Prompt Post #7
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God I was being a self-centered bitch, wasn't I? I was so screwed up. I just wanted it so much. It's supposed to be something you want.
But this time, all she can think of is Kurt. Kurt who never wanted this -- not just the stupid crown and the stupid title, but all the hatred and ignorance that leads a room full of kids to vote a boy as prom queen two years running. And throw him in dumpsters. And ignore it when he gets shoved in the hall. And make him hesitant hug his boyfriend in public, let alone kiss him.
It's supposed to be an honor. A victory. The crown, being queen. It's supposed to mean they like you.
And who knows, maybe some of their classmates were too blind to see that underneath his brave face and pithy comment, Kurt was dying inside last year when he took that crown, when he was left out on that dance floor alone. Maybe some of those votes were sincere, if appallingly misguided.
Maybe some, but not all of them. Not even most of them. Most of them are just jerks, using some stupid popularity contest to push him around because they can't get away with tripping him in the halls anymore. It's all so cruel and stupid and meaningless.
Why did I ever even want that stupid crown? It's nothing. I'm better than that. He's better than that.
Alright, maybe she does know what to think.
Quinn still has no idea what to say. Last year, she ranted and raved and blamed Rachel. That didn't really even make sense then, and it certainly wouldn't now.
This time, she presses her lips together to keep some stupid denial or platitude from spilling out. Better to stay silent than to say something meaningless.
Santana, however, has opened her eyes again, and while she looks angry and tired, any trace of teariness is well gone. And she is ready to fill that silence.
"He didn't even want to come to this stupid dance. Him and his bushy-haired hobbits were gonna ditch all these idiots, have their little anti-prom party. Get down with their boring selves. And they wanted us to come too." Santana pushed off the wall and started walking back, looking anywhere but at Quinn and the stack of prom queen ballots.
"We could have worked something out, you know? Could have planned to do the prom thing just long enough for me and Brits to get our royalty on, then go make their pity party worlds less lame. Instead, I just went all 'prom or bust' on them, and, oh look, here they are, just in time for the crapfest they were trying to avoid. I mean, ok, Berry might have been doing it because she's a pissy baby who can't deal with not being the star of her whole goddamn life. But Kurt . . ."
Santana sank down into her chair, finally looking at Quinn. "He shouldn't have to deal with this crap. Not again."
And Quinn looked back at Santana, her eyes hard with the same steely determination that got her through an unplanned teen pregnancy and being kicked out of her home, that allowed her to come back from the desperate, dark, empty place she went after giving up Beth, that was going to see her walk again, that was taking her all the way to Yale.
"No, he shouldn't. And he won't."
Because Quinn knew exactly what to do.
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In case anyone's wondering, I didn't write the aftermath, but I figure they just did like they did on the show and named Rachel (or, if you prefer, Missy or Becky) prom Queen. And, of course, they never told anyone else the truth, ever.
Edit: And, oh look, I de-anonned. I'm clearly not good at this.
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Oh, oh yes. This is so good. It's even realistic with Kurt not winning a majority but still winning enough. And I like the callback to last year with Quinn realizing how selfish of her it was to be upset that she hadn't won when one of her friends was in the process of being humiliated.
Thank you so much for this fill!
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As a side note, how would you feel if I wrote a companion piece to this, from inside Santana's head instead of Quinn's?
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Oh look, I can't stay anon either.
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Also, since you like the Santana so much, I thought I'd let you know that I'm kind of kicking around an accompanying fic, that tells this same story from Santana's POV instead of Quinn's. I do had a lot of thoughts about what what going on in there, but I only felt up to being in one person's head at a time. Quinn's was the one that came to me, so that's how this story got told. But I might try to put together Santana's side if I can.
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I personally would love to see an accompianment to this. You really did such a wonderful job of getting into Quinn's head, and having her reactions stay true to her character. Her reflections on how differently she felt the previous year to this year show just how much she has changed. While she was affected by the vote, she still seems manages to control her emotions -- which made Santana's reaction stand out in even greater contrast. By choosing to have a single POV, you managed to give great insight into multiple characters. To do the same thing again, only swapping POVs? Oh, I'm IN.
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