Chasing Lights

chapter 17

Thursday, December 16th 2010

They were into the early hours of Wednesday morning. Rachel still didn't wake up. There was no sign of her waking up. Hiram and Leroy didn't leave her bedside. They took turns watching Rachel while the other one slept. Right now Hiram was watching Rachel while Leroy was asleep. Hiram was reading a book when he noticed Rachel was moving her head.

"Leroy! Wake up. She's moving." Hiram said as he got up. "I think she's waking up."

Leroy ran to the other side of Rachel bed.

Rachel started moving around and moaning in her sleep.

"Daddy!" She cried out.

"It's okay Rachel. Me and dad are right here." Leroy said.

Rachel opened her eyes and looked up at Leroy. "Daddy?"

Rachel sounded very weak. It sounded like she was whispering. Leroy and Hiram didn't care. They were just happy Rachel was awake.

"Where am I?" Rachel asked.

"It's okay princess." Hiram said, Rachel turned to face him. "Your in the hospital. Your going to be fine."

Both men pulled Rachel into a hug.

"A part of me wants to kill you for doing something so dangerous." Mr Schue said as he stood on front of the Glee club. "Another part of me wants to hug you cause you saved Rachel."

"I like the side that wants to hug us." Puck said.

"I'm really proud of you guys." Mr Schue said. "You all worked together to bring Rachel home."

The group smiled.

"I have never seen you all being so close." Mr Schue said. "Tina, Santana and Quinn, You three were sitting together is class this morning. I don't think I ever saw you sit together before. You all sit together at lunch now, you never did that before."

"I guess we got to know each other better over these past few weeks." Tina said.

Mr Schue nodded. "Just promise you will include Rachel when she comes back."

"We promise." Sam said. "We're not going to let Rachel out of our sight."

Mercedes took out her phone. "I just a text from Rachel's dad. She woke up this morning."

The group let out an excited scream.

"Mr Schue, we're going to visit her after school." Artie said. "Would you like to come?"

Mr Schue smiled. "I can't go today. I'm going to try and see her sometime next week. Thanks for asking."

"Hello everyone." Kurt said as he walked in.

"What are you doing here?" Mercedes asked.

Kurt smiled. "I have some good news. I'm moving back to McKinley."

"What about Karofsky?" Quinn said.

"My dad is going to sort something out with the principal." Kurt said, smiling. "Over these few weeks I realized how much I missed you guys. I'm not letting Karofsky stop me from being with my friends."

The groups ran over to Kurt and hugged him.

"Rachel, stop it." Hiram said when he saw Rachel pulling at the oxygen tube in her nose. He went over and pulled Rachel's hand away from her face. "I know you don't like it but you have to leave the tube alone. It's helping get better."