A Better Love
Summary: Quinn is ready to take her relationship with Chloe to the next step, but an unexpected arrival of her ex-girlfriend may interfere with her plans.
A/N: When I came up with the idea, Quinn and Rachel were going to end up together. Now that I written a couple chapters, I am undecided. Either way I hope you enjoy and let me know your thoughts. Sorry for any grammar mistakes.
For anyone reading my other story, Bloom, i'm definitely going to finish it. Please be patient with me.
Pairings: Quinn/Chloe, Santana/Brittany, Quinn/Rachel
Chapter 1 - The Proposal
In her past, it seemed like drama loved to follow her around. But now, she was 28 years old and everything in her life was finally going in the right direction. It was unusual feeling for Quinn. She had an amazing career. She had just became editor-of-chief of GQ Magazine. She has been in love with her girlfriend for almost 3 years. Her relationship with her mother was stronger than ever. And her best friend finally had time to visit her in New York.
She would never admit it to Santana, partly because the girl would kick her ass for being too mushy, but she miss the Latina more than she care to admit. After her best friend decided to open a cosmetic practice down in Miami, she was now splitting her time between New York and Florida.
That's who she was meeting now. When she heard her friend was going to be in town, she couldn't wait to tell her that she was planning to propose to Chloe.
When she walked in their favorite sushi restaurant, her eyes immediately found Santana's. She couldn't control the smile forming on her face as she caught sight of her newly tanned, slightly slender best friend.
"Are you not even going to stand up to greet your friend that you haven't seen in forever?" Quinn gave the Latina infamous raised eyebrow.
The brunette sighed dramatically and rolled her eyes as she stood up from her chair to reluctantly implement her friend's request.
"It's only been 3 months, Fabray. I knew you were going to turn into a spaz without me here to toughen you up." Santana replied whilst hugging Quinn.
The long time friends both took their seat and ordered their drink after they separated from the embrace.
"Look at you looking all tan and tropical. How's business down there?" Quinn smiled with a proud look on her face.
"I booked for the next 6 months of girls wanting the knockers enhanced. It's a different world in Florida. These girls are crazy. You wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard from these girls."
"I bet. I still can't believe you partner up with Sebastian Smythe." Quinn shook her head.
"He's talks a lot of bullshit, but he's a great surgeon and probably one of the few people who can get up with my wit." Santana shrugged.
"Have you seen B already?" Quinn asked.
"Do you really think I would see you before I saw my girlfriend, who has a smoking hot body that I haven't been able to touch in 3 months?" Santana scoffed and sipped on her water the waiter just brought her. "Get over yourself, Fabray. Brits and I have needs."
Quinn rolled her eyes and smile at the same time at her friends antics.
"So where is she?" Quinn asked.
"She had a class." Santana answered with a proud look on her face.
Brittany was always happiest when she was able to teach dance to others, adults, children, teenagers, it didn't matter to the blonde as long as they were willing to learn.
Quinn nodded her in acknowledgement as she takes a moment before she reveals her news to her best friend.
"Why do you have that stupid grin on your face?"
Quinn shock her head. "Miami hasn't change you."
"Stop stalling. What's going on?" Santana asked.
"I'm going to do it. Tonight." Quinn watched Santana face for any reaction. "At your welcome back party actually.
"Do what?" Santana asked confused. "I know you had sex with Chloe. You guys been together for 3 years. How is my favorite redhead?"
Quinn rolled her eyes.
"She's fine. We're great. Amazing actually." Quinn reached into her purse to reveal a little black box and slowly slid it across the table to Santana.
Santana gave her an amused smile. She slowly opened the box which held a 3 carat vintaged style engagement ring. Santana turn in hands to inspect all the angles.
"As much as I love blondes, I have to decline your offer." She shut the lid and handed back to Quinn.
"Come on, S. What do you think?" Quinn sat anxiously for her friends answer. She knew the Latina would give her her honest opinion.
Santana paused to study the blonde, delaying herself on purpose just to annoy her friend. This part of her friendship was the part that she enjoyed the most. She felt like she had the upper hand which was an usual feeling because Quinn was always more the leader than she was.
"I better be your maid of honor." Santana said.
Quinn sighed in relief.
"I need some wine." She said as she picked up her menu.
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Before Quinn opened the door to her apartment, she took a moment to compose herself. She didn't realize she would be this nervous to propose. The red-head can always tell when she kept something from her, so Quinn decide to work extra hours so she could avoid herself slipping out of character.
When she walked into the apartment she shared with Chloe, she immediately was surrounded by wonderful aroma of the red-heads cooking.
"Hey babe," Chloe called out as she heard the front door open.
"Hey," Quinn replied. She put her bag down and stood back watching Chloe cook. She had such grace and confident that Quinn loved about her.
"Would you quit staring at me and help me stir please. Our guests will be here in an hour." Chloe said without turning around.
Quinn smiled at being caught and made her way to the kitchen. She stood behind Chloe and slowing warped her arm around the other girls waist, giving her a slight squeeze. Chloe smiled intertwining her hands with the ones on her stomach and leaned into the embrace, resting her head on Quinn's.
"I love you." Quinn whispered. Chloe smiled when she felt the blonde's lip on her neck.
"I love you, too."
Quinn continued her assault on the redhead's neck, making Chloe release a small giggle causing Quinn's heart flutter. She would never be tired of that sound.
"What are you doing? We don't have time for a quickie." Chloe joked as she turned around in the blonde's arms, resting their foreheads against one another.
Quinn felt this was the right time. She had planned to do it when everyone was here and make a big announcement. But holding Chloe in her arms and staring into her eyes, she realize this was the perfect moment. Before everyone came over and all the crazy starts to happen, which she knows her friends are capable of. She wanted this to be their moment without everyone watching them.
"What? You look serious, babe."
Quinn smiled at the redhead's concern. She leaned forward for a quick kiss to ease her girlfriend.
"Marry me?" Quinn slowly brought the little black box into Chloe's view.
"Oh my god," Chloe was shocked.
Quinn opened the box to reveal the ring. Chloe had tears forming in her eyes.
"Yes." Chloe answered before capturing Quinn's lips.
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"So, I'm guessing by the look of Chloe's face and the ring she's showing off, you went ahead and propose before everyone got here." Santana stood next to her friend who was watching her fiancé talking all the friends about the proposal.
"I figure some way you would kill the moment and embarrass me if I did it in front of all of our friends. Or Aubrey would start singing or chastise me that I was proposing wrong," Quinn replied still not taking her eyes of Chloe, who felt eyes on her and gave Quinn a small smile before turning back to her conversations with her friends.
"Good call." Santana clinked their wine glasses together.
"She looks so happy." Quinn observed.
Santana nodded her head in agreement.
"I know I didn't say much at the restaurant, but she's perfect for you. I'm really happy for you guys. I haven't seen you this happy since..."
"Don't start with that shit, S" Quinn stopped her knowing exactly what she was thinking. "I just got engaged. There's no reason to bring up the past."
"Fine." Santana held up her arms in defeat.
"I'm glad your here, S" Quinn said genuinely.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world."
Santana saw Chloe and her best friend Aubrey making their way towards her and Quinn.
"Hey, Santana." Chloe threw her arms around the surprised brunette for a bone crunching hug. It was obvious that the redhead is already drunk.
"Good to see you Chloe" Santana said returning the hug.
"Where's Brit?" Chloe asked when she pulled away and stood by her finance who immediately put her arm around her waist to help steady the girl.
"I think she was talking to someone from her dance class."
"Hey Santana" Aubrey finally spoke up.
When Chloe and Quinn started dating, Santana quickly realize that Aubrey had a huge crush on her. It sometimes made her awkward to be around.
"Hey Aubrey, it's good to see you." Santana replied politely which cause the taller blonde to smile. She was hot, Santana would admit, but she was so in love with Brittany.
"Congratulations, Quinn," Aubrey turned to the other blonde when she realize the situation started getting awkward.
"Thanks Aubrey."
"What a day for Chloe, huh? She gets engaged to the perfect girlfriend who has an amazing job and she got an her first big celebrity client."
Quinn frowned. I guess with all the excitement of the engagement, Chloe forgot to tell her about her day.
"That's amazing baby. I'm so proud of you." Quinn kissed her cheek.
"Congrats, Chloe." Santana raised her glass. "So who is the big client."
"You know I can't tell you that, Santana. It's confidential." Chloe said.
"Oh come on. I'll tell you all the celebrities that had a boob job with me. Selena Gomez. She's young but she got a lot of work done." Santana argued.
Knowing that she really shouldn't say, but these 4 girls were her best friend in the world. And she was also a little drunk.
"I shouldn't say."
"You don't have to baby. Santana's just being a jerk." Quinn tried to get Santana to back off.
"Oh come on, Q. We all been friends for three years now."
"I'm kind of curious, myself." Aubrey admitted.
"Aubrey." Chloe chastise.
"What? I work with you. I think I have the right to know."
"Chloe, we all work with celebrities. I do their boobs, Quinn puts them on her magazine and you guys design their house. We're not going to blab it to everyone." Santana argued.
"Okay. Okay, you guys. She's not that well known, but she's is around this area."
Quinn, Santana, and Aubrey waited in anticipation for Chloe's reveal.
"She's the next big broadway star, Rachel Berry."
Quinn and Santana stood there frozen in shock. Aubrey jumped in joy and hugged Chloe in congratulation.
"You guys, why aren't you excited." Aubrey asked when she realized she was the only one congratulating Chloe.
Quinn didn't know how to react. Her fiancé was going to design the interior of her ex-girlfriend house, who she hasn't seen in 10 years.
She could hear Santana started laughing and Chloe and Aubrey staring at her with concern. It felt like the walls were closing in on her and she couldn't breathe.
Before she knew it all that sushi she had early, ended up on her beautiful wood floors along with her brand new Jimmy Choo's shoe.
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10 years ago
"So, that's it Quinn? You're just going to walk away,just like that." Rachel said crying.
"I always feel like second choice to you." Quinn replied.
"I don't have any feelings for Finn, okay?" Rachel tried.
"Don't lie to me, he was always your fantasy. I can understand. When I dated him I felt the same way, until I realized how immature and moronic he was. But I get it. He's someone that you can put on your arm when you have a premiere. With me, it's just too many questions." Quinn said calmly.
She had caught Finn sneakingly kiss her girlfriend at graduation and she just couldn't help but let her insecurities get the best of her. Worse when Rachel decided not to mention it to her. She had also been thinking how hard it would be for them to make this work when they were going to be in two different states.
"Quinn, please don't leave."
"I wish you can see how amazing you are. You don't need me or Finn."
"That's not true, I need you, I love you." Rachel feel to the floor.
Quinn fought all her instinct to wrap her arms around the tiny brunette.
"I head up to Yale with my mom, tomorrow morning. I just wanted to say goodbye and wish you good luck with Juilliard."
"I love you." Rachel said defeated knowing that the blonde won't change her mind.
"I love you too. Maybe one day, there might be a good time for us. But not now." Quinn said before she walked out of the brunette's room and her life.
When she made it into her car, she started sobbing. She knew this was the best decision she could make. She decide not to be a distraction for Rachel when she was in New York and wanted the girl to pursue her dreams without her in the way.
That was the last time she saw Rachel.
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Quinn woke up with a huge headache and reached over to the other side of the bed to feel an empty space where her fiancé should be. Slowly sitting up Quinn found aspirin and a glass a water waiting for her. Under the glass with a note from Chloe.
Sorry I had to leave but Rachel called and moved up our meeting because something came up on her schedule.
Love you,
Your Fiancé
Quinn groaned and flopped back in bed in frustration. This is not good. This what she wanted to avoid, she pray that the two girls don't find out about each other before she got a chance to tell Chloe about it.
She searched for her phone to call her best friend.
"God, you still can't hold your liquor." Santana answered on the first ring. "Do you realize it's like 12:30 in the afternoon, Fabray?"
"Shut up, Chloe is having a meeting with Rachel right now." Quinn said as she started getting dressed.
"Calmed down, they won't find out about each other. They're working, it's not like they're going to go over every aspect of their life." Santana said.
"I know that. But it's me. This always happens to me. Bad things alway happen to me." Quinn panicked as she failed to get her jeans on.
"God, you're still a narcissists."
"Just stop okay. I'm freaking out. I never told Chloe about Rachel. I didn't think I had to. I mean I know we all live in New York, but with a billion people here I never thought they run into each other and I definitely didn't think that Chloe decorating her house. How weird is that? My fiancé is designing my ex-girlfriend house. Everything was good in my life, I knew something like this was going to happen." Quinn rambled trying again to get her legs in right.
"God Rachel is in your life again and you start rambling like her." Santana scoffed.
"Fuck you. Be serious." Quinn yelled. "What the fuck is wrong with this jeans."
"Calmed down, psycho." Santana yelled back. "This is the first meeting. I doubt they would be talking about you. They don't even know about each other. So when Chloe gets home, you'll tell her about Rachel. About your past. She probably won't be as mad if she had to hear it from Rachel, a stranger she just met. She'll be grateful she heard it from you first."
"Okay, you're right." Quinn said finally calmed down and sat in the edge of the bed.
"You should were your dresses instead of jeans, they make you look more innocent than you really are." Santana said after awhile.
Quinn frowned and hung up.
Fuck her life.
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A/N: Please let me know if I should continue. I promise there will me more interaction between Quinn and Chloe and Quinn and Rachel as well.