"Beth come down, breakfast is ready." The blonde moved on auto pilot as she simutaniously read the newspaper, sipped on her coffee and placed her daughter's favorite breakfast food on the kitchen table.
She was looking in the classified section. For the past several months Beth had been begging her to get a dog, something that Quinn, herself, didn't want at all. But for her daughter she would bite the bullet and make that sacrafice. She and Beth made a deal, that if the five year old could keep her room clean for a month straight without Quinn having to tell her to do so, then she could get the animal.
Beth had held up her end of the deal, now it was Quinn's turn. She took another long sip of her coffee and plopped down opposite of the chair she knew her daughter would sit in. She couldn't believe she was actually going to get Beth a dog. Most of her hated the idea of cleaning up after an animal, but a small part of her couldn't get over the fact of how happy it would make her babygirl. And that was all that really mattered to the blonde in the end anyway.
"Mom, I think I'm sick." Quinn peered over her newspaper with her coffee cup to her lips. She arched an unamsed eyebrow and shook her head. "I don't think I'll be able to make it today."
She couldn't quite shake the smile that formed on her face at seeing overdramatic brunette walk down the stairs. She had one hand on the rail and one hand on her stomach. "And what's wrong with mommy's big girl?" The five year old kept her hand on her stomach as she dragged her footsie covered feet across the floor, and burried her face in her mother's side.
"I have a tummy ache." Quinn rolled her eyes and took another sip of her coffee. She knew what this was about.
"A tummy ache? Huh?" Beth was silent as she nodded her head yes into Quinn's side. "But I made you strawberry pancakes, and you have yogurt and grapes too." The blonde said as she continued to scan over the many ads. She didn't think she'd find her daughter a puppy in the newspaper.
The small brunette's head popped up and she shrugged her shoulders. "I think I can still eat all of my breakfast though."
Quinn turned to face her daughter and Beth's shoulders immediately dropped. She knew that look. "Your tummy doesn't really hurt, does it?" Beth dropped her head and shook it from left to right. "So, why would you tell me that Beth?"
The five year old only shrugged her shoulders, refusing to make eye contact with her mom. Quinn let out a sigh and placed the newspaper and coffee mug on the table before she scooped her daughter into her arms. "Is this about your first day of school, today?"
The brunette wraps her arms around Quinn's neck and nods her head. "I don't wanna go to school."
"But you have to..."
"But why mommy?"
"Because, you won't be able to take care of mommy if you don't have a college degree one day, and I'm counting on you kid." Quinn looked at her pointedly.
"Can't I just stay home? Or go to Auntie Britt's house?"
"Um, no. As much as Auntie Britt loves babysitting you, she wants you to start school just as bad."
"But Auntie Tana told me that school is where I'll probably have my first kiss... by a boy." Beth looked deep into her mother's eyes. "I don't want to be kissed."
Quinn gritted her teeth and made a mental note to go kill Santana after she dropped Beth off. "Beth, honey, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do." Beth looked at her mother with hopeful eyes. "Except..." Quinn said fixing her mistake. "Go to school, because you are going to school kiddo, and that's final." Beth looked at her mom through an unamused expression and hopped off of her lap to walk around the table to claim her seat. "Eat up, you have to be to school in an hour."
Beth grumbled something incoherently and began eating her breakfast without putting up much a fight after her mother's final words. Quinn quickly typed out a short text to Santana telling her that she'd be over later to dismember her body and burry the remains.
"What are you looking at?" Beth asked with a mouth full of pancakes. "You never read the newspaper." The blonde quickly closes the newspaper, not wanting her daughter to know what she was up to quite yet and brought her coffee mug up to her lips in an attempt to stall for an answer.
"I was looking in the classified section." It was kind of a gamble for her to say that. Though, beth was five she was pretty intelligent. The small girl never ceased to amaze Quinn with the knowledge she had at such an early age. She was just praying that Beth didn't know what the classified section was and hoped even harder that the brunette didn't ask for enlightenment.
The blonde eyed her daughter cautiously. But Beth only shrugged her shoulders and continued to eat. Quinn let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding before letting head fall onto her hand and watched her daughter with adoration.
This was a bittersweet moment for her. Today marked the first day that her little girl would start school. School, already. It seemed like just yestereday the brunette was taking her first steps or saying her first words. Beth was growing up too fast.
Quinn had to wipe at her eyes to stop unshed tears from falling. She didn't need Beth to see her cry. That would make the little girl not want to go to school that much more. But, if Quinn was being honest with herself. She wasn't so sure if she was ready to send her baby off just yet... but she knew she had to.
The blonde shook her head before clearing her throat and getting up from the table. "How do you want to wear your hair for your first day of kindergarden?" Beth shuffled all of the food in her mouth to her left cheek so that she could speak.
"Um, can I just wear it down today?"
"Mhm." Quinn hummed. "I'll put a hair tie in your backpack just in case." She knew her daughter would get tired of her long hair and would want it tamed halfway through the day. But in her daughter's defense, she did have really long thick hair. It was a few inches past her butt.
"Thanks mom." Beth had gotten up from the table and was now standing next to Quinn with her dishes in her hand, holding them up for Quinn to take. "That was delicious." She smiled as her mother took her plate.
The blonde smiled at her daughter and leaned down. "Can I get a kiss." Beth answered by pecking Quinn on the cheek before taking a few steps back. "Alright, kiddo go up stairs and start getting ready. Today is going to be a big day."
Beth seemed a little less apprehensive about going to school than she was before. That eased Quinn's nerves a little. She just had to keep reminding herself to stay strong throughout the day and hopefully she wouldn't break down in tears.
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Quinn pulled into the driveway of the familiar two story house and Beth immediately unbuckled her seatbelt. She was out of the car before Quinn could even kill the engine. She laughed a little as her daughter ran up to the front door and didn't bother to knock. She just swung it open and ran right in. The blonde shook her head as she gathered her things and stepped out of the car.
It was cold outside. New York winters were really no joke. She wrapped her arms around herself before quickly shuffling inside the house and closing the door behind her.
"Hey aunt Quinn!" Two arms were wrapped around her before she could see who the voice had come from. But she'd known it was her ten year old nephew, Jonah. She didn't hesitate to wrap her arms around him in return.
"Wow, is it me or are you getting taller?"
Jonah smiled and stepped away from his aunt. "You say that every time you see me."
"Yea, that's because every time I see you, you've grown a little more." She smiled at the blue eyed boy. "And I think your eyes have gotten a little more blue." He smiled proudly back at her before taking her hand and leading her further into the house.
Quinn stared at the back of his head. His jet black hair had been spiked and styled for his first day of fifth grade. Even Jonah was growing up too fast. It was literally just yesterday when she was at her sister's house to see him off for his first day of kindergarden. Now look at him. He's damn near in middle school.
"Lucifer, what a suprise." Quinn couldn't help but roll her eyes as Jonah lead her into the kitchen to wear his mother was. Santana was washing the dishes as baby Cameron sat in his highchair playing with cheerios.
"Satan." Quinn replies shortly. She let go of Jonah's hand to walk over and greet Cameron. The baby only laughed and wiggled, growing more excited at the sight of the blonde walking towards him. "Hi, little one." Quinn cooed. She carefully took his highchair top off so that she could scoop him into her arms. He smiled and babbled on about only things that he could understand. "How did something like you manage to make two perfect kids?" Quinn playfully teased. Jonah had walked out of the kitchen to see where Beth had run off to.
"I got skills." Santana boasted as she placed another dish into the dishwasher. "Plus, I had Brittany's help." She paused for a moment to look up at Quinn with a devious smile. "If you know what I mean?"
Quinn's facial expression contorted into one of discgust as she looked at her sister-in-law. "Ew, it's literally too early in the morning for that."
"Well, you asked." Santana shrugged. "Anyways... how are you feeling about Beth's first day of school?"
The blonde shifted Cameron and took a seat at the kitchen island. "I don't know... San, I don't think I want her to go anymore. My baby is growing up too fast."
"That's life kid..." Quinn waited for Santana to say something a little more uplifting but that was all the advice the brunette had.
"Yea... you're definitely not the person I should be talking to right now. Where's my sister?"
"She is... um... upstairs she was still sleeping, but I'm pretty sure Beth has gotten to her by now." Santana said as she closed the dishwasher and turned it on. Quinn watches as she washed her hands and walked over to the island.
"Oh, and Beth told me what you said to her." Quinn said with narrowed eyes. Santana only smirks and shakes her head.
"Yea, I got your death threat." Santana said carelessly.
"You probably shouldn't take that so lightly."
Santana only laughed and shook her head. She had her eyes set on her son and wasn't really paying Quinn any attention. "Yea, yea go talk to your sister... and give me my baby." She said as she held her arms out to take the seven month old away from Quinn.
"No, wait I'm here." Came Brittany's groggy voice from the entrance to the kitchen.
Quinn only smiled at the sight of her sister. Beth had her by the hand excitedly tugging on her arm. Jonah had walked in from behind the two and took a seat at the island next to Quinn.
"Hi Quinn." She said as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"Hey, Britt. What's with you? Usually, you're the first one awake. What's the deal this morning?"
Brittany only smiles a lazy smile before glancing at her wife and then back to her sister. Quinn chances a glance at Santana, who smirks at her, and then back to her sister. It took a moment before everything clicked. "Okay, ew. Never mind, I'm sorry I asked."
"I don't get it. Why are you tired?" Beth asked curiously.
"So! Everybody ready to go to school?" Santana was quick to ask.
"Yes!" Jonah cheered. "It's my last year of elementary school. I'm so ready!" Brittany smiled at her son and turned her attention towards Beth.
"And what about you Princess? Are you ready for your big day?" Beth shuffled a little and shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know... I think I am."
Quinn could feel the tears coming on. She didn't want to send her daughter to school anymore, and maybe if Beth had said 'no' she probably wouldn't have. But her answer was pretty much a yes, and that hurt Quinn more than it should have. Her baby was ready to leave the nest. Her baby wasn't a baby anymore.
"That's the spirit." Santana said rocking Cameron in her arms. "You're going to have an amazing first day. You'll make a lot of new friends, your teachers are going to love you, and you'll do well on all the academics."
Beth smiled and nodded her head. "I want to make new friends."
"Good, and you will. You can even come over after school and tell us all about the new people you met."
Beth looked over to her mother with hopeful eyes silently asking her if she could. "Yep, I'll get us all ice cream and we'll come back here after I pick you up from school." Beth and Jonah cheered after hearing that news. "Jay are you riding home with me, or did you want to catch the bus."
"I'm going with you Aunt Quinn."
"Alright, then I guess it's settled." Quinn smiled at the two children.
"So, they literally have fifteen minutes before they're late... We should probably be on our way." Santana suggested.
Quinn slumped in her stool as she begrudingly nodded her head in agreement. "Alright everyone into the car." The blonde said lacking the excitment that she was trying to portray.
"Give me my snuggle bunny, we're going back to sleep." Brittany said as she walked over to her wife to grab their child. She placed a chaste kiss on Santana's cheek before turning to place a kiss on Jonah's forehead and then one on Beth's forehead. "Have a good day at school."
"See you later Auntie Britt."
"Later mom!"
Jonah and Beth ran to the front door as Quinn and Santana collected themeselves and Brittany went back up the stairs.
"I don't want her to go." Quinn mumbled only loud enough for Santana to hear.
"Don't be a pussy Fabray, toughen up." She mumbled back as she threw on her coat. "And are you still going to get Beth the thing today?" Quinn only nodded her head. That was the plan, to have a brand new fluffy puppy waiting for her daughter when she arrived from school. But she still didn't have any luck with finding a good breeder. "Have you found one yet?"
"No." They were growing nearer to the two children who were standing in front of the door talking about God knows what.
Santana flashed her a disapproving look. "After we drop them off we'll stop by a few shelters." Quinn nodded as they walked up to the door and openned it for the kids to go to the car. "And for the love of humanity, please do not make a scene Fabray."
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"Oh my god. What did I tell you." Santana chastised as she watched Quinn kneel on the ground and engulf her daughter in a hug. She didn't miss the way the blonde's shoulders were lightly bobbing up and down either. "Dios mio." Santana mumbled as she shook her head.
Jonah stood beside his mom waiting akwardly for his cousin to be released from his aunt's death grip. "Jonah, you see that? You're aunt is a maniac."
"Be quiet Santana." Quinn threw over her shoulder. Quinn pulled back and held Beth at an arm's distance. "My baby." Quinn started before she felt another wave of tears come on. She had to pull her back in for another hug. Beth only stood there helplessly, and to make matters worse all of this was happening in front of the school house.
"Alright, Quinn wrap it up. They have to get to class." Quinn nodded before holding Beth back out an arm's length.
She studied her daughter's slightly distress features. Her big brown eyes were flashed a little of confusion and distress. Quinn figured she was probably making her daughter even more nervous about everything. She quickly swiped away the tears and offered her a watery smile. "Alright baby, have a good day at school."
Beth looked at her mom for a moment before quickly engulfing her into another hug. "I'll be okay mom. I promise." She said before placed a peck on Quinn's cheek and turned to walk towards the school.
Jonah was quick to give his mom a kiss, and then his aunt a hug before whispering his condolences and running to catch up with Beth. "Hey, Beth! Wait on me! I'll walk you to your class."
Quinn was still kneeling on the ground as various kids passed by her flashing her odd looks. But her eyes were fixed the two kids that had just left her. They were almost lost in the crowd of kids, but Quinn could still see them. They were laughing and talking. Beth was growing up and there was nothing that she could physically do to stop that.
"Would you get up drama queen?" Somewhere from behind her, she could hear Santana sucking her teeth, and she could only imagine the eyeroll that came with that.
"Shut up Santana... this is a tough time for me."
It wasn't too long after that before she felt two petite hands wrap around her arm and physically lift her up. "Shit, you're heavier than I thought."
"Santana, I should probably go sign her out." Quinn said, ignoring the latina's previous comment.
"So, how about this puppy?" Santana said trying to change the subject as she began walking back to her car.
Quinn furrowed her eyebrows and began to follow her. "Wait did you hear what I said?"
"Yea, and I thought it was a stupid comment so, I went out of my way to ignore it, and changed the subject." She deadpanned.
"You know, I never could see why my sister chose you." Quinn grumbled.
"Me either." Santana said shrugging her shoulder. "It was probably for the sex." Santana said flashing a devious smile at the blonde. "I'm really good at that." Quinn grimaced and shook her head.
"Why are you so wildly inappropriate? You have two kids, you're a mom!"
"You're just a prude. Besides, I have two boys. They're going to need someone to be wildly inappropriate with someday."
"Poor Jay and Cam. I feel bad... At least they always have my house to escape to when they need it."
"Oh please, Fabray. It'll definitely be Beth who comes to my house trying to escape you."
"Whatever." If she wasn't the bigger person, and brushed Santana off, they would have been bickering for the entire day. Quinn just didn't have the energy for that. They had made it back to the car and Quinn didn't she could stand going back and forth with Santana.
"So we'll go to kill shelters first, see if we can save an animal." Quinn nodded as she stepped into the car and strapped on her seatbelt. "Then if we can't find anything then we'll go to a rescue..." Santana's voice faded in Quinn's head. The blonde wasn't paying attention anymore. She was staring out the window with false hope that she might get one more glance of her daughter.
She searched the crowd of students and the occasional teacher, refusing to believe that Beth wasn't in the building yet. Even though she's sure Beth was already inside. She wanted to hop out of the car and go get her baby. Beth's first day of school had never been this big of a deal to Quinn... up until a few hours ago. She hadn't fully prepared herself to see her child walk away from her into the real world.
Quinn had her head leaned against the window with her hand tucked comfortably in between the glass and her face. She was still searching the crowd. But something, no someone, very distinct caught her eye. It was a flash of long brown hair. Quinn quickly sat up to try and get a better look.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?" Santana asked as she threw the car in reverse. Quinn searched the crowd frantically with growing anxiousness. Was that...? "And we'll stop by the firm, I have to pick a few things up from the office."
Quinn saw her again. The flash of brown hair. But that couldn't have been her... that just couldn't have. She must have been sadly mistaken.
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"Hello Ms. Fabray... Mrs. Lopez." Quinn's receptionist greeted them as they walked towards the blonde's office.
"Jennifer, what the hell are you doing at work today?" Santana asked and Quinn elbowed her lightly. Santana only flashed her a glare before directing her attention back to Jennifer. "Didn't Quinn, like, give you the day off or something?"
"Um, yes, she did." Jennifer answered from her desk. "Thank you for that." She said, aiming at her boss. "But, I'm here today just to catch up on a few things. I should be out in a couple of hours."
Quinn let out a sigh and shook her head. She really did have the best receptionist, but the girl didn't know when to stop working. "No, Jen, go home and relax or go have fun. You have a week off, you can worry about work later... I'll even help you if you get too far behind."
The dark haired woman smiled at the blonde. "But, Ms. Fabray, I couldn't ask you to do that. I-"
"Leave now, or you're fired." Jennifer snapped her mouth shut after hearing Santana utter those words. She didn't dare put up a fight she merely nodded her head and stood from her desk.
Quinn scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Jennifer, you know I wouldn't fire you. Santana is just being the devil that she is."
Jennifer flashed her boss a smile and nodded before she continued to collect her things. "I know... but I probably should be relaxing . You gave me this time off. So I'll take it." She smiled at the two women who were superior to her before grabbing her purse and brushing past them. She pasused before she turned and flashed Quinn another smile. "Tell Beth, that I said hello, and that I hope she had an amazing fist day of school." m
Both Santana and Quinn watched her as she went. "That is a damn good receptionist." Santana commented.
Quinn scrunched her eyebrows at the brunette. "I thought you hated Jen?"
"Uh no. Just jealous that you have a better receptionist than I do... want to trade?"
"Um no. You can keep Liza... And would you mind telling me why we're here?... At my office?"
"Oh yea." Santana said as if she had suddenly remembered where they were. "I left you a few ads. They're on your top shelf. I didn't want Beth to come in here and see them." Santana explained as she walked into Quinn's office and grabbed the papers. "I didn't know what kind of dog you wanted to get her, so I just printed out a bunch of ads on a bunch of different dogs."
Santana handed the ads over to Quinn and the blonde began sifting through them. "Oh wow, you did a lot of research."
"Well I knew you would be rather ill prepared seeing as though you don't know the first thing about dogs or reputable breeders or adopting... I just want to make sure we get the dog from the right place."
Quinn looked up at Santana without lifting her head from facing the papers. "We?"
"Yea, you don't think Brittany is going to let you adopt a dog without it being at our house everyday do you?"
"Why don't you guys just get a dog then?"
"Because we want to wait until Cam is a little older." Quinn only nodded and continued to sift through the papers.
"So, it looks like you've done all the research. I can just chose a puppy from one of these ads instead of us shelter hopping."
"Yea, that would save us some time." Santana agreed.
Quinn kept sifting throuhg the papers. Beth had mention something about wanting a big fluffy dog. So that's what Quinn was going by... maybe not so much on the big part, but she definitely didn't loath the idea of having a fluffy dog. They were always so cute to look at whenever she saw them.
Santana had mostly printed out ads for dogs she didn't even know existed. Quinn was thankful that there were pictures of the dogs up for adoption. She separated the all of the cute and fluffy ones and gave the rest of the stack back to Santana.
She'd narrowed her choices down to three puppies. Two of which were poodles and the last puppy was a Bichon Frise... Whatever that was. They all kind of looked the same.
"You should get her one of the poodles... they come in colors other than white. I hear white dogs are really hard to keep clean." Quinn nodded in agreement. That only made sense. But, she would probably take the ads to her daughter and let Beth choose from the three puppies.
"I don't think I'll be able to pick for her... I should probably give her these three ads and let her tell me. I don't want to get the wrong dog."
"Yea right. You just don't want to do any work... But, that's always a good idea. that way you'll know for sure it's the dog that she wants."
The rest of the day had gone by rather slowly for the blonde. She and Santana bought ice cream and took it back to the Lopez residence. She listened to Brittany talk about work and played with Cameron while Santana cooked dinner.
Quinn couldn't wait to go pick her daughter up from school. She was so excited to present Beth with the three pieces of paper she had in her purse. So when the time did come for her and Brittany to go pick up the two kids she nearly got herself a speeding ticket.
When they pulled up to the school kids were already waiting outside for their rides. Quinn wasn't even sure she put the car in park before she hopped out to find her little one. It didn't take long before mother and daughter spotted each other and Beth went sprinting towards Quinn. Jonah was right behind her. He passed the two to walk to his own mother to tell her about how good his day went.
"Mom! I had so much fun." Beth laughed as her Quinn picked her up and held her in a tight embrace.
"You did that's wonderful sweety."
"I have a lot of cool new friends." Beth pulled back far enough so that she could look at her mom while she talked.
Quinn smiled at her and noticed how excited her daughter was. "You do? Are you going to tell me all about them over dinner tonight?"
"Yes... and I have something else to tell you too." Beth's eyes lit up and she grew more excited.
"Well, I have something to tell you too." Quinn said smiling because she knew she was just about to add the icing on the cake that was her daughter's amazing day.
"Okay, you first mommy."
"Alright.." Quinn said walking around the car and putting Beth in the back seat before going to the front seat and plopping down on the driver's side. She reached in her purse and pulled out the three folded up pieces of paper and handed them to her daughter. "Read it and weep kid."
Beth's eyes nearly buldged out of her head when she saw the picture of the puppies. "Oh my god." She said lowly, and both Brittnay and Quinn laughed. Even Jonah was staring at the paper in amazement. "Are these my puppies?"
"Well, not quite. You have to choose which one you want to be your puppy."
"I want them all." Beth said smiling widely at the papers. Quinn shook her head.
"Only one Beth... and make sure you thank Auntie Tana for finding them for you."
"I will, mom."
Beth and Jonah were both lost in the ads and looking at pictures of the puppies when Quinn remembered that Beth wanted to tell her something. "Hey Beth, what were you going to tell me?" Quinn asked as she put on her seatbelt.
"Oh yea... It was just that I have a really cool teacher in my music class... She's been on TV before... and she played a disney princess too."
Quinn and Brittany both shared confused looks before turning around to face the two children in the back seat.
"It's true, I met her." Jonah said.
"Oh really? What's her name?" Brittany asked.
"Ms. Berry." Beth answered.
Quinn could literally feel all of the blood drain from her face, and she definitely didn't miss the way Brittany stared at her with an equally shocked expression.
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Quinn felt an array emotions pass through her as she walked in the direction that another teacher pointed her. She hadn't seen or heard from Rachel in five years. It seemed as though she was on her way to meet a ghost. She might as well have been anyway.
The blonde felt a little naseous. She was on her way to see Rachel Berry, the woman that left all those years ago. Sure she was angry, frustrated and confused, but Quinn's nerves was outweighing all of her other emotions. She made her way to the door at the end of the hall on wobly legs.
Some part of this felt like a dream to her... a really sick dream. One that she knew for a fact that she didn't want to explore, but she needed to make things clear... For Beth's sake.
When the blonde stopped short, just in front of the Ms. Berry's classroom door, the brunette was sitting at her desk typing away on her computer. She hadn't even realized that there was an intruder.
Quinn sucked in her lips and glanced away from the woman. It was really Rachel. She hated the small part of herself that felt relief that she finally got to see her again after so long. She didn't know if she wanted to walk up to Rachel and hug her or slap her and walk back out. Either way, Quinn had to do something. "Ahem." She made her presence known.
Rachel flinched from the unexpected sound, and then flinched at the very unexpected visitor that was standing in her classroom doorway. She looked surprised to say the least.
This was akward. Quinn shifted from one foot to the other. "I thought that I would come here and realize that I'd made a mistake. That it wasn't really you, the Ms. Berry that Beth told me about, but another Ms. Berry." Quinn started off not sure exactly where she was going with this. "But, here you are." Quinn said not trying to fake any happy emotions. Sure she was relieved to know that the brunette was actually alive and not dead, but she couldn't say that she was at all happy to see her.
"Quinn..." Rachel tried to start softly, but was quickly halted by the blonde holding up her hand, signaling that she didn't want to hear anything she had to say.
"Rachel, save it. I came here to make sure that it was you who my daughter told me about." Rachel flinched a little but didn't dare interrupt. "And to make a few things clear." Rachel dry swallowed and prepared herself for the worst.
"First, you don't get to come back after five years and try to make yourself known... Especially not to my daughter. Second, let this be the last time I hear about you from her. And third, just stay away from us."
Rachel sighed and flashed Quinn a very apollogetic look. "Quinn, I'm so deeply sorry for ever-"
"Again, save it. I don't really care. I just came here to let you know that you need to stay away from Beth."
"Quinn I understand that we don't have the best history..." The blonde scoffed because that was an understatement. "But, what you're asking of me is a little unfair."
"Unfair?" Quinn asked with raised eyebrows. "Did you just say unfair? You don't want to get me started on that little topic." Rachel glanced at the floor knowing she really had no say in anything. That she was to blame here. She put herself in the predicament.
"Quinn, please!" If she had to strip herself of her dignity and revert to begging then so be it. She wasn't above it especially when it came to the blonde or the small brunette. "I know I messed up, I know that all of this is my fault. But, you have to let me-"
"No, that's where you're wrong. I don't have to let you do anything... And I'll be removing Beth from your class in the morning."
Rachel felt herself panic, her palms grew sweaty and she grew more antsy. Quinn couldn't do this to her... Well, she could, but that would destroy Rachel. "What, why? She's made it very clear that she loves my class."
"I don't care. She doesn't need to be around you." Quinn was fed up with this conversation already, and she couldn't take seeing Rachel for much longer. It made her feel sick to her stomach to know the woman she once loved was standing five feet away from her. The blonde needed to get out. She had said what she needed to say, now she could leave.
When Rachel saw Quinn turning to leave, she panicked. She said the only thing that would get the blonde to falter to stop her from walking away. "But, she's my daughter too." Rachel said as she bit down hard on her bottom lip, willing herself not to cry. "Quinn, Beth is my daughter too."
The blonde had already turned her back but she was frozen to her spot. A tiny gasp managed to escape her lungs as all the air was pulled out of her body. The weight of those words were too heavy for her to even try to carry.
"Quinn, I know I haven't been there in the past, and it looks like I don't even have a chance for you to forgive me. But, Beth is my daughter too. She's our daughter and I would love to be a part of her life. I know I put myself in this predicament. If it hadn't been for myself, then I wouldn't be asking for permission to be a part of my only daughter's life. " Rachel said softly.
Quinn wanted to scream at her. She didn't get to do this. She didn't get to come back and just reclaim everything she threw away.
"But, if you would just let me. I could make up for all of that lost time with her. I just want her to know me. I know you don't trust me, but let me prove it to you. Let me prove it to her. I'm not going anywhere this time." Rachel finished.
Quinn still had her back turned to the brunette and thankfully so. She definitely didn't want Rachel to see the tears that were silently sliding down her face. Everything Rachel had said, sounded promising, but Quinn knew better. Rachel was paid to act, she got awards for her acting skills. If she let Rachel into Beth's life it'd only be a matter of time before she left again, and she couldn't have that. Not when Beth was now old enough to understand and know who the people in her life were. Quinn would protect her babygirl at any cost.
"She doesn't need you." Was all Quinn threw over her shoulder before exiting the room completely.