AN: So, I had this just come to my head today… kind of inspired by The proposal crossed with my lack of writing means that I have inspiration… and a lot of time on my hands now :)

This is going to just be 3 chapters I think, unless the reviews are super brill and inspiring. This one, the Nationals chapter then the reason that this is rated M.

So read and review

Rachel looked at the vulnerable cheerleader in front of her. Tears were streaming down her cheek, her eyes puffy and red. Quinn had just poured her heart out to the singer.

"Please say something Rach." She sobbed as Rachel just stood there, opening and closing her mouth like a fish, trying desperately to order her thoughts.

"I don't know what to say." The singer stated quietly, still trying to absorb all of the information that she had just been told. All these years that she thought Quinn hated her, all of the bullying, it was Quinn hiding her true feelings for the small girl.

The blonde sniffled and tried to gather herself, wiping away the tears. "Ok, uhm well just forget I said anything." She brushed past Rachel and before she had a chance to stop her, Quinn was gone out of the door.

For a moment, Rachel thought about running after her but she couldn't will herself to move.

"I love you too." She breathed.

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The next few days were awkward. The atmosphere in the entire school was tenser because Quinn was on the war path. Rachel had humiliated her and given Rachel the power in their twisted relationship.

Rachel was at her locker, putting some books away before glee club. Quinn was marching down the hall, Santana and Brittany in tow. Death glares were shot at anyone who dared to look at the cheerleaders and for those who dared to get in their way, they were shoved in to the lockers.

The brunette watched the blonde pass her, seeing a flash of sadness run through her eyes as she glimpsed at Rachel. The girls disappeared in to the choir room and the whole school breathed a sigh of relief, except for Rachel. She followed them in to the choir room to find that she was the last to arrive for glee club.

"Sorry I'm late Mr Schue, I hope I didn't miss anything." She said with her trademark smile. She took a seat at the front of the room. Immediately she knew that Quinn's eyes were on her, boring through her skull.

"Not to worry Rachel. Ok guys, we have a lot to get through this week. We need to get our set list ran through a few more times before we leave for New York at the weekend."

The Spanish teacher was getting in to his inspirational speech while Quinn sat at the back, drifting off in to a day dream.

She had spilt her deepest feelings to the biggest dork in school, only to be rejected by her. Quinn hadn't ever been rejected by anyone before but that wasn't why she was so upset. She was upset because Rachel didn't even respond which left Quinn even more upset and angry.

She felt someone squeeze her leg softly. She looked down to see a slightly coloured hand and looked up to Santana's face. Quinn had told her friends what had happened and they knew the blondes feelings for the diva since the beginning. Santana's face was one of sympathy and reassurance.

The Latina leaned over and whispered, "Don't worry Q, she'll come round. And if she doesn't then she's missing out."

Quinn just smiled weakly back at her, thanking her silently for her kind words but also telling her that she barely believed it.

Before they knew it, Mr Schue was dismissing glee club, telling them all to go home and relax because they wouldn't get another chance to until they got back from Nationals.

Quinn was first to leave, trying to get to her car as quickly as possible without having to talk to anyone. She really wasn't in the mood to deal with mouth breathers today. As she got to her car, she heard someone approaching. She knew that it couldn't be Santana or Brittany because they had told her that they were going to Brittany's house before they went to hers to relieve her of her sadness for the night.

She looked up and saw the brunette, her hands joined in front of her as she looked at her feet.

"Quinn?"

"What do you want, Man hands." She spat. As soon as she had said it she regretted it. "I'm sorry, I didn't-,"

"Its ok," Rachel interrupted. "Can we talk, please?" she asked quietly.

"I don't really feel like talking today. It's been long and I just can't deal with anything right now." Quinn unlocked her car and got in. She drove off, leaving Rachel once again looking like a fish.

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The week flew by and before the glee kids knew it, they were in the lobby of their hotel in New York. Mr Schue was stood in front of them all handing out room allocations. Because of some anonymous donor, the glee club had enough money for more than two rooms.

"Guys, listen up. I have taken it upon myself to sort out who is sharing rooms. Let's get started. Kurt, Tina and Mercedes, you are all sharing the first room," he handed Tina their key and they left the group to go and search for their room. "Finn, Sam and Artie, you are sharing the next," he handed them their key and they dispatched. "The rest of the guys are sharing," he handed Puck the key, "Santana and Brittany, you're sharing and Quinn and Rachel. Now go to your rooms and rest up. We have a lot of work to do tomorrow."

The elevator ride was tense. Rachel felt the three cheerleaders staring at her. She had figured that Santana and Brittany knew what had happened between her and the blonde because of they way they had looked at her when the blonde girl wouldn't.

Quinn and Rachel got to their room. Straight away there was a problem; a double bed.

Quinn must have noticed the singers hesitance because she said, "don't worry; I'll sleep on the floor."

"No, you don't have to. I don't mind sharing the bed with you." Rachel shrugged, setting her bag down on the bed. She opened it and started putting her clothes in to the drawers and the closet.

"Okay." Silence surrounded the girls. It was so thick and tense that Rachel felt like she was going to drown in it.

"I'm going to get changed into my sleepwear now, its already quite late and like Mr Schue said, we have lots to do tomorrow." Quinn just nodded silently. Rachel thought for a second about going in to the bathroom to change but she knew that that would just add to the tension and send a signal to Quinn that she didn't want to send to her.

The Diva was confident in her body so she pulled her argyle sweater off, watching as Quinn blushed and suddenly didn't know where to look. Her eyes went from Rachel's bra clad breasts to her flat stomach to the quilt to her suitcase. Rachel chuckled.

She turned to remove her bra, simply because that would be exposing too much to the girl in front of her. She slid on her silk night dress and removed the lower half of her clothing.

By the time she turned around again, Quinn was already in her night clothes, watching the smaller girl.

Rachel got under the covers first, Quinn too awkward to make the first move. She still didn't know how Rachel felt about her and didn't want to make anything more awkward.

Rachel led facing away from the centre of the bed. She knew that Quinn would do the same. She waited a short while to make sure that Quinn was asleep before she looked over to make sure the girl was facing away. She turned over only to find the blonde cheerleader was led looking at her, wide awake.

"I cant sleep," Quinn whispered. "and your hair smells really good."

"I changed shampoo recently." Rachel said with a small smile. Quinn wanted to tell her that she had noticed from sitting behind her in Glee club but she thought that that would be a little too creepy. She had just told the girl that she had smelt her hair. "Are you ready to talk yet?"

"Now or never right?" Quinn laughed nervously.