Disclaimer: Still don't own Glee, or Zombie by The Cranberries who helped inspire the name of story.

A/N: This is pretty AU after sectionals. Being a Puckleberry fan will probably hit there at some point.

A/N 2: Not sure how long this first chapter will be. Possibly short. Spoilers all up to Grilled Cheesus.

In Your Head

Rachel, it's time to wake up. You've been asleep long enough.

A pair of hazel eyes opened up to see a white and black man staring down at her. As Rachel Berry reached up to hug her fathers' from her bed, she looked down in shock as her arm was stopped with the IV and other tubes running out from her arm and across her body. "What happened? Did I fall after glee?" Her eyes recognized the hospital and her voice changed from confusion to concern. "Is Mr. Hummel still in the hospital?"

Hiram Berry, the white man, took his daughter's hand while Leroy, the black man went outside to find a nurse or doctor. "Sweetie, Kurt's father isn't in the hospital. Why would you think that?" He brushed a few strands of hair from her face before answering her earlier question. "You were in a car accident and hurt your head. There was a lot of bleeding around the brain so while that went down the doctors had you in a medically induced coma."

Rachel's eyes went wide at those words. A brain injury and coma were not something she ever expected would be placed in the same sentence as her. "I was a coma? No, it is Kurt's father that is in the coma. He had a heart attack because of a brain aneurism. He got so mad we were talking about religion."

Leroy entered back in with a doctor who sat down next to Rachel's bed. "Good to see you awake. We've been waiting and your dad's have had quite a scare. As had the others who had been keeping vigil over you."

"Waiting? How long have I been in one?" Rachel's eyes were filled with worry, unsure of what had happened.

"It was about a week after sectionals, during winter break. There was ice on the road and a car spun into your lane, we were just so happy you didn't die." Leroy sat down and took his daughter's other hand holding it tightly.

"It's about September now, so you've been in the coma healing for about 9 months. The kids from glee will be happy to hear you are awake. They've been coming by a fair amount since this happened."

"No, that can't be right. I met my mother, Finn and I are together, Quinn had her baby, and we lost regionals but still managed to get another year somehow." Rachel's voice started to crack both from the lack of use that she had during the past months as well as the shock about being in the coma.

"Ms. Berry, I'm Dr. Jamson. I'm going to talk to your fathers for a few moments, is that alright?" The doctor opened the door and waited for the other men.

As Rachel nodded her fathers rose and went outside the door, it closing slightly. This makes no sense. I remember everything, how could I have been in a coma?

"What happened doctor? Why does she think all of this?" Hiram was pacing outside the door, his husband finally grabbing his hand and pulling him close into his grasp.

"I'm not sure. It seems like she created some sort of a world in her head about what has been going on while she was out. I don't know how in depth things are." The doctor sighed softly looking through the window of the room at the girl with the frantic eyes.

Leroy looked past Hiram's body. "Can people see her?"

The doctor nodded quickly. "I don't know if it will help or not, but until it's clear it's something that we can try to see if answers can be given. Just try and make sure it's only a few people at a time. Having everyone show up at once would make things a little too complicated for her. She has just woken up; we don't want to do anything that may make her old injury start to act up again."

The two men went to the waiting area to call the people from school letting them know that Rachel had finally woken up from her accident.

Next chapter will be people coming in to visit Rachel, including an AU Shelby Corcoran and Jesse St. James.