When Quinn finally found Rachel, she was sitting with Tina who was berating her with questions about her royal life
"What are your fathers like...do they, like, give you anything you want? Do you have a pony?" Tina interrogated.
"Umm I have a couple of horses I ride I guess…" Rachel answered back, trying not to sound like a princess stereotype. She looked slightly uncomfortable sitting on the makeshift medic bed. Her cut had been cleaned and now there was just a small red line across her bottom lip. Even though her wounds were relatively superficial Quinn did feel guilty for causing them.
Quinn cleared her throat to let her presence be known. Tina startled slightly and Rachel just averted her eyes, she didn't know if Quinn had come to yell at her some more and she didn't want to start anything up.
"Hi Tina, could you give Rachel and I a minute." Rachel looked up at hearing her name, it sounded strange coming out of Quinn's mouth and she realized this was because this was the first time Quinn had actually used her name, not just calling her princess.
Tina nodded and silently left the room.
Quinn looked at Rachel and bit her bottom lip. Rachel was lost for a moment in the cuteness of this before she began feeling uncomfortable under Quinn's stare and started shifting nervously on the bed she sat on. Quinn could sense she was uncomfortable so she took a seat on a stool opposite Rachel.
"Does it hurt?" Quinn asked genuinely looking at Rachel' bottom lip.
"It's fine" Rachel said quickly, not wanting to appear weak.
Another awkward moment of silence went by.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things and I shouldn't have gotten physical with you." Quinn started.
Rachel went to interrupt her with her own apology but Quinn continued, "No it wasn't right, I'm bigger and stronger than you and I should have walked away…"
At this Rachel looked offended. She jumped straight up and began speaking very quickly and in a high pitched tone Quinn had not heard before…
"Hey! I am not that small and I'll have you know that I can fight, I have been trained by some of the best fighter in the land of Lima and I am strong and I slapped you first remember..."
Quinn began to smile; she found this whole performance of bravado from this tiny princess quite amusing and kind of endearing. She thought she might play along.
"Hey, you're right you did slap me first, you should be apologizing to me!" Quinn said in a put on frustrated tone.
This really got Rachel worked up "Apologize to you?! After what you said to me! In your dreams Quinn Fabray!?"
Quinn loved how easy it was to push Rachel's buttons, so she decided to keep pushing.
"Well you should at least write to apologize to those who trained you because you fight like a girl princess!"
"Yeah well you smell like a boy Fabray!" Rachel quipped.
Quinn just looked stunned at this quick remark as Rachel walked straight out of the hut they were in.
With a confused look Quinn tried to register what had just happened, she quickly sniffed herself, I don't smell that bad she thought. Then promptly left to chase after the princess.
As she left the hut Quinn was in a better mood than earlier, this light banter with Rachel had actually cheered her up. But looking ahead at the fuming Rachel she could see it had not had that affect on the brunette.
"Hey princess! Wait up"
Rachel kept walking as thought she couldn't hear Quinn. She had no idea where she was going she just knew she was not going to turn around. But then she felt a hand on her shoulder spinning her back.
"Tours not over princess" Quinn said with a smirk.
"Oh yes it is" Rachel said defiantly.
"Look, I'm sorry OK. I'm sorry I'm a terrible person and I am a total bitch but I have come to the realization that it might just be better for both of us if we can be civil to one another while you have to be here"
"How generous of you" Rachel said sarcastically.
"Fine, I tried. You are coming with me and you are going to be put to work" Quinn said, her temper beginning to rise again.
"I will not be told what to do by you Quinn Fabray" Rachel pushed past Quinn and kept walking.
"Oh yes you will" Quinn protested while following the shorter girl.
"You stay here you work, that was the deal"
Rachel continued to ignore her and just kept storming off, nowhere in particular.
"What little precious princess doesn't know how to work, huh?" Quinn said in her best imitation of a whiny Childs voice. This stopped Rachel dead in her tracts. She hated more than anything being called precious or being told she couldn't do something because she was a princess. So she marched back up to Quinn proudly.
"Ok Quinn Fabray put me to work"