[a month laterrrrrrrrrrrrr]

Quinn wanted to pay attention to all the guys around her; with all of them fawning over her and trying to catch her eye she just wanted to be nice, but they weren't interested in talking about anything besides sports and how hot she was. As the guys bickered amongst themselves, her eyes never left the stage. There stood a brunette. Her brunette. Warming up to practice the song she was going to sing at graduation in less than three weeks.

She could see it.

The future. Their. Future.

Ever since she held Rachel on the bridge, she could see it laid out for them. She could see herself walking the red carpet with Rae when she was nominated for Tony's or Oscars. It was undeniable, her girl was going to be big. And it didn't stop there.

The clenching in her stomach only got worse when Rachel moved to center stage with a stool and sat down. She was so distant and it was hurting Quinn more than she'd admit. They were still together, as far as she knew. But they hadn't spoken. Every morning though, Rachel would be waiting for her to walk to class hand-in-hand. That was it. Their only communication was physical.

It had been a hard two weeks.

"You look like you're about to pass out." Quinn's head turned towards the voice of her best friend. Santana stood there holding Brittany's pinky, a small, comforting smile on both their faces. The latina looked up at all the guys that were all around and with a deadly glare said, "Get lost, she isn't, nor will she ever be, interested. In ANY of you." Brittany sat on one side of the head cheerleader and Santana on the other.

"Thank you." Quinn whispered.

She looked down at her hands only for her head to snap up towards the stage when she hears, "Sound Check. Test Test. Mic one. Mic onneeeeee" All in the sing songy voice of the one and only diva. "Sounds good. Let's do this." Seconds pass then music starts. Quinn immediately grabs Brittany's hand. Squeezing as the clenching in her stomach spreads into her chest. She recognized the music, but it wasn't the song Rachel was supposed to be singing.

Rachel's head was bowed but as she sang she looked out into the upper auditorium. "So high tonight," she looked her right at the section of empty chairs "and I don't feel like, coming down."

Rachel stood from her stool and walked to the left side of the stage right in front of where Quinn was sitting. "I could lie to you all my days" She made eye contact with her. "but you're the one" She knelt down, holding eye contact and smiling at the blonde as she continued. "You're the one. And I'm a fool for waiting so long to let you know"

The brown eyed girl nodded to Santana and Brittany before turning back around headed for the stool. Next thing Quinn knew she was being lifted onto the stage in the spot Rachel had just stood in. Stumbling forward a little, the tall girl looked up to see Rachel beckoning her towards her then pointing to the stole as she sang the chorus.

Their eyes never left each others as Quinn sat and Rachel took her hand and sang to her, "you feel like breathing." as soon as she finished the chorus the blonde grabbed the diva and pressed her lips into hers. The stealthily stole the mic from her girlfriend's hand and sang the next verse as the shorter girl stood stunned from the kiss.

"Like sunlight won't you come and lay a ray down," Quinn scrunched her nose up and opened her eyes as she pressed her forehead to Rachel's and sang, "You're the one."

"Oh god. They're so sappy." Santana had her arms crossed and she was tapping her fingers agains her arms. The latina had extended her hand out for Brittany to take, and she did after jumping up a little. Wiggling her eyebrows suggestively she leaned foreword and whispered in the blonde's ear, "Lets go backstage."

"Let's Go!" Britt squealed skipping with Santana through the side doors.

The song ended not long after and Rachel stood there on her tiptoes, arms around Quinn's neck, her face pressed into her it. Quinn had lifted her slightly off the ground and was squeezing her tightly from her hold on the divas waist.

"I love you," the blonde had pulled back a bit and punctuated her statement with a kiss to her cheek, "so much."

Quinn set her down and they swayed back and forth holding onto one another.

"I believe you." Rachel's hand had come up and was now holding the back of the blonde's head lacing her fingers through the golden tresses, "I always believed you." She was squeezing the blonde tighter, whispering into her ear, "I just don't want to lose you, Quinn…you're… you're the best thing I've ever had." Silence fell over them. Quinn blinked tears out of her eyes leaning back and pressed a kiss to Rachel's forehead.

"I. Am. Never. Going. To. Leave. You." Each word was accompanied with a soft, passionate kiss on her lips. They went back to holding each other.

"I've been thinking lately about graduation," the brunette spoke after a few minutes, Quinn set her down but still held her tight, "I want to stay together, in college."

The hazel eyed girl's heart soared immediately. "Oh," She kissed the diva's cheeks, " baby, I do, too."

"Are you going to Ohio State?" her head dropped after mentioning that and she looked away, "I heard Sam and Finn talking about how they both got signed to play football there and that you were going on a scholarship for cheerleading there…" her voice trailed off.

"Rae, I got accepted to Ohio State for that, yeah," She lifted her hand underneath the brunette's chin, making her look at her, "but I also got an offer from another school that I already accepted."

Rachel suddenly shot out of Quinn's arms looking like she had just been slapped, "You didn't talk to me about it first?" She sounded beyond pissed.

Quinn stepped back towards her, "Rae, love, let me finis-"

"No! You had to go and make a ton of decisions without me! I haven't even decided and we only have about three weeks left! You cant just plan your life without me Quinn, I'm nothing without you. Why would you do this to me-" Rachel was cut off by a hand over her mouth, it was Brittany. She lifted the smaller girl up from behind and was swaying back and fourth gently.

"shhhhhh. Its okay, Rachel. I've got you. Just think of ducks swimming in a pond." she whispered happily as she set Rachel down then beamed at me, "Go ahead and tell her the great news Quinn!"

"Baby, I already sent in my forms for New York State." Rachel's face was blank for a few seconds and then the taller girls words seemed to register immediately making the brunette's face lit up. The tears that were in her eyes from being so angry quickly turned into happy tears as they began to fall freely. Quinn stepped forward again grabbing the brown eyed beauty's hands and interlacing their fingers, "Also, I had your dad's send your forms in for Julliard." a small gasp left the other girl who stared up at her girlfriend in wonder, "We both start on August 28th."