Junior Year

56

Quinn headed to the cafeteria, surprised to see Olivia, Rachel, Finn, Puck, and Santana all at one table waiting for her. She sat down next to Olivia and looked at her friends.

"Thank you, guys." Quinn said. "Everything is good now. It's over."

"What are you talking about?" Puck asked.

"With Sam." Quinn responded. "I just talked to him."

Puck raised his eyebrow. "Why didn't you tell me you were gonna talk to him?"

"Because I didn't think it was important enough to tell you." Quinn shrugged.

"You thought it was important enough to tell everyone else at this table." Puck noted as he stood up.

"Noah." Quinn looked at him. "Where are you going?"

"It's not important enough to tell you." Puck responded as he walked away.

Quinn rolled her eyes. "I'll talk to him later. For the first time in weeks, I feel relieved."

Rachel smiled. "Good."

"You should enjoy it." Finn added. "Puck will be okay."

Quinn nodded back.

The friends enjoyed the rest of their lunch period, though Quinn was somewhat distracted because of Puck. She wasn't worried though; she knew he'd be fine.

When the bell rang, Quinn jumped. She smiled slightly and said goodbye to her friends before heading to her next class.

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After school, Quinn went straight to glee club. She wasn't surprised to see that Sam wasn't there, but Puck wasn't there either.

"Okay, guys, let's get started." Mr. Schue began as he looked at everyone.

"Mr. Schue, Noah's missing." Quinn stated.

"Sam." Tina corrected her softly.

Quinn shook her head.

"Sam and Puck are both missing." Mr. Schue nodded as he looked at Finn.

Finn shrugged. "Puck didn't say he wouldn't be here."

"And there's no football or anything." Mike added.

"I wanted to tell you guys who your partners are for Regionals." Mr. Schue said. "I know we have time, but I figured it'd be good for you guys to know, and we can see if we need to make changes."

"Mr. Schuester, we have too many girls." Rachel pointed out.

"And if Puck and Sam quit then we're really screwed." Mercedes added.

"How'd you pair us up so far?" Olivia wondered.

"I had Brittany and Mike help." Mr. Schue said. "Mike's with Tina."

"Finn and Rachel are together." Mike added. "Santana and Puck, Quinn and Sam."

"I'll trade with Quinn." Santana said.

Quinn nodded.

"This is pointless right now." Artie realized. "Glee club needs more guys."

"I thought you were getting Kurt to come back, Finn." Mercedes stated.

"Me and Puck are working on it." Finn muttered as he stood up.

"Finn, where are you going?" Rachel asked.

"I'm gonna go get guys for glee club." Finn stated.

"Finn, wait. I wanna talk to you." Mr. Schue said. "Everyone else is dismissed."

Quinn gathered her things before leaving the choir room with Olivia.