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Chapter 4- Duets
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, it's characters or the story line I have based this fanfiction on. I do, however, own this fanfiction and my OCs Allison and Travis.

The glee club was unusually bubbly as everyone had gotten an email from Mr. Schue describing a competition. The winner and their supposed partner were to win a free dinner at Breadstix. I was animatedly discussing ideas with Tina when Mr. Schue came in looking a little upset. Apparently Noah had driven his mother's car into a convenience store and stole their ATM. I rolled my eyes at this statement. We were now down to 12 members, but we needed at least one guy because we had two girls now paired in each dance number. Math can be so complicated, but I perked up when Mr. Schue introduced this blonde haired boy named Sam. Kurt perked up too. He was probably thinking that Sam was gay I mean who couldn't? The boy's hair was in a Justin Bieber cut and his lips were huge! Tina was telling me how she was going to ask Artie, but I was barely listening. Mercedes was talking to Travis and by the look on her face I knew he was flirting with her. Kurt seemed to notice as well and was smiling softly at the scene. When Travis walked away winking Mercedes turned swiftly around to beam at us. Ignoring Tina I ran over to her to give her a big hug.
"He asked you out didn't he?" I asked excitedly.
She nodded at me and I squealed with delight hugging her so hard she almost fell backwards. The entire glee club was staring at us, but I didn't care. My girl had a date!

"-I just think for the sake of the team you should drop the idea of doing a duet with Sam."
"But what if he is gay Finn? This may be my only shot," Kurt protested.
I was listening from my locker hearing them bicker when I saw Artie turn Tina down and sadly roll down the hall. I grabbed my books quickly and followed my friend.
"Artie? Can I talk to you for a sec?" I asked softly.
He turned to look at me and his expression changed. He seemed happy it was me who came to talk to him.
"Yeah Allison what's up?" he asked looking up at me with his gray-blue eyes.
"Do you want to be my partner for the competition?" I asked.
Artie hesitated for a second thinking.
"I'll take it into consideration Alli, I'm not in the mood to think about the competition right now."
"You loved her didn't you," I said suddenly damn my big mouth.
"Who?" he asked.
"Tina."
The boy nodded sadly.
"I still love her, but she dumped me over the summer because she fell in love with Mike or his abs I don't know which."
I placed my hand on his shoulder smiling.
"Let me know if you want to be my partner. I'll be patient."

Santana and Mercedes' version of River Deep-Mountain High was phenomenal! I was gaping the whole time as their harmonious voices joined for a power house of sound. At that moment I knew that the competition was going to be tough and prayed Artie would decide soon. Kurt looked a little down when we left the choir room so I ran to catch up.
"Hey! Dinner at my place tonight you in?" I asked brightly.
Kurt didn't say anything. If I knew better I'd suspect he's ignoring me, but what would he ignore me about? I kept up with my New Yorker pace following him at his heels.
"You're upset about something," I pointed out and he turned sharply on me.
"Can you leave me alone today? Jeez I know you care about me, but do you have to be so clingy?!"
I backed away. His words stung like ice in my veins. As soon as he said it he instantly regretted it and his face softened.
"Allison I-"
"It's ok I'll just go," I said turning on my heel to follow Finn to his car.
Hot tears poured down my face as I called Finn's name.
"Finn can you drive me home," I choked out.
"Are you sure? Doesn't Kurt- oh," he said turning to face my tear streaked face.
His arm went around my shoulders as he ushered me to the car.
"I hate this about myself," I sobbed.
"What?" Finn asked lightly.
"My disorder causes me to be overemotional and I get hurt emotionally easily."
"Kurt snapped at you didn't he?" Finn asked.
I nodded tearfully as Finn let me climb into his car and shut the door behind me.
"He tends to get a bitchy tone when he's pissed off. He'll be begging for your forgiveness tomorrow just watch," Finn said starting the car.
I glanced sadly at the blur of houses as Finn drove to our block. I dried my tears and made myself presentable for my dad. I didn't want him to overreact. At 5:00 that night Kurt was knocking on my door. I opened it not caring about the paint streak on my cheek as he looked at me awkwardly.
"Hey," he said softly.
"Hey yourself," I said folding my arms across my chest.
"C-can I come in?" he asked as I opened the doorway larger to let the taller boy in.
Our living room was covered in tarp and my easels were in the center of the room, the furniture pushed off to the side. At the moment I was working on a landscape of a beach, but another easel sat next to it had a painting I had made of Kurt himself. Kurt stared at the accuracy of the painting. It was almost like a photo. He was smiling softly his right shoulder raised slightly his blue eyes shining brightly. Kurt walked over to the painting picking it up. It was in watercolor paints and pencils.
"H-how did you?" he asked in awe.
"I tend to exert my emotions through art. Here I drew you because I was upset with you and just wanted to see your smiling face. See how I got your nose right?" I said pointing to his shadowed nose, "that took me half an hour to get just right."
Kurt placed the painting down on the easel and engulfed me in a hug. I tensed up as his arms wrapped around me, but then relaxed at his touch. We stayed there for a few moments before Kurt pulled away to look at me.
"I'm sorry. I know how sensitive you are, but I was just in a really bad mood."
"It's ok why were you in a bad mood?"
"For the sake of the team I could not do a duet with Sam in risk he might become so embarrassed that he'd leave the club," he said looking down.
"You thought he was gay didn't you."
Kurt nodded biting his lower lip. I went over to the staircase and sat down patting the spot next to me. The boy reluctantly sat next to me as I put my arm on his shoulders.
"I know you must feel so alone right now. You are the only open gay kid at our school, but you'll find someone I promise. He will be a wonderful young man who has gone through similar things to you, maybe he'll have my eyes so you'll know not only he's watching and taking care of you, but I am too. Kurt he's gonna love you unconditionally through your crazy outfits, changing attitude and broken soul. He'll heal those wounds and help you in your situations, I promise," I whispered staring into his eyes.
Kurt smiled at me and kissed my forehead standing up.
"I'm going solo for my duet, but I'm gonna sing our song."
"Our song?" I asked one eyebrow raised.
"Le Jazz Hot! from Victor/Victoria. You hummed it to me when my dad was in the hospital to help me fall asleep."
I smiled remembering. Our song, I liked the sound of that.

The hallway was crowded, but I managed to move through it without injury. Briskly walking to my History class something stopped me. Singing. I heard soft singing. I turned to look into the choir room to see Finn and Rachel doing a lovely version of Don't Go Breaking My Heart. They looked so happy and in love. I held my bag tighter to my chest and continued to walk down the hall. They were good. Really good. As I moved faster down the hall I nearly collided with Travis. His books were on the floor and I reflexively dropped to my knees to help him.
"Travis! I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed picking up his books quickly.
"It's nothing Allison I wasn't watching where I was going."
I stood and handed him his books as he thanked me with a smile.
"So how was your date with Mercedes?" I asked as his brown eyes looked at me startled.
"Really good actually. Mercedes is really sweet and I really like her," Travis said beaming.
"I'm glad."
I began to walk away to get to my class when Travis stopped me.
"Hey! I don't know if this is ok with you, but do you want to be my duet partner?" he asked.
I considered his offer before nodding brightly.
"Sure Travis it'll be fun!"

Kurt stood on stage beaming at us. I was applauding loudly and ran to greet him as he came off the stage.
"Kurt you were fabulous!" I exclaimed hugging him tightly.
"Thanks Alli!"
I took a step back smoothing out my sweater. I looked at Kurt to see one of his eyebrows arched delicately.
"Who are you doing a duet with?" Kurt asked as he began to walk backstage.
I followed him weighing my options.
"Travis," I said.
"Really?" Kurt asked as he began to clean his face.
I nodded as I kneeled down to help him.
"Kurt you have a little," I said wiping an eyelash off his cheek, "eyelash."
His blue eyes bore into mine as I blushed.
"Sorry," I whispered.
"It's ok. Thank you though," he said smiling.
I kissed his cheek and stood up.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Rehearsal," I said smiling slightly as I headed to the choir room.
Kurt waved sweetly as I left. I made my way to the choir room to be greeted by Karofsky and Azimio.
"Hello Monroe," Karofsky hissed.
"Umm hi," I said weakly.
This was not good. I knew their past, I knew what they did to the glee club. My eyes flicked down to their hands where they held two slushie cups filled to the brim.
"Since you're in Nerd Directions, we thought we'd welcome you with a little present," Azimio said.
"W-what are you going to do to me?" I asked.
I saw them smile evilly at me to have an ice cold liquid hit my face. The sticky red film ran down my face as the jocks walked away and I wiped my eyes clean. Hot tears poured down my face as I felt completely humiliated. I stared down at my purple sweater and became heartbroken. This was from Marc Jacobs new collection!
"Why me?" I whispered sinking down my back against the lockers.
"I can help," a small voice said.
I looked up to see Rachel looking down on me holding out her hand. I took it and she pulled me upward and then towed me into the nearest girls bathroom. She immediately flipped on a tap in one of the sinks. I watched as she ripped off a piece of paper towel and dampened it. She walked over to me holding up the dripping paper.
"Drop your bag," she said.
I let the bag fall with a loud thump and Rachel's hands were on my face scrubbing away the sticky substance.
"You're really good at this," I whispered.
She smiled at me reaching over to wet the towel again.
"Tons of practice Alli. Karofsky and Azimio are coldblooded lizards who'll stop at nothing to mortify us as much as possible," she stated drying my face.
I chuckled a little.
"Thank you," I said.
"Anytime Alli, but if you steal my spotlight I'll come after you," she said smirking.
"Wouldn't count on it," I smiled picking up my bag.

"Alright," Mr. Schue said after Tina and Mike's duet which was amusing and comical, "next up we have Allison and Travis."
I smiled at my duet partner and winked at Mercedes as we stood up in front of the glee club. I moved over to the piano to play the first few notes and everyone perked up at the familiar tune. I hit the last note to stand and began to sing.
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Travis came in a smile plastered on his face as he began to rap. I was giggling and dancing around smiling as I went.
Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion

And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time where you fade to the blackness
And when you starin' at that phone in your lap
And you hopin' but them people never call you back

But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance

So airplane, airplane, sorry I'm late
I'm on my way so don't close that gate
If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night
I moved into the seats and sat next to Brittany who was dancing in her seat. I then stood and swirled around Rachel's chair to Kurt's chair. He smiled up at me and I went down the steps ruffling Artie's hair who playfully slapped my hand away.
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Mercedes was bobbing her head to the beat and blushed as Travis came over to her.
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

I could really use a wish right now
I could really use a wish right now
Like, like, like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
A wish, a wish right now
We finished and the glee club was applauding. I gave a high-five to my partner and plopped down next to Kurt who squeezed my shoulders. I smiled at my best friend happily. This was going to be a close competition.

After a very offensive presentation by Finn and Rachel, and a sweet performance by Sam and Quinn the glee club was ready to vote. I was shifting in my seat anxiously as I was handed a blank piece of paper. Should I vote for Kurt? No Sam and Quinn. Wait…I tapped my pencil thinking hard for a long moment. I finally had cast my vote happy with my vote and folded the paper clean and crisp. I handed it to Mr. Schue and waited patiently. as he counted the votes smirking to himself.
"And the winner is," he said holding up the envelope," Sam and Quinn!"
"Ken and Barbie?!" Santana shouted.
"This is totally unfair!" Rachel said giggling to herself.
I glanced sideways at Kurt shrugging. He smiled back mouthing "I need to talk to you" before waving to Mercedes. I nodded waiting patiently as Mr. Schue dismissed the glee club and everyone left the room. He turned to me staring deep into my eyes and takes a deep breath.
"The road ahead is going to be rough Alli," he said.
"Wh-what do you mean?" I asked nervously.
"Sam got slushied this week. The bullying rate has escalated again," he said.
I nodded at him flatly.
"Yeah I had an episode with Karofsky after your performance. It was icy and red," I said.
His blue eyes hardened as he grabbed my shoulders.
"You must understand that what they do to me is far worse than what they'll ever do to you. I just want you prepared for that," he said with pleading eyes.
I swallowed nodding and gave him a hug.
"C'mon you can come over to do homework. I made chocolate chip cookies," I said hand extended.
Kurt smiled slightly at me taking my hand.
"I'll protect you. I promise," I whispered as we left the choir room.

I watched as Rachel and Kurt sang together on the stools in front of us. It warmed my heart to know that the rest of the glee club including Rachel cared about Kurt. I'd watch over him. That I was certain.