Summary: Kurt is confronted about his actions by an unexpected source. At the same time, Blaine and Sebastian's friends try to help Sebastian by keeping the mood light while they wait for Blaine to wake up.

Note: After a comment on a different story, I feel the need to once again give this reminder. This is Kurt unfriendly, very unfriendly, and will most likely get worse. Please note (again) that I would have written this character as a crazy, blackmailing ex regardless. If this stops you from reading any further, thank you for coming this far with me.

Warning: Talk of a past hate crime. Threats of violence (Lima Heights, not Fight Club)

Friday, 5PM

"Puck should be here soon" Jeff told the room as he came in carrying a box full of sandwiches.

"Wait, does that mean after 13 fucking hours Hummel finally got the clue to leave?" David asked in disbelief "That no one was letting him near Blaine, or for that matter Sebastian? Why now?"

"Two words…Rachel Berry."

"Damn, they called in the big guns. Although I'm surprised his dad didn't come get him."

"Burt is in DC. There was a vote he had to be there for" Sam explained. "And I can't believe they called in Rachel either."

"You didn't know?"

"No, I turned off my phone when the New Directions kept calling."

Wes pulled out his phone and handed it to Sam "Well, that explains these texts from my sister checking on you."

"Oh shit!" Sam began to panic, not knowing what to do "We're supposed to have our first date tonight." He let out a huff and then slunk back into his chair "This time I actually screwed up the relationship before it even began. That took real talent…Why are you all laughing at me?"

"Sam, my sister knows you are here with Blaine and will have to reschedule. At some point just please call her so she won't come down here."

"Plus, the two of you were holding hands the entire party on New Year's Eve" Beat reminded him "Aren't you two like already in a relationship."

Sam smiled at the memory "That's the thing. We held hands during the party but didn't realize we were doing it until Tina pointed it out. I guess it was natural for us."

"B and I don't hold hands" Sebastian said as he entered the room and took a seat "I mean we have no issues with PDAs but we don't hold hands and I don't know why. His hands are so talented…" Sebastian stopped and laughed as his comment was met with eye rolls, groans and a chorus of TMI. "I was talking about his music, Dumb Asses. Although…"

Even though the doctors were encouraged with Blaine's progress, Sebastian hadn't thought about what would happen to their sex life if Blaine's hands didn't fully recover. Then he smiled one of his "Old Sebastian" smirks when he remembered that both he and Blaine were creative in that department, so they would be fine. There was only one problem. No one knew what Blaine's mental state would be when he woke up.

It didn't go unnoticed by the others how Sebastian went from smirk to stoic in an instant. Jeff decided it was his mission to lighten the mood in the room. Not only would it help Sebastian but the rest of them as well. The waiting had become excruciating. "Well, you want to know why you and Blaine don't hold hands, Sebastian?" Jeff teased "It's because your hands are always on the small of his back. You are constantly sliding them down to grab his ass every time you think none of us are looking."

All of the other guys nodded in agreement. "Jeff has a point" Sam said as he tried not to laugh at the expression of shock on Sebastian's face. It was pretty evident that he had thought no one noticed when he did that.

"Jeff has a point about what?" Puck asked as he had finally made it to the room.

"He basically said that Seb and Blaine don't hold hands because Seb always has his hands on Blaine's ass."

"Hell yeah, he does!" Puck further expressed his approval by giving a confused Sebastian a high-five before taking a seat next to Beat.

Beat shook his head but couldn't help but laugh "A sex high-five? Really, Puck?"

"Hey, I don't care if it's dude/girl, girl/girl or dude/dude. If one of my friends is getting sex on a regular basis, it's worth celebrating."

That was it. The entire room broke out in uncontrollable laughter, to the point where a nurse came in and told them to keep it down. Yeah, that only made it worse so she left in search of an adult to deal with the situation. Unfortunately for her, the adult she found was Cooper.

Those at the hospital were trying to remain optimistic but the tension in Kurt's Navigator was undeniable. Since Kurt had not slept in over 24 hours, Finn insisted on driving home and then left his truck for Puck. Kurt was too tired to argue, but then regretted the decision when he realized that meant they had room to take Rachel with them. He expected a two hour diatribe from his former roommate and supposed best friend, but got exactly the opposite.

"Just go to sleep, Kurt" she told him as she claimed the upfront passenger seat for herself "You're too tired and I'm too angry to talk about this now. I still can't believe that after everything we talked about when you were in New York, you went to the hospital. Oh, by the way, Santana is ready to go all Lima Heights on your ass."

"Rachel…"

"Go to sleep, Kurt."

She turned her attention to Finn, ignoring Kurt's two other attempts to get her attention. It pissed him off, but then he decided it was for the best. He really was that tired as well as being beyond frustrated that his plan had gone so wrong.

When he had overheard Puck talking on the phone with Santana, Kurt heard the opening he had been waiting for. He had screwed up at the dinner he had with Blaine and Sebastian, he admitted it. He had said things he hadn't meant to. Hell, he called Sebastian a slut to his face, and then called his mother one as well. How was he supposed to come back from that?

Blaine being in the hospital was perfect. He would show Sebastian how he was really a kind and loving person, even if he had to fake concern for his lying, cheating ex. If nothing else he could make nice with the Andersons, now that he knew how rich they really were, just in case he wound up with Blaine. But instead that bitch had slapped him and then had Cooper drag him away without letting him see Blaine or Sebastian. He had heard Sebastian crying and just wanted to make sure he was ok. Hopefully his vigil demonstrated how much he truly cared. Kurt knew he hadn't been asleep long when he heard Finn telling him to wake up. Once he got his eyes open, he looked around and saw that things were not as they should be "Why are we here and where is Rachel?"

"Over by the building" Kurt quickly noticed that Finn had skipped over the part asking why they were there "Let's get this over with."

Once they were inside the apartment building, it didn't take long for someone to answer Rachel's knock "Rachel? Boys? What are you doing here?" Emma Pillsbury asked.

"Sorry to bother you, Miss Pillsbury. May we speak with Mr. Schue?" Rachel requested while Finn and Kurt stood in back of her, feeling like they had been taken down to the principal's office.

"Yes. Please, everyone come in. And since you have all graduated, call me Emma."

Twenty minutes later, Rachel and Emma were sitting across from Will and Kurt, staring daggers at them while waiting for Finn to come back. Kurt knew to keep his mouth shut, but Will felt the need to try and explain.

"Em…" Emma gave him the hand and with that he thought it best to join Kurt in silence. It wasn't much longer until Finn came back and sat next to Will, appearing more flustered than usual.

"Did you get ahold of Puck?" Rachel asked.

"Yes. They put him in this room and I was able to have a conference call with him, Sam and Sugar. Oh, and Kitty came in at the end. Good luck with that one Mr. Schue. Although you should probably be more afraid of Sugar since she's Blaine's cousin and her dad could have you whacked or something like that."

"Great" Will mumbled. That was all he needed.

"Did anyone say you could speak William?" Emma spoke to him in a tone that none of them had heard before. It was actually a little frightening. Will was about to apologize, but then realized he would have to speak to do so, so he stopped. It was a good decision. "Finn, what did Noah have to say?" Her Miss Pillsbury voice was back, but the guys determined that they shouldn't test their luck.

"Um, ok, so now he knows that Kurt found out Blaine is in the hospital because he eavesdropped on his conversation with Santana…Yeah, I don't think I have ever heard him that pissed before. However, he said he'll let Santana handle it." He turned to his brother to assure Kurt got the seriousness of the situation "If she was pissed because you wouldn't leave the hospital, think of what she's going to do when she learns how you found out Blaine was there."

"I'm not afraid of her!" Kurt snapped. He didn't care that the others in the room were looking at him like he had lost his mind.

"Well, you should be" said Rachel "I don't know what's happened between them in the last couple of months, but Santana and Blaine are like best friends now. I'm talking Blaine and Sam or Finn and Puck best friends."

"What about Brittany?" Finn was confused about how all of this had happened without him knowing about it.

"Brittany's her girlfriend, it's different." Finn seemed to understand, so she moved on "Now, why is Noah letting Santana handle Kurt?"

"Um, he and Sam are actually more pissed at Will for telling the New Directions about Blaine when he was told not to. Not like I'm being a tattle-tale or anything, but I only told Will to explain why Kurt and I wouldn't be there to help with Glee today. Then I told him that Cooper said the Andersons didn't want the New Directions to know until they had more information. I think Cooper said that as a threat to me and Kurt, so he's probably going to pissed when he finds out too."

Emma looked directly at Will and very calmly asked "You told the New Directions about Blaine when Finn told you specifically that the Andersons didn't want them to know?"

"They're his friends as much as the Warblers are. They had the right to know."

Rachel, Finn and Kurt shot glances at each other, all of them silently begging for someone to figure out how to get the hell out of there. However, Emma took care of that when she told them she would talk to them later because right then she needed to talk to her fiancée. Alone.

Meanwhile at the hospital, the group had been moved to a larger room as Sugar, Kitty, Nick and Thad joined them. They had also been joined by Cooper as the designated adult that hospital administration insisted they have. Most of the staff were upset with the blatant bending of the rules for the over-privileged brats, but they didn't care. None of them were leaving until they knew Blaine was awake, even though most of them would not be able to see him.

Puck and Sam informed the group how Kurt and Mr. Schue found out Blaine was in the hospital. When Cooper stood up to leave he was quickly reminded that he was the quote/unquote adult, which caused them all to laugh and lighten the situation. Before the conversation could pick back up, they were joined by yet another visitor that Sebastian walked over to and greeted with a hug.

"Hey, Trent." Most of the others in the room were surprised, hell shocked, by this. Only a select few knew about the bond Sebastian and Trent had forged the night Sebastian found out Blaine was Wolverine.

"Hey, Seb. Hey, everyone. How is everything going?"

"We're still waiting" Sebastian told him as he went back to his seat.

"Ok, about that. I thought they weren't going to wake him up until tomorrow?"

"The swelling in his hands went down much faster than they thought it would" Sugar announced with both pride and relief "That was the only reason they were keeping him asleep. To protect his hands."

"That's great. Um, Seb, Cooper, can I talk to you guys for a minute out here?" The others in the room thought the request was strange, but knew if it was important they would be told.

"What did you want to talk to us about?" Sebastian asked when they were finally alone.

"Doug's here."

Cooper instantly started looking around "Where? He's got his guards, right?"

"Yes, he has his guards and Doug is with your parents. My mom asked if they would be willing to talk to him. He's really blaming himself for what happened to Blaine."

"He had nothing to do with whatever happened. It was his fucking brother."

"I know that Cooper, and you and Seb know that, but he doesn't. He told me that I could tell you two that his life at home has been crap for a long time, primarily because of his brother. Years of being told that everything wrong in your family is your fault can really screw up a person."

Sebastian reached over and put his arm around Trent "You, my friend, are going to be an awesome therapist, like your mom."

"Thanks, Seb. So, do you think it would be ok for Doug to come down to this waiting room? He knows the Warblers would be ok with it, but he's afraid of what Blaine's other friends might think."

"No, everyone with the exception of Kitty knows what happened with Doug, mostly because we had to explain all of the guards. The only problem I see is Sugar hugging him so tight that Duval gets jealous."

"Oh, so we didn't need to bring the bribes?"

"Bribes?" Cooper asked, but Sebastian knew exactly what Trent meant.

"Do not fuck with me Nixon. Tell me your mom baked cookies."

"Mom baked cookies and I have two coolers of milk as well. They're all with Doug." Trent had barely gotten the words out before Sebastian was pulling him down the hall.

Cooper was aware he was supposed to be keeping an eye on the kids, but he needed a moment so he got one of the men to cover him. Wes had told him about Jeff's whole Keep the mood as light as possible plan and it seemed to be working for the time being. He had even told his parents and uncle about it when they were contemplating whether or not to tell at least Sebastian, Sam and Sugar that the first attempt to wake Blaine had failed. They decided to go instead with the tried and true It's just taking longer than they thought excuse.

After he had cleared his head, Cooper called over his uncle's Head of Security "Where did he go, Dmitri?"

"Hummel, his brother and the Berry girl went back to Lima. They stopped at the apartment building where their choir teacher lives…"

"Schuster?"

"Yeah, Schuster. They stayed there for about an hour, then they went to a coffee shop called The Lima Bean and then Hummel's place. Vincent says Hummel and Berry are still there but Hudson and his mother are at a place called Breadstix. Ralphie is following them and he thinks he heard something about going to a movie."

"Thanks, Dmitri. Keep me posted." Cooper had been thrown by the stunt Kurt pulled. Sebastian had told him about the blackmail, but the guy sat downstairs for 13 hours. How did those two things go together? It didn't make sense. With the Westerville punks under control, he knew his focus had to switch to Lima. That was until they found out why Blaine did what he did.

Down in Lima, Vincent was in his car watching the silhouettes of a taller boy and shorter girl in the front window of the Hummel's home. It was obvious they were arguing due to the constant overdramatic arm flailing.

"Do you care how it made me look when I let you stay with me over New Year's holiday? How everyone from Glee Club chastised me for giving you another chance after what we found out after Sectionals?"

"It wasn't that bad, Rachel."

"Kurt, Mercedes called me and asked me if I had lost my fucking mind. Mercedes! I don't even want to know what she's going to say about the crap you pulled today."

"Well, I had to do something!"

"We talked about this. Blaine and Sebastian are together now, so you sitting in a hospital waiting room for 13 hours isn't some big romantic gesture. It's creepy, especially considering Blaine was unconscious the whole time. I know you still love him…"

"Oh for the love of god, I'm not in love with Blaine. I'm in love with Sebastian!"

Outside, Vincent got out of the car and tried not to be noticed as he walked over to the Hummel's. He wanted to get a closer look. From what he had seen, he couldn't figure out if the tall boy had killed the small girl or if she had just fainted. A few moments later, tall boy was helping her to the couch…so, fainted. It was probably nothing, but he decided to call Dmitri anyway.

When Dmitri told Cooper about Vincent's call, Cooper wasn't overly worried, not yet anyway. He went back in and laughed to himself at the sight of his brother's friends strung out around the room, in the most uncomfortable looking positions, trying to catch a few minutes of sleep before Blaine woke up. He hadn't had the heart to tell them about the now three failed attempts to wake him, but he also knew if this latest one didn't work he would have to. Damn, he wished they weren't out of cookies.

He was about to text his parents for an update when he heard the fast paced clicking of high heels coming down the hall. When he turned he saw Santana in the doorway with a huge smile on her face.

"Rise and shine, bitches. Our boy is awake!"

Saturday Morning, 8AM

"Good Morning Sleepy Head."

"What are you doing here, Doc?" Blaine asked as his therapist was not one of the people he had anticipated seeing when he awoke that morning "Where's everyone?"

"I'm not anyone? I'm hurt." Even though Dr. Shepard had only been seeing Blaine a few weeks, they had established a good rapport. He needed that be in the forefront because the two of them had issues to address that he was sure Blaine would rather avoid. Unfortunately, that was why now was the best time to do this "And your family and friends should be back around 10. They all finally went home last night to get some real sleep. I asked them not to come back too early because I thought we should talk first."

"I know what I did was stupid" Blaine told him as he motioned toward his hands, which were bandaged but now only elevated by pillows.

"Yes, it was, but I am less concerned with what you did and more concerned with why you did it."

"It doesn't matter, Doc."

He was obviously deflecting, but Dr. Shepard had anticipated this action "It matters very much, Blaine. You are extremely lucky that you didn't destroy your hands. You think that depression you are currently fighting is bad? Think what would have happened if you were never able to play music again. But in that moment, you weren't thinking, were you? You were feeling." Even though Blaine refused to answer him, the doctor forged ahead "You were feeling emotions that you didn't know how to handle. Blaine, what happened that you felt the need to punch that bag until your fists were raw?"

"Why don't you tell me, Doc? It sounds like you think you know why."

"Because you are the one that has to say it. Until you do, it's not real. You can deny it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen." Blaine shut his eyes and closed into himself. Dr. Shepard knew he was losing him. He had no choice but to go all in, even if he hadn't planned on going there this soon "Who's Tommy?"

Blaine opened his eyes, but they had hardened and were full of distain "Don't you ever say his name again!"

That's more like it, the therapist told himself. It was the first time Blaine had been honest with him that morning "Fine, then why did you throw the picture of your roommate's brother across the room?"

"No."

"Blaine…"

"I said no!"

"Blaine, how do you know your roommate's brother?"

Though he didn't mean to, Blaine blurted out "He and his two drug dealing buddies were the ones that hurt Tommy!"

"And?"

Blaine took a breath that seemed to calm him a bit. It was like he had suddenly become resigned to the fact that this was really happening. "And me. They were the ones that beat the shit out of us after the Sadie Hawkins dance."

Notes:

If the line "Blaine being in the hospital was perfect" makes you flashback to a particularly inappropriate canon moment from Season 2, and you were wondering "Did she do that on purpose?" the answer is YES…SHE…DID! (Ok, mini rant over)

I couldn't in good faith leave you without telling you why Blaine did what he did. I would love comments on whether you had figured it out. I felt I was pretty good at hiding the hints for the most part, until the last couple of chapters. It was like I put in a big neon sign flashing "They're the guys from Sadie Hawkins!" Also, this plot point will not take over the story, but it was something Blaine had to deal with if he truly was "Saving Myself" as the title states.

BTW, if I win big in Vegas, your next update will be later than anticipated :)