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Spoilers: episode Throwdown, season 1
Rating: T
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Notes: It's Friday! The Glee club has something special for Quinn after the secret of her pregnancy was leaked. Q and Finn are going to sit the performance out, which means Noah will be taking Finn's place, and singing his parts.
Notes 2: Next update will be on 17! They will also come more frequently as I finally have more prewritten. Also, I tried to splice the song up in a way that it is not obvious I copied the song lyrics in the chapter, since having song lyrics is against the oh-so-important rules. *rolls eyes*
Enjoy! :)
Quinn is 11 weeks, 4 days pregnant
Friday, November 13th, 2009
*Lima High School*
It finally happened.
Surprising, really, that it took this long.
She is almost 12 weeks pregnant, so it was bound to come out sooner or later. It's Mike who tells them. He came over on Wednesday after school with the devastating news…
The school knows about Quinn's pregnancy.
He disappeared afterwards with Brittany, something about a dance routine he needed her input on. Then, they both showed up Thursday night, and worked on it with Rachel, Quinn, and Santana.
Just so they are not behind when they come back to Glee, was the reasoning. But…
Mike, along with Finn and Noah, also asked the girls to be there, in Glee, after school today, even if they choose not to go to school in the first place.
So here they are…
Rachel's dads drop them off and promise to pick them back up in two hours. They make their way to the Auditorium, where the Glee Club, Mr. Schue, Emma, and Sue are.
"This is going to be so much fun!" Britt squeals as she practically bounces down the hallways, making Santana grin, and Rachel chuckle. Rachel is currently holding Quinn's hand but let's go when Britt calls out to her.
She runs down the hall after the dancer, jumping on her back, and letting out a shriek of surprise that has Santana laid out with laughter when Brittany starts running.
"Be careful!" Rachel yells. This is met with her speeding up. "Brittany!"
"Hey, you two! Wait up!" Santana stops, turning towards Quinn, and pausing. "She'll be ok, Q. Britt won't let anything happen to her." Even as she says this, she is sending a text to Britt not to go too far.
They round the corner to the next hallway and…
"Ah, see? There they are."
Britt pouts a bit, saying, "Sorry, Quinnie," Rachel is already off her back. "I forgot." The dancer steps closer, her arms slightly raised, "Can I give you a hug?"
Quinn looks to Rachel first, her face flushed with excitement and laughter, and it eases the panic. This is supposed to be a surprise, one that she was promised she'd like, but still a surprise nonetheless, and she hates surprises.
It's messing with her head at the moment, making her body extra sensitive to touch, so when she looks to Britt, she shakes her no.
Brittany is not upset, though, instead, asking, "May I hug Rachie?" Seeming to somehow ask both girls the question at the same time.
Rachel looks to Quinn for the answer, smiling when she gets a nod in response. She initiates the contact, but Brittany still gives her a "full-force" hug.
The four continue on down the hall after this, heading straight to the Auditorium. The entire Glee Club is there, including several of the kids' little siblings, Sue, Emma, and, of course, Will.
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Brittany skips to the steps leading up to the stage, dragging Santana behind her, and Rachel stops just at the bottom with Quinn.
"All right, Angel," This is the first time several of the Glee club members – Kurt, Mercedes, and Artie, – have seen Rachel interacting with the Unholy Trinity, in particular, the interaction between her and Quinn. Tina and Matt came over on Wednesday, to get a little more info about what was and is going on, so this is their second time seeing it.
Rachel seems completely at ease, though, as she guides Quinn to the front row of the seats. She kneels in the seat beside the blonde, leaning in to whisper something the rest are unable to hear…
"Are you sure you do not want to do this with us?"
She asks this because Quinn was still undecided when they were doing the routine earlier. She knows they are doing some kind of performance. It is for her and Noah, and she also knows all the choreography. If she wants to do the performance with them, all they will have to do is run through the song once or twice for her to learn the lyrics.
But still…
That stupid voice in her head will not leave her alone and, as much as wants to say otherwise, she ends up nodding, to let Rachel know that she still does not want to do it.
"Alright. Then you stay right here, ok? And I think Finn is going to sit out with you, so we do not have an uneven amount of people for this." Her brow furrows at this. She hadn't considered that they would be down a member, making the group uneven. Rachel sighs as she reads the battle that is going on inside the blonde's head on her face.
"Don't do that, LuLu." It is stern, a hand coming up to her left cheek, not quite touching, but enough to get her attention. To turn her eyes back to the Diva. "Don't do that, ok? The reason Finn is sitting out, besides that it would make an even number of people, is because he would have been paired off with you during the performance. Alright? I promise this is not you inconveniencing us. Okay? This just make more sense to have a couple sit out than two random members."
She leans in closer, until her forehead is centimeters away from Quinn's, and drops a kiss there. The others watch with rapt attention, well, all except Brittany and Santana who are used to this type of… intimate… interaction between the two girls.
The ones most engaged in seeing it are Mercedes, Kurt, and Artie, although Matt and Tina are also watching with interest. Finn and Noah have become used to it, as has Mike, because this is the normal "behavior" between Britt and Rach whenever the latter comes to see him and B during the dance lessons they teach to the toddlers/little kids.
"Stay here for me, Leone Coraggioso, alright." She waits for the nod, before standing up and heading towards the stage. The others get into their places, Mercedes and Kurt having to be snapped out of their… bewilderment… by Mr. Schuester.
The music begins once everyone is in place, and Quinn catches Rachel's eye, the girl nodding at her before starting to sing…
Rachel, Noah, Both, Everyone
"You're not alone
[…]
When it gets cold
[…]
Keep holding on
[…]
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through"
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The song and performance come to an end. Everyone stands still for several moments, catching their breaths and…
Rachel fees like she is on Cloud 9, and she giggles as Britt comes bounding over, pausing only for a split-second to ask permission to touch her, before she is lifted off her feet and spun around, causing her to shriek.
"Britt!"
Santana comes over, watching for few moments, before saying, "Okay, B. Put Tiny down before you permanently damage her." She says it with a smile and mirth, smirking at Rachel's huffing at the comment of her height.
"You know you are only two inches taller than me, T," She pokes the Latina in her ribs, to which Santana grabs her hand.
"Don't you dare."
"Hmm…" Rachel takes a step closer as Santana backs one step back. She has her hands up in front of her, not liking the look on either girls' faces. It's made worse when Rachel smirks, and says, "Get her, B!"
Santana takes off a split-second before Brittany starts after her, both of them running to the edge of the stage and jumping off instead of using the steps.
Rachel throws her head back, laughing loudly, watching as Brittany gets to San, whispering something in her ear, before she grabs her by the waist, and spins her around.
After a minute or so of watching two of her best friends get back the happiness they lost long ago, Rachel turns to see Quinn still in the same seat she left her, watching everyone else.
She goes to edge of the stage and is about to jump off when there's a commotion behind her, and Finn slides into her, propelling her over the edge.
He loses his momentum and falls, landing on top of her, though he does roll away instantly. She is unaware of the pain right away as the fall knocked the breath out of her.
As soon as she is breathing again, the feeling pierces her from the bottom of her palm down several inches, and it almost makes her lose her breath again.
She sits up. Slowly, first almost on her knees, then bent over. It is quiet and, when she looks back on this moment, she will wonder what was happening around her. There is a presence beside her…
"Rach?"
"… Yeah?"
"You all right?"
The voice registers with her but not who it is. Before she can draw from her mental list of people, a new voice shows up.
"Hey, Streisand, I know it probably hurts like a bitch, but I need you to listen. Are you feeling nauseous at all?"
Funny question but… the pain, now fully being registered, knots her stomach, and now she has to fight with herself to not actually get sick. She also nods.
"Okay, then I need to slowly, slowly sit up. Let B help you." Brittany does help her, even now whispering that she is going to touch her arm before she does it. Rachel keeps her right arm held against her chest while using her left to push herself up…
Bad idea… very bad idea.
She collapses back to the ground and Brittany fumbles, trying to grab her but also not hurt, and at the same time, not even knowing where to touch her.
"Fanculo," Slowly, they help her up, grasping her forearms, and it is at a snail's pace, because that little stunt left her even more queasy than she already was.
"You all right?"
It's more a filler question because Brittany has no idea what to say. Rachel is propped up against her, and mutters, "Fanculo…" again before answering aloud with, "I don't know." And then lowering her voice for, "Lei sta bene?" Is she okay?
The dancer smiles, and some part of her, deep in the back of her mind, wishes that the other students would give Rachel a chance, because then they would see this – her worrying more about Quinn than the fact that she may have broken or sprained not one, but both, of her wrists.
Just because she loves attention and acts like a diva does not mean she can't ever be self-effacing. Sometimes she even neglects herself in the process.
"She's over with San. Sanny had to grab her to keep her from jumping Finn." She does not even bother to tell Rachel to focus on herself because she knows that if it was her that Finn knocked down, then Santana would be the first person Brittany worried about.
Sue intervenes before anything else is said, "One thing at a time, Streisand. I need everyone to give us some space." Sue then tilts her head to the side, speaking to someone behind and to the side of her, "S?"
While Rachel squeezes her eyes shut, letting Britt take the most of her weight, she hears the Latina reply with,
"Yes, Coach?" and she is thankful that she has Quinn, and God, she hopes the blonde did not actually get her hands on Finn. She knows this incident will throw them all into a tailspin, but she hopes the "kicking of ass" can be held off for a little bit.
"You can bring her over. I know she'll need to make sure her girl is all right."
The sparse crowd around them parts and Rachel is immediately aware of another presence around them. She opens her eyes to see green ones staring back at her, concern, fear, and protectiveness in a fighting swirl of dominance.
She gives a finger-wave, unsure if she could actually speak without getting sick.
"I need to see your wrist, Rachel. This will probably hurt, but we need to make sure just how bad this is before we do anything else." Sue waits for Rachel to lift her hand as much as she can so that it is her who is initiating contact.
"Quinnie, Coach has to touch her," They all watch the blonde, waiting for any kind of reaction, her eyes locked on Rachel, who tries to soothe her nerves by holding out her left hand.
Brittany calls to Noah, telling him to get her Letterman jacket so Rachel can prop her up. Once they have it, they make do with simply touching fingers and, with Santana and Brittany on either side of her, and Sue and Quinn in front of them, Rachel allows Sue to examines her wrist, the right one first.
"Can you wiggle your fingers?" She is able to do her pinky and thumb, but as she tries to move her index finger, pain pierces her entire hand, and she involuntarily makes a fist.
All very not good choices.
She flinches which causes the other to react, and Sue to try and calm everyone down.
"Okay, alright, let's not do that. I am guessing that is also a no to moving your wrist?" Rachel hopes that was rhetorical. "That's ok. It looks to be, worst case scenario, a grade 3 sprain, best case, grade 2. But I do not believe it is not broken, though I am sure your father will want to get an X-ray, just in case."
She nods to this. "Now, you flinched when you put weight on your left wrist, so I am going to need to see that one, as well." Her left one is lesser than her right. About a grade 1 sprain or less, more than likely, it is just twinged a little with the way not only Rachel landed, but how Finn ended up on top of her.
"I say, RICE and a brace, and you should be good to go no more than 2–3 months, depending on how long it takes for the sprain itself to heal. Your left one most likely only needs ice."
Sue stands up then, which prompts Quinn to do so, followed by Santana, Rachel, and Britt. As they are walking towards the bleachers, Tina comes over with Brittany's bag.
"Britt, you-your phone kept ri-ringing. I just got i-it out t-to look. It was your m-mom." Brittany gives thanks and then walks a ways to the side to call her mom back.
While she is doing that, Santana gets out the small First-Aid kit in Britt's Cheerios bag, and then takes out the Instant Cold ice pack. She breaks it to activate and then wraps it in a towel, handing it to Rachel.
Just minute later, Brittany comes back.
"It's Friday the thirteenth," She informs them. "Just when we didn't need any more bad luck." Before they can ask, she continues with,
"Rachel sprains both her wrists, Lexie needs stiches in her knee, Amara breaks her arm, oh, and, Finn,–" She gives a humorless laugh here. "– She wanted me to tell you that you need to ride with us because your mom is with Alex. Apparently, she needs stiches in her forehead. Something about falling and hitting her head on a shelf at the After School program."
The five of them – Noah, Finn, and the girls, – watch as she just shakes her head, takes her bag from Santana, and walks towards the exit.
As they follow the dancer, Santana catches Kurt's eye from where he and the others are gathered to the side.
She snarks to him with, "Still think we are just pretending?" but does not give him time to reply, instead, leading Quinn and Rachel through the Auditorium exit, and following Brittany down the hallway.
And then…
They go outside to wait on Josiah, who was informed by Noah of what happened to Rachel, and then…
Then they head to the hospital.
I had this as something complete different, Rachel was going to be fine after falling, but then I changed my mind to where she fell and sprained her wrists. That ending was added on as a symbol of bad luck with it being Friday the thirteenth.
Up next: timeskip to Monday-Wednesday. They go back to school for half days.
Then: chapter that takes place on Thursday, with Britt, Z, and Dave.
After that: 3-part Thanksgiving chapters introducing 4 new characters!
Also, would you guys like to see Tina more involved? I already have Noah, Finn, and Mike, and I am thinking of adding her, so let me know if/when you'd like to see her more.
Please review and let me know thought! :)
