Prologue
Shelby groaned as she tried to focus her eyes on her alarm clock. "3:45 in the morning" she muttered. She cursed to herself as she heard her phone going off again and silently prayed the noise didn't wake up the toddler sleeping soundly next to her.
Picking the phone up off the dresser she made her way into the hallway, and closed the door leaving a crack open just in case Beth woke up.
She didn't have a chance to answer the phone before it went to voicemail. Checking her call log she noticed that it was Will Schuester calling her at this ungodly hour. "The hell" she said frustrated pushing the button to call him back.
"Shelby! Thank God" rushed out Will as he picked back up, "I was just about to call you back" he said.
"Will! It's almost four in the morning" she whispered yelled, "what is wrong with you?"
"I'm sorry Shelby but I didn't know who else to call" he said while his voice broke. Next thing Shelby heard was Will breaking into a series of sobs.
"Will! Oh my gosh what's going on? Is everything okay? Is…everyone okay?" she asked anxiously.
"No… everyone's not okay" he cried out.
Rachel she thought instantly, "Will is Rachel okay?" she shouted into the phone. There was silence on the other end and Shelby thought she heard crying in the distance.
"Oh God…Will please tell me Rachel's okay" she said beginning to cry and begging for the teacher to speak.
"Rachel's fine Shelby…the kids are all fine…physically" he said trying to get control over himself.
"What do you mean physically?" she questioned while breathing out a sigh of relief.
Will took a deep breath; "It's been a terrible accident" he started out, his voice trembling slightly.
"Will please calm down and tell me what's going on. You're scaring me" Shelby said trying to keep herself calm.
"They're all gone…" he said.
"Who…whose all gone?" questioned Shelby.
Will took a deep breath and hesitated before speaking, "They're all dead Shelby...Hiram and Leroy Berry, Judy Fabray, Marvin, Maureen, and Marcellus Jones, and Mariana and Santiago Lopez. They were all in the van together coming from Regional's and it was a horrible car accident. Not one of them made it" he finished.
It took a minute for her to process what he just told her, "Wait a minute Will aren't those Rachel, Santana, Quinn, and Mercedes' parents?"
"And Mercedes brother…they're all dead Shelby. Please can you come to the hospital…I need your help" he said quietly into the phone.
"I'm on my way" she said. Quickly gathering information about where they were she hung up the phone. She stood in the middle of her living room trying to process the information that had just been given to her. Shaking her head she jumped into action. First things first she had to wake up her slumbering toddler in the other room.
