Here's chapter 3! Thank you for all the favs, alerts, and reviews! I'd also like to thank you for waiting patiently for this chapter. The Quarterback was so heartbreaking 8c. I cried at the end with Will. Sometimes he's inappropriate with his ways of teacher and stuff (xD) but that scene was heartbreaking. Will and Finn were pretty close, and Will probably considered Finn his son sometimes. Also, the scene with Burt/Carole/Kurt was just horrible to watch (in a good way.) Romy better get an Emmy Nomination for that scene!
I don't own Glee. The only character I own is Cory.
Enjoy!
It was Saturday, and it had been two weeks since Quinn's car accident, and the doctors finally decided to "wake her up" from her medically induced coma. Rachel was putting on her skirt then she heard Cory calling her name.
"Mama! Mama! Mama!"
Now that he could talk, he was constantly calling her and Finn. Especially at two o'clock in the morning. Him pestering the couple kept them up more than usual, which wasn't a good thing.
"Mama will be right there, Cory!" she got her skirt on quickly and ran into the nursery, seeing her son grasp for her once she entered. She knew when he needed something or not, but now it looked like all he wanted was attention.
"Mama."
"Do you want to see Dada while I finish getting ready?"
"Dada," she was relieved to hear that, but she knew Finn was going to have to deal with his son's repetitiveness.
"Yes?" the taller teenager went into the nursery once he heard his son speak.
"Dada."
"He's your problem now," Rachel smirked as she gave him a kiss on the cheek before going back to her room to get ready. Cory wasn't going to go to the hospital with them today, since their friend would be already overwhelmed today. It was for the best if he didn't' come along.
-more-than-words-
They quickly finished getting ready, and headed on their way to the hospital. Noah had been there almost everyday since the accident, visiting his baby in the NICU. He was afraid to see Quinn because of her condition, and her parents really didn't want to see him near her. He didn't tell anyone about his conversation with her parents, which was for the best. It wasn't anyone's business as to what they talked about. The Fabrays had yet to talk to their daughter, though. Rachel wondered how her friend would be once she woke up, since she had missed out on so much. Kurt's boyfriend, Blaine, had transferred to McKinley, and she had auditioned for West Side Story for the school's musical. So had Mercedes, and both of them got the part. They would split up the performances evenly so they got their fair share.
"Do you think she'll be ok?" Finn questioned.
"I hope so...even though she didn't have any injuries, she'll still be in a bit of pain. That one scar on her forehead probably won't ever go away," she answered, thinking about Quinn. The brunette had been thinking a lot about her future lately, but now wasn't the time to talk about it.
Once they got to the hospital, they went up to the second floor, which is where the general patients were. Everyone from glee club was in the waiting room, and the waited for about twenty minutes before a doctor came and escorted all of them to her room. They wanted to make sure her memory was ok, so they brought all of them as a test kind of thing.
Rachel watched intensely as the doctors removed the tube from her throat, and did everything else they had to do. It was funny that they had to go through college, medical school, an internship, and all sorts of other things just to do simple things like that. It was a relief though that they knew what they were doing.
After a minute or two, everyone was happy to see Quinn's big brown eyes open. One of the doctor's said, "Do you recognize these people?" once she was aware of everything. She slowly nodded her head, which lead everyone in the room to let out a sigh.
"How long have I been out of it?" Quinn's voice was a bit raspy, but once she had a cup of water it got clearer.
"A couple of weeks," Tina answered.
"What caused the accident? Did I slide over some ice or something?" Ice? What was she talking about? In September, especially in Ohio, snow and ice were very rare. It could happen, but it never did. Maybe she was still a little out of it since she just woke up.
"Ice? No...another car crashed into the driver's side. There's never ice in September," Noah answered.
"September? I thought you said I've been out of it a couple weeks, not nine months," the blonde expressed, a little worried, "Isn't it January?"
"No, it's September," he added.
"It can't be! Rachel, how old is Cory now?"
"He's fifteen months old."
"What...what the hell is going on! Please tell me you guys are just joking!" Quinn started to freak out. She tried to throw herself out of bed, but thankfully a nurse saw her and came in to control her.
What was going on?
-more-than-words-
"The doctor just...told us that she has retrograde amnesia," Russel Fabray announced to the group, once he and his wife talked to the doctors.
"What's that?" Puck whispered, slightly shocked.
"Retrograde amnesia is when someone loses memories prior to the accident, and it appears as thought she only remembers up until January of this year. She'll get her memory back eventually, but it will take a long time for it to arrive."
The girl's boyfriend was now horrified, "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"Yes. If you were to show her her daughter, she wouldn't know who she was."
"Excuse me..." Puck walked away from the scene, walking towards the elevator. He pressed the up button, which took him to the Intensive Care Unit. He had to escape from his world for a little bit to process the news he was just given. He walked into the NICU, and right near the front was "Baby Girl Fabray." The teenager grabbed a stool nearby to sit down beside his daughter. He kinda hated the fact she didn't have a name yet.
"Hey there, baby girl. I just found out some news about your mom. When you meet her soon, she might not remember you. You might be able to recognize her voice, she she won't know who you are. You're so small... I feel bad, I really do. Remember that song I sang to you a couple of days ago? I kinda think that works better now, than when it did then."
I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You
and the reason is You
and the reason is You
and the reason is You
I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
Songs used:
The Reason - Hoobastank
So, you can probably gather that Puck feels guilty about the accident. He'll probably elaborate more on that in the next chapter.
Fun fact: I actually planned to use the song The Reason two other times. The first time I planned to use it was when Finn proposed to Rachel in senior year. I scrapped that idea, and then I was going to use it for the scene where Finn apologizes to Rachel and Kurt in If You Only Knew, instead of the song If You Only Knew by Shinedown. I'm glad I finally found a way to use it! xD
Coming up in chapter 4: Puck takes Quinn to see their baby, and Finchel discuss their wedding plans.