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Chapter 8
When Rachel woke up the next morning, Rachel decided to skip school and go to the hospital to stay with Burt and Carol to make sure they were okay. Getting dressed in a purple jogging suit with some tennis shoes, she went downstairs to grab her purse and keys.
"Hey darling, is you're not going to school today?" Leroy asked.
"I was going to ask you two if I could take the day off to go to the hospital." Rachel asked.
"It's okay with me. As long as today is the only day you miss." Leroy said.
"Can I daddy?" Rachel asked looking at Hiram.
"Okay. Just let us know if you leave the hospital." Hiram instructed.
"Okay. Thanks!" With that, Rachel ran out the front door to leave in her car.
Even though Rachel was specifically instructed to stay away by Quinn, she could care less what Quinn had to say. She wasn't to stay away from Finn just because some high school cheerleader told her to. If staying at the hospital and making sure Finn was okay would make her reputation worse than it already was, then so be it. She honestly didn't care about Quinn.
Walking into the hospital, she went straight for Finn's room, seeing that Burt and Carol were sleeping by his bedside. Not wanting to bother them, Rachel left to go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast.
When she got there she bought some food and coffee. Picking up her food she went to find a place to sit. Sitting at the nearest table she could find, she quickly looked around before she ate her breakfast. As she was looking around she noticed a familiar face in the cafeteria. It was Kurt. She hadn't seen him since their last glee practice which was at least two weeks ago. Quickly getting up and leaving her food behind, she made her way over to Kurt's table.
"Hey." She said as he was sitting reading an edition of People's magazine.
Looking up at her, she saw an expression of surprise on his face.
"Rachel? What are you doing here?" He sounded shocked.
"Family stuff." He commented.
"Kurt, you can tell me what's wrong. We're friends aren't we?"
"What makes you think that I want to be your friend?" Kurt asked with a mean tone.
"Because you and I more alike than you think." Rachel said.
"That's an insult." He assured her.
"Look, I get it. You're just trying to be like everyone else. You're trying to avoid me like everyone one else because you're worried about what people would think of you if you were different." Rachel said.
"How'd you know that?" Kurt asked.
"Because, I've been there. You can't worry about what other people think of you, Kurt. In reality, you're better than all of them." Rachel said putting her hand on Kurt's.
"Thanks Rachel. I don't know why I ever tried to avoid you." Kurt said with a smile on his face.
Looking down at Kurt's magazine, Rachel noticed something.
"Is that Barbra?" She asked suddenly becoming interested.
"Yeah, do you like her?" Kurt asked.
"Are you kidding? She's the best. I'm literally named after her. My middle name is Barbra." Rachel continued talking.
"Are you into Broadway?" Kurt asked trying to start a conversation.
"It's the best. It's also where I'm headed after high school." Rachel explained.
"Well, then I hope you don't mind any company, because that's where I'm headed too!" Kurt smiled.
"Did we just become friends?" Rachel asked laughing.
"Yes, Rachel Barbra Berry, I think we did." Kurt said with a smile.
"Great!" She smiled back.
After about another hour of small talk, Rachel and Kurt decided it was time to part ways.
"Well, I'm going to go with my family. It was nice talking to you Rachel. I'll see you later."
"Okay" She said smiling.
"Wait. Give me your phone for a second." Kurt demanded.
"Okay?" Rachel stated looking confused as he handed her his cell phone to put her number in it.
After realizing what was going on, Rachel typed her number into his phone and saved herself as a contact.
"Here you go!" He smiled as they exchanged their phones back.
As he walked away she looked at his contact. She couldn't help but laugh as she saw the name he put. Kurty Bear.
Finishing up with her food in the cafeteria, she quickly made her way back to Finn's room, she was caught off guard when she walked in and saw who was in the room with Burt and Carol.
"Kurt?" She asked looking surprised.
"Rachel? Are you stalking me?" He asked sounding serious.
"No. I'm here for Finn. He's my friend." She explained.
"Finn's my step brother." Kurt explained back.
"Oh." Was all she could say.
Before any of them could say anything more, a cough sounded through the room. Looking around, Rachel noticed that Burt, Carol, and Kurt were looking around to see who coughed too.
"Finn?" Carol called out walking slowly to Finn.
As Rachel got closer, she quickly started crying with tears of joy.
Finn opened his eyes.
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