A/N: Sorry for this late update. And THANK YOU all so much for the love you've been sending this fic. I didn't quite expect it but I'm happy y'all love it. Thank you. Thank you!

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CHAPTER 4

DAY FOUR

Quinn woke up that morning with a smile on her face.

Wow. It's been a while since she woke up like this.

Upon opening her eyes, she slowly reached for her phone and turned off the alarm. She instantly checked her inbox and even without rehearsing it, she read Rachel's message first.

See you at school, baby. EAT YOUR BREAKFAST. And please wear that smile for me.

If it was possible for her to smile even more, Quinn would have smiled more.

God! How can someone be as sweet as this?

After re-reading the message, she typed a reply.

See you at school, too. And I'm gonna wear that smile, you know you love it.

Before she even managed to climb out of bed, her phone buzzed.

I do love it like you love my voice haha!

I do love your voice but you love mine more. *kiss

Go and get ready for school. I know you like to watch the Cheerios' morning practice.

Even if Quinn didn't hear her say it, she knew that Rachel might be a tad jealous about it.

I can almost sense the jealousy from here. *wink

I'm not.

You are.

Not.

Swear to Babra?

T.T

Quinn chuckled at Rachel's emoticon. Rachel never lies to Barbra, ever.

No need to worry, Rach. I'd rather watch you dance than observe how hot the Cheerios are.

QUINN FABRAY?

Kidding. You're beautiful, Rach. I could stare at you for a week.

You ,too. You're the most beautiful girl I know.

A lot of people told her this but this is the first time she really believed it.

I know. LOL. I gotta get ready for school.

No Cheerio watch?

I'd try not to.

FABRAY!

No Cheerio watch. You're the boss.

Good. Now, go. I want to see you first thing at school. I miss you.

Quinn smiled, again.

I miss you, too. :P – Qute

That and Quinn proceeded to her morning routine. If Rachel can make her smile like this in the morning, maybe dating her wasn't a bad idea at all.

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Quinn arrived early in McKinley and she headed straight to where the Cheerios held their practice.

No, she didn't lie to Rachel. She was just dropping off to get Santana. The Latina always asked Quinn to pick her up after Cheerios practice because they enjoyed teasing Natalie with the closeness they retained despite being ex-girlfriends.

"Hi, Quinn," Natalie greeted her.

Quinn just replied with a smile.

As always, Santana came just at the right time. Quinn would never want to engage in any conversation with Natalie.

"Shall we, Q?" Santana asked teasingly as she handed her Cheerios bag to Quinn who took it sweetly.

"Yeah," she smiled to Santana as she then turned to Natalie who was obviously trying to keep herself calm. "We should go, Nat. See ya," she said as she smiled coldly.

Natalie only replied with a bitter smile as she and Santana walked away from her. They were headed towards their first class and they secretly high-fived each other because of the relief they felt from ruining Natalie's day.

Natalie still liked Quinn. This is the one thing that the blonde knew and since Santana hated her, she and Quinn had an agreement to piss her off if they had an opportunity. Quinn wanted Natalie to back off while Santana just wanted to tease her. It was win-win.

Cheerios practice was called off that day for some reason they didn't know, so Santana had to attend her morning classes.

As Quinn waited for Santana outside the Cheerios' locker room, her phone buzzed. She checked and saw that it was Mike.

Oh my God Q! a spirt possessed ur grlfrnds body 2day god damnit

Quinn's eyebrows knotted in confusion but even before she managed a reply, Santana came out of the locker room with her phone in her hand.

"What the hell is Mike talking about?" Quinn asked Santana who shrugged as she scanned the hallways with her eyes.

Just a fraction of second passed and Santana's confused expression turned into something else, something else in between shock and awe. Quinn saw Santana's jaw drop at something she saw and she can't quite comprehend what it meant.

She followed Santana's line of vision and there, she mimicked the same reaction. Her jaw dropped in mixed awe and shock. Her stomach started doing somersaults at the sight that unfolded in front of her.

Walking along the hallway of McKinley was Rachel Berry in a form-fitting black strapless dress that hung a little inches shy before her knees. Her shiny brunette hair was neatly let down that had some teasingly sexy curls. She wore those matching stilettos that highlighted her seemingly unending sexy legs.

To top it off, she was wearing that sexy pout Quinn never thought she had. That kind of pout was something only Santana could pull off but seeing Rachel at that moment, Quinn died and went to heaven.

Quinn felt the need to catch her breath.

Rachel was so… hot.

Quinn swallowed. She realized that Rachel was walking towards them and only if she didn't have the wall behind her to support her, Quinn was sure she had fainted a long time ago.

Everyone in the hallway stared at Rachel from head-to-toe as they moved out of her way. Clearly, they were seeing a different Rachel Berry. Mike was trailing behind Rachel looking at Santana and Quinn as if asking them what was going on. Brittany, on the other hand, was walking behind Rachel with that proud look on her face.

The moment Rachel stood in front of them, Santana said, "Wow, Berry."

Rachel responded with a proud shrug as she turned to Quinn, "Hi."

Quinn's eyes grew wide at how sexy the "hi" sounded. The blonde was speechless. How can you speak of anything if a Rachel Berry looking like this was standing in front of you?

"R-r-rach," Quinn managed.

Really, Quinn? "R-r-rach" is all you can do right now?

Probably, yes. Quinn had been with a lot of girls before but none of them gave this Rachel a run for her money. Surely, she wore those funny argyle outfit and animal sweaters and she looks ridiculous most of the time but who knew Rachel could be as hot as this?

"Oh, God, Q! Stop fucking her in your mind!" Santana said as she rolled her eyes and winked at Rachel.

Both Quinn and Rachel flushed red at the comment and Quinn was about to try and retort what Santana said when Mike and Brittany approached them.

"Do you like what you see?" Brittany asked as she moved beside Santana and linked her arms with hers.

"Are you kidding me? I worship what I see!" Santana said as she smirked.

"Brittany's the one behind this," Mike said as he pointed at the all-new Rachel with his eyes filled with surprise.

Santana high-fived Brittany, "Way to go, Brit! Now, Q's gonna have more fantasies of Rachel in her bed."

Santana laughed as well as Brittany.

"What can you say, Quinn?" Rachel asked as she spread her arms to her sides as if showing what Brittany has made of her.

"It's... it's great," Quinn said as the high of seeing Rachel slowly dropped.

"Walk me to class?" Rachel asked moving swiftly beside Quinn and intertwined fingers with her. The contact sent shivers to Quinn's entire system as if Rachel was some freak that has electric superpowers.

Rachel felt Quinn stiff at the contact and she asked, "Are you okay, Quinn?"

They started to walk down the hall towards Rachel's first class. Santana, Mike, and Brittany trailed behind them.

Quinn nodded in response as she looked around and saw different eyes wandering over her girlfriend. She felt a notch of anger in her stomach that she didn't understand. As they approached a group of football guys, she pulled Rachel closer to her when she saw the boys checking her girlfriend out.

She never felt this towards any of her girlfriends.

When boys checked her girlfriend out, she'd usually join them and check her out as well. But this time, it felt bad and Quinn wanted punch anything, anyone just so she can release the growing tension inside her body that she didn't really understand.

She didn't realize that Rachel was talking.

"...so I called Brittany and asked her to reinvent me because I want to show that Natalie that she isn't the only hot girl in school," Quinn heard Rachel say.

"What?" Quinn asked in confusion. She missed the first part of Rachel's rambling because she was so focused at the football guys they were nearing.

"Were you listening to me? I said, Natalie called me a freak of nature yesterday-"

"What?" Quinn asked almost yelling. She was surprised to hear it but she kept Rachel close beside her still aware of the football guys checking her out.

"Calm down," Rachel said. "You weren't listening earlier, clearly. It's okay. As I have said, instead of talking her down to it, I had to show her. Actions speak louder than words."

"Has she been talking shit to you?" Quinn asked feeling a rush of protectiveness.

"No. Yesterday was the first but she glares at me, a lot."

Overhearing what Rachel said, Santana interjected, "Tell me if that bitch is bothering you and I'm gonna put her at the bottom of the pyramid."

"No need, Santana. I can handle myself."

"Not with Natalie. Believe me, Berry. She's twice the bitch you think I am," Santana said as she shook her head.

"Why isn't she attacking you or B?" Rachel asked.

"She wouldn't lay a finger on B, Berry. Everyone in this school knows I become a hundred times bitchier when B's involved."

Rachel nodded as well as Mike and Brittany. Quinn was silent. She was trying to recognize what she was feeling at that moment. She knew she was angry, but why?

The anger she was feeling was soon converted into something when they passed by the football jocks. They were looking at Rachel smilingly as they checked her legs out. And then their eyes darted to Rachel's - very exposed – breast cleavage as one of the guys whispered something to Karofsky.

After probably hearing what the other guy said, Karofsky smirked one-sidedly and as Quinn and Rachel passed by, he walked a few steps closer and slapped Rachel's butt and laughed at Rachel's squeal.

And before she knew it, Quinn's senses went black.

He freakin' slapped Rachel's butt!

She pulled her hand away from Rachel as her body effortlessly moved towards Karofsky using both of her hands to push him away from Rachel as one of her elbows shoved the bigger guy against the lockers. Her free hand punched him hard on the jaw just missing his ears.

Rachel gasped at how fast the entire scene had been as other students gasped as well.

Wow. Quinn was... strong.

Santana and Mike made their instant move to stop Karofsky's two other friends from defending the guy from Quinn's furious and angry attack.

Still shoving Karofsky against the lockers, Quinn darkly looked at him in the eyes.

"Do that again and you'll get more than this," Quinn said under her breath. She was so angry at him. She wanted to punch him more until he forgot his own name but the better of Quinn's brain told her to leave it at that one punch on Karofsky's jaw that caused the guy to whine in pain.

Quinn gave him one last hard push against the lockers and then let him go. Karofsky dropped to the floor holding on to his abused jaw and wincing in pain.

Quinn turned to Rachel, grabbed her hand and dragged her towards her class.

Santana and Mike exchanged looks and smirked before they punched the other two guys in the stomach and walked away with Brittany.

Quinn was damned angry and Rachel knew that. The blonde dragged her furiously across the hall towards her class and when they reached the front of the room, Quinn just kissed her on the cheek and proceeded to her class without a word.

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Quinn needed time to think about her actions earlier that morning.

God! Has she been hanging around Rachel a lot that she also acts as slightly bipolar as her?

Quinn was never known to be the troublemaker. In fact, she had always been Santana's whistle blower. Quinn only caused trouble when really necessary. But by "necessary" she meant anything else but not football guys checking her girlfriend out. As what was said already, Quinn almost didn't care if other people checked out her girlfriends before. So to speak, she liked it because again, she felt as if she had the girls that those guys could only check out and dream about. With what happened earlier, she didn't understand but she felt as if they were violating Rachel.

She felt bad and angry at the thought of other people checking her girlfriend out and she knew they'd been thinking of nasty things about Rachel.

As much as she liked how hot the all-new Rachel is, Quinn knew that the diva doesn't deserve being treated like that.

Santana, Natalie and probably Brittany can handle people checking them out but no, Rachel didn't deserve that because Quinn wanted to treat her right; like how a lady should be treated like.

And besides, it would help if she knew that Rachel wanted this change for her own sake but no. Based on what the brunette told her earlier, Quinn knew that Rachel only reinvented herself just because she was a tad insecure of Natalie and maybe the other girls she dated before.

To be honest, Quinn felt sad about that. In the short time she'd know Rachel, she had learned a lot about her and Quinn without hesitation would admit that the girl has nothing to be insecure about. Natalie was beautiful and hot and dreamy but Rachel was... -

Quinn sighed.

Rachel is beautiful in many ways a girl could be beautiful. She sings like an angel and her smile has its own way of brightening Quinn's day.

Wow. Did Quinn Fabray just think about that? Are we really inside Quinn "The Dating Goddess" Fabray's mind?

She skipped lunch with the Glee clubbers and stayed here in her safe secret place that only Mike and Santana knew she loves. She's used to coming here whenever she felt lonely or if she just wanted space.

Before she realized it, she sighed loudly again and Mike, who was sitting beside her noticed it. Mike clasped Quinn's hand as he smiled reassuringly at her.

He had never seen this down and confused that's why he also skipped lunch with his fellow Glee clubbers to accompany her just in case she needed anyone to talk to.

Quinn's phone buzzed. She checked and saw that Rachel sent her a text.

Where are you? I'm worried. Please talk to me.

Quinn didn't reply. After reading the message, she just sighed and slid her phone back inside her pocket.

"Is it Rachel?" Mike asked quietly.

"Yeah, she said she's worried," Quinn replied as equally quiet.

"She really is, you know," Mike said.

"I know."

"Talk to her then."

"There's nothing to talk about."

Instead of saying something, Mike just settled for nodding. It became clear to him that Quinn stars to like Rachel for real. But he wanted Quinn to figure it out by herself.

"Why are you here anyway? You scared that Karofsky will bounce back?" Mike teased.

Quinn laughed, "Come on, Mike. Seriously? Karofsky? He doesn't scare me."

Mike chuckled, "I know."

"I just needed to think about what I did this morning," Quinn said as she sighed again.

"You defended your girlfriend, that's all. Quinn, the girls in my class were talking about at how they see you as their knight-in-shining armor!" Mike said smilingly.

Quinn let out a smug, "I still have it after all."

"Now, go tell Rachel that you don't like her to change the way she dresses," Mike said as Quinn shot her a look.

"What?"

"Quinn, I know what you feel. If Tina and I were ever to date, she dresses horribly but I would not want her to dress like a...-"

"Slut?"

Mike nodded, "When I saw her enter the school earlier, I thought she was Natalie."

Quinn laughed, "Yeah. She kind of had that arrive."

"But I gotta admit that she's hot and dreamy and-" Mike felt a hand smack his head. "Ow!"

Quinn laughed, "Wanna be like Karofsky?"

Mike playfully rubbed the back of his head, "Sorry."

Quinn smiled at Mike.

Then, Mike stood and removed his McKinley letterman jacket and handed it to Quinn, "Now, go and talk to Rachel or else she'll be singing Barbra at Glee! San's gonna kill you if our ears bleed."

Quinn stood and smiled at Mike, "Thanks, Mike."

"Since when did we thank each other?" Mike said as he bumped fists with Quinn.

"Go!"

"Don't tell San about this."

"Even if I told her, she wouldn't believe that Quinn Fabray spent the entire lunch break thinking about how to explain her jealousy when other guys checked her girlfriend out."

She smacked his arm this time and he just laughed as Quinn almost ran out to find Rachel.

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Quinn ran inside the school building to find Rachel. Soon as she stood at the end of the hallway, she instantly recognized Rachel walking towards her locker. The girl still looked stunning and hot but she wasn't as cheerful as she was that morning.

Her back was turned from Quinn and was walking towards the other way where her locker was located.

For a brief moment, Quinn just looked at her and examined her features. Her hair, she tan skin, her bare shoulders, her defined sexy curves, her ass, her legs - she was perfect.

Quinn smilingly shook her head and thought, "Wow. She didn't break my line of hot girls after all."

She then moved to catch up with Rachel and once close enough, she slid Mike's jacket over Rachel's bare shoulders and fixed it so it can as well cover Rachel's very inviting cleavage.

"Hey," Quinn greeted her.

"Hey you," Rachel greeted with a sad smile. She took the jacket that Quinn put around her and wrapped herself more in it. "Where have you been?" she asked silently.

"I just had to compose myself," Quinn replied.

"You didn't like it, didn't you?" Rachel asked as she sadly ducker her head.

"No. No, Rachel. I mean, I like it," Quinn said as she pulled Rachel to the side of the hallway and turned to her to they were facing each other.

"I just wanted you to be proud of me," Rachel said not meeting Quinn's intense gaze.

Quinn smirked, "Rachel, you are probably the best singer in this school, you are beautiful and though sometimes you're a little annoying, I don't think there's a reason that I shouldn't be proud of you."

Quinn didn't know where it was coming from but she wasn't lying.

"Look, Rach," Quinn said as she lifted Rachel's chin so that their eyes met. "I like you just the way you are."

Really, Quinn? You like her?

This caused Rachel to smile and blush, "Really?"

Quinn nodded as Rachel smiled once more and pulled Quinn into a deep, tight hug.

"But why were you so mad this morning?" Rachel asked as they resumed walking down the hallway.

"I was mad at all these students checking you out."

"Jealous already?"

Then it hit Quinn. Was she jealous? Was she jealous that finally somebody other than her looked Rachel's way? Was she being selfish? Was that the reason she was so mad?

"No," Quinn answered. "They were looking at you and I think some of them drooled over my girlfriend. If anything, I should be proud."

Rachel chuckled as she playfully nudged Quinn with her elbow.

"I must admit that when I saw you earlier, I almost drooled along with the rest of the student population," Quinn said laughingly. "You were hot, Rach. But there are some things that should be for my eyes only."

Rachel smiled, "If ever we'd be alone in your room, I'll wear this dress again."

Oh, the images.

"I'd like that," Quinn said as Rachel's free hand - the one not intertwined with Quinn - shuffled Quinn's hair playfully causing it to be a little of a mess.

The gesture also caused Quinn to duck her head a little lower and leveled with Rachel's. The brunette then kissed Quinn on the cheek and smiled.

And everything was okay again.

As she and Rachel spent more time together, Quinn felt herself more attached to the girl.

Was she starting to like her?

If that's so, it'd be a first.

And Rachel Berry of all people? Now that's crazy.

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On their way home after Rachel's Glee meeting, Quinn again took the girl home using her car. Quinn didn't bring hers again for some reason she didn't want to believe. Don't tell it to anyone, but Quinn wanted to have more time alone with Rachel.

She was still wearing Mike's letterman jacket that looked oversized on her. They were humming to some Lady Gaga when Rachel said something that brought the heartthrob Quinn back to life.

"So, about tomorrow...-"

Quinn instantly used her somewhat useless short memory to recall whatever she and Rachel planned for Friday night.

And like a giant meteor hitting her, the realization came.

"My dads are excited to finally meet the one that had me singing Barbra all week," Rachel said as she clasped Quinn's hand.

"Oh, that."

Rachel excitedly nodded, "My dad will be preparing a delicious vegan meal. All of us are vegans just so you know and we'd like to introduce you to that."

Quinn and nodded as she half-smiled.

This is what she hated about controlling girlfriends, she felt forced - not with the vegan thing but with meeting her fathers.

"And we'll play board games. Its board game Friday tomorrow," Rachel continued to ramble.

Quinn was still inside her head contemplating if she should say she's excited though not really or if she should just tell her that she had an emergency... what... uhm... girls night out with Santana and Brittany?

"Rachel, I think-"

"Don't you want to come anymore?" Rachel asked, the excitement dying in her voice as she looked at Quinn with those puppy dog eyes.

God! Does she have to look at me like that?

"Quinn?"

"I think..." Quinn contemplated again only to be met by Rachel's hopeful eyes, "I think it would be awesome to meet your dads."

She didn't miss Rachel's sudden big smile as the girl shrieked in excitement.

"They'd be delighted to meet you," Rachel excitedly said as she kissed her on the cheek.

Quinn just smiled but her insides were slapping her. Why did you say yes? You could have said you had some sort of back pain! You are camping on dangerous territory. This isn't some just girl in school! This is you meeting their dads!

No matter how much she hated herself for what she did, the word had been said and she cannot just take it back without upsetting Rachel. Again, her insides were punching her everywhere. This is just some other girl! This is Rachel Berry for goodness sake. Why can't you just let her down and then serenade her again and she would forgive you.

If this was any other girl, Quinn could have easily turned her down. But if there was something she learned this week about Rachel is that the girl becomes overly dramatic when she's mad. And one thing she learned about herself?

She didn't like that feeling of Rachel ignoring her.

That she was sure of.

She could have easily found her way out if this was just any other girl.

But that's exactly the point!

She is not just another girl. She's Rachel Berry - the only girl in Quinn's life that made her... feel things.

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So, that's it for now. Thanks for reading! Reviews please? *winks