Except for a quick goodbye smile after Mr. Schue's class yesterday I didn't see Quinn for the rest of the day since we didn't have any other classes together and she was absent in the glee club table at lunch - just like Tina like someone mentioned, I think it was Artie. I spent the entire lunch daydreaming about what could come from this said 'friendship' with Quinn - or maybe just about Quinn actually, those eyes, her smile, her legs, what was there not to daydream about -, barely paying attention at all to any conversation going on around me, which was a rather difficult task since Finn kept trying to get my attention to talk about us getting back together. Ugh, was the boy always that painfully annoying and clueless? Needless to say that even while at home, I spent the rest of the day in my Quinn daze.
So to say that I was a little eager to get to school because of the possibility of seeing Quinn before classes - since Wednesday was the day that we didn't have any classes at all together - was a colossal understatement. Clearly the fact that I skipped the last 15 minutes of my morning workout routine was absolutely worth it, as soon as I entered the hallway and made my way towards my locker I saw her. She was leaning against a locker, her posture completely relaxed, while talking to Tina who had her back turned to me. They were discussing something very animatedly, Quinn was beaming excitedly at Tina with a huge grin on her face and Tina was actually jumping a little on her feet. Quinn looked as breathtakingly beautiful as ever. She surprisingly wasn't wearing one of her well-known sundresses; she wore tight black skinny jeans, a dark green converse and a tight fitting green tank top. I love her sundresses, I do, but I couldn't help but notice how incredibly amazing her ass looked in those jeans, like, truly amazing - I'm totally Team Jeans - also, the amount of cleavage that was being showed… the sundresses were completely over appreciated. I was finally able to focus enough and opened my locker, chancing a last look at her and caught her eyes watching me. She smiled happily and waved a little, I smiled back with an enthusiastic nod making her chuckle. With that Tina turned around to look at me as well. She waved and motioned to Quinn for them to come to my locker.
Before they could even move there was a loud scream at the other end of the hallway by the Cheerios locker room and within a second at least half of Sue Sylvester's squad was running towards the girl's bathroom where, I had just noticed, was one of The Skanks - the one they called "The Mack" - blocking the door.
"Get out of the way! We need the bathroom!" - One of the cheerleaders - who I clearly recognized as one of the biggest adepts of throwing slushies around - practically screamed at the girl's face. Mack remained very calm and grinned smugly.
"You have toilets on your locker room, princess, go there."
"Everyone is feeling sick and Santana didn't bring her lazy ass to school yet. The locker room is closed!" - The girl looked like she could cry, or maybe just throw up... at that Mack averted her eyes from the girl and looked directly at Quinn with a big smile and I watched as Quinn smirked back at her, in that evil almost sardonic way that only she could put out.
"Oh, is it now? What a shame..." - She stopped talking to watch one of the older cheerios throwing up in front of a row of lockers, followed by four others that couldn't contain themselves. - "I hope that y'all throwing up around school is enough to make clear to you, bitches, and every stupid jock in this school that you shouldn't mess around with Berry." - She looked dead serious and... Berry? What? Everyone was looking at me and I was frozen at my place. I looked around and met Quinn's eyes and she winked at me. Why was she... Oh. OH. - "Rachel Berry is off limits here. I usually do not get involved in this stupid game you kids play, but if you mess with Berry again you better be ready coz I'll bring it, and throwing up like this will look like heaven." - She looked around the other many cheerios who were throwing up all around and then she actually looked at me and smiled, quite warmly. - "By the way, Ronnie, Sheila and some friends are in the other bathrooms and the order is 'no Cheerio gets in'. Have a nice day." - She finished smugly just as the first period bell rang. It took only one second before everyone started moving, I looked for Quinn but she was gone and Tina was already dragging me to our class.
I spent the majority part of first period trying to explain to Tina that I had no idea why The Skanks were helping me, and that no, I was NOT their friend. She was impossible, until I told her I guessed Quinn had something to do with it, at that she smiled brightly concurring with me. Which was extremely odd, since when did Tina believe Quinn would help anyone? Actually since when did Tina and Quinn talk at all? I questioned her about what they were discussing earlier but she didn't answer me and ridiculously started paying attention to class, in the last ten minutes. During second period I learned from Mercedes and Kurt that the Cheerios were sent home and the half of the squad that wasn't sick had to clean the hallways - I almost felt bad for them, because UGH. Also, they told me that Santana showed up in the last minute for her first class all smiles and not fazed at all by the mess the cheerios had made at school. I had to explain again that I had no idea why they had helped me out, but decided not to talk about Quinn with those two. I spent the rest of the morning wondering who else Quinn had got into this prank against the squad and how on Earth did she get Santana to help her.
It was really starting to upset me Quinn's absence during lunch, again neither she nor Tina were in our table. And of course as soon as I took a sit all the questions started, everyone was freaking out about my so said friendship with The Skanks, it would be endearing if they weren't being so annoying about it. The only ones that weren't shooting questions at me were Santana and Brittany that were looking at me with amused faces, Santana had that irritating smirk on her face - but this time it held some kind of warmness that I wasn't used with at all - and Brittany was smiling brightly at me and I couldn't help but smile back at her. Ok, I always had a soft spot for how gullible she could be, I found it adorable even when I pretended it annoyed me. Also Noah wasn't questioning me either, he had an arm resting in the back of my chair and would occasionally smile at me or send me a wink, and it was comforting just having him around like that. Of course, until he opened his mouth.
"So people, it's been too long since this little Glee Club saw some action. Friday, hardcore Puckerman party at my house. The alcohol will be provided and all y'all have to do is bring your fine asses and have fun. Also, ladies, please, short skirts or dresses are always appreciated." - He smirked to the table and everyone ignored his antics. - "Oh, and someone tell my Baby Mama and our fine Asian Girl, I'll be outta here after lunch." - I looked at him disapprovingly and he smiled warmly at me and put his arm around my shoulders. - "Don't look at me like that my Hot Jew, you know I love you too." - He smiled jokingly but then his face turned serious and he actually pouted a little. - "You coming to my party right?" - I sighed and rested my head on his shoulder before nodding. He squealed a little in victory and I couldn't help but laugh at him, that is until I saw the way Finn was looking at us angrily. I sighed defeated and couldn't help but seek Noah's comforting embrace. He looked down at me and then I watched as he glared at Finn across the table. - "Don't worry, Rach. I'll tell him to back the hell off. The guy is a douch about accepting his losses." - He squeezed me a little tighter and smiled down at me. I smiled brightly at him, Noah always made me feel warm inside. I so didn't mean it like that, well yes he is a great kisser and make out partner, but since we stopped being an item he became a really good friend - Jews gotta stick together is what he always says - and I always felt like he truly cared about me, besides he is a really sweet guy if you ignore all the Pucksaurus lines. And he gives the most amazing giant teddy bear hugs in the world, not awkward giant like when I used to hug Finn, but a comfortable safe giant kind.
"Hey, the bell is gonna ring soon, I'll walk you to your class before I leave." – Noah said to me with a smile and a little wink before glaring at Finn. I rolled my eyes at him but stood up and took the arm he was offering. – "I just didn't want to give Finn any chance to bother you, if you don't want me to walk you to class is totally cool." – He said as we stepped into the hallway and he looked hurt, and I couldn't believe I was so distracted like that. I shook my head and smiled up at him, but before I could say anything we heard shouting, really loud shouting coming from the closed classroom in front of us, and I recognized the voice right away.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, SANTANA! SERIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER!" – Quinn sounded pissed, really pissed as in fuming with anger.
"I KNOW OK, DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW IT? BUT I CAN'T RIGHT NOW, Q. I JUST CAN'T" – And ok, shock, Santana was screaming just as loud but she sounded completely broken, so broken that it made me want to embrace her, and we are talking about Santana Lopez, for God sakes.
"S, you guys have done it before. It was never a big deal for you, and you worked hard on this. What's different now?" – Quinn's voice was a lot lower but still had that annoyed urgency in her tone. I looked at Noah and he seemed just as lost as I was.
"It's just too much, all together. I know it's just Glee Club, but, ugh. Quinn, you are getting to do baby steps, you're getting the chance. I had to crawl all over a lot of steps because I didn't want to lose her, but some things I just can't…you are getting to go in baby steps." – Noah and I shared a look and we both understood: Brittany. Santana wasn't accusing Quinn – like would normally happen -, she was broken sad that they weren't doing baby steps together…but, hell, into what was Quinn baby stepping?
"S…" – All the anger was gone and the sadness was palpable in her tone. – "I know, and I wish that you didn't have to do it that way, I wanted so much for this to be easier for you. But I can't really change that, so I'll do what I can to help you out. We'll get Chang to get our notes and we'll spend the period before Glee with her so I can learn it properly ok?" – You could actually hear Santana throwing herself at Quinn, and the way she was trying to calm her down. – "Shh, it's okay, everything is going to be just fine. I love you, San. Please, don't cry." – Who was this woman? Was this the Quinn we've been missing all this time? I couldn't help but smile, because Mckinley High was going to meet the real Quinn Fabray, but most important I was going to meet her, because she wanted me to. I glanced at Noah and I saw that he was smiling as well with teary eyes. I smiled warmly at him and gestured for us to keep going. He nodded and when we started walking I heard an almost lost whisper of 'Thank you so much. I love you too, baby girl" and froze in middle step. Was that..did Santana really…Noah dragged me away then looked at me with that same teary-eyed smile.
"I missed them. That was the way things used to be ya know, they were always sweet with each other, those sickening sweet nicknames, I mean, of course there was the yelling too, but... Shit, how I've missed them." – O-kay, that was a lot to process, jeez. How much do I not know about these people? – "Well, here we are, safe and sound in your classroom, Jew princess. Ah, don't forget to tell Quinn about the party." – I smiled at him and launched myself at his arms.
"I will and thank you so much, Noah. I would never complain about you wanting to walk me to class. Is always an honor." – He smirked and winked before walking away. I spent most of my classes wondering what could have set Santana off like that, and what was it that she couldn't do with Brittany that apparently was about Glee. Also what else would Quinn Fabray do to keep surprising me, that girl was turning out to be much more of a mystery that I had thought before, and believe me that says a whole lot of something. And oh my Lord, was Santana really a closeted sweetie? I'll have an aneurysm until the end of the year, for sure.
Usually Glee Club was the part of my day when I was able to just relax and do what I do best, hence why I always walked so confidently in the choir room. Everyone was already seated as I walked in, except for Quinn, Brittany and Santana who were all absent. Mr. Schue entered two minutes after me and was ready to start the assignment when the three of them walked in, and my not so relaxed part of the day started. Quinn was in the middle with the other two flanking her sides, that view would never not make me shiver, either amazed or terrified. They were all with the exact same outfit, except that Quinn's top was red, Santana's green and Brittany's blue, and I snickered rather loudly at the thought that they looked exactly like The Powerpuff Girls; but then I gasped when as they walked their matching pleated black short skirts raised exactly at the same time and I realized how much I've missed Quinn in those Cherrios skirts - regardless how much that uniform gives me memories that scared the life out of me -, the way her firm thighs flexed while she walked and how smooth her skin always looked. I glanced through her body and the way her top clenched in all the right places and as I looked up I caught Santana watching me with a smug smirk on her face, I cringed internally until I noticed how the skin around her eyes looked slightly swollen up. And then Brittany saved me from that little stared down.
"Mr. Schue, before we start today the three of us have been working on a dance routine that we thought would be fun to do and a bit different from what we always do. Plus we could maybe use some moves for booty camp." – Brittany talked excitedly and I felt a smile making its way on my face, that girl was beyond adorable.
"Actually, Brittany made the whole choreography besides having the idea herself, and Santana and I just had to work our butts off to try to keep up with her, which we didn't, obviously." – Quinn smiled with pure adoration towards the other blonde and Britt beamed at her looping her arm around Quinn's, while Santana just stared fondly at them.
"Okay, that's great girls. I'm surprised that you did it Brittany, but it's amazing, let's start with it then." – Mr. Schue looked really excited that someone has taken his booty camp rather seriously, and I felt quite proud because possibly for the first time Brittany's dance skills were going to be appreciated.
"I'll just be over there taking care of the music. You, my girls, go there and make me proud." – Santana nodded sadly at them, and Quinn squeezed her hand while Britt bounced to her and kissed her cheek sweetly. And the realization simply hit me: that was truly what the whole Unholy Trinity thing was about, they were a lot more Powerpuff Girls alike than just the color of their outfits; they were a system, the three foundations of something bigger than just each one of them. When I used to feel alone because I had no friends I pep talked myself about how I'd rather be alone than have friends as they supposedly were for each other. But at that moment I saw, they were only missing the foundation that keep them together, they were missing the real Quinn for their friendship to work. And as I watched I couldn't help but feel grateful for the friends I've made and the possibility I had to befriend Quinn, and by extension probably Brittany as well, although I was very much aware that Santana would be a lot harder.
The blondes stood in the middle of the room as Santana started the music. A violin played softly and Quinn and Brittany started to bend backwards, they kept bending until the violin stopped and they stopped with it, bent halfway to the ground. The violin started quickly and they stood up, each of them twirling softly to opposite sides, stopping after the second twirl, their right legs slightly up. As Brad joined in with the piano they dragged their right legs softly through the ground in semicircle motions, back and forth. Quinn twirled once more and with two long methodical skips she crossed the room towards Brittany who was waiting in position. At the last skip Quinn put her arms up with a classic gentleness while Brittany grabbed her hips and pulled her up effortlessly. They stayed like that for a while as the piano and the violin competed and worked together, Quinn had one leg straight down and the other bent slightly up toward her knee in a ballerina position. They looked so relaxed and so into it like they were a part of the melody, it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I looked around to catch our fellow glee members reactions and saw Mr. Schue and Kurt with teary eyes and faint smiles; Tina, Mike, Blaine and Mercedes were beaming excitedly with huge smiles; Finn looked confused like he does all the time; Noah and Santana had the exact same look in their faces, a mix of pride, relief and pure adoration and as the girls danced the final part I watched both of them swallowing a sob. The violin had stopped completely as Brittany slowly pressed their chests together and started to get Quinn down, as their eyes locked they smiled brightly at each other. Brittany had one arm around Quinn's waist while her other hand was tightly gripping Quinn's and in one effortless swift motion she made Quinn do one full twirl in midair. I heard as Tina and Kurt gasped loudly with me and Mike actually jumped at his seat. Quinn was put fully back up to the ground and she straightened up putting one leg up in the air, making a higher angle than 90° between her legs as Brittany kept twirling around her in a mix of blonde hair, black skirt and long trained legs. When Brad played the last note Brittany stood in front of Quinn, who was still in the same position, facing us and as they joined their hands she opened her legs and went down, sitting on the floor with each leg stretched to one side.
Noah and Mike were the first ones up and clapping, as everyone else stood to clap as well Mike ran to the girls giving Quinn a high-five and scooting Brittany up and squeezing her tightly telling her how amazing her choreography was; not a second later Santana threw herself at Quinn hugging the life out of her while Quinn just laughed. I noticed Noah struggling by my side trying to decide if he should go there or not, but thankfully Brittany decided for him as she came bouncing and threw herself at his arms giggling and then dragged him towards the others. He put one arm around Santana and she immediately hugged him, then he gave Quinn a wink, she grinned and winked back. I could actually feel all the happiness that surrounded their group as they chatted and beamed together, but as Quinn locked eyes with me and smiled brightly I felt like all the air was being pushed out of my body, it was an amazing sensation, and I stayed there blatantly staring at her until Mr. Schue finally spoke up.
"Guys, that was amazing, it was so beautiful and I wanna thank you for sharing it with us. And Brittany, really it was a great job." - He smiled at the two girls as Brittany jumped a little on her feet.
"Really Mr. Schue it was all B's work. The choreography and then teaching me how to properly do it all, she was amazing." - Quinn was looking up at the other girl with such adoration and pride, like she could just talk about how amazing she is for hours.
"Nah, really Q you are a great dancer and a really quick learner. Plus you looked totally sexy doing the routine." - I couldn't agree more with Brittany, Quinn had looked all kinds of sexy. As everyone else laughed and agreed happily with Brittany Quinn just dropped her eyes to the ground and blushed slightly...and Quinn Fabray blushing was by far the most endearing and adorable thing I've ever seen.
"Well, I don't think any of us are in the mood for an assignment today after that amazing little show, so I'll just see you guys tomorrow." - I ruffed a little at Mr. Schue's lack of professionalism but I had to agree with him, not even I was able to focus enough after that. Everyone quickly agreed and exited the room, Tina had joined Puck and Mike at the exit, Brittany and Santana had their pinkies linked as they walked and the rest just followed behind. When I looked around it was just me and Quinn in the room, and I took a deep breath, because really I was still trying to process that dance and Quinn's new behaviour in general.
"You were really quiet during the whole meeting...didn't you like the dance?" - She asked quietly and I melted at how disappointed she actually looked at the thought that I haven't enjoined it.
"It was heartbreaking beautiful, Quinn. I never realized how great of a dancer you really are, and it made me quite speechless. I'm sorry I failed at expressing how truly moved I was by it." - When I realized I was already word vomiting, and ready to say whatever was needed to take that sadness out of her face.
"Wow. You do know how to compliment someone and how to make a girl feel truly appreciated." - She teased me lightly and I could see that she was only half-joking - four for Berry. - "Yeah, I took ballet for years, plus cheerleading and having Britt as a teacher, it was enough to do the deed." - She shrugged as it was nothing, and I never really thought that modesty would be a good look on her, but I've learned lately that everything looks rather great on Quinn.
Something was still a little off for me - yes, lots of things seemed off lately, but this was different - and another thing that I've learn is that I don't really have to ask Quinn specific questions, I only need to introduce the subject and if she felt comfortable enough to talk about it, she will. It was simpler and way more comfortable for both parts, so I went for it.
"I never thought that you and Brittany were that close, actually I don't think I've ever seen you two speaking at each other during glee, but today you guys looked magical. You can't really accomplish that without some sort of intimacy with a person." - Her lips curved slightly upwards and she had that look that had told me before that she was getting ready to open up, to unravel one of her mysteries.
"Brittany is sunshine. She is happiness and joy in its essence." - She smiled at me as she talked almost as it playfully daring me to disagree with her, but really there was no way that I could because she was completely right, so I simply smiled back. - "When you get to meet her even if it's just a little bit, it feels like hitting your head on a wall if you're mean to her or if you make her sad, like it literally hurts yourself. I did it once and she forgave me, because that's how B works, she simply loves people. I feel like it's impossible being around her and not smile all the time, I literally can't do it. So as the bitch that I was trying to be, as the strong person who could rule this ridiculous school I just couldn't be giggling on the hallways all the time." - She rolled her eyes at herself and smiled sadly. - "So I decided that I needed to slow down on the amount of time that I spent around her at school, because being mean to her just wasn't an option and neither was being seen as the giggling kind of girl. It hurt her of course, which made Santana mad, and that was the first time we fought which made B even sadder. But Britt seemed to understand why I did it, no one realizes how witty and wise she really can be. We spent next to zero time alone at school, it was always the three of us or just me and Santana, and I believe that that was when our friendship changed to the hell that it was at school. Out of here we spent a lot of time together, it was almost as if nothing had changed with B, but it had with Santana. It took a long time but I think Britt finally got Santana to see why I was doing it, my reasons were ridiculous yes, but they understood, because we always had each other's backs. Which is also why I never talked with them about the first time I walked in on them making out, or the first time I walked in on them having sex; Britt knew that I knew about them, but we never talked about it directly because we knew Santana would hate if we did. So when she needed to talk about them we talked as if we were talking about some random guy or whatever, it worked with us. I hated having to almost ignore her at school, it was painful and it made my days darker. The days when I came more relaxed at school and didn't scream at anyone? Were the days that B will go to my house before school, we would spend some quality time together, cuddled up on my bed and then go our separated ways." - Her eyes were full of tears that she was holding back and I just wanted to hug her tightly, but instead I took her hand and place it between mine. She smiled at me and then let out a small chuckle. - "She always knew she was my sunshine. She always knew that she could get my mood up by just being around me and she did, whenever she could she was by my side. I knew she used to say some things about me that to her were really mean, because she would come to my house those days looking like a lost puppy and apologize hundred of times and say to me how much she hated this whole keeping appearances thing." - She laughed out loud this time and it was certainly a view. Quinn Fabray with a few tears streaming down her beautiful face while laughing loudly in that gorgeous way that only she did. - "You can't understand just how relaxing it was for me to have a person who could just talk hours about ducks or other random things, or that could make a whole conversation around the guy who brings the milk to her house because she tried to guess what his life was about besides from delivering milk." - Quinn had such a loving look at her face, like she couldn't think of a better thing to talk about than how amazing Brittany is to her.
"She is certainly something special." - I smiled back at Quinn and our eyes locked again, and I felt myself getting lost in that shinning green ocean until Quinn's eyes widened as she gasped, looking at the watch on the wall she gathered her things quickly.
"Crap, I'm late. I'm sorry, Rach, I gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow at class." - She talked without even looking at me, but suddenly she stopped and smiled sweetly at me. - "Thank you for listening to me, and...well, thanks for wanting to get to know the real me." - She kissed my cheek quickly and rushed out of the room. I sat there for long minutes appreciating the warm pricking on my cheek where Quinn had kissed me and processing the day occurrences until I decided that I needed to practice some vocal arrangements before I went home or before Quinn put me on a endless daze again.
After my exercise routine and trying a few notes, I decided to practice a few West Side Story songs. When I was ready it was reaching the time that the school was closed so I made my way through the hallways when I heard footsteps and loud laughter. I reached instantly for my little bottle of pepper spray but then I recognized one of those laughs, and as I walked through the corner they were there. Tina and another girl were there in the middle of the hallway leaning against the lockers and laughing out loud.
Tina was all dressed in black and red, really dark make up and a black cloak and all I could think was 'what the actual heck'. That was until I looked at the other girl and...HOLY SHIT, I lost all thoughts because it was Quinn...Quinn with her hair a bright pink again, really heavy gorgeous black make up, and - DAMN - she was using that nose ring again and she looked so, so incredibly sexy in a kind of badgirl way that made my knees weak ever since I saw it for the first time. I looked at her outfit and lost my breath; she was using that top that left her whole stomach bare, the same one she was using when I went to talk with her under the bleachers, and just like last time I couldn't help but stare at her abs, they were freaking glorious. I kept traveling my eyes down her body and felt myself actually getting hot, she wore a tight black skirt that ended above mid-thigh and actually, fuck, that ass and those legs would be the death of me some day. They hadn't noticed me yet, so I took my time appreciating how stunning Quinn was - again, yes I'm a creeper, but I'm not to blame with all that hotness, plus I'm a really sexually frustrated teenager. They kept laughing and talking quickly and I could see from the other half of the way how Quinn's eyes were shinning and God, she was breath-taking.
"Oh, hey, Rach." - My eyes snapped up when Tina spoke, she was looking at me with a knowing smile and I felt myself blush because, well I was blatantly staring at Quinn's legs at that moment. I looked at Quinn who had a huge smile on her face and I only could smile back as Tina kept talking. - "What are you doing here? It's late."
"I was rehearsing for the musical. What are you guys doing here?" - They shared a look, and I decided to go for Quinn. - "Quinn, your hair is pink again." - It worked like magic and she started to talk.
"We were...in a mission" - There was more laughter at that and they actually looked like good friends, it warmed my heart because Tina is a really nice girl and I was quite fond of her. - "And well, the hair is just spray, it'll be gone as soon as I take a shower." - I had to work really hard to try and keep the image of Quinn taking a shower out of my mind so I could focus on what their mission was about. I looked at them both questioningly and as Quinn smiled Tina sighed both knowing that that answer was not enough for me. - "Do you want a ride? I know you came walking this morning and I was about to drive Tina to Mike's house, because Chang was quite strict about the fact that I should get his girlfriend there as soon as we finished here." - Quinn smiled mischievously as Tina blushed and I couldn't help but laugh. Tina glared at me and Quinn laughed at us. - " I'll give you a ride too and then we can explain it." - I just nodded and Quinn started walking and Tina and I trailed behind her. Definitely a bad idea because, my God, her ass looked delicious. I snapped out of it when Tina elbowed me and grinned knowingly.
"What?" - I asked self-consciously. She shook her head and smiled warmly at me linking her arm with mine while I smiled back at her. Tina was definitely a good friend and, damn, she absolutely knew about my crush on Quinn then, I was just glad she hadn't said anything about it.
Quinn looked over her shoulder as we reached the parking lot and smiled at us, she went right to her car and opened the passenger door and the back one on the same side. "Ladies, your carriage." - She smiled goofly as Tina and I laughed at her.
"Girl, you are a dork." - Tina said as she entered on the back door, and Quinn only nodded her agreement as she got in as well and I took my sit beside Quinn. - "So, you wanna tell Rach or shall I?" - They laughed again and seriously what was that about all that laughing. I must have looked annoyed because Quinn spoke quickly after starting the car.
"Apparently, I'm a freshly bitten vampire and I'm very much hungry. So if Figgins doesn't leave Tina and her gothic wardrobe alone, she will let me bite his face off." - Quinn grinned as Tina laughed at how shocked I must have looked. - "It seems that my Skank ways at the beginning of the year got him really scared of me, hence why I'm dressed like this. It worked." - She finished with a shrug.
"Possibly forever, because he never looked that scared when I did this alone." - Tina said happily and I watched as she sent a grateful smile towards Quinn by the rear-view mirror. We spent the next 5 minutes of the ride in silence and as Quinn parked at Mike's house Tina spoke again. - "Thank you so much, Quinn. For the ride and for doing this with me, really it means more than you think." - She leaned forward between our seats and kissed my cheek giving me a playful wink before turning and kissing Quinn's a little longer.
"It was my pleasure, Tina." - Quinn replied as the girl was getting out of the car with a warm smile. Tina waved and ran to the front door where she simply got in, without knocking or ringing any bell. Tina an Mike's relationship always made me kind of jealous but also so so happy for them. They were perfect and cute together. - "They make a really cute couple, don't they? Our asian people?" - Yep, our minds seemed to be connected lately, I only nodded and beamed at her. - "So, Miss Berry, to your palace now." - I giggled because really, Quinn was such a dork.
I was surprised when Quinn didn't ask for any indications to get to my house. - "You know where I live?" - I really should start using the filter between my mouth and my brain, because I really didn't mean to ask that and I felt bad at the hurt look on Quinn's face. It was really not my intention to pop our bubble and remind us that we were never friends like this. She only nodded and kept driving. She parked the car in front of my house and turned to look at me but I spoke before she could even take a breath. - "It was really amazing that you did it for Tina. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who's getting to see the real you, Quinn." - I smiled warmly at her as I saw how her posture clearly relaxed at that.
"Yeah, Tina is really great and it was fun doing it. I just was never particularly nice to her at school and although I wasn't really with anyone...I'm trying and well, Tina was the easier I guess, because I've always been friends with Mike or whatever." - We got out of the car and she walked with me to my front door and we stopped in front of each other. Now that I was looking right at her face in such short distance I realized how tired she looked and I pointed it out to her. Her lips curved slightly. - "Yeah, when I decided that I wanted to just be me around people I didn't realize that everyone would question the way I was acting and that I would have to kind of prove to them that I'm not just playing a role."
"You don't have to prove anything to anyone, Quinn." - Just the idea of it made me mad beyond belief. - "Who are they to ask for any kind of proof? No one deserves that you exhaust yourself trying to get them to put their heads out of their butts and see what was in front of every one's faces since ever." - Who was idiot enough to not see that Quinn was never really just a bitchy mean girl?
"You may have always seen it, Rachel. But not everyone is forgiving or caring enough to try and look beyond people masks like you do." - She smiled kindly at me. And I wanted so badly to just throw myself at her, so I did, I launched at her and hugged her tightly and I was surprised beyond belief as she hugged me just as tightly. - "Thank you so much for believing in me, for giving me this chance." - I melted in her arms, taking one last breath I was consumed by her smell - a delicious mix of lavender and vanilla with something that I just couldn't put my finger on -; I squeezed her one last time before letting her go as I remembered something.
"You are more than welcome, Quinn. I'm just happy that you don't look as broken as you did before, although I'm aware that that kind of pain do not just go away." - Her lips pressed tightly as she simply nodded. - "Oh, complete change of subject?" - She grinned and nodded vehemently, then arched one of her eyebrows and I almost forgot what I was going to say, that wasn't supposed to be such a sexy thing. - "U-uh. Oh, right, uh, Noah is throwing a party at his house this Friday and he asked me to invite you because he didn't find you today. Are you going?" - She contemplated it for a minute before nodding.
"Yeah I think I could use the distraction and the alcohol. With everything at school and..well, Beth is really not getting as easily used with me as I thought she would. Also seeing how much she loves having Puck around doesn't help at all." - She looked completely defeated and I sighed, because really I have no idea how to help her. - "He played a song to her yesterday and she just looked in awe at him, and when I tried to give her a bottle of milk she cried until I gave her to him so he could do it." - God, why did this girl have to look so completely beautiful whilst broken, ugh. But...hold up, of course that was it.
"I think that you're just not going through it the right way, Quinn. Babies when in such an early age get really attached to one's voice. They relate with faces, of course, but is really a voice that puts them on ease or completely freaks them out. Try talking to her even while she is in Puck's or Shelby's arms, try singing a song to her, I can't imagine a baby not being completely at ease if you sing to them with that voice of yours." - She looked as she was trying to process or get validation in what I had just said, after a minute she smiled a huge warm smile at me and hugged me again.
"Thank you so much." - She whispered in my ear and I felt a shiver running through my spine. She let go of me and stared at me looking torn until she took a step back. - "Still, I'm most certainly going to the party, because Santana will drag me there anyways."
"Would you like to sleepover here after the party?" - Damn, where was that damn filter when a person needed one desperately. Quinn looked genuinely shocked and was searching my face for validation and I shrugged probably looking a lot more in ease than I actually was. - "I could give you a ride, then you would sleepover and we could do something together on Saturday, I don't know. My fathers are going away for the weekend." - She smiled at the rambling mess that I've become and then her face became completely serious.
"Won't your dads mind me sleeping here?"
"Not really, I think they will be glad that I won't be alone while they're gone."
"No, Rachel, I meant that won't they mind me sleeping here, they know who I am regarding your high school experience, don't they?" -
"No, not really. They do know that I've been slushied, because well you can't really hide three different dirty outfits in one day, but I never gave them names." - I shrugged but Quinn's eyes got all teary again and God, why did my heart hurt so much whenever she looked like this. - "So, are you up for it? Think you can handle two full days of Berryness?" - She laughed at that and my heart made a little happy dance.
"Yeah, I can definitely handle you, Berry." - Oh My God, that huskiness in her voice, the Skank wardrobe and all the innuendo and I was already feeling all hot again. - "Although, you may have to give B and Santana a ride too, because I believe it would me my time as the driver." - I nodded because, really what bad could come from it, right? - "So it's a deal. As you're home safe and sound I think I should probably go." - She smiled and started walking backwards to her car, her eyes never leaving me. When she went to turn around something popped into my head.
"Hey, Quinn." - She stopped to look at me. - "I know you went all the way back and out of Skank mode because of Shelby and Beth, but if you wanted to I really think you should keep the nose ring. I don't believe Shelby would have a problem with a little way of expressing yourself like this, since it's almost the same as Noah's mohawk. And, well, it looks really great on you, it suits you." - I patted my back internally for saying that it looked great on her and not that she looked great with it, also for the use of the adjective 'great' since I could think of a lot of less appropriate ones. And they all rushed through my mind as Quinn arched an eyebrow at me and smiled cockly.
"Maybe I will, I'm gonna think about it." - She winked at me and...help, was she flirting with me? Nope, no way. - "Goodnight, Berry." - She practically purred and oh, yes, she was flirting. Was I too obvious on my leering or my compliments? Does she think I'm a freak...she flirted back with me, she didn't feel offended, she flirted...with me. Life was so beautiful in that exact moment. As I snapped out of my thoughts Quinn had already started the car and I waved as she honked the horn. Was it too bad that I was already wanting for it to be tomorrow morning? Going to school sounded like such an amazing thing, and...God we interacted for two days and I was already falling for her. As I entered and went right to my room there was only one thought on my mind, 'There was actually something about her to not fall in love with?'