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Quinn's P.O.V

'Great the end of summer is here, which means I have to go back to school today.' I turn over in bed to switch my alarm off, and slowly drag myself out of bed. 30 minutes later and I'm dragging my feet toward the kitchen. My mum is already up and making breakfast. 'Our relationship is getting a lot better since she found out my dad was sleeping with his secretary and she kicked him out of the house, she quit drinking and has been going to concealing.'

"Sweetie your pancakes are ready," mum said while sliding the plate over in front of me. I slowly start eating, still not really awake fully. I really don't feel like going to school today, but I know my mum won't let me skip the day.

"Are you ready for your first day back" mum says, sliding into the seat next to me with a coffee in her hand and an extra one for me.

"Not really, I can't believe summer is over and I have to go back to school today," I reply between sips of coffee. I feel the caffeine start to kick in, waking me up a little bit more. I finish my pancakes and grab my bag before leaning over and giving my mum a kiss and wishing her goodbye. I hear her shouting to me to have a good day as I grab my car keys and walk out the front door.

Ten minutes later, I'm stepping out my car in my Cherrio's uniform. Heading up to the front doors the jocks waiting around open them for me as I walk into the school. I head to my locker while everyone moves out of my way quickly. I see my two best friends waiting by my locker for me and I smile at them just as I reach them.

"Hey guys, can't believe we are back here for another year," I state while unlocking my locker and pulling out my books for the day.

"I know right, it's shit," Santana reply's. I look down to see that they have their pinky's linked as usual, I smile while looking back up. 'They are so cute together, I can't wait for Santana to eventually get her head out of her arse and tell Brittany how she actually feels.' I'm broken out of my thoughts by the whole corridor laughing. I turn around to see what they are laughing about, and their stands Rachel Berry covered in purple slushy. It's dripping from her face onto the floor below her, I catch her eyes as she just stands there with tears in her eyes. What breaks the trance that we were in is the nasty purple/blue bruise that starts to show when she tries to wipe the slushy from her eye's.

I think she figures what I have notice, as she looks away and quickly runs off to the bathroom. I grab my books from my locker quickly and shove them into my bag, slamming my locker shut as I stalk off to the bathroom that Rachel just disappeared into. I hear Santana and Brittany trying to ask me where I'm going but I ignore them and enter the bathroom quietly, clicking the door locked as it shuts. I see her stood infant of the sink looking into the mirror. She has wiped off all the slushy from her face which has taken the make-up with it. The bruise that I saw earlier is now shipping bright and it looks so painful.

I make my over to her slowly, dropping my bag next to her's on the floor. The noise breaks her out of her thoughts and she looks up at me with fear in her eyes. 'Oh my god, she has a black eye and the bruising around it has spread most the the way down her cheek as well.'

"Who did that?" I say while I reach my hand out to cup her cheek, just as my hand is inches from her face, she looks away in haste and starts babbling on about being late for her first class and that she still has to put make-up back on. I watch her pull out all her make-up and start applying foundation to the bruise on her cheek. She does a very good job of hiding it.

"Please tell me who did that to you Rachel," I plead. 'I need to know who hit her, so I can kill them with my bare hands.' I feel the tears building in my eyes at the thought that someone hurt my Rachel. Well she isn't mine but I wish she was, I have been in love with her since the first day of school. But with the way my dad was and watching the way the kids pick on Kurt for being gay, I have never had the courage to say anything about it. So I dated guys and picked on Rachel to try and stop the feelings I have for her. But it never worked, it just made me love her more and hate myself for being so weak and cruel.

"Why do you care Quinn. All you have done is throw slushy's at me, and call me nasty names. Why should I trust you, why should I talk to you," I drop my head in shame at what she was saying to me. It is all true, I have no right to ask her, but I want to help her, I need to help her.

"I know I have no right to ask you, and I know you do not trust me, but I really mean it when I say I want to help you. I will do anything to earn your trust, all I want to do is protect you. I'm so sorry for all the pain I have caused you and I hope you in time you will believe me," I finish my speech while a single tear escapes my eye. I quickly whippet away and look up to meet her eyes with mine.

"We will see, maybe in time I can come to trust you but right now I can't," she moves to walk past my and I reach out to stop her. Just as my hand touches her arm, she jumps away with fear in her eyes. She couldn't even look me in the eye as she scurries quickly past me unlocking the door and leaving before I even had the chance to ask her what had happened then.

I walk over to the mirror looking at my reflection. I can't believe what just happened and I don't know how I am going to make Rachel believe that I want to be there for her, but I have to try. I don't want to see her hurt, I want to protect her from who ever it is that is hurting her. I need to keep and eye on her and watch out for signs of anything that isn't right.

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