( AUTHORS NOTE: I like sad things and touching moments too much, pity me. So, I promise that after this, things WILL get better; we'll start to see some Klaine, but only after they get slightly worse, just…trust me on this. Review if you liked it, if you didn't, if you have suggestions, or things you'd like to see, I'm always open to new ideas!)

Kurt and Mercedes stayed out in the hallway, and finally, Mary and an extremely drained looking James exited the room. Kurt slowly entered, but Mercedes followed the Andersons out. He walked in to see Blaine curled around his sister, his good arm holding tightly around her waist, and she was stroking his hair.

"He's asleep" Katie whispered and beckoned for Kurt to come in. He stepped in closer and closer until he was right beside the bed. Even in his sleep, Blaine's eyes were red and puffy, his face was blotchy and his nose was pink.

"Did he say anything?" Kurt asked "about what happened…who did it?"

"No."Katie said flatly "he just cried. This is the scariest thing that's happened since the last time, Kurt." She said softly "It seems worse than before, like he's irreparable."

"No, don't say that, of course he is." Kurt said through shaky breaths.

"He's like a vase twice broken," she said slowly "we managed to put him back together once, but this time…it's going to take a lot more than superglue."

"I'll be there, I'll help." Kurt said

"I know you will, baby" Katie said and pulled him down by the sleeve of his shirt to kiss him lightly on the tip of his nose.

"Now, go get some sleep, I know you'll be back tomorrow." She offered him a small smile. Kurt slowly reached his hand out and brushed a stray curl out of Blaine's face.

Kurt was numb the entire car ride home. He didn't turn the radio on, he didn't hum to himself, he barely even thought aside from the directions back to his house. He parked in the drive way, took the keys out of the ignition, opened the door, stepped out of the car and went up to his house. He sat on the couch in his living room and pictured Blaine's face as he sobbed into Katie's shoulder until he couldn't take it anymore. He jumped off the couch and quickly climbed the stairs up to his dad's room. Kurt knelt by the side of the bed Carole slept on, he reached out to touch one of the hands she kept folded by her head and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Kurt, honey, what's the matter?" she whispered sleepily, Kurt looked at her with his big blue eyes filled with tears

"Mom" he croaked "Blaine's in the hospital" Carole climbed out of bed, careful not to rouse Burt. She sat on the couch with Kurt as he told her what happened.

If Burt Hummel was papa bear, then Carole was definitely mama bear. She had taken Kurt in as her own son the second she and Burt had began dating, and she would do anything for her boys. Kurt hadn't had a mother in so long, he forgot what it was like to be held and comforted and told everything was going to be alright, even when it seemed the world was crashing down around you.

Carole held Kurt in her arms on the couch in their living room. She smoothed back his hair and kissed his forehead.

"He was always th-the one who h-helped me" Kurt tried to say "I d-don't know wh-what to do."

"Do what he did for you, sweetie. Be there for him." She said "everything's going to be okay, it may take time, but Kurt, he'll be okay." Kurt nodded despite how bleak the situation seemed at the moment. He had to try to get Blaine through this. He would get Blaine through this. He sat up and wiped his eyes, Carole took his face in her hands

"I'm always here when you need me." She said "whenever." And kissed his forehead. Kurt went down to his basement bedroom and changed quickly into his pajamas. He climbed into the bed and curled up around the blankets.

Blaine groaned in his sleep, and Katie looked down at him. He slowly opened her eyes and she prepared herself for more tears. But instead of crying again he just looked extremely disappointed

"Did…did Kurt see that?" he asked in a hoarse voice, Katie pushed his curls away from his face

"He did." Blaine closed his eyes and frowned "Baby, you took care of him before, you know he'll do the same."

"But, I'm supposed to be strong for him" Blaine said sadly, Katie smiled slightly at him "you don't need to be anything for anybody right now."

Kurt woke up early the next morning, he got dressed in a simple t-shirt and jeans, there was no point in even trying to look good today. He went upstairs where Carole was in the kitchen, cooking breakfast.

"Happy birthday, honey!" she said cheerfully and hugged him, he hugged her back softly and sat down at the counter to eat. As much as he just wanted to run off to the hospital, he knew there would be no proper comforting without coffee. Carole poured him a cup and set it in front of him. Finn and Burt came down the stairs, smiling brightly at him

"Happy birthday!" they chorused, they had no idea what had happened, seeing as Kurt had snuck out at 12:30 when he got the call from Mercedes.

"Why the long face?" Burt asked, Kurt just gazed up at him and sighed

"Blaine's in the hospital" he reported, Burt's face fell

"What? Why?" Finn asked

"He was jumped outside of CVS the other night, if Mercedes wasn't with him…" he trailed off, unwilling to say it. Burt rubbed a hand over his face

"Why was he jumped?" Burt asked, already knowing the answer

"Why else, dad?" Kurt snapped "why was I put in the situation I was in, why did Blaine end up in the hospital in freshman year? Because people are ignorant." Finn looked angry, Carole looked sad and Burt looked disappointed.

"Anyway, I'm going to see him now." Kurt said, picking up his coffee cup up and began to walk to the door.

"Kurt! You have to eat something!" Carole called, he turned around

"I lost my apitite." He said and grabbed the car keys off the hook.

He arrived at the hospital and the receptionist directed him to Blaine's room. He walked in to see Katie slowly easing off the bed. She put her finger up to her mouth the universal symbol for "shh" she walked over to Kurt.

"I knew you'd come…mind if I go home for a while, just to change and stuff?" she asked

"No, go ahead, I got my coffee, I'll stay with him." Katie smiled at him and left the room. Kurt pulled one of the chairs over so it was right next to Blaine's bedside, he just prayed Blaine wouldn't wake up crying again, he didn't think he could handle it. Kurt sat, just watching Blaine for a while, he looked peaceful, just sleeping there. He looked paler than usual…but that was probably just compared to the dark purple bruises on his face. Kurt sucked in a breath as Blaine tried to roll over, groaned, and opened his eyes.