"Quinn honey calm down. Finn is just a stupid boy that thinks what he says shouldn't hurt anyone," Brittany told her sister.
"Britt, how can he talk about her like that? He never even attempted to get to know her while she was alive. I mean, yeah, I dated him as a beard last year, but if he loved me he should have taken the time to get to know her," Quinn said with tears streaming down her face. "I miss her so much Britt. I still wake up and look in her crib hoping to see her laying there and she's not. It's been six months and I still feel like I did the moment they told me she died." Quinn was sobbing almost uncontrollably right now.
"Quinn, I miss her too. So much. I miss daddy too. She may not be here in person honey but she is here in our hearts," The subject was touchy for her family. Brittany knew this. She also knew that her sister needed her right now and she tried not to cry, but thinking about what happened to their father and her niece always brought the waterworks for her.
"How can he talk about her like that? She wasn't a mistake. She was my perfect thing."
"He's just a stupid boy. That's all. He doesn't understand. All he sees is that you cheated. He doesn't know the pain you feel because you lost her. He just thinks that he can sing you a song and you will forgive him for everything."
"Girls, may I come in?" A voice said.
"Yeah Puck, c'mon in," Brittany said.
"Quinn, I'll get him. He has no right saying that shit about our daughter. Are you alright?" Puck asked.
"I'll be fine. I just want to go home." Quinn got up and tossed the keys to Brittany. "I'll walk, it'll give me time to think."
Brittany and Puck watched her leave the restroom. "He really fucked up this time didn't he?"
"Yeah Britt he did. I know I'm not the greatest person in the world, but I loved that little girl. And I know I've made my rounds with you and your brother and sister, but you all are really the only family I have. Besides Sam, I don't trust anyone but you all."
"Well of course you trust Sam, he is your boyfriend. I bet it kills you that he is singing a duet with Mercedes considering she wants him so bad," Brittany said trying to lighten the mood.
"Nah it'll be fine, even considering the duets are put off for now. Just know though Britt, Finn is getting his ass kicked," Puck walked out of the restroom.
Brittany knew that no matter what Puck was going to wind up beating Finn. It was an unspoken understanding in the school. You don't say anything against Beth. Everyone that met her fell in love with that sweet girl. Don't get her wrong, Brittany wanted to feel bad for what Finn was in store for, but she couldn't, not after what he'd said about her.
"I want to know what happened," Rachel said. "She has a tattoo of the name Beth on her wrist and everyone's reaction to what that teenage child said today. I'm very curious to say the least."
"We all are Rae, but we need to give them time to tell us," Blaine said as they were walking to their car.
"You guys drive home, I'll walk," Rachel said as she noticed Quinn walking down the street.
She ran to catch up with the blonde. "I really want to be alone Rachel."
"That may be so, but where I come from, we don't let pretty girls walk alone on the streets."
"And what about when you walked home back in New York?" Quinn asked with a smirk.
"I never walked home when I lived in New York. Quinn, what happened back there?"
"You heard it, Finn put down my child and I reacted."
"Her name was Beth wasn't it?"
"Yeah it was."
"Welp, Finn is going to have a wonderful surprise tomorrow."
"What do you mean?"
"You will see. I do believe we are on your street. I'd love to walk you the rest of the way but seeing as my house is on the other end of town, I'd better start walking now."
"Nonsense, my house is right up here and it looks like Brittany and Kurt are already home, so let me drive you."
"Okay, let's go."
As the two girls got into Quinn's car, Quinn's curiosity got the best of her. "That song you sang in glee today was it for me?"
"Am I really that easy to read?"
"You are when you stare at me through the whole song."
"It was. Look Quinn, I know you know pretty much nothing about me, but, I really do like you. I want to get to know you."
"That's sweet Rachel but, get to know me better, let me get to know you better and we will see. Your family isn't the only ones who do their research. I know how you and your family are. You couldn't keep your attention on someone longer than maybe an hour. Then you'd move on to the next. I know people like you. I got pregnant by one."
"You know that people can change right?"
"They can, but I want you to understand that I'm not a great person. I've been through things that NO ONE should ever have to go through. I've got my eye on you Rachel Berry. Prove to me that you aren't like that," Quinn said as she pulled into the girl's driveway.
"Are you ever going to tell me what happened to her?"
"One day," and with that Quinn drove off.
The next day during glee club Rachel, Santana, and Blaine decided to sing one more song each. "Mr. Shue, I have another song I'd like to sing if that's okay."
"Sure Rachel, go ahead."
When your day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on
Rachel knew she had to prove to Quinn that she'd wanted to change just for a chance to be with her. She'd never seen anyone so beautiful in her life. Yeah Quinn was right on the money when she'd told her she knew how Rachel and her siblings were. And yes, when she lived in New York she was guilty of refusing to be tied down, but there was something about this blonde goddess sitting in front of her that made her want to change her ways.
Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (Hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (Hold on)
If you think you've had too much
Of this life, well hang on
Rachel wanted Quinn to be able to open up to her. She wants to hear about her little girl. She wants to know what happened to her. She knows she can't fix Quinn quickly, but she wants to try to help the girl in any way she can. Which is what she is trying to portray with this song.
Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand, oh no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone
No, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
Everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts
When Rachel finished her song, she had tears in her eyes and so did Quinn. She took her seat next to her sister. It wasn't often Rachel let herself cry when she sang anymore, but she did this time and it made her feel vulnerable towards Quinn. To her, it let her show a side of her that she didn't show to anyone. "Wow Rachel that was a very powerful song," The glee teacher said. "I also wanted to let you all know that I have a set list thought up, we just have to see who is going to sing what parts. We can work on that tomorrow though. You guys can go."
As Rachel, Santana, and Blaine walked out of the choir room they ran into Karofsky. To say he looked pissed would be an understatement. "You fuckers are gonna learn your fucking place at this school."
"Oh hi David, it's nice to see you didn't piss yourself today," Santana said.
With this David slapped her, knocking her to the ground. "Oh you son of a bitch, you do not know what you just started."
Before the three siblings could react, the entire football team, including Finn, dumped buckets of slushy on the three. "Oh I'm sorry did I ruin your boots again?" Karofsky laughed.
"Hey assholes," a voice came from behind them.
"I see that you like hitting girls Karofsky. That's a shame because I know for a fact that these three could beat your ass if you weren't too much of a pussy to face them yourself. I mean how hard could it be? Two lesbos and a fag and here you are a big, bad football player."
"And who the fuck are you? Are we going to have to show you the same way we showed them?" Karofsky replied.
"You can try tubby, but my little cousins here, will not be so happy if you damage my pretty face," The stranger then pointed to Quinn, Brittany and Blaine. "You three get them cleaned up. I'm gonna deal with tubby here."
"You won't do shit to him without me being here to back him up," Finn said going to Karofskys side. The rest of the football team scattered.
"That's fine Finn, I have a bone to pick with you anyway," Puck said as he stepped from behind them.
With that said Puck threw a forceful punch at Finn's face. The hallway was quiet as everyone watched. The entire school had heard about what Finn done, and so no one tried to stop Puck from beating on Finn.
Quinn and her siblings hurried the Berry's to a restroom. Not caring that it was the girls, Kurt ushered Blaine in there as well. "Please tell me you all brought slushy kits this time."
"Yeah, in our lockers," Rachel replied as she washed the slushy from her eyes.
"Who was that guy? He called you all his cousins," Kurt asked as he helped Blaine out of his slushy soaked clothes.
"That would be our cousin Kai. His dad's brother is our dad, Leroy. He doesn't take kindly to people picking on us and now, Karofsky is going to be in a world of pain. We learned everything we know from that boy," Santana answered.
"Here are your slushy kits guys," Brittany said as she reentered the restroom. "Should we take you to the school showers?"
"Nah, babe, its fine. We are heading home after this anyways. We just need to go make sure that Kai doesn't go back to juvi for almost killing Karofsky," Santana said as she finished changing her clothes.
The six teenagers walked back to where they had left their tormentors. When they got there the only people still in the hallway were Puck, Kai, and Finn. "Karofsky ran when Mohawk punched this guy." Kai pointed to a bloodied Finn who was trying to get up.
"If anything about Beth comes out of your mother again mother fucker, you will look a lot worse than you do now. Do I make myself clear?" Puck said as he bent down to where Finn was.
They all walked off leaving him there in his own blood to think. When they all got outside, Sam ran to Puck and pulled him into a rib crushing hug. "Babe, I'm sorry he's a dick, but please don't go back to Juvi. I don't think I could stand it if you did."
"It's okay Sammy Bear, I think he learned his lesson. I'll see you guys later. Quinn if you need me text me okay?"
"Yeah sure thing Puck."
It's now or never Rachel, just fucking ask her you pussy. After she called herself a name in her head she decided to prove to herself that she wasn't a pussy and walked over to Quinn. "Quinn, can we go out sometime? I really do want to get to know you better and I figured it would be better when we can be alone."
"You know what, what the hell. Yeah we can. How about this Friday?"
"Good. I'll see you then."
A/N Hey guys! I decided to add my own character. I don't know how often you will see him, but he will be in the story. BTW Reviews are nice=]