There was a moment of silence before there was a loud pitched squeal. "KURT?!"

"Yeah... it's me,"

"Oh my god is it really you? We've been so worried! Mercedes and Tina are with me and we were going through these old photos because we thought we'd never see you again,"

"No you thought that Rachel," Another girl interrupted.

And a third girl in the background agreed "You were being paranoid, we just wanted Kurt safe, and we were so sick of worrying alone,"

"Anyway, we missed you and we were so scared something terrible had happened and…"

She went on to explain how pretty much everyone was upset and worried and she rambled on about him not answering her calls and having even her dads try call him and then the plan to call the police…boy she could talk.

"And so now Blaine, Finn, Puck and Wes are out looking for you…where are you Kurt, please…tell us where you are, whatever happened we want you back home, ever since Mercedes had gotten that text before we've been relieved but still so worried..."

"Wait what did you say Rachel?" Blaine was looking for him? Blaine was…but how could he be? He knows where Kurt is. He was just speaking to Blaine. Or was there another Blaine?

"I couldn't stop thinking about" But Kurt cut the girl off before she kept rambling on and on to nonsese "No something about Blaine,"

"He's out looking for you Kurt with Puck and Finn…and Wes,"

"He can't be…he's….he's gone to get some food,"

He was so confused. Why was everything not adding up? Who really was this Blaine guy? And why did everyone act like he was attached to this guy to the hips?

"Kurt…where are you?" Another voice asked. "He told you he was at a motel remember," Rachel responded but then Mercedes budded in. "yeah but he didn't say what motel, the boys are looking everywhere,"

"I really don't know where I am, I'm in a lounge room at the moment, it's a small building, and I saw...I think I saw a sign out the front with a bird on it... but this guy has been looking after me and he's getting me food right now and he's sweet…and he said his name was Blaine,"

"Kurt honey, can you describe him for us?" That was Mercedes again.

"Tall, blonde…green eyes, white"

"Kurt whoever that is…that's not Blaine, he's pretending to be Blaine,"

Kurt began to panic "But if it's not Blaine then who…"

He could hear the car turning into the driveway. Blaine …or whoever it was, was coming back.

"I've got to go, he's back,"

"Wait Kurt!" He hung up before they could say more. He turned of the phone and put it in his pocket. He lay back on the couch just as the stranger walked in.

Blaine got off the phone and looked at the others looking very overwhelmed by what he had just heard.

"Kurt…he's okay…but apparently someone is messing with his condition that he's currently in"

"But why?" Puck asked aloud. "Why would anyone do that…do you think it was a jock?"

"I don't know, but Mercedes said he called Rachel and said I was getting him some cheesecake,"

"But dude you were with us the entire time," Finn pointed out while rubbing the back of his neck. Puck rolled his eyes as Blaine nodded.

"I'm aware of that Finn,"

Wes was pacing the footpath they were standing on outside a motel they had just checked out. No luck from that one. Puck was looking at his surroundings with a constant scowl on his face. Finn was trying to work out some sort of missing puzzle from the texts Rachel had just sent him which was pretty much what Mercedes had just called Blaine about and Blaine was looking a picture of him and Kurt on his phone. He ran his finger over Kurt's features.

"Mercedes sent me a text to say that he's at a motel where there's a sign with a bird on it," Finn said reading aloud his text.

"Well that sure helps," Puck mutterred.

"It's better than nothing," Blaine objected as Wes agreed. "We've got to find him before anything bad happens," Wes said determined to see this through. Blaine nodded. Finn looked distraught "Where do we go next?"

Sebastian walked up to the door and took a deep breathe. He hated this. He hated what he was doing and part of him wanted to run away from it all and call someone Kurt knew to pick him up but he couldn't find himself to do any of that.

He plastered a smile on his face as he carried the promised cheesecake and some clothes amongst other food supplies in case they got hungry. Just before he went inside he got a call.

"Hello Mr Smythe how is your ill family member today any better or will you not be attending Dalton? You haven't signed in yet,"

Damn it. He forgot to go to school. He can't make a habit of this, but how will he lie to Kurt?

"Not very well I'm afraid, is it okay if I take a few more days off?"

"Of course Mr Smythe,"

"Thank you mam,"

"Oh and Sebastian?"

"Yes mam?" He knew when the first name came out he was in trouble.

"Don't forget to get signed permission from your parents to say you can stay home, and the reason why"

"Of course me,"

Not a problem. He forged letters of his parents all the time. It was the only way to get to Scandals some days.

He walked in as Kurt was watching TV.

"Hey, were pretty lucky that they have some shops nearby. I wasn't sure if I could get your cheesecake, but they actually had a bakery 10 minutes from here," He said when walking in and seeing Kurt sit up a bit. "Hey, don't move too much, I'll get everything organised and bring it over,"

"I don't want to be an invalid," Kurt objected from the couch but Sebastian shook his head.

"You're not Kurt, you're not at all, just sit tight…"

"Blaine…where's Wes right now?"

"You remember Wes?"

Sebastian froze and looked back at Kurt.

"I…I just remember his name," Kurt was fiddling with his hands and looking nervous.

Sebastian wondered if he remembered and didn't want to tell him, but the honest look on his face told his pumping heart to calm down. Kurt didn't know.

He couldn't know.

"I…I don't know, at school I assume,"

Kurt nodded. "Should you go to school? Wouldn't they be worried? Should I be at school?"

"I called, and they know I'm looking after you,"

Well that wasn't really lying.

Kurt nodded again and sat up despite Sebastian's protest before to eat the cheesecake that Sebastian had just put in front of him.

"Thanks Blaine,"

"You're welcome Kurt. I …I do have to go to school tomorrow though, but you just stay here and rest and I'll come back as soon as I can,"

"I'll be fine," Kurt insisted but Sebastian made him promise he wouldn't leave without him.

"Alright, I'll stay,"

"Good, because we wouldn't want anything to happen to you," Sebastian said.

But the way he said it.

Kurt almost felt like it was a threat.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't scared of this stranger…but he hadn't done anything to him so far? Maybe the others were lying?

So why did his gut feeling tell him to be careful.

He decided he would risk it and call Blaine later, but he'll wait till Sebastian goes to school so he can at least go outside and do it.

If he needed to run away he'd have a chance to.

Kurt felt a pain in his stomach then and winced. Those bruises really did hurt.