Emma Pilsbury knocked on Quinn's hospital door tentatively, just an hour after she had received a call from her colleague, Will Schuester.
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"Hello?" Emma Pilsbury picked up her ringing mobile (which she still wasn't 100% sure how to work. She heard a man's voice on the other end of the phone.
"Emma, its Will." The voice said before pausing. "We need you… at the hospital." Will spoke to the woman on the other end of the phone.
Emma was puzzled, Quinn hadn't particularly reacted well to Emma yesterday and wasn't really expecting to be going back there soon.
"Why?" Emma asked anxiously, "What's happened with Quinn? Is she okay?"
"She's upset. She's asking for you." Will said quickly.
"Why? Yesterday she wanted nothing to do with me- something must have happened!" Emma stated trying to get a picture of the situation she was about to face.
"It was me and Puck arguing, she got upset, she thinks this is her fault Ems." Will said. "Just please come."
"Alright." Emma said, picking up her car keys. "I'll be there as soon as I can."
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Quinn was lead alone in her hospital room, feeling a little embarrassed by her earlier breakdown. It seemed to be happening a lot to her recently. She heard a knock on the door, before the handle came down and the door was pushed open, revealing a very worried looking Emma Pilsbury.
Emma smiled softly at the girl as she walked into the hospital room. "Quinn?" She said hesitantly as she walked closer to the girl, "Are you okay?"
Quinn nodded softly whilst hoisting herself gently into a sitting position. "I-I um, I just needed to talk."
Emma smiled and perched herself on the edge of Quinn's bed. "Well, I'm here now. We can talk this through okay?" Emma was caught in surprise when Quinn reached forward and clutched Emma's hand tightly, tears brimming in her eyes.
"I'm so scared." Quinn paused. "And he, he is trying so hard to be good to me, but he doesn't understand." Quinn stated, talking quickly, her eyes gazing into her lap.
"Puck?" Emma questioned and Quinn nodded quickly.
"He gets so," Quinn searched for the right word, "angry when I tell him what happened was my fault. But I need him to ju-just, to just hold me. I need him to hold me."
"Quinn. It wasn't your fault. You didn't cause this fire." Quinn opened her mouth to argue, but Emma continued. "If you want Puck to hold you, tell him. Just tell him Quinn."
"I don't want to hurt him too. I've hurt so many people." Quinn murmured softly.
"Yes, but everyone makes mistakes Quinn." Emma replied softly, still holding the girls hand. Emma desperately tried to stop looking at Quinn's burns, for Quinn's sake, but they were so oddly inciting. "Everyone does." She continued, "Whoever set the school on fire, or however it happened- that was a mistake. You being hurt, was a mistake. You may have hurt people, but people have hurt you. You are hurting now."
"I keep shouting at him." Quinn stated.
"Its because you are worried- you are upset, which you have every right to be. He knows this. He loves you, otherwise he wouldn't still be here."
"I guess."
"No, you know. Quinn, you love him too don't you?" Emma asked, Quinn nodded in response. "Well, how about I go get him in here, and you two can talk some more?"
"Yes." Quinn said plainly, whilst letting go of Emma's hand. "But…" Quinn watched Emma nod at her to continue. "Why aren't you pestering me to eat or drink?"
Emma chuckled slightly. "Oh I will, don't you worry. But until you are happy, we're not going to discuss that. I have a feeling we are going to be needing Noah for this obstacle."
Quinn smiled lightly at Emma, and thanked her as she left the room to go and find Puck.
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Puck was sat in the waiting room, after having excused himself from Quinn's hospital room a while ago when Emma Pilsbury approached him.
"Is she okay?" Puck asked the ginger woman as she approached. Emma nodded before sitting next to her student.
"She's worried about hurting you." Emma said seriously. "She wants you to hold her, but I think she is scared to ask, she feels like she hurts everyone."
"Oh god." Puck put his head in his hands, "She hasn't hurt me."
Emma placed her hand on his shoulder, "I know. Maybe just go and comfort her. I told her I'd go and get you."
Puck nodded before turning to thank the teacher. He started to walk away before he turned. "Is she drinking yet?"
Emma shook her head. "I told her we'd deal with that once she was happy again." Puck nodded before walking back into his girlfriend's hospital room.
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"Baby?" Puck said softly as he pushed the door open and walked towards the young girl in the bed. He sat next to her and put his arm around her. "You haven't hurt me." He said quietly before watching the tears begin to flow down her cheeks.
"I don't want to hurt you. I'm poison." She sobbed.
"You haven't hurt me. You never will. We just need to get you better." Puck murmured softly into her ear. Even though there wasn't anyone else in the room, he wanted only her ears to be able to hear. "I love you Quinn."
Quinn pushed her face into his chest and fisted his shirt, as she fought hard to get rid of her tears. "I love you too." She choked out softly. "I need you to hold me."
Puck tightened his grip around her. "I'll only let go when you want me too." He kissed the top of her head as he felt her body calm down from the tears. "I'm sorry you didn't feel like you could ask me." Puck whispered quietly, still holding the girl.
Quinn didn't respond, but just closed her eyes and enjoyed the comfort of Puck's arms around her until she fell into a gentle sleep.