Here is the second chapter. I'm sorry it has taken me so long, but I think I'd better warn you that updates for this story will probably take a while. We'll start really getting into the story in the next chapter hopefully. Enjoy!

Chris could see the fear in Kurt's eyes, and though Carson hid it better, he could tell he was scared too. Chris wondered which would believe him first. On one hand, Kurt was more trusting and accepting than Carson, but he was also more likely to stay guarded and not express his disbelief at first. He would want to work things out for himself before he said anything. Carson, on the other hand, might start a huge yelling argument and Chris wasn't sure how he'd find a way around that. He almost laughed, because it was his own fault for making two such strong willed people.

"Right," He took a deep breath. "This is going to sound absolutely crazy. But I'm sure you've both realised this will be absolutely crazy no matter what."

Carson scoffed in response, and it made Kurt jump.

"Um, Kurt just sit down, we won't hurt you okay?" Chris gestured to one of the seats. "You can relax."

"I know. I'm not scared." Kurt said with a defiant tilt to his chin as he folded into the seat. Chris was thrown off a moment by the way Kurt moved. It was so disconcerting to see the familiar movements.

"L-let me work out how to phrase this." Chris said, his teeth worrying at his lip as he considered his options. "Pretty much what I think has happened is that I come from an alternate universe. So does Carson-"

"You're kidding right?" Carson laughed, but it was mocking and annoyed rather than amused. He already seemed like he'd decided not to believe anything. "An alternate universe?"

"Please let me talk, Carson. Hear me out before you- you judge me. I was just saying that where I come from, I'm an actor. I play a character called Kurt Hummel on a tv show about the New Directions. So I acted as you, Kurt." He said, directing this comment at Kurt, whose eyes were very wide. "And I also wrote the screen play for this movie called Struck By Lightning. The movie got made and I acted as the main character, Carson Phillips."

"No," Carson was shaking his head as Chris turned to him. "That's impossible."

"I would have thought so until today. Yet here you are. You and Kurt are both standing here, when you should be fictional characters" Chris countered.

"I'm not fictional. And anyway, you said you're on that show Glee? I hate the show – trashy shit that it is – but I have seen a bit and, well, I've seen enough of it to know you aren't on it." Carson said. "I think I'd notice this guy."

He jerked a thumb at Kurt, who was still very quiet.

"Let me guess, there was an Indian student on your version of Glee?" Chris asked, thinking of the role that had been scrapped when his audition for Artie had caused the writers to create a new part for him, and take out the role of the Indian boy they'd written in previously.

"I dunno it's not like I watch the show properly." Carson said sulkily. Chris raised an eyebrow at him and he sighed. "Okay fine! There was and Indian kid, but I don't see how that changes anything."

"Well, if I didn't exist in your world, the role of that Indian kid would never have been written out of the Show. It's because they wrote the part of Kurt for me that the other role was abandoned. So I guess in a world where I don't exist, that role still would." Chris explained.

"That doesn't make any sense." Carson said. But it did, as much as he hated to admit it.

"What about the other story?" Kurt soft voice made both of them stop to listen. "The story about… Carson."

He faltered over the name, but Chris could see that he actually seemed curious. Maybe he did believe him.

"Well in my movie about Carson's life, he sort of gets um…" He glanced at the angry boy. "He gets hit by uh, hit by lightning. And he sort of - well he dies."

"What the hell?" Carson demanded "You killed me?"

"If it makes anything better, the fans were furious that it happened." Chris said with a little laugh. It was oddly thrilling to see his characters spring to life before him. He couldn't help but be intrigued and a little thrilled by this strange turn of events. And Carson's anger proved that he too was beginning to believe Chris to some extent.

"If I died when I was hit, why am I here?" Carson said, ever questioning.

"I think, now remember I'm not sure seeing as this is all just happening to me too, but I think that since I got struck by lightning too it changed things." He was almost surprised Carson hadn't interrupted again. He was just shaking his head while Kurt was watching both of them warily. "I think that instead of you dying, we got struck at the same time. And so we both got flung over here."

There was another long pause. The Carson shook himself, stopped opening and closing his mouth like he couldn't find words, and spoke.

"Look, you can't expect us to believe that." Carson said, "It's just not possible."

"Do you have another explanation?" Kurt asked unexpectedly. His look of fear was giving way to some slight fascination as he glanced at Chris. Chris smiled because Kurt believed him now. And that meant Carson might as well.

Carson glanced between them for a while. His mind was whirring furiously in an attempt to work things out. He realised Chris was right. It was the only explanation that made any sense. Not that it actually made any sense. Nothing did.

"How did you get there?" He asked slowly.

"What?" Both Chris and Kurt said at the same time. Chris had to press a hand to the back of his mouth to stop himself from laughing. This was just too surreal.

"How did you get in the car park?" Carson was impatient. But now it was because he wanted to work out how Chris' theory could work, not because he wanted to prove Chris wrong.

"Well I was filming a scene for Glee. And we filmed outside in the school carpark. Then it started raining and I was getting ready to head back to my trailer, and getting out my umbrella. One of my co-stars came up to m-" Suddenly Chris' legs flew over the side of his bed and he stood up so fast he got dizzy. "Oh shit!"

"What?" Kurt yelped, moving his legs out of the way even though Chris simply flopped back down on the bed again.

"Darren." Chris said simply, his brow furrowed. "What on earth happened to him?"

"Who?" Carson snapped. Chris was still frowning at the floor with concentration as he tried to work out what had happened. He'd been so sure that Darren got hit by the lightning strike as well. He'd felt the electricity run through them, quivering in the shoulders that had been pressed together.

"Chris?" Kurt sounded worried and Chris jerked into awareness again. "Who's Darren?"

"He's one of my co-stars. He plays Blaine on the show." Chris explained.

"Who's Blaine?" Kurt's innocent question shocked Chris. He forgotten there had been a time before Blaine; a time when Kurt had been tormented almost every day. He realised he had no idea what point this was in the Glee Universe.

"He's um- he's a kid you'll meet soon." Chris said. He was pretty sure this was season two. Kurt looked like season two Kurt. And Chris looked like himself during season two. His muscle definition was a lot less and he still had some chubbiness that made him cringe. He had been so insecure at this time of his life.

"What kind of kid?" Kurt asked warily. It really struck Chris that he couldn't give away too much about the future. It was a delicate situation he was in.

"Right now it's more important that you tell me what you're doing in Glee Club right now. I need to know what episode just occurred. I'm pretty sure that even with me and Carson in this world to change thing, it'll be fairly similar to the goings-on on the show. We can't have changed that much." Chis said seriously. Kurt was nibbling on his lip, but he thought about and answered the question even if he seemed worried.

"We just finished our Rocky Horror project. Was that part of the 'Glee' show?" He asked. "We performed it for ourselves since we couldn't do it in front of an audience anymore. It was pretty fun."

Chris saw the way he still looked enthusiastic about Glee Club, even though he now realised that Kurt was about to face one of the worst stages of Karofsky's harassment. He was going to get his first kiss stolen soon. Something protective rose up in Chris and he wondered if he could stop that from happening.

"That was part of the show." He said. "Okay, I think I know what's going on. Sort of."

"Well that's just great. How does this help us? And what do I do?" Carson asked with a sigh.

"We're just going to have to go through this and work it out as we go. I'm sure we can. Together." Kurt said with an attempt at a smile.

Carson gagged. "Oh god you really are a fictional character. That was cheesy as fuck."

Kurt winced again and it made Chris sigh. "Carson, can you hold off the swearing in front of Kurt's- our – Dad?"

"He's not your Dad." Kurt said suddenly, looking upset. Chris suddenly remembered that Kurt was already upset about sharing Burt with Finn.

"No of course not." Chris amended. "I just meant people think he is now."

"And I guess I can stop swearing if I have to." Carson sighed, eyeing Kurt curiously. He wondered why someone would have such a big reaction over a comment like that. He'd gladly share his Dad- actually he'd rather give his Dad up entirely.

"We have to make a plan though, so that we can do this accurately and-" A knock on the door interrupted Chris.

"You boys okay?" Burt's voice called.

"We're going to have to come back in." The Head Nurse added, and the door swung open. The Head Nurse, the male one, and Kurt's family were the only ones still there.

"Carson remembers!" Chris said with a wide grin before either of the boys could speak first.

"I was just being cautious before." Carson mumbled, crossing his arms. He wanted to excuse his behaviour because now that he thought about it, he had been a little dramatic. His comment made Burt laugh and clap him on the shoulder.

"Same as ever Carson, glad to have you back." Burt said happily.

"What'd you do to him?" Finn asked, impressed.

"We just talked to him." Kurt shrugged.

Chris climbed out of bed and was a little startled when Carole caught his arm and then hugged him.

"We're so glad you boys are okay." She mumbled in his shoulder. "We were so worried when we got that call."

As Chris melted into the hug a little (he missed his parents and the whole thing was starting to sink in now), the nurses began looking over Carson to check he was stable. As Finn and Kurt started talking and arguing half-heartedly, Chris felt even more at home. These were characters he knew after all. As Burt interrupted the argument with a supportive comment, the nurse left Carson alone and checked Chris over too. Chris cleared his throat as he realised he had a question to ask.

"Was- I mean did you find us alone in the car park?" He said. "Or was there anyone else there too?"

"You were alone." The nurse seemed puzzled. "Why would you have been with someone?"

"I dunno, I just wondered w-who found us." Chris grasped the excuse.

"We were called by one of your teachers, a Ms. Sylvester." The nurse said. Chris nodded and let it drop. Maybe Darren hadn't been sucked in after all.

Within ten minutes they were released to go home. He and Carson were each handed bags with their stuff in them, and he found that everything he'd been carrying in his world had zipped with him across the Universe gap or whatever.

As the group walked out to the car, Chris was sure this was just about the strangest thing that had ever happened to him.

…

After some joking from Burt and laughter over the delight that both boys were unharmed, they let the 'triplets' go upstairs to their room together.

"So this is the bedroom." Kurt stood awkwardly by the door, watching the two boys who were about to become his brothers. They seemed like such different people. It was weird having them in his house.

Chris actually looked fairly at home as he took in the beds, even if he was a little amazed by the size of the room. Because, of course, he'd been here before. It was odd for Kurt to remember that. Chris ran his hands along the set of books and gasped at the sight of the signatures on the Doctor Who poster, running his fingers along them with a fond smile.

Kurt liked Chris. He seemed nice enough, even though he was just wearing a crumpled shirt and jeans. Chris had seemed sensible and he obviously knew the most about this whole thing. Maybe it was the apparent interest in Sci-Fi. And Chris had been kind when he was telling them what was happening, and patient with Carson. Kurt was also very curious about just how many seasons of Glee there were, and whether Chris knew the future because of his part in them.

Carson was pulling off his shoes and frowning around at the unfamiliar space as he flung his shoes down and started pulling open random drawers in what he assumed was his dresser. As he slammed the top three, stuffed with what seemed like full notebooks, and then finally found his pyjamas in the fourth, Kurt sighed.

Carson was a little less… kind. Kurt just wasn't so sure about him. He seemed like he could be okay, but he hadn't exactly made a good first impression. In fact, now that he flung his hoodie down by his shoes and stomped off to discover the bathroom to get changed, Kurt found himself frowning as well. It wasn't that he didn't like Carson. It was just that he found him a little a little frustrating. But then again, Kurt was friend with Rachel Berry to some extent, so he supposed he could get used to it.

He folded Carson's hoodie and lined his shoes up before finding his own pyjamas.

…

It was actually around five thirty in the morning when they actually went to bed. The accident had happened late at night and they'd spent a long time in the hospital. Carson wasn't surprised that he couldn't sleep after being to alert. The other two seemed to have dropped off okay, even though Chris has tossed and turned for a long time.

Now that he was asleep he kept mumbling things like 'lightning' and 'where did he go?' but Carson managed to tune him out. Kurt on the other hand was curled into a tight ball and had been completely still since he dropped off.

Carson climbed out of bed and walked to the window inside the walk-in closet. He could see the street outside, and the neighbour's house. The sky was started to lighten very faintly.

It really felt like his brain was going to explode just thinking about this. It went against everything that should be possible.

He was also shaking a little because he could have died that day, but for some reason Chris got hit as well. And now here he was.

Was this some sort of second chance? Why was it that Carson got hit just after he didn't get into the school of his dreams? Maybe now he could try again. Maybe now he could get in. They'd accepted him into the school after all. So they'd do it here too right? And this time he Mum wasn't around to chuck the acceptance letter in the bin. He could have a second chance.

But was he meant to be dead?

Carson shuddered and drew back a little. At least he was with okay people. Kurt seemed sweet enough, and Chris seemed reasonable and smart. They weren't anything like the Remys and Claires of the world.

"I'll be fine." Carson told himself. He went and climbed back into the bed that smelled too clean and felt too soft.

He was free from everyone he hated. He should be happy, right?

But Carson cried, just a little, because he had to let go of everyone and everything he knew to get a second chance. And worst of all, he'd left his Grandma behind.

Don't forget to review! Like a few of my reviewers, I never really read stories about people in real life so I'm not sure if I'm very good at characterising the actual people (Chris and Darren) very well. It'd be awesome to get some feedback!