AN: Yay! Chapter five! Haha, I shouldn't be this excited, but I am. Writing a somewhat angsty chapter while watching Avatar: The Last Airbender and Family Guy is insanely ironic, ne?

I own the plot and nothing else.

Bold- Finn

Italics- Quinn

Both- group

Monday morning was crappy for Quinn. She woke up late, her straightener blew out, and she discovered the milk was sour AFTER she had poured it into her Cocoa Puffs. Marshall had solemly informed his little girl that her car was acting up and Charlie was on his way to Abram's Tires And Lube to have Artie's dad take a look at it. Kurt and his parents, Burt and Lucy Hummel, had volunteered to chauffer the blond girl to school.

When the singer and the wheelchaired boy had exited the car, they were just in time to join their buddy Artie for a jock-administered dumpster dive. Smelling like last week's lunch and picking pieces of trash out of her hair, Quinn slunk about her classes. She had lost her history essay, failed her Spanish test, couldn't find her math notebook, was hit with an icy blast of lime slushie during passing period, and was yelled at in the hallway by Coach Schuester for "being a stinking waste of flesh, blood, and oxygen when God could've turn them into a useful Cheerios to help him win his sixth National title."

Yes, Quinn's day sucked. But she didn't notice. She was stuck on Friday night.

She had kissed Noah. She was overjoyed, for she felt this meant they really were meant to be if they were attracted to each other in alternate universes. Sure, he was acting more like the Finn she was used to, but with her help, Quinn was sure Noah could start behaving like Puck.

"Maybe...Rachel is...lactose intolerante." Kurt reasoned feebly.

"That doesn't explain all the crying." Artie countered.

"Maybe, she just doesn't like the group?" Tina responded.

Finn lifted himself off of the seat of the drum set and groaned. "Are you all THAT fricken' stupid?" The group- Kurt, Mercedes, Tina, Artie by the piano; Santana braiding Brittany's hair on the other side of the room; Matt chatting off Mike's ear about random crap in the top row- looked at the annoyed tall boy. "Seriously, I bet you all thought Burt and Ernie were just roommates." No response. "Maybe, Rachel's got one in the oven."

Everyone showed various degrees of surprises, shock and interest. "Wh-who's the baby's daddy?" Mercedes asked.

"Who do you think?" was Finn's retort. No response, besides a suspicious glance from Brittany. "Noah!" Finn cried. The looks varied- Artie, delight (at the prospect of a glee club scandel, not the fact that the cheerleader was pregnant); Brittany, disbelief; Mercedes, Tina, Matt, and Mike, shock; Santana, blank as always.

"Hey guys! Isn't today just wonderful?" Quinn waltzed in happily. Her little group looked up at her arrival. "Quinny!" Artie ran up to her and grasped both of her hands . "Glee Club is was just rocked with it's first scandel."

Quinn tilted her head to the side and stared oddly at the boy before her. "Huh?"

"Ru-Ru-Rachel's knocked up." Mercedes elaborated.

"And the baby daddy?" Artie asked. "Noah."

Quinn felt her jaw drop.

"I know! You never would've guessed it! I mean, Noah's a nice dude. He respects Rach and stuff, so it's pretty insane that this happened!" Matt spoke up from the chairs.

After a few moments, Quinn seemed to find her voice. "I-I needa go get a drink of water. Be right back."

Noah was ecstatic. He had filled out the application for the music scholarship the night after his bowling date with Quinn. He tried not to think about the kiss-the guilt about it or the sparks from it- and simply told himself it was for Rachel. Rachel and the baby. He had dropped the application off at Mr. Tanaka's office and was headed off to the choir room. Everything was perfect.

Until he felt a stinging feeling in his cheek. He stared down and saw a really...really pissed off looking Quinn Fabray, with her hand still slightly raised.

"Liar." was the word she uttered. "Why didn't you tell me Rachel was pregnant?"

Noah froze. "Who...who told you?"

"Everyone in Glee knows but me. I was the one left in the dark, the one thinking you actually LIKED me when we kissed on Friday."

"L-Look, Quinn, I haven't really been lying to you. I've just have been, kinda, streching the truth. I mean, it's close to lying, but..." Noah took a moment to let out a sigh. "Quinn, I just wanted to de-stress-ify you, so Glee Club could stay together. I need Glee Club to get into a good college so I can get a good job so I can...take care of my kid. And I can't do that without you. You should take it as a compliment."

"You could've just been honest with me."

"I-I know. I really wasn't thinking about most of the plan, but the kiss? It was real."

"Oh, stop it right there Puckerman." Quinn cut the Jewish boy off. "Do NOT start talking about supporting your pregnant girlfriend, then tell me you felt something when we kissed. I don't wanna deal with your lies anymore, and I certainly don't need to carry your baggage." The blond spun on her heel and left, dignity intact.

"Wait! What about rehersal?" Noah called.

Quinn looked over her shoulder, "I don't think I'll be going to Glee for a long, long time."

Quinn lay in bed, thinking over the events of the day. Her phone lay next to her in a constant dance from the seemingly endless messages from her New Direction teammates.

Noah: Quinn, Im sorry, I shoulda been honest w/ u frm the start

Kurt: We missed u at rehersal Quinny. Whats up?

Tina: What wrong, tomodachi?*

Mercedes: U ok girl?

Noah: Plz answer me Q

Santana: My cat Cupcake wants to no y u left Glee. (He read my diary, srry)

Matt: U alright Fabray? U seemed kinda weird b4 u left

Mike: :/ ?

Noah: PLZ talk to me Q!

Kurt: I guess u wanna be alone. Can u just call me when u feel like talking? Im here 4 u, Quinny, I hope u no that.

Quinn refused to show her face at rehersal. She only sat with Kurt and the gang at lunch because she didn't want to be totally alone. She was totally silent, though. No one could shake her.

The eve of the Invitationals was upon the group. They were doing vocal warm-ups to prepare for their songs. The day Finn, Matt and Mike had joined, Matt and his big mouth had informed Sue that Girlfriend and Rockstar weren't very appropriate songs. And Sue didn't want Principal Pillsbury down their throats, so they had changed to The Middle and Sombody To Love, with Rachel singing the female lead.

"Ms. Sylvester, what are we gonna do? We need a twelfth member." Noah asked.

Sue sighed and ran a hand through her short blond hair. "I honestly don't know, Noah."

"I do."

The group turned. Quinn stood in the doorway. "Quinny!" her friends rushed to embrace her.

"What made you come back?" Kurt asked.

Quinn bit her lip. "Well, I felt bad. For ignoring all your concerns and letting my personal issues get the better of the club. I'd be honored to go on if you'd let me."

"You don't know the choreography." Rachel interjected, with smug nods from Brittany.

"Then we're gonna have to give her alot of help out there." Noah added. Quinn turned to Jewish boy. He was smiling. His smile said, "We can get through this."

The group took the stage and Noah's voice filled the room:

"Hey, don't write yourself off yet.

It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on."

Quinn blushed as the tan boy stared at her so intently during those lines.

"Just try your best. Try everything you can.

And don't you worry what they tell yourself when you're away."

"It just takes some time!

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.

Everything, everything will be just fine..

Everything, everything will be alright, alright."

"Hey, you know they're all the same.

You know you're doing better on your own, so don't buy in.

Live right now. Just be yourself.

It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else."

"It just takes some time!

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.

Everything, everything will be just fine..

Everything, everything will be alright, alright."

"It just takes some time!

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.

Everything, everything will be just fine..

Everything, everything will be alright, alright."

"Hey, don't write yourself off yet.

It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on."

"Just do your best. Do everything you can.

And don't you worry what their bitter hearts are gonna say."

"It just takes some time!

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.

Everything, everything will be just fine..

Everything, everything will be alright, alright."

"It just takes some time!

Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.

Everything, everything will be just fine..

Everything, everything will be alright, alright."

The crowd applauded and the group bowed. The kids rushed back to change into their costumes for Act Two.

Quinn felt pretty immature. She couldn't believe she almost missed out on this out of jealousy. Over Rachel freaking Berry. Even if she was a Cherrio in this universe, Quinn Fabray was NOT supposed to be envious of Rachel Berry. But all issues of pride aside. Quinn cherished everything about New Directions- dancing with Artie, singing along side Tina and Mercedes, listening to Kurt rock out on the guitar, and being spun around while Noah sang to her. This was her life. This was everything important to her. No matter what universe she was in, Quinn knew what mattered: singing here and now with her friends.

"Can anybody find me..."

"Somebody to love!"

AN: Done! Hope you enjoyed. If you did? Review!

*Tomodachi-Japanese for "friend"