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She Was Gone
"How could you do this?"
Puck looked up from the piano at a very angry looking Quinn. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
"Do what?"
Quinn glared at him. "You know what!"
Puck stared at her, not making the connection, until finally it clicked.
"Oh, that."
"How could you!" She said between clenched teeth.
"I-I don't know." He babbled.
"You don't know? How do you not know? You didn't know that what you did was wrong?"
Puck nodded and then noticed her look of disgust.
"No!"
"What!" She spoke in disbelief.
"Yes!"
"Yes? You knew what you did was wrong and you did it in spite? Or yes you actually don't know?"
He furrowed his brows, confused. "The first one?"
Quinn let out an aggravated sigh.
"I'm sorry, alright. I didn't know what Lauren was going to do once we were in the office. I didn't know that she was going to find that and hurt you like that."
Quinn glared at him before shaking her head. "You knew exactly what she was going to do, and you just let it happen." She folded her arms over her chest and turned towards the door to leave, stopping in the door frame. "That makes you just as responsible as she is."
She charged out of the room and ran down the hall, Puck's heavy footsteps followed. She ignored them and kept running down the hallway towards the auditorium.
"Quinn, wait! Please!" He pleaded.
She tried to close the auditorium door on him, but he snuck in.
"Leave me alone Puck." Her voice was cold.
She headed down the aisle toward the stage.
"Please, just let me explain."
Quinn whirled around and glared at him. "I was humiliated!"
"I know, and I'm sorry."
She shook her head. "No you're not!"
He was silent. He stared at her and realized how his and Lauren's actions had hurt her. He saw the hurt and humiliation in her eyes and it killed him. It made him regret the past twenty-four hours.
"Quinn-"
She held her hand up to silence him. "You humiliated me." Her tone was menacing and cold. "I understand Lauren's reasoning for doing it. Face it I'm kind of a bitch to her and insult her behind her back." She paused. "But you?" She shook her head disapprovingly and held up I finger shaking it. "I never would have thought that you would be so cruel as to hurt me like this. Especially after everything we went through last year."
Puck looked away ashamed.
She let out a shaky breath. "I can't believe you would do something like this."
The disappointment in her voice caused him to lift his gaze from the floor and meet her eyes.
"Quinn, I-I-" He stammered.
"You what Noah?" Her voice broke as she cried, finally letting the tears fall.
She never called him Noah. "I didn't mean for this to happen."
She softly shook her head, her voice breaking as she spoke. "But you still let it."
He took a step towards her while Quinn took a step back.
"Quinn, I'm sorry."
"Why didn't you stop her? Why did you let her do this to me?" She cried, tears trickling down her cheeks.
"I don't know. I don't know why I didn't stop her. I just felt like you were always the pretty girl who always got what she wanted."
Quinn wiped away tears that had fallen. "Well I'm not. I worked hard to look what I look like now. Lucy is gone, she was gone. Until you and Lauren brought back the past, which I had tried so hard to erase. Do you know what it's like Puck? To have people call you names? To not have friends? To have no one to talk to? Everyone called me Lucy Caboosie. Do you know how much that hurt? How badly their snide comments hurt me? I would go home and cry myself to sleep every night." She took in a deep breath before exhaling. "I worked so hard, I told myself that no one was ever going to make me feel that way again. I told myself that I would never be called Lucy Caboosie ever again. But what I had worked so hard for, you and Lauren tore it down in seconds. You two had brought it all back and made a complete fool out of me. And now it will never be the same."
He took a few steps towards her before hesitating, thinking she would step away. When she didn't, Puck stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry Quinn."
She squirmed out of his grasp. "Please just leave me alone Noah. I need to be alone."
He looked down at her; the rejection for his comfort had stung a little. But he obeyed and turned and walked back up the aisle. Quinn watched him before she turned toward the stage and walked up the steps. She made her way over to the piano, and took a seat on the bench. Her fingers grazed over the piano keys. She sighed as her fingers freely moved over the keys, starting to play.
What have I become
My sweetest friend
She sang, her voice carrying throughout the quiet, empty auditorium.
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
Her throat started to feel soar, as tears burned her eyes.
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
Her voice sounded so broken, even to herself.
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
She finished playing the last few notes before standing up and exiting the stage. Puck emerged from the back shadows and let out a discouraged sigh. What had he done? Why hadn't he helped her? Why didn't he just admit to her his true feelings? Why did he not tell her that he is in love with her? But it's too late because now she's gone.
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