Hello!
I've been unsure where to take this little portion of the story but I think this chapter fits its 'filler' type purpose!
Next up I think is going to be the date which I haven't planned yet, so if you have any suggestions then I'd appreciate those!
Remember Quinn said it was going to be casual, not your fancy first date restaurant type date! :)
A lot of Faberry fanfiction I've read include stargazing and picnics so I don't want to do that but like I said, I'm open to suggestions!
R+R where possible! :)
All the best,
faberrylovingklainer
Chapter Seven:
"Ready for glee?" Rachel asked as she closed her locker.
"As I'll ever be..." Quinn replied. Their day had been uneventful, although for the most they were separated. By the time Rachel and Kurt had left the library, things seemed to have lifted slightly between the two although Rachel still refused to disclose any more details about her relationship with Quinn. Rachel dropped her hand and laced it with Quinn's.
"Come on then, let's go." Rachel led Quinn towards the choir room. They were the first to arrive and took seats at the front. Rachel didn't drop her girlfriend's hand when their friends came in. She noticed the muffled whispers and the crossed glances among them.
"Yeah, yeah, enough with the whispering. So Q and Rachel are out, what else is new?" Santana quipped as she came in with Brittany. She threw Quinn a knowing glance that suggested Santana had guessed who Quinn had hooked up with in New York. Quinn made a mental note to ask the Latina later.
"We heard the rumours today but we didn't know that they were true." Mercedes replied. "Did you know, Kurt?" She added.
"Yes, but only since Geometry."
"That was first period, how could you not tell us at lunch?"
"What does it matter?"
"It doesn't I guess." She realised. "We're happy for the two of you by the way." Mercedes said turning to the couple who had been watching the interactions with open mouths.
"We're glad you finally decided to speak to us and not about us." Quinn joked.
"Are we expecting Finn to flip out when he gets here?" Tina asked.
"He knows about Quinn and me but I don't expect him to turn up to be honest."
"Oh I'm here." Finn snarled as he entered. "I'm all set to finish the year singing love songs with you, Rachel."
"Bit of tough luck you're having there, Hudson." Quinn replied. "Rachel and I are already planning our duet. Why don't you find someone else to sing out of tune with?"
"Harsh Quinn." Rachel reprimanded. "However, Quinn's right. We intend on singing together, not today, but in the future."
"You might want to give that session a miss." Quinn added snidely.
"I'd rather not. I want to see Rachel demolish you with her amazing vocal talents."
"It'd make a change from you." Quinn replied harshly.
The glee club watched the exchange between the two open mouthed. They didn't know what to expect when they'd finally met. It was a surprise to see Quinn and Finn at war with each other. The two had gone from dating to enemies mixed with all the stuff in between. Rachel shifted irritably in her seat.
"Can you two stop now?" Rachel said, raising her voice. "If this is what the remainder of our glee time is going to be like then I'm walking out of that door now." She declared.
"Finn, I said to you yesterday I was sorry for having to break up with you but I can't take you with me into my future."
"Rachel, for the past three years it's been you and me and all of a sudden you're gay and dating someone who made your life hell."
"I will not do this with you now Finn, not in front of everyone. In fact I won't do this with you ever. I'm dating Quinn, not you. You're eighteen; you have your full life to find someone else. I have found someone else and you need to accept that." Rachel stated. Quinn had moved her chair closer and had placed her hands on her shoulders and was gently massaging the anger out of her girlfriend. Finn had noticed the shift in Quinn's behaviour and tried to ignore it but he couldn't. She was doing what he should have been doing. He should have been comforting Rachel. He had no alternative but to storm out before he did anything stupid.
"His storm outs are getting less dramatic each time he does them." Rachel pointed out.
"Hey pot, meet the kettle." Kurt quipped. Blaine shot him a look that suggested Kurt was walking a very fine line.
"Are you ok?" Quinn whispered.
"I will be later. Just leave it for now; we'll talk on the way home." She said pulling away from the blonde. Instantly Quinn knew she was in trouble. She'd let Finn get to her.
"Hey guys, where's Finn?" Mr Schuester asked as he came in.
"Oh he left. He's not happy with the developments in the glee club." Rachel informed him, loosely taking Quinn's hand. She watched and waited for the teacher to figure out what she was trying to tell him. "Ahh, I see. Anyway, has anyone had any thoughts as to what they want to sing?"
"Mr Schue, if I may?" Kurt asked rising from his seat.
"You may, Kurt."
"It appears that this morning I was a bit receptive to the new relationship that I have politely dubbed 'Faberry' and I wanted to apologise. Rachel you are my best friend and I know I should support your decisions. I know you can understand my hesitance especially when the hurt party involved is my brother but I want to say that I'm going to look past that because I know you're happy." He said nodding towards Rachel. He turned to address Quinn, "Quinn I have to warn you if you hurt Rachel, you have me to deal with. This song seems kind of clichéd but I just need you to know this." Kurt said before nodding to Brad who began to play the introduction.
"When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand.
And nothing, no nothing, is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights."
Kurt never broke eye contact with Rachel throughout. Quinn looked to her girlfriend whose eyes were beginning to fill with tears. She leant across and wiped the tears from Rachel's eyes. The brunette turned and smiled at the intimate gesture shared between the two.
"You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am, I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend.
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds and that old north wind should begin to blow,
Keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there."
Rachel dropped Quinn's hand and rose from her seat. She hugged Kurt, who smiled into her shoulder as he waited for the final verse. Quinn stood up and moved her girlfriend away gently and held her closely while Kurt sang the last verse.
"Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you. Well, they'll take your soul if you let them,
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.
You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am.
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call. Lord, I'll be there,
You've got a friend. You've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend."
Quinn released Rachel as Kurt sang the last note. Rachel threw her arms around Kurt's shoulder. "Thank you." She simply whispered. The rest of the glee club applauded and were moved by the show of emotion between the two. No one but Kurt and Rachel knew of the full dispute they'd had this morning so didn't truly understand the extent of Kurt's apology.
"That was beautiful Kurt, great job." Mr Schuester said as they took their seats.
"I meant every word. Irrespective of whom you're dating Rachel; I've got your back."
"Likewise." Rachel simply replied.
"I won't hurt her." Quinn said but quiet enough only for Rachel to hear, who squeezed her hand in recognition of the comment.
The rest of the glee club session was spent deciding what songs they should sing. Quinn couldn't think of a song she and Rachel could sing together so she left if to the brunette to decide. "Can I drive you home, Quinn?" Rachel asked as they left the choir room.
"I was hoping you would." Quinn admitted.
They walked to her car slowly and in silence. Once they entered, they buckled their seat belts and Quinn waited for Rachel to put the keys into the ignition and start the car but it never happened. "Rach, you might want to switch the engine on if we're ever going to get home." Quinn joked.
"I can't believe you, Quinn." Rachel stated.
"What?"
"You and Finn were arguing right in front of my eyes. The things you were saying were mean, Quinn."
"...and what he said to me wasn't?"
"We knew he'd be a jerk today but you didn't need to react to him. He was looking to start an argument."
"Well he managed that." Quinn snapped. "I'm sorry, Rachel. I'll control myself in future. I just hate that he thinks he can just take you back."
"He can't Quinn. I'm dating you. I chose you. That should be enough."
"It is enough but-"
"Then that's it, end of. I don't want this to linger. We are together Quinn. We are going on our first date this weekend. In just over two months we will be leaving this town and beginning the next chapter in our lives. We might be seventy miles apart but I know we can make this work."
"Do you think we can make it Rachel?"
"I broke up with Finn because I knew it wasn't going to work. I'm dating you because I know we can make a good effort of it. You are going to Yale. I'm going to NYADA. We are both going to pursue our own dreams as well as fulfilling one together."
"I like your thinking Rachel." Quinn replied. "I truly am sorry for today. I won't let him get to me again." She said, she lent towards Rachel and kissed her.
"I missed that." Rachel sighed as Quinn pulled away.
"Me too."
"Let's get you home." Rachel said as she started the car.
"Maybe you could stay with me for a while? I feel like I've missed you for the majority of the day. What happened with Kurt?"
"Oh you know usual Kurt drama. He wasn't happy that I dumped Finn and was now in fact dating you. Oh and of course he was pissed that I cheated on him too." Rachel explained
"Well you were upset with yourself for that but hey, it's in the past... Look, I have an idea."
"Go on."
"The 'F' word is banned from now on."
"I like that idea." Rachel replied smiling.
They drove the rest of the journey to Quinn's house in silence. Rachel hoped that Quinn wouldn't rise to Finn again. She didn't intend on breaking up with the blonde but she couldn't handle the two of them at war with each other for the rest of their time at McKinley. She wanted to enjoy the last few weeks of her senior year with her girlfriend.
"Here we are. I'm just going to go home though."
"Oh. Is everything ok?"
"Totally fine, I just don't want us to spend too much time together before our date."
"I see your point. I may spend the rest of the evening planning our date. I want it to be perfect." Quinn said as she got out of the car. She walked around to Rachel's side who lowered the window.
"Quinn, it will be perfect. I'll pick you up tomorrow?"
"That'd be great. Thanks Rachel." Quinn replied bending down and kissing her through the rolled down window. She thought she heard Rachel moan as she pulled away. Quinn smirked at the thought of her girlfriend's need to stay close to her. "Sure I can't convince you to come in? Mom's at work." Quinn winked.
"I guess thirty minutes couldn't hurt, could it?" Rachel laughed, quickly unbuckling her seat belt and following Quinn inside the house.
Disclaimer: 'You've Got A Friend' - Carole King is clearly not mine. :)
