Chapter 9:
The next morning, Quinn Fabray woke up in a bed that wasn't hers. She panicked for a minute, but then felt Kate's arms around her and she calmed down, remembering.
She smiled and snuggled further in Kate's embrace. Last night had been unexpected, but truthfully it wasn't surprising. Kate had always felt different from her other female friends, different in a way Quinn had been unable to explain. But she knew why now, and she knew why Kate's hugs always raised butterflies in her stomach, and why she was always so nervous before seeing her.
Quinn felt Kate stir around her, and she ran her hand along Kate's arm to let her know she was awake too. Kate smiled.
"Morning beautiful." She said, rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"Morning." Quinn said, kissing Kate on the nose.
Kate stroked Quinn's hair, keeping her arms snuggly around her. "So..last night was..."
"Unexpected?"
"Well, I was going to go with amazing, but sure, unexpected works too."
Quinn blushed. "I didn't mean it wasn't amazing. It was just amazing in an unexpected way."
Kate sighed. "Yeah, it was definitely unexpected...do you...I mean was it too...fast?'" She asked, biting her lip.
Quinn looked at her, trying to figure out if Kate was asking if she thought it was too fast, or if she was telling her it had been too fast.
She decided to ask. "Too fast for you?"
Kate twitched her nose in that funny way of hers. Quinn was going to have to ask her what was up with that at some point. "Well, yes and no. No because it was amazing and I wouldn't change it for a million dollars, but yes too. Because, well you're kind of incredibly special Quinn and I want to do things right with you. I don't want to rush you and...I don't want you to feel like I'm taking advantage of you or something…." Kate said, mumbling the last bit.
Quinn snorted. "Kate, if I hadn't wanted last night happen, it wouldn't have happened."
"Still, if we're going to do this, we're going to do it properly...and so maybe we should take things a bit slower from now on."
Quinn nodded. "That's probably a good idea. But just so you know, this isn't something I do. Hooking up with people at parties or what not..I mean usually I'm the queen of 'let's take things slow'. I don't want you to get the wrong idea..." she said, chewing her lip. Kate probably thought she was a slut. Dammit, what had come over her last night?
Much to her relief, Kate nodded. "Yeah, I understand. This isn't really something I do, either. Ever." She paused quietly. "I've never, you know...had someone in my bed like this before..."
Quinn sat up, surprised. "Really, you mean you were a virgin? Or, are a virgin? I don't know...did that count as sex?"
Kate smiled, sitting up as well. "I don't really know what counts as sex...I think maybe it was. And as far as my virginity goes..." She said, trailing off. She got very quiet again, and wrapped her arms around herself. "No, I'm not a virgin. I did it once, at a party thrown by some kids at my old school..."
She spoke so quietly, Quinn could barely hear her, and she moved closer, and put her arm around Kate. "It's ok," She said softly. "You can tell me. I won't judge you." She offered a small smile.
Kate gave a half-smile back and continued. "Well, I don't really know how but the other kids had figured out I was gay pretty quick and they sort of tormented me for it. I don't even know why I went to that stupid party, I guess to show I wasn't afraid or something. Fucking stupid...anyways one of the older guys came up to me and was doing the whole 'So I hear you're a dyke' thing, and I was just fed up with it I guess so I told him I wasn't. And he told me to prove it...and started...doing, stuff...and I didn't stop him. I guess I wanted to prove it...I just..I didn't want to be different, or weird anymore..." Kate said, burying her face in her hands and sobbing.
Quinn hugged her tightly, shocked at seeing her like this. Kate always seemed so strong. "Hey, it's ok. Don't feel bad, remember, you're talking to the Queen of Doing-stupid-things-to-fit-in."
Kate dried her tears on her hand and looked at Quinn, her eyes shining with tears. "The only people that know about that are Matt and Cam. I never told anyone else."
Quinn smiled, and kissed her lightly. Kate sniffed, and kissed her back. "After that, the torment got worse. Well, not worse exactly, just more frequent. And I snapped, and burnt their clothes...you know the rest. When my parents transferred me, I decided I would never try and change myself for someone else. Something I was able to stick to, until this week when I went shopping for new clothes to impress you." She said with a small smile.
Quinn wiped the rest of the tears off Kate's face with her thumb, and smiled at her. "I like the way you dress just fine. And no matter how great you looked in that red dress, I would never want you to be any different than who you are, right now. Got it?"
Kate nodded, and kissed Quinn on the cheek. "Thanks. Sorry for melting down on you."
Quinn waved her hand. "Don't worry about it. I've certainly melted down on you enough times...besides, what are girlfriends for?"
If Kate ever had to pick a moment in her life when she had been the happiest, that moment would stand out in her mind for years to come.
After they had gotten dressed, they made their way downstairs where they found Cameron asleep on the couch. Matt and Johnny were still there as well, and were currently drawing a mustache and monocle on Cameron's face with a black marker.
When Kate saw them, she rolled her eyes and went over to snatch away the marker. She smacked Matt on the back of the head.
"Ow!" Matt said, rubbing the back of his head. Johnny snickered and tried to look innocent.
"It's washable." He explained.
Kate rolled her eyes again and walked away. "Whatever Superman*." She said, making her way to the kitchen. Johnny stared after her, confused. Quinn giggled, noticing that she only ever saw him with an incredibly confused look on his face. She followed Kate into the kitchen.
A moment later, they heard a anguished cry from the other room, and then the sound of running water. It would appear Cameron had woken up and looked in a mirror.
Quinn and Kate looked at each other and burst out laughing. Quinn felt bad but...it was pretty funny.
"I'm going to make pancakes..." Kate said, wiping her eyes. Quinn nodded, still laughing. She stopped a moment later when a disgruntled looking Cameron appeared in the kitchen, and sat down grumpily at the table.
He had tried to scrub the marker off his face as much as possible, and while it was certainly lighter than it had been before, it was still visible. As well, his face was now bright red where he had scrubbed it.
"Good Morning Cameron." Quinn said evenly. He glared at her, and dropped his head down onto the table.
Kate came over and placed her arm around him. "Aw Cam its not so bad. I'm sure it will have washed off by tomorrow."
"Feh." Cameron said, not lifting his head up. "I look like the monopoly man."
Upon hearing that, Quinn couldn't help bursting into another fit of laughter.
Kate placed a kissed on Cameron's shaggy brown hair and went back over the counter. Her cell phone lay there and when she glanced at the screen she was surprised to find she had a text message. This struck her as very odd, because everyone who normally sent her text messages was currently in her house.
She checked it, and had no idea who it was from. Whoever it was, she had programed them into her phone as "Master". The text message was equally confusing.
BLOWJOBBLOWJOB I GOT A BLOWJOB! :D :D :D :D :D EEEEK!
She glanced at Matt, wondering if he'd sent it...but that wasn't the type of thing he would do, and besides, he was programmed in her phone as "Tortured Mop."
She sent a reply saying she was very pleased for them, but didn't know who they were. She put her phone down and began to prepare the pancakes. About 20 minutes later her phone beeped with a reply. Quinn looked over from her seat at the table.
"You get a text?" She asked curiously. Kate nodded. "From who?"
Kate shrugged. "We're about to find out."
Kurt! Sorry about that text, btw. I sent it last night, I was so happy I had to tell someone. You're the only one who knows about Sam and I who I didn't feel awkward telling about...well, you know ;D
"It's from Kurt." Kate said, smiling as she remembered why he was programmed as "Master." When they had shopped he had informed her that he was the master and she was just the lowly student, and would do as she was told. She quickly reprogrammed her phone. Kurt was now in her phonebook as "King of the Universe."
"Yeah? What's he saying?" Quinn asked.
"His relationship with Sam is going very well." Kate said cryptically.
Quinn smiled. "That's good."
"Whose Kurt?" Cameron said suddenly, picking his head up off the table.
"Quinn's ex-boyfriend's boyfriend."
"And you have a relationship with him how and why?" Cameron asked quickly.
Kate shrugged. "I ran into him at the mall and he helped me shop."
Cameron stared at her like she had three heads. "MATT!"
Matt came into the room with Johnny in tow. They were both giggling.
"It's washable marker Cammy, don't worry." Matt snickered.
"It's not that. Its Kate. She's going shopping with boys named Kurt and they're exchanging secret text messages." He said, acting as though Kate wasn't in the room. Kate rolled her eyes.
Matt turned to her. "Is this true, Kaitlyn?"
"You're name's short for Kaitlyn?"
Kate nodded. "Yeah, but only my grandmother calls me that. And yes Matthew, it's true."
Matt shook his head. "I am very disappointed in you."
"We both are." Cameron piped in.
Kate sighed exasperatedly. "You two are such drama queens. I made one new friend, and went shopping once."
"We could help you shop!" Cam said, pouting.
Matt punched him in the arm. "Shut up, don't say that. She might actually make us shop with her!"
"Right, good point. Nevermind. But you should have told us about...Kurt."
Quinn was having a hard time not laughing as she listened to their exchange. Kate just looked annoyed.
"I'm sorry, I forgot. Listen, if I ever see him again, I promise to invite you two, 'kay?"
Matt and Cameron considered for a minute, then bobbed their heads.
"Good." Kate said, turning back to her pancakes.
Before she knew what was happening, Cameron and Matt had rushed over to her and were hugging her so tightly she couldn't breathe. Quinn and Johnny laughed as Kate struggled to break free.
"Get...off...kill you...dead" Kate gasped, trying (and failing) to squirm out of their grasp.
"I hate you both so much..." Kate whispered once they finally let go. "So, so much..."
For some reason, when Monday rolled around, Quinn expected school be different. When she arrived, however, she found that everything was the same.
She moved through the same hallways, passed the same kids and got her books from the same locker. Everything was the same, and she realized that the reason it felt so strange was because she had changed. She was different, and had expected everything to be different with her.
She held her head high as she walked through the hallways, feeling changed; superior and confident. She almost felt like her old self (but without the desire to tear everyone to pieces).
She paid attention in her classes, and took notes. She smiled at people in the hallways, and even stopped to talk to Rachel when she ran into her in the girls bathroom.
"It's not that you have a bad voice Quinn, it's really very nice, but it just doesn't compare with the strength and power of mine. That song you sang for the Glee assignment was ok, albeit a little bitter, but you just didn't have the power to pull it off..."
Ok, that had been a bad idea. But whatever, it was only Rachel.
In spite of her less than pleasant conversation with the brunette dwarf, she felt lighter than she had a in a long time, and more hopeful for the promise of the future than she ever had. She kept expecting someone to notice, for something to happen to let her know "Yes, everything is different now." Although nothing did, she didn't let it bother her. She was different, she was new.
By the time Glee rolled around, Quinn had accepted that nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary was going to happen today. So of course, that was when it did.
The instant she walked into Glee, she knew something was up. Sam was standing in the front of the room, looking very, very nervous.
He teetered back and forth on the balls of his feet, and as Quinn took a seat next to Mercedes, she looked over and saw Kurt was looking equally nervous and chewing on his nails.
Quinn sucked her breath in. No...he's not going to…
Mr. Schuester went to the front of the room.
"Alright everyone, before we start things off today, Sam has something to say."
Quinn gulped. He was.
Mr. Schuester sat next to Kurt, and everyone stared at Sam with rapt attention.
Sam looked like he was going to vomit. He took his time getting to what he wanted to say, breathing deeply and clearing his throat to stall for time.
Finally, he spoke.
"So, um, like Schue said, I have something to say and...well, this being Glee and all, I thought I'd sing it because...why not." He said, cracking a smile. He put a CD in and went back to the mic.
The moment the song started, a gasp from across the room told Quinn that Rachel understood immediately what Sam was saying.
Quinn smiled as Sam sung; she couldn't help it. He had grown so much as a performer since he'd joined the club. He seemed confident and charismatic, as though this was all incredibly easy for him, when Quinn knew it couldn't have been.
He smiled as he sung, and Quinn looked over at Kurt. Sure enough, they were smiling at each other, Kurt's eyes filled with an incredibly proud look.
She couldn't decide if she thought Sam was being brave or crazy, but as she watched him and listened to the lyrics….
There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live
And I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around
I am gonna do it
Like you never do it
Like you never knew it
Ooh, I'll make it through
The time has come for me
To break out of the shell
I have to shout
That I'm coming out
...she couldn't help but think that maybe they were true. He seemed thrilled to be doing this, ecstatic to be letting the real him out there. She didn't understand, but she was proud of him.
While Rachel had understood immediately, it took everyone else much longer to get it, which Quinn chocked up to the shock if it having rattled their brains because frankly, it was sort of obvious. The song was called "I'm Coming Out", after all.
The second the song ended, Quinn began clapping loudly. Around her, Rachel, Kurt, Finn, Mike and Mr. Schuester clapped as well. Sam smiled sheepishly, obviously not expecting such a reaction. After a few moments everyone else began clapping too, and Kurt jumped up and kissed his boyfriend happily.
Quinn smiled and cheered as Kurt wrapped his arms around Sam. They looked so happy, it was hard not to. Behind her, she heard Finn making a whooing sound, as he stood up in his chair and went over to where the two boys stood embracing. He put his arms around them, and judging by the looks on their faces, squeezed them very tightly.
Quinn laughed and ran over to hug them too, placing her small arms on top of Finn's long gangly ones. Mike, Rachel, Mercedes, and Tina joined the group as well, each congratulating Sam and Kurt as they squished them between their arms.
Quinn took her arms off them, and everyone else did the same. Now that they were separated, Quinn hugged Kurt on her own, whispering an apology in his ear. He smiled at her and whispered back that it was OK, and she hugged him tighter and felt like crying. As they broke apart, Artie motioned for Kurt bump fists with him, having just done so with Sam. Kurt awkwardly complied, blushing while he did it.
Everyone was taking turns hugging them and patting them on the shoulders now, including Brittany and Santana. The only one who hadn't come over was Puck, who sat sullenly alone. Quinn sighed and was about to go talk to him when Sam went over there himself.
Quinn watched them, breathing a sigh of relief when Sam laughed and smiled at Puck, and the two made their way over to the group. Puck said something to Sam, and his face went bright red. She didn't hear what Puck had said, but she did hear Sam inform him that that was most certainly none of his business.
Everyone was full of questions, and they didn't do anything actually glee related for the rest of the period.
"How long have you two been together?" Rachel questioned, staring intently at Kurt.
"About 2 weeks." Kurt said.
"2 weeks and 2 days, including today." Sam said promptly.
"You know it exactly?" Kurt asked, staring at Sam like he was the second coming.
Sam wrapped his arm around Kurt's shoulder. "Yes, I do. And don't pretend like you don't."
"Have you guys had sex yet? Whose on top?"
"Puck!" Sam, Kurt, Quinn and Finn shouted at the same time. Quinn couldn't believe how much of a pig he could be sometimes.
Sam blushed again, and so did Kurt. "Puck, I think that would fall under the category of 'none of your business'." He said curtly.
Puck nodded. "Got it. Hummel's totally on top."
"Listen dude, I know we agreed to be civil to one another and stuff, but if you talk about my brother like that again, I will beat you." Finn said. The dangerous look in his eyes told Quinn he was not kidding.
"I'll help!" Quinn chimed in, smiling sweetly. "Not necessarily for Kurt, but because I just really want an excuse to beat him."
Finn laughed and held out his fist to Quinn, who bumped it with her own. Mercedes smiled approvingly.
The bell rang, and everyone filed out, still buzzing excitedly. Sam and Kurt were the last to leave, as Mr. Schue held them back to talk to them. Quinn waited outside the door, trying to look like she wasn't listening in.
"Sam, I am so proud of what you did today. That took a lot of guts, and it means a lot to me that you trust us with something like this. It couldn't have been easy."
"Thanks Mr. Schue. I was glad to have a group of people I knew would accept me, so thank you."
"And Kurt, I want you to know how happy I am for you. I know it wasn't easy for you to be alone before, and I'm glad you found someone you cares about you."
"Loves you." Sam added. Quinn could practically hear Kurt blush.
"Thank You." Kurt said quietly. Quinn pressed her ear to the door to hear him.
"It means a lot to us to have your support." Quinn felt herself tearing up. She knew how important his approval could be. When she was pregnant, he was the only teacher she didn't feel was judging her, or thinking she was a whore. It had meant a lot to her, too.
And then suddenly, Quinn was on her face. It happened so quickly that it took Quinn a moment to figure out how it had happened. She figured that Kurt or Sam had happened the door to leave, and since she was leaning on the door…
"Quinn!" Mr. Schuester exclaimed as Sam helped her up. "We're you eavesdropping?"
Quinn blushed and looked down, brushing off her uniform. "Umm...well...only in the traditional sense of the word..." She mumbled.
Luckily, Sam and Kurt seemed more amused than upset, although Mr. Schuester looked a little disappointed.
"I didn't plan to, but I was waiting outside for Sam and Kurt and I heard you guys talking and my curiousty just got the better of me."
"Quinn, don't you know that curiosity killed the cheerleader?" Kurt asked, his arms crossed but his eyes laughing.
"Actually, I think that was the choir room door." Sam added.
Mr. Schue sighed. "Well, if you two aren't upset..."
Just then, Quinn's cell phone beeped. As Mr. Schue waved goodbye, she took out her phone and looked at the text.
Me, Matt and Cam are v. bored. SAVE US!
Quinn smiled.
"Who is it?" Kurt asked, peering at the screen.
"Kate." Quinn said. Kurt nodded, but Sam looked confused.
"Whose Kate?"
"Um, we met her at Chant when we...uh, ran into Quinn there."
"The girl with the man boots?"
Kurt snickered, and Quinn narrowed her eyes. "Those were her brothers, he gave them to her before he went away to university and she misses him very much. And they're not that bad."
"Uh huh, sure. What's she saying?" Kurt continued, poking Quinn on the arm.
"She's bored..." Quinn said, then got an idea. "Hey...are you two doing anything now?"
*Kate calls him Superman because in the last chapter (part 1), Quinn compared him to Brandon Routh, who played superman.