You know that one friend you have that you want to strangle upon the first word out of their mouth, but you keep them around anyways? That was the relationship between Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez.
So naturally since Quinn had the good, Christian girl, thing about her she won top spot in the Cheerios instantly. And while Sue thought adversity was just a conspiracy for terrorists to smuggle themselves into the inner-circles of hard-working Americans, Santana became second-in-charge because of bitchy, demeaning mannerisms. It was a mix of good and bad; sugar and spice; graceful and sultry; tough and aggressive.
You'd think a pair like that should go hand-in-hand but it only created animosity. One look exchanged upon the first day they met and instantly the only synchronized emotion they'd ever felt passed through the air: I must take her down.
And though this is debatable there is a saying that you only need two people in life. A nemesis and an archenemy. A nemesis to spark good-natured rivalry. Someone of whom you take pleasure in their failures but would feel empty if you didn't have them to compete against. An archenemy to release all your unbridled hate and anger on. That's all you need.
That's all Quinn ever had, and that's why she was number one. But while Santana undoubtable created many enemies in her life she did have a best friend. How can this be a bad thing, you say? Who knows. But it was inevitably her downfall.
Brittany seemed to be the only light in Santana's world. And while Santana tried all she could do to put Quinn down there was no way she could make Fabray feel any worse than she already did. Her family was shit to her. She was recovering from the public shame of a teen pregnancy.
But Quinn knew she could manipulate Santana's relationship with Brittany for her own personal gain. And so a plan was set into action.