1 week later...
Finn's POV:

"Okay Mr. Hudson, I'll go get your discharge papers and you can be out of here" Dr. Shepherd says, and I smile

"Thank you, Dr. Shepherd. And your brother too" my mom says, and she smiles

"It was nothing really. I'm just glad that he pulled through" she says, and looks at me. "Just be careful Finn. I don't wanna have to operate on you again. You were a tough one" she says, and I laugh a little

"I don't think you have to worry about that" I say, and she smiles

"Okay. Let me go get those papers" she says, and leaves the room.

"Mom, where's Rachel? She said she'd be here by now" I ask my mom

"Oh, sweetie. She's probably just getting out of school. There's no way she could get here by the time-"

"I'm here!" Rachel exclaims as she runs through the door. "Sorry I'm a little late, my car wouldn't start" she says, and I laugh

"It's no problem. I'm just glad that you're here. The doctor said I could go home" I say, and her face glows with excitement

"Oh my god you can!? Finn that's amazing!" She yells and hugs me. She pulls away and walks around the other side and hugs my mom

"Hi Carole" she says with a smile

"Hey Rachel. How are you honey?" She asks me

"Oh, I'm good. I'm better now that he's coming home though" she says, and looks at me

"Yeah, I think we all are" my mom says

Just then, Kurt comes into the room

"Rachel, you couldn't have waited!?" He exclaims

"I was already 5 minutes late, I wasn't about to make it 6!" She exclaims back

"I hate that you have to be so on time" he says, and Rachel laughs. He comes over to me, and hugs me. He pulls away and looks at me hopefully

"Is today the day?" He asks, and I nod

"Yes! You're actually coming home!?" He yells, and I nod

"Yes! I'm so excited! You can finally really meet Blaine!" He exclaims, and I look at him confused

"Who's Blaine?" I ask

"Oh, he's my friend from Dalton. We've actually been dating" he says, and I look at him surprised

"What! You have a boyfriend!?" I exclaim

"Yeah. We've been dating for about a month now. Well, officially" he says

"I'm so happy for you Kurt, come here man" I say, and he hugs me again. Kurt pulls away from the hug because we hear footsteps coming into the room. It was Dr. Shepherd with my discharge papers

"Here ya go! Sign them, bring them to the front desk, and you're ready to go" she says

"Thank you Dr. Shepherd, really" I say

"No problem Finn" she says with a smile, and walks out of the room

"Well, we will let you get changed and everything so that we can leave" my mom says, and everyone leaves the room so that I can get ready

15 minutes later...

As I'm walking out of the hospital room, I take one last look, thinking about everything that happened here.

FLASHBACK...

"He has a brain bleed!" I hear one doctor say

"His broken knee can wait! Get him to an OR now!" I hear another say

"Guys wait! He's awake!" A doctor with blonde hair says

"Where-Where's Rachel?" I ask

"Who?" The blonde doctor says

"Rachel. My girlfriend. Where is she? Is she okay?" I keep asking, starting to panic

"I will go look for her okay. But you need to fight for Rachel, okay?" She says, and goes to walk away but I grab her arm

"Please come with me. Find her after I fall asleep. Please. I need someone in there who wasn't yelling about all of the things wrong with Me" I say, and she looks around at the other doctors. I guess they nodded their heads because she stayed with me

"Okay. Okay, I will stay with you until you fall asleep, and then I will go find Rachel" the blonde doctor says

"Thank you" I say to her

"It's no problem" she says, and we head into the OR

In the OR...

"Okay, we are almost ready with the anesthesia. Once you go under, you won't feel a thing, I promise." The blonde doctor says

"You know, if Feel more comfortable if I knew your name" I say, and she laughs

"Izzie. Izzie Stevens" she says

"Well Izzie Stevens. I'm Finn Hudson. It's nice to meet you" I say to her

"Finn, tell me more about your girlfriend, Rachel" she says, and I smile just thinking about her

"Rachel Barbra Berry. The love of my life. I mean, we've had a pretty rocky relationship. We got together in sophomore year, then broke up last year because I cheated on her with my ex girlfriend. Oh, and my ex girlfriend? She got pregnant by my best friend the first time we dated, so I don't know why I went back to her. Anyway, I broke up with her and got back with Rachel, which was the best decision of my life. And then, boom. Car accident" I say, and she has a sad look on her face

"Well, Rachel is probably fine. To be honest, it looks like you took more of the beating" she says

"Yeah. Well, as long as she is okay, I'll be okay" I say, and she smiles. She looks at the anesthesiologist, and she nods

"Okay Finn. The anesthesiologist is going to put you to sleep okay? I'm gonna need you to count down from 10" she says, and I nod

"Ten, nine, eight seven, six....." and that was it. I was asleep.

PRESENT TIME...

I look down at the ground, and sigh. I turn off the light, and step out of the room.

"Finn, are you okay?" Rachel asks me

"Yeah. I'm fine. Let's just go home" I say, and smile at her. She smiles right back. I bring my discharge papers to the nurse outside of my room, and she takes them. We walk out of the hospital, and I look back one more time

FLASHBACK...

"Can we be alone please?" I hear Rachel ask everyone, and I hear their footsteps walk out of the room and close the door.

"Oh, Finn. Please tell me you're gonna wake up soon. Please tell me that this isn't all real, that you're gonna be fine. That what they're saying isn't true

What?? What are they saying? Ugh, I wish I could ask her

"I just need a sign Finn. Move your hand, move your head, anything. Just please, don't leave me Finn. Please don't leave me" she says, sobbing.

I love you Rachel! I'm not gonna leave you ever! I promise! I'll be okay! I wish she could hear me. I wish I could move my hand to wipe her tears away.

"I want everything to be okay. So please, just, wake up. If not for me, do it for your mom. Or Burt, or Kurt. Do it for the glee club. We all need you, Finn. You're the rock. You're our quarterback, and we need you" she says sobbing, and holds my hand and puts her head down.

It'll all be fine Rachel. I'll come back to you. I'll fight my hardest.

PRESENT DAY..

"Finn?" I hear Kurt ask me, and I snap out of my flashback

"What?" I ask him

He sighs. "You're thinking about your time in that hospital aren't you?" He asks me

"Every agonizing minute" I say, and he puts his hand on my shoulder

"I'm sorry you had to go through all of that Finn. It must've sucked" he says

"Don't be sorry for me. I'm sorry all of my friends and family had to go through this. Thinking I was gone, and then suddenly I'm alive?" I say

"What happened? You know, when you woke up?" He asks me

"Well, when I woke up, I was paralyzed. I couldn't move anything. I had weeks of physical therapy and finally I was well enough to see you guys. I didn't want you guys seeing me like that, and so I waited. I know I should've called you all the moment I woke up-"

"No, Finn. It's okay. We get it. You wanted to make sure we didn't see you in pain and frustrated. I'm sure you have the nurses a hard time enough" Kurt says to me, and I laugh

"Yeah. Nurse Olivia was nice though. She tolerated me a lot better than all of the other nurses." I say, and he smiles

"C'mon Finn. Let's get you home" he says, and Kurt and I continue walking to my moms car

The next day...

I wanted to get right back into my old routine, so today was my first day back at school. I do have to say though, I was nervous. I didn't know if people were going to stare at me, or if they were going to ask some questions I didn't know the answer to. Needless to say, I was extremely nervous. But, I had my friends by my side. And I knew that they weren't gonna let me down. Not this time. I sat on my couch by the window, waiting for Rachel to get here so that she can bring me. I know that as the guy, I should be the one to drive her, but I feel to shaky to drive. Dr. Shepherd also said not to drive until 2 weeks so I have to wait. Doctors orders. Just as my thoughts start to escape me, I see Rachel's car pull up in the driveway.

"Kurt! Rachel's here!" I yell, and Kurt comes running down the stairs. He opens his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it.

"Shotgun" I say, and smile. Kurt grunts in annoyance, and we walk out of the door

"Bye mom!" I yell, and Kurt does too. We race to Rachel's car, and Kurt reluctantly gets in the back

"He called shotgun didn't he?" Rachel asks Kurt when he gets in the car, and Kurt nods angrily

"Well, maybe you'll get it next time little brother!" I say, and Kurt glares at me. Rachel and I laugh and then look at her. God, I love her so much. I couldn't ever bare to let her go. I look at her longingly, and then she starts smiling and laughing. God, do I love her smile

"What?" She asks me while giggling

"Nothing. I just, I just love you" I say, and she smiles

"I love you too" she says, and kisses me

"Um, hello? Lovebirds? We're gonna be late for school" Kurt says from the backseat, and Rachel and I laugh. Rachel starts the car, and starts driving us to McKinley.

At McKinley...

Rachel, Kurt, and I were walking into McKinley, when my palms started sweating and I started shaking a bit

"Finn? You okay?" Rachel asks me

"Yeah. Just, uh, just nervous. I haven't seen any of these people for a long time. Just, worried." I say, and she lit me sympathetically

"I'll meet you guys in there. Take as much time as you need Finn" Kurt says, and walks into McKinley

"Finn, take your time. You know, you don't even have to do this today" Rachel says, and I take a deep breath

"No, I want to do this today. I just, I didn't think I'd be this nervous is all" I say, and Rachel grabs my hand

"Hey. You'll be okay. I'm right by your side" Rachel says, and smiles. Having her here makes me feel safer, more confident. She makes me feel like the best version of myself.

"Okay. I took my time. I can do this." I say, and start walking towards the doors into McKinley High School. As soon as Rachel opens the door, there's a banner that says "Welcome Back Finn!", and everyone I'm friends with we're standing in the hallway, including Blaine, Kurt's boyfriend. The biggest smile appeared on my face, and everyone started cheering

"We thought you would want a warm welcome. You know, not having everyone staring at you for the wrong reason. C'mon, let's get to the choir room" Rachel says, and we make our way to the choir room. As soon as we get there, and I open the door, everyone from the glee club was there. They all came up to me and gave me a giant group hug.

"I missed you guys too" I say smiling

"Don't do that to us, every again, man" Puck says

"I don't plan on it" I say, and we both smile at each other. I look around, and see Mr. Shue come out if his office. A smile came across his face, and his arms opened wide. I went over to him and hugged him tight

"Welcome back, Finn. We've all missed you" he says to me, and I sigh

"I've missed you guys too." I say, and smile.

"Okay, Mr. Shue, can we?" Rachel asks him, and I pull away from the hug

"Of course Rachel" he says, and Rachel cheers

"Okay everybody, c'mon!" She says, and everyone lines up in front of the room

"Guys, what's going on?" I ask laughing

"We wanted to do something extremely special for your first day back" Rachel says

"And so, we wanted to do a musical number for you. You know, like we always do" Mercedes says

"We love you Finn. Welcome back" Rachel concludes, and the music begins as I take a seat. As soon as I hear the music, I start to laugh, and they start singing

[All boys except Kurt]
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

but.

[All girls plus Kurt]
I'll be there for you

[All boys except Kurt]
When the rain starts to pour

[All girls plus Kurt]
I'll be there for you

[All boys except Kurt]
Like I've been there before

[All]
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

[All girls plus Kurt]
You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far... things are goin' great

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
Oh but she didn't tell you when the world has brought
You down to your knees that...

[All boys except Kurt]
I'll be there for you

[All girls plus Kurt]
When the rain starts to pour

[All boys except Kurt]
I'll be there for you

[All girls plus Kurt]
Like I've been there before

[All]
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

[Rachel & Santana]
No one could ever know me

[Quinn & Kurt]
No one could ever see me

[Puck & Sam]
Seems you're the only one who knows
What it's like to be me

[Rachel & Santana]
Someone to face the day with

[Quinn & Kurt]
Make it through all the rest with

[Puck & Sam]
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst I'm best with you, yeah

[Rachel]
It's like you're always stuck in second gear

[Puck]
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month

[Rachel & Puck]
or even your year...

[All boys]
I'll be there for you

[All girls]
When the rain starts to pour

[All boys]
I'll be there for you

[All girls]
Like I've been there before

[All]
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

[All girls]
I'll be there for you

[All boys]
I'll be there for you

[All]
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

By the end of the number, I was in tears, and smiling. I stood up and gave the a standing ovation, and they all ran up and hugged me

"We love you Finn" they all say, and I could hardly catch my breath. When I did, i brought myself to say it back

"I love you guys too"