Prompt: J.D. - "Alright fine, you want to know why? You're just like me. You're scared because you feel like you haven't accomplished anything with your life. But instead of running a triathlon you're pushing forward with a guy you don't belong with, and you know as well as I do that one of these days he's going to open up a bottle of white wine for you when you really prefer red except you never told him that and you wanna know why? Because he's not right for you." - 'Scrubs'
Driving home from school that evening, Quinn thought about Sam's promise and the ring he had offered her. The former quarterback had made a very sweet, romantic gesture with the promise ring. It was clear that he really did like her. Somehow she couldn't imagine either Finn or Puck, or any of the other guys she had dated for that matter, doing something like that. Not to mention, the ring had been pretty. She would be more than happy to wear that ring around school if only she could see herself dating the guy offering it to her.
It wasn't that she didn't like Sam because she did. And he was cute in his own way. However, he was the new kid at school. Dating him would not help her social status any, though it may boost his own. However, he was a nice guy. She had a feeling he would treat her right and it wasn't like he was totally unpopular. He was well liked by the kids in Glee and most of the guys on the football team.
And he had stood up to Karofsky for Kurt. That act had definitely gain Sam points in her eyes. Though she never would have given Kurt the time of day if not for Glee, she couldn't deny that she liked him and he had been one of the more supportive people during her pregnancy last year and over the summer as she had dealt with the aftermath of giving her baby up. She hated what Karofsky and his goon friends were doing.
Shouldn't she be proud to date someone who was willing to stand up for someone unpopular simply because it was the right thing to do? Finn hadn't been willing to do it and he and Kurt would soon be stepbrothers.
She thought again of the ring and made her decision. She would be proud to wear that ring in the hallways and walk beside the boy who had giving it to her.