starstrukkxxx: teehee, thank youuu ^^ would be quite nice to hug Blaine/Darren, have to admit XD
A/N: OK, a new chapter is here! Most probably there's one more to come ^^
When I woke up, I was actually surprised. I had slept the night through, with no dreams. I turned my alarm off, stretched my arms. The morning was sunny, I opened the curtains and welcomed the new day. It wasn't too often that I felt ready to meet the new day, usually I was tired and sleepy. I decided to text Kurt, I didn't know if he was already awake but at least he'd have a good start.
"Good morning! ^_^ Look outside, there's a brilliant day on it's way! Meet you after school :)" I wrote and sent the message. I smiled wide, it really was nice to have a good feeling about something for a change.
"Morning! It's really gorgeous out there, I almost feel like going for a walk instead of school! Yap, see you then. :)" Kurt answered before I had even time to take my pyjamas off. His answer made me smile even more, a huge amount of happiness ruled my body right now.
Not even seeing the school building could crush my spirit. I knew that I had biology first but it was cool. Curt was sharing the lesson with me, he sat next to me. Actually he was one of the closest Warblers to me, which was kind of funny, taken that his name was so close to Kurt's.
"Hey Blaine, how was your weekend?" Curt asked as we sat down.
"Quite OK, I'd say. Well, Everett told that he and Brenda broke up, but he's cool with it. I told Kurt The thing," I stated quietly, looked around us. Most probably no one else was listening.
"You did? How did he react?" Curt asked. I started explaining pretty much the same way I had told to Everett, but I had to write the rest down, Ms. Gonsalves entered and I guessed she wouldn't have appreciated me speaking.
Curt reacted pretty much the same way Everett had, he was just a bit more excited.
"Should I ask Kurt?" he asked, his eyes sparkled.
"No, I don't think you should. I mean, I would love to know but I'd want to be the first to know," I stated.
"I totally understand, but I can't deny that I wouldn't love to know also," he smiled. I returned the gesture and changed the subject. As a matter of fact, we probably should've stopped it and concentrated on the subject called biology. Too bad that the genealogy wasn't too interesting this time.
I was kind of nervous, I believed Kurt too was at least a bit concerned. I really wished for the best, I didn't know how we'd survive if he decided to choose not dating me. We had survived it the other way around but Kurt had always been different from me. He was a lot braver, he could act pretty normal after the confession. After a while I had even forgotten all about it. I didn't know if I could do the same.
"Blaine, wake up, we should get out of the classroom, unless you want to it all of the break here," I heard Curt's voice from next to me.
"Oh, really? Sorry, I was just thinking about... things," I said, tried to collect my things fast and get up.
"About a person, maybe?" Curt suggested and winked his eye on me, I maybe blushed a bit. "No need to say anything else."
I was lucky enough to have Curt sharing almost every single lesson I had today, he was looking after me. I was a bit disoriented, couldn't deny that. The mathematics were hard enough even with me able to concentrate in counting things, this was even more terrible. I managed to keep on going, faked an interested look on my face and took my pencil on my hand.
The day went by fast, I kept daydreaming about Kurt. It didn't take long to realize that I was already on my English class, the last one for today. We had agreed on meeting at Lima Beans, afterwards we could go somewhere else, maybe our place or Kurt's. I was still all smily after the morning, I had a good feeling about today. Probably I'd even dare to ask Kurt if he had already come to a conclusion.
At the middle of the class I got scared, my phone buzzed on my pocket. Someone was going to call me, I sneaked the mobile out of my pocket and tried to find out who the caller was. Unfortunately I didn't recognize the number, and anyway I was in the middle of the class. There was no way I could just jump up and get to the corridor to receive the call, I wasn't even supposed to have my mobile turned on during class! The caller was persistent, he or she called three times before giving up.
After a short while my mobile buzzed twice; I had received a text message. I looked at Mr. Connor and tried to valuate if he was capable of noticing me checking my mobile, but it seemed like he was concentrated enough in Edgar Allan Poe. I had actually read the book he was talking about, and not too long ago, I still remembered almost all he talked about. I took my mobile to my pencil case and hoped that I wouldn't receive another call or message.
"Blaine, call me as soon as you can. It's about Everett. -Mika," I read the message.
For a while I was thinking who the hell was Mika, but then I remembered that he was one of Everett's football-friends. I was a bit ashamed that I still didn't remember the names of his team-mates. I hated playing football myself, but it was fun to look at, I had seen quite many of Everett's games. I had no idea how this Mika looked like, but well, apparently he knew at least something of me.
I took a look on the watch, there was still about twenty minutes of this lesson. Was it something urgent? What could've been so urgent that someone tried to call me three times and then sent me a message asking to call back? I tried to think what I should do, if I should ask for a permission to get out of the class. Maybe I could use the toilet? No, it was too translucent. Also, I couldn't say that I'd received a message saying that I should call back as soon as possible, I'd probably get kicked out of the class, get expelled for a few days, maybe. Dalton had it's rules and they were really strict.
Then again, if it really was something urgent, would I ever forgive myself if these twenty minutes would be the conclusive ones? What if a car had hit Everett and he was barely alive? What if Everett had been kidnapped? What if he had eaten something rotten and was about to pass away for good? Maybe it would be nothing that dramatic, but how could I know?
I kept on thinking for five whole minutes, it was like sitting on burning coals. I was just about to ask for permission to go to the toilet, when I started looking around. The others looked a bit restless too, Mr. Connor looked a bit like he was about to end the lesson. Were we about to get to go early tonight? I looked at Wes, he answered with a concerned look.
"Is all good?" Wes whispered.
"I don't know. Is he ending the class?" I asked.
"Yes, in a few minutes," he answered.
"I'll explain soon," I replied and concentrated on keeping my butt on the chair.
I was really worried after I got out of the classroom, I took my mobile on my hand and dialed Mika's number.
"Someone called, it's about Everett," I said to Wes and walked a few steps away. Mika answered almost immediately, he didn't sound too calm.
"The hell dude, where have you been? I tried to call you three times!" he said to the phone.
"At class. What is it, is Everett OK?" I asked.
"Honestly, I don't know. They're examining him now. Get your ass to the hospital, now. No one knows what it is, it could be nothing but well...," Mika said and didn't end his sentence.
I took some backup from the wall, it was hard to breath. I looked at Wes, worried.
"I'll get there as soon as I can," I said and ended the call.
Wes looked at me, not saying a word after I had put my mobile to my bag. My hands were trembling hard, I felt all shaky.
"Everett's at the hospital. I'll go there," I briefly said.
"Why? Is everything OK?" Wes asked and lifted his hand on my shoulder.
"Well, apparently no. I don't know what has happened, it might be even nothing serious. But I'll go now," I repeated.
"Hey, don't you move yet," Wes said and took a firm grip of me as I tried to walk away. "How are you planning to go there?"
"By car?" I said, how else would I be able to get to the hospital?
"By driving a car? You're not driving, I'm taking you there. I can bring you back later to get your car but right now you're not in a condition for driving," Wes said. I tried to smile at him but failed, I simply nodded.
Actually it was a good idea to let Wes drive, I had to admit that I was way too worried to pay any attention to my surroundings. Had I driven, it would've been supposable that I'd end up going to the hospital in an ambulance. While Wes was driving, I tried to call Kurt. I thought of what he had said, it was possible that he was still on a lesson. At least he didn't answer.
"Come to the hospital as soon as you can get, please," I texted him briefly, hoped that he'd get my message and come as quickly as possible. It was really nice that Wes was there for me but well, it wasn't the same and we both knew it.
I put the mobile to my bag and looked back up. To my great surprise, we were already quite close. Maybe I had fallen to my thoughts for a while, or Wes was just driving fast. He glanced at me every once in a while but said nothing, there really was nothing to be said.
I rushed up the little hill as Wes had parked the car, he followed me a few footsteps behind. I opened the door and looked around, I recognized no one and had no idea where to go.
"Should we ask from the reception?" Wes suggested. I turned my head to him, I already had forgotten about him being there.
"Oh yes, we should," I answered and went to the desk. The lady turned to me with a smile on her face, I almost wanted to tell her to stop, there was no reason to smile now!
"Hello, where is Everett Anderson? Is he OK?" I asked.
"And who are you?" she asked while checking some papers.
"His brother," I replied, Wes told that he was just a concerned friend.
"The doctor is seeing him right now, I'm sorry but I know nothing more of his situation. If you would please get closer to Examination room 3, that's where he is now," she said.
I didn't know if she had something more to say, I already walked.
"Blaine, turn around, another direction!" Wes noted. I turned on my heels and walked fast.
Soon I noticed a familiar face, I assumed that it was Mika. Also some others from the football-team were there.
"Hey Blaine, I'm so sorry," Mika started and walked towards me, everything else he said went past my ears, did that mean that Everett had already died? Wasn't that how you started condolences?
I noticed that Mika was staring at me, I shook my head and decided to try to listen. I had a bad feeling on my stomach but it was best to hear what I had to say.
"Sorry, what did you say?" I apologized.
"That I'm sorry that I maybe over-reacted a bit. Turns out that Everett is most possibly OK, he does have a broken arm but so far it's nothing more," Mika explained.
I looked at him with a dumb look on my face, this sounded good!
"So his alive?" I asked.
"Very much. And he's conscious already. We were practicing, we hit each other pretty hard with some other guys, Everett made a strange sound and fell silent. He was at the bottom of our pile, he didn't get up when we did, he was unconscious. We couldn't wake him up so we called an ambulance," Mika explained.
"How do you know he's okay?" I asked.
"The doctor went out for a while some time ago, we asked. So far it's nothing else, but they're checking a few things. They are moving him soon, I suppose, he has to stay here until tomorrow," Mika continued.
I breathed out and emptied my lungs properly, this was a relief. I was so happy to hear that he was mostly in shape.
"Can I go in?" I asked.
"Ask the doctor, not me," Mika adviced me.
I knocked and opened the door, the doctor and nurse both looked at me.
"Hello, I'm Everett's brother, can I come in?" I asked.
"Hi Blaine, I'm alright, no worries," Everett said as I caught his eye.
"Do enter, young man. Seems like we are all good here, except for the broken arm. I suppose you just hit your head quite a bit when you fell, we need to control you until tomorrow. If nothing comes up, you're then free to go home," the doctor said, shook hands with me and left the room.
"I'll come back soon, we'll get you to another room, I'm just going to prepare it," the nurse said and followed the doctor.
I looked at Everett, took a chair closer to his bed and sat down. Everett was pretty much as usual, his hand was already plastered but otherwise there was nothing new.
"You better know that you scared the shit out of me. Or actually Mika did, I thought that you were about to die or something really close," I told Everett and actually even laughed a bit.
Everett looked at me and laughed as well.
"He is always like that, I'm afraid. And well, I don't blame him, sounds like they really tried to wake me up," he said.
I was just about to reply something when the door was opened fiercely. I stood up and turned to the door just in time to see Kurt storm into the room. He looked at me, then at Everett and back to me, rushed the few steps close and hugged me. His arms were almost hurting me, his grip was very powerful.
"Kurt, everything is good, Everett has a broken arm and he has to stay in until tomorrow but otherwise he's okay," I told as Kurt didn't apparently even think about letting go. I pat his back, tried to calm him down.
Suddenly he let go a bit, grabbed my arms instead and looked deep into my eyes. They were almost watery, he pressed his forehead to mine.
"You have no idea how scared I got. The message didn't tell that much and you didn't answer your phone, tried to call like a thousand times!" Kurt said quietly. I realized that my mobile was still on my bag and the bag itself was probably at Wes' car.
"Well, I was scared too. I thought that Everett was about to die, or something else really serious. I forgot my phone on the bag and the bag is at Wes' car," I told.
"I know. But I'm happy that you're almost good, a broken arm isn't too bad, even though it's going to keep you from playing for a while," Kurt said and turned his face to Everett.
Everett kept looking at us before he said anything, I thought he had lost his ability to speak. I could've sworn that he winked his eye at me, but probably it was just my imagination. This had been a rough experience, for everyone. I was happy that everything was about good now.