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An/ Hey everyone! So first I want to say sorry this Chapter is so short. It just kind of seemed like a good place to stop so yeah... There is no second but enjoy!

Chapter Four

Sebastian was driving to Dalton for another terribly boring day of classes. It would be just like every other day; learn stuff he already knew, work the Warblers to death over Regionals, go over plays they'd never actually use in lacrosse, go to the Lima Bean for overpriced coffee, possibly run into some New Directions and then get beat up by his Father. Just a perfectly, horribly boring day.

As he drove along a car on his left went zooming by, completely ignoring the speed limit. 'Moron. Driving like that he's going to get himself killed.' Thought Sebastian in disbelief. He would never drive like that in broad daylight with so many cars around. Then again he had driven like a maniac last night. But it wasn't like there were other people around then the teen justified weakly.

The Warbler Captain calmly stopped at the red light at the intersection and waited his turn. The light turned green after a second and Sebastian put his foot on the gas and went about his way to school. Suddenly, the teen saw something coming straight at him on his left side.

Sebastian swerved violently to avoid whatever was coming his way but it seemed he didn't react fast enough as the other car plowed right into him.

Pain exploded throughout Sebastian's body as the car spun out of control. The teen felt so heavy and so tired. All he wanted to do was sleep. Maybe when he woke up everything would be better and it wouldn't hurt so much. Darkness slowly welcomed him into a large endless abys.

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When Sebastian woke it was to a blindingly white light and the sound of beeping machines. The light shone right in his eyes causing the teen to close them immediately. He could figure out he was in the hospital but he didn't quite remember why.

Had his Father gone too far and now he was here and then told everyone he had been jumped or something? Then he remembered, the car that had plowed into him and the unbearable pain that had been worse than anything his Father had ever done. He had been in a car accident.

Sebastian attempted to brave the terrible light once more as he opened his eyes again.

"Guys I think he's waking up." Said a voice of a teenaged boy.

"We have to call the nurse." Answered another voice sounding worried.

"I'll go get her." Was yet another voice's response that was quickly followed by the sound of hurried footsteps and an opening door.

"Hey Sebastian wake up. You there buddy?" Oh my God, why did they keep talking? He just wanted to go back to sleep.

The Warbler Captain tried to make his displeasure known but all that came out was a deep moan. Suddenly more footsteps were heard and then someone was touching him. His left eye was pried open and a bright light from a flashlight shone in it.

"Sebastian you are at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. You had a bad car accident and are now in the hospital. Can you hear me?" This was definitely a women, most likely the nurse voice three had gone to get.

"Sebastian I need you to acknowledge that you can hear me, can you squeeze my hand?" the nurse persisted as she took his hand. The teen realized that she wasn't giving up anytime soon and let out a soft grunt while softly squeezing the woman's hand. "Good. Now can you open your eyes Sebastian? It is important that you wake up."

Sebastian's eyes fluttered open before he once again snapped them shut. It was just too bright. He heard the nurse mutter something to another person and the light behind his eyelids seemed to dim slightly.

"Can you try to open your eye's now Sebastian? We turned down the lights so it won't be so bright.

With tremendous effort the boy forced open his eyes one more time. He blinked dumbly as he saw not only the nurse standing above him but four of his fellow Warblers.

"Hey Sebastian you feeling alright?" Asked Nick and he held hands with Jeff.

"We all have been visiting but only four people are allowed in at a time so the rest of the Warblers are outside." Said Thad.

Sebastian attempted to answer but instead a croak came out. The nurse helped him sit up against some pillows and the fourth person in the room, Trent, quickly handed him an already opened bottle of water. The water was quickly drunken before Sebastian made an attempt to talk again, "What are you guys doing here?" asked the boy in a confused voice.

The present Warblers seemed taken aback by his question and shared a meaningful look with one another before Jeff answered in an uncharacteristically serious way, "Well you're hurt and we wanted to make sure that you were okay." The others nodded as if this was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh." Was all Sebastian said to that as he awkwardly sifted in the hospital bed.

"You've been out for two days. That bastard really did a number on you." Said Nick.

This caused Sebastian's head to snap up for two reasons. One: Nick had sworn, Nick never swears. Two: He had been unconscious for two whole days! "Um… was my Father called?" Asked Sebastian. This was more directed at the nurse who had been changing his IV bag as they talked.

"Yes, he was notified that you were hospitalized." Was all the nurse said as she left the room.

"Oh." Said Sebastian for the second time during their conversation.

"So." Responded Trent, just as awkward as the injured teen, "The teachers said not to worry about missing work and to concentrate on getting better."

"Thanks." Answered Sebastian. This was just so awkward. It wasn't that the five boys never talked it was more the fact that they never talked outside of discussing Warblers or class. That and the Warbler Captain's beaten up appearance really threw them. It was unusual to see him so vulnerable and frankly, it was unsettling.

"Are you in pain?" asked Thad to break the silence.

"A little. I figure I'm pretty doped up on pain killers right now so…" trailed off Sebastian. Another awkward silence settled over the boys until Sebastian, surprisingly, talked first, "Did my Father come by?"

"Well we didn't see him but he could have come during school hours." Answered Trent.

"Oh!" said Jeff suddenly causing the others to look at him. A blush stained the blonde's checks as he became the center of attention. "I was just thinking that your dad knows you're in the hospital but he probably doesn't know that you woke up. So, do you want to use my phone to call him?"

Sebastian knew it would look odd if he said no so he took the phone offered with a small, "Thank you." And dialed his Father's cell.

Sebastian waited tensely as he heard the phone ringing. After three rings the phone was picked up.

"Hello, you have reached the phone of Adam Smyth. How may I help you?"

"Hello Father. You may have heard that I was in the hospital after a car accident. I just wanted to let you know that I have woken up."

There was a brief period of silence before Mr. Smyth spoke up again, "That all."

"Yes." Answered Sebastian nervously.

"You getting out of the hospital soon."

"I don't know."

"Well hurry up and get out of there before you waste anymore of my money." Answered the lawyer.

"Yes Father." Said Sebastian as he heard his Father hang up without even saying good bye.

The injured Warbler wordlessly handed the phone back to Jeff and leaned back against the pillows. The others were shocked at how formal Sebastian had been with his Father and couldn't imagine being that cold with their parents, especially after they had just woken up in the hospital.

Trent looked at how exhausted the other Warbler seemed to be and spoke up. "Well you seem rather tired so we'll just leave you to sleep."

The four visitors got up and softly wished Sebastian good luck recovering and that they hoped he would be back at Warbler practice soon. Sebastian didn't want to sleep though. He wanted to know how bad the damage that he had sustained was. Unfortunately, the nurse had already left and so he couldn't ask her.

He was desperate to know if they found evidence of his abuse. It had been nagging at the edges of his thought since he woke up but only now that he has alone did he allow himself to truly dwell on it.

He had scars covering his back and most of his body and several injures that hadn't come from the accident to worry about. Most of the injures would just have been assumed to have happened in the accident but his scars would be a bit harder to explain away.

That wasn't even thinking about the cuts and scars on his arms. It was also worrying that his torso had already been wrapped in bandages and they may question that.

It was obvious that they knew about the cuts by the new bandage covering the damage he had done to himself last night. The real question was if they knew what they had come from.

The car had come from his left side and the cuts were on his left arm so they may assume that they had just occurred then. But he also had scars covering both his arms.

Whether or not they knew that the cuts were from himself or just saw the scars it was highly likely they knew about his bad habit. They would most likely call his Father or send him to a stupid therapist that didn't know anything.

Sebastian had been fine on his own this far and he didn't need anyone else's help. He wasn't delusional enough to think that he could stop at any time if he wanted to but he was trying.

He had also never actually talked to a therapist but he had tried all the tricks that he could find online and none of them helped so what new things could they offer.

Sebastian really didn't want to sleep but he was definitely tired and he felt his eyelids growing heavy. Sebastian's eye's slid closed and it wasn't long before the teen lost his battle for consciousness. The darkness welcomed the teen yet again.

An/ Thanks for reading and please review! Also if you see any spelling mistakes feel free to review or PM them to me as I recently had it pointed out to me that I need a beta... thanks again!