Something - Quinn Fabray

Chapter 48

"And it's fourteen seconds left in the fourth quarter, McKinley Titans' Corcoran in possession."

"Go, Ryan!" Quinn yelled from the sidelines. It had been a week since the New Directions' Sectionals competition, and the Titans' basketball team was playing the Roosevelt Knights that afternoon

The McKinley crowd cheered its approval as Ryan managed another two-pointer, putting the Titans at a ten-point lead. The game went back into play, with the Knights moving up the court only to have the ball intercepted by the Titans' defense. The ball was quickly passed to Ryan, who streaked it up the court, only to have the finishing whistle blow just before he took the shot.

It didn't matter though, they had still won, and the Titans' supporters were ecstatic. McKinley had won all of its three basketball games this season, almost half of their points having been scored by Ryan. A minute later he appeared next to Quinn, wearing a huge smile. "Hey," he greeted her.

"Hey yourself." She pulled him down for a kiss.

"So, how did I do?"

"You did great," she praised him, smiling, before pushing him away. "Now how about you go get a shower and we can get back home, hmm?"

"Are you implying that I stink?"

"That," Quinn said, "is exactly what I'm implying. Now go on."

Ryan grinned at her, swooping in to steal another kiss. "Yes dear."

..

A few minutes later, Ryan stepped out of the locker rooms. He looked around for a second, orienting himself in the unfamiliar hallways. Thankfully, he spotted a couple of girls. He jogged over to them. "Hi." The girls turned around. "Sorry to bother you, but do you two know the shortest way out to the parking lot?"

The taller one of the girls, looked at him. "Hey, you're one of the McKinley players, aren't you?"

Ryan nodded, smiling "Yeah. My name's Ryan."

"Yeah, I remember," the other girl said. "You were really good. Our team kind of sucked tonight."

"Thanks," Ryan grinned.

"Hey, there's a party going on just down the street, we were just on our way. Maybe you'd like to join us," the first girl suggested, running a hand through her long red hair. Ryan tilted his head with a confused smile.

"As tempting as that is, I really have to go, I can't miss my ride back to McKinley. Maybe another time." He spotted Quinn down the hall. "And I just saw my girlfriend, so I better go. I'm glad you enjoyed the game." He gave the two girls a polite smile and started walking towards his girlfriend, quickly catching up to her. "Hey."

"Who was that?" Quinn asked innocently.

"Oh, just a couple of girls. They go here," Ryan said offhandedly.

"What did they want with you?"

"I asked them for directions. And there's a party someone's house later, they were asking if I wanted to go. I told them I had to go because our bus is leaving soon."

"Did you want to go?"

Ryan looked a little confused. "Not really, I'm a little tired. And besides, I thought we were having dinner?"

Quinn smiled, a little forcedly. "Yeah." Ryan smiled at her, lacing their fingers together. He rarely got invited to parties, in fact the first and only one he'd been to was Finn and Kurt's party that summer with Quinn. But he didn't really want to go, he'd much rather spend the evening with Quinn.