GLEE and all of it's affiliates do not belong to me. The only thing I take credit for it the story line. Spoilers through "Special Education", I think. Not beta'd, review and rate! This is my first story! This will be a multi-chapter story.
As Quinn walked away from Sam, hands crossed behind her back, Sam grinned, and jumped up, she had finally agreed to be his girlfriend! Quinn turned the corner, feeling rather pleased with herself. She liked Sam, she liked him a lot. And although she felt he was taking things way too fast for her, she was proud to call him her boyfriend. He would be good to her; even better then he had been before. Sam could help her forget all her ghosts of her past, he could make them disappear.
Glee club that day was uneventful, simple planning for Sectionals. Finn and Rachel were given a duet, of course, she thought to herself. Santana was given Kurt's solo, surprisingly, and the whole club was to sing 'Dog Days Are Over'. Quinn lay low that day, and for the following days. It was coming up on a year that Finn had discovered her lie, and had broken up with her. The old pain of hurting the boy was returning again, and Quinn could hardly bear it.
Several days passed again, and Finn and Rachel gave their solo to her and Sam, for some reason they were having a lot of trouble, and couldn't sing together. A thought, which Quinn found strange, but decided to ignore it. Things moved quickly, and soon it was the Friday before Sectionals, one day to the year of the 'incident', as Quinn had decided to call it in her head. She gave Finn none of her attention, hoping he wouldn't remember. The blonde busied herself with talking with Mercedes, who was awfully lonely, since Kurt had transferred to a new school. Kurt's transfer had hurt everyone, but it had hurt Mercedes the most. The least Quinn could do for her friend was give her company.
The rehearsal ended, and Quinn began to shuffle outside with the rest of the group, when a hand on her shoulder caused her to stop, and look behind her. It was Finn, surprisingly. He spoke, in a quiet tone "Hey Quinn. So..um..Is it true that you agreed to be Sam's girlfriend?" Quinn shrugged off his hand, and glared at him, replying "Yeah, I did, but is it any of your business? No." Finn looked down, a little crestfallen, and then said "I just wanted to know Quinn; I thought we were friends, and friends tell each other these things." Quinn sighed, and said "I don't care about your motives; I don't want you in my personal life. Got it?" Finn frowned at her, and a sad puppy-dog look appeared on his face, as he said "Geez Quinn, I just want us to be friends. I care about you, is that such a crime?" Quinn frowned at him, and said "What are you getting at Finn? What do you want from me?" Finn looked down, and said "Nothing, never mind." He walked off, hands stuffed into his pockets, with Quinn thoroughly confused.
Sam caught up with his girlfriend, and took her hand, and smiled at her. Then he said "What was that with Finn?" She shrugged, and said "I don't really know. Today's just kind of a big reminder for me, and I guess he remembered too." Sam raised an eyebrow, and asked "Reminder for what?" Quinn looked at him, sighed, and said "The day Finn found out the baby wasn't his, the day we broke up." Sam intertwined his fingers with hers, and planted a kiss on top of his head, then said "Don't worry about it, babe. Quinn nodded, and looked at him, relieved the encounter was over. The couple walked hand in hand out the door of the choir room, smiling, and talking quietly with each other.
Sectionals passed, and New Directions beat out the Warblers and Kurt for first place. Quinn had felt bad, really, bad when she had seen the look on Kurt's face. He had transferred for a good reason, but he was obviously missing his friends, both male and female. The cheerleader was content with her life. Her relationship with Sam was doing well, she hadn't fought with Santana in weeks, and she had just received a solo, which was originally supposed to go to Rachel. Rachel and Finn were still having problems, she was pretty sure they had broken up, although both seemed a little depressed. Quinn was happy, but she still couldn't shake the encounter with Finn. He had had some kind of ulterior motive, something he wanted to gain from the conversation, which he had not. She couldn't get her brain around it, which was surprising, as she was supposed to be the smarter of the two.
Two weeks passed, and Sam and Quinn broke up. He had cheated on her, with Santana. She couldn't believe him; he had given her a promise ring after all. It hurt, and it hurt her deep. That day as she walked into Glee club, Sam tried to sit next to her, but she shot him a glare that could burn through metal. He backed off, and sat in the row below her, next to Mike. He looked hurt, but she didn't care. How could he expect her to be a loving girlfriend, when he was the one who had cheated? It infuriated Quinn; it made her want to punch her ex-boyfriend. A glare planted on her face, she hardly paid attention as Mr. Schuester started rambling on, a new duets project in the works. Quinn frowned even deeper; she didn't want another duets project, the last time she had gained a cheating boyfriend. Who knew what would happen this time. The man began to announce the pairs; he was choosing them this time. Then, he called out, drawing Quinn's attention back in. "Next Tina and Mercedes, and Finn and Quinn." Quinn's jaw nearly dropped. Singing a duet with her ex-boyfriend was not something she wanted to do. She would have rather sung to Berry then Finn. Finn, who sat in front of her, did not look back, although he leaned back in his chair, and put his hands behind his head. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad, maybe whatever he had been thinking about earlier was over, and they could just knock out the duet quickly. Mr. Schuester finished announcing the partners, and then let the teenagers gather in their pairs, to start work. Rachel was paired with Artie, and already she was talking loudly about her perfect ideas. Finn stood up in front of her, and then took the empty seat next to her, looking hopeful. Quinn sighed, and said "What songs do you want to do?" Finn shrugged, and replied "I dunno, I thought you might have ideas." Frowning slightly, she shrugged as well, and said "I've got nothing." Finn replied "Well.. Maybe you'd want to come over to my house after school today to think up ideas?" Quinn raised an eyebrow, and spoke back "Didn't you move? I don't know where you live. And will Kurt be around, I miss him." Finn looked a little relieved, and replied "Yeah, we did. I'll give you a ride, if you want. And yeah, I think he'll be there, Dalton gets out around the same time we do." "Alright, I'll see you after school then" the blonde said, then looked away. She had felt eyes on watching her, and she turned, to see Sam sadly staring at her. She glared at him again, he had no right to be sad over her, she was sick of it. The bell rang, and the class ended, and Quinn shuffled out of the classroom, avoiding Finn and Sam, walking with Mercedes.
Later that day, Quinn sat on a couch, talking with Kurt, while Finn made himself a snack in the kitchen. She smiled at the gay young man, and said "So how's life in your new big house?" Kurt smiled, and said "It's nice, it really is. And it's close enough to Dalton so I don't have to spend outrageous amounts of time driving." The cheerleader laughed a little, and then said "You all seem so happy. I'm a little jealous, compared to what my family life is like right now, with my dad gone and all." Kurt nodded, understanding and said "Yes, it's been really nice, and I've been getting along with Finn pretty well. Oh, right you told me about that. Your mom is going through therapy. But, can I tell you something, Quinn?" She nodded, a little worried, and said "Sure, you can tell me anything." Kurt nodded, and then looked around to make sure no one was around, and then spoke quietly "You know how Finn and Rachel broke up?" She nodded a yes, still a little confused. "Well I think one of the main issues was that he still loves you, Quinn. I heard him talking on the phone with Rachel, and he was arguing with her over you." Quinn was stunned, and she shook her head, saying "Finn? No. He's been acting kind of weird lately, but he that's not it." Kurt shook his head, smiling, and replied "Deny it all you want Q, but you can't deny it. He's so in love with you, it's adorable. If he wasn't, why would you be here? You could have easily done your duet project at school." Quinn raised an eyebrow, and started to speak, but was interrupted as Finn came into the living room, carrying a grilled cheese sandwich, and said "Okay, made my sandwich, ready to start?" Quinn nodded, and Kurt stood up, shooting her a look, one that emphasized all that he had said, and left the room, feeling pleased with himself. Quinn sat up a little bit, and said "Yeah, sure. So I was thinking about 'Use Somebody'. It's not a traditional duet, but it could be really nice if we did it right." Finn smiled, and said "That sounds great, I think I might have the sheet music for it, Kurt bought it a while back 'cause he wanted to sing it or something like that."
An hour passed, then another, the two planning out their duet, and practicing their parts. Quinn enjoyed herself, smiling and laughing most of the time. She liked hanging out with Finn, he was good. Then, during a quiet pause, as Quinn sat on the ground, marking out a few notes, Finn voiced her thoughts. "I've missed hanging out with you, Q." Looking up, she smiled lightly, and said "Me too." Finn smiled back at her, the kind of smile he had reserved for just her, something he hadn't seen in a long time. More time passed, and a similar pause reached the room, as Quinn texted Brittany quickly, while Finn was trying to memorize the lyrics. Sucking in a large breath, Finn looked at the pretty blonde on the floor of his home, and said "Quinn, I love you." Looking up, alarmed, she shook her head, and began to stand up. Then she said to Finn, looking him in the eye "No, you don't. Don't say that to me. Don't lie to yourself." Finn looked crestfallen, as he protested "I do, I really do love you. I don't think I ever stopped, since we broke up last year. I loved Rachel too, but there was a piece of me still not over you the whole time. I love you, and I want us to be together again". Quinn shook her head again, sadly, and said "Stop, Finn. We both recently got out of relationships; you don't know what you want. I should go; I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye." She walked away, and Finn stood up, watching her go, sadly.
