Nellie Puckerman and Matteo Gomez were now an item. And it was amazing. Matteo treated Nellie like a queen. As she should he treated. He took her out, Matteo watched all her favorite movies without complaining, and he even let her paint his nails black. They did look hot on him. But on to more serious matters. The Kurt and Karofsky situation. Kurt told her how the bullying was getting worse, and how he didn't even want to go to school anymore. That broke Nellies heart, so today she was going to do something about it.

"Hey, assface. You need to back off Kurt, all right? Or else we're going to have some real issues." Nellie warned. Karofsky scoffed and tried to walk past Nellie but she grabbed his jacket shoving him into the locker. Kids oooed at the situation.

"I ain't playing. If Kurt comes to me again about this, you're going to be in the hospital, and I'm going to be going to jail for assault. See if I'm playing with you." Nellie shoved him into the locker one last time before she got a message on her phone from Rachel. Apparently she was holding some glee girls meeting and Nellie was required to attend.

"What the hells going on? I was in the middle of something." She said as she sat down next to Tina. "Ladies, the Kurt-Karofsky bullying situation is getting way out of control. Kurts miserable, he's losing weight—and not in a good way. And he's barely even fighting me for solos anymore."

"We've all been teased, but something about what Karofsky's doing is so much worse." Tina added and Nellie nodded in agreement.

"We're all lucky enough to have boyfriends on the football team. I say we band together and demand they confront Karofsky." Nellie was confused now. How'd they figured out Nellie was dating Matteo.

"I'm sorry, how'd you know I was dating Matteo?" Nellie asked in confusion. "Puck told Finn who told me." Rachel explained. Nellie rolled her eyes. She was definitely going to have a talk with her older brother later.

"Ok first of all I'm not dating Sam. And second of all, I think you personally just set back the feminist movement back 50 years." Nellie snickered.

"Third of all, I'm pretty sure your boyfriend isn't going to do crap. He's still loyal to his meathead football team. Excusing our boyfriends of course," Nellie added towards Quinn, Brittany, and Tina. "Also, I thought you and Sam were dating." Quinn shook her head at the girl.

"Look, guys like Karofsky only respond to muscle."

"So, we're gonna fight violence with violence?" Quinn asks. "I mean, I wouldn't mind." Nellie shrugged. "No! Look, I'm not saying that they should hit him. What I'm saying is we need to defend Kurt, and there's strength in numbers!" Rachel argued. Nellie couldn't help but agree with Rachel. She didn't want to see Matteo get in trouble, or worse, suspended.

"I'm confused. Are you and Artie officially dating now?" Tina asked Brittany. "Deal with it. When you guys ever fooled around, did he ever like, just lie there?" Santana walked in the room and she did not look happy.

"Why didn't you tell me we were having a glee girls meeting?" She questioned as she stood face to face with Rachel. "This is a meeting for glee girls with boyfriend. We're going to make them stop Karofsky from bullying Kurt."

"Nel's not dating anyone." Santana pointed out. "She's dating Matteo." Rachel responded.

"Since when? And why was I not informed?"

"Well in my defense, no one was supposed to find out until we were ready but Puck just had to be a blabber mouth." Nellie growled. "Ok, I'm dating Puckerman." Santana said.

"You're getting naked with Puckerman." Quinn corrected.

"Besides, Puck can't mess with Karofsky even if he wanted too. He's on probation. If he starts a fight, he'll be sent back to juvie. As much as I would like to house to myself for once, that can't happen." Nellie explained. "Mm-Hmm. Yeah so now if you'll excuse us." Santana scoffed. "You're so on my list dwarf." Santana walked out the choir room at that point.

"Look, if something bad happens to Kurt, and we didn't do anything to stop it, we'll never be able to live with ourselves." If Kurt was to hurt himself, or worse, Nellie didn't know what she would do. Kurt was her first best friend outside the Cheerios, and he taught her more then she could ever ask for. He gave her a place to stay, and made her feel love and accepted.

After the glee girls meeting, Matteo met up with Nellie, looking confused and dumb found.

"Did you tell the glee guys about us dating?" He questioned cautiously. "No, why?"

"The weirdest thing just happened. They dragged me into an empty classroom and set so called boundaries and rules. Finn threatened to kick my ass multiple times, so did Puck."

"Rachel called me in the choir room so the girls with boyfriends in the football team can ask the boyfriends to confront Karofsky." Nellie told.

"Yeah, I've been hearing about that kid. I'm down for kicking ass, I just need to know why." Matteo said as they walked down the hall together. "Well, Karofkys a homophobe who harasses Kurt for his sexuality. He's also a misogynist who told me women belong in the kitchen. Also, I'm pretty sure he told me to tell you to go back to your country." Matteo stopped in his tracks.

"You're telling me he's a homophobic, sexist, and racist asshole? Yeah, I'm beating his ass. Mainly for Kurt, and for the country comment."

"Can we go and cuddle now?"

"Yeah, let's go."

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Nellie watched as Matteo and the other glee boys walked in the choir room, looking busted up.

"What happened?!" Nellie frantically asked as she saw Matteo run in with a black eye and bloody nose.

Flashback to the boys locker room:
"Back off Kurt. And quit it with the immigrant jokes. Not funny." Matteo snarled as he slammed Karofskys locker door shut.

"Do you mind? Im changing!" Karofsky said. "This is a warning." Mike said.

"Oh yeah?"

"For now on, you're gonna leave him alone." Artie warned. "Look, if he wants to be a homo, that's up to him, don't rub it in my face."

"Screw you! Kurts just being himself and there's such a huge issue with that?" Matteo yelled.

"We're not asking you."

"Yeah, we're done talking about this. Just back off all right?" Mike added. Karofsky shoved Mike causing him to crash into Artie knocking them both over. Matteo threw a punch to Karofskys jaw and Sam jumped in also punching him.

The three went back and forth, with Sam shoving Karofsky into the locker and Matteo elbowing him in the ribs. Karofsky hit back by grabbing Matteo's arm slamming him face first into the locker. He then started punching his ribs, causing Matteo to cry out as Karofsky threw a punch at Sam's face in the process. Karofsky slammed Matteo down on the ground and threw a punch at his face. Finally Coach Beiste showed up and pulled the three off each other. Matteo grabbed his ribs in pain as he took in deep breathes.

Damn it, he needed Nellie right now.

Nellie pressed the ice pack to his eye as she cupped his cheek. "I'm so proud of you Teo." She whispered to him. They pressed their foreheads together.

"Thanks. Honestly, I thought I'd get my ass kicked." He laughed.

"Dude was a wild animal." Mike told as he described the events in the boys locker room. "Mainimal."

"Does that hurt bub?" Nellie asked Matteo as she was now cleaning his bloody nose. Matteo shook his head and smiled. "Thanks for doing this. I could've done it myself though," Matteo kissed her cheek. "Did I ever tell you how amazing you looked today?" Nellie blushed and looked away.

"I'm so turned on by you right now." Brittany told Artie.

"You have no idea how hard it was for me not to jump into that beat down!" Puck exclaimed. "Where were you Finn?" Santana sassily asked.

"Yeah, I'm a little disappointed you weren't there." Nellie added. "I was still out on the field, okay? I totally would've given him a beat down if I had been there, though." Nellie scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, sure."

"The fact is, it shouldn't have gone down without you, Finn. You should have been leading the charge." Mercedes told. "Lay off Finn, everyone. It isn't his problem. It's none of your problems actually. But thank you for what you did, especially Sam and Teo."

"Serious, an epitome of a leader." Matteo smiled. "Thanks guys." Mr.Shue walked in the choir room as Nellie was still dabbing at Matteo's nose.

"Whats going on? What happened to Sam's eye and Matteo's nose?" He questioned. "They stood up to Karofsky." Nellie explained.

"All the guys did. Well, not Finn."

"Is everyone ok? Do we all need to go talk to Principal Sylvester?" Matteo shook his head at the question. "No. I got a few good hits in too, so let's just call it even I guess. And I hope this well send a warning to Karofsky, telling him to back off Kurt. Pendejo."

Mr.Shue walked over to Kurt. "You ok Kurt? All right guys, let's take our places. We got a wedding to prepare for." Nellie glared at Finn before going to take her place.

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Nellie was pissed at Finn. It was pretty obvious. Fact is, he should've been there to defend Kurt. But no. His reputation was so much more important. Mike cared about his reputation too, and he was still involved in the beatdown. It made no sense.

"Am I bad leader?" Finn asked her as they walked to the choir room.

"Yes."

"Oh. I know I should've been there it's just....-"

"There's no valid excuse as to why you weren't there. Listen Finn, I love you, but you need to be there for Kurt. God forbid something happens to him, and you didn't help him, how would you look at yourself? Point is, you need to do better. Show lord you care." Nellie said. Finn nodded and hugged her.

"You're right. You've always given out such good advice Nel." He smirked.

"Yes, it is in face my speciality." They both walked inside the choir room and sat down. "Thank you guys for attending the Kurt Hummel wedding dance seminar. Dad, you're going to have to pull off the first dance with Carole. And if Uncle Andy's 40th birthday party was any indication, you're gonna need some work."

"What are you talking about? My moves were great, okay? It was the....damn sangria-"

"Okay. We dance to the beat, not to the words. Yes, right here. Okay. All right, have you guys chosen a wedding song?" Kurt asked.

"Um, yes. We're thinking "Stairway" or some Bublé." Mr.Hummel responded. "Okay. Great. So it's basically one-two-three-four. Okay. Follow me, all right? Gentleman leads on the left. Opposite of me, alright?" Kurt proceeded to show Mr.Hummel how to do the steps causing Nellie to smile at the cute altercation.

"Come over here, Nel go dance with him and practice." Nellie stood up she proceeded to help Burt dance as Finn walked over to help Kurt.

"Woah Mr.Hummel, nice moves!" Nellie laughed as they danced together.

"Thank you Nellie! See, Kurt, at least someone appreciates my amazing dance moves."

"Can we shut the door? Im not really comfortable." Nellie rolled her eyes once again. Come on Finn, be the leader.

Nellie watched as she saw Karofsky standing outside the choir room doing a mocking gesture. "What the hell was that?" Burt asked enraged.

"It's nothing, dad."

"That was not nothing. That guys was making fun of you. What the hells his name?" Burt demanded walking forward.

"Tell him, Kurt." Finn said. "Tell me what?"

"Tell him, or I will."

"His names Dave Karofsky. He's......been harassing me for a few weeks." Kurt said. "Harassing you how?" Burt questioned. "Just, shoving me, and giving me a hard time."

"There's something else you're not telling me."

"He threatened to kill me."

Nellie saw red.

"WHAT?!" She screamed as she ran out the choir room and punched Dave straight in the jaw.

"What the hell? You stoop that low telling Kurt you want to kill him?! What the fuck is the matter with you?!" Nellie screamed as Matteo came to keep her back. "What the hells going on?!" He yelled at his girlfriend.

"He threatened to kill Kurt!"

"What?! You puto! I warned you!" By this point Burt had jumped in and pinned Karofsky against the wall.

"What the hell?"

"You like picking on people? Why don't you try me?!" Burt yelled as Matteo desperately wanted to punch Dave in the face. Burt turned towards Finn. "What the hell have you been doing while this is all going on, huh? Nel seems to have done way more time you have."

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"You look gorgeous." Matteo smirked as he looked his girlfriend up and down. Nellie smiled and kissed him. Then the song started and they smiled at each other before preforming.

[Marry You-Finn Hudson, Rachel Berry, Quinn Fabray, Sam Evans, Nellie Puckerman, Matteo Gomez, Tina Cohen Chang, Mike Chang, Brittany Pierce, Artie Abrams]

Nellie giggled as Matteo picked her up bridal style spinning her around. She was madly in love.

"Please, be seated. We usually start with a prayer. But a certain young wedding planner, who shall remain nameless was afraid that some in attendance might fall asleep. So instead, I'm going to let Burt and Carole tell you in their own words why they've invited you here today." The reverend let them take over.

"I'm not really known for having a way with words. Uh....you know when you're a kid, adults will tell you a lot of things. But one thing they neglect to mention is how sad life can be. I lost somebody I loved, very much but Kurt—he lost his mom. And that killed me. Well, we got by but looking back? I-I want to apologize to you, Kurt. What we were living just.....wasn't living. You know that saying that when god closes a door he opens a window? Well sometimes out of nowhere, he'll do you one better, and he'll kick a whole wall down. He grabbed me by the shoulders, and he pointed at me towards this woman right here. And he said "There she is. Go get her." You're everything, Carole. Words can't describe you. You're everything. And I will love you till the day I die."

"Oh, hey. I'm lucky. Most women, when they get married, they get one man. I get two. One of you saved me from my wardrobe, the other one just saved me. Kurt, you are an amazing person. I'm not only getting a son, I'm getting a friend. Finn.....I know you were resistant at first, but I am so proud of you. I've watched you grow into a man. But I think on most proud you've become a brother to Kurt. We are four people. Becoming a family."

"Okay. Burt, do you take Carole-"

"You bet I do!"

"And Carole, do you take this man—-"

"Oh yes, I do! Yes, I do." They both kissed and Nellie applauded for the couple.

The reception started and Nellie and Matteo sat next to each other holding hands as Mr.Shue started his song.

[Sway-Mr.Shue]
"And now I'd like to introduce one of the best men:Finn Hudson!" Finn walked up to say his speech. "Hi. Uh, thank you. Best man. Right. Uh....Well I want to propose a toast to my mom who is so awesome. I mean.....somehow even without one in the house, you taught me what it means to be a man. In glee club, uh, whenever two of us get together, we got a nickname. Rachel and I are Finnchel. Rachel and Puck are Puckleberry. Nel and Matteo are Mello.  And today, a new union was formed. Furt. You and me, man. We're brothers from another mother. And quite frankly no one else has shown me as much as you about what it means to be a man. And over the past few weeks, uh, some stuffs gone down. And I haven't manned up like I should've. From now on? No matter what it costs me, I've got your back. Okay? Even if it means getting a Slushee in the face every now and then. You put this entire wedding together by yourself, Kurt. So as a thank you, I had the glee club put together a number in your honor. You're gonna dance it with me, dude."

[Just The Way You Are-Finn Hudson Plus The New Directions]

During the song Matteo pulled Nellie to dance with her and she laughed before dancing with him. The two just went so well together. They danced like no one was watching them.

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The next day the glee club was in the choir room the day after the wedding. Karofsky was back at school and Matteo was just fixed on beating his ass. Nellie had to stop him from doing it.

"Come on guys, the wedding was great. But we have got to get ready for sectionals next week. Kurt, good. I want to talk to you about this amazing idea I had for a solo for you at sectionals."

"Can I make an announcement first?" Kurt asks.

"Yeah."

"First I wanted to thank everyone for what you did at my dads wedding, especially Finn. It's nice to know I have true friends here, as well as a true brother. Which is why it's so hard for me to leave." Nellie furrowed her brows.

"Leave? W-What do you mean leave?" She questioned. "I'm transferring to Dalton Academy...immediately. My parents are using the money they saved up for their honeymoon to pay for the tuition. "

"Come on Dude, you can't leave." Matteo pleaded. "What the hell dude? How about you talk with me about this first?"

"I'm sorry Finn, but there's nothing to talk about. Karofsky's coming back tomorrow,  so that means I won't be."

"We can protect you." Sam suggested. "Seriously, we can like, form a perimeter around you like the secret service." Puck added. "The only thing that can really perfect me is what they have at Dalton:a zero tolerance no bullying policy. It's enforced."

"Um, does this mean you're gonna be competing against us at sectionals." Matteo glared at her. "Are you freaking kidding me?!" He yelled.

"Kurt, if this is what makes you feel safe, I say go for it. I get it. All I can say, is I'm going to miss you so much." Nellie stood up to wrap Kurt in one final hug. He hugged back, and Nellie was crying now.

"I'm sorry." He whispered before he walked out, leaving Nellie standing there wiping her tears.

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