Hello everyone! Happy Faberry Day 2! This story is Kids!Faberry and to tell you the truth, I'm kind of sad that I won't get to continue with the story. These two grew on me :(
Anyways... Here's the story, and I hope y'all enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
"Daddy, who's that pretty girl over there?"
Hiram smiled walking in from the kitchen and looked with Rachel through the front window. "That's our new neighbor, sweetie. She just moved in."
Rachel stared thoughtfully at the blonde girl in pigtails across the street. She was playing hopscotch by herself, just like Rachel did at school. She looked up at her dad and tugged on his shirt so he would look down at her. "Daddy, can I go talk to her?"
"Sure, sweet pea. Be careful when you cross the street."
The tiny brunette huffed. "I'm 11 now Daddy. I'm not a little girl."
She pouted and Hiram chuckled as he set her back down on the floor. "Oh, I'm sorry Sweetie. Of course you're not a child. I'm sorry I forgot." He was joking of course, but Rachel ignored him, running outside to join the blonde girl across the street.
"Hi my name is Rachel Barbra Berry. It's very nice to meet you." She came running up to the girl with her hand outstretched and the girl jumped in surprise.
"Oh, you scared me!"
"I'm sorry," Rachel giggled "my dads say I'm excitable."
The blonde girl raised an eyebrow in amusement. "You talk like my parents... My name is Lucy Quinn Fabray and I'm 11 years old, but just so you know only my mother calls me Lucy."
Rachel laughed, "That's cool! I'm 11 too! That means we'll be in the same grade when school starts. And okay, I'll call you Quinn. You can just call me Rachel."
The blonde gave her a polite smile.
"So my dads told me that you just moved in?"
"Yes, I just moved here yesterday." Her voice lowered. "Did you just say dads?"
Rachel smiled, "Yes I did. I know most kids have a mom and dad, but I have two dads. They love each other very much."
Quinn smiled at that. "I bet they're nice dads," she looked towards her house. "I love my dad but sometimes he yells a lot and it scares me."
The little blonde looked down at her shoes and the little diva frowned. "I'm sorry Quinn. If you want, I'd be happy to be your friend."
Her head picked up and she grinned, "Thank you Rachel. I'd love to be your friend. Would you like to play hopscotch with me?" she motioned to the boxes on the sidewalk.
"I've never played with another person before," the tiny girl admitted. "The kids at school don't play with me because they say I'm weird."
"I like you." Quinn said with conviction. "You are a very nice girl Rachel, and they are the weird ones for not liking you." The blonde took her new friends hand and gave it a squeeze. "I'll teach how to play. Come on, Rach."
The girls laughed and skipped and had a lot of fun hanging out with each other. They were sitting on Quinn's front lawn when her mother came outside.
"Hey Quinnie, come inside it's getting dark. Oh, who's your new friend?"
Quinn laughed and put her arm around Rachel's shoulder who was blushing softly. She felt safe when Quinn hugged her. "This is Rachel Barbra Berry, mom. She lives with her dads across the street," she said pointing to the girl's house.
"Did you say dads?" Russell's booming voice sounded as he came onto the lawn.
Quinn quickly got up and straightened her dress. "Yes Daddy, but it's okay because they love each other very much. Right, Rachel?"
Rachel smiled and got up, taking Quinn's hand in her own and smiling at the blonde. "That's right Quinn."
"Leave." Russell's voice sounded cold and stern.
Rachel looked at the man confused, but Quinn knew that was how he sounded before he got mad. "Daddy?" Quinn said, starting to get scared.
"I said leave!" Russell tore Quinn away from Rachel's side and pushed her away. Rachel landed with a soft thump on the lawn and she winced.
Just then, the Berry men came running out of the house. "Don't you dare touch our daughter!" Leroy immediately strode up to Russell. Both men were tall and muscular, but Leroy was slightly taller. That didn't stop Russell from puffing out his chest.
"Get off my lawn, fag." He sneered. "I don't want your daughter to come around here ever again. Now go away before you infect me with your disease." He pushed Leroy, trying to seem intimidating, but the Jewish man held his ground.
The tall man scoffed and shook his head. "You pushed my daughter on the ground. I will not leave until she is apologized to." Leroy pushed the man back and Russell chuckled.
"I really don't like to be pushed," he said calmly. He let go of Quinn and made like he was going to walk away, but he quickly turned and punched Leroy in the face.
"Leroy!" Hiram yelled rushing over to his husband.
"Russell!" Judy exclaimed, looking around to make sure no one was looking.
"Daddy!" both Quinn and Rachel cried. Rachel yelled for seeing her dad being hurt. Quinn yelled for seeing her dad punch Rachel's father.
Leroy clutched his nose which was now probably broken and Russell pulled Quinn by the arm towards the front door. "You're never to speak to her ever again, Quinn. Her dads are a sin!" He spat the last part out at her and Quinn started crying.
"No Daddy, Rachel is my new friend!"
Judy picked up her screaming daughter and walked behind Russell into the house.
"Rachel!" Quinn screamed in agony.
"Quinn!" Rachel tried to run to her friend, but her dads held her back and she started to cry. She was never going to see Quinn Fabray ever again.
Quinn wandered into the woods a lot after what happened with Rachel. Her dad said that she wasn't allowed to play in the front yard anymore, so she soon found herself discovering the woods by her house. Her house and Rachel's house were the only houses next to the woods, and she often wondered if Rachel went in.
One day she decided to go deeper into the woods and left a trail of yarn so she would be able to find her way back. She knew not to lay bread crumbs because she had read a book called Hansel and Gretel and the kids in the story put crumbs to find their way back, but all of the bread crumbs were eaten and they couldn't find their way back. What she didn't know was that Rachel had decided to do the same thing that very same day.
Rachel had been so sad since that night. She looked outside the window to try and see her new friend, but the pretty blonde girl with the pigtails never came back out. She was so sad to lose her only friend. The little brunette found herself in her backyard a lot, and one day she decided to explore the woods. She left a trail of gold star stickers to help her find her way back. She really loved gold stars. They were a metaphor, and her dads said that metaphors were important.
Quinn kept walking until she found herself looking at an old tree house.
"This is so cool!" she whispered to herself, and ran up to inspect it. She walked around looking for a ladder, and heard singing. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard. Whoever was singing was a girl and her voice was so sweet and soft. It was the voice of an angel.
She climbed up the ladder and when she made it to the top, she found herself looking at the girl from across the street.
"Rachel?"
The tiny girl stopped singing and turned at the soft voice that interrupted up. When she saw the pigtails, she knew who it was. She squealed, "Quinn! I missed you so much!"
Quinn jumped up into the tree house and squeezed Rachel into a tight hug.
"I missed you too, Rachel. I always wondered if you came in here. This is my first time here though," she said looking around.
"This is my first time in here at all," Rachel giggled. "I'm glad I came in here today."
"Me too!" Quinn squealed and squeezed tighter. She pulled away and gave the brunette a kiss on the cheek.
Rachel and Quinn both blushed.
"I'm sorry, Rachel." Quinn said apologetically.
"It's okay, Quinn. My dads are best friends and they kiss all the time." She waved her hand dismissively with a smile on her face.
"Am I your best friend?"
"You're my only friend," Rachel confirmed.
"Mine too." Quinn smiled. "Will you be my best friend, Rachel Berry?"
"I'd love too." Rachel said, and she stood on her tip toes to give Quinn a kiss on the cheek.
Things continued this way with the girls meeting in secret for a few weeks before one day, Quinn didn't show up to meet Rachel at their hideout.
Rachel followed the path of yarn to her best friend's house, and she gasped when she saw Quinn's dad yelling at her through the window in their living room. Quinn was crying and shaking her head at what Russell was saying, and then he slapped her and Quinn fell on the floor. Rachel ran to the window to knock on it, but Quinn looked at her from the floor where Russell was standing in front of her and she mouthed at her to go home. Rachel nodded and ran straight to her house, not bothering to go around, but running straight through Quinn's yard. She needed to tell her dads what she just saw.
"Daddy, Dad, hurry come here!" Rachel burst through the door, searching frantically for her dads and they came running from the kitchen.
Rachel, sweetie what's wrong?" They both asked her and looked at their daughter who was trying to catch her breath.
"It's Quinn. I just saw her dad hit her. She fell on the floor dads, we have to help her."
She tried to pull them outside, but the Berry men pulled her back in and sat her down on the couch.
"Sweet pea we can't help her." Hiram said kneeling down. "We need to have proof, and he's her father. He can discipline her in any way as long as he doesn't leave a mark."
Rachel started sobbing, "But Daddy, she's my friend! I love her so much and I don't want to see her get hurt!"
They pulled her into a hug and rubbed her shoulders soothingly. "I know sweet pea, I know."
"We need to help her…" She kept repeating.
"I'll tell you what, Kiddo." Leroy pulled back and looked at her. "You still see Quinn at the tree house right?"
Rachel nodded her head. She had told her dads that she and Quinn were best friends that very first day she found Quinn. They were a little upset that she went into the woods by herself, but she showed them where the tree house was and they agreed that it was safe for her to go over. They even on occasion found themselves sneaking to the tree house just to hear Quinn and Rachel laughing together. It pleased them immensely to know that Rachel had a friend, they were just worried that Russell would find out. They hoped that today wasn't the day he did.
"Okay," Leroy began, "go and see her tomorrow, and if she comes then bring her back home and we'll talk to her. Okay?"
"Okay, Dad." Rachel agreed and she made them pinky promise. She went up to her room and fell asleep, wanting for tomorrow to come so she could see Quinn and find out if everything was okay.
Sure enough when the next day rolled around, Rachel left to the tree house first thing and found Quinn sitting on the tire swing that she made her dads set up with her head down.
"Quinn?" Rachel walked into the clearing and when Quinn looked up she threw herself onto the blonde and gave her fierce hug. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you? Tell me if he hurt you? Please let me know if you're okay?"
"Rachel, Rachel, slow down," Quinn said softly. "He did hurt me, but you can't tell. He said he was careful enough so you couldn't tell." Quinn whispered the last part and started crying softly.
Rachel just hugged her tighter. "I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you, Quinn. I should have been there to help you."
"No." Quinn shook her head. "He would have hurt you too, Rach. I don't want him to ever push you or hurt you again. Remember when he pushed you?" Rachel said yes. "He made me so mad Rachel, but I knew I couldn't stop him. I won't let him do that to you again, okay?"
Rachel nodded her head and kissed Quinn's cheek. They had done this a lot since they became best friends, kissing each other's cheeks. It made them both feel safe and loved.
"My dads want you to come to our house." Rachel said while leading her back with the help of the gold stars. "Everything's going to be okay, I promise."
Quinn followed and held onto her friend's hand, never wanting to let go.
Rachel's dads were so nice. They let the girls hang out in Rachel's bedroom and brought up chocolate chip cookies for the girls. They were the best cookies that Quinn had ever eaten. They were gooey and soft and they tasted really good. When Rachel said they were vegan, which meant they had no milk or eggs or anything from an animal, Quinn was very surprised. She had no idea that people could actually not eat anything from an animal. She really loved bacon and couldn't think of not eating it ever again. Rachel pouted when she said this, but she promised Rachel to not use other things that hurt animals. That seemed to make Rachel happy again.
The two girls had been in Rachel's room the entire morning, and it made them so happy. They had played board games all day and helped make everyone lunch. Rachel even taught Quinn how to play dominos with her dads at one point during the day. When it was getting to be late, Quinn said that she didn't want to go home. The men knew that she couldn't tell her parents where she was, but Quinn had already thought about it and said she could lie to her parents. They weren't sure at first, but with enough begging and pouting they gave into the two girls and asked what Quinn's plan was.
It turned out that Quinn had met another girl named Santana at her church who her parents approved of. Quinn had told Rachel that Santana was kind of mean sometimes, but that it was good to have a friend when Rachel wasn't there. She assured Rachel that she was her best friend though and never thought Santana would ever be her best friend because she was best friends with another girl named Britney and Quinn would never replace Rachel.
Quinn called her parent's and pretended she was sleeping over at her Santana's house and told her mom that Mrs. Lopez would drop her off in the morning. Her mother agreed and Quinn squealed at being able to outsmart her mother.
It was nearing the end of the night, and the girls were both sitting on Rachel's bed before going to sleep.
"I really like your dads Rachel."
"I love them so much, Quinn. And even though I don't know my mom I know they love me."
"That's good. I wish my mom and dad loved me the same way your dads loved you."
"Don't worry, Quinn" Rachel's voice was soft and she was rubbing Quinn's hand. "My dads love you just as much as they love me. I know because I asked them."
Quinn smiled at that and looked into Rachel's kind, brown eyes. Quinn thought they were the prettiest eyes she had ever seen. She loved to look into Rachel's eyes when she talked, which was a lot, but Quinn didn't mind because she liked to hear everything that Rachel had to say. For someone so small, Rachel had big dreams. It was Rachel's dream to go to New York and sing for millions of people on Broadway.
Rachel thought that Quinn's hazel eyes were very pretty. She didn't think she would ever see such pretty eyes ever again in her life. When she would talk to Quinn, the blonde's eyes would light up and display every emotion she felt when she spoke. This time they were a little sad. "What's wrong, Quinn?" She said while stroking her friend's hand.
"When my dad slapped me it was because I asked him what was wrong with your dads loving each other and being married. He said God didn't like it, but I told him that there was no way that God could hate two people who loved each and were best friends. Then I asked why he and mom didn't seem that way and that's when he hit me."
A small tear rolled down the girl's cheek and Rachel brushed it away with her free hand. "I'm sorry Quinn. Please don't cry. It hurts me when you cry. I love you so much."
Quinn looked up and blushed. "I know you love me, Rach. And I love you too." She leaned forward and kissed Rachel's cheek. "We're best friends, right Rachel?"
Rachel blushed and nodded back. "Don't be silly Quinn. You know we are. Why are you asking?"
Quinn looked down and gave a shy smile. "Because we love each other and we're best friends, does that mean that we're going to be married like your dads?"
Rachel thought about it and it made sense to her. "I suppose so, Quinn. You aren't worried that we're both girls? Your dad might get mad at you again."
Quinn shook her head. "I'm not worried about that, Rach. I know that you'll dads will take care of me if something bad happens. I also know that I'll have you.
Rachel smiled and kissed Quinn's cheek. She thought Quinn was so cute when she talked about things like she really believed in every word she was saying. That's how Quinn talked when she was talked to Rachel about the books she was reading. She was always filled with so much emotion. It made Rachel happy.
"I can't wait to be married to you, Quinn."
"And I can't wait to be married to you, Rachel."
They both blushed and hugged each other, settling down on the bed to get ready to go to sleep. As they both settled in, Quinn turned towards Rachel, facing her on her side.
"Hey, Rach?" Quinn whispered.
"Yeah?" Rachel whispered back.
Quinn took a hold of Rachel's hands and spoke softly to her. "I promise that when we're older you and I are going to leave this place and go to New York just like you always say you want to. You're going to sing on Broadway with your beautiful voice, and I'm going to write books. We're going to keep loving each other very much, and we'll never have to see my parent's ever again. We'll only see yours, okay?"
Rachel gave her dazzling smile and gave Quinn a very soft peck on the lips. It was their first kiss and both girls turned a deep scarlet.
"That sounds like a brilliant plan." Rachel squeezed Quinn's hands. "I can't wait until we grow up."
"Me either." Quinn said.
They said their goodnights and gave each other one more innocent peck on the cheek and drifted off into the safety they found in each other.
And they fell asleep like that. Holding hands and dreaming about their future.
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