"Don't you just love fall?" She asked, kicking up a pile of leaves with a smile on her face.
"It's alright Rach, but can we just get home. Its cold." her partner shivered, putting his hands in his coat pocket.
"Brody, enjoy the leaves and colors with me." Rachel Berry said with a bright smile. She linked her arm in the actors and started walking a little slower.
"I just want to get home." Brody said, pulling his phone out of his pocket and checking the time.
"Alright. We can just watch a movie and maybe discuss purchasing a new table for the dining room. We really need a bigger table." Rachel smiled, rester her head on the taller man's arm. She felt Brody stiffen but she brushed it off as a shiver.
"Rachel, we need to talk." Brody said a mere second after the door shut with a slight bang.
"About the table? Cause if were gonna buy it online we should probably try a local Etsy dealer cause then maybe they can also deliver. What do you want for lunch tomorrow babe?" Rachel said as she walked past Brody towards the kitchen. "Why aren't you taking off your coat?"
"Rach..." Brody started. Rachel froze, nothing good ever came from the look he was giving her now. "We need to break up..." Brody said firmly. Rachel felt the sting of tears running down her face.
"W-what?" Rachel asked in disbelief.
"We need to break up." Brody said simply, checking the time on his phone again.
"I'm sorry but I don't understand..." Rachel stammered.
"It hasn't been working lately and you're so busy with your show and you keep getting movie offers..."
"Which I turned down." Rachel pointed out.
"and I've got the thing in Miami..." Brody trailed off.
"Let's just talk this through..." Rachel pleaded.
Hours later
"Where will you stay?" Rachel sniffed, taking another tissue from the box.
"With someone from work." Brody said solemnly, checking his phone again.
"Stop checking your damn phone!" Rachel shouted in anger, taking the phone from his hands.
"Rachel, don't!" Brody reached for the phone frantically but it was too late.
Rachel felt her throat tighten as she saw the last message.
-When will you be back babe? Did you end things with Rachel yet?-
"Tell her you did and get the hell out of my apartment." Rachel said, her voice cracking as she threw Brody's phone at her. The actor sat frozen on the couch, staring at the floor as Rachel walked past him angrily.
Rachel retreated back to the bedroom she and Brody once happily shared, falling onto the warmth of the blankets she let the tears fall freely. About a half hour later she heard the rustle of keys and then the door closing, and he was gone. Rachel quickly ran to the door, to make sure he didn't forget to lock the deadbolt. She stopped at the door, pausing before opening the door. She prayed that it was all a dream and Brody would be outside watching some documentary, doing an embarrassing workout like Rachel once caught him doing before. Rachel opened the door and felt empty, the room was quiet and the lights were turned off. A folded piece of paper sat propped up in the bowl on the table by the door where they stored their keys.
"Rachel,
I'm sorry it has ended the way it has. It was never my intention for things to get so complicated with our relationship and I definitely didn't intend on falling in love with another woman while on set.
Things happen that we can't control.
-Brody Weston
She crumpled up the note and threw it across the room. She walked slowly to the couch and rested her head on a pillow, fresh tears staining the fabric. She could see ever so slightly out the window of her apartment, the wind blowing the leaves of the trees. The colors once so beautiful, now dull and grey as her eyes slowly closed.
Hey! Sorry if some pronouns got mixed up, I originally wrote brody as quinn but then I love FaBerry too much to make quinn the bad guy. I've beenwithout internet for a week so I 've written a lot that I'll post every couple days. :D
