It's a few hours later and Finn has just finished eating dinner.
"Hey, I think I'm going to head home for the evening," Carole says, getting up from her chair beside Finn's bed.

"Already?" Finn asks.

"Yeah, your nurses will be in here soon for you to start your bowel routine and I don't think you want me here for that."

"I know, but can't you just, I don't know, wait outside till I'm done or something?" Finn asks, not wanting his Mom to leave yet.

"Finn, it's going to take close to an hour for you to do this, possibly even longer since it's the first time; by the time you're done visiting hours will be about over," Burt says.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Finn says.

"I'll be back though first thing tomorrow morning," Carole says.

"You're not going to work?"

"No, I am," Burt says. "Since you're Mom and I both work, we're going to start taking shifts, tomorrow your mom will be here in the morning while I have the tire shop open for a few hours, and then I'll be here in the afternoon while she's at work."

"I wish we both could be here with you, but we'll make sure one of us is always here with you during the day and then we'll both be here in the evenings, okay?" Carole says.

"Okay."

"Well, I'm going to get going, but I'll see you tomorrow morning then," Carole says as she gives him a hug goodbye and kisses him on the forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too, Mom," Finn says as his Mom walks out the door.

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A few minutes later, Dan walks into Finn's room carrying with him a bunch of supplies with what Finn assumes is all for his bowel program. "Hey, you ready to learn your new bathroom routine?" Dan asks.

"Not really," Finn says quietly.

"Yeah, I know this isn't exactly going to be fun, but once again it's part of learning to become independent," Dan says.

"Yeah, I know."

"Before you get started with this though, I'm going to have you cath again first," Dan says. "But here's the deal, since it's just me tonight, I need you to help me out with your transfers as much as you can."

"Where's Alyssa?" Finn asks.

"Well, technically our shift ended a few minutes ago and Alyssa had to get home, but I stuck around so you didn't have to have a new nurse teach you this."

"Thanks," Finn says, grateful that Dan was nice enough to stay late so he didn't have to a new nurse teach him his bowel program. "How am I supposed to help you with my transfers though?"

"By using your upper body strength to help you lift yourself up to get into your wheelchair. First, though I'm going to have you take your diaper off," he says as he grabs the container of wet wipes, two blue pads, a catheter, and two pairs of latex gloves from the drawer beside Finn's bed. "But you're going to do this yourself this time."

"Okay," Finn says as he pulls up his gown above his diaper and is about to take his diaper off when…

"Whoa, whoa, you need to put one of these underneath yourself first, just in case," Dan says as he hands Finn a blue pad to put underneath himself.

"Oh yeah, right, sorry," Finn says, taking the blue pad and placing it between his legs.

"It's okay, just better safe than sorry," Dan says, hoping he didn't embarrass him. "You can go ahead take your diaper off now."

"It's wet. Actually it's more like soaked" Finn says, unable hide his disappointment as he hands Dan his wet diaper to throw away.

"Yeah, it is, but like I said it's going to take a little while for your body to get used to all of this…this will happen for probably the next several days."

"Yeah, Finn, there's no reason for you to be embarrassed about any of this," Burt says, trying to reassure him.

"Yeah, there's nothing to be embarrassed about," Dan says, as he puts a blue pad on Finn's wheelchair. "All right, let's get you into your chair here then, you can go ahead and sit up."

Finn uses his hands to help him sit up. "So what exactly do you want me to do?"

"I'll lift your legs for you, but by pushing down on your bed with your hands try lifting the rest of yourself up into your wheelchair," Dan says.

"Okay."

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, one-two-three." On "three" Dan lifts Finn's legs and Finn pushes his hands down on the bed to try push himself up, but no matter how hard he tries he can't seem to lift his butt off the bed.

"I don't think I can do it," Finn says, frustrated with himself for not being able to lift his ass off the bed.

"It's okay, I'll just pick you up and set you in your chair," Dan says.

"Sorry," Finn says.

"Hey, it's okay, it's not your fault and at least you were willing to try," Dan says. "And don't worry, just because you can't do it right now, doesn't mean you won't be able to eventually; it's something you can try to work on with your physical therapist."

"Okay."

"Now as I pick you up, I want you to put your arm around my neck."

"Okay."

"You ready?" Dan asks Finn.

"Yeah."

"Okay, one-two-three," Dan says and on "three" he picks Finn up, who quickly puts his arm around his neck. Burt watches how Dan picks up Finn, knowing that more than likely he'll have to pick Finn up and carry him at some point. In fact, he realizes that Finn won't even be able to get into their house or downstairs to the basement bedroom he and Kurt share without having to be carried up or down steps.

"You okay?" Dan asks as he sits Finn down in the wheelchair.

"Yeah, I'm good," Finn says.

"All right," Dan says as he gathers up all the supplies Finn will need to cath himself and for his bowel program as he follows Finn into the bathroom, with Burt following behind them.

"Okay, why don't you go ahead and cath yourself," Dan says he hands Finn a pair of latex gloves after sitting him on the toilet. "Since you can do this yourself now, I'll just let you go ahead and do it," he says as he hands Finn two wet wipes and a catheter.

Finn then caths himself, this time it's even easier for him to do and he gets the catheter in almost immediately.

"Okay, since you're already sitting here on the toilet, do you want to go ahead and try to do this yourself? Otherwise, you'll have to go back out to your room and lie down on your bed so I can teach your stepdad how to do this," Dan says after Finn finishes cathing and he throws away Finn's catheter and latex gloves for him.

"Um, I guess since I'm already here, I might as well try doing it myself," Finn says.

"All right, we're going to try to do this without having to give you a suppository, but I have some of here if you end up needing them," Dan says. "Basically, you just want to avoid making it any messier than it has to be."

"Um, okay," Finn says not liking the sound of this already.

"Hey, the one nice thing about this is more than likely you'll only have to do this every other day," Dan says trying to make it sound a little better.

"Well, I guess that's good," Finn says, trying to have a positive attitude.

"It's important though to try to make sure to always do it at the same time, that way your body will create its own schedule, which means you'll be less likely to have accidents."

"Accidents? You mean like I'll crap my pants?"Finn asks.

"As long you take care of yourself, eat healthy, and stick to your routine, for the most part you'll be fine; but, yeah, occasionally you'll have accidents. You'll also occasionally have accidents between caths too; again it won't be very often but it's bound to happen sometimes," Dan says, being honest with Finn.

"Great, I have to worry about peeing and pooping my pants like a little kid," Finn says sarcastically.

"I know it sucks, but like I said as long you take care of yourself, eat healthy, and stick to your routines, they won't happen very often. I do recommend though that you wear a pad in your boxers so that if you end up having an accident between caths every once and awhile you won't' have to worry about changing your pants and your boxers."

"Yeah, that's my friend Artie told me, he has to cath too. But a pad won't really help much if I crap my pants will it?"Finn asks.

"No, it won't; that's why it's best to always have an extra pair of pants and boxers with you so you're prepared when that happens."

"Okay," Finn says, still not liking the fact that he now has to worry about having accidents.

"Anyway, why don't I go ahead and explain how you're going to do this. The first thing you have to do is put on a clean latex glove and then put some lubricant on your finger. Then you'll insert the tip of your finger into your anus and circle your finger around a few times to stimulate yourself. After that you'll sit here and wait until you start to go. If after about ten or fifteen minutes you haven't started to go yet, put some more lubricant on your finger and try again; you might have to do this a couple of times before you start to go, especially this first time. If after about half an hour you still haven't started to go, then I'm going to have to give you a suppository," Dan says hesitantly, he doesn't want Finn to worry, but he knows he needs to warn him of the possibility. "Anyway, when you're done going, just wipe off and clean yourself up and you're done."

I literally have to stick my finger up my ass, gross! Finn thinks to himself. "Um, how will I know when I'm done since I can't exactly feel anything down there?"

"Don't worry, you'll know," Dan says. "You ready to try this?"

"Uh, I guess so," Finn says nervously.

"You'll be fine," Burt says trying to reassure Finn.

Dan then hands Finn a new latex glove which he puts on his right hand. "All right, I'm just going to put a little lubricant on your finger," he says, as he opens a packet of KY Jelly and puts a dab of it on Finn's right index finger.

"Okay, so now I just, you know…" Finn says, slightly embarrassed.

"Yep, reach down with your right hand and put the tip of your finger in the entrance and then just circle around a few times before taking your finger back out," Dan says.

"Okay," Finn says, but as he reaches his right hand down he almost loses his balance, fortunately Burt and Dan are there to catch him.

"Finn, you okay?" Burt asks he holds on to Finn, making sure he doesn't lose his balance.

"Yeah, I just kind of lost my balance, I guess."

"Why don't you hold onto the bar with your left hand to make sure you don't lose your balance," Dan says.

"Okay," Finn says, as he places his left hand on the bar and then reaches his hand down and inserts his right index finger into his hole.

"All right, Finn, you're doing great, now just circle your finger around a few times," Dan says while Finn does exactly what he tells him to do. "All right, you can go ahead and take your finger out."

"Now what do I do?"Finn asks, as he purposefully doesn't look down at his latex gloved hand because just knowing where his hand just was grosses him out.

"Now you sit and wait," Dan says. "I'm going to check on one last patient, but I'll be back in like 20 minutes to make sure you've started going, if you haven't started going by then I'll have to give you a suppository. Also here's another packet of lubricant, because if you haven't started going in about ten minutes you're going to have to try stimulating yourself again," Dan says as he hands the packet of lubricant to him.

"Okay," Finn says.

"Like I said, I'll be back then in about twenty minutes," Dan says as he heads out the bathroom.

"Thanks," Burt says. "Finn, do you want me to stay in here with you? Or would you rather I wait outside until you need me?"

"You don't need to wait in here with me," Finn says, imagining it would be a little awkward to have Burt just standing there waiting for him to take a crap.

"All right, well if you need anything, yell, 'cause I'll just be right out here in your room, okay?" Burt says.

"Okay."

"Hey, Finn, I know I already told you this, but your Mom and I are really proud of how you're dealing with everything, I noticed a huge difference in your attitude since this afternoon. I know some of this stuff isn't easy to hear, but for the most part you've been handling it really well."

"Thanks," Finn says.

"All right, I'll let you have some privacy, let me know if you need me," Burt says.

"Thanks, Burt," Finn says as Burt walks out the bathroom.

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It's now a little after 8pm and Burt just left to go home for the night a few minutes ago, after Finn had finished his bowel program. Fortunately, everything with that had gone as well as it possibly could, even though the whole routine had taken about an hour. Most of all though, Finn is grateful that he didn't have to use a suppository. Finally, right before Burt had left, he told Finn that while he had been in the bathroom that one of Dr. Siegel's resident's had come in to tell him that they had him scheduled for a MRI at 8am tomorrow morning. Burt had promised Finn mom would be here before his MRI and that he and his mom would both be there afterwards when they would meet with Dr. Siegel to go over the results.

As Finn sits in his bed all alone in his room, he isn't really sure what to do. It's way too early to go to bed, he turns on the TV and flips through the channels but nothing good seems to be on. He knows though if he sits in bed much longer doing nothing, he'll end up crying himself to sleep which is what he's done the past two nights. He knows he could call Quinn, but he knows if he does that they'll have to talk about the kiss and he doesn't really think he's ready to talk about that with her yet. Okay, yeah, he knows he knows he's avoiding talking to her, but he's afraid that maybe Quinn doesn't feel the same way about him as he feels about her and he's not sure if he can handle that right now with everything else that's going on.

He notices his laptop at the end of his bed and decides he might as well get on Facebook and see if any of his friends are online, so he pushes the button on his remote for his nurse and she comes and hands him his laptop. When he signs in to Facebook he's not surprised that his wall is filled with messages from his friends saying that they're thinking of him and praying for him and asking him how he's doing, since he hasn't been online since before his accident. He also notices that Artie's online and he immediately messages him:

Finn Hudson: Hey

Artie Abrams: Hey. What's up? Sry, I couldn't tag along with Quinn & Mercedes to see you this afternoon. If we wouldn't have had practice, I definitely would've come.

Finn Hudson: No, it's cool. I'm sure Beiste is working you guys like crazy since the championship's on Friday.

Artie Abrams: That's for sure.

Finn Hudson: Think you'll be ready?

Artie Abrams: I hope so, some of the guys like Karofsky and Azimo aren't really listening to Sam & they keep telling him he doesn't know what he's doing cuz he's not really the quarterback.

Finn Hudson: Yeah, well, what else is new? Lol. Karofsky & Azimo never really listened to me either. Tell Sam he just needs to let them know he's not going to put up with any of their crap.

Artie Abrams: I will. Anyway, how are you doing?

Finn Hudson: Ok, I guess, I started rehab today.

Artie Abrams: Yeah, I remember that, it's not fun. The first day or two are the worst though, it gets better from then on though.

Finn Hudson: I sure as hell hope so because today pretty much sucked except for when Kurt & Blaine and Quinn & Mercedes came to visit me. My day consisted of getting measured for my wheelchair, learning how to get myself dressed which took like an hour, throwing up all over myself & the bathroom floor, learning how to cath myself, how to change my own diapers and starting my bowel program.

Artie Abrams: Like I said the first day or two are the hardest.

Finn Hudson: Yeah, Mercedes & Quinn coming to visit was a much needed distraction. It was great to see Kurt & Blaine too, but Kurt, he didn't really know how to act around me. I can't remember if he was like that when he was here shortly after my accident, but it's just weird that Blaine, Mercedes, & Quinn all treated me like normal, but my own stepbrother had a hard time even talking to me.

Artie Abrams: Maybe the fact that he's your stepbrother is the reason why he had a hard time talking to you. You're his stepbrother, you guys live together & share a room; this going to affect his life almost as much as it's going to affect yours & maybe he just hasn't been able to accept that you're paralyzed yet.

Finn Hudson: True, I never thought about that. Hey, have you talked to Quinn since she & Mercedes were here?

Artie Abrams: No, why? Everything ok?

Finn Hudson: Yeah, never mind, don't worry about it.

Artie Abrams: Hey, Finn, I hate to have leave all of a sudden but Brittany just got here so I better go.

Finn Hudson: It's fine.

Artie Abrams: Seriously though, if you have any questions or anything or just need someone to talk to, feel free to text or call me.

Finn Hudson: Thanks. Anyway, I let you go, wouldn't want to keep you from your girl!

Artie Abrams: Thanks

Talking with Artie definitely helped, Finn admits as he gets offline. Not only that, but he's also the only person, other than Sean, that knows what he's going through. As Finn turns off his laptop though, it's not Sean or even Artie that he wants to talk to right now, right now the only person he wants to talk to is Quinn. Before he can talk himself out of it he picks his cell phone up off the nightstand beside his bed and he calls Quinn. She answers on the second ring.

"Hey," Quinn says as she answers her phone.

"Hey it's Finn."

"I know, your name comes up on my phone when you call," Quinn says laughing.

"Oh yeah, I guess it does."

"Is everything okay?" Quinn asks, the concern in her voice obvious.

"Yeah, it's just that visiting hours are over so my mom and Burt went home for the night and there's nothing good on TV…"

"So you needed someone to talk to?" Quinn asks.

"No, not just someone…I just wanted to talk to you."

"Aww Finn, you're so sweet."

"I want to talk to you about that kiss."

"Finn, you don't have to apologize, like I said it was nice."

"Quinn, remember how I told you a few months ago I'll probably always have feelings for you, well I've realized lately that the feelings I have for you were stronger than I thought. And I'm not just saying this 'cause I kissed you this afternoon; I realized how strong my feelings still are for you when we started hanging out again a few weeks."

"Well, I definitely still have feelings for you too. That kiss this afternoon meant a lot to me; it made me realize I still love you…to be honest I don't think I ever stopped loving you."

"So you'd be willing to give us another chance? Even though I'm obviously not the quarterback of the football team anymore and I'm now in a wheelchair?"

"Yes, of course I'd love to give us another chance. And Finn, I never dated you just because you were the quarterback. I mean, if I wasn't a Cheerio anymore, you'd still like me, right?" Quinn asks, knowing that by the end of the week she probably isn't going to be a Cheerio anymore because more than likely she's going to choose Glee Club over the Cheerios.

"Well, yeah, I didn't just date because you're a Cheerio. I mean, yeah, you're hot, but what attracted me to you was the fact that you know who are and you're not afraid to be person that no matter what other people think."

"Exactly, it's not just about popularity; it's about so much more than that, we're meant to be together."

"I agree with you on that; but I just want you to know now that I'm in a wheelchair, things are going to be different; right now I can't even get out of bed into my wheelchair on my own; I'm relearning how to do the most basic things like how to get myself dressed; I'll never be the quarterback again."

"Finn, it doesn't matter to me if you can't get out of bed yourself or you need someone to help you get dressed or whatever else you might need someone to help you with; I don't see you any differently now that you're in a wheelchair; you're still the same Finn Hudson I've always loved."

"Thanks, Quinn," Finn says. "Hey, guess what I just remembered?"

"What?"

"Remember last year when Mr. Schue made us all use wheelchairs in school for a week to raise money for the handicap bus so Artie could ride with the rest of us to regional's?"

"Yeah."

"Remember that day I gave a lift you to rehearsal on my wheelchair?"

"Of course, I do; that was so sweet," Quinn says, smiling. How could I forget that, that was absolutely adorable!

"Well, once I get out of the hospital and am back at school, I can give you a lift to rehearsal every day."

"I'm going to hold you to that," Quinn says laughing.

"I know you will," Finn says, laughing. "Hey, well I should probably get to bed because I have to get up early for an MRI tomorrow."

"Okay, I hope everything goes okay; I'll be praying for you."

"Thanks."

"You'll let me know how it goes, right?"

"Of course."

"Okay, good night, Finn."

" 'Night."

After getting off the phone with Quinn, Finn sits his cell phone on his nightstand and picks up his laptop and signs back onto Facebook, where he changes his relationship status to In A Relationship with Quinn Fabray. Even though today for the most part had sucked with starting rehab and learning how to adjust to being paralyzed, it had ended better than he could've ever imagined because he was now back with Quinn!