A/N: Not Beta'd. Any mistakes are mine

A/N 2: This story will deal in parts with rape and the aftermath as well. Rated M for this reason and before the chapters that go in depth a warning will be posted.

A/N 3: 28 story alerts, 2 faves, 3 reviews. Very nice.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee… with this as a plot line, I'm not that surprised. Also don't own Blackbird which was the inspiration for the title… But I DO own a deep love for both Glee and the Beatles so that's something.

Flying with Broken Wings

Noah put Rachel into his truck and walked over to his own driver's side. That was what I was afraid of, but hearing her say the words… yeah she can be overbearing and annoying but for someone to do that to her. Okay Puck, calm down, you need to get her to a doctor like yesterday. He jumped into the car and as he turned it on, he took the chance of while driving to call 911.

"Hey, yeah I need to talk to the police. I have a friend that was raped in the choir room at William McKinley High School. I'm taking her to the hospital but someone needs to get their a—they need to get over there before the janitor gets to the room. He's not always the smartest and may try to start cleaning up since that's his job and everything. Yeah, thanks." He flipped the phone closed realizing that now while he had been on the phone he also started breaking multiple traffic laws and didn't need to get in an accident while trying to get to the hospital.

Of course it would be his luck as he stepped into the ER that the first nurse he saw happened to be a friend of his mothers. He had hoped to be able to let his mom know what happened without her knowing from one of her gossipy friends before he had a chance to talk to her that he had taken a girl to the hospital. After all the Quinn drama he knew he first thought was going to be that he did something stupid. Especially since he was walking in carrying a girl this time

"Noah? What happened? Who is this?" Elizabeth Greenwald ran up to him and looked. "Do you need me to get your mom down here as well?"

"No Lizzie, just get her a doctor now. She's a friend from school and I found her in one of the rooms." Noah passed Rachel off to the female nurse and noticed that even though she had seemed relaxed in his arms she let out a large sigh and seemed less terrified when the woman had a hold of her. "She told me that she was raped. I'll find my mom myself, but after I find out how she is." He made a quick look over to Rachel hoping that what he would ask would give her something to look forward to during her observation. "Want me to call your house and let your dads know what happened?"

She was quiet at first as Noah walked along side her and the nurse, but before entering the room decided that he was probably serious about that question and needed to know. "Don't, they won't be home for a month. Had a recommitment ceremony over the weekend and are on their second honeymoon. Can't mess that up, they planned it for ten years. They need to have this time not worrying about me." The door to room 115 closed before Noah could argue against her, but even if he had tried he knew that he probably wouldn't have changed the girl's mind.

He sat down in the waiting room and after about fifteen minutes noticed a few cops walking in and towards the nurse stand. He realized that of course they would send a few here as well in case Rachel wanted to make a formal report of her rape, which he hoped she would. As he watched them walk down the hall to where her room was Noah grabbed his phone and sent a text to his mother.

[Noah:Mom] Dont worry. I OK. Be up to talk in few.

When the cops entered Rachel's room her first thought was to grab the Letterman's jacket and pull it taunt around her, just as she did when the doctor had entered. She couldn't stand the thought anymore of more people looking at her. The nurse put her hand on her shoulder and slowly moved the jacket away, helping her back into the bed.

"Rachel, these officers just want to talk to you about what happened. See if you want to make a report so they can catch the guy." She had one of the hospital's rape kits ready in case this was to happen, as much proof needed to get to the police right away. The doctor had already looked over her and written the notes, thankfully there were no internal injuries, outside of the rape, only the gash on her head and what turned out to be a broken nose were more serious than a few bruises—something they had worried would be surrounded by additional internal injuries.

"I don't know. What if he finds out they are looking for him and decides to hurt me again?" The fear of this happening more times had Rachel's heart in her throat. Plus she knew that this would be something she was going to be doing on her own. Her fathers were out of town and friends really weren't lining up to knock down her door.

The woman cop nodded towards her male partner who backed up a few steps. "Rachel, we won't let anyone know until we are ready to actually arrest them what is going on, you don't have to worry about him coming after you. But I know that if you give us this chance, some of this fear about what happened should ease because we find him he won't ever be able to hurt you or another girl like this again."

Just those simple words were what Rachel needed to hear to relax some of her fears away. As she nodded the nurse took out the kit and started first with pictures of her injuries as the cops took down the information about her attack. When the pictures were done, the speculum was placed inside and swab after swab was taken for DNA and STD tests and finally blood was drawn to test for a few other STDs and pregnancy.

The nurse walked over to the police and handed them all that she had collected as well as the medical exam notes. "There is serious bruising on her thighs, tears along her outer vaginal walls and the hymen is torn. Plus with how much this guy worked her over, she was lucky that there aren't any more serious injuries." She had made sure Rachel couldn't hear what she told the male cop, letting the woman finish up with the interview.

"Thanks Rachel, we will be in touch with you about this so you know what is going on." The other officer stood up and walked over to the others. All three left, the officers to start the investigation and the nurse to get Rachel some scrubs to wear, stopping over at Noah first.

"She's ready to be discharged. I need to bring her some scrubs and the emergency contraception. You get in touch with her parents?" Elizabeth knew that Noah was probably somewhat in shock since he hadn't left the chair that he turned back to after seeing where Rachel was going to be looked at.

"They are out of town; she's going to stay with my mom and me." As Noah said those words, Elizabeth nodded and walked back to Rachel. Noah rose and started walking to the elevator ready to tell his mother what happened and get Rachel able to stay with them.

White is a horrible color for a hospital. They need something to actually grasp on to, a mural or something. Having this all I'm able to keep seeing is that room over and over. I hate to think about what images must be going through Rachel's mind. Oh good, elevator… that's different, there's always a pattern in there. Back to the white… how does my mom and the other nurses do this? Constantly look at pain and sickness and death never having anything but white to break them out of the shock of everything. I would never be abl-

"Excuse me?" The nurse who was at the desk was starting to get very annoyed. She hadn't meet Noah yet and he had been standing staring blankly out in front of the station for the past couple of minutes. "Do you need me to call for a doctor?"

"Oh, no sorry. I got distracted. I need to talk to my mother, Miriam Puckerman." Noah sat down in one of the nearby chairs waiting for his mother to be done with whatever work she was currently doing.

After about ten minutes he looked up and saw his mother standing above him. He motioned for her to sit in the chair next to him and swallowed, somewhat unsure of how to begin. "You know how I've talked about a girl in glee named Rachel Berry at times?" As she nodded he continued knowing if he didn't he wouldn't be able to finish. "I found her today after glee, she had been beaten and raped. They are going to let her be discharged but her parents are out of town and she doesn't want to disturb them and needs somewhere to stay until they are back. Would it be okay if she stayed with us?"

Miriam hesitated, a little unsure of what to say. "Noah, I don't-"

"Mom, she really doesn't have many, well any good friends that she could stay with. I hate the thought though of after this her having to be on her own. And she's Jewish, surly we can't turn our backs on one of our own." Ha, maybe I can work Jewish guilt just as well as my mom can.

"Fine, she can stay with us until her parents get home. How long are they out of town for anyways?" Right now she didn't really care, the idea of her son wanting to take care of a Jewish girl made a bit happier then when he was going to be a father of a goy baby.

"A month." Noah held back a smile as his mother's eyes widened and she shook her head slightly.

"You played that well. I get off in an hour. Let me talk to my supervisor and see if she won't let me off earlier. I'll be surprised but head downstairs and you and Rachel can meet me outside."

Going back down to the ER wasn't as bad, some of the shock had worn off after that talk with his mom. Somehow, knowing that Rachel wasn't going to be alone during this helped somewhat. She was dressed in the scrubs when he knocked on the door and after she filled out hospital paperwork they were sitting out in the courtyard waiting for his mom.

"I go to school perfectly fine and within less than a day I'm leaving and am no longer a virgin. I never thought that I would lose it this way, maybe not wait till married, but I would have at least been able to have some sort of feeling for a person before doing this." Rachel wasn't looking anywhere but the ground as she spoke, worried that anyone she looked at would be able to see in her eyes that someone had been able to force her down and rip from her one aspect of her life she always thought she was in control of.

"You know, I think that this doesn't really count. I don't think you can really lose your virginity by having it taken. I'd still think that you would be one in real life until you made the choice to be with someone." Not a conversation I ever thought I would have with anyone, especially Berry. But Noah realized as he was speaking that those words were true. It can't really be sex if you have no say in what was going on with the actions.

As he looked up, Noah noticed his mother leaving the hospital. He held out his hand, not knowing if Rachel would take it. Now that a bit of time had gone past Rachel started to get a little more spooked about people. When she first saw Noah's had she started to recoil back like it was a snake being placed in front of her but when she looked up and saw the sadness in Noah's eyes, one that seemed as strong as the terror she was feeling, she took his hand knowing that he felt for her and about what had happened.

"Thank you. For both finding me and what you said. And for letting me stay with you and your family." Rachel opened the door and sat down, not knowing what laid ahead in the next few weeks. Days were going to start getting tougher.

Ch. 2 done. Next will be when a few people Rachel selects finds out, we find out why Finn and her as well as Quinn and Puck aren't together, and Rachel goes back to school for the first time since the attack. It's weird; despite this being longer it really feels more filler like to me. The rest will be better.