Quinn Fabray; Head cheerleader and most popular girl at William McKinley High School. Nothing could melt her ice queen façade. At least that's what she thought, until the new girl showed up.

Her name? Rachel Berry. Her long, chestnut brown hair cascaded down her back in soft waves. Quinn felt like she could run her hands through it all day. Rachel's skin was tanned to perfection, without a single blemish. Her teeth dazzlingly white and perfectly straight. Although she wore sweaters with animals on them and shoes which were more commonly worn by elderly women, she dressed in skirts that were dangerously short. Every time she walked by, Quinn had to physically restrain herself from looking up Rachel's skirt, as it swished to reveal a bit more flesh than was strictly necessary for school.

The first time Quinn set eyes on the girl she had come to regard as a goddess was in first period of their first day back at school after summer vacation. She had been sitting at her desk scribbling in her notebook, waiting for the lesson to start when she heard Miss Holiday clear her throat and address the class, "Hello class, welcome back."

"Hello Miss Holiday," everyone said this as if it were a chore.

"Well while I can see you are all very excited to be back, I would like to introduce you to some one. This is Rachel." Miss Holiday stepped aside to reveal the most beautiful creature Quinn had ever laid eyes upon. Her breath caught in the back of her throat and she swears she felt her heart skip a beat. All sounds were blocked out except the angels that Quinn could hear singing in her head. Then Rachel's eyes locked on Quinn's and she felt her face redden before dropping her gaze back to her notebook to avoid getting lost in the deep brown eyes that were like endless tunnels. "… Who would like to be Rachel's tour guide for her first week or so here?" Quinn's hand shot up before she could fully comprehend what she was being asked to do. "Ah, Quinn, perfect. Rachel this is Quinn," Rachel waved at her shyly, "She will be your tour guide. Go and have a seat in the empty desk next to her, ok?" Rachel nodded and made her way to the second back row and down into the only free seat in the whole class.

"Hi. I'm Rachel, but you already knew that," she stuck her hand out for Quinn to shake with a soft but confident smile. Quinn reached for her hand a little bit too quickly and just ended up knocking it away.

"Oh, sorry, my bad," finally getting a grip on Rachel's hand, she shook it gently, resisting the urge to bring her knuckles to her lips and kiss them. "Quinn. Nice to meet you."

"You too." Rachel took her bottom lip in between her teeth for just a second and Quinn thought it was the most adorable thing she had ever seen.

"So your new here?"

"Yeah. We just moved here from New York."

"Really?" the shock evident in Quinn's voice. "If I lived in New York I would not be moving to a tiny little town in Ohio."

"Believe me, I didn't want to, but my dads decided they would rather me spend my teenage years 'in a small respectable place than the mean streets of New York City!'" A light giggle escaped Quinn's lips as she listened to Rachel trying to impersonate her father. Wait! Did she just say she had two dads?

"You have two dads?" she wasn't bothered by it at all, just curious.

"Yeah. They desperately wanted a child but had no luck with adoption so they hired some one to be their surrogate and the rest is history." Quinn couldn't help the second giggle that escaped her lips at Rachel's explanation of her being. "They're pretty much just like any other couple but the arguments are always over who looks better wearing the pink tie." This time Quinn burst into laughter and then quickly covered her mouth when she realized how loud she had been.

"I'm glad to see you being friendly with the new girl Quinn, but could you maybe focus on the class and leave socializing till later?" Miss Holiday wasn't mad but Quinn knew not to disobey her.

"Yes Miss Holiday."

"Good. Now back to Shakespeare…" Miss Holiday's droned into the background as Quinn turned to see Rachel silently giggling. I made her laugh! A grin spread across her face but she turned to the front, just incase she got into any more trouble. Moments later a note landed on Quinn's desk. She turned to look at Rachel who just gave her a shy smile and nodded towards the note.

Walk me to my next class and we can laugh as much as we like?

Rachel x

How could Quinn refuse when the most amazingly beautiful girl she had ever seen was offering her a chance to be near her? Well she couldn't, that's how.

You got it! What class are you in?

Quinn x

Spanish with Mr. Schuester. You?

R x

A grin threatened to split Quinn's face in two.

Same. Looks like your stuck with me!

Q x

Fine by me

R x

When Quinn turned to look at Rachel again her stomach did back flips as she seen the flirtatious look she was being given. She can't be flirting with me, can she? Quinn decided to be an optimist for once and believe that she was. With that decision made her face turned bright red and felt like it had caught fire. A giggle escaped the brunettes lips, just loud enough for Quinn to hear. This is going to be the best first day ever!