The Truth Always Comes Out

               Chapter 19: The Day of Donation

The next day Blaine sleeps in, not really wanting to face the day. Kurt is up already and gone to work. He will be off tomorrow to accompany Blaine to the hospital. Blaine finally gets up, eats breakfast, and spends the morning lounging around the apartment not talking to anyone except Kurt or his family. Kurt calls and invites Blaine out for dinner and after some convincing he agrees to go. They meet at the restaurant and Blaine asks. “How was your day? “Nothing too exciting just getting the next articles up on the web site.” Kurt says, but he can see that Blaine is not really paying attention. “Blaine, where are you? Talk to me I am here for you,” he says as he reaches to touch Blaine's hand. “I just want it to be over so I don't have to deal with this anymore. Kurt, I'm sorry I am lousy company and I'm not hungry. Can we go home?” Blaine asks. They silently walk home hands entwined. Blaine gets out his keyboard and starts singing. For a few minutes Blaine doesn't think about his life and simply enjoys the music. Later that night when the boys are holding each other before they fall asleep Blaine says. “Kurt, I don't want you to think that I am shutting you out. It just hurts too much to talk about it.” Kurt replies, “I'll be here when you are ready. Until then I'm just going to hold you if that is okay.” “It's better than okay. I love you Kurt,” Blaine says as he hugs Kurt tightly.  “I love you Blaine,” Kurt responds. The boys fall asleep knowing it is going to be a long day tomorrow.

The alarm went off to wake the boys and Blaine turned it off. “Did you get much sleep?” Kurt asked Blaine. “Not really,” Blaine said. “I had too much to think about.” After getting dressed they headed to the hospital that was expecting Blaine. He signed in and was assigned a room. In the room Blaine changed into a surgical gown. “I'm going to buy you one of those gowns for Christmas because it turns me on when you wear it,” Kurt admits with red face. “Very funny Mr. Hummel, I have another kind of suit you might like better.” Blaine remarked with a wink as both boys laughed. Blaine got in the bed and covered up and Kurt sat in the chair next to him. “Good morning Mr. Anderson, I am going check your vitals and start an IV,” the nurse said. A few minutes later Blaine is lying down staring at the ceiling when Kurt says, “What are you thinking about?”  Blaine answers, “Getting out of here tomorrow and going home to start my life, our life.” Kurt grabs Blaine's hand and rubs it gently. “I wish I could help you and make you feel better.”  “You do Kurt just by being here,” Blaine says with a smile.

“Alright Mr. Anderson, we are going to take you the operating room now to finish your prep,” the nurse said as an orderly comes in and starts to take Blaine. Kurt walks next to Blaine with their hands still entwined, until they reach the swinging double doors and they stop. “You need to say goodbye now,” the orderly says. Kurt bends down and kisses Blaine and says, “I love you. I'll be here when you get back.” The nurse shows Kurt the waiting room while the orderly takes Blaine to the OR to finish prepping him. “Okay Mr. Anderson, could you please turn on your right side? We are going to clean the area to insert the local. You may feel a slight twinge for a second as we insert the needle. When we inject the local you will not feel anything from your waist down. “How are you doing Mr. Anderson?” the nurse asked. “I'm fine,” Blaine replied though he was quite nervous. “Mr. Anderson you are now going to start feeling drowsy and will probably fall asleep.” The nurse informs him. Blaine's eyes slowly close and he is asleep before the nurse can finish her sentence. Dr. Potter enters and asks if they are ready. His assistant tells him they are. They cleaned the needed area on Blaine's hip. The doctor inserts the needle into the hip bone and begins the process of extracting the marrow. The process continues until they obtain the needed amount of marrow. The marrow is given to a nurse who will make sure it is prepared for Joey. The procedure lasted about an hour and some bruising has started on Blaine's hip but all is well. They begin the process of waking him up. They remove the needle in his back. He will begin to have feeling in his lower half. They stop the drug that makes him drowsy. The orderly takes him to recovery while Dr. Potter goes to tell Kurt that Blaine is fine and all went well. Kurt heads toward Blaine's room since he will be back in his room soon. In recovery they place Blaine on his back and start calling his name. “Mr. Anderson you need to wake up now. Can you hear me Mr. Anderson?” the nurse asks. Blaine starts to groan and he slowly opens his eyes. “You did great Mr. Anderson. We are going to take you back to your room now,” the nurse informs Blaine.

Kurt is waiting in the room when Blaine is rolled in. He lets the nurse finish with Blaine before he pulls the chair next to the bed and grabs his hand. Blaine squeezes Kurt hand well he feels Kurt grab his hand. He opens his eyes slightly and whispers in a child's voice, “Kurt, I have to peeeee baaad.” Kurt chuckles at Blaine. He knows that Blaine is very sensitive to drugs and they often make him act silly until they wear off. “Blaine you can just go. You are connected to a bag so you don't have to get up to pee.” He tells Blaine. “Really,” Blaine says in a shocked tone. He closes his eyes and squishes his face hoping he doesn't wet the bed as he goes saying, “Oh, I feel so much better now.” Kurt smiles and tries hard not to laugh but can't do it so he covers his mouth. Blaine looks at Kurt with loving eyes and a silly smirk. “What,” he asks Blaine. “You are soooooooooooooo cute. Do you have a boyfriend?” Blaine asks shyly. “Yes I do,” Kurt says. “To bad,” Blaine replies disappointed. “I think you should sleep for a while,” Kurt suggests. “Oookaaayy. I'm thirsty” Blaine says his eyes get heavy. “I'll go get you some water. I'll be right back.” Kurt says as he heads out to the nurse's station for some water. “Kurt, how is he? Kurt turns around and sees Joey. “What are you doing here? Blaine doesn't want to see you and I don't want him upset.” Kurt says. “I won't go into his room I promise. So tell me, how is he?” Joey asks. “He is doing fine. He is sleepy from the sedation but all went well and he should be going home tomorrow.” “Kurt is there any way you can convince him to talk to me. I truly care about him. He's my brother. He is saving my life. I can't just forget about what he has done for me,” Joey pleads. “Joey, he doesn't want to know you,” Kurt says. “What he does know about you he doesn't like. He knows you are living with the man who raped and assaulted his Mother. A man who continues to say bad things about them and you allow it. A man who used false feelings to make Blaine forgive him enough so he would be a donor for the son he wanted. If you want to help Blaine then accept his gift, get well, and abide by his wishes. Now excuse me I need to get some water for Blaine.” Kurt says as he starts talking to a nurse. Both men not realizing that a man with curly black hair is entering Blaine's room.