A/N.: Edit 17/08/2014

Chapter 7 – A Friday like any other.

Finally it was Friday. It was such eventual week. A lot of things happened, all because of one little kitty girl. Quinn was really annoyed with the lack of shared classes with the girl. She would see her just at lunch, cheerio practice, a rare encounter in the halls and that one class that they actually shared.

Quinn didn't necessarily know the reason behind her attraction to this girl. She didn't care much about the motives either. She just knew that this felling, this attraction felt right. It was like the girl held a great amount of happiness that should only be directed at her. Hence the jealously… and the possessiveness. Maybe if she actually 'had' the girl she wouldn't feel so jealous and possessive. She would already have the girl after all.

She enters the lockers corridor hoping to find Rachel still at hers. What she witness, however, makes her blood boil. She couldn't believe in the boy's audacity. She knew he wasn't that sharp, but what was unfolding before her was bringing it to a new level. It was, to a minimum, revolting.

The enormous hollow trunk, commonly known as Finn Hudson, was all over the kitty girl backing her against her locker. She looked so small compared to him and she was clearly feeling uncomfortable with one of her arms stretched trying to keep him away.

"Come on, Rach…" he insisted trying to sound sweet or charming… whatever it was, he wasn't successful "We could be so nice together… You're the new cheerleader and I'm the popular QB. I'm, like, doing you a favor here…"

"No, Finn…"

She tried to speak, but he interrupted her forcing himself against her stretched arm and hovering above her. "I saw you looking at me. You don't need to hide that you want me. I want you too, no need to fake being a prude, saying no to every boy who comes after you even though you got into Evans' car your first day here. I even forgive you for it."

He was starting to lean on her as if he was going to try and kiss her when he was roughly pushed back and away from her.

"They're friends, smart ass." The blond who had put herself before Rachel growled. "And she already said no to you. Get a clue!"

"Fabray, don't get yourself involved. That's between me and Rachel. She was just about to agree." He protested straightening up, looking even bigger.

"She was trying to push you away." Quinn said exasperated. She and Finn were getting everyone's attention, but they didn't seem to notice or care about it.

"She is just trying to make herself look difficult, trying to make me go after her, why else she would dress the way she did Wednesday at practice? She was just trying to show off to me. Like a mating ritual or something, I'm just doing what she wanted." Finn spoke with pride, thinking of himself as a genius for being able to catch all the hints.

"Wake up!" Quinn cried frustrated.

"I already told you my uniform was too big and coach forced me to practice that way!" Rachel defended herself from behind Quinn. "I don't want you hitting on me, please stop and just go away, Finn." She added the last bit more sweetly trying to rationalize with him.

"No. I saw you looking at me." He exclaimed moving forward

"Back off!" the blond lioness girl growled baring her teeth

"Stay away, Fabray, I bet you just want to jump on her have your way and leave her just like you did with Emma last year!" He said imposing over her with his height.

"She moved away, DUMBASS!" Quinn yelled frustrated, she really didn't need Emma to be brought up, principally by someone who didn't know half of the story.

"Tell everyone whatever you want, out of my way! I was talking to Rachel!" He whined pushing her away and making her slam against some lockers.

And that was when she saw red. She transformed before she could even try to control herself, ripping her clothes apart. Coach Sylvester wouldn't be amused… At all. Every now and then one of her precious uniforms would be destroyed some way or another, mostly by kids who didn't know how to control their gifts.

Quinn lunged for Finn, her claws catching some of his clothes and ripping it without actually hurting him.

By then, some kids would scream inciting the fight while others recorded it with their cellphones. Santana and Brittany were running in their direction. And maybe one or two students were yelling for a teacher.

Finn pushed the lioness when he noticed that she didn't hurt her. Quinn quickly returned the attack with a blow using one of her paws. She hit him on the shoulder, making his bark fly everywhere, but not hitting strong enough to make him ooze sap.

He shrieked at the blow anyway, and looked at her angrily. The blond was still adjusting at the sudden and uncontrolled transformation, making her slightly disoriented. He, noticing that, prepared for a blow from him. He was about to attack when something grabbed him and thrown him to the other side of the corridor.

He yelped with the impact and was about to bitch about with the culprit when he felt his entry body stopping moving and starting to harden. The last thing he saw was the gorgon's eyes glowing with a yellowish light before blacking out.

"Dammit!" Santana yelled, she didn't really intend for it to happen, but it was better than hear him whining anyway. "Dammit, Q! Coach won't like that you destroyed one of her uniforms."

"Seriously, what happened?" Brittany asked concerned picking the pieces of clothing from the ground. "We should get out of here by the way."

Most students just looked at them, others started to move away now that the fight was over and some started to play some pranks with Finn, who was transformed in a statue.

The three girls and the lioness where entering the choir room when they heard the first teacher questioning about what the hell had happened there.

Rachel was a little dizzy from it all and just stared at the lioness. Quinn had helped her and protected her. Quinn had put herself in harm's way for her. And now Quinn was there, technically naked, before her and staring right back at her.

She was so beautiful and so regal. A real lion! Quite big too.

"We're going to get Q some clothes and will come back when the way clear up." Santana said, but didn't receive an answer, since both lion and kitty girl seemed to be lost in each other's gaze.

Brittany giggled beside the gorgon finding everything oh, so cute. The blonde tugged her girlfriend and pointed at the door indicating that they should go do as she said.

"Laters, pussies." The gorgon tried to insult, again being ignored.

Rachel waved at them, thought, in a very dismissing way. The kitty girl kneeled before the lioness, barely hearing the door clicking shut.

"I think I really will need to teach you guys how to not destroy your clothes, uh?" she teased caressing Quinn's furry cheek. "Thank you, Quinn." The girl added surprising the other with a sudden hug.

The lioness nuzzles the crook of Rachel's neck sighing happily. She finally had the girl holding her. Sure she had hugged the girl before, but it was kind of awkward and Rachel didn't exactly returned it back then.

"So…" the brunette starts giggling "… you can't control your transformation that much when you're mad?" she asked making the big lioness look embarrassed trying to hid her face behind her enormous paws. "It's okay, you know… I can't control my transformation very much when I'm startled. However, I made the mistake to tell Santana that." She added the last bit with a frown.

Quinn just pocked her with her snout looking at her amused and letting out a little happy growl as if she was making fun of Rachel.

"Your voice is so big when you're like that… it sends shivers down my spine. Not in a bad way, though." The girl keeps talking, caressing the lioness, don't moving away from her.

From kneeling she had gone for a more comfortable position siting on the ground. "You're so big compared to me when I'm transformed. You ripped your clothes while I would just get really small for them."

Quinn just looked adoringly at her giving a small lick to the brunette's cheek and making the girl giggle again.

Rachel then held Quinn face with both hand smiling mischievously at her. She got closer and closer to Quinn's face making the lioness heart accelerate in her chest. Rachel's lip was almost touching her when she transformed in her cat form dangling away from the ground and holding herself to the lioness face with her tiny paws.

Quinn huffed at that. All the hot hair hitting Rachel directly in the face. The cat let go startled and fell to the ground with a squeak. Obviously she fell on all fours, but she was startled nonetheless.

The lioness let out a sound close to a chuckle and lied down on the ground.

They played together without moving away from where they were. Well, Rachel would somehow run around Quinn making her growl playfully, but other than that they pretty much stayed in the same place.

It took a while until Santana and Brittany came back. The gorgon was frowning the whole time and the nymph was the one carrying the bag with clothes.

"Where is Berry?" The latina asked, her frown growing deeper.

Quinn only uncrossed her front paws exposing the little kitty who was under them. The gray and white kitten looked at the two girls with a wide feline smile on her furred face.

"What took you two so long to come back?" Rachel asked laying her head on Quinn's paw.

The lioness looked adorningly at her and nuzzled her little head before giving her a small lick. If Rachel could she would probably be blushing by now. She was thankful to be on her cat form at this moment. She couldn't hold back the small purr though.

Santana thought it was really weird for Rachel's mature voice came out from a kitten who was just about to hit its adulthood, but said nothing about that. Which was even weirder.

"I got detention. Finn is suspended from school for 2 days, though, so…" she shrugged playing it off.

"I couldn't open your locker so I had to ask coach for a new uniform. She wasn't happy and wants to talk with you two later. Probably by lunch." Brittany said showing the bag with a guilty face.

Quinn sighed as much as she could and stood making Rachel roll from her paw to the ground. The little cat gave an unsatisfied meow, but nothing more than that.

The lioness was heading out of the room when she felt little claws stick to her skin, without hurting her, while Rachel climbed to her back. Soon enough they were out of the choir room and headed to the Cheerios locker room.

"They really suspended Finn, without asking me what happened?" Rachel asked unsure, but enjoying her ride on Quinn's furred back.

"There were a lot of witnesses. They asked them." Santana was short in her explanation. Rachel chooses to just accept that though.

When they get to the Locker room, Rachel jumps out of Quinn's back and transform back to her half animal form. She holds the door open for the lioness and let her in with the bag Brittany had given to her.

"You two were so cute together back in the choir room." Britt says dreamily catching Santana's attention, who smiles mischievously when she notices Rachel's blushing cheeks.

"Soo…" the latina trails off for a moment "You and Quinn, uh?"

"I was just accompanying her and I'm really thankful for what she did earlier today. I would use less violence, however." Rachel said trying to look indifferent.

Her cheeks were still flushed nevertheless.

"You said you scarred a guy with your claws to me two days ago. I don't buy this nonviolence speech after that." Santana teased.

Rachel was about to answer, very indignantly, when the door opened reveling a full clothed Quinn back into her half animal form.

"We should head to class. We already will have to endure coach wrath today, I don't need any other teacher's displeasure directed to me too on top of that." Quinn said with a sigh until she looked at Rachel and gave the girl a small smile.

Quinn and Rachel only meet again during lunch break. It was Becky, an heir of the Norse light elves, that came after them. She was a Cheerio too, but despite her great bloodline she was born with an earthly sickness which made her frail in a way. She was very strong minded and loyal, however, and just wanted to be treated like anyone else.

She also was Sue's protégé.

"Coach asked me to take you two to the principal's office. They want you there to talk about earlier today." The girl said with a smile having found the two felines in front of Sue's office.

Both girls exchanged a look before turning to Becky and nodding their understanding. Rachel was almost freaking out internally. It was her first week here and she was being called to the principal's office.

She was so busy freaking out that she almost jumped out of her skin when she felt Quinn getting a hold of her hand.

"No need to worry, Rachel." Quinn gave a smile tugging the girl's hand so she could get closer. "I'm the one who is probably in trouble. They probably want to know what happened."

"But they already suspended Finn." Rachel said frowning. She really liked Quinn's hand around hers, however.

In the beginning she found the lion girl too overwhelming with her predatory smile and looks. The girl was always over her and seemed even a little too possessive even though they had nothing going on between them. On the last two day however she had cooled down a little and Rachel could finally breathe and adjust herself.

And now the girl helped her and was being all sweet and not her usual overwhelming self. Rachel sure was attracted to her from the start, the girl was gorgeous after all, but now… the attraction was finally starting to grow into a crush. And she really wanted for it to develop.

Inside the office they were expected by three adults. Sue, an Iele and the principal. The Iele was the school's counselor. She didn't look as powerful as her specie would be though. She seemed fidgety and showed signs of having some type of OCD.

The principal was a globin small with big ears and large hands. He didn't have the mischievous and somewhat cruel twinkle in his eyes that his specie usually have, he looked terrified actually, pathetically trembling in his chair.

"First… ms. Fabray you will be accompanying ms. Lopez in her detention. Though I understand it was in self-defense, I cannot let you go unpunished." The principal said with a wavering voice. "And ms. Berry I would like to ask you some questions."

"Sure." The girl relented. It's not like she had a choice.

"It has come to my attention that you can transform without losing your clothing." He said.

It seemed to have come out wrong because he started to tremble even more, probably unable to proceed. Sue let out an annoyed sight before standing beside Principal Figgins' table.

"What we want is… for you to teach the other brats to transform or whatever without ending up destroying one of my precious uniforms." She finished giving Quinn a pointed and severe look.

"Of course you will receive credits for it." The counselor spoke for the first time.

They didn't give Rachel the option to not do it. They just told her to do it. She frowned at that. It's not like she minded, but they could have given her the opportunity to say no.

The rest of the meeting was just them scheduling it. It didn't take too long and Quinn and Rachel were soon leaving the office behind. The classes would start next week on Thursday and Sue would supervise them.

They were almost reaching the cafeteria when Quinn stopped them.

"Ra-Rachel…" the girl stuttered.

"Yeah?"

"Can… Can tomorrow be a date? Well, a double date since S and B will be there too but… but… I kind of lik-… well I would like if it was a date you know… if you want to." Quinn rambled very out of character, but Rachel couldn't help herself, it was just too cute.

She giggled making the lion girl blush even more. She then looked Quinn in the eyes seeing her sincerity and apprehension. She couldn't say no to her, because she also kind of lik-… would like if Saturday was a date.

"Yes, Quinn." Rachel finally answered blushing too.

"Really?" The blond asked, with a wide smile and happily swinging her tail. At the girls nod she can't stop herself, but hug the girl.

She was finally having a date with Rachel.