Snippet #2338148

It was late at night, around 1130 when I had snuck out of the house. I could not sleep, and the cold night air usually relaxed me. I was sitting in the branches of a tree in a park down the road when my cell phone rang, the tune of a piano playing Sparrow matching the dark night rather perfectly. Desperately hoping it was not my parents wondering why I was not in my room sleeping. I pulled it from my pocket, instantly relaxing when I saw Blaine's name in the screen. "'Ey, man. What's goin' on?" I ask quietly, not wanting to chance anyone hearing my voice.

"Archer, sorry to call you so late, but did you hear about Kurt?"

"Nope. Can't say I did. Mind telling me?"

"Well I know it wasn't you, so don't get mad, but some of the other guys on the team have been beating on him, and now he is in the hospital. They think it was a heart attack or something."

I sat in silence for a few moments, not quite sure as to how to react. I was never really friends with curt, and disagreed with homosexuality, however I also disagreed with judging people based upon the fact that they were a homosexual, and abhorred bullying with a deep passion, no matter the reason behind it. I never had a problem with Kurt, and had even enjoyed the few conversations I had with him, but I still had a hard time sympathizing with someone I barely knew.

"Dude, you there?" Blaine's voice interrupted my train of thought.

"Yeah, sorry. so is he going to be O.K.? What did the Doctors say?" I answered, deciding not to sound like a heartless sociopath.

"They are not sure yet." I heard his voice break slightly. I forgot that they had a thing with each other, even though it was never clear.

"How about you? are you going to be O.K.?" I ask slowly and uncertainly. I always felt like Blaine was a brother, but it was weird talking about something like this. I am such a horrible person.

"Yeah, for now." he answered, relieving a bit of tension from myself.

"Ok. good. I hope everything works out well." I hesitate before continuing, "Do you want me to do anything?" I ask meaningfully, not quite saying what I am truly asking, but knowing that he understands me completely.

"NO!" I get the immediate, expected response. "Don't do it!" he continues, "First of all, you know how I feel about that sort of stuff! Second, there are too many of them! Look at what they did to Kurt!"

"It was only an offer." I say reassuringly. "Besides, there is a huge difference between a group of them against Kurt, and a group of them against me. But I won't do anything unless you ask."

"I won't." He was still upset about the offer for some reason, I don't know why, It was not like I had done it already and was in the hospital next to Kurt. Now THAT would be something to be upset over.

"O.K. Whatever you say, buddy."

"By the way, Ruby said, 'Hi.'" He was rather eager to change the subject, I noticed.

"Did she?" I try to sound board, hiding my pleasure in this bit of news. I am not sure if it worked or not, though.

"Yeah, and she sounded really happy when she said it. she must like you a lot for the thought of you to shift her mood like that."

"Like what?" I asked, silently begging for more details.

"Well we were at the hospital with Kurt, so you try to picture what she was feeling at the time."

"Oh. Like that."

"Yeah, it might be a good move to go visit Kurt tomorrow. I know you two aren't friends or anything, but it would score some points with Ruby."

"Because I am a heartless, sociopathic, manipulator?"

"Just a suggestion."

"I might come by to see him, but it won't be for Ruby."

"Whatever you say."

"Shut up." instead of a reply, I hear a dial tone. "Well I did tell him to shut up." I mutter with a half smile as I shove my phone in my pocket. I hear something rustle the leaves to my right. Looking over, I see a squirrel staring at me, his eyes gleaming in the darkness. "What do you think, buddy?" he makes a weird chattering noise before scampering off. "Yeah. Me too." I sat in the tree for a few more minutes, thinking about the conversation that just took place, before deciding to sleep on it, and figure it all out in the morning.