So here is the reason I haven't updated my other story. When I was watching Glee I couldn't help but notice how completely bored Quinn looked in both episodes, and I tend to get slightly irritated by the way Finn treats Rachel sometimes. Anyone else think that the first words out of Finn's mouth should have been "You are not a loser."
Anyway...it's short and the idea is still forming, but let me know what you think and if I should continue it...

Spoilers for Season two, episode one: Audition because it pretty much takes place during the episode. Don't own Glee or any Glee characters

Indescribably Beautiful

Quinn Fabray found it curious that she was sitting in the choir room at 3:00 listening to Mr. Schue talk about new members. She wondered if it was force of habit that had made her trace the familiar path to the choir room at the end of the day. Or maybe it was the fact that she had spent her entire summer alone in her house caged with her mother. Maybe she was simply craving contact with the outside world. Mercedes had spent all summer visiting family, Brit and Santana were at Coach Sylvester's cheerleading camp and after last year that was about the extent of her friend base. If she could even call them friends.

Quinn listened and tried not to roll her eyes as she listened to the other members talk about being a family and, even though she wanted to, couldn't expel the nessecary energy it would take to snicker when Brittany mumbled 'Gross' when Finn stood up next to Rachel. Quinn let the chatter die and followed that thought as it ran through her head.

It wasn't that she thought Rachel was gross. Actually the summer had been kind to her, she was a little tanner, a little thinner, and a little (and Quinn stressed the little part here) better dressed. It was just the thought of the two of them together that for whatever reason made her want to gag. Quinn toyed with the cross around her neck as she admired Rachel and tried not to dwell on the fact that she was admiring Rachel. Whatever, she shook her head and turned back toward the rest of her classmates trying to feign interest in what was going on in front of her.

Quinn knew that she wore her custom look of superiority as she stood in front of Sue Sylvester, but underneath her stomach was flipping and she could feel a lump in her throat as she struggled to keep her voice even in front of the coach. She had spent all summer getting back into shape and it was all for this moment, it just so happened that a stroke of luck had fallen into her lap when she had heard the news of Coach Sylvester's budget. She gave a small smirk as she turned with her hand on her hip and walked out of the gym. She had her foot back in the door.

Quinn felt the familiar material slide over her body, but couldn't manage a smile as she looked in the mirror and tightened her ponytail. She was curious as to what she was even doing here. She really had no desire to go back to being the Quinn Fabray that she had been before the baby. She took a deep breath and let a superior smile settle on her lips before placing her hand on her hip and walking out of the locker room. She had only gotten a few feet when she heard Santana behind her. And suddenly she felt Santana's fist connecting with her face and she couldn't control herself anymore. When Mr. Schue finally let go of her with an incredulous look she returned it with an irritated look of her own and stormed off toward the bathroom.

Quinn felt annoyance and a little bit of sympathy for Rachel Berry when everyone told her to shut up. It was the same annoyance that she had begun to feel last year when even though everyone had started to tolerate each other, they still somehow found ways to pick on the younger girl. She listened and watched as Sunshine sang a song and rolled her eyes as she witnessed everyone cheering as the song came to a finish.

Quinn couldn't deny that the new girl could sing, but she still secretly thought that Rachel was better. She couldn't really put her finger on what was better about it, but Sunshine had failed to provoke a response in Quinn the same way that Rachel did. For the thousandth time that day Quinn wondered what the hell she was doing. She remained off to herself as she watched everyone welcome Sunshine to Glee and tried not to focus on the apprehensive look that was just under Rachel's smile.

She felt an overwhelming urge to touch the girl, to offer her some sort of comfort, and a fresh bout of annoyance at Finn for joining in the welcoming. He was her boyfriend he should be comforting his girlfriend. She watched Rachel wander away to the back of the auditorium and gave Finn a dirty look that he didn't notice. She shouldn't be surprised though since he hadn't even realized that his girlfriend had left. Whatever, she thought as she followed Rachel out of the auditorium.

"Don't get your panties in a bunch, Man Hands, You're still our star." Quinn managed a flat tone as she walked by the diva and headed toward her car. She didn't look back to see Rachel's face, but for whatever reason she hoped that the girl was smiling…

Quinn had been wondering all week why she kept coming to Glee club. It wasn't like she was a loser anymore. She was head cheerleader again, she didn't belong here with them. The only trouble was that when she went to Cheerios practice all week she didn't belong there either. She sat off by herself most of the time and the truth was she wasn't sure where she belonged. All she knew for sure was that she was lonely. She had never been so alone in her entire life and at least if she went to Cheerios practice and sat in Glee club then she wasn't lonely all by herself. And at times both activities amused her.

She fought her eye roll for the thousandth time as she listened to the band of freaks go back and forth with Finn about wanting to punish Rachel about what happened with Sunshine. Quinn sat back with the same bored expression that she had been wearing all week and watched Finn's fairly pathetic attempt to defend the girl he supposedly loved. All Quinn kept hearing was the way he started every sentence. "Guys, I know that Rachel's annoying and controlling, but.." Which was only slightly worse than, "Yeah, I know she's a little overbearing, but…" Quinn couldn't hear anything after the way he defended Rachel and she finally spoke up when someone mentioned that they should all slushie her to teach her a lesson. At those words Quinn saw red.

"Are you guys even listening to yourselves? Seriously if any of you so much as cross Rachel's path with an empty cup in your hands I will personally make sure that the football team has an endless supply of corn syrup to torture you all with. All she did was protect what's hers, she might have been a little misguided, but let's move on shall we. So, Vocal Adrenaline gets Sunshine, we've got Rachel. They both have talent, the only difference is that Rachel knows what to do with it." Everyone stood and stared at her and this enraged Quinn even more She shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever, do what you want."

Quinn came out of the bathroom and caught sight of Rachel and Finn talking in the hallway. Her stomach clenched at the hurt look that crossed Rachel's pretty features as she watched the couple interact. Her fingers itched suddenly and her arm raised unconsciously to brush Rachel's hair behind her ear. She swallowed her shock at herself and noticed that they were no longer arguing.

Quinn's face darkened in what she knew was jealousy as the football player leaned down and kissed his girlfriend and didn't have time to panic about the jealousy before Rachel turned around. She looked wonderfully vulnerable as she turned from Finn and made her way to the auditorium. Quinn had meant to walk to her car and skip the rest of glee, but her legs carried her into the auditorium to where Rachel was standing alone on the stage.

She watched for a moment as the girl took a deep breath and turned to leave when nothing came out of Rachel's mouth. Just as she had turned toward the door she heard the opening notes of Rachel's song and was unable to stop herself from facing the little diva. Quinn sunk into a chair, Rachel and her voice took up the entire auditorium and Quinn felt her heart beat faster in her chest as she closed her eyes and let Rachel's voice echo through her body. Quinn opened her eyes as Rachel's song came to an end and was hit with one more startling realization: Rachel Berry was indescribably beautiful.