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“Do you really feel like that?”
Rachel heard a familiar, soft voice coming from behind her as she was slightly sobbing with her hands on the bathroom sink. She thought she was alone. Glee club had just finished, and her duet of I feel pretty/unpretty with Quinn had made such an impact on her, one that she had been avoiding for years now.
“Rachel, tell me ” Quinn said as she approached Rachel who sobbed with her hands in her face.
Rachel couldn’t process what was happening. She was anxious and confused and now that the only person she wanted to avoid the most was resting her hands on her shoulders, she had no option but to turn over and deal with the situation.
“ Please ” Quinn asked softly as she carefully removed Rachel’s hands from her face and her green eyes met the brunette’s deep brown ones.
Quinn hugged Rachel as she hugged back sobbing. Quin started to play lightly with Rachel’s hair trying to comfort her.
“You can talk to me, you know that,” Quinn said as Rachel nodded against Quinn’s chest. “I got you, you’ll be fine,” the blonde kept repeating as she lowered her face to Rachel’s head.
Quinn gave in a few minutes for Rachel to stop crying uncontrollably on her arms, and when the brunette recovered, she lifted her face to find Quinn’s teary green eyes staring at her.
“I’m so sorry,” Rachel said as she tried to catch her breath.
“You have nothing to be sorry for,” Quinn said as she removed Rachel's tears from the brunette’s face. “Now, I’m here if you need to talk, remember that.”
Everything was quiet. All that Quinn and Rachel could hear was the silence that surrounded them and the hot warm air from outside as the birds chipped.
“Rachel, what you sang at glee club, with me.” Quinn paused without taking her eyes off of Rachel “Do I make you feel that way?”
Rachel did not answer. Quinn didn't make her feel bad or unpretty, just made her feel different. Like everything was right, like she was safe and this was projected on her deepest insecurities.
“No” Were the only words that managed to get out from Rachle’s mouth.
“Then?” Quinn asked “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me, but know I care about you”
Rachel nodded again. Her eyes were still teary but she was better now that Quinn had found and helped her.
“It’s fine Quinn,” Rachel breathed out “You don’t make me feel unpretty, I just admire you so very much that it messes with my mind.”
“In what way?”
“You’re a very pretty girl, the prettiest girl I’ve ever met” Rachel said, her eyes filling with tears again “you’re a lot better than you know, Quinn. I admire you so much”
“Rachel, you’re so tough and I look up to you so very much, more than you think”.
Rachel cutt-off Quinn.“When I first saw you, I wanted to be everything you were. I still feel that way” Rachel said “But now, I see you as you really are, I know you struggle with lots and that makes me so proud, you’ve come so far and I have learned that I’m not the only one who has to handle shit.”
Quinn hugged Rachel once again. This time tighter than ever.
“Thank you Rachel, you have taught me so many things” Quinn said holding Rachel against her “Now that we’re here, there’s something I need to tell you” Quinn breathed out.
“Yeah?” Rachel said not to let go of Quinn.
“I just don’t want our friendship to end if I tell you this, can you promise that?”
“Quinn I will always love you, no matter what” Rachel said looking deeply into Quinn's eyes.
“Rachel, I’ve had these feelings” Quinn let out a big sigh “I have tried avoiding them since I started feeling them, I never thought this would happen to me, ever .”
Quinn’s eyes started tearing up. She was still holding Rachel, but pulled off to see the brunette’s reaction.
“I don’t want to pretend anymore. I don’t want to have to see you everyday, give me these glances and not say anything. You’re an incredible person and I have fallen in love with that and with the way you are, you’re just perfect ”.
Rachel stared at Quinn deeply and quietly. She didn't know what to do based on her friend's feelings. She felt somewhat the same, she knew there was a strong connection between the two of them but didn't want to mess things up.
“Say something, please ” Quinn said while a tear slipped her eye.
Instead, Rachel grabbed Quinn’s face, moved the hair that was blocking the blonde’s face and grabbed her cheek.
“I have felt similar to that. It's confusing but the only thing I know is that it is real,” Rachel said while cleaning the hot tears that runned through the face of the blonde and staring at her soft pink lips.
“I'm glad” Quinn chuckled softly, grabbed Rachel’s hair and leaned in softly.
Quinn felt her heartbeat starting to increase, she felt like she’s out of breath but at the same time felt more alive than ever before. She’s just about to kiss Rachel. She feels it on her chest, burning with such passion and desire. Their lips collide in such a warm kiss.
Rachel tastes like chocolates and cherries, and that makes Quinn's body shiver. Quinn’s hands go down onto Rachel's back, her fingertips waltzing around Rachel's body making little motions.
Quinn's lips taste like caramel, Rachel always wondered what the blonde would taste like, and now she’s sure as hell it’s better than what she expected.
Rachel pulls back from the kiss softly and Quinn lets out a small whimper by the loss of contact.
“What happened, did I do something wrong?” Quinn asks murmuring, still with her eyes closed, opening them slowly.
“No, I just wanted to say that I love you Quinn, I really do .”
Quinn smiles and chuckles facing rachel. “Do you want to go out with me…? On a date?”
“Yes, I do ” Rachel admits and this time, she initiates the kiss.
This one is more careful and slow. They have all the time in the world. Quinn laughs into Rachel's mouth and pulls her closer, grabbing her by the waist. There’s a feeling of fireworks exploding in between them. After a while, both pull out, trying to catch their breaths. Their eyes still closed and the only thing both hear are their rapid heartbeats and the sound of both of them breathless.
Now, they become dizzy and small kisses followed by chuckles and smiles.
“I love you” Quinn mouths between the kisses.
“I love you more”
Quinn hugs Rachel tightly, and kisses her on the forehead.
“So? We’re together now?” Rachel asks
“I actually don’t think so, you’re not that of a good kisser Berry” Quinn jokes “ Of course we are.”
Rachel takes Quinn's hand, ready for what’s to come.
“You’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever met,” Quinn says.
Rachel smiles.
Maybe after all, that song was not only to say what they were feeling, but also to express what they couldn’t say.