I'm sorry for any errors you'll probably find.
They had it down to a science.
Quinn and Santana had spent nearly 3 months running the same routine.
The blonde would start her day with a quick shower (after being awoken by The Killers) and then she would change into her cheerio uniform (No, it was not because she was reverting to her old ways, it was just the easiest outfit.)
She would make her way down the stairs to see her mother still in the middle of preparing breakfast and she would help her with it. They would then proceed to have a quick breakfast together, share small talk, then would leave her mother with a parting kiss on the cheek and a promise to invite Santana and Brittany over for dinner some time.
Quinn would pick up her best friend then allow the Latina to stuff her breakfast down her throat. Quinn would apply her makeup as her friend drove to the market to get Brittany's flowers (They would also buy Puck some frozen TV dinners for his family (they had started doing it when they found out Puck never made it in time to buys his mothers favorite, by the time he was out of Glee, they would be sold out)). They would pick up the bubbly blonde (Santana would beg for forgiveness) and Brittany would be told the basics on the way to school.
Santana would then phone Mr. Wright (Husband and father of the woman and child from the burning house) and would call him to let him know that there was emergency at home and he needed to turn his car around and get to his wife. This had taken them some trial runs to make sure they would get it just right. Quinn and Santana would be parked just outside the house in case he didn't show up. He always did though. And he would get there in time to find his wife in the middle of a seizure and then would take her and his child to the hospital (after turning off the stove) to get his wife checked out.
Quinn and Santana really did have it down to a science because they discovered a way to proceed through their day where everything ran smoothly.
Upon arriving at school Brittany is sent out to run interference with Rachel. The blonde would make sure Rachel did not have time to take her canned goods to Miss pillsberry (Forcing her to wait until break where Quinn would help her).
Then Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez would proceed with their routine.
They walked down the hallways with a synchronicity that would have Roz Washington's upper lip quiver with envy.
Lola dropped her binder? Santana was already helping the girl gather her papers.
Ben was going to slam his locker door on his fingers? Quinn would stick out her hand and catch the door before any damage could be done.
Right after break Quinn would charm Rachel by helping her take the goods to Miss Pillsberry's office. They would have a quick chat. Quinn always manages to get a blush out of Rachel with a compliment. Then they would ditch Third period, find buddy walking around, and take him to Brittany's house.
Curious thing about Buddy is that every day it seemed like he was less and less cautious about approaching the girls. Until one day, he wasn't timid with them at all. Quite the contrary, actually, he ran straight to them, excitedly jumping into Quinn's car and licking each of their faces.
Santana wondered if they somehow infected the dog with their 'Groundhog Disease'. Brittany was quick to negate her hypothesis, easily stating that dogs had a sort of a sixth sense. She said that is why dogs can sense earthquakes before they happened.
They had discovered that Buddy came from a not so great home with abusive owners. So Brittany always volunteered to take him to her backyard for the mean time.
Quinn had just been glad to save buddy from awful owners. She felt like he was kindred spirit. She knew how that went.
They would then go back to school for 4th period (So Quinn could sit next to Rachel during class) (and also because Santana said if she didn't get at least one hour to get her mack on with her girlfriend, she would lose her shit). So as soon as fourth period was over Santana and Brittany would emerge from a supply closet or bathroom or locker room or car and they would help Quinn with Rachel and Sam's slushie attack.
They would then proceed through their day, find kinks they could work out, then Rachel would come over for dinner, Santana and Brittany had joined a couple of times (though mostly those two would go off on their own) and then they would start their days over.
Don't get them wrong, they did have time to learn new things. Santana was actually getting really good at learning french (she claimed being bilingual was not enough) and Quinn was getting pretty good at the Piano.
It's on this particular day, that everything changes. In truth, nothing actually changes because the girls continue through their usual routine, but this time, this time someone takes notice.
It all starts when Quinn walks into McKinley. and she grabs at Josh Campbell's elbows before he can take a fall.
"You ok?" Quinn asks the boy automatically, a sweet, genuine smile on her face. To say the boy looks surprised is an understatement. Actually the boy looks startled. Which in truth, makes sense. When Quinn started her whole adventure she had no idea who Josh Campbell was. Back then, in her eyes, he was just a freshman.
"Y-yeah." The boy stutters, clutching his books to his chest. Probably thinking Quinn was going to knock them out of his arms.
"Good. Bye Josh." The boys eyes nearly pop out of his head.
Santana hands Lola's papers back and gives her a stern look.
"Watch where you're going." Santana is still working on the whole polite thing. Though at least the girl is being nice, while still being true to who she actually is.
The girls meet at their lockers (after Quinn stops the slamming of a locker on Ben's fingers).
Puckerman doesn't even have a chance to make a comment on their asses before Quinn is reaching into Santana's backpack and pulling out TV dinners.
"Here." Quinn shoves the dinners in his arms, she still finds it irritating that he is constantly looking at her ass. Or Santana's ass. Or...deep breath Quinn... Rachel's ass.
"What-" But before he can ask what the dinners are for, his phone rings. Quinn turns to her locker, only to see Brittany placing a kiss to Santana's cheek (Who turns bright red and looks around to make sure no one saw).
"Brittany." Quinn looks over at her best friends. This is not a part of the plan. Brittany usually never deviates.
"Where's Rach-" She snaps her jaw shut when she realizes Rachel is right behind Brittany. She watches everything curiously.
"I'm right here." The girl pipes in, narrowing her eyes at Quinn. "How are you doing that?"
"Yeah! Are you like psychic?" Puck has apparently finished his phone call with his mother and is now extremely curious as to how Quinn knew that's what the phone call was about.
See? This is why they don't deviate from the plan. If Brittany had just continued on to her first period with Rachel without stopping to talk to Santana, the girls would have already parted ways and continued to their first period classes. but now-
"Do what?" Quinn asks, feigning confusion.
"You know exactly what." Rachel stares Quinn down, not backing off. Apparently Rachel woke up today with a fiery attitude.
"And Santana!" Puck points at the girl in an accusing manner. The Latina slaps his hand away. Apparently Rachel hadn't been the only one to take notice to Quinn and Santana's good deeds.
"I have no idea-" But before Santana can finish her sentence with some sort of snarky retort, Brittany whispers into her ear, and suddenly the girl doesn't look defensive.
"I gotta go." Santana tells them, she tugs on Brittany's hand and drags her, not even bothering to hide the fact that they went straight for the Janitors closet.
Puck has a smug look on his face, one that is wiped off when Rachel smacks him on the back of the head.
"Ow!" He complains. Quinn uses this opportunity to escape. Puck and Rachel bicker like an old married couple.
And she nearly makes it too.
"Quinn!" Rachel calls out shrilly. Apparently The small brunette is not done with her interrogation. Quinn ignores the butterflies that she STILL gets from Rachel at the mere call of her name.
Rachel is hot on her heels, but luckily, she knows what comes next.
RING!
"Sorry Rachel. Got to get to class. Unless you want to be late?" Quinn knows it's a low blow. She know how uptight Rachel is about missing or even being late to class.
"Quinn." Rachel nearly growls. She's biting her lip, tapping her foot impatiently. She resembles a cartoon, glancing between the direction of her classroom and Quinn. Puck is just beyond Rachel's shoulder. Quinn has noticed that the boy always hovers over Rachel protectively. Sometimes it's annoying, but right now it's helping.
"C'mon Rach. We're gonna be late." Puck calls out for his friend.
"Just because you were saved by the bell, doesn't mean I don't want to know."
"Wouldn't dream of dropping it." Quinn lets her know with a forced smile.
Rachel frowns and deliberates for only a moment longer before she turns on her heel and joins Puck to retreat to their class.
Quinn heaves a sigh watching Rachel retreat.
Rachel hasn't been this feisty or interested in what Quinn is doing for a couple of weeks (though to be fair, Quinn hasn't been paying as much attention to Rachel as she would like). Part of Quinn is beaming with excitement, the other part thinks this could be trouble.
When the bell rings for break, Quinn is already heading to Rachel's car to help her. Quinn knows it's not her best idea, but despite the fact that this will only bring on a new onslaught of questions from Rachel, she wants to help Rachel. Even if it will only cause her problems.
"How did I know you would be here?" A voice calls out. Quinn pushes off Rachel's car and turns to said girl.
"You have a keen sense for detecting blonde cheerleaders?" Quinn guesses , trying to joke playfully with Rachel. The diva doesn't look all that amused.
"Do you mind?" Rachel asks, gesturing to the trunk of her car. She maneuvers around Quinn.
"Yeah, sure." Quinn agrees uneasily. Rachel pops the trunk open and reaches in for the box of canned foods.
"Can I help you with that?:" Quinn asks as Rachel struggles with removing the box. Quinn doesn't wait for a response.
"What's going on with you?" Rachel asks, slightly bewildered.
"What do you mean?" Quinn asks, she's only slightly playing dumb. Is it really so bad and so different that she is acting kind towards others?
"Please don't do that." Rachel sighs, following Quinn towards the school.
"Do what?" Quinn asks. "Is it so bad that I'm trying to help people out?"
"Stop that." Rachel groans. "You know that's not what I mean. I think it's great. Admittedly, a little strange, but I think it's wonderful."
Quinn feels like she's had this conversation a million times . Well technically it hasn't been a million, but yeah, this isn't her first time having this conversation.
"It's ok, I get it." Quinn smiles. "Just trying a new thing."
"Well I like it." Rachel admits. "But..." She strolls of. Quinn chuckles.
"You still want answers?" Quinn guesses. Rachel nods her head, opening the front door to William McKinley for Quinn. The blonde smiles at the gesture.
"I mean, you have to understand why I'm curious, right? You just waltzed right into school and it's like you were a magnet, saving people from trouble.. It was like watching a super hero." Rachel tells her.
"A lame one." Quinn mumbles. "Wait, you were watching me?" Quinn teases the girl. By now she knows that Rachel sometimes keeps an out on Quinn. The teasing pays off when Rachel blushes a dark shade of red.
"I mean, how could I not notice you? I think everyone did." Rachel mumbles. Quinn finds Rachel's lack of her usual verbose nature amusing. She's always thought that whenever Rachel is embarrassed she looks more adorable than usual.
"Sure... it is." Quinn teases further.
"Stop it." Rachel complains, bumping shoulders with Quinn. Quinn grips onto the box a bit tighter, almost dropping it in the process.
"Oh sorry." Rachel apologize, gripping onto Quinn's forearm.
"It's fine." Quinn tells her as they reach Miss Pillsberry's office. "Let's get this food to Miss Pillsberry. Wouldn't want to keep this food all to yourself. That would be selfish."
Rachel narrows her eyes at Quinn.
"You're doing it again." Rachel tells her. Quinn gives her a wink before setting the box down next to the guidance counselors door.
"Wait, where are you going?" Rachel asks when Quinn takes a few steps back. Just behind Quinn, Santana and Brittany are approaching, ready to leave campus until lunch.
"I have some errands to run." Quinn explains, already backing away with a playful smile.
"During school?" Rachel asks skeptically.
"C'mon Q. We've got a schedule to maintain." Santana taps the invisible watch on her wrist. Quinn rolls her eyes and smiles apologetically at Rachel.
"Yeah, during school."
"What are these errands exactly?" Rachel asks, slowly following Quinn. The bell rings, signaling the start of third period. Quinn winces and shrugs, it's time for her to go. Her short time with Rachel is up.
"If you want to find out. Join us." Quinn tells her. She isn't quite sure why she suggests this, she knows Rachel won't take the bait.
Rachel bites her lip, looking around the hallway that is becoming void of students.
"I'll catch up with you later!" Quinn calls out over her shoulder to Rachel. She's headed towards her friends when she feels someone grasp onto her hand.
"Wait." It's Rachel. "I'm coming with you."
First off, I'm sorry for the wait on this, life has been extremely crazy.
Second, I'd like to thank you all for your support. SalGersGirl- all the love was awesome. Being called a mistress was a new one, but totally awesome. Haha.
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