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Chapter Twelve:

"For you seniors, finals are quickly approaching and I'm aware that you won't have any time for glee club once they get underway and once they're over you won't need to be inside the school a moment longer, until the graduation ceremony." Mr Schuester began as glee club started one afternoon, a week later. "It's going to be sad not seeing your faces here when school starts in September, but you're all going onto bigger and brighter things." He stated smiling at the bright faces peering up at him. Quinn turned to Rachel who had a small tear in her eye. Quinn lent over and wiped it then she laced her fingers with Rachel's and let out a content sigh. "When we got off the plane after Nationals, I asked you all to come up with song ideas to remind you why you love music or why you joined glee club in the first place. Some of you may have had different motives for joining glee..." He explained, turning to face Quinn, Santana and Brittany "...but somewhere along the way you all fell in love with the music and found friends you never thought you would. I just want us all to remember that before we get weighed down in finals and our preparations for moving on." He continued.

"Does anyone have any suggestions?"

Immediately Rachel's hand shot to the air. "Yes Rachel?"

"Quinn and I have been working on a song that really speaks our feelings but is incredibly far from our musical comfort zones."

"Well we'd love to hear it." He replied taking a vacant seat next to Finn. He hoped that the girls hadn't picked anything too overpowering, he didn't want to see the boy's heart break anymore. Quinn took in a deep breath and stood up, she slowly walked over to the piano remembering the conversation they had shared the other night...


"We still need a song to pick for glee." Rachel said as they lay on her bed wrapped tightly together.

"Have you had any ideas?" Quinn replied half heartedly.

"I can't think of a song that represents why we both wanted to join glee club. I joined because I wanted to be a part of something special, but Quinn, why did you really join glee? Was it really to keep an eye on Finn?" She asked.

Quinn sighed and knew she couldn't lie to Rachel. She turned on her side and looked straight into the big brown eyes. "No." She simply said.

"Well why?"

"It wasn't to keep an eye on Finn or to do Coach Sylvester's plotting. I loved singing. I'd never pursued it like you had. I just used to sing for fun. I didn't know whether I was good or not but I figured if Finn could join then so could I-."

"Hey, be nice...Finn's not that bad." Rachel interjected.

"-I was going to audition the day that Mr Schue held the open auditions, I snuck into the back of the auditorium just as you were about to come on stage. I laughed, I knew of all your extra curricular activities and it really didn't surprise me that you were going to audition for glee club too but I was soon stunned, you were mesmerising Rachel. I knew that I had to get closer to you, even if just to hear you sing, I was about to audition but Santana caught me and said Sylvester needed to talk to us...then the whole 'ruin the glee club' idea came about and in the end I ended up auditioning and joined glee club but you were the reason I ended up joining glee club, Rachel. It just never appeared that way." She finished. She leant over and gave her girlfriend a chaste kiss.

"That's sweet Quinn, I mean, you know I've forgiven you for what went on during sophomore year but if that's the reason you joined glee club why couldn't you be nice to me?" She asked.

"It was safer to hate you, Rachel. I had Finn on my arm, we were practically the power couple, and I loved my image and my popularity. Your crush on Finn made my safety net vanish, then the pregnancy drama and suddenly I was at the bottom of the social pyramid and I truly knew how it felt to walk in your shoes. It was just safer to hate you than accept your friendship. I was too proud to accept your friendship. I had to swallow my pride when I gave Beth up, that was always going to be the hardest thing I was ever going to do. I gave up my little girl because I couldn't give her the life that she deserved. When I swallowed my pride to do that I should have accepted your friendship too Rachel."

"Did it kill you to see me with Finn?"

"Regionals was the turning point. Finn and I had just got back together and there you were singing a love song to him. Standing in the wings I got the shivers like I did the first time I heard you sing. Do you know which line really got me" She asked. Rachel quickly shook her head. "It was 'I'll send out a wish, I'll send up a prayer and finally, someone will see how much I care.' Right then I knew how much you cared Rachel. How much you wanted acceptance and how much you wanted love. It was that moment that I knew Finn could give you that. I wished it was me that could give you that, but I thought there was no chance of that happening. When he broke up with me after Jean's funeral, I was relieved. I knew that he'd go back to you and I knew you'd finally be on the road to happiness, Rachel."

"You'd have been unhappy though?"

"You would have been worth the unhappiness. If you got your dreams and the world got to see how amazing you are then that'd have been enough." Quinn admitted. Rachel had never contemplated the blonde would have this deep of feelings for her, not just yet anyway. "

This year has been turbulent to say the least, but you were always there to stop me from doing something stupid and that's when my feelings towards you escalated. I found myself falling for you further than I ever anticipated Rachel, I found myself falling in...falling in...falling in...-"

"Falling in what Quinn?"

"Love." She admitted. "The way you stuck by my after the accident despite the way I'd acted leading up to your wedding, the way you looked after me when my Mom was at work really made me see you. It reminded me of Regionals, I could finally see how much you care Rachel, how much you care about everyone else. People have you down as selfish, but Rachel I know the real you, you are the complete opposite of that. I hate myself for forcing myself to hate you but it wouldn't have brought us to where we are now." Quinn explained.

"I can't tell you that I love you just yet because as deep as my feelings for you are, it's too soon. We both know that, but I want you to know that although I can't tell you I love you, you should know that I'm falling in love with you. Every second we spend together I fall a bit deeper."

"I'm falling in love with you, too." Rachel sighed. She moved her head forward and pressed their foreheads together. "I genuinely am. Thank you. Thank you for telling me that."

"You needed to know the truth." Quinn shrugged.

"It was deeper than I thought." Rachel laughed.

"Soooooo, song selection?" Quinn pondered a loud. "I think I have a song." Quinn suggested wincing slightly.

"What's with the face?"

"I didn't know if you would relinquish the song selection power." She laughed.

"Are you really that scared of me?"

"Of course not. I just know how protective you are of musical selections." She said kissing her lightly. Rachel frowned until Quinn kissed her properly.

"I think we'll need a lot of practise for this song though. It's not a natural song choice for either of us. I mean you can sing anything, I'm worried that I won't be able to keep up." Quinn said as they broke away.

"You will be able to, you have a beautiful voice. It's soft and graceful. Unless you plan on us singing heavy rock then I think you'll be just fine. Now what's the song?"


Rachel nodded to Brad who began to play the introduction. Rachel looked at Quinn and they shared a smile together. They blanked out their friends and just focused on each other. Quinn began to sing and the only thing she could see was Rachel.

"Some people laugh, some people cry.

Some people live, some people die.

Some people run, right into the fire.

Some people hide their every desire.

But we are the lovers.

If you don't believe me, then just look into my eyes.

'Cause the heart never lies." Quinn stared deeply into her girlfriend's brown eyes trying to convey everything the lyrics said. She watched as Rachel began to sing the next verse.

"Some people fight, some people fall.

Others pretend they don't care at all.

If you wanna fight I'll stand right beside you.

The day that you fall, I'll be right behind you.

To pick up the pieces.

If you don't believe me, then just look into my eyes.

'Cause the heart never lies." Rachel walked over and linked her hand with Quinn's as they waited for their next cue. She wanted to do nothing more than to kiss her girlfriend right there and then. They heard their bar and began to sing together.

"Another year over, and we're still together.

It's not always easy but I'm here forever.

When you look into my eyes, 'cause the heart never lies." They both sung tightening their grip on each other to prove that they meant the lyric.

"I know you believe me when you look into my eyes.

'Cause the heart never lies.

'Cause the heart never lies.

Because the heart never lies." Once the final notes had finished they immediately hugged each other. Quinn lightly kissed Rachel's cheek. Their friends applauded them and they quickly walked over to their seats and sat back down.

"Great job you two. Why did you pick it?" Mr Schuester asked, resuming his place in front of the piano.

"Everyone knows that Quinn and I have a colourful history..." Rachel stated to mild laughter from their friends. "...but through glee we found each other. That song expresses how we feel about each other."

"Well it definitely worked. Do you have anything to add to why you chose that song Quinn?" Mr Schuester asked. Quinn shifted in her seat and knew if she didn't say something now then she probably never would. Rachel knew how she felt but she felt like she had to convince everyone else that her feelings were true. She stood up and walked over to the piano. She looked into each of the member's eyes and took a deep breath.

"There's a line in there that says 'Some people hide their every desire', I was ready to do that for Rachel. She's the reason I wanted to join glee club in the first place. I heard her sing and it stunned me. People think I joined glee to bring it down, but I loved singing and seeing Rachel do something she loved so much, even from a far, made me realise that instead of tearing it down I should be doing that too. It didn't come across that way, I made Rachel's life miserable and I think we can all testify for that. The song she wrote for Regionals last year really spoke to me. I knew she'd written it in the aftermath of our disagreement and all she really wanted was love, acceptance and friendship. I knew Finn would be the one to give her that, I never dreamed that it would be me she chose in the end.

She looked after me after the accident, despite how rubbish of a friend I'd been to her in the months and well years prior, I saw the Rachel Berry that I saw when she first auditioned for this club. I fell in love with her. I was ready to let her marry Finn if that's what it would have taken for her to be happy; she was worth being unhappy for, then New York happened and the details of which you don't need to know and some won't want to know and that's when everything changed. I'm glad Rachel gave me a chance and saw me as an option, but even if she hadn't, she would have still lived a brilliant, successful and happy life. That's the most important thing to me.

I know most of you thought this relationship was a bit crazy given our colourful past, but no one really knew the true extent of my feelings for Rachel, not even Rachel herself until she asked me the other night, why I joined glee club." She explained. She glanced down at Rachel who was beaming proudly at her girlfriend. Quinn's eyes moved towards Finn who was staring at the floor.

"Finn, I never meant to hurt you. Rachel never meant to hurt you." She began, his eyes flicked up at the mention of his name.

"We don't have an excuse for how our relationship got started, but know that I always put her first, I put her before myself which led her to you and yeah that might not have worked out but can you be an adult to respect her decision and our relationship? Can you do what I did and let her go and find happiness?" She asked never breaking her gaze. Rachel turned in her seat and faced him. He looked from Quinn to Rachel and back to Quinn. Slowly he nodded. Hearing Quinn explain how deep her feelings for Rachel really where made him realise he could never give Rachel what she wants and what she needs. He admitted defeat.

"Thank you." Quinn simply replied and took her seat next to the brunette who kissed her cheek.

"...just a little bit deeper." Rachel whispered but she wasn't sure if the blonde heard her until she placed her hand on her thigh and smiled at the brunette.

"Well Quinn, I'm glad you've really took this lesson onboard and I have to say I'm proud of how far you've come not since the New Directions were formed but since the start of this year. After our dispute in my office I thought that was it, Quinn Fabray was gone. She'd given up but you proved me wrong. I'm proud of you." Mr Schuester said. "I'm proud of every single one of you. I think we should call it a day here, I can sense that some of us have worn ourselves out emotionally."

They all packed away and slowly filled out. Quinn took Rachel's hand and led her out of the door and towards the lockers.

"I'm proud of you, Quinn."

"I'm glad, I always want to make you proud."

"You didn't have to do any of that."

"I wanted them to know how much I care about you."

"What you did with Finn was above and beyond."
"I needed the closure. We needed the closure. I know you're not going to leave me for him and I'm not going to leave you for him but he needed to know that too. I wanted him to try and be the bigger person for once." She sighed as Rachel pressed her against the cool metal. Quinn dipped her head and kissed her.

"That's what I'm talking about." An impish voice stated from somewhere near to them.

"Go away Puckerman." Rachel snarled briefly breaking away from Quinn.

"Come on, let's just go home. We can...study when we get there." Quinn said with a wink. She took the diva's hand and led her towards the door. In just over two weeks they'd be walking out of the school doors for the final time, ready to start their future together. The closure with Finn was their mutual understanding that they truly were in it for the long haul.


Disclaimer: The Heart Never Lies - McFly.