Unlikely Star

Furt

I had heard from a lot of the other girls that Karofsky was really doing a number on Kurt, but I didn't really know how bad it was until I saw it. I had stopped by Kurt's locker to discuss with him the recent episode of Project Runway. I told him that the episode was completely rigged and that episode's winner actually had the worst dress, while he argued that it was just new fashion that hadn't been discovered yet. We were also discussing a new boy that he had met named Blaine from Dalton Academy. I could see the joy in his face while he was talking about every single interaction they had together. I also saw the joy leave his face as Karofsky walked by us.

He was walking with a few other football jocks, laughing and making fun of who knows. As Karofsky passed us, he looked towards Kurt and walked up to him. Due to his large size I was forced to move out of the way. He didn't even say anything; he just stood there with such anger in his eyes. As soon as he walked away, I wrapped my arms around Kurt and tried to comfort him. "Get out of here Karofsky!" I yelled back to him.

I saw him stop in his tracks and turn back towards me. He seemed to get angrier than he already was. He started making his way back towards me and was making his right hand into a fist. I could hear my head shouting at me to run, or at least start to move. But I was frozen in fear. The color in my face left and I thought my legs were going to give out. He finally reached me and got close saying, "I'm sorry, what did you say?" I couldn't speak. I was looking in his eyes and could see the fury in his face.

Thankfully, Sam stepped in between us before it could go any further. "Why don't you just leave her alone Karofsky?" I was able to stifle a breath out, as Karofsky continued, "Standing up for your girlfriend blondie?" he started to laugh.

"Just leave her out of this," Sam said. He puffed out his chest so that he could meet Karofsky's size. Karofsky got mad and decided to walk away. As soon as he was out of earshot, I said, "Thank you so much for that Sam."

"No problem." I gave Sam a hug and noticed that Kurt had already left for Glee Club. Sam headed that way and offered to walk me there, but I declined. I had to take a second to breathe for a second and take everything in.

***

It was the next day and I was excited to start rehearsing for Burt and Carol's wedding. I thought they were such an adorable couple, and was so happy they asked us to perform at their wedding. I was already running late that morning, so I seemed to be running late throughout the entire day. I had to grab my books for my last class of the day before I made my way to Glee Club because I would be busy during lunch. The hallways were pretty silent, and the only sound was the rustling from my backpack. I zipped it back up and sped-walk to Glee Club.

Suddenly, Karofsky and Azimio came out of the boy's locker room. They both stepped in front of me causing me to have to stop. "What do you want?" I spit out.

"Woah, woah, woah, I don't know why you're in such a rush Schultz." Azimio said.

"Listen, can you just let me through." I tried to push between them, but they moved closer towards each other.

"I just wanted to talk to you about what happened yesterday. You know, when you yelled at me in the hallway?" Karofsky took another step towards me.

"And we also wanted you to give a message to your little Glee Club friends. Next time, they better not try to fight me or anyone else on my team or else there might be some big consequences." Azimio said as he and Karofsky revealed two large gulp slushie cups from behind them. I tried to close my eyes and use my backpack as a barrier to protect myself. It didn't help when the cold slushie hit my face and neck. I opened my eyes and realized the two of them had already walked away. I could still hear their laughter from down the hallway. "Welcome to Glee Club Schultz" one of them sneered at me.