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Vivian had her arm wrapped around a sleeping Moses while he laid his head down on her. She was an emotional wreck not knowing the state of her daughter. They had been at the hospital for over an hour and she was starting to panic. She just wanted to know if Mercedes was okay and wanted to see her. Her husband went to see if they could get some answers but she knew that was going to be a bust, while Nehemiah took Jamison out for a breather so he could calm down.

Shana came back into the waiting room with two cups of coffee in her hands, going over to where Vivian was and sitting them both on the table, "I brought you some coffee."

"Thank you." Vivian gave her a sad smile as she took her seat, "And thank you for being here."

"You don't have to thank me." Shana responded truthfully as she stared at the stressed mother, reaching over to grab her hand, "Y'all are our friends and we're always going to be here for you and your family."

Vivian tearfully nodded her head as she squeezed her hand, not uttering another word as she looked around the room. It was packed because the whole team was here and she was happy about that. No matter how they may feel about her daughter being on the team, she could tell that none of them wanted her to get hurt.

Galvin got up from his seat once he saw his son standing off on the other side, looking out the window. He had never seen him like this before and he knew for sure that how he was feeling was something way more, "Are you okay son?"

Sam continued to stare out the window when he walked up, hearing his father's question, "This is my fault."

"Sam."

"Don't try and tell me it's not because it is. None of this would've happened if I didn't act the way I did to her." He said lowly as he turned to him with tears in his eyes, "I messed up. I should've been there to protect her like a real teammate should but I didn't."

Galvin stared at him in complete and utter shock. When he said his son never cried, he wasn't exaggerating. The kid was tough as nails but seeing him like this was completely heartbreaking.

"I may have talked a lot of crap about not wanting her on the team, but I would never wish anything like this upon her."

Galvin went over and pulled him into a hug, feeling him began to shake against him, "It's okay, Sam..she's going to be okay."

"Y-You don't know that, dad."

Quinn watched on sadly as she pushed off the wall, heading back into the waiting room. She was so scared for Mercedes and her faith was shaken at this point. She didn't know what to do. The worse part about it, she was having a hard time being in this hospital due to the memories of last year.

Duncan was walking back when he saw his wife speaking to Shana. He had been trying to be strong for his family but was struggling. He didn't know what was going on with his daughter and that was legitimately scaring him. Seeing a doctor come through the double doors, his heart began to beat fast as he approached.

"Mercedes Jones." The doctor called out as he looked up from his clipboard, eyes going slightly wide when all the people stood up, "Oh wow..umm, Mr. and Mrs. Jones?"

"Right here." Vivian answered as she stood up from the seat, wringing her hands nervously as she went and stood beside her husband.

"My name is Dr. Hicks and I'm the one who treated Mercedes this evening."

"Is my sister okay?" Nehemiah asked as he waited with batted breath along with everyone else as they waited for the doctor to speak.

"She is." Dr. Hicks answered, hearing a large collective sigh of relief and happiness, he smiled softly as he look back to her parents, "But she was badly hurt. She suffered a concussion, bruised ribs and the rotator cuff of her shoulder is torn. The hit caused her lungs to close up, hence why she couldn't breathe. She will be fine but she will not be able to continue playing football for the rest of the season."

Duncan wrapped his arm around his wife, kissing her forehead but he let out a relieved breath, thanking the Lord, "Can we see her?"

The doctor closed up her chart, "Yes, right now we only want family in the room. We don't want her to get overwhelmed."

Vivian nodded understandably before she turned around to everyone, giving them all of a grateful smile, "I just want to thank you all for coming, but you boys should go. We will let her know you came and you can come back to visit if she's up for it."

Leo was so thankful Mercedes was okay but apart of him just didn't feel right doing anything after what happened to her, "Mrs. Jones.."

"Go enjoy the rest of your night." She interrupted him when she saw the knowing expression on his face, staring at him and the rest of the team, "Don't let this put a damper on your plans. Mercedes is okay, and I know she wouldn't want anyone not going anywhere because of her."

"If y'all need anything at all, please don't hesitate to call." Coach Mac said as went up and shook both of their hands, nodding when they thanked him.

Jamison tried his best not to glare at any of them as they walked out saying their goodbyes. He didn't trust them one bit and one thing he wasn't going to do was let anyone hurt his sister and get away with it.

After they left, the family headed to the recovery room she was in. They walked into the room and found Mercedes with her head turned to the TV. Her whole right shoulder was wrapped up while her arm was in a cast and sling.

Mercedes turned her head when she heard footsteps, smiling brightly when she saw her family, "Parents..siblings, hi."

"Baby girl." Vivian started as she went over to the side and hugged her carefully, trying her best not to cry as she moved back so Duncan and the boys could hug her as well, "I am so glad you are okay."

"I am fine, momma." Mercedes reached her left hand up and patted her head, giggling as she looked at all their faces, "Why are y'all crying?"

"What the hell they got you on?" Jamison asked in amusement as he watched her, wincing slightly when his mother hit him.

"Something really good..like gumdrops and rainbows..and candy canes."

Nehemiah chuckled as he went over and looked at the name of the medicine on the bag, "Oh yeah, this a high dosage of Morphine."

"Come here Moey.." Mercedes gestured for her little brother, the smile still on her face as he came and sat beside her on the bed, reaching her hands into his curls, "I love your hair."

"She's very high." Duncan commented when he saw the doctor come in, seeing the man smile and nod his head.

"We gave her a high dosage because of the amount of pain she was in."

Mercedes stared at Moses before her eyes went wide, gasping, "I love you so much little brother."

Moses snorted as he hugged her cautiously as she continued to play with his hair, "I love you too, Cedes."

"We want to keep her over the weekend for observation and then she'll be release Monday morning. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'm going to give you all some alone time."

"Thank you."

Dr. Hicks nodded his head before walking out the room, leaving the Jones' family alone.

Mercedes turned to her mother as a yawn escaped her mouth before pouting, "Mommy, I can't play football anymore and that makes me sad."

Vivian gave her a sad smile as she brushed some of her hair out of her face, "I know baby, but right now we need to focus on you getting better."

Mercedes looked at her dad and brothers before her eyes went to her shoulder, smiling, "Well, nobody has to worry about a girl playing football anymore and I don't have pretend that the hurtful words and comments didn't hurt and make me depressed."

Everyone was taken aback by her statement and didn't have a chance to question her because she feel asleep.

Vivian couldn't stop her tears from falling, holding onto her daughter's hand before placing a kiss on it, "I am therapist and I see everyone's pain, but I didn't even notice my own daughter was hurting."

"Honey." Duncan started but stopped when she waved her hand as she stood up, leaving out the room. Sighing, he gave his boys a look before heading out the door, "I'll be back."

Moses watched the door until they left out, looking back down at his sister. He slid off the bed and pulled the cover up on her.

The longer he looked at his sister, the more pissed Jamison got. She didn't deserve this at all, "He has what's coming to him, believe that."

"We can worry about that later but right now, we need to be here for our sister." Nehemiah told his brother as he sat in the chair beside the bed.

Moses turned to Jamison and put his hands in his pockets, hoping he can take his brother mind off of this so he wouldn't bug out, "Can you take me downstairs so I can get something to eat?"

Jamison tore his eyes away from his sister and nodded his head, "Yeah, let's go."

"Bring me something back." Nehemiah called after them as they walked out the room, turning his attention back to Mercedes as he grabbed her left hand and held it, closing his eyes so he could pray.

The next morning Mercedes was feeling a little better. Her doctor had switched her dosage to a lower one since her pain subsided a bit. Her memory of everything that happened last night was foggy. She wasn't going to say she didn't believe what happened actually did but she knew that it was bound to. Hearing a knock on her door, following by it opening, she smiled when saw Quinn coming in.

"Hi love." The blonde greeted with a big smile as she came in and sat the bags down on the table, going over to her and giving her a hug, "I'm so glad you're okay."

Mercedes hugged her with her one arm, patting her back as she listened to what she said, "Me too."

Quinn smiled as she pulled back, pulling a chair closer to the bed, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm still sore, but I'm okay."

"That's good." Quinn said as grabbed the bags from behind her and placed it on Mercedes' over bed table, "I brought you some breakfast."

"I love Waffle House bags." She chuckled, causing Quinn to do the same as she watched her pull out the plates for her, "Thank you so much, Quinn."

"You're welcome." She said as she set everything up for her so she could eat, sticking her straw into her cup, "I can feed you if you want."

Mercedes snorted as she shook her head, "No, it's okay. I can manage." She laughed as she picked up the fork with her left hand and stuck it into the cut up pecan waffle.

Quinn sat in the chair and leaned back, crossing her legs as she took of sip of her orange juice from her cup.

Mercedes swallowed her food before picking up a piece of bacon, her eyes going to Quinn curiously, "How did the rest of the game go?"

"There wasn't no game. We forfeited."

"Why?"

Quinn gave her a strange look, "I don't think anyone would've wanted to continue a game when you got intentionally targeted. Sam is the one who made the call. All hell broke loose after you got hurt. I mean, the guys got into fights. Jamison was about to get arrested for almost pushing pass cops to get to you on the field until your dad pulled him back.

Sam was beating Eric into a bloody pulp until Garret and Mike had to stopped him, much to both her their dismays honestly. I have seen him angry before, but this was whole new level." Quinn told her stared at her, seeing the shock and confusion written across her face, she nodded her head up and down, "They care for you Mercedes, especially Sam. I could tell the last thing they wanted to see was you get hurt. They were here all night until we found out if you were okay, and they wanted to see you but the doctor said only family. When your mom told them to go continue their plans, they didn't..they just went home."

Mercedes couldn't believe anything that was coming from Quinn's mouth, not that she thought she was lying but after everything that she has been through with them. She didn't even have enough time to react before there was another knock on the door, seeing that it was Amanda, Leo, Santana and Tina, she gave them a small smile, "Hey guys."

"Hey mama." Santana started as she went straight to give her hug, moving to the side after a moment so everyone else could do so too before she went and greeted Quinn.

Leo sat the bouquet of flowers in the window seal before he went over and greeted his friend, "How are you feeling?"

"Still sore but I'm alright."

"That's good." Amanda said as she crossed her arms over her chest, shaking her head, "I'm so sorry this happened to you."

"Yeah, it's really messed up. You didn't deserve this one bit." Tina started as tears began to fill up in her eyes, sniffling as she tried to stop them.

"Don't cry, Tina." Mercedes said as she looked at her friend sadly before she addressed them all, "It's unfortunate that it happened but I'm thankful for a dislocated shoulder rather than to be dead."

Santana agreed before she grunted as she sat beside her on the bed, "I was thinking about beating his ass when I see him again but there's no need too. Sam basically covered half of it, and if your brothers ever get ahold of him, he's over with."

Leo watched Mercedes closely for a moment. He could tell that she wasn't all the way there and he wondered if talking about this was too much for her, "Alright y'all, let's go get something from the cafeteria. I'm starving."

"That's the best thing that has ever came out of your mouth." Santana commented, causing him to roll his eyes. She pressed a kiss to Mercedes' cheek before getting up.

"We'll be back."

Mercedes nodded at Amanda's words as she watched them leave out the room, turning her head, she saw Quinn looking at her strangely, "What?"

"Nothing." She replied just as her phone rung, lifting it up to see who it was. She got up from the chair and excused herself, walking out the room as she answered, "Hey Sam."

"Hey Quinn, how is she?"

"She's doing good." Quinn started as she leaned against the wall, "How about you come see her?"

"I don't think that's a good idea."

"And why not?"

Sam sighed as he laid back on his bed, staring up at the ceiling of his room, trying to figure out what he wanted to say but nothing would come out.

Quinn let out her own sigh when he went mute, running her hand through her hair, "Sam, I know you may feel like this is your fault but it's not. Come see and talk to her, I know it would do you both some good."

"She hates me, Quinn." He said lowly as he closed his eyes and shook his head, "I gotta go."

"Sam..Sam." She groaned when he hung up the phone, rolling her eyes before she stuck it back in her pocket. She didn't know how she was going to convince him otherwise but she was not going to make him do something he didn't want to do. Going back into the room, she took note that Mercedes had started back eating her food.

"My family is on their way, so can you please help me look decent." Mercedes asked with a slight chuckle, seeing her best friend nod her head with a smile, "You don't have to worry about looking at or washing my huge boobies, the nurse already helped me with my shower this morning."

Quinn laughed out loudly as she made her way back over to her, "I'm not dealing with you, Mercedes."

"I'm just saying." She giggled as she sat her cup down and sent her a smile. Mercedes wanted nothing more than to be positive at this moment, even if it's hard to do.

A/N. What an emotional roller coaster right? From the Jones' family to Sam, emotions were high. Mercedes is okay but her season is over, smh. Quinn is the best friend everyone should have tbh. Mercedes learning what happened afterwards left her in shock, I don't blame her. Sam is struggling with all of this and y'all know why, but it's the next chapter that's going to have you on your feet. There's a consequence for every bad action, and we'll see what it will be!