The next day Kurt held on to his father's hand and refused to let go, he constantly talked to Burt as the man kept his eyes closed as though they were having their regular daily conversations, but Kurt ran out of breathe and started sobbing.

"Please dad, I need you… please… Ms Carole is so sad, and so is Finny, we all love you dad, but I love you the most, I need you, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the bullies! I don't believe in God dad…but I believe in you…I believe in us,"

Kurt continued to cry and then suddenly he felt a little movement in his father's hand.

"If you can hear me dad, squeeze back!"

Burt squeezed a little around his thumb.

"MS CAROLE!" Kurt screeched, suddenly everyone was in the room as Kurt cried happily at the movement in his father's hands.

"He's awake Carole!" Kurt squealed repeatedly hugging Carole tightly later on. Finn was happy as well, he kept jumping up and down and clapped his hands. Carole looked extremely relieved and smiled at the man that was finally opening his eyes at her.

"You gave us a scare," She told Burt gently, but with seriousness in her voice.

Burt nodded slightly, he had let out small talk with Kurt before and he was exhausted.

The nurse explained the same thing to her. She nodded and pulled up a chair next to Burt, as well as Kurt on the other side of her.

"Please…don't ever do that to us again," Carole said with emotion in her voice. Burt appeared puzzled.

"U…us?" Burt whispered.

"You didn't think Kurt was the only one worried about you, did you now?" Carole scowled.

Burt let out a small laugh.

"S…sorry..I didn't mean to ...make...you...upset...Kurt," Burt looked at his son who was smiling again.

Kurt was so precious, and Burt didn't understand it but Carole looked like she could use a hug as well, he felt terrible for leaving her under all the stress because of his heart attack, and he hated knowing how upset Kurt had been.

"I'm glad you're okay, I'm sorry dad, I'm so sorry! I love you dad," Kurt cried holding his hand tighter.

"Hey! I love you too Kiddo…easy, I'm not going no where…"

Carole smiled softly.

"MR BURT!" Finn exclaimed happily when he finally saw he was awake. Finn had been sleeping again after Kurt was allowed to talk to Burt, and the nurses say to let him have a bit of time with his son.

"Hey little man…you been good to your mother?"

Carole wondered why he would worry about such a thing.

"Yes Sir! I'm glad you're okay Mr Burt!"

"Me too kiddo, could not leave my little guy here," Burt looked back to Kurt than glanced at Carole.

"Thank you Carole,"

"What for?" Carole asked moving a bit closer so she could brush the sweat of his forehead with a cloth. She blushed when she realised how close they were after leaning back in the chair and the look he gave her was too much of appreciation. The room temperature was warmer than it had been yesterday.

"For taking care of my boy,"

Kurt was too busy burying himself into Burt's scent to listen to the conversation.

"You guys are my family now," Carole stated clearly. Burt smiled.

Burt talked to Carole for a while on how things went, and asked Finn how school was going, he was surprised when Carole told him that they had slept in the hospital room and she let Finn stay from school so she could take care of him and Kurt while they waited for him to wake up.

Kurt didn't talk about Blaine. He decided that he would talk about things one at a time, so his father could rest.

"Alright everybody, I think it'd be best if we let Mr Hummel sleep,"

Kurt looked worried at the doctor and shook his head.

"Don't worry kiddo, I'll just be sleeping, I'll wake up this time," Burt assured.

Kurt looked near tears.

"It's okay Kurt, he'll be okay," Carole soothed patting his hair lightly.

Burt was surprised when he didn't even touch it.

"Kurt, come here," Burt requested.

Kurt walked closer to the bed and Burt took his hands in his and sat up a little bit.

"I'm just going to sleep Kurt, I won't leave you, not like mommy, mommy had no choice,"

Kurt shed some tears.

"I know Kurt, I don't like hospitals either, but I am NOT leaving you, okay?"

Kurt trembled as he nodded.

"Good, stay strong Kurt, it'll be okay, you should go get some fresh air kiddo, take Ms Carole with you, and I'll look after Finn for the moment,"

"You sure Burt?" Carole asked concerned. Burt nodded looking at the kid playing with his crayons on the ground of the hospital room.

"Yeah…he won't be no trouble,"

"Alright, we'll be back soon," Carole whispered leaning down to kiss Burt's forehead.

Burt looked a little startled but welcomed the gesture with a pleasant smile that reached his eyes. She chuckled at the sappy grin and wiped away the spot she kissed on Burt's forehead.

"Hang in there,"

Kurt tilted his head looking at how happy his dad was when Ms Carole kissed his forehead. She was really good too his father…and Ms Carole looked really sad when she first saw Burt in hospital…he didn't want another man to get Ms Carole because what would happen if he never got to see Finny again, and Ms Carole wasn't there too look after him if something happened to Burt? Or too even care about his dad!

After his mommy died, there had been no one for his dad, and he felt really bad, because he could see the pain when he looked at those people like in the fairytales that were kissing on the street.

He knew his daddy missed his mommy because he heard him crying sometimes when he thought Kurt was in his room and he had just come out to grab some milk, or when he looked at her picture, but he didn't seem so sad with Ms Carole.

Kurt missed his mommy, and he didn't want to replace her, he wanted her back more than anything! He wasn't sure what to do…or what to think anymore…

Carole led Kurt outside to the girls bathroom and wiped Kurt's face as well as her own with a moist toilette, they didn't go straight outside, neither of them wanted to stay out for too long, they had only agreed so Burt could not worry about them, and Carole knew that Kurt didn't want to leave the hospital even if it was just 10 feet.

"You okay little man?" Carole asked plotting Kurt on the bench to stare him in the eye.

Kurt didn't appear as sad as before, he even looked like he could go back to the way things were at Day Care, the smile she saw was wide, and not the forced smile that he often gave her the past two days and before that. It was a nice sight to see. It didn't reach his eyes like it normally did, but it was improved.

Kurt nodded as Carole put him back down and reached for his hand.

"Come on, I don't think Finn would be letting your father sleep, if we stayed here too long," Carole giggled at the 'I-know-what-you-mean' look Kurt gave her.

"Kurt…I hope you don't mind, I brought Sam along who would like to meet you," Mercedes said after saying hello to Burt the next day at the hospital, and giving him her best wishes. Mercedes had been visiting all week and catching up with Kurt and his family.

Kurt looked up from his father's bed side who nodded to get him out of the room.

"It's okay Kurt, Carole won't do anything you wouldn't do," Kurt smiled.

He nodded and left the room to talk to Mercedes and Sam. Sam was as handsome as he remembered from school, the blonde hair still there, a little bit longer than before, and the green eyes sparkled, but he looked shy.

He was wearing baggy pants and a football jersey. He looked like he had just come home from practise on the fields which were exactly where he had come from.

Sam held out a hand for Kurt to take, who refused to when he saw how dirty they were, but the boy had a nice smile which fell when Kurt didn't accept his hand.

"I'm…sorry for bullying you at school, when I first became friends with Mercedes, Kurt, she has showed me how to be myself, and I never wanted to bully you but I was worried about my friends, what they would think of me, but I've changed, and I hope you don't stay mad at me, I'd like to be friends, Mercedes told me so much about you, and I think we could get along really well," Sam added trying to shake his hand again. Kurt shook his head.

"I would shake your hand but you got dirt on them!" Kurt pointed out making a face.

Sam's eyes went wide and laughed a bit.

"Oh my god, I'm sorry, I should have gotten cleaned up, I just came straight from football practise, Mercedes's mum picked me up, I didn't even realise, now I remember she told me you hated getting dirty,"

"It's okay!" Kurt exclaimed giggling. He liked Sam; he was trying really hard to be nice.

"I'm sorry,"

"I forgive you," Kurt nodded approvingly.

"He's cute," He whispered in Mercedes's ears.

She blushed.

"What did you say?" Sam looked up from wiping his hands on his pants.

"Nothing!" Mercedes said before Kurt could say anything.

"Is your dad okay?" Sam asked politely. Kurt sighed a little and nodded slightly.

"He's okay…I was really scared though," Kurt admitted.

"I'm sure he will be fine! My dad says that it's hard to get out of something like that, so your dad must be really really strong!" Sam patted Kurt's back who instantly flashed him an angry look. Sam jerked away immediately forgetting his dirty hands.

"SORRY!"

"Its fine…thank you Sam, and yes you are right my dad is strong," Kurt agreed proudly.

"Do you have email? We should catch up sometime when I am not wearing these clothes," Sam asked.

Mercedes giggled. Kurt knew now that Mercedes really reaaaaaally liked this guy.

Because Mercedes never just laughed like that at anyone, and her face was really red!

"Sure!" Kurt said, thinking he could make fun of Mercedes later, she did the same thing with her on Blaine when he used to see Blaine at Day Care. The thought of Blaine instantly reminded Kurt of what he missed and he felt himself shake a little.

"You okay?" Sam looked concerned.

"F…fine…," Kurt bit back a sob as he asked for a piece of paper to write his email.

Sam gave it to him still worried as he looked at Mercedes. Kurt gave it back to him with sad eyes and a fake smile.

"Come here Kurt," Mercedes argued pulling Kurt into a gripping hug after he finally couldn't stop the tears.

"It's okay boo,"

"I'm glad my dad's okay but I miss him," Kurt sobbed.

"I know,"

"But your dad is awake isn't he?" Sam looked shocked. He thought Kurt said he was.

Mercedes patted Kurt's back and looked sadly at her bestest best friend.

"Kurt means another boy that we were friends with, Blaine, he was really nice, but his mommy was so mean and took him away,"

"He didn't want to be with me," Kurt answered.

Sam looked sympathetically at him and shook his head.

"You seem like a cool guy! Do you want me to hurt him for hurting you?"

"NO!" Kurt shouted straight away.

"No…, you don't even know where he is, and he is really nice, but I don't know, I don't know what happened…just please…no" Kurt repeated.

"Sam won't hurt Blaine," Mercedes shot Sam an angry look.

"I hate seeing you upset Kurt, I'm sorry Blaine can't talk to you right now, but maybe one day you will see him again, just don't give up boo, Blaine wouldn't want that,"

"You don't know what Blaine wants," Kurt replied bitterly.

"I know he cared about you boo,"

"He didn't! It doesn't matter I got my dad now,"

Mercedes felt hurt for Blaine, because Blaine used to talk to her about Kurt and he missed Kurt as much as Kurt missed Blaine she knew, but Blaine wouldn't tell her why he wouldn't talk to Kurt, but now that she thought about it, Kurt didn't try hard enough to talk do him.

"Yes he did! STOP IT. Stop feeling so bad for yourself, and think about others for once Kurt. Blaine liked you, but something was up, and I don't know what, but you wouldn't ask Blaine why, you would cry in the corner and I know if Sam was mad at me, I would want to know why, and I would talk to him about it, but you wouldn't talk to Blaine! You gave up after one try!"

Kurt stared at her wide eyed as he let it sink in. Mercedes hadn't been there that time with Sebastian and when Blaine stuck up for him, it was after school on the weekand and she had church…

Kurt never told her about it because he felt like it was too good of a thing to keep to himself, alone time with Blaine, even with that mean bully that interrupted the time with Blaine.

Mercedes didn't know about Kurt meeting Blaine before, and about the Eskimo kiss, or the talk about how Blaine didn't want hang round him, she thought Kurt was still talking about the time where Blaine didn't talk to him at Day Care centre, but now that she reminded him of it, he felt really bad for not trying hard enough to see if Blaine was okay.

It was his fault. Kurt gaped at her as the tears poured down his face. Was that why Blaine thought Kurt should not hang around him? Did he not show how much he cared for Blaine?

"Mercedes! You made him feel bad," Sam said disapprovingly, wanting to pull Kurt in for a hug but his hands would make Kurt pull away.

Kurt looked down at the floor and shook his head refusing to look at them. Maybe he didn't care enough for Blaine like Blaine cared for him.

Mercedes didn't give in.

"Even though Blaine was mean to you, you were mean back Kurt! You ignored him,"

"No…" Kurt whispered brokenly.

"Do you know how many times I had to hear him cry and you were with Ms Carole?"

"MERCEDES!" Sam warned.

Mercedes stopped the moment Kurt ran out.

"You happy now?"

"I…"

"That was a mean thing to do! I know I've done a lot of mean things, but I didn't think you ever would, and he isn't feeling so good after his father almost died!" Sam argued.

Mercedes looked ashamed.

"Oh no…I…messed up so bad," Mercedes was supposed to support her friend, and instead she had a go at him, because she was both Kurt and Blaine's friend. She hadn't meant to be cruel, and now she felt an empty feeling in her stomach at the cause she had done.

"You did, I'm going to see if he's okay, and then I want you to apologise," Sam fumed as he stormed of after Kurt.