Of course they didn't want me, she thought as she sat on the train that would take her back to Florida.
Since she was three years old, she lived with the Changs. They adopted her and loved her like she was their own. They moved around a lot. It was when Quinn spent her high school years in Atlanta, she found out about the existence of Russell and Judy Fabray.
Ever since she knew she was adopted and she saw the name 'Russell and Judy Fabray' listed as her parents on her birth certificate, she was always curious about them. But James and Lily Chang always forbid her to go to Dallas, Texas, where she was born to find out. Not to mention that her brother, Mike, also opposed to the idea.
When she turned 18 and her time to go to college has come, she decided to enroll at Florida State University. The Changs still lived in Atlanta since Claire still had one year of high school left so she moved to Tallahassee alone.
The thought of moving alone excite her. She was finally free to do what she always wanted to do. Two weeks before college started, she finished moving to her small apartment near the campus. After Mike left to visit his family since he was working in Louisiana, she took the chance to take a little trip to Texas.
She found the foster house easily. They hadn't move since 15 years ago so she still had the correct address. When she came in, the old caretaker recognized her as the blonde girl who got adopted by the Asian family. It surprised her that she made quiet an impression there during the three years she spent there.
They had a small talk, mainly about how well she grew up, how the Changs treated her, before she finally had the gut to ask Mrs. Willow, the caretaker, about the Fabrays. She asked her if Russell and Judy Fabray ever look for her, and the answer disappoint her much. They never searched for her.
Before she knew it, the train has arrived in Tallahassee. She didn't want to go home yet. So she took a trip to a bar near Florida State University. She never drinks before, she never knew how it feels to be drunk, but she didn't care. All she cares was she wanted the pain of being an unwanted child to go away.
"Give me something strong," she said to the bartender.
The bartender took a peek at the innocent-looking blonde girl in front of him and chuckled, "Have you even ever drink, Miss?"
"No. But I don't care. I just needed a drink."
He chuckled again but after a while he handed her the drink she requested. "There you go."
She quickly took a sip and screeched, "Ewh, what is this?"
The bartender was now laughing, "It's not even the strongest drink here. Finish that and I'll give you a stronger one."
Quinn gulped the rest of the drink. Still not getting used of the taste, she said, "I don't think I want a stronger one…"
"Believe me. Once you taste that, this one is not that much different. Take a sip," he said as he handed her another drink.
Again, Quinn took a sip and strangely, she felt good. "This one is better."
"Told ya! Want another one?"
"Oh please…"
She was on her third glass when a blonde boy sat next to her. She didn't really pay attention at him but she took a peek when the bartender talked to the boy.
"Want another beer, dude?" he asked the blonde boy.
"Nah, just give me anything strong. I'm enough with beer. I need to get drunk," he said as he turned his head to look at the blonde girl next to him. "Hey, there."
Quinn noticed that he was talking to her so she turned to face him too. "Hey…"
"You're alone?"
"Yup. How about you?"
"With my cousin. But I don't know where he is…"
The bartender came back with the blonde boy's drink. He gave it to him and then left the two already-drunk kids alone.
Quinn didn't say anything when the blonde boy talked to her again. "From what I know, people came to drink because they wanted to solve their problems. What's yours?"
Quinn raised her eyebrows. "What about you tell me yours first?"
"Okay," he put his drink down on the table before he continued, "I failed to convince my dad that I want to enroll in Astronomy. He said it was useless. He wants me to take Management instead. Damn family business." He took a sip before he asked, "So tell me yours."
Quinn took a deep breath before she opened her mouth. "I just found out that I'm an unwanted child. My parents gave me up straight after I was born. They named me but they never looked for me."
"That sucks. What's your name?"
"Not going to tell you," she smirked.
"Then I'm not going to tell you mine either," he smirked as he saw her scoffed. He offered his hand and said, "Wanna dance?"
"Sure," she took his hand and let him lead her to the dance floor.
They danced closely together. Quinn had her arms looped on the blonde boy's neck, and he had his arms around her petite waist. Their faces were so closed together and before they knew it, they were kissing each other.
The kiss was innocent though. First, it was just a short kiss but after they parted, they smashed their lips together again and things went heated.
Quinn didn't know when it happened but her hands were currently under his shirt, roamed over his abs. His hands were on the edge of her skinny jeans, desperately trying to go in there.
"Wanna go over to my hotel?" he asked in between the kisses.
She pulled apart and nodded. "But we gotta pay those drinks first."
"Sure. Let's go."
When they reached the blonde boy's hotel room, they wasted no time to undress each other. Still kissing, they began to peel off their clothing one by one.
"You have such a beautiful eyes," he said as he lifted her tanktop, but not breaking the kiss.
"Yours are sooooo blue," Quinn told him as she tossed his shirt somewhere and attached her lips to his again.
They continued kissing and stripped down each other's clothes until they were left with their underwear. Quinn wrapped her legs on his waist and looped her arms around his neck, and then he carried her to the bed. He lay her down on the bed and propped himself above her.
"You're really beautiful, you know that?" he said, kissing her neck.
"You're not that bad too," she said as she got melted on his kiss.
He stopped the kissing and looked at her straight in the eyes. "I love you…," he said as he placed a kiss on her jaw.
"Don't be silly! We just met," she said as she played with his hair.
"It's love at first sight."
"Do you really believe that?"
He nodded and kissed her lips. "I'm experiencing it now," he said as he reached behind her back, finding the clasp of her bra.
She propped herself a little bit so he could take her bra off easily. "You don't even know me."
He tossed her bra somewhere and said, "No, I don't know you. But I do know that you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." He found began to take off her panties. "These needs to go to…"
"You're not being fair. Your boxer needs to go to," she said as she used her foot to push his boxer down.
Both of them were completely naked now. There was no turning back right now.
"Wait, I never did any of this before. I'm a virgin," she said shyly as she shifted her body.
"No problem. I never did any of this too. So we're the same," he said.
"Okay then," she said as she pulled his body closer to him.
"Are you sure?" he asked, kissing her bare shoulder.
"There's no turning back now, I think…"
"Good. I love you."
They finally went for it. Being their first time, it was sort of overwhelming for both blondes. By the time they finished, both were panting and tried their best to catch their breath.
"That was…"
"Amazing, don't you think?" he finished the sentence for her.
She nodded. "I'm exhausted," she said as she snuggles closer to him.
"Me too. We can continue to talk tomorrow."
"Agree. Maybe I'll tell you my name then."
"Sweet. Good night, beautiful stranger," he said as he kissed her forehead.
Quinn woke up with her head pounding. What happened last night? She thought. She opened her eyes and greeted by an unfamiliar sight. She wasn't in her apartment. Where am I?
Then she heard it. There was someone else in the room. God, don't tell me… she trailed off as she realized that she wasn't wearing anything. Oh my God… She looked at the sleeping body beside her. She was greeted by the sight of the bare back of a blonde boy. Damn…
She quickly skipped out from the bed and located all of her clothes. It was scattered everywhere. Her bra was on the bedside lamp; her tanktop was on the doorknob… she didn't even have any idea how they ended up there.
She went to the mirror and tried to fix her hair. She tried to remember that she wasn't forgetting anything. After she was sure, she left the room without looking at the blonde boy even once.
Quinn didn't tell anyone about her one nightstand. She didn't remember the detail of what happened that night, but she did remember that she went drunk then she met a blonde boy. She didn't remember how they ended up sleeping together that night but she did remember they kissed at the bar.
It was one month later that it hit her. Her period was late, that never happened before. She tried to wait for a couple of days but after no sign of it coming, she braved herself to buy a pregnancy test. She took the test and three minutes later it was confirmed that she was pregnant.
She cried and cried, wondering why her life was so messed up. First, her parents didn't want her. Second, she didn't have any friends because 'no one wants to be friends with an unwanted child'. And now, she was pregnant with a stranger's baby.
A few weeks later, she decided to tell Mike and also tell the rest of the Changs. She was sure they were going to get mad at her but the contrary happened. James and Lily thought that it was indeed a mistake, but people do make mistakes and they were glad to help her through it. Mike said that she was stupid enough to let this happened but he couldn't really blame her cause she was drunk. To Claire though, Quinn told her that she should never get drunk.
Quinn continued to take her class on college. Sure she got those judgmental looks from people around her. They were all aware that Quinn didn't have boyfriend, so they knew she was sleeping around with someone she didn't even know. They labeled her as a 'stupid blonde slut who couldn't keep her legs close' but she couldn't care less. She was used of being teased and being called with names, so she just not bothered by it anymore.
Her decision to keep the baby wasn't really surprising. Abortion wasn't an option and she knew she couldn't give her baby up. She knew the pain of growing up without knowing who her parents are, she wouldn't do that to her own kids. It was a vow she made not long after she found out that she was indeed adopted.
38 weeks to the pregnancy, Quinn's water broke. She gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl on late May 2009 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. She named her daughter Melrose Arianna Fabray and her life changed ever since that day.
She raised Melrose on her own, with some helps from the Changs. Mike and his girlfriend, Tina, even moved to Tallahassee to be close to her so she could continue going to college and they looked after Melrose for her.
Sure she was curious about who Melrose's dad is. But she didn't care. She wanted to look for him but she didn't do it. She didn't even come to that bar again ever since that night. She decided to leave who's her baby daddy as a mystery that wasn't going to be solve.
Little did Quinn knew that five years later, she would met Melrose's dad while she was pretending to be her late twin sister and trying to find out about the existence of Russell and Judy Fabray.
And that person was her late twin sister's 'fiance', Sam Evans.
Nothing much happening in this chapter but it brings you to what happened five years ago. I just feel like I need to explain this first before we go on with the story. And no, it's not gonna end soon cause the main reason of why Quinn pretended to be Lucy is to find out about the Fabrays. So, yeah, still more to come. Stick around! :)
Nicole: Heyyy thank you for dropping by. Hm... you're kinda the same with me, you know. I'm currently watching Once Upon A Time and as the story goes on, I would always analyse things and make some assumption based on it. At first it was fun, but lately, it's not that fun anymore cause almost all my hunch has been right. I feel cheated :( But anyway, you seem pretty impatient for the revelation scene, are you? ;) It will come later but until then, I'll hold on to your promise :) Enjoy this one!
Chloe: Hello there! Thanks for the review. Gotta admit that this kinda a hard-truth for her. Hope you enjoy this one too :)
Em: Hey there! Thanks for reviewing. Yup, you can see what happened that night in this chapter. I planned to make a chapter about Lucy but I'm still not sure where I will put it so it will fit to the story. You'll see it, though. And yes, Quinn is going to meet her real family. Just not now, not anytime close. So, stick around and I hope you'll enjoy this one :)
RJRRAA: Hey there! Thanks for the review. Aww.. I'm flattered. You're too kind. Hope you'll love this one too :)
DMCC: Hello there! Thanks for reviewing. Haha NOOOOO! I'm not trying to kill anyone of you. It's just the twist I need to put in this story so it will be more interesting ;) Hope you'll love this one too :)
Anyway, I'm going to leave it here. I'll try to update one or two more chapters before the year ends. Until then, leave me some reviews. Tell me, whether you love it or hate it. I'd like to know what do you think of it. And HUGE thank you for everyone who's been reading this story. There's still more to come, so stick around. I'll see you again soon! :)
