Details, details…
Everyone heard Will's car pull into the hospital parking lot.
"Okay, he's here! Everyone ready?" one of Rachel's Dads asked.
Everyone nodded and put on sad faces. The plan was that when Will came in, everyone would look and act sad so he'd possibly fear the worst had happened, but they wouldn't directly tell him why they called him to the hospital. He would go into Rachel's room where she's pretending to still be in a coma, and then she'd wake up and surprise him. The other Dad went to Rachel's room.
"He's here, pumpkin. Are you ready?"
Rachel nodded and closed her eyes. Just as her Dad got back into the waiting room, Will burst in panting.
"What's happening?" he screamed.
Everyone just looked at him sadly.
"Santana, what's going on?"
Santana shrugged. "I don't know, her Dads just called us all here."
He turned to her Dads. "Is she okay?"
One dad shrugged. "We heard a long, loud beep coming from her room and the doctor ran in and locked the door on us. We're just waiting to see what happened."
Suddenly, like a flash of lightening, a hundred doctors and nurses started screaming and yelling, grabbing a stretcher and that device they use to shock peoples' hearts (anyone know what it's called?) They all started running, coincidentally toward the hallway where Rachel's room was.
He felt his heart stop. Where they running to her room? Was it all over? He tried to take off running to the room but her Dads held him back.
"NO! NO! SHE'S NOT DEAD! RACHEL!" he screamed.
He broke free from their grasp and took off for the room. When get got there, he saw that all the commotion was for the patient in the room next to hers so he breathed a sigh of relief. He opened the door and grabbed his usual chair.
"Hey, angel. Whew, I thought all that commotion was for you, but it was for the patient next door, what a relief! I wonder why your Dads called me over here at twelve in the morning, they made me think you were dying or something!"
He took her hand and kissed it. "I had a nightmare about you, Rach. You were telling me that you didn't have much time left and that I should let you go. Then when the clock striked midnight, you started to fade away."
He kissed her cheek.
"I could never ever let you go, Rach. Emma can put me in jail for all I care, but as long as I still have you, I'll take whateverlife throws at me. I love you so much, Rachel. Please wake up soon."
Then, as if by magic, Rachel's eyes fluttered open. She smiled and screamed "SURPRISE!"
Will was scared at first. Was this all real? Was his darling sweetheart REALLY alive after being in a coma for two weeks? He reached out and put his hand on her cheek. Yup, it's real!
"Oh, my God!" he exclaimed. He jumped up and yelled toward the door. "HEY EVERYONE, COME QUICK! RACHEL'S AWAKE! SHE'S AW-"
She cut him off by sitting up and putting her hand over his mouth.
"Not so loud, Will! They already know I'm awake, I woke up yesterday but I wanted to surprise you."
His eyes started to water with tears of joy.
"Will, I've just awakened from being in a coma for two weeks and you can't say anything to me other than screaming out the door?"
He tackled her onto the bed, laughing. "I thought I lost you." He whispered in her ear.
She wrapped her arms around his neck. "You could never lose me."
Everyone walked in smiling. "Surprise!"
Will sat up on the bed grinning. "You guys knew about this!"
Sam chuckled. "Totally, and it was really fun!"
"Wait, what time is it?" Mike asked.
One of Rachel's Dads looked at his watch. "Oh crap, it's almost one in the morning! You guys have school in a couple of hours! Do you want to head home, we understand."
Brittany grinned. "Go home, right after Rachel wakes up from a coma? No way!"
"Well, it's getting pretty late, but we can come back to visit Rachel later today. I'm sure Principal Figgins won't mind." Tina said.
Finn pouted. "Go home? But I'm not tired!"
Suddenly everyone let out a huge yawn.
Rachel laughed. "Not tired, huh? Really, you all should get some rest."
"Okay, babe. We'll see you later." Mercedes said, giving her a hug.
Everyone else gave her a hug, bid her good-night and exited the room until it was just her Dads and Will left. Rachel looked at Will.
"Will, do you also want to go home? This has been a lot to process, I'm sure."
Will grinned. "No way! It's a fine feeling to see my sweetheart awake after talking to her while she's in a coma for two weeks! No, I'm staying right here with you and there's not a force in the world that will stop that!"
Rachel smiled and hugged him. One of her Dads spoke up.
"Sweetie, Daddy and I are going home for the night. I'm sure you have lots of catching up to do. Will you be okay?"
Rachel held Will close to her. "Yes, I will, Daddy. Especially now that I have my brave Will Shuester with me!"
Her Dads smiled and left. Will climbed into the blankets and wrapped arms around her. She leaned against him and sighed.
"You do not know how good this feels." She looked at him."I had a dream about you last night."
He smiled. "And what did I do in this dream?"
"Well, I was in a dark room, and suddenly you showed up and you were wearing a black leather vest and black jeans." She made a face.
He laughed. "I bet I looked pretty sexy, huh?"
Rachel shook her head. "Nah, not my style. Anyway, I asked what was going on but you had this mysterious smile on your face. Then Prince's "Kiss" started to play and we did this seductive tango."
Will chuckled. "I bet you liked that, didn't you?"
"Wait, I'm not finished. After you sang the last word, you pulled me into a fiery, passionate kiss but I didn't like it so I pushed you away and asked you not to act like that. Then you pulled me in and started to rock me. All of a sudden, I heard you're voice echoing, and…then…my dream ended. After I heard you leave, I woke up for my Dads but I told them that I wanted to surprise you."
Will nodded. "You know, if you stayed asleep longer, I wouldn't have been able to make it through the week. The whole time you were in a coma, I was depressed, sad, upset, you name it! Everyone tried to cheer me up, but I just couldn't. I was too worried. Emma even noticed but I convinced her that I was only concerned about you as a teacher would for his student and that if you died, the whole Glee Club would go crashing down."
Rachel kissed his cheek. "I'm sorry I worried you, all. Really."
He kissed her forehead. "It's okay, as long as you're safe now."
She looked at the clock. 2:12.
"Will, I'm sure we're both really tired so we should get some shut eye. Could you turn off the lamp, please?"
"Sure, sweetheart." He said as he reached over and turned off the light. Then he snuggled closer to her. "Goodnight, princess."
"Sleep tight, Will. I love you."
And they fell asleep.
The Next Day at School
Emma was pacing the teachers' lounge when suddenly Sue strolled in.
"Oh, Sue! Have you seen the kids from Glee and Will? I've just noticed that none of them showed up to school today!"
"Calm down, Pikachu." Sue said crossing her arms. "I guess you didn't hear, but Rachel has awakened from her coma. The kids and Shuester are visiting her and have alerted Figgins who alerted their teachers."
Emma's face fell. "Wait, Will's with them too?"
Sue looked annoyed. "Duh! Any teacher would be that concerned if his star pupil put the fate of the club in jeopardy!"
Emma tried to calm down. "Oh yes, yes, I understand. It's just that…"
Sue pretended to look concerned. "Something wrong, Pee-wee?"
"It's just that…ever since I broke Will and Rachel up, I expected that after a while he'd start falling for me again. Or at least to have them both miserable! But no, they're fine and normal, even without each other!"
Sue shrugged her shoulders. "I guess you're plan to woo Will backfired, eh?"
Emma glared at her. "What are you talking about, Sue? I'm not giving up!"
Sue eyed her suspiciously. "Look, it's obvious; no matter what you do, Will will never love you!"
Emma had enough. "I don't wanna hear it, Sue! Will will come around sooner or later, but I don't believe you!"
Later she went to the hospital to go visit Rachel. When she got there, she saw Will coming out of Rachel's room. He smiled when he saw her.
"Hey, Emma. Here to visit Rachel?"
She hesitated. "Well, actually before I do, I wanted to talk to you."
Will pretended to look concerned. "Um, sure. What is it?"
Emma sighed. "Well, you seemed pretty distant lately. I'm kind of worried…"
Will nodded. "I'm fine now. It's just shocking to know that my student is seriously hurt and I was concerned. "
Her eyes started to water. "You know I love you, Will. I always have and I always will."
He smiled and gave her a hug. He meant it as a friend-to-friend hug and she felt it. She wiped her eyes.
"Well, I guess I'll go visit Rachel."
He smiled. "Okay, I was going to take a coffee break. I've been here all day!"
She smiled and walked into the room. Rachel was sitting up in her bed reading a book, but she looked up and smiled.
"Miss Pillsbury, this is a nice surprise!"
Emma nodded. "Yes it is. May I sit down?"
Rachel nodded and pointed to a chair. Emma brushed it off and sat down.
"So, how are you feeling?"
Rachel shrugged. "Much better. My limbs and joints are a bit sore because I've been stuck here for a while, but other than that, I feel jolly good!"
Emma smiled nervously and shifted in her seat. "That's good to hear."
She decided to go for the kill. "So…as Will been here a lot? He's been really worried about you lately."
Rachel knew where she was going with this. "No, Mr. Shuester hasn't been a frequent visitor.I'm blad he's concerned about me, the Glee Club would be NOTHING without me."
Emma pursed her lips. "Yes, well, did you know that Will is in love with me now? In fact, we had sex the other night. The same night you had your heart attack!" She smiled.
Rachel picked up her book and continued to read it. "Interesting. I'm happy for the both of you."
Emma's eyes began to water again. She had nothing more to say so she stood up.
"Well, I'm glad you're feeling better. I'll see you when you get back to school."
Rachel smiled sweetly. "Good-bye, Miss Pillsbury. It was a pleasure to see you again."
Emma left the room with tears in her eyes. Will was standing outside the room when she came out wiping her eyes.
"Oh, hello Will. You're back. So I guess I'll see you back at school on Monday?"
Will shrugged. "Yeah, I guess." She left the hospital. He came into the room and she smiled when she saw him.
"How'd it go?" he asked.
Rachel bit her lip. "Nothing new. Acted all uninterested while she blurted out a bunch of yada yada. How was your coffee break?"
Will sat down on the bed and pulled out a Spanish book. "Ah, it was okay. But now we have to get to work."
Rachel pouted and Will chuckled. "Don't look at me like that! If you're gonna be here for a while, I don't want you falling behind so we might as well keep you caught up with the class."
She sighed in frustration and got to work.
The next day at school, Sue found Emma sobbing in the teachers' lounge.
"What's up, firecracker?"
"Sue, I don't know what to do! I can't take it anymore! Everything I do can't change how they feel about each other! I can't make Will love me again and I certainly can't make Rachel forget about him, but I just can't accept it!"
Sue crossed her arms and Emma continued. "I love Will dearly, I do, and I want him to be happy but ripping him away from the one thing that he truly loved only broke him! I'm so selfish and stubborn! What am I supposed to do?"
Sue felt sorry for her so she walked over and patted her on the back. "The first thing you can do is stop crying or we might as well build another SeaWorld right here in the teachers' lounge."
Emma sniffed and wiped away her tears. "Second," Sue continued. "think about how Will feels about this whole thing. How did he look when he was still with Rachel?"
Emma hesitated. "He was happy. In fact, I've never seen him so happy before."
Sue nodded. "And how did he feel when you forced them to break up?"
"Sad…he became distant and cold with me."
Sue nodded again. "Okay, now do you see? It's quite obvious. First you have to understand and accept the fact that Will has found someone that makes him happy. The second thing you need to do, I want you to really listen." Emma nodded. "You need to let go. If you want Will to be happy, you won't control him. You're not his Mom, you know. Will's a big boy who knows exactly what's best for him, and what's best is Rachel."
She stood up. "This has been a nice chat, but think about what I just said." She stood up and left.
Later that night after Emma went home, she paced around her house. Was Sue right? Was the only way for Will to be happy was to set him free? She looked at her reflection in a mirror. Her reflection looked sad, depressed and had a lot of emotions bottled up. She took a deep breath and sighed. She knew exactly what to do…
WHEW…I'M EXHAUSTED! Okay, so for the next chapters, I'm gonna do myself and you readers some justice and skip a year ahead to this very moment. So the next chapters will take place a year from now, the year that Rachel graduates. I'll explain later…