"Ring Ring Ring!"
"Hello?...Yes, this is Blaine...What?...I'll be right there?!" With that he sighed heavily and hung up the phone. He quickly grabbed his wallet and keys and ran out of the door. He quickly made his way to the subway and started to run the rest of the way to the hospital after he got off the subway. As soon as he entered through the double doors, Tome was standing there with someone he had never met.
"Blaine!" Tom reached out his arms and Blaine hugged their friend.
"Tom! What- what happened?"
"I don't know. He just collapsed. He was perfectly fine when he came in this morning." Blaine took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. His worry was etched all over his face. Tom noticed this and place a comforting hand on his shoulder
"Hey, it's gonna be alright. Why don't you go speak to a nurse, see what you can find out." Blaine nodded his head and started for the nurse's desk.
"Excuse me, I'm trying to find out how my husband is doing. He was brought in about thirty minutes ago." The male nurse looked up at Blaine and sneered when he heard the word husband. He was short, bald, portly man who wore large circular glasses.
"Look kid, the doctor will come to see you when he can. He has other patients to worry about." The hate in his voice made Blaine's skin crawl. Apparently the nurse didn't care about Kurt, at all. Luckily the doctor walked up to the desk at that very moment and apparently heard every word that nurse said.
"Mr. Anderson? My name is Dr. Gold. Kiera here will take you to your husband. I will be there in a moment, just have to file some paperwork." The doctor was a tall thin man around 45, he had a head full of jet black hair and looked like he ran every morning. He gave Blaine a genuinely caring smile. Blaine and Tom followed nurse Kiera to Kurt's room.
Dr. Gold turned to the portly nurse with a look of rage on his face. Dr. Gold knew of the nurses dislike of LGBT and he always had to keep an eye on him. He had never been rude or heartless towards a patient or their family, until now. The nurse looked at the doctor and knew that he was going to get chewed out.
"This is for 204. Report to Mary. The head nurse will take over your cases for today. Meet me at Dr. Stevens office in an hour. We're gonna talk about what happened." The nurse looked at Dr. Gold with unmistakable resentment. But, the look didn't phase the kind doctor. The nurse couldn't understand why Dr. Gold was so nice. And Dr. Gold couldn't understand why that nurse was so inhumane. The nurse took the paperwork and Dr. Gold jotted something down on another chart and handed it to him. They looked at each other for a few seconds before going their separate ways, for now.
On the way to Kurt's room, Blaine and Tom saw someone waling towards them. He walked over with a sassy sway in his stride. Not the beautifully graceful kind like Kurt had, but an arrogant, snobby kind. Blaine knew immediately who it was. He had met him before, when going to some of the work holiday parties Kurt took him to. He kept hitting on him right in front of Kurt. He knew that this was the person who kept trying to sabotage Kurt's career. Tom saw the look on Blaine's face and knew that he needed to get this conversation over with as soon as possible. Besides, he himself was about ready to punch Pete square in the face.
"Blaine! It's so good to see you again. Well, not under theses circumstances."
"'Circumstances?'" Tom asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Why Kurt getting and ending up in the hospital of course. I mean, if I were your husband, Blaine, I would make sure that I spent enough time with you, so that I wasn't always working; slowly working myself to death at that." Blaine let him finish the last sentence, but then as if on instinct he stepped forward quickly, raising his arm to swing his fist, but as Pete began to finch, Tom grabbed his arm and pulled away from Pete.
"Easy, there! He's not worth it! And besides. If you start a fight in a hospital you could get kicked out before seeing your husband." Blaine stood there looking at Pete as if he was ready to go all Lord Voldemort on him. Tom edged him towards the other hallway, towards the nurse who was on the wall phone with security. They walked towards the nurse who had just hung up the phone. Blaine looked at the nurse worriedly, thinking that something bad had happened to Kurt.
"Is everything ok?"He rushed out. The nurse raised her arms out at waist height to reassure the worried husband.
"No, sir. I just called security to remove that gentleman from the hospital. I noticed he was disturbing you." Blaine just looked at the nurse in amazement. He was surprised, yet very grateful.
"The moment they reached Kurt's door, Blaine froze. He wasn't sure what Kurt's condition would be. He wasn't sure if Kurt would Blaine him for no noticing that something wrong. He didn't know if Kurt would forgive him for being so hard on him. He didn't know how long the feeling of guilt would remain in his heart. He didn't notice Tom stepping towards him, nor did he realize that Tom was speaking as well.
"Blaine? Are you alright?" Blaine looked at Tom's concerned face. He didn't realize that he nodded his head, he didn't realize that they had opened the door and he certain didn't realize it when he walked into the room and started to cry. As his mind began to clear and he came back to reality, he saw more and more details on Kurt's face.
He was thinner than usual. He looked kind of pale, his skin seemed clammy. He hardly looked like Kurt. Blaine mentally kicked himself for not noticing that something was happening to his husband. He also mentally kicked himself for not doing anything about it. He knew that Kurt would tell him that it wasn't his fault, but he would still feel guilty, as if he was to blame.
Blaine found himself sitting down in the chair next to Kurt's bed. He slowly and cautiously took Kurt's hand, not wanting to disturb the I.V. Blaine noticed how unmoving Kurt was and it made him feel uneasy. Kurt was always on the move. He was always doing something whether it be working or singing, anything. But, never unmoving. Blaine just kept staring at Kurt's face. He knew it was Kurt, but it didn't really look like him. He sat there and wondered how he could have ended up like this. How could he have let himself get like this? Kurt has always been so careful about his health. He's particular about what he eats, about his exercise. Blaine just didn't understand.
Tom began to feel a little out of place. Sure he was friends with Kurt but this was a time for family. He's met Kurt's family before, quite a few actually. He knew that he needed to do something. He couldn't just stand there and see Kurt lying in the bed so sick and so frail. He hated to see his friend in such a way. He's always seen him so strong and alive. Now he seemed so still and weak. It kind of scared him.
Knowing that Blaine was in no condition to be on the phone, he decided he would call the rest of their family. He slowly walked over to Blaine, nodding at the nurse who took the moment as queue to leave. He placed his right hand on Blaine's left shoulder to grab his attention. Blaine slightly jerked, startled by the touch. He looked up at Tom quickly.
"Sorry. If you want I can call Rachel and his parents for you." Tom spoke softly. Blaine smiled at his friend gratefully and patted his hand.
"Thanks, Tom. I really appreciate it. You don't have to though."
"No, Blaine. It's fine. You stay with Kurt. I'll grab you some coffee, too." Blaine smiled again.
"Thanks, Tom." Blaine patted Tom's hand again and turned back to Kurt as Tom stepped quietly out of the room, pulling out his cell phone. He walked to the end of the hallway to a small seating area near the windows and waited for Rachel to answer. He had been invited to Kurt and Blaine's several times so their family ended up getting to know Tom pretty well. He was there family friend. He began to worry when she didn't answer at first, but after the fifth, he felt relief.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Rachel. It's Tom." He answered plainly.
"Tom! Hi! How are you? Do you need any fashion advice? Oh, wait you want to surprise Kurt and Blaine something?" Rachel asked excitedly.
"No. Uh actually. We're at Kings County Hospital." The other end was silent for a moment.
"W-Why. Are you all okay? Are Kurt and Blaine okay?" Tom took a deep breath. He knew she would take it hard. They had told him about what had happened the year that Kurt was attacked. He knew that those memories were coming back, and were going to be difficult to deal with.
"Blaine is fine. Kurt just got...he passed out at work this morning. The doctor is gonna come and talk to Blaine in a few minutes. I thought he should stay with Kurt while I called you and his parents. " Tom could hear a sigh come from the other end of the phone.
"I'm, I'm on way there now. I'll call his parents. Just stay with Blaine. Don't let him be alone."
"Okay. I will. I'm getting him a coffee, I'll get you one too."
"Thank you, Tom. And thank you for being there." Rachel said in that emotional voice that always gets the other person worked up.
"I'll be there in thirty minutes. I'm not that far from Brooklyn."
"Okay, I'll see you soon."
"Bye." As Tom hung up the phone he headed towards the cafeteria. By the time he had gotten back to the room. He saw the doctor leaving.
"Doctor?"
"Hi. Can I help you? Oh, wait. I'm so sorry you're with Mr. Anderson?"
"Yeah. I work with his husband. How is he? Is he gonna be okay?"
"Well, I shouldn't be telling someone who's not family."
"Doctor please. Blaine needs to be with his husband. I want to save him the heartache of telling everyone over and over again." Tom sighed.
"Look, as his doctor I'm sure you know his medical history. The attack a few years ago?"
"Yes, I'm aware."
"Well he had that call again. One that devastated him. I just feel like I need to be here to do this for him. And I've been working side by side with Kurt and been part of their family for a few years now. I need to know how he is, doctor. Please." The doctor considered his words and nodded.
"You're right. Okay, well Mr. Hummel is suffering from extreme exhaustion and dehydration. His body was simply telling him it had had enough. He just needs a lot of rest and fluids. It's not life threatening, but it's enough to be concerned. At least two days here and some rest at home and he'll be good as new." Tom closed his eyes and released a breath he didn't realize that he was holding. He reached out for the doctors hand.
"Thank God. Thank you, for everything doctor." The doctor shook Tom's hand as he nodded.
"Of'course." The doctor went on down the hall and after a moment Tom walked into the room. He saw Blaine had moved closer to Kurt. He was holding his hand tighter to his chest just looking at him. Then he heard Blaine begin to sing softly.
"You think I'm pretty without any make-up on
You think I'm funny when I tell the punch line wrong
I know you get me, so I let my walls come down, down"
Tom didn't have the heart to disrupt him. This moment needed to be just them. Tom knew the meaning of the song. It was their song. So he just waited outside the door for Blaine to have this moment alone with Kurt.
"Before you met me, I was a wreck
But things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life
Now every February you'll be my valentine, valentine
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach
Got a motel and built a fort out of sheets
I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece
I'm complete
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
My heart stops when you look at me
Just one touch, now baby I believe
This is real, so take a chance
And don't ever look back, don't ever look back
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight."
Blaine sat in the quiet after he finished the song. He thought about how lucky Kurt was. He was going to be okay. He just couldn't stand to see Kurt like this. He just wanted him to wake up so he could tell that he loved him. So he could apologize for not noticing the signs, for pushing him too hard. He wanted to do anything and everything in his power to help Kurt get better and stay that way. He would tell, when he woke up. Then suddenly a single word came from towards the bed, and cleared the silence in the room. Blaine's eyes went wide, and his voice disappeared.
"Blaine?"
