My Guardian Angel
A Glee Fan Fiction
Chapter 3
"Quinn!" Puck called, slowing his pace as he tried to match the tall, willowy blonde haired Cheerleader's strides. "Just the girl I was looking for," He winked at Quinn Fabray. "Listen, I know you and I aren't exactly friends and I know you don't give two shits about what happens to Rachel, but I know that you're still madly in love with Finn, and I also know how you feel about teenage marriages," He said quickly as she raised her perfectly plucked eyebrows at him, wondering what he could possibly want from her. "So, I'm just gonna lay this down for you, nice and simple. Finn asked Rachel to marry him yesterday, and she said yes," He explained, smirking as Quinn's reaction matched the exact one that he'd been expecting from her.
"What do you expect me to do about it?" She asked through clenched teeth, her perfectly manicured hands folding into tightly clenched fists as she glared at something far into the distance. "Rachel won't listen to anything I have to say-in fact, she'll thrive off of my jealousy, despite the fact that we happen to be sort of friends now. I made her life miserable all through high school, so I don't really see how me trying to stop the wedding is going to make her think I'm being friendly. And if I try to get to Finn, he'll tell Rachel and our some-what friendship is going to be tossed away. Anyways," She sighed, shaking her head as she paused, turning around and whispering to him in a low hiss of a voice. "Why do you even care about them?"
"That doesn't matter! Listen, you know what you have to do to get her to listen. She won't listen if you just talk to her, but if you were to sing something to her? That would make her see reason. Or, just sing a song that makes Finn see that you still care, and he'll come running back. Because he still wants you. He's settling for Rachel, and I'm not going to stand by as she throws her life away for a guy who doesn't even care about her. For a guy who doesn't think she's as amazing as she really is." Quinn raised her eyebrows and gave a little half smile as they started to walk again, matching one another stride for stride. "Okay, whatever-I'll admit it. I care about her, alright? But I'm not doing this for selfish reasons. I just want her to be happy," He defended himself.
"Listen, you don't have to make excuses for me. Let me see if I can get Santana and Brittany to help me. If they're telling Rachel that Finn's nothing but bad news, I'm sure she'll listen, because why else would they want to break the two of them up? Anyways, I've got a song in mind and I've been wanting to sing it for a while now. All you have to worry about is trying to figure out how the hell you're going to win her over, because Finn can work magic on a girl in a few seconds. It's something to do with that dopey smile and that innocent look he has in his eyes when he's all confused..."Quinn sighed, staring off into space as she focused on the tall boy that seemed to get every girl, which just didn't make sense. He wasn't even attractive-not a stud like Puck.
"Yeah, yeah-I get it. Finn's totally gorgeous and everybody loves him. Every girl in the school wants to be with him and all that shit. I get it! He's perfect and I'm nothing more than a Lima Loser. But, I already have what I need to do figured out. Besides, I'm pretty sure she's into me too-or, that she's got her doubts at least. It's...well, never mind, that's not important and it's a long story. Just, do me a favor? Try and figure everything out before glee today, because Finn said they're making the big announcement at the end of rehearsal." Puck shook his head, absolutely disgusted with the end of this conversation as he took a hurried step forward, heading towards his next class. Normally he skipped classes, but Rachel was in this class with him.
"Hey, Berry," Puck grinned, slipping into a seat next to her and glaring at Jacob Ben Isreal who whimpered and cringed before hurrying off to the other side of the room, taking a seat as far away from Rachel as physically possible, giving her a sad, lustful glance as she shook her head in disgust, smiling at Puck and giving him a soft spoken thank you before staring back towards the front of the room. "Hey, come on! I said hi, I showed up for class, I scared Jacob away, and I sat next to you! Can't I get a little love here?" He asked her, reaching over and removing her pencil from her fingers, causing her to roll her eyes and smile in an amused sort of way as she turned around to face him slightly, holding her hand out towards him.
"Give me my pencil back, Noah," She sighed. "I really need it, alright?" SHe asked, frowning down at the tiny little notebook she had in front of her, decorated with doodles and stickers. HE frowned as she folded her hands over it, covering it up and staring back ahead, choosing to ignore him rather than to argue. And she should have known that that wouldn't be the smartest bet with him, because he frowned, dropping her pencil on his desk and reaching back over towards her, snatching the book from her arms. "HEY! Noah! Give that back to me, alright? I really need it, okay?" She wondered, a sad, pleading look in her eyes as she turned back towards him, crossing her arms over her chest. Trying to fight for it would only result in her own failure.
"What is this?" He wondered, staring at the cover and frowning in disgust at the hearts she'd doodled with Finn's name in them. The stickers were all hearts and gold stars, but Finn's name written in hearts in her curly little script sickened him too much to notice the adorable way that Rachel Berry had decorated her own notebook. He flopped to the first page and frowned again. "Planning a party, Berry?" He asked, deciding to play stupid as he stared at her plans for the wedding. "It better be a better party than your last one-and I'm a little hurt that you haven't asked me for any help on it," He shrugged, shaking his head as he handed the book and the pencil back to her, smirking at her amazement at how civil he was acting.
"It's not a party. Well, I mean, it is a party, but it's not like it's some sort of high school party. It's not even a graduation party, Noah. It's...well, I'm not exactly supposed to tell people just yet. It's a secret...and Finn would be very angry if I told people before we agreed to make the announcement. But, well, you've probably already figured it all out, haven't you? And, besides that...well, we're sort of friends, aren't we? And you're Finn's best friend, aren't you? I think I can trust you-you've never given me a reason not to before." She babbled, and Puck decided to let her go. "Well, okay-I'll tell you, but you can't tell anybody!" She said, leaning closer to him. "Finn and I are engaged," She told him softly. And hearing the words from Rachel killed him more than saying them out loud himself.
"Mr. Shue? Is it alright if Santana, Brittany and I perform a number before you start the assignment?" Quinn Fabray asked as she and the other cheerios breezed into the room. Santana Lopez, the leggy Latino smirked as she whispered whatever song they'd picked into Brad, the piano player's ear. Brittany Pierce, the easily confused blonde took her spot besides Santana in the front of the room. Quinn just grinned as Mr. Shuester nodded, allowing Quinn to take the center of the performing area, giving Puck a wide grin and a small wink before the piano playing began and the girls started their song, their eyes locked on Finn, the whole reason for their imprompto performance that afternoon-well, besides Puck's pleading.
"'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind/From the day we met 'til you were making me cry/And it's just too bad you already had the best days/The best days of your life," Brittany and Santana began together, their backs to the group as they glanced at Finn over their shoulders. They bounced in harmony, their hands resting on their tiny little hips, clad in their tiny red and white pleated mini skirts, as they moved to the beat. Then, as the two girls sang and Quinn remained silent, they turned around with the other blonde girl who was centered between them, slightly in front of them, on the final word of the introduction to their song. And that was when all the fun really began, amazing Puck with how thought out their performance was.
"Ain't it a shame/A shame that every time you hear my name/Brought up in a casual conversation/YOu can't think straight/And ain't it sad/You can't forget about what we had/ Take a look at her and do you like what you see/Or do you wish it was me?" Quinn wondered, leaning forward with her hand cupped thoughtfully on her chin before tossing her hands in the air, shaking her head before walking towards Finn, placing her hands on his shoulders before leaning down, bending into a double lunge and singing the words softly into his ear before popping up, turning around and leaning backwards, using the back of his chair as a balance beam on the final line of that verse, before she joined voices with SAntana and Brittany.
"I'll be there in the back of your mind/From the day we met to the very last night/And it's just too bad/You already had the best days/The best days of your life," The girls sang together as Quinn made her way back in front of Finn, standing right there in front of him with a confident smirk on her face as she stared directly at a goofily smiling Finn Hudson. Brittany and Santana stood in the front of the room, dancing as seductively as they possibly could without going against the style of the song and the words-and without causing a total riot with the teenage boys sitting in the room or breaking too many of the school's profanity rules. Puck was once again awed at how synchronized the two cheerleaders could be, without adding any work to it.
"And does she know?" Santana smirked, walking forward and bumping Quinn's hip, sending her twirling away from Finn as she took center stage, taking over the actual singing part of the song. "Know about the times you used to hold me/Wrapped me in your arms and how you told me/I'd be the only one!" Santana went on, wrapping her arms around herself and sliding them down her own arms before doing her cutesy, flirty little move where her hands rested on her thighs and she did a quick little double lunge before standing on her two feet again. Quinn made her way towards, twirling SAntana back towards the back as she once again took charge of the song. And Puck wondered just how long the blonde had been planning this.
"I heard about/Yeah someone told me once when you were out/She went a little crazy/Ran her mouth abut me/Ain't jealousy funny?" Quinn asked before Santana and Brittany's voices joined her for the chorus, all three girls circling in around Finn. "'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind/From the day we met to the very last night/And it's just too bad/You already had the best days/The best days of your-" Santana and Brittany twirled away from Finn and Quinn as they stopped singing, allowing Quinn to continue the next verse on her own, dropping onto Finn's lap with the first word. "Life with me was a fairy tale/I was head over heels til you threw away us/And it's just too bad you already had the best days/The best days of your life!"
Quinn stood up and placed herself between Finn and Rachel, placing a hand on each of their shoulders as she went on with her solo. "I heard you're gonna get married/Have a nice little family/Live out my dreams with someone new/But I've been told that a cheater is always a cheater/So I've got my pride and she's got you." SAntana and Brittany joined in with the next part of the song. "'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind/from the day we met 'til you were making me cry/And it's just too bad you already had the best days of your life!" They finished the final chorus together and Quinn went on by herself, dancing and twirling her way towards her seat, right on the other side of Finn as she concluded the song.
"Oh your life! Oh, oh yeah-you're gonna think of me-you're gonna think of me in your life. Oh-oh yeah-it's a shame. It's a shame. It's a shame...it's a shame-it's a shame, it's a shame!" She dropped onto her chair for the final note of the song, crossing her arms and her legs as she turned over and smirked right at Finn, giving him a cutesy little wave before shrugging and facing forwards, marveling in the shocked look that she was getting from Finn. She smiled a little bit more as Finn stood up, walking towards the front of the room, nodding for Rachel to come step towards him. And that was when Quinn's smile began to fade away. Puck's confident little smirk started to fade away as well as his face lost all of its color.
"Well, you guys-Rachel and I have some exciting news," Finn announced, wrapping an arm around Rachel's tiny little waist. Quinn cringed as she heard an excited little yelp come from Kurt Hummel in the seat behind her. She could practically hear Puck grind his teeth together as she tightened her own arms, wrapping them closer around her as she frowned at the sight ahead of her. "We've decided that, right after graduation, we're going to get married," He told everybody, a proud smile on his face as Rachel grinned her bright smile towards the group. And that was when all of the out roar began between the members of the glee club, as they all started to scream of their own opinions. The only peace came when Mr. Shue dismissed them-telling everybody their assignment was to sing their feelings to the couple.