Hey =) It's here, finally! Many apologies! Lots of drama happened in my life. But I hope you enjoy it. It has been a while so I thought I'd give you a little gift =P.

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So thanks to: jupitersthunder, Rioshix, rosswellmorgana, DeanCastielSam, ApplesAreAwesome and Amberpetriece.

A large crash, followed by a cough, announced the arrival of Ginny, Harry, Ron and Katie. Jean Granger jogged from the kitchen into the living room. Beaming as she received her guests. It had surprised her the first time but now she didn't even flinch when several people emerged from her fireplace.

'Oh hello!' She welcomed the group, her arms flung open as she ran in for a hug, a towel slung over her shoulder. Ginny was the first to step into the embrace.

'Oh it's so lovely to see you, you look amazing!' She gushed, looking at Ginny's dress.

'It's amazing to see you too! Sorry we're late but I had to change. Apparently when I tell Harry that the fireplace needs cleaning and he replies, sure I'll do it tomorrow, it does not mean that he will clean the fireplace. Meaning as I step into it and floo to Ron's house I get my brand new white trousers covered in soot.' She shot a glare over at Harry who only offered an apologetic smile.

Hermione burst into the room after hearing a commotion downstairs. She stopped and beamed at her friends, happy they were finally visiting her in America.

'You're here! It's amazing to see you all. Welcome to America.' She announced, outstretching her arms and plastering a goofy smile on her face, causing the croup to chuckle and run forwards for a group hug. However, Katie stood near the fire place, watching the scene awkwardly. She knew the group but felt wrong interrupting their moment. Hermione noticed this and looked up from the hug with a confused expression, tilting her head and waving her hand for her to approach.

'Come on! Group hug.' She laughed as Katie approached the group hesitantly before Ginny engulfed her, drawing her right into the centre. At this Ron shot Hermione a grateful smile, silently thanking her. Hermione just smiled back at Ron and ruffled his hair in fondness.

'Oh, I've missed you guys so much! However, you're late. So we have to set off now as we're due to meet in 20 minutes. So, as the American's say, let's hustle!' Hermione giggled.

She was met by a sudden silence and four very amused looks, Ginny slowly shaking her head.

'Oh shut up, do you want a lift or not?' She huffed, grabbing her car keys and storming out into the hall in search of her coat. As soon as she left the room the four remaining teenagers erupted into laughter at the goofiness of their friend. Composing himself Ron called after Hermione,

'Oh come on Hermione! We're sorry! We love you really.'

'Do shut up Ronald,' Came the reply from the hallway, causing the laughter to increase as they went in search of the other girl.

'Fabray, stop fidgeting and looking at your damn watch. Calm the hell down. You literally have like zero game right now.' Santana yelled, rolling her eyes.

'She's right Quinn, you should calm down. She'll be here in a second. She's never late, she hates that.' Brittany replied happily, resting her hand on Quinn's arm.

Quinn's eyes narrowed at Brittany's little insight into Hermione. The fact that Brittany knew more about Hermione than she did struck a chord with her. She knew they were old friends but Hermione was hers, right? She felt an uncomfortable tightening in her stomach and her pulse began to race with anger. A look of confusion filled her face at the feeling, wondering what the hell was going on. It wasn't until she looked at Santana, her jaw set and her eyes blazing that she recognised the feeling in the pit of her stomach. She would bet it was the same one that Santana was feeling, thinking about Brittany and Quinn. It was jealously.

She was brought out of her jealousy by a large squeal followed by a gust of wind as Brittany ran past her.

'AHH! Hey!' Brittany yelled as she ran full pace at Hermione and Ginny, engulfing them into a giant hug causing both girls to laugh at their friend.

'Brittany,' Ginny exclaimed, 'it's amazing to see you! How are you doing these days?'

'I'm super, thanks, how are you guys? It's been ages!' She glanced around the group and offered a friendly wave, causing them all to smile and wave awkwardly back with a chorus of 'Heys' and 'Fine thanks'.

Suddenly remembering her other friends, who were now stood a few yards away, watching the intimate re-union with a hint of jealousy clouding their eyes.

'Come over here guys don't just stand there like an elf that's lost his hat!' Brittany waved the other two, beckoning them over. 'Guys these are my best friends Quinn and Santana.'

Quinn walked over towards the group, smiling at Hermione. Hermione walked up to her and met her half way.

'Good evening Quinn, it's great to see you.' She smiled warmly at the girl and held out her arms for a hug. Quinn looked at the outstretched arms and grinned shyly, shuffling forward and accepting the embrace.

As Hermione's arms closed around her, her skin felt like it was on fire. Hermione's hands brushed her exposed skin as she wrapped her hands behind Quinn's neck, Quinn's hands falling naturally to Hermione's waist. Quinn breathed in the scent that she had grown used to, and let out a low hum. In the back of her mind a voice questioned the acceptable length of time for a friend hug, but the hum she received in response from Hermione drowned the voice out completely.

'It's great to see you too. You look great by the way.' She husked into the girls ear, causing her to giggle. Quinn chuckled along with Hermione. Opening her eyes she caught Santana stood smirking at her. With a start she realised that she was still holding Hermione and quickly stood back, blushing slightly and averting her eyes.

'Yes well, I am slightly more prepared to see you this time.' Joked Hermione, sensing Quinn's abrupt change in mood, trying to drag her back into the conversation. This seemed to gain Quinn's attention as she let out a soft chuckle.

'Meh, I don't know. You looked rather cute singing to Britney.' Quinn teased, lightly pushing Hermione's arm.

'Oh, shut up!' Hermione cheeks sported a rather adorable looking blush as she recalled her last meeting with Quinn

'I'm being serious! You were pretty good, you have a nice voice. You should join us in glee.'

'Ooh, what's this about Hermione and glee?' Brittany bounded over to the pair, catching the end of the sentence.

'Oh, hey Britt, well I happened to hear Hermione sing the other day. She has quite the voice on her.'

'Ooh! You should join glee club, it'd be fun!'

Ginny, Ron, Harry and Katie looked at each other in confusion as they joined the conversation. It was Ginny who spoke first.

'What on earth is glee club?' Hermione chuckled at her friend's confusion, remembering her own very similar confusion from a few days ago.

'Gin, it's like a choir, but they do modern songs and things from musicals.'

'Oh... Fair enough.'

'You guys, lane's up. Let's get our bowling on!' Santana yelled at the group, holding up her bowling shoes with a look of disgust, much to the amusement of the rest of the group.

Hermione sat on the bench after getting her bowling shoes in order to put her shoes on. She felt the bench dip as Ginny slid up next to her, a smirk on her face.

'She's cute. I like her.' Ginny whispered in Hermione's ear, causing her to blush and roll hey eyes.

'Shut up!'

'Oh come on! I don't want to jump the gun but she likes you. It's the most obvious thing in the world. She's about as subtle as Ron.'

Hermione made a face at the comparison before thinking about Ginny's words.

'You... You really think she likes me?'

'I'm positive.'

Hermione's smile grew as she began to tie her laces, mulling over the new information. She longed for it to be true; they'd been texting all week, learning all about each other and she had to say that Quinn was... She was amazing. She was funny, she was kind. She was spectacular. And the thought of Quinn liking her made her pulse race.

'Come on Hermione, Ginny! We're about to start!' Brittany's voice pulled Hermione from her daydream. Quickly standing up Ginny grabbed Hermione's hand and they ran over to the lane, giggling with each other.

'And that is how we do it in Lima Heights Adjacent!' A large shriek pulled Hermione from her conversation with Ron, causing her to look up in confusion. Both, Quinn, Ginny and Brittany appeared to be clapping and laughing, whilst Santana stood at the top of the lane, pointing at the rest of the group. Glancing at the lane behind Santana, Hermione soon realised that Santana had got a strike, explaining the sudden gloating all of a sudden. As Santana made her way to sit down Harry looked up in confusion.

'Where's Lima Heights Adjacent.'

'It's on the wrong side of the tracks specks. Things go down there.' Santana stated, folding her arms across her chest whilst perfecting her HBIC Head shake. Harry seemed amused at his nickname and smiled.

'Things? What kind of things?'

'Cosas malas my friend.'

Quinn rolled her eyes and stood up, grabbing a bowling ball.

'You're such a dork S.' She teased, causing the Latina to make a scowl at her, before breaking into a smile and sitting down on the benches along with Ginny, Hermione, Katie and Brittany, slipping into their conversation.

Quinn stood up to bowl, carefully selecting her ball and slipping her fingers into it. With a look of determination she walked up to the lane, closing her eyes in concentration before taking in a calming breath. She swung her arm back and threw the ball as hard as she could, watching in wonder as it headed for the centre of the pins. As all of the pins toppled down she turned around with a satisfied smirk. Raising her eyebrow questioningly at Santana, waiting for her rapturous applause.

However, she received none. All she received was a thumbs up from Harry and a nod from Ron. She huffed and focused her attention on the girls, walking toward them and sitting down on the bench across from them, next to Hermione.

'Hey! I'll have you know that I just got a strike, where is my applause?' Santana stopped speaking for a minute to look at Quinn, before looking back down and resumed talking.

'So me and B then run off in search of Q and we look everywhere, we then round this corner...'

'S, what the hell? No! No stories.' Quinn's eyes were wide by this point, her hands flailing wildly in front of her in attempt to get Santana to shut up.

'Shut up Q. I'm not done. So we round this corner, as there she is. Passed out on the floor, wrapped in toilet paper, covered from head to toe in whipped cream. She was completely smashed.' A chorus of laughter erupted at the story, causing Quinn to groan and hide her head in her hands.

'It's not even done. So we take her to my house, because we're the greatest friends ever, and we try and clean her up. After de-papering her we find that the only thing she is wearing is this wonder woman outfit. I shit you not! And she has the word pussy written, in permanent marker written all over her face and arms. Here's the kicker. She had a meeting with the head of school and the board of governors the next day to talk about how good a student she was. I swear I nearly pissed myself laughing.' Santana burst into laughter as she finished her story, hiding her head in Brittany's shoulder that was in turn leaning on Ginny for support.

Harry and Ron were laughing along, sat next to Hermione, as they sent Quinn an impressed nod.

'Nice one Quinn, that's bad ass!' Ron chuckled.

Hermione began to laugh, causing Quinn's heart to flutter. As red as she was, and as embarrassing as the story was, she was ok with it if it made Hermione laugh. She'd never heard the girl properly laugh. She'd heard her giggle before, and that was cute. But this laugh. It was loud and it was dorky. It was perfect. It caused Quinn to smile and the embarrassment to ease slightly. When Hermione then put her arm around Quinn's and patted her on the shoulder, Quinn really couldn't care less about the drunken tales that Santana was dishing out.

'Wow Quinn, very nice. Wonder woman. Really?' Hermione giggled lightly in Quinn's ear, causing the girl to shiver.

'I have no idea... I was very, very drunk.'

'Ahh. I'm sorry but that was hilarious.' Quinn rolled her eyes and lightly pushed the other girl, earning yet another giggle from the brunette.

'S I'm gonna kill you later, you do know that.'

'Totally worth it.' Santana smirked, sending a wink at Quinn as she noticed the way she was leaning into Hermione. Quinn just shrugged in response, utterly happy with her position at the minute.

A similar thing was going on with Hermione, as Ginny looked between her and Quinn, sending a smirk the brunette's way, causing Hermione to blush and bury her head in Quinn's shoulder. She briefly heard a giggle from Ginny but was too lost in Quinn to realise. There was that smell again, it was intoxicating. She could just stay here for hours, but that would be weird. That's not what friends did.

After a moment's thought she raised her head to look at Quinn.

'Oh, well done on the strike by the way. Anyone would think you were from Lima Heights; I've been told that's how it's done over there.' Hermione joked, causing Quinn to smirk.

'Well thank you; at least somebody appreciated my awesome. Ooh, you're up.' Quinn noticed pointing to Hermione's name, which was now lighting up on the screen.

Hermione looked in confusion at the bowling balls for a second, completely lost. She had no idea what all of these colours meant. Stupid muggles and their organising systems. Surely it would only work to colour co-ordinate if there was a key available? She sighed and reached for a blue ball, shrugging her shoulders, before a gently hand around her wrist stopped her.

'Well you could go for that one, however, I doubt you would be able to lift it, never mind bowl it.' Quinn teased, quirking her eyebrow at the brunette. 'I saw you were struggling and thought I'd come and help.

'Yes well, I don't know which ball is which if I'm completely honest. Erm... The colours are different over in England.' Hermione lied, covering up for her lack of muggle knowledge.

'Ahh, well if I were you I would go for this one.' Quinn pointed at the pink bowling ball, before lifting it and offering it to Hermione who accepted it with smile and a soft 'thank you'. Hermione shuffled up to the lane before swinging the ball back and releasing it.

The entire group tried desperately to muffle their laughter as Hermione's ball travelled at the speed of a snail, towards the gutter. With a large clunk it landed and carried on its slow journey down the side of the lane. Their laughter escaped however, as Hermione spun and they saw the look of frustration on her face. She was Hermione Granger for heaven's sakes. She was good at everything... Well, nearly.

'Shush, I'm just a little rough!' Hermione protested, sitting in-between Quinn and Ginny, who had now moved to be next to Harry. The laughter only increased at Hermione's pout, causing her to toll her eyes. A gentle hand landed on her shoulder and gave her a re-assuring pat. She smiled up at Quinn, who was now grinning fondly at Hermione.

'Aww Hermione, maybe bowling just isn't your thing.'

'Right! So in first place is Santana Lopez, with an impressive 270 points.' Ginny announced, pointing at Santana and doing her jazz hands. Santana responded with a twirl, laughing as she did before Brittany pulled her into a large hug.

'And last but not least, with a respectable 70, is Hermione Granger.' Hermione curtseyed, much to the group's amusement.

Harry and Ron cheered as they re-joined the group and heard the scores, handing out the drinks.

'Congrats Hermione.' Ron joke, placing a diet coke in front of her and winking, causing Hermione to jab him in the arm with her finger before he re-joined Katie. Quinn watched the exchange, a feeling of jealousy running through her veins.

'So how do all of you guys know each other?' Santana spoke up, noticing Quinn tense up.

'Ahh,' Hermione started,' Well, we all go to school together. Me, Harry and Ron and in the same year, Ginny is the year younger and Katie the year older. Ginny is also Ron's sister, if you hadn't already guessed.'

'So your sister is dating your best friend, isn't that like super weird?' Quinn asked, turning to Ron.

'Nah, not really. I mean I love him and I love her, so I'm cool with it. It's not awkward or anything if that's what you mean. We're too good friends I guess. Like it's not awkward with me and Hermione, or with Katie.'

'You and Hermione? What?' Quinn question, her interested piqued as she looked at Hermione in confusion. Hermione grinned sheepishly, beginning to blush.

'Well Ron and I used to date, for a time, but obviously we've broken up now.'

'Wow, tightly knit group.' Santana added, with a wink, causing Quinn to glare at her.

'They're all super close, I think it's sweet. In glee if somebody breaks up there's so much drama.' Brittany added smiling at Hermione. 'It's cool how you too get along. Like you and Luna, you're still cool.' Brittany shrugged, taking a sip of her drink.

'Luna? Your cousin Luna?' Santana questioned, slightly shocked as Brittany nodded.

Quinn's eyes widened at the new information, a smile tugging at her lips. Hermione and Luna used to date. Hermione used to date a girl. A girl. It was safe to assume that she wasn't freaked out by that then. So now that this obstacle was out of the way, maybe... Just maybe her chances had increased slightly. Her smile only grew as she saw Hermione, beet red, trying to hide behind her drink and failing miserably.

'Ok!' Ginny yelled, sensing her friend's discomfort. 'Who wants to hear an embarrassing Harry story?'

'Well thank you for a lovely time, it was great to meet you two, and to see you again Britt.' Ginny beamed, leaning into each girl in turn for a hug. 'We should do this again.'

The group nodded in agreement before exchanging hugs with one another, putting their coats on and readying themselves to leave.

Hermione turned to Quinn and leaned in for a hug, her hands once again falling around Quinn's neck. Quinn's eyes fluttered shut as she pulled Hermione closer, resting her head in the crook of Hermione's neck.

'I had a great night, thank you for coming.' Hermione whispered in Quinn's ear, smiling as she did so. As she leaned in her lips caught the edge of Quinn's ear, sending a shiver down the girl's spine, something that was not un-noticed by Hermione who smirked.

'I had an amazing time, thanks for inviting me.' Quinn murmured, into Hermione's shoulder, tightening her grasp on the girl for a second before reluctantly letting go.

Hermione turned and motioned for her group to follow her to the car park in order to drive them back. As she walked towards the door, Ginny fell into step next to her, nudging her with her elbow.

'Now, try and tell me that she doesn't like you.' She whispered in Hermione's ear, causing the brunette to blush.

She thought back to the night. The exchanged glances, the playful nudges, the hugs. Something in her mind, the same thing that was tugging on her heart told Hermione that maybe, just maybe, Ginny was right. Maybe Quinn Fabray liked her.

Santana and Brittany walked on either side of Quinn, exchanging glances behind her back, grinning at each other. The whispers and glances were beginning to annoy Quinn who rolled her eyes.

'Go on, spit it out.'

'Oh, nothing Q, we were just commenting on what a cute couple you and Hermione make.' Santana quipped, nudging Quinn.

'Oh... Shut up S.' Quinn's sarcasm lost its edge as her face broke out into a smile...

'Goodnight Mum, Dad.' Hermione kissed each parent on the cheek as she stood up to go to bed; she'd just got in five minutes ago and she was insanely tired. The rest of the group had just flooed back so she was free to sleep. As she climbed the steps her mind wandered back to the evening she just spent out with her friends. It had been amazing, for many reasons.

Firstly, she was ecstatic that her friends liked Quinn and vice versa. It was great for all of her friends to come together and it was much easier if they liked one another. As well as this, she liked that they approved of Quinn...

Secondly, and mainly, there was Quinn. She quickly changed into a pair of shorts and a baggy t-shirt before flopping down onto the bed. Tonight with Quinn was amazing. The hugging. Oh God the hugging. She felt her legs begin to melt just at the memory of it. Quinn was so soft and so warm and so perfect and just so... Wow.

Ginny's comment at the end of the night had really made her smile. The knowledge that Quinn Fabray could possibly like her was mind blowing. She missed the girl already. She knew she was pathetic to miss a 'friend' so much, after she'd only known her for 6 days, but she doesn't care. All she knew is that she loved being with the girl. She loved speaking to her; it was so easy. It was so easy to be her around the girl.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a quiet knock at the door. Hermione sat up, a confused expression on her face before yelling for the other person to come in. As the door opened her breath caught in her throat.

Quinn opened Hermione's bedroom door and hesitantly stepped inside with a small wave.

'Hey Hermione...'

'Hello Quinn. What can I do for you?' Hermione's confused expression only served to make her look more adorable, sat in her baggy t-shirt, her hair all mussed up. Hermione stood up and tilted her head to the side in confusion.

'I just... Tonight.'

'Yes?' Quinn closed her eyes for a moment, taking in a calming breath.

'God Hermione, I just...' Quinn abandoned her sentence, opting instead to stride across the room to Hermione.

Tenderly she laid her hand on Hermione's cheek, her thumb lightly stroking the flesh there before pulling her in, their lips meeting softly.