It was the around November and the gang was in 4th grade, all of them were in the same class. They were working on a project, one with partners and Quinn and Noah were partners, the teachers at McKinley Elementary figured out the only way Noah does good in school is if he works with Quinn and sits near her because she pushes him to do his best.
Usually when Quinn and Noah work on a project together,they joke around but still get their work done, but today is different Noah is quiet and he's just being mean to everyone including his friends. Quinn notices right away and asked him about it. He told her he's fine. Quinn doesn't believe him but, decides to let it go for now. She knows she'll eventually get it out of him.
No one else notices the differences in Noah until recess. When Rachel goes up to him and says softly,"I...um...heard about... And I'm... so sorry" After that she gives him a hug. Noah unsurprisingly pushed Rachel off of him, but after that he pushed her on the ground and yelled,"Shut up you have no idea what your talking about!" Everyone was watching Noah and Rachel. Quinn was surprised at what she saw Noah hasn't done anything to physically hurt Rachel in years. They saw Quinn walk up to Noah and she put a hand on his shoulder trying to get him to calm down. While Finn walked over to Rachel and helped her up, Rachel over at Noah with a mix of pity and sorrow. Noah looked like he was about to kill Rachel. "Rachel I think it's best if you go"Quinn said with a tight smile. "Quinn's right Rach, it would be better if you would leave Noah alone"Finn said sincerely. As Rachel walked away Noah yanked his arm away from Quinn and screamed,"No! It would be best if you would all leave Noah alone and stop talking like he's not in the damn room!" Then he stormed off. Everyone was surprised by his language,yes everyone knew that he curses but, he has never done it so openly before.
Quinn watched him storm off. She looked from her friends than back to the direction he ran off to about three times. She asked her friends if she should go after him. They all shook their heads no except for Brittany who pointed at where he ran off to. Quinn took that as a yes and ran after Noah, while Finn yelled ,"Quinn come back!" Quinn ignored him and started searching for Noah. She found him leaning against a tree on the ground with his head in his hands. Quinn walked over to him and sat right in front of him. She grabbed his hands and asked,"Noah can you please look at me?" Noah looked up and you could see that he has been crying. "Noah tell me what's wrong, please" Quinn said softly. "My dad, he left us. And my mom, oh god my mom..." Noah said crying again. "What's going on with your mom?" Quinn asked softly. "She's not handling it well, she's... drinking." Noah said crying harder. Quinn whispered soothing words to Noah and he calmed down a bit. Quinn leaned into Noah and used her thumbs to wipe away the tears. She was staring into his eyes and all of sudden she stared leaning in more and more until her lips were almost touching his. She looked into his eyes again, then her lips were pressed against his.
Noah had no idea what was going on. It took him couple seconds to realize Quinn was kissing him. When he did finally realize it, he kissed back. Quinn pulled away and looked up at him shyly, biting her lip. She just had her first kiss and it was as short, sweet, adorable and slightly awkward as a first kiss should be. Noah looked down at Quinn with a smile on his face, the complete opposite of how he was a few seconds ago with tears shedding from his eyes. They were in their own little bubble for a while, until Quinn remembered what brought on the kiss in the first place. "Is it bad at home?"Quinn asked ruining the moment. "Yeah,mom is always at work or she's drunk" Noah said quietly. "Do you think your mom would let you and Sarah stay with me until she gets better?"Quinn asked. "Probably" he answered. "Then how bout I ask my mom, and you and your sister can stay with us for a little while"Quinn questioned. She honestly cared about him and his sister, she didn't want them to have to go through everything that's going on. She didn't want Noah to see his mom like that, so anything she could do to help, she would. "I don't know" Noah answered. "It would only be for a little while and my mom probably wouldn't mind since your almost always over anyway, the only difference would be you staying over and we have lots of room"Quinn said. "What if our parents say no?"Noah asked. "They won't"Quinn said certainly. She wasn't being completely honest with the last answer, their moms would probably say yes but her dad she's not so sure about. Quinn hugged Noah one more time before telling him that recess was probably over.
While Quinn and Noah were talking the rest of the group were arguing. "Why did you let her go with Noah?"Finn asked clearly not understanding why Brittany would do such a thing. "I don't see why it's bad"Brittany answered. "It so obvious why it's bad even you can't be that dumb" Matt said. Santana who was quietly observing finally joined the conversation,"Matt shut up! You've only been apart of the group for a year, you're expendable." "You're Quinn's best friend how could you let her go with Noah" Finn shot out. "Cause I care about Noah too and it not like she's gonna get hurt."Santana said. "If you care so much about Noah why didn't you go after him?" Finn said with an edge to his voice. "Why do you care so much about Quinn?" Santana said with the same edge to her voice. "I don't, I just don't want Noah to lash out on her."Finn said quietly obviously leaving something out. The only one who seemed to notice Finn's sudden change was Brittany, she made a note to ask him about it later. "Oh come on Finn we all know Quinn more likely to lash out at him than he is to lash out at her."Santana said. "Okay so maybe that's true, but what is Quinn following Noah gonna do?" Finn asked. "That's easy, Quinn is going to find out what's wrong with Noah and than she's going to do special Quinn magic to fix everything."Brittany said seriously. Santana and Finn did a double take at Brittany, unsure if they heard her right. "What?"Brittany asked very confused. "Nothing Brit, nothing"Santana said. Finn sighed,"I just don't want them to get into another fight" Santana rolled her eyes."Don't you think if something went wrong we would of saw Quinn storm off"she said. "You're right"Finn said finally relaxed. "Of course I am. Now can you all shut up"Santana said irritated.
They were silent until they saw Quinn and Noah come from where they were talking. Noah quickly looked down not wanting anymore of his friends to see his red eyes and tear stained face. He wasn't quick enough both Santana and Brittany saw that he has been crying. Santana was shocked but quickly covered it by saying,"Hey Q,Puckerman, what we're you doing back there for soo long"with raised eyebrows, obviously insinuating something she shouldn't know about at 10. Quinn rolled her eyes,"Come guys lets go back inside" Everyone started walking in, Noah was lagging behind. Quinn noticing this ran back towards him to make sure he was okay. Noah was looking at the ground frowning. Quinn grabbed his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. They walked into school like that hand and hand. Quinn whispered,"Everything will be fine, you'll see"in Noah's ear. Noah visibly relaxed at that, clearly believing Quinn.
Everyone in the class could tell something was wrong with Noah, but very few of them could tell that he had told Quinn about it. Among that few were Rachel, Finn,Brittany and Santana. Rachel was happy Noah told someone but,didn't understand why he accepted Quinn's sympathy but, not hers. Finn didn't think much of it he knew Noah was close with Quinn and knew he would tell her anything. It didn't really get why they were constantly touching it other. They were almost always holding hands or whispering things in each other's ears. Brittany was glad that Noah was acting like himself again and she was sure Quinn could fix whatever was wrong. Santana was upset Quinn and Noah are her best friends and they were leaving her out of everything. She was jealous that Noah trusts Quinn more than her. She couldn't stand the hand holding and constant whispering.
As the end of the day approached both Quinn and Noah were getting nervous about what their mothers would say.
AN: Sorry it took me so long I was going to write more but I couldn't figure out how to add it into this chapter. Also the 4th grade year will be a few chapters.