Stillborn 10
"Quinn, wake up!" Rachel whispered, lightly shaking Quinn, trying to get her to wake up.
"Five more minutes of sleep, and then I'll get up to go to school…" Quinn mumbled, turning the other way.
"No, Quinn. We graduated from high school yesterday, remember? You have to get up RIGHT NOW. We have to leave in twenty minutes, just long enough to eat breakfast and dress."
"Fine, I'll get up." Quinn, tiredly, lifted the top half of her body. Next, she swung her right leg down to the wooden floor, and then her left leg. Then, she squatted and got up off the bed.
Quinn walked over to her suitcase and began to sort through her outfits, trying to find the perfect one, one that would show New York what Quinn Fabray was made of. Halfway through her clothes, Quinn looked over at Rachel and raised her eyebrows.
"Are you really planning on wearing a red Christmas sweater, a plaid skirt, knee socks, and Mary Janes on your first time into New York City?"
"What's wrong with this sweater? I got it from the bargain bin."
"IT'S NOT EVEN CHRISTMAS TIME!"
"Fine." Rachel took off her outfit without a second thought, standing in the middle of Quinn's bedroom, with nothing but her underwear and bra on.
"Here." Quinn rummaged through her stuff until she brought out a cool pair of skinny jeans and a top that said "I'm Bringing Sexy Back!" "Wear these!" Quinn instructed Rachel.
Rachel winced at the tight pair of skinny jeans and the shirt, but she took them from Quinn and began to put them on, no question.
Quinn found a cute, blue minidress, which she changed into and paired with a pair of leather DKNY boots. She looked hot.
Then, Quinn and Rachel gathered their luggage, and then began to walk downstairs.
"Oh, don't you girls look nice. Rachel, you look… different," Brian laughed. They sat down and began to eat as if they hadn't eaten for ten years.
Quinn couldn't remember the meal much. She was too busy thinking about the reality looming ahead of her. She was going to be an adult. She was going to have her own pad. Wow.
When they finished eating breakfast, Mike and Brian carried the two girl's luggage out to their respective car. When that was done, Rachel and Quinn waved goodbye to Mike and Brian, and then got in their cars to drive to New York. It was an awfully long ride…
Quinn pulled into the streets of New York, following Rachel's car. She was actually here.
There was no backing down now.
New York was huge, as expected. The sidewalks were cluttered with people, while the streets were cluttered with the people's cars. Most of the buildings were skyscrapers. There weren't that many that were single level buildings.
There were many homeless people on the sidewalks, with ragged clothing, bone thin, close to death.
Just then, Quinn realized that, in her life, she had been lucky. Her parents had shielded her from harm for most of her life. And when she got pregnant and her parents threw her out of her house, Finn and his mother had been kind enough to let her move in. When Finn found out that the baby wasn't his and kicked her out, Puck had let her move in with him. When she got angry at Puck and moved out of his house, Rachel had allowed Quinn to move in. There had always been someone there, protecting Quinn. Sure, she may have been sent from house to house, lonely, trying to find the right person to stay with, but she had never spent more then a day on her own, without a home. And she was so grateful for everyone that had helped her. Grateful that she wasn't one of those homeless people on the street, close to death, starving.
She followed Rachel into the parking lot for the apartment building. There weren't many parking lots in New York, but there was for this apartment, so that they didn't have to park their cars on the curb day in and day out.
Quinn reached into the back, grabbing her stuff, when she felt another wave of gratitude hit her. She may not have a lot of stuff from when her parents kicked her out, but at least she had something. The people out on the street, they had nothing but an empty cardboard box and the clothes on their back.
Quinn unlocked her door, stuff in hand. When she saw Rachel, standing there in all her wonderful beautifulness, Quinn raced over and practically jumped on Rachel. She smashed her lips against Rachel's, feeling wonderful.
Rachel finally pulled away from Quinn's embrace, and then suggested, "Hey, how about we run in, check out the fully furnished apartment, unpack, and then go to lunch. Hey, we have all the time in the world, we could even go sightseeing if you want."