A/N: OH. MY. GOD. This chapter almost didn't get finished tonight, because my shipper heart went into cardiac arrest. I keep hearing all these rumors about a ryley duet at regionals and I just don't know what to believe anymore. Plus all the jennoist rumors on twitter and tumblr and i'm like "Wait STAHPP! Is anything real anymore?!" Oh well, as long as everyone is happy, it's cool. As long as I get some ryley onscreen in the future!. Also I've been super busy with school and it's almost the end of semester so I've been swamped with an unearthly amount of homework and I can't seem to find time to write anything, college life you know. I wanted the start to a happy ending so I think I only have one or two more chapters left of Safe Haven, kids. But it was a fun ride and I love all of you that read this and I hope you all enjoyed. I own nothing related to glee! Please review :)

Marley felt like she was in one of her nightmares. Her slightly crazy and masochistic nightmares about Jake. But unfortunately there wasn't an alarm clock to pull her out of it. As Jake smothered her and thrust himself inside of her, she tried to scream but he choked her to keep her quiet.

"It's ok, Marley." a voice told her warmly.

But she didn't recognize it as Jake's. It was Ryder's. She felt a hand pulling her out of her haze. Then, she forced herself to open her eyes. She was laying in a hospital bed, connected to beeping monitors with a neck brace around her, giving her the choking sensation. Ryder was holding her hand.

"Ryder?" she said hoarsely, scaring the boy slightly.

He was the only one in the room with her, but she could hear a woman screaming in a foreign language outside the door while two others tried in vain to calm her down. "Santana, relax! You're going to wake her up!" the calm voice of Ms. Pillsbury told her sternly.

"She wouldn't be here if they would have done their job and kept that psychopathic freak away from her!" Santana retorted angrily.

"Listen, we're going to investigate this thoroughly but how were we supposed to know he'd break the rules of his restraining order and rape her?!" an unfamiliar male voice said defensively.

"What happened, Ryder?!" Marley said, immediately freaking out.

"Whoa, hey calm down, Marley! We'll explain later." he soothed, trying to get her to settle back down.

When he touched her arm, it brought back memories of what happened in the utility closet and she immediately hyperventilated, setting off the monitors. Soon enough, a nurse ran in the room and got her to calm down while all the adults came back in the room and they along with Ryder looked on helplessly.

After a little while, finally calmed down and realized how exhausted she was, but she had to know what happened.

"Ryder, please tell me what happened." she asked hollowly. She could tell he was hesitant to tell her and noticed his fists clenching.

"Can one of you guys tell her? Just thinking about it is making me sick." Ryder muttered angrily to the adults, avoiding her gaze. Then he got up to leave.

"I swear I'll be back tomorrow. I have to go home anyway. Feel better, Marls." he said with a small smile as he left.

Then she looked at the adults in the room, waiting for an answer. Then, Ms. Pillsbury spoke up.

"Ummm. After regionals, Jake followed you down an empty hallway and he took you into a utility closet. No one can be one hundred percent sure until the rape kit comes back, but you may have been sexually assaulted. When Jake was done, he left you in the closet and luckily Santana and Ryder were in that hallway looking for you when he walked out or he may never have been found. He was arrested when Ryder opened the closet and found you seriously hurt but he's not confessing to anything." she told her, avoiding Marley's eyes.

"Wait a minute. Is that all that happened? Is Kitty alright?" Marley asked, starting to get worked up again until Santana walked over to the bed to calm her down.

"Well, you have a few broken ribs, a serious concussion and your trachea was bruised from impact, but you should be fine physically. You just have to stay here for a few days and you'll probably be at home for a few days after that to recover. Also, you might have to sit out of Glee club for a short time because of the damage done to your ribs and windpipe." Mr. Schue answered quietly. "And Kitty is fine. She wanted to stay here but your mom took her home. They didn't want her to get too worried. Luckily, Jake never reached her." Mr. Schue finished, which relaxed Marley a little bit.

"Thank God she's fine." Marley breathed, sending out a silent prayer.

"Well I think all that matters is you're fine." Santana said quietly.

"Look, I think we're going to leave now. But we're glad you're ok. We'll call your mom and tell her you woke up. We'll see you later Marley." Ms. Pillsbury smiled as her and Mr. Schue got up to leave.

"I bet you're probably exhausted. Do you want me to leave?" Santana asked quietly when they were alone.

"You really don't have to stay. You probably have better things to do." Marley replied meekly.

"Actually the doctors said you shouldn't fall asleep just yet because of the concussion. How about we watch some TV and I'll make sure you stay awake?" Santana compromised, turning the channel to an obnoxious looking Spanish soap opera. Santana ran a running commentary, which made Marley laugh when she questioned the characters ethics.

A few hours later, a nurse let Marley fall asleep as long as Santana stayed and woke her up every few hours to make sure she was ok. But Marley couldn't fall asleep anyway because every time she drifted away, Jake interrupted her dreams. The third dream she had involved her and Ryder on a peaceful date, having a good time until Jake cornered them and hit Ryder repeatedly over the head with a baseball bat until he stopped breathing altogether. Marley was crying over his body when Jake aimed at her, but woke up before the bat could make contact. Marley woke up sobbing, wondering if the nightmare was ever truly going to end. She didn't notice that Santana had left and was surprised when Ryder walked in the room. She quickly tried to dry her tears and pull herself together but lost control when his warm eyes made contact with hers. Ryder put a bouquet of flowers on the bedside table and sat in the chair, holding her hand. He looked like he wanted to do more, but he obviously didn't want to freak her out. After a while, Marley calmed down and was taking shallow breaths and Ryder poured her some water. Marley took a drink, feeling better when the cold hit her inflamed throat.

"Are you ok?" he asked quietly.

"I just wish I could get over this already." she said in frustration.

"You will. It'll just take some time." he reassured with a small smile. "Now let's change the subject. I know The hunger Games is your favorite movie, but that might be a little too intense, so I got something else: your favorite romantic movie, The Notebook." He announced proudly, pulling out the DVD and a laptop.

"You own a copy of The Notebook?" Marley giggled, instantly feeling better knowing Ryder brought one of her favorite movies to watch with her. "Well, it's my mom's copy actually. But I would be lying if I said I wasn't a sucker for it either. I mean, where else was I supposed to learn how to impress a girl?" he said smirking as she lightly slapped him away. Ryder started to sit back down in the chair until Marley grabbed his hand and pulled him next to her in the bed. He gave her a look.

"Are you sure, Marls?" he asked looking at the cords and wires hooked up to her. "Please Ryder?" she begged, giving him her best puppy eyes. It worked as he sat down carefully on the hospital bed and put his arm around her as she started the movie. Both of them were crying when the movie was over.

"So I guess the good guy does get the girl in the end after all." Ryder chuckled weakly, looking at Marley when the end credits rolled.

Marley smiled back at him and leaned over to kiss him. Ryder kissed her back and put his warm hand on her face. Marley responded by wrapping an arm around him to hold him closer. They were interrupted by a knock on the door and immediately broke apart, looking in the direction of the door. It was the Glee club and her mom.

"Wow, I've only been away for a couple of hours and you're already sucking face." Santana said sarcastically as Rachel smacked her arm and everyone gave her a look.

"Hey Marley! We wanted to see how you're doing and drop these off for you." Blaine said brightly, coming towards her with a big bouquet of flowers and a huge greeting card. Then, everyone else came closer, but still kept their distance.

Everyone had a lovely visit with her, but she was still a little subdued. Late in the afternoon, the nurse on the day shift came in and kicked everyone out, saying Marley needed her rest. Only a couple of people were allowed to stay, so obviously it was Ryder and her mom that stayed. Ryder stayed by her bedside and sang to her as she fell asleep. The psychologist that examined Marley said that it would take a while for her to heal, but with Ryder by her side, she finally believed she'd be ok.