Glee | TSIS: The Pair in Repair | Rachel & Quinn (1 of 7)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle, and then a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th cycle. Now cycle 11!
After the 10th installment of the Sunshine Girls series, with the revelation, I figured I'd need something big to kick of the next chapter in this whole storyline. So this translated into... a seven-chapter story! Enjoy! :)
Today: Chapter 1
"THE SHINE IN SUNSHINE: THE PAIR IN REPAIR"
Rachel & Quinn
Sunshine Girls Series #11.1
The mystery was solved. They both knew what had transformed them from the best of friends to bitter high school nemesis. It was a weight neither of them needed to carry anymore, only now they had something else threatening to take its place.
What were they supposed to do now? Now that they knew it all…
It almost went without saying that they would not become instant friends. Certainly they would never be the girls they used to be. But what went with maybe some saying was the possibility to find their way in between, to get them started.
A few days after the hospital incident, Rachel came to sit in the cafeteria, carrying both her lunch and the notebook in which she’d begun laying out some things for an upcoming number. A few tables away, Quinn was working along on homework as she distractedly got through her own lunch. It would be a few minutes before they’d happen to look up and catch the other’s eye. Rather than ignoring one another, they shared a silent wave.
Rachel looked down to her things, thinking. They were both thinking the same thing, she could tell. If neither of them took that first step, then they’d just continue on the same path they had been on, and the small flame they’d managed to rekindle after much effort would just burn out again and then they might never find a way to light it again. No, they owed it to themselves to at least try. She nodded to herself, gathered her things and got up to join…
There was a collective startle, as Rachel turned and nearly collided with Quinn. They came to a stop and it finally registered with Rachel that Quinn had beat her to the punch. The blonde gave her a nod.
“Mind if I join you?” Rachel looked to her tray and put it back down, along with her notebook. She looked back.
“Sure,” she smiled. Quinn put her things down, as both girls took a seat. Now the step had been made, though it still left the matter of conversation with its own barrier to cross. The easiest way in to actual speaking remained familiar ground. Glee Club, the baby… “How are you…” Rachel started carefully, indicating. Quinn breathed out, playing with her fork.
“Fine… Thanks.” Rachel nodded. Quinn looked to the notebook. “English?”
“Glee,” Rachel revealed. Seeing Quinn’s interest, she opened the notebook and showed her. “It’s for something I’ve been working on, I… I was thinking once it’s ready, I can offer it to Mr. Schuester as a valuable exercise for us to…” She paused, sensing she was about to loser herself, which might lead to her losing Quinn as well. “Well, it’s a work in progress,” she nodded.
“It looks good,” Quinn assured her, and Rachel smiled, caught off guard by the compliment. Quinn sat back, taking a bite from her plate before taking the plunge. “Do you think it’s possible? For us…”
“We did, once,” Rachel responded. “I know we were kids back then,” she continued at Quinn’s look. “But I just think there’s still some part of us that is those two little girls, and… I think we owe it to them, don’t we?” Quinn smirked. “Would it even bother us so much if they weren’t still in our heads?”
“Probably not,” Quinn agreed. There was silence for a moment, as both girls considered things, eating at the same time. “How do we do this?” Quinn finally asked. Rachel looked up, and then thought.
“Well… You want to come by after school, just… unless that’s too…” she started to correct, but Quinn stopped her.
“Sure,” she accepted. Rachel breathed out. Quinn looked at her with a joking glare. “I don’t have to wear a tutu, do I?” Rachel laughed, shook her head.
“No, no… no,” she promised.
“Okay, then I’m there,” Quinn went on. The matter settled, they went on eating. The chit-chat was not a level they had reached just yet. But then the silence was disrupted by a new voice.
“Morning, ladies.” Both froze, sharing a look of shuddering annoyance before they reluctantly turned in their chairs.
“What do you want, Jacob?” Rachel spoke firmly. He moved to take a seat next to her, and she pushed her chair Quinn’s way to distance herself from him.
“It’s not every day Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray sit to share lunch, is it?” he asked, as though he had his own answer. Before Rachel could pitch in, Quinn spoke up.
“We’re working on something for Glee Club,” she nodded to Rachel, who flashed him the sketches in her notebook.
“That’s a solo,” Jacob defied, and Rachel frowned, looking back at her pages before shaking her head and putting it back down. Jacob got back to task. “You didn’t answer my question.” They were lost. “Is this just a show, what’s the angle?”
“What are you talking about?” Quinn asked, exasperated. Jacob pulled out a folded sheet and put it between them. They shared a look almost rock-paper-scissors-like before Quinn finally picked it up and unfolded it. Her face barely flinched. She folded it back once before handing it to Rachel, who took her turn to look. Her reaction wasn’t nearly so collected. She was about to talk, but Quinn put her hand to her arm to silence her. “What is it we’re supposed to be looking at?”
“I think you know,” Jacob replied, both determined and victorious.
“It’s a picture of a couple of kids, why should we…”
“It’s you, I know it is. I’d recognize Rachel Berry anywhere,” he looked at her, and her chair moved back a few more inches before Jacob looked back to Quinn. “And you did that thing with your eyebrow,” he pointed, and she frowned as he got up. “Destroy it if you want, I have copies. I’ll be in touch,” he scurried away. Rachel looked back to Quinn… Now they definitely had something to talk about.
TO BE CONTINUED
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4] [Cycle 5]
[Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8] [Cycle 9] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11]
[211] [212] [213] [214] [215]
[216] [217] [218] [219] [220]
[221] [222] [223] [224]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Shine In Sunshine: The Pair in Repair"
Pairing: None; Rachel & Quinn (Sunshine Girls)
Rating: G
Summary: As Rachel and Quinn try to decide how to proceed with what they've learned, a crisis arises.
Spoilers: 107/108-ish...
After the 10th installment of the Sunshine Girls series, with the revelation, I figured I'd need something big to kick of the next chapter in this whole storyline. So this translated into... a seven-chapter story! Enjoy! :)
Today: Chapter 1
"THE SHINE IN SUNSHINE: THE PAIR IN REPAIR"
Rachel & Quinn
Sunshine Girls Series #11.1
The mystery was solved. They both knew what had transformed them from the best of friends to bitter high school nemesis. It was a weight neither of them needed to carry anymore, only now they had something else threatening to take its place.
What were they supposed to do now? Now that they knew it all…
It almost went without saying that they would not become instant friends. Certainly they would never be the girls they used to be. But what went with maybe some saying was the possibility to find their way in between, to get them started.
A few days after the hospital incident, Rachel came to sit in the cafeteria, carrying both her lunch and the notebook in which she’d begun laying out some things for an upcoming number. A few tables away, Quinn was working along on homework as she distractedly got through her own lunch. It would be a few minutes before they’d happen to look up and catch the other’s eye. Rather than ignoring one another, they shared a silent wave.
Rachel looked down to her things, thinking. They were both thinking the same thing, she could tell. If neither of them took that first step, then they’d just continue on the same path they had been on, and the small flame they’d managed to rekindle after much effort would just burn out again and then they might never find a way to light it again. No, they owed it to themselves to at least try. She nodded to herself, gathered her things and got up to join…
There was a collective startle, as Rachel turned and nearly collided with Quinn. They came to a stop and it finally registered with Rachel that Quinn had beat her to the punch. The blonde gave her a nod.
“Mind if I join you?” Rachel looked to her tray and put it back down, along with her notebook. She looked back.
“Sure,” she smiled. Quinn put her things down, as both girls took a seat. Now the step had been made, though it still left the matter of conversation with its own barrier to cross. The easiest way in to actual speaking remained familiar ground. Glee Club, the baby… “How are you…” Rachel started carefully, indicating. Quinn breathed out, playing with her fork.
“Fine… Thanks.” Rachel nodded. Quinn looked to the notebook. “English?”
“Glee,” Rachel revealed. Seeing Quinn’s interest, she opened the notebook and showed her. “It’s for something I’ve been working on, I… I was thinking once it’s ready, I can offer it to Mr. Schuester as a valuable exercise for us to…” She paused, sensing she was about to loser herself, which might lead to her losing Quinn as well. “Well, it’s a work in progress,” she nodded.
“It looks good,” Quinn assured her, and Rachel smiled, caught off guard by the compliment. Quinn sat back, taking a bite from her plate before taking the plunge. “Do you think it’s possible? For us…”
“We did, once,” Rachel responded. “I know we were kids back then,” she continued at Quinn’s look. “But I just think there’s still some part of us that is those two little girls, and… I think we owe it to them, don’t we?” Quinn smirked. “Would it even bother us so much if they weren’t still in our heads?”
“Probably not,” Quinn agreed. There was silence for a moment, as both girls considered things, eating at the same time. “How do we do this?” Quinn finally asked. Rachel looked up, and then thought.
“Well… You want to come by after school, just… unless that’s too…” she started to correct, but Quinn stopped her.
“Sure,” she accepted. Rachel breathed out. Quinn looked at her with a joking glare. “I don’t have to wear a tutu, do I?” Rachel laughed, shook her head.
“No, no… no,” she promised.
“Okay, then I’m there,” Quinn went on. The matter settled, they went on eating. The chit-chat was not a level they had reached just yet. But then the silence was disrupted by a new voice.
“Morning, ladies.” Both froze, sharing a look of shuddering annoyance before they reluctantly turned in their chairs.
“What do you want, Jacob?” Rachel spoke firmly. He moved to take a seat next to her, and she pushed her chair Quinn’s way to distance herself from him.
“It’s not every day Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray sit to share lunch, is it?” he asked, as though he had his own answer. Before Rachel could pitch in, Quinn spoke up.
“We’re working on something for Glee Club,” she nodded to Rachel, who flashed him the sketches in her notebook.
“That’s a solo,” Jacob defied, and Rachel frowned, looking back at her pages before shaking her head and putting it back down. Jacob got back to task. “You didn’t answer my question.” They were lost. “Is this just a show, what’s the angle?”
“What are you talking about?” Quinn asked, exasperated. Jacob pulled out a folded sheet and put it between them. They shared a look almost rock-paper-scissors-like before Quinn finally picked it up and unfolded it. Her face barely flinched. She folded it back once before handing it to Rachel, who took her turn to look. Her reaction wasn’t nearly so collected. She was about to talk, but Quinn put her hand to her arm to silence her. “What is it we’re supposed to be looking at?”
“I think you know,” Jacob replied, both determined and victorious.
“It’s a picture of a couple of kids, why should we…”
“It’s you, I know it is. I’d recognize Rachel Berry anywhere,” he looked at her, and her chair moved back a few more inches before Jacob looked back to Quinn. “And you did that thing with your eyebrow,” he pointed, and she frowned as he got up. “Destroy it if you want, I have copies. I’ll be in touch,” he scurried away. Rachel looked back to Quinn… Now they definitely had something to talk about.
TO BE CONTINUED
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4] [Cycle 5]
[Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8] [Cycle 9] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11]
[211] [212] [213] [214] [215]
[216] [217] [218] [219] [220]
[221] [222] [223] [224]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Shine In Sunshine: The Pair in Repair"
Pairing: None; Rachel & Quinn (Sunshine Girls)
Rating: G
Summary: As Rachel and Quinn try to decide how to proceed with what they've learned, a crisis arises.
Spoilers: 107/108-ish...