Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. Seriously.
A/N: Written for Challenge #258 ~ After at femslash100.
A/N2: Woohoo, my first Quinn/Rachel fic! And my first fic in weeks! I hope everyone enjoys this. Please be kind and constructive reviews are always greatly appreciated.
A/N3: I am also looking for a beta reader for a multi-chaptered Quinn/Rachel fic currently in the works, so anyone interested – please let me know through PM, thank you!
Quinn supposed it could have been the smile that first won her over, but Rachel Barbra Berry had been smiling like that (like the entire world was perfect, like she was already the star she was always claiming she would be) ever since first grade and never once had she caused Quinn's heart to act the way it did now (painfully out of control and why was it that she hoped it would carry on in this manner for at least a few more moments?).
The turning point might have been the day Rachel ruined Quinn's life, but Quinn had been furious, so furious and Quinn did not think that anger was a state of mind that would be conducive to this, this sensation of – what? affection? love? no … no, it cannot be.
The moment of truth could be the day Quinn caught Rachel's eyes as she performed and the brunette had held her stare throughout the entire song. It had been intense and overwhelming, a look bordering on heartbreak and not daring to approach hopefulness, a look promising forever and fairytales come true, a look revealing a girl waiting for rejection.
It had taken one missed note, one hitched breath, Rachel running off the stage, Brittany yelling at Quinn frantically, Santana elbowing her sharply in the ribs, Finn looking confused and Sam looking shattered, but the blonde caught up with Rachel in the empty parking lot of McKinley High and she tasted of the first of many, the start of a long road, the beginning of a home, the flutters of a true love.
"Never," Quinn breathed raggedly as they finally fell apart, their knees bumping together as they struggled to keep standing.
"What?"
"I'm never letting you go."
"I'll remember that," Rachel whispered with a teary smile.