Christmas time was heading towards Lima, people were out buying gifts for their loved ones. Quinn, was out shopping for her friends and daughter, she kept in touch with Rachel, Santana, Brittany, and Shelby over the years since they went their separate ways when it came to her going to college. Quinn is still in school, she decided to double task her tenure at school, studying drama and psychology. She is at the top of both fields at the school.. Yet she wasn't happy, reasons why? She is alone, she has no one to go home to, she lives in her two bedroom apartment, occasionally she would get visits from Beth and Shelby, but other than that it was just Quinn.


Quinn's POV:

I was walking from the mall, after getting few things put on hold for a later date. I guess it helps that my mom owns some of the stores that I shop from, actually I know it helps, especially when people damn near trample you just to get the smallest thing at discount. I accidentally bumped into someone in the middle of walking to my car.

"I'm sorry miss." the other person said.. Wait that voice.. I heard it from..

"Shelby?" I asked, obviously it was her but I wanted to be sure it was indeed her.
She turned towards me with a smile. "Quinn, it's strange to see you here. I thought you were going to Yale?" she asked me in a kind tone.

I return the smile back at her and nodded. "I was, but I decided to get into a school a bit closer to Lima, for the sake of Beth and also Rachel has been very lonely since Sonny started dating Jessie." I explained while pushing some hair back behind my ear.

Shelby giggled, and dear God it was actually kinda.. Cute.. She tasseled my hair gently. "That's good Quinn, and I didn't expect you to know Sonny at all." she sounded surprised at that fact, I don't see why though. Rachel talks about her adopted brother as if he was her damn boyfriend, she needs to get laid.. Wait, I need to get laid..

My smile turned into a smirk. "Want to go to the Lima Bean to catch up on lost times?" I REALLY wanted her to say yes for the sake of Beth.. And partially me.

Shelby checked her watch, I never understood why she still kept a wrist watch when she has a digital clock on her phone, but I won't judge. She smiled then nodded at me once. "Yes, I have a bit of time before I need to pick Beth up from Rachel's house."

About.. Possibly ten, fifteen minutes of walking we made it to the Lima Bean, strangely it wasn't packed, in fact it was damn near empty, as in no one was there except for the one person who was working. We ordered our drinks, I got a special Christmas coffee, it almost tasted like hot chocolate but with espresso. Shelby only got a green tea, which is kinda strange for this kind of year but once again I won't judge, we sat down and stared at each other for a few seconds.

"How is Beth?" I asked calmly before taking a sip of my coffee.

"She is doing great, she has been anxious to spend Christmas at Rachel's house. Rachel spoils her more than I do." She chuckled a bit while explaining the last part, I swear I was almost caught in a trance at how she looked.. What the hell!?

"Uh, that.. That's great, I would be spending Christmas with my family but my mom has business in various other states, so it's just going to be me, once again this year." I sighed softly, feeling ashamed that I don't have anyone to spend the holidays with.

Shelby frowned at me, oh no don't do that.. She grabbed my hand gently, and my body started to warm up. "You can spend Christmas with us. I am positive Rachel won't mind, and Sonny said he is spending time at Jesse's house for Christmas, so it would be Rachel, Beth, and me." she calmly explained, rubbing my hand ever so softly. It would make me feel better if I said yes, I get to be around Beth on the holidays for the first time, and I can potentially be closer to Shelby..

"Yes, I would love to spend my Christmas with you guys." Oh my god, I am going to spend the holidays with Shelby and Beth!.. And Rachel.. Fuck..


Normal POV:

Both girls seem to enjoy each others company, but their time was cut short due to Shelby needing to pick Beth up soon. Shelby has taken a liking to Quinn as of late, she can tell how much the young blonde had cleaned up her act over the course of time. Having flashbacks to when they were in a way rivals after Shelby and Puck had sex, to this day she wonders if Quinn ever told Figgins about the "Shuck" sex that took place. Shelby was folding her clothes while humming a melody in her head, she too was anxious to spend the holidays at Rachel's house, it's rare that her and Beth do that for the holidays.

Things couldn't get better for Shelby, she has a wonderful family in Beth, Rachel, and surprisingly Sonny. Her love life is even better than she would ever expect it to be, she has a handsome boyfriend whose name is Thomas, they are going on 5 months coming Christmas Eve.

Speaking of Christmas Eve, it was indeed that day and Shelby was stressing on finding a babysitter to keep and eye on Beth.


Shelby's POV:

Oh my god, I understand that it's the night before Christmas, but I would at least like 2 hours with my boyfriend on our 5 month.. I guess I will cancel my date..

Knock Knock

Lord let it be a miracle, and it was in the form of Quinn! "Quinn.. Hi, what are you doing here?" I ask with various hints of excitement.

Quinn looked at me, her smile really cheers me up in times like this. "I was wanting to know if I could possibly stay over, I don't know where Rachel lives and I wanted to give Beth her present at midnight." it warmed my heart to hear that from her, I didn't want to sound like I was using her but my curiosity was at it's peak tonight.

"Say Quinn, since you're here could you babysit Beth? I am having my 5 month date with my boyfriend, he said he had something to tell me." Right there I saw her smile droop down, it hurts for me to ask but I needed to ask this of her.

She was speechless for a few moments but walked in and nodded slowly. "I don't mind taking care of my daughter, you go ahead and have fun." she turned towards me and smiled for a few seconds.

"I will be sure to pay you what I would have paid the babysitter." I said before walking into my room to get ready for my date.

It didn't take me too long to get ready, I over heard Quinn singing to Beth.. It's actually adorable, I feel bad for leaving them alone, but I need to go out once in awhile, right? Anyways I head past them, checking my purse making sure that my wallet, keys, and phone are all in there.

"Okay Quinn, information is on the fridge, there is juice, some hot pockets.. Well I got food here, some easy stuff, some stuff you will have to read instructions for. Any questions before I go?" I was in a rush to leave I didn't think do ask Quinn how she was feeling.

Both of the girls shook their heads and continued to play, thank God for Quinn, and I really hope she isn't trying to cause me trouble with Beth again..

I made my way to Breadstx where Thomas wanted to meet me, he got us a booth near the back, and had the light that hung over our table dimmed. Thomas looks so handsome tonight, it's hard for me not to kiss him right away.

"You look beautiful, Shelby." he said with a calm smile on his face, damn the butterflies in my stomach..

"T-Thank you, you look handsome." I reply, and I am an idiot aren't I? I guess I am not used to a relationship to last this long.

We shared idle chit chat for awhile, discussing our every day lives and such, I told him about my plans for Christmas which he seemed interested in, that's good right? We finished our food after an hour, eating slowly while trying to converse, I find it rather romantic okay? Anyways, the date went well for the most part, a happy thing to go into Christmas.. Or so I thought.

"Shelby, I wanted to tell you something that may surprise you." He looked down with a slight smirk, now that is cute right there. "I am married, still married I should say."

"Wait, what?" Oh my god, did I hear that correctly?

"I've been married. And my wife knows, in fact she was cool about it because during the time you and I were together, her and I were separated." he explained to me and my mind was just warped by the fact I was falling for a married man.

"So, all that time you and I were.. Together you were still married, and you didn't tell me about it." I raised my voice in anger before getting up to leave.

"Shelby wait let-" he tried to reason with me but I couldn't care less, I slapped him loud enough that the entire restaurant heard the crack.

"Keep your necklace, keep your bracelet, and keep this sweater. I don't want anything you bought!" I snapped while throwing the items at him, then I walked out of the restaurant with tears rushing down my face.


Normal POV:

Quinn was laying on Shelby's couch, bored out of her mind since Beth went to sleep early. It amazed her that Shelby was able to entertain herself with the simplest of things, like playbooks, musicals, and sheet music. Quinn could barely stand 30 minutes without looking at her phone, before Quinn closed her eyes she heard the door open and close, then sniffling, then faint breathing as footsteps approached the couch, there was Shelby with semi dried tears, eyes semi-red from crying.

"Is Beth asleep?" she asked softly trying to smile down at the blonde.

Quinn nodded slowly then sat up grabbing hold of Shelby's hand. "Are you okay?"

Shelby shook her head as she walked around the couch to sit beside Quinn. "He was married the entire time, and he never told me.. That rat bastard never told me." she tensed up, trying to hold back any sobs.

Quinn scooted as close as she could to Shelby and traced her hand against the back of the older diva. "He's a jerk for not telling you, and not ending the marriage before he met you." she said in hopes that it would cheer Shelby up.

Shelby sighed and shook her head again. "No, it's my fault for not seeing this coming, five months.. I wasted five FUCKING months on this guy just to be disappointed. Just for the relationship to end.." she covered her face, feeling disgusted by all that her and that guy did. How exposed she felt because of him, it was hurting her more so than she thought.

"Oh wow.. She really cared about this guy, I got a lot to do before she can warm up to me.. WOW Q, be more selfish.." she thought to herself feeling disgusted by her selfishness. "Think about this Shelby.. Tomorrow, you will have Beth, Rachel, and me to be there for you in your time of need." Quinn spoke softly as she rested her head upon Shelby's shoulder.

Shelby looked down at Quinn and smiled slightly. "You're right, I have more than I could ask for, and on the holidays it's important that I do." Shelby wrapped her arm around Quinn, slightly embracing her for a few minutes.

Quinn blushed but kept her smile, she let go of Shelby then laid on the couch with her legs behind Shelby. "We should get some sleep.. I am beat." she spoke even softer before falling asleep.

Shelby couldn't help but quietly giggle at the blonde, she got up and walked to her hallway closet, pulling out a blanket, then walked back to the couch to cover Quinn, tucking the blanket under her so she wont be too cold.

"Thank you Quinn.. I won't be over him but, you damn sure showed a lot more compassion for me in a few minutes than he did in five months.." She continued to smile at Quinn for a little bit longer, then walked into her room to change into some night clothes, and to go to bed.


A/N: Ahh something a bit more new from me, I wanted to do this specifically because there is literally an untapped market for Quelby fiction. Believe it or not it was t8kmybreathaway that inspired me to try my hand at doing a Quelby fic. Reading hers really made me connected to the story, but at the same time I wanted to do something new with my writing, so I did the POV thing, if it's too confusing I will fix it in the next chapter. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this. Review/Favorite/Follow, in any of those orders.