"What do you mean there is a problem?" David looked at one of his detectives not liking where this was going.
"You know how we have St. James for killing two hookers, along with four rapes? The problem is that we didn't get the evidence back from the lab for the killings." David sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose before speaking.
"Alright I'll call them and see what happened." He disappeared into his office while Munch continued to fill out some paperwork happy that the situation had been resolved. Not ten minutes later, David poked his head out of his office and barked at the squad room.
"Someone call Cabot and tell her to get her ass down here!"With that he slammed the door again as Olivia and Alex walked into the squad room with slightly wind-swept hair and matching lazy content grins on their faces. Elliot leaned back in his chair before hitting Finn Tutotula in his arm and holding out a palm.
"Pay up."
"Should've known better than to bet against you." Finn muttered as he handed two twenties into the man's palm.
"What can I say I know my partner." Elliot shrugged as he placed the money in his pocket as Munch shook his head at them.
"For shame. Betting on the fact that they may or may not have sex. They could have just been walking in the park." Alex looked mortified before burying her face into the crook of Oliva's neck.
"Stupid pigs." She muttered as Oliva chuckled stroking her hair.
"Well honey, Elliot was right though." The three men just felt their mind exploded as they felt their minds jump feet first into the gutter as David came back out.
"Good Alex you're here. I was just about to call you." The ADA raised an eyebrow and wondered what was going on.
"Is there something wrong?"
"The lab where we sent the evidence for the St. James trial has yet to receive it." Alex rubbed her temples feeling the headache growing.
"Call whoever you had delivering it. We have to turn over copies of the evidence we have in three days." Oliva planted a gentle kiss on top of her girlfriend's head.
"Now, baby, you relax and Elliot and I will handle it. Right Elliot?" The brunette cop glared at her partner, promising pain if he didn't help her fix this. He literally felt himself start to shrink under the glare as he just nodded.
"Alright we have to get to work baby." Alex slowly detangled herself from her girlfriend's body before planting on a small kiss on her cheek.
"I'll see you for dinner honey." With that the ADA strolled out of the room as all the male detectives shook their heads. How did the only two girls they worked with, who happened to be super fine, end up dating each other?
"Come on Elliot, I don't want to miss dinner." Oliva called as she walked out causing the male cop to hurry to catch up with her as they walked out the door.
Back at the hospital, Quinn felt herself slowly wake up and blinked the sleep out of her eyes. Looking down she noticed that the weight she felt across her chest was a sleeping Rachel who clung to her shirt. She played with her sister's hair trying to overcome the urge to cry and the bone crushing weariness that had plagued her soul since she found out this had happened.
"Q?" Slowly she turned her head towards the door and saw Santana leaning against the doorway.
"Yeah?" Quinn rasped back unable to move in fear of waking Rachel.
"We took care of Finn. He's gone from la familia and Glee. We need him to get to Nationals but after that, he's gone. Since we have Kara and Blaine we don't need to worry about recruiting anyone to replace him."
"Thanks San. I-"
"Save it Q. You guys are me hermanas and no loco bastard will messes with ya, compernde?" The Latina waited for the ex-Cheerio to nod before continuing, "Good. Your dads told me to get you so you can go home, take a shower, and spend some time with that little one of ours. She may love all her uncles and aunts, especially Aunty Santana but she misses her Mami." Quinn shook her head.
"I can't. Rach-"
"Superstar will be fine here. Look I'll take your spot and be there for her when she wakes up. Please Q, you gotta go home and take care of yourself. You'll be no good to anyone if you don't." Santana pleaded. Quinn shook her head again before violently whispering.
"I can't Santana! I left her alone with Jeese and-" She stopped talking to hold back the tears that had threaten to fall. She felt, rather than heard or see, Santana walk over to where she was and slowly began to un-pry the sleeping diva from her sister's arm. The Cheerio managed to untangle the two girl's without disturbing the diva before pulling Quinn onto her feet.
"Quinn, its not your fault. If we all could, we'd go back and stop it on the first day. But we can't. We have to move forward and help Rachel. That's what we do." Quinn just broke down as Santana embraced and comforted her. After ten minutes, the young mother finally stopped crying .
"Better?" Santana asked and got a nod. "Good, now get your white ass home before I kick it there. I promise if anything happens I'll call you. " Quinn just nods and hugs her friend again before heading out the door. Santana sighed running fingers through her hair, thankfully she left it out of a ponytail. Before she can think about anything else she hears the sounds of Rachel waking up. The tiny diva felt fear enter her heart as she awoke to an empty bed. She bolted upwards looking around for Quinn, panic attacking her with vicious delight.
"Rach, Rach!" A voice broke through her panic and found Santana sitting next to her on the bed, concern in her brown eyes.
"Santi?" A small smile of relief popped out on the Latina's face at the use of Rachel's nickname for her.
"Glad to see you can still hear me. Welcome back to the land of the living." Santana joked getting a smile out of Rachel before it vanished. She watched as the diva picked at the hospital sheets before speaking after a few minutes.
"Are you going to yell at me?"
"Rachel! I would never yell at you." The next words pierced the Cheerio's heart.
"Because its my fault." Santana gently grasped Rachel's hands before speaking.
"It is not your fault. You told him no, and he still did it. Plus you were trying to protect us. I'm just sorry we didn't see the signs." Rachel just nodded and smiled, pushing down what she was feeling.
"It's fine Santana I forgive you." The normally brash Latina noticed the subtle flicker of pain in the girl's face before it changed into the fake smile that had been taunting them for the past few months.
"Rach, stop. Please, just stop lying to us. It's okay to cry." Rachel felt the panic rise in her again as she shook her head.
"I'm fine."
"Bullshit Rachel. If you were fine, those bandages wouldn't be apart of your daily outfit. It's okay. We want to help you Rach, but you got to let us in. " Rachel shook her head before whispering.
"Get out."
"No."
"Get the fuck out Santana." The diva growled causing Santana to raise her eyebrow.
"One you did not just cuss at me and two I will not leave you alone Rachel. You are family and I will be here to help you, even if you are kicking and screaming every step of the way."
"Leave me alone Santana!" Rachel screamed hitting the girl in the chest, who just drew her into a hug, "Goddamn it Santana let me go! Let me go!" The broken singer screamed beating Santana in the chest before her screams turned into sobs.
"Let it out Rachel. Let it out preciosos. I've got you. It's okay." Santana cooed as Rachel cried herself back to sleep. Finally she stopped rocking before laying the girl in bed and tucking the sheets around her.
"I promise you Rachel that bastard will never hurt you again. And I promise to make sure that you never feel alone like you did again." Slowly she traced the girl's arm, wondering how bad the damage was under the bandages. Sighing, she found herself falling asleep in the chair before Santana could stop herself.
Rachel found herself waking up a few hours later and turning over to see Santana sprawled out in a chair, snoring slightly. She slowly managed to sit up and scoot to the end of the bed, her legs swinging back and forth. Gently she pressed her feet against the floor before standing up slowly. Her legs felt like jello as she got used to standing again before she shuffled out of her room. Slowly, she made her way through the halls before managing to find herself in front of Kara's room. How she got here without any of the nurse's noticing her was an even bigger surprise then when she saw Kara sitting in her bed reading Catcher in the Rye through the hospital room window. She wondered if she should go in or not. And if she did go in what she would say.
Instead she stood in front of the window, watching the girl who risked so much to save her reading. Rachel smiled at how a smile was tugging at the corners of her friend's mouth who turned to look at her. And felt a small tug on her heart when the smile widened at the sight of her. Kara motioned her to come in and Rachel slowly shuffled into the room.
"Hi." That was the only word that came from Rachel's mouth.
"Hey." The two of them fell into an uncomfortable silence before Kara spoke again. "Come sit here." She patted her bed. Rachel complied with request and sat down with her friend.
"So how are you feeling?" Kara asked and Rachel shrugged.
"I don't know. I hurt and I can't deal with it like I normally would."
"Maybe you should talk to us then. We want to help." Rachel snorted at that before launching a scathing rebuttal.
"Oh of course you want to help. Let us pity the girl and shake our heads sadly and think, how tragic it is that she didn't speak up until she got shot. Of course I want your help."
"Who said that we pity you?"
"Because I'm filth. Jeese and Finn proved that." Kara rolled her eyes before speaking.
"Scoot closer for me." Rachel did and was met with a light smack to the back of her head.
"You hit me?"
"Not really hit, more like a love tap. You needed a reality check sweetie. And everyone else loves you but is a little afraid to do that." Kara shrugged.
"And you're not?" Rachel raised an eyebrow crossing her arms ready to scream at her if needed.
"Hell yeah I am. Santana and Quinn and most likely Puck will have my ass for it. But if it makes you listen than I'll do it again gladly. Because honestly, both Jeese and Finn are idiots who I would love nothing more than to tie to trees and let gay drug addicts with AIDS rape them over and over again before slowly dismembering them. However, I'd rather sit here and tell you that they are idiots who are not worth the effort it takes to think about them." Kara shrugged before looking at her friend.
"We all love you Rach. We wanna help you." Rachel sighed running fingers through her messy hair.
"I know, it's just-I can't talk about it right now." Kara nodded as they sat in silence that was neither comfortable or uncomfortable.
"Kara?"
"Yeah Rach?" The girl asked looking over her book at the diva.
"Why did you do it?" Rachel asked the musically inclined photographer.
"Do what?"
"Tried to save me and getting shot by Jeese. Bandaging my wounds, all of it, why?" Kara bookmarked her place before setting the book on the table next to her.
"Because you are my friend." She replied, wanting to say so much more but was afraid of saying anymore for fearing of upsetting the fragile singer.
"That's not it."
"Rachel-"
"Don't Rachel me! I am so sick of everyone trying to fix me and figuring out what is wrong! I just….I just want a damn straight answer for once." Rachel choked out at the end.
"The reason why we are doing that is because you were abused by a bastard of a human being and some things you aren't ready for."
"I am ready!" Rachel screamed back at the calm photographer.
"No you aren't. Rachel you went through more crap in five months than most people do in life times. It's okay to admit you aren't ok, I promise." Kara stated before Rachel found herself crying and throwing herself into the embrace of the photographer's hug.
"Shush, shush, lovely. It's okay." Finally Rachel stopped crying after a few minutes and took another five minutes before she felt comfortable again to speak.
"Kara?"
"Yeah, sweetie?" The California native replied.
"Sing to me."
"Okay." Kara felt herself go through her list of songs before picking one and began singing.
"I was blindfolded, but now I'm seeing
My mind was closing, now I'm believing
I finally know just what it means to let someone in
To see the side of me that no one does or ever will
So if your ever lost and find yourself all alone
I'd search forever just to bring you home,
Here and now this I vow
By now you'd know that I'd come for you
No one but you, yes I'd come for you
But only if you told me to
And I'd fight for you
I'd lie, it's true
Give my life for you
You know I'd always come for you
You know I'd always come for you" Rachel fluttered in and out of sleep as Kara began to sing, playing with her hair continuing to lull her into sleep.
"No matter what gets in my way
As long as there's still life in me
No matter what, remember you know I'll always come for you
Yes I'd come for you, no one but you,
Yes I'd come for you
But only if you told me to
And I'd fight for you
I'd lie, it's true
Give my life for you
You know I'd always come for you
No matter what gets in my way
As long as there's still life in me
No matter what, remember you know I'll always come for you
I'd crawl across this world for you
Do anything you want me to
No matter what, remember you know I'll always come for you
You know I'll always come for you." Rachel fell asleep. Kara slowly leaned back on her bed hitting the pillows holding onto Rachel. Reaching over she grabbed her book and picked up where she left off while playing with Rachel's hair. She was just content to let this moment continue and savor it feeling like something was going to happen that none of them would like.
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Yes, Alex and Olivia are dating. I've been re-watching Law and Order: SVU and honestly, its kinda like watching Xena and Gabrielle when watching Alex and Olivia. *shrug* Just saying.
But let's see, there needed to be fluff so I wrote fluff along with Santana because I love both. And the song is I'd come for you by Nickelback. And I also plan to have more Gleeks talk to Rachel, plus Finn will come back. And the trial is coming soon, what will happen? Tune in to find out.
Reviews do help me write but also let me know what you think of this. Peace out!