'Well, on the bright side, it could be worse.'

Later that day, Rachel stood in front of the bathroom mirror examining her cut. She saw Finn a few times and she smiled and went on about wedding plans. He didn't suspect a thing. She had to admit, the encounter with Jesse freaked her out. However...she did appreciate the drama of it. Rachel turned when she heard the door open.

"Hey, Rachel." Quinn greeted warmly. "Or should I call you Blair as in Blair Waldorf?"

Rachel stared at Quinn in shock. She knew very well what the reference meant. Blair Waldorf is a character on Gossip Girl who experienced the same thing Rachel did. "How did you find out?"

"Puck told me." Quinn admitted. "And Santana told him, Brittany told Santana, who heard it from Rory, who heard it from Sugar, who heard it from Artie, who heard it from Mike, who heard it from Tina, who heard it from Mercedes, who heard it from Sam, who overheard Kurt telling Blaine about it."

'Wow. Rumors spread fast in this school.' Rachel shook her head in dismay. "Great..."

"Don't worry. We all agreed not to tell Finn." Quinn put an assuring hand on her shoulder. "We all know what he'd do if he found out."

Rachel sighed and nodded. "This bring back any memories?"

Quinn gave a small smile. "Are you talking about the Baby Drama or Finn sleeping with Santana and lied about it?"

"Both." Rachel chuckled. "So, how did Noah react? I can't imagine he took it lightly."

"He was ready to...to quote him 'go all Jack Bauer on his ass'." Quinn chuckled. "I convinced him not to. He already has a criminal record, and he could be disqualified from Regionals."

Rachel smiled at her friend. "Thanks."

"So...how are you doing? I can't believe you told him about your engagement." Quinn said in shock.

"I know. It was a mistake." Rachel groaned. "Finn is going to be so pissed when he finds out."

"When are you planning on telling him?" Asked Quinn.

"After Regionals." Rachel replied. "It's in two days, and...hopefully he won't find out before then."

Quinn nodded. "Hopefully."

XXX

Kurt waited nervously at the Lima Bean with two coffees on the table. He saw Rachel walking over to him looking non too pleased. She sat down across from Kurt.

"Hey." Kurt said nervously. "I got you coffee."

"Why thank you, Kurt." Rachel said sweetly. "If I wasn't worried about Finn breaking up with me, I would throw both coffees in your face!"

"I'm sorry." Kurt said sincerely. "I didn't know news of your Chuck-Blair re-enactment with Jesse would spread throughout the whole Glee club! I was just talking with Blaine about it. We told Sam not to say anything to Finn."

"Well, apparently, now the entire Glee club is keeping a secret from Finn." Rachel sighed and sipped her coffee. "Are you going to tell him?"

"No. It's not my place." Kurt replied. "But you should."

"I know. And I will." Rachel assured him. They sat in silence for a while.

Kurt looked around at the people in the coffee shop. He groaned in dread as he recognized someone. "Great, just what we need. Sebastian."

"Do you wanna go?" Rachel asked.

"Too late. He's coming over." Kurt whispered.

"Why if it isn't Gay Gandhi and the Jew." Sebastian smirked as he strutted over to their table.

"Just cut the crap and tell us what you want, Meerkat Face." Kurt snapped.

"So eager to get right to the point, I see." Sebastian commented. "I just dropped by to wish you luck at Regionals. I promise it will be a blast."

"Well, then, in that case, good luck to you, too." Rachel replied faking a smile. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have some rehearsing to do." She stood up. "Come on, Kurt."

Sebastian watched Kurt and Rachel storm off. Hmm...so that's how they're gonna play this, huh? We'll just see about that.

XXX

The next afternoon, Blaine caught up with Rachel as she was walking down a street. "Hey! Rachel!"

Rachel turned to Blaine and smiled. "Hey. Are you ready for tomorrow?"

"Yeah. You?"

Rachel looked grim. "Which part? Regionals, or telling Finn about Jesse?"

"Both, I guess." Blaine shrugged.

"I guess I'm ready for both." Rachel replied softly.

"Blaine? Blaine Anderson?" A voice called out down the street.

Blaine looked towards the voice and smiled in recognition. "Wes!" He ran to hug his friend. "Oh my God, what are you doing here?"

"It's my winter break at Northwestern, so I thought I'd come visit." Wes explained.

"Well, I'm glad you did!" Blaine exclaimed. He acknowledged Rachel. "Oh, this is my friend Rachel. Rachel this is Wes. He was head of the Warbler Council last year."

"Hi. It's nice to meet you." Rachel said shaking his hand.

"You too." Wes smiled. He turned to Blaine. "So, I heard you transferred to McKinley. How's that going?"

"Great, actually." Blaine smiled wide.

"Do you still hang out with the Warblers?" Wes asked.

Blaine's face fell. "No...actually. We, uh..." He shook his head and sighed. "Well..."

Blaine spent the next ten minutes explaining what happened with Sebastian and the Warblers. As Blaine explained, it looked like everything above Wes' neck stopped working.

"So they all just...turned against you?" Wes asked in shock.

"Yep. They threw a slushy at him, too. Then they took off and never looked back." Rachel said angrily.

"I can't believe this!" Wes said angrily. "They didn't even call or apologize?"

Blaine shook his head. "Well...Trent did. When he warned me that the Warblers might sabotage Regionals."

Wes paled. "They wouldn't!"

"They might." Blaine replied.

Wes just stared at Blaine in shock. How had things come to this? He graduates and this is what happens? How could they turn their back on their friends who looked to them for safety and comfort? The same two friends who transferred to Dalton to avoid being bullied?

One thing was for sure: he was going to have a little chat with his so-called Warbler friends.