Title: Storm Before The Calm
Word Count: 1,810
Rating: M
Summary: AU. A seventeen year old Beth Fabray attends William McKinley High School with her girlfriend Rachel Berry. But Rachel's slightly enamored with Quinn Fabray, Beth's thirty-four year old mother who is sixteen years her senior.
Pairing: Quinn/Rachel, Beth/Rachel
A/N: This fic is set in 2010, Beth and Rachel are both seventeen and Quinn is thirty-four as is Puck. I've split the glee club members so some of them are Rachel & Beth's age and some are Quinn's age. You'll find out more as you read along. The title is a lyric from John Mayer's 'Slow Dancing In A Burning Room' (aka the most beautiful song ever). I hope you all enjoy the story!
Chapter 1
U coming to mine 2nyt?
Rachel stared at her phone as the message opened, carefully shielding it under the table from the beady eyes of her chemistry teacher, Mrs Fullan. She glanced over at the blonde girl seated four seats from her and smiled softly, nodding. Beth Fabray nodded back. Rachel slipped her phone back into her pocket and tried to suppress the grin she knew would come anyway. She wasn't excited about going to Beth's house, or the activities she knew Beth would want to engage in once they were there, but rather who she would see there. And she felt kind of awful at the same time.
Beth was her girlfriend. Had been for several months. And through those months Rachel had discovered that Beth Fabray was not a low maintenance kind of girl. She supposed they had that in common. But Beth was head cheerleader, the 'it' girl of the school, and most of the time she was selfish and manipulative, not to mention cruel and sometimes ignorant. When Beth was angry, she would take it out on Rachel and Rachel would have to deal with being verbally abused while Beth rode out waves of fury. Rachel got sick of it, and she would voice it before Beth got sweet and gentle, and Rachel remembered why they were dating in the first place. Beth wasn't the world's greatest girlfriend, but nobody was perfect, Rachel reasoned.
And then she met Ms. Fabray. The first time Beth took her home, it was to her father's house, and she had met Mr. Puckerman, a nice looking guy with a Mohawk, who asked her to call him Puck. She remembered thinking Beth had a really cool dad.
She met Quinn Fabray a week later. When she walked into the house, her hand being tugged by Beth, she did a double take at the woman sitting on the couch. She looked like Beth, almost exactly like Beth, except more mature, and her hair was longer and her eyes weren't blue like Beth's; they were hazel. Rachel felt her stomach twist with butterflies as the woman looked at her. "This is Rachel, mommy" Beth introduced "My girlfriend" Beth's mother looked her up and down before smiling gently "It's nice to meet you Rachel" Rachel could have sworn Beth's mom was checking her out.
Later, when Rachel had her hands up Beth's shirt and on Beth's nipples, she pictured Ms Fabray's fuller, womanly breasts, and had to bite her lip and moan. And that's when it started.
She felt guilty a lot these days, when making out with Beth and thinking about her mother, but she coined that she was only attracted to Ms. Fabray because she looked so much like her gorgeous girlfriend. But really, when she thought it over, it really wasn't much of an excuse, so she went back to feeling guilty.
And especially at times like these, when the butterflies in her stomach came from Beth's mom and not her actual, hot, sexy girlfriend she should be focused on.
Her phone buzzed in her hand and she looked down to see it was from Beth again.
Meet me my car afta 4th period. Il driv.
Rachel sighed. Beth always wanted to skip fifth period and drive somewhere to make out. And when Beth Fabray wanted something, she wouldn't stop until she got it. She closed her eyes and leaned back into her chair; she had Math fifth period. And she was failing that class.
I can't
She typed, her fingers sliding over the keyboard of her blackberry. Slipping her phone into her pocket, she picked up her pencil and looked forward to the teacher. She felt a gentle nudge and looked over to her best friend, Finn Hudson. She couldn't help but smile at his goofy expression. "Rach, I don't get it" He whispered loudly "Can I look at your notes?"
She slid them over to him, flinching at the sudden vibration of her phone in her jeans pocket.
Y?
Finn flicked through her notes, his eyebrows furrowed as Rachel typed.
I need to go to class. I'm failing.
"Rach, where are the notes on balancing equations?" Finn asked quietly, leaning over his side of the bench.
"You don't know how to do those?" Rachel whispered, momentarily forgetting about Beth. "Finn! We learned how to balance equations last year!"
When Mrs Fullan and the majority of the class turned around in their seats to look at her, Rachel realized how loud she was. "Sorry" She coughed, and looked down at the bench until they had turned back around. Finn smirked and she hit him lightly.
Fuk class. Dnt u wanna b wit me?
Rachel bit her lip. It could be hard to reason with Beth.
I'll see you after school.
It was final and sharp, and it got the exact reaction Rachel had expected. Beth face flushed in annoyance and she practically slammed her phone onto the desk. Finn leaned over, his lips close to her ear. "Uh-oh. Someone's not happy" He nodded his head towards the bench Beth was sitting at. Rachel leaned forward onto her hands. "I know. She wants me to skip fifth with her"
Finn's face melted in understanding. "Ahhh… and if Beth Fabray doesn't get what she wants…"
"She throws a tantrum" Rachel finished for him, under her breath. As the heads of the various students in the class whipped around for the second time, Beth Fabray stood up from her seat, slamming her chemistry book down loudly.
Rachel let her head fall forward onto the bench.
"Miss Fabray" She heard Mrs Fullan say sternly "Sit down"
"I have an appointment with Coach Sylvester" Beth said firmly, slinging her bag over her shoulder. She produced a bright red card which Rachel recognized as being one of Sue Sylvester's 'get out of class free' cards. Each one of the cheerios possessed them. It amazed Rachel how Coach Sylvester got them authorized by the principal. Beth had once told her that the cheerleading coach had something on him, and he was wrapped around her little finger.
The teacher, although frustrated, knew she was powerless against the little card. With a roll of her eyes and a wave of her hand, she dismissed Beth before turning back to her class. Finn leaned over again. "You'd better go after her" Rachel knew he was right.
Sighing, she shut her books and raised her hand slowly. Mrs Fullan looked like she wanted to snap something in half. "May I be excused to the bathroom?" Rachel asked cautiously, weary of her teacher's foul mood. Mrs. Fullan waved her off "Make it quick" She grumbled. Finn squeezed her shoulder ("Good Luck!") and she slipped off her stool and hurried down the corridor after her girlfriend.
She found Beth exactly where she knew she would be; behind the bike shed smoking cigarettes. "Beth…" She started, running a hand through her dark hair. Beth took a long drag. "Thought you wanted to stay in class" She sneered.
"I do want to be in class" Rachel let her anger get the better of her. "I do want to be learning instead of here having to deal with your bullshit"
Beth tossed her cigarette to the ground and stomped it out. "Fuck you, Rachel" She growled, her hazel eyes flashing with fury. "All you ever do is blow me off"
"We're together all the time Beth!" Rachel almost yelled, catching herself when she remembered they were still in school and people could hear them. "I can't be there to stroke your ego every second of the day"
"Piss off Rachel" Beth spat "I could have any girl I wanted and I chose you. I expect my girlfriend to be there when I need her" Rachel shook her head. Every argument they had resulted in Beth somehow bringing up the fact that she was the most desired girl in the entire school.
"And you need me to skip school to hang out with you"
"It's not about skipping school Rachel" Beth threw her hands up in the air, exasperated. "Do you even want me anymore? Do you even love me?"
Rachel's face softened. "What do you mean?"
"You're always so distant" Beth said, her brows knitting together "You even stopped sitting with me at lunch—"
"Because you wouldn't let Artie sit with us" Rachel interrupted.
"Artie's a loser, Rachel" Beth said bluntly "You're better than him. You're with me"
"Artie's my friend" Rachel said through gritted teeth. "You're awful to my friends and then you expect me to just drop them and come to you like some—"
"I'm your girlfriend, Rachel" Beth bellowed, "Screw Artie. Screw your loser friends. You know how bad it is for my rep? When everyone sees my girl hanging out with the dork in the wheelchair?"
"I am so tired of hearing about your damn reputation!" Rachel yelled, past the point of concern for whether she was heard or not.
"Oh, I'm sure you are" Beth yelled right back "Considering you're out to sabotage it"
"Excuse me?"
"Oh come on Rachel. You wanna know who confronted me the other day? Dana Sanders. Yeah, apparently your dumb ass best friend told the entire football team that you were still a virgin."
"Don't talk about Finn like that" Rachel defended him.
"Then, she told the cheerios who told the basketball team and now, the whole school knows"
"There's nothing wrong with being a virgin"
"Do you even understand the kind of pressure I'm put under for these kind of things? I got a whole lot of shit from the team because I haven't gotten into your pants. We've been dating for four months, Rachel, you barely let me touch you…"
"You know that purity is important to me!"
"I love you Rachel! If you loved me, you'd trust me with this—"
"If you loved me you wouldn't push me!"
Beth's face softened and Rachel balled her hands into fists. Beth's strong front cracked. "You're right" She sighed, moving forward, "I'm sorry, you're right"
Rachel let Beth take her hands, wary of her sudden change in mood. "I'll wait until you're ready" She continued, looking into Rachel's chocolate eyes. Rachel blinked. Beth's arms slinked around her waist and before she could answer she was being kissed, forcefully and passionate. "Beth!" She squealed as Beth slipped her hands under Rachel's thighs and lifted her off of the ground. "Just roll with it baby" Beth spoke into her neck as she started to kiss it. "I got you"