as he finished reading his fathers' note. Finn was still clueless as to Kurt's earlier statement as he pulled into the McKinley High student parking lot, but he decided it didn't matter for now. As they came to a complete stop, Kurt was oblivious to the sight of Puck posted on the side of his truck, just a few spaces down.
The stud seemed to notice immediately that Kurt was riding with Finn. He bit his lip in frustration. Since when was Kurt hanging out with Finn. Although he could not pin point the nature of the two Gleeks' relationship, Puck decided that he wasn't going to stand for it. He knew how Kurt felt about Finn, everyone did, except Finn who seemed oblivious to the petite diva's looks of infatuation. Puck decided that if he was going to protect Kurt that he also had to protect Kurt's heart, a heart that Finn would unwittingly destroy. Without further thought on the matter the stud found himself rushing from the side of his truck towards Kurt.
Kurt was startled when the passenger door flew open and the bold and audacious voice of Noah Puckerman beckoned for him to "get out of the car!" Kurt's eyes widened in horror and surprise until a look of confusion seemed to settle on his face as he turned to Finn. The freakishly tall quarterback seemed to be equally confused.
"Out of the car Hummel!" Puck ordered again this time reaching for Kurt's wrist. Terrified the petite soprano unwittingly obeyed. Before he could get another word out Finn had already exited the car and run over to confront Puck. Kurt stood in a state of shock as they argued.
"What's your deal Puck?" Finn began as he took a more offensive stance.
"Nothing…" Puck retorted suddenly realizing what he had done. Somehow, as if on cue, Kurt snapped out of his bewildered state.
"Isn't it obvious, he's an asshole!" the petite diva interjected.
"Wait Kurt I-"
"You just couldn't wait to throw me in the dumpster again could ya?"
"Dude you made all this fuss just so you could toss Kurt in the trash. You must be really impatient," Finn added, causing both Kurt and Puck to glance at him twice.
"No! I mean…" Puck was at a lost for words. For the first time in his life Noah Puckerman didn't know what to say and to describe what he was doing would be beyond awkward. So he lied.
"I just needed help with my math homework okay," the stud finally managed to say.
"Oh well you didn't have to be so pushy about it, besides we're in the same group for Glee so you could have just asked Kurt when we had to meet for practice." Finn seemed to sigh in relief after his statement. Kurt looked from Finn then to Puck who met his gaze. The soprano began to wonder just how clueless Finn was. Did he not remember when Puck told him he hadn't attended a math class in…like never. And did Finn also forget the negative tension between him and Puck, between Kurt and Puck? A crowd was beginning to gather around their little spectacle. Something was going on but Kurt didn't want to start any unnecessary trouble so he let it pass.
Maintaining eye contact with Puck seemed to set Kurt's soul on fire. He wondered how could he feel so much anger toward one person. Puck's expression shifted to one of sincerity. Kurt couldn't believe the depth that he saw in Puck's dark brown irises. Then Puck nodded as if to say 'we need to talk.' And strange as it was Kurt understood and for an instant all of the anger he was feeling turned into something else, something beautiful, but the petite diva feigned ignorance to the existence of the familiar feeling.
Puck and Kurt continued to look at each other intently as the crowd began to disburse and Finn walked back around to secure his car, not that anyone would want to steal the thing anyways, not that it was worth stealing. The atmosphere created by the two gleeks was disturbed by a clueless Finn who nudged Kurt. The soprano blinked once before turning away from Puck and his intense glare. As he and Finn walked towards the entrance of McKinley Kurt thought he saw a look of regret spread across Puck's face but he couldn't be sure. For as long as he knew Puck, Kurt knew that the jock was not one to regret anything.
As he watched Kurt and Finn disappear into McKinley Puck began to review his actions once more. What had he done. Some how he acted more protective than he intended to be. Sure God wanted him to look after Kurt but what he felt as he saw Kurt's smile, as he pulled up in the car with Finn, was a more than protective. It was jealousy.