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lucy quinn fabray ; twenty-two. recent yale graduate. william mckinley alum. drama teacher @ wmhs of performing arts. mother to anakin fabray and beth. the supremes stan.

[daphnes--corner]

( *&. closed starter ; sam & quinn )

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖘𝖆𝖒 !

the exciting night many had been anticipating was finally here. the musical had been the topic of choice buzzing through the classrooms as those involved prepared and peers grew excited, and sam was no exception. he had been finding a majority of his free time in and out of rehearsals, helping in any way he could to make sure the musical as a whole would go smoothly. in a way sam was glad to have the distraction of the musical, but it required him being around quinn more than just during the school day. he knew he couldn’t avoid her forever, and after his long night talking with stacey he wasn’t so sure he wanted to avoid her anymore. he had realized he had only been avoiding her out of fear, fear of the future, of not being good enough, of stepping on quinn’s toes, etc. the talk with his sister had fueled his confidence and sparked a plan in sam’s mind, he was going to act like an adult  and try to talk this out, hopefully for the better. 

that is until friday night was upon him, and sam found himself either too busy or too nervous to approach quinn. they had all been running around behind the stage in the last minute frenzy that was before an show, and hardly any of them could find a break from it, especially the director. so instead sam focused his energy on the show and the kids, providing any encouraging words and fruit snacks he could give, because everyone likes fruit snacks right? but he was soon being shooed to his seat as the show began. to say he was proud would be an understatement, in his eyes the show had been one of the best he had seen. maybe even better than the original musical, but he might have been a bit biased. he was so proud that he jumped up when the applause started, cheering and whistling like that dad at graduation and waited around after the show to congratulate all of the kids. 

during this time though, sam had kept an eye on quinn so that maybe he could catch her when she was alone but her praises seemed never ending that night as he tried his best not to look like he was just waiting around. finally though, people started heading home and he found his way trying to catch back up with quinn as she headed away from where all the greetings had been. “quinn, wait up,” he called, jogging slightly to where she stood. was he really ready to do this? probably not, but when was he ever going to be? “i uh, well if you’re not busy i was wondering if we could talk? i mean if you’re wanting to get home or something that’s fine i won’t keep you i just thought i’d ask now since everyone is leaving and if i didn’t ask now i’d never ask and i’m rambling so please shut me up,”

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Here it was. The moment Quinn had been waiting for, opening night. It wasn’t going to be her up on that stage but she did feel so much for these kids who she had only bonded with for the past few months. As the curtain drew and she was watching the entire show play out, she was so happy and all the nerves that had been building up since February had all went away. She put on that production, with the help of other people, but she did that. She couldn’t help but be so proud of herself and her kids at the same time, everyone did so amazingly in Quinn’s mind and she hoped everyone in the audience thought the same.

As the show came to an end she, of course, gave her kids an encouraging Will Schuester inspired speech and let them go off doing whatever they wanted to. After almost everyone left the auditorium, she made her way over to the costume rack, making sure everyone had returned their costumes until she was overcome by an eruption of emotions and in true Quinn Fabray fashion began to cry. Proud of herself, proud of her drama kids, all of them. Letting out a hard sigh, her hand clutching to the cross around her neck, she wiped up her tears and made her way out to leave, but was stopped by plenty of people of praising her and greeting her.

After it seemed like hours upon hours of people praising her, she was finally ready to leave until she heard a familiar voice, who she was expecting not to say anything to her tonight. Turning around to face him, she offered a soft smile. “No, I can stay and chat. I was just gonna go curl up on my couch with a bottle of wine and watch New Girl on Netflix,” she thought about it for a moment if she should mention Anakin being at her mom’s for the night, but she didn’t know if it was even something she should disclose.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖘𝖆𝖒 !

sam usually spent a bit of time after school to finish up whatever work he had still laying on his desk, but this afternoon was different. instead of sitting at his desk with music playing while he worked through papers, he was frantically running around between his office and the choir room in search of one of his prized possessions. hearing footsteps approach behind him, sam whirled with wide eyes and sighed when he saw who it was. “thank god, now that you’re here i could really use your help. my true jackson vp poster is missing from my office and i can’t focus if i don’t have it in there. can you help me find it? it’s like a national emergency happening here. do you think someone stole it? should i put out an amber alert?”

Quinn had been a frantic mess, with days ahead of opening night she had been running around like a maniac. She was sure she would even be fired afterward for focusing more on a musical rather than grading the stack of papers that had made its way onto her desk. Finding herself in Sam’s office as she was trying to hunt down a stapler, she was shocked to even find him in there, possibly acting more frantic than her. “I’m sorry, your what poster?” She asked, furrowing her brows in response.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖙𝖔𝖘𝖍𝖆 !

Oh my god, please don’t remind me! I’m not usually a nervous person but I keep having nightmares that I suddenly forget all the words while I’m on stage and that you add scenes I haven’t even learned yet. Even though I’m pretty sure that isn’t possible. But it’s totally freaking me out. I think it may be a bad omen.

I’m not sure it’s so much a bad omen as it is just pre-show jitters, but you’re going to make a wonderful Ms. Fleming. You’ve been doing amazing so there’s really nothing to worry about, on your end at least.

[brittlopezpierce]

Asking a question.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖞 !

Brittany was almost thrilled that Quinn was in her office. That way she could ask her question and then be done with it it. She walked further into the room and took a seat opposite of her old friend. “Hey Quinn, I was actually wondering if I could ask you a question?” She asked almost nervously. “Breathe…” she tried to remind herself… “It’s just Quinn.”

Quinn smiled softly at Brittany as she stepped into her office. Tossing a piece of her hair across her shoulder, she let her eyes focus on the fellow blonde. “Sure. What’s up?” She asked, crossing her legs.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖘 !

What’s there to be nervous about, Fabray? Your lead is a freak with a vendetta out for everyone who crosses her fuckin’ path, you just recast a lead like two weeks ago, and I’m pretty sure I saw the band geeks all taking shots out in the parking lot - but you didn’t fuckin’ hear that from me. What could possibly go wrong? 

I don’t need to hear your input, Brooks, and there’s nothing wrong with an ambitious woman who knows what she wants. You could probably use some of that.

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T-minus five days until opening night and as excited as I am to see my kiddos perform, I also feel like I’m going to throw up everywhere. Is it normal to be this nervous? I don’t think I’ve felt this nervous since I was performing, I thought it would be less nerve-wracking on the other end.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖆 !

So I should make it unicorn themed then. I need to think about it- I have a feeling hardwood isn’t very Lord T proof. 

Okay, rude. I’ll remember that before getting you a nice housewarming gift. Probably not, maybe you could give him his own room where he lives so he doesn’t have kitchen privileges?

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖓 !

Christian sat at the piano in the choir room. His computer was close by and he continued pacing back and forth between the keys on his laptop and the keys of the piano. He was grinning from ear to ear, something that would seem unfamiliar to anyone who had met Christian at this point. He looked up at the new body that had entered the room but continued playing notes on the piano. “I’ve been in here for like an hour..so I could totally dip if you needed this space for something.” He said nonchalantly, still hyperfocused on what he was doing. “Time flies when you’re creating a fucking masterpiece.”

With the musical opening in a week, Quinn was sure she looked crazy. She had been running around constantly making sure she had everything ready and prepared and most of that time she was running into Blaine’s office asking him about what she should do about whatever the issue was; whether it was costumes, her performers, the set, script, score, whatever it was she was normally trying to hunt down Blaine and that’s how she ended up in the choir room, accidentally walking in on one of the students. “You’re good, promise. I was just looking for Mr. Hummel-Anderson.” She answered, smiling at the teenager. “I bet. You know, I would love to have your voice and that attitude for our fall musical. I would definitely recommend auditioning when the time comes about.”

[quinnyisms]

𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖊 !

“You had me at Berry’s determination. The obvious lack of motivation our current Duke has bothers me even more than the fact that she isn’t really living up to our expectations. So replacing her definitely sounds like the best thing to do here. And if that new student really has Rachel’s determination, we’ve got nothing to worry about. Plus, there’s always her understudy. Or I could put on that wig. Something tells me Kurt would refuse.”

"As much as I hate to say it, she’s just awful but I didn’t really have much option when our best picks already had Veronica and Chandler in the bag and as darling as Elle is she just... Isn’t the strongest performer with her voice but this girl did Masquerade for her New Directions audition. Masquerade! How insane is that? And according to Sam, she killed it. I have no doubt we’ll have another cat fight next year with her in the mix. Look, I’m trying my hardest not to have a repeat of Grease. As great as I heard Santana was as Rizzo, I think we owe it to the kids to let them have parts, we had our time to shine. And speaking of that, I actually got in contact with the Lima community theatre who are thinking about letting me direct a little something this summer, so maybe you can wear that wig after all.”

[quinnyisms]

𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖏𝖆𝖝𝖔𝖓 !

“you and mr. hummel-anderson could not put on a half-assed performance if you hired circus animals as actors and did it in your backyard. more bad boy-ness? well stacey seems to think i need to get a leather jacket and adopt a bad boy persona for a bit, which maybe that’s extreme but maybe it’ll help? but i will rewatch it and just focus on jd’s lines and actions. though i’m not sure i’ll be able to figure out exactly what makes slater one of the greats, you know besides everyone thought he was dreamy,”

"The circus animal thing... Not a bad idea. If I knew where I could afford a group of circus animals to put on a performance I think I could pull it off. Definitely might add it to my passion project list. You know, method acting wouldn’t be the most terrible thing I ever heard, Stacey might have a smart idea brewing there. But buy faux, a real leather jacket is so expensive - or I’m sure Kurt has one you could borrow.”

[brittlopezpierce]

Asking a question.

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖞 !

As Brittany walked the halls of Mckinley, she knew she needed to make a stop at Quinn’s or Ms Fabray’s office. She remembered she was the head of the drama department and had a quick question regarding ballet costumes. She quickly stopped in front of her office before knocking on the door, hoping she was around.  If she wasn’t then she knew she would have to come back later. She didn’t even know Quinn was the right person to ask but as the first section of her ballet class came to an end, she needed a costume for a performance she was to give. She didn’t really want to invest in her own, as she had seen the prices but was hoping to borrow a costume just for her performance. 

Quinn had been seated in her office, grading papers from the previous week’s quiz, a pair of reading glasses attached to her face as she felt like she was getting a headache looking at these papers. For a performance arts school, a lot of the kids seemingly didn’t know most technical terms which worried the blonde but she didn’t let it phase her much. Hearing footsteps enter her office, she looked up expecting to see a student or one of her drama kids, but instead came face to face with Brittany. “Hey Britt, what’s up?” She asked, removing the glasses from her face as she scooted over the tests she was grading, giving her full attention to the fellow blonde.

[quinnyisms]

𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 𝖋𝖆𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖞'𝖘 𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑 𝖒𝖔𝖔𝖉𝖇𝖔𝖆𝖗𝖉

                   " ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴜꜱ ɪꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴄʏ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴀɴᴋ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ɪꜱ ꜰᴜʟʟ, ʏᴏᴜ                       ᴄᴀɴ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ. "

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖏𝖆𝖝𝖔𝖓 !

“uh huh. but thanks, for all your help during the musical. this is all new to me and you and everyone here has been a great help. speaking of jd, any tips i can work on to make it better? of course, i’m pretty much there, i just need to know my lines without cues from others helping me. gotcha, well in that case, we never had this chat,”

"Hm, well it is my job to make you kids better. I’d be failing if I had a half-assed performance and on mine and Mr. Hummel-Anderson’s watch, that won’t be happening. Tips? Um, keep doing what you’re doing. You’re JD for a reason so you are doing great, despite the lack of experience. Maybe try to hone in more on the bad boy-ness? I love the whole jock next door look you have, but JD’s a full on psychopath so maybe study the movie or even a bootleg of the musical online and see what makes Slater and all the others so great at playing JD.”

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𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖊𝖛𝖆 !

Eva wasn’t all surprised to see Quinn in her office, the blonde always acted like she owned the place and that was one thing she didn’t like about her, but she’d never say it to her face. “Of course you did.” She mutters to herself before then putting her pen down. “Fixing coffee machines is my favorite pastime!”

Quinn didn’t really mind to get too comfortable at her job, she knew her co-workers. Some a little too much and some she barely knew their name, but it didn’t bother the blonde. As much as she was dedicated to her job, she wasn’t there to become everyone’s buddies. “I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, so I’m just going to assume you’re being serious.” Quinn replied, a soft, fake like smile appearing on her face.

[ladybaratheon]

Dianna Agron for Roger Vivier’s Abracashoes.

[quinnyisms]

𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖑 !

Staring up at the blonde the brunette star quirked a brow and rolled her eyes playfully. “Well if you didn’t have such a handsome man at home you’d get more sleep.” She teased softly. “Not really no just felt like staring up at the ceiling, felt the need to contemplate life you know?” Rachel stated as she pushed herself up to her feet.

"Probably, I’m hoping for the night I get a full 8 hours but I don’t think that’ll happen until he’s 18 years old,” Quinn let out a light laugh, foot tapping on the tile floor as she gazed at the brunette. “How come? Realize little old Lima still isn’t the place for you?”

[quinnyisms]

𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖓 & 𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖆 !

That’s true and I am not letting my kitchen look like a unicorn threw up. I’m going to be the one doing the cooking, I’ll have to look at it. Hardwood is always a nice look. 

I probably wouldn’t come over if your kitchen was unicorn themed, to put it frankly. Isn’t it? I feel like you can’t go wrong with it.