A/N: Okay, okay, okay... it's very short. But I have a really good reason for it. I got called into work really late and it's been busy so I haven't had the normal amount of time to write. I'm sorry and I'll try and make it up to you. I'm posting another on Saturday so hopefully you wont feel like you're missing anything.

You're at least getting their second date in there and a bit more of Quinn showing her 'BWYDT' side. You are also going to be getting a few nudges of Rachel and finally seeing some... difference between Adrianne and Rachel in regards to Quinn.

I know you all have voiced your concerns because this fic doesn't have a happy ending and BWYDT was all about the fluffiness, but there's going to be more fluff than drama. Quinn and Adrianne relationship was complicated because they never shared certain feelings with each other so most of their drama is internal. But there is still a lot of fluff. They did care about each other, it was just figuring out what those emotions really were. This whole verse is a complicated web of actual personal growth for many of the characters and this just explains it. It's funny because while learning about how Quinn came to be this new version of herself, you are also getting a show of how Adrianne came to be the only way you've seen her (pushy, protective, and heart broken. Clearly she wasn't always that way).

Thank you for everyone who is reading and those who are reviewing. I have people everyday signing up for alerts and favorite-ting the story still, so those are always nice surprises. Thank you and enjoy (what there is). Sorry again for it's short length.

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"So, where exactly are we going?" Adrianne asked as Quinn led her on a worn path through thick woods. "I mean, you aren't really some psycho killer who's going to take me miles away from civilization and hack me into tiny bits so no one can ever find me, are you?"

Quinn stopped suddenly and turned to meet Adrianne's confused emerald green eyes. "How'd you know?"

"Shut up." She ordered, playfully slapping the blonde's arm and Quinn instantly smiled. The smile never left her face as Adrianne took her hand in hers and let the younger woman continue to guide her. The feeling of the older woman's hand in hers just felt like it brought life to her senses, as if she had never felt this much when touching someone else. It was right. It fit. Their hands were suppose to find each others. "I'm just saying that we've been walking for fifteen minutes now. We're on a trail so that gives me hope that we're actually going somewhere, but the length of the mystery trail and it's less than casually traveled condition has left me rather curious as to what your intentions truly are."

It was moments like these when Adrianne rambled that Quinn had to stop her thoughts from drifting into the past that she wasn't ready to deal with just yet. It was a struggle, but the having the brunette there as a comforting distraction definitely helped. "We're almost there. And just in time too."

"Just in time... yeah, that's not at all foreboding."

"Hey. Just be thankful that I left my hacksaw in the trunk. All I can do now is have my way with you where there's no one around to hear you scream." She joked, causing Adrianne to smile.

"Who said I would have a problem with that?"

Quinn's smile faltered just slightly, but Adrianne didn't see. She was too busy looking down at her feet and blushing. That was a bridge that Quinn was hesitant to cross. Not just because it would be her first time with a woman and she wasn't entirely sure what to do, but because she hadn't been with anyone since Puck and her memories of that encounter were still a little fuzzy. In her mind, she was still pretty much a virgin. She was just lacking the hymen.

"Here we are." The blonde announced, motioning to a gap between the trees. Adrianne paused and looked at Quinn like she was crazy. "Fine, follow me." She took the smiling brunette by the hand again and walked another twenty feet off the path before coming to a clearing that over looked the scenery below the high hill they were standing on. Distant ponds could be seen glowing as the dimming sun played off of their placid surfaces. And the shadows cast by the trees danced in the light breeze that was blowing.

"How on earth did you ever find this place?"

Quinn laughed lightly and pointed off to the right. "You see that road over there?"

"Yeah."

"That's the one we drove on to get here. My freshman year, my car died while I was driving and I had to wait for the tow truck. I spent half an hour just looking around. I saw this little clearing up here and thought that it would give be a great view for a picture."

"That it does." Adrianne agreed, resting her head on the blonde's shoulder.

"Hold on." Quinn lifted a finger as she pulled away and walked over towards a tree. She pulled a bag from behind it.

"You already put that here?"

"I didn't want you to know what I was planning." Quinn explained with a smile as she pulled out two large blankets. She laid one down on the ground next to the tree and sat down, calling for Adrianne to sit next to her. "I don't bite."

"Damn."

The brunette took her place, sitting as close to Quinn as she could, and helped her cover them both with the other blanket before leaning back and using the tree as a back rest. "Now, we wait for the show."

"The show? What show?"

"The show that never ends." Adrianne couldn't fight the smile on her face but had no clue what the blonde was talking about. She was just so adorable. "The sun is always setting somewhere. It sets here in a few minutes and behind us right after that. It's actually really cool if you think about it. There is a moment where it is day time one second and night time the next, but if you could follow where the sun sets, that exact line, you're cheating the day. It never passes. Do you really age then? Is it ever really tomorrow? Is that a way to make time stand still?"

"You are something else, you know that?" The blonde blushed and bowed her head. "That's a good thing. But I have to kill the beautiful moment you just had and say while it was inspiring, I really just want to kiss you right now."

"I think I can handle that." Quinn smiled over her shoulder before leaning into a kiss. It was just like before, a spark inside her just ignited. This never happened with guys. Sure she enjoyed the kisses with them to a degree, but there was nothing to them like this. No life, no passion, nothing wanting to make her go any further. Not like now as she pivoted and brought one hand up to Adrianne's face to deepen the kiss while she held her balance with the other on the blanket between them. She just needed more. More of the soft feel of Adrianne's full lips, more of their sweet taste. She needed more of this fluttering in her stomach to tell her that this was right, that this was okay. Because there was no way it could feel this good and be wrong.

"Okay. I have to ask you something." Adrianne stated, breaking away from the kiss and Quinn had to fight a growl of frustration from escaping her throat. Now she understood why her boyfriends always got so upset when she stopped their kissing to pray or scold them.

"What's the question?"

"Who was the crush?"

Quinn stared at the brunette blankly. "What?"

"You are moving way too fast and way too smoothly to have just realize you are gay. So... who was the crush that made you admit it at least to yourself?"

The blonde huffed a laugh. "There wasn't one." Adrianne arched an eyebrow in disbelief, causing Quinn to turn away slightly, looking out over the view while taking nervous glances sideways. "Okay, so there might have been one towards the end of high school that had me considering the possibility, but I never accepted it as reality."

"So you had a crush on her?"

"I... it's complicated." Adrianne didn't respond, asking Quinn to continue with her silence. "It's also not something that I can put into words on the spot. Our... 'relationship' was complicated and therefore my feelings, friendly and other, were just layers upon layers of conflicting emotions. She had me thinking, but I wasn't willing to actually accept it until you kissed me. I couldn't deny it after that."

Adrianne smiled lightly at her accomplishment and leaned over to rest her chin on Quinn's shoulder, waiting for her to turn. The blonde smirked and slowly did as was expected, earning a light kiss on the cheek. "One day?"

"Yeah. I'll tell you one day. I just have to figure out how I want to explain it all to you."

"You and your secrets."

"They're not really secrets. It's just more about finding the right words."

Adrianne brushed her nose against the blonde's cheek. "They're just words. Pick some and there you go."

Quinn closed her eyes tightly, hoping to block out the memories that came flooding back to her. They weren't just words she needed to describe this girl, they were the words that didn't exist or that she just couldn't find yet that would only explain it all properly. She couldn't help but think that Adrianne might not understand it even if she did tried to explain at all. Then again, she shouldn't shut out the possibility that she would either. That's what she was working on, letting someone in. Quinn at least needed to give her a chance before she wrote her off as not being able to understand.

"Are you okay? You're shaking a little."

Quinn opened her eyes and turned her head again, nodding. "Yeah. Just a little cold."

Adrianne hesitated for a second. "I can keep you warm." The brunette moved down on the blanket so she could lay flat on her back, pulling Quinn down with her. This position was new and exciting but quite sexual to the blonde. But after a few tender caresses of Adrianne's sweet tasting lips, she couldn't remember what her complaint was about.

Quinn took her time with their kissing, losing herself in what she had wanted yet denied herself for so many years, and Adrianne allowed her to explore. Quinn allowed herself to experiment more than she had with her boyfriends, always having been worried that if she tried kissing them differently, longer or deeper, that they would assume that that meant something more was going to happen or try and take it there. But Adrianne just seemed content to move at the blonde's pace, knowing and understanding that this was all new.

After enough time to memorize the taste and feel of the brunette's lips, Quinn instinctively moved down her jaw to her neck as the hand that wasn't being used to brace herself on traced up and down the older woman's sides, learning the gentle feel of her soft curves. Her breath shook in her throat as Adrianne's hand came up to her neck and their skin connected. All of her senses seemed to focus in on that connection, that warmth on her cool skin that fused them together. She had to halt her kisses and pull back to catch her breath, looking into those green eyes as she did. "You really are a good kisser." Adrianne stated in a soft, wavering voice, clearly as affected by the experience as Quinn was. "But we missed the show."

The blonde looked over her shoulder to the sky and saw that it was now night. The sun had already set. She could see the distant glow of the town and how it muted out the stars above it and smiled lightly as she turned her head back down to the brunette. "There's always tomorrow."

"What about those papers I have to grade?" Adrianne teased, running her hand from Quinn's throat to the collar of her jacket and down until it rested comfortably where the material was resting on her stomach.

Quinn scrunched her face. "When's the latest possible time you can get them done by?" They both laughed aloud and beamed intoxicated smiles. "Maybe I can even help and the time can be cut in half."

"If you help me, I don't think they will ever get done."

"Maybe you're right."

Quinn had expected the night to be filled with talking and bonding, getting to know each other deeper. But it turned out to be a different type of bonding. They were building a physical familiarity with each other, not based off of sex, but just closeness. It was proving to make Quinn feel more comfortable being affectionate with another woman without having to look for disapproving eyes. Adrianne figured that if she was able to become comfortable enough around her, that it would just fall into place and become second nature to the blonde. She wouldn't have to look around before taking her hand, or pause to think when the waiter asked if their meals were on separate checks. And it was working.

This time when Quinn rushed over to open the car door for her, she instantly took the brunette's hand in hers and walked their up to the door. The door... where they continued to work on their bonding with more kisses and light touches. Quinn just couldn't get enough of this feeling. The shortness of breath, the thumping of her heart, the fluttering of her stomach.

Adrianne was getting a similar rush. It had been a long time since she kissed someone who provided her with that freshness, that energy and excitement with just a simple kiss. She didn't want it to stop. "Come inside?" She asked in a panting breath, reading Quinn's eyes as she thought about it. "Like, my room?"

"I... I don't think I'm ready for that just yet. I want to." She added quickly, not wanting to put the other woman off. "I do. I just don't think I'm ready."

Adrianne nodded and gave a soft smile before her eyes dropped down to the blonde's lips. "There's always tomorrow, right?"

Quinn smiled before leaning back in for another kiss. "Right."