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Fire and Ice Chapter 4

QPOV

I pulled myself away from Rachel immediately watching as she wiped her mouth.

"I'm sorry" she whispered

"It's okay, let's not read too much into it. Come on I'll show you to one of the guest rooms so you can settle in. Have you eaten?" I asked watching her fiddling with the tag on her bag. She shook her looking towards her shoes. Widget waddled up to her panting happily. She bent down and picked him up following me to the room closest to mine. I heard a slight yelp from Rachel as I walked to the room closest to mine and turned to see Widget licking at Rachel's face happily.

"Widget behave" I chastised Rachel held him away from her continuing to smile.

"No it's okay Quinn he's just being friendly" she replied putting him on the floor so he could follow us lead the way. He scratched on the door of the room so I opened it and he trotted in. I reached for the light letting Rachel in first. Rachel's phone rang loudly and I watched her ignore the call and walk up to me.

"Quinn thank you so very much" she said sincerely.

"It's okay Rachel we are married after all it's the least I could do" I replied "The bed is new and there are fresh towels and linens. The shower is a little tricky to use but if you want you can feel free to use mine. I'll fix you something to eat any preferences?" I asked watching her look around curiously at the blue room. I had yet to ask her what happened but I knew enough about people to know not to push this. Eventually if she chose to she was free to talk to me and I would be here for her if I could.

"No preferences and thank you again Quinn I know this is unexpected and must make absolutely no sense to you seeing as how we barely knew one another 24 hours and I randomly show up at your house with a suitcase and in a shambles truth is I could use a break from people and you are probably the only one in this entire state that isn't obsessed with my career or my love life or some other thing that allows people in my life"

I nodded knowing exactly what she meant "It's okay Rachel; I'm here for you if you want to talk and you're always welcomed here. Have a shower and I'll fix you something to eat and we can talk or not, your choice" I said walking out of the room.

"Come on Widdy let's go make your new friend a snack" I said walking to the kitchen. Still able to see and hear friends in the next room I started looking around the kitchen for food stuff realizing that I had to go shopping before the weekend was up. I opted to do something I haven't done in many years and took a couple eggs from the fridge along with other ingredients. After gathering the stuff I would need I got to work on dinner for Rachel.


Widget watched diligently from his barstool as I scurried around the kitchen. He turned his head to a side when I put the last of the mixture into the frying pan like I was crazy. "What? I put the right ingredients. You're just jealous that you aren't getting any" I said to him sticking my tongue out. He barked once so I imagined he was agreeing with my hypothesis.

Widget huffed and jumped off the stool trotting away.

I started dancing at the FRIENDS theme song as I turned the egg in the pan waiting to add the filling for the omelet.

"You enjoy FRIENDS?" A voice asked jumping me out of my skin. My hand hooked into the frying pan bringing it to the floor.

"Shit" I yelled

"Oh Jesus I'm sorry Quinn" Rachel said rushing forward.

"Its okay" I said immediately rushing to get the pan off the floor.

Widget poked his head around the corner inspecting the commotion from the kitchen and proceeded to lick bite at the now ruined omelet.

"Oh geez Widdy" I said

Rachel chuckled turning the stove off "At least one of us is enjoying this snack" Rachel said scooping the remnants of the egg and walking over to Widdy's bowl. He gave me one last look as brought the mop back to the mess and walked away to the now full bowl.

"Here let me help you" Rachel said looking for something else to clean the mess.

"No it's fine; actually your omelet is there under the cover I just wanted to make sure you had enough so I did extra. I wasn't sure if you would want coffee as its night and you must me exhausted so I there's juice, beer and wine in the fridge just poor two glasses of whichever and go on ahead into the living room. I just have to clean the frying pan and the mess" I said making sure the floor was thoroughly clean.

Rachel took the pan and walked over to the sink turning the pipe on. She took a red sponge up ready to clean it.

"Not that one Rachel" I all but yelled. She looked at me quizzically.

God this woman will think I'm crazy

She turned to me confused so I proceeded to explain. "That's the one I use for cups and glasses. The green one is used for plates, forks and spoons and saucepans is cleaned with the yellow one"

"So I'm using the yellow one?" she asked a bit unsure. I nodded once and she smiled scrubbing at the frying pan.

I gave the floor another scrub without being meticulously thorough about it. Taking a cloth I used to wipe the counters I wiped at the spill on the cabinet and stove and returning them both to the laundry room.

"It's wet out here so be careful" I said watching Rachel turn the pipe off. I noticed what she was wearing smiling to see her in a NYADA sweatshirt and a pair of shorts that reached her mid thigh. I held my hand out to her helping her over to me. She grabbed her omelet and I got us each a glass of wine and we headed to the living room. I sat Indian style on the couch waiting for her to sit as well.

"Did you eat anything?" she asked

I shook my head realizing I hadn't eaten for a while but I wasn't bugged by the smell wafting to my nostrils.

"I'm fine" I said taking a sip of wine and smiling at her. The DVD got to the episode that when Chandler spent most of it in a box so I sat there trying not to watch Rachel eat her omelet when something appeared before my eyes. I focused in on it and turned to Rachel.

"Take it" she said insistently

"I made it for you" I said

"And I want you to take piece. It's full of other ingredients so I'm almost full and I think everyone should experience their creations" she replied holding it close to my mouth again. I looked at the fork not one to use other people's utensils it made me hesitate.

"Oh for goodness sakes Quinn we kissed less than an hour ago I'm pretty sure it's safe to say I don't have cooties and you can eat from me" she said putting that piece into her mouth and taking a sip of wine.

I laughed at her use of the word cooties and watched as she cut another piece of the omelet and stuck it on her fork. She brought the fork to my mouth and upon seeing her pout I reluctantly opened my mouth taking the forkful into my mouth. With a triumphant 'yes' Rachel pulled the fork back cutting another piece as I chewed. Widget ran himself against Rachel's foot before plopping down on it lazily.

After a couple moments of silently taking random pieces of the snack from Rachel and between our sips of wine we sat there watching the episodes. After finishing everything I excused myself to the kitchen to wash the dishes and inspect the floor. Rachel's phone rang again and she hit the ignore button without even taking a gander at the caller. I looked at the clock seeing 11:30 so I decided another half an hour would be perfect time to go to bed.

"Sam and I got into a huge fight about you" Rachel said now lapping her feet together. I was shocked to say the least at her revelation.

"I'm sorry ab-"

Rachel shook her head frantically "No he was wrong. He told me he didn't want me to see you tomorrow and I tried reasoning with him that this was strictly a meeting. He said he doesn't trust you and you are probably after something. I said regardless of what you may or may not be after it doesn't change the fact that we are legally married" she took a deep breath wiping at her face.

"When he thought that I was picking up for you he accused me of cheating on him with you apart from lastnight which is still strange because I'm not a cheater. I don't condone cheating but here we are. He accused me of doing everything with you on purpose which is just stupid because for one thing I'm with him 100% of the time as he's my bodyguard and for another thing he's known me since we were 15 he should know me better than to assume any of these things about me. I have no excuse for cheating but he has no excuse for saying some of the things he did. I told him that I needed time to think" tears welled in her eyes and I didn't know what to do.

Would she freak out if I hugged her?

Widget being braver than I was at this moment saw the sadness in her eyes. He whined loudly while licking her ankle then he jumped into her lap and snuggled into her making her smile.

I smiled at how comfortable they were with one another in such a short space of time. "I'm sorry any of this happened. I know it must be tough for you but if you want you are welcomed to stay here as long as you want. I don't go into that room apart from cleaning so it'll be nice to have someone in it again" I said softly. She seemed to sense that I didn't want to talk about it so instead she leaned in hugging me and kissed my cheek making me blush.

"Thank you Quinn I just needed some time away from the public eye. I do want to get to know you not as a wifey or anything but maybe we could be friends?" she asked

I nodded grinning. "Of course we can, I'd like that. Are you better now?" I asked genuinely curious.

She shrugged "Neither here nor there. I think I'm a bit too exhausted to truly think about it"

As is in response I yawned earning a chastising look from Widdy. I stuck my tongue out at him and stood.

"I'm heading to bed, are you okay out here?" I asked she put the puppy on the floor and stood as well.

"I'm going to go in as well, it's been an extremely long 24 hours and I need to get some rest" she informed me. I nodded in agreement at how crazy and draining today has been. Shutting off the DVD player and television I shut the television off letting her lead to the bedrooms. Widdy and I stopped at her door as her arms wrapped around my body.

"Thanks again Quinn" she said

I wrapped my arms around her as well feeling her warmth and inhaling a scent I would deem to be uniquely Rachel.

"It's my pleasure, sweet dreams and if you need anything just let me know" I said she nodded and blew a kiss to Widget then stepped inside. Having a thought I knocked on the door opening it to find her without her sweater on. She was also braless so her entire top half was naked.

I covered my eyes and apologized profusely. 'I'm so so sorry, I just wanted to know if you had a toothbrush" I said

"Uh it's okay and yeah. I have my toothbrush" she said hastily. I said okay and eased away closing the door. Sighing as I leaned against the door breathing out loudly and looking at Widget.

"She's something else isn't she Widdy?"

He gave a small bark as we walked to my room. I closed the door pulling my sweats off and crawling under the covers thinking about the events of today.


RPOV

I hated being hyperaware of being in someone else's house Although I slept like a baby I could still hear the insistent 'cling cling' of Quinn's doorbell. Forcing my cover off I searched for my NYADA sweater I traded my sleep shirt for and pulled my hair into a ponytail walking to the door. Quinn's how was quite apart from the bell ringing so I ram up to the door to avoid waking her at this hour. Whatever time it is.

I pulled the door to find a dark haired Latina woman with a devilish smirk and an Asian woman who looked like she would burst with excitement standing there both in shorts and t-shirts.

"May I help you?" I asked running my hands through my hair.

"You must be Rachel Fabray" The Latina said taking a step forward. I held my hand against the door frame stopping her from entering.

"I'm sorry and you are?" I asked a little confused.

"Pardon her manners Quinn and I have speculated for years now that she's been dropped on her head as a child. I'm Tina and this is Santana we're friends of Quinn's"

It clicked that they were the friends Quinn mentioned when she gave me the numbers. I lowered my hand and smiled brightly.

"Forgive me come on in. I'm pretty sure Quinn is still asleep I'll go wake her for you" I said walking towards the bedrooms. Santana's hand held on to mine stopping me in my tracks.

"I've got this" she said running to Quinn's bedroom.

I turned to look nervously at Tina who was looking at me up and down. I secretly hoped I didn't look a fright. A scream bellowed from Quinn's bedroom and I saw Widget running out of the room and came to me hiding behind my feet.

"Ignore them they've been doing tha to each other for years. So you're Rachel Berry?" Tina asked walking to the living room. I followed her and nodded.

"You're shorter in person" she said simply

"It's the heels I swear they transform me into this whole other human being" I said trying to make a joke. Tina chuckled watching me scratch Widget's ears curiously. Santana ran out the bedroom with Quinn quickly behind her.

"You're going to pay for that Lopez" Quinn said stopping in her tracks when she realized I was here.

"Good morning Rachel" she said shaking slightly.

"How rude" Tina said rolling her eyes

"Good morning T"

"Hey San look at Rachel" Tina said and my eyes bugged open.

What was wrong with me? I looked down trying to figure out what was wrong with me. Santana came to face me and furrowed her eyebrows.

"No fucking way" she said

"What? What is it? Do is there something on me?" I asked ready to jump up and dance around.

Quinn smiled proudly which made me more confused.

"It's nothing like that. San show her" Tina said

"Hell no Cujo aint taking a chunk outta me" she replied.

Tina rolled her eyes and put her hand near to me. I felt Widget squirm in my arms and bark. When her hand moved away he stopped and settled onto his back so I could scratch his stomach.

"I don't get it" I said

Santana let out a frustrated whine and took Widget out my arms. He barked at her squirming to get his small teeth to her arms. I stood taking him out her hand so he would settle down and she took a seat on the other couch.

"Like I said yesterday he doesn't like people"

"Yeah not even the person that got him for her" Santana muttered making all of us laugh.

I held him up to look into my eyes. "That's not nice Widget, you have to be polite when other's visit" I said chastising him. He ducked his head and licked my nose.

I laughed putting him on the floor watching as he walked away.

"You are such a strange duck" Santana said looking at me questioningly

Quinn who was sitting on the chair handle by me threw a pillow at Santana telling her to behave.

"But its true Q" Tina explained "First the dog likes her and he seemed to actually understand what she just said"

"She's the Dog Whisperer" Santana said

"You guys are lame. What are you even doing here?" Quinn asked

"It's Sunday" Tina said

"I'm going to need more than that babe" Quinn said

I felt myself get a little hungry so I decided since Quinn made me something lastnight I'd return the favor.

"I'm going to get started on breakfast Quinn you guys want anything?" I asked

"You don't have to. You're my guest it's okay" she said I shook my head walking into the kitchen followed by Quinn.

"Seriously I have to go grocery shopping there's pretty much nothing here right now which is not like me but this was a hard week so I didn't get a chance to do my shopping. I was going to ask you to go with me to the store" she explained.

I turned to look at her and smiled. "How about I get a shower and go to the store for you and you can catch up with your friends. I'm pretty sure they want to know what I'm doing here and all" I said smiling.

Quinn shook her head "That's none of their business" she said raising her voice so they could clearly hear that. "Are you sure you want to go to the store?"

"Yeah, this entire week was supposed to be surrounded around me relaxing and grocery shopping is a great way to start" I explained heading off towards the bedroom.

Half an hour later I went to get directions from Quinn to the closest store. Santana, Tina and Quinn were in the living room sitting laughing loudly about something. I undid my wet hair and shuffled it slightly accidently wetting Widget who strolled next to me.

"Sorry buddy" I said entering the living room.

"You all ready to go?" Quinn asked taking money from the coffee table and handing it to me along with a list.

"Yeah I am, where's the closest store?" I asked

"Oh no worries I'm going with you. I have to get some stuff as well so I may as well kill two birds with one stone" she replied letting me lead the way to the door.

"We'll be back" Tina said

"T, I'm begging you to behave" Quinn said pleadingly watching us from the doorway. Tina turned backing the walked way and crossed her heart for Quinn to see.


QPOV

"She isn't going to behave is she?" I asked Santana watching as they walked down the street towards the store.

"Not even a little bit" Santana said walking into the house. "So, what happened?"

I closed the door following her into the house.

"What do you mean?" I asked not sure what she was referring to.

"Well let's see you were alone when you took me home and there was no clear indication that you were going to see Rachel until today and yet here we are your wife opening the door at 7:30 in the morning. So what gives?"

I ran my hand through my hair sitting on the couch. "I won't get into all of it but simply put she got into a fight with her boyfriend and needed somewhere to stay"

Santana nodded turning the television on. I pressed play on the DVD player resuming where I left off lastnight with the reruns. We sat in silence for a while when she randomly asked.

"Think you two will get a divorce or something?"

I didn't have an answer for her, simply because I don't know. Santana knows where I stand on marriage but this wasn't a circumstance I ever expected to factor in.

"I told her this is up to her; divorce isn't something I want to consider for obvious reasons but I also expected to be in a situation like this. It's her career that stands to be affected by this more so than my own so I left it up to her. I'm going to go take a shower" I said standing.

"Take Widget with you I don't like the way he's looking at me" she said putting both feet in the couch.

"Such a pussy he won't hurt you" I said chuckling.

"So you say, he likes you" I called Widget to follow me into my room and closed the door behind me.

Stripping out of my clothes I wrapped my hair up and was about to go into the bathroom when I noticed some subtle changes in my room. Rachel's towel was on my bed along with her phone. I grabbed the towel putting it on my towel rack. Just as I was about to step into the shower I heard a noise coming from my bed. Walking into the bedroom I grabbed the phone and saw 'daddy' on appear on the screen.

Hello?

Rachel honey- wait who is this? The voice asked over the phone.

I'm Quinn Fabray sir; it's nice to meet you Rachel left to go to the store she'll be back soon.

So you are my daughter-in-law. Leroy come here quick I'm talking to Rachel's wife. The man yelled in my ear. I remember hear lastnight while we were talking Rachel said something about her fathers but I didn't pay too much attention to it until now.

I'm one of Rachel's fathers Hiram Berry, Leroy is standing right next to me. I must say Quinn this is all a shock to me and I think I speak for my husband and I when I say we require an explanation as to why my daughter got married and we found out about it on National television.

I was blindsided by this wondering why Rachel haven't spoken to her dads as yet about this. This really wasn't my place and I needed to at the very least stall until Rachel and I ourselves knew what we were doing.

I'm sorry sir I do believe you deserve an explanation but I would prefer to offer you an appropriate explanation when both Rachel and I can properly explain our circumstance to you.

I heard a muffled conversation in the background when Leroy I think his name was came over the phone.

Quinn are you still there?

I'm here Mr. Berry

Let Rachel know as soon as she walks into the house she needs to call us and if she doesn't we'll be on the next flight to New York because this is making absolutely no sense to us. Do you understand me?

Wow scary daddy.

Yes sir I hear you loud and clear.

Bye Quinn

Bye Mr. and Mr. Berry

By the time I was showered and dressed Rachel and Tina were back and unpacking the groceries. I asked Rachel to meet me in my room because we definitely needed to talk.

"What's up?" she asked

"You left your phone on my bed along with your towel by the way which is all kinds of eww but that's not the point. The point is you left phone on my bed and your dads called"

Rachel sank down to the bed. "Oh my god, please tell me you didn't answer. Please Quinn tell me you didn't answer" she urged looking at me.

"Not only did I answer but your dads insisted that we call them as soon as you got back or they were going to be on the next flight to New York" I explained

Rachel ran her hand through her hair nervously pacing back and forth. Both Widget and I watched her to see if she would say anything.

"Can this day get any worse?" she asked stopping abruptly and looking at me.

My phone ring just then and judging by the name on my caller id it definitely can.

I heard recently that I'm the Quenn of Cliff hangers not only in my fics but in my poetry and stuff but anyways hope you guys enjoy this and I'm sorry about proofing it but I needed it out while the internet still worked. I'm hoping for a connection tomorrow so I can upload other stuff.

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