Against All Odds

Chapter 10 - It's Rachel

"Santana. Babe wake up. Are you okay? Hey someone get me a cup of water please. I think she's coming around." I could feel Emily fanning me with her magazine. I started to sit up and realized I was on the bench by our table.

"What happened?" Emily smiled and put her magazine down.

"After you all heard the announcement over the PA, everyone started panicking and everything got really hectic. You stood up, and started to hyperventilate. And within like 10 seconds, you passed out. I caught you before you hit the floor, and that's how we ended up here." I looked around and saw Brittany and Mercedes running through the double doors of the cafeteria.

"Santana? What happened?" Mercedes walked over to me and sat next to me on the bench. I turned me head to see Brittany telling Emily something. Em shook her head and walked back over to me.

"Hey babe. We need to go and see Quinn now, okay." I felt Mercedes rub my back.

"What's going on?" She helped me up and started to walk me to the doors.

"Just come on. We need to go now." We walked down the hallway, and reached Quinn's room. She kissed me on the cheek. I walked into the room first. I was so afraid of what I was going to see. I didn't walk in and see the doctors unhooking her chords and taking out her IV like they do on tv. I didn't want to see her laying there lifeless. I held my breath as I started to walk towards the curtains. My heart started to beat faster. I could feel the tears building up. No. This couldn't be happening. All I could think about was everything we had been through. The things we celebrated together, the obstacles we hurdled over. It was like our memories flashing before my eyes. I stopped right before the opening.

"San? Is that you?" Quinn. I quickly opened the curtains and saw her sitting up in her bed The tears started coming, but in a good way. I ran up to her and hugged her. She loosened my grip and wiped my eyes.

"You had me scared to death, Q. Don't you ever do that again." She smiled.

"Do you really think I want to go through that again?" Quinn laughed. "And this must be the Emily that I've heard so much about."

"It's very nice to meet you. Not under these circumstances of course." Emily walked up to Quinn and shook her hand. "I've heard a lot about you as well."

"Santana would call me everyday and talk about you. How cute you were, how she loved your laugh, the smell of your hair, and more I just can't think of them." I looked at Quinn. But immediately had to turn because I started to blush. "And look at her. She's blushing. But I can see what she saw in you, you're pretty cute."

"Hey now, don't be hitting on my girlfriend." She started laughing and so did Emily. "Speaking of girlfriends, who was the girl you mentioned that last time we talked? You never told me who she was."

"Well, alright. I might as well tell you. The person I met, she's from McKinley. And well, I met her about four years ago. But I didn't realize that I had feelings for her until our senior year and even then I wasn't sure about the feelings I had kept for her in my heart. But then a couple months ago, I realized that I loved her. She has feelings for me too. We've been talking for a while. She isn't ready to come out yet." That's when it hit me. I didn't say anything, and she continued her story. "You have to promise me that you won't say anything. It's a very delicate situation. And I don't know how she's taking everything."

"Rachel's doing just fine, Quinn. Don't worry." Emily said it right before I did.

"How'd you know that?" The look of shock and confusion was plastered all over Quinn's face.

"It wasn't hard. When we first got here, she was the one sitting the closest to you. It looked like she wanted to hold your hand but she was being really hesitant. As the PA announcement went off, she was the one up and out of the door first. She was also the one that called Santana. It was just a guess though." I walked over to Emily and put my hands around her waist.