A/N: Here is part 2 of the two parter. Like I said last chapter, Rachel does learn her lesson, but not until later. So, for the Rachel Berry fans, please keep that in mind.
Chapter 8: And Your Decision Is? Part II
(Choir Room)
"So what do you guys think of my welcome back gift?" Finn said smiling shyly. He wasn't sure if the Glee Club would welcome him back.
"Thanks for the slushies' Finn. There very delicious." Rachel said sipping hers.
"And loaded with empty calories. You know why the call them slushies' don't you? It's because you butt looks one if you have one too many." Kurt said casting a quick glance at David.
"A toast to Mr. Schue. You were right about Football and Glee Club being a killer combination." Finn said.
"Thanks Finn. And it's good to have you back." Mr. Schue said drinking his. He stops after a few seconds putting his hand to his head. "Oh, man brain freeze. I can't imagine being hit in the kisser with one of these."
"You never been hit by a slushy before Mr. Schue?" Artie asked giving everyone an idea. All the members of the New Directions start to slowly step forward. All with identical looks on they're faces.
"Alright guys," Mr. Schue sighs. "We're team."
"One. Two. Three!" All fourteen slushies' hit Mr. Schue straight on.
"Alright guys. Let me go get clean up. Then we'll take from the top." Mr. Schue said.
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I am defying gravity
And you won't bring me down!
"Oh, oops! Sorry guys." Rachel said grabbing her phone and looking at the caller ID. "I'll be right back. I need to take this." Rachel then darted out of the Choir Room when the song went to repeat. She didn't want anyone in New Directions to know, who she was about to talk too.
"Hello, Rachel? It's Jacob. I think you're going to be very pleased with what I got for you."
"What do have for me Jacob?" Rachel asked excitement in her voice like a kid in a candy store.
Jacob continued to tell Rachel all about what he found out. Quinn was indeed pregnant but there was a very good chance that the baby Daddy wasn't Finn, but quite possibly Puck. Quinn and Puck had hooked up at Santana's End of the Summer Party and if you do the collections correctly. Then chances are Puck is the father and not Finn.
Aha! So, Quinn's lying about Finn being the father! Rachel knew it! Well, not about Puck being the father but knowing that there was no way that Finn could be the father. The way he kept saying how it happened. There was just no way that Finn, could be the father: Finally, something to tell Finn and have him come running to his real girlfriend, Rachel.
"Okay, Jacob," Rachel said. She couldn't help but have an ear splitting smile on her face. "Now, what do you have for me about Cassidy? Knowing you, you have something extremely good and very juicy."
"Oh, I do, Rachel. I do indeed. See, when Cassidy was in Baltimore after her parents got divorce . . ."
Divorce? Well, well, well. What a perfect thing to have Cassidy quit once and for all, because nobody would want that little secret going around. It maybe public knowledge, just by going online but things like that, the person either offers to tell or doesn't tell. Especially if the reason why was very scandalous. Yes, Rachel could easily destroy Cassidy before she even has a chance at a shot at a career on Broadway simply by finding out why the Karofsky's had gotten a divorce and using it as blackmail.
But she won't. Rachel may be a cocky, selfish, self-center, conceited, spotlight hog, with an ego (yes, even she will admit that at times). Hey, if your good at something and shine so brightly, then you deserve to have an ego to boast about your talent. But even Rachel won't say anything about Cassidy's and David's parents no longer being married.
It's part of the honor code. Many sports, businesses, law majors/careers, entertainment, music and even Broadway have an honor code. Find out a secret that could destroy someone's life and/or career. You don't report it unless, you have too. Abuse, drugs, alcohol, bad influences/decisions, scams, you name it. Then you go and spill the beans. However, this was not one of those things. Yes, Rachel could easily have Cassidy quit Glee Club and never step foot into a music room or auditorium ever again. But she won't. Rachel will honor the code, even if right now she really wishes it never excited.
". . . Cassidy was in fact a Ravenette!"
A Ravenette? Cassidy was a Ravenette?! Oh no, no, no! This will not do! If Cassidy was a Ravenette, then she'll end up taking over the Glee Club! Rachel couldn't let that happen! Rachel was the true leader of the Glee Club. Rachel needed to be the leader of the Glee Club. How else was she supposed to get into Julliard? Be on Broadway? Oh, no, no, no. Rachel cannot allow this to happen!
"Jacob. I need you to keep digging on Cassidy. Find out anything you can for me, but I want you to leave the divorce alone. That's something that no one else, unless the Karofsky's are willing to tell, needs to know." Rachel said knowing Jacob.
Jacob will find something extremely good for her to use and get that thorn in her side out once and for all. Yes, should could easily blackmail Cassidy with the divorce information, but she won't. As much as Rachel can't be in the same room as Cassidy for more the five minutes, she will not break the code. She'll just have to find something else to blackmail Cassidy with.
Rachel hung up with a satisfy smirk on her face. She was finally going to get her Alpha Female role of the Glee Club back once and for all. Where it rightfully belonged, with Rachel Barbara Berry, future Broadway Star and soon to be the rightful leader of the New Directions. She turned around and was about to head back to Glee practice. When the last person, Rachel ever wanted to see was standing right in front of her.
"I can't believe you!"
"W-what do you mean?" Rachel stammered. She was caught red handed and she knew it too. But that doesn't mean that she couldn't act her way out of it. She might not have heard the whole conversation.
"You. Talking to Jacob Ben Israel to get some juicy blackmail material?" Or not. "I can't believe you, Rachel. And here, I thought you had some decency in you. But here you are! Proving me wrong!"
"I-It's not what you think Quinn! And . . . What about you? Huh? I bet you did some pretty shady things!" Rachel shot back.
Rachel knew what girls like Quinn were like. Hypocrites. That's all they were. They say they're your friend but when it seems like it would dampen their reputations of being popular. Then it's one humiliating prank just to feel superior over girls like Rachel, who are just plain better than them. And of course, they can't stand the fact of someone being better and more talented than them.
"Don't try to make this about me, Rachel. You're the one trying to blackmail Cassidy." Quinn warned. She never did like, nor has she ever gotten along with Rachel. But she always thought Rachel was a much better person than this; even if Rachel was extremely competitive.
"Cassidy was stealing my spotlight! I'm the only real star here! Who has more experience in performing? Me! Who's won more trophies than anyone in that entire Club combined? Me! Who quit the lead female role in the school musical to come back to Glee Club? Me! Who has the better singing voice? Me! Who should get all the all the solos, so we will win and go to Nationals? Me! That's who! I'm the one who's going to be leading this Club off the ground and win Nationals! So, that we, "the losers" can finally get the god damn respect we rightfully deserve from the so called populars, who think that they're so much better than us and humiliate us, just for kicks! Why?! Because they're dead beat loser boy toy dumps them at the last minute for god-knows-what booty call and have absolutely nothing to do for a Friday!"
Rachel was right in front of Quinn glaring daggers at the end of her rant. How dare this snobby, good for nothing, slushies people for no reason, walking Barbie Doll Cheerleader, say that Rachel doesn't have a good reason. Rachel was the true leader of the Glee Club. Not that little Broadway Wannabe, but her!
"So, that's it? You're so desperate to win that you blackmail your own teammate? Just so you can win a trophy that won't mean a damn thing to you in three years when you graduate?" Quinn asked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Rachel was blackmailing, Cassidy just so Rachel will be center stage and win Nationals? It doesn't make sense unless . . .
"Oh, my god," Quinn whispered.
It finally clicked. The reason why Rachel was so tense and distant and virtually quit Glee Club out of spite. Rachel was jealous. Jealous of everyone liking Cassidy over her, jealous of everyone in Glee Club choosing Cassidy as the leader of the Club instead of choosing, Rachel.
Rachel lives and breathes to be in the spotlight. If she wasn't in the spotlight then there was something wrong or Rachel blamed it on someone else for not giving her talent the recognition she presumed she should have. Rachel thought because she was a Broadway protégé, it automatically meant instant stardom/star treatment and instant popularity the minute she stepped in to the halls of McKinley High School. But then Rachel, gotten a heavy dose of reality. She didn't get the star treatment she dreamt up in her head. She didn't get instant popularity and Rachel kept blaming the Unholy Trio for not having the star quality treatment she rightfully felt she deserved.
Then the Glee Club came. Again, Rachel felt she would be having nothing but the spotlight and be the sole star of the school. It didn't happen because of that tuneless, creepy, shoty teacher. Now, Mr. Schue took over the Glee Club and Rachel once again, stuck her nose up and demanded (borderline bullied to have all the solos and have everyone else be her backup singers). Then Cassidy came along and started put harmony in to place and thought everyone deserved a shot. And then the Jocks and the Cheerios came. Cassidy saw opportunity for more voices and more songs. Rachel saw a war zone, and declared war; starting with Cassidy. So, Rachel will have no problem demanding and bullying her way in to the spotlight.
"Oh, my god. You're jealous. You're jealous and scared that Cassidy's the much better leader, then you. That's why you're doing this, isn't it? You just can't stand the fact of someone being as good as you or being better than you." Quinn stated, finally realizing what was going on.
"I don't know what you're talking about because I'm the one who's got the most talent in Glee Club. Not you and most certainly not that little Broadway Wannabe Cassidy!" Rachel said. She couldn't believe what Quinn was accusing her of. Her? Jealous? Ha! Rachel doesn't even know what the word jealous means. So, how can someone as talented as her and will be staring on Broadway when she graduates from Julliard, be jealous? That's like saying Barbra was jealous of Lea Michel. It just doesn't happen.
"You can't stand the fact of someone else being in the spotlight, besides you. You, know what Rachel? I knew you were a lot of things. But I never, taken you to be such a glory hog!" Quinn challenged.
Quinn was always jealous of how easy life was for Rachel. Rachel, the annoying, with the shrieking voice, has to be the center of attention, Hobbit; who never had to be anything but herself. She never had to keep up appearances or fake a smile just to please her parents. It was the one thing Quinn always hated about Rachel. Rachel never had to be anything but her perfectly unattractive, selfish, self-center, it's-all-about-me Divatude, self. But this?! This was low. Even for Quinn's standers it was low.
"It takes one to know one. How many girls wanted to be Head Cheerio, Quinn? How many of those girls have you either humiliated, pranked, spread rumors about them, sabotage their routine, or just plain threaten, just to make sure you kept your position?!" Rachel shot back. She wasn't about to let Quinn come out of this looking like a perfect rose. Rachel didn't know Quinn at all, but this was Quinn Fabray, she was talking about: The Head Bitch in Charge. How could she not have done some of the things if not most of the things Rachel mentioned?
"I may have done some questionable things that even I'm not proud of. But this is beyond that. And for what? For Cassidy to never try out for a solo? For her to just sit idly by, swaying in the background, while you prance around in the spotlight? For her to just quit Glee Club? That's low, even for you." Quinn said.
Quinn wasn't about to back down from a challenge. Nor, was she about to let a potential friend and teammate be blackmailed and have all of her secrets be posted for all to see. Not, if she could help it. Yes, Quinn was the definition of a snobby, self-center, Queen Bee, but even she had morals. She might not have known Cassidy for very long, but the little time the two of them had hanged out together. Quinn couldn't help but to start to like Cassidy. She was starting to grow on Quinn, even with her annoying obsession with Anime.
"Oh, really? And what are you going to do about it?" Rachel challenged. She had an arrogant smirk on her face. Well, if she couldn't get Cassidy to quit or back down. Then she'll settle for the one who made her high school life a living hell for no apparent reason: Other than the fact that she could.
"I'll expose you for the fraud that you are." Quinn said with a bit of satisfaction seeing Rachel's smirk falter.
"Oh, are you? And just how do you presume to do just that?" Rachel asked. "Or did you forget when you were eavesdropping that I have Jacob Ben Israel and his little blog wrapped around my little finger?"
"I'll tell everyone in Glee Club what you plan to do. That you're trying to blackmail Cassidy in to quitting Glee Club just so that you can be Captain." Quinn said with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't think you want to do that Quinn." Rachel said. "Unless you want everyone in the school to know about you being pregnant?"
"You wouldn't dare?!"
"Oh, really? Why wouldn't I with everything you and your little posy put me through? One text message from me, then everyone in the whole school would know. Including Coach Sylvester." Rachel said with a satisfy smirk. "Seems to me that if she found out about her Head Cheerio was caring a child. Then her star Cheerio wouldn't be a Cheerio any more. Now, would she?"
Oh, how good did this feel? To finally have something over Quinn "the Ice Bitch" Fabray. The one person who made Rachel's life a living hell. The one who kept posting and having everyone on the Cheerleading squad. Post nasty comments on her MySpace page every time Rachel posted a video of her amazing talent. Now, the tide has turn. Rachel's the one with the power now and she's going to use it.
"I didn't think so. Here's the deal. Let's just see how much of a friend Cassidy really is to you. Cassidy quits Glee Club. Then no one will know about your baby Daddy issues until it's obvious that you're with child." Rachel offered. "I know a lot people in Glee Club are the gossiping kings and queens, but even they won't say anything."
With that, Rachel took her leave and went back to Glee practice. Leaving a very conflicted Quinn.
'Now, what do I do?'
(Library)
Cassidy was fuming. She had gotten a total of five notes left in her locker saying the exact same thing. Quit Glee Club or Else. Cassidy was so tempted to go on her MySpace, Facebook and quite possibly start up a Twitter account. Post the damn note with a message saying, "Whoever wrote this. Or Else what?" But she won't. One, she didn't know who the person was who sending her these notes were. Two, the "or else" could easily be anything. A series of humiliating pranks, someone knowing what her allergies were and kept sending things to her that will make her allergies warp into overdrive. Cassidy shudder at the memory when that happened, back when she was in Baltimore.
Cassidy didn't know what to do. Hell, she couldn't even tell her brother about this. That would be just too embarrassing if she did that, always having to go to her big brother when she was trying to get out his shadow and be her own person. No, Cassidy will just have to find out on her own, who the hell was doing this. She decided to try and put out it of her mind until she got home so she can stew on this. But when she opened her e-mail, things really took a turn for the worst.
Broadway Wannabe,
This is your last chance. Let's how much of a friend you really are. Quit the Glee Club or everyone at school will know about Quinn Fabray being pregnant!
It wasn't signed. But this really narrowed it down to just two people that ever called Cassidy that and it was making her blood boil. It was either Stephanie Smith, the Captain of the Women's Basketball Team. Or it was the self-absorbed, arrogant, self-proclaimed Captain of the New Directions, Rachel Berry. And one of them was threatening to expose Quinn's secret of being pregnant! Oh, crap. Cassidy quickly printed it and bolted out there.
(Cheerios Practice)
Quinn knew that Rachel was talented. There was absolutely no denying that. Even if Rachel didn't shove it in everyone's face and said that they were all just jealous of her talent. But having to go by making everyone feel bad about themselves and doubt their own talent; just so Rachel can steal and hog the spot light and not let anyone else have a chance at it? That's not right. Yes, Quinn will admit that she has done some pretty horrible things that she's not proud of and would like to take back. But Quinn had always that thought Rachel was actually better than what a lot of the girls have been telling her when she first came to McKinley. But it looks like she was wrong. Rachel was just proving all of them were right. And if there was one thing to be said about Quinn Fabray was that Quinn was never one to back down from a challenge; especially if that challenge was named Rachel Barbara Berry.
Quinn knew girls like Rachel. Snobby, self-center, arrogant, looked down on others, talked about nothing but themselves and what they would do when they graduated, thought they were better than the rest of the people in the town they grew up in. The minute Rachel got that so called "big break" on Broadway. She would play up the underdog roll and go around saying that it was all thanks to her and her unappreciated talent that led the New Directions to victory.
Never mind all the back stabbing, bullying, hogging and stealing the spotlight from everyone else. And oh yes, let's not forget that she was undoubtedly blackmailing not one but two of her own teammates. Just so she and only she can be in the spotlight. It really made Quinn's blood boil at that. She really wanted to teach the hobbit a lesson, but Quinn knew that she couldn't do it by herself. She needed help. She needed the Unholy Trio for this.
"This is a closed practice, Karofsky!"
"Sorry Coach. But I need to talk to Quinn. It's kind of an emergency." Cassidy said breathlessly.
"What kind of emergency?" Coach Sylvester asked suspiciously.
"Personal." Cassidy said walking over to Quinn. "Meet me in the Locker Room in five."
(Girls Locker Room)
"What's going on?" Quinn asked.
"This," Cassidy said handing Quinn the printed e-mail. "Someone knows Quinn. Someone knows and is going to tell everyone at school unless I quit Glee."
"What?" Santana said grabbing the paper out of Quinn's hand. "How long as this been going on?"
"I've gotten a total of five notes. All of them saying the same thing. 'Quit Glee Club or Else.' Looks like I just found out what the 'or else' is." Cassidy said. She still wanted to know who it was that was blackmailing her and beat the crap of her. Cassidy still has her suspiciousness about it being Rachel. But without proof, she would just look like she was jealous, pointing fingers and trying to push the blame on her.
"That's not right. Why would someone be so mean to you? You didn't do anything, did you?" Britney asked.
"No. At least I don't think I did," Cassidy said.
"Then what are you going to do?" Britney asked.
"I don't know you very well Quinn. But, I have started to see you as becoming a friend," Cassidy smiled a little at that. It was true. Cassidy was starting to see Quinn as a potential friend. "Looks like I don't have a choice."
"Yeah, you do." Quinn said with determination in her eyes.
(Choir Room)
"Mr. Schue? I have a song I've been working on." Quinn said.
"Sure, Quinn. Come on up. Let's hear what you got." Mr. Schue smiled, happy to see some of his students starting to break out of their shells.
"This is for a friend of mine. She's going through a rough time right now and she feels like she doesn't have a choice at the moment." Quinn looked at Cassidy when she said that. "But you shouldn't let someone else make the decision for you. Nor should you let someone bully you into doing something that you don't want to do." Quinn gave Rachel a pointed look saying "I'm on to you."
(Quinn)
You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in color
And do the things I want
Quinn looked at Rachel while she sang the next verse. Making sure she got her point across. She wasn't about to let Rachel win. Not like this. If Rachel wanted to be Captain, then she needed to get it the same way as everyone else. By earning it.
(Quinn)
You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, 'cause you're dead wrong
-
Quinn looked back at Cassidy. She really hoped that her new friend understood the message she was trying to tell her.
(Quinn)
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
She looked at Puck when she sang the next line.
(Quinn)
You heard that I was starting over with someone new
They told you I was moving on over you
She looked over at Rachel when sang the next line. This was the last straw. No one blackmails Quinn Fabray or a friend of hers and gets away with it.
(Quinn)
You didn't think that I'd come back
I'd come back swinging
You try to break me, but you see
-
Quinn looked at everyone in Glee Club. She was starting to get into the song and was extremely glad that a lot of the girls and Kurt was getting into as well. Good they could use some support for what Quinn was planning on doing next.
(Quinn)
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over 'cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
_
Quinn looked right at Rachel when she sang the next part of the song. Determined to get her point across not only to Cassidy but to stick the final nail in the coffin in Rachel's plan. No one deserves to feel like this. No one. And if Quinn could help it. She was going to make sure it never continues and that everyone sees what a spoil rotten, selfish, arrogant, stage hog, Rachel Barbara Berry, truly was.
(Quinn)
Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning
In the end . . .
-
Quinn looked back at the Glee Club, more specifically looking right at Cassidy. None of them were going to take it anymore. Not from anyone and most certainly not from the self-proclaim Glee Captain, Rachel.
(Quinn)
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
When I'm alone
-
When the song ended, Quinn felt a whole lot better. She had gotten a lot of what she needed to say off her chest. Hopefully, the one person she was trying to get the message across too. Quinn smirked with a bit of satisfactory seeing the scowl on Rachel's face. Apparently, she had gotten the message Quinn was sending. And it also looked as if Cassidy did as well.
"That was amazing Quinn." Mr. Schue said. "I really do hope that your friend gets through with whatever's troubling her."
"Don't worry Mr. Schue. I'm getting there." Cassidy said and smiled at Quinn. "And thanks for that."
"Uh, okay," Mr. Schue said. Clearly he just missed something really important that just transpired between two of his students. "Um, does anyone else like to contribute a song? Yes, Rachel?"
(Hallway)
Quinn was very nervous. She didn't sleep well last night. All she kept thinking was how to tell Finn who the father of the child was before Rachel decided to spill the beans. She also needed to tell Coach Sue Sylvester about her being pregnant before the whole school knew.
Yeah, the way Rachel was gnawing her teeth and shooting her "if looks could kill." Quinn would be surprise if the whole school didn't know about her being pregnant or who the father was by tomorrow morning thanks to Rachel and her connection to Jacob Ben Israel. Then again, that actually might not be a bad idea. With that in mind she was going to talk to Cassidy about the idea she had. When she was face to face with the one person she really didn't want to see.
"I don't know what you're playing at but you better be careful Fabray," Rachel warned. "You're playing with fire and you're going to get burned. Or have you forgotten that I can easily destroy you with one text message?"
"You know what? Go right ahead. Text Jacob Ben Israel to run the story. As a matter of fact, I think I might tell him myself. Seeing as there was no way in hell you were going to go on date with him." Quinn said.
"I'm not bluffing here! I will tell Jacob to run the story!" Rachel said but Quinn could already tell that Rachel was cracking. She wasn't actually counting on the fact that Quinn was going to tell the story of her pregnancy. So, much for having something on the "Ice Queen" and eliminating both her competitions.
"Yeah, you are. But I'm not." Quinn said and took Rachel's phone. She then sent off a text message and handed it back to Rachel with a satisfy smirk. "Satisfy?"
"Y-you? Y-you just?" Rachel stammered.
"You think that it's all about you? It's all about Rachel being better than everyone else and being the center of attention, hogging all the spotlight, isn't? Well
here's a news flash for ya. I'm not going to take it anymore. You can't blackmail me or Cassidy to quit if you don't have something to blackmail with." Quinn said looking right at Rachel's disbelieving face.
************ Glee Full Performance Video: Fighter ************
Quinn looked right at Rachel with what she about to tell her. "You know. After all that you put me through. You think I'd despise you. But in the end I wanna thank you. 'Cause you've made me that much stronger."
Quinn went past Rachel and started to go down the hall towards the Choir Room where Glee practice was being held.
(Quinn)
Well I thought I knew you, thinkin' that you were true
Quinn turned around and saw a very pissed off Rachel staring at her.
(Quinn)
Guess I, I couldn't trust called your bluff time is up
'Cause I've had enough
Quinn turned around and continued on her way.
(Quinn)
You were there by my side, always down for the ride
But your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame
After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you
But uh uh, oh no, you're wrong
Quinn enters the Choir Room and sees Rachel texting Jacob Ben Israel. More like, Rachel was just twisting and spewing all of the glory and how much of a "real friend" she was trying to be to Quinn, by having her come clean about the pregnancy in the first place. Quinn also saw how much Cassidy despised it all and was in Rachel's face about it.
(Quinn)
Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do,
I wouldn't know
Just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Quinn went to the Girl's Locker Room and change into her Cheerio's Uniform. It was the last time she was going to wear it. Might as well get one more work out in before it all hits the fan. She then enters the Gym and starts doing a full run down workout routine to get her frustrations out. She couldn't believe that she thought Rachel was a much better person than this. Looks like you really don't know a person, until you really see their dark side.
(Quinn)
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
-
Quinn went to the showers after the intense workout she did. She was hoping the hot water will help ease both her muscles and her mind. She really had to think about and carefully plan what she was about to tell not only Coach Sue Sylvester, but Finn as well.
(Quinn)
Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing
Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game
I heard you're going round playing the victim now
But don't even begin feeling I'm the one to blame
'Cause you dug your own grave
Quinn went to her locker and changed into her street clothes. She had her Cheerio's Uniform cleaned when she was in the shower. Folding it up and placing it in the same box when she first got it. She didn't want to give it up, but she didn't have choice. It was either Quinn told the story or have Rachel spill the beans when she felt like it and really ruin everything for Quinn. Just so Rachel can get the upper hand and be the one with all the power and control and try to be popular.
(Quinn)
After all of the fights and the lies 'cause you're wanting to haunt me
But that won't work anymore
No more
It's over
'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture
I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Quinn walks out into the hall and her way to the Auditorium. One last time to fully sing her heart out, one last time to actually have the spotlight before Rachel pushes and bullies her way into the spotlight. And Mr. Schue just sits back does nothing and allows it all to happen.
(Quinn)
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Quinn enters the Auditorium and sprints to the stage as if some unseen force was calling to her. Now, she understood why Rachel wanted to be the in the spotlight. Now, she understood why Rachel wanted to steal and hog the spotlight so much that she did what she did. But that doesn't make it right. It doesn't excuse Rachel for it at all. No matter how good it feels to be the center of attention. There are so many other voices to shine and lead the New Directions to victory.
_
(Quinn)
How could this woman I thought I knew
Turn out to be unjust so cruel
Could only see the good in you
Pretended not to see the truth
You tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself
Through living in denial
But in the end you'll see
Quinn stood center stage and gave in to her emotions and let it all out.
(Quinn)
YOU
WON'T
STOP
ME
All kinds of videos of Rachel being center stage were playing in the background. Rachel was singing a solo for the umpteenth time for a Glee assignment, Rachel trying out for whatever crappy musical at the local theater, Rachel winning the umpteenth trophy for whatever worthless competition. Rachel basking in the glory and being the center of attention. Ignoring all the negative responses by saying and believing it was all because they were nothing but jealous of her amazing talent. Not because of her shoving it down all of their throats.
(Quinn)
I am a fighter and I
I ain't gonna stop
There is no turning back
I've had enough
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
Quinn goes and starts to walk down the hall towards her end of being the most popular girl in all of McKinley and no longer being a Cheerio. All thanks to the Hobbit and her jealousy of someone being better than her at something. But thanks to her, Quinn found out how much of a fighter she really was.
(Quinn)
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
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Quinn was now standing right in front of Coach Sue Sylvester's office. Well, here goes nothing. She's a fighter. She'll make it through this. Hopefully that is.
(Quinn)
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
************ Glee Full Performance Video: Fighter ************
(Coach Sue Sylvester's Office)
Wait, did I just imagine me singing and quite possibly being in a music video of Christina Aguilera's Fighter? Quinn was so lost in her thoughts on her way to Coach Sue Sylvester's office. That she didn't even notice Jacob Ben Israel scurrying out of the office as if his life depended on it. Quinn looked up at the office door and was having second thoughts, if what she did was the right decision. But it was too late to back out now. Only one way to go from here. Forward.
"Coach Sylvester?" Quinn said nervously as she knocked on the door before she entered the office. "I have something I need to tell you."
A/N: Okay I'm ending it here. And for all the Rachel Berry fans, I MOVED TO FLORDIA! Rachel will get better I promise. But that's a good few chapters away before she really starts to learn her lesson. It will come in Sectionals.
*Quickly grabs a suitcase and hides*
What do you think Coach Sylvester's' reaction will be? What do you think Rachel will do to get back at Quinn for ruining her perfect plan? Will Quinn come around and tell Finn the truth about who the father is? All of this and more coming up in the next chapter!
A/N 2: Who do you think should sing the ballad at Sectionals?
Rachel
Kurt
Mercedes
Songs Used:
Defying Gravity by Wicked
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) by Kelly Clarkson
Fighter by Christina Aguilera