AN: I can't believe so many people are adding this to their alerts list. I know that this story is REALLY different than a lot of what is up, (and also slightly depressing), so thanks for taking a chance on it. I decided to go in a different direction this time and look at it from the "Gleeks" perspective. I know that some people might not like how much Brittany and Artie come to Rachel's defense but I feel like in that situation with that group of people they might be the ones who would immediately see what they'd done wrong, (and I just really like Brittany :)). Enjoy!


On the other side of the tiny Ohio town glee club was attempting to practice "Don't Stop Believing". No one was able to come up with any new, great songs to tackle so Mr. Schue just let them half-heartedly try this one with Tina taking Rachel's place.

"I'm sorry Mr. Schuester but this isn't going to work. It's just not syncing right."

"I know Mercedes but we can't just stop practicing. Regionals are only a couple of months away. You know what let's just call it a day; we don't have Kurt either so we'll try again next practice. Okay?"

After a few members said "okay" Will Schuester left his team without a glance back. Not even his head was into practicing today. Hell, he could barely teach his Spanish class the last couple of days. The image of Rachel Berry lying in that hospital bed was haunting his thoughts and dreams. She looked lifeless, completely broken and refused to even speak to him. He had to tell her fathers that he had no clue why she would try something like this and see how disappointed they were in the person who was supposed to help their daughter when they couldn't. By the time he got to school the next day Jacob Israel's blog had posted an update full of his suspicions as to why and if she actually did try to kill herself. The burden fell unto him to confirm to the glee club members that the rumor was in fact true. They were mostly silent until Finn stormed out and, as they later found out, went to the hospital to get verbally whipped by Rachel

. After that most of them dispersed until only Will was in the room, standing next to the piano where Rachel used to play after practice

Back in the Glee room

Santana was the first to bring it up, "I bet it was just for attention. She probably got sick of not getting any so she pulled this stunt."

"Shut up San you don't know that. You don't know anything about her. That was a horrible thing to say."

"And you do Brittany? It's not like you guys are going to the mall and improving her hideous wardrobe."

"She told me that I didn't have to worry about her trying to steal Finn away anymore."

"What Quinn?"

"Like a week ago, she came up to me and said that while she didn't even want him anymore I didn't have to worry about her ever coming in between us again. Except, you know, it was a Rachel Berry version; full of big words and rambling. Why didn't I see that something was up? Rachel Berry does not do things like that."

While the girl tried to comfort Quinn and tell her that she shouldn't feel guilty the guys shuffled their feet not knowing if they should stay or just leave.

"None of us should feel guilty. If she wanted to talk she could have come to us, after all we're a team. She's the one who chose to do it. Obviously she was pretty set in her decision so…"

"Do you honestly believe that Mercedes? DO YOU? We weren't a team to her. I tried to stay out of it all but even I could see that she wasn't part of the team. To everyone she was just something to be used so that we could win the competitions. So are we not guilty in this? At least for not paying enough attention?"

No one had ever heard Artie get this riled up about something. He was always the calm, rational one of the group. After a couple of seconds to process what had just occurred Mercedes shot back, "Exactly Artie, you stayed out of it. So why should you suddenly get all high and mighty? I don't remember you ever comforting her after she stormed out of the room."

"I'm not saying that I didn't do anything wrong. I understand that I'm guilty of ignoring the obvious conclusion to the events of the past couple of years. I understand that I'm guilty of never bothering to see if she was actually okay after you or someone else belittled her but honestly, even Quinn is seeing the wrong in all of this. Do you seriously not see how you might be guilty of something?"

Artie rolled out with a Rachel Berry worthy huff and eventually Tina followed after him because she was scared of what he might do. Brittany stood up and exited the tension filled room after telling everyone that she was going to visit Rachel in the hospital.

"Kurt is already there."

"Yeah, just because you guys wanted the gossip first hand. I want to actually see if she's okay. I may not have been the nicest person to her before but I'm not letting a second chance at having her as a friend escape me. You rarely get a third chance to fix anything."