Glee | TSIS: The Fall in Fallout | Rachel & Quinn (3 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 3
"THE SHINE IN SUNSHINE: THE FALL IN FALLOUT"
Rachel & Quinn
Sunshine Girls Series #11.3
They didn’t get a chance to talk all day. They had classes together, but no time to stop and discuss what was happening. Even at lunch time, there was no way for them to even get to one another.
Everyone was curious, everyone had a hundred questions. Neither of them was willing to answer them.
Quinn was under constant questioning from Cheerios and others around her. She just kept it firm: She had nothing to say. She had no problem stonewalling them. She was known for her ability to turn people with just one look or choice word. She had no real problem.
Rachel was in another place entirely. She wanted to find Jacob, she wanted to face him. She may not have had the menace that Quinn could channel ever so flawlessly, but she wasn’t without her own ground to stand on.
It had taken a while for both of them to understand that there was something, beyond bitterness and animosity, which they could wield, even turn into some form of friendship. As hard as it was to believe, knowing where they were coming from, they believed it.
It was one thing for them to consider this new reality; it was a whole other thing to have everyone playing back seat driver to it. They wouldn’t see the whole thing. They would see one picture, two little girls in tutus, throwing carefree smiles, no concerns at all… And their entire story, everything they were now fighting to figure out, it would just become a joke, something else for them to foolishly ridicule… They knew that; they’d probably done it to others.
If that wasn’t enough, there was the other side, the one governed by personal pride. They knew the risk, putting pressure on Jacob that way, but they felt they had made enough of a case for themselves that they could rely on Jacob just taking the hint and backing off. Now though it was out there, and there was no going back. It couldn’t be undone, only dealt with… somehow.
The day had gone by and still Rachel had not managed both of the things she’d been trying to achieve. She hadn’t caught hold of Jacob. She’d spotted his all-too-familiar hair bobbing along within a throng of students moving down the hall at one point. She knew it was him; she’d called his name, and the ball of hair had high-tailed it out of there.
She didn’t get her chance to talk to Quinn, either. She didn’t know what to expect from her. There was a moment, maybe two or three, where they’d been on good terms through the benefits of Glee Club, but this was different. She wasn’t going to be mad at her, was she? No, why would she? It wasn’t her fault, and really what would be the point anyway? She wasn’t sorry, and yet the first thing her mind had screamed as they’d finally come face to face again, on the way to Glee Club, was ‘I’m sorry.’ She kept it on the inside though. They were both quiet at first, looking around and seeing how the looks increased when they were both in the same place.
“Well…” Quinn started, nodding along. “That went that way.” Rachel looked back to her, fending off looks from a couple of jocks. She wasn’t so much intimidated as she was annoyed. Quinn seemed to share the sentiment.
“I have never wanted to subject anyone to a Slushie to the face, but I almost want to make an exception for him… Is that… I don’t really want to, but I do…” she shook her head.
“They’ll get over it,” Quinn shrugged. Rachel went on nodding, but she wasn’t so ready to drop the matter. “Right?”
“And Jacob?” she asked her. “Maybe it’s not just for us.” Quinn frowned, unsure what Rachel was getting at. “We show him, and then the next time he thinks about pulling that trick on someone, he’ll think twice,” she nodded, a sudden bit of malice in her eye. Quinn looked back at her, amused and afraid at once.
They paused their talk, as they neared the Glee room and saw Brittany and Santana coming from the other end of the hall. Brittany, as was her tendency, seemed mostly unaffected… unlike Santana. For her part, her face and posture hardened.
“Woah…” Rachel blinked. They watched the two Cheerios move along into the room. After a moment, she looked back to Quinn. “Okay, look… we can take care of this, we owe this to ourselves not to just take it lying down.” Quinn seemed to hesitate, folding back into herself. Finally though, she looked back to Rachel.
“Okay,” she nodded, smirking. It was time for payback.
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] [ [225]
[226]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Shine In Sunshine: The Fall in Fallout"
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 3
"THE SHINE IN SUNSHINE: THE FALL IN FALLOUT"
Rachel & Quinn
Sunshine Girls Series #11.3
They didn’t get a chance to talk all day. They had classes together, but no time to stop and discuss what was happening. Even at lunch time, there was no way for them to even get to one another.
Everyone was curious, everyone had a hundred questions. Neither of them was willing to answer them.
Quinn was under constant questioning from Cheerios and others around her. She just kept it firm: She had nothing to say. She had no problem stonewalling them. She was known for her ability to turn people with just one look or choice word. She had no real problem.
Rachel was in another place entirely. She wanted to find Jacob, she wanted to face him. She may not have had the menace that Quinn could channel ever so flawlessly, but she wasn’t without her own ground to stand on.
It had taken a while for both of them to understand that there was something, beyond bitterness and animosity, which they could wield, even turn into some form of friendship. As hard as it was to believe, knowing where they were coming from, they believed it.
It was one thing for them to consider this new reality; it was a whole other thing to have everyone playing back seat driver to it. They wouldn’t see the whole thing. They would see one picture, two little girls in tutus, throwing carefree smiles, no concerns at all… And their entire story, everything they were now fighting to figure out, it would just become a joke, something else for them to foolishly ridicule… They knew that; they’d probably done it to others.
If that wasn’t enough, there was the other side, the one governed by personal pride. They knew the risk, putting pressure on Jacob that way, but they felt they had made enough of a case for themselves that they could rely on Jacob just taking the hint and backing off. Now though it was out there, and there was no going back. It couldn’t be undone, only dealt with… somehow.
The day had gone by and still Rachel had not managed both of the things she’d been trying to achieve. She hadn’t caught hold of Jacob. She’d spotted his all-too-familiar hair bobbing along within a throng of students moving down the hall at one point. She knew it was him; she’d called his name, and the ball of hair had high-tailed it out of there.
She didn’t get her chance to talk to Quinn, either. She didn’t know what to expect from her. There was a moment, maybe two or three, where they’d been on good terms through the benefits of Glee Club, but this was different. She wasn’t going to be mad at her, was she? No, why would she? It wasn’t her fault, and really what would be the point anyway? She wasn’t sorry, and yet the first thing her mind had screamed as they’d finally come face to face again, on the way to Glee Club, was ‘I’m sorry.’ She kept it on the inside though. They were both quiet at first, looking around and seeing how the looks increased when they were both in the same place.
“Well…” Quinn started, nodding along. “That went that way.” Rachel looked back to her, fending off looks from a couple of jocks. She wasn’t so much intimidated as she was annoyed. Quinn seemed to share the sentiment.
“I have never wanted to subject anyone to a Slushie to the face, but I almost want to make an exception for him… Is that… I don’t really want to, but I do…” she shook her head.
“They’ll get over it,” Quinn shrugged. Rachel went on nodding, but she wasn’t so ready to drop the matter. “Right?”
“And Jacob?” she asked her. “Maybe it’s not just for us.” Quinn frowned, unsure what Rachel was getting at. “We show him, and then the next time he thinks about pulling that trick on someone, he’ll think twice,” she nodded, a sudden bit of malice in her eye. Quinn looked back at her, amused and afraid at once.
They paused their talk, as they neared the Glee room and saw Brittany and Santana coming from the other end of the hall. Brittany, as was her tendency, seemed mostly unaffected… unlike Santana. For her part, her face and posture hardened.
“Woah…” Rachel blinked. They watched the two Cheerios move along into the room. After a moment, she looked back to Quinn. “Okay, look… we can take care of this, we owe this to ourselves not to just take it lying down.” Quinn seemed to hesitate, folding back into herself. Finally though, she looked back to Rachel.
“Okay,” she nodded, smirking. It was time for payback.
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] [ [225]
[226]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "The Shine In Sunshine: The Fall in Fallout"
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...