AN: Everytime I think about it, the more I really hope Rachel says no. I personally don't totally agree getting married right out of high school. I mean I don't have anything against people who do, but it's like you haven't even gone out & experienced anything else. You're practically still just kids. Anywho thanks for the reviews & alerts; I'm glad you like it so far :) Again sorry this is kind of short. Also sorry for any mistakes. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Still don't own Glee :( nor do I own the song "It's Not Your Fault" by New Found Glory.

Chapter 2-It's Not Your Fault

It's not your fault, so please stop your crying now. It's not your fault, so please stop your crying now. ~New Found Glory

Rachel wasn't the only one that had grown from experience; Quinn and Rachel's friendship was proof of that. Not only could they tolerate each other, they had become good friends; in fact Kurt and Rachel had agreed that Quinn would make an excellent roommate. Quinn was grateful that she knew who her true friends were now. For once she was almost completely happy with where she was in life. She had good friends, was going to a good school, and she didn't ruin Shelby and Beth's lives. All of these things, she mostly had Rachel to thank for. Quinn tried to help the girl anyway she could. From the sound of her voice on the phone, Quinn knew this would be one way.

When Quinn opened the door Rachel stood there with tear stains on her cheeks. Quinn pulled her inside with a hug, "what happened?"

Rachel was struggling with her voice, the hiccups stopping her every time she tried to talk. Puck had once let Quinn know that when Rachel got thirsty when she was sad or upset so the blonde had her sit on the couch while she grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen. When she came back, she handed the glass to Rachel, who took a big gulp of it. Rachel took a deep breath and finally felt ready to talk. "Thanks for the water," she set the glass down.

"Are you gonna tell me what's going on now?" Quinn had been getting worried by the diva's silence.

The diva in question, just nodded, "Ff-Finn…he, he asked me to m-marry him." More tears came down her face. "I told him no." Her hiccups got stronger so she grabbed the water glass and took another drink.

To say Quinn was shocked would be an understatement; she was just glad Rachel had said no. Quinn asked her next question in a careful tone, "Why did you say no?"

Rachel looked at Quinn, for a second she worried Quinn would judge her for what she was about to confess, but then she knew that after all her blonde friend had been through, she wouldn't. "He expected that if we got married, I would stay here in Lima. Even after I already told him that after graduation I'm leaving for New York no matter what. He wanted me to give up my dream." Quinn grew annoyed with Finn for even thinking that he could keep Rachel here; she also thought that this was reason enough for Rachel to say no, but she had a feeling there was more. "As soon as he asked me every part of me told me to say no. We haven't even graduated yet. Then all I could think was that he was the right guy; he wasn't the one that was supposed to be asking me." Rachel looked at Quinn with pleading eyes, "I feel like a horrible person. I'm supposed to love him, but all I could think about after he asked me was someone else."

Quinn wrapped an arm around Rachel and made sure she was finished before she spoke, "Rachel, you're not a horrible person. You did nothing wrong. It's not your fault that you and Puck were made for each other and both of you were too stubborn to realize it for a while. You listened to your heart and did the right thing, because we both know that if you would have said yes, it would have made lots of people's lives miserable. All your friends, me, Kurt, Blaine, Mike, Sam, would be because you would, you would be miserable because you are in love with someone else, Finn would because you wouldn't love him, and Puck would because you two love each other, but he wouldn't be able to have you. And that would be the worst thing of all because you were never supposed to love Finn, for you, and you know I'm right, it was always supposed to be Puck."

Rachel seemed shocked and happy with what Quinn had said, "Thank you. I suppose you're right. Do you think Kurt will be angry with me, I mean Finn is his family?"

"Finn may be part of family, but he won't take his side on this. If you haven't realized this, Kurt is a big fan of Puckleberry; actually I'm pretty sure everyone besides Finn is a fan. Plus Kurt told me that as much as he loves his brother, he really hoped you wouldn't end up with him."

Rachel just laughed, her mood cheered up by this talk, "I don't think everyone is a fan of Puckleberry," Quinn tilted her head in question, "Santana? She freaked out when Mercedes liked him, and got mad at you when you were with him."

Quinn shook her head, "no, she likes Puckleberry and not just because Brittney loves you guys as a couple with a passion. You've grown on her, and she knows that you guys are right for each other, plus she has Brit to keep her occupied, she doesn't need Puck anymore. I think both of those times she was just looking out for him. She knew I would hurt him somehow and she knew Mercedes would just use him." Rachel could hear the jealousy in her tone when she talked about the other glee club diva. It was a little known fact that Quinn still had feelings for Sam so with him trying to win his summer fling's heart back, Quinn was more than a little heartbroken.

"He'll come to his senses you know," Rachel could feel it, and you know, she's a little bit psychic, "trust me." In fact, despite what he said about loving Mercedes, Rachel would frequently catch Sam watching Quinn. Rachel sometimes thought that he didn't even realize he was doing it. Occasionally Sam would see that he was caught and Rachel would give him a pointed look; he would just blush and look away.

"You think so?" Quinn looked hopefully at Rachel.

"I know so. What should we do now? Should we come up with a way to knock some sense into that Avatar-loving boy?"

"That can wait. Right now we are going to get you cleaned up and you are going to go bag yourself a badass." Quinn laughed as she grabbed Rachel's hand and led her to the bathroom to redo her make-up, "You have to talk to him before someone else does."