I'm back again, with a new fic.

Like all my others, this one is AU and there will be a bunch of mistakes, since English is not my first language.

Let me know what you think, ok?

I don't own Glee.

Fourteen year old Quinn Fabray walked as silently as she could to her brother's bedroom door. It was half opened, so she sat next to it in silence, waiting to hear something from inside. She didn't need to wait much, a few seconds later, she heard laughter coming from inside the room. A huge smile appeared on her face. Her brother wasn't alone. He had company, and the person was exactly who she wanted it to be: his best friend.

Quinn remembered every detail of the first day her brother Sam took Noah Puckerman to their house. She was petting her bunny when she heard the door opening behind her. The little girl turned around to see her brother walking in, with another boy.

Sam passed right by her, without acknowledging her presence. Quinn was used to it. The blonde boy was three years older than her, and told her many times before that she was still a baby and he wasn't a kid anymore, so he didn't want to deal with her brattiness and wouldn't play with her anymore. She wasn't surprised or bothered. What surprised her though, was the other boy that got in with Sam. He looked at her with a smile on his face and said hi. Quinn, being shy, looked down before saying 'hi' back, but not loud enough.

"Come on, Puck, don't waste time on her. Let's go up to my room play videogame." Sam interrupted them.

Quinn didn't know exactly when her crush on Puck started, but she remembers she started liking him right after her 'boys have cooties' phase ended. And, since then, it became an habit to eavesdrop on Sam and Puck when they were home.

She's been trying to make him notice her for a couple of years now, but it still didn't work. Sure, he listened to her when she talked to him, and gave her attention when they happen to have a conversation, but they rarely did. Of course, he knew who she was and was always polite to her, but Puck still saw her as Sam's little sister, and she didn't want this.

Quinn knew that Puck had hooked up with almost every girl on school, and she couldn't help but wonder what was wrong with her... Maybe it's because she's too young? Or because she was Sam's sister, and therefore off limits?

She was lost in thoughts when a conversation the boys were having caught her attention.

"Dude, have you seen that Santana Lopez chick? Her boobs are really popping out! She's looking good, I think I'll hit that." Puck said.

Hearing him said that stung. Quinn knew who Santana was, she was one of the popular kids. She was gorgeous, that was true, and had a nice body, starting to get curves, and was drawing the attention of most boys in school. The blonde envied her. Quinn was chubby, wore glasses and braces, and at 14, had acne all over her face. Still, Puck seemed to treat her decently.

Next, she heard her brother's voice:

"Isn't she in Quinn's grade? She's too young, Puck."

"No, she's not. They're like, 14, 15? That's not too young, we're 17, dude. You're just saying that because she's the same age of your sister. You still think Quinn's a kid, but she isn't. She's growing up."

Quinn's smile grew bigger. He noticed she wasn't a kid anymore. Then, she heard Sam speaking again:

"Dude, the fact that you're telling me my sister is growing up really worries me. You're not hooking up with my sister, right? Do I have a reason to worry?"

The blonde girl held her breath, waiting for the response.

Puck chuckled before answering: "Sam, you definitely have no reason to worry, your sister is gross."

Quinn was shocked, and tears were pooling in her eyes. She heard her brother again:

"So you're promising me you're never hooking up with my little sister, right? I'll never have to worry about it?" It was important to Sam to know this. He knew how Puck treated women, and didn't want his sister to ever go through it.

"Dude, your sister's fugly! No, I'm not doing it, ever!"

"Hey! Don't say that. It's my baby sister we're talking about."

The girl barely listened to her brother's reply before running away to her bedroom, sobbing.

After that day, Quinn avoided Puck at all costs. When he was at her house, she'd spend her whole time in her bedroom, and when they bumped into each other on the school halls, she pretended not to know him. Hearing him say those words made she make two decisions that would change her life: one, she would do her best to change the way she looked. The blonde wanted to feel pretty and desired, and she would do anything she could to achieve that. Two, Noah Puckerman was dead to her. The guy was a jerk and she wanted him out of her life.

Quinn started working out and taking dance classes. She also went to a doctor, to take some meds for the acne. When she was halfway through her treatment, Sam and Puck left, for college. She didn't want to attend the going away party, but she had to. Her brother was leaving and, although he could be an idiot sometimes, they loved each other, and he was very protective of her. She would miss him.

The blonde teenager spent the whole party sitting with her parents and, when it was time to go, she hugged Sam and told him she was going to miss him. Puck tried to say goodbye too, but Quinn just looked at him, turned around and left, without saying anything. She could faintly hear her brother talking to her former crush. "I don't know, dude. She must be in her period."

Six months later, Quinn had lost most of her weight, had no acne, took her braces off, replaced her glasses for contacts and had a nose job. People were shocked by all the changes. Suddenly, the outcast became the prettiest girl in school, and in no time Quinn was on the top.

On her sophomore year, she joined the cheerleading squad and before her senior year started, she was already captain. When she graduated, she got accepted at NYU, and that's where she chose to go.

She made it. In short time, she turned her life around and became someone she loved. As for Puck, she hasn't seen him since the going away party. Shortly after he left town, his family moved to California, so he never went to Ohio anymore. Of course, she heard a thing or two about him from Sam, since her brother lived with the guy, but not much. It was a good thing, really. She decided Noah Puckerman was dead to her, and dead he would remain.