"-We just... She... Kurt I don't know what to do.
-Just relax babe. She will stop, I'm sure she's just confused about it and she probably needs time to just think and be alone you know?
-If I don't talk to her soon Kurt, she will harm herself. She is not safe. I do not care if she doesn't want to cuddle with me anymore, but I can't just wait when I know how bad she feels when I'm not there for her."

Two weeks had passed and Quinn was simply avoiding Rachel since that really awkward sleep-over. And the diva hated herself for not being able to control her urges. They were not talking, not texting, not hanging out. Quinn was acting as if they were never friends in the first place, or like the brunette didn't even exist. Kurt was the only person Rachel would see on a regular basis to let it all out once in a while and take her mind off her life she hated again. She was back to feeling lonely and spending a lot of time in her room crying, just like before Quinn started talking to her. She just wanted her friend back, she was going to deny her love for her and just be friends.

"-Sometimes I feel like I'm going to explode if she doesn't talk to me...
-You're in love Rachel, those things happen. I'll come to Glee Club today to talk to her and see you guys perform. Okay?
-I'm sorry I called you Kurt. I was feeling rather... Down I guess."

Kurt took Rachel in his arms for a big hug and stood up. They were at the mall, in the food court during lunch hours. The gay boy didn't have class today and when Rachel had called him in between classes crying, he had decided to take her out to talk. That was the only thing that was helping Rachel go through her daily routine, Kurt. He was always there no matter what and the diva really appreciated it. He was helping her to not feel as lonely as she used to.

"-Let's go Rach', you have class in 15 minutes, I don't want you to be late because of me.
-I don't wanna go. I have spanish... With Quinn."

Kurt gently stroked Rachel's cheek and kissed it before taking her hand and heading towards his car.

"-You have to go. I told you I'm going to talk to her this afternoon, I promise. Just be strong I know you can at least do that.
-Should I... Should I sing the song?"

While Rachel was all alone one night she had gone through her entire Itunes playlist to find a song that helped her with her feelings towards Quinn. But since the song was kind of ambiguous, Kurt had always been reticent. He just didn't want his friend to be rejected and more hurt than she already was.

"-You should wait."

Quinn Fabray was in front of her locker, staring at the music sheets she had in her hands. She kept reading them, over and over to check if everything was alright. She was so stressed out about everything in her life. Being the head Cheerio meant a lot of pressure, dating Sam meant babysitting a kid, and avoiding Rachel meant no more cuddling and feeling better. She was on her own now.

"-Hey baby, need help carrying some books?
-Go away, I'm not gonna tell you twice Sam."

Sam, alias Quinn's boyfriend, was still trying to get in her pants whenever he thought he had a chance – which means all the time. The cheerleader was rejecting every one of his assaults, even when it was only for a kiss. She was pretending to be mad for a reason she didn't even remember, but she just didn't want him around since that night at Rachel's. She was just feeling weird and lost, and sometimes simply scared and she was acting like a bitch to everybody around her, no exception towards Sam.

"-Quinn, what's wrong? We're dating you're not supposed to act like that.
-Well I am. Get over it Bieber, it's how it is. You got me mad, and I'm an asshole so take the consequences and quit the whining already.

Quinn closed her lockers, taking the music sheets with her and left Sam there. She could care less of how he felt, they both knew there was absolutely no feelings between them and it was never going to change. They were just in this for the power and the popularity. As she was walking towards the choir room, lost in her mind, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around, ready to yell at Sam when she saw Kurt and jumped in his arms.

"-Oh my god Kurt! I haven't seen you since... That night...
-How have you been blondie?"

Kurt took Quinn's hand and kept walking with her towards Glee Club. He was smiling like always, bringing a little bit of happiness in the cheerleader's depressed life she was living since her friendship with Rachel was no longer active.

"-Alright, I guess. The usual routine.
-How are things with Rachel? I actually it's good for her to have friends, she will stop being all annoying and self-centered."

Kurt smiled and Quinn looked away. Rachel, right. She had been trying her hardest to ignore her, pretending she never existed. She knew she needed her pretty badly because she was still feeling terrible, cutting and making herself throw up everyday at lunch, but at least no more lesbian creepy situations were going to happen again. Quinn was okay with people being gay, just not with her.

"-We haven't had the occasion to hang out since the sleepover. My Cheerios practices are taking the big majority of my time.
-Quinn."

The cheerleader was trying to walk as fast as she could to avoid Kurt but he grabbed her arm and forced her to turn around.

"-I know you're lying Quinn. Rachel has been talking to me a lot and she feels terrible about everything. You could at least be honest with her.
-She knows that the Cheerios have been practicing a lot. Do I have to remind you that the Regionals are coming up?
-Why Quinn? What did she do for you to ditch her that way? We had an agreement Quinn, you, me and Mercedes. You are supposed to be nice to her, just nice, you don't have to make her your best friend, just be nice! And I'm sorry but I saw you two at her house and you were enjoying yourself."

Kurt was raising his voice, which Quinn didn't really like. She tried to get him to speak lower but he was only getting louder and louder, embarrassing the cheerleader. She didn't want people to know her and Rachel Berry used to hang out, she has a reputation to keep!

"-You told her you were always going to be there and you're letting her feel as bad as she used to! If not worse. I'm really disappointed in you Quinn."

Kurt left Quinn in the middle of the hallway to go to the choir room.

Rachel was sitting in the choir room waiting for everybody to come in, but especially Kurt. She knew that he was supposed to come visit the New Directions today and she was more than excited about it. She didn't care that nobody was even saying hi to her, or that she had to see Quinn ignoring her, Kurt was going to be there and bring her a little bit of attention through this Glee Club rehearsal.

When he stepped into the room. Rachel was the first one to jump out of her chair into his arms.

"-Hi again!
-You seem to be feeling a little better?"

Rachel nodded and took his hand, watching all the other kids say hi to him. The only person who just ignored Kurt was Quinn who was just entering the room. She went to sit next to Sam quietly, without looking at anybody. Rachel couldn't help but notice how down she looked and when she told Kurt to sit, she asked him:

"-Why isn't Quinn talking to you?
-We had a little... Argument.
-Is it about me? I would not want to interfere with your friendship. If you want I could just focus on my Broadway career and my life-plan without her. Being gay wouldn't be in my favor in the business industry anyways.
-No Rach'. It's about her, she is taking way too much time figuring out stuff."

Rachel didn't quite understand what her friend was saying but when she tried to get him to explain himself Mr. Shuester came in the room with his introduction when he saw Kurt. His smile appeared and he hugged his past student before telling everybody:

"-Guys, we need duets. I feel like pairing people we never paired before.
-Can I be with Santana?"

Brittany was looking at Mr. Shuester, looking all innocent when he replied:

"-We need original pairing Brittany. You always want to be with Santana.
-Well, I never got to sing a duet with her before."

Rachel looked at the two Cheerios, as surprised as she could be, Brittany was right. Yes they were always together and looked so in love with each other but they never sang a duet in Glee Club. The diva was excited about this assignment, she was hoping to be paired with Quinn, she couldn't picture herself singing with anybody else right now. And she really wanted to reconnect with the cheerleader.

"-You're right. Brittany and Santana you will sing us a duet, whenever you're ready to do so."

Brittany smiled and hugged Santana before kissing her on the cheek. Rachel was looking at the whole scene while staring at Quinn at the same time. And the Cheerio's eyes directly landed on Artie, who looked so mad it made the diva smile. She looked back at Quinn who was also looking at her, and after a few seconds, the cheerleader broke the eye contact. Rachel was secretly hoping that she would have texted her, to make fun of Artie, like they used to before, but nothing happened. Instead, she was awoken from her thoughts by Mr. Shuester who called her name:

"-Rachel and Puck, you will be singing together as well.
-Excuse me Mr. Shue? Noah and I did a lot of singing together already...
-I don't know what you guys did in private but you never sang together in Glee Club."

Rachel looked at Puck who was just staring at the wall, not caring about anything. She was really disappointed she wasn't going to sing with Quinn but Kurt took her hand and smiled, making her feel a little bit better.

I hope you like this chapter guys! And I hope you enjoyed the SuperBowl episode as much as I did :)
I don't know how you feel about this fic, you should let me know! Is it too slow? How do you think I could make it better?