AN: This is a two-part episode to finish out the season. I've already written a bit for Nano so I'm hoping to finish 2x12 over the weekend.

2x11 I believe

Previously on NYADA Sophomore Year: After Adam tried to kiss Kurt, both he and Blaine realized that they had to stop running from the uncomfortable conversations. After a long overdue talk the boys made up – just in time for the Hudson-Hummel family's arrival in New York for the opening night of 'Oliver!'. The following weekend, Blaine and Kurt went to senior prom but the morning after started with bad news. Kurt's father had collapsed and was on the way to the hospital. And that's what you missed on NYADA Sophomore Year.

Machines beep around him, but it's not their sound that has woken him from a fitful slumber on one of the hard plastic chairs in his dad's hospital room. Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' is blaring from his pocket and when Kurt removes his cell phone he is greeted by the smiling face of his boyfriend. He sighs deeply before he unlocks the phone because he knows how the conversation is going to go.

"Any changes?" Blaine asks predictably as soon as Kurt answers the phone, and Kurt sinks back into the chair next to his father's bed.

His eyes flicker over his dad's unmoving body. His dad isn't a small man and so he does look his size buried under stark white hospital sheets and a tasteless blue hospital gown, but he is pale, even paler than Kurt is during the coldest months.

It's been four days since he's gotten Carole's call and not much has changed since. By the time he and Blaine had arrived at the hospital, the doctors had finished the emergency surgery they performed on his dad to prevent a blood clot traveling to his brain and informed them that while everything had gone well, his dad was in a coma.

He, Carole, Finn and Blaine had stayed at the hospital until they'd gotten kicked out, but while Finn went back to school the next morning and Carole had to go into work for a few hours he and Blaine had gone back to the hospital.

Monday night they extubated his dad because he was able to breath on his own – with a bit of help from a oxygen tube going to his nose – but apart from that there hadn't been any changes by the time Blaine had to fly back to New York Monday night and his dad had been moved from the ICU to a regular, but fortunately private, hospital room.

"No. The doctors just keep telling me that he's going to wake up when he's ready to wake up. Well, I'm ready for it now," Kurt replies, his voice getting louder toward the end – but it isn't like he is disturbing anyone anyway.

"I'm sorry, Kurt. I wish I were there for you," Blaine says, sounding slightly chocked up and Kurt is quick to reassure him that he understands why he couldn't stay.

"You're going to see me soon enough," he adds then because he needs to rant to someone.

"I don't understand. We already talked about you missing Nationals. And we all understand." Blaine sounds confused and Kurt cuts him off before his boyfriend launches into another speech about show choir not being that important in light of recent events.

"Carole's sending me back to New York on Sunday. Says I can't miss too much school this late in the school year. But who cares about school? What if something happens to my dad and I'll be hours away," Kurt vents because getting into a fight with Carole didn't seem right either. After all, he isn't the only one in his family affected by his dad's heart attack and subsequent emergency surgery and coma.

Blaine sighs and Kurt knows what he's going to say before his boyfriend even opens his mouth.

"You're on her side, aren't you?" Blaine sighs again.

"You know I'm always in your corner, even when you're wrong, but we both know what your dad would tell you if he could."

Kurt looks at his dad's lifeless face and squeezes the hand he is holding harder. Blaine is right; Carole is right. His dad wouldn't let him miss school, not after Kurt worked hard to get where he is today.

For some reason he suddenly feels choked up, feels like his skin is too tight for his body as his brain bombards him with images of him and his dad, when it had been just the two of them.

"I'll call you back," he tells Blaine before he hangs up and drops his phone back into his bag.

The lyrics are there all of a sudden and while he had no intentions of singing in a hospital, music is balm for his soul, music is how he expresses himself and so he doesn't fight it when the notes try to escape him.

Oh please, say to me, you'll let me be your man. And please, say to me, you'll let me hold your hand.

There's his father who takes his small hand as they cross the cemetery after his mother's funeral. His father's hand who brushes off the dirt and checks over his knees after he fell learning how to ride a bike.

In reality, his father's hand lies limp in his own, and he can feel the tears making their way over his cheeks. He tries to think about the happy memories again.

And when I touch you, I feel happy, inside. It's such a feeling that my love, I can't hide. I can't hide, I can't hide.

He's teaching his dad how to properly hold a teacup for their weekly tea party in the backyard. His dad pulls him into a tight hug the first time he manages to do an oil change on his own. His dad slams his fist down on the principal's table after he told them there was nothing he could do about the bullying situation in junior high.

Yeah you, you've got that something. I think I'll understand. When I'll say that something, I want to hold your hand. I want to hold your hand, I want to hold your hand.

The arms that wrap around him aren't his father's strong ones, aren't the ones he needs to feel around him right now, but he doesn't fight it when Carole hugs him and collapses into her arms. He soaks her shirt with his tears trying not to think about the fact that if things go wrong, she'll be his one remaining parent.

Back in New York, Nationals is the last thing on his mind but he knows the rest of the group deserves more than an inattentive and disinterested group leader so he does his best to fake enthusiasm during the first rehearsal after his brief trip to Ohio.

"Hey guys," he greets the group who's already waiting for him when he arrives. He does a double take when he spots Wes in one corner of the room because he didn't think his best friend would actually show up just because Blaine sent him an SOS text.

"Some of you may have already heard that Kurt's dad had a heart attack this weekend. He's alive but in a come so Kurt won't come to L.A with us."

He and Kurt had agreed that it would be best if Blaine just told the group what was going on, especially after Jesse ditched them right before their last competition.

"So Blaine and I will redistribute Kurt's lines and reaudition the solo for the second round. If you audition remember that you only have five days to lock it down," Wes takes over and Blaine is grateful for his help.

"This is Wes," he introduces his best friend to the freshman of the group. "He graduated last year, was a member of Vocal Explosion and is in his first year at Julliard right now."

He steps aside while the rest of the group pairs off to discuss the news in hushed voices, assures Kurt's friends that his boyfriend is handling the situation to the best of his abilities and sends Wes a thank you text for coming by and pretty much taking over.

Together he and Wes listen to the hopefuls lining up to take over Kurt's solo, but nothing pops out to him and it's Wes who offers the solution.

"It doesn't say in the rule book that it has to be a solo."

Blaine nods before he asks the group if anyone wants to try a duet instead.

It's Santana, Quinn and Brittany who are giving the slot in the end for their flawless performance of 'Shake it out' one of Blaine's favorite 'Florence and the Machine' songs.

They come over to him once the rest of the group has left the rehearsal space and he and Wes have made plans to meet up again the next day for another extra rehearsal.

"How is he really?" Santana asks, after making sure they are the only ones left and Blaine's shoulders slump.

"He's scared of losing his dad." He didn't want to say it out loud before, too afraid of jinxing things and making the worst happen.

"Is there anything we can do to help? I don't like it when my friends are sad," Brittany asks and Blaine shakes his head.

"All we can do is let him know that we are here for him if he needs us."

If there were any other way to help Kurt, he would have found it by now. Because he loves fixing problems; loves helping other people and he's learned the last few days, that this isn't something he can fix, that there's nothing he can do but hold Kurt's hand and let him know he isn't alone in all this.

They are waiting for Brittany to come over so they can run through their song once more before rehearsal. Her girlfriend is ten minutes late and when she finally shows up, she is out of breath and has glitter stuck to her shirt. Before Santana can ask her what she's been doing, Brittany hands a handmade card over to her and Quinn.

"I know Blaine said there wasn't anything we could do for Kurt, but I always feel happy when people give me birthday cards," her girlfriend explains and Santana opens the card.

Inside, Brittany has drawn a huge heart, the edges lined with glitter and the middle filled with Brittany's lopsided handwriting.

"It's great," Santana tells her because the intention counts and she desperately wants to do something for Kurt as well. Because he's been there for her during her mom's parole hearing.

It comes to her then, that music might very well be the answer to showing Kurt that he can count on his friends, that he doesn't have to deal with it on his own.

"Let's get all his friends together. We'll sing to him after Nationals," she suggests and to her relief Britt and Quinn both like the idea.

Of course if anyone asks – she wasn't the one who came up with it. Because she has a reputation to uphold. Those closest to her will know anyway because they know that Santana cares about her friends, know that the only thing she cares about his her mom and her friends.

It makes tears well up in her eyes when she tries to imagine her mother as the one being sick. She wouldn't know how to handle it, but she knows Kurt would try to help her if the situation were reversed.

"So he knows we love him and have his back," she adds before she flees the room not ready to let them see her break down.

"... and I just wanted you to know that I got Mr. Schuester to allow us to sing songs to God this week in Glee. I figured we have a lot of different denominations in Glee so if we all prayed for your dad one of us had to be successful," Mercedes prattles on but it's only her last statement that has him look up and gape at his friend.

"You know I don't believe in God, Cedes," he reminds her tiredly because they've had that conversation before – years ago – and it had taken him forever to get her to acknowledge his own believes or lack thereof and stop trying to get him to go to church.

"And you can't do stuff like this at school. Did you even ask the people in the group if they were comfortable with your plans? Not everyone shares your believes and there's a reason why state and church are separated."

Mercedes looks at him like he ran over her kitten.

"Why are you acting like this? We are doing this for you. To make your dad better."

They have attracted quite a few stares now as they keep arguing in front of the hospital cafeteria and Kurt just wants to head back up to his dad and hold his hand until he finally wakes up.

"I don't want your prayers, Mercedes. I don't want the songs. Either medicine is going to make my dad better or it won't. There isn't anything more to it."

Maybe he's being too harsh, but he doesn't want to have a discussion about the existence or nonexistence of God right now.

"So you won't be coming to Glee and listen to us," Mercedes pouts and Kurt shakes his head, not understanding his best friend at all right now.

"You didn't think I would actually go inside McKinley. Not with what you know about the students going there."

"That was nearly a year ago and Finn could have protected you," Mercedes argues but Kurt can't listen to her anymore – not without saying some stuff he might regret when this horrible ordeal is finally over.

"It's nearly time for the doctors' rounds. I'll let you know if something happens," he tells her before he turns on the spot and rushes back to his father's side.

The doctors tell him the usual and after another exhausting day at the hospital he's actually glad when Carole forces him to go home for a bit in the afternoon. The moment Carole and Finn return from their own visit however, he drives back to the hospital for the evening shift.

To his surprise there are voices coming from his dad's room when he walks toward it even though the doctors aren't scheduled to come by for another two hours. His heart speeds up because what if he's dad's waking up and no one had time to inform him yet. He breaks into a run and nearly drops his bag as he tries to get the door open. When he does, his jaw drops.

Mercedes and Rachel are in his dad's room but they aren't alone. A group of strangers Kurt has never seen before is standing behind the two girls, heads bowed. But it's the candle in Rachel's hand to causes him to explode.

"Have you lost your mind," he yells, causing ten heads to look up. "You can't have open fire in a room where a patient is on oxygen."

Rachel startles and nearly drops the candle before she manages to blow it out.

"So-sorry Kurt. I didn't realize," she stammers, clearly caught off guard for once. Kurt doesn't pay her much attention after the candle is out. He turns to Mercedes instead.

"What's wrong with you?" he yells at her. "I told you I didn't want any of that and your answer is to bring a group of complete strangers into my dad's hospital room. I want them out – now!"

"They're from church," Mercedes huffs but at least her group files out quickly without saying anything.

It's that attitude, the not understanding what she's doing wrong, that makes him kick her out as well.

"Mercedes, I love you, but I can't be around you right now. Please don't come by until I call or text you," he tells her before sinking down into his chair next to the bed.

It's quiet in the room afterward and when he finally turns around again the room is empty. Exhausted he puts his head onto his dad's chest and lets the gentle rise and fall of his dad's chest lull him into fitful sleep.

Carole finds him like this and shakes him awake to let him know that visiting hours are nearly over. A quick glance at his dad tells him that again nothing has changed and for once he doesn't argue when Carole tells him it's time to go home.

The house is empty when they arrive back home and when Kurt asks Carole explains that Finn is over at Puck's house because the hospital freaks him out. It freaks him out as well – especially after his mom – but never enough to keep him away from his dad and he feels a bit resentful toward Finn for not spending much time with his dad.

Carole goes straight to the kitchen and fills a glass of wine to the brim before she puts a second down in front of him. She doesn't wait for his reaction before she fills his glass with white wine as well and sinks down into the seat opposite the one Kurt has sat down in.

For a while neither of them says anything and Kurt watches as Carole quickly drains her glass before refilling it.

"Are you okay?" he asks her when the second glass is emptied as fast as the first.

After her initial breakdown on the phone, Carole had appeared stoic, a calming presence in the midst of the chaos of the hospital and Kurt's own emotions. He should have known that she could only hold it together for so long before she broke as well.

"I'm scared," Carole admits after staring at him for a few second. "I'm scared of losing Burt like a lost Christopher. And on top of it, I'm scared of losing Finn. Because even if the war didn't kill Christopher, I saw what it did to him and how in the end it killed him after all, far away from the battlefield."

Kurt takes a sip from his own glass. It's no longer a secret – what happened to Finn's dad – and he understands why Carole doesn't want Finn to follow in his father's footsteps. There's nothing he can really say about the subject though so he focuses on his dad.

"He won't leave us. Not if he can help it." His voice wavers as he tries to assure himself as much as Carole.

Carole wipes a tear from her eyes and Kurt has to look away for a moment; busies himself with his wine glass instead.

"I really hope so," she finally says and Kurt looks up when he hears her chair scrape over the floor.

After refilling both their glasses, Carole sits down next to him and briefly pulls him into her arms. He doesn't fight her.

"I don't ever want to replace your mother, Kurt, and I hope you know that, but if something happens to your dad you won't be alone. You are family and that's not going to change, I can promise you that."

Carole sounds choked up and he can feel tears trickling down his own face.

"I love you," Kurt tells her after a moment of silence. He doesn't think he's ever told her before, but it's true. She's not his mother but he's still treated her like a mother for the past few years. And Carole treats him the same as Finn even when he had protested it in the beginning.

"You know I love you too, honey," Carole sobs and it's Kurt who pulls her into his arms this time around.

They must be quite the sight – clutching each other while tears stream down their faces, two half full glasses of wine in knocking over distance and the whole house dark apart from two lamps illuminating parts of the kitchen.

He doesn't know how long they stay like that but eventually Carole lets go of him, gets up and pours both their glasses down the drain.

"Your dad wouldn't be happy if he knew I'm using you as my drinking buddy," Carole tries to joke and for some reason it doesn't make him sadder, but laughs out loud instead as he tries to imaging his dad's expression.

"I promise I won't tell him," he replies and they share a look.

Because there's no way they are giving up on his dad until it's really over. Because this is Burt Hummel they are talking around, and Burt Hummel would never willingly leave his family behind.

"I think I'm going to go to bed now," Carole says once the nearly empty wine bottle is back in the fridge and their glasses in the dishwasher. "Are you going to be okay?"

Kurt nods, trying not to think about his fight with Mercedes on top of everything.

"I think I'm going to talk to Blaine for a bit, but I'll be heading to bed soon as well," he promises Carole who kisses the top of his head before she leaves the kitchen.

Kurt stares at his phone for a while once she has left, but it the end he just texts Blaine to let him know he's going to bed. He'll let Blaine try to cheer him up again tomorrow.

Because Nationals takes place in Los Angeles this year, the fly out Friday morning to make it in time for the first round taking place later that night. Instead of Kurt sitting next to him, Blaine ends up between an obese woman in her forties and a young woman with a baby in her lap. He usually likes babies, but predictably the one next to him starts screaming the moment the plane starts moving and doesn't stop until they've been in the air for about twenty minutes.

As soon as the fasten seatbelt sign is turned off he squeezes past the young woman and the baby with the impressive lungs and takes temporary refuge in an empty seat next to Ms. Carson, one of their chaperones for the trip.

"I've been meaning to ask you," the teacher says when she notices Blaine, "but how is Kurt doing with everything? I spoke to his stepmother a few days ago and there hadn't been any changes in his father's condition."

"He's doing as well as can be expected. And he's really sad about missing Nationals even if he didn't say it" Blaine tells her, because he knows she actually cares and doesn't just ask to be polite.

"There will be other national competitions for Kurt. I'm sure of it," Ms. Carson replies with a smile on her face and Blaine nods because she's right.

"And how about you? Ready for your last competition?"

After a moment of contemplating her question, Blaine shakes his head.

"Not really. I mean we are ready for it as a team, but I don't think I'm ready to say goodbye. I know we'll all sing together once more for graduation but Nationals is it. No more rehearsals afterward, just final exams and graduation."

"I heard about your acceptance to NYU, so I'm guessing we'll still see you around even after graduation," Ms. Carson teases and Blaine blushes because they probably will spend time together on campus until Burt feels comfortable with letting Kurt spend time in his apartment.

Before he can say anything else, a man in a neatly pressed suit reclaims his seat and Blaine has to return to his own where the baby thankfully has fallen asleep. The inflight entertainment is showing reruns of old 'Friends' episodes and Blaine falls asleep before they've even flown over Kentucky.

When they step outside LAX most of the group immediately sheds the coats they still needed in New York – it's quite cold there for mid April – and Blaine pulls a pair of yellow Ray Bans out of his pocket, which he purchased specifically for California.

Cooper had offered to meet him at the airport but as captain of the team there is no way he can leave them behind to stay with his brother instead of the hotel they've been put up in. So once their chaperones make sure that everyone made it through baggage claim all right, Blaine follows Ms. Carson to the bus that will take them to the downtown L.A hotel close to the performance space.

He runs into Jesse right after check in and as soon as he is sure that no teachers are listening in he leans in closer.

"We will kick your ass this year. And you will regret crawling back to the soulless robots called Vocal Adrenaline."

Blaine doesn't know what compelled him to even engage with Jesse, but the look on Jesse's face – like he's seeing Blaine for the first time – makes it worth it. He leaves the other boy standing there and staring at him before Jesse can actually respond and hurries to catch up with the rest of the group to drop off his suitcase in the room he's sharing with one of his fellow seniors.

Unsurprisingly they make it into the second round, but share the top spot with Vocal Adrenaline and a show choir from Georgia. The second round starts Saturday morning with the top ten teams competing to make it to the top three who will fight for the win Saturday night. After making sure the teachers are informed, Blaine heads toward the lobby to meet his brother who promised to take him out for dinner.

They end up in a sushi restaurant in West Hollywood with Cooper and his girlfriend of the week, where his brother tells him not for the first time that going to college for theater is a waste of time. Blaine ignores him as he always does, but at least Cooper distracts him from the fact that he hasn't heard from Kurt for hours.

It's only when Cooper drops him off in front of the hotel after dinner that his brother shows that he can be decent person.

"I'm sorry about Kurt's dad. Tell him I hope he gets better soon," Cooper says as they walk toward the front door, leaving Courtney to watch the car.

"Thanks Coop. Are you watching tomorrow?"

Cooper promises to be there and for once Blaine doesn't want to strangle him as they say goodbye.

Breakfast the next morning is a quiet affair as everyone is dealing with nerves and the freshmen just stare at their plates, too nervous to eat. Blaine briefly talks to Kurt who is already back at the hospital but again there haven't been any changes.

Quinn, Santana and Brittany don't disappoint and they get the result shortly before they are set to head to lunch. Apart from the choir from Georgia, Vocal Explosion and Vocal Adrenaline have made it to the top three, but unlike the previous year Blaine hopes that they'll finally beat Vocal Adrenaline.

Five hours later, Blaine lifts a massive trophy up in the air as the crowd gives his team a standing ovation while Jesse and the rest of Vocal Adrenaline sulk on the edge of the stage, having come in only third this year.

The win is bitter sweat because on the one hand he is ecstatic to have won Nationals his senior year but on the other hand he wishes he and Kurt could have achieved it together. Because while Kurt gets another chance at Nationals they'll never perform as a team again.

So he asks Ms. Carson to take a picture of them on stage, sends it to Kurt and tells him how much better the win would feel if Kurt had been there for it.

"I'm so proud of you," Kurt texts back a while later when the party to celebrate their title is already in full swing and after texting back and forth with Kurt for a while he finally tries to do what Kurt told him to and joins his friends in celebrating Vocal Explosions first national title in over a decade.

Finn is sitting in the living room blasting zombies when Kurt returns from the hospital Saturday night after another fruitless visit with his dad. For days now he's been meaning to talk to his stepbrother but Finn apparently has developed a six sense and has made himself scarce apart from the same few minutes they spent together in his dad's room.

"Can we talk?" he asks when Finn curses and his character dies on screen. Finn shrugs.

"About what?"

"You planning to leave in three weeks." There's no reason to beat around the bush.

"What about it?" Finn sounds defensive and Kurt knows he has to tread lightly.

"Can't you postpone it? At least until Dad's doing better. I'm sure they would understand. It's killing your mom to see you go especially with Dad in the hospital."

He knows the moment he mentioned Carole that it was the wrong thing to say because Finn squares his shoulders and sets his jaw.

"Don't tell me what my mom is feeling. I'm doing this for her as well."

"I don't understand."

"Do you know what it's like to listen to our parents?" Finn sneers. "It's always Kurt this and Kurt that. Kurt's so driven, Kurt's going to make something of himself, Kurt has ambitions. I'm just going to prove to them that I'm no Lima loser either."

Kurt takes a step back and wraps his arms around himself. He had no idea his stepbrother was feeling this way.

"No one thinks that of you. And no one's going to think you are a loser because you stay here a little longer," he whispers, his voice failing him.

"Isn't that what everyone said who got stuck here. I'm just going to stay a few more weeks, a month or two and suddenly it's been ten years. No, if I want to get out of here I need to do it as soon as I get the chance. This is my time to make people proud now."

Kurt understands, he really does, but the whole family has heard what the doctor said about his dad's recovery should he even wake up. His dad wouldn't be allowed to go back to work for quite some time and even then he would have to stay away from strenuous work until he was fully healed. With his dad's hospital bills they wouldn't be able to afford to hire someone to replace his dad, so it would fall back to the family to help out. And Carole already had a full-time job.

"You're being selfish," he says quietly because if the roles were reversed he'd stay behind for Carole in a heartbeat.

"Yeah? Well, I wonder who I learned that from," Finn shoots back before he switches off the TV and grabs his car keys.

"Tell Mom I'm staying at Puck's."

"Finn..." Kurt tries to stop him but the door slams shut before he can follow his stepbrother.

His phone chimes in his pocket and Kurt pulls it out hoping for a distraction.

"We did it, we won!" reads the text from Blaine and Kurt slumps down onto the couch.

At least some things went according to plan.

Five hours before he has to catch his train back on New York, Kurt arrives at the hospital for a final visit with his dad. Finn hasn't come home yet and he and Mercedes aren't talking at the moment so that only leaves his dad to say goodbye to.

He briefly stops at the nurses' station for an update before he walks down the familiar hallway to his dad's room. The room is quiet apart from the machines, which are a constant reminder of how bad things really are.

"You know, if I weren't so worried about you, I might actually be mad about your timing. Because Vocal Explosion finally won Nationals and I wasn't there for it," he tells his dad after taking off his coat and sitting down in the chair next to the bed.

His dad doesn't respond. Maybe he can shock his dad out of the coma.

"Blaine and I are totally having sex."

Someone clears her throat behind him and Kurt blushes deeply before he slowly turns around. His dad's day nurse is standing in the door, clipboard held in her hand.

"Don't worry. I understand," she tells him with a smile before quickly checking his dad's vitals.

He waits until she's left the room before he takes out his laptop. School has been accommodating this past week but there are assignments he has to finish before going back the next day.

For the next half hour he focuses as best as he can on his English assignment but when his phone alerts him to a new text, he immediately puts his laptop on his dad's nightstand.

"Get on Skype if you have your laptop with you," Santana texts him.

Kurt is intrigued, especially because he hasn't spoken to anyone in New York apart from Blaine for the past week.

He uses the Internet on his iPhone to start up Skype on his laptop and when he sees Santana's name pop up he clicks on the call button. His jaw drops when he suddenly faces all of Vocal Explosion crammed into what looks like a hotel room. Santana steps forward when she sees him online.

"Kurt, we're all really sorry about your dad and hope he's getting better soon."

Kurt involuntarily squeezes his dad's hand as he tries to hold back tears.

"And we all know how much you were looking forward to coming to L.A. So because you couldn't sing with us, we're going to sing for you."

The group starts humming softly before Brittany steps forward to take the first line and Santana joins her on the second.

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, nothing is going right.

Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there brighten up even your darkest nights.

His whole choir sings the chorus together and Kurt is happy to see that Trent and Adam – who haven't spoken to him since the freshman tried to kiss him - are singing as well.

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come running to see you again.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yeah, yeah,
you've got a friend.

Quinn, Nick and Jeff are sharing the next verse and Kurt wipes a tear from his cheek as he keeps clutching his father's limp hand.

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds and that old north wind should begin to blow,

Keep your head together and call my name out loud. Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

When it happens for the first time, he's sure he is imagining things because stuff like that only happens on Lifetime movies. He only dares to look down to where his hand is holding his dad's on top of the sheet when the group repeats the chorus.

His dad's fingers are twitching lightly and Kurt nearly pushes his laptop on the floor in his haste to alert the doctors.

Suddenly the singing stops and Blaine's concerned face appears close to the screen.

"Kurt, everything okay?"

Kurt lets out a laugh that sounds more like a sob.

"Thank you so much, but I will have to call you back."

To be continued...