Thank you to everyone for reading and reviewing! Time for some answers for you all:

"…and that's when I found out that it was called a crack house."

"That's completely awful," Blaine said in disgust. "I cannot believe that they would go that far. How cruel would a person have to be to send someone to a crack house? You could have been killed!"

He crossed his arms and looked away, trying to contain his anger.

Kurt and Finn glanced at each other and then looked knowingly at Rachel, who was staring rather intently at her own feet.

"They did threaten to kill me, but luckily, they let me go after I started talking because my accent confused them and made their brains hurt," Rory told the group. "After that, I just started wandering around since I had no idea where I was."

"Why didn't you call one of us for help?" Rachel asked. "I programmed your speed dial and everything… Did you forget how to use it again?"

"No, I remember that I have to hold the one button to call Rachel, two to call Finn Hudson, three to call Mommy-"

"Then why didn't you call? We would have come and gotten you in a heartbeat, Rory," Rachel said, her sympathy starting to overwhelm her.

"That means a lot to me, it really does," he said gratefully. "But I couldn't call because the hockey guys took my phone, and my wallet as well."

"We're going to make sure you get your things back," Kurt assured Rory.

"You know what? We're going to do a whole lot more than that," Finn said, fed up. "I'm tired of those guys coming down on you. They're going to regret ever messing with you."

"That's what I'm talking about!" Blaine said, ready to use his fight club skills right then and there. "We're not gonna let them push you around anymore, Rory! We're not going to let them push anyone around!"

"We're gonna beat their faces in!" Finn exclaimed, getting into the spirit.

"And then we're gonna shave those awful mullets off of their heads!" Blaine added, standing up. "I mean, seriously, what decade do they think they're living in?"

"Guys, I really appreciate it, but you don't need to hurt them on account of me," Rory said, leaving Blaine to sit back down, dejected. "They don't mean anything by it. They just have nothing better to do."

Rachel removed the ice pack from under his eye and set it on the coffee table next to the forgotten towels and rolls of toilet paper.

"You're too nice for your own good, Rory Flanagan," she said sadly, hooking her arm around his and leaning her head against it.

Patting Blaine's arm to calm him down, Kurt said, "Well, we're definitely not going to sit back and do nothing about this. We really are serious about this type of bullying. We've all been there, so you're not alone. We'll figure out exactly what our plan of action is later, but for now, Rory, just go on with your story."

"Thank you, Kurt," Rory said, grateful for the support. "So, like I said, I started walking around, kind of hoping that I would happen upon an answer of some sort. After a while, I found this girl in front of a Starbucks who was crying really hard and yelling at someone that I couldn't see. Honestly, I thought she was kind of crazy at first, but that's no reason to completely dismiss a person, you know? So, I went over to her and started talking to her. I figured that someone that upset must be having worse luck than me and could use someone to talk to."

"Crying? Harmony was crying?" Rachel asked suspiciously, looking to Kurt.

"Yes, she was crying because she didn't get into NYADA," Rory said. "It's the only place she wanted to go, and she was sure she would get in. That's why she didn't apply anywhere else. I thought she looked too young to be a senior, but she skipped a few grades. She's really just incredible."

Rachel let go of Rory and sat up straight. "Wait, did you just say that Harmony didn't get into NYADA?"

"Yes, she's pretty devastated about it, which is why I'm glad that she's just sleeping now. I was afraid that she was going to literally drown in her tears."

"That… that doesn't make sense that she didn't get in," Rachel said, shaking her head. "I mean, with her credentials…"

"…and her talent," Kurt added, not even trying to pretend that her talent hadn't sent him, Rachel, and their insecurities sobbing into Rachel's car that rainy night months ago.

Blaine nodded thoughtfully and looked disconcerted, but he didn't say anything.

Rachel sent an exasperated sigh in Kurt's direction, who raised his hands in an I-don't-know gesture.

Neither knew how to feel about the news.

They wanted to take comfort in the fact that not even Harmony made it into NYADA.

They also wanted to rub the huge failure into the face of the girl who rubbed her talent in their faces.

Still, there was a little bit of something in both of them that wanted to sympathize with the girl whose dreams had been crushed even more than their own.

Ten points for you if Kurt saying "you're not alone" to Rory reminded you of Chris Colfer holding the "You are not alone" sign at Trevor Live. :)
Thanks for waiting for this update as I finished up exams and slowly recovered. Lol. I will update again within a day or two.

-Skye