As Puck held Quinn still as she cried, she began to cough and splutter. The smoke inhalation from the few days previous catching up with her. Tears began to stain her eyes, as the scratching in her throat didn't seem to go away. Minutes later she was still coughing quite violently and Puck was soothing her back carefully, hoping to ease the pain.
As the coughing stopped she shuddered and relaxed slightly. Puck climbed into bed with her and she collapsed into his arms, breathing softly. He kissed the top of her head and murmured comforting words to her as she fought back tears of the realisation of what had happened. Puck looked around the room and saw an emergency button to get the attention of the nurses who would be at the Nurses Station.
"Q, I'm going to click the button." Puck said. "You need to see a doctor now you are awake." Quinn nodded and winced as his hand brushed over her burns to get access to the button. She closed her eyes as he clicked it down, and he rubbed the top of her arms gently. It wasn't too sore up there and she was thankful for the intimacy. His hands moved down to her stomach as they waited for the nurse and that was when the realisation of her baby came to mind.
"P-u-puck," Quinn choked out. "The baby?"
He kissed her forehead before answering. "The baby is going to be okay sweetheart." He kissed her again, "Right now, you are the biggest concern. We've got to deal with your burns, they need to check your head out cause you hit it baby girl, and the smoke inhalation. Once all of that is dealt with, we can discuss the baby, but its okay. The baby is fine."
Quinn looked up at him wincing and smiled. 'Thank you' she mouthed at him as the door to her room was opened and a doctor walked in.
"Miss Fabray. Glad to have you with us." The doctor said calmly as he approached the girl. Puck shuffled off the bed and moved out of the way of the doctor as he began to look Quinn over. "Quinn, can I call you Quinn?" He asked and she nodded. "Okay well Quinn, can you just sit up for me? I need to check out the severalty of your burns and how they are healing."
Quinn nodded and groaned softly as she hoisted herself up gently so she was sat up. Her eyes were teary as she felt pain sear through her body. She gritted her teeth together as the task of sitting up was proving to be difficult. Puck reached over and held her hand gently and smiled. "You are doing great." He kissed her forehead.
The doctor smiled at the young couple, and agreed that yes they were doing very well having her sitting up almost unaided. He walked next to Quinn and stopped behind her back. "I just need to lift your shirt up at the back a little bit, I just need to look at the burns. I won't touch them I promise. I won't do anything to cause you anymore discomfort."
Quinn nodded and clenched her eyes shut as she felt him lift up her shirt and examine the burns on her back. She winced as she felt the material make contact with her skin as he put the shirt back down slowly. Once the doctor had inspected her back, Puck whispered, "You can open your eyes now baby. He's done."
Quinn slowly opened her eyes, and the doctor told her she could lay back down and become more comfortable. Puck slowly lowered her back down onto the bed and she lay as comfortably as she knew how.
The doctor began scribbling down notes about the burns on her back, and then slowly started to inspect other parts of her body, such as her arms and legs. Once he was done he explained the situation to Quinn.
"Well Quinn, you are healing up nicely. I am slightly concerned to one of the burns on your right leg. At the moment, I'm thinking you may need a skin graft, but this is something we will look into if it doesn't heal itself." The doctor explained.
Quinn nodded. "How is my baby?"
"The baby is okay Quinn. Nothing unusual to report. I do however need to get a lung reading from you, if that is okay? And we'd like to get you in for a CT scan later in the day." He smiled at the girl and started shuffling around in his bag and got out the kit he needed to run the test. Puck jumped back on the bed behind Quinn and held her gently as she performed the test.
Afterward the doctor thanked for, and said he'd call back in to her room in an hour or so, and she should use the opportunity to rest.
"You wanna sleep?" Puck asked but Quinn shook her head.
"I just want to lay down with you." Puck nodded and began to shuffle them down under the bed gently, trying to avoid hurting her burns. They'd be lying down for a while when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Quinn called, much to her surprise, it was Finn Hudson who entered the room. All three of the people in the room looked utterly surprised to see each other.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE PUCK?" Finn shouted.
