CHAPTER 2

What In The World is Goin' On?

"You're lying."

"Finn, I assure you I would never lie about something like this." Rachel stated matter-of-factually as she signaled Quinn to enter into her home.

If Quinn had heard right, Rachel Berry had just said that she was in love with her. "What in the world is goin' on?" Even Quinn's voice in her head sounded fucking shocked.

"You know what? In fact, Quinn is here with me right now. We're going out on a date." Rachel's mouth expanded on her face as she shrugged her shoulders at Quinn. "You're being ridiculous Finn! Of course she's here!" There was a pause and then Rachel looked at Quinn with pleading eyes. "OK. Just wait a sec please. Quinn? Come here sweetheart! She's in the bathroom. What? No I'm not lying to you Finn. Please! Just wait a moment!" "Was sweetheart too much?" Rachel muffled the phone with her shoulder and whispered. "Please Quinn, he won't leave me alone unless we do this... Just say we're going to the movies. OK?"

Quinn thought that Rachel's eyes couldn't get any bigger than that. It was starting to look very disturbing. "Uh... Rachel. What is g-" Before she knew it, the phone was in her hands with "Finn Hudson" written on the screen. Against her better judgment, Quinn lifted the phone to her ear.

"H-hello?"

"Quinn?"

"Finn?"

"What are you doing over there?"

"I brought her sweater."

"What? Is this a joke?

"Uh... No?" Quinn had no idea what was goin' on. Everything was happening too fast for her brain to process. Her mental capabilities were on par with Finn's right now.

"Are you taking my girlfriend on a date?" Frustration and worry were seeping through Finn's words.

At that moment, Quinn started to look for Rachel's face which, not so long ago, was right in front of her. But as of now, it was nowhere to be seen. That is, until Quinn felt Rachel's ear brushing on the hand which was holding the phone. Quinn turned to face Rachel and immediately the Diva embraced her.

"Repeat after me Quinn." Rachel whispered in Quinn's unoccupied ear. "Yes, I am taking her out on a date. Now, if you'll excuse me, Rachel and I have more important matters at hand than talking to you on the phone."

"...Than talkin' to you on the phone." Quinn finished. With that, Rachel took the phone out of Quinn's hand and hung up the call.

"Uff... Well, that wasn't so bad! Was it?" Rachel smiled gently at Quinn.

Quinn was yet to find out what she had gotten herself into.

"You're in love with me?" Quinn asked breathlessly.

"Don't be silly Quinn. I was just trying to break-up with Finn without there being any doubts that it is completely over. I appreciate all the help you have given me tonight. Thank you so much." Rachel kept that gentle smile on her face.

"So... You told Finn we're dating so that he... leaves you alone?" Quinn was finally grasping what has just occurred.

"Yes! Well... now, thank you so much for bringing back my sweater. There was no hurry though, but thank you nonetheless. It's getting kinda late, if you don't mind, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to excuse yourself from my home. I'll see you tomorrow at school Quinn. Have a lovely night."

Quinn was being ushered to the front door while Rachel talked endlessly in an extremely polite way. She still had that gentle smile on her face; only now, Quinn realized that it was actually Rachel's fake smile.

"Wait wait wait-wait-wait! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE?" Quinn's full functioning capabilities were back. "I'm gonna call him back right now and deny the whole thing! You can't do this to me Berry. Are you out of your freakin' mind? ME DATING YOU? This is unbelievable! Do you want Finn's attention so much that you had to come up with this stupid lie?"

"You're untouchable. Finn can't do anything to you. Your well-being is not at stake Quinn. Therefore, you have nothing to worry about." Rachel kept that fucking smile on her face as if everything was going according to plan.

"Maybe Finn can't touch me, but he's gonna tell the whole school and by tomorrow, people will think I'm datingyou!" Quinn had started to hyperventilate. Thoughts about schoolmates tossing slushies at her face gave her a horrible chill down her spine. If this whole thing got out, all of her badassery would be lost and she would sink so low on the food chain that not even Santana would be able to Lima-Heights her to safety, no matter how "Adjacent" her place of residence was. Quinn would be on her own against McKinley High School."

"Quinn, calm down please. Let's just reasonably talk about this, ok?" Rachel kept her words slow and punctuated everything by nodding her head.

"There is nothing reasonable about what you just did! Are you fucking insane? This is the crack house all over again Rachel! Why the fuck don't you think before you speak?" Quinn flayed her arms violently as she spoke, at the same time pacing up and down in Rachel's living room. "You are gonna call him back and tell him the truth. Nothing but the truth. Do you understand?" By this point Quinn had Rachel against a wall.

"That was hot!" Rachel kept trying to even out her breathing as she started to dial the phone and raise it to her ear. After ringing three times a high pitched voice answered.

"Rachel, I haven't picked out a song yet. Don't you dare rub in my face that you already have!"

"Hi Finn? Rachel sounded so very small.

"Rachel, you called my cell... You know this is me." Kurt Argued.

"Remember what I said about Quinn? Rachel's voice was as if she had been found with her hand in the cookie jar.

"That she was pregnant?" Kurt asked hesitantly.

"Yeah well... it isn't true. I'm sorry I lied to you. This most definitively does not mean we're gonna get back together though. Have a goodnight Finn, bye."

"Rachel what in the na-"

"There. Done. Are you happy now?" Rachel put the phone inside her pajama shorts, crossed her arms and looked defiantly at Quinn.

"Yes. Now take your damn sweater. I'm out of here!" Quinn left the sweater on a couch near the front door and left. Rachel stared at the clock above the fire place, her dads would be home in an hour. She better order take-out right about now.

After kissing her fathers goodnight, Rachel was about to go upstairs to her room, when she noticed her sweater still laying on the couch. When she picked it up, a note fell out of it.

"Thank you for having the guts enough to give me a ride home.

See you at school Rach!"

-Q

After having finished her nightly routine, Rachel turned on her laptop and started a new PowerPoint presentation.

"What was goin' on with Rachel anyways? In love with me? She's more crazy than I thought... Why would that keep Finn away from her? It doesn't make any sense.. Finn is so tall all Rachel has to do is keep her head down and he won't be able to see her! Quinn laughed out loud at her own joke.

"What are you laughing at?" Quinn closed her locker door only to find Rachel behind it like serial killers hide behind refrigerators' doors in scary movies.

Quinn did a subtle jump back and then cleared her throat pretending Rachel hadn't just given her a fright that, had she been pregnant, would have killed her baby.

"What do you want Berry?" Quinn asked, annoyance ever-present in her voice.

"Nothing, I just wanted to wish you a good morning and- wait.. you have something on your eyelash! Let me take it out for you, otherwise, when you blink it might get in your eye and give you an infection!"

"Wha-" Before she could even finish her question, Rachel was on her tiptoes, placing a hand on her cheek and blowing on her eye with utmost care, until randomly she started turning her head from one side to the other.

"I just need to blow from different angles in order to get it out properly. It'll just be one more minute Quinn, don't worry!"

As Quinn started to pull back since the moment was getting really weird and awkward, a huge hand on her shoulder turned her body around. Quinn stared at a flanneled-shirt chest and then looked up to find an infuriated Finn.

"What are you doing kissing my girlfriend?" Quinn could see smoke coming out of Finn's ears.

Quinn turned around and looked at Rachel straight in the eye. "You didn't tell him the truth!" After finishing her sentence the huge hand grabbed her again by the shoulder and turned her around once more.

"What truth?" Finn's cheeks were red with anger and his breathing had gotten heavy and irregular.

Rachel put her hand around Quinn's waist and said "Sweetheart, of course I told him like you wanted me to. You know how Finn is... It's gonna take sometime before he can accept our love."

"She's not your girlfriend Quinn, She's MINE!" By this point the McKinley High was holding their breath watching the scene unfold.

"She's NOT-"

The William Mckinley High School has forever remembered this moment as the one when Rachel Berry, Glee Club loser, was joining lips with Ex-cheerio, preggers turned badass: Quinn Fabray.

"You see Finn? Our love is one for the Broadway Musicals and there is nothing you can do about it!" Finn went into the nearest classroom, got a chair, went back out to the hallway, placed the chair on the floor and kicked it. Then left.

Well no, that's not what actually happened. That's just how Rachel will later remember it.

Back to business: Quinn still felt tingles on her lips and by the time she caught up to the conversation taking place right in front of her, Finn was asking Rachel when the fuck had this happened while pointing to both Rachel and herself.

"What does it matter Finn? What matters is that it happened. I am finally happy now. I am gay for Fabray, I'm the king to The Quinn, I'm the Berry to her juice, our sapphic love will be one for the books that turn into Academy award winning movies. Now leave me alone once and for all!"

Finn looked at everyone that was witnessing his ultimate humiliation and said: "This isn't over Rachel."

Rachel's lips mouthed the words Finn spoke at the same time that he said them. Quinn could not believe what was happening in front of her. Finn was walking away and Rachel Berry was yanking her to the nearest bathroom and locking the door behind her.

"Everything went according to plan. He even answered what I thought he would answer at the end!" Rachel was jumping up and down and squealing like a little girl on Christmas Eve. "Did I say my lines right? Was it believable? Writing is most definitively not my strong suit unless I am utterly inspired but.. I don't know.. Do you think I did a good job?"

Quinn took a deep breath and after having replayed the whole thing in her head for the third time she placed her hands on Rachel's shoulders.

"Rachel, I seriously considered slapping you in the face just now. But I won't. What you did back there was wrong. You went behind my back and used me."

"Can't you just help me out for a little bit Quinn? Just do me this one favor. Please Quinn, I beg you."

"No." Quinn took her hands off of Rachel and started pacing in the bathroom. "Why are you doing this?"

"Give me a week... Just a week. Then we'll... we'll break-up... drift apart... Just give me enough time so that Finn gives me my space. He can be very persuasive and I don't think clearly when I'm with him.. sometimes when he looks constipated I think he's being cute! I know I deserve better. I know it in my heart. I just don't know if I'm strong enough to not go back into his arms. Before, I thought it was about keeping him away from me, but now... Now it's about keeping me away from him. Please, I'm begging you Quinn. Don't leave me alone with this."

"Give me one good reason why I should do this. Why should I help you Rachel?" Quinn looked straight into Rachel's teary eyes, they looked very brown and beautiful.

"Because, after all you have done to me, it's the least you could do." The bell that signaled the beginning of classes resounded across the bathroom as Quinn took Rachel's hand and left.

Rachel felt kinda bad for taking Quinn on a trip to "GuiltVille" but as she walked through the school halls hand in hand with one Quinn Fabray she could not help feeling the butterflies running through her stomach. Finally the school was murmuring about her!... and Quinn of course.

"Rachel." Quinn started as they headed to their first class. "We need to talk about this more throughly. My house, after Glee Club, OK?"

"Of course Quinn, I trust that you are inviting me to your home because you are truly invested in this and not because you are too ashamed to ask for a ride again."

"Well actually, I do need a ride. But that doesn't mean I don't wanna talk about this thing we've got goin' on."

"Then it's settled, we'll go to your home right after Glee and talk this through. After all, some rules must be established." Rachel stated with a news presenter kind of voice.

"Rules?"

"Please sit down Ms. Fabray, Ms. Berry. You're late!"

"I've picked a song for you to sing for our Glee assignment." Rachel informed as she sat beside Quinn in the choir room.

"You did, didn't you?" Quinn rolled her eyes. Rachel was such a miss bossy pants.

"Yes, check your email tonight, there are some pointers here and there because sometimes you tend to be kind of pitchy so practice hard and have it ready at least by Friday."

"Listen to me Berry, you don't get to tell me what I can or cannot do. Got it? If this thing is going to work you need to know one thing: Nobody tells Quinn Fabray what to do. I will check my email and sing your song, but as a favor. Not as an order." Quinn spoke calmly and with respect while she looked at Rachel's eyes with determination and power.

"Oh my Barbra! That was haaaawt!"

Rachel had never had anyone talk to her in that way. People always simply dismissed her or insulted her. Apparently she was too annoying, or didn't have filter. Her self-confidence sometimes was taken as arrogance and her intents at friendship had always failed without her knowing why. Nobody but her fathers had actually taken the time to oppose or contradict her with such tact.

"I apologize Quinn" Rachel said as she gave the girl a beaming smile. "I ask you to do this as a favor and I want to thank you for all your efforts into making this thing work."

Quinn really did lov- like! That smile. Rachel looked simply stunning. "You're welcome." Was her simple reply as she straightened on her seat. The first of the Glee kids had just arrived.

"What in the world is goin' on between you two?" I heard from Mercedes who heard from Tina who heard from principal Figgins who heard from Ms. Pillsbury who heard from Finn that Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray are officially dating! What is this outrage? How can my gaydar be so broken? Last thing I knew you were happily dating my brother, Rachel. What in the name of Sutton Foster happened?"

"Kurt just calm down a sec, would'cha? Rachel and I have been dating for two weeks now. That's all you need to know."

"B-but I-"

"No but's! What Rachel and I have is just starting. She and I want to keep it as private as possible until we feel sure about how we feel. This is none of your business." Quinn took over and all Rachel could do was watch this beautiful intelligent pink-haired goddess in action.

"Rach-" Kurt pleaded.

"You heard my girl Kurt. It's private. Please respect that."

"ohmylord ohmylord ohmylord was "my girl" too much?" Rachel quickly took a peek at Quinn through her periphery and saw... nothing. Rachel actually was pretty bad at looking at things through her periphery. Therefore, she actually had to turn her neck in order to look at Quinn. She had a small gentle smile on her face and that was all the reassurance Rachel ever needed. Defeated, Kurt sat in front of them, crossing his legs and his arms as a form of tacit protest.

One by one the Glee kids entered the Choir room and proceeded to sit. All of them looking at Quinn and Rachel through their periphery ha! They did have that talent! Finally, Finn entered right behind Mr. Shue, who was late. Which means that Finn was pretty late himself. Because as we all know, Mr. Shue is a professional at being late."Why does he always want to ruin my life anyways? Is he in love with Finn?"

Finn sat beside Rachel and placed his hand on her lap, as If nothing had happened. Rachel tried to pay no mind to Finn's gesture and simply got up from her seat. "Mr. Shue I want to sing my song for the assignment please."

"Yeah, no Rachel. Why don't we let someone else start for a change?" Mr. Shue laughed awkwardly pretending he isn't an asshole.

"Rachel is the only one here responsible enough to have her song ready the day after you give us the assignment Mr. Shue. You know it, I know it and everybody else in this room knows it. So why don't we just skip this and you let Rachel do what she does best?" Quinn said evenly, while taking turns looking at everyone's eyes but Rachel's.

Everyone in the room was looking at Quinn Fabray as if her hair had turned pink! Oops my bad! Mr. Shue couldn't even speak. Through the awkward silence Rachel walked to the center of the room and bowed down.

"Hi, my song choice is Tommy Trash's "Need Me To Stay" and I would just like to point out that this one's for Quinn" Rachel winked at the ex-cheerio. "Hit it Brad!"

"I'm inside out" Rachel started. "Ooh It's the way you swore that you didn't want more, then you always need me to stay for the morning." Rachel swayed her hips to the music and smiled flirtatiously at Quinn. Now Quinn actually rivaled the pink panther's color since her whole face was blushing furiously.

"I'm inside you" Rachel continued. "Oh there's everything you know and everything I don't every time you need me to stay for the morning" Santana actually ooohed at this and started clapping along the music.

"This is so gay." Kurt said with his eyes wide as saucers. "And hot!" Puck added. Quinn had no idea what to say. This was highly inappropriate and hot. She agreed with Puck.

"Keeping you a secret from my friends" Rachel sat on Quinn's lap at this point. "They can see that something's different but they can't quite tell." Quinn looked sideways to Finn who had his hand in fists and was shaking with madness. "One moment I'm spinning the next one I'm flipping 'cause you can't decide what you want." Rachel got up from Quinn's lap and started dancing around her. "What started so simple is burning right out of control ooooh!"

Rachel sang the chorus once more and finished with a bow. "Though I understand that a song should stand on its own, I do realize that some of you are not well versed in the complex vocabulary of the musical arts. Basically, what I tried to convey through this performance was that even though my relationship with Quinn started on a physical basis, meaning intercourse. I wish I could change that, but since I can't, all I can do now is ask for a new beginning." Rachel smiled triumphantly as if that hadn't been the most out of line performance she has done so far.

Quinn looked up to the ceiling. "Please God, I ask for patience."

Song: Tommy Trash -Need Me to Stay.