Chapter 21

Quinn's POV:

God, what happened last night? I don't remember a thing. Now, I'm lying on the floor with a blanket thrown over me and I can feel an arm round my waist. Did Puck come over? If he did why would we be on the floor?

I looked over to see whose arm it was. Oh god… this is not good. They had long dark brown hair, and a slight tan on their skin. This was not Puck… this was Rachel. Crap. What happened last night? We didn't… do it did we? I looked down and saw I was completely naked and so was Rachel. Shit.

Rachel started to move, and then her head rose off the floor. She moved her arm from around my waist and rubbed her eyes.
"Oh god. Why is my head pounding?" She moaned grumpily. I have to admit, Berry is cute in the morning. Wait! No! What am I saying? I'm with Puck and I don't like girls like Santana. I closed my eyes, hoping Rachel would think I'm asleep. "Why am I naked?" I heard her ask confused. There was a pause and she spoke again. "Quinn?"

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In Mercedes' bed, Mercedes and Tina were asleep. Fully clothed unlike the girls downstairs. Brittany and Santana were cuddled up in the other bed. Their legs twisted round each other's, lightly snoring. It was the middle of the day and the apartment was quiet. Not for long though, because Santana's phone began to ring.
"What is that noise?" Santana groaned, moving closer into Brittany, if that was even possible.

Brittany mumbled something incoherent and wrapped her arms tighter around Santana. But the phone kept ringing. Santana sighed and moved away from Brittany who whimpered at the loss of contact and curled up into a ball as a response. Santana giggled at her girlfriend's antics before coming back to the realisation that she needs to go all Lima Heights to the person on the phone. Who had rudely interrupted her perfect Sunday morning.

Santana looked at the caller I.D. and nearly dropped her phone in shock. It was Dani.

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Fire reported early this morning at the Starlight Diner. No casualties.

Spencer had woken up before all the other liars and turned on the TV. The mid-day headlines were on the news and the fire was the main one. The same picture the liars had received last showed up on the screen and Spencer nearly spat out the mouthful of bread she had just taken a bite of. Holy Shit – she thought. Thank god Rachel, Santana and Kurt weren't working. Wait, were they supposed to? Oh no, they were meant to but had taken the night off. That's what Rachel had told her. This could have been A. No, why would A try to kill her cousin?

"Morning Spence." Aria and Hanna greeted her and sat down beside her. Spencer just nodded in acknowledgement of their presence.
"Why are you so quiet?" Aria giggled, nudging Spencer in the arm lightly.
"The text… from last night…" Spencer began, trying to find the words to tell them about the fire.
"Yeah, we agreed A was just trying to scare us." Hanna stated.
"Well, the diner in the picture. There was a huge fire there last night. When Rachel, Kurt and Santana were supposed to be working." Aria and Hanna didn't say anything.
"So A… this was A?" Aria asked stunned.
"It looks like it."
"Why would A want to blow up your cousin though Spence?" Hanna asked confused.
"I don't know. Maybe because we left Rosewood to see them." Spencer suggested.
"But they said if we left Rosewood Ali would be dead. Not your cousin and her friends." Hanna said.
"Maybe the stakes have changed." Aria said.

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"I'm going to go see Spencer. Do you guys want to come?" Toby asked Ezra and Caleb. They had woken up in a park with the other guys. How they got there they don't remember but they decided to grab a coffee. Leaving a note for the three still asleep they walked round the corner to find a coffee shop.
"Yeah, Hanna hasn't texted me and I'm worried." Caleb nodded. They looked at Ezra who nodded over the brim of his coffee cup.
"Let's go then." They left the shop and got in a cab to take them to Rachel's apartment.

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"Quinn?"

Quinn knew she couldn't pretend to be asleep forever. She knew they would have to talk about why they are laying naked next to each other on the floor. She knew that they would need to have a conversation about what this meant. She knew she had to wake up and face Rachel.
"Quinn?" Rachel asked again. Quinn slowly and reluctantly opened her eyes and looked towards the diva who was lying on her side facing Quinn.
"Morning Rach." Quinn casually.
"Err… why am I… I mean we. Why are we naked?" Rachel stuttered.
"Honestly?" Quinn asked, and Rachel nodded. "I don't know and I don't remember." Quinn turned back to face the ceiling and sighed.
"So… I you don't remember me telling you anything…" Quinn knotted her eyebrows in confusion but didn't look at Rachel.
"Like what?" Rachel was silent for a moment before she cleared her throat and started to talk.
"About… how I… err… how I feel… about… you…" Rachel mumbled her answer – barely audible - , but Quinn just about caught what she said.
"You… err… feelings… what?" Quinn said random words, confused with what Rachel was saying. She looked at Rachel who had a hopeful glint in her eyes. "You like me…like – like me, like me…"

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Santana picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.
"Dani…"
"Hey Santana."
"Hi Dani."
"How are you?"
"I'm… okay I guess. Why are you calling me?"
"You sure? And I was just calling to say. Don't worry about coming to work for the next couple of weeks."
"I'm sure. And why not?"
"Didn't you see the news?"
"No, I just woke up."
"Oh, well, the diner was set on fire. They are saying it was an accident. But the note I found when I went to open this morning says differently."
"What do you mean? What note? What did it say?"
"I would rather show you in person. Can we meet?" Santana went silent. Her now ex-girlfriend had called her up to tell her she basically hasn't got a job for the next month and now she wants to meet.
"Santana?" Dani's voice broke Santana out of her thoughts.
"Err… sure. Meet at the Starbucks round the corner from the diner?"
"Sounds good. Can't wait to see you Santana."
"See you later Dani." With that Santana hung up the phone.

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"Oh look, it's the love birds." Hanna said teasingly to Emily and Alison as they came walking into the living room. Alison was wearing Emily's oversized jumper she usually wears for bed and Emily was wearing a tank top and shorts.
"How did you too sleep?" Spencer asked raising her eye brow and smirking.
"Just fine thanks Spence." Alison winked at Emily causing her to giggle.

"So I heard what you said Spence." Alison spoke up while she was being pulled onto Emily's lap by Emily as she sat down. Spencer looked confused with what Alison said. "About the diner." Alison clarified.
"Oohhh… yeah. What do you think?" Spencer asked.
"I think what Aria said is true. A has changed the game."
"You know, these stupid rule changes are confusing me." Hanna said shaking her head. The girls all let out a half-hearted laugh before the room fell into silence.

"Well, I think we should watch a movie to lift the mood." Aria broke the silence.
"Please, not another musical." Alison said.
"I will have a look at Santana's DVDs. She probably had better ones." Aria went over to Santana's DVD cupboard and scanned over the titles. "I haven't seen this one. 'Two girls, one cat'."
"Neither have I." Spencer said.
"It sounds like some crime mystery film. We should watch it." Hanna said. So aria placed the disc in the player.

The film started and all the girls' eyes widened. This was not a crime mystery movie, this was a sex tape.