When he woke up he noticed that he Kurt wasnt next to him, he looked up and Kurt was sitting at the top of the ditch staring at him.

"Morning," he groaned.

"Morning, sorry about hugging you last night I didnt notice," he said walking back into the ditch with him.

"Its ok, I hugged you back it was really cold," he said and pushed himself up.

"ready to keep going?" Kurt said helping him to his feet.

"Yeah," he replied and they both climbed out of the ditch.

They carried on walking slowly towards the bridge; it was even worse closer up. The whole of the middle had fallen into the now dangerous waters below.

The only part of the bridge was the frame.

"Were going to have to climb the frame," Blaine said finally letting go of Kurts hand. It felt empty now, like Kurts hand was supposed to be there.

"Ok lets go," Kurt said the nervousness showing in his voice.

Blaine went first and started to climb the iron frame of the bridge, it went straight into the air and then back down on the other side like a triangle.

He pushed himself up his heart racing faster and faster the further from the ground he got, Kurt wasnt far behind him and he could hear his breathing heavily.

The creaking of the iron didnt help; it made it sound like the bride was going to collapse any second.

It took about ten minutes before he reached the far top of the frame and the highest point. He turned to Kurt.

"Are you ok?" he asked clinging onto the bride for dear life.

"Yes, just please keep going," Kurt said and he nodded turning back to what he was doing. This was going to be the easiest part.

He slowly climbed over the tip of the bridge so that he could start shuffling down the other side.

His foot suddenly slipped and he screamed out grabbing onto the iron frame his feet hanging off the edge. He felt his hands slipping, he didnt want to look down and see what his fate was going to be.

"Blaine! Blaine hang on," he heard Kurt yell thought he couldnt get more grip.

"I cant, Im slipping," he said as a hand grabbed his wrist starting to tug him back onto the frame. He managed to get a tighter grip on the frame but he couldnt pull himself up.

He watched as Kurt straddled the iron frame and then leaned down wrapping his arms around his shoulders tugging him up.

He finally got high enough to pull himself back onto the frame, he hadnt noticed how much he was sweating and shaking.

"Thank you, thank you," he breathed. "Im going to give you a kiss when he get down," he said without thinking but he didnt care he was just glad to be alive.

The started down the frame again reaching the bottom in half as much time as it had taken to get up.

Blaine laid down on the ground wanting never wanting to leave it again. He took a minute before he stood up.

"Are you ok?" Kurt said and pulled him into a tight hug.

"Im fine, thanks for saving my life…again," he breathed.

"No problem," Kurt said. "Im glad you didnt die," he said giggling trying to make fun of the situation.

"Im glad I didnt die too," Blaine replied.

They took another minute appreciating the ground before they carried on walking.

"So, why are you going to the North then?" Kurt asked and his stomach tightened.

He took a breath before answering. "I was living in my basement for three months, I got bored and lonely so I left and went looking for people, I met this guy who said that there were groups of people going North so that they could help fix what the world had become, it wont be perfect and it will take time but it will be safe," he said.

Kurt nodded, "So youve been alone from the start? Where were your parents?" Kurt asked sadness in his voice.

"Yeah, my parents left me about a week before the whole thing started. I came out and not long later I came home from school and the house had been empty other than my room and they were gone," he said his heart aching at the memory.

"Blaine… You dont need them, I dont know what I would have done if my dad had reacted that way," Kurt said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Youre gay?" He said not expecting to be as excited as he was.

"Yeah, Im surprised that you didnt know, its a bit obvious," Kurt smiled though there was a hidden sadness in it. This is why he didnt want to tell him.

"Not to me," Blaine smiled.

"That may actually be a compliment," Kurt laughed taking his hand again.

Blaine gave it a squeeze and the Kurt released it. He almost sighed; he had wanted to walk hand in hand with him again.

"You can take it any way you want, other than an insult it wasnt an insult," Blaine stated.

As they were walking he kept his eyes alert at all times making sure that there were no people around that were a potential threat.

Buildings were starting to form around them making the trip all that more dangerous again. There could be anyone around any corner.

The air grew thick as they neared the town and the smell of death filled their nostrils.

"Wow," Kurt said moving his hands to his nose trying to block out the smell. Blaine nodded doing the same but not wanting to open his mouth scared that he might be able to taste it.

They kept walking and the further the got into the town the more intense the smell got, his eyes had started to water the time they had got half way through the town.

The town wasnt very big, only having a couple of stores that had been looted and a little village.

"Oh my god," Kurt said through his hands.

He looked towards where he was looking, gasping when he saw it.

There were random dead bodies lying about the town, in the streets and hanging out of the store windows.

"Thats where the smells coming from," Blaine said looking away from the bodies. It was too much.

"Theres so many," Kurt whimpered.

"Come on hun, lets get out of here," Blaine said and they hurried, walking fast through the rest of the town trying not to look at all of the devastation that the town had suffered.