Rachel sat in a chair next to the hospital bed that Santana occupied, staring at the now unconcious girl as she had been for the past eight hours. She'd never seen Santana look so vulnerable. "Tana... I love you so much. Please wake up, baby." she whispered.

"Any change?" a soft voice asked. Eyes never leaving the Latina girl, Rachel shook her head. "Rachel, you should get some sleep." Matt said.

"No. I'm not sleeping until she wakes up. I'm going to be here when she does."

"Don't you think she'd rather wake up to a fresh, awake Rachel than a worn out, tired one?" Matt asked. Rachel glared.

"How the hell do you know what she wants? You've been gone for a year." she snapped.

"Rachel, Santana and I are cousins. Her mom and my mom are sisters." Rachel's eyes widened.

"But... sophomore year when you, Mike, and Noah had chose Glee Club over football it seemed as if you two were dating." she said. Matt smiled and shook his head.

"She's more like my sister than my cousin. We grew up next door to one another and we spent most of our time together. We sat in my room and cried for about two hours when we found out I was moving to Houston. Santana was the first person I told when I found out we were coming back to Lima. I was the first person she came out to." Matt said.

"I thought she came out to Brittany first." Matt shook his head.

"She came out to me right after we lost at Regionals. She said she thought she might be gay or maybe bi, all she knew was she liked making out with Brittany more than she probably should have. She made me swear not to tell my aunt and uncle because their reactions probably won't be awesome and to this day I've kept that promise." he said. Rachel smiled slightly and he walked over to the other side of his cousin. "I could kill Finn for doing this." he said, gently running a finger over a cut on Santana's cheek.

"Would you mind staying with her while I go home and change into something a little more comfortable?" Rachel asked. Matt looked up and nodded.

"The other members are leaving in shifts to change into comfortable clothes. You go on ahead."

"I'll be back in half an hour." Rachel promised.

"Take your time, Rach." he said, sitting down next to his cousin. "Come on, Santi. You gotta wake up for this girl. She needs you. Britt needs you. I need you, cuz." he whispered, holding her hand.

Rachel pulled up in front of her house and was engulfed in a hug the minute she walked in the door. "Dad, Daddy, can I breathe for a second?" she snapped. Hiram pulled back in shock. "Sorry. Its been a stressful and long day." she said.

"We know. Your grandparents called. How's Santana? We would have called but we didn't think you'd want to leave her long enough to answer." Hiram said.

"She hasn't woken up yet."

"Who's with her right now?"

"Matt. He convinced me to at least come home and change into something comfortable." Rachel said. Leroy and Hiram raised shocked eyebrows at the fact that Rachel let someone near her girlfriend. "They're cousins." she explained.

"Ah... Where are her parents?" Leroy asked.

"No idea. I'm sure Matt at least tried to get ahold of them, but I haven't seen them." she said, walking upstairs. Ten minutes later, she returned in a pair of royal blue Adidas sweatpants, a matching jacket, a white tank top, and her hair in a high ponytail. "I'm going back. I'll call when I know something."

"Rachel wait, at least eat something." Leroy said.

"Daddy, my girlfriend is in a coma. She could wake up at any moment and I'd like to be there. I know you hate her, but I love her and I'm going to be there for her. I don't have time to eat." Rachel said.

"Sweetie, you not eating isn't going to help Santana. Please eat something, even if its small." Leroy said. Rachel sighed and grabbed an apple and a granola bar.

"Will this do?" she asked. Nodding, Leroy handed her a water bottle. "Thanks. Can I please go now?" she asked.

"Go ahead sweetie." Hiram said. Soon, Rachel was pulling out of the driveway and speeding down the street.

Rachel walked back into the hospital room to find Santana still sleeping. She smiled as she saw Matt holding his cousin's hand with his head rested on her hip. Sighing, Rachel walked into the waiting room. "What are you doing in here?" Puck asked.

"After seven they only allow one visitor at a time unless its immediate family and I didn't have the heart to wake Matt up." Rachel said, sitting down next to the Mowhawked boy.

"No change?" he asked. Rachel shook his head. "Finn's fucking dead, Rach. If Matt doesn't do it, then I will."

"Why didn't you tell me they were related?" Rachel asked. He shrugged.

"Not my story to tell." he said. Rachel smiled. "Do they know we're related?" he asked. Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Are you kidding? Do you know how much crap we'd get for that? I still can't believe I made out with my cousin." she said.

"I still can't believe we didn't know we're cousins. I mean, this is Lima." Puck said. Rachel laughed softly. "She's gonna be okay, Ray. She's got you to come back to. She loves you too much to make you live without her." he said softly as she layed her head against his shoulder. Suddenly, Finn walked into the room. "What the hell are you doing here?" Puck growled.

"I want to apologize to Santana." he said.

"You can't. She's unconcious." Rachel hissed. Just as Finn opened his mouth, a doctor appeared.

"Ms. Berry?"

"Yes?"

"Can you come with me please?"

Opening her eyes, all Santana saw was unfamiliar surroundings and an awful lot of white. She felt her hand holding onto another and looked down to see her cousin sleeping with his head on her hip. Rolling her eyes, Santana smiled. "El esta loco." she muttered, looking around for Rachel. When she didn't see her, she immediately tried to jump up, causing Matt to wake up.

"San?"

"Where's Rachel? I want Rachel. Did Finn hurt her? Why can't I get this stupid IV out?" Santana rambled.

"Ms. Lopez, calm down." a nurse said.

"Can someone go get Rachel Berry from the waiting room please?" Matt asked. Three minutes later, Santana saw her petite girlfriend.

"Rachel, baby, did he hurt you? Are you okay? Tell them to let me go." Santana said. Rachel rushed forward.

"Baby, I'm fine. I'm so happy that you're awake, but you can't leave yet because they have to check on you and make sure you're good to go. We'll leave soon though. I'm not going anywhere though. I love you." she whispered, kissing the Latina.

"Why can't I go? Is everything okay?"

"No, Ms. Lopez, I'm afraid it isn't. At least not for the time being." the doctor said. Matt, Rachel, and Santana looked up with wide eyes.