After a week of being completely motionless Santana finally woke up. The first person she saw was her daughter Daniel smiling at her, and when Santana hugged her daughter she felt as if she was seeing her daughter being born for the first time. Rachel had gone out for a moment and when she came back, she put her arms around both Santana and Daniel tightly. Puck had gone back home to be with his family, as Rachel had told him to only a few days before Santana had woken up.
"You must have been really tired." Daniel said.
"I was baby girl." Santana said stroking her daughters hair. The nurse came in a few minutes later, and then came back with the doctor.
"Ms. Cruz, you were shot three times." The doctor began to say, "Once in the shoulder, the right forearm, and your left leg. The bullets were removed, but there has been a lot of damage. You will be able to walk again, but never run, and you won't be able to stand for more than 30 minutes at a time. I'm really sorry."
"It's okay." Santana said. "I kind of just want to be with my family now." The doctor walked out.
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Months went by and Santana was finally able to go back home. She had gone through physical therapy and counseling, and her bullet wounds had finally healed with the exception of some major scaring. Mr. Black had been seen by almost the entire neighborhood, firing his gun at Santana, and the police were called immediately afterwards. He tried to make a run for it, but was caught at a toll both and was then taken into custody. The trial was going to be taking place in just three months, and of course Santana had been called to be a witness. However she did not want to go on the stand to testify against him, and there was no way Mr. Black was going to be proven innocent. Santana got out of the cab that had dropped her off, and walked towards the front door of her home. Daniel was at school and Rachel didn't think she would be home for another week.
"Rachel?" Santana called out as she opened the front door.
"Santana?" Rachel said running down the steps. She ran down and gave Santana a hug, and the two of them held it for what seemed like an eternity. "I thought you said you weren't going to be home for another week?"
"Yeah well I wanted to surprise you." Santana said. "Shall we go to the bedroom?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Rachel said, and the two of them grabbed hands and started walking up the stairs.