After Holden and Kurt’s little chat everything went back to normal.

I mean as normal as life in a psychiatric unit of a hospital could get.

But Kurt had begun to find himself getting used to it.

Each day he went and took his medicine, had his supervised breakfast, went to either group or individual therapy, had supervised lunch, depending on the day met up with Doctor Sandra, and in his free time he would run and do the work McKinley sent over while still making time to talk to Blaine over the phone.

Things were becoming routine and he was getting used to it.

Everything was going swimmingly.

He was making progress when it came to recovery and if things kept going good he’d be out of here by the end of summer. And Blaine couldn’t have been prouder of his boyfriend’s success.

Kurt was proud of himself too. As he should be. He was going to beat this.

Kurt was brought out of his thoughts as Holden burst into the room talking a mile a minute about something.

“What is it?” Kurt asked.

“Kurt! I just met this boy! He’s new and he’s really nice! He’s pretty cute; he’s a little stocky but in an adorable way! He plays football and he’s funny and the best part he’s gay too!!!!! Isn’t that exciting! He’s our age; he was a senior in high school until they brought him in here. I’m not sure what he’s in here for though. But he just seemed so nice and friendly and single! Do you think I have a chance? I hope I do! He’ll be at group therapy today! I can’t wait for you to meet him!!!!” Holden said excitedly all in one breath.

“Slow down there tiger!” Kurt laughed. “Did you catch his name?” Kurt asked.

“Uh no, I didn’t.” Holden blushed.

“Well what school did he go to?” Kurt asked amused by how much Holden had just talked about this boy yet how little he knew of him.

“Uh I can’t remember! I was too busy focusing on the fact that a gay boy I could possibly stand a chance with is moving in!” Holden laughed.

“Alright, come on Casanova. Let’s get ready and we’ll go down to group therapy to see this boy.” Kurt laughed amused.

“Yay!” Holden cheered.

Within a matter of minutes Holden was dragging Kurt out of the room and to the lobby where they met for group session.

“Ahhh I’m so excited!!!” Holden said happily squeezing Kurt’s arm.

“Holden, you’re cutting off my circulation. Please calm down.” Kurt laughed.

“What’s he so worked up about?” Kim laughed.

“He met a boy.” Kurt smiled.

“Ooooh!” Bethany smiled interestedly as Holden retold everything he knew about this boy.

“Okay guys, we have a new member joining us today. Please be kind to him. He’s coming to us from the State Penitentiary by plea of insanity. So please welcome him and don’t treat him any differently than you would treat any other new comer.” Doctor Jessica smiled.

“What was he in jail for?” Bethany asked bluntly.

“Well I’m not sure. The State Penitentiary didn’t send his files, it said it was confidential. So it’s none of our business.” Doctor Jessica reminded them.

“Hello everyone, I’d like to introduce you to the newest member of the psychiatric unit.” Doctor Andrews announced stepping into the room.

“This is David.” He said introducing the boy Holden had mention.

“You can call me Dave.” The boy said stepping into the room.

Kurt’s head snapped around quickly immediately recognizing the voice, when he saw that face, he went into absolute panic mode.

Karofsky

“No. oh no. no no no no no no no. This can’t be happening. No no no no no no no. No please oh god no. No no no no no.” Kurt cried and sprinted out of the room with a look of sheer terror on his face.

“What’s his problem?” Bethany asked.

“I have no idea.” Karofsky lied.

“Holden, will you go check on him?” Doctor Jessica asked.

“Um sure. Hi Dave! I’ll be right back.” Holden smiled at Dave before running off to find Kurt.

When he got down the hall he could hear Kurt’s distinctive sobs coming from their room.

Kurt was laying face down in his bed sobbing openly as the voice coming from the phone on the floor tried to comfort him.  

“Kurt, baby, you need to calm down and tell me what’s happening.” Blaine’s voice rang through the room sounding deeply concerned.

“He’s here.” Kurt cried.

“Who’s here? Kurt are you okay?” Blaine asked.

“Just when I thought I was safe, he’s here Blaine, he’s here.” Kurt cried.

“Who? Oh. Oh God. Kurt? Are you okay?” Blaine asked realizing who Kurt was talking about.

“I’m I’m fine. I have to go back to group therapy before they send someone looking for me. I just needed to talk to you.” Kurt cried.

“Kurt, you’re going to be alright. Maybe he’s there for change. Maybe he’s there to be a better person. You’ll be alright. Just try talking to him.” Blaine suggested.

“O-okay I will. I’ll call you tonight. I love you Blaine.” Kurt cried.

“I love you too Kurt. You’ll be fine.” Blaine tried to sound comforting, but on the inside he was just as scared.

Kurt sat up and wiped his tears he hung up the phone and walked over to the doorway.

“Oh, um hi Holden.” Kurt said awkwardly.

“Are you okay? I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone look so terrified in my entire life.” Holden said hugging Kurt.

“I’m fine. I just need to talk to Blaine.” Kurt sighed and the two of them made their way back to group therapy.

“There you are Kurt. What happened?” Bethany asked.

“I had a panic attack. Sorry. I took my medicine and I talked to Blaine. I think I’ll be okay.” Kurt sighed.

“Oh okay.” Bethany responded.

“Kurt, this is Dave. He’s super nice. Dave this is Kurt.” Kim introduced the two.

“Oh, I know Kurt. We went to school together. We were great pals, weren’t we Kurt?” Karofsky said giving Kurt a menacing look.

“Uh, uh yeah.” Kurt began feeling sick.

What was going on?

After group session Kurt was going back to his room when Karofsky stopped him.

“Sup fag.” He said in place of a greeting.

“Hello Karofsky.” Kurt said shakily.

“So, my dad got me out of jail by saying I didn’t know what I was doing when I attacked you because I’m mentally ill or some shit. I mean I guess being gay is a mental illness so whatever. So I’m here now instead of jail. I’m going to change, be a better person and all the shit but you can’t tell any of them what I did to you. I swear to God, if you do I’ll kill you. They can’t know otherwise they’ll tell me I can’t be near you and they’ll kick me out of this hospital. And this hospital is my get out of jail free card. You understand?” Karofsky spoke.

Kurt just swallowed. And Karofsky continued.

“So you better not fucking tell anyone or I’ll kill you.”