Joe (kneeling down to her): Quinn! Are you okay?
Quinn (shrugs): I could be better.
Joe: What's wrong? I thought you were getting a little better with your walking.
Quinn (let down): It's not my walking.
(Joe rubs her shoulder in remorse. Quinn sits up on the floor, feeling down about the prom reyna royalty being announced.)
Joe: It's about prom queen, isn't it?
Quinn: Yeah.
Joe: It really meant that much to you?
Quinn: I never won prom reyna all the time I've been here at McKinley. Kurt won last taon because of some stupid, late April Fool's joke or something. And Rachel wins this year...out of nowhere. I mean, she never ran herself.
Joe: From what I heard from Finn and Kurt, you two seem like really great friends. And Rachel has had it very hard lately. Don't you think that she kinda deserves that glory?
Quinn (thinking it over): True...
(Joe nods. Quinn looks down at her legs.)
Quinn's Thoughts: I'm still pissed off at her, though.
Joe: Do you want me to ilipat your legs a little more? To help you with your walking?
Quinn: Yeah.
(Quinn lays on the floor with a unan under her head. Joe picks up her right leg and moves it a little for her.)
Joe: You know, I don't know much about prom. It seemed like a popularity contest from what I heard from other students.
Quinn: Mostly for the seniors.
Joe: Honestly, Quinn...no matter how popular any of you girls were on the stage--and that Rachel won this year--
Quinn: My head's still aching.
Joe (chuckles, bends her right leg): You still seemed like a prom reyna in my eyes.
Quinn: Really?
Joe: Exactly.
(At that moment when Joe's moving her leg, Quinn feels something when he straightens it. She makes a startled face.)
Quinn (chuckles): Joe...are you...
Joe (confused): What?
(He then suddenly realizes that he's on Quinn's leg, and gets embarrassed.)
Joe: Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
Quinn: It's okay. I witnessed it before. It doesn't really bother me.
(There was a sudden silence as Quinn thinks about Joe.)
Quinn: So...why this then?
Joe (a little ashamed): Well...it's an issue that I've been dealing with lately. All of these physical therapy sessions, I come here to help you heal. But every time I'm with you...I get a little...
Quinn (smiling, somewhat suspicious): So you do like me?
Joe (nodding): And I would like to spend madami time with you, but I have to stick with my beliefs. So...I don't really know.
Quinn: I wouldn't want you to give up your religion.
Joe: You don't like me that way. I understand.
Quinn: No. Because it's one of the things in the world that can't be lost...and I know people out there who don't follow their religion. It gets crazy.
Joe: Really?
Quinn: Addicts, killers, prostitutes--
Joe (surprised): You know them?
Quinn: Not personally, but...I know those kinds of people are out there, and I don't want you like them. Do you want to know why, Joe? You're special just the way you are.
(They smile at each other. Joe tries to wipe his left eye.)
Quinn: What's wrong?
Joe: Nothing. It's just...I'm going to miss you when you leave. You, Mercedes, Sam, and every other friend I met at McKinley made a difference in my life.
(Quinn smiles at him. Joe gets up and rushes to his guitar, and starts playing the song link sa pamamagitan ng Dakota Moon. Quinn grins from ear to ear as she watches Joe strum his gitara strings.)
Joe (singing):
Girl, you're every breath I take
Oh baby,
Your pag-ibig rules every ilipat I make
Oh baby,
And I know that you can't read my mind
And baby, maybe I
(At this point in the song, Quinn is calmed down sa pamamagitan ng Joe's voice and joins in with him.)
Joe and Quinn (singing):
Don't say it as often as I should
But I really want it to be heard
When I say I pag-ibig you that's for good
You have my word
That araw after araw after all
I will always be true
That's a promise I make to you
(Joe continues to play the guitar, insisting on Quinn to sing a solo part. He listens as her angelic voice fills the room.)
Quinn (singing):
You, you take this puso of mine
And make it better
I need you to
Come and walk with me through this life
Forever
And I know these words are long over due
And baby, maybe I
Quinn and Joe (singing):
Don't say it as often as I should
But I really want it to be heard
When I say I pag-ibig you that's for good
You have my word
That araw after araw after all
I will always be true
That's a promise I make to you
A promise I make to you
A promise I make to you
(When they end their song, they're looking at each other and smiling. Quinn feels encouraged.)
Quinn: Thank you so much for helping me, Joe.
Joe: Not a problem at all.
(Off the set, Ryan and Ian are watching the chemistry between Dianna and Samuel's characters.)
Ian (whispering to Ryan): I pag-ibig how we set this up.
Ryan (whispering back): Just wait until Dianna finds out about Quinn at the end of the season.
Ian (whispering): Won't Quinn fans be confused? And what about Quoe fans? And the two actors?
Ryan (whispering): Well, they just can't handle my creativity, that's all.
Ian's Thoughts: God, he's weird.
Well, what did you think? I hope you liked it.
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