"You've been struck by a smooth criminal."

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Who: usedtohaveabs, rockstarwarbler and eventually jewhawk
What: A fag hag's job is never done... until she gets pwned.
Where: Bayfront Park, Miami
When: Saturday lunchtime
Rating: Who knows?

Quinn needed a break from studying before she went crazy. She had her nose lodged in the books for days now working on a paper that she had zero interest in, and that always seemed to make it so much more harder to concentrate on. Fresh air was exactly what she needed, so she decided to take a run along the beach and then ended it by grabbing a coffee from a vendor and sitting down in the park to enjoy it. She was lost in her own little world, wondering if she should approach Kurt about his increasing issues again with his food, or if it was still in that realm he would get pissed off for the interference. Mercedes made them both a huge dinner the night before after they all had a busy and long week with work and college... and Kurt was in the bathroom purging the whole damn thing before either of them finished eating. He didn't even try to hide it. Then he locked himself in his room and told them to leave him alone. Quinn just worried this whole being pursued by a potential suitor was aggravating it. It was hard to tell.

It was just when she was scuffing his shoes back and forth beneath her that she was watching a couple of seagulls nearby and someone passed by that her line of sight just automatically followed because they cut her view of the birds. That was when she did a double-take and realised it was the guy from the Facebook pictures. This was Kurt's man! And Quinn, never backward in coming forward, jumped up off out of her seat and ran up to him as he walked up the path sending a text message. "Hi!" she greeted him with a smile and then stuck her hand out to him. "I'm Quinn. I'm Kurt's roomie. I hope you don't mind, I just recognised you from a picture he showed us. Blaine, right?"

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Quinn shifted just a little in her seat, feeling awkward when the subject of his illegitimate kid with Rachel came up. She had wondered many times if she could ever have found herself in that predicament in school, and she realised in the right (or wrong) circumstances and without Kurt to distract her, she probably seriously could have. She had just as many insecurities as the next cheerleader and she might well have slept with a guy to boost her ego. Thank god she didn't. Kurt would have disowned her, for sure. Or they never would have been close friends in the first place. "I'm glad you found your way, Puck. It's extremely admirable for you to admit your wrongs, and especially to admit you needed your friends to see the light. It shows how huge the friendship is."

She narrowed her eyes just a little, head tilting with uncertain curiosity. "Wait. Are you saying Blaine's... a virgin? Are you serious?!" Okay, so she knew Kurt was and she knew why, but at their age, she thought he was sort of a unicorn with his values and insecurities to not have had sex by that point. Was it seriously possibly he had accidentally (and literally) stumbled upon a guy in the same boat? That there might actually be a chance he could share his first time with someone just as untouched as him, so to speak? That was unheard of, and she was trying not to get her hopes up too much. Kurt might cope a lot better if he didn't think he had to compete with a string of guys from his boyfriend's past.

[jewhawk.livejournal.com]

Puck picked up pretty quickly on the awkward vibe from Quinn, and tried to think of a way to turn the conversation to something less uncomfortable. But that was when Quinn randomly complimented him. He hadn't been expecting it, but it meant a hell of a lot, especially coming from her. Her disdain for him in school had been apparent, but right now, here she was, giving him a very meaningful comment, and honestly? He was legitimately touched. "Thanks, Q," he replied with a grateful smile. "Blaine really was the one who had the guts to stand up to me when I was being a douche and push me to be better... I owe him big time."

He paused, turning an arched eyebrow to her. "Well, I don't think he's keeping it a super big secret or anything... Yeah, he's still holding his v-card for the right guy. I never really got that concept, but I admire the hell out of him for it. I can't even remember being a virgin. B's pretty innocent in the grand scheme. I mean, he's read stuff, and done some fooling around, but he's still a virgin, and it's something that's important to him." When Puck had found out Blaine was a virgin back in school, he'd been absolutely shocked, but for all his surprise, he'd always been impressed by it. "Never thought I'd be BFFs with a virgin, huh?" he joked.

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Quinn nodded in understanding. "I understand that. And I'm not just saying that to make conversation. I really do understand, because it was the same for me with Kurt. He was... so like me deep down, yet so not like me at the same time, if that makes any sense. We were both bitches, and both searching for a place to belong, but Kurt was a way better person than me. I was selfish and self-focused, and he wasn't. At all. He made all the right noises, and put up these unbelievable masks that put out this persona everyone believed, but he's the least selfish person I know and he showed me how to look at the world in a different way. I can never repay him for that."

"No, no... I didn't mean that. I mean, Kurt's a virgin too," she revealed with a small shrug. "He's not exactly keeping that a secret either, he just is too modest to have it be a topic of conversation. No guy has gotten close enough to him, which is why I say Blaine is going to have his work cut out for him. It's not something I personally understand, but I respect it. I haven't been a virgin in a very long time. But I have, um, only been with one guy. Just one," she said, holding up one finger and giving it a wiggle.

[jewhawk.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Puck agreed, understanding exactly where she was coming from. "B's always been this amazing guy with a lot of convictions and a really strong sense of right and wrong. He doesn't compromise when it comes to his values, and that was something I never understood until I saw it in him. He knows what's important to him, and he doesn't let other people change him. I was in a dark place when I met him, but he's one of those people who brings light with him, if that makes sense."

"I know, I'm kidding," Puck said with a nod. "Blaine was all worried when he first met Kurt that Kurt had been with more other guys and Blaine would disappoint him with his lack of sex skills or something," he added, remembering that conversation with a small smile. He tilted his head to one side as she told him she'd only been with one guy, and wondered what exactly his response to that was supposed to be. That's nice, or Congrats on not being a slut like me both kind of sounded rude, so he didn't say anything for a moment. "Yeah... Not so much with me... I mean, I've never been with a guy, but you know what I meant."

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Quinn listened closely, feeling somewhat relieved inside that it was a decent guy pursuing Kurt. He deserved it. He deserved the whole package of a boyfriend who cared about the finer things in life so many guys just ignored in this day and age. Convictions of right and wrong were right up on top of that list, without a doubt. "Values seem to manage to get so... skewed these days. It's like not enough people have them or something. Then when you do, you're weird or something. I don't know. It took me a long time to learn that I deserved to have my own, and not just preach someone else's," she said wryly. "He does sound a lot like Kurt in that sense, though. They're very similar in what they believe in, and I think that's why Blaine seems so sweet. He's genuine. It's not an act. Kurt's had enough people bullshitting him and shoving his face in the dirt for their own gain. He doesn't need that anymore."

"He doesn't have anything to worry about. At least, not on that front. He'll have his work cut out getting naked between the sheets with Kurt, let alone concerns about his performance..." She trailed off a little, feeling awkward with the way his pause lingered and that head tilt she didn't quite know the meaning of. "Sorry, just, uh... making conversation, seeing as we're talking about the boys. I should really go. It's been nice, but it's getting a little late. Take care of Blaine, yeah? Kurt will probably interrogate me about that." She pushed up from the table with a smile.

[jewhawk.livejournal.com]

"To be honest, I think Blaine's the reason I have values myself. He never once tried to tell me what my values should be, but he's kind of the person who made me realize how important it was to have something you'll stand for. I've got a pretty strong set of values of my own, now, but it's because he helped me realize that it was worth it. But I think it's good... I mean, you're clearly not always going to agree with your other half, but if the hard fast values that are most important to you don't stand? That's where you have to say, 'This isn't gonna work.'" He could understand her feelings on that issue, and he nodded to her. "Definitely. Nobody deserves that."

Puck hadn't meant to make her feel awkward, and he gave her a smile and a nod. "No, it's cool. I understand. No worries. I'll keep an eye on him," he promised as she stood up. After just a moment's pause, he stood up, too, and gave her a brief, if awkward, hug. "It was... um... It was really nice to see you, Quinn. Hopefully, we'll see each other around."

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"Which is why his friendship with you is priceless to you." Quinn tapped the side of her nose and gave him a wink. "See, I do listen. My head isn't half as far up my ass these days as it used to be. And I can honestly and wholeheartedly vouch that it takes a damn lot of balls to say that something isn't working so you don't lose everything it meant to you."

Her eyes fell closed briefly in the hug and she patted his back softly. "I don't doubt we will, hon. I'm not sure it's going to be a smooth road, but seriously, my life wouldn't be my life if Kurt Hummel wasn't keeping me on my toes in some form or another," she laughed and rubbed his arm as she stepped back. "Catch you soon." And with another small wave, fighting the urge to check in on Blaine, she left with a hope Kurt wouldn't kill her when he found out she interrogated his beau.