- A/N; I don't own Glee. Obviously.
So this chapter is kind of like, reminiscing. Remembering things. Whatever, you'll see, but it takes place at different times which is why it's italicized. And brownie points if you get the reference at the end.
The first time Quinn sees Blaine after the incident is fairly soon after, only a year. It's her sophomore year at McKinley and she's starting it out pretty poorly. She's pregnant. With Puckerman's baby, only everyone thinks it's Finn's, and Finn is preoccupied with Ru-paul Berry.
She wants to talk to Blaine and damn it, she doesn't CARE that it's dangerous. It's after school and she doesn't have to see Mr. Schuester's crazy wife today, so she puts Dalton Academy in her GPS and heads out.
It's a long trip, and she spends most of it crying. When she gets to Dalton, she spends another half hour staring at the school from a big tree outside before even going in. It's a mess of Blazers, red and blue, and pretty boys. She's in her cheerios uniform, eyes red and puffy, and yet no one notices her, so she silently walks the halls for twenty minutes before she sees him.
Blaine is studying on a bay window, his nose engrossed in a book. The sun is shining on his face and his curls are matted down by gel. He's biting his lip and scrunching his nose, trying hard to understand whatever he is reading.
Quinn starts to walk forward slowly, the noise in the room gone but then-
"Blaaiiiiiine! Come on to warblers practice, you could get the lead!" An Asian boy grabs his book and runs off. Quinn expects him to laugh, yell, or curse, like he would have years ago. But he doesn't. He puts on a smile and stands up, then follows quietly.
This is not her Blaine.
Blaine hears the squeak of shoes against linoleum and turns around. He sees a red outfit and a blonde ponytail.
He doesn't understand why there's a girl in an all boys school.
Blaine is excited to go to a party with Kurt. Truth be told, he definitely likes the taller boy, he just doesnt want to ruin anything. They're going to Rachel's house, a pretty girl he's met a few times before but doesn't really know.
He comes down Rachel's stairs with Finn and Kurt, assuring Rachel he's not after her set list.
"Is that a...stage..." He sees her in the middle of his sentence. Beautiful, skinny blonde Quinn. She exchanges words with Rachel and walks off, barely looking at him.
When Kurt told him stories about the pretty cheerleader Quinn at his school, he never put two and two together. This means she had a baby. This means her father kicked her out. This means her mom left her Dad and now they're almost free. He wants to hurl.
He didn't want to be like his Dad, but this is a special occasion. So he drinks. 2 bottles, four, a few shots, a body shot off Santana's not-girlfriend Britney. He talks to Finn, trying to express how cool it is that Finn and Kurt are brothers and love each other when they're not blood, and his brother shot him, but he doesn't get that far.
He can hear Quinn bitching about what Puck did to her, how he ruined her body. Blaine thinks she's beautiful. He doesn't know why but they're all sitting on the floor in front of a bottle and he remembers this from middle school and hopes it lands on Lucy again. Rachel's spin lands on him. He could be drunk, but he's sure he feels something for her.
They sing a duet together. He's singing to Lucy Quinn, hoping she'll talk to him. That's the last thing he remembers before waking up in Kurt's bed.
Quinn watches the whole night, and stays away. During the duet, she notices he's not wearing gel this time.
Sugar walks into the choir room of the new school, ecstatic to join this glee club. There's food in her hair and on her clothes, but she wants to sing so it doesnt matter.
She spits out cruel words and lies so they'll fear her, like she's done her whole entire life, even more so now.
She choke's bad, she always does. It doesn't really matter, she knows it'll work eventually. Later, outside during lunch, she hears music and looks up.
It's Blaine.
Tears form instantly. His gels are curled and he's singing some cheesy song when she KNOWS he prefers alternative or rock or punk or ANYTHING that isnt so top 40's . He's not the same. As soon as the song finishes, a girl with pink hair sets the piano on fire with her cigarette. She learns the girls name later, and goes home crying to her Daddy.
When Blaine hears Sugar Motta, he and Quinn now go to the same school again, he instantly finds Quinn with her Skanks and grabs her hard, pulling her away.
"What the fuck Blaine!" She tries to yank away but his grip is strong, at least that never changed.
"Get your shit together Quinn! You're going to get us in trouble! Take your goddamn meds!" She finally yanks away and pushes him hard.
"Don't tell me what to do! You left me here alone and never cared! Don't act like you do now just because Sugar is around! What happened to finding me and finding her and getting us out!" With that, she turned around and ran, far from him.
He shook his head and headed home.
Glee club has been tense since Quinn, Sugar, and Blaine argued during class. Santana and Britney sang a ballad together for their secret, and Artie sang another song about dancing. Nothing had gotten rid of the elephant in the room.
Sugar sighs and stands up, every one in the room tenses and looks from Blaine to Quinn to Sugar.
"I won't share my secret. But I will sing a song from a book someone I love once read to me. It makes me feel...infinite."
As the first chord on the piano play, a few people understand the reference. Kurt, Tina, and surprisingly Puck smile and sing back up for her.
No one notices the tears on both Quinn and Blaine's faces.
"Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore"