The Fabrays didn't say anything despite the thunderous applause they received Puck looked at Mr. Schu nodded then he and the rest of his family left. The Glee club was confused,

"why did they leave?" Rachel asked Glee wasn't over for another ten minutes

"they have some other things to do this afternoon," the brunette frowned wondering what was so important that they couldn't wait ten minutes.

The drive back to her house was filled with thoughts of Quinn. She kept seeing her hazel eyes staring at her there was so much behind those eyes. The blond's eyes were beautiful for lack of a better word, she shook her head and walked into her house. Leroy wasn't home he'd left a note saying that he would be back late because he was working late at the station. She sighed this being home alone was getting a bit old. Maybe she'd call daddy and see what he was up to in California. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed the number,

"hello" a cheery voice said

"hi daddy."

"Oh my gosh Rachel! I haven't heard from you in forever! How are you how's Lima? How's school? Are they treating you well?"

Rachel laughed "one question at a time daddy. Lima is well its cold right now, school is alright they are very…welcoming I guess."

"Uh-oh what's going on baby girl? I know that tone of voice."

"It's nothing daddy"

"are you sure?"

"Yeah dad I've gotta go I've got a lot of homework to do."

"Ok I love you baby girl"

"love you too daddy."

The next day Rachel wanted to see Quinn and ask her why she gagged yesterday, that was a rather rude reaction to someone you'd never met. She waited by her car for the Fabrays to arrive. When they did the girls got out of a Mustang one of the new models and the boys got out of a Charger. Rachel looked over both cars and she didn't see Quinn. She sighed maybe she's sick, the day went by slower than usual and biology was a bore. The next day no Quinn, and the day after that no Quinn, two more days went by and still no Quinn. This was weird, and what's worse the Fabrays seemed to be watching her. When she walked outside Monday morning the first thing she noticed was the ground was covered in more slush than yesterday. Leroy stepped out of her car,

"I uh I had new tires put on the old ones wouldn't withstand the roads in this condition."

"Thanks Dad."

"Yeah," he walked over to his police cruiser "oh and I'll probably be out late tonight, a man was attacked by some kind of animal in the outskirts of Cleveland."

"Wait an animal?"

"Yeah we have animals out here. You're not in California anymore Rach."

" Well be careful"

"I always am." With that he got in the cruiser and drove away. Rachel drove to school the day was going smoothly Artie was walking well wheeling her to class talking about the upcoming homecoming dance.

"Rachel…hello?"

"Sorry what were you saying Artie?"

"A bunch of us are going together wanna come?" When they entered the classroom and the first thing I noticed was Quinn Fabray was sitting there at my lab station she had the hooded letterman on with the hood up.

"Um…let me think about it I'll get back to you Artie,"

"sure see you later California." He wheeled himself out of the class, Rachel paused before walking over to the lab station and sitting down. She looked at me and I wanted to say something to her something but my brain didn't seem to work.

"Alright class today we are going over plant cells and animal cells, I'm going to give you a worksheet and you have to identify the different part of the cell. You'll be working in pairs with your lab partner." She passed out the paper to each station and Rachel paused when she put the paper in front of her.

"Hello," I heard a silvery voice say, I looked up I was so surprised that she was talking to me. She smiled "I'm Quinn Fabray, I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. You're Rachel Berry." It was a statement more than a question, I nodded dumbly, she pushed the paper toward me, "you can go first."

"You were gone…"

"Yeah I had to take a couple days off I wasn't feeling too well." I wrote on one of the lines, "that's the mitochondria"

"do you mind if I check?" the brunette shook her head and passed her the paper, "it's the mitochondria."

"Yeah like I said…" she smiled softly

"so…do you like the weather?" Rachel laughed softly, "Are you really asking me about the weather?" Quinn smiled,

"yeah…I guess I am," "um…well I'm not really used to the cold I used to live in California. And I don't exactly like cold…"

"If you don't like the cold why'd you move to Ohio?"

"Well it's kinda a complex story."

Quinn smiled again "that's the Nucleus,"

"do you mind if I check?" She pushed the paper to me

"yup that's the nucleus."

"Yeah I said that," she said smirking "so why is it a complex story?"

"It involves gay dads and divorce and remarrying," she tilted her head to the left smiling gently, she looks kinda cute when she does that

"try me, I'm pretty sure I can keep up."

"Um…ok well my dads got divorced and my daddy remarried."

"Do you not like the guy your daddy married?"

"No James is a wonderful guy."

The blonde didn't say anything instead she wrote on the paper, "that's the nucleolus, do you want to check it?"

"No…you're probably right. I mean I believe you." The bell rang and Quinn waited for Rachel to pick up her stuff, and walked out with her into the hallway.

"So if James is wonderful…why didn't you move with your daddy?"

Rachel inhaled sharply, but he's an aspiring actor and they would be moving to where ever his play goes. And I didn't want daddy to stay behind because of me. But I know he would be unhappy without James. So I moved here."

"And now you're unhappy?" The blonde asked gently,

"n-no" the brunette said shaking her head,

"I'm sorry I'm not trying to pry…I'm just trying to figure you out. You're very hard to read…" Rachel looked into her eyes god they were captivating,

"do you wear contacts?"

"No"

"cause the last time I saw you your eyes were black…and now there hazel with specks of gold"

"um…yeah about that I mean it's probably just the lighting." Then she grabbed the back of her neck and turned walked the other way quickly. Leaving a very confused Rachel behind her, the rest of the day went by relatively fast. After school she headed for her car she was about to open the door to get in when she looked behind her and saw Quinn leaning against the back of the Mustang looking at her. Rachel held her gaze for a while then turned to open her car. Then she heard screeching and turned around to see a huge van headed right toward her, she didn't even have time to scream. When she felt a strong arm around her and heard the crunching of metal. When she opened her eyes she saw Quinn staring angrily at the van in front of them.

Quinn's hand was blocking the van and she was holding Rachel to the side behind her. Rachel couldn't believe it Quinn had been on the other side of the parking lot. How did she get over here so fast? And why was the door bent in? Quinn turned and looked at her, her eyes were black again the blonde let go of Rachel and ran quickly in the direction of her car. People were gathered around her asking a million questions, Kurt helped her to her feet. "Are you alright Rachel?" The girl driving the van stumbled out of her van. What happened in the next hour was a blur to Rachel, Kurt drove her to the hospital. She was sitting on a hospital bed and Leroy was bursting through the door.

"Rachel are you ok?" He was glaring at the girl in the next bed that had almost killed his daughter.

"Yeah dad I'm fine, stop glaring at her it was an accident."

Leroy groaned "Rach you could have been killed do you realize that?"

"Yes dad but I wasn't so…"

"You are not getting your license back ever."

"Dad."

"Ah, Chief Berry's daughter, I've got this thank you."

"Dr. Fabray." Dr. Fabray was gorgeous he had sparkling green eyes, pale skin and light blonde hair. Wow are all the Fabrays beautiful, Rachel thought to herself.

"Rachel, you had a pretty interesting experience today," he said as he checked her for head injuries "yeah I mean if Quinn wasn't there I'd be crushed right now."

"Quinn, isn't that your daughter?"

Dr. Fabray looked up, "yeah I mean she was all the way on the other side of the parking lot she got to me so fast."

"Sounds like you were very lucky, excuse me."