The Arrangement

Disclaimers: I do not own any part of Glee or its characters. This is purely for pleasure I get nothing else for this. Want to give a special thanks to Niekie for helping proofread this story for me. She's all kinds of awesome and an amazing author herself. Check out her Glee fic too.

Chapter 19

The cheering intensifies as Quinn melted into Brittany. After a moment they pulled apart and just stare into each other's eyes. The catcalls and whistles bring them out of their daze and Quinn blushes profusely burying her face in Brittany's neck. "Oh my god I can't believe I just did that."

Brittany stiffened in her arms. "Are you mad at me?"

Quinn pulled her head up quickly and took her lips in a more intense kiss then pulled back slightly. "No, I am not mad at you sweetie. I just meant that I can't believe I actually had the nerve to sing that to you and kiss you in front of everyone. I could never be mad at you for kissing me."

Brittany smiled brightly once more and pulled her in for a crushing hug. "Oh, good because I want to kiss you lots."

Quinn chuckled and pulled back to look in her eyes. "I think I'd like that, but only if you'll be my girlfriend."

Brittany squealed and picked her up spinning her around chanting yes as the group cheered even louder. Once she put her down, they shared another chaste kiss and Quinn ran her lips to Brittany's ear. "I want to kiss you more, but I don't want to have everyone watching. Let's go sit with the girls and If you want, I'll take you on a date this weekend and we can kiss as long as we want."

Brittany squealed again and practically drug a laughing Quinn back to their seats where Rachel and Santana were waiting with hugs and congratulations for the girls.

Rachel pulled Quinn in for a hug, whispering in her ear. "See, you had it in you the whole time."

Squeezing her tighter Quinn blushed. "I still can't believe I did that."

Pulling away Rachel just smiled. "How did it feel?"

"Amazing and terrifying all at once." She squealed as Brittany sat pulling her down next to her leaning in close, causing them all to laugh delightedly.

The others all settled down sitting as they turned to see the judges with their heads together, so they started talking amongst themselves.

Santana leaned over Rachel to look at Quinn next to her. "Bitch how did I not know this was going on?"

Quinn laughed with a shrug and Rachel pat Santana's knee. "Obviously, you are blind. I figured it out at the restaurant when they found out we were dating."

Santana's jaw hit the floor, "and you didn't think that I'd like to be clued in on this shit?"

Rachel just shrugged. "I figured if you didn't already know and didn't figure it out that it wasn't my place to out someone. Besides, I could have been wrong."

Quinn chuckled at Santana's unamused face. "Don't be mad San, I didn't even admit it to myself until school started and that crap with Azimio happened. When I saw Britt covered in slushy, I almost lost it in a fit of rage and finally let myself fully accept it in my heart."

Santana shook her head. "I'm not mad just shocked. I honestly never saw this coming but I'm ecstatic for you both."

Mercedes smiled next to them. "Girl, I happy for you too. Just… be careful. Finn stormed out of here when you guys kissed the second time saying this was all bullshit. He may be a problem."

They all looked to the now empty seat next to a worried looking Puck and sighed. Rachel shook her head. "If he knows what's good for him, he'll stay as far away from us as possible. I will not hesitate to put him on his ass again if he comes near either of them."

Santana nodded along next to her and they changed the subject for the time being. Quinn was a little nervous about the boy but knew her girls had her back.

They continued talking for a while until Mr. Shue got up on stage grabbing a microphone. "Ok guys, after a few votes we have a tie, so here's how we're going to do this. The solo for Sectionals will be sung by Quinn…" The group erupted in cheers and he just smiled as Brittany stood up spinning Quinn around excitedly. Once they calmed a bit he continued. "Ok, and now our trio for the competition will be Santana, Mercedes and Brittany."

Once again, the group went crazy while Rachel pulled Santana into a searing kiss and Quinn did the same to Brittany. Everyone calmed as Mr. Shue waved his hand, "Ok, ok, ok guys. We will figure out an actual set list later, but these are our featured singers. Now let's get out of here for the night and I'll see you all tomorrow."

A cheer rose up again and they all made their way out to their cars to head home. When they got to Rachel's car, they all stopped, and Rachel smiled. "You guys were all awesome. I can't wait to see the actual performance at Sectionals. It's going to be epic if we can get a good set list."

Brittany looked confused, "Don't you already have a set list ready like you had the songs for us all to sing in the competition?"

Rachel shrugged. "Yes, I have a set list in my mind that I think will be great for all of you, but we all know how Shue is about taking any ideas from me."

Quinn shook her head. "That man is not the smartest sometimes. Why don't you tell us your ideas then we can pitch it to him as the winners coming up with an idea. The worst that could happen is him saying no."

"That's actually a good idea," Santana nodded along as she thought of the best way to approach it with the group. "I can message Mercedes like it's our idea and get her on board then Shue should just go along with it. I really want to get the set list in place quickly, so we have time to plan out the routine and get it perfect before Sectionals."

They all looked to Rachel expectantly and she smiled. "Let's go to Breadsticks and get some dinner and we can talk about it. I'm starving and I promised my baby her sticks."

Santana squealed in excitement and they headed off. Once they were settled and had ordered Rachel took out a notebook from her bag. "I've been thinking about this for a while. When Mr. Shue said our theme was leading ladies in music, I had this idea." She handed them all a list, "I figured that one of the two of you guys would win but that the other would be awesome enough to take second place. I thought that keeping with the same artist for the set list may be a good idea since she has so many amazing songs. These three songs seemed like excellent ideas."

They looked through the list as she watched on anxiously wanting to know what they thought. Santana was the first to look up. "This is going to be epic. Christina Aguilera'samazing and we're going to rock this shit."

She and Brittany shared a high five as Quinn looked us apprehensively. "I'm not sure about this song for me. It's…"

Rachel took her hand, "I heard you sing this song last year and it was so awesome. I know it kind of hits close to home for you but like the Madonna song today, that extra emotion is what makes it amazing. Just think about it. I have another option for you, but it won't be as great, and some songs just need that extra push to be epic."

Santana grabbed their joined hands. "She's right Q, you will be amazing."

Brittany leaned into her for comfort and nodded her agreement and Quinn melted into her. "Ok, I'll try but if I can't do it then you have to help me convince the others to change it."

They all agree, and Brittany straightened up looking at the songs again. "Why are you giving a group song feature to the new boy? Why not let one of the other boys do it?"

Rachel shrugged, "Blaine may be new to the club, but that boy can flat sing and he would be amazing with this song. Besides, Shue will want to feature him in some way and this way it's us choosing the song. The other boys will be featured with him as well. The song seemed fitting for the boys."

They discussed the songs and the ideas that she had about the performance for each, fine tuning what she had already come up with and decided that they'd pitch it at the next glee meeting. In the meantime, Santana and Brittany would get with Mercedes and talk to her making her think that she was part of the process and getting a leg up on getting the others to agree.

After they all parted ways Rachel and Santana went home and snuggled up, ready for sleep. Santana leaned up and nuzzled the side of her neck with a loving kiss. "Thank you Tink," she said quietly.

Rachel looked down confused. "What are you thanking me for?"

"For being you." She kissed her lips lightly and smiles propping herself up to look down into Rachel's eyes. "I know that the song Quinn sang today was your idea and that she was having a hard time with it. You helped her get through it and it means so much to me that you've been there for my best friend. She means a lot to me."

Rachel rubbed her back lovingly. "I know she does and now that she's chilling the fuck out, she's really growing on me too." She shrugged and looked away. "I want you to be happy and having your friends being happy makes you happy. They mean a lot to me too, especially Britt and if Quinn make her happy that's great."

"You're just a big ol' softy in mobster clothing." She chuckled as Rachel poked her in the side playfully. "That's what I was thanking you for. You've made my friends your friends. It just makes me happy, that's all. Every day you make me so thankful to mi abuelo for screwing up and having this arrangement. I love you so much Tink."

Rachel smiled and pulled her into a deep kiss, "I love you too baby," and with that no more words were spoken as she rolled Santana over and showed her just how loved she was.

Across town in a little room he sat, plotting his next move. The song today did not go his way at all. He was sure that it would get her to stop and realize that he was going to move on and come running trying to get him to take her back. Of course, he would have taken her back eventually, but she would have had to grovel a bit for making him look like a fool in the first place. Now though, she and the little bitch she was dating were going to pay for making him a laughingstock. He just knew that they had something to do with that crap with Quinn and Brittany today too.

Quinn had been his backup plan and now he didn't know what he was going to do but he'd be damned if he let them get away with this. Both of the girls he'd dated and the one that he'd let take his virginity were all dykes now and that would just not do. When the rest of the school found out he'd be ruined. He knew that he had to act fast and he smiled as he fell asleep, a plan forming in his mind.

A/N: Cliffhanger…. lol. See y'all soon. Just a short one to get back on track.