"Your Hand In Mine" Chapter Three 'Silence of Our Fears'
I held the bat out in front of me hearing a muffle sound behind a book case. I took a deep breath and walked in front of it.
"Ahh!" the girl screamed jumping from the fright I gave her from holding a bat.
"Quinn? Quinn, Jesus Christ." I said running to her kneeling in front of her.
She kept gasping for air trying to calm herself. She sat with her knees to her chest crying as if I were to hurt her. I took her face in my hands getting her to look at me.
"Quinn it's okay, it's okay, it's me, it's me Rachel." I say.
She stops all her movement staring into my eyes. "Rachel?" she sobs she choked on her cry once again "Rachel?"
"I'm right here Quinn. I'm right here." I say pulling her to me.
She inhales deeply then says "Ra-Rachel I think I hurt my leg I can't move it that's why I'm here."
I look down at her leg seeing blood pouring out of her. I quickly took off my belt and tore off my button shirt wrapping it tightly around her leg.
She started crying.
"Hey...hey shhh...shhh" I say sitting next to her wrapping my right arm around her back rocking her back and forth.
"Yo-You were ou-outside wh-why did you come back in?" Quinn stuttered.
"Sam said you were right next to him when it happened but you weren't there with the rest of us so I came back for you." I say
She huffed a laugh "Why I'm so awful to you."
"Because, no one had the courage to come back for you."
Quinn rested her forehead against my shoulder breathing in "God, your so damn sweet."
"Huh?" I asked.
She sniffled looking up at me smiling sadly "I'm shot aren't I?"
I slowly nodded.
She squeezed her eyes shut shaking her head.
"But your gonna be okay Quinn...as soon as I have an opening I'll get you out of here...I promise."
Quinn started crying "I saw him...he-he was being bullied by Karofsky and Azimio. Sam and I where walking through the doors when I saw him pull out the gun and start shooting."
"Who was it Quinn?" I asked.
"I don't know his name" she cried again "I didn't even recognize him."
"It's okay"
"No it's not...I-I'm an awful person hiding behind this whole bitchy facade...I'm so sorry Rachel...for everything."
"Quinn you need to calm down just...keep talking to me okay"
Quinn nodded "Ra-Ra-Rachel I need to te-te-tell you something."
"Okay, I'm all ears." I say back.
She let out a sob "The real reason why I treated you like crap is cause I needed you to hate me...to think I'm a bitch."
"I don't hate you Quinn. I told you that before last year, and your not a bitch. Don't degrade yourself."
"God Rachel why can't you just hate me. Why do you have to be this way." Quinn breathed out resting her forehead back against my shoulder.
"Why?"
"Because then you would make it easier for me to not think about you...talk to me...about anything...and everything."
"Um do you remember when we were in kindergarten together, and you got jealous that I shared my big fat crayons with Reba instead of you."
Quinn chuckled "I was so jealous you were always with her and not me. With her big rosy cheeks, and hazel eyes with light brown hair...I was so jealous she had your attention."
I giggled "I had the biggest crush on her."
"I know you, were so sad the day she died."
I nodded remembering the day she had passed.
"I had just seen her."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay...it's been so long since the day she died we were barely in first grade."
"Rachel"
I looked to the side to look at her to see that her face is meer inches away from mine "I love you." Quinn closed the gap between us; lightly kissing my lips.
I was stiff and unsure what to do.
"Rachel"
"Hm?"
"Why are you with Finn?"
"The same reason your with Sam...to feel wanted."
"I don't like him."
"Who Finn?"
"No, Sam but him too."
"Then why are you with him, and why do you always glare at Finn and I?"
"Because I hate that Finn has it so easy that he can easily take your hand in his with out anyone staring or how he can just kiss you out of the blue...I'm with Sam because I have a feeling he might be gay...so I figured-"
"You can be each others gay beards."
"..."
"Quinn"
"Yeah"
"Why did you kiss me then say I love you then change the subject?"
"Because you didn't kiss me back."
"But-but you can't just spring something like that on me especially right now."
"Look Rachel...I'm dying here okay, and I can't die with out knowing you knew how I felt."
"Quinn your not gonna die...I won't let you."
Quinn smiled with her eyes closed "This is why I love you so damn much...you always care too much."
"Quinn you don't love me."
"Yes actually I do since Pre-K when we first met..." Quinn chuckled "You looked so cute in your dress and bow."
I sighed "Quinn"
"No...Rachel I do...it's okay if you don't"
"..."
"..."
"I'd be lieing if I said I never felt something for you...I thought maybe it was just envy, but when you weren't there with Sam outside I was so...angry...I was so angry that he just...that he just left you...Quinn he left you to die. Everyone was to much of a coward to go back in here for you...it made my heart drop knowing you were somewhere in this hell hole all by yourself. I felt like I had to do it...like you were just waiting here for me...were you?"
"I would be lieing if I said no. Cause I was...I kept praying to God that you would be my knight and shining armour and save me."
"Quinn when I get us out of here, and you take care of your leg...will you...go. On...A...Date...with...me?"
"Yes" Quinn breathed out smiling sleepily.
"Quinn you gotta stay up okay."
"I love you Rachel."
"Nonononono Quinn, Quinn wake up, wake up!" I hissed feeling her body slump against mine. I checked her pulse...still beating, I looked over my shoulder...no one there.
I stood up lifting the blonde in my arms walking through the library, and slowly opened the double doors. I walked through the hallways till I was stopped by my old friend Ronald.
"Ronald...put the gun down." I say softly.
Quinn jumped awake looking over seeing Ronald with the gun she cried clutching to me.
He shook as he pointed it at me.
"Why are you helping her? She-She made your life a living hell."
"Ronald come on buddy put the gun down. Come on Ronald we used to be friends."
"No, I-I can't...Rachel...Why did you stop talking to me?"
"I'm sorry Ronald we just drifted apart we all did. Now please Ronald put the gun down. Let me get Quinn to a doctor."
"She doesn't deserve it."
"Please Ronald."
Suddenly the door slowly opened.
"Rachel?" my dad called out surprised to see me.
"Dad" I breathed out.
"Why are you in here!" Ronald yelled clutching his bush head of hair.
"Calm down Ronnie...now put the gun down son." my dad Jim said softly.
"No! Don't call me that! No one can call me that!"
"Okay...okay I won't but please let Rachel and Quinn go. She's dieing son you don't want that on your conscious."
"Nmmm" Ronald hummed nervously. "Okay, okay they can go."
"Go Rachel take Quinn and run."
"Dad." I said on the verge of crying.
"Go sweetheart run!" he said to me.
I reluctantly went through the door not wanting to leave my dad behind.
I gave Quinn to the swat team as they checked me for any cuts and bullet holes.
"Rachel!" my daddy called out to me running and picking me up in his arms "Ohh thank God." he sighed in relief.
"Daddy" I cried out "Dad he's still in there he made me leave daddy!"
"It's okay sweetheart your dad is a professional he'll be okay."
"Dad the shooter, the shooter is Ronald Edwards." I said gasping for air.
"Oh my gosh" he said in shock.
"Daddy he is so scared, and I couldn't help him."
"It's okay sweetie" my daddy cooed holding me to his chest.
"Rachel! Rachel! Where are you!" Quinn cried out.
I looked up at my daddy who nodded and said "Go on sweetheart I'll be fine."
"Rachel!" Quinn cried out for me.
"Quinn I'm right here, I'm right here." I said taking her hand in mine.
She sniffled squeezing my hand tight "I thought you went back in there."
"My dads would kill me." I sniffled laughing.
"Do I still get that date?" she asked smiling.
I chuckled smiling "Yeah, you still get that date."
Suddenly a gun shot echoed through out the school, and then another one that cut through the utter silence of our fears.