Being pregnant was not part of Quinn's new plan. She just wanted out of this town and into Riley's arms again. She knew she was basically in denial. Hell, everyone knew she was. But she couldn't help but think maybe he was alright. Maybe Riley was fine.

Quinn didn't appreciate the stares she got from other people, the comments on her weight. The people calling her a whore because it totally made sense that having sex with the man you love and accidently getting pregnant classifies as that. She was young, she knew that, but this baby wasn't going to ruin her life, it was Riley too, it made her feel closer to him.

Even if he was missing.

She sighs as she walks into the councillor's office, books clutched tightly to her sore chest as she waits for Miss Ross to enter the room for their weekly talk. Quinn knows exactly what to say so that they don't think she's crazy. She wants this baby to stay hers and she'll do whatever to keep her or him with her.

She frowns when a male enters the room and she looks up to see the other councillor (whom she refuses to see as she prefers females) walk in. Her eyes widen. "You can't be in here; I won't talk to you about anything"

He just shakes his head. "You can't keep this baby Quinn; you can't provide for it, you're not going to be a good mother"

Her eyes narrow and she glares at him, beginning to get angry. "Yes I can. I can, and I will, this is my life, this is my baby and don't you dare try and convince me that I'll be a bad mother"

"You don't have a male to support you, how are you gonna do anything?" He asked, seemingly amused by her anger which proceeded to fire her up more.

"Riley will be back! He loves me. He's coming back for our baby" She says, refusing to budge from her beliefs.

"Don't be stupid Miss Fabray, that's all I'm saying. Riley won't be back, he's gone, and you can't support yourself, you will ruin this baby's life" He says, intent on changing her mind.

"Don't you fucking ever say that to me!" She shouts, tears forming and her pulse racing, the councillor just stares at her and shakes his head. "He's coming back!"

She can't stop crying now and the door opens, someone has carried her out of the room and into the parking lot and her back hurts from all the crying, she feels as if she's going to throw up. A calm voice speaks and the person it belongs to is holding her hand with one arm around her.

"Breathe, breathes Quinn, its okay, it's okay" It's male and it's so soothing that she does begin to become calm, easing into the arms.

She pulls back to look at him, and is shocked at his amazing looks. She's never seen someone so… perfect before. She realises that she's still holding his hand and she looks at it, which causes her to realise that it's as cold as ice. "WH-Why are you so cold?"

"Cold-blooded" He smiles at her charmingly and she feels completely relaxed now. "I'm Jasper" He has a southern accent, she thinks it's cute.

She nods, looking into his eyes, they're an amber colour, so strange but yet so beautiful. "I like your eyes…" She says before realising that she's staring. "I mean, I... I'm Quinn Fabray"

He laughs and even his laugh is almost perfect in her eyes. "Thank you very much. You're very pretty yourself Quinn Fabray, and I like your eyes too" She shakes her head and looks down.

"Thank you for this Jasper, but I really should get to class, or go see a doctor… all that couldn't have been good for my ba-" She stops herself, her face becoming afraid slightly.

"Its fine Quinn, I heard before, it doesn't matter" He reassures her, then helps her up and makes his way back to the school.

She never considered any of this unusual until a few days later.

Slowly Quinn and Jasper become good friends, Quinn always forgetting about the weird things he does until afterwards and how his eyes changed. This was the reason Quinn didn't want to get too much into it. She didn't want to like Jasper, not with the baby and the thought of Riley missing her somewhere.

"Jas?" She asks one day, while their out looking at car seats for the baby.

"Yes Quinn?" He answers, pointing to an orange one with flowers on it that Quinn wrinkles her nose at, she's certain that this baby will be a boy. Kind of.

"How come you always hang out with me now?" She asks, it was true, he didn't even talk to other people it seemed.

"Because I like you" He answers simply which makes Quinn smile, he always is so sweet.

"I like you too, but don't you have like family to hang out with, friends other than me?" She queries, looking at a black one with soft fabric and a fur part where the baby's head would be.

Jasper doesn't answer so Quinn turns, raising her eyebrows. "Come on, Jas, answer me please?"

"My family... they left me here, for reasons I can't tell exactly... but you're my friend, I wanna hang out with you" He answers, but he seems a little annoyed, or something, Quinn decides to leave the subject alone.

"Wanna play guess what they'll name their child?" She asks randomly after too many minutes of silence.

Jasper looks at me with a confused expression and laughs. "What's that?"

"Well, you look at a pregnant lady- or even a normal looking one, whatever- and then guess what they'd name their child" She smiles when Jasper rolls his eyes and nods, signalling he'll be joining her.

Quinn takes Jasper's hand, pulling him along the isle till they find their first lady. She looks like a snob, her baby bump almost hidden by her long high waisted skirt and cropped jacket, her hair was a copper colour, silky smooth and only went down to just past her chin.

"I think if it's a girl she'll name her something like Beatrice or Esmeralda" Quinn suggests as they stare at the woman from behind a sunglasses rack.

Jasper shakes his head. "I bet one of them is her name, she'd try and name her baby something nicer like, you know, Amelia"

Quinn grimaces at Jasper. "Jas this is supposed to be funny."

"Why is being mean always funny to people?" He asks, standing up straight and staring at Quinn's head till she turned.

Quinn shrugs lightly, she didn't know exactly, she knew that it hurt a lot, but she thought it was okay if she just did it this time because she had copped so much from everyone else. But at the time all Quinn could think is that Jasper was judging her.

"Don't worry then, I have to get home anyway" Quinn says quietly, starting to feel a bit less strong about it, but she was stubborn as anything.

"We came in my car though, I'll take you" Jasper says,

Quinn shakes her head. "I'll walk. Bye Jasper"

Quinn didn't talk to Jasper for four days, she blamed her baby hormones making her mad, but she knew it was just her being stubborn, Jasper let her be, like the gentleman he was, but on the fifth day he gave up.

"Quinn talk to me please" He pleads, catching her after school, she had been walking to and from school, refusing to ride with Jasper anymore and it wasn't necessary, she just couldn't bring herself to admit she was wrong.

"I'm talking to you, what do you want?" She replies, the words not half as cold as she wanted it to be.

Jasper takes her hand, she pulls it away quickly. "Are you mad with me?"

"Yes" She answers simply her eyes trained not to look at his.

"Why?"

"I don't know, because you make it hard to be mad at you!" She shouts, angry at how stupid it sounded. "I don't need another distraction Jas, I just wanted Riley back and now I have you and I just... What do I do? I don't know how to deal with it…"

Jasper stares at her and Quinn begins to walk away in a huff, but Jasper grabs her hand.

She was used to his unusually cold skin, she just put it as something about him, like the fact that he was so pale it was a little frightening, but she never really thought about it, the fact that Jasper was so strange it wasn't even human.

"You know what you basically just told me right?" Jasper asks with that half smile and a bit of a sparkle in his eye.

Quinn shakes her head but then she realises what she had meant but didn't want to admit. "I… crap, I like you"

"Am I that bad?" He laughs.

"No… I just... Riley…" Quinn put's her head in her hand and when she looks back up at Jasper there are tears threatening to fall. "I know he isn't mine anymore, but I should feel so much worse"

Jasper nods and clasps her hand again. "Its fine Quinn, I mean, I feel the same way but if it hurts too much, we can go back to being friends, I can do that"

Quinn looked up at him, shaking her head and when she begins to cry Jasper pulls her to his chest, assuming the answer must be no. She cries for a little while before she looks up at him. "I seriously hope I don't regret this Jas, but I want to"

This time Jasper hugs her for another reason.