My Comeback rewrite, and Idk, not my best work in my opinion. It's only 1 chapter this time instead of 2, which means you got the special ending sooner. So hope you like the chapter, and happy with the ending. I know I gave you what you were all waiting for. So enjoy.
Quinn made up a story about how she got mono. She said she saved Finn's life by sucking a gumball out of his mouth. Quinn's mouth dropped when Sam believed her by saying he almost choked on a gumball once. Quinn couldn't believe how gullible Sam was. If he actually paid attention in health class he would've known Quinn was lying. The way to save someone when they were choking was to do the Heimlich maneuver.
Sam could feel Quinn was pulling away, and he couldn't let that happen. He saw a moment between Finn and his girlfriend in the hallway and he didn't like how it looked. So he used his dad's advice and decided to use Rock n' Roll to get Quinn back. He was going to use the popularity of Justin Bieber to help.
Rachel saw Brittany pass her wearing the leg warmers she gave her on her arms.
"Brittany what are you doing?"
"I don't know," Brittany replied.
Rachel took a deep breath. "You're wearing the leg warmers on your arms."
"Yea, they were cold. No one taught me how to read a calendar, and my arms got cold."
"Ok, how am I supposed to be a trendsetter if you're wearing the cloths I gave you wrong? I'm done with boys. We agreed that the leg warmers would be a more subtle and accepting to gain popularity."
"We all know you're done with boys Rachel. So what does that have to do with anything?"
"The point is I'm focusing on my career and the only way is to dominate popular discussion. So tomorrow you are going to wear the leg warmers on your legs and you're going to tell people you got the idea from…" Rachel trailed off encouraging Brittany to finish.
"Rachel Berry," Brittany finished.
"Good, now meet me in the library after school," Rachel asked.
"Why?"
Rachel sighed. "Our agreement, I'm going to help you with school. I think we'll start with how to read a calendar."
Mr. Shuster just informed the glee club that Coach Sylvester will be joining them in glee for the week. Everyone was not happy about this, especially Quinn. She started to tune out her Spanish teacher, as he told the group who they were competing against at Regionals. He also mentioned something about anthems Quinn wasn't sure.
Then Sam raised his hand and went to the front, and mentioned Justin Beiber.
"You've got to be kidding me," Quinn muttered in disbelief.
Sam continued to talk about Justin Beiber and the song summing up their generation. Quinn's face showed pain as he said those words.
He then proceeded to sing Baby, and all the girls went crazy, with two exceptions. Quinn couldn't ignore Sam's attempt to serenade her. She didn't go crazy but was surprised at his attempt. Rachel also remained neutral. She didn't care for Sam or Justin Beiber.
Rachel listened to the lyrics. She didn't think Sam knew what he was singing. The song was about losing his first love. Yet here he was using it to serenade Quinn. One of the lines was, 'Say there's another and look right in my eyes.' The line was basically telling her to tell him who she was leaving him for. Although there was a verse about him doing anything to keep her, but what was clear were the words I'm gone. Rachel thought the song was actually good for the situation, but again Sam had no idea what he was saying, and neither did any of the girls in the room.
The girls all cheered at the end of the performance with the exception of Rachel. Mr. Shue dismissed everyone, and Rachel made her way over to Sue Sylvester.
"What is it?" Sue said without saying her name or a nickname.
"Thank you," was all Rachel said.
"I'm sorry?" Sue asked in disbelief.
"I know you don't like glee club or any of us right now. I never had a chance to thank you for what you did in December. So thank you."
Rachel stood there waiting for a response from the cheerleader coach.
"You can go now," Sue said dismissing the petite girl.
Rachel was sitting at one of the library computers waiting for Brittany.
"Hey," Finn said taking a seat next to her.
"Hi Finn," Rachel said to her friend.
"Whatcha doing?" He asked glancing at the screen. "Oh not you too," he said in disbelief as he read the name at the top.
"Relax, I in no way have Beiber fever," Rachel said rolling her eyes.
"More like you have beaver fever," Finn joked.
Rachel punched Finn in the chest. Finn jokingly held his chest like it hurt.
Anyways, I was just looking at the lyrics for the song Sam sung to Quinn today. I'm convinced he had no idea what he was singing."
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"The song is about love and lost. Obviously the person he is singing about is cheating on him. He approaches her, tries everything to keep her, but in the end he's heartbroken."
"Ok…"
"Sam was singing it to Quinn in an attempt to serenade her. The sad part I think it worked."
"Why?" Finn asked.
"Because she finds the attempts of serenading and jealousy enduring," Rachel replied. "I should know I've tried many times."
Rachel turned to look at the entrance of the library and saw Brittany walk in.
"I gotta go," Rachel grabbed her bag and went to the ditzy blonde.
Finn moved to the seat Rachel just left. It wasn't long before the boy left with two pieces of paper.
The next day at school Rachel was at her locker when she sees a bunch of girls walk by with leg warmers on their arms.
"Oh no," Rachel says to herself.
She marches through the hall to find Brittany. "What the hell?" she says spinning the blonde to face her.
"Sorry Rachel it just sorta caught on," Brittany said with a shrug.
"The deal's off," Rachel said turning to walk away.
"Wait," Brittany said grasping Rachel's shoulder.
"What?" Rachel said spinning back around.
"I'm sorry, but I really want to graduate and I've remember some things you taught me yesterday."
"Prove it," Rachel demanded.
Brittany closed her eyes. "Four seasons, summer is hot, winter is cold. Spring and fall are in between. Spring brings flowers, and Fall is when the leaves fall."
"Right. What season is it now?"
"Well I'm cold so winter?" Brittany asked.
Rachel looked at Brittany for a minute. "Ok, right after school meet me at Kids R' Us. They close at six. The only option is to go all out."
Brittany looked at Rachel's outfit. "What do you call that?"
"Sexy schoolgirl librarian chic," Rachel replied. She gave Brittany's arm a playful slap before leaving.
Coach Sylvester just finished getting some pointers on being a diva from Rachel. Then she proceeded to tell her that Mercedes was bad talking her behind her back. Rachel had a feeling this was some type of ploy the coach was playing. She decided to put her acting skills to the test and stormed off towards the closest bathroom. She quickly checked all the stalls before pulling out her phone.
Coach Sylvester told me you said some not so nice things about me.
Rachel anxiously waited for Mercedes to respond.
Mercedes: Ya and she told me the same thing. I can't believe you Rachel.
I didn't say anything Mercedes. This is Coach Sylvester. She's playing us. I'm in the bathroom near the science room.
Rachel didn't have to wait long for Mercedes to barge into the bathroom.
"Are you for real?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes. I never said anything to Coach Sylvester about you, even after what she said," Rachel replied.
"You really think she's playing us?"
Rachel nodded as she made her way over to her friend. "Yes. She knows we are the most talented people glee club. If we are fighting, the club will fall apart. She is even more resentful towards us because she lost her budget to us."
"I can't believe I fell for it."
Rachel smiled at her friend. "You know if this was a month ago, I would've believed her too. "
"So what do we do now?"
Rachel turned away from her friend, placing her finger on her lips as she thought. "Diva off," Rachel said as if it was obvious turning back to her friend.
"What?"
"Diva off, we'll put on a show for Coach Sylvester. When we leave we'll make a scene in front of her, and have a diva off in glee. We'll show her it takes more than bad mouthing each other to tear the club apart."
"Rachel you're a genius. You really have changed."
"Thanks Mercedes. That means a lot to me," Rachel said, accepting the hug Mercedes gave her.
Mercedes left the bathroom first, and a few minutes later Rachel left. She went on her hunt for her friend to put their plan into action.
Finn found Quinn at her locker and handed her a piece of paper with words on it.
"What's this?" Quinn asks.
"Just read it," Finn ordered
"Ok," Quinn said looking at the paper.
As she read it she thought it sounded familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it. The thing that stuck out was the last words I'm gone.
"Ok I read it, what is it?"
Finn gave Quinn another piece of paper with the same words on it, but at the top it had the title and artist.
"Oh," Quinn said when she saw it was lyrics she was reading.
"Thought you should know what Sam was actually singing to you yesterday. He either knows something is up, and this is his way of telling you. Or he is just trying to win you over with Justin Beiber."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because she still loves you," Finn whispered.
Before Quinn could respond her ex-boyfriend was gone.
The Justin Beiber experience expanded, with Artie, Mike, and Puck joining. They sang Somebody to Love and Sam dedicated it to Quinn. They went to the auditorium to have a bigger space to perform. All the girlfriends went crazy. Rachel cheered on her other friends in the group.
After their performance Quinn approached Sam. She didn't want to go out with Sam, because she was trying to get over Rachel. But he was trying really hard to make her happy, and win her back.
"Color me mine?" Quinn asked the boy in purple.
"I'll color you yours any day," Sam replied.
Quinn smirked as she walked away. She didn't see Santana approach her boyfriend behind her.
The next day Rachel and Mercedes agreed to sing Take me or Leave me for their diva off. Rachel didn't tell Mercedes the other reason she wanted to sing that song. Rachel wanted a way to express her feelings towards Quinn.
While singing the song Rachel focused in on her feeling for Quinn. In the play when the lesbian lovers sang it they both choose to leave the relationship. That's exactly what happened between them. Rachel felt like she was Maureen, and couldn't resist saying kiss pookie to directly to Quinn. She even raised her hands to look like a puppy begging.
By the end of the song Rachel and Mercedes were laughing and smiling. The two gave each other hug, showing no hard feelings for their intense performance.
"Hey, where's the hate?" Sue asked in disbelief.
"Not the point of glee club Sue," Mr. Shue said without looking at the woman.
Next day at school Santana, Quinn and Tina are dressed like Brittany. Quinn knew the look was originally Rachel's, but decided to have a little fun. She thought Rachel was above being popular, but she was wrong.
"She's a genius and an icon," Tina said to Quinn and Santana.
"Who is?" Rachel said approaching the small group.
"Brittany. Who did you think?" Quinn replied, trying not to smile.
"Who knew that taking off that cheerios uniform would turn her into a fashion institution?" Santana asked.
"Is-is this a joke?" Rachel asked.
"No, but that sweater is. Who wears a reindeer sweater?" Santana snickered.
"Uh, all three of you," Rachel pointed out.
"No," Tina argued. "This is a carousel horse."
Quinn was the last to speak. She felt it was mean, but she wanted Rachel to see she was above this. "If you want to know what to wear, just look to Brittany."
"Look, she took the look from me, ok?" Rachel said getting angry. "I bribed her."
"That's mean Rachel," Tina said.
"I can't believe you would take this away from poor Brittany," Quinn argued.
Rachel was pissed, and saw Brittany at the end of the hallway.
"It's off," Rachel said to Brittany. "I'm trying to stage a comeback here."
"What are you coming back from exactly?" Brittany asked.
"I…" Rachel stuttered. She wanted to say she was trying to comeback from her breakup with Quinn; including the end of their friendship.
"Listen, I have to give you some tough love Rachel. When people see you they don't see what you're wearing. They see a cat getting its temperature taken, and then they hear it screaming. I'm sorry, but can you still be my tutor?"
"Why should I help you, when you took the credit for my look?" Rachel asked.
"Because you're a good person," Brittany replied.
"You really think I'm a good person?"
"Well yea."
Rachel took a deep breath. "Fine, I may not be popular, but we're family."
Brittany furrowed her brow confused.
"We're glee family Brittany."
"Oh, so I'll see you after school."
"Yes," Rachel answered. Brittany smiled and left, leaving Rachel in the hallway.
Santana and Sam are in the library. Santana points out Sam is a dork, and offers to be his mistress.
"But I'm dating Quinn," Sam pointed out.
"And this just in: she cheated on you," Santana pointed out.
"No she didn't."
"Look, I know you're as dumb as a bag of wet hair, but you know in your heart she's lying. That gumball story is insane and total bullshit. You're choosing to believe her lie so you can be with her."
"And how do you know?"
"Because I saw Quinn with Finn in the auditorium the day before she showed symptoms of mono," Santana answered.
"She told me she was at church."
"She lied to you."
"Did you see them kiss?"
Santana thought about lying, but decided on giving the dumb blonde a break. "No. But she did kiss someone else that day."
"Who?"
"Me. I gave it to Finn because I thought she was cheating on you with him. So when they didn't I kissed her giving it to her. I wanted to make it look like she was cheating on you with Finn. I find it curious what she told you. There are some obvious issues there. She could've just told you the truth instead she came up with the dumbass gumball story."
"Why would she lie about kissing you?"
"I don't know she's probably a suppressed lemon."
"A what?"
"Really? You need to get up to speed here Sam. Let me put it in terms you'll understand. Your Queen Bee doesn't like boys and is too afraid to let people know."
Sam remained silent.
"Think about my offer." With that Santana left.
The next day Quinn approaches Sam at his locker. "Hey. You mind if I borrow one of your shirts to use as a smock tonight at Color Me Mine? Kind of have a thing for wearing clothes of the one I love."
Sam looked at her with a stone face. "We're not going to Color Me Mine."
Quinn furrowed her brow.
"And I'm not your boyfriend," Sam slammed his locker and turned to leave.
"Wait… Why?" Quinn asked confused.
"Because you can't look me in the eye right now and tell me how you really got mono."
"I…" Quinn stuttered, then was silent.
"I rest my case."
Sam started to turn to leave.
"I choose to be with you, Sam." Quinn said to his back.
"Over what? Or should I say who?"
Quinn opened her mouth, but couldn't find the words.
"Wow, you are incapable of telling the truth are you?"
"You don't understand," Quinn argued.
"Understand what? That it was Santana who gave it to you. That you made out with her but made up some lame ass excuse about getting mono from a fucking gumball."
"How?"
"Santana told me. But the thing I don't understand is I thought you hated her."
"I do, and I didn't make out with her. She attacked me."
"With her tongue? How can I believe anything you say when you've been lying to me? Has our whole relationship been based on a lie?" Sam asked.
Quinn was silent. It wasn't a lie at first, but it became that way. Quinn thought to herself.
"You know what forget it. No harm no foul. Oel ngati kameie. Crap." Sam looked away from Quinn. "Santana told me to stop speaking Na'vi."
"Since when is Santana telling you what to do?"
Sam took a deep breath and diverted his eyes, "Since we started going out."
Sam left leaving Quinn in the deserting hallway.
"Alright I hate to say it," Mr. Shuster starts, getting the choir room quiet. "But I think we owe Sue a big thank you. She may hate us but she did give us a kick butt song for Regionals."
Everyone applauded except Quinn and Rachel, Rachel shot her right hand up. "That's right," says Mr. Shue to the group ignoring Rachel's hand.
"Mr. Shuster," Rachel said standing up. "I think that our admiration for Coach Sylvester might just be a little premature. While I love My Chemical Romance, and I think we all kicked butt on that number. As our team leader and arbiter of all that is good, I-I have to say that I don't think that that song is good enough for Regionals. The Warblers have Kurt and Blaine as their, like, one-two punch. And Aural Intensity kicked our butt last year. We can't just do a-any song to beat either of those teams."
"You mean a number where you don't get to sing the entire song," Mercedes countered.
"Guys, this isn't about me." Rachel replied.
"What do you suggest Rachel?" The Spanish teacher asked.
"We need to be bold and-and e-epic. We need to write our own original music for Regionals. We need an edge, an-an undisputable advantage," Rachel answered.
"Check out Dwarf Diane Warren," Santana snickered.
"Look we can't lose Regionals again this year, you guys. Ok, You-you have to trust me. I feel really, really strongly about this." Rachel continued trying to convince her peers.
"Let's put it to a vote. Ok, Rachel?" Mr. Shuster suggested.
Rachel smiled and nodded at the teacher's suggestion.
"All those in favor of doing an original song?" the teacher asked.
Rachel raises her hand and looks around. Quinn looks around too seeing no one supporting Rachel's idea.
Quinn shoots up her hand. "Wait Mr. Shue can I say something before we finish this voting?"
Mr. Shue lets out a sigh, and extends his hand for Quinn to continue. Quinn took her spot in front of the room, and locks eyes with Rachel giving her a small nod. The diva slowly sits down to hear what the ex-head cheerleader has to say.
"Rachel has a point. Who is to say that Coach Sylvester isn't going to leak the song like she did at Sectionals last year?"
The members give her a nod and a shrug with the new piece of information.
Quinn continued. "Having an original song will give us an advantage. This is our last chance; if we don't place this year. Glee will be gone. We got lucky with having another year. And we all seem to forget about Vocal Adrenaline. The only person who saw their performance last year was Rachel. Everyone else in the room, minus Lauren and Sam, was at the hospital with me. I still agree with Mr. Shue in putting the idea to a vote, but I think we should give writing an original song a try. Since Rachel is suggesting it, and see as no one else is on the same page as her, let her try. Give her a chance to give us another song option. Once she has we can vote again."
Quinn finished her speech and sat down. Rachel had the biggest smile on her face.
"You make a good argument Quinn. Rachel, do you feel up to the challenge?" Mr. Shue asked.
The diva nodded eagerly.
"Alright it's settled. We'll give Rachel some time to write a song that fits as an anthem. Then we'll decide on which one we will perform."
Everyone grudgingly nodded their heads in agreement. The bell rang as the club members made their way out of the choir room. Rachel walked up to Quinn, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Hey," Quinn said when the petite girl caught up with her. They continued to walk side by side to their destination.
"Hey. Thank you for what you did in there. I noticed you didn't agree with me, but you gave me a chance to prove my suggestion. You stood up for me," Rachel said.
"It's nothing. I like the idea Rach. However you need to prove it by writing a great song and shoving down their throats. I just helped to give you the opportunity to do it."
Rachel smiled, and wrapped her arm around Quinn's waist giving her a small hug from the side. "How is it you're so amazing?"
"Sam would beg to differ," Quinn replied, keeping her gaze forward.
Rachel abruptly took a step in front of Quinn, causing her to stop. "You know if you had done something earlier this wouldn't have happened. What do you have against being alone? The two people you've dated. You cheated on both of them, causing them to break up with you. You were the head cheerleader, the head bitch in charge. You made my life hell for years making me miserable. What are you afraid of?"
Quinn grabbed hold of Rachel's face and pulled her into a kiss, right in the middle of McKinley. Students walking by were in shock. Some stopped; a few took out their phones taking pictures. Others kept walking, afraid of what Quinn would do if they saw them staring.
"What was that?" Rachel quietly asked when Quinn pulled away.
"A kiss," Quinn replied.
Rachel let out a sigh. "I know it was a kiss. But where did that come from. We're in the middle of school, and I broke this off like two weeks ago."
"I know, but I've lost everything. I was afraid of being with you because I was afraid of losing everything I worked for. Yet here I stand another glee looser, and single. Only thing I have left to loose is my house," Quinn joked.
"You mean?" Rachel asked.
Quinn kissed the diva again. "I want to be with you Rachel, fully 100% with you. That is if you do too?"
"Of course Quinn," Rachel answered. "I hate it took so long, but I love you Quinn. I tore me apart these two weeks seeing you, but not being with you. And Watching Sam serenade you."
"I can't say sorry enough. I'm chicken shit Rachel for not telling Sam the truth. I mean I care about him and didn't want to hurt him. So instead I kept hurting myself and you. I'm such a hypocrite, because I compromised your happiness for his. I just hope you can forgive me, and we can move forward."
"I can't stay mad at you. And yes I'm willing to forgive you. So Quinn Fabray," Rachel started stepping next to Quinn to start leaving the school. "What is next?"
"No more secrets. So, I need to tell my mom."
"I'm here for you Quinn. I'll be with you if you want."
"Thanks Rachel. I appreciate that. Especially since the only option is to do it today."
"That's awfully fast." Rachel pointed out.
"Not really if you think about it. This all started back in December and I've been putting it off for far too long. Also if I don't do it today my mom is probably going to find out about it tomorrow. I mean I did just kiss you in public."
"This is true. So should we head to your house?"
"Yes, meet me there?"
"Of course," Rachel said taking Quinn's hand. "Do you know what you're going to say?"
"I have an idea," Quinn said pushing the doors open to the outside.
