Faberry: Girlfriends or Girl Friends

Chapter 12

2 Weeks Later

The week of the football team's championship game had arrived, and tensions between the football players and the glee club were high.  The football team had lost their most recent game due to Finn fumbling the ball.  Not just that, he was too distracted by Rachel.  He knew, at least in his mind, that they belonged together.  The only thing standing in his way, was Quinn.  The two of them have been connected at the hip for the past several months, and he wanted Rachel all to himself.  No Quinn, or Jesse St James, or anybody else.  Little did Finn know, he still had no chance with Rachel, despite everything that had happened the last few weeks.

Quinn had kissed Rachel in the parking lot a few weeks ago, and despite sharing a few smiles and happy glances, the two girls really hadn't talked about the kiss.  In the back of Rachel's mind, kissing Quinn was something that she had wanted for a long time.  Now that she had finally felt the blonde's lips on hers, she really didn't know how to feel.  Quinn didn't know what had come over her, but she liked the feeling of kissing Rachel.  She needed to figure out her feelings for the brunette, and she needed to do it fast.

The entire football team had joined been forced to join the glee club for a week, due to the team's inability to work together on the field during games.  While Rachel was none to happy about this situation, she knew that was just another problem to add to the list for the week.  Sue had called all the cheerios out to the football field for a special meeting.  When the girls arrived, they saw Sue standing next to a huge cannon that you would see at carnivals.  "Ladies.  Say hello to my secret weapon."  The girls were absolutely shocked.  "Brittney. Climb on in." Sue said.  "Coach.  I really don't wanna die.  Not until One Tree Hill gets canceled." Brittney said.  "Rachel?  You're a brave girl, you climb in."  Quinn opened her mouth to speak, but Rachel beat her to it.  "Miss Sylvester you can't be serious.  This is going to kill one of us!" Rachel screeched.

Sue then proceeded to prove that the cannon was completely safe, by stuffing a dummy in the cannon.  However, when the cannon fired, the dummy came out in pieces.  "Any of you take german?  I may need you to read the owner's manual." Sue stated before walking away.  "Sue's going to kill me." Rachel shuttered ready to start panicking.  Quinn threw her arm around the brunette and whispered calmly to her, "Let's talk to Mr. Shue, he'll take care of this."  Rachel stopped shaking at Quinn's words and berried her face in Quinn's cheer jacket.

 Will and Figgins forbid Sue from firing anyone out of the cannon, prompting her to retaliate.  Sue was able to get her cheerleading regional moved to the same night as the championship game, pulling the cheerios out of the half-time performance.  Will and Coach Beiste's solution was to have the football team join the glee club for the half-time show.  "What about the cheerios in glee club?" Sam asked.  "They have a choice.  Us or cheerios." Will responded.  "Well we all know what Quinn is going to choose cheerios." Finn stated.  "You don't know that!" Rachel retorted.  "I know that Quinn, Santana and Brittney are going to choose cheerios over glee.  You are going to choose glee over cheerios, and Jessie is a bit of a toss up." Finn stated.  "Whatever you guys choose, we will ALL respect your decision." Will told them.

After rehearsal, Quinn was in the restroom leaning over one of the sinks when Rachel walked in to wash her zombie makeup off.  "Quinn you okay?"  "What the hell are we gonna do Rach?  We miss the cheerleading competition we're out of cheerios.  If we miss the game we're out of glee club.  I'm torn and I don't know what to do." Quinn stated.  "Quinn, I'm torn too.  I never imagined I'd be a cheerleader and your friend.  I don't know what to do either."  Both girls stayed silent for a moment.  Quinn turned to Rachel and looked in her eyes.  "Can I tell you something?" Rachel asked. "Sure."  "Why did you do it?"  Quinn tilted her head, "Rach, I'm not sure I understand."  "Why did you kiss me 2 weeks ago?" Rachel asked.  "Honestly...... I've wanted to kiss you for a long time." Quinn stated.  "You have?"