Disclaimer: All belongs to Ryan Murphy and other such powers that be who true legal ownership of Glee.
Author's Note: This idea has been running in my head for a while. If enough people are interested, I will continue the story. Set Post-Sectionals.
They all stood there watching the clock slowly ticking away. Images of what happened an hour ago slowly replaying in their minds.
They were all leaving glee practice – each going their separate way home. She was pulling out of the school parking lot when a speeding car ran into her blue Prius. The sound echoed throughout the parking lot then a deafening silence. No one moved and it seemed that time stood still. Then all at once it came rushing back.
Puck had jumped out of his truck rushing over to the car, followed closely by Finn and Mike. Tina and Quinn had stood their transfixed horror coming over their faces. Mercedes started to run over pulling out her phone, trying with her unsteady fingers to call 911. Artie turned around towards the school to find Mr. Shue or any other adult. Santana quickly followed him, pushing him faster than he could wheel. Kurt, Brittany and Matt also began running towards the wreckage. All had one thought in their mind, "Is Rachel ok?"
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Rachel stopped at the entrance to school and looked both ways on the main street when she pulled out. She was humming the latest song they had sung in glee when out of the corner of her eye she saw the vehicle coming towards her. Her instinct was to press her foot on the brake but before she could do anything she felt a huge push.
Then nothing but darkness and a numbing pain.
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He couldn't think of anything other except that he needed to get there as soon as he could. Puck ran so fast to the car and practically slid on the gravel to the driver's side door. His gut wrenched as he saw how much the other car had punched into that side, the impact having pushed the car a couple of feet from the perpetrator.
"Rachel?" He called out, panic lacing his voice. Looking in, he saw that she was still in her seat, blood gushing down her face, the side airbag deployed, the glass shattered. "Rachel?"
Nothing but the sound of crunching glass as the others got to his side. He approached her, knowing that he shouldn't move until the paramedics arrived. He gently touched her face, trying to find some evidence of life.
"Is she…" Finn tried to ask, but couldn't finish. Puck's hand felt the warmth of her skin and ran a finger gently across her face to see if she would have any reaction. He stopped briefly above her lips.
"I think she's still breathing." They all let out a breath that none knew they were holding.
"We need to get her out." Mike started to say. Puck shook his head.
"No! We-we need to wait until the paramedics get here… We could do more damage if we move her ourselves. We should try to stop the bleeding at least…" He tried to keep his emotions in check. Seeing her this way was scaring him. Finn handed Puck his outer shirt to use on Rachel. He pressed it on the gash that was on her forehead.
"Ambulance is on the way." Mercedes called out as tears started to fall at the sight of Rachel.
Kurt, Brittany and Matt had stopped when they got to the cars. Seeing Mike, Finn and Puck trying to help Rachel they went to check on the other driver. The man was slumped over the air bag that had deployed. They opened the door, careful not to move him and checked to see if he was alive and found him breathing. They couldn't see where the bleeding was coming from and were too afraid to move him. Both this man and Rachel seemed to be out cold.
Within minutes, in what seemed like an eternity they heard the sirens coming. They all froze as the paramedics and the cops went to work. All the kids were pushed aside as they watched in silence. Soon they were joined by a shocked Mr. Schue, Tina, Quinn, Santana and Artie. One of the cops tried to talk to them, but he wasn't able to get many coherent answers as they all just wanted to know if Rachel would be ok.
"They are doing everything they can for her." He recited, everyone knowing that he couldn't truly answer the question. "They are going to take her to Lima General Hospital."
Mr. Schue nodded at the officer, "Can I ride with her? I'm her teacher."
The officer nodded as they watched her being put into the ambulance. Mr. Schue looked at his students, trying to find some way to ease the pain etched in each of their faces, but couldn't.
A couple of them nodded and all began to make their way to the cars. Puck waited until he couldn't see Rachel anymore before he turned, even then it was Quinn and Finn who moved him along. In that moment, despite all the things that happened between them they were bound together.