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4x01 - Glee and The Aftermath
Santana's Hospital Room – Lennox Hill Hospital – Wednesday Morning
Three days after Santana's accident, Rachel, Quinn, and Mercedes were in Santana's room with her doctor while he explained the slow process Santana had made. The girls had been camped out in Santana's room since Friday and hadn't even be home to shower as they waited for their friend to wake up.
"I just don't understand why she hasn't woken up yet?" Mercedes asked, running her hands through her hair, frustrated.
"Miss Lopez's body needs time to heal, she'll wake when she's ready" Doctor Avery explained, kindly. It wasn't the first time then girls had asked him that question since their friend had arrived in the hospital.
"You're a doctor can't you be more scientific than that" Mercedes snipped, Quinn, and Rachel both sent her a look. They had yet to leave Santana's hospital room despite the rules about visiting hours so they didn't need to get on the doctor's bad side or he might tell them to leave.
"I'm sorry about her" Quinn apologised, putting her hand on Mercedes arm in warning.
"It's okay, I'm afraid we have done everything we can. Miss Lopez will wake up when she's ready" Doctor Avery replied, he finished writing in Santana's file then put it back in the holder at the end of the bed.
"Thank you, doctor" Quinn smiled at him, before he left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Mercedes snapping at the doctor isn't going to get anything done" Rachel reasoned, giving Mercedes an exasperated look before she sat back down at the table in the far corner of Santana's room.
"It's been two days, they said the swelling has gone down she should be waking up" Mercedes argued, throwing herself into the chair next to Rachel.
"Santana always liked to keep people waiting" Rachel quipped.
"Well I'm getting bored of it" Mercedes grumbled, crossing her arms. They had all been sleeping in chairs for the last three days and it was making them all a little cranky.
"Not how you thought you'd be spending your first few weeks as a newlywed" Rachel teased, smiling at Quinn as she watched her straighten the hospital linen that was covering Santana.
"I can't say it is, no. Although Noah has been great – he's taking care of everything so that I can be here" Quinn beamed. Puck and Finn had been taking care of the kids by themselves and sorted everything at the magazine and gallery so that Quinn and Rachel could give their full attention to Santana.
"Wow you really are a newlywed, with all this gushy talk" Rachel joked, rolling her eyes as she picked up a magazine from the table and starting flipping through it.
"Please you've been married over ten years and you still talk this way about Finn" Quinn quipped, rolling her eyes.
"You okay Mercedes" Rachel asked, when she noticed the thoughtful look on Mercedes face.
Mercedes shrugged "Yeah I'm fine"
"Santana is going to wake up" Quinn pressed, joining the other two at the table.
"I know she is" Mercedes agreed, firmly. The girls were silent for a few minutes as the flipped through some old magazines before they were interrupted by Finn knocking on the door.
"Knock, knock"
"Mommy!" Rose beamed running into the room followed by Henry and NJ. The three of them ran to their mothers and jumped onto their laps.
"Hey babies" Rachel gushed holding her arms out for Rose and Henry "Give me a kiss"
Rachel covered Henry and Rose in kisses as they both squeezed their mother tightly, they weren't used to not having Rachel put them to bed a night and missed having her around.
"Any change?" Finn asked as Puck and he walked into the room, dropping some bags onto the table.
"No change, the doctor said she would wake when she's ready" Mercedes explained, as Quinn and Rachel were too busy hugging their children to listen to their husbands.
"Is Auntie Sans still sleeping?" NJ asked as he jumped off his mother's lap and walked over to Santana's bed. They had told the children that Santana had been hurt and that she needed to rest in hospital so that she would feel better and luckily for them, the children hadn't pushed it and asked more questions.
"She is" Quinn said, before taking her son's hand "NJ stop poking her"
"We brought you all some breakfast, figured you didn't want to eat the hospital food again" Puck said as he started taking containers out of the bags they had left on the table.
"There's muffins mommy!" NJ beamed, more interested in the food on the table then poking his auntie, while she slept.
"Thank you, NJ" Quinn smiled at her son, picking him up and sitting him back on her knee while Puck and Finn dished out food to everyone. Eventually everyone was squashed around the small table having some breakfast but after a few minutes Puck stopped eating and put his plate down.
"Am I the only one who thinks it's weird we'll all eating breakfast around Santana while she's like..." Puck said, nodding his head at Santana "That"
"Well now I do" Quinn replied, putting her own plate down as well. Eventually everyone stopped eating and the children quickly got bored with sitting around a table in a small hospital room.
"They have a playground here mommy" Rose said, looking up at her mother.
"Why don't you guys go check it out, spend some time together. I'll stay here" Mercedes injected.
"You sure?" Rachel asked, even as the children jumped off their seats and began to leave the room.
"Yeah go, I'll come and get you if anything happens" Mercedes added, waving them out of the room as she settled in the seat next to Santana's bed.
Hospital Playground – Lennox Hill Hospital – Wednesday Morning
While Mercedes stayed with Santana, the others went to the nearest playground. Puck, Quinn, and NJ went to the swings and Rachel, Finn, and the kids sat on a nearby bench so Rose could catch Rachel up on what had happened in the last 3 days.
"So, then we learnt about different people in your family and then we had to draw each family member. My teacher said I had a lot of Auntie and Uncles but I told her they weren't all your brothers and sisters" Rose explained, earnestly from where she sat perched on her mother's lap while Henry pulled on her hand to get her attention.
"That's great Rosie I can't wait to see the picture" Rachel enthused.
"And I got a new book from the book fair at school but I want you to read it to be when you are home" Rose added, as she tried to push her brother away so she could get her mother's full attention. Finn was sat next to her watching the whole thing with amusement.
"I promise I will do Sweetie"
"Mommy play on slide" Henry called, moving out of Rose's reach as he climbed up on to the bench to sit near Rachel.
"I'm talking to mommy Henry" Rose argued, glaring at her brother.
"Rosie why don't you take Henry on the slide while I talk to daddy, you can tell me the rest when you get back" Rachel suggested, helping Rose and Henry get down from the bench.
"Okay, come on Henry" Rose sighed, before taking her brothers hand and lightly dragging him towards the slide where NJ was now playing with Quinn and Puck
"They miss you" Finn noted as he wrapped his arm around Rachel and pulled her close, giving her a kiss on the side of her head.
"I know, I miss them too. I thought Santana would be awake by now" Rachel reasoned as she cuddled into Finn while watching her two children on the slide. Rachel felt guilty that she hadn't seen much of her children, but she knew she couldn't leave Santana's side until she was awake. She would just spend extra time with them once everything was settled.
"Has the doctor said anything else" Finn asked, glancing down at Rachel.
"Just that her body needs to heal and she'll wake up when she's ready" Rachel replied.
"Santana always did like to keep people waiting"
"That's what I said" Rachel laughed lightly leaning up to kiss Finn's jaw. That's when she noticed the light bags under Finn's eyes and she was feeling even more guilty.
"Is everything okay, do you want me to come home tonight" Rachel asked, moving slightly so she could stroke Finn's jaw, he leaned into her touch before giving her a quick kiss.
"We both know all you'd be thinking about is Santana. Me and the kids are fine, we just miss you that's all. The house is empty when you're not there" Finn enthused.
"I miss you guys too and sleeping in a hospital chair for three nights is killing my back" Rachel moaned, rolling out her shoulders. Finn put his hands on her shoulders and started to massage her, Rachel let out a sigh of content.
"We can bill Santana for a massage when she wakes up" Finn joked, giving Rachel a kiss on the side of her neck just as Rose ran back over to them, jumping up between her parents.
"Henry has been on the slide; now can I tell you about Hayley's new toy" Rose asked, Finn walked over to Henry as Rachel put Rose on her knee.
"Of course, tell me everything" Rachel smiled, pulling Rose close as Henry took Finn's hand and dragged him towards the swings.
XoXo
After playing with their children and catching up with their husbands for twenty minutes, Puck and Finn decided to take the children for something to eat and Quinn and Rachel went back to Santana's room.
"Hey, did the guys take-off" Mercedes asked, looking up from her magazine when she saw Quinn and Rachel walking back into the room.
"Yeah, the kids were getting restless, they are going to take them to the play gym a few blocks over, then bring them back later" Quinn explained, taking a seat at the table while Rachel poured them each some orange juice from the jug that Finn and Puck had brought them.
"Was work okay with you taking time off" Mercedes asked, taking the cup from Rachel as she sat next to her friends and picked up the magazine that she had been reading before.
"I just have Frankie covering for me, its fine" Quinn waved off. The three of them went back to drinking their orange juice and flipping through the magazines they had for another fifteen minutes before they looked up when they heard a knock at the door.
"Hey guys"
"Danni? Hi, come in" Quinn said, shoving her magazine aside as Danni walked into the room. the girls hadn't seen or heard from Danni since her argument with Brittany three days before.
"We weren't expecting to see you" Rachel noted, cautiously. They weren't sure what to expect from Danni, the last time she had been at the hospital she found out her girlfriend had been cheating on her.
"I was angry last time I was here but I still wanted to know how she is" Danni explained, softly. She walked over to Santana and softly stroked her hand down her face.
"The doctor said she should make a full recovery we are just waiting for her to wake up" Quinn explained as they continued to watch Danni with Santana. She seemed genuinely upset and didn't seem as angry as she was before.
"She's looks peaceful" Danni sighed, taking Santana's hand in her own, before glancing at the others. "Have you all been here since they brought her in" Danni wondered noticing the blankets and pillows stacked against the chairs.
"We have?" Rachel nodded.
"Does she have parents, family members?" Danni asked. The others shared a look, they weren't sure what Santana had told Danni about her family life so they decided not to say anything.
Quinn shook her head "Just us"
"Brittany?" Mercedes exclaimed, jumping up from her seat when she noticed Brittany walking into the room.
"Hey, I wanted to see how she was" Brittany said, not noticing Danni stood by the bed as she smiled at the others in greeting.
"What are you doing here?" Danni snipped, glaring at Brittany. Quinn and Mercedes shared a panicked look.
"I have just as much right to be here as you" Brittany argued, crossing her arms as she glared back at Brittany.
"I'm Santana's girlfriend" Danni sneered.
"Please, how serious can it be when she's also being seeing me for the last few weeks" Brittany snapped, rolling her eyes. Rachel pinched the top of her nose, she had a feeling she knew where the conversation was going.
"Well I have a key to her apartment and didn't it take me two years to get it" Danni replied, smirking knowingly at Brittany. Mercedes and Quinn both turned to Rachel, willing her to jump in and stop the conversation.
"Santana always comes back to me!" Brittany snapped.
"In any way, you can take her apparently" Danni sneered.
"Okay that's enough both of you, I understand you both have things to say to Santana but they can wait until she's better. I want you both to leave" Rachel argued, coming between the two of them. She knew they both had a right to be mad at Santana and each other but it didn't need to happen in Santana's hospital room while she was still unconscious.
Brittany shook her head "Rachel – "
"I mean it. Neither of you are welcome here. You can both come back when Santana decides she wants to see you. Now get out!" Rachel concluded, pointing her hand to the door. Both knew better than to argue with Rachel so they both hastily left the hospital room, not before glaring at each other one last time.
"Don't mess with Mama Rachel" Mercedes joked as they all sat back down at their table.
"Time to wake up Santana, so you can deal with all of that" Rachel affirmed, looking over at Santana with a firm look.
Quinn slumped down in her seat "I think that's exactly why she isn't awake yet"
XoXo
Once they had made sure Danni and Brittany had left, the girls settled down at the table in Santana's room to play a game of cards. Rachel felt slightly bad about yelling at Brittany and Danni when they were both hurting but she still felt like it had to be said. Santana needed to heal before she could deal with her relationships.
"Brittany's not wrong Santana does always go back to her" Mercedes reasoned as she picked up a card from the pack in the middle before putting down another from her deck.
"But Danni is so good for her" Quinn enthused. They had all loved Brittany but they had to admit that Santana's relationship with Danni seemed to be a lot easier and relaxed. Maybe there wasn't as much passion which is probably what lead to her going back to Brittany.
"The heart wants what the heart wants" Rachel quipped, winking at Quinn as she picked up a card from the deck.
"I think that's Santana's problem she never knows what she wants" Quinn reasoned.
"Or does and is afraid to actually fight for it" Mercedes interjected, taking a drink of her orange juice before taking her turn.
"Luckily, she has you two to make the decision for her" Rachel joked, giving Quinn and Mercedes a look. They both rolled their eyes at her so she decided to change the subject.
"How are things with Matt?" Rachel asked, glancing at Mercedes who just shrugged lamely.
"They are fine, we're basically like roommates. He's not really there a lot – he's working" Mercedes explained. She hadn't really spoken to her friends in the last few weeks about Matt because it was starting to feel awkward. She knew despite what they said that they didn't understand her arrangement with him and probably never would, so it was easier to just pretend it didn't exist whenever she was with them.
"He should be working on what he promised you so that you can get out of this marriage" Quinn argued, shaking her head.
"I'm sure he is, he wants out as well" Mercedes waved off. Rachel and Quinn shared a look, they could tell Mercedes didn't want to talk about Matt.
"Wanna talk about something else" Quinn asked, smiling reassuringly at Mercedes before taking her go, she picked up a card then turned to Rachel "So how did you convince the nurses on this ward to let us be here 24-7"
"I bought them a new, very expensive coffee maker for their staff room" Rachel replied, she knew they were breaking a lot of rules by staying at the hospital, especially in the ICU but if the nurses didn't care, once they got their coffee maker, then neither did Rachel.
"Yay, I win" Mercedes cheered holding up her desk of cards to show 4 7's and 3 4's. the other two groaned as she threw their cards into the middle of the table.
"How do you do that every time"
"Santana!" Quinn shrieked, jumping up from her chair, the other two followed and rushed over to Santana's bed to find their friend fluttering her eyes open.
"I'll get the doctor" Mercedes rushed out of the room, while Quinn and Rachel shared a tearful hug, without taking their eyes off Santana.
Rachel beamed at Santana, wiping away the tears in her eyes "Oh Santana, thank god!"
XoXo
Thirty minutes later, Santana had some tests done, had her stitches checked then was taken back to her room so the doctor could give her, her results. Rachel, Quinn, and Mercedes were all stood nearby as the doctor read through Santana's chart. Rachel called everyone who needed to know that Santana was awake and was coming back into the room just as Doctor Avery closed Santana's chart and turned to the patient.
"Well other than the broken arm, your scans have all come back normal Miss Lopez. You should make a full recovery" Dr Avery explained, looking down at the CT scan results in his hand before looking over at Santana.
"Good, when can I get out of here" Santana asked, which made Rachel, Mercedes, and Quinn gave her a disgruntled look. Santana rolled her eyes at them before looking back at the doctor.
"You still need to rest so it will be a few days before we can release you" Avery added, with an amused smile.
"So, I'm in prison" Santana groaned, before pinching the top of her nose when she felt a headache coming on.
"She will be a model patient Doctor" Quinn enthused, smiling widely at the Doctor, who nodded at her.
"I'm going to have a nurse come in and help you into another gown and clean up some of your cuts" Avery explained, as he wrote something on Santana's chart "The main thing for you to do is get some rest"
"Thank you, doctor" Quinn beamed at him before he left. Once the door was closed the other three turned back to Santana all with worried looks on their faces.
"You guys weren't actually worried were you" Santana quipped, smirking at them. They all rolled their heads then moved away from her bed to busy themselves around the room.
"You shut up" Rachel pointed her finger at Santana, before moving to the table to tidy up the cards and magazines.
"We're glad your back" Mercedes said, smirking at Santana "Because you have a bit of a mess to clean up"
"They both showed up then" Santana stated, sadly once the others had explained to her everything that she had missed between Danni and Brittany. Santana could feel her headache getting worse when she thought about the conversations she would need to have with Brittany and Danni.
"You have a power that seems to make women crazy" Rachel quipped, taking a seat at the table.
"I have to talk to them"
"You don't have to worry about that now, you need to concentrate on getting better" Quinn reasoned, handing Santana a glass of water before she started fluffing her pillows.
"Yeah Rachel scared them off you have a few days at least" Mercedes added, winking playfully at Rachel who just rolled her eyes in return.
"No, I think it's time I faced them both" Santana reasoned, taking a deep breath "I need to stop hiding"
XoXo
An hour later, Santana was sat up in her hospital bed watching TV when Danni walked into her room. Santana had sent her a message asking her to drop by so they could talk and she was glad Danni wasn't too angry to listen to what Santana had to say.
"Hey Danni, thanks for coming" Santana said as she watched Danni look around the room instead of at Santana.
"I'm glad to see you're looking better"
"I'm sure I was quite a sight before" Santana quipped, suddenly feeling conscious of the hospital robe she was wearing and the bandage on her head.
"Your bodyguards going to kick me out again" Danni mused, finally looking at Santana. Santana had forced Mercedes, Rachel, and Quinn to go to the canteen for something to eat so they wouldn't be around when Danni arrived.
Santana cringed slightly "Sorry about them"
"Don't be, they were right. There is a time and place for certain conversations" Danni reasoned. She made no move to sit down so Santana knew she wasn't planning on staying so Santana knew she had to start talking.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry I hurt you" Santana apologised, looking shameful "When it comes to relationships, I'm a lot more messed up than I realised"
"I think you don't think you deserve to be happy but trust me you do" Danni affirmed, giving Santana a small smile. Santana smiled back, she couldn't believe how classy Danni was being even though Santana didn't deserve it.
"So, do you"
"Goodbye Santana"
"Goodbye Danni" Santana said, Danni walked over to her, gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before rushing out of the room. Santana laid her head back and closed her eyes. She felt better that Danni now knew the truth but she hated that she had hurt Danni as well, she didn't deserve it, and Santana didn't feel good that she's been left off so easily.
Santana was only alone for a few minutes before the girls came back into the room, with a coffee and a muffin for her.
"Everything okay?" Rachel asked, when she noticed the look on Santana's face as she handed her the coffee and muffin.
Santana nodded "I think so yeah"
"What about Brittany" Quinn wondered, as the three of them settled back at the table, where Santana could tell they had set up base for the last three days.
"I called her and told her I needed some space to figure things out. She understood" Santana replied. Santana didn't want to risk Danni and Brittany running into each other again and truthfully, she wasn't as clear on what she wanted to say to Brittany as she had been with Danni.
"First though, you need to get better. Figure out your on-going relationship once you're out of this bed" Rachel argued.
"And can pee without help" Mercedes added, smirking at Santana.
"Miss Lopez, I'm here to re-do your dressings" Nurse Fields said, walking into the room. Quinn and Rachel shared a look. Ever since they knew Santana was okay Rachel and Quinn had been inching to leave for a bit so that they could see their children.
"While you get cleaned up, we're going to go home for a few hours – see our husbands and children" Rachel explained, getting up from the table as the nurse started getting things out of the cupboard to help Santana.
"Or in my case shower and watch TV" Mercedes said.
"And we'll be back later okay" Quinn said, giving Santana a kiss on the cheek before leaving the room.
"You don't have to, I'll be fine" Santana waved off.
Rachel rolled her eyes "Ignoring you, we'll be back later"
Rachel and Finn's House – West Village – Wednesday Evening
Rachel walked into her home, dropped her coat and bags by the front door then walked into the living room to see her husband laid out on the sofa watching Game of Thrones while Henry played with his toy blocks on the floor and Rose sat in the love seat reading a book.
"Hey guys" Rachel greeted, walking further into the room. she threw herself onto the sofa and cuddled Finn.
"Momma" Henry cheered, throwing his blocks aside he jumped on the sofa with his parents.
"Hey Baby" Rachel gushed, she settled in-between Finn's legs and pulled her son close and gave him a kiss on the head.
"How's she doing?" Finn asked as Rose came over to her family and joined them on the sofa.
"She's okay. The doctors think she should be out in a few days" Rachel replied as she gave Rose a quick kiss. She was so glad her friend was okay, and that she could finally be home with her family. Three days was too long for her to be away from them.
"That's great news" Finn enthused.
"I told her we'd all go back later" Rachel said, before turning to Rose "But first I believe these a new book that we need to read"
"I'll go get it" Rose replied, before rushing out of the room. Rose came back a few moments later with the book in her hand, she sat next to Rachel and handed her the book while Finn settled Henry on his knee and wrapped his arm around Rachel. Rachel leaned into Finn and opened the book to the first page.
"Okay everyone ready"
Santana's Hospital Room – Lennox Hill Hospital – Wednesday Evening
Two hours later, the girls had all showered and changed then met up, along with the kids and husbands, to go back to the hospital. They had picked up some clothes and food for Santana and they all walked in arms full of bags to see Santana sat up watching TV, looking a little brighter than she had done earlier.
"AUNTIE SANS, YOU'RE AWAKE" NJ cheered as he ran into the room with Rose and Henry following behind him.
"I am and I'm very happy to see you three" Santana said. NJ and Henry tried to climb up on to her bed to hug their Aunt but luckily their parents came into the room to stop them from messing with the wires connected to Santana's arm and chest.
"We brought you some cookies, and pictures, and balloons, and I have this book that you can read" Rose gushed. Puck helped Henry and NJ on to the bed while everything else put out the things they had brought for Santana.
"That sounds great" Santana beamed, she glanced around the room at the flowers and balloons that were now littered everywhere as Henry and NJ both reached over to give her a hug, while Finn and Puck got out the treats that they had brought.
"Guys be careful with Auntie Sans" Quinn warned them.
"I'm okay" Santana waved off, as she hugged her nephews, not at all bothered that it was hurting her shoulders to do so.
"How you feeling?" Finn asked, handing her a bottle of water once NJ and Henry had finally climbed off her. He lifted Rose up to give Santana a kiss on the cheek before putting her at the end of the bed with Henry and NJ.
"A lot better than I probably look" Santana jested, as Mercedes gave her a quick hug.
"Well we're all glad you're okay" Finn stated, warmly.
"Yeah, we get our wives back now" Puck joked, as slumped down on one of the chairs and leaned back, putting his feet up on another chair.
"I bet you've both enjoyed the peace" Santana reasoned, giving Finn and Puck an amused look.
"Well…" Puck smirked, Quinn slapped him on the arm "I'm kidding"
"Let's have some cookies" Rose said, jumping off the bed to open on of the plastic containers that held the cookies. She had already two in her mouth before Rachel could stop her.
"There are for Auntie Sans Rose" Rachel said.
"I'm making sure they are okay" Rose replied, through a mouth full of cookie.
"Luckily, we brought some more" Rachel said, winking at Santana before taking another cookie out of her daughter's hand.
"Eat up everyone" Finn cheered, the kids rushed towards the brownies and cookies while Rachel handed Santana some food before the children ate it all.
XoXo
Two hours later, after finishing all the food they had brought, caught her up on what she had missed and then watched a bad movie, Rachel and Quinn decided the kids needed to go to bed and they needed to sleep in their own beds so they all got ready to leave. While Puck and Finn cleaned up all the mess, the girls made sure Santana had everything she needed while getting the kids ready to leave.
"Bye Auntie Sans!" Rose waved before skipping out of the room with Henry and Finn rushing out after them with a hasty goodbye, before his children could get too far away from them.
"Bye, bye Sans" NJ cheered, Santana waved back, she was happy to see her friends but was also glad they were leaving so she could finally get some rest.
"We'll be back tomorrow okay" Quinn added as she left the room with Puck and NJ.
Santana nodded "Okay"
"Try to get some rest" Rachel instructed, giving Santana a pointed look. Santana smiled at her before nodding her head.
"I will"
"Bye" Rachel said, before closing the door behind her. Santana waited until she was sure they were away from her room and couldn't hear her before she finally let the tears fall.