Title: A Moment of Clarity

Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,092
Pairing: Quinn/Rachel; mentions of Santana/Brittany
Fandom: Glee!, FlashFoward
Summary: A crossover between Glee! and FlashFoward. Rachel and Quinn have a FlashFoward of being together, this is how they deal with it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee! or FlashFoward. I am not taking credit or money for this. I am only borrowing the ideas and characters.

Chapter Five
6 Weeks After The FlashForwards

"Okay guys, we were about half way to sectionals. The songs we have are good, but are they good enough?" Mr. Shue asked the Glee club.

Rachel started down at Quinn, who was staring at her hands in her lap. Glee was seeming less and less important as time went on. All Rachel really wanted to do was to talk to Quinn. She wanted to get the cheerleader to understand what was going on.

Rachel wanted to understand what was going on.

"Rachel? Input?" Mr. Shue asked.

Rachel tore her gaze away from Quinn and up at Mr. Shue. The rest of the club looked at Rachel, with expectation. They were all expecting her to be perfect and to give the right answer.

"Um...we need a power ballad." She said, it was the first thing that came to her mind.

"Exactly!" Mr. Shue exclaimed.

And apparently it was the right thing.

Rachel sat back in her chair, looking back down at Quinn. Mr. Shue went to the white board and started to write song ideas down.

Quinn finally turned around and looked at Rachel. Rachel smiled at Quinn and then Quinn looked over at Puck, who was staring at them both.

Rachel looked from Puck and then back at Quinn. Quinn obviously knew what was going, with Puck knowing about the FlashForwards and all. That was probably most of Quinn's fear.

"Rachel, do you want to come and show the club how to sing one of these songs?" Mr. Shue asked Rachel.

Rachel numbly nodded her head as she stood up. "Sure Mr. Shue." Rachel said walking down to the front of the club. Rachel picked the first song on Mr. Shue's list of ballads and started to sing it, giving it everything she had.

She only wished that Quinn could see everything that Rachel had.

-

Quinn watched Rachel sing and she felt herself warm up. Rachel's voice had a way of doing that Quinn, although she wasn't about to admit to anyone. Especially herself.

Quinn fought back a smile as Rachel closed her eyes and hit the last note, the sound bouncing off the walls of the choir room. Mr. Shue started to clap and everyone followed suite. Quinn clapped, keeping her eyes on Rachel as she walked back to her chair, in the row above Quinn.

"Now, that was a ballad." Mr. Shue said proudly. "I want us ballads. Pick a partner and come to class next week, ready to rehearse a ballad for sectionals."

Before Quinn could even move, Rachel was in front of her. "Partner?" She asked.

Quinn looked to her side, where Finn was sitting next to her looking confused by this action of Rachel's. "Is...it okay?" Quinn asked Finn softly, hoping he would say it was fine. Hoping he would say it wasn't okay.

Finn nodded his head. "Sure." He said and then Kurt was in front of Finn, smiling ear to ear.

Quinn looked back at Rachel, who was smiling down at Quinn. "Meet at my house tonight so that we can practice?"

Quinn nodded her head, her pony tail hitting the base of her neck. "Yeah."

Rachel turned on her toe, her skirt spinning around her body, and she walked out of the choir room. Quinn stood up slowly, her stomach in knots. She was actually going to do this with Rachel. And the worst part was that she was really looking forward to it.

She really wanted to be with Rachel as much as possible.

"What was that?" Santana asked, walking in front of Quinn, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Berry picked me to partner with. No big deal." Quinn said.

"It's a deal. A big one." Brittany said, walking up to Santana and wrapping her arm around Santana's waist.

"It's not." Quinn said, walking ahead of Santana and Brittany.

-

Rachel took a breath and ran her fingers through her hair. Quinn was due to be in her room at any minute, and Rachel could not be more nervous than how she felt in that moment.

Quinn was about to be in her room. Singing ballads of all things. With Rachel.

"Rachel!" Rachel's dad yelled. "She's here!"

Rachel turned around and ran out of her room, flying down the stairs. "Do I look okay?" Rachel asked her dad. She hadn't changed since school, but she wanted to make sure that she looked presentable for Quinn.

"You look lovely." Rachel's dad said, smiling down at her.

"Good."

Rachel went to the door and quickly pulled it open, finding Quinn Fabray on the other side. Out of her cheerios uniform. She was wearing a light blue dress with a dark blue cardigan over it. Her normally pinned back blond hair was now cascading down her back.

Quinn never looked more beautiful.

Rachel cleared her throat and stepped aside. "Come in." She said.

Quinn smiled at Rachel and walked past her. "Thanks."

"You...look nice."

Quinn looked down at herself. "Um, thanks." She said, blushing slightly.

Rachel smiled as she closed the door, a little bit happy that she made Quinn smile.

"Should we go to your room? To practice." Quinn asked as Rachel turned back towards her.

"Yeah, sure." Rachel stepped in front of Quinn, leading her up to her bedroom.

-

Quinn walked out of Rachel Berry's house, her stomach in the same knot it had been in since Glee. She stopped halfway down the porch. She had had fun with Rachel, as much as she did not want to admit it.

Rachel was a great singer and she was amazing to sing with. Quinn still had tingles running over her skin, just thinking about singing with Rachel.

Quinn wanted to fight being with Rachel, but it felt so comfortable. It felt so right. She could hardly resist it.

"Hey Quinn!" Quinn turned around and saw Rachel walking towards her quickly.

"Hey Rachel." Quinn said, wondering why Rachel was chasing after Quinn.

"Um, my dads wanted to know if you wanted to stay. For dinner."

Quinn looked down at her watch. It was that time. She took a breath. Her mother would kill her if she knew that she was going to spend all night at the Berry's. But Quinn didn't care.

It sounded like fun.

"Sure."

Rachel smiled and led Quinn back into her house.

Quinn smiled to herself, she actually felt comfortable and okay when she was with the Berry's. It was odd, but the feeling was growing on Quinn.