Quinn opened her eyes slowly, letting them adjust to the rays of summer sunshine that glided through her window. She rolled over, pulling her pillow over her head and closed her eyes in attempt to get some more sleep. She managed to dip into blissful nothingness for around ten more minutes before Judy Fabray, her mother, called for her to let her know that breakfast was ready.

She groaned, and snuggled into her pillow before stretching and sliding her body onto the floor along with her duvet, knocking her clock off of her bed-side cabinet as she fell. She hated the fact that she could never sleep in. It was the summer and a Saturday, but her punctual mother never let her sleep past 8:30. She sighed as she stood up reluctantly. She picked up her duvet and laid it back on her bed neatly, knowing that her mother would complain if her room was not tidy, and then she placed her clock back in its rightful place.

Quinn had had an air of happiness about her ever since Rachel had gone to New York to look at dorms, the exciting new concept of a single Rachel had definitely lifted Quinn's spirits. She bounced over to look in her full length mirror and admired her figure for once as opposed to criticising it, she did a small twirl and then giggled at her oddness before moving to open her bedroom windows. Perhaps she was also happy that Rachel was back from her trip to New York. The summer had barely begun, but Quinn loved it already.

She bounded downstairs in nothing but her underwear and a white tank top, holding her phone as she looked at the screen. She noticed she had 3 new messages, and grinned when she saw that two of them were from a certain soon-to-be Broadway star. She sat down at her dining table, and opened up the first one, which was from Rachel.

NYADA is AMAZING! I absolutely love New York! Me, Daddy and Papa went to see Chicago! After watching it live 8 times, it's still SO GOOD! I can't wait until we both get to explore it together, It's going to be awesome. New York Buddies! Xxx

Quinn laughed out loud at the ridiculousness that was Rachel Barbra Berry, and she couldn't wipe the smile off her face. Her mum entered the room holding a plate of pancakes, and put them in front of Quinn before sitting at the head of the table. Quinn muttered a "Good Morning" through her grin before opening her next message which was from Kurt.

Hey Quinn. Were all meeting up 2day in breadstix 2 say our goodbyes and stuff before Mike and Tina go 2 asian camp 4 summer. U up for it? Txt back to let me kno. X

Quinn let out another laugh at the fact that Kurt had added a kiss to the text, which of course, could have only been expected. Her heart fluttered slightly, would Rachel be there? Of course she would, she wouldn't miss the final New Directions meeting. She quickly text back,

yeah sure, what time?

"What lucky guy's put that smile on your face, Quinny?" Judy beamed, before a muttered, "Eat your pancakes." Quinn looked up at her mother, remembering that she was there, and laughed, "You mean Kurt? The flaming gay? I highly doubt that, Mom." Judy just wiggled her eyebrows, and stated, "Just because he's supposedly 'gay' doesn't mean he doesn't have a thing for you," before nudging Quinn with her elbow and grinning. Quinn just rolled her eyes and laughed before digging into her pancakes. Her and her mum made small talk about the lovely weather, and what Quinn should take with her to Yale.

Once Quinn had finished her breakfast, she remembered the last text and opened it.

Kurt Just text me! Are you coming? Please come, I want everyone to be there xox

"Quinny, really, who is it? You haven't stopped smiling since you got down here," Judy teased, as she reached for Quinn's phone, jokingly. Quinn laughed a tad too loud to mask the panic that she felt as she snatched her phone away. Her face flushed slightly, as she tried to mask it with a playful exterior, "That's for me to know, and for you to find out, Mother." She grinned. Her phone buzzed in her hand, and she opened read the reply from Kurt,

We're gonna have lunch there, so b there 4 12:30? Glad u can come x

"Oh, and mom," she continued as her mother took the plates into the kitchen, "I'm going to Breadstix for lunch, so don't worry about cooking me anything."

"Okay, hun. Is it a date?" she replied.

"No mom! Why are you so interested in my love life anyway? Is this some lame attempt to live vicariously through me?" Quinn joked, but she instantly regretted it when she realised what she had said. Her mother remained silent, as both of their thoughts wandered to Quinn's father.

"Sorry mom, I was just messing with you." Quinn called to the kitchen, before walking in to give her mum a hug.

"It's fine, hun. We're way better off without him. Who needs men?" Judy smiled.

Quinn smiled back.

She started getting dressed the second she was dry from her shower. She wanted to look her best today, as today was the day that she would start putting her plan in motion. She hadn't seen Rachel in just over a week, and she wanted to make sure that she caught Rachel's eye. She put on a short light green summer dress and swayed side to side, watching it flow in the mirror, and assessing herself from all angles.

Maybe she should wear a push up bra? No, my boobs are fine...She needed to stop worrying; there was only a small chance that Rachel was even interested in girls anyway. She gently applied her makeup to look as natural as possible, but also bring out her eyes. She grinned as she remembered a drunken Finn confessing to her that Rachel had suggested the wrist corsage, and that she said it would match her eyes. At the time, Quinn had been annoyed that Finn couldn't even treat his date right, or think of basic things such as corsage's himself, but now the idea of Rachel noticing her eyes caused a fluttering to start in her chest. She rolled her eyes at herself in the mirror.

Quinn suddenly remembered the texts, and panicked as she remembered that she hadn't replied to Rachel. What if she thought she had changed her mind about their friendship? She quickly grabbed her phone from her bed, and threw herself onto it to lay on her back as she typed out,

Of course I'm coming! I want to hear all about New York. And I can't wait either, I'm so excited to start at Yale. See you in a little while. Xx

She looked over the text 5 times, making sure she didn't sound sarcastic or needy or anything else she could be judged for. Once she had established that the text was safe, and that she should calm down, she hit send. She put her phone down for 10 seconds before it buzzed.

YAY!

She stepped out of her car and headed towards Breadstix, with a confident stride. She turned her head as she heard an all too familiar wolf whistle. "Hey Baby Momma," he grinned. "Why haven't I seen you since Berry took off?" He walked closer to her, with a sly grin on his face, and wrapped his arms around her. Oh crap, she thought, he was just in it for the sex wasn't he? Nothing else, Oh crap.

Quinn went into bitch mode, she had to be rid of any 'romantic' connections, or things could get complicated. "What makes you think you're that special?" she asks. He looks slightly confused for a second, before his mouth turns up in a half smile. "Oh, I see, feisty Quinn. I like that."

"No Puck, it was just the once, it's not going to happen anymore."

"What?" he chokes, looking genuinely hurt. "You said you loved me."

"No Puck, I was overwhelmed with graduation and sad about everything and I just felt too lonely, okay? I'm sorry."

Noah furrows his eyebrows, and sighs as he looks to the floor. He just nods, before heading towards Breadstix. Quinn actually felt bad for him, he had changed so much this past year, he had grown from a sex obsessed teen to a genuinely caring and considerate person... who was still sex obsessed, and he had been there for her to some extent.

She sits back in her car for a while with the door open, and her radio on and clears her head.

Once she walks into Breadstix, the first thing she notices is Puck sitting in the corner sulking, and she tries to shake off the sinking feeling of guilt in her chest. She looks around at everyone smiling at her, before she hears a loud, "Hey Quinn!" that could only have been spoken by one person, before Rachel's arms are around her. She sighs into the hug, "Hey Rach." Rachel pulls back, grinning. "Rach, huh?" Rachel asks.

"Yes, Rach," Quinn laughs with one eyebrow raised. Rachel's arm slides down Quinn's arm from her shoulder, and Quinn tries her best to keep a blank expression and not to shudder, as Rachel takes her hand and leads her to her seat, which is opposite her. And Finn.

They all begin talking about nothing in particular, and order their meals.

Quinn listens to Rachel intensely, as she talks about all of the things she did with her Dad's in New York. She smiles when she recites the tale of the Pigeon who decided her brand new top was an appropriate toilet, and tries to hide her amusement at Rachel's dramatic pauses, and she laughs at the idea of Leroy trying to communicate with a supposed Spaniard in terrible Spanish, whilst the whole time the man could speak English. It's not until Quinn realises how obvious she's being that she looks away, to find Santana slowly wiping some spaghetti sauce from Brittany's face, with an unmistakable look of love in her eye.

Quinn feels instantly jealous as she realises it's unlikely that Rachel and her will ever be together, especially with the way that she keeps throwing longing glances at Finn. Quinn decides to bring up the unspeakable topic, simply so she can see Rachel's reaction. "So, when are you leaving for the Army?" Rachel's face instantly transforms from a nostalgic glow to a heartbreaking darkness. Quinn instantly regrets bringing it up, but she just needed to know if Rachel would ever be able to get over this, she needed to know if she had put it behind her yet, but it appeared she hadn't.

"Oh, I'm not heading out until around October, so I'll be able to come and see how Rach is settling into NYADA before I go. They have to do all this paper work or something," He answered. Quinn cursed mentally. He was going into the army and he hadn't even looked into what was happening? Had he even looked any of this up? He was so easily led, he changes his mind constantly. Quinn hoped he doesn't change his mind this time, so she quickly speaks up to boost his ego. "Well, I admire what you're doing, it's very brave. You'll be a great asset to all the troops out there." She forces a smile, but she finds it difficult to keep up the act as a smug grin creeps across his face, "Thanks Quinn," he says. She wanted to punch herself in the face, before she noticed Rachel smiling at her, and she almost spat out the lemonade she'd begun drinking to grin back.

Once people grew bored of speaking about NYADA and Finn, which Kurt was becoming extremely irritated with, people began reminiscing, as they shared their various memories of Glee club.

"No, I honestly swear to the Mother Mary, Brad had some serious crush issues going on with me," Santana joked. "He loved this latina ass," she finished, before realising what she said and turning to Brittany as they both cringed, then burst out laughing. "Na, I'm joking. He was awesome."

"Remember in the first year of Glee club when we all had Pizza, knowing we were going to lose and Glee club was going to be cancelled?" Tina said, and everyone nods. She started crying, and choked out, "Well today feels just like that, I'm going to miss you guys so much." And then suddenly everyone was tearful, and they all hugged one another, saying their final goodbyes in their own ways, before walking outside for a collective group hug. Rory, who hadn't been in Glee club long enough to be considered "part of the gang" offered to take a group photo, although nobody could understand him the first few times he asked. They all smiled, and hugged each other, everyone standing next to their "other half" except for those who were single who stood by their friends. Quinn was wedged between Rachel and Brittany, and it was a slightly awkward way to be pushed up against someone who you had a giant crush on. It definitely did not help with her repressed sexual desires, but she looked to the camera and smiled. Once the photos were taken, she asked Rory if he could print her copy off on decent photographic paper, and offered to pay for it, before everyone else asked the same thing. She briefly considered printing off her own cropped version of the photo as well. And then they all headed off to their cars, and drove away from their final time together as a group.

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