"Hello there, are you Elizabeth Hummel?" Elizabeth was speechless, she just nodded.

"We are sorry to inform you that your husband Burt Hummel is in the hospital sporting some serious head and abdomen injuries and also a broken arm. He is currently in a coma due to his head injuries but the doctors say that there isn't any sign of any brain injury but they can't be sure until he wakes up." Elizabeth broke down crying on the floor and the police officers tried to calm her by bringing her into the lounge room of the house.

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Blaine woke up to the sounds of someone crying, he untangled himself from the sheets and Kurt before making his way downstairs. When he reached the half way point of the stairs he realised it was his Kurt's mother crying, but she wasn't alone; there were two police officers with her.

"Lizzie, what's wrong?" Elizabeth sniffled and looked up to the worried child on the stairs.

"Blaine? What are you doing up?"

"I heard crying and I can't sleep; I miss my Mummy" Elizabeth just cried even harder; her head in her hands. The police officers were looking quizzically at Elizabeth and then Blaine. The female police officer named Kaylee stepped forward looking towards the young boy.

"Hi, my name is Kaylee but you can call me Kay. What's your name?"

"M-my name's Blaine, Blaine Anderson." Kaylee looked at the child and instantly recognised the similarity between him and his mother who was found at the house pretty beaten up.

"Hi Blaine, do you want to come down here?" Blaine came down the stairs and sat down next to Elizabeth. He looked at her and lifted her hands and gave her a big hug. Elizabeth smiled and picked him up; Blaine made himself comfortable on her lap before looking at Kaylee again. Kaylee had a sad smile on her face because she knew how bad a shape his mother was in, at least who she thought was his mother.

"Blaine, what's your Mummy's name?"

"Her name is Nancy." Kaylee's face saddened.

"Ok Blaine, this is Jay. Do you mind going to talk to him for a while?" Blaine gave Elizabeth another hug.

"Lizzie, don't cry, it makes me sad when you cry" Elizabeth smiled sadly at Blaine.

"I'm fine Blaine, do you want to go with Jay or do you want me to tuck you back into bed?" Blaine looked at the big police officer who looked a bit scary.

"I think I will go back to bed, Kurt might wake up and be scared that I left." Elizabeth excused herself and went to tuck Blaine back into bed.

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"Blaine, dear, if you wake up again just come and find me ok?" Elizabeth whispered; trying not to wake Kurt up.

"Ok Lizzie, I can't sleep because I miss my Mummy." Nancy smoothed back Blaine's hair and smiled at him.

"It's ok, you'll see her soon. Goodnight Blaine." With that all done Elizabeth headed back downstairs and talked to the officers.

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"Psst, Blaine" Kurt was woken up by the noise in the room.

"Yes, Kurt" Blaine turned around in the bed to face where he thought Kurt was.

"What did my Mummy want?"

"Nothing much, I heard crying and it was her. She is with two police officers" Blaine informed Kurt.

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"Should I go give her a hug?"

"No it's ok I already gave her one and she smiled. I think she will be ok"

"Oh ok." Kurt said saddened

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing"

"Oh ok then" they were lying there in silence for a few minutes before Kurt broke the silence.

"Thanks Blaine"

"For what?"

"Making my Mummy feel better"

"It's ok Kurt. If my Mummy was crying I think you would have hugged her too."

"Yeah I guess" Kurt and Blaine fell asleep again.

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Elizabeth joined Kaylee and Jay in the lounge room once again.

"Would you like a tea or coffee?"

"No thanks but we would like to ask some questions about the Anderson's"

"Oh sure thing" Elizabeth sat down once again. The police asked questions about how they had met, how long they had known each other, if they were good friends, if Blaine's father was abusive, how Blaine got to their house and of course why Burt was there at the Anderson's.

"Burt was at the Anderson's because we got an answering machine message from Blaine and the situation sounded really bad so I went out there and I called Burt on the way to tell him the situation." Elizabeth started to tear up. "T-then he told me n-not to go there be-be-because it was dangerous" She was full on sobbing once again.

The questioning continued and Kaylee and Jay left afterwards. Elizabeth got ready for bed even though he she knew she wasn't going to sleep. Elizabeth cried and cried until she eventually fell asleep.

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The next morning she awoke to two bodies lying next to her; one on each side. She opened her eyes and rubbed them. She found Kurt on one side and Blaine on the other, she smiled to herself and wrapped her arms around them holding them close wondering how she was going to explain the situation to these two boys.

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The boys woke an hour later with Elizabeth's arms on them. Elizabeth was lying there waiting for these two precious boys to awaken to the horrible mess that one John Anderson had caused.

"G 'Morning Mummy, g 'Morning Blaine."

"Good morning Kurt, Good morning Lizzie"

"Good Moring boys" They all got up out of bed and headed towards the dining room/kitchen.

"Boys before I make breakfast can you sit down, I need to tell you something." Kurt and Blaine took the seats opposite to where Elizabeth was sitting.

"Now, Blaine your Mummy is in hospital because your Daddy hurt her." Blaine gasped. "She might be in there for a while because she has a sore head and tummy" The look on Blaine's face almost made her cry but she had to hold herself together for the boys.

"And Kurt" Kurt looked to his mother "D-daddy's in the hospital too. He went to help Blaine's Mummy and he got hurt."

"How did Daddy get hurt?"

"Daddy's head is hurt and his tummy and arm too" Kurt started to cry; he was Daddy's little boy after all.

"B-but is he ok?" Elizabeth started to tear up.

"He will be ok but he won't be home for a little while."

"What about my Mummy, when will she be home?" Blaine looked worried.

"Also a little while, the doctors don't know yet" Blaine started to sob. Elizabeth got out of her seat and pulled both of the boys into a tight hug.

"It's ok" she cooed trying to hold back tears. "It's going to be ok"

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The three of them visited the hospital daily spending a lot of the time there after school. When they got home Elizabeth would bath them and put them to bed but they somehow always ended up in her bed in the morning cuddled up next to her.

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It was four days after the attack and at the hospital Blaine and Kurt would have conversations with Nancy and she was recovering well but Burt on the other hand was in a comatose state. They would talk to him hoping that he would wake up at any given time. Elizabeth sometimes sang to him but he never woke. He just lay motionless with the beep of the heart monitor in the background.

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Today they visited the hospital like any other day and it was eight days after the attack and today just felt different to Elizabeth like she had more faith and hope in Burt than any other day.

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Burt was in a place that was all white and he seemed to be looking at Kurt and Blaine; except they looked much older, like ten years older. He thought he was going bonkers but he liked what he was seeing, they were so happy, happier than he had ever seen them before, they were holding hands, laughing and running around in the park near their house, he and Nancy were there smiling at their boys and talking while watching them act like little hyperactive kids. But where was Elizabeth? She wasn't anywhere in sight. The image changed to Nancy, Blaine, Kurt and himself holding hands and walking together. Once again there was no Elizabeth, they didn't look happy and Kurt and Blaine were maybe 8 years old they didn't look that different; just a bit taller. He continued to watch and they seemed to be in a cemetery. He wanted to look away catching onto what was happening but he couldn't, soon the next image was a headstone with the name of his wife along with her birth and death dates engraved with a loving mother, wife and friend.

Elizabeth Hummel

1967-2002

A loving mother, wife and friend.

Burt started to cry, hoping this wasn't going to happen; he planned to grow old with Lizzie but he soon awoke in another white place but this was different he heard his wife's beautiful voice singing their song and he heard a faint and constant beeping sound.

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Burt awoke what seemed to be an hour later; little did he know it had been a week. He awoke to an almost blinding white room. He was in hospital after being knocked out by John Anderson. Elizabeth was at his side holding his hand, sobbing and Kurt and Blaine were nowhere in sight.

"L-Lizzie?" Burt croaked. Elizabeth looked up and gave a sigh of relief; she leapt up and embraced him in a bone breaking hug, he winced from pain soon realising he had a cast on his arm and bandages on his head and abdomen.

"Sorry honey, I forgot." She smiled weakly. Elizabeth looked like a wreck but she still looked beautiful.