So, I will admit to you that Rachel's behavoir will be based on…my behavoir while under the influence. (I had a bad child phase, what can I say?) So if you feel like it's not 'realistic', ….i promise, it is. I was there.
Anyhow. Please enjoy this chapter, it should be fun! =)
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Kurt and Puck both go running towards Quinn at the same time. Kurt stops directly in front of her, but Puck smashes into the smaller boy and causes both of them to go tumbling into Quinn. She pushes them off of her and immediately knows something is wrong. Nothing like two big, fake smiles to give them away.
"What'd you do?"
The boys look at each other, and start shaking their heads. Puck puts his arm around Quinn and leads her away from the kitchen. Behind his back, he gestures for Kurt to go check on Rachel.
"Uh, Puck, what're you doing?" Quinn shrugs his arm off and glances around the room, looking for Rachel.
"We haven't talked in a while, I'm just…uh, wondering how you've been."
Quinn would have to be a moron to not notice that Puck's eyes kept darting toward the kitchen. She turns and starts to walk in that direction, but Puck grabs her shoulders and holds her back.
"Okay, okay. Look. Uh…I didn't mean to do this. And I'm sorry. But. Rachel was like, freaking out about hanging out with you or whatever, so I wanted to help her chill because I think seeing you two make out would be hot. And again, I'm sorry, but I went to give her something to help her relax, and-"
Quinn's eyes widen. "You gave her something? Jesus christ, Puckerman! How could you do that?"
Puck winces. "It…uh, it gets worse. I just wanted to give her anxiety pills. I swear. I'm real sorry. But they got mixed up and she got something else."
Quinn sighs loudly, and smacks Puck on the arm. "Well, at least you don't carry that E around with you anymore, that would've been a fucking disaster."
Her comment is met with silence. She turns her head slowly, and the realization hits her when she sees the frightened look on his face. "You did not. You. Did. Not."
And that's when Noah Puckerman began to run. Quinn started to chase him, but then looks over into the kitchen. There, she sees Kurt talking to someone just out of sight. She has a feeling….
She walks into the kitchen, and Rachel and Kurt are having a normal conversation. Quinn looks at Kurt, and she realizes that he is trying to convince Rachel to go into another room with him, away from the party.
Christ, Quinn thinks to herself, that shit could kick in any minute.
She walks up to Rachel and hugs her, not saying a word.
Rachel smiles really wide. "Hey Quinn! I was worried you'd never show up."
"Of course I showed up! Hey, I want to talk to you, will you come in Noah's room with me for a bit?" Quinn asks like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Out of the corner of her eye, Quinn sees Kurt twist his head in her direction. She can tell he's scared of her. He must know too.
Rachel nods her head enthusiastically, and follows Quinn out of the kitchen. They're up the stairs and nearly to Puck's room when they run into Mercedes, who starts chatting with Rachel. Not wanting the entire world to know Rachel's….predicament…Quinn tries to nonchalantly rush the conversation.
But then Rachel trails off, and her eyes widen slightly. She turns to Quinn and stares at her for a moment. Quinn realizes what's happening, shouts "LATER, MERCEDES" and shoves Rachel into Puck's room, slamming the door behind them.
"I feel weird. Can I have a hug?" Rachel is talking even faster than usual.
"Of course you can!" Quinn is surprised when Rachel launches herself at the taller girl, squeezing her tightly. After a second, Rachel makes a soft noise.
Was that….a moan? Quinn tries to remove herself from Rachel's arms but can't escape.
"Hugging you is really cool Quinn. I think you're really cool too. You wanna go dance with me? There's music downstairs we can dance to. That would be so fun. I should've come to parties a long time ago. I had no idea how fun parties could be. Let's go dance!" Rachel blurts all this into Quinn's ear before detaching herself from the hug and heading out the door and down the stairs.
Quinn tries to stop her, but Rachel is downstairs and dancing with the first person she sees already. Artie looks frightened, as Rachel dances strangely directly in front of him, but he wheels around slightly to amuse her. He thinks she's acting a little strange, but doesn't notice how strange until Rachel laughs wildly and tries to sit in his lap to hug him.
Quinn runs up and practically lifts Rachel off of the confused boy, and Puck appears from nowhere and pushes Rachel and Quinn towards the kitchen. He's chatting with Rachel as you would a small child, and she gets angry with him when she suggests that she's acting strangely.
"Noah! What are you talking about? I am perfectly okay! I'm just having a really nice time at your party. Can I text Quinn? I should text Quinn. Where did she go? I'll call her!" She's got her phone out and has mashed the buttons before Quinn grabs it from her hands. "QUINN! You're here! Wanna go dance?"
Quinn looks at Puck with murder in her eyes. He mouths "I'm sorry" before whispering into Quinn's ear. "You can hear the music in my room, take her up there, tell her you're going to dance." Quinn starts dragging Rachel back upstairs, much to the dark haired girls distaste, before Puck smirks and whispers "and don't forget, people on E like to be touched".
Quinn tries to smack him but has to keep two hands on Rachel, who has now run into Mike and started to dance again.
After a half hour struggle, and many promises of dancing and hugs, Quinn gets Rachel into Puck's room and locks the door. Rachel is standing near the foot of the bed, dancing by herself, when Quinn hugs her again.
Quinn whispers in her ear "If I keep hugging you will you stay still for two seconds?"
Rachel whispers loudly and dramatically "I so will."
Quinn sits down on Puck's bed, trying not to think about the millions of bacteria she could be sitting in, and pats the spot next to her. Rachel sticks her bottom lip out and pouts. "I don't want to be sitting, I want to be having fuuuun."
Quinn can't help but smile at the pout playing across Rachel's lips. "I'll keep hugging you if you sit next to me. And you said you'd stay still if I hugged you."
Rachel sighs loudly and flops onto Puck's bed so hard that she bounces slightly and lands on her back, lying next to Quinn. Quinn lies down next to her and wraps her up in a hug, trying to ignore Rachel's fidgeting. Surprisingly, Rachel doesn't speak for the first twenty seconds.
"This hug is like the best hug I've ever had. It's like…you're hugging me everywhere. My whole body is getting a hug. Like…hugs are awesome." Rachel states seriously.
Quinn rolls her eyes, but laughs. It's not Rachel's fault she's acting this way. And on the other hand, it's slightly endearing. Quinn is lost in thoughts of hugs being awesome when suddenly, Rachel's lips are on hers.
Quinn's eyes widen and she does her best to pull away. She kisses back for only a moment before she comes to her senses and pushes Rachel back an inch or so, breathing slightly heavier than before.
Rachel speaks loudly. "I was right. That was even better than hugs!" The shorter girl doesn't even seem to register what has happened. She keeps talking loudly about how 'awesome' it was, and keeps attempting to kiss Quinn again. Somehow her hand finds it's way to Quinn's thigh, and the blonde girl starts to think she's fighting a losing battle. And that's when she remembers Puck's words.
"Rachel, would you like a back massage?" Quinn suggest brightly, trying to match her tone of voice to Rachels, to make the smaller girl feel more comfortable. Rachels eyes widen even more.
"I would so much!"
And so she flops down rather un-lady like across the bed, and Quinn climbs over her and begins rubbing her back. When she starts to make small noises between declarations of how awesome it is, Quinn has to constantly remind herself that taking advantage of people who are under the influence is not nice. Even though the noises that Rachel is making are very nice.
Quinn notices for the first time how cute Rachel looks in the clothes Kurt bought with her. She wishes they had just ridden together. She was planning on making some sort of move on the dance floor. And with Rachel dressed like that, it wouldn't have been very difficult.
That kiss was not at all how she wanted the move to be made. She hopes and prays that Rachel doesn't remember any of this night. Though in the back of her mind, she knows she will. Rachel will remember every moment of this. Quinn is glad that she kept her away from the party for the most part. Rachel would be so embarassed if Quinn hadn't been there to care for her.
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A few hours later and a handful more back massages and hugs later, Rachel starts to crash. And cry.
"Rachel, sweetheart. You. Are. Okay."
But Rachel just cries in Quinn's arms, spluttering unintelligible nonsense. Quinn holds her, and even rocks her slightly. After a while Rachel falls asleep.
Quinn looks over at the clock. It's two in the morning. She knows that Rachel already told her parents that she was sleeping over somewhere. Quinn just knows that compared to the morning, this twenty minutes of crying could look like nothing.
And so she sneaks out of the room, and gets some water bottles and dry cereal out of Puck's cupboard. She goes back up into Puck's room, and sits carefully on the bed beside Rachel.
She strokes the dark hair and hums softly, waiting until the early hours of the morning for the small girl to wake up, so that Quinn can take care of her properly.
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Okay, so, I'm not sure how this turned out. I had some events come up in my family, and I'm not sure my writing is up to what I want it to be at the moment.
Let me know in the reviews, if it's not that good I'll rewrite. But I feel like this might be okay?
I hope so. You guys have been great thus far, and I love you all!