Time To Catch Up
Rachel was all giggles and laughs the whole night with her co-workers, a worry-free night with a couple of drinks. Rachel lost count after five drinks, but at least she's having a good time. Until Finn pulled her back to the table
"Rachel, you have to stop drinking" He said in a hushed tone
"Why? This is the greatest night of my life" Rachel slurred
"You're too drunk. I'm gonna take you home"
Rachel's face cringed "No way! If she's gonna be there then I'm not leaving"
Finn got Rachel's phone and dialed her house number, there was no answer. Then he tried Cristine's cell phone after a few rings she picked up
"Hey baby, are you okay?" Cristine sounded like she just woke up
"Hey Cristine, this is Finn. Are you home?"
"No, I'm out of town for a week, remember?" Her tone became a bit abrasive
"Right, totally forgot. I'd love to chat, but I have better things to do" Finn hung up then turned to Rachel "Today's your lucky day you get the house to your self"
Getting Rachel home wasn't easy, it was like wrestling with a squealing pig. She would knee your chest, claw your back, even stomp on your foot. Finn carried Rachel to her room and settled her into her bed.
"Fiiiiinnnnn" Rachel called out "Can you pass me my laptop?" The drunk singer pointed at her purse
"I swear Rachel, I don't know how you can carry this thing around all the time" Finn muttered as he handed her, her laptop
"Thank you" Rachel rubbed her eyes trying to fix her vision, but it made it worst. But she still saw her agent get up from the bed and headed out the door "Finn!"
Finn smirked, he knew what Rachel was going to ask "Yes, Rachel?"
"Can you sleepover? You know I hate being alone" Rachel pouted
"Of course. I'll settle myself on the couch, Good night Rach" He went over and kissed the singer on her head
"Good night!"
Rachel looked through the comments sections of an article about her performance tonight, all positive, no hate what so ever. The brunette thought about what Finn had told her if the press does find out that she's cheating, well she's not exactly cheating since the stupid website couldn't find any matches for her. Rachel decides to live unhappy in her relationship, so she went to the dating website to deactivate her account. But before she could she found her inbox lit up with a notification sign, Rachel couldn't stop the smile that was forming on her face.
Quinn Fabray- Hello (:
Instead of replying to the woman, she snooped around her profile first just to make sure who she's talking to. 'Not bad, she looks gorgeous. I approve!' Rachel thought
Barbra Sarfati- Hello! What brings you to my profile?
Rachel didn't wait long till she heard a bing sound
Quinn Fabray- Not to be cliché, but something about you draws my attention.
Barbra Sarfati- Wow, that was cliché! You tell that to all the women on this site?
Quinn Fabray- Have you seen the women on here? They're like in their 30's!
Barbra Sarfati- Haha luckily for you I'm 21 (:
Quinn Fabray- Lucky me (;
Rachel felt it. She felt the butterfly effect in her stomach, something she hasn't felt in a while now. It's strange how this blonde had that effect on Rachel in such a short amount of time, not even Cristine gave her that feeling after 2 weeks of knowing her.
Quinn and Rachel were up all hours of the night just chatting away into bliss. Before they knew it, it was already 7 a.m.
Barbra Sarfati- You do realize that it is now the morning, right?
Quinn Fabray- Oh...will you look at that. I guess it is haha, it was worth it.
Barbra Sarfati- I should go, if my agent finds out that I didn't-
Rachel stopped herself, was she about to tell her, her biggest secret? She didn't know what she was typing. Quinn is so easy to talk to, she felt the need to tell her everything. 'For crying out loud, the girl doesn't even know your real name!'
Barbra Sarfati- I should go, I have class in...a few minutes.
Rachel lied
Quinn Fabray- As do I haha, but I honestly don't want to end the conversation...Would you mind exchanging numbers?
Barbra Sarfati- Not at all. 13108291986
Quinn Fabray- I'll make sure to call you
Barbra Sarfati- Can't wait xoxo
As soon has she heard Finn walking around the house, she closed her laptop, threw it on a chair, and acted like she has slept all day
"You may be a great actor, but you can't fake sleep" Finn nonchalantly said while sipping on his orange juice
Rachel sat herself up "Was I that obvious?"
"No, but the giggling kinda was. I could hear you from the other room"
Rachel blushed slightly "That's what happens when two people are enjoying each other's company. They tend to laugh and giggle"
"I'm assuming that it's not Cristine we're talking about here"
"No way. Her name is Quinn" Rachel gushed
Finn smiled "Let's just hope she sticks around. She might not handle the pressure of dating a star"
The brunette laughed awkwardly "I-I bet she can"
"Riighht. Well, get ready you have an interview in 2 hours"
Rachel did as she was told. She couldn't stop thinking about how Quinn will react if she found out about the real her. Quinn would take advantage of her and her fame, she will use it to make herself famous. Rachel couldn't let that happen, not again.
It's like the Cristine thing all over again. Rachel and Cristine both went to the same college, that's when they were nobodies they were just regular college students. They started dating in the mid-year of freshmen year while they sang duets together. Then one day Rachel got a call from the producers saying she got the part of Fanny Brice, Cristine was happy for her, but also had a plan. Cristine wanted to become famous too so Rachel and her could be the next IT couple.
As always, fame got to her head. After a while it wasn't about her and Rachel anymore, it was just about her. To this day Rachel still doesn't know why she hasn't broken up with her.
(1 week later)
Quinn couldn't concentrate in her psychology class, all she could think about was Barbra. The blonde decided to send her a text since the teacher is to busy teaching.
Todays lesson is so boring! How's class for you? (:
Either the brunette is a slow texter or it was a really long minute. They may have only known each other for a week, but Quinn could feel a pull towards her. It's like they were meant to meet online, the brunette made Quinn feel like a teenager again; so youthful and full of spirit.
After class she finally got a text from her
Quinn! Sorry I was caught up in class. Are you free later? -R
Whoops, I meant to put B instead of R. I get them mixed up -B
"Adorable" Quinn said aloud, but luckily no one heard that or else people will think she's gone crazy
Of course, why?
I was thinking we could Skype? I want to meet you properly and see that beautiful face via video (: -B
Quinn smiled widely she probably looked like a dork, but who cares, she's happy.
Sounds great! But my exam is in 20 mins.
That's okay. I'll wait for you oxox -B
The blonde rushed over to Santana's dorm, she has to tell her about her new love interest. And if Santana doesn't care then Quinn will make her care. She stepped into the building and wasted no time, Quinn banged on the door "San! Open up!"
The door crept open slowly and was only met with Santana's evil eyes "Quinn.." Santana said nicely but in an angry way "It's 1 in the afternoon, what could you possibly want now?"
"I met someone on the dating site!" Quinn squealed
The brunette was now interested in her friend's love life "Do tell, come in"
They sat themselves on her mini couch ready to gossip
"Who's the lucky woman?"
"Her name's Barbra" Quinn swoon at the name "And get this: she's not a creepy 40-year-old dude!"
Santana raised a brow "And how do YOU know that?"
"We're gonna Skype after our exam"
"Our exam is today?" Santana asked, Quinn nodded "Oh shit! Why didn't you tell me, I need to get ready!"
Their exam wasn't what they expected. It wasn't even in the books, Quinn was pretty sure that she was gonna fail. Who cares, she is moments away to finally meeting her online crush. After they finished, both girls ran to Santana's dorm nearly pushing everyone in their way.
Santana hopped on her bed and grabbed her laptop, she couldn't wait to see this. Although, it would be funny if it did turned out to be a creepy old man. Santana silently laughed uncontrollably, she thought it was so funny that even a tear came out.
"Alright I'll text-" Quinn looked confusingly at her friend "Are you crying?"
Santana waved her off, she couldn't talk right now..or breathe. She handed her the laptop and waited patiently for the video chat to start
Rachel re-applied her make up, fixed her hair, and made sure that she doesn't look like a desperate sad clown hooker. Rachel stood in front of the mirror 'too much eye shadow' She wiped it off and applied a more natural color. 'Ew..my eye liner looks a bit weird..' Instead of taking it off she smudged it lightly on her bottom eye lid to make her eyes have more definition.
"Perfect" Rachel opened her laptop and saw that Quinn was available, she clicked the call button and waited
God, she was so nervous. Rachel had chills up her spine and some doubts to just ending the call. "Oh god.." Rachel was now face-to-face with Quinn Fabray
Quinn's jaw dropped "You look..amazing" Santana tried to sneak a peek, but Quinn kept shoving her out
Quinn's voice sounded like music to Rachel's ears, it's soft and soothing; she could listen to it forever
"God, Quinn, you look beautiful!" Rachel gushed
"Thank you, it's so nice to see you; via video of course"
"Ahem! I hope you didn't forget about me" Santana smirked knowing it would get Quinn mad
"Who was that?" Rachel asked
"That's my annoying friend Santana, but don't mind her. She's just here to see that you're not a creepy man" Quinn laughed awkwardly
"Well as you can see I'm clearly not a man"
"You most certainly aren't" Quinn seductively licked her lips, trying hard not to stare at Rachel's breasts. Those things were like magnets!
The brunette's face turned red like a tomato 'Oh my god..this girl is something, better than Cristine that's for sure' Rachel thought. She felt a presence near her she looked around and found Finn sneaking up on her "Finn! What are you doing here?"
"I came to get my wallet, I left it here this morning" Finn caught a glimpse of the screen, he put two and two together "And who do we have here"
"Finn this is Quinn, my uh..friend"
"Hi" Quinn smiled while waving at him
'Adorable' Rachel thought
"Nice to meet you, Quinn. Rachel has told me so much about you"
Rachel's heart stopped and an uncomfortable feeling settled in her stomach. 'Please tell me he didn't...'.
Confusion and curiosity took over Quinn "Who's Rachel?" She's heard that name before..but where?
Finn looked back and forth between the girls "You didn't tell her...did you?" He sounded disappointed "Why didn't you tell her?"
"I..I-I don't know. Can you not be here? Apparently I have some explaining to do thanks to a certain someone" Rachel glared at her agent. He put on his evil smirk, he knows what he's done. Rachel looked back at Quinn, she saw nothing but hurt and confusion. She has lied to Quinn.
"Quinn.. I'm so sorry. I-I didn't-"
"How could you.."
"Quinn, please hear me out" Rachel begged "I can explain everything if you just-"
"You expect me to believe you? After you lied about who you are? You know, Santana was right about this whole online dating thing. People do lie" From there Quinn ended the call
What has Rachel done? She messed it up before it even began, she missed her one and only shot at finally being happy. But Rachel won't give up that easy, she's had enough of being miserable.
Quinn, I know you're mad, but we have to talk -R
It's been 17 messages later she's heard nothing from Quinn, she didn't even read her messages. So she tried again
You can't ignore me, Quinn Fabray! No matter how hard you try -R
Silent treatment, huh? You know what they say: Silence is never the solution -R
Santana took a look at the blonde's phone "That's like her 30th text in the last 3 hours"
"20th actually" Quinn corrected
She felt so used, so transparent. How could she do this? It's only been a week and she already lied to her; lied from the beginning. A part of her wanted to talk to the brunette to hear why she did it, and the other part didn't want to know the reason; it may hurt her.
"Q, talk to her" Santana suggested "You know you want to"
Quinn raised a brow, but didn't speak. Instead she left her friend's dorm and headed to the library for some space.
'C'mon Rachel, you can do this! She's not going to kill you, she's miles away. Call..call!'
Rachel paced back and forth deciding if she should do this through the phone. Her fingers hovered over her contact name and pressed call. Rachel could feel her heart pound against her chest once Cristine answered the phone
"Hey stranger" Cristine said playfully
"When are you coming back?" Rachel didn't want small talk, she needed to get to her point
"In a few days, why?"
"I'll tell you WHY-" Rachel really wanted to shout, but this has to be done professionally "Cristine, you are a very lovely girl, like really lovely. But I can't stand you not being here. The thought of you not being able to see my performances is UNACCEPTABLE"
"Oh.." Rachel could hear the hurt in her voice "Babe, I'm sorry that this is hard for you, but once I get there I promise things will be a lot different"
"Oh, I know things will become different because from now on you and I are no longer dating"
"Rachel.."
"It's final Cristine. I mean it" Rachel ended the call. She felt the world lift off her shoulders she can breathe again. Now that phase one is complete she can move on with phase two: Win Quinn Back.
A week has flown by and neither of the girls has spoken to each other. Rachel has called and texted the blonde, but she receives nothing in return. Finn has told her to give up and that she's not worth the pain. If she wasn't so emotionally drained then she would have fought back.
Quinn isn't taking it so well either, she locked out her roommate just so she could mope freely without someone coming in and disrupting her. The blonde has thought about giving Barbra, or should she say Rachel, another chance. But she had way too many people lying to her throughout her life and she doesn't need another one.
There was a knock on the door it was probably her roommate asking her if she could finally sleep on her own bed.
Quinn groaned "Emily, I told you to sleep somewhere else!"
"Q, it's Santana"
"Oh...Then go away!"
"If you don't open this door in the next 5 seconds I will knock it down!" Santana threaten
"She wouldn't" Quinn whispered
Suddenly the door flew open reveling a smirking Santana "Oh god!" the Latina covered her nose in disgust "Quinn, what's that smell?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about"
"This place is a mess, when was the last time you showered?"
"Don't know, don't care"
"She really took a toll on you, huh?"
A toll? How about a push from the tallest building in the world. Quinn trusted her. They clicked the moment the brunette responded to her message.
"Quinn, I think it's time you talk to her" Santana suggested
"Santana!" Quinn yelled "You don't know how it feels to have someone you like lie to your face! I can't trust her anymore..I just can't" Quinn's yelling turned to a whisper then to tears
"As a friend all I could do is respect your decisions, but I'm not your friend. I'm your best friend. So that means" Santana lunged towards Quinn's phone "I'll talk to Rachel for you"
Quinn instantly chased Santana around her room trying to tackle her. Who was she kidding, if anything Santana will end up tackling her. So all she did was hit the Latina with her pillow
"Please have mercy"
Santana already pressed the call button "Too late- Yes, hi? Is Rachel there?" Santana asked on the phone
"What she saying?"
Santana held up her index finger telling her to shut up "Well when she's feeling better could you tell her to call back? It's important. Thanks, bye"
"Is she sick? What happened to her?"
"She's sick alright.. sick of you ignoring her" Quinn tilted her head and arched an eye brow "She's a mess, Quinn. She's been jammed in her room all week"
Quinn felt sick of herself. How could she be so selfish? She's over here crying and blowing snot into her tissues thinking Rachel just played her like a fiddle. She was so wrong. Just the thought of Rachel being depressed and broken because of her makes Quinn want to vomit.
"I have to fix this"
"You should" Santana caught a whiff of Quinn when she passed by her "But first, take a shower!"
Rachel has been in a fetal position just staring at her phone waiting for Quinn to either text or call back, but there was nothing. She finally got tired of laying and staring so she threw her phone out of her room. Finn was right; she's not worth the pain. She's not worth the tears, but she is worth something to Rachel.
There was a knock at the door, Rachel politely let them enter. It was Finn giving back her phone
"Finn, I don't want to see this. Burn it, destroy it, or give it to the homeless man across the street" Rachel snapped
"Not after you call Quinn"
Her heart ache when he mentions the name "I'll call her when I'm dead"
"Rachel!"
"Finn!"
"She just called! She really wants to talk to you"
"Quinn called me?" Rachel smiled. A smile?! After 1 horrendous week she can finally manage a smile. It warmed her insides knowing Quinn finally called
"Actually it was Santana, but she did it for her" Finn confessed
Then her smiled died down a bit "Oh, well, I'll call her when I have the time"
"By the looks of it you have a lot of time"
"Huh?"
"Your countdown"
Rachel looked at her wrist, Finn's right..again. Her time read 0160 days, 9 hours, 11 minutes, 43 seconds. When did that happen? As Rachel began to find Quinn's number, she had an incoming call "Finn, answer it! It's him!"
He took the phone "Hello?"
"What are they saying?"
"Shut up- Oh no, not you!" Finn stepped out of her room for more privacy
Rachel played with her finger, eager to know what they're talking about. What if they don't like her? Or worst they found someone BETTER than her. Finn came in with a smile like if he was going to kill you, but you wouldn't know it.
"Rachel Berry..is now...A MOVIE STAR!" Finn cheered
The brunette broke out into joyful tears. They accepted her, she's going places!
"Pack your bags Rach, we're heading to Los Angeles!"
And that's when Rachel's 'Win Back Quinn' plan fell into place.