A/N: Hey guys!
Thank you for the crazy amount of visits to the first chapter! I'm really excited about this one; it's got some singing, a Dianna reference and Faberry cuteness. I also have a better idea of what the rest of the story will be now, but you'll have to wait and see ;)
"Quinn?" Rachel yells from her bed when Arms by Christina Perri starts playing on her iPig. It's been almost five minutes since the blonde has entered the bathroom and she's not willing to listen to this song alone; it reminds her of Finn.
"Just a second" the blonde replies, checking herself out in the mirror one last time after brushing her teeth and putting on her pajamas.
Rachel sighs.
"I love this song." Quinn says smiling when she gets in the room.
"...I used to." Rachel replies lowering her head.
"Okay, stop. First step to letting go is allowing yourself to listen to good music regardless of the fact that it reminds you of him."
"I can't, Quinn. I feel so weak. I just can't." the brunette breaks down crying, covering her face with her hands.
The blonde walks to Rachel's bed, sits down in front of her and touches her arm.
"Rachel. Look at me." she doesn't say anything else until the girl's hands leave her face and her eyes are planted on her. "You are not weak. You are the strongest person I know. You are going to get through this and I am going to be here until you're done. Do you understand?"
Rachel feels Quinn hold her hand tight and nods hesitantly. The blonde wraps her arms around her and lets go after a few seconds.
"Now sing with me." Quinn asks. "I hope that you see right through my walls…"
Rachel looks at her friend, perfectly toned lyrics coming out of her mouth. She feels vulnerable and insecure, yet impelled to sing by a tiny beam of hope in her heart.
"I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling." she finishes.
"I'll never let our love get so close"
"You put your arms around me and I'm ho-o-o-ome, ho-o-o-ome, ho-o-o-o-ome." A single teardrop rolls down Rachel's cheek as she finishes the chorus.
"I try my best to never let you in
To see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'till you"
"...Put your arms around me
And I believe it's easier for you to let me go"
"See, you can do this." Quinn says during the instrumental part between the bridge and the chorus.
Rachel answers with a shy smile and continues singing.
"I hope that you see right through my walls.
I hope that you catch me 'cause I'm already falling."
"I'll never let our love get so close"
"You put your arms around me and I'm home."
"You put your arms around me and I'm home."
"Just... Thank you, Quinn."
"You don't have to thank me. What's the next song in your Finn playlist?"
"A Thousand Years. But how did you know...?"
"Everyone has those."
"Can I see yours?"
"I don't have one."
"You just said everyone did..."
"I'm Quinn Fabray. Do you really think I'd spend my time crafting a playlist for a stupid boy or even reminiscing my relationship with him through any song?" Quinn says laughing, but not in a mean way. "Just press play."
Rachel snickers at her friend, presses the "play" button on the remote and starts singing along with the song.
"Hearts beat fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow
One step clo-ser."
A tear rolls down Quinn's cheek. Rachel stops singing, presses the "stop" button on the remote and looks right into her teary hazel eyes and holds her hand without saying anything.
"I'm sorry. You can keep singing. It's just that… It's a beautiful song." Quinn whispers.
"No, Quinn. Don't be sorry." the brunette intercepts. "Remember when I said you were the prettiest girl I'd ever met and how you were a lot more than that?"
"Yes." the blonde replies, a slight smile crossing her face.
"It's in moments like this that I see how much more than that you are."
Quinn remains silent and lowers her head. She feels a heavy pain in her throat and doesn't know exactly why it's there.
"Hey. Listen to me." Rachel says, lifting the blonde's chin up carefully. "At first I thought you were just a really pretty girl, but now that you've let me in I see true beauty, not just the cheerleader type. I see feelings and scars and things that only make it deeper. There's no need to be ashamed of those. I see the them and I see the real you, and it's amazing, Quinn."
The blonde smiles involuntarily and a few more tears stream down her face, her hand holding onto Rachel's tighter than before.
"Rach... Thank you. I… You're amazing. Thank you."
Rachel hugs her warmly and she feels the pain in her throat go away, along with her sudden urge to cry.
"It's okay." the brunette whispers.
"So, the music thing is obviously not doing any good. Maybe we should watch a movie?" Quinn suggests, showing quick recovery from her emotional moment.
"Yeah... I don't have any DVD's here except for the Barbra ones, though. I still have to bring a lot from Ohio."
"Maybe we should check what's on?"
"Okay."
Rachel turns off the iPig and grabs the TV remote, roaming through the channels until she finds something.
"Oh my God! The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In Love is starting! Can we please watch this one? I saw the beginning with Kurt and never got the chance to finish it! It's so cute! Please?"
"Okay, fine! I've never watched it. Don't ask me why Santana keeps calling you Gay Berry, though!"
Rachel smiles excitedly and tries to sit more comfortably on her bed. Quinn moves to sit by her side and the title of the movie appears on the screen.
"Seriously, this is the gayest thing ever, Rach. Oh my God." she says laughing.
"This is what happens when I have sleepovers with Kurt."
"You need to invite me to one of those some day."
"Okay, I'll call you next time. Now shhh, it's starting!"
Quinn gives Rachel a joking glare and stays quiet.
During the next hour, the brunette lets out countless "aw"s. It's really a cute story. When the protagonists kiss for the first time, Rachel comments on how adorable the scene is and lets her head rest on Quinn's shoulder. The blonde shivers with the sudden contact and starts to feel uneasy. She tries to re-arrange herself carefully on the bed because she doesn't want Rachel to move back to her original position - the girl is warm and cozy - but nothing seems to make her settle except for the next second, when the brunette touches her hand and their fingers begin to intertwine.
"Have you ever thought about this?" Rachel asks.
"About what?"
"You know, being with a girl."
"Yeah. I've kissed girls before. It's fun."
"But you did that while you were drunk, right?"
"Yes."
"So, no... I mean like, dating a girl, having... Feelings for her."
"Um... I've thought about it, but never really... Felt anything that... Lead me to that... I guess."
"But, anyway... Having kissed girls before... How does it feel?" Rachel says, leaving her friend's shoulder and standing face to face with her.
"Good." Quinn gasps and sees the brunette frown. "It's not weird at all, just good."
Quinn notices Rachel is pouting involuntarily. It's sending shivers down her spine an doing weird things to her stomach so she just blurts out the first thing that comes to her mind as an attempt to stop this.
"It must have been pretty weird for this girl in the movie though to be straight all her life and then change like that, though."
"How does someone know, though? I mean, except for her, because she fell in love with another girl. Like, do you consider yourself bissexual for enjoying kissing girls?"
"Not really… I've never fallen in love with a girl before and I don't like labels." the blonde answers as coldly as she can to cut the conversation. "Rachel, can we just watch the movie now?"
"Yeah, alright. I'm sorry."
"Don't worry. It's normal to be curious about these things. The first time I kissed a girl was based on mutual curiosity... Besides mutual drunkenness."
Rachel gives Quinn a friendly smile and lays back on her shoulder. The blonde is once again surprised by the touch but tries her best not to show it. A few moments later their hands are intertwined again. They keep watching the movie like this for quite some time. Quinn senses Rachel's slight discomfort during a sex scene between the two main characters and hopes the brunette doesn't notice she is just as distressed.
As the movie gets closer to the end, both girls start to feel rather tired. At some point, they snuggle into each other and slowly drift into sleep, while the TV shows the protagonists of the movie - two young girls in love - kissing passionately in spite of their families yelling at them and fighting over the fact that they had run away together for a day.
