"Charlotte? Is everything okay?"

"K-Kurt, I'm so so sorry, it was a total accident..." Kurt felt sick, he could actually feel the bile make its way into his throat, his whole body felt cold, and it was tingling with adrenaline as he listened to Blaine's Mom's sobs on the other end of the line.

"CHARLOTTE, you need to calm down and tell me what's going on!" It took everything in him not to break down and cry right now, but he needed to know what had happened to his baby, while he was waiting for her answer, he was making his way to the classroom he knew Blaine was in right now.

"K-Kurt, it's Sophia, she, well she hit her head really badly on the coffee table, there was blood everywhere, sh-she screamed the house down and then must have passed out from the pain as she went limp in my arms, I brought her str-straight to the hospital, can you meet us here?"

Kurt didn't even allow her a goodbye, he hung the phone up on her, at the back of his mind, he knew he was rude and it wasn't actually her fault, accidents happen, but he had trusted her with his baby girl, and she had been hurt. He had reached the door for Blaine's classroom, yanking it open.

"Blaine! You need to come now, Sophia is at the hospital, she's hurt!" He watched the other occupants reactions, a cross between shock and sympathy, but right now he didn't care, he just needed to get to his baby. Blaine jumped up from his seat, not giving any explanation to his teacher, not that they needed one. He grabbed Kurt's hand and they both ran at a breakneck speed to the car parking lot.

"Kurt, I'll drive, you jump in the passenger seat okay?" Blaine grabbed the keys from Kurt, who jumped in the passenger seat, as directed, and did everything he could to stay still. He could feel the adrenaline rushing around his body, feel the heartbeat in his ears. A memory came flooding back to him as he watched the streets of Lima pass by. When he had an operation when he was 5 years old, his Mom and Dad had spent the whole three days at his bedside, they had both looked so worried and Kurt could never understand why they were as worried as they were. In this moment, he knew exactly how they felt, and his heart ached even more.

Blaine probably broke every speed limit getting to the hospital, right now he was more concerned at getting to his daughter than worrying about getting a speeding fine. When they FINALLY got to the hospital Blaine pulled into the nearest available space, he would worry about the parking ticket later. They both ran towards the entrance, throwing the doors open and looking around the waiting room in search of Charlotte and Sophia.

The waiting room was a grey room, with silver chairs lined up in the middle, a real mix of people waiting to see somebody, from people with clear injuries such as sprained ankles and broken arms, to the less obvious, who just looked pale and sickly. Kurt rushed to the reception desk, completely out of breath at this point.

"H-Hi, m-my daughter, Sophia Hum- Sophia Hummel-Anderson has been brought in, can you tell me where she is please?" He took a few steadying breaths, looking around to see Blaine in a very similar state next to him, panic written all over his face too. The young girl on the reception desk tapped away at her computer, looking at the two out of breath men in front of her.

"She's been taken through to the treatment rooms, if you go through these doors to the right here, and follow the corridor round you'll see another reception desk, ask there and they will take you into her room okay?"

The girl had not even finished her sentence before they were off again, following her directions and skidding towards the other reception desk. The new receptionist took pity on them and took them straight into treatment room 5. Kurt burst into tears at the sight in front of him. Sophia was lay in the childrens hospital bed, she looked so pale against the bed, head resting against the pillow where she was clearly sleeping. Her head had a big bandage over it, blood was clearly starting to seep through, she looked even younger than her four months right now, and it broke Kurt's heart.

Blaine had already stepped into the room, walking towards where his mother was sat in the chair next to Sophia's bed. He gave his Mom a hug and got an update from her. Kurt was still stood by the door, just looking at his baby girl in the bed. He was supposed to protect her, that's what parents did! He had already failed his daughter and she wasn't even six months old yet! He started to really cry now, he cried for his daughter, but he also cried at the fact he had let her down so badly.

Sophia stirred at the sound of new voices in the room and opened her beautiful eyes, looking around at the two new people in the room, her hands reaching out towards her Daddy, she always had been a Daddy's girl as opposed to a Papa's girl. Kurt wiped his face and moved towards his daughter, leaning down to give her a hug without moving her too much. He could now see her bandage clearly, and cried some more, she was too little to be bleeding like this. She looked paler than usual, it was clear she had lost a lot of blood. Just as Kurt turned towards Charlotte to ask what was going on, a young looking doctor came in.

"Ah, the young girls fathers I presume?" Kurt couldn't bring himself to speak, letting Blaine do the talking for both of them.

"Hi, yes, my name is Blaine, and this is my fiance, Kurt, we're Sophia's Dad's" Blaine put his hand out to the doctor to shake, hoping to god the doctor wouldn't be against a gay couple being here with their daughter. Luckily the doctor shook Blaine's hand warmly smiling curtly at the three of them.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Doctor Papworth, and I'm going to be looking after Sophia today. Now, from what I can see from her notes, she fell and hit her head on the coffee table, causing her head to crack open and start bleeding, she then passed out and that brings us to where we are now, does that sound about right?"

"My Mom was actually with Sophia, both Kurt and I were in school" They all turned to face Charlotte, who looked whiter than Sophia at the moment, who shakily nodded her affirmation at the turn of events.

"Okay, well, as you can see, we have bandaged her up for the moment, but unfortunately she is going to need some stitches, we'll use disposable stitches so that she won't have to go through the pain of actually having them removed. We'll also give her some painkillers and some anti-inflammatory medicine, all child friendly so you shouldn't have too much trouble giving it to her. I'd like to keep her in overnight to make sure she doesn't have concussion. You're both welcome to stay with her, but unfortunately, Ma'am we can only have parents stay. Do you have any questions for me?"

All Kurt heard was a lot of medical terminology, and he held his little girls hand, he couldn't believe she would have to have stitches, she was four months old! Before he knew it, the tears were falling again.

"Mr Hummel-Anderson?"

"Not, yet, I'm just Mr Hummel at the moment"

"Oh, I am sorry, look, this is totally normal for kids, they are accident prone, so please don't worry, she will be absolutely fine, I know it looks bad, but kids are honestly a lot tougher than you think."

Kurt nodded shakily at the doctor, he didn't quite believe him, but the words were a comfort at least.

"Right, well I'll send a nurse in to sort some stitches out, and then take you up to the ward for the evening, we'll get you guys a bed in Sophia's room so you can stay with her"

"Thank you, Doctor, I really appreciate you seeing to her so quickly"

The Doctor nodded once more at all three of them before ducking out of the room. Kurt was still looking down at Sophia's sleeping form as Charlotte broke the silence in the room.

"Boys, I am so sorry, I took my eyes off her for two minutes and she was screaming in pain, I honestly never meant for her to get hurt."

Kurt looked into Charlotte's eyes, and saw nothing but sincerity and regret there, and all anger he might have had towards her totally left his body, he made his way around the bed and engulfed her into a hug. Charlotte hugged him back, crying softly into his shoulder.

"it's okay, Charlotte, it was an accident, and you heard the Doctor, she will be fine, why don't you give James a call and he can come and get you? You look like you could do with a rest, and Blaine and I can take it from here"

Once Charlotte had left with some more dismissed apologies, Kurt and Blaine stood at Sophia's bedside just holding one another, it had been quite the day, and both of them were still shell-shocked from the whole experience. They knew it was going to be tough, but this was beyond extreme.

Kurt held Sophia as she had her stitches put in, Blaine stepping outside of the room as he was never very good with blood. Once she was settled in her room for the night, she lay in her bed snoring softly. Kurt sat in a chair at her bedside, just watching her breathe, he had never been so scared in his life, he could easily have lost his little girl today. As the tears fell this time, he felt Blaine wrap his arms around his waist, holding his as he cried. He led Kurt over to the bed at the side of the room and lay him down, they both fell into a very uncomfortable sleep watching their daughter for any further signs of distress.

Today had truly been the worst day of Kurt's life, thank god she was going to be okay.