Open your heart to me

Chapter 2

The next morning when Quinn woke up she was surprised that she had slept through the night and not woken up once, as she usually had trouble sleeping at first when she was in new places. She and Rachel had spent the evening getting their space how they both wanted it, talking about their classes and making a few ground rules for the room. They had then both watched Netflix shows separately on their laptops before Quinn had fallen asleep before Rachel. Quinn had trouble believing that they had actually gotten on well last night and that Rachel seemed respectful and surprisingly un-diva like about sharing a room.

Quinn sleepily opened her eyes and turned her head to look at Rachel's side of the room, she was surprised to see her fully dressed and sitting at her desk on her laptop. Quinn checked the time on her phone and was amazed to see that it was only eight thirty am.

"Good morning Rachel. You are up and dressed early" Quinn said sleepily.

"Morning Quinn, I thought I would use the bathroom early as I have a specific routine that takes quite a while and I didn't want to make you late" Rachel replied with a smile.

"Thank you Rachel. Did you sleep well?" Quinn softly asked.

"Surprisingly the best I've slept in a long time" The brunette responded with a smile.

Quinn lazily got out of bed and used the bathroom. She came back into the bedroom and was wearing the robe her roommate had given her, she saw Rachel smile as she noticed Quinn's robe and it made her blush slightly. She chose an outfit and went back into the bathroom to get changed as she was a little self conscious of her body and she also didn't want to make Rachel feel uncomfortable by getting changed in front of her. Once she was dressed she done her hair and makeup and organised all she would need for the day and packed it into her bag.

Both girls had classes all day but agreed to meet up for dinner that evening as they didn't know anyone else yet. They were sure they would make new friends soon enough but for the first day they didn't mind spending the evening together and thought it would be nice to eat with a familiar face.

The day went pretty quickly and Quinn actually enjoyed all her classes. The professors seemed nice and most of her classmates seemed to be ok. She had spoken to a few of them but it wasn't anything more than pleasantries yet. She did hear that there was going to be a big party that weekend and wondered if she should go or not, she doubted Rachel would want to go and she didn't really want to go her own.

She made the journey to a nearby diner that she had agreed to meet Rachel at for dinner and once there was shown to a table for two and waited for her to arrive.

Rachel's day had gone well, she was very happy with her classes and she had particularly enjoyed dance. Although the teacher was quite strict, she had been paired up with a guy called Brody and they both matched each other in dance abilities. He had told her about a party this weekend and she wondered whether or not to go. She wasn't huge on drinking and parties but thought it might be a fun way to get to know more people and have a good time. She would maybe ask Quinn to go with her so she had a wing woman if needed.

Quinn had agreed to meet her at a diner so she made her way there. She was really hungry after her busy day and was looking forward to eating, but was also looking forward to seeing her friend and asking her about her day. She still felt surprised at how well they had got on last night and how easy their conversations had flowed. They were friends at school but weren't extremely close and had never really spent a lot of one on one time together as there had always been other people there so this was new for the both of them.

Rachel arrived at the restaurant and was surprised to see that Quinn was already there. She made her way to the table and sat opposite the blonde.

"Hey! How was your day Q?" she said with a smile.

"Really good thank you, how was yours?" Quinn answered returning the smile.

"Mine was good too thanks, dance was great. I've been paired up with this guy Brody who is just amazing" Rachel said as her cheeks blushed. "He told me about this party at the weekend, should we go?"

"Sure, why not!" Quinn replied.

The girls enjoyed their dinner and once they had finished they made their way back to their dorm room. Quinn said she had some work to do and Rachel said she was going listen to music on her phone in bed; she had to find two songs for her classes, one she could choreograph a dance to and one to sing.

She used the bathroom and changed into her pyjamas before settling in bed and put her earphones in and started to search YouTube as Quinn sat her desk working away on her laptop.

Rachel couldn't help but look over at Quinn a smile a few times; she still couldn't believe that of all the people at their college she could have been paired with, she had been roomed with Quinn. She also couldn't believe that Quinn actually wore the robe she brought her for Christmas; she thought it would've been stuffed in a bag at the bottom of her wardrobe or something, never to see the light of day again. She enjoyed spending time with her and getting to know her in this way, it was certainly different to the time they had spent together at school, but so far it had been really nice.

She closed her eyes and let herself get into the music that was filling her ears.

Quinn finished the work she needed to do and closed her laptop. She looked over at Rachel and saw her lying with her eyes closed and her earphones in; she was moving her legs and tapping her hands on her stomach to what Quinn guessed was the rhythm of the song she was listening to. Quinn couldn't help but let out a small laugh, Rachel looked hilarious and she was obviously very deep into whatever song it was.

Quinn went to use the bathroom and put on her pyjamas before making her way into bed. Rachel was still in her zone listening to music and Quinn looked over at her and smiled. The assumptions she had made about Rachel when they were at school were slowly starting to fade. Yes she was very passionate about her talents and rightly so Quinn thought, yes she could be a diva if someone else had the lead or the spotlight and she spent way too long in the bathroom doing her beauty routine, but deep down she was just like everyone else. Quinn was enjoying getting to know this version of Rachel and she was glad of the amazing coincidence that led them to being roommates. She would also be lying if she didn't think it was nice that Rachel's face was the first she saw each day, she thought her friend was absolutely stunning.

The week went by quickly and both girls were really enjoying college. It was much more enjoyable than school and they were getting on well in their classes. The evening of the party arrived and they were excitedly getting ready, although Quinn was a little nervous. She was unsure why, she had been to parties before after all, but college was different.

She decided to wear a red and white striped dress and lightly curled her hair. She applied her makeup and perfume and chose a pair of shoes that would match her outfit perfectly. Rachel was still getting ready in the bathroom so she sat on her bed for a while and waited until she was ready so they could both leave.

After around ten minutes of waiting, Rachel finally appeared from the bathroom. She was wearing a sleeveless navy skater dress and her makeup and hair looked amazing. Quinn looked at her for a few moments and felt butterflies in her stomach but she didn't really understand why, she just assumed it was nerves about going to the party.

The girls were finally ready to leave and made their way to the party, luckily it wasn't far and the weather was nice this evening. They soon arrived and were surprised to see so many people there, they made their way over to a table that was covered in drinks and chose one each. Quinn wasn't surprised that Rachel chose a wine cooler; it was her favourite drink after all, although she thought that one day she would have to get Rachel to try something a little stronger. Quinn decided on a vodka and coke and both girls quickly drank their first drinks and moved on to another.

Music was blaring and Rachel decided she wanted to dance, she tried to convince Quinn to join her but Quinn felt she definitely wasn't drunk enough to dance yet. She was a great dancer when it was choreographed but she wasn't a fan of spontaneous dancing at parties so she found a seat and watched as Rachel made her way to where a group of people where dancing.

Quinn finished her second drink and poured herself a third, she would have the weekend to get over any hangover so she thought she would just try to enjoy herself. She had just finished pouring the drink when she felt someone put her hand around her waist. She turned round to see that it was a guy she had never met before; he was a little taller than her with dark hair and blue eyes. He was relatively handsome if that was your type of guy.

"Hey babe, you're looking hot tonight. Want to dance?" the guy asked Quinn and moved even closer to her.

Quinn felt her stomach drop; she wasn't comfortable with someone she had just met being in her personal space like that. She removed his arm from around her waist and stepped backwards before saying "No, I definitely don't want to dance" in her most stern voice and her eyebrows furrowed.

The guy soon left and Quinn sat back down where she had been sitting minutes before and watched Rachel dance, she felt a smile spread across her face as she watched Rachel dance. She looked so happy and Quinn also thought how flattering her dress was and how beautiful she looked tonight.

A few minutes later Rachel exclaimed "Brody" in a pitch that was higher than her ears could handle. Quinn saw that Rachel was hugging the guy who had earlier had his arms around her own waist and asked her to dance. She rolled her eyes and made sure to keep an eye on Rachel, she didn't want her friend to be taken advantage of. Rachel danced with Brody for a while, her arms were wrapped around his neck and their bodies were touching and moving to the rhythm of the music.

Quinn couldn't help feeling off about it, she was sure it was annoyance she was feeling because Brody had been the one Rachel had gushed about after dance class and then he had been so forward to her before he saw Rachel this evening. Although part of her felt like the feeling she had was jealousy because of Brody being so close to Rachel, but she couldn't understand why she felt like that, Rachel was just her friend and she could dance with whoever she wanted to. However she couldn't help thinking about how she wished she was confident or drunk enough to dance and that Rachel's arms were around her neck instead of Brody's. She got butterflies in her stomach again at the thought of staring into Rachel's brown eyes and their bodies touching, but she concluded it was the drink taking effect on her and that it couldn't possibly be anything else.

But maybe there was a possibility that it could.