7. Meeting
"Finn! Finn!" Mercedes was waving her arms in an attempt to get Finn's attention.
"Oh, hey Mercedes." Finn said as he walked over to her. "Wazzup?"
"We have to get the Glee club together." Finn looked at her, puzzled.
"Why?"
"Oh, you can not be that dense. For Kurt."
"…Why?" Mercedes wanted to slap him, but decided that wouldn't really help things.
"Okay, listen. The doctor said that to help Kurt recover, he needs to see the people he sees on a regular basis. Kurt sees the Glee club on a regular basis, or at least he used to. Therefore, we need to get the Glee club to go visit Kurt. Got it?"
"Uh, I don't know…"
"And why not?" Finn looked down.
"Well, it just seems like, if I were Kurt, I wouldn't want a bunch of people coming to see me. It might be awkward." Mercedes stared at him.
"What? If it helps jog his memory, then we should totally do it. He doesn't remember anyone right now, and if I were him, I'd want to know some people."
"He remembers his dad."
"Wait, what?"
"Uh, after you left, while Kurt was alone with Burt, he remembered him."
"Oh. Well, that's great, but he still needs more than one person in his life."
"I guess you're right. So, how are we gonna get the group together."
"We need to start by talking to Mr. Schue."
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Will Schuester heard a knock on his door between first and second period. "Come in!" he called.
In walked two of his former Glee clubbers, Mercedes Jones and Finn Hudson.
"Oh, hey guys." he said, "Have a seat."
They sat down, and Mr. Schue asked, "What's going on?"
"We need to call an emergency meeting of the New Directions." Mercedes responded.
"Why?" He asked.
"Do you read the paper, Mr. Schue?" Mercedes asked for apparent reason to Mr. Schuester.
"Uh, sometimes. Why?"
"Because if you did, you would have found out that Kurt is in the hospital with a case of amnesia." Mr. Schuester's eyes popped out of his head. He leaned forward over his desk.
"Oh my god. What happened?" Finn answered that question.
"On Saturday night, he got jumped. They found him Sunday morning, and he woke up on Monday without any memories. They ran the story in Tuesday's paper, and that's how Mercedes found out about it. That's why she wasn't here yesterday. She called Burt, and we came home to see him. It's pretty bad. He only remembers Burt…. and the attack." he added as an afterthought.
Mr. Schuester sat back in his seat, stunned.
"Well," he finally said, "That's horrible, but I don't see what the Glee club has to do with this."
"Okay," Mercedes started, "So, the doctors said that for Kurt to get, like, cured of amnesia, he has to see people that he sees on a regular basis. So, I thought that since we all became such good friends from Glee, it might help if we went and visited him." Mr. Schuester thought about it for a minute.
"That's all fine and good, but I can't organize a field trip without proper notice or approval from the school."
"Well," Mercedes said, "What if everyone just happened to meet at the hospital after school?"
"That works. I'll tell as many people as I can that there's an emergency New Directions meet after school, but you two have to help get the word out, okay?"
"Can do, Mr. Schue." Finn responded.
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"I'm glad you all could make it. I'm sure you're wondering why we're here, so without further ado, Mercedes and Finn will explain everything."
Mercedes and Finn walked up front and faced everyone. Mercedes was the first to speak.
"So, I'm really glad everyone could make it-"
"Kurt's not here." Rachel interrupted. Mercedes glared at her.
"I'm well aware of that. We actually called this meeting to talk about Kurt-"
"My mom said it's not nice to talk about people when they're not there." Brittany stated.
"As I was saying," Mercedes continued, "We're here to talk about Kurt. As you may have noticed, he hasn't been to school this week, and if you read the paper on Tuesday, you'd know why. I'm assuming none of you read the paper." No one said anything. "Right, so long story short, Kurt's in the hospital." Almost everyone in the room sucked in their breath. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. Kurt in the hospital? How? Why? When? Mercedes proceeded to answer all the unspoken questions.
"On Saturday, he was attacked. I'm not sure of the details-"
"It was three men." Finn said, speaking for the first time. "They raped and beat him, then left him for dead." The room went silent, albeit the soft sound of Rachel starting to cry.
Mercedes didn't know he was raped. Jesus Christ. And why would Finn decide to share that with the whole Glee club? It seemed kind of private to her. Like, Kurt should get to choose who knows about it, not Finn. What the hell was he thinking?
After an unbearable thirty seconds in which the only thing that happened was Artie giving Rachel a tissue, Mercedes coughed and continued to speak.
"Um, so… it happened on Saturday night, and someone found him on Sunday. I guess he didn't wake up till Monday. He, uh, he has amnesia. He doesn't remember anyone, even himself."
Puck put his elbow on his knee and his mouth in his hand.
Tina put her head on Rachel's shoulder, and Rachel rested her head on Tina's.
Mike closed his eyes and started slowly shaking his head.
Quinn muttered 'holy fucking God'.
Artie ran his hand through his hair.
Brittany and Santana grabbed each others' hands.
Matt balled his hands in to fists.
Finn and Mercedes just stood there till they thought everyone had calmed down enough to listen. Mercedes managed to keep going, sensing Finn's reluctance to speak.
"Well, I forgot to mention that he does remember his dad. But, and this is the reason you all are here, he only remembered his dad after his dad came to visit him. See, the doctors said that the best way for him to regain he memories quickly is for him to see all the people he's close to. I thought it would be a good idea for all of us to come and see him. I also think it would be best for us all to come together."
"Why?" Mike asked.
"Because he probably thinks of us as a group. Like, if he saw only one of us, it probably wouldn't jog his memory, but if he saw us all together, he might remember Glee, and therefore, us." Rachel jumped up wiping her eyes.
"Alright!" She shouted, way too peppy, "We need to arrange a time for us all to meet. I thought we cou-"
"Shut up." Finn interrupted, "Me and Mercedes already have a plan. We're meeting at the Lima Central hospital at four O' clock today. Attendance is mandatory." Rachel promptly sat down. She and Finn were having a bit of a lovers' quarrel, but now's not the time to get into to that, because this chapter is over.
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