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Rachel followed the doctor into the hospital hallway. "What did you want to speak with me about?"
"Well, Ms. Berry, I didn't want to say this in front of Quinn but obviously this is a very traumatic experience. I don't know the true nature of your relationship since you were hesitant to call Ms. Fabray your friend but that's what she could use right now. A friend." The doctor chanced a look at the tiny actress and saw that her face was filled with fear.
"I..I don't exactly know what to do Doctor…Quinn, well, she used to be this popular cheerleader and a complete bitch. She was also my former worst enemy. Every day I would come home crying because Quinn made it her goal to ruin me, to crush me. But in the years I knew her, I found out that her eyes show everything that she's feeling and I mean everything. They were the only vulnerable part on her." Rachel's lower lip started to quiver. "I've never seen her so dejected and lifeless and before you got there I…yelled at her, kind of, BUT there was life in her eyes afterwards! And it scares me because I want to see that life, I really do. I don't know why, but it's the only thing I want to see in her eyes yet I have no idea how to do it without hurting her in the long run…"
"Well Rachel, may I call you Rachel?" The brunette nodded. "It's not going to be an easy recovery for this girl. Even before what happened last night, there has obviously been some sort of trauma in her past. But all I can suggest is honestly just being there for her. Being someone she can rely on and being someone she can trust and talk too." The doctor smiled at Rachel to show that he believed she could be someone like that for Quinn.
"That's another thing, she never really had anything bad happen to her in high school, well for the time I was there. I left that hell zone when I turned 16 and never looked back. I have no idea what could have happened and how she ended up in New York!" Rachel was exasperated and confused and had so, so many questions for the blonde in the other room.
A beeping noise interrupted them and the doctor pulled a pager from his pocket. "You'll have to excuse me Rachel, there's an emergency in a separate wing of the hospital. All I can say is you have to let her tell you everything on her own, don't push her to open up or you'll end up pushing her away. Good luck!" The doctor jogged down the hall and left Rachel standing, thinking about what he had said.
Rachel realized she had left Krissy and Quinn in the same room and quickly opened Quinn's hospital door to relieve her manager from the sure to be awkward situation.
She was met with a completely different sight. Krissy was holding the wounded girl in her arms and it seemed as if the blonde was asleep.
Krissy looked up as soon as Rachel walked in but did not relinquish her hold on Quinn. "Right when you left the room, she broke down and I didn't know what to do. I think she's asleep now but she kept mumbling something about how sorry she was to have hurt you and how she deserved everything that happened, and then she sorta just…passed out," the redhead whispered.
Rachel's gaze softened and she sat on the other side of Quinn's bed and began stroking the blonde's dirty hair. "I think the reality of what happened last night caught up to her. She's probably exhausted."
Krissy nodded to indicate she agreed with Rachel and then asked, "What did the doctor want to talk to you about?"
A light snore came from the sleeping girl and Rachel shook her head and whispered, "Not now." She then looked down at Quinn and realized that even in the rough state the blonde was in, she was still breathtakingly beautiful. The girl's face was flawless, besides the scratches and bruises, and completely peaceful in her sleep. Her swollen lips were a gorgeous peach color and they were parted just enough to reveal perfectly straight rows of shining white teeth. The lashes on her eyes were long and dark. Her cheekbones were prominent and Rachel decided that the girl's features had matured beautifully since the last time she saw her. It was unfair really, how perfect, at least in appearance, this one girl could be. Rachel noticed that Quinn had cut her hair short, very short, almost like a bob. It was layered and… was that traces of pink at the very tips? The brunette smiled softly, what had happened to little miss poster child? Whatever it was, the new look suited Quinn very well.
Almost as if reading Rachel's thoughts, Krissy, still speaking quietly as not to wake Quinn, said, "She's beautiful isn't she?"
Rachel tore her gaze away from the sleeping girl and sighed, "Prettiest girl I've ever met, and I've met a lot of pretty girls." Krissy laughed and leaned her head against the hospital bed.
"It surprises me to hear you say that about the person you're supposed to hate, although, you do tend to emphasize how 'hot' all the boys at school thought she was when you tell me all the horror stories of high school." The redhead smirked and said, "I was starting to think you had a crush on her too."
Rachel blushed and quickly, perhaps too quickly, said, "Nooo! How could I ever have a crush on someone who would go out of their way to make sure I felt like dying everyday." Krissy only raised an eyebrow, challenging her. The diva's face heated up even more because seeing her manager do that reminded her of Quinn's perfect eyebrow arching prowess. "Plus I told you! I didn't determine my sexuality until after I left Lima. I didn't need to give those vultures any more reasons to torture me. No, it was in New York where I discovered that I had an attraction to women as well as men."
Krissy continued to smirk. "Whatever you say Rach."
Rachel opened her mouth to respond but was interrupted by the hospital door opening.
The sudden noise woke Quinn, who began to stir and slowly blink open her eyes. Rachel jumped back from the blond, almost like she had been burnt, and Krissy looked up at the diva questioningly until Quinn shook off the redhead's arms and Krissy moved to stand next to Rachel.
Rachel focused her attention on the two nurses who entered the room with a wheelchair. The nurse on the right said, "We're here to move Ms. Fabray to the main wing." The pair worked to get a struggling Quinn into the wheelchair and proceeded to wheel her out of the room. Krissy and Rachel followed them, listening in amusement to Quinn's protests claiming she was perfectly capable of walking. The nurses pretended not to hear her.
Eventually, the five women ended up in a single hospital bedroom in a separate wing. The nurses helped Quinn back into the bed and under the sheets and then left the three of them alone.
Krissy and Rachel moved to the wooden chairs situated next to the far wall of the room and sat down, fully intending to wait with the girl until 8:00.
Quinn turned towards them and sighed, "You don't have to stay with me. I'd rather be alone right now actually."
Krissy turned towards Rachel and managed to catch a glimpse of the hurt that made itself known in the brown eyes but Rachel quickly turned back to Quinn and said, "That's perfectly fine, we'll be back for you in a few hours."
Krissy was shocked, Rachel was all about prying for information and normally would never stop. But, Rachel seemed honest in her response and Krissy silently agreed to go along with it.
The blonde rolled over, away from the concerned eyes of the two girls. She didn't want pity or concern or comfort or really anything at that moment, all she needed was to think, alone. Being in the presence of Rachel could help for short periods of time but couldn't cure everything, and she knew that.
The two girls got up and Rachel headed towards the door, avoiding looking at the fragile girl on the bed. Krissy leaned down to Quinn and tried to kiss her forehead as a sign to show that she was there but the blonde flinched and avoided any contact. Krissy sighed and reluctantly followed Rachel out the door.
So, we kind of got to see what Rachel was thinking in this chapter, kind of a filler. BUT, next chapter we learn a little of what Quinn was thinking about and maybe some of her secrets and she also goes home with Rach/Krissy. OH also want to clarify, the relationship between Krissy and Quinn is solely friendship.