AN: Hey everybody! Not much to say so I'll let you just get to reading. Enjoy, things will be getting a lot more funner after this chapter.

As the day progressed Quinn made sure to subtlety observed Rachel. The brunette would consistently watch her whenever she had a clear line of sight, and every time she was caught looking, Rachel would quickly shift her gaze anywhere else. Her behavior bothered Quinn, mostly because she couldn't understand it. Surely one act of kindness shouldn't have earned the kind of gratitude that Rachel was showing her. It would make things easier in the long run though, so at least there was that.

And knowing that things were going well, Quinn spent her lunch in library after getting a little something to eat. Rachel's attention during the first half of the day had actually been pretty overwhelming and she wanted a little bit of quiet time. Also, it gave a chance to browse through her spell book. She hadn't really gotten much of a chance to look it over prior to performing her love spell and she was eager to see what else it held.

She pulled her book out of her bag and opened it up to read. There seemed to be chapters on everything. Some of the things that caught her eye included the Invisibility Spell, a potion that she could only describe as a truth serum, and most importantly a spell which would allow her to magically cast fireworks. She had no idea who would come up with a spell like that, but it would be something fun if she could use it. Rachel would probably appreciate it and it would be a nice thing to use when the two of them finally had their first kiss… if they ever had that kiss.

Apart from those, there were several other spells, potions and even hexes that held some of Quinn's interest. One in particular, known as the Obedience Hex, would allow her control someone's actions for a time being. According to its description, the hexed person would not even be aware that he or she was ever being controlled. It would have been fun to use, primarily on Finn, to ensure that Rachel saw him for the uncoordinated brute that he was. She never would have actually used that hex, but it would have been fun.

Quinn browsed further into the chapter entitled 'Healing' when she heard someone slide into the seat beside her. She shut her book in a flash. Sure, she was Head Bitch and no one would ever dare judge her but she didn't like the idea of other people taking a look inside her spell book. It was special to her. When she turned to see who had joined her, she found someone who was also special to her. "Rachel, hey."

"Hi Quinn." She still had that smile on her face. Quinn still couldn't understand how smiling like that for so long couldn't hurt. "I was looking for you, not 'looking for you' looking for you, but I noticed that you weren't in the cafeteria so I wondered where you were and well I started to… well, I found you." Her eyes fell onto the spell book with some curiosity. "What are you reading?"

"Nothing," Quinn quickly answered, shoving the tome into her bag. For some reason she felt that it was evidence of what she had done. Not that she had actually done anything wrong, nor should there have been a reason why Rachel could have found out but still. Maybe one day, if they ever got together, she'd tell Rachel about how she was playing around and cast a love spell on her but at the moment it would have been nothing but mortifying.

"Oh." The smile on Rachel's face fell slightly, forming a small pout, but she quickly cheered up and began to strike up conversation on a different topic. "Do you want to know want to know I'm planning to do for Glee Club later today?" she asked, a hopeful glint in her eye.

"Sure… what?"

Rachel's lips curved upward, her smile widening once more as showed off her pearly white teeth. "Well, as you know, I am currently single. And while I am enjoying the freedom that single status has provided me, there is a certain someone that holds a special place in my heart and I really want to be with that person." Rachel shifted in her seat, first move further and then closer to Quinn. She looked up at her coyly. "I don't know if this person feels the same way, but I'm hoping that a public display of my affection would show that my feelings are genuine and help convince them to at least go out on a date with me."

"Well that's nice." Quinn tried to sound genuinely happy for her, but the idea of Rachel serenading Finn once again left a sour taste in her mouth. There was always the chance that she would be singing for someone else, but Quinn found that possibility to be fairly unlikely. But the idea of singing out her feelings did make her think. She was nowhere near ready to openly sing about her love of Rachel, but perhaps if she found something subtle and stared longing into Rachel's eyes.

Something like that probably wouldn't have Rachel jumping into her arms, but she'd be smart enough to see that something was up and maybe that would be enough for a while. It wasn't the soundest plan, but it was something and it wouldn't embarrass her for life if it failed. And there was no doubt that Rachel would enjoy being sung to for once. "You think so?" she asked, completely oblivious to the thoughts running through Quinn's head. "You've always been honest with me." Those words were so far from the truth that Quinn could have laughed if it was so sad. "And I really want to know if you think it's a good idea. And I'm not singing to Finn, in case that's what you're worried about."

For a while Quinn said nothing. She tried to gauge the sincerity of Rachel's words and as far as she could tell they were completely genuine. And that caught her dumbfounded. Rachel wanted her opinion. She really wanted to know what she thought, and Quinn could tell that she was actually going to listen to her. "Um… yeah. Yeah, I think it's a good idea. I mean, I'd like it if you sang to me… hypothetically, of course. You know if you… and yeah." She was babbling like a moron, and not only that but she had also just advised Rachel to sing her heart out to someone in Glee Club.

But Quinn didn't get the chance to dwell on that because for the second time that day, Rachel pulled her in for a hug. Rachel squeezed her tightly, scooting her chair over so that their knees were touching. "Thanks Quinn." She held on for a bit longer than what was typically appropriate, but Quinn didn't mind. She was okay to let Rachel hold on until she was ready to let go. But after a few long seconds, Rachel was still hugging her. People probably would have been staring at them if not for the fact that the library was normally empty.

"Rachel?"

She abruptly pulled back, her cheeks pink and her eyes wide. "Quinn, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I just… Bye." In the blink of an eye, Rachel was on her feet darting towards the door as the librarian yelled at her for running. Quinn sighed and leaned back in her chair. That was just one more thing to add to the long list of Rachel's odd behavior for the day. If things kept going as they had then she'd probably need a journal by the end of the day. Quinn checked the time and found that lunch was almost over. She grabbed her things and headed off to class.

It was one of the classes that she shared with Rachel and the brunette was already inside by the time she got there. One look at her and Quinn could tell that Rachel was still blushing. She quickly pulled a textbook up to her nose to hide the redness of her cheeks. Quinn passed her by and tried not to giggle. Rachel set her book down once Quinn had made it to her assigned seat. A few seconds later Brittany entered and took the chair next to Quinn.

"Hey Q."

"Hey Britt."

"So," Brittany began, bumping shoulders with Quinn. "Have you asked 'you know who' out yet?"

"Britt, not now." The taller blonde took that as a no and frowned. "I'm working my way up to it. Okay, Britt? Just don't make me feel bad." Her eyes drifted to Rachel who was sitting a few tables ahead of them. It was the first throughout the entire day that she was able to watch Rachel without having brown eyes looking back at her. "Have you noticed Rachel acting weird today?"

"Weird?"

"Yeah, she's been… different."

Brittany shrugged. "I haven't noticed a thing." That bit of information was slightly disappointing for Quinn, but it wasn't as though she had really expected Brittany to pay as close attention to Rachel as she did. But it would have been nice if there was someone to help her confirm that there was something off with the petite brunette. Brittany could tell that she was upset. "How has she been different?"

"I don't know. She's just been different."

Brittany nodded like she understood. She didn't, but Quinn appreciated the gesture anyway. The bell rang and so their teacher gathered their attention to begin the day's lesson. They had a lot of work for the period and so Quinn had little opportunity to observe Rachel. Though she worked she couldn't help but feel eyes on her, but Quinn had gotten used it by that point in the day. She couldn't tell if that was a good or bad thing.

She was certain that she wasn't imagining things, but as the day progressed Quinn found that no one had seemed to notice the slightest change in Rachel's behavior. She had gone around, asking the rest of Glee Club in the most casual of ways. The only thing that any of them could tell her was something that she already knew; that Rachel was planning to sing to Finn later on. Or at least everyone had assumed that she was planning to sing to Finn. Finn, of course, knew nothing. Quinn didn't even know why she went through the trouble of asking him.

Despite everything though, Quinn held her head up high when Glee finally started. She arrived early, which was very unlike her, and found Rachel readying herself for her number. Quinn took the closest seat she could find, and after a beat Rachel got up from her chair and sat beside her. "Hi Quinn. I hope you've had a good day."

"It's been okay," Quinn replied glumly.

"Only okay?" Quinn simply shrugged, too mentally exhausted to do much else. "Oh, well I hope hearing me sing can help brighten your day." Quinn smiled at her and idly looked her over. Her eyes fell onto the sheet music she was holding, but before she could make out what it was for Rachel hugged it close to her chest. "No peeking. You'll just have to wait."

There was no point in arguing. She expected Rachel to go back to her previous seat, but she didn't. Slowly everyone else filtered in. One by one they came in, each of them giving Quinn and odd look. At first Quinn didn't know what was wrong until she realized that Rachel had been scooted her chair a little too close.

Mr. Schue was the last one in. He was about a minute or two late and normally Rachel would have complained, but instead she raised her hand politely. Everyone was surprised, especially Mr. Schue, so it took him a minute to address her. "Yes Rachel, is there something you wanted to say?"

"Indeed there is Mr. Schue," she answered as she got to feet. "I have a song that I'd like to preform if I may." The Gleeks, save for Brittany and Quinn, gave out a synchronized groan. Rachel was unfazed by their reaction. She didn't even seem to hear.

"Um… okay. Take the floor."

Rachel eagerly handed her sheet music to Brad and then took center stage. "Well, as most of you already know I'm singing this to a certain someone in this room. I hope that it'll be able to adequately express my feelings and well… I hope you enjoy." Her eyes flittered over in Quinn's direction and if it wasn't for the fact that Quinn knew that Finn was sitting behind her, she would have thought that she was actually looking at her. But she wasn't, was she?

She started to sing. Quinn knew the song. Avril Lavigne. And something about that stung. The only other time that Quinn had heard Rachel sing Avril was when she had been singing to her. Sure it was silly, but it was special. And now Rachel was singing Avril to someone else. She could just see Finn grinning his stupid lopsided grin. Oh how she wanted to just bring her fist up and smash it against his face.

It was only Rachel's voice that stopped Quinn from doing so. She listened and smiled softly and when the song was over she applauded like everyone else. And then Finn got up and headed towards Rachel. "That was great Rachel," he told her.

"Thanks Finn." He leaned in towards her, but she flinched and pushed him back. "What are you doing?" she shrieked. Finn pulled back, confused.

"I'm trying to kiss you."

"Why?!"

"Cause… I… wasn't that… don't you want to get back together?"

"What? No! Why would you think that?" Someone sputtered into laughter, probably Santana.

Finn got red-faced but he didn't look back. "Wasn't that for me?"

"No! Why would it be?" Rachel insisted and Santana laughed again. Apparently, she hadn't been lying after all. But if she hadn't been lying then…

"Who else would you be singing too?"

AN: With what's just happened things will be progressing quite nicely.

In unrelated news, some of my shows are back. The most important being Lost Girl. It only just got back on SyFy. That said, I know that I'm way behind in comparison to Canada. And well, based off of how the previous season ended, I'm kind of worried. Without spoiling any for me, could someone who has all the episodes this season tell me if there is anything that I should emotionally prepare for? Shipping Faberry has really done a number on my shipper heart. I'm not sure how much more damage it can take.

Also, as you can see, I've changed my avatar. Between the two I found Lea's bikini pic to be a bit too distracting.