Chapter 10
Quinn's POV
"Family for Lopez?"
I stood from my seat in the hospital waiting room. I'd been sitting in the same spot for over an hour, I was too scared to move in case I missed the doctor. With her dad being a doctor I thought that she would have been seen straight away but apparently her dad was not working. Doctor Gerrard had taken her away and had told me she would be back as soon as she could.
"Miss Fabray, If you'd like to follow me please?"
My legs felt foreign to me as I placed them one in front of the other , I just hoped they wouldn't fail on me before I reached Santana's room.
"Her parents. Have you contacted her parents?"
The sound of my voice stopped the doctor in her tracks.
"We have contacted her father and he said that he was on his way here but we couldn't get in contact with her mother but her father said he would keep trying. But Miss Lopez is asking for you and not her parents. Although she is unconscious just now she was mumbling your name when we brought her in here. I know you are not direct family but I couldn't let her be on her own, at least until Mr Lopez arrives."
I simply nodded, what could I say to that?
"This is her room here but I have to warn you before you go in, Miss Lopez was in a bad way when you brought her in, there is substantial bruising and swelling to her face and abdomen. It does look worse than it is Miss Fabray."
Again I just nodded, I just needed to see her.
I stood back as she opened the door, taking a deep breath I followed her in.
I thought that finding Santana in the way that she was would have prepared me for seeing her just now but in all honesty it didn't. My hand came to my mouth in shock as I saw her lying on the hospital bed unconscious. Tears started to burn at the back of my eyes as I made my way over to her side, Doctor Gerrard followed behind, checking the machines beside Santana.
"Hey S."
It's the only thing I could think of to say to her. What are you supposed to say to your unconscious friend?
I sat down on the chair next to her bed and took her hand in mine.
"Doctor Gerrard?"
She stopped checking Santana's notes and walked round to face me.
"Her cast, I.. um.. I drew something on it, its not there now?"
She closed her eyes and signed.
"Unfortunately, her arm that was broken this week, well whoever did this to her managed to damage the cast, in doing so her arm was fractured again because it was already weak. We had to take it off and re-align her bone and re-cast it once again. Because of the secondary damage her arm will take a little longer to heal and she will need physiotherapy once it is out of the cast."
This time I couldn't hold back the tears, I turned back to Santana and let the sobs wrack over my body. I couldn't believe this was happening, this shouldn't be happening.
"Look Quinn, do you know who could have done this to her? I know you were the one who found her but was there any body else there?"
Doctor Gerrard knelt down to my eye level as she asked the question.
"I… um.. No.. just Santana, I don't know anybody.. who'd do this!"
I emphasised my point by pointing at Santana. Anger took over as I thought about what pain Santana had gone through.
"Whoever did this is a sick bastard and is going to pay for what they have done!"
Doctor Gerrard was going to say something but was cut off by her pager.
"I've got to go but if you need anything just ring the buzzer and a nurse will come straight away. I'll be back later to see Santana later."
After she had left I turned my full attention back to Santana. I took a hold of her hand with both of mine and held it with all I've got. I looked at her face and really looked at her injuries. I let the silent tears fall as I tentatively reached up to stroke the side of her bruised face, my hand was shaking as I touched her skin. Her lip was swollen where there was a cut, there was stitches across her eyebrow, a lump on her forehead and her right eye was swollen.
When I found her she was barely recognisable.
"Santana? Santana? Where are you San?"
I ran in from my car into Santana's house, running straight for the stairs and into her bedroom.
"San? Shit!"
I scanned her bedroom but she was nowhere in sight. I ran back down the stairs and headed for the living room.
And there she was. Lying still on the floor.
"San?"
It barely came out as a whisper, I couldn't find any words. So I just ran to her and collapsed on my knees beside her body. There was blood all over her face, I didn't know where to touch her in fear that I'd put her in more pain than she was.
"Everything's going to be fine Santana, I swear to god it is. Okay?"
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block out the image of Santana's bloodied face. Raising her hand I kissed her knuckles gently and rested my cheek on our interlinked hands.
"I meant it S, everything's going to be fine. I'm not leaving you, I never will. I'll always be by your side, no matter what."
More tears fell as I held onto her hand tighter, not wanting to let her go anytime soon. I placed my lips to her knuckles once again letting them linger for a while longer.
"You know I don't really want to add a crushed hand onto my list of injuries!"
My head shot up at the sound of Santana's raspy voice. I let out a teary smile as I looked into the Latina's eyes, seeing nothing but hurt and fear.
"Oh my god, S, you scared the shit out of me!"
I bounced forward and took her body in for a hug.
"Shit Q!"
I pulled back as quick as I shot forward and took in Santana's pained expression.
"Shit, shit, shit! I'm so sorry, I never thought, I just really wanted to hug you then, sorry"
She chuckled slightly before it turned in to a coughing fit, her body lurched forward as she grabbed on to her side. I stood awkwardly at her side deciding what to do, as I was about to call for the nurse her coughing started to subside until she finally lay back down on the hospital bed.
"You okay?"
Her reply was a thumbs up and the most fake smile plastered on her face.
"Okay smart ass, I'll leave now then and here I was thinking that I would be kind enough to be your bedside nurse but you just lost out on that one"
And there's that Lopez smile.
"Shame, I'm pretty sure you'd look pretty hot in a nurses outfit!"
What a horndog. But yet she still managed to make me blush in her current state.
"You know you really scared me Santana, the phone call, blanking out on me, finding you, the wait in the hospital, you just really scared me. The thought of losing you San…"
She reached her right hand forward and grabbed onto mine.
"Don't then. Don't think about it, 'cause look, I'm right here. Maybe not all in one piece but I'm here… in pieces"
"San it's not funny okay, when I found you lying on the ground unconscious, it was awful, I do not want to do that anytime soon! San I need to know, what happened? Who did this to you?"
She closed her eyes and sighed loudly.
"Quinn… I… I have to tell you something…"
This is when her dad decided to impeccable timing.
"Mija! I got here as soon as I heard, oh my baby girl, who could have done such a thing?"
I watched as he scrambled round to the opposite side of Santana's bed. He raised his hand to the side of her face and she flinched? I furrowed my brow and sat up straight taking in the conversation which was now in Spanish, great! If Mr Schue hadn't been such a crap ass teacher I might be able to understand some of this but no.
I watched as it was mostly her dad doing the speaking and Santana just nodding but then she started crying, why the fuck is she crying?
I reached my hand forward and took hers in mine, intertwining our fingers, trying to get her attention away from her dad. She didn't look my way but she squeezed my hand tighter, she was shaking like really shaking and this worried me.
I was taking out of my thoughts by Santana's dad.
"You should go."
Wait.. I'm sorry what? I saw him look between our linked hands and my face.
"I think you should leave Miss Fabray."
I didn't move a muscle and I certainly didn't move my hand away from Santana's.
"I think that's Santana's decision Mr Lopez!"
If I could I would have crossed my arms over my chest but my left one was currently engaged in something more important.
Santana stayed quiet throughout the conversation, her hand was still closely clasped around mine and her body was still shaking.
"You are clearly making her feel uncomfortable, so if you could remove your hand and leave!"
Uncomfortable? Right that's it.
"Dad no."
It was quiet but we both heard her. I made eye contact with Santana as she did with me, her eyes were pleading with me to stay with her.
"I'm sorry Mr Lopez but Santana was absolutely fine until you arrived so I think you should be leaving"
I emphasised my point by pointing my index finger at Javier.
"And no I will definitely not me removing my hand from your daughters"
I even added a smirk.
He walked round the side of Santana's bed and slowly walked towards me.
"A young lady should not be speaking to her elders in such away, especially not a Christian girl like you. What would Mr. and Mrs. Fabray have to say about it. I'm sure Russel would be rather disappointed."
He reached my side of the bed and with every step he took Santana's hand got tighter and tighter around mine. He came to a stop right in front of me, this was getting a little too uncomfortable.
He grabbed out to my arm and pulled it away from Santana's grasp. I let out a cry of pain at the sudden, forceful movement that he had caused.
"Quinn!"
As he pulled me from my seat and away from Santana, I watched as she sat up from her position in bed, letting out her own gasp of pain whilst clutching on to her side. Her legs swung out from under the covers as she made an attempt to stand but her body was weak and she collapsed to the floor.
"Santana!"
I pulled as hard as I could to get out of his hold to get to her but I couldn't, he was too strong. Santana lay on the floor holding onto her side, sobbing in pain and fear. I hadn't noticed my own tears until they were clouding my vision of the brunette curled up on the floor.
The door to the room slammed open to reveal a security guard and Doctor Gerrard. Javier released his grip from me the minute the door opened allowing me the opportunity to get to Santana.
"What the hell is going on in here?"
I knelt down to Santana, ignoring Dr. Gerrard's question.
"San? San honey are you okay?"
She didn't say anything and only gripped onto my shirt as I pulled her up to my body.
"Dr. Please do something for god sake!"
I looked up to Dr. Gerrard with pleading eyes as she tried to decipher what had just gone down in this room.
She left the security guard speaking with Santana's dad as she knelt down to Santana.
"Santana we need to get you back up on to your bed. You've ripped your I.V drip out and we really need to get that back in for you okay. You think you can let Quinn and myself do that?"
I watched as Dr. Gerrard spoke so calmly, I was still a wreck after what had happened. Santana nodded against my body indicating for us to help her back in to her bed. With the help from the two of us and a little from Santana herself we got her back in relatively quickly. I pulled her bed sheet back up under her chin to try stop her from shivering. I felt an arm gently touch mine.
"Quinn, what happened to your arm?"
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Thank god she said that quietly.
"Em nothing, must have just been cheerleading practice or something."
I went back to fussing over Santana but she stopped me again.
"Quinn, what happened?"
She said it a little more forcefully this time but still quiet enough for just me to hear it. I didn't say anything, I merely looked behind me and towards the door to where Mr Lopez and the security guard were standing. I took my attention back to Santana not wanting to answer any more question.
"Miss Fabray, under Dr. Lopez's instructions he no longer wants you to be able to visit Miss Lopez"
My back was facing him as he said it, I didn't want to hear him.
"No. He can't"
That wasn't me, that was Santana. I held onto her hand, I cant leave her, I wont.
"I'm sorry Miss but if you don't leave now I will have to remove you myself."
I kept looking at Santana and she did the same to me, we were both shaking our heads.
"That will not be happening Sir. Miss Fabray will be coming to my office with myself as I have a few more questions for her."
I looked to Dr. Gerrard, she knew exactly what I was thinking but I suppose he was saving my ass from getting thrown out the hospital.
"And I advise that Miss Lopez here has no visitor's for the rest of the day and yes that does mean yourself Dr. Lopez"
I'm starting to like her a little more now.
"You cant be serious she is my daughter, you cant stop me from seeing her!"
He stepped towards myself and Dr. Gerrard but Mr Security guard stepped in front of us to stop him.
"I'm sorry Sir but Dr. Gerrard has the final say on this, I will be guarding this room for the rest of the night, you should go home and rest and come back in the morning when we are all calmed down."
And I'm starting to like him a bit more too.
Mr Lopez didn't even respond, he spun in his heal and left Santana's room without even saying a word to his daughter.
"I'm sorry Miss but you'll have to leave too, I'll be waiting outside."
I nodded and turned back to Santana, Dr. Gerrard was at her side checking her drip and her monitor.
"She's fine before you ask just extremely tired, she needs her rest Quinn and so do you but first you should come to my office I need to know what happened here."
"Yeah sure, I'll just say goodbye to S."
I looked back down to Santana, as her eyes were lazily opening and shutting, to be honest with you I don't know how much of the altercation she had seen and heard cause she seems pretty out of it. I knelt down to her ear in hope that she would hear me.
"Hey S, im gonna leave you to get some rest now but I'll be back to see you as soon as I can. I love you Santana. Sweet dreams."
I kissed her lightly on the cheek before following Dr Gerrard out of the room. I took one last glance at her before the door was shut behind me and the security guard positioned himself in front of the door.
What the hell just happened?
Sooooooooooooo after a long wait I eventually wrote something! I was too bust reading all the amazing Quinntana fics for Quinntana week to update anything! I hope yous enjoyed and are still reading!
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