As the sun shone into Kurt and Blaine's window early in the morning, Kurt couldn't help but feel so happy and at ease. Everything was just perfect. He had an amazing job, a nice apartment, and a perfect boyfriend. "Hey," Kurt said as he ran his hand gently down Blaine's face. It was time for them to wake up for work.
"mmmm...hey." Blaine moaned sleepily.
"It's time to wake up." Kurt whispered softly into his ear. "Cooper's going to get mad if we're late...again." he added with a laugh.
"Don't care…" Blaine moaned snuggling further into Kurt's chest.
"No, come on," Kurt laughed as he pulled himself out from under Blaine's warm body. "Get up for work. I'm going to shower."
"I'm tired." Blaine replied. "I'll get up after you're finished showering." he mumbled. Kurt smiled and went into the shower. The hot water felt so good as it hit his body...he only wished that Blaine would have gotten up with him. After finishing his shower, Kurt threw on a fresh pair of scrubs and grabbed his backpack before walking into their bedroom. "Blaine, if you don't get up, I'm leaving without you." Kurt told him.
"I'll meet you at work." Blaine told him. Or at least that's what it sounded like considering his face was smashed into a pillow.
"Okay." Kurt said as he walkers towards the door. "Bye!" He called one last time.
"Bye honey! I love you!" Blaine yelled in response. Kurt opened the door and walked into the hallway. Then, he stopped. Had Blaine just said he loved him? He definitely had. Then Kurt realized something. Was he supposed to say it back? Because he hadn't... Well, he could go back now. So Kurt walked to their car and drove to the hospital. Each moment was filled with anxiety over what had just happened. When he got to the locker room, Rachel who was already there could tell something was wrong.
"Okay spill." She commanded. "I can tell something is wrong with you."
"Okay, one, why do you always get here so early? And, two, I'm fine." Kurt told her.
"You definitely are not fine." Rachel replied. "Just tell me. It'll make you feel better."
"Fine." Kurt sighed. "Blaine said it today."
"Said what?" Rachel asked confused.
"You know...it." Kurt repeated. "It's three words...three special words that are key to ones relationship."
"Wait? No way! He said he loved you." Rachel squealed.
"I mean yeah... I think he did. But, he was still in bed and tired. Maybe he did it by mistake?" Kurt worried. He looked over to Rachel for validation, but was only met with a glare that definitely didn't say anything good. "See! Even you think he did it by mistake!" Kurt said in an exasperated voice.
"No it's not that-." She got out before breaking away from Kurt and leaning over the trashcan and vomiting. Kurt grimaced but grabbed her hair back and sympathetically rubbed her back until she stopped vomiting.
"Gross." Kurt said. "Are you sick?"
"I don't know..." Rachel confessed.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Kurt asked her.
"Well...you know how I've been seeing Sam." She began.
"You've been sleeping with Sam." Kurt clarified before realizing what Rachel was saying. "Holy shit! Are you pregnant?"
"I don't know!" Rachel told him. "The condom broke but I'm on birth control. But, now I feel sick and it could be morning sickness. I'm going to end up being the pregnant intern. This is just as bad as when I choked in my first surgery." she cried.
"Okay, just calm down." Kurt said. "There's only one way to find out. Just pee on the stick."
"I don't want to do that." Rachel said. "Everyone will see."
"What? Are they going to come in the stall with you while you pee?" Kurt asked her. Rachel just made a face at him. "Fine, we'll do a blood test. I'll take the blood and put it in the lab under Jane Doe."
"Fine." Rachel said softly. Kurt soften when he saw how truly upset she was.
"It's going to be okay." Kurt said. "Now, come on. We better get to rounds." Rachel nodded and the two of them went to the pit to meet they got there, Kurt saw Blaine and went over to him. "I see you got out of bed." Kurt whispered into his ear.
"Not much fun when you're not in there with me." Blaine replied with a smirk. Kurt was about to answer back when Cooper abruptly walked into the pit.
"Okay, I have a surgery in about ten minutes so no rounds this morning." Cooper said. "Anderson, you're in the pit. Berry and Hummel, you're on Dr. Garvey's pre-ops and post-ops. Lopez, you're with me and Evans…you can go in the pit too." After walking away with Santana, Rachel and Kurt walked down the cardiac wing.
"Kurt, can we just do it now?" Rachel asked. "I just really want to know."
"Fine," Kurt said. He went to the supply closet and grabbed a bloodwork kit before pulling Rachel into the nearest on-call room. They sat down on the bed and Kurt tied a tourniquet around Rachel's arm and then pushed the needle into her skin.
"Ow." Rachel complained. "You're not very good at this."
"Don't get pregnant and we won't have this problem." Kurt shot back. "There, I'm finished. We can drop it off at the lab now." Kurt pulled the needle full of blood out of Rachel's arms and placed a bandage over the tiny wound in Rachel's arm. Together they dropped the sample off at the lab and went to see their first patient. It was an old man who needed open heart surgery. His wife frantically wandered around the room trying not to let her husband know she was nervous, even though he definitely did.
"Mr and Mrs Jones, I'm Dr. Hummel and this is Dr. Berry. We'll be preparing you for your surgery today." Kurt said.
"Are you going to do the surgery?" The woman asked.
"No," Kurt replied."Dr. Garvey will be doing your husband's surgery. She's currently in another surgery so that's why she isn't here right now."
"Is this doctor...good?" She asked nervously.
"She's very good." Rachel told her.
"That's good. I'm just a little nervous." the woman said.
"Ellie, I told you, I'm going to be fine." her husband replied as he gently placed his hand on top of hers and linked his fingers in between his wife's.
"Every surgery comes with a risk, but I'm sure that you'll be just fine." Rachel said with a smile. "Now, we'll be back in a few hours." she added before leaving the room with Kurt. "They are beyond adorable. I hope that I can have that kind of love one day too."
"Yeah, me too." Kurt agreed.
"Oh please, you and Blaine already have that kind of love. Sometimes the two of you are so sappy it makes me want to puke, but I see how happy you make each other, which is why you shouldn't freak out about him saying I love you." Rachel told him.
"I know… just what if he didn't mean it. He was tired." Kurt interjected.
"Even if he was tired, he loves you Kurt." Rachel told him. "Come on, we have other patients to get through before we go back and get Mr. Jones into the OR." Kurt nodded and followed Rachel to go and check on there other patients. A few hours later, they went back and took Mr. Jones down to the OR. His wife insisted on walking as far as she could with them.
"Okay, Mrs. Jones, this is as far as we can let you go." Kurt said. She nodded and looked at her husband, tears in her eyes.
"Now, don't you go crying. I'm going to be fine." Mr. Jones said. His wife nodded, but she didn't look so sure. "Come here." he said softly. She leaned in closer and her husband must have said something sweet because her face lit up in a smile.
"Okay, I'm ready now." Mr. Jones said.
"We'll keep you updated." Rachel told Mrs. Jones before following Kurt into the OR. After putting Mr. Jones under anesthesia, Dr. Garvey performed the surgery and it went perfectly. Kurt wheeled Mr. Jones down to his room while Rachel went to the lab. Kurt couldn't help but stare at Mr. and Mrs Jones. They were so in love even after so many years. He wanted that. He really did.
"I got my lab results." Kurt heard Rachel say when came up behind him.
"And?" Kurt asked nervously.
"I'm not pregnant." Rachel said with a sigh of relief. "I must have just eaten something funny this morning that made me sick.
"That's good." Kurt said as he gave her a hug.
"Yeah, it just means I have to be really careful. When I do have a baby, I want to make sure it's with the right guy." Rachel replied. While they talking, Mrs Jones came out of her husband's room and came up to them.
"I just wanted to thank you both for making sure that my robert came through the surgery safely." She said.
"You're very welcome." Rachel said. "We're both glad that he's okay." When Mrs. Jones went to walk away, Kurt felt compelled to stop her. He had been wondering what Mr. Jones could have said to his wife to calm her down and make her face lit up with joy.
"Excuse me, I don't know if this is inappropriate or not, but I was wondering what your husband said to you just before he went into the OR for his surgery?" Kurt asked. The older woman smiled and place her hand on Kurt's.
"He said he loved me and that he would continue to love me forever." She told Kurt. "I can tell that you have someone special of your own. Just remember that those three simple words can often be a very helpful tool in a relationship."
"Thank you. I will." Kurt told her before she retreated back into her husband's room. Kurt realized that she was so right. People thought the phrase "I love you" as such a big commitment and maybe it was. But, Kurt knew it was a commitment that he wanted to take with Blaine. That night he went home and found Blaine cuddled on the couch.
"Hey," Blaine mumbled sleepily through a yawn. "I feel like I haven't seen you all day."
"Same here." Kurt said with a smile as he sat his bag on the ground and then took a seat next to Blaine on the couch.
"Did you have a good day?" Blaine asked.
"Yeah, I had a great day actually." Kurt told him. Then, he looked up into Blaine's eyes and with a smile on his face said, "I love you." Blaine smiled back and kissed him on the forehead.
"I love you too." He replied before pulling Kurt's body closer to his. Kurt was in utter bliss. Kurt knew that Blaine was the one that he wanted to love for the rest of his life. They completed each other. Kurt longed for the days where a simple "I love you" would light up his face even more than it already did.