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"Do you have to go to work?" Quinn questioned her now husband, "We just got back from our honeymoon!"
Finn smiled as he pulled his shirt on, "I have to make money somehow!" He told her with a laugh as he kissed her on the head.
"Yes," Quinn told him, "But you could spend just one more day with your wife!"
"Well I haven't been to work in over a week babe." Finn told her as he looked around for his boots, "They might think that you kidnapped me."
"Well maybe I will if that means I got more time with you to myself!" Quinn jokingly told him as she got out of bed to join her husband for a quick breakfast.
Finn laughed as he grabbed his duffel bag and followed his wife down the stairs, "Maybe I can talk the guys into having our wives down to the station for dinner tonight if it will mean that much to you."
"Oh it would mean the world to me!" Quinn told Finn with a wide smile, "Me and Rachel could finally see what you boys do down there on your free time."
"Babe we're all business down there," Finn told her as he tried to keep a straight face, "All work, no play!"
Quinn laughed as she already knew that wasn't true, "In case you forgot, my Uncle Bruce was a firefighter so I know that you guys have oodles of free time down there."
"Well than you shouldn't be surprised!" Finn said with a laugh as he began to eat a Pop-Tart.
Finn started to think how lucky he truly was as he watched Quinn make a pot of coffee. He got the girl of his dreams. He absolutely loved his job, sure he wasn't a professional quarterback as he once thought he was going to be, but this was a pretty damn close second.
"Finn?" Quinn asked again as her husband was in his own little world.
"Oh, what?" Finn asked as he snapped back into reality.
Quinn laughed and shook her head, "I said do you want me to bring anything down tonight if we're allowed down?"
"I mean if they agree to have you guys down," Finn told her as he got up to grab his coffee, "We would love to have a batch of your cupcakes! They were a hit last time."
"I'll see what I can do."
Finn chuckled as he gave his wife a kiss on the cheek, "I'll call you when I find out. Love you."
"I love you too." Quinn told her husband as he made his way out the door.
"Welcome back Hudson!" Mike said with a laugh as Finn walked into the station.
Finn smiled and gave a little wave as he walked in, "Glad to be back with my brothers!"
"S'up dude?" Puck said as he stuck his hand out to Finn.
Finn and Puck went through their usual high five as Finn answered, "Not much man. You and Rach still going strong?"
"Duh." Puck said as it should've been obvious to Finn, "No relationship is weak when the Puckerone is in it!"
Finn decided not to point out the countless relationships that Puck had been in that crumbled and decided to let him have this moment.
"So how was Cancun?"
"Pretty freaking awesome," Finn said with a smile, "I got a nice tan plus a week on the beach with the wife is always a good one."
"How many times did you tap that dude?" Puck said with a laugh.
Finn laughed with his friend, "Don't worry about it." He said with a wink as he joined the guys in the recliners.
"So I was talking to Quinn and we were thinking that since it's a beautiful day today, that we might have the wives and girlfriends down for dinner tonight?" Finn suggested as they watched Sportscenter.
Bo shrugged as Jim agreed, "Sounds good to me. Nancy has been bugging me for a while to have dinner down here again."
"You know what, sounds like a good idea. We can pull out the grill and cook some burgers. I'll call up Teresa right now." Mike said as he pulled out his phone and began to leave the room, "Seven O'clock sound good?" He asked before he left the room.
The guys nodded in agreement as they pulled out their phones.
Finn took this as an opportunity to text Quinn and tell her the news. He would call her but since she was a teacher, he knew it would be hard for her to answer his call.
Guys agreed. Dinner is at 7.
Finn slid his phone back into his pocket and focused on the T.V.
"You honestly think the Cardinals are going to beat the Reds this weekend?" Jim asked Bo dumbfounded.
"I mean I just don't know if ole Dusty can rally the troops this late in the season." Bo told him as he took a bite of the leftover lasagna they had cooked for lunch.
"You are one crazy son of a-" Jim was interrupted by the alarm going off.
Attention Station 83, Engine 12, and Squad 29. Automobile accident at the corner of West and Vine Street. Two cars involved, fire spotted in one. Timeout 20:00.
"Always in the middle of a damn meal." Mike cursed under his breath as they headed for the garage.
Finn pulled on his overalls and jacket. He grabbed his helmet and jumped into the driver's seat of the engine with Mike and Puck.
"Don't get us lost Hudson." Puck yelled from the back as Mike flipped on the lights and sirens. Finn rolled his eyes as he slowly pulled the truck out of the garage.
Bo and Jim pulled the Paramedic truck out of the garage as they followed Finn. The trucks roared down the street towards the accident. In the middle of the hot dry spell that Ohio was going to, there were certainly a lot of people outside.
Finn took the final turn as they pulled up on their destination. The first thing Finn noticed was a black cloud billowing from the flipped car. He shuddered at the thought that someone could be trapped inside.
They pulled up just to the right of the accident as Puck went back to grab a hose. Mike started ordering instructions as he surveyed the scene.
"Puckerman!" He yelled as Puck looked up at Mike, "Grab the 400 and hit the flipped car!"
Puck nodded as he grabbed the hose that Mike told him to get.
"Hudson," Mike yelled as Finn awaited his orders, "You and Bo go make sure that no one is in these cars."
Finn nodded as he found Bo and they looked inside the first car that was severely damaged. Sure enough the driver was still buckled in with her head against the steering wheel. How had no one mentioned this when they called 9-1-1?
"I'm going to go grab the Jaws of Life because there is no way we are getting these doors open," Bo told Finn as he noticed that every door was damaged enough that Finn had to agree there was no way to open them, "Go and check the flipped car and make sure there is no one stuck in there."
Finn nodded as he got as close as he could to the burning car and got onto his hands and knees. Finn breathed a sigh of relief as somehow the driver and passengers (if there were any) had managed to get out.
"No one is in the flipped car," Finn told Bo as he approached him with the Jaws of Life with Jim at his side, "So we're gonna have to try and find whoever was in there." Bo and Jim nodded in agreement as they got the machine ready.
Finn stood back as they placed the 'jaws' in between the two doors on the driver's side. The machine roared to life and slowly began to pry the door open. Finn didn't know what to do as the door was being pried open. He stood there and silently prayed that they could get to the woman in time.
"Got it!" Finn heard Jim yell as they pulled the door off. Finn quickly ran up to help pull the woman out of the car.
She definitely looked in bad shape. Her face was covered in bruises and dried blood, not to mention the fact that her knee was clearly dislocated.
They laid the woman down as Finn began CPR. She was unconscious and not breathing, they had to act fast. "1...2...3." Finn counted over and over as he went through the motions he had memorized.
"We're losing her!" Finn yelled as an ambulance pulled up, "We need a defibrillator now!"
The paramedics nodded as they grabbed a box and rushed over to the woman's side. Finn continued to give CPR as the paramedics readied the defibrillator.
"Okay," The paramedic to the right of Finn said, "Clear." He said as he pressed the buttons and sent a shock into the woman's chest.
"Nothing." Finn sighed as he felt for a pulse under the ladies neck.
"Alright, clear!" The paramedic said once more as they sent another shock into the woman.
Finn sighed again as the woman's pulse did not return. The paramedics tried again but they finally called it off. "There's nothing else we can do." One of them said as he wrote down the time of death.
Finn stood up and walked towards the engine, taking his helmet off. "Damnit!" He yelled as he hit the door.
"You alright dude?" Puck asked his friend as he wandered over.
"Shouldn't you be on the hose?" Finn asked Puck curiously.
"Mike told me to check on you." Puck told him as he took off his helmet as well.
Finn sighed, "Well she didn't make it man. She died."
Puck simply nodded his head as he patted his friend on the shoulder and headed back towards Mike.
How could he just brush it off so easily?
Finn slowly walked into the kitchen as he was engulfed in a hug. He quickly realized that it was Quinn by the apple scented blonde hair.
"Finn, I'm so sorry." Quinn whispered into his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her small body.
No other words were said as the young married couple remained wrapped in each others arms. Puck walked in slowly from behind them as Rachel rushed up to him.
"Are you alright?" She worriedly asked her boyfriend.
Puck slowly nodded as he hugged his girlfriend before leading her over to the kitchen table.
"Finn's really cut up though." Puck slowly told her as they sat at the table. They both looked at Finn and Quinn who had not moved.
Rachel nodded as she watched Finn and Quinn embrace each other, "I feel like we should say something to him."
Puck nodded in agreement and took his girlfriends hand as they walked over to Finn and Quinn.
"Hey Finn?" Rachel said as she stood hand in hand with Puck, "We just want you to know that this is not your fault and there is no reason to think that."
Finn slowly looked up and let go of Quinn as he did his best to smile. "I know. It just sucks knowing that we could've saved her if we just a little faster."
"Bro, we did the best we could." Puck told him as he put a hand on his shoulder, "Nothing else we could do."
"Thanks man." Finn said with a real smile as he wrapped his arm around Quinn, "Come on, let's go eat."
Quinn smiled up at her husband as they walked over to join the rest of the guys at the table. It wasn't going to be easy to move on from this, but Quinn, Puck and Rachel were definitely going to help.
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