Prompt: Some Glee characters reactions to Finn's (Cory's death)
Words: It doesnt matter
Characters: Rachel, Noah, Kurt, and Santana
I'm sorry, Cory. We love you. We'll take care of Lea.
Rachel Berry
She had been asleep when the call had come. When she woke up later that morning, her phone was full of texts, voicemails, and missed calls. She furrowed her eyebrows, starting with the texts.
From Kurt: Rach, I'm so sorry
From Q: You're in my prayers, B.
From San: Do you want me to come home?
From Noah: Hey babe, call me.
From Finn: Whats a sharknado?
From Finn: Oh. ITS A SHARK TORNADO.
A sick feeling rose in her stomach. She then checked her voicemail.
From Kurt: Hey Rach. I guess you're still asleep, call me, okay?
From Q: B, please call me back.
From San: Berry, I'm worried. Call me or something!
From Noah: Princess, why aren't you answering? Blaines freaking out.
From Lima Hospital: Ms. Rachel Berry, we are calling in regards to Finn Hudson. He was found in his room at his parents residence dead. We do not know the cause of death. We're very sorry for your loss.
Rachel dropped her phone, covering her mouth with both hands, tears falling. This couldn't be happening, she was dreaming. Right? She pinched herself and winced. It wasn't a dream. Her ex-fiancee was gone. The love of her life would never hold her again.
She sank to the ground and let sobs fly through her body. They were so stong they threw her forward, and she cried until she no longer could. When she could no longer cry, she was forced to run to the bathroom and hurl until it was painful dry heaves.
Rachel pulled herself off the cold tile and dragged herself back to her bed, shoving the covers out of the way, crawling in, then tucking the covers back over her head, making a fort. She slept like that, crying everytime she woke up, until Santana came home and crawled into the bed next to her, pulling her best friend to her chest and rubbing her back.
Kurt Hummel
Kurt had slept at the Vogue office last night, it was a staff sleepover. At 5 in the morning, his phone had vibrated, and when he was out of earshot, he cautiously answered the phone number with a Lima area code,"Kurt Hummel speaking, may I ask who this is?"
"Kurt Hummel, we call baring tradegy." Kurt's breath stopped, hoping it wasn't Blaine, for his sake, Brittany, for Santana's sake, or Finn or Puck, both for Rachel's sake.
"What are you talking about?"
"Finn Hudson has been pronounced dead." Kurt rose a shaky hand to his mouth, tears starting to fall. "Mr. Hummel?"
"I'm here, I'm here. Do you know the cause of death?"
"We're uncertain. We've called all of his contacts, but we couldn't get hold of one Rachel Berry. Will you tell her for us?"
"Of course. Thank you."
"We're very sorry for your loss." The beep and dead tone on the other end signaled him that the young man had hung up. He pulled the phone from his ear, and slumped against the wall, shaking his head. He knew he had to call his best friend.
"Hey Rach, I guess you're still asleep, call me, okay?" He then shot a text to her. "Rach, I'm so sorry."
There was one final person he needed to call. He slowly scrolled down his contacts to the P's, then gently tapped the name. "Answerrr, come on."
"What do you want, Beyonce?"
"Have you heard?"
A long pause came from the other end,"Yeah, I hung up with them a minute ago. You think Berry knows yet?"
Despite the circumstances, Kurt smiled at the mohawked boys care for the tiny diva. "They told me they couldn't get ahold of her, I guess she's asleep."
"Where are you?"
"At work, we were having a sleepover."
"Where's Satan?"
"At the bar, working."
Kurt winced at the growl on the other end, preparing to be lashed out at,"So Rachel's alone?!"
"I was going to have Santana try to get off work-"
"I can't believe you, Kurt! She's gonna wake up, and find out, and no one's gonna be there! What were you thinking?!"
Kurt frowned, how dare that Neanderthal blame this on him! "Well, Noah, if I had known my brother was going to die this morning, I wouldn't have came here! But I didn't know, and you didn't know, no one knew."
Puck took in a sharp breath,"I know. I'm just worried."
"I'll take care of her, Puck. You can text her if you want."
"Sure, later Hummel." Kurt pocketed his phone after texting San and telling her to get home. He quickly scribbled out a note for the group to notify him there was family issues. His little Rachel would need all the cuddling she could get.
