Kurt tossed and turned that night. Ever since they were teens, he never slept well when Blaine wasn't in the bed with him.  He had turned off the TV a while ago and tried to close his eyes. He heard Aiden whimpering at the end of the bed, he could have sworn he was asleep.

Kurt listened to his breathing which was different than normal. It was shallow and it sounded like he was struggling. Kurt sat up immediately and turned on the light. He lifted Aiden out of his crib and held him to his chest. He was burning up and pulling at his ear. Panic shot through Kurt as he listened to him try to take a breath again. Aiden started coughing too, he had been coughing since they left New York but Kurt had thought nothing of it at the time.

In a swift motion Kurt grabbed Aiden's jacket putting it on him immediately. He got his own and the diaper bag. He grabbed his wallet as well as Blaine's with the keys and headed downstairs. He kept whispering to Aiden and rubbing his back as he tried not to freak out.


He found Blaine asleep downstairs on the long couch in the living room.


"Blaine wake up."


Blaine groaned and opened his eyes slightly. He sat up once he saw Kurt packed and ready to go with Aiden. Panic read across Kurt's face.


"What's wrong?"


"He's not breathing right, and I'm really worried. I want to go to the hospital.”


Blaine got up immediately, without even thinking twice he got the keys from Kurt, "Let’s go."


Blaine started the car as Kurt sat in the back with Aiden and buckled him in his car seat. Blaine could hear Aiden's breathing patterns, and they were definitely off. He looked to Kurt who was fidgeting in the backseat. "He's fine." Blaine assured Kurt.


"But those dreams I have been having..."


"They’re just dreams." Blaine said as Kurt bit his lip. In all honesty he was worried too, but he knew he couldn't let Kurt see that. He knew his own freaking out would panic Kurt more.



They got to the hospital and Blaine parked the car as Kurt took Aiden inside. When Blaine got in, he saw Kurt semi arguing with the nurse.


"My son is having BREATHING problems. I'm not going to wait until the morning and take him to the pediatrician. My partner and I are visiting from New York, we can't just fly back like that in a day and expect my son to be fine."


"We'll sir you are welcome to wait until the doctors are available. We are very busy tonight." The nurse said rudely. "He looks fine to me." She muttered under her breath.


"My son is not FINE. He needs to see a doctor now. Who is your supervisor!? I want to speak to them immediately.”


Blaine put his hand on Kurt shoulder. "Let’s just wait. I brought some blankets from the car. The last thing we need is Aiden to see you yelling at someone.”


Kurt huffed and turned to the nurse, "Your concealer isn't hiding anything!" With that he walked away clutching Aiden his chest.


Blaine sat next to Kurt in the waiting room. Kurt held Aiden who was now coughing. Kurt held his hand to his forehead. "He's still really warm, what if it’s something really bad Blaine?”


"Let’s wait until we see the doctor okay?"


Kurt nodded his head profusely. About twenty minutes passed before a nurse called "Aiden Hummel Anderson."


Kurt stood up and held the coughing Aiden to his chest. Blaine followed as he braced his hand on the small of Kurt's back.


"What's going on with this little cutie?" The nurse laid Aiden on the scale.


"My boyfriend woke me up saying he had difficulty breathing, he's had an ear infection for about a week now and just recently he's had this cough too." Blaine said to the nurse. He played with Aiden's hands to distract him while the nurse checked his vitals.



Kurt pulled papers out of the diaper bag, "Here's the list of his allergies and the medicines he's on too."


The nurse took the papers as she felt Aiden's forehead. "Hmm he's really warm. How long has he had the cough?"


Kurt looked at Blaine, "Last week? He was coughing a little and his pediatrician said it was probably because the weather was changing." Blaine nodded, "It started a couple days before his last play date.


The nurse nodded, "Okay I'll be sure to send the doctor right in…" She looked at Aiden’s chart again. “You know what, I’m going to request him to come as soon as possible.”

Kurt raised his eyebrows, “Uh? Is that a bad thing? Is there a problem?”

The young nurse frowned, “We try to take infants in critical condition first. I’ll send him right in.”

“Critical?” Blaine frowned.

“I’ll send the doctor right in.”  She said closing the door.

"Stop it." Kurt turned to Blaine.


"What?"


"You're trying to put in a brave face for us. You don't have to."


"I'm fine, I'm just trying not to worry until the doctor comes."


"But you are worried." Kurt rubbed Aiden's forehead.


"Knock knock." The doctor walked into the room. "Hi I'm Dr. Frank Hopkins." He shook Blaine's hand and then Kurt's.


The doctor walked over to the table where Aiden was coughing. "Now let’s check out this little guy, that cough doesn't sound so good."

He ran through the normal tests and glanced back and forth at Aiden’s chart. He was quiet for a long time until Blaine cleared his throat.

 "So what's going on with him doctor?" Kurt finally asked. “Is he okay? We know he has an ear infection.”


Dr. Hopkins had a serious look on his face, “I’m afraid it’s more than just an ear infection. His breathing isn't normal and his fever is too high. I want to do tests before we get any further."


Kurt felt his chest get tight. "What kind of tests?”

"Hmm. Let me get a nurse. I’ll be right back." He left and Kurt instantly waked to Aiden's side.

"It's going to be okay." He rubbed and kissed his forehead again.

Kurt turned to Blaine, “What if there’s something really wrong with him Blaine? What did we do...?”

“Shh, don’t think like that. We can’t worry until we know for sure what’s going on.”

Kurt bit his lip, “It’s fine, let’s breathe.”

The doctor came back in accompanied by a nurse who was setting up a moving cart. The doctor looked at Kurt and Blaine. “I want to do X-ray’s on Aiden. He’s showing signs of an ear infection but that’s not the problem. He also is showing symptoms of pneumonia.”

Kurt reached for Blaine’s hand. Blaine squeezed it, “Pneumonia’s not life threatening though.”

“Normally no but…”

“Normally?!” Kurt said frantically.

“Aiden’s struggling to breathe right now, and at this rate he’s not getting enough oxygen. We want to do X-rays and get him on a breathing machine as soon as possible. We’re going to have to keep him overnight to monitor his vitals.”

“Overnight!” Kurt let go of Blaine’s hand, “But what if he gets better?”

“I still want to run tests, his fever is too high for his age and with his breathing the last thing we want is for him to start turning blue.” Dr. Hopkins nodded to the nurse. “If you guys would like to wait in the intensive care lobby, we will have Aiden in that unit after his tests.”

“ICU?” Kurt felt his chest get tight.

“Can we stay with him during the tests?” Blaine asked.

“Unfortunately not, we allow very limited personals in the room with patients when they are in testing. Only trained doctors and nurses…”

“He’s just a baby, he won’t know…. We’re his parents. I want to be in the room with him.” Kurt said walking toward the cart as they started to wheel out.

“Mr. Hummel, you can’t be present in the testing room, but as soon as he’s done you are more than welcome to come in the room.”

Blaine held Kurt back a little. They heard Aiden start crying as they wheeled him down the hallway into one of the rooms. Kurt fell into Blaine’s chest in a mess of tears.

“It’s okay. It’s okay.” Blaine rubbed Kurt’s back and whispered in his ear. “He’s going to be okay.”

Blaine felt his own tears fall down his face, as much as he tried to keep it together the fear he felt for his son right now outweighed anything.