Chapter 6

3 weeks after their last conversation, Rachel felt herself getting closer and closer to Finn. Since their last conversation, Rachel and Finn would have conversations any time they could. After their many conversations she would either feel completely happy or completely sad. On some days they would share secrets and laugh a lot and on other days they would spend their whole time together talking about Quinn. Although Rachel couldn't understand why, it was perfectly obvious that Finn was in love with his girlfriend. She wished that someone could just wake him up and tell him that Quinn wasn't the little angel that she acted like when she was around him.

Rachel knew deep down that flirting with someone else's boyfriend was really wrong, even though Quinn totally deserved it. She also knew that no matter how hard she tried, Finn still never saw her as anything more than his best friend. A part of Rachel was glad that she was considered his best friend. Another part of her was sad because she knew she had been forever friend-zoned.

With that being said, she knew that she was now all in. She didn't care how long it would take or how hard it would be. She would never, repeat never, let Quinn Fabray win.

Walking from her car and into the hallway, she walked past the huge crowd of people, trying to get to her locker. Putting her things into her locker she realized something. Finn hadn't come up to her and started their daily conversation as he normally had. She didn't really want to worry about it, because she knew that he would show up. He was probably just running late or had an early football practice.

Being disappointed that her favorite person wasn't there to talk to her and make her day, she quickly headed for her class, and went to the back, taking the last seat on the row.

As class started, Rachel really started to worry when she looked at Finn's desk and it was empty. Something was up. She knew Finn Hudson. He would never miss a day of school unless something was seriously wrong.

As the bell for lunch break rang and Finn hadn't shown his face all day. Rachel started to freak out. What was going on? She wished she could find out why he wasn't here, but she couldn't. The only two people who were close to him hated Rachel.

Walking into the bathroom, she was terrified at the sight that she saw. Quinn was sitting on the floor while Santana and Brittany were calming her down as she was hysterically crying.

"What's going on?" Rachel asked looking worried.

Quinn never cried. Something was up.

"None of your business Berry, Get out!" Santana called while hugging Quinn close.

"I didn't ask you, Santana. Quinn, why are you crying?" Rachel asked, entering the bathroom and closing the door behind her.

"There was an accident." Quinn could barely get those four words out of her mouth before she started to sob again.

"What?" Rachel asked as tears began to run down her face.

"Finn got into an accident early this morning on his way to school. He's in the hospital. It's not good." Quinn explained through her sobs.

With those words being said, Rachel turned around, ran through the hallways, and headed for her car as she started to sob. She couldn't believe that this was happening. He had to be okay, he had to.

Driving as fast as she could to the hospital, she tried everything to stop crying. She just couldn't. She kept putting scenarios into her head that made her feel sick to her stomach. Driving up to the guest parking garage, she got out of her car and ran to the entrance, not caring about cutting off the cars driving by her.

When she got into the entrance she made her way over to the front desk, taking the receptionist by surprise.

"Can you please tell me what room Finn Hudson is in?" She asked as tears ran down her cheeks from her now swollen eyes.

"Are you family?" She asked not looking up from her computer.

"I'm his best friend." She said realizing how powerful that sounded.

"Finn Hudson is in…" She paused typing on her computer. "Room 245" she finally said.

"Thanks" Rachel quickly called as she ran for his room. As she got there she saw two adults standing in front of his room. The woman looked sad as the man just held her.

Walking up to the two adults slowly, they turned to look at her.

"Can we help you?" The woman asked looking concerned.

"Are you Finn's parents?" She asked.

"Yes, and you are?" The man asked.

"Hi, my name's Rachel Berry. I'm a friend of Finn." Rachel said looking at Finn's parents with a sad expression.

"You're Rachel?" The woman asked.

"Uhmm yes." Rachel replied feeling a little worried as to what might happen next.

"It's nice to finally meet you Rachel. Finn talks about you all of the time. It's nice to finally put names to faces." She smiled slightly. "Hi, I'm Carol, Finn's mom and this is my husband Burt." Carol said introducing her husband.

"It's nice to meet you Rachel." Burt said with a small smile.

"It's nice to meet you both." Rachel said with a small smile on her face. "Is he going to be okay?" Rachel asked hoping that they would have the answers.

"We don't know yet." Carol said as her smile slowly began to fade.

"Finn's in a coma. They don't know if he will wake up." Burt explained to Rachel with a sad expression on his face.

As the words left his mouth, Rachel went blank. She couldn't breathe. This was not happening.