Quinn Fabray sat on a bench in the park in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. Her mom thought it would be a good idea to get out of Lima for awhile after the divorce with her dad and Quinn having her baby. When she told Quinn this, she was torn. She wanted to stay in Lima with her friends from the Glee Club and Puck, but she was also desperate for a fresh start. She went willingly, happy for the start. But she also lost Puck in the process. She remembered that day clearly.
"You're moving? To Pennsylvania? You're kidding, right? You can't!" Puck said, looking a mixture of angry and hurt.
"I have to. I want to stay here, Puck, don't you know that? But I have to go. I can't let my mom leave Lima alone." The blonde replied, looking as if she wanted to cry.
"Fine. You go off to Rosewood or wherever. Do what you have to do. I understand. But you have to understand that I have to do what I have to do. And, I can't do long distance, Quinn."
The tears flew freely down her eyes then. It was really over between them. After they're amazing summer together and him saying he loved her, he was ending it. Just like that.
She felt tears stinging her eyes at the memory, begging to fall. She wouldn't let them, though. She was through being weak. She had to be strong. For her mom. Even as the thought came, she felt the tears slowly begin to trickle down her face. Who was she kidding? She wasn't strong. She had never been strong. Even before the pregnancy she wasn't strong. She was just a bitch. That was one good thing about becoming pregnant (besides actually holding her newborn daughter)-it humbled her out a ton.
She sat there, on the park bench, thinking about her last day at Lima. It had been hard to say goodbye to Puck, even if he was acting distant and cold, as if it didn't hurt him. She could tell it was. It hurt her to say goodbye to Kurt and Mercedes, too. They had become her best friends.
"We're really going to miss you, you know that, right, girl?" Mercedes told her, obviously fighting back tears. She nodded, also blinking back tears.
"I know you're going to rule Rosewood, it just sucks that you have to leave." Kurt said, obviously trying to be strong as well. She didn't like that they were putting up a brave front for her. She didn't like that she was putting up one for them. These were two of her best friends. They deserved to see the real her.
"Guys? What are we doing? I don't know about you two, but I actually kind of want to cry right now. I'm leaving my whole life behind, and two of the people that like me are getting left behind as well." She said, finally letting go and crying.
Mercedes hugged her first, also crying at this point, followed by Kurt. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes, before pulling away and wiping their eyes. Quinn laughed. "Look at us. We're hot damn messes."
Kurt and Mercedes laughed with her, they said their final goodbyes to each other, promising to stay in touch, and she left.
Quinn's once silent tears had started turning into audible sobs. She missed everyone. Sure, she was happy for the fresh start, but she wanted her old life back, too. She remembered being emotional about saying goodbye to everyone-even Berry.
"I guess our long-lived rivalry is over now." Rachel said, sadly, looking at the blonde girl.
"It was over way before this, Rachel. You know it and I know it. Neither of us just wanted to admit that we can get along. We want people to think we went to our graves hating each other."
Rachel nodded, as if this made sense. "And, Rachel? Be good to Finn. He deserves someone who'll treat him right… especially after last year."
Rachel nodded. "Always. You don't have to worry, Quinn. I won't hurt him." Quinn nodded and then tentatively wrapped her arms around the brunette, wondering if this was awkward for her as well. She guessed not when she felt Rachel hug her back.
Thankfully, her tears went back to being silent. Rachel, Artie, Tina, Mike, and Matt were her easiest goodbyes. Artie and Tina because she didn't know them that well, same with Mike and Matt, and Rachel because, well, she was Rachel. Kurt and Mercedes, Finn, Puck, and Brittany and Santana were her hardest goodbyes.
"You're really leaving, aren't you?" Finn said, with his usual confused/adorable look on his face. Quinn nodded. All Finn did was hug her. He understood she didn't want words to get in the way of this moment.
When she pulled away, she looked up at him and said the two words she had wanted to say since the baby mess happened. "I'm sorry."
He nodded and she walked over to Brittany and Santana, her best friends since junior high when all three of them made Jr. Cheerios. She saw Brittany was already sobbing and as soon as she got there, she wrapped her arms around the sobbing blonde. "Oh, Britt…" She said, hugging her tight. She could see Santana behind Brittany, looking a mixture of sad that she was leaving and concerned about Brittany's happiness.
She let go of the blonde and looked at the tough-as-nails Latino girl, who actually looked like she was going to cry. Quinn laughed, trying to lighten the mood. "Don't tell me you're going soft on me, Santana."
Santana rolled her eyes. "As if, Fabray. It just sucks that you're moving so far away. We're gonna, you know, miss you."
Quinn nodded. "I'm going to miss you guys, too. Stay in touch, okay?" She said before hugging them both, Brittany was still sobbing when she let go. After she walked a few feet away from them, she turned to see Santana hugging and comforting Brittany.
She had blocked out the memory of Puck's goodbye. It was so abrupt. So cold. So not like the guy she had seen over the summer. She had realized that her crying was once again audible as she cried out strangled sobs. She wanted to stop, she really did, she just couldn't find the will. It actually felt good to cry.
"Excuse me?" She heard a male voice behind her say. "Are you alright?"
She turned around to see a curly, dark haired guy looking at her concernedly. "I-I'm fine. I just moved here from Ohio… so everything's still kind of fresh in my head." She said. And moving was to help get away from things she didn't want to think about. She'd start crying again.
"Okay. Well, do you want me to show you around? I'm not from Rosewood, but I work here so I know it pretty well." The guy offered. Quinn didn't know why, but she trusted this stranger, so she nodded and they began walking.
"I'm Alex, by the way. Alex Santiago. And you are…?" The guy said a few minutes later.
"Quinn Fabray." She answered shortly. She didn't want to get close to anyone. She didn't want them to see what a train wreck she really was. They continued walking, Alex pointing out various things. They laughed and actually did end up talking quite a bit. She was having fun, she realized. Something she hadn't had since the last couple weeks of high school.
Once they made it back to the park, Alex took her back to the bench she was sitting at. "I'm really sorry, but I've got to go to work. But if you ever need, or want to talk to me again, here's my cell number." He said, before scribbling it on a piece of paper that seemed to come out of nowhere.
Quinn nodded and smiled. "Thanks, Alex. For you're number, today. Everything. It helped. A lot."
Alex smiled. "I'm glad. I'll see you around, Quinn." He said and then he was gone.
Quinn looked at the scrap of paper and messy penmanship. She knew one thing. She couldn't wait to see Alex again.
I know my Glee/PLL crossovers aren't popular, but could you guys please give this one a chance? It's gonna be a chapter story with Alex and Quinn being the main couple (cuz I love both of them). Please let me know what you guys think. Okay. I need to know if you want me to continue this. I really want to.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or Pretty Little Liars if I did, I wouldn't be writing fics about them, now would I?
