ONE MONTH LATER
Kurt walks into the hospital, through the same doors he's entered countless times this past month. With him he brings his sketchbook from the bridal shop. Mercedes is on maternity leave, and she's been very bored, so she sketched a few dresses for Kurt to look over.
Kurt knew Mercedes wasn't serious about these designs; she was just trying to distract him from his current problems.
Kurt walks by the admissions desk, waving at Quinn, who is now a secretary there at the hospital.
"Hey Kurt," Quinn says, getting out of her chair to hug him, "how are you doing today?"
Kurt hugs her back, sighing, "Oh. Same old, same old." Kurt takes a step back so he can see her face. "How is Amanda doing?"
Amanda is Quinn and Noah's daughter. They married ten years earlier and just had Amanda three years ago.
"She's doing good." Quinn says with a smile, remembering Amanda and Noah running around their apartment playing tag the night before. "How is Kayla doing in school?"
Kurt sighs sadly, "Still not very well I'm afraid. This whole thing has hit her pretty hard. But how else would it hit her?" Kurt says with a sad smile.
The phone rings, causing Quinn to say, "I better get back to work. Noah and I will be sure to visit soon." Patting Kurt's cheek, she walks back to her station to answer the phone.
Kurt waves and continues his trek up to the hospital room.
He boards the elevator with an older couple that gets off a floor ahead of him, leaving him alone with his thoughts for the short ride to the next floor.
He finally reaches the next floor, trying to contain the emotions that threaten to emerge at any moment.
Pausing outside of the hospital room, he taking a deep breath before entering, trying to ready himself for what he's about to see. No matter how many times he has been here, it hits him like a ton of bricks when he walks through the door.
After a moment, he pushes open the door, his breath catching in his throat at the sight that greets him there. He steps inside, closing the door softly. Looking over at the bed his eyes well up with tears at what he sees.
Belle lays there, tubes coming out of her small, fragile body. She has been in a coma since her and Burt's accident a month ago.
After they left the coffee shop, Belle begged her Grandpa to take her for ice cream. Burt, quickly giving in, dropped Carole off at home before going to the store.
They were about a block away from the store when they were hit on the passenger side by a drunk driver that sped through a stop sign.
Someone, seeing the accident, called 911 immediately. The ambulance arrived in five minutes, along with a few police cars and a fire truck.
They cut them out of the car using the Jaws of Life. Burt floated in and out of consciousness, hearing the paramedic's tending to Belle and himself.
The last thing hears before floating back into unconsciousness is, "We're losing her!"
Burt would wake up two days later in the hospital with a broken arm and two broken ribs, being watched by Carole, Finn and Rachel.
"Where's Belle?" These are the first words that come out of Burt's mouth.
Carole calls in the doctor, promising Burt she'll explain once he's been checked out.
The doctor says he's stable considering the trauma he's been through. With that diagnosis, the doctor leaves them alone to catch up Burt on the events of the past few days.
"Where's everyone else? Is Belle ok?" Burt says quickly, causing his family to look at each other.
"Burt," Carole says with tears running down her cheeks, "Belle has been unconscious since the accident." She gets out of her chair, grabbing Burt's hand and holding it to her lips.
Burt cries openly for the first time since his first wife died. He tries to hide his face with his hand, but it's shaking so much, it doesn't help much.
He's still sobbing uncontrollably as the door is pushed open, with Kurt running inside the room.
"Dad!" Kurt says as he gently throws his arms around his father. "I was so worried about you."
Behind him, a very tired looking Blaine, Kayla and Barbra enter the room.
Kayla and Barbra, seeing their grandfather awake and talking, also run to the bed, hugging him close.
Blaine walks over slowly, having to remember how to move through this fog that has left him feeling numb. He was glad Burt was ok, but he was still plagued by the sadness that his little girl was down the hall, unconscious.
Kurt turns, seeing his husband's sad eyes, and – CLICK!
Kurt is snapped out of his flashback by a nurse entering into Belle's room.
"Hello Mr. Hummel-Anderson!" she says brightly.
"Any changes?" Kurt asks with a hopeful voice.
"No, but she hasn't gotten any worse either. That's a good sign." The nurse says with a sad smile. Kurt has seen this exact look on every person's face since the accident.
Kurt sighs, pulling out his phone to text Blaine.
No change. She's still stable though. That's a good thing. See you when you get here. Xoxo, K.
Kurt quickly sends the text, as not to be rude to the nurse still in the room.
Blaine isn't able to make his own schedule like Kurt, so he's not able to come as often as Kurt to visit their daughter.
"Just page me if you need anything." The nurse says with a smile as she leaves the room.
Kurt nods, sitting down in the chair next to Belle's bed, as he's done so many times before.
He pulls out his sketchbook, looking at the designs Mercedes has drawn for him.
"These aren't half bad, Belle." Kurt says. He talks to Belle when he visits, even though she can't hear him. He tells her about his day, and what Blaine and Kayla have been up to.
"Kayla misses you, pumpkin. She wrote another song for you yesterday." Kurt thinks back to the night before when he stood outside of Kayla's room, listening to her sing. Her voice was so full of raw emotion and sadness.
"Daddy B is going to be here a little earlier than usual tonight. So you won't have to listen to my ramblings for much longer." Kurt says with a sniff. "I just miss you so much, baby." He puts down his sketchbook so he can hold Belle's right hand, which doesn't have an IV in it.
He begins to cry all of the tears he has been holding in all day. He cries for the little girl he has lost, and for the sadness and pain it has caused his other baby girl. He doesn't know how much time has passed, and he doesn't care.
*Blaine POV*
Blaine reaches the door to Belle's hospital room, and just as he is about to open the door, he hears loud sobs coming from inside.
Blaine quickly opens the door to find his husband crying into Belle's side.
It's like someone punched Blaine in the stomach. He can't stand to see the man he loves be in such pain. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon to find Kurt in Belle's room at home, curled up on her bed, his body being racked with sobs.
Blaine tries to push through the wave of sadness as he walks into Belle's hospital room.
He walks over to his husband, wrapping his slender, shaking body in his strong arms.
"Shh. Baby, it's going to be okay. " Blaine whispers in Kurt's ear.
"No it's not Blaine!" Kurt screeches, pulling away from Blaine. This causes Blaine to jump a little. "Our baby girl could die! And what if she wakes up with some kind of brain damage? Blaine, things are not okay!"
Tears form in Blaine's eyes as he tries to calm down his frantic husband. "Sweetie, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. For now, we just have to keep ourselves sane, okay?"
Kurt nods, burying his face in Blaine's neck.
Blaine pulls Kurt closer, humming in his ear.
Kurt recognizes the song, and sings the last line.
"Our love is all we need to make it through."
Blaine silently wishes this is true.