" Wonder what's going on out there?" Sebastian asked, hearing the commotion going on outside of the break room.

"Dunno, looks pretty serious though." Carole shrugged, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Carole, Seb we need you. We've got two males who were beaten pretty bad with a tire iron. Both are unconscious, both have taken hits to their heads and multiple hits to their bodies." Another nurse burst into the break room.

"Coming." Sebastian jumped up, following Carole and the other nurse out of the room.

"No rest for the weary." Carole joked as they entered the room where the patients were being treated.

"No kid-" Sebastian stopped dead in his tracks when he saw that Blaine was one of the victims.

"What is it? What's- Oh my God." Carole let out a gasp when she saw that it was Blaine. "No, no, t-this can't b-be." She was terrified to look at the other patient, knowing what and who she'd see.

"You know him?" Sebastian asked, trying to keep his emotions in check.

"Yeah. H-he's my sons' teacher. He's m-my stepson's boyfriend." Carole still refused to look at the other patient, afraid to see Kurt laying there.

"Wait, you're Kurt's stepmom?"

"Y-yes. How do you know-"

"Blaine's my best friend, we went to high school together. He told me about Kurt, I was Kurt's nurse after he was beat up at school." 

"I know you was his nurse but I didn't know you knew about their relationship, I didn't even know you and Blaine knew each other."

"Yeah, we-"

"Sebastian, Carole don't just stand there, we need your help!" The doctor yelled.

"W-what do we have?" Carole composed herself and moved to stand by Blaine's bed to find out what they were dealing with.

"He's floating in and out of consciousness, pretty bad bruising to his chest and ribs. From what I can tell, none are broken but we'll have to wait to be absolutely sure. He was hit in the face causing his eye to be swollen shut. We'll have to wait until the swelling is down to know if there's any damage to his sight."

"What about the other one?" Sebastian spoke up, standing back and letting the doctors work on Kurt.

"His shoulder was hit, it's dislocated but not broken. He was hit in the chest as well, there's some deep bruising that's going to take a while to heal. He was hit directly in the head, from what we can tell there's quite a bit of swelling in the brain and we need to get him to surgery ASAP."

"Why?" Carole was doing her best to keep herself from losing it, but she needed to know why Kurt needed surgery.

"He's also got some internal bleeding in his brain, we need to get that under control, along with the swelling. The quickest way to do that is emergency surgery." The doctor ordered his nursing staff to wheel Kurt out of the room and get him to the OR immediately.

"I-I don't understand, he was s-suppose to be with a friend from school not B-Blaine." Carole let herself crack once they had cleared the room, leaving her, Sebastian, an other nurse and Blaine in the room. She needed to call Burt and let him know what was going on.

"He's going to be okay, Dr. Morgan is the best in the area, he'll take care of him." Sebastian pulled Carole into a hug. "Do you need me to call anyone for you?"

"M-my husband. He n-needs to know."

"Alright, what's the number? I'll call him, you go ahead up to the OR and I'll be there as soon as I get a hold of him."

"O-okay. Thank you Seb." Carole gave Sebastian the number and headed up to wait on Kurt to get out of surgery.

Sebastian took a seat beside Blaine's bed and dialed the number. Burt picked up on the second ring.

"Hello?"

"Uh, hello, Mr. Hummel?"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"Sebastian Smythe. I work with your wife, I was your son's nurse when he was in the hospital."

"What's going on? Did something happen?" Burt was afriad something had happened to Carole.

"I'm sorry Mr. Hummel, but your son and his boyfriend, Blaine Anderson, were just brought in. They were attacked in a park in Westerville. Kurt's in surgery right now for-"

"Surgery? Why, what-"

"Mr. Hummel, please. He was struck multiple times with a tire iron. One of the hits was to the head which caused swelling and internal bleeding in his brain. That's why they took him in for surgery. Your wife is waiting for him to get out, I told her I'd call you and let you know."

"I'll be there. Wait, what about Blaine?"

"He's going to be fine, some pretty bad bruising and a swollen eye, but nothing too bad."

"Okay, thank you Mr. Smythe. Can you let Carole know I'll be there as soon as I can?"

"Of course Mr. Hummel."

"Thank you." Burt was throwing his jacket on, ready to head out the door.

"You're welcome Sir." Sebastian hung up with a sigh and looked over at Blaine. "What happened to you B?"

"S-Seb, Seb? I-is t-that-"

"Hey, hey. Shh, don't. I'm here B, it's okay, you're going to be okay." Sebastian took Blaine's hand, squeezing it to let him know he was there.

"K-Kurt. W-where's Kurt? H-he w-was- Karofsky-"

"Calm down B, please don't try to talk, you need to rest. I'll be right back, I have to go find the doctor."

"N-no p-please."

"Shh, it's okay B. I'll be back, I promise." Sebastian ran out of the room to find the doctor before heading to the OR to tell Carole that Burt was on his way.

When Burt arrived at the hospital he found Carole still sitting in the OR waiting room.

"Burt, oh thank God you're here." Carole ran to her husband.

"How is he, what's going on?" Burt just wanted to know if Kurt was okay.

"He's still in surgerym the nurse was just out here about five minutes ago, she said everything was going fine for now and they should be finished in about an hour."

Burt let out a small sigh of relief as he sat down, removing his hat from his head. "So he's going to be okay?"

"It looks that way, but it's going to be a long road to full recovery."

"What about long term side effects?"

"They won't know until he starts to heal. For now they're focusing on the swelling and internal bleeding in his brain."

Burt just nodded, taking in this new information, trying to understand everything before speaking again. "Why was he in Westerville with Blaine? He said he was staying at Tina's house."

"I wondered the same thing so I called Tina. She admitted that Kurt asked her to cover for him so he could spend the night at Blaine's house."

Burt didn't say anything, he wasn't sure what to say really.

"I know you're thinking this was Blaine's idea but Tina mentioned that Kurt said something about surprising Blaine. I don't think Blaine knew."

"I don't want to worry about that right now, I just want to make sure my son is okay."

"Alright, we'll worry about that later. I'm going to go check on Blaine, have them page me if anything happens before I get back." Carole said, standing and giving Burt a quick kiss before head back downstairs to find Blaine.

"Blaine, please just stay still." Sebastain was struggling to keep Blaine from pulling the wires from his arm.

"I need to find Kurt. I'm fine, but Kurt-"

"He's going to be fine." Carole spoke up from the doorway.

"C-Carole. Oh God, I'm so sorry, I tried to protect him, but Karofsky had a weapon and-"

"It's okay sweetie, I know." Carole took the seat beside Sebastian.

"Carole, who's Karofsky? He keeps saying that and I have no idea who he's talking about." Sebastian whispered so Blaine wouldn't hear him.

"One of the kids Kurt goes to school with. He's not a very nice person. Kurt would never admit it, but we're all pretty sure he's the one that hurt him before and now I'm absolutely sure it was him."

"He's a sick bastard that needs punished."

"Hey, don't worry, he's not going to get away with this." Carole took Sebastian's hand and gave him a small smile.

"How's Kurt?" Sebastian changed the subject, not wanting to get too angry right now.

"Still in surgery. He should be out-"

"Surgery? K-Kurt's in surgery! Is he okay? Why does he need surgery?" Blaine started scrambling to get out of the bed. He needed to get to Kurt, to make sure he was okay.

"Blaine, Blaine honey stop. Yes he's in surgery, he's going to be fine. The best thing for you to do is stay here and rest. I promise we'll let you know as soon as he's out." Carole felt awful for Blaine, he was obviously in pain, but he was more worried about Kurt.

"Will I be able to see him?" Blaine needed to make sure Kurt was okay with his own eyes.

"Yes, we'll have Sebastian bring you up as soon as he's allowed to have visitors." Carole promised. It was in that moment that she knew Blaine truly loved Kurt, no matter the age difference. Blaine loved Kurt more than anything.

"T-thank you." Blaine gave in and relaxed, letting Sebastian fix the wires that were connected to his body.

"You're welcome sweetheart. Get some rest." Carole pressed a soft kiss to Blaine's forehead then left to go back to Burt.

They waited for what felt like years for the doctor to come out and let them know how the surgery went.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hummel?" Dr. Morgan walked up to them, his face unreadable.

"Yes. How is he?" Burt just wanted to see his son.

"He's fine, resting. There was a great deal of swelling in his brain which we were able to get under control. The internal bleeding wasn't as bad as we thought, so it was easily stopped. He's going to need a lot of rest, it's going to be a lengthy recovery. He also has some deep bruising in his chest and a dislocated shoulder. That's going to mean no physical activity for a while."

"Can we go see him?" Carole asked.

"He's still not awake, but yes, you can go back and sit in his room." Dr. Morgan paused before finishing. "He's very lucky, it seems like the man that was with him took the majority of the beating, like he was protecting your son. I'd hate to imagine what it would've been had he not been there."

"Thank you doctor."

"You're welcome. If you need anything, just let me know."

"We will." Carole led Burt back to the room and got him settled before tellig him she was going to go get Blaine so he could see Kurt. Burt just nodded, not taking his eyes off of his son.

Carole and Sebastian managed to get Blaine into a wheelchair, refusing to let him try to walk, despite his protests. Carole went ahead of them to ask Burt if Blaine could have a minute alone, which he agreed to.

Sebastian wheeled Blaine into the room, parking the chair next to Kurt's bed. "I'll be right outside if you need me."

"Okay." Blaine breathed out, unable to stop staring at Kurt's sleeping form.

"I'm so sorry Kurt, I promised I wouldn't let you get hurt again and I lied. He's not going to get away with his. I don't care if I lose my job, I'm not going to let him get away with hurting you. I just need you to be okay. I-I can't do this without you, I need you Kurt." Blaine uttered, completely broken. He would do whatever it takes to make sure Karofsky never comes near Kurt again. He's going to make sure Kurt never get's hurt again, and this time he will do anything to keep his promise.