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Will woke with a groan as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Schuester?" Finn's voice answered, it sounded scared.
"Finn?" He sat up and glanced at the clock. It was midnight. "What's going on? Where are you?"
"At the hospital." Finn's voice shook. "Someone had to call you and tell you what happened."
"What happened?" Real worry filled Will's voice. "Why are you at the hospital Finn?" He tried to hide his fear.
"It's...K...Kurt Mr. Schu..."Will wanted to vomit. He knew Kurt was being tormented at school but to have things escalate to the point of him going to the hospital...
"It's really bad..."Finn was crying and Will braced himself. "Kurt was raped."
Will felt cold crawl inside of him.
"R...Raped?" His whole body trembled. My God...Kurt...raped...he never dreamed of this happening, one of his worst fears...Tears spilled from Will's eyes.
"He...was raped by K...Karfosky...I...saw him on t...top of Kurt...I tried to chase after him to beat the shit out of him...but I couldn't catch up and Kurt...needed help." Finn was crying, really crying. "Mr. Schu I'm scared...Kurt in ICU with my mom and his dad...he's been in there for hours and when I tried to touch him before he totally freaked out and started sobbing and whimpering...I never saw him so broken." He let the last word he said hang in the air.
Will could barely think straight.
"Thank you for calling me, Finn. I'll be over as soon as possible."
The drive to the hospital was a daze. Kurt...one of his own students was raped...He couldn't imagine the trauma the poor kid must be enduring. His knuckles tightened as he thought of Karfosky. But he pushed him out of his mind to focus on Kurt.
It was still a shock to him. A part of him felt like it was just a bad dream.
Almost in a trance like state he walked into the emergancy section of the hospital and found Finn with Rachel, both hugging each other. It was clear both had been crying.
They stood up when Will came in. Quickly he hugged both of them.
"Is Kurt...awake?"
Finn shook his head.
"No, but we saw him a few minutes ago," Rachel whispered. "He wouldn't let any males touch him, not even his own father...not even Finn."
Will nodded and swallowed.
"I'd like to see him...and your mom and his dad...they're with him right?"
Finn nodded.
"I'll show you," he said quietly. "It's...really only family, they made an exception for Rachel and they'll make one for you-Glee Club is family after all." Finn felt like he was rambling but he also felt like he had to keep on talking.
Will walked down the halls still praying that he'd wake up soon, that this was a nightmare.
He opened the door and found Burt and Carol both sitting by Kurt's bed. Will had tears in his eyes as he saw Kurt laying on the bed, his eyes closed and his arms connected to machines.
"Burt..."He said softly. "I'm so sorry this happened to your son."
"So am I," croaked Burt. "One of my worst fears was for Kurt to get attacked like this because of his sexuality...as a parent I tried to protect him-"
"You did a good job," Carol tried to assure him but he shook his head.
"It wasn't good enough! If I protected him like I should have we wouldn't be here!" Kurt let out a whimper at hearing the rising of a voice.
"Oh Kurt..." Burt had tears roll down his eyes. "I'm so so sorry.."His shoulders shook and he started to sob as Carol tried to comfort him. Will went over to Kurt, unsure of what to say or do so he tried to squeeze his hand, sending a comforting message in hopes Kurt wouldn't react to a man touching him. But Kurt jerked away and started to whimper some more.
"It's okay Kurt," said Will softly, his voice shaky. "It's okay...you're safe now. No one is ever going to hurt you again."
And he'd make damned sure of that, no matter what it took.
