Thank you to everyone for reviewing. I had no intention of creating a cliffhanger at the end of "Opinions to Share" but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you all enjoy this next one :)
Quinn stood staring at the man who had just walked in. Her breathing had become heavy and her chest was rising and falling rapidly as she did.
"Sam Evans." She gasped and she noticed him say something as well. Behind Sam was Noah Puckerman, who was lopsidedly grinning at the her, Santana and Brittany. But still Quinn just stood there, not moving, not thinking just standing.
"Um Dude, you gonna move?" Puck asked glancing at Sam who was acting just like Quinn.
"Ah...um..." But that was all Sam managed to get out of his mouth. Both parties just stood there looking at each other, awkwardness filling the space between them. Quinn couldn't take it anymore.
"Punch." She said and she finally moved her legs, away from Sam and over to the other side of the room, relocating to the punch bowl.
"Bathroom." Sam said as he noticed Quinn move away at a hurried pace, so he followed her lead in the opposite direction towards the gym's bathroom. He pushed open the door and made his way over to the sink. Turning the tap and splashing the cool water over his face, Sam tried to shake the last few minutes. How could he be so stupid? He had promised himself before he arrived in Lima that he would do his best not cause a scene. And while that wasn't exactly a fight, he wasn't about to label it a memorable moment. He looked up in to the mirror and saw a figure standing behind him.
"Well as I live and breath, Sam Evans."
Sam turned around and flashed his trademark grin. He walked up to the man and shook his hand.
"Finn Hudson, how's it going man?"
Finn was still the same build. Tall and bulky but slightly lanky. He wore a plain black suit with a blue tie and his hair was styled nicely for the occasion.
"Great. Really Great." Finn informed as he and Sam departed from the bathroom. "Got married, to Rachel, but you probably already gathered that from the reunion invitation." Sam nodded, remembering reading the invitation and dreading reunions with some people here. "We're still here in Ohio but we are thinking about moving soon, maybe to New York."
"Wow, that's great man." Sam said as they immersed themselves back into the crowd of people. "And New York, thats great too. I know a lot of the old glee club are there now."
"Yeah, Kurt's there so it would be good to catch up with my brother, who has just gotten engaged, you know." Finn said.
"You're kidding." Sam said as he and Finn found themselves at one of the many circular tables in the gym. "To who?"
"Blaine Anderson." Finn informed. "I always new those two would stay together. But there's also Santana and Brittany. And Quinn who I haven't seen in ages. Is she here tonight?" Finn asked casually before noticing the look on Sam's face.
'Oh Dude, I'm sorry, I totally forgot." Finn started to apologize, but was stopped by Sam holding up his hand.
"Finn, don't worry about it." Sam reassured as Finn sunk a little back into his seat. "It's been five years. I'm...I'm fine." There was a silence between the two for a moment before Sam spoke up again.
"So, um, why are you moving anyway?"
"Well that's because of another thing thats going really great."
IPROMISEIPROMISEIPROMISE
Quinn reached the punch bowl and poured herself a cup. She stood there sipping it while she looked over the crowd of people. As she did she saw familiar faces everywhere. She could see Lauren Zizes sitting at a table helping herself to a bowl of chips. All Quinn could think was that at least she looked happy. Quinn then looked to the other side of the room and could see Jacob Ben Israel, video taping the whole room as he always did in high school.
"Oh my stars, Quinn Fabray is that you?"
Quinn turned around and was looking at Rachel Berry. Rachel had her hair out in curls and was wearing a pink baby doll dress with white trimming. As she always did when she was in her teens she had a pair of ballet flats on her feet.
"Rachel, it's good to see you." Quinn said as she went in to give Rachel a hug. As she did, she felt Rachel's stomach was sticking out slightly more then it usually should. When Quinn pulled away, she looked down at Rachel's little belly bulge before looking at her face, which was smiling with glee. Then a lightbulb went off in Quinn's head.
"Oh my God." Quinn said, smiling just as much as Rachel. "Are...are you pregnant."
There was a pause.
"Four weeks!"
Both women hugged each other and jumped around screaming, earning them some weird looks from people around them. They ceased their enjoyment and caught their breath. Quinn was bursting with questions.
"I didn't even know you and Finn were trying." Quinn asked.
"Well considering we only found out last month, we couldn't have been trying to hard." Rachel answered blushing slightly.
"Are you telling me that this." Quinn said pointing at Rachel's stomach. "Was not planned?"
"You make it sound so unromantic when you say it like that." Rachel said.
"I'm sorry but the the Rachel Berry I know never does anything this extreme." Quinn said as Rachel linked arms with Quinn and lead her to the gym's exit.
"That's because Rachel Berry is now Rachel Hudson." Rachel said dramatically "And Rachel Hudson is a bit of a tart."
Both girls laughed as they walked down the school's hallway and made their way to the choir room. As they did they both shared stories of what there life was like now. Rachel was a stay at home wife, which shocked Quinn slightly. Rachel said that the girl who would do anything to make it to the broadway had subsided slightly and she was content with being a private singing teacher.
"But that doesn't mean I still wont give it a shot when we get to New York." Rachel said as the girls reached their destination; The choir room. Quinn looked around and it still looked the same as ever. The chairs at the back, the piano in the middle, the trophy case to the left and Mr. Schue's office to the right. Quinn smiled when she saw some familiar faces sitting in the chairs and they smiled back.
"Quinn, Rachel. It's so good to see you."
Quinn and Rachel were both pulled into a three person hug by Mercedes Jones. As Quinn hugged her, she noticed that Mercedes didn't feel as large as she had in high school. The girls pulled out of the embrace and looked at one another.
"Mercedes, you look fantastic." Rachel said as she looked Mercedes up and down. "Not to sound to forward but what happened?"
"Lets just say that looking in a mirror not seeing my whole body in it's frame, shocks you enough to cut it down a bit." Mercedes answered placing her hands on her hips.
"And girl, you've never looked finer." Artie said as he was pushed up to them by Tina.
"Hey girls." Tina said as she stepped out from behind Artie and gave Rachel and Quinn a peck on the cheek.
Within a few minutes the group of five were exchange details of their lives now. Quinn learnt that Artie was a year out of the University of Iowa and was working on his first novel. Tina told Quinn she was pursuing a career in teaching high school art in florida and at the moment was teachers assistant in her desired subject. Meanwhile Mercedes was living in California, singing her but off to land a record deal and when she wasn't doing that, she was busy with her new boyfriend. Quinn was having such a good time catching up, she didn't notice straight away when more people had entered the room.
"Have no fear, Santana is here."
Santana had entered the choir room along with Brittany and Mike, who they must have caught up with in the gym.
Once again everyone was exchanging hellos and welcomes to each other with the included screaming period dedicated to the revelation that Rachel was pregnant. While Quinn was talking with Mike, she noticed he was frequently making eye contact with someone else across the room. Quinn turned around to see who he kept looking at. Tina was standing in his line of vision and was talking with Artie.
"Well, looks like I'm not the only one avoiding an ex-high school flame." Quinn said turning back to Mike.
"What? No...you...that's just...why do you...Im not...is it that obvious?" Mike asked, his muttering making Quinn giggle.
"Advice from an expert, try not to look at her so much." Quinn said giving Mike a tap on the shoulder.
"Then I would advise you not to turn around right now." Mike said.
Going against her warning she turned around. At the door way stood Finn, Puck and Sam. Quinn could feel herself trying to catch her breath again. She put a hand to her chest and walked over to Santana and Brittany, who were over near the piano.
"He's here, he's here in the room now." Quinn said, trying to keep her head down.
"Where?" Santana and Brittany asked in unison, lifting there heads to get a better look.
"Over at the door. But don't look, don't look. Guys!" Quinn said as her friends looked over to the door instantaneously. "Subtle, very subtle. What am I going to do?"
"Ooh, I know." Brittany said, a lightbulb going off in her head. She turned towards the piano and opened up the top of it. "Quick hop in and hide."
Quinn and Santana stared at her blankly while she continued to eagerly hold the top up.
"Okay that will be option B." Santana said.
"I wasn't aware there was an option A." Quinn said desperately.
"There is now." Santana said putting her hands on Quinn's shoulders and looking her square in the eye's. "Go over to the three of them. You are going to clear the awkwardness with a peck on the cheek. Give one to Puck first, then Finn, then Trouty Mouth."
"Santana, I can't go over to the three of them on my own and kiss them." Quinn informed shrugging her friends of her shoulders.
"Fine, we both will." Santana said and before Quinn knew it, Santana had grabbed her hand and was dragging her over to the door, leaving Brittany to continue to hold the lid alone.
Sam stood in the doorway with Puck and Finn, looking over the choir room.
"Hasn't changed a bit has it?" Sam said to the men either side of him who both nodded. Sam went to take a step further into the room before being stopped by two women in front of his path.
"Hello boys." Santana said as she went in to give them a kiss on the cheek each. She reached Sam last and after pulling away, she pulled Quinn closer to her, who had made it her life's mission to look in the other direction.
"Well I can't hog all the attention." Santana said casually. "You all remember Quinn."
At the mention of her name, Quinn had no option but to turn around and greet the three boys, like she had with everyone else in the room. She walked up to Finn and gave him a little peck on the cheek which he returned. She did the same with Puck before turning to Sam. There was a pause for a moment as the two stared at each other.
"Hi Sam." Quinn said, staring into his handsome face.
"Hey Q." Sam said before mentally kicking himself. "Q?" He thought. "You don't call a girl you once dated by the name you used to call her during said dating period."
Quinn smiled a little at what he had said and this calmed Sam's thought, making him smile as well. Quinn took this as a good sign and went in for a peck on the cheek, which Sam allowed and returned.
Quinn melted as Sam's trademark lips grazed her cheek. It was so gentle and light but Quinn, for some unexplainable reason, felt her heart beat ten times faster.
Sam's knees buckled slightly at the touch of Quinn's lips against his cheek. He remembered that sweet touch as if it was yesterday and let himself enjoy the feeling.
Suddenly both of them were snapped back into reality. They both realized they had held their welcome a little longer then intended. They pulled away from each other and looked in opposite directions. The room for some unknown reason had become still and quiet and both of them were begging for something to break it.
"Sorry we're late."
Quinn looked over Sam's shoulder to see who had just arrived. To her relief Blaine and Kurt had just walked through the door. Everyone in the room heard them arrive and the couple were all bombarded with greetings. Quinn took the opportunity to quickly walk away, but Santana was hot on her trail.
"Q, what's wrong?" Santana asked, grabbing Quinn's arm.
"Feelings." Quinn said, confusing Santana slightly. "Feelings that I thought were going to be gone forever. But now I think they are trying to resurface."
"Well you know what this means?" Santana said. "Time to get it on with Trouty Mouth."
"WHAT!"
"Well if you do the deed with him, you will get it out of your system." Santana said simply, as if it were the obvious solution.
"Santana, I'm not you. My feelings don't turn on and off for a guy like a light switch." Quinn said, throwing her hands in the air.
"Well then your asking for the wrong advice from the wrong friend." Santana said, folding her arms.
"I didn't even ask...you're right." Quinn said, knowing not to piss off Santana. She directed her attention back to the group of people still surrounding Kurt and Blaine. She then walked past Santana and over to the couple.
"Hey guys." Pushing her way to the front to grab a hold of Blaine. "Could I borrow Blaine for a second?"
"Oh hang on, he was about to tell us about the night of the proposal." Tina said.
"I'm sure Kurt would love to fill you in." Quinn reassured. "Blaine come with me."
Quinn yanked Blaine out of the huddle and out into the corridor.
Meanwhile, Sam had walked over to the chairs at the back of the room and taken a seat in the front row. Artie, noticing him all alone, wheeled himself over to join him.
"Hey man, is everything okay?" Artie asked
"What?" Sam asked, looking up into Artie's face from his slouched position. "Yeah fine. It's just, well you know. Quinn."
"Dude, you are preaching to the choir." Artie said. This remark made Sam a little confused.
"Okay, maybe not to the choir, but a soloist in said choir." Artie said, clearly referring to himself.
"You mean this has happened to you?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, junior year with Brittany remember." Artie said, reminding Sam of the time when Artie had insulted Brittany quite harshly.
"Yeah, but that worked out for you guys." Sam said, sitting back in his chair. "You became friends in the end."
"So why can't that ever happen for you and Quinn?" Artie asked
Sam went to argue but stopped himself. He then began to wonder why that could happen for him and Quinn. After all it was five years ago. How long could you hold a grudge for. And he wasn't think about starting a relationship with her again. Just friends.
Artie could tell Sam was thinking about what he had just said so he wheeled himself away to the side of the row and pulled out a book from the back of his chair, giving Sam time to think.
Sam looked over the room to see where Quinn was and he noticed her outside in the corridor talking to Blaine.
"Blaine I'm lost of what to do." Quinn said, leaning her head against a locker.
"So are we talking intense, passionate, romantic kiss?" Blaine asked.
"Blaine it was a peck on the cheek, it wasn't fireworks worthy." Quinn said, skeptically looking at her friend.
"So then why are you worrying about this so much?" Blaine asked, pulling Quinn off the locker and holding her hands. "Even if you did think you felt something, that something might have been nothing. But undoubtedly, that if there was a something, it was likely just the surprise of seeing him again, proving the nothingness of said something."
Quinn had to think a bit to comprehend what Blaine had just said before she admitted to it.
"Good, now lets get in their because it sounds like everyone is taking a seat." Blaine said as they heard the sound of chairs moving.
They both walked back into the choir room to see everyone sitting in the seats at the back while a person stood out the front before them. The person turned around and smiled at them.
"Quinn, Blaine, It's so good to see you again." William Schuester said, opening his arms to greet them.
The pair walked forward, Blaine giving him a handshake and a hug to follow, while Quinn gave a hug and little peck on the cheek.
"Mister Schue, good to see you too." Quinn said, stepping back from their old glee club coach.
"Please Quinn, there's no need to call me that anymore. We're all adult here now, call me Will. Please, have a seat." Will said, directing his hand to the chairs.
Blaine walked straight over to Kurt and took the free chair next tom him. Quinn looked to the front row to see the last chair left next to, surprise surprise, Sam. As Quinn walked to take her seat next to him she looked over at Santana and Brittany, death staring them. Both threw their hands up in defense but their faces couldn't help but show the little smirks on their mouths. Quinn sat down next Sam, who gave a little smile which she returned. They both looked to the front, their faces changing to awkward blank stares at Will.
"Well hello my New Directions...and welcome back."
I hope you enjoyed. Please please please review. If you have any opinions of what you would like to happen feel free to say so, i love hearing some ideas that I may like to incorporate, especially baby ideas for rachel and finn
i.e. name/s, sex/s, twins maybe, I don't even know myself yet, so feel free to suggest :)