The Shooting

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Carson was lost in his bottomless pile of homework when his phone went off.

Seeing that it was Chris, he answered. "Hey Chris, what's up?"

"Carson! What are you doing today! Please tell me your free, Kurt is freaking out! There was some kind of shooting at McKinley. He's super worried about Blaine."

Chris continued babbling into the phone as Carson got up to search for his keys. Homework could wait, his brothers needed him. When he realized Chris as well was freaking out, he cut him off mid-sentence. "Hey! Chris! Are you at Kurt's right now?"

"I'm in my car outside his apartment. I wanted to call you before going in there." He seemed to be calming some, but he was definitely still on edge.

"Ok, I'm on my way over, and I'll be there in about an hour. Keep Kurt calm, and keep yourself calm until I get there. Got it?"

"Ok Cars, see you in a bit."

With that, Carson hung up and walked out of his apartment and towards his car. Once he was driving, he couldn't stop thinking about what his brother had said. A shooting at McKinley? If that was true, he began worrying himself about Blaine and all the others that he had grown to love that were still back home.

About an hour later, he found himself outside Kurt's place, parked behind Chris's car. He was nervous. He didn't know what condition he would find his brothers in, and that scared him shitless.

Deciding to find out, he got out of his car and headed inside to the elevator.

When he finally got to the right floor he walked down the narrow hall to the apartment door. Before he could ring the doorbell, the door swung open and Kurt burst out. Startled momentarily, he saw Kurt's broken expression and snapped. Taking the final step forward, he engulfed his brother in a comforting hug, holding him tight.

He heard a quiet sob, but it only made him hold the boy tighter. Behind Kurt, he saw Chris standing a few feet away. He looked just as sad as Kurt had, but he was attempting and succeeding to hold back his tears. Next to him was Rachel, Kurt's roommate. She also looked as if she had been crying.

Kurt began to pull out of the hug, so Carson reluctantly let go. Kurt took a step back and looked into his brothers eyes. Carson noticed for the first time that Kurt's hair wasn't styled, and he was only dressed in sweatpants and what oddly looked like one of Blaine's shirts. If that wasn't a sign that Kurt was at a breaking point, he didn't know what was.

Finally walking into the apartment and closing the door behind him, he went to hug Chris, and then Rachel. He had decided senior year of high school that the girl wasn't all bad, you just had to make sure not to compete with her for anything.

Carson turned back to Kurt and Chris. "So..."

"This morning," Kurt started, speaking for the first time that day. His voice was rough from crying and it broke Carson's heart. "I got a voice mail from Blaine." With that, he pulled out his phone and pressed the playback button on the screen. At first I didn't hear anything, then static, then a whispering voice.

"Kurt? Look, it's okay that you didn't pick up. Perhaps it's better this way. I don't know if I'd be able to keep myself together if you were to answer. I'm at school right now, and something's going down. I was in glee when gun shots went off. Me and the rest of the gang are hiding in the choir room with Shue and Beiste. I'm not supposed to be using my phone right now, but if the worst were to happen, I NEED you to know how much I love you. Forget everything that has happened the last few months, and just remember that you are the love of my life, and I regretted every day that passed that you thought I didn't care. I LOVE you, Kurt. Just remember that, okay?" His voice began to grow panicky towards the end, and another voice that I recognized as Mr. Shue's told him to turn it off. After that there was static again, and then the line when dead.

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