Lima, Ohio
Burt Hummel stays home lately. Lying in the the bed the once belong to his son. He refuses to go to work. He ponders of why his son left, with no note, no warning. Silently he sobs into the pillow. The vanilla scent and the mystery scent that just belong to Kurt was slowly fading. Burt tries his hardest to preserve the scent. He already forgotten the sound of his son's voice. It has been four months since he last saw his own baby boy.
"Burt, honey you need to eat. You need to keep up your energy and keep up your health." Carole silently pleads with her husband. "Think of Kurt he would want you to be healthy. He stills cares about you." She watches her beloved husband cry his heart out. Her heart still breaks every time she thinks of what happened over the past months. Though Kurt is not her biological so, she still loves him. She know that Finn still beats himself up and rest of the New Direction have fallen apart. All she got from Burt was a grunt and the he rolled away from the door to face the wall.
Shuffling feet could be hear through the Hummel's household. The house that was once a lively place and full of life, is now a place the is full sadness and sorrow. A place the feels so dead like. Finn comes out of his room only to go to school, and the only reason he continues to go to school is to make sure he makes Kurt proud of him. He shuffles his way down and out the front door. He no one longer has any sort of appetite so what would good would it do if he went into the kitchen.
Slowly Finn trudges to school, not wanting drive. He would be totally reckless behind the wheel. Staring at his feet, Finn kicks a rock along the way. Finn tries to think of what happen to cause Kurt to take off like he did. As he approached school the, he glanced up to ensure he gets to the doors. Everything has calm down since Kurt disappearances. For while there the whole seem lifeless but now it is back to the normalcy that is use to be. Well except for the Glee club.
The only good thing that came out of any of this is that Karofsky transferred school, but it was still his fault that caused Kurt absence. The other bullies have calm down immensely. Even though there were still slushy facials there were no more locker slams. Plus people learned to leave Finn alone after one of the jocks laughed on how much of a fairy Kurt was and he was glad to no longer worrying about someone perving on him. Finn not only knocked the guy out but also knocked out some of the jock's teeth.
Upon entering the choir room, which still hold a sanctuary for the most part, everyone was still sullen. Tina and Mike sat together in silence still holding hands while Santana and Brittney embraced each other. Holding on for dear life not wanting the other one disappear. Sam holds on the Quinn's hand whilst gently consoling the girl. As Quinn had another breakdown for she hope that Kurt would return to them soon. As usual Mercedes had skipped out on Glee club. Even though she wants to be there, it just brings her more heartache that her "Boo" isn't there. Artie and Puck are sitting next to each discussing the usual of where Kurt could be hiding. Mr. Schue stays in his office feeling guilty for not figuring out that there was something so wrong that one of his students disappeared. The only person that didn't seem to affect was Rachel. For she was up front trying her hardest to get people to sing.
"Come on guys we need to get ready for Sectionals. Kurt would want us to continue to sing even though he is not here." Rachel begged "I found the perfect song to showcase my voice and it will surely get us first place." She prepared herself as music started to play.
Here's the thing
We started out friends
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone
You're dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah, yeah
Since you been gone
"Shut the hell up you stupid Hobbit!" Yelled Santana "Can't you see no one wants to sing. Ever since Hummel gone MIA no one really cares!"
"Well excuse me for wanting to distract people with some good music." Rachel yelled back.
"Rachel, shut up!" A voice came from behind Rachel. Turning, Rachel notice that those words came from one person. The one person who rarely says anything anymore. Finn glared at the small brunette and the proceeded out of the choir room.
"Way to go Yentle you upset Frankenteen." Sneered Santana. Everyone look at Rachel and just shook their heads in disappointment. Looking down, a single tear rolled down Rachel's cheek. Nothing has been the same without Kurt. It was then that Rachel understood that Kurt was the lynchpin of the group. He held everything together. He would have known on how to handle the situation better.
But where was Kurt?