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"Quinn?" Rachel was standing in the middle of the room, looking surprised to see her girlfriend.
Quinn was so relieved that Rachel was alone in that basement that her eyes started to fill with tears. "Oh, Rach, I'm s-so glad you are okay!"
"What happened?" Rachel asked, concerned.
"I... I was so worried that something had happened to you." Quinn confessed, trying to dry her tears.
"Oh, Quinn." Rachel gave her a small smile. "You didn't have to worry about me."
"I'm s-sorry." Quinn apologized, taking a step towards Rachel.
Rachel took a step back.
Quinn looked at her, mortified. "A-are you scared of me?"
Rachel bit her lower lip. "I... C-could you just come near me slowly, please?"
Quinn was still surprised, but she nodded. "Okay, I'm going to take a step now."
"Okay." Rachel agreed.
Step by step, Quinn approached her girlfriend, who was watching every step taken by Quinn.
When they were close enough to talk normally, Quinn stopped. "Is this distance okay?"
"Yes. Thank you." Rachel smiled sadly.
They stood there in silence, just looking at each other for a few seconds.
"Why did you come here?" Quinn asked.
"I... I just wanted to try to get rid of this horrible feeling that I felt every time I thought about this place." Rachel confessed. "I'm happy that you are here. You can help me."
"I'll do anything." Quinn replied.
Looking into Quinn's eyes, Rachel slowly approached her girlfriend. Quinn stayed still while Rachel touched her arm and while she got close enough for them to kiss. She waited until Rachel finally kissed her.
Then Quinn moved her arms to hold Rachel, but the girl stopped her. "P-please, Quinn. Just please, don't do anything."
Quinn nodded and gave Rachel time to relax again. "I won't do anything." She assured.
Rachel caressed her girlfriend's face. "Can we just stay here for a while?"
"Of course." Quinn answered.
Rachel smiled and looked around. She walked to the wall and touched it. Quinn just observed Rachel for a few minutes until she knew what she had to do.
"I'll come near you now, okay?" Quinn asked.
"Q-quinn, I-" Rachel was insecure.
"I know." Quinn interrupted her.
Slowly, she approached Rachel. When she finally reached her, she was very careful when she lifted her hand to touch her.
Gently, she put her arms around Rachel and hugged her. After a few seconds, Rachel hugged her back.
"I won't do anything." Quinn whispered in Rachel's ear. "I'll show you I'll never ever do anything you don't want, even if I really desire you. I'll show you I'm capable of waiting for you forever."
Rachel hugged Quinn stronger.
Quinn felt Rachel's heartbeat getting slower and her breathing becoming more even. She smiled. Rachel was calming down.
"I love you." Rachel whispered in Quinn's ear.
Quinn shivered. She could feel her desire for Rachel growing, but she had to hold herself. She would never hurt her again.
"I love you too." Quinn answered.
They let go of each other and smiled.
"Thank you, Quinn. I feel much better now." Rachel took her girlfriend's hand into hers.
"You don't have to thank me." Quinn answered. "I'd do anything for you, Rach."
Rachel kissed her girlfriend softly on the lips. "How about we go back to the party now?"
Quinn smiled. "Yes, let's go."
When they left the basement, one of the first people Quinn saw was Jacob. The anger came back and she wanted to kill him, but at the same time, she felt confused because she couldn't understand why she had done all those things to Rachel if all she had taken were amphetamines.
"Are you okay, Quinn?" Rachel asked, concerned.
The cheerleader looked at her girlfriend and forced a smile. "I... I just found out something that... I don't want to hide anything from you, so I'll tell you when I take you back to your house."
Rachel nodded. "Well, maybe we should go home then. Since I already did what I had to do and you are not feeling very well, we can go."
"Are you sure?" Quinn asked.
"Of course I am, Quinn." Rachel answered. "I don't want to stay here if you are feeling uncomfortable."
They left the party, unnoticed. Everyone was too drunk to know who was there.
On the way to Rachel's house, Quinn was still thinking about Jacob. And Rachel was just silently observing her girlfriend, seeming curious to know what had happened.
When Quinn parked in front of Rachel's house, she took a deep breath and looked at her girlfriend.
"Rachel, remember when I told I was on drugs when I... When everything happened?" Quinn asked.
"...Yes." Rachel answered carefully.
"Well, apparently Jacob was the one that put the drugs in there." Quinn couldn't stand to keep looking at Rachel in the eyes, so she looked at her hands on her lap. "But they were amphetamines. I'm so confused. I mean, I didn't think amphetamines could make me do all those things. I'm s-so sorry, Rach!"
Quinn started to cry. She still refused to look at Rachel.
"Quinn, amphetamines can cause a psychotic episode, did you know that?" Rachel's voice sounded calm and that made Quinn look up, surprised.
"T-they can?" Quinn asked.
"Yes. I have a cousin that had too much amphetamines. Mixed with alcohol, they are even stronger. He had a psychotic episode." Rachel explained. "I'm not saying you had one, but amphetamines are dangerous and have many side effects. And right now it doesn't really matter what happened then, all that matters is that you are not taking amphetamines again."
Quinn was extremely surprised. She was expecting Rachel to be angry, to scream at her. But instead, she was understanding and calm.
Seeing her girlfriend's surprise, Rachel sighed. "Look, Quinn, I don't care if the amphetamines made you do it. It wouldn't change that it happened. If you were drunk, on drugs or clean, you did it. All that matters to me right now is that I know you love me and that you will never do anything like that again. I know that it makes you feel better to know you were drugged. But to me, Quinn, it makes no difference. It may have helped me before, to try to forgive you, because you were drugged, and to know that you really didn't want to do it, but right now I... I just want to move on."
Quinn opened her mouth, but nothing came out. It really didn't matter much now, did it?
"Why don't we go to your house?"
Quinn looked at Rachel so fast that she felt pain on her neck.
Rachel was with a small smile on her face. "Didn't you say your mother was going out of town tonight for some work she had to do tomorrow?"
"I... I..." Quinn was speechless. Was Rachel really...?
"But of course, if you want to, you can just take me home." Rachel added innocently.
"No!" Quinn replied quickly. "I mean, my place, yeah, sounds good."
With Rachel chuckling, Quinn started the car and rushed to her house.
