"Hey, Finn, thanks for stopping by," Quinn smiled and led Finn into the pent house. It was a beautiful thing to see Finn without Rachel hanging onto him.
"Oh no problem, thanks for letting me in unannounced," Finn answered.
"You know, I forgot to tell you but I think that I can get you a job. It's a Broadway job but you've just been doing television pilots and I thought that you might want something a little more consistent," Quinn offered as they sat on the couch. Quinn shuddered as Finn's knees bumped hers.
"That would be great, thanks. You know what's lucky? Rachel's dads can afford to pay for a pretty nice wedding actually. We are about to start planning and it just is so exciting," Finn said excitedly. Quinn's smiled to cover up her clenched teeth.
"Of course it's exciting," she seethed. She stood up abruptly and walked into the kitchen. Finn followed her.
"What's wrong, Quinn? Your life is perfect…shouldn't you be happy?" Finn asked. Quinn laughed humorlessly.
"My life isn't perfect. Before I took in Beth and Allison, my job was the only thing that made me happy. Now that I have them my life is a little bit better. But the man I love is freaking engaged to another woman. He is so blind that he can't see how I fawn over him," Quinn sighed.
"Puck's engaged?" Finn asked.
"No, not Puck, I do not love Puck. I haven't seen him since senior year," Quinn smiled bitterly.
"Than who? Who would be stupid enough not to love you?" Finn asked. Quinn turned to him.
"You," she murmured. Finn's eyes widened.
"What?"
"I'm sorry, but it's true. I love you," Quinn whispered. Finn turned around and took one step out of the kitchen. Then he whirled around and was standing so close to her.
"Since when?" he asked.
"College graduation was when I realized it but Finn it was there all through high school," Quinn mumbled. Finn took a step even closer and Quinn kissed him. It was awful of her but she felt immense relief when Finn kissed back. Finn pulled away and turned to leave.
"Finn, I'm sorry," Quinn blurted as Finn left the pent house.
Quinn was in her dressing room after yet another wonderful performance when there was a knock on the door. Quinn put down her moist toilette and gently pulled Allison's hair out of its ponytail before answering the door. The cherubic face staring at her was undeniable.
"Kurt Hummel?" Quinn asked.
"Hey Quinn," Kurt replied. Quinn saw the faces behind Kurt.
"And Santana and Mercedes?" Quinn asked in shock.
"Surprise! Finn told us about how good you are and we just had to come. You were fabulous and so was the little girl that played Annie!" Kurt explained.
"I also liked the girl that played Molly. What were the two girls' names?" Santana asked.
"Allison and Beth," Quinn smiled. She brought Allison and Beth forward and the friends gushed over the girls. Quinn excused herself and she talked with the friends outside of the dressing room.
"What are they doing in your dressing room?" Mercedes asked.
"I adopted them," Quinn said.
"They were orphans? That's awful! You are such a saint for adopting them," Kurt murmured.
"Well I just adored them when working with them. And I kind of owed it to Beth considering her first adoptive mother died when Beth was so young," Quinn murmured.
"Poor girl, two moms dead," Santana said serenely.
"Oh her birth mom isn't dead. Beth is mine," Quinn admitted. The three friends stared at Quinn in shock.
"No wonder she looks so much like you! Well isn't that just serendipitous," Mercedes realized. Finn came backstage.
"I told you guys that she was amazing," Finn said and smirked at Quinn. She stared at him in awe. He still came to her show even after she kissed him!
"Finn," Quinn murmured. Rich came back too.
"Quinn, I didn't realize that you had so many friends coming! Well, you are so likeable," Rich said and hugged Quinn.
"Hey, Rich…nice to see you again," Finn said as a greeting, but it also got Rich to stop hugging Quinn. The friends and Rich departed, leaving Finn and Quinn alone.
"You came to the show for the third time," Quinn smiled.
"Well the show is too good to miss," Finn said, though he sounded a little uptight. He started down the stairs and Quinn chased after him, stopping to call down to him.
"Finn! Finn, please don't go!" Quinn called with tears in her eyes.
"I have to, Rachel is waiting for me," Finn said. Quinn sat on the stairs and cried for a while. She remembered that Beth and Allison were still in the dressing room and Quinn stood up and started to walk back. She wiped her tears away as she walked back into the dressing room.
"Hey girls," Quinn smiled. Allison ran over to her.
"Hey, can we go home now?" she asked. Quinn picked her up.
"Yes, we can." Quinn said. Beth looked at her mom.
"You okay?" Beth asked.
"Yeah," Quinn replied.
"Really?" Beth asked skeptically. Quinn nodded, even though she felt weaker than ever.
Finn had walked back into her life and she might be pushing him out.