Kurt Wakes Up

A few minutes after Brandon started to help Ashley take down her tent, Heather came walking over, "Brandon...could you please help me with Kurt?" She quietly asked,

Brandon peered over to her and got to his feet, "I don't think I could get him a new face," Brandon joked causing Heather to let out a small murmuring laugh. Brandon wiped his hands on his pants and sighed, "What'd you actually need?"

"I can't get him in his tent alone, and I don't want to just leave him laying on the ground," Heather explained causing Brandon to let out an understanding nod, "Thanks." Heather tacked on as the pair walked over to the young blonde guy, who still laid limp on the ground. Kurt's face had started to turn a sickly purple color while it swelled up. He had a small gash on his nose, and his lips had multiple splits on the left side from Zack's fists. His left cheek even had a cut, but luckily Zack only hit his eye once, causing only a minor black eye.

"Fuck," Brandon whispered out while inspecting Kurt, "Zack really did a number on him,"

Heather crossed her arms and nodded in agreement, "It's not like he didn't have a reason," She admitted,

Brandon's eyes slightly widened in surprise, "Seriously, you're not mad at Zack?"

"Not really, I feel like I should be because he's my cousin and all but...the whole situation was shit," Heather explained while looking at Brandon, "I'm not even mad at Kurt, I mean obviously he shouldn't have tried to do what he did but I don't think he was going to...you know. I just wish that the whole thing never happened."

"I know," Brandon said with a nod, "It weird, but when he was explaining himself, I believed him. Like it was still a scumbag thing to do, and he deserved to get his lights knocked out, but I don't think he was capable of actual ****."

Heather knelt down at Kurt's feet, and Brandon walked over and took hold of Kurt's arm, "He's lucky..." Heather grunted, "If Zack didn't kick his ass, I would have," Heather said with a smirk while they brought Kurt into his tent and laid him down. "How are you doing?" Heather asked Brandon,

"Me? I'm fine, why?" Brandon asked perplexed,

"Because of what you heard out there, you know with Ashley in general and then with Zack..." Heather said as she nervously chewed the inside of her cheek,

Brandon lightly shook his hand and tossed a hand, "Honestly Heather, I don't really care." He said to her surprise, "Am I a little ticked off at Zack? Yeah, but not as much as I thought I'd be, maybe if Ashley didn't break up with me in such a harsh way I would have cared more, but I don't want to waste the energy, especially now that I know what she was doing." Brandon explained. Heather wasn't surprised, Ashley could have made thing much worse if she was still with Brandon when everything came out, not to mention that Brandon was hurt by her, so why should he care?

"Well, if you want to talk, I'm here." Heather sincerely replied,

Brandon let out a small smirk, "Talk, talk? Or talk as in, I fuck you until I'm calm again?"

Heather let out a giggle and shrugged her shoulders, "Whichever would make you feel better I guess."

"I'll keep it in mind," Brandon replied as propped Kurt's head on a pillow, "Give me a shout if you need anything else,"

"Thank you, Brandon," Heather warmly replied, "You've been helping everyone out, I hope they all appreciate it as much as I do," Brandon smiled back at her and left the tent.

Nearly an hour past as Brandon and Ashley worked on dismantling the whole camp and packing everything back up while Heather sat by Kurt's side. Finally, Heather heard a small groan instead of the constant low breaths leave Kurt's mouth, she quickly dropped her phone and looked over at him, his one good eye slowly opening, "Hey, how are you feeling?" Heather asked with a grimace,

"Like a fucking train hit me,' Kurt winced back as he sat himself up, "Jesus, what happened?"

"You don't remember?" Heather asked back,

"I just remember helping Zack up off the ground, after that...nothing," Kurt replied with a very slight shake of his head,

"As soon as you helped Zack up, he headbutted you. Then he got on top of your chest and started hitting; he knocked you out cold." Heather explained,

Kurt's eye closed and a smile formed on his face, he let out a feeble laugh, "Fuck...I guess I had that coming," He said before quickly wincing again,

"Yeah, you definitely did," Heather said now narrowing her eyes, "Kurt, how could you do that?"

"I. Did. Not. ****. Chloe." Kurt sternly replied,

"I know you didn't, but Kurt, you still tried to take advantage of her, you can't deny that." Heather retorted, her tone sounding scolding,

Kurt sighed, "Yeah I know, like I said, when I went in the tent, all I was doing was checking on her. And when she brought up sex...I don't know; I'm a fucking dick, all I could think about was fucking her." Kurt explained, "I made a deal with Ashley to do her, and I really wanted to, so I was gonna take any shot she gave me."

"Kurt..." Heather frowned back,

"I know, I know, it was incredibly screwed up, I shouldn't have done it." Kurt instantly replied, "But what do you want from me, I know I'm a bad guy, I'm not hiding that. I can't say anything else but sorry..."

"You better hope that your ass-kicking is the only fallout from your stunt, because if Chloe or Zack think about going to the police..." Heather said with a sigh, "I'm sorry Kurt, but that would not look good,"

Kurt let out a refined nod, "If it comes to that, then I guess that's what I deserve." He surprisingly replied,

Heather and Kurt sat in silence for a few more minutes before Kurt let out another groan as he slowly sat up, "So, Gavin still guarding me?"

"No, he's already back at the cabin with Vicky, Zack, and Chloe. They wanted distance after what you did and when everything came out about Ashley," Heather explained,

"Oh, Ashley finally got outed?" Kurt merely replied, not surprised that those four would be the ones to leave,

"Yeah, and she did some major shit," Heather said with her eyes a bit wide, "Turns out you aren't the only one who did some questionable shit," Kurt raised a brow in turn. Heather leaned closer to Kurt, "She pretended to be Chloe and blew Zack in his sleep when Zack heard I swear he almost threw up."

"Fuck...that's pretty screwed up," Kurt mumbled back, "Those two need to be left alone, they've been through too much shit for one week."

"Oh, nice you finally grow a conscious, maybe you should get your ass beat more often." Heather lightly joked as she stood up, "C'mon get up, I want to take you back to the cabin, let you rest. Tomorrow, I'm taking you to the doctors."

Kurt reached out and took Heather's hand, carefully getting to his feet. "Please," He grunted, "I'll be fine, don't worry about a doctor," Kurt assured her, though the way his body slouched and he hunched over in clear pained betrayed his words,

"You're going Kurt, so just accept it," Heather replied while helping him outside.

Heather met up with Brandon and Ashley who were just finishing Zack's tent, Heather explained things quickly, and while Ashley hung back to take down the last tent, Brandon would row Kurt and Heather back. Another thirty minutes past before all four of them were on the dock with their camping gear, "Just leave it on the dock, for now, we can put it away later." Heather told Brandon and Ashley as she helped a limping Kurt,

"Time to see, if Zack finishes the job." Kurt lightly joked as they got closer and closer to the cabin entrance.