Take On The World

Chapter 12

KURT

Finn and I walk in the door and sigh out of relief. Okay fine. I hobble into the apartment. Finn helps me sit on the couch and gets me some water so I can take some pain killers.

"Here. Take your pain killers love," he says. I take the water and the pills and take my pills. I sigh sadly. Finn sits next to me.

"I'm tired of things going wrong, Finn."

"I know, Kurt." He puts an arm around me and I put my head on his shoulder. I look down at my wedding ring and smile.

"At least I got a wonderful husband out of this," I say.

"Me too. I love you so much," Finn says, kissing my cheek.

"I love you too." I say. Finn carefully maneuvers me so we're cuddling on the couch. He runs his fingers through my hair as I play with the belt loops on him. My cast starts to itch and I move my arm a little bit.

"You okay?"

"My cast itches."

"How can I help?" I shake my head sadly.

"There's nothing you can do, Finn."

"I can murder that stupid son of a bitch," he says and I chuckle.

"I can't exactly kiss or hug you if you're in prison," I say. He laughs and kisses my head.

"No. I can't can I?" I shake my head and yawn. I put my face into Finn's chest and he rubs my back.

"Go to sleep. Ill be right here when you wake up," he says. I nod and fall asleep.

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FINN

As soon as Kurt falls asleep I start crying. I feel useless. We've been married for a day and something horrible has already happened. I hold him in my arms and try not to wake him up. I look at the peaceful look on his face. I look at the wrap on his torso and wish more than anything I can take his pain away. I look at the cast on his broken arm and wish that I could put it back together. But he can't. Suddenly my phone rings and I take it out. I see that Burt is calling and I answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey. How is Kurt?"

"He's sleeping on my chest right now. Not exactly the honeymoon I imagined," I say.

"Yep. Life is weird sometimes. Anyway, I wanna thank you for what ya did for Kurt. I wasn't sure about this marriage thing at first, but you're a good kid, Finn. And I'm proud of ya. Proud of both of ya. You're gonna be a great husband for him, Hudson." Burt says. I start crying.

"I'm not a great husband. I wasn't there to protect him when he needed me," I say.

"You couldn't have known," Burt says. "Don't beat yourself up about this. I gotta go, but I'm gonna visit in a few weeks okay?"

"Alright. Bye," I say, hanging up. I look down at Kurt and smile.

Oh, why you look so sad, the tears are in your eyes,
Come on and come to me now, and don't be ashamed to cry,
Let me see you through, 'cause I've seen the dark side too.
When the night falls on you, you don't know what to do,
Nothing you confess could make me love you less,
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you
So if you're mad, get mad, don't hold it all inside,
Come on and talk to me now.
Hey there, what you got to hide?
I get angry too, well, I'm alive like you.
When you're standing at the cross roads,
And don't know which path to choose,
Let me come along, 'cause even if you're wrong
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you.
Baby, even to your darkest hour, and I'll never desert you,
I'll stand by you.
And when, when the night falls on you baby,
You're feeling all a lone, you're wandering on your own,
I'll stand by you.
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you, baby even to your darkest hour,
And I'll never desert you,
I'll stand by you,
I'll stand by you.
I'll stand by you, won't let nobody hurt you,
I'll stand by you, baby even to your darkest hour,
And I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you

I hug onto Kurt as I fall asleep.

*****
"Finn. Finn? Finn!" I am jolted awake by my husband.

"What?" I ask.

"Hey. You were crying and screaming in your sleep. Are you okay?" Kurt asks, putting his hand on my cheek.

"I had a dream that you died," I say, the dream popping back into my head. Kurt hugs me as I cry into his chest, remembering the terrible images I saw. I clutch onto his shirt and he rocks me back and forth, despite his injuries.

"Shhh. It's okay Finn. I'm right here, I'm alive." Kurt keeps repeating. We hear a knock on the door and I don't want to let go.

"Please don't leave me," I say.

"I'm just going to answer the door," Kurt says. He walks over to the door and opens it. In comes Rachel.

"Hey." She says.

"Hi." Kurt says.

"Listen about my reaction-"

"It's okay. I'm not mad. Me and Finn don't want to go back to Lima anyway." He says.

"Well that kind of puts a damper on my news. Mr. Shue asked me and Quinn to co direct the glee club. We start next week," she says.

"Congratulations. But I definitely can't go back. Not after what happened with Karofsky. I mean, Finn had a nightmare about losing me." Kurt says. I finally feel my panic attack subside and I stand up, waving to Rachel.

"Well. I gotta get home and help Quinn finish packing. But I'll see you guys if you ever come back to Lima," she says. She hugs me and Kurt and leaves. Kurt closes the door and turns to me.

"How are you feeling now?" He asks

"I'm okay." I say. He wraps his arms around my neck as I wrap mine around his waist.

"I love you. You're never going to lose me, Finn," he says.

"I love you too, honey " I say. I capture his lips in a deep kiss and he starts getting too excited.

"Ouch," he whispers, holding onto his ribs.

"You okay?" I ask.

"Yeah. Just got too excited there," he says. He slowly walks to the couch and grunts as he has to bend and sit.

"I wish I could help you more. I don't know what to do," I say. He shakes his head and pulls me onto the couch.

"You're doing fine, love." He says, kissing me once again.

"What did I ever to deserve you, Kurt Hudson?"

"You existed, Finn Hudson," he says.