Title: The Author and the Actress part 2

Pairing: Quinn/Rachel

A/N: I do not own anything.


Quinn Fabray was eighteen the last time she was home. She steps out of her car and takes in her surroundings. She feels butterflies stirring in her stomach as she steps inside the Willis Centre for the first time in seven long years. Quinn remembers what happened the last time she was home like it happened only a few months ago. She tries to clear her mind as she makes her way up the stairs to Borders. Her face on a billboard outside the shop makes Quinn jump a little as she reaches the top of the stairs.

'It'll be a weird yet fun experience going home,' Quinn remembers saying in her interview for the paper about the book signing. The twenty five year old didn't realise how weird she would actually feel being back in the town where she grew up. Quinn hears a familiar song being played over the speakers which snaps her out of her daydream. Marry You by Bruno Mars may be almost eight years old but it still brings back memories for Quinn.

Once inside the store she makes her way, slowly, to the stand where she will spend two hours of her Saturday afternoon. Usually Quinn wouldn't mind meeting her fans as she believes that, without them, she wouldn't be where she is now but there's just something about being here at the Willis Centre that Quinn isn't quite comfortable with.

The time is five after eleven. Quinn has approximately twenty minutes before she needs to be behind the book stand that is currently being watched by three Borders Books staff members, blocked off by some very professional looking tape and is filled with Quinn's book, which is simply named 'Lucy'. She has a quick chat to the staff members guarding her books, not that she understands why it's taking three of them. She finds that the female staff member, Charley, has read both of her books and is a big fan. The taller male, Vince, informs Quinn that his brother was a member of Vocal Adrenaline at the same time as she was starting out in New Directions. He apparently left the year after New Directions was formed so it was unlikely Quinn ever met him. This information seemed pointless to Quinn but nevertheless gave Vince a smile and turned to face the shorter male, Andrew. He didn't really have any idea who Quinn was. This amused the blonde slightly, as looking back to when she was Andrew's age, which Quinn approximated was around seventeen, she probably wouldn't have known a best selling author if they were standing in front of her smacking her in the face with their book. Quinn glances down at her watch and sees that she has just over eleven minutes before the signing begins. She realises that whilst she was chatting to Charley, Vince and Andrew the store had been vacated of its customers and was awfully quiet. Quinn looks at the entrance of the book store and sees a long queue at the door. She gets an odd sensation in her stomach, not butterflies this time, just an odd nervous feeling that she's not felt since a few weeks after graduation.

"Miss Fabray" once again Quinn snaps herself back to reality. She spins to come face to face with a very pretty lady, "Miss Fabray I am Carolyn Grierson" she grabs Qiunn's hand a vigorously shakes it, "it is such an honour to meet you. My daughter is your number one fan" Carolyn beams, "I am the manager here at Borders Books and would like to say on behalf of all my staff, it is a pleasure to have you here today"

"It's wonderful to be here" Quinn says nodding finally pulling her hand out of Carolyn's grasp, "thank you for having me" Quinn flashes her trademark smile at Carolyn.

"Are you all set to begin?" Quinn gazes at her watch, which reads eleven twenty five, and nods. She takes her place behind the desk and takes a deep breath as Carolyn goes to open the doors to let in the first bunch of customers in.

'Let the madness commence' Quinn says to herself before the first customers enter the store.