Quinn woke up.
Quinn still struggling to grasp the sudden transition turned around and saw that it was only 2 p.m. on her alarm clock. Waking up, it brought Veronica the sudden realization that it was simply just a dream; a recollection of her inner thoughts and feelings. But it wouldn't stop, because Quinn couldn't stop. Only, she thought, only if it happened that way instead of what occurred in reality. At the time, Quinn's actions fuelled by her anger of Rachel, led to her decision in telling everyone of what she learned about her victim that night. It wasn't pleasant, but Quinn had no idea at the time. There was no sympathy, compassion, or understanding within her, but rather just cruelty, anger, and hatred.
"You're such a freak. Get over it!" Quinn yelled.
"Quinn! How could you?" screamed Rachel, who was flushed with anger and embarrassment.
"What? It was there!" Quinn rudely stated.
Quinn remembered that she quickly left the room after her last statement, with a totally embarrassed Rachel that was already submerged in tears behind her. Quinn couldn't understand at the time of what the big deal was. Her mother was annoying and she hated being around her.
But then her mother disappeared in her life, forever. An incident at work led to the tragedy, and nearly destroyed Quinn. There was no greater pain that losing someone special, and the desperate need to cling on to the memory of that person. Unfortunately for Quinn, she only found out at the end and it was too late.
It was only during her second year at University that she learned more about Rachel from her neighbours. Since the camping experience, the two never crossed paths again and Quinn never knew what ever happened to Rachel. It was during their time apart, that Rachel spent her high-school career being picked on viciously by others, ate alone at lunch, had no friends, didn't go to prom because she didn't have a date, and spent the majority of her teenage years crying herself to sleep all because of her secret being revealed so carelessly by Quinn. It got so emotionally devastating that she went insane by the end of her high-school career, and was sent off to an intense and critically-acclaimed mental asylum in south-east Asia. Throughout the years, despite Rachel's attempts, she could not find her mother. Now, with her severe conditions, it seemed unlikely that she would.
Suddenly, a cry emerged two rooms away and startled Quinn and immediately brought her back to the sudden realization of reality. No longer 15, she's now instead a 27 year old mother. It was the cry of an upset child and unlike before, Quinn responded. While going downstairs, the sound of a busy and lively city surrounded her in her new life in California. When she reached the kitchen, she picked up what she needed and headed to her daughter's room. She picked up her daughter, Beth, from her crib and placed her on her lap while she sat on the chair placed in the centre of the room. She opened one of the jars that she got from downstairs and picked up a spoon. She gently lifted the apple-cinnamon mush using the spoon and gently fed it to her daughter. Her daughter eagerly responded to her attempts, and a wave of happiness and satisfaction came over the little child's face. Quinn watched her daughter and was overwhelmed with emotions and began to cry, as Quinn knew, that the reaction presented by her daughter should've occurred 12 years ago.