A/N Thanks for all the reviews and alerts! They make me smile!
Rachel awoke with a start and took a moment to gain her bearings. She felt the soft, carpert beneath her finger tips and her eyes locked onto the old fan hanging from the ceiling. She was in the living room. Why was she in the living room?
She furrowed her brows as she tried to recall what had happened.
She had walked home as usual, taking the time to debate how to break the news of her failure to her dad. She remembered her hands had been shaking so violently as she unlocked the door that it had taken her a good five minutes just to get the key into the keyhole. As she stepped into the house, she realized he wasn't home yet.
He had returned around dawn and yelled for her to come to the living room where he asked her about the solo. She noticed he had been drinking, his eyes were bloodshot and his breath reeked of alcohol. She saw him holding a bottle in his hand and then...
She struggled to recall what had occurred next and huffed in frustration as she drew up a blank. Weakly, she turned her head to check the time on the clock and it read 6:43. She sighed as she attemted to stand so as to start getting ready for school but was caught off guard by the sharp pain which shot through her head and abdomen and fell to the floor with a cry.
Biting down on her lip, she began to crawl towards the stairs, wincing with every movement.
"Hey Kurt."
"Quinn." The pale boy said with a curt nod.
Quinn pulled the boy into an empty classroom before she started to relay what she had noticed about Rachel as Kurt remained silent, absorbing the new information about the short girl. He couldn't believe he hadn't seen all that while Quinn Fabray, Head Cheerio and biggest enemy of Rachel Berry, had.
"I want to help her, Kurt, I can't say that I don't care about how this will affect me but...but I really do want to help and I will. Nothing's going to stop me, not even you, I don't need anyone's approval. I've thought about it and I've decided that we can work together and be great allies or we can help her separately. The choice is yours, so what do you say?"
Kurt paused for a moment. Could he really trust Quinn? Could Rachel trust her? He thought he could see something in her eyes. Sincerity? Guilt? He sighed.
"I'll be honest, it's going to take a lot more for me to believe that you would want anything to do with Rachel let alone help her but I think I'm starting to. I'll work with you but if you do anything to hurt her or humiliate her, I promise it'll be the last thing you do." He said, crossing his arms across his chest and straightening his back, hoping to appear intimidating.
"I was planning to talk to her before class started. Maybe we could do it together?" The blonde girl asked with a small, hopeful smile.
"Sure."
Together, they made their way to Rachel's locker to wait for her.
Rachel dragged her feet as she walked to school. Her head was hurting with every step and she was thankful that her house wasn't too far away from the school. She was feeling rather dizzy.
By the time the brunette stumbled through the doors of William McKinley High School, her head felt like it was exploding and everything seemed to be blurred as she struggled to find her locker.
She closed her eyes for a second, hoping that the pain would ease a bit but when she reopened her eyes, it only became worse and she groaned. She had seen blood on the carpert as she left the house but she didn't think her injury had been that serious.
Finally locating her locker, she forced her feet towards it only to see two shapes standing there.
"Hey Rachel!" A voice said, sounding muffled. Who did it belong to? Her head was pounding too hard for her to focus long enough to find out.
"Can we talk?" She vaguely heard Kurt's words as she swayed on her feet.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Was that Quinn? She wasn't sure, it was becoming increasingly hard to think.
"Maybe you should sit down." She pushed away a hand that had landed on her shoulder and took a few unsteady steps backwards.
"No, I'm-I'm fine." She managed to get out as the world began spinning around her and her legs started to give out under her.
"Rachel!" She heard two voices call out as her vision darkened she felt strong arms wrap around her, preventing her from hitting the floor.
A/N Hope that was fine, it was kind of rushed and a rather short. Please review and tell me what you think. Also, I know this is slightly embarrassing, but could anyone tell me what Rupaul is? I don't actually know.
