Number Three - At School.

There are a lot of downsides that have spawned from her accident, but Quinn quickly decides that school is the worst of them all.

Things in general have been getting better for her; the support of her Glee family have made one of the most difficult times in her life easier to get through.

Artie has been giving her lessons and she's been getting better in her wheelchair; Santana has the entire population of McKinley scared into submission, stopping them from openly making snide comments towards her; Brittany keeps handing her post-it notes with different reasons on them as to why she should smile.

And Puck? He's done more for her than she can ever list.

But no matter what her friends have done for her, they can't stop the looks.

The people around her either at her with eyes full of sympathy because of the pathetic sight she's now been reduced to or with an open smugness at seeing someone once so mighty having fallen oh so hard.

Quinn Fabray, the old head bitch in charge, nothing more than a girl in a wheelchair they talk about when she's out of earshot.

Puck always seems to be able to sense whenever she's feeling down. They've been spending so much time with each other again, it's becoming second nature it seems. Without ever having to say anything, he'll show up on her doorstep with chocolate and a bad movie or she'll find things in her locker; apparently his criminal skills of breaking into things still come in handy.

She's found flowers tucked amongst her textbooks; new photographs added to the collage on the mental walls of her locker; messages written on the inside of her notebooks. At one point she even finds a coupon for a free full body massage courtesy of Noah Puckerman but she chooses to ignore that one. For the moment at least.

It's been a particularly bad day for her. The poster campaigns for prom queen have started and after being late to three of her classes and taking a bag to the face, she's about ready to give up and go home.

And that's whenever she's ushered out into the courtyard, forcibly kidnapped by Mercedes and Kurt who give her no choice in the matter but to go with them.

She's irritated, complaining, not sure what is going and just wanting to leave when he appears; her knight with an overgrown Mohawk and a guitar strapped to his shoulder. He's smiling at her, even as she rolls her eyes and shakes his head as he continues to strum his guitar, soon singing with the melody.

She's fine, most of the time.

She takes her days with a smile.

She moves like, a dancer in lights.

Spinning around to sound,

But sometimes she falls down.

Breathe, just breathe,

Take the world off your shoulders and put it on me.

Breathe, just breathe,

Let the life that you live be all you need.

It takes her a while to twig on to what the song is, but once she hears the lyrics, she can feel tears stinging at her eyes, even though a smile grows on her face; it's bright and honest, the first one she's mustered up all day.

His voice is smooth as always and wraps her up in a warmth that sends her heart racing; their gazes are locked and unwavering as he continues to sing to her, no longer caring that passerbys are staring at them because all that matters in the world is him.

Let go of the fear, let go of the doubt,

Let go of the ones who try to bring you down.

You're gonna be fine, don't hold it inside.

And if you hurt right now,

Then let it all come out.

Breathe, just breathe,

Take the world off your shoulders and put it on me.

Breathe, just breathe,

Let the life that you live be all you need.

When Puck finishes singing, he leans down and brushes a kiss to the corner of her mouth and she wastes no time in throwing her arms around him in a tight hug, even more thankful for him than she's ever been.

She's never even realised it before, but he helps her each and everyday by putting a smile on her face when she needs it the most.

He's the silver lining to her otherwise dark cloud.

A/N: The song is 'Breathe' by Ryan Star. Full credit goes to him for the bits in italic. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the third installment! More on the way.