Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. That's all Ryan Murphy.
"Hey S. Do you think she's asleep?"
"No I don't think so. HEY JUNO! Wake up!"
"If you're sleep that is." Quinn sighed, refusing to move. She recognized the two voices just fine without moving her arm.
"I'm not sleep."
"Great!"
"Good. Now get up so we can get this done. I have other things to do today." Quinn rolled her eyes and moved her arm. Sitting up she stared at her two best friends standing at the foot of the bed.
"Hi Q!" Quinn smiled.
"Hi Britt. Hi San."
"Hey whats up. Are you ready?" Santana asked obviously in a rush. Quinn shrugged.
"Why not?" she stood up.
"Great. Hi Quinn. Blah..blah blah...Christmas future...blah blah blah...mistakes...blah blah blah." Santana said waving her hand, earning a smile from the two blondes.
"Very smooth San." Quinn said laughing.
"You already know the drill. Kurt and Puck were already here."
"So you're the ghost of my Christmas future? Or is Brittany my ghost of Christmas future?"
"Technically I am, but B wanted to tag along so whatever." Santana said shrugging. Quinn nodded. Of course the two cheerios would be together, even in her dream which she was pretty sure this whole thing was.
"So what do you have? Blinding light like Kurt? Fade to black like Puck?" Quinn asked walking over to stand next to the other two girls. Santana looked at Brittany.
"Twister!" the other blonde said grinning.
"Twister?"
"Its this spinning thing. I suggest you close your eyes. You're probably going to get dizzy." Santana informed her as Brittany made a spinning motion with her hands. Quinn watched as the room around her began spinning and held her head.
"Woah. It feels like I'm drunk all over again." she mumbled looking over at the other girls. Brittany grinned and Santana shrugged with her arms crossed over her chest.
"Told you. This spin thing was B's idea. I was fine with the bright flash."
"The light hurts my eyes." Brittany said dropping her hands as their surroundings began to slow down. Quinn rubbed her temples and closed her eyes.
"Okay everything's still now." Santana said. Quinn opened her eyes and gaped.
"What the hell? Where are we?" Quinn asked looking around as they stood on the sidewalk. There were crowds of people surrounding them shouting one thing or another.
"We're in New York!" Brittany said grinning. Quinn raised her eyebrows.
"This is your Christmas..." Santana frowned and looked at Brittany. "...how many years are we in the future again?"
Brittany shrugged. "I don't remember."
"Shit." Santana mumbled rubbing her head. Quinn crossed her arms.
"So you're telling me we're years into the future, at some distance Christmas and you have no idea where?"
"Look I forgot okay? You try remembering a million different dates for a million different people a year!" Santana snapped. Brittany grabbed her shoulder as she jumped up and down.
"Oh! Oh! We're in 2020!" she exclaimed pointing up to a giant countdown on the side of the building. It was obviously counting down the days and hours until the new year.
"Thats it!" Santana exclaimed grinning. "Nice job B!" she said leaning over to kiss the blonde's cheek. Brittany grinned.
"2020? So that makes me..." she did the math in her head silently. "...26."
"Yeah whatever. Come on before we miss it." Santana said grabbing Brittany's hand and motioning for Quinn to follow. Quinn sighed and turned to follow them. She practically ran into, or rather through, Santana when they both stopped suddenly.
"What the hell?" Quinn asked, moving around them to see what they were looking at. They were standing near a door as a sea of people cheered and chanted a familiar name.
"Where am I? & why is everyone chanting Rachel's name?" Quinn asked looking at Santana.
"You're right there." Santana said pointing. Quinn looked over with wide eyes as she watched an older version of herself push through the crowd. When she reached the front she stopped and turned around as an older version of Santana appeared behind her.
"You're even hotter in the future San." Brittany said grinning. Santana smirked.
"Thanks B."
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this." Quinn said groaning as Santana caught up with her.
"Look. I'm tired of hearing you complain. You need to talk to her before I kill you... or myself." Santana said walking over to the security guard. She flashed a pass and the security guard nodded and opened the door. "Now come on!"
Quinn groaned and let her friend yank her through the doors.
"Come on." Santana said to Brittany and Quinn then hurried behind the older version of herself and Quinn into the building.
"Where are they... I mean we going?" Quinn asked.
"You'll see." Santana said hurrying to catch up with their future selves.
"How did you even get a pass to get back here."
"I called Rachel."
"You what!" Quinn yelled, snatching her hand from Santana's grip. "How could you-"
"Relax! Geez. I didn't tell her you were still gaga-eyed in love with her. I just said that me and a friend would be in New York this week and asked if we could come see her. She said yeah and sent me two tickets to the show and backstage passes." Santana explained turning around to continue walking.
"You didn't tell her you were bringing me?" Quinn asking running to catch up.
"No. I just said a friend. I'm pretty sure she thinks its Britt." Santana said over her shoulder as she flashed the pass to another guard and walked into the back towards the dressing rooms. Quinn hurried to catch up.
"How will we know which one is hers?" Quinn asked. Santana looked at the line of doors then rolled her eyes.
"What do you think?" she asked, motioning towards a door with a huge gold star. Quinn smiled. "I mean seriously. She still hasn't gotten over at weird obsession with stars?"
Quinn frowned. "It wasn't an obsession. It's a metaphor for-"
"Don't care. Come on." Santana said walking over to the door and knocking. Quinn gasped and took a few steps back.
"Who is it?" a familiar voice came through the door.
"Your worst nightmare!" Santana yelled back. A few seconds later the door opened revealing an adult version of the brunette Quinn loved so much.
"Santana!" Rachel exclaimed, grabbing the other girl in a hug. Santana groaned but reluctantly hugged her back.
"Aww San you hugged Rachel." Brittany said with a smile. Santana scoffed.
"Yeah well... she hugged me first so." Santana shrugged.
"Wow she looks beautiful." Quinn said smiling as she watched Rachel let go of Santana then turn to her.
"Quinn?" Rachel asked, shock written all over her face. Quinn smiled a little a lifted her hand in a small wave.
"Hi Rachel." she said shyly. Rachel smiled.
"Hi Quinn. Its so nice to see you." Rachel said smiling and reaching over to pull the blonde in a hug. Quinn returned it slightly awkwardly with a small smile as Santana rolled her eyes. "I was sure San was going to bring Brittany."
"Yeah I was but she got has the flu." Santana said shrugging, walking into the dressing room. Rachel pulled away from Quinn and cleared her throat before turning around and walking back into the dressing room. Quinn followed.
"So how do you like being on Broadway?" Santana asked looking at all the different green and pink merchandise in the room.
"Its amazing. Everything I ever dreamed about!" Rachel said with a grin.
"It sounds great." Quinn said softly. Rachel turned to look at her with a sad smile.
"It is."Quinn nodded and they made eye contact for a long minute.
"Well how about..." Santana said turning around holding a photo. Rachel broke eye-contact with Quinn to look over at the Latina. "...you tell me where I can find Fiyero's dressing room."
Rachel laughed. "He's 3 doors down. His name is Lee Michaels."
"Great. I'll be right back... or not." Santana said smirking and walking out the room.
"OW!" Santana said rubbing her arm and she looked at Brittany who was pouting.
"How could you!"
"B! I didn't do anything. I was just trying to give Rachel and Quinn a moment alone." Santana pleaded but Brittany wasn't listening. Quinn ignored them and focused on the future.
"So... how have you been?" Rachel asked taking a seat on the couch. Quinn shrugged and sat down next to her.
"I've been okay. I'm on my last year of medical school."
Rachel smiled. "Thats amazing Quinn. I'm happy for you."
"Thanks." Quinn smiled and looked down. "So how about you? How have you been?"
"Great!" Rachel said with a grin. "After I got the role of Elphaba I-"
"No..." Quinn said quickly, reaching over to grab Rachel's hand. "...I mean how have you really been?" Quinn asked softly. Rachel looked at her and shook her head.
"Don't."
"Don't what?" Quinn asked leaning over to look at Rachel's face. Rachel opened her eyes and stood up, pulling her hand from Quinn's.
"You know what." Rachel said glaring at her. "Don't put me in that position Quinn. I haven't seen you since we graduated. I haven't talked to you since we broke up. Don't."
"Rachel. Talk to me." Quinn pleaded standing up.
"About what?"
"How you feel. You obviously still feel something for me."
Rachel bit her lip with a smile. "Of course I do. Quinn I was in love with you. I will always feel something for you. But that doesn't change anything."
"Rachel..."
"Quinn. Don't." Rachel shook her head and took two steps back. "What we had is gone. High school is over. We're both adults now."
Quinn stood up and reached out to Rachel but she moved away. Quinn sighed. Rachel had a habit of doing that when she was upset and it never ceased to annoy her. Even now, 8 years later.
"Rachel please I-"
"I'm engaged Quinn!" Rachel said quickly. Quinn's eyes widened and her mouth fell open.
"You're what? With who? When?" Quinn stuttered.
"I'm engaged. To this guy...I met a few years ago. Out here in New York." Rachel said shrugging. Quinn frowned and sat back down on the couch. Rachel stayed where she was.
"Okay lets go." Santana said. Quinn looked over and rolled her eyes at the latina. Santana had her arms wrapped around Brittany from behind. She had obviously found a way to make the blonde forgive her.
"What? Wait. I want to see what happens." Quinn said turning back to the scene before her but the room was already getting ready to spin.
"You will... one day." Santana said. Quinn growled.
"NO! Wait!"
"Look. I don't make the rules Q."
"This sucks!" Quinn screamed covering her face with her hands and screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Quinn. Don't be sad. Rachel still loves you." Brittany's voice said. Quinn moved her hands and sighed as she was back in her room.
"Yeah but you heard her B. She's engaged. I lost her. Forever." Quinn said dropping into the chair next to her desk. Brittany frowned and Santana rolled her eyes.
"You're really not following this are you?" she said sighing. Quinn looked over at her.
"What are you talking about."
"Puck already told you. That's whats going to happen if you don't stop being dumb. I can only show you the future of the choices you make now. Your future changes as you change your choices." Santana explained crossing her arms.
"So how do I make it so that future doesn't come true?" Quinn asked with her hand on her head. Santana rolled her eyes.
"I don't know. Figure it out." she said then turned around to Brittany. "You ready B?"
"Yep!" Brittany said bouncing over to Santana. "Hey Quinn?"
"Yeah B?" Quinn said with a sigh, her hand still on her head with her eyes closed.
"Just make sure you keep Rachel happy." Brittany said. Quinn sat up and opened her eyes but she was alone in her room again. Just make sure you keep Rachel happy. So that was it! That's how she had to fix everything. Quinn smiled and reached over to grab her phone. She was about to dial Rachel's number when all of a sudden she was in the bed, in her pajamas staring at the wall. She knew it was a dream but it was still freaky. She picked up her phone to dial Rachel's number then noticed the time. Then again maybe she should wait and call her later, that is if Rachel would accept any of her calls.