The first thing he registered was beeping, two different sets to be exact. One was slow and sporadic while the second was steady and a bit faster. In his head he knew what the beeping meant but before he could place it he fell back into the darkness he had come out of.
Blaine heard a loud thud amidst his own sobs. He looked up and saw the crumpled body of Kurt laying on the front stoop of the house. At that moment Blaine’s brain had completely disconnected from his body, he no longer could control himself he vaguely registered him body convulsing with tears and pain, he barely noticed himself being lifted in a fireman’s carry by Joe. The only thing he knows for sure that Sir has succeeded in breaking Blaine.
Both Blaine and Kurt are rushed to the local hospital. Kurt is taken up to the ICU immediately. Blaine is mostly unresponsive, not giving any recognition to the doctors and their questions. Blaine only came out of his reverie when the doctors said Kurt’s name. As soon as Blaine heard the name of his best friend he sat up quickly in bed. “Kurt, where’s Kurt? Is he ok? Is he…” Blaine couldn’t finish the last sentence.
“Blaine, Kurt is fine. He is in the ICU he has some pretty extensive injuries but he is stable for the time being and we hope to move him down here in a few hours or so…would you like to be in the same room?” An older doctor with kind eyes looked down at the terrified boy. Blaine could only nod as he fell back onto the pillows of the hospital bed. “Alright, its going to be ok Blaine you are both safe now. My name is Dr. Mason; we are here to take care of you. Are you ready to tell us what happened to you and your friends?”
Blaine looked up and Dr. Mason with wide and fearful eyes. “He killed her. Rachel is dead.” Blaine said his voice sounding flat.
“I am very sorry about your friend Rachel, Blaine. I am sure the paramedics did all they could to revive her. But sometimes the damage is too much to repair. Why don’t you get some rest we will wake you up when Kurt is transferred?” With that Dr. Mason nodded to the nurses and left the room. Blaine saw the nurse take a vile and place it into the IV port in his arms and push the plunger down, the effects of the medication came quickly and soon Blaine drifted into a deep sleep.
Once again he registered the beeping noises this time they were more in tune with each other. One was still a bit lagging behind the other but it wasn’t as sporadic as before. He felt an odd sensation as he breathed, as if it wasn’t his own body controlling the breaths. He willed his eyes to open. The room was bright, almost too bright. He blinked quickly trying to allow his eyes to adjust. Then he heard it a soft reassuring voice, “Kurt?”. He knew that voice he moved his head slowly towards the direction of the voice and he found a pair of hazel eyes staring right back into his, from a hospital bed that was next to his. Kurt tried to speak but found he couldn’t. He tried to convey his confusion in his eyes. “Kurt, oh my gosh. I can’t believe you are awake. Hold on don’t move let me call the doctor.” Blaine said in a rush. He quickly found a little remote control near his bed and pressed a large green button. In a matter of seconds a young nurse with blonde hair walked into the room, “Everything ok Blaine?” she asked not yet noticing that Kurt was awake. “KURTS AWAKE!” Blaine yelled as he pointedly wildly towards the other bed. The blonde nurse raised her eyebrows at the volume of Blaine’s voice. She then turned her attention to Kurt, she let out a small squeak when she saw a pair of piercing blue eyes looking back at her. “Oh Kurt, thank goodness. Let me go get Dr. Mason. I will be right back.” With that she turned quickly and left the room.
Kurt once again turned his eyes towards Blaine. Blaine stared back as he blinked back tears. “I am so glad you are awake Kurt, I couldn’t lose you. I couldn’t lose you like I lost Rachel” He said tears spilled down his checks. Kurt looked over at the broken boy and desperately wanted to hold him, to assure him that it was ok. That they were ok, he tried to sit up but as he did the blonde nurse and an older looking doctor came into the room. “Whoa there Kurt, don’t try to sit up just yet.” The doctor said as he walked towards the bed. “Kurt, I am Dr. Mason I need to know if you are in any pain. Please hold up one finger for yes, two for no. Do you understand?” Kurt looked up at Dr. Mason and held up two shaky fingers. “Ok, good. Do you know where you are?” One finger. “Great, now Kurt you have been in the hospital under sedation for about a week, that also means that we have you on a ventilator. I am going to attempt to remove the ventilator so that you can talk, but you will still be on ox. I am going to attempt to remove the ventilator so that you can talk, but you will still be on oxygen until your body heals a bit more, do you understand? Kurt nodded and held up one finger. Dr. Mason nodded and positioned himself near Kurt’s head. “Ok on the count of three I need you to blow out and I am going to pull out the ventilator you will feel a bit of discomfort. One, two, three.” Dr. Mason pulled the tube out of Kurt’s throat with a swift motion and Kurt let out a week cough. “Blaine.” Kurt rasped.
“Welcome back Kurt. Like I said before my name is Dr. Mason. Do you know why you are in the hospital?” Kurt shook his head in confirmation unwilling to feel the pain of talking. “Can you tell me what the last thing you remember is?”
“The ambulance.” Kurt whispered. “Blaine was with Rachel. Where is Rachel?” he continued looking over to Blaine his eyes wide.
“Oh Kurt” Blaine said as more tears fell down his cheeks, and Kurt heard the second set of beeps speed up in rapid pace.