Asleep Chapter 1, a glee fanfic

A/N

So this is my new story. I have had a thought to write something like this for a while, but there was always something missing. Recently I saw the movie Sucker Punch (the story will not have anything to do with it) and there was a song on the soundtrack that finally got me thinking in the right tracks. Quinn is a little OC in this one.

There are some stories similar to this one out there, and this is my take on it.

The characters and the show do not belong to me.

Quinn was sitting in the choir room with all the rest of the gleeks. Everyone except Rachel and Mr. Schue was there already.

The absence of the teacher was nothing unusual, but the fact that Rachel was not the first one in the room was something to think about. Quinn of course wouldn't admit it to anyone, but she had noticed that something had changed in Rachel. None of the others had noticed this, or at least if they did they didn't say anything.

Rachel was late to classes and she also had this absent look in her eyes all the time. She wasn't the first one to perform their new assignment. Mr. Schue had made them look for songs that were about sleeping and dreaming. He explained this with a long speech about how our dreams are reflection of our needs and actual life goals. There had been good renditions of songs like "Dream On" and "Sweet Dreams", but Rachel was jet to perform.

It was the last day of the assignment so Quinn thought that maybe Rachel just wanted to be the last one to show them all what a real performance looks like.

Finally Rachel entered the choir room and took a seat at the back of the room, which again seemed unusual to Quinn.

Mr. Schue entered a minute later: "Hello everyone!" He greeted them in a chipper tone. "So today is the last day of sleepy week", the teacher laughed at his miserable joke; "there is only one performer left today, so Rachel the stage is all yours." He motioned for the girl to take her place.

Rachel slowly rose and went to the front of the room, but she didn't stay there she moved over to the piano and whispered something in Brads ear. He only nodded and stood up. Everyone was surprised, because it seemed that he didn't ever leave his place at the instrument. What shocked everybody even more was that Rachel took his place.

Nobody knew that she could play, but no one had ever even asked her if she could.

When Rachel started to play no one recognized the song, except Mr. Schue, but he knew so many that it wasn't a surprise.

A slow melody rang through the room. Then Rachel started to sing. She wasn't using her usual strong voice. It sounded so soft and vulnerable that Quinn felt like she was hit with some kind of magic.

Sing me to sleep

I`m tired and I

Want to go to bed

Rachel's beautiful voice rang all through the room. Everyone was listening, because it was unusual for the diva to sound so soft.

Sing me to sleep

And then leave me alone

Don't try to wake me in the morning

Cause I`ll be gone

Don't feel bad for me

I want you to know

Deep in the cell of my heart

I feel so glad to go

Quinn didn't know if she had imagined this, but the way Rachel had sung these lines seemed filled with so many emotions. It wasn't like Rachel's usual performances where she overplayed the feelings. This time it sounded as if every word came from the divas heart.

Quinn couldn't figure out why the little brunette was singing this song, of course it had word sleep in it, but the way she sung sounded like she was saying goodbye.

The blond looked around, but it seemed that none of the other people had noticed anything. Some were listening to the song with peaceful looks and some looked bored.

Sing me to sleep

I don't want to wake up

On my own anymore

Don't feel bad for me

I want you to know

Deep in the cell of my heart

I really want to go

There is another world

There is a better world

Well, there must be

Well…

Bye bye

Bye

When Rachel finished singing, there was a moment of silence which was ended by Brittany. She had jumped up and started clapping and everyone else joined her. "That was really great Rachel! I didn't know that you could play the piano!" Mr. Schue exclaimed when he stood up and went over to stand beside Rachel. "Thanks Mr. Schue!" the brunette mumbled, she then turned to others and gave them a little smile.

This was getting too weird for Quinn. Usually the small diva would be giving them a smile so big that it seemed like it might hurt, but now it was barely there. Also she would be going into a speech explaining her choice, and how her dads had made her have piano lessons, so she could be adept in every aspect of music.

Quinn was too deep in her own thoughts to notice that Rachel had already gone back to her seat. She snapped out of her little thought bubble and looked up, and saw that the brunette was not in the front. Quinn turned around and saw the girl sitting there with a far-away look.

The blond extended her hand and tapped Rachel's knee. The brunette jumped a little. "Sorry Berry didn't mean to scare you" Quinn apologized. Rachel gave her a small smile; "It is okay Quinn I was just thinking. Was there something you wanted, because you did tap my knee?" Quinn saw that there was some kind of emotion in the brunettes eyes, but she couldn't pin point what was it. She looked deeper. It seemed like pain but mixed with something else.

"Quinn?" The blond was brought out of her thoughts when Rachel called her name. "Umm….yeah I just wanted to tell you that your performance was really good. Your voice sounded so angel like…" Quinn blushed, she hadn't meant for that to slip out. Rachel also had a little blush on her cheeks; "Um… Th…Thank you. It means a lot coming from you." She smiled at the blond, and this time the smile seemed genuine. "You`re welcome! Actually… there was something else I wanted to ask you." Quinn looked at Rachel with hope. Even though she looked kind of scared she nodded her head; "Oh…umm alright."

"Are you okay" Quinn asked looking into Rachel's eyes. "Wha...What? Why would you ask that? Are you planning to have some kind of mean comeback?" Rachel had a puzzled look on her face, she couldn't understand why Quinn would ask her such a question.

"Breathe Rachel! No I am not planning anything. Its just…that umm… you sounded so broken when you sang the song, and I just wanted to know if you were okay." The blond explained. Rachel, however, was not buying anything that came out of Quinn's mouth.

"Why would you care? You have never cared about anyone! So don't pretend like you do. I am not in a mood for your stupid name calling or comments on my wardrobe. You can shove your fake concerne up your ass, because I am done with all of this!" With these words she jumped out of her chair and ran out of the room.

Quinn was left in shock. She hadn't been prepared for that, especially Rachel cursing. That was not her at all. The blond thought about going after the little diva, but was stopped when she heard Santana speaking.

"What did you do to Man Hands, Tubbers? She hasn't stormed out like that for a while now!" Quinn noticed that everyone in the room was looking at her." I just asked her if she was okay!" The ex-cheerio explained.

"Why the hell would you care?" Santana snorted; "You hate the dwarf!" Quinn was getting angry she didn't like the stares she was receiving and she definitely didn't enjoy Santana's interrogation, and those stupid nicknames. "Shut up Santana! I have never said that I hate her, and stop calling her by those childish names. Unlike you I do have feelings." She gave the Latina a glare, which of course didn't affect her at all.

"Oh yeah what kind of feelings would those be, Blondie? Are you crushing on little Streisand?" With this Quinn had had enough, she stood up went over to Santana and got close to the other girls face; "I told you to shut your mouth! Just because I am not a cheerio anymore, doesn't mean that I don't have power. So I suggest you think before you open your mouth" Quinn said all this without raising her voice or sounding angry which made it sound more intimidating. She didn't wait for an answer, the blond just turned around and left.

The choir room erupted with chatter. Mr. Schue finally snapped out of his daze, he had experienced Rachel's storm outs before, but adding Quinn's had just made him go into a little shock. "Okay everybody I think this is it for the day. See you tomorrow"

Meanwhile Quinn had already gotten to her car. However she hadn't gone anywhere, because when she had finally reached the car she came to a realization that she didn't have clue of what to do next. She knew there was definitely something wrong with Rachel, and she had to find out what. Then an idea came to her head. One place Rachel couldn't escape Quinn was the brunettes house.

Even if she was tortured she wouldn't admit why she knew where Rachel lived, but she did. So that was her destination. Only thing she hoped for was that the brunettes' dads didn't know about her, and if they did, then she really hoped that they wouldn't be home.

With that final thought she left the parking lot and headed in the direction of Rachel house.

So what do you think?

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The song is Asleep by The Smiths, but Emily Browning did an amazing job too, I recommend you to listen to it!