The next morning, Quinn was trying to get Sam out of her house without anyone seeing, including her mother who was upstairs sleeping. It wasn't like anything had happened between the two of them that night but to anyone who may have seen Sam running out of her house early morning it may have looked just a little suspicious. Truth was, Sam couldn't be bothered to leave in the evening and Quinn hadn't wanted him to go so he had slept on the floor next to Quinn's bed.

"Shhhh" she was saying as they tiptoed down the stairs, "Do you want to wake my mother up?" With that Sam displayed a mock-scared face, Judy did not particularly care for Quinn's new boyfriend and Sam generally tried to keep his distance because of this. Quinn was giggling uncontrollably by the time they made it to the front door, as it turned out sneaking around was quite fun, and she reached up to quickly peck him on the lips. When she was about an inch from his face, he grabbed her around the waist and began tickling her.

"Get off" she screamed, giggling. She lightly shoved his chest with her hands but he just scooped her up so she was caught up in his embrace. Quinn was trying to be quiet but she just couldn't keep her laughing under control. Glancing up at Sam she saw he was grinning ear to ear, and so was she. Once her breathing was under control, Sam leant down and kissed her and then gently placed her back on her feet.

Quinn opened the door and stepped out of the way, letting Sam out. "Love you" she whispered, remembering her mother was upstairs.

"Love you" he replied, smiling.

"Now go!" Quinn said, playfully shoving him out the door with a huge grin on her face.

She tiptoed back upstairs and by the time she got to her room she was still smiling. And after she had changed into her cheerio's uniform complete with the promise ring Sam had given her a few weeks before, she was still smiling.

For once she was feeling really happy but something was still bothering her; Rachel hadn't been to school since their encounter in the hallway which was over a week ago. It was really nagging at Quinn's brain and nobody in glee club knew why she Rachel absent and nobody knew how upset Quinn had seen her. She had decided that if Rachel was a no-show again today, she was going to find out why.


"Have a good day sweetie" Judy was saying as Quinn stepped out of the car later that morning.

"Mom, you didn't need to drive me to school. I could have come myself or Sam could have picked me up"

"I wanted to Quinny, and you can't spend all your time with Samuel anyway"

"Okay, whatever, Mom. See you later." And with that she slammed the door and walked in the direction of her locker. Whilst she walked, she scanned the area for Rachel but could not see her and when she peeked in the choir room, she was not there either. Quinn decided it was time to get to the bottom of Rachel Berry's absence.

Tightening her pony tail, she strode down the hallway looking for either her boyfriend or for Finn. The first of the two she spotted was the latter and she approached him, staying a distance away until he had finished his conversation with some other jocks. While Quinn waited for him, she looked around the hallway. She watched people she didn't know the name of talk to each other, walk to their home rooms and that were when she realised that she was so caught up in her popularity that she never bothered to get to know anybody else.

Suddenly Quinn felt awful. Everybody knew her name but she knew nothing about all these people around her, she was too set on being on top. No wonder people like Rachel don't believe me when I ask if they're okay, she thought. Right there, right then, Quinn realised she had to find out what was making Rachel so upset, let her know she wasn't completely heartless.

Finn finally finished his conversation and turned around to find Quinn standing right by him. By this, he was a little taken aback. It's not like they never talked (even after the baby drama), it was just that he had no idea why she would want to talk to him about anything now. Quinn's request, however, shocked Finn even more.

"Finn," she began, "could I maybe have Rachel's address please?"

"Um, sure. But why? I mean you two aren't exactly…" Quinn raised an eyebrow at him, challenging him.

"What I mean is, you've never needed it before so why now?" he asked.

"I just do, okay? So can I please have it Finn?"She asked as politely as she could whilst spotting Sam down the hallway talking to some freshmen. Probably teaching them Na'vi, she thought and grinned to herself. Suddenly she remembered Finn was standing there and she drew her attention back to him but he was already jotting down the address on a scrap piece of paper. After he was done, Quinn thanked him as he handed her the paper and she began to walk over to Sam when Finn's voice stopped her.

"Wait…" he said, "you're not going to, like, kill her are you?"

Quinn couldn't tell if he was joking or not so she just smiled and shook her head then made her way towards the best looking guy around, Sam.

When Quinn reached him he was still taking to the freshman so she just said 'Hey Sam' and linked her soft hands with his. As it turned out, Sam and his 'new friends' were talking about Avatar so she stood and waited until they left. As soon as they had walked away she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I missed you Samuel." She said.

"I missed you too but um, didn't I see you, like, two hours ago" he replied smiling at her glowing face.

"Two hours with my Mom is a long, long time." Quinn commented rolling her green eyes.

"Understood." He said and then leant in to place his lips on hers just as Mr. Schue walked past.

The teacher enthusiastically strode by them saying, "See you in glee club guys. Don't be late!" After walking a few steps he turned back around and pointed at Quinn, "Glad to see you're back to your normal self, Quinn" he said smiling at the couple.


"Okay, I'm just gonna say it," Santana began saying later that day as glee club was drawing to a close, "it is way too quiet without Rachel."

"It's true" Kurt added, in a matter of fact way. "There haven't been any selfish comments, random outbursts or storm outs in a whole week. It's slightly eerie."

"Yes, okay. I know Rachel's absence is hard but we have to carry on, even without her. So, I need everyone to come tomorrow armed with a song which we may be able to use for Nationals. See you then guys!" Will said as picked up escaped sheets of music on the floor. Everyone began to stand up, grab their bags and slowly dribble out the door. Normally, Sam would walk Quinn to her car or he would drive her home but today Quinn had other ideas. She quickly kissed him on the cheek, explained she had to be there and quickly headed out.

Quinn Fabray was on her way to the Berry household.

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