Sorry that this took a bit. It's more of a filler chapter then anything.
I thought I should let you all know that I am a tad scatter brained so if this story seems at times like it doesnt fit quite right or make pefect sense then I appologize.
When the Berry men arrived home they found that they didn't want to go inside. They hadn't been back since Sunday morning. They had stayed at the hospital unwilling to leave their daughters side. But now they were here, and they had to go in. They took each other's hands and opened the doors. The sight of the stairs brought emotions they both tried to hide. The small table that normally sat just to the side of the bottom of the stairs was tipped over and shoved to the side from when the paramedics brought in the stretcher. Rachel's cell phone was at the bottom of the stairs with a huge crack in the screen. Howard made a mental note to get his daughter a new one as soon as possible.
They made things look a little bit more normal before making a long trek up the steps to their bedroom where they collapsed on the bed. They weren't planning on staying away from the hospital for very long but when Lawrence started to snore Howard figured that a little sleep could do them some good. He covered his husband in a blanket before pulling his shoes off, setting his phone on his side table with the volume high, and falling into a much needed sleep.
Howard woke up to his phone beeping alerting him to a text message. He quickly flipped his phone open and saw that it was from Noah. His heart seemed to stop before he pressed view.
Hey Mr. Berry. The doctors just brought Rachel back from the MRI. They didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Rachel is doing okay aside from some pain. They gave her some morphine and she's sleeping now. Before she fell asleep she told me to tell you that you should get a good night's rest at home and she would see you bright and early tomorrow. If it's alright with you I would like to stay here and keep an eye on her.
)Puck(
He relaxed after reading the message. He was still worried like any father would be but he knew it would be okay if he stayed home tonight. He was happy that Noah was being so responsible. He always did have a soft spot for that boy because he knew that Noah had a soft spot for his daughter. He sent back a quick text that said it was okay for him to stay there. He then laid back down on the pillow and drifted back to sleep. His alarm would be going off at five tomorrow and he would be hurrying back to the hospital.
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Puck woke up every time the nurses came in to check on Rachel. He would watch them making sure they didn't look worried about anything as they took Rachel's vitals. Sometimes he would receive a small smile before whichever nurse had come in left. It was more sleep then he had gotten the night before though so that was ok. At six thirty her door opened again and her father's crept in.
"No changes over the night. She is still doing well." Puck whispered to them as they all stood at the foot of Rachel's bed.
"Thank you for staying here Noah, it means a lot." Lawrence whispered back. Puck turned to look at Rachel before looking back at them.
"Yeah." Puck smiled at the men. "She needed me." The Berry men smiled at that. "I think I'm gonna head home and get changed before school."
"We called the school and had them gather her homework for yesterday and the next couple days. Would you mind picking it up for her?" Howard asked.
"Of course. Let me know if you will be here or at home and I'll bring it by." Puck whispered again before moving back to Rachel's side and kissing her forehead. "Bye Babe." He whispered even quieter.
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The moment he walked into the school Sam and Finn were at his sides. He found it annoying. He didn't want to have to answer questions if they asked. Rachel had told him not to tell people what happened because she wanted to tell them herself. He was going to respect that. He didn't like that no one seemed to wonder where Rach had been. Nobody asked or seemed to care.
"So what happened yesterday?" Finn asked. Puck didn't answer for a bit while he opened his locker. A text book fell out and he sighed. He really needed to do something about his locker. It was trashed.
"Yeah dude, did you do something wrong?" Sam asked. Puck counted to ten in his head before turning to them. He didn't want to be here today. He wanted to be there for Rachel because he knew that she would be dealing with a lot knowing that the doctor has no real good reason for her colorblindness.
"I had some things to do." He said pulling some things out of his locker before shoving the fallen book back in.
He then turned to his ex-best friend who was only kind of his friend now. More like someone he put up with. Finn had been a jack ass on more than one occasion her and the way he treated Rachel's feelings like she didn't matter made Puck want to smash his face in. But Rach had asked him to leave her relationship alone because she could deal with it. He didn't like it but he did it anyway. Finn was giving him a confused look before he seemed to shrug it off. Finn and Sam started up a conversation about workout techniques and Puck tuned them out. He had too much on his mind as he walked to his first class.
The glee club had a meeting after school today because Nationals was coming up soon so they were practicing more often. Puck contemplated skipping and heading to see his girl but in the end he stayed because he knew Rachel would want to know about what was going on in the Club. He took a seat next in between Lauren, who was now one of his closer friends, and Sam. Next to Sam was Finn and Puck couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that they were still talking about the same stupid things they had been this morning.
"Can I ask you something?" Lauren asked after a bit.
"Go ahead." Puck said turning to her.
"Did something happen to your girl?" She was the only person that knew about Puck and Rachel's friendship aside from the parents so he figured that if anyone asked about Rachel it would be her. It made him smile that she called Rachel his girl. He contemplated what he was allowed to tell her and what he wasn't. Puck made sure no one was listening.
"She took a fall down her stairs." Laurens eyes grew wide.
"Ohmygod. Is she okay?" He liked that Lauren was concerned and would be sure to let Rachel know that someone was.
"Yeah. Some bumps and bruises. She was in a coma for a bid yesterday but she woke up." Puck stopped there. Rachel didn't want people to know about her colorblindness so he would hold his tongue.
"That's scary. But I guess it explains you mood yesterday. You were kind of in a funk." Because Lauren was one of his closer friends (Funny that the people he opens up to are girls) he felt he could be honest.
"I was scared. I'm still kind of shaken up." Lauren squeezed his hand. Then Mr. Shuster walked in and the lesson started leaving Puck to tune him out and his thoughts to wander.
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The next chapter will involve more of Rachel and probably Puckleberry and It might bring a little of the Faberry friendship in as well so you will have that to look forward to.
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