In the Pages of a Magazine

Disclaimer: Fox owns the Glee and Ryan Murphy came up with the original idea. Not remotely mine but this story idea was.
Pairing/Character: Quinn, Rachel
When/Where: AU. In NYC.
Author's Note: Only my Muse knows where this idea comes from, and she's run off to join the circus. Apologies in advance (you'll see for why) for #'s 28 thru #30 and later.)
Word Count: 200 (Double Drabble ) ( 28 of 100 )

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"Quinn? What's this?" Rachel asked, pointing at the screen of her laptop.

"What's what?" Quinn asked, pausing her game and looking up from her iPad.

"This picture! Of someone who looks like my roommate's evil twin?"

"I don't have a twin, evil or not," Quinn said, staring at her, her stomach suddenly feeling like she'd bungie jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, without the cord.

"Well, explain this!" Rachel muttered, swinging her laptop around so Quinn could see the screen.

"Umm... How did you find that?" Quinn asked, unable to take her eyes away from the screen.

"One of MY fans asked for Lucy Cue's autograph last night. She said someone tweeted a picture of us talking in Central Park last week. So naturally I had to google this Lucy person since I don't recall ever meeting her."

"Naturally," Quinn muttered.

"I'm sure you have a good explanation for why my roommate was a Playboy 'Cyber Girl of the Year'," she said, looking at the photo and then tilting her head and squinting at Quinn.

"Umm..." Quinn shrugged helplessly. "I needed the money?"

"What's that a tattoo of?" Rachel asked, pointing at the picture.

"Beth's name in Chinese," Quinn said, blushing.

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End Note: Okay, we all know Quinn is fictional? Right? And this is an AU? No, I don't think canon Quinn would actually do something like this except during her pink hair rebel phase, and she was too young then (they do check that kind of thing). And Playboy doesn't get any money from, or likely approve of, this use of their name.

Model Behavior

Disclaimer: Fox owns the Glee and Ryan Murphy came up with the original idea. Not remotely mine but this story idea was.
Pairing/Character: Quinn, Rachel
When/Where: AU. In NYC.
Author's Note: Playboy in this story refers to the US company founded by Hugh Hefner, but NOT to any of the other companies all over the world that merely license the name.
Word Count: 200 (Double Drabble ) ( 29 of 100 )

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Quinn had done a lot of soul searching before optimistically submitting photos to Playboy. She'd made a little extra money modeling while doing her Undergrad and Masters but nudes? That was a huge leap for someone with her background. The Playmate test shoot callback had been a big shock.

"I had some sudden unexpected expenses that wiped out the money from my father," Quinn said. "I'd done some modeling, and Playboy was having a contest, so I sent in photos. That and other modeling jobs would have covered my expenses while I finished my thesis."

Rachel nodded, staring at her, like she was some exotic creature.

"I didn't win, but that got me in the door," Quinn said. "Did a couple shoots, but wasn't quite magazine material," Quinn said, shrugging. "Did get a Cyber Girl spot and all that happened. Which led to other jobs. Paid for my PhD."

"But it's you. Naked!" Rachel sputtered. "On the Internet!"

"Doesn't really look like me," Quinn said, weakly. "Much photoshopping. They lightened my hair, darkened my tan, and tweaked other things."

"Who knows about this?" Rachel asked. "That this is you?"

"Puck, Santana, Brittany, Frannie, and Shelby. And now you," Quinn said.

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Note: This snippet implies that Quinn makes real money posing for Playboy. But this is a fictional story. According to my research (aka Google-Fu), in the real world only celebrities make good money appearing in Playboy. Official Playmates (however Playboy defines that) make slightly more than pocket change ($25K payed out over a multi-year contract apparently and a bit more for the top Playmate of the year) but Playboy pays very little for most photos they use.