Finn was sitting on a chair in Rachel's ward, just on the verge of sleeping. The blinds were shut and the door was closed so the room was dark and quiet. Rachel was slowly waking up.
"Hey Finn." Rachel quietly said.
Finn jolted awake. "Oh, hey. I didn't know you were up?" Finn replied while turning the light on and making his way over to Rachel's side.
"I just woke up. God I'm in so much pain."
"Do you want me to get a nurse?" Finn quickly replied as he started to grab the remote with the nurse's alert button on it.
"No, no. I'm fine." Rachel said ushering him to stop, "I will wait." She didn't want to feel all drugged up again.
Finn sat the remote down and looked at Rachel.
"Who did this to you?" he asked.
"I...can't remember really." She lied, "All I remember is being punched in the nose, everything went pitch black and I woke up in here..." She lied again.
"Oh. Maybe you will remember later. I will personally kill whoever did this to you." Finn raged.
"Finn, I'm sure they just had me mistaken with someone else." Rachel tried to assure him. She didn't want him going too much into it.
"Rachel, are you kidding? They nearly killed you! You have 5 broken ribs, a broken leg and your heart went under cardiac-arrest. This doesn't happen to someone from mistaken identity." Finn snapped back at Rachel.
"Finn I'm not exactly in the best form to be fighting at the moment."
Finn quietened down a little, and walked to the end of her bed.
"I know Rachel and I'm sorry I just don't believe that someone could be so stupid to hurt someone like this," He walked over to the window and turned back around, "They deserve to be punished!"
"I know this is un-natural Finn, but you have to understand that some things are accidental." Rachel tried to explain to him, but he was too busy pacing the room to listen. She sighed. He was doing his 'tough guy' act again.
Nobody said anything until Rachel finally broke the silence, "Finn, maybe you should leave the room. You're obviously frustrated about this and you need some time alone to think."
Finn's tone suddenly turned apologetic, "God. Sorry Rach. I'm so sorry. I'll leave. God I'm such an idiot, I'm sorry..."
"Stop saying sorry Fin. Just go cool down." Rachel but in. Finn then left and shortly after, he felt so stupid. He walked out of the room and sat on one of the chairs. Shelby hopped out of her chair walked through the door.
"Hi sweetie. How are you feeling?" Shelby asked as she entered the room. She closed the door, and sat on a chair Finn had put next to Rachel's bed earlier.
"Hi mum. I'm a bit sore actually." Rachel replied while she re-positioned herself a little bit on the bed. She was longing to have a good chat with her mum.
"Well I think with 5 broken Ribs you would be a little sore."
"Really? I would never have guessed?" Rachel replied sarcastically.
Shelby laughed, "It's good to know you still have your sense of humour intact."
Rachel smiled, "Of course I still have it. I get it from you."
Suddenly Shelby's tone changed "Bub, can I ask you something?"
Rachel's smile faded, "Sure mum...shoot," she replied nervously. She knew this was turning into an awkward situation.
"I think there's something you're not telling me." Shelby stated, "Am I right?"
"Um...no," Rachel replied with a slightly worried look on her face, "What are you talking about?"
"Bub, you can talk to me. I promise I won't tell anyone," Shelby assured Rachel. Rachel relaxed her head on the pillow and sighed.
"How did you know?" Rachel asked her mum.
Shelby laughed, "It's a power us mothers have. We can tell when something's wrong, even if you don't give out any hints."
Rachel closed her eyes. She didn't want to tell her mum, but at the same time she did. She wanted to tell her mum everything. The fact she had been lying to her about going to Quinn's and the fact that Quinn is the cause of all this. It was killing her inside but she knew she couldn't risk it.
"I don't think I can talk about it right now. It's too hard." She looked up at her mum, "But I promise you that when I'm ready, I will come to you." Rachel turned her head and shut her eyes. Despite the fact she had just woken up, she was really tired and it wasn't long before she had fallen back asleep. Shelby sighed. She didn't want her daughter feeling pressured not to tell anything. She quietly got up out of her chair and tiptoed out of the room. She closed the door and walked over to Rachel's dads.
"She just went back to sleep. She's so tired. You can see her first thing tomorrow." Shelby explained.
They nodded "Well we better be off then, I have to take care of a few things."
"Ok, see you later." Shelby replied. Rachel's dad's started to leave.
"Bye." Finn said. He turned to Shelby.
"How was she when you went in?"
Shelby sighed, "She was a little frustrated. Well that's what she seemed like."
Finn nodded. He had noticed the same thing while he was in there. Shelby put her back against the wall and sighed.
"You can go Finn, you have school tomorrow, and I have everything under control here." Finn nodded. He was so tired and he wanted to get some sleep, but the last thing he wanted to do was go to school tomorrow. He wanted to be here, with Rachel. He got up out of his chair.
"Thanks, Mrs Berry. I'll come back after school tomorrow," He started to leave.
He turned back around, "But if anything happens between now and then, please call me."
"I will Finn, now go home," Shelby replied. She shut her eyes. She was very tired herself. She kept trying to connect the dots of what Rachel wasn't telling her, but nothing stuck out. It wasn't long until Shelby was fast asleep.
-2 months later-
"Hey Rach," Finn said as he walked into Rachel's ward. It had been two months since the accident, although it had felt like two years. Rachel was sitting up in her bed. Her recovery had been long and painful. She was happy to see fin. She smiled.
"Hi Finn. Gosh am I glad to see you. The only faces I have been seeing all day, is doctor browns and the nurse's." Rachel sighed, "Ooh, what do you have?" she asked excitedly.
"I have a choc-chip muffin, and a tropical smoothie." Finn replied while handing her the paper bag. She smiled and grabbed the bag.
"Thank you so much. This is just what I needed. I hate some hospital food." She opened the bag , grabbed the muffin, and started eating the muffin.
"Mmm. It's really nice." Rachel told Finn, "Guess what?"
Finn looked at her, "What?" He dragged a chair beside the bed.
"The doctor said that if I can walk from here to the door and back by tomorrow, he will let me out." Rachel said between bites of the muffin.
"Wow, that's excellent. Have you told your mum?" Finn asked Rachel with excitement.
"Sure have. She has gone home to get the house ready." Rachel replied, "So, I was thinking we should give it a try?" She asked with excitement.
"Sounds good to me." Finn replied, "Just as long as you feel that you can do it." He looked at Rachel cautiously.
Rachel started getting out of her bed. She put her feet on the ground. She was hoping her legs wouldn't collapse on her. She really wanted to go home tomorrow. She was sick of being cooped up in this hospital. She slowly started to lift herself out of the bed. Finn was right beside her holding her arm. He hopped up slowly.
She was standing, "Oh gosh. I'm standing. On two legs!"
Finn laughed, "Now all you have to do is get to the door and back."
Rachel put one foot in front of the other, Finn still holding onto her arm. She eventually got into a rhythm. Her ribs started to hurt. All she was thinking was "Don't fail on me now. Don't fail on me now."
Before she knew it, she was standing at the door. She looked up at Finn and smiled. She didn't want to waste any time, so she turned around and started walking towards her bed. She didn't realise her doctor walking into the room. He stood at the door and smiled.
She eventually reached the bed and slumped back down.
She heard clapping coming from the door and both her and Finn looked to see who it was.
"Well done. How did that feel?" Dr brown said while entering the room.
"Did you see me? I walked all the way to the door and back!" Rachel squealed .
Dr Brown nodded and smiled, "I sure did. And I'm very proud of you.
"So; does that mean i can go home tomorrow?" Rachel questioned her doctor.
Both Finn and Rachel were looking at Dr Brown. He sighed.
"We will need to do a couple more x-rays, but it looks like you will be out of here by tomorrow. Rachel squealed with excitement. Finn jumped up and hugged Rachel.
"Ow, Ow. Finn, my ribs." Rachel suddenly warned Finn. He quickly pulled away.
"Ooh sorry Rachel. I forgot." Finn replied innocently. He smiled down at Rachel and Rachel smiled back. She was going to be home soon; and she couldn't wait.
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