AN: So I've deleted Say You'll Be Mine, I want to rewrite it (after my exams are over) as well as combine chapters so they aren't so short. Then I will be able to upload it with one or two chapters a day when it's finished as hopefully as I rewrite it it'll spark new ideas.

Anyway this will be the last update of this story until early June as I need to study because apparently my uni is one of the few that thinks exams should continue, which is also why this chapter is quite short.

There may be another one shot uploaded in the next few days depending on how much spare time I can find to finish it.

Read and review :)


Chapter 11

Rachel didn't have a chance to ask Quinn how the talk with her mother had gone until the following Monday, almost a week after Judy had caught her in Quinn's bedroom. However, on her way to find the blonde, Kurt came up to her.

"Quinn's using you."

"Excuse me?"

"I heard Santana telling Puck that she's just using you, after Quinn announced you were 'friends' now."

Rachel's mind starts racing, was Santana just lying to cover up the truth, or was she telling the truth that only she and probably Brittany knew?

"No… I, I trust Quinn."

"Why? She's been nothing but terrible to you since Freshman year, including when all she had was the glee club, do you not remember the 'glist'?"

Of course she remembered the glist, it still hurt her whenever she thought about it, being bottom of that dreadful list. But what really caught Rachel's attention was the initial question. Why? Why did she trust Quinn? The girl hadn't exactly apologised for all that she'd done to the singer over the years. So what made Rachel think she'd changed? Also why would Santana lie? Sure she was close to Quinn but she didn't have any loyalties towards Rachel. Maybe she was being played. It wouldn't surprise her, she wasn't exactly anyone's favourite person and she wouldn't put it past the unholy trinity to play a prank on her. But to play with her feelings? Would they stoop that low?

Probably.


Quinn was confused. Rachel had been ignoring her all day, and even made a point of sitting between Finn and Kurt in glee so they couldn't sit together. She'd also skipped calculus which was unheard of, Rachel Berry had 100% attendance even when she'd had laryngitis.

She'd been wanting to talk to the brunette about the talk with her mother as it had finally happened last night when her mother came home from work early enough to talk for the first time all week. It had been a stressful conversation and she just need to talk to someone about it, and Rachel was the only one she wanted to talk to.

She caught Rachel looking over her shoulder at her during Mr Schue's pep talk at the beginning of glee, a confused expression on her face so Quinn tried her best to look back with an expression asking what was wrong, but the brunette just turned back to the front and Quinn spotted Kurt placing a hand on her thigh.

Maybe Rachel wouldn't tell her what was going on, but she hoped that Kurt might.


"Kurt."

The boy froze when he hears Quinn calling his name.

Crap.

"How can I help you Quinn?"

"What's going on with Rachel? I know you know more than most people about us so what's up with her? Did I do something wrong?"

"I really don't want to get in the middle." He mumbles, knowing full well he already had done exactly that.

"Just tell me how I can fix it."

Huh. Maybe she is being genuine.

"Just talk to her."

"But she's ignoring me."

"Then do what Rachel would do." Kurt shrugs. "Go to her and don't take no for an answer."

He didn't know what Quinn was up to, if anything, but he knew that she and Rachel needed to talk it out. It was probably make or break but either way, Rachel would have her answer.


Rachel practically ran down her stairs when she hears the frantic knocking at the door but instantly panics when she sees Quinn standing there, a head bitch glare meeting her own worried look.

"You've been ignoring me." Quinn states, walking into the house without waiting for Rachel to step aside.

"Um, have I?"

"Don't play dumb with me Berry."

Berry. If that didn't tell Rachel what she wanted to know, nothing would.

"Alright I may have been ignoring you, but at least I'm not using you." The diva huffs, letting her anger take control.

"What? You think I'm using you? Do you not trust me?"

"Why should I trust you Quinn? It's not like you've been nice to me. Ever."

It hurt Quinn, to hear those words but she'd been taught to hide her feelings so decided to fight back.

"Yeah, okay I've never been nice to you, so why did you kiss me? Why did you let me in? This wasn't solely up to me."

"I guess I was following my heart rather than my head." Rachel conceded.

Quinn was torn, she was angry that Rachel even thought about her not being truthful but at the same time she was guilty, for tearing the girl down so much that anyone who showed her affection was a red flag in Rachel's mind.

"What brought this on?" The blonde asks.

"Santana told Puck you were using me, Kurt overheard and told me."

So much for Kurt not wanting to get in the middle.

"And you believed it? Santana knows about us! She practically forced us together!" Quinn was yelling now but she couldn't stop herself.

Rachel was cowering at the sight of HBIC Quinn coming out. How did this go so wrong so soon?

"What choice did I have Quinn? Like I said, you've never been nice to me and it wouldn't surprise me if this was some Unholy Trinity trick."

"Have you not been paying attention Berry? I'm not part of the Unholy Trinity anymore, I fucked that up."

The brunette winced twice, firstly at the fact Quinn was still calling her Berry, and secondly at the sound of her swearing. Quinn never swore. Just as Rachel was about to argue back, the blonde spoke again.

"No, you know what? If you don't trust me, there's no point doing this. You got what you wanted, I won't talk to you anymore."

She stormed out of the house leaving Rachel still confused over Quinn's true intentions.