Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Glee characters
The stage lights shone down brightly as Rachel made her way to the front of the stage, her baby blue dress sparkling like it was made out of a thousand stars, her brunette hair styled into a braided crown and in her hand a TONY award.
"I'd like to thank my mother and father for all the hours of hard work they put into helping me achieve my goals, my brother and sister in law for pushing me when I was giving up, my gorgeous niece and nephew for inspiring me in their own little ways everyday"
"I accept this award not for myself but for every boy and girl may they be young or old who have been bullied, told they will never make it and who today regret giving up, you're never too old to reach for the stars, you guys inspire me with every tweet,Facebook post, instagram tag and fan letters, so this is for you guys" Rachel spoke blowing the audience a kiss as the crowd cheered.
She could see her mother and father greying but still as glamorous as always, seated next to them was Noah and Santana holding hands beaming up at their little star and finally Anya and Marius both so grown up both taking pictures and waving up at their Auntie proudly, Rachel felt on top of the world when everything went black except for a single spot light.
There she stood proud as always in her cheerleading uniform looking not a day older than sixteen with her usual smirk resting on her face, those fiery hazel eyes burning Rachel's face more than the stage lights...Quinn.
"Well well well look who it is, little miss rupaul" Quinn sneered walking down the steps slowly.
"Miss me?" she snapped
Rachel awoke screaming causing everyone around her to jump up, she tried to pull the tubes out of her noise and the wires out of her arms but a pair of gentle hands stopped her, looking up she saw the familiar mocha eyes of her Aunt.
"Rach calm down, we're all here" Shelby cooed as she stroked her daughters matted hair.
Rachel's eyes scanned the room to see who her mother meant by we're all here, her eyes met Noah who was biting his nails (always a dirty habit of his) then they landed on her father who had finger trails through his hair which was a given sign he'd been crying, finally her eyes landed on a curled up figure in the corner of the room.
"Why is SHE here?" Rachel snapped feeling no guilt when she saw the blonde flinch.
"Rachel not know, we can discuss this when you're better" Shelby said softly shocked at the look she received from her daughter.
"You mean the daughter who terrorizes me, the daughter who has me slushied daily sometimes twice daily, innocent little Quinn who calls me names and watches as others tear me to the ground everyday, is that the daughter you speak of?" Rachel yelled unaware to the tears now rolling down her cheeks.
"RACHEL QUIT IT!" Noah shouted.
Rachel clamped her mouth shut, never before had Noah yelled at her and used her full name.
"Right now you need to focus on getting better then once you're home we will ALL sit down and discuss what has happened, understood" Noah demanded nodding when everyone responded.
Rachel lay back closing her eyes to try and relax whilst Santana held her hand and Shelby sang softly to her.
Meanwhile the horrific scene of finding Rachel was playing over and over in Quinn's head, she'd been pulled up the stairs by Shelby to apologize but the moment the door was busted open and she saw her twin sister hunched over in the shower surrounded by a pool of her own blood she felt the color drain out of her whole body, what had she done.
She'd never meant for it to be like this in fact she didn't even know how it had got this far, sure she wasn't exactly nice to sister but she never thought that a simple name calling here and there would cause Rachel to feel this low that she'd try to take her own life because everyone knew Rachel could be a little over dramatic at times.
Maybe this was Rachel's plan all along to make it look like Quinn was torturing her so she would be the golden child, the popular one but Quinn wasn't about to let Rachel get away with this and she knew exactly how to stop it from happening.
"Right I am heading to the Mall, I promised the squad I would meet up with them" Quinn said as she stood up collecting her things.
"You're not going anywhere Quinn sit down" Shelby ordered glaring at her daughter.
"Yes I am, Rachel has enough people hanging about here she won't miss one person" the blonde sneered heading for the door when a tanned hand landed on her shoulder.
"Shelby let me take Quinn home, don't worry she won't be going anywhere as me and her we will be having a nice long talk" Santana said calmly as she shot her husband a kiss and in-laws a smile.
"I am not going anywhere with you" Quinn snarled brushing the latina's hand off only to have her wrist grabbed softly but firmly.
"You have no choice, Rach get some rest and I will bring you some of your things from home" the latina said and with that she marched a glaring Quinn out of the hospital.
Rachel watched with worried and hurtful eyes as her sister and aunt left, she could see the worry in her parents eyes but the pride in Noah's at how even after all these years his wife still had a knack of gaining control of a situation that seems out of control to everyone else.
Back at the Schuester household Quinn escaped to her room to freshen up with Santana allowed once she'd made certain all windows were locked,she wasn't born yesterday and she knew all the tricks in the book but she also knew that Quinn needed a moment to calm down then when she returned to the living room it would be time to talk.
Moments later a freshly showered Quinn appeared.
"Sit down please Quinn it's going to be a LONG afternoon" Santana said watching her sister in law as she curled up on the armchair.
Taking a deep breath they started from the beginning...
TA-DA XD