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To say Quinn was shocked when she woke up was a gross understatement.
For a brief moment she felt a wave of panic that she had had one to many wine coolers and drunkenly went with one of the jocks. It was somewhat of a relief to find out the person that she was snuggling with was Rachel.
Then that caused her to freak out for another reason, namely how did she get into these clothes? And then, how was she to get up without waking the other girl?
She carefully pulled her arm from where it was draped over Rachel's waist, before slowly scooting backwards to the edge of the bed. As she stood up, she noticed her uniform folded up on the floor so at least she hadn't went streaking...
She glanced back at Rachel who was practically curled in a ball and a dopey grin grew on her face, sure she might have no recollection of it but she had gotten to snuggle with the girl of her dreams. That must mean that Rachel still liked her on some level, right?
Quinn gently crept from the room and down to the kitchen for some water before the brunette awoke and found her grinning dementedly at her in bed. That would not be good. Plus, she needed something to hydrate her throat, it felt like she'd swallowed cotton balls.
When she got into the kitchen she recalled where she had found the glasses yesterday and poured herself water from the tap, then she relocated the stools at the island. She glanced at the cooker from the corner of her eye and saw the glowing blue lights telling her it was only after 5 am.
Crap. She had school in four hours. Technically, three and a half.
"Quinn?" The cheerleader jumped at the sound of the gruff voice. Dave took a seat on the stool opposite her. "I'm surprised you're awake considering how drunk you were."
"How did I get here?" Dave smiled.
"I called Rachel to come pick you up." Quinn frowned at the revelation.
"I thought Rachel broke her phone?"
Dave nodded," That explains why her school cell didn't work then." At Quinn's look of confusion he decided it was necessary for him to elaborate. "Rachel has two cells. One for school and one for out of school, just in case someone steals one then she has an alternative. She even planned to have a third decoy one, but apparently realised herself that it would be excessive."
"Oh." The mentioning of the phone had reignited her fury at what had been done to the tiny brunette,
"Do you know how she broke her phone?" Dave asked, "Or why she was so upset in the first place? She said to forget about it, but…" He shook his head in frustration.
Quinn studied the, clearly upset, boy in front of her. Rachel had chosen to open her home to him, so she figured he must really be her friend. "She was trapped in a dumpster by some of the football team. We fought because I wanted to fight back and she told me not to."
Dave snapped his gaze to her. "They what?" He hissed. He would kill them… "So, are you just going to leave it?" He asked disbelievingly.
Quinn chuckled, "Of course not." She focussed her attention on Dave, and it slightly frightened him. Her eyes were intense. "Rachel little prank that you guys pulled was harmless in comparison to what we'll do. I intend to destroy them."
It was the fact that she was so eerily calm, and spoke of destroying people so casually that creeped him out the most. He finally caught the use of the pronoun she used. "We? You're going to let me help?" He was surprised that Quinn would include him, especially as they had never been anything more than distant acquaintances that ran in the same circles.
"I can see you care for Rachel. I do too, and I intend to never let anyone hurt her again when it's within my power to stop it. I had warned Rachel she may suffer backlash from the prank but… for them to have done this, to someone they didn't even know to have committed the prank… It's barbaric. What if she'd had some allergic reaction or something? I mean, they could have killed her." Quinn's voice cracked.
They sat in silence as the weight of the situation hit them. "Puck will want in." Dave spoke.
Quinn arched her eyebrow. "Puck? What does he have to do with anything?"
"He and Rachel are friends." At the blonde's sceptical look he continued, "It's a long story, but if someone hurt Rach, he will want to know."
"Fine. We'll plan later, first I need a find a way to get home and changed without facing my mother. She's probably had a coronary." She would not be looking forward to her mom's rant about mobiles and how they were easily used.
"Don't sweat it, Rachel texted her to let her know you were staying her," Dave smiled in an attempt to be reassuring. Quinn groaned and dropped her head in her hands that was possibly worse than the phone rant; oh lord… what if her mom gave her a talk on safe lesbian sex! The first sex talk was mortifying enough…
Dave smirked at her reaction, "I guess you're mom knows then."
Quinn froze and a muffled 'what' could be heard.
"How you feel about are favourite little songstress." Dave stated, and Quinn forced herself to look at him. She could tell he meant no ill intent, but it was unnerving that he'd caught her.
"Whatever do you mean?" She tried to play it cool, but she knew Dave saw straight through it, when he just snorted.
"I've seen the looks you give her Quinn. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, I just wanted to let you know that I know and it's cool."
"Cool? How is it cool, I have a crush on the girl I've tortured for the best part of her high school career!" Quinn slammed her head on the counter, only to groan. That wasn't going to help her hangover.
"It's cool because, thanks to Rachel, I know nothing is ever hopeless." Dave got up from his stool. "Have a little faith Quinn." He awkwardly patted the girl on the shoulder before retreating back to his room to get ready for school.
Quinn sat there watching him go. Not hopeless huh? Quinn smiled a little. She did wake up beside the brunette after all… Yeah, maybe she should have a little faith… Just as soon as she'd kicked some ass.
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