So it's prom week and I'm super excited. Therapy has been going great I can walk! Not well but I can. But I still use the wheelchair. I know you would think I couldn't wait to be out of this stupid chair but it gets me a lot of attention. I know that petty and sad but it does. I got elected to be a candidate for prom queen! I got that without even campaigning for it. I don't even care if it's because people feel bad for me.
But now I have to campaign to actually win. So I am campaigning with Finn. Yes, he is with Rachel but she didn't get nominated...I did.
Rachel is clearly mad that I am campaigning with Finn because yesterday in glee club she told everyone that she is throwing an anti-prom. How lame. It's just going to be Kurt, Blaine and her. It's at some hotel and it does sound fun. There is no king and queen so I'm not going. Nobody else is going to go. I asked Finn,
"Are you supporting this?"
"Yeah after I fill my obligations at the prom I'm going." How predictable.
Then from behind me, Puck says,
"I'm in." He gets up and starts walking towards the door but then Artie says,
"What about your tradition to try and spike the punch bowl?"
"It's impossible. Plus it's a bummer, failing at everything."
Then he walked out.
After Rachel's little meeting I asked Finn if he could help me put up more posters he said yes. As he was wheeling me through the halls I said,
"You can't be too pleased by that stunt Rachel's pulling."
"I'm not I feel really bad for her she's going through a lot of rough stuff."
"Rough stuff you forget you're talking to a girl in a wheelchair." I handed him a poster. As he hangs it up I say,
"We've come full circle."
"Yeah just like old times."
"But to be clear there will be now extra curriculum activity this time. I'm going to Yale and there are no tire stores there."
"Well, neither are there at the actors studio, where I'm applying."
I smiled as rolled away.
At the prom, I go to the bathroom to practice walking. It tough but I'm stronger. As I'm standing at the sink looking at myself Finn comes in and says,
"Quinn? Quinn you in here?" He sees me standing, "You can walk?"
"Yeah. You're seeing me take my first steps." I get back into my chair.
"So you've been lying to us this whole time?"
"No, I wanted it to be a surprise or when I walk up to the stage to get my crown. The crowd will go wild. I want this."
"Yeah you may want this but Rachel needs me and I picked you over her. Do you know how stupid that makes me feel? You have everything! You're going to have your crown, you're going to go to Yale, and Rachel has none of that. And tonight thanks to you she doesn't even have me."
"Where a shoe in. I need you!" Tears were in my eyes.
"No, you don't need me! I thought going through all that terrible stuff made you cooler but no you're still the same old Quinn all that matters is you."
"Come one stop! Please! Look it's mandatory for the nominees to have at least one dance together. I know you don't understand how much this means to me but will you please just stay here for me. Please."
Finn rolls me out to the dance floor. We stand there. I say,
"It's just one song. Can you finish it for me?"
"Yeah as soon as you stand up and show everyone that you deserve to be prom queen."
"Are you really doing this right now."
"What making you walk? Making you stand up and showing everyone how much of a crazy liar you are. Yeah, stand up! STAND THE HELL UP!" He tries to bend down to pick me up when Mrs. Sylvester came over and broke it up. Finn soon left after that. He returned to prom with Rachel. Also, Kurt and Blaine came but no Puck.
Out in the hall, Rachel caught me and apologized for being so crazy because she was mad I was campaigning with Finn. I accepted her apology but then she said that I meant a lot to her that I was her role model. I told her that I'm not the same girl, but she said she still saw me that way that's why she got so crazy. She was jealous at the new strong Quinn that I have grown to be and she said she was happy to call me her friend. And she said she voted for me. Santana walked by and said we needed to count the votes for king and queen so I said thank you to Rachel and headed for the Spanish room.
We counted all the votes. Finn won King and I won Queen. It was everything I've ever wanted yet I didn't feel any different. I have had a great four years. Having everything I wanted whoever I wanted. Being popular but I wanted to leave this year by making a difference. So I wrote on the card, Rachel Berry.
So they won and while they were dancing Santana and I was singing, "Take Your Breath Away." During the middle of the song I felt like this was the time to do it. To stand up. And show everyone that I Quinn Fabray am strong without a crown on my head. I grab the microphone stood and pulled myself up. Everybody was shocked. I saw Puck who I thought wasn't even going to be there, start clapping. Then everyone joined in.
