Gossip Glee Girl 2

Episode 2, Chapter 3

She barely had a moment to look for anyone she knew before Quinn spotted her.

"Rachel! You're finally here," Quinn said a bit too eagerly.

"Quinn, what—you're excited I'm here?" Rachel asked dubiously.

"We're friends, aren't we?" she added earnestly. "I need to speak to you really quick actually. Follow me," she said, walking ahead. Rachel not knowing any better followed quickly behind.

"The party looks great Quinn. I obviously didn't get to see a lot of it yet, but I'm sure it's a lot of fun," Rachel shared warmly.

Once the door was shut behind her, Quinn didn't look all that interested in small talk.

"Speaking as your friend, I heard some very important news that I think you'd like to know before it's shared to the masses on Gossip Girl. I have it on good authority this information has already been shared with Gossip Girl so, really, it's only a matter of time before she filters through the day's emails," Quinn said speedily.

"You're scaring me a bit, Quinn. What's all this about?" she spoke slowly.

"I think it's best for you to see for yourself," Quinn said putting her phone in Rachel's hand. Rachel looked down confused. The two persons in the picture were unmistakable. She exhaled unevenly.

"I don't understand," Rachel eventually sputtered out heartbrokenly.

"Well, that looks like your mom, Shelby, and that looks like Noah Puckerman."

"This--" she said holding it away from her.

"If you're still confused, it looks as if your mom and Puck are embracing... romantically," Quinn chimed in.

Lordy, lordy, look who's 40—or at least a well-preserved 38. We knew Puck had a thing for older women, but is this risky business or strictly business? What's this? Puck's summer fling and Kurt's ex are mother and son? Now there's a novel plot twist.

"This can't be real. It's doctored!" Rachel teared up as she attempted to process the information. "Why would you do this?"

"I can tell you for a fact it's real. Puck told me about his sexual entanglement from this summer. Unfortunately, the whole affair wasn't as private as he might have imagined, just with some slight digging... well—you can see—all kinds of things will pop up. He never ceases to amaze, but I think he really dropped the ball on this one. He's always been interested in trash, but sometimes he sinks even lower than you can imagine," Quinn stuck the knife in deeper.

In tears, the shorter girl raced away and banged on the button to the elevator to get herself far, far away as soon as possible. She needed to talk to Blaine. He would be able to explain and make sense of what she saw. She worried he wouldn't believe her until her phone dinged, and the picture appeared, sent to her phone by Quinn. As much as she hated looking at it, she sent it to Blaine immediately and called him for help.

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Missing each other by only a few moments, Kurt showed up just after Rachel raced away. He was usually late for these kinds of events and thought he was early for Quinn's party by his standards. He wore a gray and black Ashton Michael Adjustable Houndstooth Bowtie with two chains over a dark-colored button-down and mustard yellow Asos Skinny chinos. [Big girls don't cry] He spotted the stage and caught the glowing Q in the spotlight soaking up the attention of an Unholy Trinity performance of 'Come See About Me.' Finn sat in the audience watching.

"What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean? I got an invite," he said casually.

"Oh, I forget you have a phone."