Puck is at the bar talking to a blonde, tall girl. Conor has now taken over bowling for Puck, noticing he is distracted. Quinn is sitting in the chair next to Santana, glancing at Puck every chance she gets.
Puck walks over with the girl.
"Well, as fun as this has been…we're gonna go."
Santana looks at him confused.
"Puck what are you doing?"
"Goodnight everyone."
Puck leaves, holding the blonde girls hand. Quinn avoids eye contact with everyone, for some reason, that she cannot understand, she feels humiliated.
After an hour or so everyone decides they've had enough and one by one, go home. Santana is left with Quinn, while Sam and Conor talk about basketball. Quinn sucks down her martini.
"You okay, Q?"
Quinn puts her glass down.
"I'm just great, thanks."
"You guys are absolutely exhausting. You're both jealous of one another and want to be with one another, but won't give in. I'm tired just watching this all unfold."
Quinn shakes her head.
"Okay well, obviously it stings. A day ago he was kissing me and telling me he loves me and now he's off fucking a blonde…who isn't me. Besides I'm with Conor now."
"Kissing?"
Quinn rolls her eyes.
"He's just come so far, I don't want to be the reason he goes back to the guy he used to be, you know. Having sex with anyone who has a vagina, getting drunk everyday, starting fights with people, getting arrested, I don't know."
"You both have to either be together or let the other one go."
With that, Santana stands up and walks over to Brittany. Together they leave the bowling alley.
"Ready to go, babe?"
Quinn stands up and takes Conor's hand.
FLASHBACK—
Quinn is sitting at a table studying, drinking coffee. A guy walks over to her table and sits across from her. He is tall and lanky, light brown hair and hazel eyes. Quinn looks at him and then looks around at the many empty tables.
"Do I know you?"
The boy puts his hand out for her to shake.
"I'm Conor."
Quinn looks at his hand and then back at him.
"Do you need help with something?"
Conor leans back against his chair and looks down at his hands.
"You're in my Lit class."
Quinn's eyebrows shoot up and she nods.
"Oh I'm sorry I thought you were some creep hitting on me...do you need notes or something?"
Quinn shuffles through her notebook and turns it to face him. He waves his hands away from the notebook.
"Well I'm not a creep and I wouldn't say I was going to hit on you, more like ask you if I could maybe buy you a refill…"
Quinn nods and looks at him sympathetically. She grabs her notebook and puts it back in front of her.
"I'm sorry Conor, I have a boyfriend."
Conor nods and puts his hands flat on the table and stands up.
"Makes sense. I didn't think someone as pretty as you would be single."
Quinn blushes.
"I'll see you around…Quinn right?"
Quinn smiles and looks up at him.
"Yeah, in Lit I guess."
He waves and walks away.
END OF FLASHBACK—
Quinn gets to her room after saying goodnight to Conor, who is sleeping in the guest bedroom. She changes into sweats and lay on her bed. She grabs her phone from the night table and texts Puck.
Quinn- Did you fuck that girl?
She sends the message. A minute later her phone buzzes.
Puck- I was thinking about you the entire time ;)
She locks her phone and throws it across her bed. A few minutes pass and he phone buzzes again. She tirelessly grabs it and opens the message.
Puck- Wanna meet me in our spot? Ten minutes.
Quinn doesn't reply, she just lay in bed and turns away from her door. Her phone buzzes again.
Puck- I'm going there whether you answer me or not.
She gets up, throws on a hoodie and leaves.
-Puck is sitting under the bleachers on a long bench used at the football games. He glances at his phone and notices that ten minutes have past and Quinn still hasn't shown. He stands up to leave when he sees Quinn walking towards him. He sits back down and she sits next to him.
"Didn't think you were gonna show."
"Why would you do that?"
Quinn puts her hands in the pocket of her hoodie.
"Do what?" She looks at him angrily. "Quinn, I really don't know what you want from me. You told me to be happy for you and I'm trying. But if you want me to be happy for you, I can't just pine over you and wait forever for you to maybe someday wanna be with me again. If you get to move on, rightfully so, then so do I."
Quinn looks up at the stars and then at her feet.
"I know you're right, but it was still not something I wanted to see."
"Neither did I with your boyfriend" He stands up and puts his hands in his leather jacket, about to leave, he turns around. "Can I ask you one thing, and then I'll go?" Quinn looks at him and nods. "Did you cheat on me with this guy?" And right away he knew it was something he shouldn't have said. Quinn stands up, looking at him furiously. She shoves him back.
"How could you ever think that? You are such an asshole!"
"It's not like it's something you haven't done before—"
Quinn slaps him across the face. Puck lifts his hand to his cheek.
"I have never cheated on YOU. I had no desire to ever cheat on you. You were the only person I wanted and it is so insulting that you could even think that!"
"Well sorry okay! I remember you telling me that this guy hit on you and then I find out that after a year of us breaking up you're with the same guy that tried to get with you."
FLASHBACK—
Quinn is at a coffee shop. It's four months after graduation and she has decided to stay for two more years to get her masters. She's writing a paper when someone sits across from her.
"Long time, no see."
She smiles at Conor who is sitting across from her.
"Hey, how are you?"
"I never got to thank you for helping me pass literature, so, thank you." She laughs lightly and looks at her book and then back at Conor. "How've you been? How's the boyfriend?"
Quinn bites her lip.
"We actually broke up about six months ago."
She takes a sip of her coffee. Conor smiles.
"Well then, can I finally buy you that refill?"
END OF FLASHBACK—"
"I'm sorry okay, I trusted you, I swear I did. I shouldn't have said anything." Quinn nods once. "Listen, I think it'll be best if we just stay away from each other. If this kid makes you happy then you deserve to be happy with him and I'm obviously getting in the way. I'm gonna head back to base, see if I can get some work." He steps close to her and kisses her cheek. "Take care of yourself." He walks away.