Santana called Brittany soon after Rachel left. She asked her to stop by Quinn's house and pick up a few things for when she woke up. Also her shampoo/conditioner and body spray.
The last few items were a bit selfish on her part. She wanted to be surrounded by Quinn's smell again. The blond has taken on the hospital smell and she's missing her girlfriends scent.
Brittany shows up around 10 o'clock and hands the Latina a stuffed puppy she gave her girlfriend when she was eight and broke her arm. Ever since then any time the blond wasn't feeling well, the toy wasn't very far away.
Santana walks over to the bed, kisses the Quinn and sits the stuffed animal on the pillow next to her head before turning back to her friend. "Thanks for grabbing some of her things B."
Brittany waves her off and they sit down on the couch together. Santana pulls the bag into her lap and rummages through it until she finds the blonds' favorite hoodie. She quickly puts it on then pulls the sleeves down over her palms and brings them to her nose to inhale deeply.
Brittany doesn't say anything about the display but offers a sad smile that the brunette doesn't notice.
"So how was practice?" Santana asks after she's done smelling the hoodie.
Brittany shrugs, "Brutal. All anyone wanted to do was talk about Quinn. No one was listening to coach and she made us run laps until half the squad puked."
Santana shakes her head and crosses her arms. "Good for her, maybe those bitches will learn to mind their own business," she continues, "Sorry you got caught in it though."
"Oh I got to stop after my twelfth lap. I told her that I was bringing things to the hospital for Quinn. She said to tell you to let her know when she is awake; she wants to stop by if that's ok." Brittany informs and Santana only nods in response.
They talk for a little while longer before Brittany has to leave. "Sorry S, but I have to go. Mom said we had to leave by noon to make it to Aunt Shirley's on time."
Santana stands with the blond, "It's ok B. Thanks again for bringing her things."
Brittany hugs the Latina, "Don't mention it." She ends the embrace before adding, "I'll be back on Tuesday. Tell Quinn I'll come see her when I get back, and please call me when she wakes up."
Santana nods and hugs the girl again, "Of course B. Have a safe trip. Love you."
"Love you too. Call me later tonight if you want to talk some more," she says before she kisses Quinn on her forehead, tells her she loves her and that she better wake up soon or Lord Tubington was going to start haunting her dreams.
After Brittany left, Santana decided to move the other hospital bed closer to Quinn's. It wasn't too hard to do once she figured out how to release the brakes. She moved it to less than a foot away from the blond's bed, careful not to bump hers.
She climbed up in the empty bed with her iPod. She put one ear bud in the blonds left ear and the other in her own right one. She pressed shuffle before taking the blonds hand and drifting off to sleep.
That's how Judy found them when she returned a little after one still wearing her church clothes and carrying a casserole her friend from church gave her.
She decided to let the teen sleep some more before waking her so she sits the casserole aside and starts to play solitaire.
There's a knock at the door and Dr. Marshal comes in, he sees the sleeping Latina still connected with his patient. "Oh, I was going to take Quinn down for her CT but I can come back a little later."
Judy shakes her head. "It's ok doctor," she stops him from leaving and stands up. "I was just going to wake her. Besides the sooner she has the scans, the sooner we find out if she can come out of the coma. I know Santana wouldn't won't to be the cause for a delay in that."
She walks over to the sleeping teen and gently tries to wake her, "San, sweetie wake up."
Santana slowly wakes, "Mmm Hey Mrs. F, how was church?" She asks before closing her eyes again.
Judy chuckles, "Church was fine sweetie, but Dr. Marshall is here to take Quinn to for another CT scan so we have to move the bed honey."
Upon hearing this, the Latina quickly sits up, removes the ear buds gets off the bed and tries to move the bed back.
The doctor stops her, "It's ok Miss Lopez, I can do that."
While Quinn is having her scans done, Judy prepares a plate of casserole for herself and Santana for lunch. They eat in relative silence.
"I see Mr. Snuggles found his way here," Judy breaks the silence but doesn't look up from her plate.
Santana blushes. "Um, yeah. I had Brittany stop by the house and pick up a couple things for Quinn when she wakes up," she looks to the older woman. "I hope that was ok," she adds worried that she may have overstepped.
Judy looks at the obvious scared teen, "Its fine dear. If there is anything else you can think of I have to head back to the house in a little bit to change and pick up my laptop."
Santana looks relieved and relaxes, "I think Brittany got mostly everything, but if I remember something else I'll let you know."
Judy nods and they resume eating their lunch in silence.
Quinn is brought back about an hour later.
"Alright ladies. Dr. Lopez will be in this evening and review the results. Have a good day," he says after settling the bed back in place.
Judy thanks the man before turning to the brunette. "San, I'm going to run home change, and grab a couple things before you're father comes in."
Santana looks up from the magazine she's reading and shrugs, "I'll be here"
Santana reads some of the articles aloud to Quinn before turning on the TV. She flips to AMC in which they are playing back to back episodes of Breaking Bad.
She decides to move the bed back closer to Quinn so she can be closer to her and hold her hand while watching TV.
Judy came back around 5 o'clock. She is going through a couple offers for her clients and pulling some active listings for another while Santana continues to watch the television.
There is a knock at the door and Dr. Lopez enters. Santana mutes the TV and sits up. Judy closes her laptop and walks to Quinn's bed side.
"Good evening ladies," he says with a smile.
"Please dad, don't drag it out just tell us," Santana pleads while Judy nods her head in support.
"Well I'm happy to report that the swelling has gone down tremendously, and it is now safe to wake Quinn," Dr. Lopez informs with a huge grin.
Tears of joy instantly spring to Santana and Judy's eyes.
Santana turns over and gently strokes the left side of Quinn's face being careful of the breathing tube. "Did you hear that baby? They're going to wake you up, so you better not stall. I can't stand not looking into your gorgeous eyes or hearing your beautiful voice," she says in between placing very delicate kisses on the right side of the blonds face, again being careful of the bruises.
Judy gives the girl a moment before she too coos to Quinn her love.
"When will you reverse the affects Antonio?" The mother asks once she's gathered herself.
"Well we began lowering her dose of the propofol this morning after the results of her early CT looked promising. We have to gradually wean her off of the medicine so it won't be instant, but she should awaken somewhere around 10 o'clock. Just keep in mind everyone is different, everyone's body reacts differently and metabolizes the medicines at a different rate," he informs.
Judy nods and moves to give her friend a hug. "I understand. Thank you Antonio"
Santana jumps of the bed and wraps her father in a bone crushing hug once he released the blond. "Thank you daddy!"
He returns the embrace, "There is no need to thank me girls."
He makes a couple notes on the chart, "Ok, well unfortunately I must be going now, I have to finish my rounds. I'll come back and check in on you girls in a little while."
It's now 9:30 and Quinn has been completely weaned off of the propofol and the breathing tube has been removed. Santana was overjoyed to finally be able to kiss her girlfriends lips. Granted it would be much better if she were awake to reciprocate, but it's only a matter of time now.
Judy ran down to the cafeteria to grab dinner for the two, leaving Santana alone with Quinn. The Breaking Bad marathon has ended and they are now playing the first season of The Walking dead.
Santana is lying in the bed next to her girlfriend with their fingers intertwined. "God, Shane is such an idiot. Why would he leave his best friend defenseless like that," she turns and looks to Quinn. "Not even the Zombie apocalypse would make me leave you laying in this bed alone," she gently sits up, leans over and kisses the blond on the lips. She hovers over the blond looking for any signs of her becoming conscious. She sighs when she doesn't receive any and leans their foreheads together, "I love you baby, please wake up soon."
Judy returns and they eat together. Surprisingly Judy is really into the show. She decides to allow Santana the bed for the night and settles in on the couch instead.
The lights are off and they are in for the night Santana still holding Quinn's hand. "Oh my god, that Lori is such a slut! Her husband is in a coma and she's fucking his best friend. What's it been like a week?!" She hisses out in disgust.
"Language Santana!" The mother scolds.
Neither notice the very subtly movement from the bed between them until Quinn's fingers tightens around the Latinas. "Mmm N-No M-mom S-she's right. *clears throat* She is a slut."
Both Santana and Judy shot up hearing her voice both too stunned to say or do anything.
Santana snaps out of it first when Quinn squeezes her hand again, "Oh my god baby! you're awake! She leans over and kisses her hard on the lips, but still remembering to be mindful of electing very little movement.
Quinn returns the kiss before pulling away first. "W-Water please," she says before coughing and trying to clear her throat.
Judy springs into action hearing her daughters request and sprints to the door calling for a doctor. She grabs the little pitcher of ice water and styrofoam cups sitting on the counter and brings a cup to her daughter with a straw.
Quinn drinks about half the cups in one sip. "Thanks mom," she leans her head back on the pillow and smiles weakly up at her mother.
Judy moves closer to the top of the bed and brushes some hair behind her ear. She leans down and kisses her forehead, "I'm so glad you're awake baby girl."
Just then Antonio walks in, "How is my favorite patient doing?"
So Quinn is awake :)
Hope you enjoyed despite the slightly shorter chapter and minor cliff hanger. It might be a little bit before the next chapter of this is up. I think I'm going to work on chapter 28 of unexpected next. Bright side though is that the next chapter of this will be fairly long (hence the delay).
Special thanks to the amazingly awesome Forevergleek9615 :D