“Kurt,what the fuck were you thinking?” I had to wake up Krist to take me to pick him up, but he didn’t seem to mind.
Kurt said nothing and just looked out the window of the car.
“What is your problem, Cobain” I asked again. But he still was silent. I put my hand on his shoulder trying to get some attention from him.
“Don’t touch me” He murmured under his breath.
“What”
“I said don’t fucking touch me” He tensed up more in to the corner of the seat.
“Okay, sorry.”
We sat in silence the rest of the way back to my house.
**
As soon as we got to my house Kurt ran upstairs.
“What are you doing, Cobain?” I asked as he rummaged around my room gathering his things.
“Leaving.” He said with a stern look on his face.
I sat on my bed. “And why would you be leaving?”
“I just can’t stay here anymore. “
“Well I sure as hell am not letting you go stay under that bridge.” I stand up and grab his arm.
“Why the fuck do you even care? Just let me go.”
“I know you enough to care about you. Please Kurt just stay one more night. Tomorrow I will help you find somewhere else to stay if you don’t want to be here.”
“I thought you had plans tomorrow.”
“Is this what all of this is about, because I am dating Chad and you don’t like him? Like you said we barely know each other,although we do care, but you can’t tell me who and who I can’t date.”
“That is not what it is about for fucks sake. I don’t like him but that isn’t the problem. I shouldn’t be around you that’s all ; I am a bad person and you are such a great person,” he grabs me by the shoulder “ I don’t want to bring you down like I do everyone.”
All I could do was hug him. “You won’t bring me down, no one brings me down, and I make my own choices. So just stay one more night okay” I whisper into his narrow chest. Nothing more was said, it was just more of an understanding that he would stay.
**
School time, rule time. That’s what my dad used to tell me as a child. This is true most of all school is, is rules. Rules for the class room, rules for the school, and then rules for the entire school district. But rules are meant to be broken right?
“Do you want to get out of here?” Chad came up behind me and whisper in my ear as he wrapped his arms around me.
“Yeah, after lunch okay?”
“Why not now?” He kissed my cheek
“Because I have to make sure Kurt is okay, he had a rough night.”
“Okay see you after lunch then, I have to get to class anyways.”
He sulked away.
**
For lunch I got the usual mac and chesse. Kurt seemed to be doing okay, but was still in a mood.
“Hey Zoe. I am really sorry about last night. It won’t happen again.” Kurt gave me a friendly one-shoulder hug.
“No need to apologize, Cobain” I gave him a playful slap on his boney shoulder.
“Hey Zo” Chad walked up and pulled me close. Kurt scowled him. “And hey Kurt”
“Hey”
“Once you are done eating we are still going to get out of here right?”
“Yeah, of course”
“Where are you going?” Kurt added
“Just out of here” Chad replied
“ Oh well have fun.” Kurt then got up from the table and walked out of school.
“What is his problem?”
“Me and you or just you I think”
