“Seriously? Just like that your gonna blow me off?”

“Look I said I’m sorry, something’s come up, Besides this might not have been such a good idea.”

“Oh I see now, I should have pegged you for one of those whiney little fags. It always has to be about something more, never just a fuck with you guys. Well excuse me while I Bow out. I only do no strings attached.. Goodnight Kurt.” Kurt was totally confused by this point, how did he end up as the bad guy in this conversation. All he was trying to do was explain that he was needed else where, but deep down part of him was relieved he wouldn’t be going through with the act. He pulled out his cell, quickly dialing Carole, she knew better than to send him such a vague message.

“Hey, Carole. What’s going on?... Ok I just wanted to make sure I read your message right, do the doctors know anything yet? Ok… ok.. I’m heading home to change now, I’ll be there shortly.” Kurt headed back towards his apartment, every fiber of he’s being was telling him to just go now to that hospital room. But he had to be practical, he knew the procedure for when a coma patient wakes. There’s several test they have to perform, both mentally and physically, so it’ll still be a few hours before they allow anyone other than his Doctor to see him. He quickly showered and changed cloths and then met up with Carole and Burt at the hospital.

“Dad? What are you doing here?”

“Well buddy, Carole has taken such an interest in this guy, that I felt like I needed to be here, you know.. in case something was wrong. Moral Support I guess for her….and you.” It was times like this Kurt truly appreciated his dad, he always knew the right thing to do without having to be asked. They both looked up as Carole came out of the LTC wing. Since she was one of the head nurses’ she got to hear first hand information from the doctor. Seeing her boys waiting for her, she picked up pace and embraced both of them in a huge hug, Kurt could fill the tears running off her face onto his neck.

“Carole, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing sweety, absolutely nothing. The physical is done and he’s fine, other than what you’d expect, he’s hasn’t used any of his muscles in a long time. They’ve called in a speacialist to go over his CT scans, but he’s not showing any sign of permanent brain injury, but other than that he seems ok. I think he’s more confused than anything right now, look I know its a lot but. You were one of the last people he saw before the accident, would you mind coming with me to see him. The doctor thinks it might calm him down a bit to see someone familiar.”

“It was just a few hours together, I doubt I’ll make him feel better.” Carole and Burt both smiled at each other, they knew Kurt was downplaying the situation. They remembered having to listen to him go on and on about those “few” hours together. Carole put her arm around him and lead him to the room, as they entered Kurt looked past and around the Doctors standing there and sure enough there he was, sitting in bed, wide eyed and awake, looking around like a lost child.

“Doctor this is Kurt, my Son. The one I told you about.”

“Ah yes, Kurt. I understand your also one of our nurse’s here. Were glad to have you.” The doctor turned back towards Blaine’s direction before he began to speak again.

“Ok now Blaine, there is someone who’d like to see you.” He gestured for Kurt to come around, Carole still right beside him the entire time. Blaine looked up at the doctor and then tilted his head to stare at Kurt… Carole wasn’t sure how this was going to end but she watched as a smile slowly made its way across Blaine’s face, he started to open his mouth and speak but began coughing. Kurt instinctively pulled away from everyone taking the cup of water with the straw sitting nearby, helping the boy to drink.

“There you go, that should feel better. Try not to talk to much, your vocal chords aren’t very strong right now. Its going to take some time before you can speak normal again.”

“cough….than…cough…thank you.”

“Your welcome Blaine, I think were all just glad to see you awake.” Blaine glanced around the room, he didn’t recognize hardly anyone. He felt the itch in his throat again so he accepted another sip from Kurt’s cup.

“co..uld…y.ou..tel…l me..som…thin…”

“What would you like to know Blaine?”

“yo..uu…w…w..who are you.” Kurt felt his heart shatter at the sentence, he had considered this on the drive here. It was common in head injuries, amnesia. But he had hoped that this would be the one acception to the rule.

“My name is Kurt Blaine. We met once, the night before your accident. What all do you remember?”

“not…much..cough..ok..real..ly..nothing.”

“So you have no memory of anything before waking up today?” Blaine just shook his head, it was a lot easier than trying to speak and he was already getting tired. “Do you know your name?” Again he shook his head, he only knew it was Blaine because that’s what the doctor’s told him. He was beginning to fill a bit overwhelmed with everyone being in the room and staring at him, I really just preferred everyone to leave… well ok maybe not everyone. The guy, what was his name, Kurt. He could stay, Blaine felt…safe with him there.

The doctors instructed him that he needed to rest, and everyone should leave. Part of him was sad to watch Kurt leave too, they were gonna give him a sedative to help him sleep, and this terrified him. What if he didn’t wake up again? Before much longer the effects hit him and he was out like a light, Kurt was standing outside the room looking in while Carole and the Doctors discussed possible reasons for his loss of memory.

Over the next two weeks, Kurt was only allowed to see Blaine during visiting hours when he was not working. The Doctors didn’t want to make him feel over burdened having someone around all the time. The visits were nice enough, consisting of them talking about books and movies, Kurt filling him in on everything he’s missed in the past 5 years, as well as to the accident that landed him in the hospital.

“Ok so let me get this right. We met and had coffee together, and then were suppose to meet up again the next day to finish our conversation? “

Kurt had stayed clear of mentioning anything about the two flirting, let alone that kiss. “ Yea it was something like that, You never showed up the next day so I figured you went ahead and left town. You said you were only passing through.”

“wow, so we spent a couple hours together talking, I told you about me passing through and even scheduling another meet up for the next morning and yet I DIDN”T tell you my whole name?”

He had a point there, it was kind of stupid on either of their parts at the time.

“So do you make it a habit to have random conversations with strangers who’s name you don’t even know?”

“Not occasionally but it has been known to happen.” Both boys giggled at each other, this is how most of their time spent together was. The doctor finally said it was ok for him to get out of the room and go outside, so of course Kurt volunteered to push him. They never really had a whole lot of time together during each visit, Blaine had physical therapy appointments around the clock, not to mention more test.

“So Kurt can I ask you a question?”

“sure”

“What about my family?” They had all been expecting this topic to come up, and it was rather surprising that it took this long for him to mention it.

“There’s been several families visit you in the hopes that you belonged to them, but your family hasn’t made it yet. But don’t think that doesn’t mean that their not looking, Now that your up and awake, the Missing Person’s office has put you at the top of their List.”

“Yea, I’m sure they are. By the way, tell Carole Thank you for the cookies.” Kurt stopped pushing Blaine abruptly, walking around to the front to face him and look him dead in the eye.

“Umm excuse me? Cookies? Blaine, you are not suppose to have any type of sweets without the Doctors permission first. Ugh, I swear that step mother of mine will be the death of me.”

Blaine loved it when Carole would com and visit with him, he often imagined that’s how it would be with his own mother one day. She didn’t really give him cookies, just put him up to telling Kurt she did cause she knew how he would act, and boy was she right.

“Calm Down Bright Eyes, it was just a joke. Lighten up, Im suppose to be the patient here, and your suppose to be my care giver.” Blaine smirked at Kurt with that last bit, he’d learned how to get Kurt riled up over the last couple weeks. But something was different this time, Kurt wasn’t teasing him back. He just simply stared at Blaine, a small smile forming on his face.

“What’d you call me?”

Blaine had to stop and think for a moment, then he realized what he said.

“Oh God Im sorry Kurt, I didn’t mean to offend you. I was complimenting your eyes, Every time I see you they seem to shine with their own light… hence Brighteyes.”

“No its just… that’s one of the first things you ever said to me.” Blaine was confused and interested now, was he starting to remember? If so then why something as unimportant as bright eyes, why not his name or address. Kurt opened his mouth to explain more, but saw that Carole was in the doorway waving for them to come back.

“Hey we need to head back, Carol’s flagging us down. Something’s up!” They headed back in, surprised by the smile that was radiating off Carol’s face.

“Blaine, honey, Missing person’s is here. They’ve found your family.”

“Really?” Blaine was barely controlling his excitement now, he took the control of his chair away from Kurt and began to roll back to his room. He entered and was met by 4 people, two men both in suits, a women in a knee length black skit and Red Jacket and then a another girl, who looked like she could be a model.

“BLAINE BABY!” The well dressed women raced across the room, crying her eyes out and falling on her knee’s in front of her son’s chair. She tried to hold and hug him but it was a bit hard in his chair.

“hi…mom?” The women stopped and looked up at him, seeing that confusion in his face and going back into her hysterics of crying.

“Now Pamela, you heard the Doctor, he doesn’t remember anything, so its going to take him some time to remember.” The man smiled down at Blaine, and Blaine could instantly see the resemblance in the two. The man had the same dark hair as he did, the same dark skin tone, but from what he could tell the man was a little bit taller.

“Blaine… hello.. ummm.. My name is Jonathan Anderson, I’m your father. This is Pamela, your mother. We’ve been looking for you for a while now.” The man fought back the urge to cry, he couldn’t show weakness right now, he had to be strong for everyone. Carole had entered the room along with Kurt at this time, both truly happy to see Blaine finally reunited with his family. But seeing Kurt enter the room, Jonathans entire demeanor changed and he became stiff and un welcoming.

“Please this is a family matter, would you give us some privacy please.”

“Oh yes sir, So Sorry about that. All of us here are just finally glad to see the story getting the happy ending. Blaine sweetie, we’ll be right outside if you need anything.” Carole leaned down and kissed him on the forehead, Blaine smiling at the contact. This gesture was not unnoticed and not very well accepted by the Andersons.

The went out in the hall and was talking amongst themselves while Blaine caught up with his family. Mercedes had joined them by this time, glancing into the room smiling and then stopping all of a sudden.

“Hold up, wait a minute, you mean to tell Tell me that Blaine.. Our Blaine, John Doe Blaine, is the son of Jonathan Anderson?” Kurt was confused now, that name sounded familiar but he wasn’t sure where it was from. Carole didn’t seem phased at all.

“Do you know him ‘Cedes?”

“Of Course I do, he’s only the Richest Man in the state of Ohio. He has a huge mansion over in Westerville. The guy is like Bill Gates kind of Rich, he’s owns Anderson Pharmaceuticals, you know the company that supplies ALL of our medical supplies. And his Wife there, she’s been featured in Vogue Magazine 3 years in a row for her designs.”

Kurt now recognized the names, he was a fan of Mrs. Andersons spring collection last year and he see’s the Andersons logo almost everyday.

“So what a minute, if their this rich and powerful. Why has Blaine gone unfound for the last 5 years in a Hospital that is only, 2 hours from Westerville.”

No one had considered this, but it was a bit confusing. They were about to discuss it further, when the room door opened and Blaine Came out in his chair, with the Skinny Girls hand in his.

“Kurt, Ms. Carole, thank you for all you’ve done for me. You’ve been the family I needed through this, and now that I have my own again I wanted to thank you and let you know that I love both of you.” Kurt’s heart swelled at those words, now given, that’s not exactly how he had hoped to hear them, but he’d take them none the less for now. He decided to take the initiative and introduce himself to the girl.

“Hi, I’m Kurt. I’ve been Blaine’s Nurse and Friend for the last year I’ve been working here. And you must be.. his beautiful sister?” The girl laughed at this and reached out to give Kurt a hug, any friend of Blaine’s would be her friend to.

“Your so kind but no I’m not his sister.” Blaine saw the confusion flow across Kurt’s face. So he took out a piece of paper in the folder he was now holding. Kurt could make out what looked like baby photos, a high school graduation photo, and a birth certificate stick out the side.

“Kurt this is Mia… my wife.” Sure enough, Kurt accepted the paper and it was a marriage license dated back to one month before his accident. Blaine wasn’t sure about any of this but his family had all the paper work a records to prove it. In the eyes of the law, Mia was his Wife.

Kurt couldn’t put together any words at the moment, his brain had stopped working all together. When he tried to speak again, he felt Mercedes gentle hand on his lower back, knowing she was there for support if he needed it.. He was finally able to get his mouth to work and the only thing that came to mind was..
“oh…”