Author's Note: Hi, okay so I'm glad people are still interested in this despite the lack of a final pairing. After a lot of internal debate and thinking, I've decided to make the final pairing QUINNTANA with a JUBERRY pairing eventually. This won't happen with a little drama first and maybe Quinn wanting Rachel back [FABERRY]. Please just stick with me I have great ideas! As for this chapter in particular, there are some slight spoilers to what's happening on Glee now in season five, but personally I don't think it's anything you don't already know. Okay, so Enjoy!

P.S. Sorry to anyone who TRIED to read this chapter earlier. I had a few malfunctions with anyways Enjoy!

CHAPTER EIGHT

"Uh, hey it got quieter in here… did you guys work it out?" Santana said awkwardly.

Quinn and Rachel just stared at Santana, at a lost for what to say.

Rachel sighed heavily and stormed out of the room.

"What was that all about?" Santana asked.

Quinn opened her mouth, but no words came out. The blonde shook her head and walked out to go follow Rachel, who was already walking out the door, slamming it on her way out.

Santana walked out to the den area and watched a frozen Quinn staring at the closed door in front of her. "Uh, Q?"

When Quinn faced Santana she had tears welling up in her eyes and a look of complete and utter sadness. Suddenly, Quinn's look of sadness changed to a look of anger, and then a scheming smirk replaced her furrowed eyebrow. Quinn marched right up to Santana and grabbed her face and kissed her furiously. Santana was trying to pull away, but a malicious-looking Quinn had a tight grip on the Latina. Santana finally found the strength and roughly pushed Quinn away. Quinn had a wounded look on her face, obviously feeling puny after being rejected by Santana as well as Rachel.

"Seriously, Quinn have you lost your damn mind? What the hell was that?" Santana asked, trying to regain her breath. "You have a girlfriend."

"Not anymore, I don't." Quinn said in a broken whisper.

"What?"

"You heard me. She dumped me. She said she couldn't be with someone who's in love with two people. I don't even know what's going on." Quinn dropped her arms to her side in defeat and walked to go mope on the couch.

"Awe, Q. It's going to be okay, maybe Rachel just needs a little time to think."

"I don't know. She's going to auditions for her understudy as Fannie Bryce in 'Funny Girl,' so she won't be back for a while anyways."

"Understudy?" Santana asked, raising one eyebrow.

"Yep, it's an open audition, they wanted to have one ASAP just in case Rachel gets sick, but let's face it, Rachel's never been sick a day in her life."

Santana took in the information and decided that this was finally going to be her big break.

Three and a half hours later…

Quinn was woken up on the couch by a slamming door. When she peeked over the couch she saw Rachel sporting a pout on her face.

"Babe, what's wrong?" Quinn asked while getting up and walking towards Rachel with open arms.

Rachel choked on a sob and ran into Quinn's open arms. "Quinn—It was—it was so terrible… Santana—she—Santana stole my part!" Rachel barely got out, in between cries.

"Oh Rachel, what do you mean, 'she stole your part?'"

"I mean she walked into that audition and completely butchered 'Don't Rain on My Parade' and they gave her the role as my understudy!"

"Sweetheart, being your understudy isn't stealing your part away," Quinn said with a small giggle, amused by the tiny girl's dramatics.

"She might as well be," Rachel pushed Quinn away from her and backed away crossing her arms. "First she steals my girlfriend, and now my part. What's next, my room?"

"Rachel, she did not steal me from you. I love you just as much as I always have. You're the one who broke up with me. Why can't we just be together?" Quinn walks towards Rachel and grabs her hands.

"Because Quinn, I can't share you with her; I won't do it. If you're with me, you have to be with me only and not talk to Santana."

"But Rachel, I can't do that, she's my best friend." Quinn said shaking her head slowly.

Rachel walked up and softly placed a hand on Quinn's cheek, trying to further persuade her, "If you love me as much as you say you do, then you would."

Just as Quinn was about to give in, Santana walked through the door.

"Q, I have amazing news!" Santana said while walking further into the apartment.

Rachel and Quinn were yanked out of their moment by the sound of Santana's voice. Rachel huffed a deep sigh and marched right up to Santana, "Is your great news that you stole my part, huh? Why must you try to take away every good thing in my life?"

"Woah, chill Berry. I saw an opportunity, and I went for it. What's wrong with that?" Santana said, towering over the shorter brunette.

"What's wrong with that is the facts that it was my opportunity to be my own understudy!"

Santana scoffed and laughed at Rachel's ridiculousness. "Get over it, Rachel, I'm your understudy and that's that."

Quinn decided that she should cut in and make her presence known. "Rachel, let's just think about this rationally." Quinn said while walking up behind Rachel, gently massaging her shoulders.

"Of course you would be defending her! Whatever, I'm going to bed. You can sleep on the couch tonight, Quinn… Or better yet, just sleep with Santana! She might as well take my cuddle buddy too."

Santana and Quinn stood there as Rachel dramatically stormed off to her room.

After a few moments of silence, Quinn bashfully looked down and rubbed the back of her neck, "Uh, I guess a congratulations would be appropriate?" Quinn nervously giggled.

Santana returned the nervous giggle, "Yeah, um, thanks Q."

"I'm sure you rocked that audition. You're an amazing performer, and your stage presence is—it's like you own the stage. Like, you belong there."

"Wow."

"Oh I'm sorry, was—was that too much?" Quinn asked with a blood-red face.

"No, no it's just…I've only seen you talk about Rachel like that, with such passion and sincerity."

"It's because I love you, San."

"I love you too, Quinn…but," Santana started.

"But?"

"But, I just don't see how you can be head over heels in love with Berry and then all of a sudden love me. I don't just want to be a rebound, Q."

Quinn felt horrible. She didn't want Santana to think she saw her just as a rebound. "Santana no. I didn't all of a sudden fall in love with you. It's always been there I just didn't realize it yet. I kind of did the night we slept together, but I wanted to stick with the one consistent thing in my life and that was my love for Rachel."

"Quinn, I do love you and you know that, but I can't do this right now. I need some time to see if this is real. I don't think I could ever be the same if you break my heart."

Quinn couldn't promise not to break the other girl's heart; especially with the way things were going. "I understand. I know it doesn't make any sense, and I know it seems out of nowhere to you, but it's been in here," Quinn holds her hand over her heart, "for a really long time."

"Thanks, Q." Santana gave Quinn a chaste kiss on the cheek then retreated back to her room.

Quinn flopped backwards on the couch and lied there thinking about how she could prove to Santana that she was going to make an effort to be in it for the long run.

Author's Note 2: I know it's confusing for all of us, even Santana is confused by Quinn's sudden change of heart, but all will make sense later. it's called CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT for a reason. Just give the author here a little bit of time. Don't expect another update for about another month my life will be HECTIC and I need all the sleep I can get. Anyways, thank you for reading and sorry to all the Faberries who are probably going to leave me, goodbye, old friends :(