Picking up the Pieces

Homecoming

            The next day, Jeff woke up and waiting anxiously for three o'clock to roll around so he could finally leave. He had passed on eating the hospital breakfast, one look at it had made his stomach churn. When three finally arrived, Jeff was dressed and ready to walk out the door.

            "Babe relax, you're going to hurt yourself," Nick said as he watched Jeff basically bounce up and down.

            "I know," Jeff said, "I just really want to get out of here."

            "I know you do Love," Nick said, sitting down next to his boyfriend, "But if you hurt yourself before you're even out the door then we won't be going anywhere."

            "Ready to go?" Kurt asked, walking through the door He was followed closely by Blaine and his father.

            "Yeah, do I have to use that thing?" Jeff asked, looking at the wheelchair Burt had pushed into the room.

            "Afraid so kid, but be thankful, we managed to convince the nurse we could wheel you out and didn't need her to," Burt told him. Jeff nodded as Nick and Blaine helped Jeff into the chair.

            "Thanks for this Mr. Hummel. Really, it means a lot," Jeff said.

            "No problem kiddo, and please, call me Burt." Jeff nodded and after a few minutes they were outside. Carole was sitting in the car waiting for them just outside the doors of the ER.

            "Hi Jeff," she said, getting out of the car and opening the door of the van for him, "How are you feeling?"

            "Okay, glad to be out of there," Jeff told her as he slowly stood up. he leaned heavily on Nick as he tried not to put too much pressure on his broken leg and ankle.

            "Well, you're going to get plenty of rest over the next couple of weeks, and Nick, you're welcome any time," Carole said and Nick nodded, smiling.

            "Thank you Mrs. H., I mean, I Carole," he corrected when she shot him a look. The drive to the Hudson-Hummel house was quiet, and not nearly as awkward as Jeff had thought it would be. When they reached the house and got out of the car, Jeff once again found himself putting all of his weight on Nick.

            "The guest room is all set up and there's an inflatable mattress up there for you Nick. Of course, you can stay down here on the couch if the stairs are too difficult for you right now," Carole told him.

            "Thank you," he said, moving slowly to the stairs with Nick's help.

            "I've got to head into the shop," Burt said to Carole, "The boys are gonna come with me, but we'll be back before dinner."

            "Alright, we'll be here," Carole said. She went into the kitchen to prepare dinner while Burt, Kurt, and Blaine left to head to the tire shop. Nick and Jeff slowly made their way up the stairs, pausing at the top so Jeff could catch his breath. They walked past Kurt's room and Finn's room and stopped at the end of the hall where there was an open door to the guest room. Jeff sat down on thje bed and lied back.

            "I'm sorry," he said to Nick.

            "What are you apologizing for?" Nick asked as he put Jeff's bag down by the door.

            "This," Jeff said, gesturing to himself, "You didn't sign up to deal with this."

            "Jeff," Nick said, "I love you more than anyone. I hate seeing you hurt like this so I'll do whatever I have to if it'll help you get better. SO you're right, I didn't sign up for this, but that's only because I'd hoped you would never be hurt like. Don't apologize for something that's not your fault, okay?"

            Jeff nodded and brought Nick down to kiss him. When they broke apart, Nick spoke again.

            "I'm gonna go see if I can help Carole with dinner. You get some rest and I'll come get you when it's ready."

            "Okay," Jeff said, smiling as he laid back against the pillows. Nick left the room as Jeff slowly fell asleep.

Alright, so this is my last update for 2014! I'm going to be taking the next two weeks off from updating my fanfictions and my blog, but I will be back with the rest of the updates in 2015!

I hope you all have an AMAZING holiday and I will see you on January 5th!

Thanks so much for reading and let me know what you think!