AN: I've explained this on Unintentional Happiness but I've created an Instagram account for anything fanfiction related, the username is queendiannaagron_ff
It's late but I had a busy week last week as it was the last week of the term at uni so didn't really get an opportunity to add to this. Hope it's worth the wait ;)
I've also changed the cover photo for this and my other fics to portray who's POV it's in and will be using this method with any new fics I write in the future.
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Chapter 17
A loud cackle pulls my attention to the other side of the room.
I turn to find Quinn laughing out loud to something Mercedes just said and I can't help but smile at the joy on my girlfriend's face. When I first came to McKinley, she would just sit in the corner of the room with Finn, something tells me that he was holding her back from socialising, almost as if he knew she wasn't straight and didn't want her straying.
I turn to the boy now and see him sat with his mother but his attention was also on Quinn.
"Rachel?"
"Hmm?" I jump, turning back to Kurt.
"Were you even listening to me?" He asks.
"Um, no sorry." I glance over my shoulder again to find Carol sat alone, I scan the room for Finn but can't spot him, I also can't locate Quinn and start to panic. "I'll be right back, congratulations again."
I smile briefly at Burt, who was standing next to his son before wandering over to Mercedes to ask where Quinn went.
"She and Finn went for a walk outside." The diva explains and I jog off before I can even thank her.
I exit the building as swiftly as possible and as I walk alongside it, I hear a loud slap round the corner. I speed up slightly, just in time to see a red faced Quinn, stepping further away from Finn, who has a hand pressed up against his cheek.
"What the hell?"
"You deserved that Finn, in fact I've been wanting to do that for a while." Quinn spits. "I can't believe you'd try something like that. When you said you wanted to talk I thought you were actually going to talk, not kiss me."
I take a step back, shocked that he'd led her away from me just to kiss her.
He opens his mouth to respond but Quinn isn't finished.
"No, you don't get to explain yourself, you had your chance to do that when you brought me out here. Or during the past however many weeks since we broke up. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that I don't want you, and you think a kiss will change my mind? How pathetic are you?"
Again he opens his mouth.
"It was rhetorical Finn." The blonde yells, rolling her eyes at his stupidity. "You don't get to do that okay? You don't get to go around kissing people who are in love."
"In… what?"
Quinn looks up at the Quarterback but it wasn't him who spoke. She spins round and her gaze lands on me.
"Rachel." She whispers. "How long… when… how long have you been there?"
"Since you slapped him." I respond, unable to tear my eyes away from the hazel ones staring right back at me. "You're… you said… Do you mean it?"
"I was rage ranting, I…" She pauses and I'm worried she's going to take it back but she's moving towards me and suddenly her lips are on mine.
I pull away, my breath taken by the passion in the kiss and rest my forehead on hers.
"I meant it." She admits quietly. "I don't care if it's too soon, I love you Rachel."
I feel the tears well up in my eyes. "I love you too."
Our moment is soon interrupted by a loud noise behind Quinn.
"FUCK!" Finn exclaims, holding onto his bleeding hand and it soon becomes obvious that he punched the wall in his frustration at the scene in front of him.
"You really are an idiot Hudson." Quinn comments as I walk over to the boy.
He immediately takes steps backwards protecting his hand from me.
"My dad's a doctor Finn, just let me look at it."
He hesitantly lets me look at the injury.
"Yeah that's definitely broken." I wince, before pulling off my cardigan and fashioning it into a bandage around his hand. "You'll need to go to the hospital obviously but that should hold for a little while until you get there."
"Thanks." He mumbles before walking away without looking at either of us.
"Ready to go back in?" I ask Quinn as soon as Finn has disappeared.
"Almost." She smirks, closing the gap between us and firmly gripping my hips to pull me closer. "Hey new girl."
"Hey you." I respond, biting my lip as I look up at her. "You know… my dads said they're going to some wine tasting party tonight and won't be home till… way late, the sooner we leave, the sooner we can be alone."
"Hmm, as tempting as that sounds and we will definitely leave sooner than planned, I just wanna stay for one more song." She smiles cryptically.
"Why's that?" I ask.
"Come inside and you'll find out."
Quinn holds my eye contact for a few seconds before winking and pulling out of our embrace. She then walks away, leaving me to follow cluelessly.
Once I get inside I can't find the blonde until I see her walk up onto the makeshift stage so I weave through the crowd to get to the dance floor.
As soon as the music starts Quinn gazes into my eyes and I don't dare look away as her beautiful voice fills the room and couples start gathering around me.
"Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me,
But bear this in mind it was meant to be.
And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks,
And it all makes sense to me.
I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes,
When you smile, you've never loved your stomach or your thighs.
The dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine,
But I'll love them endlessly.
"I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth,
But if I do, it's you, oh it's you, they add up to,
I'm in love with you and all these little things.
"You can't go to bed without a cup of tea,
Maybe that's the reason that you talk in your sleep.
And all those conversations are the secrets that I keep,
Though it makes no sense to me.
I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape,
You never want to know how much you weigh.
You still have to squeeze into your jeans,
But you're perfect to me.
"I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth,
But if it's true, it's you, it's you, they add up to,
I'm in love with you and all these little things.
"You never love yourself half as much as I love you,
You'll never treat yourself right darling but I want you to.
If I let you know, I'm here for you,
Maybe you'll love yourself like I love you, oh.
"And I've just let these little things slip out of my mouth,
'Cause it's you, oh it's you, it's you they add up to,
And I'm in love with you and all these little things.
I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth,
But if it's true, it's you, it's you they add up to,
I'm in love with you, and all your little things."
Song: Little Things, One Direction