Quinn Fabray doesn't take chances.

She doesn't know why nothing can make her smile brightly, why she only spends time with her current best friend Riley, why she lies and tells him she doesn't believe in love when he asks. But if Quinn knows anything, it's that love does exist. It's not just some feeling; it's a whole part of you, dedicated to this one person who makes your heart stop and is all you can think about.

She knows love exists because she is in love. He knows she exists, which is always a plus, but she never plans to tell him how she feels, scared he won't return the feelings and she'll be alone, yet again, so for the moment it could be called unrequited love.

But when all is revealed, sometimes things can seem too perfect, and the destruction begins.

Quinn raised an eyebrow at Riley across the pool, almost challenging him with her green eyes full of what he liked to refer to as 'Wonder'. As if she actually believed it anyway, in her eyes she was just plain and simple, girl with green eyes… though occasionally there were arguments for calling them brown or hazel, but she didn't like the fact they changed, why couldn't they just make up their mind?

He replies to her arched eyebrow with a smile, a smile showing he had other ideas. He stands slowly, walking back to the gate beside the pool and winks at Quinn before running forward and cannonballing into the once calm water. It sent it all the water sploshing out and covering Quinn head to toe. She looks unamused as she makes her way across the hot and hard tiles to put down her now wet towel.

She then smiles as she takes an unexpected run forward and jumps in, laughing as she rises to the surface. She looks around, not spotting Riley until his head pops up in front of her and she screams as his arms encircle her and lift her up, only to throw her over to the deep end. He goes under and searches for her and once she knows what she's doing, she moves over to him, smiling under the water and slowly taking in the sight of him under the water.

She has the normal urge to kiss him. How perfect would it be if it just happened? If he initiated it even? Now she knew she was being stupid. She looks away and rises to the surface again, letting her body come up from under her and she spreads her hands our wide, floating atop the surface of the pool. Her eyes are closed and she knows this leaves her vulnerable for anything Riley plans to do.

She lies for too long without something happening and she takes a peek, opening one eye to see Riley much closer than expected, his eyes right there boring into hers and she takes a deep breath. "Riley?" She says her voice croaky. He turns away and Quinn stands up properly again. She follows him, head tipped to the side to the edge of the pool. She pulls herself up onto it next to where he is standing and watches him.

He then turns to her slowly and looks up at her. "Q?" He mumbles and Quinn perks up, wondering what was going on exactly.

"Yeah?" She replies as he moves over towards her. She swallows thickly.

"I... I have to tell you something... I think" He says, sounding very much not like himself.

He moves even closer and Quinn holds her breath.

But then he picks her up and pulls her under the water with him. She screams but stays under to collect herself, watching Riley with wary eyes as he moves closer to her again, this time wearing a perfect smile.

Then the most amazing things happens, he kisses her. It wasn't a big one, just a little kiss. It was probably an accident but it seemed to spur them both on, they kissed again, this one for longer and then Quinn pulled back, smiling and rose to the surface, not even sure what to say.

When Riley was there again, in front of her she didn't know what to do, but he moved towards her again and kissed her once more. His lips stayed close to hers after that and he looks up at her. "Quinn, what I have to tell you, is, I um, I'm kind of in love with you"

Quinn's eyes widen and all she can do is nod. "Me too!" She says excitedly and he laughs. "I mean, I love you. I love you too, Riley" She calms herself a little and then he shakes his head, only to kiss her again.

Quinn's gaze trails over her room lazily as she sits up in her warm bed, morning sun shining through her transparent white curtains that hung in front of her open window. Her eyes trail to the boy beside her and she smiles softly, sliding back down under the blanket, reaching for his warm hand and squeezing it as she watches him sleep.

She stays there for a while, eyes trailing over that gorgeous face, that amazing boy, who was hers. Hers, of all people. He loved her and no one else and things were perfect. She told herself all these things but yet there was still this feeling she had, that their time together would be short. She ignored these feelings as she felt him stir beside her and she gives him a sweet, loving smile.

"Morning" She says in a quiet voice, almost weak from it being the first thing she's said for the day.

He smiles at her and chuckles quietly. "Morning" He replies, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist as he gives her that amazing smile that makes every girl lose their mind. "And now is my Quinn Fabray doing today?"

She giggles and moves closer to him, sighing as she feels his shirtless chest press against hers. "Fabulously, she's in love and her boyfriend isn't wearing a shirt and promised her pancakes with nutella on them last night" She answers with a cheeky smile. "And how is my Riley Biers doing then?"

"Wonderful, his girlfriend is also shirtless and he doesn't even care that they didn't do it because he loves her" He says to her sincerely and she leans her forehead against his. "But he has something to tell her..."

Quinn's expression changes then and she raises an eyebrow at him. "What is it?" She asks, not meaning for it to come out as cold as it does, but not taking back the sharpness and ice in her words. Something was almost always something bad when it came to Riley, hell, when it came to boys in general.

"Quinn..." He trails off a bit, obviously attempting to find a way to say it all to her. Quinn had a way of sometimes being… well an icy bitch was the term most often used and though Riley loved it when she got all hot and mad, he liked sweet, innocent Quinn better. She never clawed people's eyes out. "Baby," He corrects, thinking it sounds sweeter. "It's my last year of high school, and stuff, you still have another year to go, and I didn't know what I wanted to do for a long time, and now that I have you I think I'm making the biggest mistake ever, but I'm leaving at the end of the year, and I'm only gonna be back for holiday breaks and stuff, so I'm not saying we have to break up now, but you have to understand Quinn.. I love you, but things won't stay this way"

Quinn stays silent all the way through, trying to understand what he was saying and also trying to hold back tears. She looks up at him, not with a queen bitch glare, but with hurt eyes, glazed over with tears that threatened to spill. "Oh" She squeaks out and she breaks his grasp on her waist, turning around and shoving her face into the pillow.

Riley sighs and rubs her back. "Quinn... Quinn, I'm so sorry..."

She leaves her face securely in the fabric of the pillow, ignoring the urge to turn around and hug him again, so that they could think about the time they would have before it all came crashing down, but she couldn't, it hurt almost too much to think of not having Riley around. She takes a deep breath, trying not to cry too hard, though it was a big risk to talk when she felt so horrible. She doesn't turn still, not sure she can face him yet. "So, you're saying, you love me, but things won't stay happy, I'm gonna let you fall in complete love with me and then I'm going to leave you, alone and broken?"

"You'll never be alone and broken Quinn, you don't need me, I'm just some stupid guy, what happened to no one break's Quinn Fabray's heart?" Riley said, trying his hardest to make this better. He was an idiot, he knew it. He shouldn't have brought it up when he did.

"That's because you had my heart, you have it and now you're gonna break it" She says, sucking up her urge to cry and turns to him. "I don't wanna think about it, can we not?"

He nods and cradles him to her. "I'm stupid, I know, I'm sorry. I'll make pancakes now if you want them?" He asks, trying to bargain with her so she'll smile again.

She nods, smiling. "You are, and yes please"

He kisses her forehead and rolls of the bed, pulling his pants up a little as he starts to walk out.

"Wait" Quinn calls and she then beckons him towards her when he looks. "I want a piggy-back"

He laughs and nods, turning around so Quinn can get on his back. She does and they make their way downstairs to make pancakes, like the moments beforehand never happened, hoping the time would never catch up with them.

It was ten minutes till midnight. Ten minutes till it was the day Riley would leave. Quinn kept it in the back of her mind as she lay on Riley, her head on his chest, his arms securely around her. She looked up at him and she knew at that moment this was it. It was now or never.

She rolled over, her legs straddling his waist and she crawled up till her lips were only millimetres away from his. He looks up at her; obviously quite sure of what was to come. "You don't have to do this Q, save it for someone who deserves it"

She shakes her head. "No, I want you"

He sighs as she leans down to kiss him. The kisses become more wild and animated as he reaches for the hem of her dress, pulling it over her head as she almost blindly reaches for the buttons on his, undoing them as fast as she could. It comes off eventually and Riley sits up to take it off, kissing her still as Quinn's legs tighten around his waist.

He makes a noise she decides she'll never get enough of and she helps him with the rest of their clothes.

They have sex twice that night, once with protection, and the next where Riley tells her to trust him and she is too caught up to notice that he forgets.

About a month later, Quinn is pregnant with his child.