A/N: This fic takes place right after Quinn's crash (3x10 - On My way).
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She tries to open her eyes but they are too heavy, she can hear people whispering next to her but she can't make sense of what they are saying. Her body is pain, she feels like it's burning and all she wants to do is move it so the pain will go away, but she can't move. Something happened and the pain is becoming unbearable, her eyes shot open in such an angst expression that everyone around looks at her with concern on their eyes, but before she can say anything, a doctor pushes a small button and she is drifting to sleep again.
When she wakes up, she can finally look at everything around her, she is in a hospital and there are machines connected to her, she doesn't know what they mean but it sure isn't something good. The room is filled up with stuffed animals, balloons and some dead flowers which makes her think about how many days she is in that hospital. Her mother is asleep on a chair that looks pretty uncomfortable, she has dark circles around her eyes and a tired face. Quinn lets out a sigh and regret it the moment it is out because her throat feels like a thousand cats scratched it, her eyes welled up with tears, she sees her mother waking up.
"Oh my Quinnie! Thank God you're awake! Are you feeling pain?" Her mother runs to her side and holds her hand, Quinn winces a bit at the pain on her hand and her mother lets it go with a concerned and apologetic look on her face.
Quinn looks at the small table besides her bed and sees a glass of water, she tries to move her head towards it but it feels too heavy so she just stares at it. Judy grab the glass and puts a straw on it before taking it to her daughter's lips. The water feels good against her dry and sore throat and the discomfort she was feeling before starts to disappear. She tries to speak but when she opens her mouth nothing gets out of it. Judy pushes the red button besides her bed and some seconds later, nurses and a doctor enter the room.
"Hello, Quinn. I'm going to ask you some questions and all you have to do is answer them, okay? Don't move your head, blink one time if you understood." The doctor says to her while examining her wrists and arms. She blinks slowly one time and she sees a small smile on her mother's face.
"I want you to try to speak, don't force your throat, just try, okay? What's you name?" He asks examining her eyes and ears.
"Q- Qu- Quinn Fabray" She answers in almost a whisper, her throat feels like it's on fire and she has a headache that is not making her thoughts any clearer.
"Good. Do you know why you are here?" Her mom now is standing by her side, holding the hand that isn't covered in bandage.
"No, I can't remember anything." Why does it feel like someone is trying to split her head in two?
"I think this is it for now. Don't worry if you don't remember some things now, you got seriously hit on the head and have a concussion, Your vitals are good and you seem to not have any other problems right now. You have to be careful, you don't move your head roughly and try to not move it at all, you're in a critical stage and we have to be really careful to not make any permanent damages on your brain. Do you understood me?"
"Yes... My head hurts a hell lot." She closes her eyes to see if it helps but it makes it stronger.
"It is normal to have headaches, you went through a evasive brain surgery. If you start feeling nauseous or the headache turns unbearable, push the red button to call me or any of the nurses but for now all you have to do if you feel any pain is push the white button on your left side to make the morphine activated." He says reaching for the knob on the door and giving a nod to Judy. Now she is alone with her mom and she is scared.
"What happened to me?" She asks looking at her mother.
"You got hit by a truck, sweetie... But everything will be okay, I'm here with you." Her mother tries to hide the tears in her eyes, but Quinn is able to see them and even if Judy says that everything will be okay she can't quite believe it yet.
They hear a knock on the door and Judy goes to open it. The Glee Club kids are all there to see her, tears slide down her face again. She doesn't want them to see her this way, she has to be strong but right now that needs too much effort and she feels so exhausted.
"Oh, Quinn..." Santana cups her cheek gently. She can see that the latina's eyes are red and puffy. Their friendship was hard for people to understand but they worked better this way. The nicknames and the insults were their way of saying that they cared, they can't do cute stuff like any other best friends, they don't let emotions show to other people because that would make them weak but every single time they needed someone, the other would always be there no matter what.
Brittany was at Santana's side holding hers and Quinn's hand, she had been crying too and this made Quinn's heart hurt because Brittany was one of the happiest people and just the idea that she had being crying because of her hurts almost as much as her physical pain.
"I'm really happy you're alive, Q... You can't break up the Unholy Trinity and if something had happened to you, we wouldn't be one anymore..." She gives Quinn a sad smile.
She looks around and see all her friends, Mercedes is at her other side looking at her like she is going to break at any moment, she gives her friend an assurance smile to let her know that everything will be okay even if she doesn't think that. She has to be strong for her friends, and she will be. Puck is standing near the door wiping his tears with his sleeve and he hands her an envelope.
"I'm glad you're... almost fine, Quinn. I want you to open this envelope later, I think you don't want to see it while other people are with you but if you want to I can stay by your side, you know..." He kisses her forehead gently.
"Thanks, Puck... I think I'll open it alone later..." He gives her a nod and goes back near the door.
She keeps looking around and see Kurt with his hand on Finn's shoulder. Finn has his hands in his pockets and she can feel that he wants to say something but doesn't know exactly what. Tina and Mike are smiling at her, they have stuffed animals on their arms and she smiles back at them.
"Thank you." Her voice cracks and she winces at the pain on her throat. Judy reaches for the glass of water and she takes a couple of sips.
Sam is giving her a 'get well soon' look and she can see that he is sad too. Sam is a good guy, he was respectful of her and genuinely cared about her well being. Artie seemed to be in deep thought and she knows what he is thinking, car accidents are tough for him and she feels bad for having to put him through it again. Rory and Sugar are near her bed too, they weren't exactly good friends because they were new at the school but the blonde had a special place in her heart for them.
A sniff caught her attention and she looked at the corner of the room, there was a girl with the most broken-hearted face Quinn has ever seen. Her eyes are red and puffy, she as her mom has dark circles around her eyes, she is almost curled up against the wall. This girl doesn't look at her eyes, she just steal some glances at her bed but almost all the time she has her head down. Before Quinn or the girl could say something, a nurse enters the room.
"I'm sorry, kids but now Quinn has to rest, I ask you to not come together the next time. It's better for her if you paired up to visit or come by yourselves. The maximum of people allowed in the room are three." The nurse gives them a smile. They all give her one last look and smile, she returned the smiles. The girl looks at her with an expression she has never seen before and she can't understand it. What was that girl doing there? She doesn't remember knowing her from anywhere.