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Sam hung his hand loosely on Quinn's shoulders.
"...and he was so close to me. Like this close."He raised another hand and placed it close to his face to make a point. "But I was fast."He smirked. "I just need to bend to see him topple over."He laughed.
Quinn tried to focus her attention to Sam but she found herself drifting back to last night and felt a sharp pain in her heart.
-Flashback-
"Quinn..."
She eyed curiously at that beautiful face and felt a stab in her heart.
She had finally noticed the shivering lips...
And at the corner of Rachel's eyes, another drop of tears traced down her face.
-End of flashback-
What had she done? She took a deep breath. How much would it take for Rachel to snap?
"...Yeah so he was on the ground howling in pain." Sam continued, oblivious to the fact that Quinn had already shut him off the moment he started.
From afar, she saw Rachel dragging her feet across the hallway, with Finn beside her talking animatedly. She raised an eyebrow in annoyance. Since when were they best friends again?
Finn gave the most irritating grin Quinn had even seen in her life and squeezed Rachel's shoulders slightly before walking away. Rachel returned a smile and shrugged. That little exchange was causing volcanoes to erupt inside Quinn.
Since when was Finn Hudson allowed to touch her like that.
"Er...Quinn?" Sam asked, suddenly aware of the change of mood between them. Quinn looked furious over... He glanced up and saw Quinn darting furious glares at the brunette.
God, this was so gonna be bad.
"Erm, Quinn, I'll see you after school?"Sam asked apprehensively. Without even acknowledging his presence, Quinn stormed away from his grip and marched towards Rachel.
"I think I've missed the memo."Quinn started, sarcasm thick in her voice. Rachel jerked slightly in surprise. "Qu...Quinn." She stammered, trying to figure out the anger emitting from her.
"Since when?" She continued, her arms folded across her chest. Rachel frowned.
"Since when...what?" Rachel questioned, trying to keep her hands to herself. Even an angry Quinn looked adorable. Er..wait. Was she jealous about... Her mind had finally worked out the pieces.
"Oh...No no, I mean."She laughed. The whole situation was so absurd. "Finn was just asking me to help him with his solo for Glee." She laughed again. She felt Quinn's tension evaporated. "I mean, who's better to ask than a future broadway star?"She shrugged playfully.
She loved a jealous Quinn.
Quinn felt her initial annoyance replaced with a sudden affection for the girl.
Wait, affection for Rachel Berry? She shrugged. Maybe slight affection. I mean, they had been "together'" for a couple of months now and she's only human being right? She shut off the annoying voice reprimanding her about the lack of emotions for her boyfriend of one year.
These feelings stuff...She had no idea how it happened. They were supposed to be in a...well, uncommitted relationship. That's how no strings attached play right? No feelings involved, no responsibilities. All just in the name of pure fun.
However, she could no longer deny the jealousy exploding inside her when Rachel was...well, in her opinion, too friendly towards the rest. As much as she tried to push the damn feelings back to her heart and shut it off, it just kept getting stronger and stronger.
She ignored the warning bells alarming furiously inside her.
"Wow, future broadway star? I guess that's the memo which I've missed. Why was I not informed?" She teased, leaning closer to Rachel's personal space. Her hair looked so soft and a small blush crawled up her adorable face. She wished she could just indulge in her right now. She lifted her hand to Rachel and drew small circles at the back of her hand. Rachel's face was lighted up with her smile.
She loved the way Quinn draw circles at the back of her hand
"That's unacceptable! I do apologize. I'll get my manager to write you a personal note along with a complimentary ticket to my latest Broadway show." She played along, happiness dancing in her eyes as she saw her favourite pair of hazel eyes lighted up in amusement.
She loved it when Quinn plays along with her.
"Wow. I am touched by that gesture. Will it be too much of a trouble to get a signature from the future Broadway star too?" Quinn brought her hand to her heart and an exaggerated look of gratitude across her face. Rachel laughed goodheartly which sent butterflies into Quinn's stomach. She loved Rachel's laughter, especially when it sounded so...well, pure. Like she was laughing from the bottom of her heart.
"Sure...and where do you want me to sign it?" She licked her lips, aware that she had led their conversation to where she wanted it to be.
Quinn widened her eyes in fake confusion. "Well...i don't know."She started apprehensively and fumbled through her bag. "Ah!"She exclaimed like an excited kid and pulled out a piece of tissue. Rachel pouted in irritation. Quinn suppressed the urge to laugh and cuddle that cute little thing.
Her cute little thing.
"What about...here?" She took a step closer and wetted her lips. Rachel's face blushed as her eyes traced the perfection of Quinn's lips. She knew where this conversation was leading but that did not mean her heart was not allowed to pound rapidly right? She loved it when Quinn wetted her lips like that and how it never fail to send...well, inappropriate images to her mind.
Rachel glanced nervously at the hallway which was surprising empty. Did they miss the bell again? She pulled Quinn closer to her and traced the waiting lips with her tongue, resisting the temptation to dive in deeper to Quinn's mouth.
Mine.
A satisfying smirk spread across Quinn's lips. "Wow, I didn't know you're good at signing your autograph..." Quinn quirked her eyebrows in mock surprise. She licked her lips.
She loved having part of Rachel on her lips.
"Well, I do have lots of practices if you're keen to know why." Rachel teased, swinging her hips from side to side shyly. Did Quinn mention that she loved the way Rachel swing her hips too?
"Hmm...can you practise them tonight then? I'm sure that you will be giving many of them out after your first Tony award." Quinn's eyes were attached to Rachel's lips. She wondered how she tasted like today.
"Oh..Quinn...tonight I can't. I am supposed to practise with Finn." Rachel bit her lips. Damn that Finn. Why couldn't he pick a night where Quinn had Cheerios practice!
Quinn dropped her hand like a bomb.
"Practise what?" The atmosphere had stiffened itself rapidly. The teasing in Quinn's eyes was replaced by fury in the blink of an eye. Quinn's hand folded across her chest and eased away from Rachel.
Rachel reached out to Quinn but was pushed away. The rejection caused pain everywhere inside her. She laughed awkwardly, trying to lighten the tension. "No, I mean, singing! For his solo!" She added but Quinn's eyes were hardened and she was avoiding Rachel's eyes. Rachel missed that pair of hazel eyes already.
"Maybe...maybe after he leaves my place you can come over?"She whispered, her hand tugging at Quinn's cheerios uniform. Quinn turned back with mixture of pain and sorrow written across her face, before it hardened with anger.
"He's going to your place tonight?" She asked with an obvious disconnection with her words and emotions. Rachel panicked inside her. She was aware how wrong this sounded. She sighed under her breath tiredly. How did the atmosphere between them always managed to switch so quickly? Would somebody stop playing with the switch already?
"Quinn...please." She pleaded softly.
"Well, you know what Rachel, you go have fun with Mr Frankenteen. I'm sure Sam would love to have me over at his place, making out on his bed." Quinn's voice wavering between pain and anger. She heard a sharp gasp from Rachel and her face crumbled in pain. Her eyes watered with angry tears. Quinn looked away in regret. It wasn't Rachel's fault. All of this wasn't her fault. But why did Rachel always ended up getting hurt?
"You know what Quinn. I don't get the fussy between Finn and I. We agreed to no strings attached. We agreed to have some other people in our lives like how I have embraced Sam as part of yours. Why are you getting all worked up over here?" Rachel felt the anger rising inside her. Pain rapidly morphed into righteous indignation. Anger worked better for her than pain, definitely. She knew she would have to deal with the pain when she was alone but that could wait till later.
Quinn looked like somebody just slapped her across her face. Did Rachel just admited her relationship with Finn was like Quinn's relationship with Sam? Did she just imply that? Quinn could almost hear the blood dripping inside her. Her legs felt unstable beneath her.
She needed to get out of here. She needed to get away from Rachel.
"You know what Rachel, this is wasting my time. We will just engage ourselves in whatever activities we wanted." She sucked in a breath. "You can make-out with Frankenteen for all you want. Who am to care?" She paused and averted her eyes away.
"It's just no strings attached."
With that, she turned around and walked away, blocking out the images of Rachel's chocolate-brown eyes shimmer with hurt, of Rachel with Finn and blocking out the guilt and pain erupting inside her.
Face to face and heart to heart
We're so close yet so far apart
I close my eyes I look away
That's just because I'm not okay
But I hold on I stay strong
Wondering if we still belong
Will we ever say the words we're feeling
Deep down underneath it
Tear down all the walls
Will we ever have a happy ending
Or will we forever only be pretending
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Song: Pretending - Lea Michele and Cory Monteith
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