Three Times The Hummel Verse

A Protective Brother

Carson found himself at his locker one boring Tuesday. His junior year wasn't turning out as exciting as he had hoped it would be.

"Hey Carson." Puck said as he walked up to him in the hallway.

"Hi."

"You coming to the party tonight?"

Carson gave him a curious look. "What party?"

"There's a party at Quinn's place. Her parents are out of town." Puck explained.

"Maybe, as long as it won't be anything like Rachel's party last month." Carson said as he closed his locker.

"Believe me, I'm bringing the liquor this time. It'll be nothing like Rachel's party." After a pause, Puck said, "although I do believe you and I turned her party around when we broke into her dads' cabinets."

"True." Carson said, deciding he probably wouldn't go to the party. He was still in trouble with his dad due to the last time. "We'll see." He said to end the conversation.

He thought that would be the end of it, but then Quinn found him later and dragged him into an empty classroom.

He hadn't talked to Quinn since Rachel's party when they got drunk and made out. Quinn hadn't approached him, so he assumed she didn't remember. Apparently he was wrong.

"So are you coming tonight? Because I would like to pick up where we left off last time."

Caught off guard, Carson was a bit unsure of what to do. "Sorry, but I don't think I'm going to go tonight. Not really in a partying mood."

Quinn pouted her lips in response for a couple of seconds before responding. "Well maybe this time your brother won't interrupt us." She moved closer to him and rested her hand on his arm. "Who knows what could happen."

Still completely lost for words, Carson didn't respond other than a shake of his head. He really hadn't wanted to kiss her. He had been drunk and horny.

She continued to trace her hand up and down his arm. Everything about the encounter made Carson uncomfortable.

"Quinn, I don't like you like that. Your a pretty girl, but no thanks."

Her face morphed into an annoyed expression before it turned angry. "What, are you suddenly gay like your brothers? You seemed pretty interested last month."

Something snapped inside Carson. In an instant, he had grabbed the girl's wrist and had pushed her up against the wall.

Figuring she knew what he was about to do, her mouth turned up into a smirk, only to slip quickly when she saw the expression on his face, and the red hot anger in his eyes.

"Don't ever refer to being gay as a bad thing again." He spoke with a low, quiet voice. While one would have been scared if he was yelling, she was terrified at the tone he was using. "There is nothing wrong with my brothers. While I'm not gay, I will not tolerate anyone who is homophobic, or slurs the gays in a bad name."

Slowly, Carson backed away, dropping his grip on her hand. He realized a little too late that he had really scared her, but he didn't care. No one was going to bash his brothers like that. He wasn't going to let them.

He walked swiftly out of the room and didn't look back. Deciding it wasn't a good idea to go back and apologize since he hadn't been in the wrong, he went to find Puck.

Carson found him as he was heading to Glee club. "Hey man. Just so you know, I'm not going to be at the party."

Puck seemed surprised. "Why not man? Come on! I need my drinking buddy."

Down the hall, Carson saw Quinn headed there way. Instead of receiving the bitch glare he thought he would, her face seemed sad, regretful even. Carson turned to look at Puck again.

"It's nothing. I'm just not in a partying mood." And with that, he turned on his heels and walked back down the hall towards the parking lot. He was done with school for the day.

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