Love in Paradise

Authors Note( I don't own any of the Glee characters) The summery says, hurt/comfort, but I'm gonna say, this is not a FF about rape, but there is violence. There will be quit a few flashbacks throughout maybe the first few chapters. My other story, WTHI is on it's last chapter so I thought since I have the first two written for this, I should upload it. I've actually been to Maui before, a year ago, so I'm familiar with the scenery and I'll try to explain it as best as I can. Btw, if you ever get a chance to go, do it! Lol. I miss the beach terribly and would love to go back. And if you do, get some pineapples! Lol. They are so much better than the caned ones. Anyway I hope you enjoy the first chapter, as always reviews aren't needed but I would love to get feedback, so don't be shy!

Chapter One: Horror Movie, Nightmare

Quinn is running through the woods, she hears voices behind her screaming her name. Her legs feel like there about to fall off and her heart is about to explode in her chest. But she has to keep running, that's what she tells herself. 'Don't let them get you.' She makes the mistake of looking back, four men chasing her, and their catching up. She as she turns around she feels herself being tackled to the ground. The impact takes the breath right out of her, or what she had left in her lugs from all the running. She forgot about the fifth guy, the leader, he pins her down with her arms above her head. She tries to catch her breath and squirm out of his hold."We're gonna have fun with you." The rest of the group catches up, kneeling over with their hands on their knees."Fuck, she's fast." The leader looks over to his friend."Got the knife?" Hs friend reaches in his pocket for a Godfather Collection Camping Folding Knife. It's black with a 10.6cm blade and the handle is made from wood."Hold her arms." Two of the men hold her wrists while she silently cries."Please, don't." The leader smiles and holds the knife to her throat."It'll only hurt for a little while." The men laugh and he starts to run the blade down the right side of Quinn's neck to her collar bone at a slight angle. Quinn cries in pain making him smile, he then runs it along the right side of her jaw."Stop, please!"

Quinn jolts awake, siting up quickly in her bed, panting. Her chest feels tight and it's hard for her to breath. She closes her eyes and focuses on taking a few deep breaths until she's able to breath again. Running her hand through her hair she feels it's damp, then looks down at her clothes and finds herself covered in sweat. She looks over at her clock, it's five thirty in the morning. She sighs with an eye rolls then throws her sheets aside and climbs out of bed. She turns her light on then pulls the sheets off for her daily routine of washing them. Every morning for the past few weeks she wakes up at five thirty in the morning covered in sweat, from the same dream that continues to haunt her. After throwing the sheets into the washer she grabs a t-shirt and running shorts then heads to her bathroom suit for a shower. In a week it'll be a year since it's happened, she's done the therapy, took the pills, and even tried some yoga to try to make the nightmares stop. Nothing had helped though, she walks every morning with her lab, Charlie. At first she thought it was helping, it relaxed her, she used to run in marathon's so was used to the distances she took. But then one night it happened, the nightmare returned. It's like a horror movie only it's her life, and it doesn't have end credits, and someone to save her. Quinn stands in the shower letting the cool water run down her back. Whenever she takes a shower she never looks down at her body, it's just a constant reminder. She quickly washes her hair then her body before turning the water off and climbing out.

She dries off, gets dressed then blow dries her hair throwing it in a lose pony tail, another thing she hates, are mirrors. Sometimes she forgets, on good days spent with friends, she'll glance at a mirror and it surprises her. Then comes the realization, 'oh yeah, you were there the whole time.' Not wanting to go through that anymore, the day before she had boughten councilor for the first time. Even before the incident, she never had the need to use it. She got lucky when she hit puberty, while other teens had pimple faces, she only had a few here or there. She pours some on her two fingers then wipes it over the scar on her jaw and neck, inspecting her work, it's like she never had a scar. She puts on some mascara, eyeliner and chap stick, never had been a lipstick/lipgloss kind of girl. She cleans up the bathroom then returns to her bed room. Quinn's family has money, living in a large home in Maui, Hawaii, born and raised. The street she lives on only has a few houses, there just as big as hers and there spread apart along the road. She knows how privileged she is to live the life she has, she's not a spoiled brat like people might think. Her father, Russell, owns a restaurant, Fabray Cafe, by the docks where all the tourists go. It's called a cafe but it's actually a restaurant, Russell named it and thought it sounded catchy. Her mother Judy, sells homemade shaved ice and cocoanut, along with banana bread from a small building by their house. Quinn works at, Maui Seaside Hotel, she cleans the rooms and occasionally gives the guests ukulele lessons with a few of her friends. Charlie is fast asleep on her side of the bed, yes, her dog has her own side to the bed. She claimed it after the first time Quinn had her nightmare and has been sleeping there since."Charlie, let's go girl, time for a walk." Quinn shakes the mattress waking the dog up and grabs the leash hanging from her closet door. Charlie barks then follows her outside, Quinn never really needs to put the leash on, she just brings it for the occasional chase of a rooster. So she just holds the leash as Charlie walks by her side. With it being so early there isn't many people out, just the regular early birds. Quinn stops at the family restaurant for some breakfast, the cook, William Shuester is also an early riser and is the first one at the restaurant. It's not very large but has two floors, the second is open with a roof and shades for the windy days. Will greets her at the bar in the back."Want the usual?"

"Yes, please, and Charlie will have a grilled cheese sandwich." He goes to the kitchen as Quinn takes a seat at the bar. Today is perfect, any tourists would argue that everyday in Maui is but, Quinn thinks other wise. A perfect day for her is a light breeze and a sunny day, perfect beach weather. Quinn looks down at Charlie and rubs her head."How bout we go to the beach after work?" Charlie barks making her laugh."What a stupid question, how can I forget your obsession for the ocean?" Will returns with her pancakes with a bowl of pineapple and a tall glass a milk, and Charlie's sandwich."Thank you, it smells amazing." Quinn takes the sandwich and gives it to Charlie before digging into her meal."How are you, Quinn?" Will leans over the bar and looks at her with concern. She's used it, friends asking if she's ok, at first she hated it. Who would be ok? But now she expects it."Fine, how's the wife?" Will sighs and gives Quinn a small smile."She's great, still a nurse at the Maui hospital." Will and Emma got married shortly after the incident, Quinn hasn't been able to attend but her mother filmed the whole thing for her."Good to hear. Can you get me a bag? I wanna save the pineapple for work later." Will nods his head then takes out a sandwich bag from the shelf on the bar."Thanks." After putting the fruit in the small bag she says goodbye to Will then starts her walk back to the house. Walking down the street, Charlie spots a rooster and darts away before Quinn can grab the leash in time."Shit." She chases Charlie down the long road until Charlie spots something else to chase."Really, Charlie?" It's been so long since Quinn ran her body is screaming at her for it. Charlie comes to a stop in front of girl holding a box full of meat. Quinn catches up to her out if breath, and hooks the leash to her collar."Hey, you have a really pretty dog." Quinn smiles at the girl, she has long brown hair and very pretty blue eyes."Thanks, her name is Charlie, and I'm Quinn." The girls smiles and gestures to the box in her arms."I would shake your hand but, yeah, I'm Marley. My mom cooks for the restaurant behind us, which explains the meat." Quinn nods her head with a smile."Clearly." She looks down at her watch and bites her bottom lip."It was nice to meet you, but I have to run, or I'll be late for work." Marley waves with a friendly smile as she continues down the road. Quinn looks to Charlie with a glare."I'm not so sure about the beach now, that was so not cool." By the time Quinn get home Judy and Russell have left for work. She unhooks Charlie's leash then fills her dish with water, and notices a small note on the small island. 'Won't be seeing you for the day, so I cooked diner already. Just heat it up in the microwave, love mom.' Quinn rolls her eyes and throws the note away. Quinn used to be so close with both her parents before. Now they don't know how to act around her so most of the time she's alone. Once in awhile she'll have her friends Rachel and Kurt over but, she can only handle so much of their gossip and musicals.

Quinn takes another shower from her impromptu running, then changes into her uniform. A black polo, a pair of jean shorts, and sandals. Again she blow dries her hair and points it in a lose pony tail, since it's required. Then puts councilor on, mascara, eyeliner and chap stick. She sees Judy has taken the sheets out of the washer and has dried them. Quinn takes them out, folds them and places them on the bottom of her bed for later. She quickly makes an egg salad sandwich then grabs the pineapples, puts them in a brown paper bag, then grabs her Ukulele, house keys, and iPhone and heads out the door."Be good, Charlie, I'll be back in a few hours." Maui Seaside is further than the restaurant so Quinn always takes her bike. It's a pink beach bike with a white basket in the front, she got it with her first pay check to train with for the marathons. Riding down her street she passes a moving truck, though never saw who actually is moving in. Judy always bugs her about riding her bike around instead of driving her truck. She loves her truck but since she's stopped running she figures a bike ride will keep her in shape. She still drives her truck to like the market or the beach since there too far, she's tried it once and had to call Rachel to pick her up cause her legs felt like jell-o. The hotel comes to view and she rides into the large parking lot and to the main entrance and parks her bike. Maui Seaside has three buildings, A,B and C, with A being the main building, B is actually closer to the entrance of the parking lot and C is right behind it. Quinn mostly cleans the rooms in building C, close to the beach. The main buildings lobby is open with marble floors and chairs on each side to sit on, the gift shop is on the right with everything to cereal, sunblock, razors and ukulele's. You can find ukulele's everywhere in Maui, but most are just the cheap little ones for a child or just for beginners. Quinn has her own she got at her favorite music store, Mele ukulele. Across the gift shop are stairs that lead down to a spa, Quinn hasn't ever been down there but Rachel has been trying to convince her. She doesn't like anyone seeing her scars or even touching her anymore, hence why she's single. She can't even remember the last time she was in a relationship, it could've been a girl named Alyssa, or possibly Melissa? It didn't last very long, which is way the name slips her mind. Quinn had come to terms with being gay when she was still in school, Kurt and Rachel helped. She's still technically in school, she does cyber school now for a few hours twice a day. Every teenagers dream.

She greets Holly at the counter then goes to the back room to their lockers to place her things in it."Oh Quinnie! How is my lovely friend doing this morning?" Quinn smiles with a playful eye roll."Hey, Rach. I'm fine, how are you and Finn?" Rachel puts her own lunch and purse into her locker."Good, we talked and he apologized, everything is, good." Finn and Rachel have been on again, off again since forever. Last week Finn was late for their date playing video games with Sam and Puck."Well that's good, I guess." Quinn sits on the bench as she waits for Rachel as Kurt runs in."I'm not late am I?" Quinn and Rachel shake their heads."Nope, your safe." Kurt sighs in relief as he puts his messenger bag into his locker. Quinn sees the bags under his eyes and smiles knowingly."Had a late night with the boyfriend?" Kurt blushes closing his locker making Quinn and Rachel laugh."Owah, you get him tigger!" Kurt blushes deeply and lightly pushes Quinn's shoulder making her jump at the contact."Shit, sorry Q." Quinn takes a few deep breaths waving him off, as they look on with concern."Guys, it's ok really, you just surprised me is all." She suddenly stands then grabs her master card before closing her locker, and heading out the door.

Rachel and Kurt share a look then follow her to the storage room, it has their carts, clean towels, their cleaning products, and washer and dryer. Quinn is stocking her cart when Kurt and Rachel walk in.

"You guys better get your carts, or you will be late." Rachel grabs hers and starts putting towels and cleaning products on it. Kurt stands in front of Quinn's cart , blocking her from exiting the room."Are you sure your ok?" Quinn sighs closing her eyes, being close to the anniversary Rachel and Kurt have been asking how she is non stop, more so than anyone."Yes, Kurt, I'm fine. Now please let me by." Kurt steps aside and Quinn quickly storms out to the lobby. She stops at the front desk to have Holly hand her list of rooms she'll be cleaning for the day."Hey, cheer up chicka. We're having a party on the beach tonight, get excited." Quinn smiles shaking her head, Holly is her favorite adult. She's fun and says crazy stuff just to get a laugh out of her, and she's the only one who isn't consistently asking if she's ok."Yeah, it'll be fun, I don't know if I'll stay too late though." Holly rolls her eyes with a scoff."Why not, you have to live a little. You bringing your ukulele? We'll have a little jam session." Quinn shrugs her shoulders then puts her list onto the cart."Maybe, and I have to be home for Charlie, god only knows when the rents will be home." Holly laughs as she helps new guests check in."You and that danm dog." Quinn laughs as she makes her way out the lobby."See ya later!" Quinn actually likes her job, unlike most. She hasn't dealt with any sketchy guests and 'dirty' rooms to clean so she doesn't mind it. She gets to meet new people and doesn't have to sit around all day.

She looks down at her list as she makes her way to the building. On her way there, she passes the tiny restaurant, Casanova, and smells the food. Sometimes instead of bringing a lunch she'll have something at Casanova. Room 113 is her first stop, she does the normal, knock on the door and yells 'room service' She peeks inside to find it empty then starts to make the beds and clean the bathroom. It's nothing she can't handle, she checks the room of her list before going to the next. Just as she's about to knock on the door, the most beautiful girl walks out, carrying a towel with a beach bag over her shoulder. Quinn's breath hitches in her throat, she has gorgeous brown eyes and long dark hair. She is clearly of latin blood, looking at her lips, she unconsciously licks her own, their so full, and Quinn wonders if there soft as they look. She can't help but glance down at her chest then to the rest of her body. "Sorry, we'll get out of your way." An angel, her voice sounds like an angel, Quinn could hear her talk all day. Realizing she still hasn't said anything she clears her throat."It's ok." She pauses and points to her towel."Going to the beach?" The Latina smiles nodding her head."Yeah, can you show us where it is? We weren't exactly paying attention to the lady at the front desk." Quinn frowns at the word 'we' and looks behind the girl. She was so busy leering she didn't notice her friend standing behind her. She is a few inches taller than the beautiful Latina, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Again she awkwardly clears her throat and points into the direction of the beach."Down that way and take a left." The dark haired girl smiles and links pinkies with her friend."Thanks." Quinn gives her a shy wave, as soon as their out of sight, she shakes her head with a sigh."Awesome, the most beautiful girl in the universe most deffenitly thinks your a freak." The room is a little more messy than the last but, she's seen worse. The rest of her shift is uneventful, her mind as been on the beautiful Latina and had been looking around the area to catch a glimpse of her. It's now her lunch break and she's putting her cart back into the storage room.

She sees Kurt and Rachel by the lockers and smiles."Hey, how was your guys' day?" She opens her locker and takes out her lunch."I had some creep watch me clean his room, and he wasn't Ben remotely cute." Quinn closes her locker with a look of disgust."Ewh, sorry, Rae." Kurt just shrugs his shoulders."Mine was ok, uneventful at the most, how bout you?" Quinn smiles just thinking about the Latina, not going unnoticed by Kurt and Rachel. Kurt gasps dramatically placing his hand over his chest."You met someone, and your smitten!" Quinn blushes then covers it with an eye roll."I did meet someone, a girl, but I'm not smitten." Kurt sits beside her with another dramatic gasp as Rachel smiles."Shut up, I know that look, your a smitten kitten. Now, talk." Quinn rolls her eyes and tells them about how she almost literally ran into her. Then about how beautiful she is and making a fool of her herself, the girls friend, and thinking about the dark skinned girl for most of the day. Rachel and Kurt smile at each other making Quinn look between them confused."Quinn, do you believe in love at first site?" She scoffs at Rachel and shakes her head."I know what your thinking, it can't be love at first site, if the feeling isn't mutual." Kurt holds up his finger to her."So you admit you like her."

"Yeah, I guess, I mean she's absolutely gorgeous. There no words that give her beauty justice." Quinn pauses as she eats her lunch."But?" She sighs."But, with my luck, she's probably straight, and has a boyfriend." Rachel shakes her head as Kurt rolls his eyes, typical Quinn answer."You don't know that, you barely know the girl." Quinn rolls up the wrapping from her sandwich and takes out the pineapples."Yeah, your right, I really do like her, and I want to her to know her. I don't know how long she's staying though."

Any thoughts? Did you like the way Santana was introduced? The party will be in the next chapter and there'll be more Quinntana interaction. Oh and if your trying to figure out who attacked Quinn, it's not Finn. I know shocking right? Review?

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