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No words were spoken as Rachel and Quinn helped each other clean up after the slushy attack. Rachel was pondering whether to enlighten Quinn about the rumours circulating about the pair of them and Quinn was trying to decide whether she needed to have revenge on Karofsky or Santana first. The silver lining to the slushy cloud was the amount of ruined clothing that Rachel needed to remove - such tanned smooth skin!

"Quinn," Rachel started tentatively waiting for Quinn's eyes to meet hers,"There seems to be some misinformation circulating about..er.. us" she managed to blurt out.

"Such as?" Quinn asked eyebrow raised.

"Finn mentioned.. well Karofsky implied.." Rachel couldn't decide how to phrase it so she went for the Finn version, "People think I've infected you with 'the gay'."

Quinn looked at Rachel as her eyebrows shot up her forehead.

"As in, they think we're having sexual relations" added Rachel wondering why she was stuck in Finn speak. To her alarm Quinn started laughing, her shoulders shaking and her breathing becoming laboured.

"They think" gasped Quinn indicating Rachel and herself "we're involved" she spluttered as another wave of laughter hit. Quinn shook her head – oh irony of ironies.

Rachel's fear for Quinn's sanity was slowly morphing into annoyance at her finding the idea of them being together quite so hysterically funny. She moved closer to Quinn so they were face to face and her hands gripped the sink either side of Quinn restricting her movement. A clearly annoyed Rachel was staring into her eyes. Quinn felt her mouth go dry and her heart threaten to beat its way out of her chest.

"Yes well Quinn you might find this surprising but some people do actually find me attractive and I'm not adverse to the idea of girl-on-girl action" snapped Rachel.

"That's not why I was laughing" Quinn said hastily realising she couldn't really explain why she was so amused. Did Rachel just admit to interest in girl-on-girl action?

"Nothing's changed - who cares what people think?" Quinn added. Rachel stopped herself from pointing out how Quinn had led most of her school life worrying about what others thought.

"Come on Rach, give me a hug so I know you've forgiven me" Quinn implored, resisting the urge to groan as Rachel obliged. Their hug was cut short by the ringing of the bell although Quinn hoped the glow she now felt might last for the rest of the day. Rachel headed off trying to figure out what had happened to Quinn and Quinn headed off with a slither of hope that maybe a relationship with Rachel was not a total impossibility. 'Not adverse to the idea of girl-on-girl action' was on a loop in her head.

Quinn and Rachel spent the lunchtime disagreeing. Rachel recounted her conversation with Finn to Quinn's outrage and the addition of Finn to Quinn's hit list. They then had a heated debate as Quinn proposed more and more outrageous and violent ways to exact revenge and ensure the humiliation of those on her hit list, and Rachel objected citing 'the circle of violence', drawing parallels with the Middle East situation, and proposing a passive resistance approach, much to Quinn's derision.

"Face it Quinn, there isn't going to be an uprising of the oppressed masses here at McKinley high and so you're vastly outnumbered even if I agree to help - although I draw the line at use of torture," Rachel placed a soothing hand on Quinn's arm.

"But you've been turning the other cheek, rising above it all and all that with no impact on how you've been treated. Passive resistance is ineffective" Quinn grumbled.

"Ah but the view from the moral high ground is fabulous" beamed Rachel and then with a serious tone she added," It's not the protagonists that are the problem but the silence of the majority that allows all this bullying to happen. The staff are complicit and Sue Sylvester ..well" Rachel shrugged.

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