I Feel Pretty When You're Around

Chapter 14

Quinn was leaning over the sink still crying when she heard the door swing open to the bathroom. She lifted her head to the mirror and squinted her eyes as it was too blurry for her to see. She wasn't surprised when she saw the outline of one Rachel Berry.

"Are you okay, Quinn? What happened?" the brunette asked with concern in her voice while walking over to the blonde.

Quinn didn't turn around, she tried to stop the tears that were still flowing down her face so she could answer back, "Please go away, I don't want you to see me like this," the blonde said through sniffles.

"Quinn what is? What happened? You were fine before I left to warm up... You can tell me," Rachel said walking over to place a comforting hand on the girls shoulder.

The blonde moved away from the brunettes touch, "Go away, Rachel... Please."

"Quinn, did I do something?" Rachel had no idea what had triggered the blonde to be the way she is.

"Rachel, please leave before I become angry and lash out at you for no reason."

The brunette opened her eyes wide in surprised but she wasn't going to back down she was Rachel Berry after all, "You can lash out at me, Quinn. I don't care, I'm not going anywhere so you better just hurry up and tell me what the matter is," Rachel said with a firm sound in her voice.

Quinn sniffed and then turned around to stare at the diva, she placed her palms on the edges of the sink and leaned herself back against it, she looked down and took a deep breath in, "It was the song you sang that made me this way."

Rachel just stood there to take what she heard in, "Why did my choice of song make you run away and cry?"

"Rachel, please I can't do this."

The brunette moved closer to Quinn and grabbed her right hand for comfort, "Quinn, please open up to me."

Quinn didn't want to feel vulnerable to anyone, let alone Rachel but she knew the diva wouldn't give up, "I saw the way you were looking at Finn and I couldn't handle it. I thought that maybe if you told me you didn't feel the same way that I feel for you I'd be okay... But clearly I'm not okay."

Rachel was still a little confused, "Quinn, I still don't understand."

The blonde took her hand out of the brunettes embrace and stared straight into the girls brown eyes, "That song you sang was about Finn... I know you still have feelings for him."

The brunette raised her eyebrows, "Pardon? You think I like Finn?"

"Well it was a bit obvious. The way you were looking at him."

Rachel just shook her head she couldn't believe what she was hearing, she never knew that Quinn could be so insecure, "Listen Quinn. Yes that song was about Finn," Quinn dropped her head and started crying again, Rachel moved closer to the blonde and grabbed her hand again, "Quinn, look at me, I haven't finished yet," Quinn lifted her head to look at Rachel, she had mascara running down her face, "Yes that song was about Finn... But did you even listen to the lyrics of the song?"

Quinn just looked at Rachel, she thought back to when she was dancing with Finn and hearing Rachel sing but she couldn't remember the lyrics, she was too heartbroken to hear any of it, she just remembered Rachel's voice. So Quinn shook her head at Rachel.

"Well Quinn, you are acting like this for no reason, that song I was singing was telling Finn that he no longer has a chance with me and that he has to move on."

"Really?" Quinn asked, hopefulness was heard in her voice.

Rachel just smiled, "Yes Quinn, Finn has asked me out a couple of times in the last two weeks and I have said no both times, I sang him that song to let him know that he really doesn't have a chance with me."