Hey guys, I wrote this as quick as I could, work kept getting in the way, I hope I don't let you down with it. I hope you all liked or well I dunno if you could like the last chapter but hey ho.

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I do NOT own glee, I only own this storyline and the mistakes that are in it, which I apologise for now.

Brittany walked in slowly her eyes focused on her little diva, Santana and Quinn follow in silently both not moving their eyes from the small brunette. The little diva looked tiny in the bed and so pale, tubes we all over her body and there was a melodic heart beat on the machine and the drip hung up next to her. They could see a slight bulge where the small girl's stomach is. Brittany took a seat on Rachel's right hand side taking the hand and entwining their fingers leaning her head against the pillow and looking at their hands like in the ambulance. Santana took up Rachel's left hand side and held her hand. Quinn sat next to Santana and just stared at the bed her hand resting just before Rachel's leg but she's not touching it.

The girls never left the brunettes side, the rest of the members that could cope with seeing Rachel, came to see her, they could only stay ten minutes without out crying and having to leave the room. Shelby came in and took the seat next to Brittany, the girls never said a word to anyone, not even each other, they only offered silent support but couldn't manage anything else.

Rachel's site came into focus the bright light hurting her eyes, she closed them quickly and opened them again, it took her a few attempts until her eyes were okay. She looked around the room, it was white and the lights were bright.

'fuck Britt's gonna murder me if I'm dead' She looked around again and started noticing more things, she used her hands to tuck her hair behind her ears and moved to sit up to get a better look around. There was a consistent beep that was starting to get on her nerves, she located it only to find out that it was the machine to keep an eye on your heart beat, she's not sure what they're called, she's going to have to find out later. She carries on looking around and sees chairs surround her, one has a bag onit, she can see a candy bar wrapper sticking out of it and smiles because that's Brittany's favourite candy. She bends down to have a closer look and realises she's standing now, she raises an eyebrow, surely she shouldn't be doing that. She turns around and comes face to face with a bed, she walks towards it slowly and sees that someone is in it, she reaches her hand out to touch them, to wake them so she could ask what was going on, but then she sees the face of the person in the bed, the girl in the bed, the girl with brown hair in the bed, the petite girl with brown hair and is sleeping in the bed, and then she gasps because that petite girl sleeping in the bed is her.

She looks down at herself holding her hands up for inspection, then sliding them down her body, her eyes are wide and her breath short, she realises that the breathing isn't affecting her, it's just a habit. She looks around again and realises that the chairs aren't empty, they have people occupying them, her eyes are adjusting quickly to the light now and she soon realises who these people are. First she see Santana, she's staring at their hands which are joined together, she's squeezing tight and her face is screwed up and tears have welled up and fallen from her normally dry eyes. Then she sees Shelby, her mom, she's got a hand on Rachel's leg her thumb rubbing her shin methodically, her mom's eye's are looking off into the distance but yet is still staring at Rachel's peaceful face. Brittany's next to her mom, she has her head next to Rachel's on the pillow, she looks to be mumbling to herself, she's staring intently at their entwined fingers. Then Rachel sees Quinn, she doesn't expect what she sees though, Quinn isn't touching her, her hand is a few inches from her leg, her eyes are full of emotion, pain, hatred and most importantly, guilt and self loathing.

Rachel realises Quinn blames herself for this, blames herself for what Jacob did, Rachel goes to talk to her but realises she was never going to get through anyway. She continues looking at the four a never ending cycle as she goes from one face to another and yet neither of them move, like they are frozen there, as if they were statues. Then she realises something has changed, the consistent beep, it was slowing down, she turned to look at the machine and realised the lines weren't where they were meant to be, they were getting smaller, Rachel looked to her body and at her chest, it was barely rising and falling. Then there it was that one long continues beep, she was flat lining.

Santana's head shot up hearing the noise, her eyes snapped to the machine.

'No! No, no, no, no, no, NO!' She shouted tears coming into her eyes, Rachel's eyes welled up at the scene, Brittany's and Quinn's head snapped up and their eyes were glued to the machine, they couldn't do anything else, they couldn't help. Doctors came running into the room with nurses who started pulling the three girls and Shelby out of the room, Santana struggled all the way shouting abuse at the nurses and pleading with Rachel not to leave her.

Rachel was looking from her girls, to her body and then to the doctors, two nurses wheeled in a defibulater, the doctors rip off Rachel's gown, Rachel cringed and looked away for a moment when she saw her body on display to the doctors, and the bandage that her blood had started to seep through. She looked back, they had placed the pads they needed on her body and were rubbing the others together.

One of the doctors shouted charge, there was a weird noise for a second and then the metal hit the pads on her and her body jumped. Rachel stood there and a painful shock went through, she gritted her teeth in determination as she watched, willing for herself to just get back in the body and live.

'Charge!' the doctor shouted again, rubbing the pads together again for a few seconds before bringing them down to meet her body. Rachel's hand touched her body's hand as the shock went through, she gasped at the higher voltage. 'One more time come on, charge!' he brought the pads down on her again and her body arched, she felt the same pain shoot through her as she held her bodies hand but nothing. 'We're going to have to call it' the doctor said, sorrow in his eyes.

'NO!' was screamed from the door Rachel looked up to see Santana stood there, a nurse was trying to push her out but Santana had a firm grip on the wall. 'NO! Come on Rachel, your not meant to leave us yet, your meant to graduate, we're meant to move to New York and your gonna be a big star, we'll get married and have a kid each, we'll be a happy family, you are not leaving us' the Latina sobs out. Rachel watches with sad eyes as one of the girls she loves brakes down. Then she grits her teeth and looks at her body, glaring at it, a determined look enters her eye again as she jumps on the bed and crawls so she's on top of the body. She closes her eyes and will herself to go back in.

'Come on they need me, they need me to stay alive for them, and I need them, I am not giving up, I will live' and then everything's dark again.

All the doctors turn to look at the heart monitor as they hear a faint beep. They watch it closely and then it comes again. 'She's back!' the one that had done the shocking shouts, Santana runs in straight away and grabs the hand she was holding, kissing it and then Rachel's forehead and brushing her fingers through Rachel's hair.

'That's it, That's my girl, fight for us Rachel, please, we need you here, me, Britt and Quinn, we need you more than anything, I don't think we'll be able to survive without you in our lives, mi estrella'

Brittany and Quinn run in after her, quickly followed by Shelby, Brittany grabs Rachel's hand again and leans her chin on Rachel's pillow.

'You keep your promise Rachel, you need to keep it, do you understand, you need to come back to us, I need you to come back to me, I still need to learn so much, and the person to teach me is you Rachel, I love you so much it's unreal, Santana and Quinn do to, so does the whole glee club, we all need you in some way, you're the captain of glee club, they need their leader, you're our true love and we need you forever, and one day when we have our children, they will need a person to call mommy, and that person is you Rachel. Your our shining star Rae, you cannot leave us.'

Quinn sits back down in her chair and this time does place her hand on Rachel's leg, instead of speaking she thinks to herself:

Please, Rachel, please, please don't leave us, I wouldn't be able to cope without you, I wouldn't be able to live without you there to guide me, we all need you here to guide us Rachel, every single one of us, I love you Rachel, so much it hurts sometimes, I am so sorry I got you put here, this is all my fault, just please make it back to us Rachie.

The girls settled down in their seats again and stayed silent. Shelby went to get everyone food, so their strength was up, the girls never even looked at her in response.

Four days went by, they had, had a few scares but nothing as serious as the first day. Brittany never left Rachel's side her hand stayed in Rachel's even when she ate, she slept with her head next to Rachel's and whispered to her every night telling her how much she loved her, how much Rachel meant to her, how much they all needed her.

Quinn and Santana had only left once, that was to get clothes and food that would keep so that they could eat, and to tell their parents what had happened.

The glee club visited often, Noah being one that was there ever day no matter what; he even brought his guitar a couple of times and sang a couple of songs for her, knowing his little Jew sister would love it.

Shelby had, had to go so that she could make sure everything was sorted with Beth, she stayed one night but couldn't stay the rest, so made sure to come and visit when she could and stay as long as possible.

Santana was holding Rachel's hand and her arm was on the bed her head leant against it. Brittany was in her normal position with her head on the pillow her eyes focused on their hands. Quinn was staring at Rachel's face and her hand was a few inches from her leg again, the door creaked open and in stepped Noah, Mercedes and Kurt. Quinn moved to look at them, Santana didn't move having fallen asleep and Brittany's eyes only flickered to them for a second and then back to her hands.

'Hey has there been any improvements?' Kurt asked.

'Not yet no, but she's hanging in there for us at least' Quinn said, she was the only one that would speak to anyone, but she was also the one with the least emotional eyes.

Brittany head jolted up so fast everyone thought she might have given herself whiplash, they were also stunned she'd moved from position. Quinn looked at her with concern, even though Britt couldn't see because her eyes were still on their entwined hands.

'Britts you okay?' Quinn asked. Brittany deflated and nodded placing her head back down on the pillow next to Rachel's head. Santana woke up five minutes later to see everyone chatting, Puck had brought his guitar with him this time, Santana sat up a little but kept her hand in Rachel's.

Puck began his version of sex on fire, everyone just listened to him as he played and sang his way through the song, once he had finished Kurt and Mercedes clapped.

'You know I always wondered why you never went for leading man' a croaky voice interrupted the comfortable silence they found themselves in. Everyone's head and eyes snapped to Rachel, her eyes were still closed but she had a small smile on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and sighed 'please let me be alive this time' she mumbled to herself she cleared her throat and looked around at everyone. Brittany's head had snapped up again and she was staring at Rachel with love, happiness, worry and concern.

Rachel smiled at everyone before yawning, Santana flung herself onto Rachel who yelped in pain when she did it, she hugged back anyway.

'Well at least I know it's real' Rachel mumbled under her breath and chuckled softly. Santana quickly got off of her with an apologetic face Rachel waved it off with a smile. She turned to Brittany and held her arms open. The blonde quickly climbed into them smiling.

'You kept your promise' she whispered, Rachel smiled and pulled away raising an eyebrow Brittany continued. 'You said you would see us soon, I took it as a promise and you kept it like you always do'

Rachel chuckled and faced everyone getting comfortable in the bed again, Brittany sat next to her, it was a squeeze but they managed to do it. Quinn was staring at her with tears in her eyes and a smile in place, her eyes showing emotion clearly now, happiness, love, adoration but there was also sorrow, pain and guilt. Rachel smiled at her and knew that they needed to talk.

'I better go let the docs know you awake' Puck said Rachel nodded and knew he was probably using that as an excuse to get out of the room before anyone saw his tears. Mercedes squealed and patted her legs in happiness.

'I am so glad you're awake Rach, you gave us all a big scare... a few times' Mercedes said lightly and playfully. Kurt was busy texting what, Rachel presumed, to be the rest of the club to let them know she was awake.

'Yeah... sorry about that' Rachel smiled.

'Well Rach your the talk of the town now, everyone knows about you, you're the towns hero, maybe not the way you wanted to become famous but hey ho, apparently it's all over the place in America and i swear i heard rumours of the UK knowing to.' Kurt said although he started to go off into his own thoughts at the end. Rachel just watched with a raised eyebrow and amused expression.

A few minutes later a doctor walked in, Puck following behind with slightly red eyes. 'Well Miss Berry its lovely to see you awake' he said with a gentle smile, she smiled back. Brittany had to get off the bed so that they could do the required tests. She sat there with a pout the whole time, which the whole room found amusing. 'You seem perfectly healthy, no brain damage from lack of oxygen. We called your mother to let her know you're awake and she said she would be here as soon as possible.'

'Thanks I think I should warn you, the rooms is about to get rather busy' Rachel said her amused smile still in place and happiness glowing from her eyes. The doctor smiled and nodded.

'I assure you Miss Berry that is perfectly fine, especially for our hero' he left then with a gentle smile, Rachel sighed and smiled back, turning back to look at her friends, she stopped though and moved to look at Quinn, she hadn't moved since she had woken up, hadn't even really greeted her and Rachel could see why just by looking at her.

She cleared her throat and looked at everyone 'Hey guys I'm sorry but do you mind if i speak to Quinn a sec?' She asked with an apologetic look on her face.

'Trying to be subtle about getting rid of us Berry, love ya to' Puck said with a wink, everyone chuckled and got up, leaving Quinn sat down, and they exited the room. Brittany gave one last look back at Rachel before leaving, Rachel smiled at her reassuring her she would still be her when she got back.

Rachel turned to Quinn, who avoided eye contact with her, and was once again staring at her leg. Rachel sighed watching Quinn with a slight smile.

'Quinn, look at me?' she asked but didn't get a response, 'Quinn' she tried again but Quinn just shifted uncomfortable and carried on looking at her leg. 'Please Quinn will you look at me.' That's what got her response, Quinn's head moved and she locked eyes with Rachel who smiled at her.

'It wasn't your fault Quinn, you know that right?'

Quinn took a breath in. 'Yeah it was my fault. If it hadn't been me, you wouldn't have run and got me out of the way. If i had made you promise to stay behind me, you wouldn't have gotten shot'

'Quinn...'

'I mean he was after me and yet you came and saved me got me out of the school and then got hurt yourself'

'Quinn..'

'And then I couldn't even do anything about it, I couldn't even help you, I was the one that caused him to be like that, because of the way I have treated people, I know I shouldn't have left you.'

'Quinn.'

'I mean I did, didn't I, I had to listen to you, so I ran, I didn't even look back to make sure you were behind me, I left you behind and you got shot, you're in here because of me.'

'QUINN!' Rachel shouted and Quinn finally closed her mouth and listened. 'Thank you.' Rachel said with a soft smile. She looked at Quinn and shook her head amused, before turning serious.

'Quinn, none of this was your fault, I wouldn't change any of what happened for anything, you left because i told you to, I also told you to not look back and you listened then to, I told you I was going to be behind you and you listened to me, me being in here is not your fault, it was Jacob's'

'Yeah but if I hadn't left you behind you wouldn't have gotten shot.'

Rachel sighed and looked away from hazel orbs and then back again.

'That's not true.' She explained softly, Quinn had to lean in to hear her.

'What do you mean it's not true, you weren't shot before I left you' Quinn says watching Rachel intently, Rachel closes her eyes and winces before opening them and reconnecting her eyes with Quinn, understanding flooded Quinn's face. 'You were shot, when i asked you okay and you just nodded, you were hurt, you got me to leave because you were already hurt, you didn't want me to get hurt as well'

Rachel nodded. 'I got shot when I ran in front of you and pulled you into the classroom, I couldn't tell you I as hurt because you would have stayed, I wasn't going to put you in danger, I love you to much to do that, I got you to leave, tricked you really, so that you would be safe and away from the danger, once you left I put the handcuffs that I had managed to grab from a police officer through the pipe from the radiator, once I did that i went out to meet Jacob. I made a deal with him, said that if he emptied his gun out, he could take my virginity, because i didn't want to die one'

'The three gunshots, that's what we heard... wait you aren't a virgin' Quinn says

'Yeah but Jacob didn't know that' Rachel smiled but it was gone once she started thinking about the next bit. 'I lured him into the classroom and got him sitting down in front of the pipe, I had to straddle his waist' She saw Quinn cringe at the thought, she cringed as well 'I pretended to lean in as if I was going to kiss him, while i did that i managed to get his wrist cuffed, I slid off him and that's when I called Britt' Rachel finished she looked at Quinn who's mind was racing. 'Never think any of this was your fault Quinn, because it wasn't and never has been, it was Jacob's fault for being stupid enough to think he could do it.' Rachel said with a gentle and reassuring smile on her face. Quinn smiled back happier now, the guilt and self-loathing had faded in her eyes, there may have been a little left but Rachel knew she could work it out of her girl. 'Now do I get my welcome back hug from you?' Rachel asked with a cheeky grin.

Quinn laughed and slid into the bed Rachel was in wrapping her arms around the petite girl and just soaking in the feeling of holding her once more. After about five minutes the door flung open and Brittany came in followed by a few apologetic it faces.

'Sorry she wouldn't wait any longer, she wanted to see you again.' Mercedes explained as Brittany smiled at Rachel, with minimal apologetic eyes. Rachel chuckled and held her hand out for Brittany to take as she sat down, It looked like Quinn wasn't going to let go of Rachel yet. Santana took the other side of the bed her hand going to Rachel's leg so she could at least touch the girl, she smiled at her girls all there for each other again.

Thanks for reading guys I hope I didn't let you guys down, I don't know whether I should continue this story or not, I'm going to let you decide. I had a few ideas, like Rachel getting out of hospital and coping with everyone knowing who she is, I also thought about having someone from New York wanting to come and interview her and follow her around the school for a day, and how students react when she comes back to school. But again I want you guys to chose whether i continue, or make those ideas into a sequel or just leave it as is.

I want to say a big thanks to EVERYONE who read this story just in case this is the end.

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