Again, I love every single one of you that review! Thank you for giving me another awesome weekend. So, this is going to be one more different chapter, introducing our last primary character. She's already made an appearance, but it's time she had her own say in the matter. It's Monday, school's back in, and Quinn is going to narrate the day. Also, the song I'm using from NTN is "Prelude" which is like a 30 second instrumental, but the sound of it is how this chapter goes (if that makes any sense at all). Since this is not the beginning of the story, however, I'm calling this chapter "Interlude".

Quinn Fabray was a lot smarter than many assumed she was. Well, save for that whole "sleeping with Noah Puckerman" thing. To this day, though, she'd chalk that up to the wine coolers and Finn liking Rachel.

Rachel Berry. Once upon a time Quinn hated her, and while Rachel had never been able to figure out why, it was very simple. Rachel wasn't afraid to be herself. Sure, at times she was obnoxious and abrasive, she got slushied by the jocks and cast out by the cheerleaders, but she never gave up. Most losers cracked under pressure in a week.

Quinn had noticed Rachel the beginning of freshman year, when she had become the female lead in the almost non-existent Glee club. The girl had a powerhouse of a voice, though, as she had learned when Rachel had sung the National Anthem at a football game. Sadly, it was that same game that got her noticed by the jocks, and the slushie treatment had begun the next Monday.

From that day on, though, she was watched by a lot of the guys. Sure, they tormented her, but she had heard enough on the field to know that Rachel Berry was thought of as hot. Quinn had felt like a nobody until she made the squad, and then she was noticed for the uniform first and her face second. When Ally Newarski fell off the pyramid and broke her ankle, Quinn went out for captain and got the position. In an instant, she was queen of the school, and rumor was that Finn Hudson, upcoming quarterback and shoe-in for captain next year, had a crush on her.

She waited for him one day outside the locker room, figuring the sooner she snagged him the sooner her reign would be established. She heard Finn and his friend Puck talking from the door, and Puck was talking about Rachel. It was pretty lewd, but that was Puck. When Finn voiced his agreement, however, Quinn stormed off. In truth, she really hoped that they didn't talk about her like they did Rachel, but at the same time, the girl was a freak and they noticed her.

It wasn't until Rachel started being kind to her that Quinn realized just how great Rachel was. Even after the nicknames, the taunting, the pornographic pictures in the stalls (Quinn hadn't drawn them, but she hadn't stopped Santana either), and Quinn having not one but both of the guys that Rachel had pursued, Rachel had extended a hand of friendship. She had even given her advice about Mrs. Puckerman and dealing with Jewish observances and traditions.

After the 'Run, Joey, Run' incident, Quinn had known what she needed to do. Puck had come home from filming the video and had talked her ear off about how stupid it was and how it had been a bad idea and then he had started muttering about her stupid tool of a boyfriend and something about a mask and sitting on her bench. They watched the wreck of a video in Glee and he had talked again as they left the room about looking like an idiot, but the muttering began again and she swore she heard something about Finn wrapping his freakishly long arms around her. Good Lord in Heaven, Puck was hung up on Rachel Berry. She let a second pass, bemoaning that Rachel had won over another guy, but then she remembered how nice Rachel had been.

As she sat through Spanish, not paying attention to Mr. Schue at all, she thought about her situation. After dating-but-not-actually-dating Rachel, Finn had approached her, wanting to talk. He realized just how much he had screwed up with her, and wanted to be honest about everything else that was going on. The first day they didn't talk much, and the next they ended up yelling at each other, but by the end of the week they were honestly talking about what went wrong and how they ended up here.

Nothing was going to change Quinn's situation, not matter who she was friends with or dating. Until she had the baby, she would be a pariah in this school. Her and Finn agreed to be friends, as even pursuing something right now would be a train wreck, but she had hope for the future. Puck… he had hope too. But not with her. She laughed a little as she thought out her next move. She was going to have to be the bitch she once was. She would have to make Puck so angry that he wouldn't want to come back to her. And, since Rachel and Jesse were over, she was free as well. Next period was free period, so Rachel would be in the auditorium, the choir room, or the practice room. There were some variables, but if anyone could make this work, it was Quinn.

So, she dragged Puck to the auditorium and told almost the complete truth, and he took it just as she had predicted. And the rest, as they say, was history. By the end of the day, Puck and Rachel were dating and Quinn had officially improved the lives of two people. She felt that her obligation for Christian love was satisfied for quite a while.

It was Monday now, and they had almost been dating a week. Quinn watched as they walked into school, hand in hand, and she wondered why she hadn't seen this Puck before. Sure, he'd been kinda sweet to her with regards to the baby, but she had never seen him like this in a dating aspect. It was a surprising outcome to her plan, but definitely a good one. Rachel hadn't smiled like that in a while, either.

One of Quinn's habits was to walk through the halls with her earphones in. What people didn't know, however, was that she didn't actually have music on. If they thought she couldn't hear, they wouldn't lower their voices, and she could keep up on the gossip. There was still a little time before classes began, so she decided to take a walk to Finn's locker, say good morning, and catch up on the news.

"I don't know, it just started itching…" Oh gracious, she did not want to hear more of that conversation.

"We only have a few weeks 'til Nationals and Coach Sylvester hasn't picked our final routine." Poor Cheerios, competition was all they could think about. It was strange, though, that they weren't practicing their routine into the ground. Maybe Sue was focusing a little too much on the destruction of the Glee club.

"So when are you going back?"

"I'm here until the end of the week."

"That should work." It took Quinn a moment to realize that she had heard Jesse and Santana talking. Huh, that girl would have sex with anything with a pulse. Well, she hoped that a pulse was one of the requirements… blech!

Finn was leaning against his locker when she found him. He was watching the goings-on in the hallway, as she had been doing.

"Do you kinda feel like we're in a scene from that Twilight thing?" He asks, watching Rachel and Puck.

"The vampire movies?"

"No, that show where everything's weird and twisted."

"Twilight Zone?"

"That's it."

"Yes, I can see that. But it's kind of sweet, you know?"

"Yeah."

Throughout the day, Quinn kept an eye on Puck and Rachel. Most of the gossip had faded, but a few of Puck's old girls were still keeping their eyes on them. They'd move on in time.

She overheard Puck and Rachel one time as she walked behind them, and it made her even more sure of her decision to push Puck.

"My fathers kept telling me things to text you. I swear, the school's already entrenched in our relationship and now my fathers think they're a part of it."

"I think your dads are the first dads that have liked me."

"Well, given that most fathers have been introduced to you by seeing you vault out of their daughters' windows…" Quinn laughed along with Rachel, but quiet enough that they wouldn't hear her listening in.

"I wanna argue with you… but I can't." Quinn watched Rachel observe Puck, and she saw the mix of pride and regret.

"All I know is that I found it quite badass that you remembered the name of the show and asked me about it afterwards. You're a wonderful boyfriend, Noah." He beamed and Quinn was almost taken aback. Who knew the Noah side of him was so happy and light? Rachel had really seen something that no one else had.

At the end of the day, Quinn was on her way out when she saw Santana and Jesse talking again. With her headphones in, she stalled at the drinking fountain to listen in.

"So tomorrow then?" Santana asked. Ugh, hookup plans.

"Bright and early." Wait, what?

"Him or her?"

"Him. He won't see me coming."

"See ya then." Whatever they were planning, it didn't sound good. In fact, from what little she heard, Quinn felt worried for whoever they had in their sights. It crossed her mind for a moment that it could be Puck and Rachel, but it seemed too easy. Santana had passed on Puck long ago, and Jesse had dumped Rachel and was transferring schools again. They were past all that. Right?

See, I told you I liked Quinn. She gets to be one of the good guys! Also, the first hallway conversation Quinn overheard, I for real overheard when I was in high school. I had paused my music for one second and was like "NO! MY EARS!" I cranked my music from then on, because hallways are disturbing places. Hope you liked Quinn's POV, we'll be back to Rachel and Puck next time, but it'll be tomorrow and Santana and Jesse begin their plan. Ruh-roh!