A/N: I am so sorry this chapter took so long! I was just a little blocked for a bit. hopefully that's gone now and I can get back to updating regularly. I'm thinking of starting a regular once-a-week posting thing. Different days for different stories. Also, the last two episodes of Glee broke my heart in good and bad ways. Anyway. Thanks so much for all your patience, support and awesome reviews! I haven't forgotten about you guys and I will keep updating! Also I made this just a bit longer since it took so long for me to put it up. Thanks again and I hope you enjoy this chapter!


The Monday after the study date, Rachel had a math test that she was nervous for; it was her first test after she got the head cheerio position and she was dead scared that failing this test would make Sue demote her and give the head cheerleader position to someone else. She took a deep breath as she made it towards her class.

"Okay class, I'm giving out the papers. You have the rest of the hour, so take all the time you need, after you're done and you've checked your paper you can give it to me at my desk and leave. You may begin, good luck!" Mr. Winters, the math teacher said as he gave the last few kids their paper. Rachel took in a shaky breath and turned her paper over. She stared at the first question and immediately froze. She couldn't even figure out what was being asked of her, all she could see were a bunch of numbers and letters that made absolutely no sense to her that is, until she remembered what she was told on Friday. She began answering the questions to the best of her abilities. She remembered what Quinn had told her about the equations, finding the area of a triangle and just about everything that the blonde had explained with incredible patience. She worked the equations out step by step as it had been explained to her, Rachel shut out every single noise that was going on around her and all she could hear was Quinn's voice in her head, explaining every little thing to her. It was like she was sitting beside her telling her everything she needed to know. She was only snapped out of her concentration half an hour later, when she noticed people starting to get up and hand in their tests. She couldn't help but gulp at this, a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. She just shook her head and dove back into her work, hearing the blonde's voice in her mind again. It was like she was possessed, the pen was writing as Quinn's voice guided her hand, telling her what to do; it was like Quinn had taken over and was doing the test for her. It was an amazing feeling the likes of which she's never felt during a test; it felt like she actually knew what she was doing. It was incredible, she had done nothing insanely different than what she usually did to study, the only difference was that instead of looking at the textbook's notes to figure out just what she was supposed to do, it was Quinn, explaining it to her slowly and patiently, over and over again until it stuck, in that soft voice of hers as she brushed away a couple locks of that gorgeous blonde hair of hers.

Wait, what? Rachel thought to herself, and then shook her head, Focus!

She continued writing down answer after answer, showing her work clearly each time. She was so deep in thought, finishing up her last question that she barely heard Mr. Winters clearing his throat and speaking to gain the class's attention.

"Okay class, I'll give you a minute to finish up what you're doing, make sure you have your names written and then I'll collect the papers and you can go.

Rachel was confused for a second, then her eyes shot up to the clock on the wall. An hour had passed already and she had barely noticed. She took a deep breath and wrote her final answer on the last question, made sure that her name was on the paper and handed it to Mr. Winters. She picked up her book bag and walked out of the class quietly just as the bell signaled the lunch break. She walked over to her locker silently and opened it, putting her math text book and notes back in, she only then realized that she was shaking. She closed her locker with a slam and leaned her back against it, letting out a shaky breath.

"Rachel?" She heard a familiar soft voice call her. She looked over to her side and saw a very familiar blonde walking towards her.

"Hey Quinn." She said, barely audible.

"Hey are you okay?" The blonde asked softly. "You're shaking did something happen?"

"I just came out of my math test." Rachel said, a small quiver in her chin, why was she about to break down in tears?

"Yeah I was about to ask, how did it go?" Quinn asked, brushing a small strand of her behind her ear.

"Honestly I don't know." Rachel gulped, desperately trying to push back the lump that had formed in her throat. "I mean, at first I was stuck, I froze it was like the question was in Greek or Latin or-"

"Rachel, you're rambling, calm down." Quinn said putting a comforting hand on the brunette's shoulder. "What happened next?"

"I don't know, I just re-read the question over and over until I remembered what you told me and then I just answered it as well as I could and then I remembered everything you told me for the whole test, but it took the whole hour and I barely got to write down the answer to the last question before Mr. Winters told us that time was up, I wrote down the answer quickly and gave it to him but, I have this sickening feeling that-" she trailed off, dreading the next words that were about to escape from her lips. She felt her bottom lip shake and tears stinging her eyes, threatening to come out.

"Shh, Rachel, it's going to be okay!" Quinn said, leaning down and looking the shaken girl in front of her in the eyes. "You did great on Friday; you were able to solve every question perfectly after I explained it to you! Did you study during the weekend?"

"Yes of course!" Rachel said with a nod.

"Did you check your answers?" Quinn asked again.

"Yes and it was just like you said, I got them all right." Rachel sighed out.

"Then what's the matter?" Quinn asked with a small smirk.

"I'm just scared to death that if I fail Sue will put someone else as head cheerleader, or worse, kick me off the squad completely!" She said, a tear making its way down her cheek. Quinn couldn't help herself, she reached up to the girls cheek and wiped her tear away.

"Listen to me Rach, that position is yours okay! You're going to ace that test and you're going to be head cheerleader! And god dammit you're going to stay head cheerleader till we graduate!" Quinn said.

"Y-you really think so?" Rachel stuttered, surprised by how much the blonde believed in her.

"Yes." Quinn said softly, nodding. "I do."

"But how can you be so sure?" Rachel asked.

"Because you're passionate about it, I see it in every pep rally when I see you cheer, at every game; you have a glint in your eyes that makes it obvious to the whole audience that you're doing what you love." The blonde said, not realizing that she hasn't taken her hand of Rachel's cheek. "And when you're that passionate about something, you fight for it."

Rachel gulped, looking into the blonde's beautiful hazel eyes, mesmerized.

"You'll be okay." Quinn said, nodding at Rachel.

"Quinn I…thank you." Was all Rachel could get out.

"It's no problem." Quinn said, giving her a soft smile.

"I don't get it, why are you helping me so much when…when I torment you so much?" Rachel asked, looking down at the ground. Quinn's hand traveled down to the brunette's chin and she softly lifted her head up to look at her again.

"Because I know you don't do all those things because you want to, it's the pressure from the rest of the kids in this stupid school. I get it, you're on top so you feel like if you don't do what the other cheerleaders and jocks do then your rep will get hurt. It's okay. Just know that sometimes it's not reputation that's important, it's who your real friends are." Quinn said softly, her voice going down to just above a whisper as she finished. Rachel just looked at her, wide eyed and gob smacked at how much this girl, who she barely ever spoke to before, understood her. She didn't say anything; she just wrapped her arms around the blonde tightly. She heard Quinn chuckle and then felt her arms wrap around her back.

"It's going to be okay." Quinn whispered again. After a couple of minutes they pulled apart and headed towards the cafeteria together, but then split up to go to their separate tables.

"Hey Q." Kurt said as she sat down with her tray. "What took you so long?"

"Just talking to Rachel." Quinn said absentmindedly as she began eating her pasta.

"Peacefully and without any bloodshed?" Kurt asked, amazed.

"Yes, Kurt." Quinn said, rolling her eyes.

"Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" Kurt said.

"Will you knock that off?" Quinn said, turning to him. "You know, she's not that bad once you get to know her."

"Quinn, you spent all of maybe six hours with her in total not counting classes because you don't actually talk to each other, what makes you think you know her?" Kurt asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I think I'm in a better position to judge her anyway." Quinn said.

"You sang a song together and studied math, unless she's an equation that doesn't mean you know anything about her." Kurt argued again.

"Whatever, out of the two of us she's only hugged one of us so I think that means something." Quinn said with a smile.

"Wait she hugged you?" Kurt asked.

"Yep, just a few minutes ago." The blonde responded.

"Why?" Kurt raised his eyebrow again.

"Because she was scared of failing her math test and I assured her that if she studied hard enough and understood everything I explained to her on Friday then she probably aced it." Quinn said, lifting a fork full of pasta to her mouth and biting the food off.

"You do realize if she fails she is going to slushie youto oblivion?" Kurt warned.

"Firstly, she never slushied me, she always had someone else do it, secondly, she isn't going to fail." Quinn stated.

"Okay firstly she always had someone else do it so that she wouldn't get any of it on her cheerios uniform, otherwise Sue would kill her, secondly, what makes you so sure she passed?" Kurt asked.

"Because, Kurtis, unlike you I actually have some faith in the girl." Quinn said with a smile at her best friend.

"Okay A, my name is not Kurtis! B, you don't have faith in her, you have a major girl boner for her!" Kurt said.

"Don't remind me of boners from that girl, she tortured me on Friday." Quinn said, running her hands through her hair.

"What happened?" Kurt said with a chuckle.

"One of her tricks to maintain concentration?" Quinn began, Kurt nodded. "Sucking on lollipops, loudly."

"Well at least you know she'll have experience." Kurt said with a wink.

"Not funny Hummel, I nearly ruined my good jeans." Quinn said sternly., finishing up the rest of her pasta in a few mouthfuls.

"It seems pretty funny to me." Kurt said, giggling.

"Whatever." Quinn said her mouth still full of pasta; she chewed and swallowed, wiping her mouth. "You want to head to the choir room and sing a little?"

"What's wrong Fabray got some pent up frustration you want to get rid of?" Her best friend teased.

"Yes, I even wrote a new song, it's called 'My best friend is a little shit.'" Quinn teased back.

"Someone's been spending a lot of time on their Tumblr." Kurt said with a smile.

"It's tough running a blog, okay?" Quinn responded. "Now come on, we may not have enough people to compete, but that doesn't mean we can be sloppy."

"I hope we get new members soon, there's still enough time to apply for sectionals if we get just three more members." Kurt said.

"I know." Quinn said with a sigh. "Come on, let's go."

They made their way to the choir room and Quinn instantly sat at the piano, pressing a few keys to start up a tune. Kurt immediately recognized it and smile to her, they always sang this song together. His voce filled the choir room as he belted out the first not of the first verse. It was their song, they sang it together to audition for the glee club the first time, and then they got to know each other and became best friends. Kurt smiled widely at the blonde on the piano, it was incredible, every time they made a memory he heard that song in the back of his head. He had a distant dream that they would sing it at Nationals together before the group number, which would bring them their first championship trophy. But he knew that it was very unlikely, they weren't even eligible to compete because they couldn't find three people willing to join their club. It saddened him to think that people were so closed-minded in this school that even such a thing as singing is seen as being a 'loser.'

They sang the last few notes of their song and Quinn played the last few notes on the piano. They smiled at each other and let a few giggles escape. The bell rang, signaling fifth period.

"Ugh, I have to get to class." Kurt said with an eye roll.

"Okay, I'll see you in English?" she said, giving him a quick hug.

"Yeah, unless you're too busy staring at Berry." He said with a smile, she slapped his shoulder as they pulled back.

"You're too much." She muttered.

"You know you love me." He said as he waved and walked out of the choir room. She sighed, grabbed her bag and walked to class. Chemistry dragged on, but eventually the hour passed and it was time for English. She walked into class and went straight to her desk next to Kurt. Rachel walked in and saw them sitting at the back, she waved to Quinn with a smile, who waved back, surprised that the girl would actually bother to interact with her unless she needed to. She sat down between Brittany and Santana just as she always does.

"What's with the wave to those losers?" Santana said, eyebrow cocked at her best friend.

"Quinn's helping me in math, and I was only being nice." Rachel said with a shrug.

"You've been acting weird since you joined to dancing singing wannabes!" Santana said.

"Say what you want, I joined Glee club for my grades and you know what, it's actually fun. And you know how much I like singing!" Rachel defended. Santana just shrugged.

"How fun can it be?" The Latina retorted, not believing her friend.

"Extremely! Why don't you join? At least I'll have someone to talk to while we're there." Rachel suggested.

"Isn't Finn in the club? Maybe you should use that time wisely to ask him out." Santana suggested, bumping the shorter girl's shoulder playfully.

"Finn is the last thing on my mind right now." Rachel sighed.

"Oh yeah, how'd that math test go?" Santana asked.

"I don't know, I blanked at first and then it was like my subconscious took over and I could have been half dead and still finish in time." Rachel said solemnly.

"If you don't pass I'm slushying the daylights out of Fabray." Santana threatened.

"Santana, that's not fair! If anything, she helped me. If I fail it's not her fault!" Rachel said.

"She's right San." Brittany chimed in. "Plus, it's not nice slushying people, Lord Tubbington told me that slushies are made of rainbows which means that you're using rainbows for evil and that's not nice, and you're endangering unicorns because as we all know, unicorns live on rainbows."

"Okay fine, Britt, I promise I won't slushy the dweeb" Santana said with a sweet smile at her blonde friend, who smiled back.

"And I think Glee club would be fun, do you guys dance there?" Brittany asked Rachel.

"Sometimes, yeah." Rachel answered with a smile. "There's this guy Mike who's a really good dancer too."

"Do you think I can join?" Brittany asked with a smile that threatened to split her face in half.

"Sure Britt, all you need to do is audition, but Mr. Schuester is pretty cool so if you can sing like I know you can then you'll definitely get in!" Rachel assured her friend.

"San, will you audition with me?" Brittany asked the Latina with a smile. Santana looked into the bright blue eyes of her blonde best friend and just couldn't resist, she knew that the glee club was dubbed 'loser ville.' But how could she say no to Brittany?

"Sure thing Britt." She found herself saying with a smile. Brittany's eyes lit up more than Santana thought possible.

Rachel just smiled at her two best friends, then she turned her attention back to the lesson and continued taking notes. She needed to pass English too and chatting with her friend sure as hell was not going to help.

"What was that about?" Kurt asked, watching as the head cheerleader, who barely gave them the time of day, waved at his best friend.

"She's just being nice." Quinn shrugged off.

"Really? Why?" Kurt asked.

"Because I helped her in math. And then she had a bit of a breakdown in the hallway before lunch." Quinn said.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah she was worried about her test, I gave her a bit of a pep talk." Quinn said non-chalantly. "That's when she hugged me."

"Were there tears?" Kurt asked.

"You're such a gossip!" Quinn said, he shrugged at her and she rolled her eyes. "Yes okay she cried just a bit, but I took care of it."

"No doubt about that nine point five." Kurt said with a playful wink at the blonde.

"Shut up before I kick you in the nads...again." Quinn warned.

"Oh God! Don't remind me!" Kurt said, grabbing the crotch of his pants in pain at the memory.

"I told you trampoline-ing in my back yard was a bad idea!" Quinn snickered.

"You did it on purpose!" Kurt glared.

"I did not." She chuckled. He shoved her playfully.

"You're terrible!" He scoffed.

That they went by without a hitch as did the next, and before they knew it they were back in the choir room.

"Geez if Mr. Schue smiles any wider his face is going to crack." Quinn said with a smile of her own, wondering why their director was so happy.

"He's in an incredibly good mood, he's got a skip in his step and I'm pretty sure he danced the whole choreography to singing in the rain on his way here." Kurt whispered. Tina and Quinn giggled quietly as the last few members walked in.

"Okay!" Mr. Schuester said with a loud clap of his hands that made a few people jump, namely Finn who was too busy chatting Rachel up to notice what was going on. "Guys, I have some amazing news!"

"Oh yeah, he definitely got laid last night." Quinn whispered to her two friends. Who both snickered giddily, receiving raised eyebrows from Mike and Matt who sat next to them.

"In an amazing turn of events, three new members have decided to join our club!" He announced proudly and excitedly. "Everyone please welcome our newest members!"

The door opened and the last three people you would expect to walk into that room walked to the center of that same room.

"Everyone, give a warm glee welcome to Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce and Noah Puckerman." Mr. Schuester announced.

"Call me Puck." The tall, muscular, Mo hawked boy announced.

"So, guys, what songs have you prepared for your audition?" Mr. Schuester asked.

"I prepared a song by my fellow Jew, Neil Diamond." Puck stated proudly. He moved towards the instruments and grabbed an acoustic guitar. Santana and Brittany took a seat near Rachel as Puck began strumming the intro to his song.

Where it began,
I can't begin to knowin'
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along.

Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I, look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two.

And when I hurt,
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm with you
Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined,
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline,
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline...

Applause rang out at the end of the song and Puck stood proudly. Mr. Schuester clapped an arm on his shoulder.

"Very good Puck, and it looks like we have a new guitar player in the club. Take a seat buddy." He said. Puck nodded, put the guitar back and sat down next to Santana. The Latina and the tall blonde cheerleader stood up together.

"Mr. Schue, we wanted to do a duet, is that okay?" Brittany asked sweetly.

"Sure thing Brittany." He said with a smile.

"Puck." Santana said with a snap of her fingers.

"huh?" the Mo hawked boy asked, confused for a second. She shot him a look. "Oh! Right!"

He stood up and grabbed the guitar again. Sitting down on a stool to the side and strumming the guitar softly.

(Santana, Brittany, both)

Do you hear me? I'm talking to you

Across the water across the deep blue ocean

Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams

I feel your whisper across the sea

I keep you with me in my heart

You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes

Waiting for a love like this

Every time we say goodbye

I wish we had one more kiss

I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea

To an island where we'll meet

You'll hear the music fill the air

I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through trees

Move so pretty you're all I see

As the world keeps spinning 'round

You hold me right here, right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

I'm lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooh ooh oohOoh ooh ooh, ooh

Again applause rang out for the two cheerleaders as they smiled at the rest of the club and took their seats next to Rachel.

"Okay, guys, this is amazing! Three new members! I think you all know what that means!" Mr. Schuester said excitedly. Finn, Rachel, Santana, Brittany and Puck looked at each other, lost and confused.

"We get to go to compete at Sectionals!" Mr. Schuester announced loudly. The entire glee club cheered and whistled except for the five newest members, who retained their confused daze at each other. "We'll start working immediately on song selections! This is amazing guys!"

The club clapped and cheered, Brittany just smiled her bright, happy smile and clapped along while Santana just raised an eye brow, not sure what her teacher was talking about. She raised her hand.

"Mr. Schue, what are sectionals?" She asked.

"Sectionals, Santana, are the first step in a three step competition for show choirs of schools all over America. The requirements are that the club has twelve members, and now that you, Brittany and Puck have joined, we can finally compete, and, hopefully, win at Nationals!" Mr. Schuester explained happily. The glee club celebrated once more, high fiving each other and cheering. Their cheers nearly drowned out the sound of the bell, signaling the end of all after school activities. The gleeks started filing out of the room. Rachel came up to Quinn as she was packing her stuff.

"Hey." She said softly.

"Hey Rach." Quinn said with a smile.

"So, these sectionals seem to be a pretty big deal for you guys huh?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah, well, Glee club is the only place we can really be ourselves, and if we don't win at Nationals then Mr. Figgins will cut our funding, so we need to give it our all." Quinn explained.

"Wow. Well that explains it." Rachel said softly.

"Explains what?" Quinn asked.

"Well, initially I joined because I failed Spanish, and Mr. Schue said that he would give me extra credit if I joined. Same with Finn." Rachel explained to the blonde.

"Oh." Quinn said with a nod. "That does explain it. Normally cheerleaders and football team members wouldn't be caught dead anywhere near us unless it's to slushy us so…"

"Yeah, about that, I'm doing whatever I can to get them to stop." Rachel said. "And I'm sorry for all the times I got them to do it, I just…"

"Rach, stop, there's nothing to apologize for. It's in the past, I don't like to dwell on the past. I enjoy the present and work on my future." Quinn said smiling warmly at the brunette that stood before her.

"That's really nice Quinn." Rachel said softly.

"Thanks." Quinn breathed out. "So, what about Santana and Brittany? I know Santana isn't failing Spanish!"

"Oh, I actually convinced them to join, after I joined I realized how fun it could be. When Brittany found out that we dance as well as sing she jumped at the chance and begged Santana to audition with her. Apparently she couldn't say no to her." Rachel explained.

"Wow, that's so sweet…and unexpected of her." Quinn muttered.

"I know right? There's something about Brittany, she can always get to Santana's soft side." Rachel said.

"So what about Puck?" Quinn asked.

"I think Santana said she'd sleep with him if he joined." Rachel shrugged.

"Now that sounds like Santana." Quinn nodded to herself, enticing a giggle from Rachel.

"Well, listen, I have to go but do you want to come over on Saturday so we can start working on our English project?" The head cheerleader asked.

"Yeah I was about to ask. Umm, Saturday should be good, I'll be at your place say…one?" Quinn asked.

"Sure, my dads are out of town for the weekend so the place will be quiet. I'll make us lunch and we can spend the day on it, get it over and done with long before the due date. You never know what could happen that would require some more time." Rachel said.

"Yeah." Quinn nodded in agreement. "okay well I'll see you tomorrow then."

"See you." Rachel said with a smile before walking out of the choir room, shortly followed by the blonde.

The next day, in the five minute allowance between first and second period. Quinn was at her locker talking to Kurt.

"So I'm going to her place on Saturday to work on the project." Quinn said, finishing her explanation of why she had lingered back at the choir room at the end of the previous day.

"Is that what they're calling it these days?" Kurt teased. Quinn rolled her eyes.

"You are such a pervert!" she said, slapping him lightly with her notebook.

"Just think about it Quinnie." He said. "You and Rachel, at her place, all alone. Imagine how many lollipops she'll be sucking on to concentrate on the project."

"I hate you…And whoever gave her that method of concentration." Quinn said, pulling out her textbook and placing it in her bag.

"Uh Quinn?" Kurt began, looking at something down the hall.

"Yes, Kurt?" Quinn said with a smile.

"Why is Rachel rushing towards here with a megawatt smile and a paper in her hands?" Kurt asked quickly.

"What are you talking abo-UGH!" Quinn began, getting the wind knocked out of her by something slamming into her back and restricting her breathing.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she heard a familiar voice repeat from behind, just as she registered a pair of arms wrapped around her from the back. She turned around in the hug to find Rachel holding her tightly with a giant smile on her face.

"Rach, you startled me." Quinn said softly. "And why are you thanking me I don't…"

She trailed off as the ecstatic brunette pulled back from her and held up a paper, half of the words were typed, the other half hand written and on the top of the page was a big 'A' written in red with a circle around it.

"I just got my math test back!" Rachel said happily.

"Oh my God!" Quinn said, a smile creeping across her face as she realized what the big red letter meant. "An A? Rachel that's amazing!"

"And it's all thanks to you!" Rachel exclaimed, jumping up and wrapping her arms around the blonde's neck, her legs wrapping themselves around her waist. Quinn gulped as she held the, surprisingly light, brunette up.

"That's sweet Rachel but I'm pretty sure it was all you." Quinn whispered, shocked at the smaller girl's reaction; hoping it won't wake up the not so little friend she hid in her jeans.

"Are you kidding me?" the brunette said, hopping off of her. "I've failed math for all of my life! No matter how hard I studied or how good I felt in it, I always failed, this time, I passed, because of you!"

"You must have done something different that worked." Quinn said again, trying to dismiss the fact that Rachel's passing was all thanks to her.

"I did Quinn, I studied with you. When I was in there taking the test, your voice just kept talking me through every single question. It was as if someone had recorded you while you were explaining all that stuff to me at your place and played the tape in my brain during the test." Rachel said. Kurt tried to choke down his laughter at how silly her explanation sounded.

"Is…is that really what happened? During the test I mean." Quinn asked.

"Yeah, I just heard your voice in my head, clear as it is now, telling me what I had to do and guiding me through every question. You might as well have been sitting next to me telling me everything." Rachel said, smiling at the girl who couldn't help but feel butterflies in her stomach.

"Wow, Rach, that's really…Wow." Quinn stammered, at a loss for words. Rachel giggled at her.

"I owe you big time! And from now on you're my tutor, got it?" Rachel said, both hands on both of Quinn's shoulders as she continued smiling at her.

"Sure, yeah, no problem!" Quinn agreed.

"I'm serious Quinn this is a three year long blood oath you're signing up for." Rachel said, her smile unwavering.

"Rachel you do realize you are scary sometimes right?" Quinn joked, giggling. The brunette rolled her eyes.

"Meet me in the cafeteria, I'm buying you lunch!" Rachel said.

"Really, Rach, that's not necces-" Quinn began.

"Not offering, you have no choice Fabray." Rachel shook her head and giggled.

"Okay, fine, but I still stand my ground that it's not necessary." Quinn said, hitching up and eyebrow out of habit.

"And I still stand my ground that you saved my ass from the wrath of Sue Sylvester!" Rachel said. The bell rang, signaling the start of second period.

"Come on!" Quinn giggled. "It's time for English and we need as many notes as we can get for the project!"

"Okay but, let me do something before, I won't be able to do this in class." Rachel said.

"Do what?" Quinn asked, confused. Rachel pushed herself up on her toes and wrapped her arms around Quinn's neck one more time, placing her lips on her cheek and softly leaving a kiss on the blonde's pale skin.

"See you in class." The brunette whispered into her ear before pulling back and walking towards their classroom. Quinn stood there, shocked, her heart threatening to beat its way out of her chest and all the butterflies in the world taking their place in her stomach. Her hand went up to where Rachel's lips had touched as she stared off into space.

"Quinn? Quinn?" Kurt asked, waving his hand in front of her face. "Hello? Earth to Fabray do you read?"

"Huh…wha..?" Quinn stammered, giving her best friend some attention, but not able to give it to him fully.

"Please tell me you don't need new pants." He said his face stone cold serious.

"N-no…I just…I…I…"Quinn stammered, still feeling a little tingle where the kiss had been placed, her hand still cupping her cheek like she was afraid it would escaped if she let it go.

"Come on, Romeo in girl form, I'm not about to be late for English because you fainted from being kissed by Rachel." Kurt said, moving behind Quinn and pushing her towards the class.

"Uh huh." Quinn said, a smile creeping wide across her face as she let her friend lead her to class, still stuck in her own dreamy world.


A/N: So what did you think? leave reviews please :)

Songs: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond, Lucky by Jason Mraz and Cobie Caillat