Set three years after graduation (Quinn and Rachel are both 21). Quinn is currently at Yale and Rachel at NYADA, the two girls officially started dating on Rachel's 19th Birthday, but before then found condolence in each other after leaving Lima, and slowly fell in love. The girls haven't kept in touch with other members of the Glee Club as all have gone their separate ways. All events of the show up to Season 3 are still canon.
"Okay, okay fine!" Rachel squealed as she took the last clearing into the suburbs of the Hamptons. In all honesty Rachel was torn with the fact that she didn't want to leave her dads back in Ohio, but at the same time conquering New York was her act of womanhood, she could hardly complete that with her Dad's behind her - Vegan ice cream in hand if anything went wrong. But when Hiram and LeRoy moved to the quaint street of Linton in the south of the Hamptons Rachel could hardly disapprove of the picturesque white picket fence and perfectly prude petunia's that decorated the three story family home. Of course it was a little bit excessive for just the two of them, but Rachel made sure to take every weekend she had off to go down and see them from the city. Plus the drive wasn't too far away for them to make after her shows. All and all the move was definitely a success. Mostly because three years down the line here she was driving down to have the whole house to herself for the entire summer as her dads explored Florence. Oh, she'd have to share it with her girlfriend of course. Sitting right next to her in a pleated nude skirt and crisp white shirt, cropped blond hair daintily frolicking in the draft of the open window was Quinn Fabray, her Quinn Fabray. The Quinn Fabray that she had been dating for the last two years. The Quinn Fabray that had Rachels heart wrapped around her little finger, well index finger actually (It wasn't a promise ring or engagement ring, but it was their ring. It helped when they'd go to bars too).
"Eyes on the road Berry, I've had one too many car accidents already" she quirked her eyebrows up with a smirk as Rachel protested with an eye roll but none the less kept her hands firmly on the wheel. Actually Rachel always did, it was one of the quirks that Quinn admired, and in comparison to her own reckless driving it was a pleasant change. "I promise you wont regret it" Quinn said reassuringly with a firm nod, flicking through the radio channels trying to find a good station.
"Q the water is freezing, no one goes out swimming this early in the year. People will think we're crazy or at least partially rebellious and I mean we have a reputation to hold up in this neighborhood. So, please don't make me regret it" she protested with furrowed eyebrows, her eyes flicking towards Quinn in attempt to read her expression. Her eyes darted from the road to the blond girl confused. "Why are you smiling like that?" she chuckled as she took in Quinn's grin.
"Oh nothing, just that the hot tub would be really nice to slip into afterwards" the blond muttered with a smug expression that turned Rachel's cheeks into a flaming raspberry color. Rachel wanted nothing more than to jump into those waves in that moment. An old song they did in one of the earlier glee club days came onto the radio and as they drove there was a pleasant silence in the car to match the calmness of the song. Out of the window Quinn peaked out to try and see the shore line but somehow they weren't close enough yet. She didn't really mind since the moment she was in was perfect enough to enjoy for as long as possible. The morning had been a hectic blur or preparation, since Quinn had just arrived from Yale an hour or two before they had to leave. It wasn't even clothes that they had trouble packing, it was everything from keys and things to be locked and toiletries to be bought and asking the neighbors to feed Elphaba (Rachel had found a kitten somewhere off Madison Avenue a year ago and just didn't have the heart to leave it. Quinn's allergies got better eventually) and even making sure the iron was off. All in all the morning was a stressful mess, and there was nothing like a road trip down to the sea side to clear the two girls thoughts. Quinn slowly placed her hand over Rachel's in the space between their seats and ran her thumb over the top of her fingers, the brunette squeezed back with a smile. It was these kind of moments that confused the girl more than anything - what had she done to deserve to be so happy? Of course if she really dissected that thought she had to come face to face with the fact that her life wasn't perfect and there were plenty of aspects of it that made her incredibly unhappy. She thought maybe the question she should ask is what did she do to deserve Rachel. But that was a question that she simply didn't have an answer too. Instead she found herself thinking about how this summer would be which seemed to be a much simpler topic. She imagined long walks on the shore, and early morning swims as well as late night ones in the pool. She found herself thinking about all the meals they would make, and what kind of cakes they could invent and if the neighbors were nice. Not that it really mattered, since Quinn was more than content with spending her whole entire time with her girl, and Rachel's feelings were incredibly mutual. It was hard living so far away, and even though holidays were a blessing the after college skype calls and texts and even letters as well as the odd weekend visit made them yearn for each other even more. This was their chance to stock up on 'them' time, since they both knew that they had troubles ahead. This was their chance to have a peak into what their future could be, this was their summer. Or so they thought.