Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. If I did, then Faberry and Karley would become canon.

The smell of brewing coffee was the best part of having a job in a coffee shop, well in Rachel's opinion.

"Marley, you can go now. I can take over for you," Rachel, the 24 year old barista, said as she walked over to the cash register.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, now go on your date. I don't think Kitty can wait any longer." Marley squealed and gave Rachel a huge hug.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She quickly took off her apron and practically ran out of the door.

Rachel chuckled and helped the next customer. "Hello! Welcome to Lima Bean. How may I help you?" she asked, without looking up. "Medium hazelnut coffee," the woman said. She sounded familiar. No, it couldn't be. Rachel was probably imagining things.

"And your name is?" Rachel asked, picking up a cup.

"I'm surprised you had to ask that, Rach." Rachel almost dropped the cup in her hand. "Quinn?" she whispered. The blonde gave her a smile, which never stopped melting the brunette's heart. "Long time no see," Quinn said after a few minutes of silence.

Rachel awkwardly cleared her throat. "$3.25 is your total." Quinn gave her a 5 dollar bill. "Keep the change." She gave her another heart melting smile and walked away to find a table.

Once the coffee was ready, Rachel called Quinn over to pick up her order.

"Thanks Rach," she said, taking a sip of the steaming, hot coffee. "Yeah, um, no problem," Rachel said, still wiping the counter (which was just an excuse to not look at her ex).

"Maybe we should catch up sometime," the blonde suggested.

"I…my….I'm just really busy this week. I'm sorry," Rachel lied. She needed to avoid the past. Avoid being heartbroken again.

"Oh, okay. I'll see you tomorrow then," Quinn tried to hide the disappointment in her voice and walked out of the coffee shop.

Rachel sighed and spent the rest of the night thinking about a certain blonde.

Author's Note: It was kind of short, but I promise the next chapter will be longer. You will have to wait though (but not as long as waiting for the next Doctor Who season to arrive uuugggghhhhh)