Okay I lied. I said one chapter of S3 left because I wasn't sure if I wanted to add in props or not since there wasn't really a storyline for Sam or Quinn. But then I thought of little moments to add so there are now two chapters left of S3 (including this one) and the next one will be for Nationals and Goodbye. Thanks for reading and reviews are always appreciated.
Prom-asaurus
She hears from Tina that Rachel is losing it. And Quinn feels kind of bad for Rachel. She thinks the two of them are friends, kind of, but even if they weren't, she still wouldn't wish this upon anyone.
Quinn knows how it feels to feel like you have no hope in anything anymore. To have this goal and feel like it was ripped out of your grasp. She wishes there was something she could do to make Rachel feel better, but there isn't. And Finn had advised them all to give her space.
So she focuses on prom instead. This is the last prom she will ever attend, and definitely the last one where she can run for prom queen, so she devotes all her time to her campaign, even if Brittnay still hasn't decided that their theme is yet.
It's finally the day that she's been waiting for, where Sue is going to announce king and prom queen nominees. She knows she'll get chosen, she was chosen last year there's no way she won't be this year, but she's still anxious. Sam tells her that she shouldn't worry, he and all the guys had voted for her.
"But even if you don't get nominated, you're still my queen babe." She ignores that. She doesn't pay attention to what her teacher is saying in her first period, just waits for the announcements.
She doesn't really know who Missy Gunderson is, and of course she expected her and Santana to be nominated as prom queen, that's why she's already started working on her campaign, but the confirmation that she has been makes her feel so much better.
She's a little bummed Sam wasn't nominated. She knows that he's still a junior, but he's a great guy. He's super cute and really funny, and she knows most of the female student body is in love with his impressions much to her dismay. But Finn had been nominated this year again, so maybe she can centre her campaign around the two of them.
Joe sits next to her in glee club, which makes her a little uncomfortable because they had a super awkward conversation a couple days ago about how she doesn't need her to accompany her to physical therapy anymore without giving him a reason why.
But her uncomfortableness turns into confusion when Brittnay announces their prom theme. Dinosaurs? What the hell do dinosaurs have to do with prom? But it doesn't matter, she won't be thinking about that after she wins prom queen.
Brittany appointing her and Santana to count the ballots is news to her, but she agrees with Santana, at least they both know it won't be rigged with the both of them counting.
She doesn't exactly know how this dinosaur themed prom is going to turn out, especially with Brittnay in charge, but as Sam shoots her a wink from across the choir room she can't deny, she's really excited.
She knows she has to tell Sam about her idea of doing her campaign with Finn, but she's terrified. Although he's living at his and Kurt's house, she doesn't know how he'll react, especially after what happened last year.
He notices that something's on her mind right away, just like she suspected he would. At times how well he knows her annoys the crap out of her, but this time she's going to make it work in her favour.
They're sitting outside in the courtyard because the weather is getting nicer, just the two of them because they haven't had the opportunity to hang out alone in a while. He asks her once wrong once he realizes she has barely touched any of her lunch.
"Hey is something bothering you?" He looks really concerned and it almost makes her feel guilty, but she really doesn't want him to be mad at her. She doesn't know how she should approach it, does she just blurt it out? Or wait a little bit and then ask?
But she figures with Sam it's always just best to rip off the bandaid. "I want to do my prom queen campaign with Finn."
He doesn't say anything at first, but then he shrugs his shoulders and says "okay."
To say she's shocked is an understatement. He's not even a tad bit upset? This is the guy who she had cheated on him with last year. "Wait, you're not upset?"
He chuckles a bit and she grows more confused. "Quinn, I know you and I know how important this is to you. As long as I can still be your date, no it doesn't bug me."
She squeals and wraps her arms around his neck, feeling like a weight has been lifted off of her shoulders. Now she just has to talk to Finn.
They don't have any of the same classes so it takes her forever to find him. Glee practice is over so it's not like she can ask him there. She finally finds him at his locker and sighs out in relief.
"Finn!" She calls because she can only wheel herself so fast and she doesn't want him to leave. He looks a little confused and she doesn't blame him, the two of them haven't really spoken since they broke up. "I know this is probably going to sound weird, but do you maybe want to campaign for prom king and queen with me?"
He looks hesitant and she knows what he's thinking about: Rachel, so she tells him "Sam was okay with it so I'm sure Rachel will be." without thinking about it.
"Sam?" Oh crap. She's so used to everyone in her circle knowing about the two of them that she forgot Finn is a little oblivious. She knows there's no way she can cover it up, so she figures she's just better off telling him and hoping he won't question her about it.
"Yeah we're kind of together. But what do you say? Will you run with me?" He still looks hesitant, so she adds, "this is just the one thing that I've looked forward to since the accident." Bingo she thinks to herself as she sees the guilt paint his face. She bites her lip as she waits for his answer. When he agrees she grins. "I promise this is just strictly political, thank you Finn."
She has the posters ready for the next day. What can she say, she's eager. Sam offers to help her put them up, but she decides it will look better if Finn is the one to help her.
She makes it up to Sam by allowing him to take her to her physical therapy session after school. He stands there stunned at first, watching as she gets up out of the wheelchair and grabs the bars.
As soon as he sees her wince though he snaps into action, standing beside her and giving her words of encouragement. "Come on Quinn you got this." She tries not to swear at him because she doesn't think he realizes how much it hurts.
"Now let go of your hands." If senior prom wasn't coming up, she would say that she wasn't ready, but she wants this. She wants to be able to walk across that stage and get her crown. She wants to be able to dance with Sam at prom.
She looks over at him and he's nodding at her, silently telling her I won't let you fall, you can trust me. And she does, she trusts him more than anything. So she slowly removes her hands from the bars and takes a step forward. And then another. And laughs as Sam shouts how proud he is of her, completely oblivious of everyone else in the room giving him weird looks.
She stumbles a little bit, but before she can fall he grabs her by the waist and pulls her into his chest. "Gotcha." She places her hands on his chest to check if this is all really happening. Is she dreaming? Or did she really just take her first few steps. He kisses her on the forehead. "I am so unbelievably proud of you Quinn, I knew you could do it."
She looks up at him, happy tears filling her eyes. "Thank you, for always sticking by my side."
He grins wide and kisses her quickly, taking in their surroundings and deciding this setting is probably not the best place for a makeout session. "Come on, let's go get some ice cream to celebrate and then we can show everyone how-"
She shakes her head. "No we can't. It needs to be real. I need to practice more. Promise me you won't tell anyone."
She can tell he doesn't quite get it. But he still tells her, "you're going to be dancing at prom. I know it. Now let's go get some ice cream."
Sam rolls her into the choir room and she sees that Rachel is already at the front. Oh dear God I swear I will rip my hair out if I have to hear another song about broken dreams she thinks to herself as Sam takes a seat next to her.
But it's not even a performance, it's an announcement. About an anti-prom party. Is Rachel serious? Anti-prom? Her boyfriend is literally nominated for prom king. And this is her senior prom, why would she even want to miss it?
And Kurt, she can't believe Kurt. She feels a little betrayed, Kurt knows how much prom means to her. She kind of thought that maybe he would be there for her during it because of that, but she guesses not, Rachel's self-sabotage pity party must be more important.
She looks over at Finn and asks him, "you're supporting this?" because it's ridiculous. Fine, if Rachel doesn't feel like supporting her fellow glee club members who have been nominated, what about her boyfriend? Finn has been at Rachel's side all throughout this NYADA drama, and Rachel can't even tough it out for a couple of hours so she can vote for him? It's not even like her and Finn will be together the entire time. They're not each other's dates, and they both agreed to three dances together maximum, she doesn't exactly want to go with him either. Doesn't Rachel know she's with Sam?
She's hoping someone will say something about this. Is she the only one who thinks this is crazy? She looks over at Sam who actually looks interested in Rachel's idea so she glares at him, but of course he doesn't notice.
She thanks God when Santana starts talking. If anyone is going to knock some sense into Rachel and Kurt, it is going to be Santana. Although she does think Santana is being a little harsh bringing up how Rachel choked at her NYADA audition. And calling her a selfish diva from hell? Maybe not the approach Quinn herself would have gone with, but she does think that Rachel is being a little unfair to the rest of them because Santana's right, they all want to enjoy one of the last nights they have together as seniors.
Her and Finn had arranged to put up more posters after glee rehearsal, so she asks him "you can't be too pleased about that student Rachel's pulling." She gets why Finn would feel bad, but rough stuff? Really? It is not everyone else's fault that Rachel choked at her NYADA audition and didn't think of a backup plan. Everything has always been handed to Rachel on a silver platter, especially in the musicals and in glee club, maybe it's a good thing that she choked.
"Rough stuff? Did you forget that you're talking to a girl in a wheelchair?" She knows it's unfair to put Finn in this position, but she's right. There are people who have it far worse than Rachel, herself included. She decides to let it go when she hears Finn sigh out of frustration, opting to change the subject. "We've come full circle. Though to be clear there will be no extracurricular activity this time." She says it to lighten up the mood, but she doesn't think Finn gets the joke.
Before she can respond to him telling her he applied to an actor's school in New York, some girl she's never seen before tells her that she's so brave. She knows it is so incredibly shallow to be using her situation for sympathy votes, but she has nothing else going on for her right now. Prom queen is the only thing she has left to prove herself to all these people. So she tells the girl, "thank you. The atrophy in my leg is a constant reminder of the slow, withering remnants of my past life. The toll can at times be physically and emotionally hard, knowing that I may never walk again." It makes her feel awful knowing she's deceiving people just to get their votes, but she needs this. She needs to win prom queen so if the sympathy votes is how she's going to win? Then so be it. "People like you inspire me. Your healthy, normal legs are beautiful." Although she doesn't feel any better when the girl tells her that she has her vote.
Finn tells her that was super creepy, and if she's being honest? She kind of agrees. But she's not going to tell him that, instead saying "it won't be, when we're standing up on that stage soaking up the applaus." But then he asks her if she feels weird using her injury to get sympathy votes. And yeah she does, she feels awful, but how else is she supposed to win? Santana clearly has the popular vote, and she doesn't know who Missy is or how she's getting votes, so she has to use sympathy votes.
"Votes are votes, Finn. Do you want to win or not?" She rolls herself away because she's not sure if she wants to know his answer.
She waits for Sam by her last class at the end of the day so they can head to his car and go home, but she doesn't find Sam, instead Kurt comes over and starts rolling her. She's confused, where is Sam? "What's going on Kurt? Where's Sam?"
"He asked me to get you. He needed to do something quickly. He's going to meet you by his car." She's a little confused. Why wouldn't Sam just text her that himself? But she doesn't think much of it, he probably forgot.
But she was wrong. He didn't forget. She gasps and covers her mouth when she sees him, standing in front of his truck holding a poster saying I will go extinct if you don't go to prom with me. With a stuffed t-rex beside him and Blaine standing to the side recording all of it. She throws her head back and laughs at how corny it all is, but she nods her head as soon as Kurt drops her off in front of him. "Yes! Yes I will go to prom with you."
He drops the poster, picks her up out of her chair and spins her around. "Thank God otherwise that would have been super embarrassing." She giggles and kisses him because she's too happy to think of anything else to say.
Her mom does her hair and makeup for her this year and she waits patiently at the door for Sam to arrive. Her mom claps her hands excitedly when the doorbell rings and tells her, "Quinnie you open the door, I have to get my camera!"
She rolls to the door, opening it and grinning when Sam's jaw drops. "Wow Quinn, you look gorgeous." She blushes and opens the door further so he can get inside. She takes in his appearance when he's placing her corsage on her wrist. He's wearing a purple bowtie to match her dress and she assumes he's wearing the same suit as last year because it looks a little tight, not that she doesn't mind, it just makes him look sexier. He bends down so she can pin his boutonniere on his suit jacket, giving her a kiss on the cheek once she's placed it on him.
"Here I got it!" her mom tells them from the kitchen, running quickly over to them. He helps her out of her wheelchair and wraps his arms around her waist while they pose for a couple of pictures. After about a dozen she laughs and tells her mom that's enough, "we need to get going! And my legs are starting to hurt."
Her mom wipes away a few tears and she refrains herself from rolling her eyes. Judy Fabray, always an emotional. But all thoughts leave her mind when Sam holds out his hand for her to take. "Ready?" Oh is she ever.
She's surprised at how good everything looks. She didn't know what to expect when Brittnay had announced her dinosaur themed prom, but she won't lie, everything turned out really well.
Sam takes them to a table where Mike and Tina are sitting and laughs along with Tina as Sam and Mike freak out over the decorations, geeking out about different facts they know.
She tells Sam she's going to head to the washroom quickly while they're all standing around watching Brittnay perform. As soon as she's finished in the stall, she wheels herself up to the sink so she can wash her hands. She groans in frustration forgetting how much taller the gym washroom sinks are compared to the sinks in the rest of the school. She grabs the counter and slowly pushes herself up so she can wash her hands properly and touch up on her makeup.
She hears footsteps and assumes it's just Sam coming in to check on her, but begins to panic as soon as she realizes that it's Finn. "You-you can walk?"
He's mad, why is he mad? Shouldn't he be happy for her? This is supposed to be a miracle. She's terrified, terrified of what he's going to say. "Yeah. Isn't it amazing?" She asks him slowly. She lies to him because she can see the anger on his face, although she doesn't get why he's so upset. "You're seeing me take my first steps." She tells him nervously as she heads back to her chair.
"So you lied to us? To everybody?" Why does he assume that she's been lying? Yes she can take a few steps on her own, but she can't walk yet.
"No. I mean, my legs are getting better, but I wanted it to be a surprise. You know, for when I walk up there and-and get my crown. The crowd will go wild. I really want this." She doesn't know what the big deal is, she deserves this. Especially after everything that she has been through.
"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. Rachel has none of that." Is Finn being serious? How is she the one who has everything? She's in a wheelchair! She wants to scream back at him, tell him Rachel is the one who has everything. Racehel can walk. She has two supportive dads who love her. She has a boyfriend who she can still be with after she graduates. She is so sick of everything pitying Rachel because she blew one audition. How is it her fault Rachel didn't think to apply to any other schools? Why are they all pretending like Rachel was not given the main role of every musical, every solo in every competition? Like Rachel has not screwed all of them over time and time again just so she can get her way. And Quinn wants this one small thing for herself and she's the bad guy? "And tonight, thanks to you, she doesn't even have me."
"We're a shoo-in." She tells him as he walks out of the washroom. "I need you." That makes him turn around.
"No, you don't need me, okay? I thought going through all that terrible stuff this year made you cooler, but no, you're still the same old Quinn. All that matters is you." Ouch, that really stung. She feels the tears pricking the back of her eyes but she won't let him see how much he's affecting her. She knows she's become a better person, she has to be, or else none of this was worth it.
"Come on stop! Please." She hopes he understands that she's trying not to tell him that he shouldn't leave, he wants her to see that she is better than this. If he would overlook this one stupid thing and realize she is better, but she needs this for herself. She needs validation from everyone that she is still the well respected, feared Quinn Fabray she was before she got pregnant.
Finn finally stops and she doesn't know what she should say. Should she apologize? Tell him that he's right? But she can't, for some reason she can't bring herself to say what she really wants to say. Instead she tells him, "look, it's mandatory for the nominees to have at least one dance together." He still looks furious, so she tries to explain things from her perspective. "I know you don't understand how much this means to me, but," she trails off trying to keep herself from crying. "Will you please just stay here for me? Please?"
Finn reluctantly agrees and storms out of the washroom. She quickly dries her eyes before wheeling her way to back her table where Sam is seated, looking around the gym probably for her. She can tell he immediately knows something has happened and once she reaches their table asks her what's wrong. She shakes her head. "Nothing. Finn just saw me standing in the washroom."
She watches as Sam clenches his fists. "He said something to you didn't he? What did he say?"
She places her hand overtop of his. "Nothing Sam, it's okay." But he isn't looking at her, he's looking past her. She turns her head to see what he's glaring at and finds Finn walking over towards them.
"Let's get this over with." Finn tells her, grabbing her arm and pulling her upwards, nearly causing her to fall out of her chair.
Sam stands up and checks if she's okay. She nods and he looks up and Finn and then walks over to him, fisting his suit jacket. "You better fucking watch it Hudson becayse if you do anything to her-"
She tugs on Sam's other hand that is laying by his side. "Sam stop it you're causing a scene." He reluctantly let's go of Finn, but not before telling him that he'll be watching them.
She wheels herself behind Finn as he leads them towards the dance floor.
She grabs Finn's hands and puts on a fake smile as they dance awkwardly to Santana singing Love You Like A Love Song. Finn looks completely miserable and it's just making her feel worse. She looks over at Sam and smiles to tell him everything's okay. He doesn't look convinced.
Finn drops her hands and she groans. "It's just one dance, can you finish it with me?" she asks him.
"Yeah I will, as soon as you stand up and show everybody how much you deserve this, how much you deserve to be prom queen." She panics and looks around to make sure no one hears him.
"Are you really doing this right now?" She asks him, alarm clear in her voice. She doesn't know why Finn is being such a jerk to her.
"What? Making you walk? Making you stand up and show everybody how much of a crazy liar you are? Yeah. Stand up!"
Before she can stop herself, the tears are rolling down her cheeks. Sam is by her side instantly with Mike who is pushing Finn away from her. "What the fuck is going on?" Sam asks Finn angrily.
"Did you know that she could walk too? You must have with all that physical therapy you've been giving."
"Just finish the dance with me!" She pleads but Finn isn't having it. Sam stands in front of her protectively and glares daggers at Finn.
"Stand up! Stand the hell up! Come on!" She jumps as Finn breaks out of Mike's hold, pushes past Sam and grabs her arm hard, trying to get her out of her wheelchair.
Sam pushes him off of her and screams at him "what is wrong with you?!" And Finn pushes him back. Ms. Sylvester comes over and threatens to kick Finn out again and Mike holds Sam back telling him that it's not worth it.
Finn looks at her and then walks away and Sam puts his hand on her shoulder. Mike tells them that he's going to grab Tina. "Are you alright?" He asks her and she nods her head, wiping away any tears. "I can tell them to perform without me."
She shakes her head as Mike comes back with Tina. "You go Sam, I've got her." Tina tells him. Sam looks hesitant, but finally walks towards the stage with Mike. Tina turns towards her, telling her "come on Quinn, let's go dance."
She knows Tina probably thinks she's an awful person now that she and Mike know she can stand up. "I can't fully walk." She tells Tina as they sway around to the boys' cover of What Makes You Beautiful.
Tina shakes her head and smiles at her. "It's okay Quinn, I get it. I don't judge you, okay?" She nods back and smiles, allowing herself to slowly feel better.
She screams when Kurt comes over and joins them. "Kurt! You're here! But what about your anti-prom?"
He laughs and bends down to give her a hug. "And miss having to pass my reign as prom queen onto you? I couldn't." She grins.
She blushes as Sam points to her during his solo, ignoring the amount of girls that are screaming and reaching forward to touch his hair. Tina looks at her with her hands on her hips. "Quinn Fabray when are you finally going to tell me what is going on with you and Sam?"
Shen grins and thinks to herself oh what the hell, what's the point in pretending anymore. "We've been together since I woke up from my accident." She laughs and dodges Tina going in to slap her on the arm because Kurt tells her he knew this entire time.
She gets a text from Rachel telling her to meet her in the hallway. She hesitates on whether or not she should actually go, Finn probably told her that she can walk and Rachel is probably pissed too.
But she goes anyway, telling Rachel that she saw her text and that she has three minutes as soon as she sees her. "The voting has started and I need to get out there and press the flesh."
"Look I owe you an apology. I found out that you and Finn were campaigning together, and I kind of freaked out. I got really jealous and irrational, I just, I should have been supportive."
She feels awful. Awful that Rachel was feeling all of this and Quinn had no idea, making everything about her once again and thinking terrible thoughts of Rachel, accusing her of being the selfish one. "Well since I had no idea this was going on, it's pretty easy to forgive you. So I'm glad we cleared that up."
She turns to wheel herself back to the gym but Rachel starts talking to her again, walking in front of her and turning around to face her once more. "Wait, do you not understand what you mean to me? When we first met, you were everything I wanted to be: you were beautiful and popular, and you had Finn." She doesn't get what Rachel is trying to do, is she trying to show her that Quinn doesn't have any of that anymore? She already knows that.
"How the mighty have fallen."
"No, you don't understand. I still see you that way, okay? That's why I got so crazy. Because I wasn't seeing the new Quinn. The still beautiful, but humbled and inspiring Quinn." She wishes she was the girl that Rachel was describing, but she's not. Finn was right, she's just as selfish and awful as she was two years ago. "I've lost so much over these past few weeks and I honestly don't know what the hell I'm gonna do with my life, but when I look back at my high school career, the one thing, the one accomplishment that I'm gonna so proud of is that I found a way to be your friend." She giggles a bit at how overdramatic Rachel is. "So I'm apologizing to my friend. And I also want you to know that I voted for you for prom queen and I really think you deserve it."
Before she can thank Rachel, Santana tells her to hurry up and head to the Spanish room so they can start counting the ballots. She has her own speech prepared, it's on the tip of her tongue, but she can't bring herself to say anything. Instead feeling guilty as Rachel wishes her good luck and walks back to the gym.
She wheels herself into the Spanish room where Santana has already started counting the ballots. She counts the votes for king as Santana counts the votes for queen, and then the two of them switch to make sure neither of them are lying.
Santana tells her that she got the same votes for prom king as Quinn did, confused as to why Brittnay only got four prom king votes.
"Well, maybe it has something to do with the fact that she's a girl." She hates to say it, but they both know it's the truth. She has no problem with it, she would have voted for Brittnay herself if she wasn't running with Finn.
"Screw this." Santana tells her while getting up and walking towards the chalkboard. "I don't want to be queen if Britt isn't king."
"Well good because my count for queen was the same as yours." She tells Santana hesitantly as she comes up behind Quinn to double check. "I won by one vote."
She finally has it, her crown, the thing that she has been working towards since she started high school, but it doesn't make her feel any better. "I won. It's everything I've ever wanted and I don't feel any different."
"I mean, I guess you deserve to win, right? What with being a crip and all." Santana tells her and they both laugh.
"You know, we really have had the dream high school careers." She tells Santana, wheeling herself around to face her best friend. "Mega-popular, doing whatever we wanted. Whoever we wanted." They both laugh at that. "You know I'm really not surprised that you and I were the top two candidates."
"Yeah. Well it would be boring if we weren't so awesome." Santana says and starts to clean up the votes.
"But don't you want to leave this place having made a difference?" She asks her and Santana looks at her questioningly. "Since you don't want to be prom queen and neither do I, let's crown Rachel."
Santana looks at her like she's lost her mind. "Berry? You want Berry as prom queen? Quinn have you gone insane?" Santana asks her before taking a sip of her punch.
"Hear me out okay, she's already lost so much. She deserves this more than we do." Santana doesn't say anything for a bit before finally nodding and agreeing. So they've decided. Rachel Berry will win prom queen.
She wheels herself back into the gym with Santana and goes back to her table with Sam, Mike, and Tina. "Well?" Sam asks her when she finally gets to them. "Did you win?"
She purses her lips and shakes her head. "You'll have to find out with everyone else." She tells him as he wheels her towards the stage. He groans but accepts and helps her onto the stage.
When they announce Finn as prom queen she smiles and claps. She looks over at Sam who is pumping his first in the air and is winking at her. She smirks, he thinks she won prom queen.
Her and Santana smile at each other as Mr. Figgins says "students for the second year in a row we have prom anarchy. Receiving the majority of write-in votes, I would like to welcome on the stage…Miss Rachel Berry."
Sam looks over at her confused and she winks at him, turning her attention back to Rachel. She smiles and claps for Finn and Rachel and wheels herself to the front of the stage and grabs a mic from Santana as they prepare for their duet.
She decides that even though she gave up her crown, she can still have her moment. She places both her feet on the ground, grabs the mic stand, and pulls herself upwards. Santana quickly grabs her by the waist to keep her standing. She smiles at her and takes in everyone's shocked expressions.
She smiles at all the applause she gets and looks over at Sam who blows her a kiss. She finishes the rest of the performance standing and exhales in relief once the song ends.
"Quinn!" Santana says once they both put their microphones down. "You can walk?!" The latina has tears in her eyes and this is the reaction Quinn was waiting for, this is why she wanted to surprise everyone.
"Only a few steps." She tells Santana and laughs as Santana wraps her arms around her.
She finally gets her chance to dance with Sam while Tina is singing a solo. She chooses to go without her wheelchair so she can have one proper prom slow dance with the guy she loves since it's probably the only one she's going to get. She lifts her head up from Sam's chest to look at him when he tells her "I'm sorry you didn't get your crown Q."
She smiles at him. "It's okay, I still got my king."
He looks over to somewhere beside them and she follows his gaze to where Mercedes and Shane are slow dancing together. "Looks like everyone is happy tonight." He tells her while giving her a kiss on the forehead.
They dance together for the rest of the night, sometimes the two of them, sometimes with Santana and Brittnay or Mike and Tina. Eventually the clock strikes eleven and Figgins announces prom is over and they all need to start heading out of the gym.
She's buzzed off of the night on the ride back to her house. Or at least that was what she thought until Sam tells her Puck spiked the punch bowl while laughing. "Crap Sam I had three cups." He just laughs harder.
"You were behind Rachel winning prom queen, weren't you?" He asks her.
She smiles shyly and nods. "I won."
He looks over at her, eyes wide. "What? Why would you give up your crown? Isn't that what you've always wanted?"
She shrugs. "It didn't make me feel any better. Besides," she tells him while grabbing his hand. "I already got what I've always wanted." He grins back at her and kisses her hand.
He helps her out of the car when they finally reach her house, her legs are killing her. He bends down and kisses her when they reach her door. "Goodnight Quinn."
"Wait." She says while grabbing his hand. "Aren't you coming inside?"
He looks at her confused. "I have to get back to Burt and Carole's?"
She bites her lip. "I think they'll understand you wanting to spend prom night with your girlfriend." He raises an eyebrow at her and she blushes, pulling him inside.
Props
Kurt and Mercedes tell her about how Sue wants Kurt to wear a dress for nationals. She laughs her head off as they all head to glee club. She takes a seat next to Sam since mostly everyone in glee club knows they're back together now, there's clearly no point in hiding it.
They cheer as Mr. Schue writes Nationals on the board. She snickers when Sue tells them she expects Kurt to perform while wearing a dress during the Trouble Tones number and laughs even harder when Sam does a Darth Vader impression to her while wearing his welding helmet.
Her jaw drops when Mr. Schue tells them that if anyone is not up for trying and working their butts off, they should leave and Tina gets up and leaves. She agrees that everyone deserves more solos, God knows Quinn would like another one before she graduates, but Tina being the first one to call Mr. Schue favoring Rachel? That's not who Quinn was expecting.
She texts Tina asking her if she's okay after glee practice and gets a series of angry texts after. She laughs when she shows them to Sam and his eyes grow wide.
She runs into the auditorium hoping because she's unnoticed because she's a little late. She can barely dance as it is, and now Sue wants them all to dance with welding helmets and sparks flying everywhere? She can't handle it.
She expresses her frustrations to Sam as soon as Mr. Schue dismisses them. "I can't do it, I can't do some elaborate dance number for nationals. If we lose I'm going to be the reason why Sam, me and my awful dancing."
He chuckles and grabs her hand, squeezing it while they walk down the hallway together. "Will you relax? You're going to be fine. You know there's no way Mr. Schue is going to approve of that number."
She sighs and he pulls her over to the side, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Hey, stop it. You're going to do great, everyone gets if you need a couple of weeks to readjust. Stop stressing okay?"
She nods her head and he kisses her cheek. "Good. Now let's go get some lunch. I'm starving."
She raises an eyebrow at the email she gets from Mr. Schue telling all of them to meet in the boys locker room for an emergency glee meeting at lunch that Sue wants them all to attend.
She walks in and takes a seat next to Mr. Schue. Her heart drops when she watches the video clip of Vocal Adrenaline's dancing routine. She can feel Sam staring at the back of her head, but she seriously feels like she can't breathe. How is she supposed to learn how to do a human centipede if she's still learning how to walk again?
Her hands start to shake and she stops paying attention to Sue altogether. Is she breathing? She feels like she isn't breathing. Mr. Schue must notice her gasping for air from beside him because he turns to her and asks her if she's okay. "Quinn? Are you alright?"
Her clear vision is replaced with unshed tears. She's going to cost them nationals, she just knows it. And then everyone is going to hate her because they'll know it too. Her ears begin to ring and she can hear Mr. Schue telling Sue to turn the lights on. She can hear Finn ask him what's going on and everyone begins to look at her. "I think she might be having a panic attack."
Mr. Schue turns to her and instructs her to take slow deep breaths but she can barely hear him. What if she falls while on stage? What if she injures her legs again and then she permanently becomes paralyzed. Sam jumps up and starts kneeling in front of her, grabbing her hands and telling her to copy his breathing, but she can't concentrate on anything else other than the fact that she can't dance the way she knows she has to in order for them to win nationals.
Mr. Schue tells them all to clear the room and give her space, they will meet for glee rehearsal in the choir room tomorrow. Sue stands behind Sam and instructs him on what to do. "Get her to look at you and then count down from ten with her. I'll go get some water."
Sam lifts her head and forces her to look into his eyes. "Let's count down from ten okay? Say the numbers with me baby. Ten..nine..eight.." She gasps out seven and he breathes a sigh of relief. By the time they get down to one, she is breathing normally again. Sue returns with a paper cup full of water and Sam sits next to her, helping her drink from it because her hands are still shaking.
"What happened?" Mr. Schue asks her as he stands next to Sue who is looking down at her concerned. She looks hesitantly over to Sam and he gets the hint that she's too afraid to tell them.
"She's afraid that her not being able to dance as well as she could before the accident is going to cost us nationals." She watches as both Sue and Mr. Schue's eyes soften.
"Quinn, you don't need to put that much pressure on yourself. You were just in an accident. We understand that you may not be able to dance as sharp as you could before." She nods her head, hearing Mr. Schue say that to her does take some of the pressure off. She thanks them both and exits the locker room with Sam.
Sam grabs her wrist lightly before she has a chance to open the door. "Quinn hold on a minute."
She knows what he's going to say. He's going to lecture her for not talking to him more or express how much more he is concerned now.
But instead he pulls her into his chest and wraps his arms around her. "You scared me. How are you feeling now?"
She sniffles out an okay and he places his chin on the top of her head. "If you're ever feeling nervous like that again tell me okay? So we can go to Mr. Schue together and prevent something like that from happening again."
She nods her head against his chest and whispers thank you into the fabric of his shirt.
Santana and Brittnay sit on either side of her during glee rehearsal the next day. Santana asks her what happened yesterday during their meeting and she tells them it's nothing to worry about. "I'm just a little nervous about having to dance for nationals."
Santana snorts and asks her "a little nervous?" and Brittnay glares at her girlfriend.
"It's okay Quinn, I can help you." Brittany offers.
"No Britt it's okay, I'll be okay."
"Nonsense Fabray. I'm a little rusty on some of my moves myself. You're coming." She sighs and reluctantly agrees, smiling a bit as Brittnay squeals.
That panic returns when Sue tells them all she's ordered them little people for them to dance with. "I can't dance with a little person, I can hardly walk." Brittany pats her leg and tells her not to worry, she's going to help her.
Her jaw drops as Puck walks in wearing a dress and a wig. She gags and covers her eyes when Puck turns around and his dress twirls, revealing his underwear underneath.
She meets Brittnay and Santana in the dance studio the next day afterschool. She puts on a pair of red Cheerios shorts and a black muscle racerback tank top and watches nervously as Brittnay shows her the choreography her and Mike have planned for Paradise By The Dashboard Light and stuff she has been working on for Edge Of Glory.
"I don't get why I need to learn the Edge Of Glory choreo if I'm not even going to be a part of that number."
Brittany shrugs. "It will help you dance better if you learn more complex moves. Come on Quinn, you know I'm not going to teach you anything I don't think you can't handle."
She nods her head, she's determined to become better and learn all the steps. She practices with Brittnay and Santana for a couple of hours until Brittnay decides that's enough for today. They walk out together to Santana's car, but before she can get into the back, Santana stops her.
She turns to Santana confused and is slightly concerned about the tears shining in Santana's eyes. "Quinn I'm so sorry." Before she can ask Santana what she's talking about, Santana continues. "I kept replaying our conversation at the fence during the first week of school while you were in your coma. About how you brought up all the terrible things that we've done to each other. I shouldn't have gotten between you and Puck while you were pregnant or fought you in the hallway when you told coach about my boob job." Quinn snorts at that as her own eyes fill up with unshed tears. "But the thing I regret most is not being there for you when you needed me most. I wasn't there for you when you got pregnant. I stole Sam from you when he clearly made you the happiest you've ever been, and I wasn't there to prevent your trip to crazyland, and I'm so sorry." Santana's voice cracks and Quinn goes to wrap her arms around her, but Santana shakes her head and takes a step back. "I'm so grateful for you Q. The way that you've always been there for me, especially when Finn outed me. And I hate myself for not doing the same for you."
She finally walks up to Santana and wraps her arm around her, telling her that she loves her so much. "I forgave you so long ago San." She holds Santana as she sobs into her shoulder, laughs as Brittnay hops out from the front seat and joins them for a group hug.