Title: The Author and the Actress.
Pairing: Quinn/Rachel
A/N: I do not own anything.
"Quinn Fabray, the bestselling author of the year, has just announced that she will be doing a book signing in Borders Books in the Willis Centre on Saturday 11th June starting at 12:00 and ending at 14:00. The critically acclaimed author said about her appearance
'It'll be a weird yet fun experience going home'
For your chance to meet this hugely talented woman, get down to the Willis Centre this weekend.
The signing will take place on the ground floor. The store will be open for business from 09:00-11:00 and again from 14:30-17:00 closing."
It suddenly hits Rachel that she hasn't Quinn since a couple weeks after high school graduation almost seven years ago. It's not as if she doesn't see the other members of what was, and presumably still is, the New Directions. Maybe she doesn't see them in person but sees them none the less.
Rachel puts down the local paper onto the table as she gets up off the sofa. She goes over to the bookshelves in the corner of the room and finds a photo album she's not looked at since the last day she and Quinn were together. She flicks her way through the album until she gets to the one of the whole Glee Club at their performance at graduation.
Rachel remembers the last time she and Noah 'Puck' Puckerman, the 'bad ass' of their year and Rachel's first boyfriend, saw each other. It was a couple of months ago when his band, Death Star, played at the Deacon Club not too far from Rachel's apartment. She remembered Noah calling her and inviting her to see the show. During the last year of school, Noah and Rachel became quite close. The show was a hit, Death Star got a recording contract and Noah and the band are in New York making their debut album. Although she hasn't seen Noah in person since that night, they do talk on the phone a few times a month. Their last phone conversation took place almost three days ago and it was brief to say the least. He called to tell her that his girlfriend, Melinda, who Rachel met at the show at the Deacon club, was four months pregnant with his child. As she remembers this conversation, butterflies fill Rachel's stomach just as they did the first time.
A smile appears on Rachel's face as her eyes come to the person standing next to Noah: Brittany S Pierce, the bubbly loveable blonde that had captured everyone's hearts by the end of school, but had captured one heart in particular. Rachel laughs as she remembers Brittany and all her one liners over the years. From what Rachel remembers from the last time the two women saw each other, Brittany had big plan to open her own petting zoo as it combined her two favourite things: small animals and working with children. Brittany's other half, Santana Lopez, is standing next to Brittany in the picture. Santana has been a very successful newsreader for the last few years. Rachel and Santana last saw each other in person two years ago, the same time as Rachel saw Brittany, and had the most in-depth chat they have ever had. All the emotions that they held in during high school came out and, as it turns out, they two women had more in common than they thought. Again, Rachel hasn't seen Brittany or Santana for a couple of years but she keeps up to date with them via email every few weeks and phone calls every now and again. Brittany and Santana are parents to the most adorable six month old baby boy Rachel has ever seen and his name is Braxton Leonard Pierce Lopez.
Standing next to Santana on the back row is Finn Hudson, Rachel's on-off boyfriend throughout the last two years of high school. Finn left school and went straight into a football scholarship at Harvard. Rachel didn't speak to him for almost two years, not for any particular reason but their lives headed in different paths and they could never find a moment to take time out and just talk. The last conversation Rachel and Finn had took place around six months ago. Finn called and told Rachel that he was engaged to Sophia, a woman Rachel had introduced him to almost four years ago. Rachel got her wedding invite through the post last week and is still trying to decide if she should go or not.
Next are Mike Chang and Sam Evans, who are embracing and have the biggest smiles. Mike is now on tour with his dance troop. Rachel hasn't spoken to Mike since graduation but regularly sees his girlfriend in her salon in the city. Rachel remembers Mike being the best male dancer in New Directions by a long way. He stunned everyone every time he moved. As for Sam Evans, that boy was an amazing guitar player and is now on the road with his one man show. Rachel remembers his speech at graduation, he reduced her to tears. Sam and Rachel talk every couple of weeks or whenever Sam gets home sick. They haven't seen each other for a while but their friendship is one of the strongest Rachel has ever had.
To start off the front row is Rachel herself and she is standing next to none other than Kurt Hummel. Rachel and Kurt have had a love/hate relationship since the New Directions started out. Kurt is currently in Paris promoting his fashion line, Klisses, to a new audience. When Kurt is home Rachel sees him almost every single week, she feels lost without him. The last time Rachel spoke to Kurt was just less that six hours ago, he called all excited that he had landed in Paris and wanted her to share in his happiness. Its not even as if Kurt is on his own as his boyfriend, Blaine Anderson, is accompanying him on the trip. Rachel gives a little smile thinking of Kurt and Blaine enjoying their month in Paris as a loved up couple.
The diva that is Miss Mercedes Jones is next to Kurt looking as sassy as ever. Mercedes is now a well established singer/songwriter who just landed a role on Broadway in the revival of 'Dreamgirls'. She can't release any details as of yet but she was straight on the phone to Rachel when she found out. Mercedes and Rachel grew closer the last year of high school and Rachel would even say that she Mercedes and Kurt were best friends by the end of their school lives. Mercedes has hinted to Rachel that she has her eye on the guy who is playing Curtis in the show.
Next to Mercedes is Tina Cohen-Chang. Rachel and Tina never really had a strong friendship but they didn't hate each other. Rachel would say that they has a mutual love for music, which is where their similarities end. Tina owns her own hair salon in the Willis Centre. She usually goes on tour with Mike and his dance troop but, this year, had too many clients. Rachel pops into her shop from time to time to just chat and catch up. Tina is the one New Direction that lives closest to Rachel.
The one and only Artie Abrams is standing next to Tina. Again, Artie and Rachel were never close but they didn't hate each other. Rachel hasn't seen Artie since graduation as he went straight off to college and then jetted off to England to become a teacher. The decision to leave was sudden, Rachel though, as Artie had never expressed the need to leave the US before. Artie called each member of New Directions individually as couple of months ago to reveal that his wife, Constance had had a baby girl that they have named Veronica.
Then at the end of the front row wearing her trademark smile is none other than the best selling author Quinn Fabray. Rachel and Quinn had somewhat of a indescribable relationship. When the New Directions were first formed their relationship was non-existent, well they had a mutual disliking for each other. Over the years their friendship grew and they found that they actually didn't hate each other as much as they thought. Graduation was a night that Rachel would never forget; it was the night that everything came out in the open; the night that Rachel and Quinn were together in more ways than one. The weeks that followed were some of the best of Rachel's life.
Rachel closes the photo album and sighs. Her eyes find their way back to the paper advertising the signing at the Willis Centre. All she knows is that she is determined to be at the Willis Centre tomorrow afternoon but what she doesn't know is if she can pluck up the courage to be face-to-face with Quinn Fabray again.