Quinn woke up, it was already night time. She looked at the body she was tangled with and smiled sadly when she saw that belonged to the girl she loves. Rachel was still sleeping soundly but Quinn couldn't sleep anymore so she carefully detangled herself from the other girl and stood up from the bed.

As much sad as she was right now, she is the leader and she needs to be strong. Her group needs her to be. Of course that the pain of what happened today would still be with her for quite some time, her mother's last words was that she needed to keep going.

They did not have the luxury to dwell on pain for losses, especially someone in her position, where she had everyone looking up to her to keep them safe, to provide for them. They needed her and now at this moment, she needed them as well.

She looked at the window and saw the stars that illuminated the sky, she remembered her life. Her mother never stood up for her against her father until when she announced that they broke up because he cheated on her with a tattooed girl almost her age.

She had been impressed and hopeful that finally the two of them could be free from him and they did for a full year until she decided to let him again and everything started to be the same way they always were.

It isn't take long before he started assaulting her mother and trying to do the same with her but during these years she had grew stronger and become a woman who could stand up for herself and that didn't need saving from anyone.

She was nothing like the little girl he had kicked out of his house, she had changed. Though looking back at her junior year it may not seem like it but she really did change. Being with the skanks also changed her and it wasn't for the worst.

A lot of things she knew she could use to protect and provide for everyone she learned with them. They were quite the group to be with in a zombie apocalypse. Maybe if she hadn't so many people to take care of ad Beth, she would have looked for them although she had a tiny bit of a feeling that the creatures did not get the best of them and that they were surviving somewhere as well.

And she deeply hoped that had managed to find themselves a good place like the one they were in. Which was a blessing. She had no idea what she would do with these people if they did not have a safe place like this to be, it would definitely had been twice as hard to keep everyone safe, alive and together.

She loves them, every single one of them. They have become her people, and the trust they have put on her made her sure f her decision to protect them and do well by them. She would not the leader Finn keeps saying she will be. Some kind of a tyrant.

She would listen to them, their ideas and chose always the best solution for them. That's what she would do. As she told Santana, they are her responsibility just as her mother was and as she promised herself she wouldn't fail them.

Quinn was so lost that she didn't hear Rachel waking up, and coming to stand beside her. "What are you thinking about?" Rachel asked and brought Quinn out of her thought. "Sorry, what did you ask?" Quinn said and Rachel smiled.

"I asked, what are you thinking about?" Rachel asked again and Quinn nodded before looking out of the window again. "Many things. Too many. But if you are worried about me, don't be. I'm okay."

"I'm still in pain but that I can only overcome with time and some normality so how about we good down and see what insanities your boyfriend s saying about me this time? Besides, I have to address of happened today." Quinn said and Rachel smiled comfortingly.

"I don't think it's necessary for you to push yourself to far right now but I see that I can't make you change your s mind so do as you wish but know that if you ever need to talk about anything, I'm all ears." Rachel said and Quinn nodded. "I know and I promise that if I need I will come to you." Quinn said and turned around and went out of the room.

Rachel followed her and stood by her side and she came down the stairs and went to the living room where there was a little bit of noise coming from. As soon as her form came into vision, silence fell and you could hear a pin drop.

Quinn came to stand in front of everyone as Rachel went to sit down. Everyone including the children turned to her. Expectations and pity could be seen from their eyes as they stared at her. She knew that she had to do this so she took a deep breath and started.

"Many of you may be feeling confused about happened and as the leader of this group, it's my duty to tell you what happened." She said. "I don't know if any of had noticed but my mother had been feeling sick for a couple of days. At first, I thought it could be flu or something but it wasn't."

"Today, in the morning, I went to the bathroom to wash my teeth and my mother was taking her bath, she didn't notice me so as I was washing, I looked at her direction and that's when I saw the huge wound she had on her shoulder." Quinn said as everyone paid attention.

"I could not believe what I was seeing, I did not want to because I knew what that meant. It meant that sooner or later she would have been turned into one of them and I could not let that happen. Even if she was my mother, I could not let the safety of our group to be compromised because she was my family. I am not that kind of leader."

"When you give me this position, you not only put your trust but also your lives and the lives of the people your love for me to protect and take care of. I cannot be selfish and that's when I made the decision that what need to be done would be done." Quinn said formally.

"I also decided to do it myself as I saw her as my responsibility as I see all of you. I told Santana and asked her that when the time to do it had come she would keep everyone inside so you didn't have to be present to see, especially the kids and I owe a big thank you S for doing it. Thank you very much for your support from the very beginning." Quinn said and looked at her best friend who smiled.

"You are welcome. That's what friends are for." Santana said and Quinn nodded. "My mom and I had a beautiful talk, we said our good byes and with her help I ended her suffering before it even began." Quinn said.

"Thing like what happened to my mom today can have to one of us in the future which is why I want to use her example to tell you that being careful is extremely needed right now. Kids, do not go running around the house without any adult supervision. You are not only putting yourself in danger but everyone else as well so please be careful."

"If you want to play outside come to me and I will select someone to keep watch on you but don't go out there without anyone knowing okay? It is too dangerous. And although I am here to protect you, I do think I will need help so who volunteers to be the leader of the kids team?" Quinn said and the kids pointed at Maggie as everyone smiled.

"Great, Maggie, whenever someone from the kids wants something they will come to you and you will come to tell me and we will solve any problems together. Are you up for the task? It's not easy." Quinn said and Maggie nodded. "I am and don't worry Quinn, I will not let any of them do something stupid." Maggie said and Quinn smiled at her along with everyone else.

"We will be counting on that. As for the adults, if you can't talk to me, I will suggest the Burt be in charge of representing the adults. Do you agree?" She asked and all the adults agreed. "For the rest of the glee club, I suggest the Rachel be the one to represent you. Is that okay?" Everyone but Finn agreed.

"Okay so from now on, Rachel, Maggie and Burt will be the representatives of the group and along with me, they will work to keep this camp safe and happy for everyone." Quinn said as they smiled along with her. "But Quinn, the last word is yours as the leader right?" Tina asked and Quinn looked at her.

"If everyone agrees with it, yes. Does anyone besides Finn have a problem with me having the final word?" She said and no one said a thing besides Finn who scoffed. "Then, it's also decided the last word will be mine. Any more questions?" Everyone shook their heads.

"I'll give the same advice I gave the kids for you guys, please, do not go past the fences. The door should only be open for the attack team who will leave and come back with the supplies. It is too risky to go out there on your own or even in groups. We don't know what is out there, what danger we could attract here from such adventures. Can I count on everyone on that as well?" Quinn asked and they nodded.

It was an understatement to say that they were impressed by her maturity and her sense of responsibility as their leader. There was no doubt in their mind that Quinn was indeed the best choice they could have made to be their leader.

Rachel was the reason for the understatement. The way she looked at Quinn was one look of admiration but it contained something more than that as well. It had something to do with what has happened between them a couple of days ago.

Something changed in her ever since their kiss and with no doubt had to do with the blonde. There was something that she couldn't understand happening to her whenever the blonde girl was involved.

And now seeing her being such an adult compromised with her duty to protect them made her see Quinn on a new light as did everyone else but there was still one person who refused to give in.

"Okay, now that we have established some of the rules there are still some things I wish to talk with you guys privately so if you don't mind I'll be in the office and will call one by one to come up. Carol, do you mind being the first?" Quinn asked and she shook her head.

"No, not at all, Quinn." She said and stood up and went over to Quinn as they walked to the office, leaving everyone else wandering what matters did Quinn wished to speak with each one of them.

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Spoiler Alert: Quinn is more mature than you remember her, Rachel is confused, Finn is angry and a lot can happen from there.