"Rise and shine Ms. Fabray."

Eleanor had opened the curtains and had propped up the side table of Quinn's bed. She made the bed incline up and placed a tray of food on the table. Her voice rung as she spoke. "Ms. Fabray you need to eat a healthy breakfast if you ever want to get better."

She girl opened her eyes and closed it again. She's been awake since she had stumbled into the room.

"I know your awake so stop trying to go back to sleep. Its half past 11 young lady."

She rubs her eyes. "Are you always this way in the morning?"

"Teenagers these days. That's why I don't got no kids."

Quinn laughed because she knew she wouldn't believe what she was going to say next. "I had a child."

Eleanor raised an eyebrow and pointed, "You? Your as skinny as a stick. You'd break if you gave birth."

"She's a year old. Two in June."

"Oh your serious?"

Quinn takes out a golden heart locket from underneath her gown which, Puck had given to her yesterday. He was suppose to give it as a graduation gift but heck why not give it now. It was sort of a reminder in a way. He had said, "Keep love ones close" and "Don't forget about us when you go off to Yale." It looked like he was crying but Quinn couldn't tell whether he was or not because Beth had accidentally poked his eye trying to grab for his nose.

"This is Beth." She shows her the picture of Beth, in the locket, smiling with thumbs in her mouth.

"You mean the sweet child from yesterday?"

"Yeah." Quinn closes it and rubs the edges of the heart.

"Let me guess the father is the guy who was in here yesterday?"

"Bingo! His name is Noah. We aren't exactly together anymore though."

"You got to be kidding me! That punk hit on me yesterday while I was in the hallway. I was gathering towels to give to patients when he showed up out of nowhere."

Puck leans against the door rubbing his fingers against his forehead.

"What's wrong child?" Puck looks at her from head to toe and puts his forehead in his palm.

"I have a big headache."

She looked at him concerned before he flashed a wide grin on his face.

"I hear the best cure for headaches is sex. What say we go find a janitors closet and work out a remedy." Puck smirks while doing a back and front hip motion. Eleanor looks at the boy in pure disgust.

"Only place your going to is the emergency room if you place a single finger on me."

"Ooo, I like my women fierce."

"He wouldn't stop following me, that boy is persistent I tell ya."

Quinn laughs. It wasn't the first time she'd heard his attempt to hit on older women.

"Yeah, he has a thing for older women." She didn't believe it at first but when she found out about the pool business and him sleeping with Shelby she could barely keep her food in.

"Let me repeat this again. Teenagers these days."

Quinn shook her head in response. Eleanor wasn't so much older than her, she was in fact a really young nurse and a good looking one too. Not that she was checking her out, it was just the truth.

"Well are you going to eat or what?"

Quinn quickly unseals a container of Lucky Charms and pours a box of milk into it. She rips open the plastic cover over the spoon.

"By the way, you are going to the Physical Therapy Center today."

"Mm." Quinn hums as she munches her cereal.

"Oh your here." The blonde turns her head in the direction of her voice. Who was at the door?

A girl with blonde streaks in her brown hair and abundance of freckles on her face passes by Eleanor in a wheelchair.

"Ms. Fabray, this young lady will help you go over there."

"I'm Samantha."

"Quinn."

"Well ladies, I'll be going."

"Bye Eleanor."

"Uh huh." Eleanor leaves the room and the freckle face girl wheeled next to her side.

Quinn looked at her up and down, wondering how exactly was this girl going to help her if she couldn't get out of bed by herself.

"So how did you get your injury?"

"Texting while driving. You?"

"Oh I'm not injured. I brought this wheel chair for you." She stands up and shakes her legs.

"So are you like a candy stripper?" The girl sits back down and stares at Quinn.

"Oh no, I'm more like an intern. Usually I'm stuck doing papers but today is something special."

"Special how?"

"My first time interacting with a patient a pretty one too."

She wasn't sure how to react, even though she'd been called this a million times. She never quite knew what to say but the two same words would come out of her mouth, "Thank you."

xxx

The Physical Therapy Center wasn't that far, it was just the building across from the one she was staying in. They had went up a few floors and crossed the inside bridge to the other building.

"Ill sign you in. Quinn.." She rubs her chin trying to remember.

"Fabray."

"Yes. Okay, be back in a sec."

Samantha skips to the other side of the room and begins writing on a clipboard. Quinn grabs a magazine that is placed on a a chair next to her and begins to read. Exactly how long was she going to wait. She'd heard stories of people waiting in the emergency room and she was hoping that this wasn't similar.

Samantha skips back and sits next to Quinn.

"Well I got to go now. It was nice meeting ya."

"Definitely." She held out her hand to shake hers but the girl hugged her.

"Bye."

xxx

It had been less than 15 minutes before they had called her name.

"Quinn Fabray!" A man in green scrubs yells with a clipboard in his hand. She raises her hand hoping he could see her over the couple that blocked his view.

"I'm right here." The man in green scrubs notices and walks towards her. He then wheels her into a series of hallways and places her into a empty room.

"The doctor will be right with you."

Great more waiting. It was a good thing she hadn't abandoned the magazine she was reading because she would go insane if her mind wasn't constantly occupied. A minute later a man with curly hair enters the room. A not so young employee this time but very handsome.

"Hi I'm Doctor Crawford."

"Quinn Fabray." He shakes her hand firmly.

He scans a file that is in his hand and turns to her. "Do you know why you are here today?"

"To learn to walk again?" Wasn't this what she was sent here for?

"Yes but no. See this program is designed for people who get injured. I'm here to teach you the basics but its up to you to put in the effort." He pauses but continues.

"So with that said, this program is so while you are still recovering you gain back the strength and mobility that was lost."

"So what am I exactly learning?" She knew where he was getting at but couldn't exactly put a finger on it.

"Try moving by yourself."

"I can't." She almost felt like crying because she knew her arms were useless. If she couldn't get herself out of a wheelchair how was it possible to move around in one.

"C'mon move. You believe you you can't but your just being ignorant."

Quinn struggles to shift her weigh forward and moves a few inches. She wasn't understanding a thing at all.

"I will teach you how to regain back your strength, increase your mobility skills, such as using wheel chair, teach you how to transition yourself into and out of a wheelchair into a bed, toilet, car you name it." He places the file down and folds his arms around his chest.

"Try moving forward again but this time put your hands near the end of the wheel. This action will apply more force and will make you project much further."

Quinn places her hands near the back of the wheel and slides her hands forward. She wheels across the entire room.

"Wow. That simple? It didn't even hurt. Where were you when I needed you?"

He laughs and claps. "Good job Ms. Fabray your improving already."

Quinn continues this motion until she is back to where she is originally.

"Its important that you don't over do yourself though because you'll cause stress in your muscles. Well Ms. Fabray are you ready to learn more?"

"Call me Quinn."

"Okay Quinn I'm going to teach you some stretching methods so you don't get cramps and I'm going to teach you a few techniques to help you in a day to day schedule."

xxx

The nurse is unlatching the side of Quinn's bed.

She smiles as the brunette enters the room. "Hey Rach."

"Where are you going?" Rachel drops her bag on the couch and walks towards her.

"She's going to take a sponge bath. Would you mind helping?"

"Oh of course umm-" She catches a glimpse of her name tag as the women as she helps Quinn get up in a sitting position.

"..Eleanor."

"Thanks sweetie. The government is broke. There isn't a lot of hands to help the patients no more. Volunteers like you is a sweet treat."

She points in the direction on the bathroom. "The sponge and bath is already ready in the shower. Have fun ladies." She is about to leave when Rachel stutters in surprise.

"Wait..wait your not helping me?"

"It's a one person job. I'm pretty sure your capable of giving someone else a shower and I'm pretty sure Ms. Fabray is more comfortable with a friend then with me. Am I right?" She laughs and exits the room as Quinn goes pink. Eleanor had taken her a shower before and it had surprised her when she began cleaning down there.

"I'm the one who is going to be naked."

Oh the thought of Quinn naked. How could anything get more embarrassing than that? Of course was Rachel nervous, she knew the blonde was beautiful but with out clothes was out of question. So of course, this would be her initial reaction.

"Okay so um..what first."

"You can wheel me over to the bathroom." Rachel carefully carries Quinn and puts her into the wheel chair.

xxx

Quinn is sitting on the bath chair with a plastic cover over it and Rachel is sitting behind her.

"Your going to have to undress me Rach."

"Right." Quinn raises her arms and Rachel pulls her hospital gown over. The brunette needed to get rid of the weird atmosphere and fast. Rachel pulls back Quinn's bra strap and let go. Quinn could felt the blow and the after sting. She couldn't help but yell.

"Rachel!"

"Sorry, I always wanted to do that." She laughs at the red mark that was let after the blow.

"That is unforgivable Rachel Berry."

Rachel giggles. The atmosphere before hand was gone now and they were just happy to be in each others company.

Quinn quickly removes her underwear and bra and throws it into a plastic laundry bag hooked on the door knob. She then places a towel over lap to hide her private area. It was embarrassing enough that a complete stranger had wash her down there but Rachel Berry? She closes her eyes to rest her thoughts. Of course she wasn't going to let her wash her down there anyways.

"Just start scrubbing Rachel."

Rachel dips the sponge into the bucket that is filled with soapy water and squeezes excess water back into the bucket. She then begins to scrub Quinn's back.

"God that's cold."

Goosebumps rise over her skin and she rubs it.

Rachel begins to sing, "Working at the car wash oh oh, yeah yeah. At the car wash, yeah ooh ooh ooh." and Quinn cuts her off.

"Oh my God, Rachel the potty song and now this?"

"I'm just trying to lighten up the mood. I know this must be embarrassing for you."

Rachel scrubs her neck, shoulder and arms. She never noticed just how much bruises she had. She had a big green purplish bruise around her left arm and leg.

"Your comparing me to a car Rach that makes me more insecure."

The blonde could feel her looking at her. She was so close she could feel her small breathes against her skin.

"Quinn I've told you a million times that your beautiful." Her tiny hairs stuck out at the vibration of her voice against her back.

Rachel takes the sponge and smooth over her breast. Quinn instantly grabs her hand.

"I got it from here Rach."

"Ok." Rachel waits patiently as Quinn is scrubbing the rest of her body.

"There is a cup inside the bucket." Rachel grabs for it a dips for water.

"Quinn I'm going to need you to bend your neck back so I can wash your hair."

The blonde bends her head back and closes her eyes as the water rushes over her face.

"We done now?"

"Yes." Quinn begins to wipe herself down and Rachel uses a small towel to dry her hair.

"Quinn."

"Yeah?"

"You have a sexy back."

"God Rach." It had to be the third time she had swore in the name of God today. The things Rachel was saying was unheard-of.

"Let's go outside today."

"Outside?"

"Mm. Unless you rather stay inside all day." Rachel pauses her motion and waits or the blonde to answer.

"No. No that's a good idea."

"Great! I already asked for permission." She stands up and squeezes out water in the towel.

"..but let's get you dress first." Rachel slaps Quinn's leg and she wraps her body with the towel.

Rachel then carries Quinn into the wheel chair and puts her on her bed. " She digs through Quinn's duffle bag and then gasp.

"What's wrong?"

"You got some of the cutest underwear."

"Oh my God Rachel." That had to be the 4th time and she was pretty sure it wasn't going to be the last.

She turns around and begins to laugh as she stretches the underwear in front of her face. Her underwear was white and had yellow and orange flowers on them.

"Very funny Rachel. Now give that to me." Rachel throws the underwear at her and a white bra to match with it.

While Quinn puts her underwear and bra on she turns around and goes through Quinn's duffel bag once again.

"I'm done Rach, you can look now." She turns around and smiles.

"Is this ok?" Rachel is holding up a yellow sundress.

"What's wrong with what I was wearing earlier?"

"Seriously? You been wearing that since you got here. Don't you miss wearing normal clothes?"

"Looking forward to dress up for pervy old men? No thank you."

Rachel pouted, "You are wearing this sundress whether you like it or not."

She walks across the room and places the dress on the bed. She crosses her arm over the other and stares at the blonde.

"We are going outside for a picnic and it has a certain attire. I will not be seen with you wearing that thing."

"Gown."

"Yes that. So we can do this the hard way or the easy way." Quinn had gotten so used to the gown. She didn't have to worry about what to wear everyday or have people judge her by what she wore. But knowing Rachel, she was a perfectionists and it wasn't something you'd mess with.

Quinn lifts her arms and she slips the dress over her head.

"Now for the final touches." The brunette brushes her hair and places a headband in Quinn's hair.

"Perfect." She beams with excitement and Quinn can't help but smile back.

"I'm going to have to bring some shampoo and body wash for now on. You just smell like hand soap."

Quinn breaks her smile into laughter.

"You know smelling clean doesn't mean you are."

"Yes but it makes you feel clean." She points her finger up as if she had made a point.

She wanted to ask if that's how she felt about marriage but she couldn't go there. Not yet anyways.

"What's that over there?" A brown basket sat next to Rachel's bag on the couch.

"I did say we are going on a picnic. I hope you like vegan."

"Did you cook it?"

"Oh no. I cant cook for my life. My daddy's did."

"What did they cook?"

"I'm not telling."

"Aw c'mon Rach. Give me a hint."

"No can do."

Quinn stares at her in disappointment but Rachel does give in.

"So shall we be going?"

"Ready when you are."

Rachel quickly wipes the wheel chair with the towel and helps Quinn slide back into the wheel chair. She then places the basket on Quinn's lap.

"Wait." She takes out a red handkerchief and covers her eyes.

"Seriously?"

"Just in case you try to peek."

"Your not going to throw me off a cliff are you?"

Rachel gasped and laughed. "Quinn. I'd never, my dads cooking would go to waste!"

"What are you trying to say?" She laughed again and began pushing her.

xxx

"We are close to the exit are you ready?"

"To fall off a cliff? Never."

"I said I'm not. I could never do that to you and I'm talking about being outside."

"You act like its been months since I've been outside."

"Its always refreshing when you don't go outside for a long period of time."

She was right, the moment the door slide open she could smell the Lima air. It was like she has been holding her breathe the whole time she been there and now she could breathe properly. Even if it was Lima air, it was still refreshing.

xxx

Rachel sets down a picnic blanket near a tree and placed the basket on top. She carried Quinn carefully on the blanket.

"So can I take this thing off?"

"Nope. Now open wide."

Quinn obeyed and opened her mouth.

"How is it?"

"Did you just feed me bacon? I thought you said vegan. I did not expect this at all."

"Rachel laughed.

"I did say it was vegan?"

"There is such thing as vegan bacon?" She pulled off the bandana looking at the gleaming Madonna as if she was going to eat her whole.

"The bacon is made out of potatoes. Taste like the real thing though huh. It's only part of the mean though, we are eating a late lunch after all." Rachel pans out a veggie pasta.

"Your dads really out done themselves."

xxx

Quinn and Rachel lay back on the blanket, rubbing their stuffed bellies.

Quinn looks up at the sky and blurts out, "I like this. Us. I mean."

Rachel places her hand on hers and places her fingers in between hers.

"Me too. If we were like this in the beginning we'd be the closest of friends."

"Some how I doubt that." The girls laughed at things they used to do. They had held hands before but not like this. Not this long.

"Do you really think I have man hands?"

"No." Quinn laughs.

"Oh my god. I never really believed you until Finn said my hands get all sweaty when we hold hands." Quinn laughs harder and grips her stomach from the aching pain.

Once she catches her breathe she finally able to choke out, "No that's all him Rach." He is like a sponge, anything that attracts to him makes him ooze."

"Hey, your talking about my fiancé you know." Quinn laughs when she realizes what she has done. Rachel had tears in the well of her eyes. She tried covering up and Quinn acted like everything was ok but really she wanted to hug the girl.

They had stop talking for a minute now. Quinn occupies herself by pulling out the grass next to her.

She doesn't turn her head afraid to see the diva crying.

"Thank you Rachel, for everything."

"Its the least I can do." She could tell the brunette was smiling but she could tell from the strain in her voice that she was crying.

xxx

"So what is this week's theme for Glee?"

"Living life to the fullest. Redundant I know, it's exactly what I pointed out when he wrote it out. Then he went on rambling how it gets the message across."

"Your kidding me?"

"Nope. Mr. Shue is so pump for this week. The girls and I are singing the song, It's My life by No doubt. Oh and your not going to believe this, Mr. Shue is making the boys sing, One hundred years by Five For Fighting. I'm not finish quite yet. As a group we are singing Good Life by One Republic. "

"I didn't even die."

"Well at least you don't have to listen to his pep talk on life and stuff."

"We received enough of that."

"Mm." They had talked for another hour or so over how their day had went and what had happened.

Rachel grabs her bag from the couch.

"Well I have homework to do so I'll be going now." It was only a quarter till seven but Quinn didn't want the girl to stay up all night doing homework so she couldn't say no.

"Okay."

"Goodnight." Rachel smiles and hugs her.

"Are you coming by tomorrow?"

"Most likely." She smiles and turns around.

"Goodnight Rach." She leaves and Quinn shuts her eye remembering the events that had occurred earlier that day. It was a good day and she was looking forward to spending the rest of her hospital days with Rachel.

xxx

Quinn wakes up from the sunlight that peers through the curtains as Eleanor sets it to the side.

"Good morning. Doctor Grant will be with you in a second."

"Okay." Quinn picked up the Elle magazine that sat on the side desk and flips through it.

The doctor walks in smiling.

"Good news Ms. Fabray. Your X-rays came in. It seems like you got out of the accident with only a few minor scratches and fractured bones. Looks like you will only be wearing a long cast on each leg."

"It might be horrible at first but you will get used to it."

"How long will I be wearing it?"

"Hmm. Usually fractured bones take up to 6-8 weeks to heal completely."

If she got better between that time, maybe she could make nationals without having to be in a wheel chair.

"Let's get these splints off you." He removes the splints off of her legs and places her it gently back down.

"So before we start, what color would you like?" She had a color in mind the moment he said cast.

"Do you have pink?"