Rachel was staring out the window in Santana's bedroom watching as Puck pulled out of the driveway, Brittany was sitting next to her rubbing soft circles on her back, Mercedes was grabbing the first aid kit and towels, and Santana was looking for clothes for Rachel. Brittany leaned closer to Rachel, "Rachel I know I am not always the smartest person, but I think this time I am right." Rachel turned and quirked an eyebrow curiously at Brittany, "You have to go to the hospital," Rachel immediately tensed, "Wait Rachie please listen. You could be really hurt Rachie. I know you were a virgin and as much as I wish we were none of us are smart like doctors. We can't take care of you like they do in hospitals." By this time Santana had joined the girls and was holding the tiny diva in her arms as she sobbed, "But no one is going to believe me! He is the Quarterback, he is the school hero, I am just a freak and a loser! Everyone is going to think that I just gave it up to him. They already call me all sorts of nasty names, now it will be even worse!" Santana forced her own tears down as she held the shaking form of her friend, Rachel needed them to be strong and that meant no tears. Santana couldn't help feeling guilty though; Rachel was scared because of what people at school would say about her, if she and Quinn hadn't been so fucked up to her in the first place she wouldn't fear what people said. Brittany just shook her head, "If anyone tries to say anything mean to you Puck will beat up the guys and Snix will beat up the girls. All of us will stand by you no matter what your choice is, but I really want you to get better and I want Finn to be punished." Santana smiled up at Brittany and reached for her hand, it was moments like this Santana fell even harder for Brittany; she wasn't a genius, but she had a way with people's, she just understood them and no matter who it was she was willing to help. Rachel's sobs slowed to a stop and she looked up at the couple nodding mutely before swallowing hard, "I… I think you are right Brittany, as long as you all promise me you will all stand by me. I need my Glee family." Brittany smiled wrapping Rachel in her arms along with Santana, "You are the most bravest person we know Rachie." Mercedes walked in from the bathroom and raised an eyebrow at the girls, "What did I miss?"
Puck had just left his house grabbing his guitar and a duffel bag of clothes, toiletries, and his homework. (Yes Berry was definitely rubbing off on him). He threw his bag in the truck bed with the rest of the overnight bags and secured his guitar; he climbed into the front seat almost falling out when Kurt shoved his phone in Puck's face. It was a text from Santana:
Hey Brit convinced B 2 go 2 the hospital. We didn't clean her up & she wants to press charges on that dumbass Lima Loser. She wants u guys 2 meet us there, & she wants you to b there when she talks 2 the cops.
When he finished reading the text he smiled, Rachel still had a long way to go but at least she had changed her mind about the cops. He handed the phone back to Kurt, "Text her back, tell her we are on the way and tell her to ask Rach if she wants me to call her dad's so the hospital doesn't have to. And then text Blaine and makes sure he knows too we all need to be there." Kurt nodded and started texting San and his boyfriend, "So," Kurt said casually never looking up from his phone, "when are you going to tell Rachel you love her?" Puck tightened his grip on the steering wheel and drove a little faster, "I don't know what you are talking about Beyoncé." Kurt shook his head and chuckled, "You two are complete idiots. We all see how you look at her Puck, Rachel is the only that is as blind as you are." Puck stayed silent for a minute before sighing, "You can't tell her Kurt, I am serious. She is going to go to New York and be a star she doesn't need some fucked up Lima Loser trying to drag her down with him. Even if she has forgiven me I haven't forgiven myself; I made her life a living hell, I slushied her weekly, I teased her, I made her feel like a complete freak when I knew she wasn't. We were friends Kurt, when we were younger we always hung out because of Temple but I wanted to be popular so I fucked her over. I already broke her heart once I won't do it again." Kurt looked up and shook his head again, "But none of that matters Puck. Rachel adores you, she has ALWAYS believed in you even when you did all of those awful things to us. To Rachel you aren't a Lima Loser, you are her knight in shining armor. She needs you now more than ever Puck, just…think about telling her Puck please." Puck sighed and nodded once, "I will think about it." Kurt smiled, "Thank you. Oh and San texted back, she said they already called her parents, they are already on their way back from Columbus. And Blaine is already there." Puck sped up, he didn't want Rachel to be there alone, the girls would take care of her he trusted them to keep her safe, but he wanted to be there for her. He couldn't protect her from Finn when he did this to her, but he would be there from now on NO matter what.
They pulled up and jumped out of the car heading towards the door just as Blaine walked out, "Oh thank god you guys are here, hurry up." Before Puck could say anything Blaine had turned and headed back inside Puck and Kurt chasing after him. He saw Santana crying and pacing while Brittany was talking to a doctor; Santana's head shot up and she grabbed Puck's arm pulling him forward, "THIS IS NOAH. HERE HE IS, LET HIM IN NOW. HE CAN CALM HER DOWN!" The doctor just nodded and motioned for Puck to follow him and he began talking, "Mr. Puckerman, she won't let anyone near her and she just keeps screaming for you. We need you to calm her down so we can do the exam, so far the nurse was only able to get her into a hospital gown." They stopped at an exam room and the doctor opened the door slowly before sticking his head inside, "Rachel, Noah is here and he wants to come in is that okay?" Rachel ran to the door and yanked it open throwing herself into Puck's arms, "Oh my god Noah! I can't I can't do this! I wanna go home." Noah picked her up and sat on the hospital bed holding her tight against his chest, "What do you need to do?" he asked the doctor letting Rachel sob against him. The doctor glanced at the shaking girl before he sighed and looked back to Puck, "Normally I would NEVER tell you anything like this, but seeing as she refuses to talk to anyone but you," the doctor hesitated once more and then continued, "We need to do a rape kit to collect any…evidence that could be left behind and we need to give her some pills to prevent pregnancy and any STD's. When the police come they will need to take photographs of the bruises and then collect a statement from her." Puck tightened his arms around Rachel and swallowed hard, he shouldn't be having this conversation, this should have never happened to Rachel. But it did and she needed him, "Can you get a girl doctor or a nurse or something to do the exam?" "Of course I wouldn't even have to be in the room, it is a quick and almost painless procedure. But it is a necessary one," the doctor added. "Baby I know you are scared," Rachel looked up at Puck for the first time since he walked in the room, "But it will be another girl and I will be here with you the whole time. Everyone is outside waiting for us, if it gets to hard I already got a bad ass escape plan mk?" Rachel nodded weakly before looking at the doctor, "Only another girl nurse and Noah stays by my side the entire time."
An hour later Puck walked back out into the waiting room and was bombarded with questions, "Shut up guys! I can't answer you if I can't get a fucking word in," everyone immediately stopped, "She is okay now, well as okay as she can be, they did a uh a rape kit and gave her some pills to prevent pregnancy or anything she could catch. They bagged up her clothes and stuff and gave it to the cops, she wasn't really up to talking to them so I gave them my statement and they are coming back tomorrow to get hers. The doctors gave her some sleeping pills so she could get some rest." He cleared his throat and stared at the ceiling willing himself not to cry, badasses don't cry. That all went down the drain when Brittany pulled him into the seat next to her and let his head fall onto her shoulder, "You can cry Puck it's okay no one will laugh. You are a really strong guy, just like San is a really strong girl, but I know it hurts to see Rachie hurt." That was all it took for Puck to burst into tears while Brittany held him and whispered into his ear, "She is gonna be okay Puck. Rachie is really strong too, she is just scared right now."
When he finally felt the tears taper off, he pulled away from Brittany smiling at the blonde Cheerio, "Thank you Brittany. For making me feel better and for convincing Rachel to come here." Brittany just nodded and smiled before walking over to Santana and wrapping her arms tightly around the still sobbing girl. Puck looked up just in time to see Hiram and Leroy run through the ER door; Hiram spotted him first and yanked Leroy over to the boy, "Noah wh what happened? A girl called us and said that Rachel was hurt and we had to…Noah where is she?" Puck stood up and pointed to Santana, "That's the girl who called you, she is a friend of Rachel's and," he paused clearing his throat again trying to fight back fresh tears, "Hiram, Leroy…I don't know how to say this any better, but Rachel, she's been ra raped."
A/N I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I really wanted to write more but I gotta admit I even made myself cry :(. I will try and update again ASAP, but let me guys know what you think, do you guys want to read Rachel's statement to the cops or do you want to move past that? I warn you though the statement is going to be graphic since it will be Rachel's take on the events.