Fun fact: I typed this while watching Gladiator in Humanities class… so this has been waiting a while….
Sorry for the wait, We've been having some technical difficulties and college is kicking my ass. The work load is way bigger than I was prepared for… and I have a speech on Wednesday that I'm super nervous for…
But thanks to: WickedWhiskey, The Animal Inside, What the Pho, and gema13 for everything. And a big thanks to Miko Akako for being the bestest beta ever ^.^
So, it's around 6 am in the story…
Shooting Star
Chapter 11
Kurt's suddenly alone.
He slowly sits down on one of the beds and pulls his bag closer to him with his foot. He looks around his new room. The bare, cream colored walls were calming and depressingly empty… and there were two beds. Kurt wondered if he would be getting a roommate any time soon.
He sighs and quickly changes into the ugly, dark purple sweat pants and sat back down on the bed. He pulls his bag up onto the bed, and opens it. He pulls out Pride and Prejudice and sat it on the nightstand beside his bed, and moved back to his bag.
Very carefully, Kurt removed the picture of Nessie he took back when they first met and put it on the nightstand beside his book. Then, Kurt moved back to the bag and hesitated.
Extremely slowly, Kurt removed his other photo… one he hadn't looked at in a long time… he'd just take it out, hold it for a moment, then put it back. Now, he gently ran his fingers over the carefully printed words on the back of the photo: New Directions! Winning Nationals, 2012.
Very slowly, he unfolded the picture. He stared at each of his friends' faces smiling up at him and he remembered how happy he was that day as the confetti rained down around them… he saw his own face, lit up with joy, looking over at Blaine standing beside him… he looked so happy in this picture… happier than he had been in years.
His breath was coming in gasps and tears were starting to fall as he gently put the picture on the nightstand beside Nessie's picture and he looked back around the room. This is nowhere near where he wanted to be five years ago…
His whole life has fallen apart. With a small sob, Kurt let his body fall back into bed. He buried his head in the pillow and felt the pills to help him sleep start to kick in.
Half asleep, a single thought drifted through Kurt's mind: I like sleeping with David better…
But before he could react to his own thought, the medication dragged him into sleep.
The sound of the door opening pulled him from his dreamless sleep. Kurt sat up and rubbed his eyes, trying to shake off the sudden dizziness. He looked up and saw a man in light blue scrubs standing in the doorway… so they just barge in without knocking here… better remember that in the future…
"Hello, I'm Paul!" he said happily "Breakfast time!" he said, carrying a small plate and setting it on the empty part of the nightstand beside Kurt's pictures. Looking down at them, "Friends of yours?" he asked, looking back at Kurt.
Kurt looked at the pictures, "I'm not really sure anymore." He said sadly, "It's been a long time."
Paul smiled sadly and pointed to the plate, "You'd better eat. If you don't, they'll give you an IV… then it just gets ugly." He began to back out of the room when Kurt took the plate from the nightstand and started to pick at the food there, though he was completely uninterested in eating it.
Paul stopped just inside the door. "I'm sure once you try, you'll find that they miss you as much as you miss them." Then he was gone.
Kurt started at the door where he left for a few seconds before slowly eating the food (It wasn't really all that bad) completely lost in thought.
***About 20 minutes later***
Paul came back in the room and smiled at Kurt's empty plate. He looked at a clipboard that probably held Kurt's file and said, "Kurt Hummel… you have an appointment with Dr. Masters."
Kurt looked up at him with a shocked expression, causing Paul to laugh lightly and say, "She's not so bad… Come on."
Kurt quickly got off the bed and followed Paul out of his room and into the hall again. Some doors throughout the hallway stood open and as they passed, pairs of eyes followed him. On one side, two women sat on one of the beds in a room painting each other's nails. Kurt hard them giggling after he passed… other's were sitting silently on their beds, reading books.
Paul led Kurt through a maze of hallways, before passing a pair of large double doors that led to what had to be the cafeteria… it look similar to the Lunch room back at McKinley, except the colors were far more calming… creams and browns led up to huge windows that showed the beautiful trees and the glittering ocean.
Suddenly, Paul came to a stop beside a large comfortable looking chair and said, "Here we are." Paul gestured to a door with frosted glass making it impossible to see into the room. The words Dr. Abby Masters was printed in bold letters on the surface…
Kurt slowly opened the door and a woman in her mid 30's with long blond hair tied back in a pony tail high on her head. She looked up with startling green and gold eyes outlined with thick black frames when Kurt came in. "Kurt Hummel?" the woman asked.
Kurt nodded and a large smile spread across her face. She gestured to the burgundy couch in front of her chair and said, "Please sit down."
So sorry for the long wait and the shortness of the chapter. But I'm hoping to update again on Thursday… But no promises.
Reviews might help me decide if I want to update on Thursday (it'll be before Glee…)
So, wish me luck on my speech and I'll tell you how it goes if I upload glee day.