A.N: Whoooo, another update (: Hope you guys are keeping up alright. This won't be too long of a chapter, enjoy!
When Rachel got back to the hotel room, Quinn was nowhere to be found. Her clothes had been neatly organized and her 4 pairs of sandals were laid out beside the closet, while Rachel had yet to even unpack anything. She never trusted the hotel drawers, for fear of spiders or worse things. It was 5:30 in the afternoon and the night was definitely not over. She whipped out her cellphone from her purse and dialed in Quinn's number.
"Hello?" Quinn answered, sounding a little out of breath.
"Hi Quinn, where are you?"
"In the fitness center, working out." Rachel should've figured. After giving birth, Quinn worked hard to regain and keep her head cheerio physique. She had clocked in at least two hours everyday, and now she was even in better shape than she was before the pregnancy.
"Want to go shopping and grab some dinner? We have like three hours," Rachel offered, pacing around the room.
"Yeah, I'll be up there and we can go," Quinn said, getting off the elliptical, then hung up.
Rachel prepared for a chillier night, grabbing a white cardigan and tying it all together with a thick brown belt.
Quinn entered the room, her green racerback tank and black spandex drenched in sweat. Without initiating any contact with Rachel, she headed straight for the shower.
Rachel lay in her bed motionless for the time being, staring at the ceiling with various thoughts running through her mind. Was I too harsh to him? Maybe he deserved a second chance. I don't know, Rachel thought. Then she made a disgusted face after realizing what she had just said to herself. After the whole egging thing, he had crossed the point of no return, and Rachel decided that she was just doing what she knew was right. After all, this is what Jesse deserved. I think.
Quinn got out of the shower and put on black jeggings and a grey one-shouldered top and dried her long blonde hair into the natural wave that it had.
"So how was your day today?" Quinn asked, with the slightest bit of concern for Rachel's day. She knew she would regret asking the question.
"Horrible," Rachel said, rolling her eyes and sighing as they walked to their rental car. "Well, great at first. I met this extremely attractive college student named Kendall, who showed me around the UCLA campus voluntarily. But when we headed back to his dorm-"
"Whoa there! That's a little too fast, isn't it?" Quinn interrupted, before things could get more racy.
"It isn't what you think, just let me finish," Rachel said, as Quinn hopped in the driver's seat. They had decided prior to the trip that Quinn would be doing the driving around, considering she was the more relaxed driver who could handle Los Angeles traffic. "Well, we're having such a great time, and then his roommate walks in, who happens to be…"
Quinn's eyes widened. "No way. Seriously?" She asked.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah, just exactly my luck," she said, as she crossed her arms and leaned back into her seat.
"I'm sorry," Quinn said softly. She kind of sympathized with Rachel. After all, they had been going through almost the same amount of guy drama throughout high school.
"Well, it wasn't all that bad. He wanted to talk, but I refused. Finally, I got to get a little payback," Rachel smirked. She had to admit, she did feel good when she was practically yelling at Jesse.
"Well, that's always good, I guess. I wonder what he would've said to you…" Quinn trailed off, thinking about it. She never talked to Jesse much during his period of being in the glee club, but they seemed so happy together. She knew that happiness was real, because she had felt it before for a short time with Puck, and with Finn. (A/N:Sam isn't in existence in this story. Sorry!)
"Probably a bunch of lies," Rachel shrugged, trying to brush it off. She was trying so hard not to give Jesse a chance in her mind, but Quinn was making it harder. She knew that if she had failed at that, then she would come running back to him, which was definitely not what she needed. This trip was supposed to be about her.
They entered a small Italian buffet called Vincenzo's, which was down in the basement. They had heard good things about it, although it was a little on the pricey side. Rachel approached the waiter at the counter, and surprise, it was the one and only Kendall Coy.
"Whoa! I've seen you before!" He grinned, grabbing two menus for them. "Is this one of those woman dates?"
"Just grabbing dinner. We had no idea you worked here, so this isn't a ploy to stalk you or anything," Rachel said quickly, trying not to sound like a creep.
Kendall laughed, as usual. "I believe you, don't worry," he said, leading them to a small booth. "Besides, if there were a stalker, it would be you, considering I don't know your friend…"
"This is my friend, Quinn Fabray," Rachel gestured to Quinn, who smiled at Kendall. "Quinn, Kendall."
"Do they just have all the pretty girls in Ohio or something?" Kendall said, which made Quinn's cheeks turn slightly pink. "Oh, and…"
"Yes?" Rachel asked.
"Well, considering today's events, you probably shouldn't have come here for dinner, cause… your waiter just might happen to be…" Kendall trailed off.
