Santana kissed her girlfriend goodbye and then shut the door behind the blonde. She then turned to her sister, who seemed to be in a better mood than before.

"When can I go back to school?" Alex asked. She looked at her sister anxiously.

Santana shrugged. "You need to take it easy for awhile." She said, giving her a gentle smile.

Alex frowned. "Santana, I can't let this control my life." She said solemnly.

"I know sweety. And we won't let it." Santana said, rubbing the girl's forearm affectionately.

"Santana, stop. There isn't a 'we' in this. It happened to me, and it was my father." Alex said loudly, pulling her arm away. Santana looked at her, shocked, and a little hurt.

Without saying anything, Alex turned and went up to her room. Santana flinched as she heard the girl's door slam.

Alex sat down on her bed slowly, wincing, and listened for the sound of her sister's footsteps coming up the stairs. She prayed that Santana wouldn't knock on the door. The footsteps stopped outside her door for a few seconds, and then continued down the hallway to her own room.

Alex relaxed when she heard her sister's door shut. She absolutely despised being treated so fragiley by the Latina. Especially after she had nearly got Santana hurt because of her father.

The next few days went on with Santana and Alex rarely speaking with each other. Though the older girl tried to help her sister doing physical things on a few occasions, Alex always shrugged her off without a word. Santana didn't understand the girl's sudden coldness, but she knew if she asked she wouldn't get a response.

Alex was pleased to find that she could walk up and down stairs independently now, and didn't need help getting of from her bed or the couch. The pain in her body had slowly began to lessen in strength as the days went by, and by two weeks, she decided that she felt well enough to go to school.

Alex decided to approach her mother that evening at dinner. She waited until everyone had eaten about half of their dinner before she spoke up.

"Mom? Can I go back to school tomorrow?" Alex asked, looking up from her plate. Her mother looked up as well.

"Well are you sure Alex? Are you feeling up to it?" Mrs. Lopez asked, putting her fork down. Santana watched, worried as her mother seemed to be alright with the idea.

"The pain isn't nearly as bad, and I can walk around fine now. So yeah, I'm ready." Alex said, nodding a bit.

Her mother smiled gently at her. "Well if you feel that going to school would be ok, then I guess you can." The Latina woman said. Alex smiled back at her.

"Thanks mom." The youngest of the three said. She turned her attention back to her plate and finished eating.

Santana slammed her fork down and stood up from the table. "Yeah, let's let Alex go back to school. Might as well ship her straight to her father." She growled, turning and storming away.

Mrs. Lopez stood up and took her eldest daughter by the arm. "Santana, that was inappropriate." She said in a stern voice that she rarely used with her daughter.

Santana pulled her arm free of her mother's grip and walked up the stairs. She felt tears well in her eyes and she didn't let them fall until she had reached her room. She hated the idea of Alex going back to McKinley so soon. She would be in a public place, where anyone could get to her, or see her. Someone could tip off her father. And Jacob was still there, off course.

Alex and her mother finished their dinner in silence and cleaned up. The youngest one couldn't imagine why her older sister had gotten so angry all of the sudden, but wasn't about to go up and initiate a conversation with her. She had felt less guilty after she stopped talking to Santana. She felt that the Latina wasn't is as much danger.

The next day came soon enough, and Alex felt her stomach flutter with excitement. She hadn't been out of the house in a very long time. And she was eager to see the Glee Club again. That was the one place she felt safe, other than when Santana had held her in the alley.

Alex put on a pair of jeans, a V-neck, and a few necklaces and bracelets. She straightened her hair, and was happy to see that the bruises weren't as swollen, and had paled to a yellow/green color.

Alex made her way down to the kitchen and stopped. She had been dreading the car ride to school with Santana. She had a feeling that the Latina was going to try to talk to her again, and try to be sisterly.

The two girls made their way out to the car when it was time to leave. They got in and Santana wasted no time pulling out onto the street and speeding down the road.

To Alex's surprise and happiness, Santana was silent the whole ride up to the school. It wasn't until they had parked and Alex was about to get out that she opened her mouth.

"Just be careful Alex." The Latina said, turning to look at her sister. Alex kept her eyes locked forward and nodded. Without replying, she got out of the car and headed into the school.

Alex was met by kind faces and smiles the entire day. Her teachers welcomed her back, as well as her classmates. Alex felt comfortable the whole day, and was soon on her way to 9th period.

Alex scanned through the familiar faces of the hallway, and hurried towards the choir room. Suddenly, a face stuck out in particular and her heart skipped a beat. The face drew closer and it seemed to be the only one in the hallway. Alex stopped dead in her tracks and tried to make her legs work. But it was too late to turn away, and the body attached to the face brushed against her arm. Alex suddenly couldn't breathe, and her vision began to darken. She passed out in the middle of the hallway.

Well that was a lovely place to stop. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! And to Brittana100, I thought the kiss was the single most adorable thing to ever happen on television. Oh yeah, and check out my new story, A Girl at Dalton. There is a super sexy Sebastian in it! :)