This is the first fic I've ever uploaded to so I hope it goes well. Reviews are always appreciated, good or bad. I don't have a beta so any mistake I make are my own.

Quinn sat at the back of the choir room and scanned the group, seeing as it was their last meeting of the year, Mr Schue felt they deserved to just relax and enjoy each other's company. Mercedes and Kurt were gossiping as usual, Tina and Mike were completely engrossed in each other, Sam, Puck and Finn were spouting some innocuous rubbish about football plays and Santana, Brittany and Artie were sharing a joke that revolved around Santana making a silly face. It was nice to see everyone getting along so well, they'd had a long year and it was good to see that the group were all enjoying themselves now that the drama of Nationals and New York was all over, she was glad they could all get back to normal. Well, as normal as was possible for this group of people who all knew that had it not been for Glee Club, they would never have spoken to each other.

Looking around the room again, Quinn's hazel eyes fell on Rachel. The brunette was sat by herself, looking over brochures for Juilliard. Anyone who had ever spoken to Rachel knew of her ambitions to appear on Broadway and get that all-important Tony and anyone who heard her sing knew that she would do it. However, with that amazing talent came a personality that was more than a little bit abrasive at times. Quinn was used to it by now but a few years ago, she was sure she had crushed Rachel's spirit completely. She knew she had treated Rachel horribly when all the other girl had ever wanted was to be Quinn's friend. Quinn spotted an empty seat next to Rachel and made her way towards it. She would have been sat in it had it not been for the hulking figure of Finn Hudson that got there before her, she took a moment to remind herself that Finn and Rachel were together now. She had no idea what Rachel saw in him. Yeah, he had his sweet moments and he was a nice guy despite being incredibly dim but that didn't explain what Rachel saw in him. She had New York dreams and he was destined to never leave the state of Ohio, the two would never last beyond high school and if they did it would be long distance. Quinn knew that Finn would never make it in new York, he'd moan and whine about never being able to see Rachel and when he did, it's be at cast parties where he'd stand in the corner and be intimidated by all of the good-looking leading men surrounding Rachel who not only were interested in her but also understood all of the demands that being a star would have on a relationship.

"Hey Lucy Q, what up your butt? Quinn shook her head and smiled at Santana's choice of name. Their relationship was weird, they considered themselves to be best friends but had an unspoken agreement that if an opportunity came to better themselves, friendship flew out of the window and they became adversaries. Despite all this, Santana was the only person Quinn would allow to call her that name and remind her of a horrible time in her life. They kept each other on their toes and they liked it that way.

"Not a lot S, just thinking about some stuff"

"Rachel stuff?" The blonde's head whipped round with a shocked look on her face "What, you really think you were being inconspicuous about it? Anyone with eyes could see you staring at her an Frankenteen. I'm your best friend, of course I would notice"

"It's just weird, no matter what I've done to her or what she's done to me, I've never hated her. I should be furious with her but I just can't bring myself to do it" Quinn whispered out the last part of her sentence as if she was admitting her darkest secret

"Well, if that's the case, why don't you try being her friend? I know she's with Big Foot right now but that doesn't mean she won't make time for you. This is Berry we're talking about, she probably thinks she can make Sylvester a better person with the right combination of Broadway musicals!"

"Yeah, you're right about that one" Quinn laughed out "So, now that we've spoken about me, how are things with you and Britt? You seem alright over there" Santana shrugged.

"We're still friends. She knows how I feel, I know how she feels and she's not with Artie any more so there's no reason why we can't spend the summer rebuilding what we had and maybe moving it on to something more"

"I'm proud of you for finally admitting that you love her, even if it took you a lot longer than I thought it would. I always knew something was going on between you"

"I figured you did after you stopped coming to our weekly sleepovers! Thanks for that by the way, Britt hated you being there because it meant we could be as...adventurous as we would have liked" Santana winked as the blonde scrunched up her face

"Okay okay, enough! It was bad enough hearing you two, I did not need to know that! Now, go and get your girl" Quinn gave her best friend a small hug and let her go back to Brittany and Artie.

Shortly after that, Mr Schue wished them all a very good summer and let them go. Quinn hung back until everyone else was gone until it was just her and Rachel, she knew the brunette would stay back late because she always did. Even when it was technically summer.

"Hey Rachel" Quinn approached the other girl tentatively and spoke with a softness in her voice, the last thing she wanted to do was scare Rachel away.

"Oh, hi Quinn. Did you want to talk to me about something?"

"Actually, yes I did. I wanted to apologise Rachel" The brunette eyes lit up and her eyebrows rose in shock. "I've treated you horribly when you didn't deserve it and I can't even imagine the pain you must have felt because of me, because of what I did and I just want you to know that if I could take it all back I would. I want to be your friend and I understand that it won't be as simple as me saying it, I'll have to earn your friendship and I don't mind that because we're pretty much seniors now and I want to end things with us on a good footing" Quinn spat it all out in one breath, only realising just how much she had said when she saw Rachel staring at her intently.

Well thank you Quinn for that extensive apology, it seems you have been paying attention to my style of speaking as you went on for an awful long time there. First of all, I accept your apology. You're right, we are seniors now and we should be past all of the childish nonsense that happened in years past. Second of all, you don't have to earn my friendship. I've offered you my friendship many times and just because you denied me then doesn't mean that I'll make you work hard for it now as some sort of revenge. I firmly believe in second chances. Even third, forth or fifth chances for those who I feel deserve them. Thirdly, what makes you think things will end with us after high school?" Rachel asked with a raised brow. She motioned for Quinn to sit down as she felt that this would be a deep conversation.

"You're going to New York, to Juilliard. Everyone knows that. And I'm staying here, I'll go to OSU, get a law degree and follow in my father's footsteps, making the Fabray name famous for a third generation" Quinn spoke about her father and family name with more than a hint of bitterness in her voice. "It's just how things are going to be."

"They don't have to be Quinn, you're incredibly talented and, as I know I've told you before, very very pretty. You could go anywhere you wanted to. Hell, you could even follow me to New York if you felt like it!" Quinn knew Rachel was joking in her words but that didn't stop her stomach from flipping.

"New York is your dream Rachel, not mine" Quinn shook her head in defeat and got rid of the feeling in her stomach. She saw Rachel's eyes drop at her defeatism but chose to ignore it. "So, now that we're friends, I guess it wouldn't be too much for me to ask you if you wanted to go out sometime during summer?"

"No, of course not! Although, I would have to find time between my preparations for my auditions for college and Finn but I'm sure he won't mind me blowing him off a few time so I can build a friendship" Rachel smiled hopefully at Quinn, the smile not quite reaching her eyes as if she knew that Finn would have a problem with it.

"That's great! How about you text me whenever you're free and I'll make some time for you?"

"Sounds like a good plan, except..."

"Except what?"

"I don't have your number. You've never given it to me. But, why would you? We've never been friends. However, that is all changing now!" Rachel handed Quinn her phone so the blonde could enter her number. "Excellent! I will let you know as soon as I have some free time!" The two rose from their seats as the conversation drew to a natural end. They made their way towards the car park in a comfortable silence and just before they turned away from each other to go to their cars, Quinn spoke up.

"Thank you Rachel. For giving me a second chance, I really appreciate it"

"It's really no problem at all Quinn" Rachel placed her hand on the blondes arm "I get a friend out of all of this as well. Just promise me one thing?"

"Yeah sure, what can I do for you?"

"Don't give up on getting out of here so easily. I know you can do it if you really try"

"I'll can promise to not get so depressed about staying here?" Quinn replied with a smirk on her face

"Clearly you haven't been paying attention to how determined I am! Now that we're friends, you have no choice but to believe me when I say that you can get out of Lima if you want. But, I can see it'll take more than me just saying it. No matter, I have a whole summer!" Rachel called out to Quinn as she skipped (yes, the girl actually skipped) to her car

Quinn turned towards her car and got in. She sank into her seat and let out a breath she didn't even know she'd been holding. "I am in for a very interesting summer" she smiled and said to herself.

Quinn was sat on her bed reading Lolita, it was a book that would have made anyone else incredibly uncomfortable while they were reading but to Quinn it was one of her favourites. The content did seem weird to her, it was supposed to, but that's not why she read it. She read it so she could ask herself time and time again if she could trust the narrators account of events. Did the young girl really lead him on or was he just a pervert looking for someone one young and innocent to blame his sexual deviances on? Her thoughts were interrupted by the short buzzing of her phone, she looked at it and saw she had a text from a number she didn't recognise

Hello Quinn, I was just texting to make sure you had my number and to tell you that I am free next Tuesday evening if you wanted to go out then? Of course, if you already have plans then don't worry about it, we can reschedule for another time - R

Quinn smiled to herself, the brunette even rambled in her texts although Quinn didn't really know what else to expect from her.

Hi Rachel, Tuesday evening is more than fine with me, I don't have any plans for then. Any idea on what you want to do? - Q

She was just about to pick up her book again when the phone buzzed instantly. Not only were Rachel's text's grammatically perfect but she clearly was not one to forget about replying to a text

Well, there's a production of The Phantom of the Opera at the Lima Community Theatre but I imagine that's not really your thing so how about just a simple trip to the movies? - R

Quinn thought about her current situation, she could say yes to the movies and spend an evening doing something that she knew she liked or she could choose to go to the theatre with Rachel and not only have a new experience but show Rachel that she really was committed to making their friendship work.

Actually, the theatre sounds fine to me. I've never been to a musical before and what better person to go with than someone who knows all there is to know about musicals? :) - Q

She waited nervously for Rachel's reply. She didn't want to come off too strong but she knew she had to do something so that this friendship lasted through the summer

Well, you definitely chose the right person! Although, Quinn Fabray, I am completely shocked that you have never been to a musical before! I am making it my personal mission this summer to make sure that you are well-versed in all things Broadway before school starts up again! - R

Now I'm worried about just what it is exactly that you have in store for me! - Q

No need to be worried Quinn, I simply plan to show you all of the classics that you just have to have seen and a few of my own favourites. I am certain that you'll like more than a few of them! I'll text you the details for the show and we can work out where we go from there. Now, I must go to bed as I have to get up early to continue my fitness regime. School may have stopped but that doesn't mean I should! Goodnight Quinn! - R

Quinn beamed at the girl's determination to make her dreams come true.

Goodnight Rachel, have "fun" on your workout :P – Q

The blonde quickly grew tired after laying her phone down and was soon taken over with thoughts of how good her summer seemed to be already. She was finally building a friendship with Rachel and that seemed like it could only ever get better. It was safe to say that Quinn was looking forward to whatever the rest of the holidays had to offer her.

As I said before, this is the first fic I've ever uploaded to here so any reviews you have will be greatly received and appreciated. I will also try my best to answer any queries you may have! I'm hoping to keep this fic going on for a while longer so I hope you enjoy it. I imagine the next chapter will be longer than this one! Thank you for reading!