Quinn had kept herself in check for a month. She felt pain when she saw Rachel and Finn, kiss, hold hands, cuddle and such…but that was normal.
"Hey Quinn," Finn smiled.
"Finn, you're looking good," Quinn smiled and cocked her head to the side.
"Thanks, you too," Finn's smile grew and he walked away. Rachel walked over.
"Back off," Rachel said. Quinn laughed a little.
"You know, I said the same thing to you…and yet you NEVER did," Quinn said bitterly. Rachel's eyes flashed with fury.
"Back off, Finn will never love you," Rachel sneered. Quinn felt a stab of pain at her heart.
"I don't care,"
"He loves me because I am everything you are not and I am not what you are. I am pure," a harder stab of pain and Quinn's breath weakened.
"Stop," Quinn warned.
"I am whole,"
Quinn doubled over.
"Stop," Quinn pleaded.
"I am clean," Rachel's voice was soft.
"Please"
"You are a liar,"
"No," Quinn muttered.
"You. Are. Tragic," Rachel murmured. Quinn looked at the brunette, how could she get this mean? Was this new? Was this anger invoked by Quinn's mere presence?
Quinn's knees gave out. No one caught her. The hallway was full and no one caught her. No one blinked an eye when her head hit the floor with a deafening crack. Rachel had tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry," Quinn wasn't sure if Rachel actually said that or if she was imagining it. She stared at the ceiling, feeling tears fall down her cheeks. The pain…oh god the pain.
She saw heads appear over her face but her eyes were so clogged up with tears that she couldn't make the faces out.
"What happened to her?" a familiar voice asked.
The next thing Quinn knew, she was sitting, lounging really…in the glee room with all of the glee members next to her. All of them. All twelve…plus Mr. Schue.
"Quinn?" Mercedes asked.
"Yeah?" Quinn felt fine. Her head ached a little but she felt fine.
"What happened?" Santana asked with her eyes boring in all the faces to see who could've injured her best friend.
"It was an accident," Quinn blurted.
"An accident?"
"Yeah, just an accident," Quinn settled on the answer.
"You're lying, Rachel told us everything," Puck admitted.
"She told you?" Quinn was confused.
"She told us how you two got in a fight and your knees just gave out," Finn said and patted his sobbing girlfriend's hand.
Quinn was too tired to be angry. So she cried. She was ashamed of it but she did.
"Nice," Quinn said through clenched teeth.
"What?" Santana asked.
"She's…telling the truth," Quinn murmured. It was sort of true; they had been fighting when Quinn's knees gave out. The bell dinged for class and everyone left, telling her to stay seated. Santana stayed by her side, saying she'd skip class too.
"You can tell me," Santana whispered. Quinn shook her head.
"Can you take me to the nurse, maybe she can help relieve the pain from my head?"
But not from my heart