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Chapter 10: Hospital Part Two:

Santana. Hospital. Possible brain damage. Coma. Wake up. These were the thoughts going through Mrs Lopez's mind when she woke up to find she had fallen asleep in the hospital room her daughter was in, she looked about the room and released she was still holding her daughters hand and her husband was next to her snoring softly. She was trying to process what had happened yesterday, it all happened so fast. First trying to find Santana, going to Rachel's house, the call from the hospital, arriving at hospital, sitting in the waiting room, Dr Smith telling them Santana was in a coma and could have possible brain damage if she wakes up.

It was a lot for a person to think about. Her brain felt like it was going to burst with all the thoughts and questions running through her head. What happened before the car hit Santana? Where was she? Why did she run from Rachel's house?. Mrs Lopez remembered her conversation with Rachel. She had told her Santana ran because they were arguing about something but Rachel didn't say what it was about, however she did say Santana needed to talk to someone in her own time. What could it be that Santana needed to tell her? Mrs Lopez tried to rack her brain for the possible reasons. Is she pregnant? Is she on drugs? Is she in trouble with the police? Mrs Lopez sighed, she thought she and Santana had the type of relationship where if Santana had a problem she could talk to her about it, but maybe that wasn't the case. Was Santana scared of what she would say? Mrs Lopez didn't know but she would find out. She would talk to Rachel.

Blinding light clouded Rachel's vision as she slowly opened her eyes. Once her eyes and adjusted to the light she looked at her watch: it read 9:00 am. Oh damn I must have fallen asleep! Rachel thought. Her surroundings finally caught up with her and she realised why she was at the hospital. She decided to go for a walk to stretch for limbs as hospital chairs really aren't comfortable to sleep on. She looked at the various signs on the walls she finally found the one she was looking for and went to the hospitals cafe.

The cafe was quite big for a hospital of this size. It had a range of round tables scattered around the room, with blue chairs surrounding them, health posters hanging up on the unsurprisingly white walls and the counter to order food from was in the back corner of the room. Rachel walked up the food counter and looked at the menu to see what food they had, she was starving as she hadn't eaten much yesterday because she was worrying about Santana. Muffins, pancakes, toast and jam, cereal, bacon sandwiches and much more was on the breakfast menu. The diva was surprised at the range of food a hospital cafe could have, let's say she was expecting gloopy porridge and stale bread.

"Morning, what would you like?" A woman in her sixties with an apron, a hair net and a warm smile asked Rachel.

"A blueberry muffin and a strawberry and banana smoothie please" Rachel said as she got her money out from her pocket.

"That'll be $3.50" The woman named Rita said, Rachel noticed she had a name tag on, as Rachel gave her the money. "Have a good day!" Rita said as Rachel thanked her and made her way to a nearby table to sit and eat her breakfast.

While Rachel ate her delicious muffin and drank her smoothie she thought about Santana. Rachel didn't know what was wrong with Santana apart from the fact she had been hit by a car and she knew people didn't get sent to ICU for nothing. Whatever her injuries are they must be serious. She had stayed the night but nobody had told her what was happening. She understood that Mr and Mrs Lopez would be extremely upset so she didn't want to make more so by asking them even though Mr Lopez said she should stay to see what the doctors say. She had asked the person at the reception if she knew what was happening with her friend but the person just said something about 'patient confidentiality' and practically ushered her away. So she had tried to find out what was going on, but with no success.

Once Rachel had finished her breakfast she had decided she was going to try and find Santana. So she looked at the map of the hospital and saw that the intensive care unit was on the fourth floor. She walked towards the elevator, waited for the doors to open and pressed four. Rachel Berry was going to find out how Santana was doing.

"Morning" Mr Lopez had just woken up. He hadn't slept very well; he had several nightmares about Santana dying which weren't pleasant at all. He wiped away the sleep from his eyes and stretched him arms. "What time is it?"He asked his wife who was on the other side of the bed holding Santana's hand; she looked deep in thought so he asked her again. This time she came out of her thoughts and answered him.

"It's nearly ten. Did you want to go grab some breakfast?"Mrs Lopez asked. She had spent the last hour looking at her daughter, holding her hand and hoping she would wake up so they could talk.

"No. I'm not hungry" Mr Lopez was hungry, but he didn't want to leave Santana just in case anything happened. He wanted to be there if she woke up. He was scared and didn't want to leave his daughter in the cold hospital room alone.

"You need to eat. You need to be strong for her, we both do, which is why we are going to the cafe and getting something to eat" Mrs Lopez sounded unexpectedly strong, which was unusual for her especially compared to what she was like yesterday, the streams of tears. But she had to be strong as while her husband was sleeping she noticed he was thrashing bout and realised he was having nightmares. She had never seen her husband so vulnerable and it scared her but all the more reason to be strong. They had to be strong for Santana.

"You're right" Mr Lopez replied. He stood up, walked to the other side of the bed and gave his wife a hug. He knew she was right, they both had to be strong and not eating wouldn't help anyone. They both enjoyed the safety and comfort that came with the hug. They broke apart and before leaving room they each kissed their daughters forehead.

The hospital corridors were quiet with only the sound of machines to heard. The Lopez's walked to the elevator, pressed the button and waited for it come up. The lift dinged as the doors started to open. As the Lopez's walked into the lift they walked into another person trying to get out.

"Sorry" Mr Lopez exclaimed he wasn't looking where he was going too many thoughts were running around his head. He hadn't yet realised who the person they had bumped into was.

"It was my fault" Mrs Lopez wasn't paying attention to where she was walking either so she didn't see this girl. But when she spoke she knew it was Rachel. Rachel looked up at the two people who she walked into as was surprised to see Mr and Mrs Lopez.

"Rachel. Did you stay hear overnight?" Mrs Lopez asked the diva. Rachel simply nodded. They were still standing outside the elevator and were starting to get in the way as a few nurses were queuing behind them, probably thinking why they were blocking the entrance to the elevator.

"Why don't we go to cafe and we can talk there" Mr Lopez suggested. He had realised the people behind him starting to get annoyed, he figured they should probably move. The two women nodded and they entered the elevator along with the agitated nurses who were mumbling about how inconsiderate some people were in today's society.

Rachel lead the Lopez's to the cafe, where she had only been ten minutes ago. She sure had a lot of questions to ask them about Santana and she guessed they would have a lot of questions to ask her too. She thought Mrs Lopez might ask about what had happened before Santana ran out of the house, although she already had, but this time Rachel would have to give her more details.

Mrs Lopez thought this would be a good time to ask Rachel the questions she was thinking about earlier. As they approached the cafe she could smell the food, it smelt pretty good. Mrs Lopez followed Rachel and her husband into the cafe and towards the food counter.

"Hello again, back so soon, you must be hungry!"Rita joked. Rita had recognised Rachel and the brunette's cheeks turned a pale shade of pink. "Don't worry dear I'm only joking. I find the customers could use a happy person especially in a place such as this" Rita exclaimed as she gestured around indicating the hospital.

"Could I have a tea and a bacon sandwich please" Mr Lopez had a small smile on his face as he saw the blush on Rachel's cheeks and the comments the friendly woman made. He turned to look at his wife who was also smiling. Mr Lopez was happy that his wife looked happy, albeit only a little bit, but it was nice to see anyways. They both had shed a lot of tears yesterday and this morning it was a refreshing experience to smile.

"Certainly. What would you like ladies?" Rita asked as she prepared Mr Lopez's tea, put the bacon on the grill and spread the bread with butter.

"I'll have toast and a coffee please" Mrs Lopez replied. Rita turned the bacon, gave Mr Lopez his tea and put some bread in the toaster as she filled the coffee pot up.

"Do you want anything sweetie?" Rita asked Rachel who had turned bright red at the term of endearment. She didn't know why this woman kept making her blush, it was really embarrassing.

"I'll have another strawberry and banana smoothie please" Rachel said. Rita carried on with their orders before speaking.

"Take a seat I will bring it over to you" Rita smiled at the Lopez's and Rachel and got back to work as the others found a table.

There a few minutes awkward silence as the Lopez's contemplated on what to talk about and Rachel sat there quietly staring at the wall. They all had lots to ask each other but they didn't know how to ask what was in their heads. Luckily Rita had finished their orders and came over with a tray busting with food and drinks.

"Here you go my lovelies!" Rita placed down the tray and gave Mr Lopez his bacon sandwich and tea, Mrs Lopez's toast and coffee and Rachel's smoothie. They all smile at her.

"Thank you" All three said in unison. That broke the awkward silence and the broke out into laughter at their timed response. Rita walked back to the food counter, while the laughter died down.

"I understand if you don't want to talk about it or if you think it's none of my business but I was wondering how Santana was" Rachel blurted she had was the first one to speak and if she didn't say anything she was sure her brain would explode.

"Calm down Rachel, of course you would be worried about your friend and it is your business we can see you care about her"Mr Lopez said looking at Rachel in eyes, he didn't want her to feel like they didn't appreciate her being there. "Santana is in a coma. The doctor told us she might have brain damage but they can't be sure as she isn't awake" Mr Lopez saw the shocked look on Rachel's face and the few tears that were streaming down her face. He pulled her into a hug, which the diva gladly accepted.

Throughout the little conversation Mrs Lopez had been quiet. She didn't want to say Santana was in a coma out loud it was just too hard for her to do. She was thinking about the questions she wanted to ask Rachel and she didn't realise Mr Lopez had turned to her and was asking her a question.

"Did you want to go home and freshen up?" Mr Lopez asked his wife who was staring into space. He wanted to know what was going on in her mind but knew she would tell him when she wanted to. She didn't answer so he asked again and reached out to touch her arm. This got a reaction that he thought he would never have got from his wife.

"Don't touch me!" Mrs Lopez shouted causing several people to look at her with looks of shock, curiosity and confusion on their faces. She felt really angry. She just was trying to think and her husband kept asking her questions and she couldn't think everything got too much and she needed to get out of there. She just needed space to think. She ran out of the cafe leaving Mr Lopez and Rachel sitting paralysed with shock at her outburst.

"I need to find her" Mr Lopez stood up and was about to leave when he felt a hand round his wrist stopping him. He looked at Rachel with desperation in his eyes. He felt bad for making his wife sad but he didn't know why she reacted like that in the first place, he needed to talk to her and find out what was going on in that head of hers.

"Wait, I know you want to help her but I don't think she wants to talk to right now. I'll go" Rachel was stunned at the way Mrs Lopez acted but she could understand why she was upset. The dive thought she might be able to help her, she might tell her things that she might not want her husband to know, like how she was feeling and she would be a neutral set of ears.

"Okay"Mr Lopez said. He was sad but he thought that Rachel going instead of him might help the situation.

Mrs Lopez had run out of the hospital and was now sitting on a bench in one of the small gardens that were on the hospital grounds. She sat there letting the tears roll and letting all of her emotions out. Mrs Lopez started to hit the bench repeatedly trying to let all of her frustration and anger out. She knew her husband hadn't done anything wrong but with loads of pent up feelings, unanswered questions and billion thoughts going through her head she just snapped. She would have to apologize to him, but for now she couldn't go back inside she just needed some space to think.

Rachel walked out of the cafe and after asking the receptionist if they had seen anyone run past them she figured Mrs Lopez was outside. It was a chilly day; the wind had a bitter cold feel to it and light rain was starting. Rachel looked around the car park thinking she might have gone there but no such luck. She then decided to look in the hospital gardens. She saw a figure hunched over hitting the bench. It was Mrs Lopez.

"You need to stop" Rachel said calmly as she down next to Mrs Lopez and grabbed a hold of her wrists. Mrs Lopez stopped moving and looked up to find Rachel pulling her into a hug. Mrs Lopez let the tears stream down her face as she clung onto the younger girl. Rachel didn't expect Mrs Lopez to break down like this but she tried to sooth her the best she could.

After about ten minutes Mrs Lopez's breathing was back to normal and she wasn't crying anymore. She felt embarrassed that she had cried like that in front of Rachel, she was the adult she shouldn't be the one bawling her eyes out but under the circumstances she thought it was reasonable.

"Sorry about that and thank you"Mrs Lopez told Rachel. Rachel didn't look annoyed or angry with the way she had acted which was a good start.

"Why did you..." Rachel didn't know how to ask the older woman why she had shouted at her husband and run out of the cafe. But Mrs Lopez knew what she trying to say and smiled at her telling her it was okay to ask. "Why did you run out like that?" Rachel finished her question and looked at Mrs Lopez expectantly.

"I had a lot of things going through my mind and when he touched me it just set something off in me like a lighting a match it only takes one thing and it lights up..."Mrs Lopez rambled hoping that she was making sense. "Do you understand what I'm saying?" She asked, Rachel nodded.

"I do. If there is anything you want to talk about I'll be here to listen" Rachel wanted to make sure Mrs Lopez knew she could talk to her if she had any problems.

"Actually there are a few things I wanted to ask you" Mrs Lopez looked at Rachel and continued. "Before I got the call from the hospital you said you and Santana had an argument and she ran off..."Mrs Lopez paused trying to think of the rights words to say to Rachel. But Rachel chose to speak before she could carry on.

"I want you to understand that I feel really guilty for what happened to Santana. It was my fault that she got hit by that car, it was my fault she ran out of the house and it's my fault that she might die because I couldn't keep my stupid mouth shut" Rachel confessed. She honestly did feel like it was her fault all of those things had happened.

"It wasn't your fault Rachel. You weren't driving that car, that's what has done this to my daughter not you" Mrs Lopez stated. She was shocked that Rachel could think it was her fault Santana was in a coma, but she wanted to find out what that argument was about. "What did you argue about?" Mrs Lopez asked hoping she would get an answer from the younger girl.

"I was talking to Quinn about an argument that Santana and ..."Rachel knew Mrs Lopez wanted the truth but she wasn't going to tell her all what was said she knew Santana would talk to her in time. "... another girl had, Santana overheard me talking about it on the phone and she started to shout at me telling horrible things about me and I told her some equally horrible things and that was when she stormed out" Rachel looked at Mrs Lopez to try and gauge a reaction from her, she looked relieved.

"Thank god I thought she might be pregnant or on drugs!"Mrs Lopez said as she threw her arms up in relief. Rachel's only thought was if only she knew what was really going on.

Mr Lopez went back to Santana's room and sat down and held her hand. He told her stories of times when she was younger and they would go to the park, ride their bikes, and build sandcastles and other fun stuff. It helped him talk about these things to Santana even if she couldn't hear him. It helped take his mind of what happened earlier in the cafe.

It had been a few hours since his wife had run out of the cafe and he was starting to get worried. He decided to sleep for a little while. The nightmares returned which jolted him out of sleep. He was glad to see his wife in the chair next to him holding their daughters hand smiling at him.

After the conversation with Rachel Mrs Lopez's mind was put at rest she was glad that her thoughts weren't true but in the back of her mind she wondered that whatever the girl Rachel was talking about had said really upset Santana and she wondered what this girl could have said to Santana. She thanked Rachel and told her she could go home if she wanted to. Rachel left and Mrs Lopez went home to take a shower and make a few phone calls to reschedule some of her patient's appointments. She had the time to clear her head and then headed back to the hospital.

"I'm sorry about before"Mrs Lopez told her husband. He smiled at her and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Let's just forget about it and concentrate on Santana now" Mr Lopez said and Mrs Lopez nodded.

The Lopez's both held Santana's hand and after a few minutes they felt her one of her fingers move slightly. They both looked at each other with wide eyes and thought Is she waking up...