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Warning: Some Finchel scenes :( and one Quick scene (I promise it's short and just for furthering the story, they won't be doing too much together)

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Songs: Siren Call ~ Little Daylight


Chapter 4

Quinn

The day before the game, I am just going through my everyday motions. Getting up for Cheerios practice, classes, lunch with Brittany and Santana and the rest of the Cheerios, Glee club, going home, helping mom with making dinner and then it all changed. We are eating dinner, chicken alfredo with bacon, Caesar salad and vegetable soup, when my father begins to rant about something. I had tuned out as I so often do during such rants because my father is usually drunk during these and they are often about how everyone is more sinful then he is.

Today's, however, he is going on about Rachel's dads and how she is the spawn of faggots. I find it hard to keep myself from exploding at him and launching into my own rant about how she and her dads are better people than he will ever be.

But when he started telling me that he had heard from some church lady that I was spending a lot of time with Rachel and forbidding me from continuing to do so, I couldn't hold it back any longer. I ranted about how one couldn't pick their parents, about how Rach is a good person and about how he couldn't control who I spent time with and how much time I spent with that person.

He kicked me out of the house but I knew that he was drunk enough that he wouldn't remember what had happened, for that matter, neither would my already drunk mom. I packed my stuff as I texted Santana and she offered her guest room for as long as I needed it. I am thankful to have her as my friend. I wrote a note saying that I would be staying with Santana for the time being, just in case, they wanted to know.


The next night, we decided to go to Puck's party. I had really conflicted feelings about Rachel, I mean I had never felt the depth of emotions or truly happy with anyone else. I mean I feel great around Santana and Brittany but what I feel with Rachel is different. But everything I had learned when I was a kid battled against my desire for happiness so I had chalked it up to me not wanting with Finn and I decided to try with Puck instead.

So, we were kissing and it was quickly getting hotter and moving faster than I wanted. I just felt sick about it and I withdrew from a kiss, Puck instantly knew something was wrong and he stopped me.

He looked at my face and said "Quinn, what's wrong."

I try to avoid the question and push myself into a sitting position and swing my legs off the bed. He gets off and kneels in front of me so I have no room to get up. He tilts my chin up so that I meet his eyes and he asks the same question again this time adding that he knew me well enough to know that something is wrong.

My eyes widened, realizing that he had been watching me. I break down and answer him "I can't do this. You deserve someone who will love you back. You deserve someone who is perfect for you. I can't give you that, Puck."

He nods and replies "I know that you don't feel that way about me. I've been staring a lot because I love you. At first, I was jealous of Finn but then the new girl."

"Her name is Rachel," I interject.

"Yeah, Rachel, I know her from synagogue. Anyway, ever since she got here, you stare at her. They way Finn used to stare at you and you used to pretend to stare at Finn. Now Finn looks at Rachel and you do too. By the way, she can't stop talking about you."

I laugh. "What me?"

"Yeah, especially after you took that slushy for her yesterday," he shoots back.

"What you guys talk every day? How do you guys talk, like I mean, there wasn't even synagogue yesterday right?" I ask.

"Yeah, she's pretty cool. Actually really good with video games, we hang and play sometimes. We have each other's numbers and yeah we hang out."

"Oh my! I am so jealous!" The conversation went on and from then, I knew that Puck would help me with Rachel; I loved him for not forcing me into it. I told him, that I may not have been the right girl but there was one waiting for him somewhere, he just had to be patient.

You told me you've got too much to lose

Another night you hesitate to move

Just because you never loved before, oh oh

Close your eyes and I'll do the same

Leave your past, release the memories

Drop your feels and face the gaze ahead, oh oh


Rachel

Today is the day of the football game. I told Finn I would go but in reality, I was going to watch Quinn who was cheerleading. I don't care that she is with Finn. Or at least that is what I am telling myself. And plus, Quinn and I are friends now.

Ever since I met her, I felt drawn to her in a way I had never felt before; I make a note to ask my dads about that. Like if it was just love or whatever draco thing.

Convincing my dads to let me go was easier than I thought. I guess they decided it would be good for my social life to meet up with people my age.

I got to the game, found my friends and picked out a spot where we could all sit together and where Artie could sit beside us in his wheelchair and see the game. Finn waves at me so I wave back. He smiles widely and I just have a sheepish grin on which widens as Quinn catches my eye. I look back at Finn and I see him look kind of confused but he seems to shake his head and give up on trying to figure it out, at least for at the moment. I turn away and pretend to be interested in the warm ups that the teams as well as the cheerleaders are doing.

Like a siren call the beating of your heart

Ooh oh, you can find your way

'Cause even in the dark

It leads you on

It leads you on

Take a look at the fantasy eh

It will make your heart believe it, ooh oh oh

Take a look at the fantasy eh

Just a little bit fantasy eh!


Finn

It's the day of the football game and I grabbed breakfast, my bag and a couple bottles of Gatorade and run out of the door. I jump into my mom's car and she drives to the school. She says good luck as she goes to park the car. I run to the field and see that Rachel had just arrived. I waved and smiled when she waved back. She smiles bigger, I turn and notice Quinn and I feel my stomach burn with jealousy.

I heard somewhere that Quinn took a slushy for her last week and that they were now friends. I get that I should be caring about Quinn since she's my girl but I don't seem to want her anymore, I want Rachel.

It was my first game of the year so I was nervous and as soon as I saw Rachel, the jitters got worse. I really need to do some research about that. My mom didn't know when I asked her, she figured it was just the feeling of love. Apparently, my father had been killed in the war but I had never known him, I was just a baby at the time. I wonder if it has something to do with him or at least the person that he was.

I pull my team together to give them a pep talk, some fighting words. When they are all here, I say "Kay, guys! It's our first game this year, let's do coach proud and win this game. Play hard and stay strong. Titans on three. One, two, TITANS!" We broke the huddle and those of us who were starting ran out on the field. We agreed before the coin toss that if I had won it, we would take first ball since it was a pretty windless day.


Rachel

I really wasn't a fan of football, it seemed that there were people who threw the ball like Finn or just charged and tried to make it to the other end or catch throws from Finn like Noah. Or people who just rammed up against each other and blocked movement like David or Azimio. I was relieved when it became time for the halftime, I had been told that there was always a big show. I knew Quinn would be a big part of it. And she is, there were pyramids and flips and tumbles and cheers and music. It was awesome. Quinn and I kept constant eye contact pretty much through the whole show and little did I know we weren't being as subtle as I thought.

You're afraid you're gonna fuck this up,

Feeling like you don't deserve this life

Tell your friends you don't believe you're loved

Oh oh!


Quinn

After the halftime routine, Santana yanked me under the bleachers. It was loud as everyone who was watching the game was sitting above us. "Why are you eye fucking the midget again?" She yelled so that she could be heard over the crowd.

"I was not," I yelled back indignantly.

"Are you delusional? That last time I had goo goo eyes like that, you were yelling at me for turning them on Britt. How can you not see that you are looking at her the way I stared at Britt, before we got together? It's time for you to wake up, Q!"

"I can't believe this. I can't do this, my parents are going to kill me. You know how my parents are. I can't love her, you and Britt are a different story." I rant on and collapse into Santana's arms and bury my face in her chest. I just let go and cried as she rubbed circles on my back and soothed me saying,

"You will be fine, we'll figure everything out. Besides these eye fuck things aren't one sided. She looks at you the same way. You are the one who got me to take my head from my ass and just go for what I wanted and I'm happy now because of you. It's my turn to help you."

I stepped back and said teasingly, "When did you become a softie?"

"Shut up, Q, and don't tell anyone or I will go all Lima Heights Adjacent on you."

"Yeah, right, you don't even live in Lima Heights Adjacent," I shoot back.

"Yeah, yeah, doesn't mean I won't beat your sorry white ass," she replies as she yanks me back into her arms.

"Thank you," I whisper into her chest.

"No problem, Q, that's what we do for each other," she whispers into my ear.

Like a siren call the beating of your heart

Ooh oh, you can find your way

'Cause even in the dark

It leads you on,

It leads you on

Take a look at the fantasy eh

It will make your heart believe it, ooh oh oh

Take a look at the fantasy eh

Just a little bit fantasy eh!


Finn

I am so glad we won that game. Phase one of woo Rachel is complete. Phase two, get to know her. This is no longer about Quinn, I want her, I want Rachel for myself and I knew I had to break up with Quinn tomorrow. Rachel saw me waiting for my mom to drive us to the restaurant and she offered me a ride. I internally fist pump and say yes.

I hop in and realize that Quinn was already in the car, apparently they had a prior car pool agreement.

Her dad drives to the restaurant and we all awkwardly start to talk. I get to know her family. Hiram and Leroy Berry are her parents. She tells me about how they spend a lot of time together and get along really well. I tell her about my mom, Carol Hudson. Quinn reluctantly talks about Russell and Judy. Maybe I should ask my mother about my father, maybe he had wrote in a journal or a diary or left something behind that I could read and figure out the "Rachel jitters".

I learn about her swimming experiences, how she was swimming since childhood and recently had gotten onto the Californian Team. She moved from Canada about 2 months ago and used to be on the Canadian swim team. She turned out to be a soccer player, she plays goalie and defense. She sang and danced and had acting lessons since she was old enough to talk and walk. Her dream was on Broadway. She had been on her school's soccer and swim team and glee club. I

tell her about my swimming abilities and funny stories and otherwise joke around and flirt with her.

Quinn talks about Cheerios and cheerleading.

We get to the restaurant. I get out of my side of the car and run over to her side, before realizing that Quinn at beat me there and was offering a hand to Rachel. She might have won that one but I beat Quinn to the seat beside Rachel and continue to do manly things for her such as ordering for her and otherwise wooing her. But she has this weird look on her face, but since I am on cloud nine for beating Quinn in getting the girl, I just ignored it.


Quinn

At the restaurant, I notice what Finn is doing with Rachel and my stomach rolls. I am red with jealousy, Santana notices and in that second, Santana says "We don't have to be here and watch her mash her face with Finnocence. Let's just leave."

I nod gratefully, not trusting my voice because all I really want to do is yell at Finn and lunge at him and beat him so that no one would recognize him. Santana calls for Brittney who skips over. She whispers into Brittney's ear about the situation and we leave.

I feel Rachel's eye on my back but I don't turn because if I do then I wouldn't be able to stop myself from running into her arms and claiming her in front of everyone.

Can't believe it's what you've got

Let the sirens, just don't want

Hoping your eyes? dreaming free


Rachel

I like Quinn but being with Finn was unexpectedly good. I know that my dads told me to be careful around him and I was being careful. Plus he paid attention to me first, made me feel loved instead of what Quinn did slushying me, and making me feel badly about myself. Spending time with him at the moment would be good, I want more friends. Besides, I can't think of a reason to reject him.

Anyway, I got out of bed and began to get ready for school. Hiram reminds me as I am leaving that tonight was a "dragon clan meet". Dragons in the area will meet in a park about an hour away and the adult dragons will vote and discuss various topics. We get to fly and train with dragons that are of the same age. My parents were going to ask about the weird twitchy feeling in our stomachs that we noticed more and more often. Sometimes, we meet with dragons of the same abilities and we train with them.

This is the first one where my fire breathing status will be revealed, fire breathers tend to become leaders of the clan. I'm excited about training with some fire breathers and meeting other dragons my age. My dads want to hook me up with another fire breather since it is more likely to produce other fire breathers. I'm not so excited about that, I want to find someone I truly love and Quinn pops into my mind. I wave it away, Quinn is popular and she would never go for me.

I heard that her father is a total homophobe and was already spreading rumours about my fathers. Quinn and I are keeping our friendship a secret; she usually only invites me over when they aren't home or comes over saying that she is at Santana's or at Brittney's. Not that it matters, the four of us have been hanging out a lot lately.

Quinn isn't an archeadraco and she doesn't know our secrets.

Anyway, enough daydreaming, Hiram just drove into the school's parking lot. At my locker, I am greeted by the sight of Finn. Today, he is wearing a red v-neck t-shirt which makes his eyes pop, along with black jeans. His floppy brown hair flops adorably over his eyes. He offers to help me with this textbooks and I let him. Maybe I shouldn't be doing this whole thing, the whole letting him believe that he is my boyfriend but for now I think it is okay.

He's just my friend after all; I'm glad that someone cares about me. But I have to be careful too because no one knows about how archeadracos can shift to human form. If this secret, our most valuable secret, came out then hunters would have more power and know how to better hunt us.

Finn takes my hand and he pulls me to a stop. He says "Is there anything wrong? You seem distracted."

I reply "Sorry, I have a lot on my mind."

He nods understandingly and drops me off at my class, science. Quinn isn't here yet so I walk to my seat and sit down and get ready for class to begin.

Ooh oh oh
Take a look at the fantasy eh
It will make your heart believe it,
Ooh oh oh
Take a look at the fantasy eh
Just a little bit fantasy eh!
Ooh oh oh
Take a look at the fantasy eh
It will make your heart believe it,
Ooh oh oh


Quinn

Finn broke up with me via text. It kind of makes me wonder what I had ever seen in him. Of course, it is then that I remember that I was with him because of my father. By this point, I knew that I was bisexual in the least and that I definitely had a crush on Rachel. At least, Finn breaking up with me meant that I was free to pursue her, albeit a little in secret because of my dad but for now it was better than nothing. We just had to keep it together for the rest of our time in Lima with Rachel's swimming ability or her Broadway aspirations, she would get out of Lima for sure. I am at the top of my class, so I was pretty certain I would be able to get out too.

I just had to convince her to let me date her. At least for the time being, we were friends, but I was falling deeper and deeper for her and it was getting harder and harder for me not to kiss her.

Step one, learn how to swim. I went up to Puck and Santana and ask them to teach me how to swim. They look at me incredulously before figuring out what it is for, that I was trying to woo Rachel and they agree. I mentally check step one off in my head and do a little happy dance.

Step two, join the swim team so I can spend more time with her and woo her.

I stride past my locker to Coach Sylvester's office and convince her to let me join swim team as soon as I learn how to swim. She looked at me with a confused look but then I point out that I could quit the team if she didn't agree. She realized that she needed me and she says "Look Q. The moment I saw you, I thought you were just like a young Sue Sylvester. I like the way you think! Now get out of here so that you can learn how not to drown."

I go to class and I stare at Rachel, hoping that will help me to feel better. But then I shake my head at myself, she was probably straight after all; I mean she is with Finn.

At lunch, I see Finn and Rachel together and my stomach turns. I get so mad that I tell Santana to slushy Finn and she gets Karofsky and Azimio to right in the main hallway. Rachel, her team of misfits see this and she rushes to him to help him clean up and my hopes are dashed.

I run outside and look for something to punch. Santana comes and says "Q, what do I need to do? What do you want me to do about that kid?"

I reply jokingly, "Plant something in his locker and get him expelled."

Santana nods and comes over, giving me a hug, she doesn't want the whole school knowing but she actually cares, only Britt and I know this and now Rachel is starting to get to know this because she hangs out with us now. "I'm glad I can depend on you, Santana"

"Whatever you need, Q, we aren't best friends for nothing. Besides I like the chance to beat up Finnosaurous"

I begin to cry and I say "I'm just so mad! If I had been straight with her, it would be me that she is with but I had to be all repressed. But now she's with stupid Finnessa."

Santana is shushing me and soothing me by patting my back. This is one time I am glad that Brittney is with her now, it has made her more caring and less of a badass (don't tell her I said that). Even if it is in secret, it had taken a long time for them to get together, mainly because Santana was nearly as repressed as I am. But Britt is good for her, she is patient and you can clearly see the love. I want that with Rachel. I just want her so bad.

Take a look at the fantasy eh
Just a little bit fantasy eh!
Ooh oh oh
Ooh oh oh
Ooh oh oh
Take a look at the fantasy eh
It will make your heart believe it,
Ooh oh oh
Take a look at the fantasy eh
Just a little bit fantasy eh!
Oooooh oh oh!


Finn

I know how Quinn looks at Rachel. I get slushied but that look on her face when Rachel comes to help me made it worth it. She cleans me up and we hold hands as we walk to class. She asks "Why did you get slushied? What did she say to you?"

I tell her everything, about Quinn and I breaking up, about me liking her except for the part about Quinn liking her.

She says "So what do you think then?"

I reply, "I am glad that you picked me. But I want to know that you are in this."

She says "I would have thought you would have properly asked me. I am a romantic, you know?"

She smiles and I smile back. "Okay that means yes, right. You're willing to give me a chance?" I say. She nods.

I scowl cutely "Argh, now I have to think of the perfect way to ask you out"

She bursts out in laughter. I put my right hand on her face, cupping her jaw and I move towards her to kiss her. She moves out of the way, "Sorry, Finn. I can't do this yet."

I shake my head and nod, moving to our respective classes.