The rumors stopped before they could even be spread. After confronting Santana, the Latina got the message very clear. There was no joking around or messing with the blonde cheer captain this time.

" Take a damn joke, Q" Santana crossed her arms as Quinn stood in front of her, blocking her from walking away.

" Well I'm not laughing! And if you keep this up I hope you find blue slushie stains on your clothes just as funny as your jokes", Quinn warned her, her eyebrow rising with anger. Santana raised her hands in defeat and walked away as soon as the blonde stepped back. Sure they were friends, but still were those times when the yelling would start and Santana would roll her eyes. Their friendship wouldn't be normal without their feuds after all.

" At least this time I didn't have to pull you both off of each other"

Quinn turned around to face Mr. Shue, who walked down the hallway with his briefcase in hand. It had been a year ago when Santana had confronted her about telling Sue about her summer boob job. It was the first physical fight her and San had ever gotten in. If Mr. Shue hadn't stepped in, there would have been some serious damage for sure.

" Hey Mr. Shue", she spoke, not exactly meeting his eyes.

She hadn't spoken to the young teacher since she quit Glee. She wasn't scared to face him or anything, but she felt uncomfortable being face to face with someone who had certainly been there for her. He was a good teacher, he had taught her so much, and just turning her back on him… Not even she could do that. No in person, anyway.

"Hello Quinn, how you been? We haven't spoken in some time", he said, now standing in front of her. Expecting her to face him. To answer him. Because that was him, always asking about your life and actually meaning it. She could also think of someone else that was just like that..

" Well I've been busy with Cheerios and I really got to get going now-"

"Quinn", he sighed, interrupting her from finding a way out of the long overdue conversation. She stood her ground, waiting for the lecture, the speech he would give to change her mind. But she wouldn't.

"Things aren't the same as last year, but just know that..", he put his hand on her shoulder as if she needed comforting, which she didn't, "… Glee's doors are always open for you"

Help one another. Be there for one another. From what Quinn remembered, that's all what Glee club was about. She remembered how they were there for her when they found out about her being pregnant, and even then after the entire school found out. They were even there for Kurt when his dad got a heart attack, when he was being bullied, and even when Rachel considered surgery after Finn broke her nose… It was sure a lot of helping that the Glee club did.

Quinn didn't know what she hated most. The fact that the club never expected any helping in return, or that she herself never had it in herself to thank them…. Sending slushie attacks their way in the beginning of the year wasn't exactly the kind of 'thank you' she owed them.

So when Mr. Shue said this to her, she walked away. Staying away is the only kind of 'thank you' she knew to give.

"Top three favorite colors, go!"

"Oh! Number three would blue, two would be red, and…Number one would pink", Rachel responded quickly as if on a time limit. Kurt looked up from the survey in the magazine and gave Rachel an odd look.

" You never wear pink, Rachel", he stated and Rachel just shrugged.

" I know but you asked for my favorite colors, not my favorite color of clothes", she pointed out with a smirk. He nodded and brushed it off, Rachel Berry was a weird one indeed.

They sat together in the front row of the auditorium, with the other Gleeks spread around in different rows, all waiting for Mr. Shue to arrive. Finn was with Rory and Puck , trying to spin a football in his finger and failing miserably.

" Your girl still mad at you , man?", Puck chuckled at the observation. Everyone could feel the tension between the couple, and Rachel was always good at letting it be known when she was not too happy.

"She's still mad about me skipping dinner with her fathers yesterday", Finn mumbled, rolling his eyes as if it was the dumbest thing to argue about.

"I'm sorry for making you miss out on that just to show me around town, Finn", Rory said softly in a barely understandable Irish accent.

" Don't worry about it, lucky charms", Puck playfully punched his arm, " Finny Boy would've found a way to mess up that dinner night in some other way", he laughed.

Finn laughed too but then slowly stopped as he realized he was the punch line of the joke. He glared at Puck and forcefully threw the football at him. Puck caught it before it hit his face and stood up straight, ready to attack back.

"Sit down, Puck!"

"About time you get here!"

" I was about to leave, did you know there's a sale at Claire's going on right now?"

"Mr. Shue! I wanted to show a few suggestions I wrote down last night for our Sectionals song list"

The Gleeks followed the teacher towards the stage as they bombarded him with comments and questions. Puck and Finn gave each other threatening looks as they followed the group and stayed apart from each other for the rest of the club meeting.

" Rachel, I'm glad you brought that up", the teacher began as he stood in the middle of the stage, raising up his sleeves, " Gather around guys and make a circle!"

They sat around in a circle in the middle of the stage, exchanging glances and confused looks. Finn sat next to Rachel and gave her an apologetic look; she nodded and just looked down at her hands. Finn took that as her forgiving him so he put his arm around her. Rachel was okay with it, but she couldn't shake off a thought.

When your boyfriend puts his arm around you, you're supposed to feel him holding you. Him having your back, making you feel safe and secure. Yet with Finn's arm around her shoulders…. She only felt weight and an oncoming neck cramp.

"So guys, I've been thinking a lot about upcoming Sectionals and it made me think back on the competitions we've taken part in the past two years", Mr. Shue began as he too sat down next to Kurt and Mercedes, letting himself be part of the circle too.

" We are certainly not the same club we were before. We've lost some members and gained other members along the way. This year we don't have Sam, Lauren, or Quinn", he spoke and most of them looked down or around as they took in their teacher's words, " But we also have Rory with us now, and Tori and Kim too". He pointed over to Rory as he sat next to the other two new members, the cheerios.

"What I'm trying to say guys is that no matter what obstacles or how many of us there are, we are a team. And that is something they can't take away from us, and unfortunately it is something we tend to forget sometimes..", he clapped his hands together as he ended his speech, " For Sectionals, I want you all to remember why were together in that choir room, singing everyday after school together. I want us to find songs that will make us remember"

"Get away from me"

"Is sitting in a corner really a good way of spending passing period? I assure you there's more interesting things we can do", Blair laughed yet raised her eyebrow suggestively. Quinn looked up at her and gave her the kind of glare that usually sent other students running. But not her.

" You really don't get tired of being a pain in the ass, don't you?", Quinn mumbled as she got up from the seat attached to the wall in the hallway. She put her work back in her history book and began to walk away, with Blair following a step behind.

" I guess I'm just the kind of girl who doesn't give up that easily", Blair said confidently.

"No, you're just the kind of girl who can't take a hint", Quinn rolled her eyes.

Blair was definitely different. Quinn could see a bit of everyone she knew in her. Rachel's eyes, hair, and thrive. Santana's feistiness and competitiveness. Puck's bold flirting…

" Come on Quinn, you can act like you don't like my presence all you want but we both know..", Blair said as Quinn stopped to face her, " We both know you like it"

" You better watch what you say, you little gremlin", Quinn growled in her face. Blair in no way looked like a gremlin, but what kind of insult could she come up with when the girl didn't really have any…flaws.

" Q, if you disliked me that much, wouldn't you have already taught me a lesson?"

" You're not worth it", Quinn stated.

"Oh, but I was really looking forward to a punishment", Blair said softly, as she stepped closer and almost closed the distance between them. Quinn immediately pushed her away before she could get any closer.

"Q!"

Both girls both turned around, startled by Coach Sylvester's voice.

"Did I just see you about to sucker punch little miss Lohan over here?", the coach approached Quinn, who sent Blair an unpleasant glance.

"No, I-"

"Good, because she's gonna be the Watson to your Sherlock, now that you no longer have Sandbags and that little blonde Fruit Loop of yours"

"Wait, what?"

Quinn knew what was coming next. She knew Coach Sylvester too well by now, anyways. She just hoped history wouldn't repeat itself… She looked to Blair, who looked confused. She might be a pain, but Quinn still sort of felt for her. It sucked getting involved when it came to Sue's 'mystery' plans. It sucks more when you're forced into them, she knew that very well.

She grabbed Blair's arm and pulled her along as she followed behind Coach Sylvester towards her office. Might as well get this over with.

She sat down, hiding in the balcony that overlooked the stage. Being there was a lot like déjà vu. She remembered standing in the same balcony with Sue and Santana, watching the small show choir group perform "Don't Stop Believing" two years ago. She was now watching the same group on stage, only now it was a larger group. She no longer had Santana by her side, or Brittany. No, they were both down there on the stage as well. She watched them all sitting around in a circle, just talking.

Quinn relaxed a little, playing with the cross she wore around her neck, as she waited. Sue had once again ordered her to spy on Glee club, and even if she was here 'on the job', it different. She had promised Coach Sylvester and herself that there was no going easy this time, that there was nothing stopping her from being her old self again, even if it meant losing a few things- or friends.

But now as she sat there, she just couldn't bring herself to go through with this. She couldn't be that 'spy' again. And it wasn't because she had gone soft or actually cared about Glee club, but…maybe this was just getting too old.

She put her hand in her pocket and felt the item she had found and picked up from the locker room yesterday after practice. She played with it in her hand for a bit before she took it out of her skirt pocket. And there it was, the golden necklace with a small star.

Rachel Berry was never irresponsible or forgetful; Quinn knew that for a fact. And even when it came to things such as that necklace, a gift from her precious giant of a boyfriend, she expected Berry to at least be checking every other fifteen minutes to make sure she still had it.

So after finding the necklace on the floor, she waited a bit, expecting the diva to come storming in with a panic attack in search for the necklace. But that never happened. And that was really shocking.

"What you got there?"

Quinn jumped and almost felt her heart leap out of her chest from such a scare. She turned to see Blair approaching her, still laying low so she wouldn't be seen. Quinn gave her a look.

"Get out of here, Blair", she stated but the girl simply went over to sit next to her.

"No way, Coach Sylvester sent us both to do this. She wants me to help you so I'm not going anywhere you aren't", Blair said as a matter of factly.

"I don't need your help, seriously. I can spy on the Glee club just fine on my own", Quinn said harshly. Blair looked down and stared at the necklace in the captain's hand.

"Wow, pretty. Is it yours? I didn't think stars would be your thing", Blair laughed softly as she reached over to take the necklace.

"What the heck are you- just back off!", Quinn was growing frustrated and quickly put the necklace back in her pocket.

"I'm here to help out. I just want to help you, alright?!", Blair raised her voice this time, trying to make the girl understand. Quinn wanted to say something but she just shook her head. She couldn't bring herself to fight with this girl.

"Just- hang back, alright?" Quinn eyed her and the younger girl just nodded, with a small smile on her face.

"You got it, captain", she said. Quinn rolled her eyes and sat up to look over the wall. She noticed the Glee club was no longer on the stage.

"What the? Where'd they go?" Blair said, looking down like Quinn was doing.

"Oh we didn't go anywhere"

Both cheerios turned around, startled by the sudden voice behind them. They were met by the eyes of not so happy looking Glee club members in front of them; Mr. Schue, Santana, Puck, Finn, Kurt, and Rachel.

They were caught.

The Glee club stood around Quinn and Blair, who sat in two stools in the middle of the stage. Everyone looking down at them like culprits and giving them looks of disgust and disbelief. While Blair glared back at all of them, Quinn simply played with her hands. She had been here before, she had gotten those looks before. This wasn't new.

There's that feeling we all know too well, the one you feel at the pit of your stomach when you realize you've messed up real bad. That you just made one serious mistake. Quinn Fabray was no stranger to this feeling, in fact, over time she's learned to ignore it or just push it away. You can do that; ignore the feeling, even if it's still there.

Sitting on that stool and hearing Mr. Schue go on about being disappointed, listening to Finn, Kurt, and Mercedes calling out names like 'traitor' and 'two-faced blonde' etc… And then having Rachel looking over from afar, her arms crossed and giving a pointed look… All of that made it easier for her to want to ignore that feeling. It made her somewhat angry instead.

"Wait, does this mean we don't have to be in Glee club anymore?"

Everyone turned to the blonde freshman cheerio standing by. Quinn and Blair shot her a look while the other Glee club members looked confused or just shook their heads in disbelief.

"Shut up, Tori!", Kim, the other cheerleader elbowed her. Quinn rolled her eyes. Why couldn't she have smarter cheerios on her team?

" So this was all a plan you've been setting up, Fabray?!", Mercedes approached her, raising her voice.

"I'm not planning anything!", Quinn growled back.

"She's not!"

The glee club members turned to face the latina girl that spoke up, and Quinn raised her eyebrow in confusion. She for sure thought Santana would be upset with her for this.

"How would you know", Finn said as he looked at Santana who rolled her eyes at him. She stepped closer to Quinn and looked down at her carefully with her hands on her hips. Quinn gave her a look, not really liking the way her friend was studying her.

" She wouldn't do that", Santana said, " She wouldn't because I'm here, right?", she looked her right in the eye. Quinn shook her head. What the hell was she playing at? Santana simply gave her the famous evil grin of hers and then turned around to face the Glee club.

"Q wouldn't think of trying anything against us cause I, her home girl, is in this damn club. And anyways, she doesn't care enough about this club to even bother trying to ruin it in the first place, am I right?", she turned back to Quinn with a raised eyebrow. Quinn shot daggers at her with her eyes.

"Right.." The words came out of her mouth like a whisper, barely audible or clear. Quinn could see the stunned and confused looks of the other Gleeks behind Santana as they all looked at each other. She could see Finn giving her a look, as if debating whether or not to believe her. She couldn't blame him. He's the one person who she has lied to and hurt the most.

"How do we know she's not lying?", Finn spoke up. That wasn't something Quinn had counted on. She stiffened in her seat and so did Blair.

"For all we know, we could let them go but she'll go running to Coach Sylvester and just keep on spying on us", Finn looked at her accusingly, "She just wants to sabotage us! Don't you guys remember all the slushie facials we got earlier this year? And then mysteriously sending cheerios to join our club, and now this.. I won't stand for it!"

Quinn raised her eyebrow, not knowing if to be impressed or annoyed by Finn's sudden feel to act like a leader.

"She won't. We'll make sure of it. She won't sabotage us if she's working with us", Santana glanced over at Finn, quickly shutting him up. Everyone looked at her strangely, even Quinn.

"What the hell is she talking about?" Blair muttered as she watched the latina carefully. Even Mr. Schue stepped up, crossing his arms and looking at Santana with questioning eyes.

"Santana, what are you getting at?" He asked her, trying to get down to the point. Santana smirked as she looked back, meeting Quinn's eyes.

"What I'm getting at is that Quinn and her Cheerio Squad have to join Glee club, just to make sure they don't plan anything against us", Santana spoke, putting her hands on her hips as she grinned.

"Like hell we are", Quinn growled back at her, wanting to stand up and attack her. Kurt stepped in next to Santana with a knowing smile.

"She's right Mr. Schue, it's a good plan. Having cheerios with a dancing background will completely help us in Sectionals", Kurt said to the young teacher.

"Are you guys forgetting that maybe they'll purposely make us lose? Letting them be in our team is just asking for trouble", Rachel chimed in, stepping forward.

"Oh we will", Quinn spoke up, anger building inside of her. There was no way she was doing this. She wasn't going to join Glee club, nor help them in any way.

"Oh no you won't, Quinn", Mr. Schue made eye contact with her, taking everyone by surprise as he stepped up towards her, " You and the cheerios will join Glee and will help us win Sectionals. And you have to help us win no matter what, because if you don't.."

Quinn looked him in the eye as he spoke down to her. Almost as if he was scolding her like an adult would a child. She felt powerless.

"If you don't help us and if we don't win, I'll fail your cheer squad in Spanish class, making them unavailable to be on the Cheerios around the time your cheer competitions start".

If he did that, then she really would be powerless.

Quinn could only look down at the floor, realizing she had no choices in this situation. She looked over at Blair, who was speechless and angered. She looked up at Santana who was smirking like a villain in a cartoon would. And then she looked at Rachel, who somehow managed to look just as helpless as she did.

"So are we clear?", Mr Schue said, extending his hand out for her to shake. She looked up at him, wanting to say so many curses at him. But she simply bit her lip and took a deep breath as she reached out her hand and shook his.

And just like that, she was back in Glee club. Whether she liked it or not. Whether Coach Sylvester wanted or not.

"He cannot do this to me again!"

Quinn and Blair winced as Coach Sylvester began to yell and knock over the trophies on her desk. Blair ducked her head and Quinn simply leaned back on her seat, just in case. It was impressive just how angry Sue Sylvester could get.

"You two are pathetic! How could you manage yourselves to even get caught in the first place? You are a disgrace, Fabray!"

Quinn could shook her head, swearing she's heard those words before. She looked up at Sue and shrugged.

"It doesn't matter, Coach. As much as this sucks, we have to join Glee and win. If we don't, Mr. Schuester will leave you without a squad once cheer competitions start. We have no choice"

Judging by the way Coach Sylvester threw one last trophy out her office window, Quinn could tell that she knew she was right.

Damn Santana and her stupid ideas, she thought.

Sorry for not updating in the longest time! But i'm back now and writing new chapters, since the story is already fully planned out. I know this chapter was lacking some Faberry, but with Quinn now being forced back in the Glee club, there will be more Faberry coming up for sure.. Hope you guys like it.