Grace as usual met Quinn and Finn at the football field after Glee practice, waiting on both of their practices to end. After a few hours both were done, they headed to Quinn's car and made the drive back home. The ride was mostly silent between the twins but Quinn and Finn were constantly flirting and exchanging glances. Then Quinn dropped Finn off, she gave him some long kisses goodbye before Quinn drove off to head back home, knowing she needed to talk with Grace about many things, including the rumor.
"Gracie," Quinn said, breaking the silence as Grace had looked up from her book that she was reading.
"Hmm?" Grace answered her.
"Look, I know we haven't been that close in a long time but like you said that I could tell you anything, and I want you to know you can tell me anything too," Quinn said seriously.
"Thanks Quinnie, I really appreciate that," Grace smiled softly.
"You're welcome. I just want you to know, I'm so sorry about that article, I'm going to get to the bottom of who were the so-called sources," Quinn said seriously.
"While I appreciate that Quinn, you don't have to do that," Grace said seriously.
"Wait…is it true?" Quinn asked concerned.
"What? No, not at all. One of Rachel's dads is a lawyer and is threatening to sue Jacob if he doesn't take down the article and post a retraction," Grace said seriously as Quinn sighed relieved.
"Oh thank God it's not true," Quinn said relieved.
"Would it have mattered if it was?" Grace asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Of course it would have! I mean of all people in the school to be in love with that thing. Gracie, you would've never recovered," Quinn said horrified.
"Oh so it's about the whole Rachel of it all, not if I liked a girl," Grace said, seeming to understand where Quinn was coming from.
"Of course it is. I mean you can like whoever you want. Just not her. She's always undressing Finn with her eyes and has this little school girl crush on him that she tries to use to get close to him. I'm never letting that happen," Quinn said determinedly.
Grace, however, was slightly relieved that Quinn was just against her liking Rachel than her possibly liking a girl. As she had told Kurt, Rachel wasn't her type, not in the least. If anything Rachel was the opposite of the people she usually crushed on.
"I know Quinnie," Grace said, squeezing her sister's hand trying to reassure her.
"I'm just relieved that it's not even remotely true. Just promise me Gracie, that you'll stay away from her and off her page. Please," Quinn pleaded with her younger sister as Grace sighed.
"I promise…though it's going to be hard since we work together in Glee Club," Grace said seriously.
"Being together in a group is fine just don't spend time alone, at least not until this whole stupid rumor dies down," Quinn said seriously as Grace nodded, knowing her sister had a point.
"Trust me, that won't be a problem. We're not really friends or anything but we do have Glee practice together, that's all," Grace said seriously as Quinn nodded as they pulled up to Fabray manor, parking in the garage.
The twins got out of the car and headed into the large, empty home. "So, I know you said you wanted to tell me something after school today, what's going on?" Grace asked her twin worriedly as Quinn took a deep breath, nervous about how her sister would react.
"Okay…this isn't easy for me to say, but I need to tell someone the truth and Gracie, you know I trust you more than anyone else. Just please, promise me this stays between us. This is just as bad as when I was Lucy," Quinn said emotionally as Grace looked worried about her sister and took Quinn's hand in hers
"Whatever it is, your secret is safe with me, I promise," she tried to assure Quinn, who had tears streaming down her face, trying to find the right words to tell her sister the truth.
"Okay…remember how I said I might have got pregnant over the summer?" Quinn asked as Grace nodded
"Well it was the first day of summer, you know the first party I went to when summer was official, calendar wise. I got drunk for the first time at that party and Finn and I got into a huge fight about it, bigger than we had ever had." Tears continued to stream down Quinn's face as Grace looked worried about where this was going, but tried to comfort her sister who was already in tears.
"And he left the party without me, telling me to find my own ride home. He was just so furious with me for just doing something to be popular, rather than who I was and he was right. He always was right," Quinn said emotionally.
"Wait…so Finn's not the father of this baby?" Grace asked, her eyes growing wide as Quinn shook her head.
"No…we've never even had sex since I was so ashamed of what happened this night. It's not like I can tell him Gracie. He's going to hate me," Quinn said tearfully as Grace couldn't help but worry about who took advantage of her sister like this and what happened.
"He might be mad and upset, which I think he kind of has a right to be if you cheated…did you cheat?" Grace asked, trying not to cry herself if the answer was no.
"I'm not sure…I was pretty drunk….and I said no a few times before I said okay…but he wouldn't let up Gracie until I said yes," Quinn said emotionally as Grace gasped out as tears started to fall down her face too, realizing what happened to her sister.
"Quinnie…that's not cheating…especially if he kept pressuring you…whoever the hell this asshole is," Grace said, trying to regain her composure, but failing to do so.
"I didn't want to tell you because of who it is….it's Puck," Quinn said sobbing as Grace's sadness quickly turned to anger.
"I knew I hated him for a reason," Grace said, pissed off, her eyes filled with disdain for the so-called womanizer who took advantage of her sister.
"Gracie…please don't say anything. He's Finn's best friend," Quinn said shakily.
"Some best friend he has, getting his girlfriend drunk and having sex with her," Grace said annoyed "God I have half a mind to tell him off."
"Please don't…then he'll know you know and it will probably go around the school and I can't hurt Finn like that…I just can't," Quinn said emotionally as Grace sighed.
"Quinnie, I know you don't want to find out if you're officially pregnant but I think we really needed to get you tested soon, I mean who knows if he gave you anything that could harm you or even the baby," Grace said worriedly as Quinn shook her head.
"I can't…then I'll admit it happened," Quinn said emotionally as Grace tried to comfort her sister, knowing how hard all of this must be on her.
"Mom and dad don't have the answers you know. Our whole ignore it, maybe it will go away thing doesn't help anything. I know you don't want to admit what happened, but I can't have you go untreated if you aren't pregnant and something is seriously wrong," Grace said, more worried about her sister than ever before.
Quinn knew Grace was making sense. It was something that had crossed her mind, maybe she had an STD and wasn't pregnant but that thought scared her just as much as being pregnant did. Her reputation was important to her, and seeking treatment for something so serious could jeopardize that, especially if her parents found out.
"I know Gracie…I'm just so scared," Quinn admitted tearfully as Grace pulled her sister into a hug.
"I know you are…but I'll be right by your side, okay? No matter what turns up," Grace told Quinn seriously "It's you and me against the world, like it's always been. I know you're struggling to cope with what happened to you that night, but it wasn't your fault. Predators take opportunities like that to attack and I'm so sorry that happened to you Quinnie, I am. I wish I could've been there, even if it was to be a ride home. Next time just call me, please. I know I can be a little judgemental at times but I'd rather help you than let something awful like this happen to you ever again."
Quinn nodded, still sobbing, knowing her sister was right. Though the two didn't have the best relationship, Quinn knew when push came to shove, Grace would always be there for her. She wished she hadn't been so afraid to call her for a ride or to even apologize to Finn telling him how right he was and that she just wanted to go home and would never do it again, but sadly it wasn't the way things had worked out. All Quinn could do was hope that everything would be okay and work out in the end, though she didn't know how much faith she had in that it would.