After they'd been waiting for about an hour Quinn felt she needed a walk. She quickly excused herself from the room and headed out into the corridor. She turned a corner and was surprised to see Mr Schuester sitting, with his head in his hands, on the floor.
"Mr Schue?"
He looked up; then looked down when he saw who it was.
"Quinn" He said quietly.
"What are you still doing here?"
"I had to see if the others were okay but I clearly wasn't welcome in that room"
"Can you blame us?" Quinn said harshly.
"No"
Quinn took a deep breath and sat down opposite him. He looked up in surprise.
"Why did you leave?" she asked gently, "If it really was to contact Miss Pillsbury then there is something seriously wrong in your mind"
"No"
"'No' what?"
"No I didn't go to contact Emma although that is where I went"
"Then why did you?"
"Because I was scared!" Mr Schuester blurted out.
He stood up and began pacing in the corridor.
"What?" Quinn said softly, remaining seated.
"I was terrified Quinn. I was knocked out in that corridor and woke up with gun-men all around me. Kendra was giving me threatening messages. I had no idea where any of you were. I was terrified"
"This isn't answering my question of why you left"
"Because I needed to get away from there. I couldn't be there"
"What about us?" Quinn said, rising to her feet.
"The moment I left Tina I felt guilty. The moment I was off school property I wanted to go back"
"So why didn't you?"
"What good would it have done? I still wouldn't have known where you were. Santana said something about you being underground?"
"Yeah, Puck, Santana, Brittany, Mercedes, Sam, Lauren, Artie and I found a tunnel in your classroom"
"A tunnel in my classroom?" Mr Schuester repeated, sounding confused.
"Yeah, didn't you know it was there?"
Mr Schuester shook his head.
"Oh, I guess the gun-men made it then"
"Where did it lead to?"
"Don't know. They kindly lit a fire in it so we had to turn back"
"Why did all this happen?"
"Did you seriously leave us because you were scared?" Quinn asked again.
"Yes"
"How do you think we felt?"
Mr Schuester looked at Quinn. Her blonde hair looked brown due to the amount of mud in it. Her clothes were torn and singed. Her arm was in a cast. She wasn't the most injured by any means however she was twice as injured as he was. Mr Schuester began to cry.
"I'm so sorry Quinn" He said in between sobs, "I'm so sorry, I never meant for anything like this to happen"
"I know. Doesn't help the fact that it did. Or the fact that you left us to face it alone" Quinn said as she turned on her heel and headed back to the waiting room.
Mr Schuester slid down the wall, sobbing quietly.

"Please let me see him"
"Mr Anderson he's been shot in the side, he's not up for visitors"
"You let his dad and step-mum see him" Blaine pointed out.
"That's different, they're family"
"I'm his boyfriend! He's my family. Please" Blaine begged.
The nurse looked at him for a long time. Then she nodded.
"5 minutes" she said curtly, opening the door.
Blaine bounded through the door and looked around.
"Kurt!" He cried when he saw his boyfriend.
Kurt's eyes were closed but they opened at the sound of Blaine's voice.
"Blaine" he said with a smile.
Blaine ran over to Kurt's bed and held his hand.
"How are you?" they said at the same time.
"You're the one in a bed with a gunshot wound, I think you take priority" Blaine said, caressing Kurt's face.
"You collapsed on the stairs"
"I'm fine now. They've looked at me and glued my head back together"
"You cracked your skull? Blaine I'm so sorry I didn't - "
"Kurt you took a bullet. For me. You have no reason to be sorry"
Kurt said nothing. He patted his bed and moved up a small amount. Blaine understood. He clambered up so that he was lying next to Kurt. He put his arms around the injured boy, being very careful not to touch his side.
They sat in silence for a while. Just holding each other.
"Are the others okay?" Kurt asked.
"I think so. I know Quinn and Tina have broken bones. I heard one of he nurses say that Sam collapsed but I have no more information on that. I think everyone else is fine"
"Physically" Kurt said under his breath.
Blaine knew exactly what Kurt meant. Even for the ones who weren't physically damaged, no doubt this experience had left them with mental damage.
The nurse appeared in the doorway and gestured at Blaine.
"I need to go now Kurt" Blaine said softly.
Kurt had been falling asleep but he clung onto Blaine.
"No" He said without any strength behind his words.
"I won't leave the hospital. I'll just go and tell everyone you're okay" Blaine said, kissing Kurt's hair.
Kurt didn't seem to have the energy to protest so Blaine slipped out of his grip. He gave Kurt a quick kiss and whispered 'I love you' before leaving the room.
He closed the door behind him and looked at his sleeping boyfriend through the glass.
Everything was going to be alright.