After Rejection

Chapter 2

Quinn woke up the next morning, her body aching and her head fuzzy. Her eyes suddenly were filled with horror when she remember the events of last night.

She quickly looked around for Santana as she couldn't remember the Latina leaving last night.

"Quinny!"

"Yeah Mom?"

Quinn stood up. She knew her Mom wouldn't answer her until she came downstairs. She could hear the radio on in the kitchen which was unusual because her Father didn't like music much. She guessed he had to work late again.

"What is it?" Quinn asked.

"Why aren't you dressed yet?" Judy replied.

"Dressed for what, Mom?"

"Your Saturday cheerleading practice. You have that big competition coming up, don't you?" Judy explained.

"Oh, I forgot. But I don't feel very well today so..."

"Quinn you're going to that practice!" Judy said sternly.

"But Mom!"

"Nope. You're not getting out of this one Quinn. You have never missed a cheerio's practice and you never will."

Quinn dreaded this practice, she didn't know how she could possibly face Santana after the kiss. Her cheeks started to blush as she thought about the kiss. She was right last night. Santana's lips were better to kiss than Finn's.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Go and get into your uniform Quinn." Judy said.

Quinn didn't answer. She was scared that if she opened her mouth she might vomit all over her Mom's freshly cleaned carpets.

She didn't speak a word in the car ride either.

The car pulled up into the school parking lot. Quinn could see all of the cheerleaders gossiping on the bleachers waiting for Sue to show up. She could also see Santana looking around for any sign of her.

Quinn hated how she got butterflies in her stomach every time she saw Santana. These butterflies were particularly bad knowing that Santana was waiting for her.

She stumbled out of her Moms car and made her way over to the bleachers.

Santana looked at her and gave her a fake smile to cover up her fear.

"Hey." Santana said, her voice slightly shaking.

"Hi." Quinn offered back

There was a sudden burst of laughter from the girls on the bleachers causing both Santana and Quinn to turn around.

For a second there was an awkward silence between the two girls.

"So..." Santana started. "You seemed pretty out of it last night. Do you remember anything?"

Quinn stopped for a moment. If she said yes things could get pretty weird between Santana and herself, yet if she said no then she could just forget anything ever happened. So, as usual Quinn Fabray took the easy way out. She knew it would hurt Santana and that's the last thing she wanted but she needed to keep her rep safe.

"Um, no. Not much. I remember you driving me home from the party but after that I kind of blanked out." The second the words came out of her mouth Quinn regretted them. She could see the hurt in Santana's eyes. For a second this confused Quinn, but then she remembered Santana leaning into the kiss.

"Oh, okay. Well after I drove you home you just fell asleep so I left." Santana said.

"Cool. Well thanks for taking me home." With that Quinn walked up to the giggling girls in the bleachers.

Quinn felt horrible. She really did prefer kissing Santana over Finn but she needed Finn for her rep and her rep was more important than anything else.

Santana was in a pretty bad mood for the rest of the day and nobody seemed to notice, except Quinn.

By the time practice was over Santana wasn't even making eye contact when Quinn talked to her.

"Santana. Are you okay? You seem a bit down." Quinn asked politely even though she knew that Santana was not okay.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Santana left for her car without saying another word.

Quinn knew why she wasn't okay too. She knew that Santana had feelings for her. She saw the way Santana looked at her sometimes. Quinn would be lying if she said that she didn't share some of those feelings.

Quinn also knew that if she did reciprocate those feeling that she would become a social outcast and she was not about to throw away everything she worked for just for some girl.

The following Monday at school Quinn and Santana were running some errands for Coach Sue.

They were sitting in an empty classroom polishing every last one of Sue's trophies as a punishment for not beating their running record.

"Can you pass me that one over there?" Quinn asked Santana.

"Yeah sure." Santana replied handing her the trophy. "So, do you really not remember anything from the other night?"

"No, only what I told you before." Quinn replied quickly.

"Quinn, I can tell when you're lying." Santana said in a dull tone.

"What are you talking about?" Quinn's heart started beating faster.

Santana leaned in and captured Quinn's lips with her own.

The kiss didn't last long as Quinn pulled away.

"Please don't Santana..." Quinn started.

"You don't even like Finn. You said so the other night." Santana tried to make Quinn see.

"I was drunk..."

"Yeah and when you're drunk you tell the truth!" Santana interrupted.

Quinn was about to answer but the bell rang so Santana walked out so she could have the last word.

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