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As Rachel rearranged her locker, three cheerios,who were juniors and always been discontent with their new leader, came to her.

"hey, midget, looks like your master disowned you." The tallest girl of the three said.

Rachel sighed, but didn't stop her work. Those high school thing never got old.

Obviously, the girl got annoyed, she shut the locker sharply, "listen when I talking to you. You midget. "

Rachel straightened up, turned to the three. "what do I own this pleasure to talk to you?"

The tallest girl smirk, "you lost your master, which means your 'off-limit' time is gone. You may need another ugly sweater now."

Rachel blinked,"excuse me?"

Just as that, a slushie been pour over her head from behind. A cup dumped on her head, bounced at her shoulder then dropped on the ground.

The hall sunk into silence.

"my god, did I just see that?" ,Kurt whispered.

"I saw it too. Otherwise I would think I was dreaming." Mercedes said, looking around searching for a certain blonde.

As the three cheerios laughing loudly walked away, Kurt rushed to Rachel, "are you ok?"

Rachel could not answer, she was busy wiping the sticky liquid away.

"I will got the emergency aid. Wait here, I will get you to the girls room. " Kurt said and run to his locker.

Mercedes approached Rachel, "are you ok?"

Rachel answered her with a nod.

"why did they attack you? what did they think? Quinn will going crazy, she would kill them. Literally. Where is Quinn? I mean, she usually gets out of nowhere if some one lay a finger on you. Now, where is she?"

"I told her we need separate apart for a while. We should leave each other alone. And she could not stalk me." Rachel said in a little voice. She really been caught off guard and a little freaked out. "looks like I am at the bottom of the food chain without her."

Mercedes noded sympathetically, "let's go to the girls room. By the way, welcome to the underworld."

While Rachel put on Kurt's sweater, the door of girls room swung open, revealing a livid Quinn.

"Rachel!" she shouted rushed to Rachel, "Are you alright? Did you get hurt? Are you injured? Did they—"

"I assure you I am good. I didn't get hurt, and not in pain. They didn't physically hurt me. Please calm down."

Quinn breathed three times to calm down."I will end them."

Rachel shook her head, "listen, Quinn, I really appreciate your protection,but I… I need to going on without you as my protector. I will be a actress one day, at that time you could not stop all the insults throw towards me, I should learn by now how to deal with it. I may be insulted by cheeriors but it's ok. I won't let them influence me. You protected me since we were four, I should learn how to protect myself now."

Quinn stared at her for a while with a blank face.

"Quinn?"

"Can I hug you?"

"what?"

"I really want to hug you."

"…O—" voice been cut by Quinn crashing her body against hers. Rachel inhaled Quinn's scent. She missed Quinn, like really missed her. It's been a while they hugged. It seems so right that they were close to each other, physical or emotional, when they were apart, it seems like they were some kind of been forced.

"I am so proud of you. But in my circle of competence, whoever dare to insult you, hurt your feeling, I will make them pay for that." Quinn pull back, smild goofily at Rachel, "you have me ,I won't accept that you been hurt." She smoothed Rachel's hair, then pecked her lips, "I am your kntihgt in shining armour."

With that Quinn walked our the door (not without a smirk to her little star, who stood stunned). If she did not made the three bitchs run sucidal laps and suffering in every second of practices she were not a Fabray.