Pairing: Quinn/Rachel

Disclaimer: Fox owns Glee and it's characters. No infringement intended.

Any mistakes are my own, this is my first story, so apologies if it's not very great.

Rachel grabbed her books and hugged them to her chest with one hand while she closed her locker with the other.
She turned and began working her way through the student body trying to get to class on time. Someone collided
with her and her books went flying, before she could even begin to apologize she heard a voice she knew easily.

"God Manhands! Are you so short that you couldn't see me walking here?" Santana began to yell.
"What in the Hell is your problem? Can't you just stay out of people's way for one day? Just one? I don't think
that's asking too much, 24 hours, that's all I'm asking!" Santana knelt down to pick up her papers that she had
dropped in the collision shoving Rachel out of the way in the process.

Rachel didn't bother to even pick up her belongings as she turned and began walking down the corridor toward
the set of doors that would lead her to the parking lot. She wasn't going to cry in front of everyone yet again.
She'd just go home and spend the day watching Funny Girl. As she made her way out of the building she vaguely
registered that it had begun to rain.

She made it to her car and started the engine. Before she exited her parking space she buckled her seat belt and
tried to wipe the tears from her eyes. The rain would make it difficult enough to see, she didn't need tears helping.
She pulled out of the parking lot and began to head for home.

She glanced down toward the radio for a second to try and change the station and when she looked up she saw a
deer in the center of her lane not twenty feet in front of her. She slammed on her breaks to try and stop but her
car began to hydroplane. Rachel tried to steer out of the skid but overcorrected and knew she had lost control. She
heard the tires on her car squeal and then felt the impact. She tried to gather what had happened, where her car had
ended up, but mostly just felt pain. She knew she had hit a tree, and not the deer. She reached for her
phone and began to dial one of her fathers but before she could talk to either of them everything went dark.

The Glee kids had all filed in and were waiting on Mr. Schuester to show up. Various conversations were going on
around the room. Puck was asking Finn if he wanted to see a new horror movie over the weekend
while Brittany was asking Santana why if storks brought babies they didn't have beaks. Mr. Schuester walked in and
surveyed the room.

"Uh, guys, has anyone seen Rachel?" Will asked the kids.

"Ha, the last time I saw the hobbit she was running crying toward the parking lot this morning." Santana
offered up. There was mumbling among the group and the general consensus is that no one has seen her
since then. Will brushed it off and was prepared to move on when his phone began to ring.

"Excuse me, talk quietly amongst yourselves, I should take this." Will told his students.

Most of the kids begin talking about their plans for the weekend, even though it's only Monday,
but they soon realize how quiet Mr. Schuester had gotten. They begin to watch him and notice
how solemn his face has become. As he hangs up Kurt speaks up, "Hey, Mr. Schue, you don't look so good, what's wrong?"

"Um, well guys, that was Mr. Berry, Rachel's father. She's been in an accident, this morning, she
lost control of her car because of the rain and collided with a tree. She's…she's in the hospital, unconscious. She hasn't…"

Before Will could finish telling the kids everything Mr. Berry had said, Quinn jumped up from her
seat and turned fury filled eyes on Santana. "This is your fault! It's your fault! If you hadn't said anything
this morning, if you could have just kept your mouth shut , for once! I swear to God Santana, if she's not
okay, if she… if… she better be okay or I promise I will end you." Quinn picked up her backpack and began
walking toward the classroom door. "I'm going to the hospital." With that Quinn stormed out. Santana
looked at the shocked expressions on her peers faces and quickly got up and ran out of the room after Quinn.

"What was that all about?" Puck asked.

"Why the hell does Quinn care so much? She hates Rachel." Sam said.

While most of the kids sat and pondered the reason for Quinn's outburst, one spoke up, "Mr. Schue,
is Rachel going to be okay? If she's not I'll miss her singing." Brittany asked.

Mr. Schue looked at the kids and shook his head. "I don't know guys, I don't know. They're still running
tests to rule out brain damage. She hit her head pretty badly, her airbag didn't go off like it should have.
I was going to explain that before," he motioned toward the door with his hands, "well before that."

"Quinn, wait! Quinn!" Santana yelled after the blonde as she darted through the rain and ran after her through
the parking lot.

"Santana, now is not the time! I have to go!" Quinn yells through the now falling tears as Santana catches up.

"I know Quinn, I know." Santana places a hand on Quinn's arm, trying to get her to look at her.
"I know, remember? I've kept your secret, and played the game."

Quinn softened and looked at Santana through tear filled eyes. "I can't lose her, not before I have her.
I need to be there." Santana reached out in a moment of sympathy and pulled Quinn into a hug. " I know Q,
I know." Santana leaned back out of the hug and grabbed Quinn's car keys from her. "Come on, you're in
no shape to drive, get in, I'll take you. It's the least I can do."

Quinn walked around to the other side of her car and before opening the door looked over the roof to Santana.
"Thanks S, for…well… just, thanks." Quinn and Santana get in the car and Santana pulls out of the lot heading for
Lima General.

TBC...