IT'S THE 50TH CHAPTER! YAY!
Chapter 50
Kurt was back to work. At first, he'd been nervous, and Blaine practically had to drive him to the audition that they'd agreed Kurt would try. But afterwards (Kurt had, of course, gotten the part), Kurt no longer felt nervous. Most of his fellow cast mates were in relationships, and anyway, a lot of the girls often stayed with him throughout the day, just in case. Kurt felt as safe at work as he did at home.
Just as things started to get back to normal, they changed slightly again.
Kurt and Blaine had been snuggling up together, hot despite the February temperature, just drifting off to sleep, when they heard it.
"What's that?" Kurt asked, bolting upright immediately. Blaine blinked, half asleep already. "Blaine, I think Meggie's screaming!" Well, that managed to get Blaine's attention enough.
"Crap! What if someone broke into her room, or she's hurt, or..." Blaine jumped out of bed, picking up his pajama trousers off the floor. "I'm gonna go check." Kurt nodded, reaching for his night lamp, trying to find his own night-wear. "Okay, I'll go get her. You find some clothes, and check to see if Liam woke up."
Even after Blaine had found his pajama's and gone down the hall to Meggie's room, she was still screaming. He pushed through the door and saw his daughter, sat upright, her eyes wide, hair tangled. "Hey, Megs... Princess, are you Okay?" She looked up at Blaine, still crying, and let out a noise of relief.
"D-Dada Bwaine!" She screamed, holding her arms out. Blaine was over there in moments, cradling her close to him.
"Hey...it's Okay...what's wrong?" She shook her head, still bawling. "Megs, are you Okay?" She shook her head.
"Y-You and D-D-Dada Kurt not wake up!" Blaine rubbed her back comfortingly, still confused.
"What do you mean? Megs, we're both up..." She shook her head.
"I-I shake you, but you bweeding, like Beast, and you n-not wake up!" Blaine tried to think hard.
"Megs, you didn't shake us..." Hell, if she'd entered the room, she would have been scared for life... "Megs, seriously, why are you crying?"
"Megs!" Blaine looked up, and saw Kurt in the doorway. His husband was over in seconds, and taking Meggie into his arms. "Megs, sweetie, don't cry... did Daddy Blaine do something wrong?" Blaine rolled his eyes, as Meggie shook her head.
"You and Dada Bwaine dead!" She cried, starting to get hiccups from crying so much. Kurt looked over at Blaine confused. Blaine shrugged. Kurt looked back at Meggie, still confused.
"What do you mean? Megs, we're right here..." She shook her head violently.
"You both d-dead!" She screamed, obviously annoyed. "I-I don't want you t-to d-die!" Blaine and Kurt both looked at each other hopelessly.
"Alright, Megs...Megs, stop screaming." Blaine tried firmly. "Come on, me and Dada Kurt will stay the night if you want." She nodded finally, still hiccuping.
"C-Can you s-sing to me?" She asked in a quiet whisper.
"Of course. Just settle down, Okay?" Meggie nodded, finally lying back down, still whimpering. As Blaine laid himself down next to Meggie, he looked at Kurt worriedly. Kurt, not knowing what else to do, returned the look.
The next day, Meggie woke up, and giggled at Blaine.
"What you doing in my bed?" She asked. Blaine rubbed his eyes.
"What? You asked me to stay." She raised an eyebrow, before laughing at herself.
"No I didn't." Blaine sighed, too tired to argue. "Where Dada Kurt?"
"In bed." Which was where Blaine really wanted to be. "Look, I'm just gonna go and make sure he's Okay. Do you want to see if Liam's awake?" Meggie nodded, climbing over Blaine's stomach to drop off her bed. Just as she was running out the room, he added, "That does not mean wake him up, missy!"
"So she has no memory of last night?" Blaine shook his head. "What could that mean?"
"I dunno, Kurt. Maybe she's just too tired to remember it. Like, one night, when Sam was young, I woke up to go the bathroom, and I found her asleep, while sitting on the toilet-"
"Too much information, Blaine." Blaine rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, I had to get my Grandma Shirley to carry her back to bed. The next morning, she couldn't remember what happened." Kurt rose an eyebrow.
"I dunno... I mean, if I woke up in the middle of the night screaming, I'm pretty sure I'd remember it." Kurt snuggled into his pillow more. "Maybe you're right. She's only young, so maybe it won't happen again."
"Let's hope not," Blaine agreed. Slowly, a grin crossed across his face.
"What?" Kurt asked, feeling Blaine was going to be completely dorky.
"I've just remembered that Sam had a pair of pajama's like Meggie's." Kurt rose an eyebrow. "Yeah, Lion King pajama's with Simba on them."
"Right..."
"Those were the ones that Sam was wearing when I found her..." Blaine let out a laugh as Kurt mimed vomiting.
"Great, now I cannot look at either them pajama's, or your sister without that image in my head, Blaine."
Unfortunately, Kurt had been wrong.
"Blaine, Blaine, she's screaming again!" Blaine mumbled something.
"Right..." He yawned loudly.
"Do you want me to go get her?" Kurt asked sympathetically. Blaine nodded.
"I-I'll be up in a minute."
When Kurt got to Meggie's room, he found her much like Blaine had found her the other night. "Megs! Megs, it's Okay!" Megs didn't even look at him.
"N-NO!" She wailed. Kurt sat down opposite her, and tried to pull her into a hug. Meggie let out an ear-splitting shriek (And, wow, she could go high), and kicked out under her cover. Her foot hit Kurt's shin, causing him to hiss out in pain.
"Ouch! Meg, jeez, calm down! It's just me!" Meggie scrambled away from him, her eyes squeezed shut. "Megs, come on, calm down!" Kurt couldn't even hear himself think over the racket. He was pretty sure he heard Liam wake up, and he hoped that Blaine would take the hint, and go calm their son down. "Megs, stop screaming!" Kurt started to get a headache, and was suddenly nervous that he might lash out at Meggie like he had with Liam. And he did not want that.
Suddenly, she stopped screaming, almost immediately, and shut her eyes, not as tightly as before. She lay down, pulling the covers around her shoulders, and yawned, before she suddenly started dozing normally. Kurt blinked, not believing it. She'd been screaming - and then just lied down and carried on sleeping?
Confused as ever, he stood up, and started to leave, leaving the bedroom door shut in case.
"Morning Megs!" Kurt greeted cheerfully the next morning. Blaine, who was feeding Liam, grinned at Meggie. "So, how are you?" She nodded sleepily.
"Good." She pulled herself up on a kitchen chair next to Blaine.
"Are you sure? You were screaming pretty loud." She looked at Blaine in confusion.
"No," She shook her head. "What you mean?"
"Megs," Kurt said gently, sitting down next to her. "You woke up and started screaming last night. Can't you remember?" She shook her head, and frowned at her father.
"Are you lying?" She asked. Kurt shook his head. "But I did not wake up." Kurt shared a look with Blaine over his daughter's head.
"Well, Okay..." Turning to face his daughter, he put on another smile. "Why don't you bring down your juice cup, and I'll start making breakfast, okay?" She nodded, and went to go and retrieve her cup. The moment she was gone, Kurt slipped into Meggie's empty seat. "Blaine, I know I shouldn't, but I can't help it. I'm really worrying over her." Blaine nodded, his eyes on Liam, making sure the infant ate properly.
"Me too. I mean, what toddler starts screaming and then just goes back to sleeping normally?" Blaine sighed. "Kurt, I know you probably hate this idea, but I think we should take her to a Doctor." As Blaine expected, Kurt went stiff, and his face changed.
"She doesn't need to see a Doctor!" Kurt growled protectively. "She's perfectly normal! A few nightmares aren't going to change that..."
"But Kurt, they aren't just a few nightmares. With nightmares, she'd actually remember having a bad dream. Maybe not the exact details, but..."
"Blaine, she does not need to go to a Doctor! Are you saying that she's mental?" Blaine turned to face Kurt. Liam was already occupied with his spoon, and was studying it with great interest.
"Of course not Kurt! I love her, but if she is, say, narcoleptic..." Kurt glared at him. "Look, if there is something wrong, then we can see what it is now, and get it sorted." Meggie's footsteps became heard, and Kurt stood up quickly, as to not give away any details.
"Blaine, we're not taking her to a Doctor, and that is final!"
Of course, by the end of the week, it was still happening. Meggie had actually gone a few nights without any disruptions, but just when Kurt and Blaine seemed to think the problem was solved, she woke up, screaming worse then ever.
This time, Blaine went to go and check on her again. He sat down on his daughter's bed, and started rubbing her back. He noticed that her shirt was damp. Drawing his hand away, he looked closer at his daughter in the bad light, before stroking her hair. It, too, was extremely damp. She was sweating.
"Oh, Megs..." He brushed some of the curls away, and kissed her forehead. As with Kurt, she wailed louder, and clawed out at Blaine, narrowly missing his head. "Jesus, Megs..." He tried to take her hand, but she pulled away, wailing even louder.
"N-NO!" She shrieked. "NO!" Blaine sat there helplessly. He knew there was nothing he could do without being clawed in the face or kicked in the groin (which was very painful, obviously).
"Megs, it's Okay, just stop screaming..." And he knew that, with or without Kurt's permission, they were going to have to see a Doctor about this.
"Kurt, come on..."
"No!" Kurt hissed. "I am not taking her to a Doctor because there is nothing wrong with her." Blaine raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, Okay then, so, waking up in the middle of the night and screaming is completely right, I see..." Kurt's eyes narrowed. "Look, Kurt, I just want to make her better..."
"And seeing a Doctor about something pointless is going to help, is it?" Blaine sighed, and sat on the couch, feeling helpless.
"Kurt, please. I'm trying to help her." Kurt looked down at Blaine, and saw the pain in his eyes. "I don't enjoy going into her room, and seeing her screaming and kicking, and God knows what else... I'm pretty sure she doesn't really know why, but her vocal chords are really strained, Kurt. I tried watching The Little Mermaid with her, and she couldn't sing without coughing." Kurt sat down on the couch, opposite Blaine, and looked at his lap, his arms crossed. "I just want what's best for her."
"That's what the Doctor's said to my mother." Blaine blinked.
"Kurt?" He nodded.
"When my Mom went to the hospital, I had to watch the Doctor's stick needles in her, Dad was working... And I can just remember how much she tried to keep her tears in..." Kurt wiped at his eyes. Blaine shuffled closer to Kurt, and put an arm around him. Kurt laid his head on Blaine's shoulder, sniffling. "I really hate Doctor's. They told my Mom that she was ill with Cancer. They told her that there was still a chance... but they were w-w-wrong." Kurt couldn't help it; he started blubbering. "Blaine, apart from special occasions, like when M-Meggie and L-Liam were born, I avoid hospitals. If there's one on my way to work, I'll somehow try to avoid it, a-and..." Kurt broke off, but he didn't really need to say much more. Blaine understood.
"Oh, Kurt..."
"A-After all the bad things that c-c-come from hospitals in my life," Kurt managed. "My Mom dying, Dad's heart attack, Finn broke his leg, a-a-and you were in hospital when y-y-you were younger..." He wiped his eyes. "Blaine, I don't want to see a Doctor. I l-love Meggie, but... I don't want there to be anything wrong with her..." Blaine nodded.
"Kurt, it's Okay, I understand," He said. "I mean, everyone thinks that their children are perfect... which ours are..." Kurt gave a watery chuckle. "But I just want to stop this from becoming a habit." Pausing so that Kurt could nuzzle into Blaine even closer, he let out a deep breath. "If you want, I can go alone with her."
"R-Really?" Kurt asked.
"Yes. Of course. You can stay here and look after Liam, but if you really can't, then I'll go alone." There was a silence, as Kurt blew his nose on a nearby tissue, and Blaine shifted so that they were both snuggled up comfortably on the sofa.
"Thank You."
"Ah, hello!" Blaine smiled hopefully at the doctor, who was sitting in a desk chair, typing into a computer. "Mr Hummel-Anderson, yes?" Blaine nodded. "Well, come in, sit down!" Blaine squeezed Meggie's hand, and sat her down in Blaine's lap, in a chair nearest to the Doctor. She smiled prettily up at him, and he smiled back. "Is this your daughter?" Blaine nodded, almost proudly. "Well, she looks like you..."
"Her name's Meggie," Blaine informed him, feeling a little uncomfortable in the leather chair. "And she's three." The Doctor nodded.
"Good to know." Turning away from his computer, he faced them both. "So, apparently she's having trouble sleeping?" Blaine nodded. "In what way? When did it start?"
"Well, it was kind of a week ago," Blaine told him. "And she woke me and my hus- I mean, partner, up. She was kind of screaming, and when we went to see her, she just kept screaming." The Doctor frowned, which made Blaine feel a little sinking in his stomach.
"Hmmm..." Scribbling this down, he nodded for Blaine to carry on.
"When me and my partner asked her about it the next day, she said she couldn't remember." The Doctor turned to face Meggie, who was squirming around, taking in her surroundings.
"So, Meggie," He said to her, his tone friendly. He even had a smile on his face. "Your Daddy says that you don't remember this, correct?" She nodded seriously, her bunches wiggling up and down. "Have you been feeling tired at all?"
"Yup." She nodded again. "A wittle. But not too much."
"Interesting." The Doctor smiled at her even more. "I have some toys over there. Do you want to play with them just while me and you Daddy talk?" She nodded, and slipped out of Blaine lap, going for a nearby princess doll. The Doctor faced Blaine, who was feeling slightly nervous. "Now, has she been saying anything while screaming?" Blaine nodded.
"She says "No" a lot. On the first night, she even said about me and my partner being dead..." Blaine looked over at Meggie. "The first night was Okay, but... I dunno, she seemed to calm down then. Every other night, she just kicked us and tried to get away from us." Blaine looked back at the Doctor, who was studying at him intently.
"Where's your partner now?"
"Oh, h- I mean, they're with our son. He's kind of four months old. Anyway, my partner doesn't really have a good past with Doctor's." The Doctor nodded, a smile almost ghosting his face. "We just want to know what we can do to stop this. I mean, it can't be normal to just start screaming, then go to sleep as if nothing happened, and not remember anything." The Doctor threw his pen down, and leaned back in his chair. Blaine felt the breath leave his body, as he waited for what seemed like forever to speak.
"Mr Hummel-Anderson, I think that your daughter is having what we call Night Terrors." Blaine finally breathed, relieved.
"Oh, really? It's just nightmares?" The Doctoe shook his head.
"Night Terrors," He corrected. "The difference is that she's not remembering them. And Night Terrors occur in Dreamless sleeps." The Doctor went back to his computer and touched something into it. "It's not really common, but they still happen. They happen often because of lack of sleep, so has Meggie been sleeping well apart from this? You mentioned a baby brother?" Blaine nodded.
"Well, yes, but he's been sleeping a lot more then keeping us up, and he never seemed to wake Meggie up either. I mean, we just shut the door in case." The Doctor raised an eyebrow.
"If you want my advice, you should start extending her naps. And maybe bathing her and relaxing her before her bedtime might work. You say that you managed to calm her down the first night?" Blaine nodded.
"Yeah. I sang to her, and she fell asleep." The Doctor clicked his fingers.
"Excellent. Reading to her and singing often works too, so try that before Bedtime, as well as lots of cuddling, and she might sleep through the night." The Doctor eyed Meggie for a moment, who was singing to the doll (or pretending to be the doll. Whichever it was, Blaine considered it cute). "And, although this may be hard, try waking her up fifteen minutes before she usually starts. If you change the sleep patturn, then the night terror may pass." Blaine nodded. "However, we must also say that if this occurs again, especially more and more often, it may be a sign of Narcolepsy." Blaine didn't look at the Doctor, only at Meggie.
"Thanks," His eyes flickered back to the Doctor. "I feel really stupid now, but thank you." The Doctor smiled.
"Your welcome."
Wow...
I'm so, so, so, so sorry! I was at a double sleepover with my friend, and she wouldn't let me go! So I wrote this in about two hours for you guys!
THE PURPLE PIANO PROJECT WAS AMAZING! AND BLAINE'S RENDITION OF "It's not unusual" was just... there are no words! A-And the Klaine moments... So perfect!
Has anyone heard the rumour about Blaine being a Junior? I have :( That could cause major problems for our boys... THEY HAVE TO GO TO NEW YORK, AND GET MARRIED, AND I'M OBSESSING!
Cannot wait till "I am Unicorn"!
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