Author's Note: I do not own Glee, or the idea for Charlie(someone on Tumblr came up with that) or anything else mentioned in this fanfic (all i one is the story itself), so please don't sue me.

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July 4, 2008

Quinn remembers the last time her family was together as a whole. It was July 4, 2008, the summer before she started her freshman year. On one side of the picnic table sat Quinn, her older sister Franny, who had come home to visit from San Francisco, and her twin sister Charlie. On the other side of the picnic table was her father and mother. The five of them were talking and laughing as they enjoyed their Fourth of July meal, which consisted of barbequed-pulled-pork, corn-on-the-cob, seven-layer-salad, macaroni-salad, and watermelon, before the two bombshells, which would rip Quinn's family apart as she knew it, were dropped.

The first bombshell was Franny's, "I have something to tell you guys," she said after taking a large gulp of her beer. Of course the Fabray family eagerly inquired to what she had to announce. "I'm engaged," Franny stated quietly, almost as if she wasn't excited about either the engagement itself or about the announcement about her engagement. Quinn saw her mother rush to her older sister and embrace her in a hug; she saw her father give Franny and approving nod before taking sip of his own beer.

"His name is David, and…" she audibly gulped, "he's… a democrat." That is when Quinn's world started to fall apart. As her father erupted into a fit of rage at her sister, his face was red ass he screamed a variety of profanities and disparaging insults at her older sister; she noticed Charlie had snuck away. Quinn followed her sister's lead and snuck away.

Later, after Franny had left, Quinn was sitting in the family room flipping through channels when her parents entered. "Where's Charlotte?" her father demanded to know the moment he stepped into the room. Quinn simply shrugged and said "I don't know," then the unthinkable happened. She heard her scream before she blacked out.

Moments later, when Quinn awoke, she found herself on the floor, curled up in a ball, clutching her left cheek in pure agony. Quinn felt tears of pain prick her cheeks as they rolled down her cheeks as she tried to stand up.

She saw her father glaring at her; at first glance his exterior was cold, but upon a closer look Quinn could see his anger steaming under his frozen exterior, this was the first time, but not the last time, she would see him like this. He had gone from her beloved loving father figure to the devil incarnate. "Where is Charlotte?" he hissed with disdain.

"I don't know. She snuck away when… you and Franny got into," she clenched her teeth, "Your argument."

"Where?" he spat.

"I don't know, she probably went to find Rachel."

"The fucking faggots daughter!"

"Yes," she sighed, "Rachel has two dads, not that it concerns you." Quinn saw her father raise his hand to hit her again, but she stopped him. "You lay another hand on me, and I will call the police."

She saw her father clench his teeth. "Would you please go fetch your sister, I have something I wish to discuss with her," he hissed through his teeth,

Quinn nodded, and headed through the foyer. As she passed through the foyer, she checked the mirror; the hand print on her face was barely visible, although it hurt a lot more, and then she went to go "fetch" her sister.

When Quinn reached the Rachel's house, she saw her sister and Rachel laying on the ground looking at the funny shapes the clouds made; she noticed how close they were, something was different about their friendship than hers with Brittany and Santana, actually Charlie's and Rachel's friendship was exactly like Brittany's and Santana's. As she approached the two girls she noticed how close they were, but she shrugged it off. "Hey guys."

Rachel sat up and greeted Quinn with "Hello Quinn, Charlie and I were just gazing at the clouds and laughing at the shapes they made; would you like to join us?"

Things suddenly got very awkward. Quinn could tell that Charlie wanted to stay here, alone, but Rachel had just invited her, and her father had sent her to "fetch" her sister. Quinn groaned internally. "Umm… no thanks Rachel, I would love to… but I actually came here to get to get Charlie."

Rachel made and O-shape with her mouth before getting up from her lawn, "Then I suppose I should let you and Charlie get going. Nice seeing you Quinn, bye Charlie."

"Bye Rach," Charlie said with a hint of blush upon her cheeks, which Quinn didn't notice. "So, what did Dad want?" Charlie said with a huff the moment Rachel disappeared.

"He wants to talk to you about something, but be careful; I have never seen him so angry before."

As the two girls walked home, Charlie shrugged, not knowing what her sister meant, "Whatever, the old mad is just mad because daughter number one just announced that she, essentially, shared none of his beliefs via the announcement of her engagement to David the democrat," Charlie articulated this with a smirk.

Soon enough the two girls arrived home, their mother was waiting on the porch, she had a duffel in one hand. "Charlie, your father wants to speak with you in his study."

"Fine," Charlie groaned as she walked through the front door; Quinn was about to do the same when her mother stopped her. "I called Santana's mom and asked her if you could stay there for the week. She said that it more than fine," her mother told her in a cold manner.

"Wait, what?"

"Starting tonight, you are staying with your friend Santana for the next week, while Charlie, your father, and I go… on a trip. And before you complain, we will take you on a trip when we get back. Okay?"

"Okay," said with a huff before she began walking towards Santana's house.

When she arrived at the Lopez's house she was gladly welcomed into the house and told that Santana and her father would be home in a minute from picking up Brittany and some movies from the store. So Quinn went upstairs to her friend's room to set down her duffle, little did she know that the second bombshell had been dropped in her father's study, which would cause her not to see Charlie till the summer before her senior year.

June 11, 2011

"Quinn!" her mother yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

"Yeah?" Quinn yelled in response from her room.

"Come down to the kitchen, I need to talk to you… now!"

The young blonde let out of groan, knowing full well that "kitchen" plus "talk" equals a major problem. She quickly descended the stairs; she then walked briskly through the foyer and into the kitchen. She found her mother sitting on the far side of the table, next to some bay-windows. Her mother was dressed unusually casual, typically she dressed more conservatively, like a politician's wife; however, her body language was her said that she was her usual conservative self, her hands were clasped together as they rested on the table, her ankles were crossed, and she was sitting up straight, to the point of appearing uncomfortable. Quinn deducted that this was serious.

"Please sit down Quinn." And so, Quinn sat down, not looking amused at all. "Look, I know things have been rough on you since your sisters left," Quinn rolled her eyes. "Well it's true Quinn. You've got pregnant, dated a total idiot, you've bullied that Rachel Berry girl, and you went through a serious depression after you gave birth to Beth. And, yes I realize that you problems started with me separating you from Charlie not letting you say goodbye, or even where she ended up, not letting you go to your sister's wedding, or stop that piece of trash, know as you father, from hitting you and kicking you out. And I realized that I have failed you as a mother, and I just want to apologize for that." Quinn could the tears brimming from her mother's eyes. "I know you just can't accept my apology, and you probably won't ever forgive me,, and I understand that; however, I want to make it up to you."

Quinn gently furrowed her eyebrows together, she was intrigued. "How?"

"Well… it's taken a lot of work, but I was able to convince your sisters to come home for the summer, and if Charlie likes it here she will stay for her senior year. How does that sound?"

To be honest she was completely thrilled, to be able to see Franny and Charlie for the first time in what seemed to be an eternity; however, she wasn't going to give her mother the satisfaction of seeing her joy. "It's a start."

Her mother nodded in understanding, "I understand. They will be here tomorrow," and with that her mother stood up and walked out of the kitchen; leaving Quinn to rue in her own excitement.

June 12, 2011

Quinn had awoken unusually early, three minutes after six in the morning to be exact, due to her excitement about seeing her sisters; she looked at her clock, which sat on her nightstand, and she let out a sigh knowing her sisters wouldn't arrive for at least three hours, so she decided to take a shower.

A few hours later she heard the sound of the doorbell. Not even a moment later she is racing down the stairs toward the front door. When she opened the door she was met by Charlie, except she was completely different; she had a boyish haircut, which she rocked, some hipster glasses, a plaid shirt, some dark-wash skinny jeans, and she had a messenger-nag,w hich rested on her right hip. "Charlie?" Quinn sputtered in complete shock.

The girl in front of her gave her a genuine smile, "Hey Quinn."

"Wow… you've changed."

"I wouldn't say I was the only one. Have you recently cut your hair?" Quinn nodded. Charlie smiled, "You look great."

"Thanks. Come on in," Quinn said as she opened the door. As Charlie stepped in, Quinn asked, "Is Franny with you?"

Charlie let out a sigh as she took off her messenger bag and placed it on a table in the foyer. "Not yet. She and David are coming next week. They have work out some of the details of their sabbaticals and leaves. I didn't want to wait another week."

"Wait you live with Franny and David?"

"Yeah, where did you think I was?"

"Mom and Dad told me that you were at a boarding school in Kansas," Quinn answered hesitantly.

Charlie scoffed, "Boarding school? Ha! Try treatment facility."

"For what?"

And then it dawned on Charlie, Quinn had no clue. "Oh fuck! They didn't tell you, did they?"

"Tell me what?"

Charlie raised an eyebrow, to show she was completely judging her sister, "So, no they didn't tell you." Charlie grab her sister by the hand and dragged her into the family room, and then she sat them on the couch. "Quinn, I'm gay."

It took Quinn a second to process this new information, which wasn't all that knew, but it certainly made sense of certain relationships. "Wait, so you… and Rachel."

Charlie smiled, "Not officially, but yes."

"So like…"

"Like we kissed once, and Franny saw us."

"Wait, so means…"

"That Franny accidently out me to Russell that faithful Fourth of July while arguing with rustle about David the democrat; which in turned led him to sending me to the 'Homosexuality Treatment Center' of Christian crazy, yup."

Quinn couldn't believe how satirical Charlie tone was, it was completely unexpected. "But I thought you lived with Franny and David."

"I do."

"So how…"

"Did I end up in San Fransico?" Quinn nodded. "Simple. I called her, told her the situation, and left."

"Wow, I'm sorry Charlie that really sucks."

"Yeah in some ways, like I couldn't ever tell you where I was because Russell could of found out and come after me; and then in some ways it was really awesome, I live in the gayest city in the country, which is totally awesome," Charlie said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, I'm kind of jealous of that."

"So you are cool with me being a lesbian?"

Quinn nodded with a smile, "of course I am, why wouldn't I be okay that my sister is gay, when I am okay with my two best friends being in a relationship together."

"Wait, Santana and Brittany?"

"You wouldn't be surprised if you had shared a cabin with them during Cheer camp."

"Huh… so have they come out?"

"Well Santana has come out to me as a lesbian, and Brittany is fluid."

"Wow."

"I know, but there is out gay couple too."

Charlie raised an eyebrow in suspicion, "Here in Lima?"

"Don't be so shocked!" Quinn scolded. "My friend Kurt, from Glee club and his boyfriend Blaine, he goes to an all bays private school."

"Wow, okay we need to have a little gay get together."

"We?"

"Well you are my twin, so that makes you an ally. And their your friends, I can't just take them over… yet." Charlie said with a laugh.

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