So I completely forgot that Quinn rejoins the God Squad in Heart so let's just pretend that doesn't happen and she creates the club with Mercedes before Sam transfers back. Also! That random drummer in every New Directions performance is portrayed by John Lock, but his character doesn't even have a name so I'm calling him John.
The Spanish Teacher
She doesn't understand why they need to have a Latin week in Glee Club, Quinn doesn't even take Spanish she takes French. But then David Martinez walks into the Glee Club and suddenly she doesn't have a problem with it anymore.
She's mesmerized by him. She has no idea what the words mean that he's singing, but she thinks she's in love. She has a lot of fun dancing around with Sugar during his performance, more fun than she's had in a while. And Sam and Mercedes are in a counselling appointment with Ms. Pillsbury so she doesn't have to worry about having to see them together.
She knows he's going to tell her everything that happened later, so she enjoys the time she has now where she can pretend nothing in her life is really wrong.
Him and Mercedes join the rest of the Glee Club in the cafeteria for lunch. Mercedes takes a seat between Kurt and Rachel, and Sam takes a seat next to her.
She was talking to Santana who was sitting on the other side of her before he got there, but she can see by his expression that something is bothering him so she asks him how it went.
"Ms. Pillsbury thinks that we shouldn't talk for a week and Mercedes agrees." She doesn't know if she loves or hates the idea. Yes she won't have to see the two of them together all week, but she knows Sam is probably going to tell her how he feels about it throughout the week.
She doesn't know what she can say to make him feel better, whenever she tries to give him advice it comes out wrong and the two of them usually end up bickering. But still, she's his best friend and even though she hates this entire situation, she's still going to help him.
"I'm sorry Sam, but at least she will have a better idea on what she wants to do by the end of the week." It's not the best advice she's ever given, but it's also all she can give him without her heart hurting.
He shrugs and changes the subject to what song he should sing in Glee Club this week.
She thought this week would be easier than most because Mercedes and Sam aren't talking, but she realizes how wrong she is when she sees Mercedes sing her entire song to Sam while she is forced to watch.
Doesn't singing to each other break the whole no talking to each other rule? She realizes that she's probably just bitter.
She doesn't know why she can't just move on. Sam is clearly not interested in her anymore, he has his eyes set on someone else, but she for some reason just can't. It's not like she hasn't had any offers, she's had different guys ask her if she's willing to go out with them, she tried going on one date too, but the idea of being with someone else just makes her more miserable than the idea of having to watch Sam and Mercedes for the rest of her life.
She wishes Sam good luck as she walks into the choir room the next day. She's taken back at how good he looks in his outfit, and how sexy he sounds singing in Spanish.
She claps along, and smiles big when she realizes he took her advice to sing Hero. That happiness lasts for about two seconds though as soon as he starts singing to Mercedes. She dances with herself to distract herself from the fact that he's singing to Mercedes who is sitting right beside her.
She finds him in the hallway at his locker in between periods. She quietly walks up behind him and covers his eyes with her hands "guess who!" she says excited.
He laughs. "I know that voice, it belongs to my favourite blonde." He turns around and smiles at her while saying, "would you look at that, I was right."
She throws her head back and laughs. She's super giddy today. Not only has she not had to deal with seeing Sam and Mercedes since they have both done their performances for Glee Club, but it is also Thursday, meaning her and Sam have their weekly study session in the library at lunch.
"We're still on for lunch right?" She asks him.
He runs his hands through his hair and her heart drops. He only does that when he's nervous about something. "About that, do you mind if I take a raincheck this week? I finally get to talk to Mercedes again at twelve."
"Oh. Yeah, of course. I'll just have lunch with Santana then." He grins again and thanks her before closing his locker and walking off, leaving her standing there wondering how many more different ways he can find to rip her heart out of her chest and tear it into pieces.
Even though it hurts, she still texts him during her last period to ask him how it went. He sends her a text back saying, it didn't, she left with shane. She texts him back telling him she's sorry when really she feels the happiest she's felt all day.
Heart
Quinn used to love Valentine's week at school. Dressing up in white, pink, and red and receiving flowers from her boyfriends. But that wasn't even her favourite part, her favourite part was seeing everyone else in love. Everyone else feeling as happy as she was feeling.
Except this year she isn't happy, she's miserable. Last year she was dating the only guy who's ever made her genuinely happy and this year she's forced to watch him give all that love to someone else.
And of course they have to sing about love in Glee Club. Looks like this will be another week where she sits out.
She watches as Sugar gets up and tells them about the Valentine's day party she's planned. She's excited for another Valentine's party at Breadstix, she had to miss the one last year for reasons she doesn't want to talk about. But then she hears Sugar say everyone needs to bring a date and she feels miserable again. A date? Who is she supposed to bring?
She looks down at Sam who looks over at Mercedes and realizes that isn't even a possibility. She decides maybe she can ask Kurt and the two of them can go as friends while Blaine is healing from his surgery.
She walks into the God Squad meeting at lunch confused because there's a guy sitting in her usual spot who she's never seen before.
She takes a seat across from him and introduces herself. "Hi I'm Quinn." she says with a smile. He just nods back and she thinks to herself who the hell..?
Before she can ask him who he is Mercedes and Sam walk in and Mercedes starts the meeting. Finally she gets to figure out who this guy is because Sam asks about him. Mercedes tells them his name is Joe and he just transferred.
Sam gives her a look that says what the hell? and she stifles a giggle. Quinn has been extremely religious her entire life, but bible quotes as tattoos? And no tv, just talk radio? Joe is like an actual teen Jesus.
She raises her hand reluctantly in favour at Sam's suggestion to do singing telegrams. She's all for raising money for good causes, but the Glee Club never really gets a good reaction when they sing in front of large crowds other than for competition. But she doesn't say anything and just raises her hand in agreement because at least she won't be singing any solos.
Rachel and Finn tell them about their engagement in Glee Club the next day and she can't believe her ears. Rachel said yes to Finn's proposal? But what about Quinn's speech to her? What about having to say goodbye?
She's happy Kurt agrees with her, she knew there was a reason why they are such good friends.
They have no idea what they're doing. Teenage marriage, or even marriage rarely works for anyone, look at her parents, hell even look at Mr. Schue. So she tells them, "you guys aren't mature enough or old enough to properly face this type of commitment."
She's kind of sad when Rachel tells her that she isn't invited to the wedding. Yeah she doesn't support her decisions, but she would still like to be there.
She laughs when Kurt sends her a wink during Artie's performance of Let Me Love You, she knows what he's doing, how he's trying to distract her from the fact that Sam is probably singing to Mercedes, but she doesn't care about that right now, she's too busy appreciating how much of a good friend Kurt is.
She walks with Sam to the courtyard where the God Squad will be singing Rachel a telegram bought by Finn since his Astrology class is right across from her Chemistry one.
She prepares herself for him to start talking about Mercedes since that's all he's been doing lately, but to her surprise he brings up Rachel and Finn's wedding.
"I'm kind of shocked you're so unsupportive Q, I thought you loved love." She sighs, she was expecting to have to explain her reasoning to some people, she just didn't think Sam would be one of them.
"I'm also realistic Sam, you can't seriously tell me that you think if the two of them get hitched right now their marriage will work. Rachel's planning to go to New York and Finn doesn't even know what he wants to do yet, it's a recipe for disaster."
"I think I know what this is about." He says hesitantly and she's confused. Then she starts to panic. There's no way he has figured out she still has feelings for him. But that's the only explanation, Sam knows she still loves him and thinks she's unsupportive because she's bitter. Which isn't even true, well she is bitter but that's not the reason why she doesn't agree with Finn and Rachel getting married so young.
"Oh yeah? What?" She asks, trying to sound as calm as possible.
"Quinn it's okay if you're not over Finn." She laughs and he looks at her startled. Oh my god he's being serious Quinn thinks to herself.
"Sam, I'm completely over Finn." She says while laughing. She can't believe out of all the possible things he could think of, that's the reason he came up with.
"It's okay if you aren't, I won't tell-" She cuts him off because the idea of her still being into Finn is making her feel gross.
"Sam I'm literally into someone else." It comes out before she even realizes that she said it. He stops and she can feel her eyes go wide. Oh crap Quinn what have you done? she thinks to herself while panicking.
"What?" She tries to think of a way she can get out of this, or someone else she can use as a cover up. Finn clearly won't work, and he knows how much she hates Puck. Mike is taken, and he knows she would never do that to Tina. She doesn't even talk to Artie or Rory. And Kurt and Blaine are clearly out for obvious reasons. Maybe she can use the drummer, he's kind of cute. She thinks his name is John.
"I'm just kidding, I'm not into anyone." She says while laughing nervously, kicking herself because she sounds like a liar.
"Quinn I know you, I know when you're lying and you are definitely lying right now." She bites her lip and looks up at him, feeling guilty because he actually looks kind of hurt.
Before she can answer him Mercedes walks up to them. "There you guys are, you took forever. Hurry up Joe's waiting and Rachel just got here."
She stays close to Sam their entire performance of Stereo Hearts because he knows how she gets nervous performing in front of large groups of people. She forgot how attractive he sounds while he raps, he only ever listens to country so she doesn't get to hear it very often.
She leaves to finish lunch with Santana and Rachel so she can avoid Sam, but he must see her trying to escape because he shouts after her "don't think we're finished talking about this!"
Santana and Rachel look at her weirdly and she lies and tells them they were talking about song options for Sugar's party since the God Squad is performing.
She asks Kurt if he'll be willing to go with her to Sugar's party together as friends while they are doing group work in Algebra. "I know you would rather go with Blaine, but I thought since he's still resting you would maybe want to go with me? As friends of course."
His smile falls from his face as he tells her, "oh Q, I think Blaine is all healed since my secret admirer asked to be my date tonight. But maybe you can go with Rory!"
She smiles and thanks him, telling him that she will consider it, despite her thinking she's probably better off just staying home again.
Rory's performance is so heartbreaking. She's devastated that he can't stay another year.
She knows Sam is going to be crushed, the two of them had gotten really close. She looks over to see how he's doing, and for a second she thinks he's looking at her. She doesn't know why he would be, but her heart skips a beat. But when she looks at his eyes, she realizes his loving gaze is not for her, it's for the girl sitting next to her.
She doesn't know why they need to have an emergency God Squad feeling to see how all of them feel about singing to gay people. Santana and Kurt are her best friends, how does Mercedes think this is even a question for her?
Sam's right, they sing to gay people all the time in Glee Club, so isn't that it then? Majority rules? She doesn't want to make Joe do something that he's clearly uncomfortable doing, but she guarantees that he has met someone who's gay.
Even though she feels fine with singing a telegram to Brittany from Santana, she understands that Joe might need to think about it, so she tells him "you know what, that's totally fair. You have to look at the hard topics and dilemmas and be honest and truthful. If you ask me, that's what being Christian is really about."
She knows she's being a little cruel and unfair by directing her words to Mercedes, but Mercedes is being cruel and unfair to both Sam and Shane by dragging them along because she can't make a decision on who she wants.
She tells her that she's trying to protect Sam because he's her best friend, not because she wants him to herself.
Kurt texts her that Sam might need her while she's sitting in English. She's puzzled because she saw Sam this morning and he was fine, so she texts him asking him if it can wait, and he sends her back: no. emergency. go to auditorium. She frowns at the message, but does what she says, telling her English teacher that she feels sick so she's going to go lay down in the nurse's office.
She picks up her bag and makes her way to the auditorium and finds Sam sitting on the stage crying with his head in his hands, a red heart shaped box sitting beside him.
She walks up the steps to the stage quietly because she doesn't want to startle him. Once she reaches him, she clears her throat so he knows that she's there and sits beside him. He looks up at her, eyes red and puffy.
"Oh Sam, what happened?" She wraps her arms around her and he cries into her shoulder. It gives her deja vu from the time he cried in her arms that one night at the motel.
As soon as he calms down, he sits up straight, choosing to stare at their shoes instead of her. She doesn't take it personally, she knows he's doing it because he doesn't want her to see him as weak.
"She told Shane." Quinn's confused. If Mercedes told Shane does that not mean she wants to be with Sam? That's why she never told Sam about Finn last year, because she wanted to be with him, not Finn. But if that's the case then why is Sam crying in the auditorium?
She asks, "how did that go?" because she doesn't know what else to say, and she's very confused. Did she tell Shane because she still wants to be with him? Quinn doesn't exactly get it.
"Apparently he cried and told her that he felt like she punched him in the heart. They broke up." Now she's super confused. So Mercedes chose no one? Sam looks up at her and must notice her confusion because he continues. "She said she doesn't know who she is when it comes to love and she can't be with anyone until she figures it out. She said she can't be with me."
She feels awful because she doesn't feel bad about this at all. This is actually the happiest she's felt all day, but of course she doesn't tell him any of that. She just tells him she's sorry and hugs him again, secretly smiling as he leans his head against her shoulder.
"Why don't the people I want ever want me back?" Her heart sinks because that could not be farther from the truth. She thinks to herself I want you back, I know I screwed up when I had you, but I want you back. But she doesn't tell him that, she just hugs him and tells him that she's sorry because now isn't exactly the right time to declare her love for him, and she's not sure if there will ever be.
They walk together to Glee Club and he's silent the entire way there. She doesn't push him to talk to her, she knows how Sam works by now. That's the thing about secretly in love with your best friend, you notice all the little things. Like how if Sam wants to talk about how he feels, he'll bring it up himself.
He sits beside Artie in the choir room and she lets him be, she knows he probably wants to be alone right now. She looks over at him worriedly as soon as she realizes that Mercedes is going today for their Glee assignment. She knows she can't walk up to him and comfort him while she's in the middle of her song, so she keeps glancing over at him to check on him.
She kicks herself for choosing to sit behind him because she can't look to see how his facial expression is. She doesn't know if he's smiling, frowning, or crying. She stares at Kurt until he notices her looking at him, and nods her head towards Sam as if to ask how's he doing? He shakes his head and runs a finger down his cheek to tell her that Sam is crying.
He gets up and walks out of the choir room as soon as Mercedes finishes, and she waits until Mr. Schue dismisses them and then chases after him.
"Sam!" She shouts after him because he's already across the hall. He stops for a moment and then continues and she glares at the back of his head because how dare he ignore her. She grumbles and chases after him in her heeled booties, grimacing at the ache that is starting in the heels of her feet.
"I know you heard me." She half pants out as soon as she catches up to him. He doesn't say anything to her, just stares at her with tears falling down his face as she takes a minute to catch her breath. She really needs to start doing some form of cardio again.
She sighs and takes his hand, dragging him towards the doors leading to the parking lot. Of course he's no help, just allowing himself to be dragged as she uses all her strength to pull him along. "Where are we going? We still have classes you know."
"Screw class. We are going to get the cure for any broken heart." she tells him, looking back to give him a smile. "Ice cream!"
The small smile she gets back totally makes missing her History quiz worth it.
She doesn't put the radio on in the car because she knows he probably wants to wallow in his feelings. He doesn't say anything as they get out of the car once they arrive, and he continues to be silent while they walk in so she orders for the both of them as soon as they get to the counter.
"One scoop of vanilla in a cup and one scoop of chocolate in a cone please." she tells the lady, handing her cash as soon as she tells her the total.
Sam thanks her as soon as they get their ice cream and find a small table to sit at.
"You know we have like the most basic favourite flavours right?" She gets a chuckle out of him and she can feel her face break out into the biggest smile. She figures now is a good time to push him a bit, she's given him his chance to feel sad, now it's time for her to help him feel better. "So what do you want to do? Talk about it or distract yourself?"
He sighs and looks down at his ice cream which is slowly melting down his cone and hitting his hand. She slides him over a napkin, but he just stares at it. "I just hate that we have to perform together tomorrow night. And I don't have a date either anymore."
She kicks her foot against his, "hey, don't exclude me and teen Jesus." She gets another chuckle and internally pats herself on the back, she usually only gets one when he's super upset and that one is usually out of pity because he knows she's trying to comfort her.
"And you can be my date." she says with a shrug like it's no big deal, when really it's a huge deal. Maybe not so much for him, but to her it is.
He raises an eyebrow at her. "Really?"
"Yeah I mean we're best friends, aren't we? That's what best friends are for." She shoves another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth so her hands don't start shaking.
"Okay. I'll pick you up at 7 tomorrow."
She's so thankful she's sitting because she knows if she wasn't her knees would have probably given out.
She drops him off at the Hudson-Hummels as soon as school is out so Burt and Carole won't know he skipped. Before he gets out of the car, he turns to her and says, "thanks Q, I didn't realize how much I needed this. You're a really good friend."
And there it is, friend. It doesn't matter if Mercedes doesn't want to be with him anymore, or if he's her date to the Valentine's day party tomorrow night, because all he sees her as, all she will ever be, is his friend.
She can't tell if the kiss he gives her on the cheek before he gets out of the car makes her feel any better.
She wears a pink, red, and white dress and adds a pink barrette to her hair because they are love colours and she decides lucky love colours is what she needs to get her through the night.
She gets a text from Sam at 7:02 that he's here and grabs a white cardigan before heading outside. She's surprised to see him standing outside her door as soon as she opens it. She's so taken back that it takes her a second to realize that he's holding flowers.
"They're peonies. I know you think roses are cliche. I asked Kurt what colour your dress was so I could get some to match." He tells her sheepishly while scratching the back of his neck. So that explains why Kurt asked me to send him a picture of what I was wearing.
"Sam, they're beautiful." She tells him to wait a second while she goes to put them in a vase. As soon as she sets them down she gets an idea. She rips one of the flowers from its stem and grabs a pin from one of the kitchen drawers.
He looks at her questiongly when she reappears with the flower without its stem in one hand and a pin in the other. She walks up to him and pins the flower to his blazer. "Here, so everyone knows you're my date."
He smiles at her and offers her his arm, asking her what song she's planning to sing for her solo. The God Squad is the main entertainment for tonight, so they have one group number prepared for Brittnay's telegram as well as a solo from each of them.
"It's a surprise." She says like a little kid and he laughs at her while opening the passenger door for her so she can get in.
"Will you be dedicating it to that guy that you're into?" He asks her as soon as he gets into the drivers side. Her smile drops from her face. She forgot she accidentally told him about that. Well at least he didn't ask me who it was she thinks.
"Yeah, I will be." Which is the truth, he just doesn't know it's him.
She dances with Sam during Blaine's performance of Love Shack and is glad to see Sam laughing and dancing happily with her. He pops a balloon beside her and she jumps and pushes at her when she turns around and sees him laughing at her.
Sugar taps her on the shoulder when Blaine's performance is almost over and tells her that she's up next. She thanks her and takes the microphone Sugar is giving her, heading towards the stage.
She places the microphone on the stand and closes her eyes, telling herself no one will really be watching her, they will all be focusing on their respective partners.
"This is for those of us who don't have someone for Valentine's day."
She closes her eyes, waits for her cue and starts singing as soon as she hears it.
Summer after high school when we first met
We'd make out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my 18th birthday we got matching tattoos
Used to steal your parents liquor and climb to the roof
Talk about our future like we had a clue
Never planned that one day I'd be losing you
She's looking at Sam while she's singing, but he's not looking at her. He's looking at Mercedes who's sitting and laughing with Tina and Rachel.
In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away
She looks over at Kurt who is dancing with Blaine because she realizes that if she stares at Sam the entire time, her feelings for him will be obvious to everyone, including him, which is the opposite of what she wants right now. Kurt gives her a small pout and moves his hands to make a heart.
I was June and you were my Johnny Cash
Never one without the other, we made it a pact
Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on
Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Saw you downtown singing the blues
It's time to face the music, I'm no longer your muse
She moves over to Rachel and Finn who have now started slow dancing together. She looks in envy at how Finn managed to screw everything up in her life, but still managed to get everything he wanted in his. She knows eventually she's going to have to own up to the fact that most of what happened was her fault, but she's not ready to deal with that kind of heartache yet.
But in another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away
She catches Santana staring at her out of the corner of her eye so she looks over at her. Santana gives her a small smile and mouths 'come sit with me after'. She nods.
All this money can't buy me a time machine, no
Can't replace you with a million rings, no
I should've told you what you meant to me
'Cause now I pay the price
She goes back to staring at Sam who has now moved to sit next to Artie. Her heart warms at what a good friend he is, how he always puts everyone else before himself. She wishes she was more like that. Maybe then he would have wanted to stay with her. Maybe then she wouldn't have cheated on him in the first place.
In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away
He finally looks over at her and for some reason she doesn't look away. She doesn't know where this newfound confidence has come from, but she kind of likes it.
In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say you were
The one that got away
The one that got away
She knows that he will probably know she was singing to him now, he'll figure out that the guy she is into is him, but she doesn't care anymore. What else does she have to lose?
She waits until the applause is finished before she steps down from the mini stage. Joe is next so she smiles at him as she passes him. He gives her a weird look, but she doesn't think much of it, he's probably never had that much interaction with a female before that isn't his mother.
She goes and sits with Santana as Brittnay chats with Sugar and Rory. Santana wraps an arm around her shoulder and tells her that even though she's dating Brittnay, she still thinks Valentine's day is for suckers. Quinn laughs and thanks her.
"Interesting song choice Q, trouty will be honoured." Santana tells her while nudging her shoulder into hers.
She shushes Santana before looking around to see if anyone heard her. "He doesn't know."
Santana's eyes go wide. "You still haven't told him?" She shakes her head and Santana asks her "what the hell Quinn, why not?"
She shrugs and tells her, "it hasn't been the right time."
Santana gives her a look that says really? before telling her, "Quinn there isn't going to be a 'right time', you're just going to have to put on your big girl pants and tell him. Besides, if he didn't know before he'll definitely know now because of how you were looking at him while you were singing that song."
She groans and drops her head into her folded arms on the table. "Was I that obvious?"
"I mean, trouty also isn't the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to girls being into him, so maybe he hasn't figured it out." Santana tells her while shrugging. Quinn snorts, that is true, Sam could never figure out girls were flirting with him while the two of them were together last year, he always just thought they were being nice.
Towards the end of Joe's performance Brittnay pulls Santana up to dance with her, telling Quinn that she's free to join them.
She smiles and tells Brittnay it's okay, she's fine on her own.
Joe finishes and she watches Sam as he heads up to the stage and starts his song. She recognizes the song instantly, She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5.
Kurt comes and sits next to her, startling her a little bit. "So Mercedes told me her and Joe came as each other's dates, as friends of course. But that makes me wonder who your date is Ms. Fabray."
She blushes and knows that clearly indicates to Kurt her answer. He smirks at her knowingly.
"And that is such a nice flower attached to Sam's blazer might I add, what's the story there?" She didn't know if it was possible for her cheeks to get any redder, but she was proved wrong after hearing Kurt's second question.
"He brought me flowers when he picked me up." She says it like it's no big deal, but she knows her tomato-coloured cheeks are begging to differ right now.
"He's looking at you, you know." She looks from Kurt and up at Sam, who is indeed staring at her as he sings the lines,
I know where you hide, alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
She wants to look away, but she can't. It's like everything and everyone else fades away, background noise to the two of them. She hears Kurt say from behind her, "I have a feeling your story with Sam isn't over yet."
She's finally able to look away when he moves his eyes to look over at Mercedes. Any hope she had for the two of them disappears as she looks over and sees her staring at him back.
"He's in love with Mercedes, Kurt. He doesn't feel anything for me anymore." It breaks her heart to say out loud, and yeah Sam has never said that he actually loves Mercedes, but he's also never fought this hard for someone else.
"I have a theory about the two of you." A theory? Before she can ask Kurt what he means Blaine approaches their table.
"I apologize Quinn, but I am going to have to steal Kurt from you. I haven't seen him all week." She nods in understanding and tells Blaine it's completely okay with her. She sits at the table alone watching all the other couples slow dance as Mercedes starts her song.
She feels someone sit beside her and looks over to see Sam. He's not looking at her, instead looking at all the dancing couples in front of them like she had moments ago.
She's decided that she's not going to talk first, if he knows about her feelings for him then he can bring it up first, otherwise she's going to continue to pretend like they are not there.
"Want to dance?" She looks at him surprised because the last thing she was expecting him to do was to ask her to dance. But still, she takes his hand and follows him as he takes her to the middle of the dance floor. She wraps her arms around his neck as he wraps his arms around her waist. She looks over at Santana who winks at her and she rolls her eyes.
"I liked your performance." She blushes, this is it, this is where he's going to tell me that he knows. But he doesn't, he doesn't say anything. She waits a minute to see if he's just hesitating if he should continue, but then she realized that's it, that's all he was planning on saying.
She doesn't know if she feels relieved or disappointed, but she thanks him anyways.
He smiles at her and says "no problem Q." She leans her head into his chest and closes her eyes, pretending that they never broke up last year. That she didn't really cheat on him with Finn and they stayed together and here they are a year later back at Breadstix again.
She's pulled out of that reality when she hears him whisper "happy Valentine's day Q."
She blinks rapidly to keep the tears from falling out and spilling onto his shirt. "Happy Valentine's day Sam" she whispers into his chest.