Hello! First time writer...long time reader. Glee is not owned by me and I hope you like this!

Rachel was having a bad day. She had already changed out of two outfits and was now wearing some dirty school sanctioned gym clothes and could not wait to get home.

"Watch out Rupaul!" Santana Lopez came around and pushed Rachel into a locker and the crowd of spectators burst into laughter. Santana walked over to Quinn and Brittany and shared a high five with Quinn but cowered very slightly from Brittany's glare.

"Get lost on your way home from the Tranny Parade?" Quinn asked with a sneer. "Nice clothes, not hiding that moustache or those man hands just so you know". Quinn was the reason she was on her third outfit of the day and always used any opportunity possible to make Rachel feel like shit.

Rachel tried walking away as fast as possible to avoid gaining more attention and she just wanted to get away from there as fast as possible so she ran to her locker to get her books for her next class, a class she shared with Brittany. Rachel was one of the first few in the class and soon after, Brittany followed and sat down in the seat next to Rachel.

"Are you okay?" Brittany asked Rachel earnestly. "I told Santana that I won't give her any of my sweet lady love and Lord Tubbington won't do any of her chores for her till she apologizes".

"Thank you Brittany...you didn't have to do that" Rachel told Brittany with a hint of a smile. The sweet simpleton girl never failed to bring a smile to Rachel's face.

"Yes I did" Brittany said in a strange moment of seriousness. "You don't deserve that Rachel, don't ever forget that." The conversation ended with that as class had officially started and Rachel couldn't believe she still had to go through Glee before the end of the day.

She walked in to see Quinn sitting on Finn's lap and giggling at one of his jokes and felt a twinge of anger. Rachel didn't understand how someone as cruel as Quinn could be with a guy as kind as Finn. Finn was one of the first members of the Glee Club and had always been kind to Rachel and was the perfect duet person for Rachel. Some would even say she had a bit of a crush on the boy but she couldn't help it. He was perfect for her, he just didn't see it over all the bitch that was occupying his lap. Any other day, he would've greeted her but today he was exchanging kisses with the blonde cheerleader.

Rachel walked over and sat next to Tina who smiled at her when she walked in. "Hey Rachel, what are you going to sing today?" Tina asked.

"Why I was thinking of trying Don't Rain on My Parade, yesterday when I was singing, it wasn't up to an acceptable par and I am trying to utilize my time as much as possible in order to improve as much as I possibly can." Rachel rambled to Tina who smiled at her in her usual understanding manner. "What are you going to be doing this weekend Tina?" Rachel asked.

"Just hanging with Mike and his mom...again..." Tina said with an eye roll. Just as Tina was about to explain further, Mr. Schuester walked in tardy as always.

"Sorry I'm late guys! I get caught up in the coffee room" Schuester claimed as he jogged into the room. Not one of the students were deceived as he had probably been doing what he always does which is creeping on Miss. Pillsbury. Rachel, despite her differences with the man, turned all her attention to the front to hear what the topic of the week was. "The topic this week you guys...is tragedy...tragedy has been inspiration for some of the greatest books and songs of our time and I want you guys to use that inspiration to sing this week. We have all had tragic events that have changed us and I want you guys to draw inspiration from them and sing over the week".

"O my God, I can totally sing about last week. Our waitress at Breadsticks gave me one less breadstick than the normal six and I could not handle that" Santana despaired as Brittany nodded knowingly.

"That is not what I meant Santana and I am disappointed in you for not taking this seriously" Schuester nagged as per usual. He always managed to suck the fun out of any situation he could it seemed. He was kind of like a dementor in that way, sucking people's souls. "Oh and I want all of you to present something this week, many of you have been slacking and no more. This week, all of you will present" he declared to the class who now seemed to be split as some of them looked excited and some looked as if he had just asked them to sell saltwater taffy again.

As Rachel sat their pondering what song choices she could use over the week, she couldn't help but notice that despite her school life she as a pretty happy person because her dads kept her afloat and without them, she would not be the self confident diva she is now. Rachel glanced around the choir room and noticed that while everyone seemed distracted with social situations and talking about how their weekends were as well as their plans for the next weekend, Quinn seemed to be sitting rather morosely. She wasn't really talking to anyone and was just looking down as if she was really upset or worried about something. Rachel started at her for a few minutes wondering what seemed to be bothering the girl. While Quinn was the bane of evil, Rachel couldn't help but notice that the girl seemed to often look quiet and sad. Unfortunately for Rachel, Quinn noticed that Rachel was starting at her and although Rachel tried to look away before it looked like Rachel had been staring at Quinn for longer than a glance, she failed. "What are you looking at Troll Face? Trying to figure out what a real woman looks like?" sneered Quinn and Santana roared with laughter as if it was the funniest joke she had ever heard. This was definitely not Rachel's day and she could not wait till she got home.

"Hello?" Rachel called out as she got home. Finally the day had ended and she got to have a break from school.

"Hello my beautiful pamplemousse" Hiram yelled down the stairs and came down quickly to greet his only daughter.

"Dad...you do know that it means grapefruit right?" Rachel asked with a smile on her face as she stared adoringly at her father.

"Grapefruits are beautiful! Are you not beautiful?" Hiram asked his daughter as he swung her around. "What does mon petite pamplemousse want for dinner?"

"Can we make some spaghetti? What time is Daddy coming home?" Rachel asked as she realized her other father hadn't greeted her yet with his usual after school healthy snack of a fruit platter and a glass of juice.

"I have to pick him up before dinner, poor man had to work late" Hiram explained as he started to get dinner ready. Making dinner together was one of their favourite things to do because they got to relax after their days at work and school and really just have a good time together just talking or singing to each other and on some days they would just cook in silence and enjoy each other's company quietly. Today was a talkative day and they very quickly had finished dinner and just awaited Leroy's call to pick him up as it was a Berry Dinner Tradition to each dinner together at least twice a week. Finally Leroy's call came and Hiram went to pick him up while Rachel did a bit of homework before our fathers came back.

Although the drive was less than 20 minutes, Rachel realized that her fathers had been gone for about an h our and although she had sent a text to each of her dads, she had yet to receive a response. It got to the point where she was beginning to worry and so she decided to call. As she walked towards the phone, the doorbell rang and Rachel smiled in relief as her Dads finally were home. When she swang open the door with a smile she was startled to realize the men at the door were not her Dads and instead were two cops.

"Hello Miss, are you Rachel Berry? Daughter of Leroy and Hiram Berry" one of the cops asked Rachel.

"Yes sir, how can I be of assistance to you?" Rachel asked with a twinge of worry.

"Miss...your dads were in an accident this evening at about 5:34pm" the other cop stated quietly as he hated having to give the news to this young girl. "Could you please join us to go down to the hospital?"

Rachel stood in shock, staring at both of them and barely nodded and followed them to the police car.

The drive to the hospital was the longest drive she had ever been on and she had driven to New York with her Dads quite a few times but nothing compared to this. The biggest question on her mind was a question she couldn't even dare to verbal because the answer could shatter her world completely. She was both terrified and desperate to know if they were alive but just couldn't do it.

Finally they arrived to the hospital and walked over to the doctor who looked at her and grimly smiled. "You're Miss. Berry?" He asked her .

"Yes sir" Rachel answered, for once keeping her answers short. "Are they...is everything...?"she wavered her sentence off.

"They're alive. They are in critical condition and we are monitoring them but they are alive. A car was speeding and went through a red light and there was a head on collision with your fathers. Leroy Berry suffered a severe concussion and we are monitoring him and Hiram Berry has some spinal trauma, which we are also monitoring. Unfortunately, they are both in coma, while Hiram will be waking up soon as his injuring aren't focused on the brain, we must monitor his nerve responses due to the damage to his spine. Do you have any family locally?"

"No Sir" Rachel answered.

"Anyone you can stay with?"

Rachel quickly scanned names through her mind and while she could think of names such as Tina, Kurt, Mercedes along with the other glee members, while she liked them enough they had never been the kindest to her and she couldn't stand them being nice to her solely because of this. Their pitying glances and false kindness would just make things worse and she didn't want to have to deal with that right now.

"Yes sir I think I know someone. Can I please see my Dads?" Rachel decided she'd rather be alone than put up with anyone else at this point.

"Very briefly, they need as much rest as possible."

Rachel followed the doctor to her father's room and saw Leroy's head wrapped and laying there unmoving. She then saw Hiram and tears gathered in her eyes as she couldn't believe just a few hours ago they had been doing something as mundane as cooking dinner together and now here he was. Her body was suddenly filled with dread and felt like the walls were closing in on her and she quickly said a quick bye to the doctor and made him promise to call in the event of a change and bolted out of the hospital. The two cops that had accompanied followed her as they could see she was in a state of disarray. "Are you alright?" one asked.

"Not particularly."

"Do you want us to drive you to your friend's house?"

"No thank you, could you please just drop my off at home and my friend can pick me up" Rachel lied. She just wanted to get home immediately and just pretend this wasn't happening and cry herself to sleep.