The day started the same for Quinn Fabray and the rest of Lima. She was anxious once she remembered what day was today. The Regionals. New Directions have been working non-stop preparing for this day. They spent a lot of time preparing and rehearsing over and over and over again. This was their last Regionals together as a team. They needed to be perfect, they needed to win and with Rachel Berry on the lead, she knew it wasn't going to be different.
Rachel Barbra Berry.
This name that once made her laugh and want to puke, now only brings a silly and bittersweet smile to her face. Why ? Because Lucy Quinn Fabray is completely, insanely,irrevocably, madly and deeply in love with one Ms. Rachel Berry. Shocked aren't you ? She was too. Quinn realized she loved Rachel for the first time after that whole 'cheating on Finn with Sam' thing where she saw that the anger she felt knowing that Finn and Rachel went on a stake out together was because she wanted Finn far away from Rachel .
But not because of the fact that Rachel was in love with Finn but because Finn was in love with Rachel. Quinn didn't want Rachel away from her boyfriend, she wanted Finn away from Rachel. It was at that point that Quinn realized that all this time she had been in love with Rachel. Reason why not one of her relationships had worked out. Simple : Finn, Puck, Sam were not Rachel.
It hit her like a bomb. How could she fall in love with Rachel ? Maybe because of the fact that Rachel is beautiful, talented, a little selfish but at the same time, kind. Because Rachel tried to help her even when all she did was torment her during the beginning of high school. Because Rachel was a star and her talent knows no limit and for simply Rachel being Rachel. By the end, she asked herself. How could she not fall in love with Rachel ?
Then it came Prom. When Finn got her the coursage she knew it wasn't his idea, Finn would have never been so thoughtful as to choose flowers that matched her eyes. He just couldn't. She knew he must have had help and she wondered if that help came from Rachel. Rachel would know this kind of thing but that was her wishful thinking making her dream awake when that wasn't true. When Rachel sang that song at the party, she was once again mind blown by her voice and the girl of her dreams.
Then later at the party she saw Rachel and Jesse too close, she wanted more than anything to get him away from Rachel and as if he read her mind, that's exactly what Finn did. Yeah, then there was the slap. The only thing she regretted more than slapping Rachel was giving up Beth. She was actually not as uspet with the fact she lost Prom Queen but realizing that Rachel was still in love with Finn and he was in love with her as well.
When she realized what she had done, she quickly apologiozed but she thought that was it. Rachel would never forgive her, she would hate her forever. But no, Rachel didn't hate her, in fact she helped Quinn and at that moment Rachel just made Quinn fall more in love with her and she almost said it but decided against it. She didn't want to confess to Rachel like this. On a bathroom after a slap and while she still dated Finn. No, Rachel deserved better, much better than this.
When Finn broke up with her, she was a little angry but she was more glad that her relationship with Finn was over, once and for all. So she could now focus on her plan to confess to Rachel and luckily Rachel would give her a chance. So during their stay in New York, she had planned to confess after Nationals when they had the trophy of first place. But things certainly didn't go as she had planned previously.
Finn decided he also wanted Rachel. He even took her out the night before the competition. When she overheard Puck and Sam talking about it, she had a breakdown and Santana along with Brittany helped her through it and she ended up telling them everything as she got a new haircut. Santana bitched around saying she wasn't the least bit surprised and Brittany just said she thought that Quinn and Rachel would be the cuttest couple ever.
Their talk made her rethink and decide to go on with the plan even after what she heard. She prepared everything and went to get ready. They waited and it was finally their turn. The New Directions would start with a duet between Finn and Rachel and then, it was a group song she helped write. Everything was going okay until...
They kissed. They freaking kissed . In front of everyone. Quinn thought that the world was parting beneath her feet and she would have stayed rooted in place if it wasn't for Santana who shook her and pushed her towards the stage. Quinn came back to reality and pushed the emotions she was feeling to the back of her head and just focused on the song. Now the only thing that mattered was winning. They performed and the crowd went wild. They were feeling pretty confidents. Well they were until reality striked again.
They lost. They ranked 12th thanks to the 'superman of kisses'. Great, she thought. Not only she lost her chance with Rachel, they also lost Nationals. That's just how her life is, nothing goes right for. At all. She couldn't believe Mr Schue was celebrating 12th place and the cherry on top of the cake was having to witness Finn and Rachel being sweet to each other. That was too much for her. No wonder she decided to give up the glee club, her reputation and become a part of The Skanks since apparently her mother suffered an amnesia during summer because she forgot everything they went through and decided to forgive Russel Fabray and let him back to their lives and their house. Only thing, she wasn't Daddy's little girl anymore.
Santana and Brittany went to talk to her but they knew the real reason she couldn't go back. Finnchel. Just to think about them together made her sick. She couldn't look at them being sweet and caring , at least not for now. If, If she ever went back, she would need time to prepare herself to see the girl she loves with the school's biggest idiot. And as if a dream come true, there she was. Beautiful and cute as always.
How could she never have noticed just how beautiful and stunning Rachel is ? Now that she thinks about it, she never stood a chance against Finn. Why would Rachel want to be with the same girl who tormented her throughout almost half of her high school days ? Impossible. She kept telling that everyone in the glee club was family and that she was sad not seeing Quinn in the choir room. Quinn almost gave in but she needed to be strong. For herself.
Then it came the whole disaster with Sue Sylvester and Mr Schue. And Beth and Shelby back in town and after seeing her baby's photo, she decided that she would get her daughter back. Then everything happened so fast. 'West Side Story', Santana coming out, Puck and Shelby, Sectionals, Christmas, Yale, Finn's proposal that almost destroyed her, Valentine's day and finally The Regionals. She got ready and went to the auditorium. They sang and it was amazing. After it was the Troubletones' turn and they killed it. And then, it was her moment to shine and she did, after all Rachel Berry is a star.
When Quinn asked her if the solo she sang it was for Finn and only Finn, she wanted to know if there was a little chance for her to still win Rachel's heart but as usual for her, Rachel's answer was yes so the only thing she could do was support the wedding although she was pretty sure she would be destroyed watching Rachel swear her love to Finn. As she was getting dressed, she started hearing noises coming from downstairs, probably her parents fighting again, that's all they ever do. She finished putting the dress Rachel chose for the bride's maids and then she heard a scream from her mother and the sound of things breaking.
Her father was probably hitting her mom and she didn't think twice, she grabbed the baseball bat she kpet behind her door and ran downstairs and she saw her parents in the living room. Her mother was on the floor and her father was choking her, she was almost passing out when Quinn hit her father in the back with the baseball bat. He fell unconscious on the side and Quinn quickly helped her mother to her feet. Judy Fabray was coughing and hugging her daughter when he started to wake up.
Quinn turned towards him and pulled her mother behind her raising the bat. He stood up slowly with his back to them so Quinn waited until he started to turn around and there was the big shock. His eyes were red and lifeless and he kept making sounds like groans. Quinn has laways been an addict to zombies movies so she knew what he was now but she couldn't belive it to be true. Not her father, not a zombie.
"You got to be kidding me."
