A/N#1 italics=flashback

I won't tell you what I'm thinking

'Cause it's not the same thing you're thinking too

You could say I got a best friend

She's out of sight but easy to find

The little voice in my head won't let me forget

The little voice in my head is never misled

[Little Voice, Hilary duff]

"Quinn?" She asked. Does she remember me I thought my mom had said she had no memory what so ever of her life in Ohio.

"You're Quinn right the little girl in this picture?" she continued holding out the picture in question. So much for her remembering.

"Yea, and you are?" I decided to let her tell me who she was I imagine it must be pretty frustrating to have people calling you one name when you don't ever remember going by that name in your life before.

"Don't think I don't know who you think I am! I know you think I'm that little girl in the picture. Well I'm not ok? I don't know…. I don't remember who that Rachel was."

"Whoa, calm down I realize that you're not the Rachel that everyone remembers that's why I asked who you are. So let's start again. Hi I'm Quinn what's your name?"

"I'm Rach- I mean Jenn- I mean I don't know!" She shouted at me and then proceeded to hide her face in her hands.

"Hey, hey don't think about it too much" I told her while putting a comforting hand on her shoulder "first name that comes to your mind what is it?"

"Rachel but can you call me Rae?"

"Ok well it's nice to meet you Rae but I don't know about you but I'm getting cold up here and I didn't eat dinner yet so you're free to join me on the hunt for food if you'd like." I told her while walking towards the exit.

"Wait! What? Dinner, aren't you going to force me to go back to Will and Shelby?"

"No, because one didn't you hear I have not had dinner so I'm starving!

Two I was told to help find you not try and wrestle you back home." I responded proceeding to climb down the ladder. "So are you coming to eat with me or not?"

So now here we are in my car driving to the nearest diner with only the sound of the radio disrupting the silent drive. I had already texted my parents that i had found her and we would be back later after we ate and Rachel was calm enough to go home and not try another escape trick.

"We're here." I tell her as put the car in park.

"And where is here exactly?"

"D.J.'s best burger joint in Lima at least if you know about it. Everyone else at school eats at McDonalds and Burger King but D.J.'s is by far superior and they serve more than just greasy fast food. They …"

"Do they have salad?" She ask me as we walk in and sit down in one of the booths towards the back

"Ummm yea but I totally recommend their house specialty cheese burger it's really cool because they put French fries in it."

"Oh no I ask because I'm vegan."

"Well in that case they do serve vegie burgers and I've heard those are pretty good too."

"Welcome to D.J's can I start you off with something to drink?"

"Yea I'll have a strawberry shake."

"and for you?" the waitress ask turning to Rachel.

"I 'll have a chocolate shake please."

"ok I'll be back in a few minutes with your shakes and to take your orders."

"Wait a minute I thought you said you're vegan?"

"I am."

"Then why did you order a shake you know that has a bunch of dairy in it right?" I question her totally confused. She opens her mouth to answer me when the waitress comes back with our shakes and takes our order.

"Anyways to answer your question yes I know it's weird for me to be drinking this when I'm vegan but ice cream was one of the only things I couldn't live with out and since shakes are made with ice cream, plus I like to dip my French fries in them. It's the perfect combination of sweet and salty."

"Ah haha nice a vegan who bends the rules."

We end up talking about random things well waiting for our food favorite kind of music, what t.v. shows we watch, favorite movies. We steer clear of the subject of families knowing that's a sensitive topic for her probably. Finally our food arrived and we were silent while we devoured our food as we had both obviously been starving. But while we were eating I finally took in her appearance her eyes were a little blood shot from probably some crying she had done before I found her, but they were still the same huge brown ones I remembered. Everything about her looked the same, just older I could still see that same spunky, bossy, wild adventuress eight year old I had been best friends with since diapers.

"So what now? Do you want to go back or we can stay here and just talk some more."

"Do you mind if we just stay here?"

"Not at all, so what do you want to talk about?"

" I want to know everything that happened. And don't play dumb I know you know something."

I really didn't think she'd want to talk about it right away so I was taken back when she demanded I tell her everything I knew. I hadn't even told anyone the complete story.

"Alright fine I'll tell you my side of the story what I know ok? But are you sure you're prepared to hear this? Because we don't have to do this now."

"No I'm not sure I'm completely ready. But I have to know what happened why the past eight years of my life might have been a lie. Please I just want to know the truth and so far you're the only person that for some reason I can feel I can trust to give me that." She pleaded with me and I could see it in her eyes that she was just a scared little girl looking for answers, and I owed her that much.

"Alright let me think where should I start? I guess I'll start with the beginning of that day."

September 10, 2003

"Quinnie! You're here finally I thought you never come!" my best friend Rachel shouted as I walked through the front door of her house I said a quick see ya later to my mom as Rachel pulled me up the stairs to her room. "Come on let's go play Gameboys in my room and I can show you the new game I got for it" she continued we made our way into her room.

"So what game did you get?" I ask her as I pull my out my purple Gameboy advance from my backpack I had brought.

"I got the new Power Puffs video game look!"

we played our Gameboys for the next hour or so until we were finally bored and decided to go and look for Rachel's brother and see if he'd take us to the park or movies.

"Oh Noah!" Rachel says as we walk into her older brother's room.

"Oh Rachie!" Puck mimics Rachel back "what do you guys want squirt?"

"Can you pretty please take Quinn and I to the park please with a cherry on top?" we both look up at him with the biggest puppy dog eyes ever although Rae's were still the best but she's been teaching me how to do it better.

"No, sorry munchkins I'm going to the movies with….."

"oh! You can take us. We can go see Finding Nemo! I've been wanting to see it so badly! But everytime I ask Brittany she's always busy with Artie!" I tell Puck .

"Finding Nemo? Puck I thought we were seeing Underworld?" Rachel and I turn around to see Santana standing in the doorway.

"Tana!" Rachel screams running to hug her "Tana Noah's taking us to the movies do you want to come?"

"Rachel I never said I was taking you guys to the movies.."

"But you said…"

"I said I couldn't take you and Quinn to the park because I was going to the movies and if you munchkins would have let me finish you would know that I was taking Santana."

"Awwww your no fun! I liked it better when you and Tana were just friends. You never take me anywhere any more! Come on Quinn let's go see what my mommy's doing." Rachel tells her brother taking my hand and starting to walk towards the door.

"Rachel wait…" we hear Puck say as Rachel's hand reaches for the door knob.

"What?" she ask not looking up at him

"Hey I'm sorry I haven't spent a lot of time with you lately but how about tomorrow I'll take you and Quinn to see finding Nemo? Ok does that sound cool?"

"ok I'm sorry for getting a little mad at you. Can Santana come with us too?"

"if she wants too but I thought you didn't like it when Santana and I go places together?"

"No, I don't like it when you leave me behind. Plus tana's the coolest person in the world!"

"ha! You hear that Puck it's official I'm the coolest person in the world! Thank you estrella, you tell him who's the coolest."

"What that's not fair Rae I'm your brother!"

"And that's why you're the coolest person in the universe! But now me and Quinn are going to go play bye!"

An hour later we were sitting at the kitchen table eating the chocolate chip cookies we had just made with Rachel's mom.

"So what do you want to do now?" I asked as we put our dishes at the sink.

"hmmm want to go to bury the time capsule?"

"yea ok let me grab the camera I think we have a few pictures left on it." I told her and five minutes later we were walking out her back door promising her mom we'd be back before dark. After stopping to take the last three pictures we raced each other to the tree house where we were keeping the time cube (I finally convinced Rachel to call it that). We finished burying the time cube and had put our shovels back in the tree house. I started to climb down first when I felt someone grab me from behind I tried to get out of the persons arms but they were too strong and all of sudden there was a cloth in front my face that smelled funny and before I knew it my world went dark.

"Quinn! Quinnie! Please wake up. Please you have to wake up now."

I hear someone plead with me shaking my arm at the same time. I slowly open eyes to see that I'm in a moving car. Who's car is this? Where are we going? I don't remember getting in a car the last thing I remember is being at the tree house with Rachel. Rachel! Where's Rachel?

"Quinn oh thank god you're awake!" I sit up and look over to my left just in time to brace my self for a bear hug from Rachel. Oh Rachel!

"Rachel? What's going on?"

"hey what did I say about being quiet!"

I hear a deep voice yell from the front of the car. I look to the front to see a man with messy brown hair and ice cold blue eyes glaring back at me through the rearview mirror it sent a chill straight down my spine. But that doesn't stop me from giving him a piece of my mind and demanding he tell us what's going on and that our parents are looking for us right now so he better let us go or else. But he just ignores my questions and tells us to shut up and be quiet. I finally break down and start to cry quietly when I feel Rachel's arms come around me and we just hold on to each other while she reassures both of us that we'll be home soon and maybe we've been recruited to become spies like in 'spy kids'. I tell her that I don't care I just want to be back home with Brittany my mom and dad. She says she wishes we were both back home too but she never cries she stays strong for the both of us. Rachel's always been the strongest of all my friends. Finally after driving for what felt like forever (only stopping a few times in the middle of the night) I notice a sign saying 'Welcome to Arizona'.

The car comes to a stop in front of an empty gas station and the ice man (what I've come to call him due to his eyes) pulls me out of the car but not Rachel. I'm finally able to get a good look at him in the afternoon sun. He's really tall and skinny with some muscles but what really stands out (besides his ice eyes) is this long zig zag cut on the left side of his face that makes him look even scarier than before. He bends down to my level and I can feel his breath in my ear as he whispers harshly "you're going to stay here! Someone we'll come and find you and take you back to you're parents and when they ask you what I looked like you tell them nothing. Don't tell them about the car where I took you what I sounded like what I looked like nothing. Got it? Because if you do I'll hurt your little friend back there and it will be all your fault!"

"No! don't hurt her!"

"Then what are you going to tell people when they find you?"

"Tell them nothing." I respond with a few tears straming down my face.

"don't cry you're friend's safe and she'll stay safe as long you stay quiet."

He stands up and walks back to the car after getting in I see Rachel stick her head out the window and yell something at me. I can't hear so I start running towards the car which is slowly making its way back onto the road.

"Quinn! Don't leave me we're Best Friends…"

"Forever! Rae I'm sorry! No come back! Rae!" I shout to the car that is now another speck of dust in the distance.

"Someone found me a couple hours later and before I knew it I was on the next plane home. I could see how happy and relieved everyone was when I got back but when I look over to the Schuester's I could see that they were glad I was safe but I could tell they were still upset and confused as to why only I came back. I was questioned relentless for the next couple of months but I was too scared to say anything my mom says I was even mute for three months but I don't really remember the rest of that year went by in such a blur I was so numb to everything around me. I felt guilty over what happened for not staying with you in the car it wasn't fair that I was back home sleeping in my own bed well you were god knows where. The police gave up after 6 months but our families never did we sent out thousands of flyers with an age progressed photo of you each year on your birthday. And now here you are eight years later."

I looked at up at Rachel to see her trying to process everything I told her that she looked confused, defeated and just plain exhausted. I should probably take her home this had probably one of the longest days of her lives. I was about to ask her if she was ready to go when she spoke up.

"Can you take me back to the house now? I'm really tired and I just need to let this all soak in."

"yea come on lets go."

I pull up to her house 15 minutes later and get out to walk with her to the front door.

"Sorry for telling you everything I know it was a lot to take in." I tell her.

"No, don't be. Thank you for telling me your side of the story. I asked for the truth and you gave it to me. Part me realizes that what you're saying is true and that this is my home but then another side of me doesn't want to believe it all because the kidnapper you described physically is my father. But the man I know is most caring father in the world. And thank you for letting me tell you who I am."

"yea I'll always be around if you need me. Here put your cell phone number in" I tell her as I hand her my phone. "and I'll text you later so you can have mines and you can call or text me when ever you want to talk ok? And if we don't see each other tomorrow I'll pick you up for school Monday if you decide to go ok?" I tell her as she finishes updating my contact list.

"ok thank you again and I'll see you Monday?

"yea Monday for sure." I respond turning to walk back to my car. I give her one last wave goodbye from the drivers seat and watch her walk into the house before starting the ten minute drive home. When I got home my parents looked ready to attack me with questions but after seeing how wiped out I looked they told me to go to bed and that we'd talk in the morning. When I got to my room I noticed that my clock said it was only 9:30 normally I would never be asleep at this time but today had been a pretty abnormal day and I was just glad it was over. Before I completely knocked out I texted Rachel like I said I would with a simple 'good night see you Monday' as I sent the text I noticed that her name she put herself under said Rachel BFF. That night I had the best nights sleep I had, had in ages and all I could think about was that I has my best friend back.

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