Chapter 7 – L is for Love
Rachel POV
I grab a nice looking dress from my closet and change hastily. Quickly checking in the mirror if I look okay. I grab my keys for my car and rush to the car. I drive to the park really excited to see Sam. When I arrive, I am pleasantly surprised.
The weather was lovely outside for late afternoon. It was sunny with no clouds, the wind was also calm and the park was surprisingly empty. When I got out of the car I saw a path lined with red roses that led to a part between a few trees. At the beginning of the path laid a single red rose with a note attached to it. I picked up the note and it said 'Follow me!' Oh Sam, who knew you were such a romantic. I follow the path of roses and as I follow it I notice every fifth rose was yellow. It made a really nice pattern when you looked at it from an angle. I reach the end of the rose path and what is lying in front of me is amazing.
It was a checkered red and white picnic blanket and on it is a whole lot of roses. Some were stapled together. The red roses spelled something.
R… A… C… H… E… L… B… E… R… R… Y…
It- It was my name in roses. Every letter of my name was framed with a thin line of yellow roses. Underneath each letter was pink crafting paper. I think there is something written underneath each paper. I picked up the one under the first
R – I
The next letter
A – Love
C – You
H – Rachel Berry
Oh Sam, you really are an amazing guy.
E – I'm
L – Sorry
B – For
E – Hurting
R – You
Sorry for what, is he going to break up with me. I hope this isn't a break up picnic!
R – Quinn
Y – Fabray
What the hell, Quinn Fabray?
This can't be, but as I look up after flipping over each paper. There she was standing across from me in a dark blue dress. I turn around and run back the way I came only to be blocked by Santana. "Don't you dare run, Berry. I told you she would run, Q. I haven't helped do all this for nothing. I don't care how you do it you two are talking this out, today!" She shoves me back to Quinn, "I'll be waiting at Berry's car, Q," and she left, leaving me alone with Quinn who is smiling meekly at me.
End of Rachel's POV
I told Santana to go home, why doesn't she ever listen to me. Now I'll have to explain that as well. "Rachel, can we please talk about this?" Oh crap, my voice sounds so jagged.
"I have nothing to say to you Quinn. You were clear about your feelings before," she stares at her, mad.
"Rachel you and I both know that's not true. Can we maybe sit down and talk about us and everything concerning us?" Quinn's features are soft and almost pleading.
"Fine, we can talk." Rachel pretends to be uninterested. I really do feel something for Quinn. So stop it Rachel, stop being stubborn.
"Great, do you want to start, or should I?" Quinn sits down and asks politely.
"You can start Quinn," Rachel says finding it hard to swallow.
"Okay, I'm really sorry for what I said to you the other day at my house. I really didn't think before I said it. The truth is Rachel, I fell in love with you the day you sang Defying Gravity with me." Rachel looks at Quinn with eyes that understand. "I always wanted to kiss you since then. You're the one Rachel, and that kiss confirmed it for me." This makes Rachel beam at the blonde. "I love you Rachel Berry with all my heart and I don't want to be with anyone else. I will understand if you don't feel the same way about me. This past week has been hell for me, seeing you with Sam, it drives me insane thinking I drove you into the hottest blonde in glee club, I felt like I could rip his heart out." She looked down at the blanket on the ground.
"Quinn, that was the most beautiful words anyone has ever said to me and all this, all this is also so amazing Quinn. You did this all for me. I feel like I'm in a storybook and I have met my Princess." Quinn can't help but smile at that. "I also loved you since that day, but I thought it was just a best friends feeling, but it's not. I really fell for you Quinn. I love you and this past week was tough on me too," Rachel sighs. "I just pretended to love Sam to get over you, but you can't get over true love. And he is not the hottest blonde in glee club," Rachel smiles slightly at Quinn who's face fell.
"He's not!" Rachel smiles at her.
"No, you are the hottest blonde in the glee club, no in the world." Quinn's face turns red at that comment.
"Uhm… Wow, thanks!" Quinn grins uncontrollably and rubs her forehead.
"You're welcome." She smiles her megawatt smile at her.
"What are we going to do, relationship wise?" Quinn asks.
"I think we should take it slow. I don't want to rush the magic that is us." Her face turns serious.
"You're right. I want us to work. So we keep it a secret for now?"
"Yes, it's better for now. Then we're not under so much pressure if nobody knows about us." Rachel closes the gap between them.
"Okay and we can work on us." She leans in and kisses Rachel with a kiss that lasted long enough that they had to catch their breath.
"So… Quinn. What have… you brought to eat at the picnic?"
Her face turns into shock. "I told Santana we forgot to bring something."
Rachel starts laughing, "It's fine Quinn. Your kisses are enough for me." Rachel flirts with her eyes and looks at Quinn's lips.
Quinn sighs, "You know we have to break up with Sam and Finn, right?"
"Do you really want to talk about them while we are busy doing this?" Rachel leans in for another kiss but Quinn leans away from her.
"As much as I want to say no, I can't. Yes! Now is the perfect time to talk about this, so stop avoiding it Rachel. Do you really want to jeopardize this because of that?"
"No, I don't want to." She says smiling at her.
"Good, as much as I don't want to break Finn's heart, yours is much more important to me."
"I feel exactly the same. But how are we going to do it? Sam is such a good guy, he doesn't have to be hurt so much. About Finn, I don't care much about his heart." Rachel is absent mindedly playing with her hair.
"I think we should tell them about us." Quinn's voice a whisper and Rachel looks like she is going into shock.
"What! You're not serious, we said we're going to keep it a secret till we both are sure, not that I have doubts but… You can't suggest we do that!" Rachel rambles on.
Quinn decides to silence her with a kiss. It worked, when Quinn pulled back Rachel was calm again. "That's better!" She smirks. "What do you suggest Rachel?"
"About what?" Rachel's head still clouded from the kiss. She shakes her head for clarity.
"About Sam and Finn, how are we breaking up with them?" Quinn laughs at her. "Doesn't take much for you to be confused, does it?" Quinn says still laughing.
"But if you break up with Finn, what about Prom Queen?" Rachel says making a tiara with her hands on her head.
"I'd much rather be with you than be Prom Queen. I'm sure about us." She gestures to them both.
"Aww Quinn! I'm sure about us too!" Rachel squeals. "I say we break up with them and get it over with. Why waste time on something that is not us." She stares Quinn in the eyes and suddenly almost pounces on her.
"Rachel- what the- hell-?" Rachel whispers emotionlessly through the kisses.
"You're just so amazing, Quinn. I love you so much, you know that." Tears are falling down on the blonde.
"Rachel, you're crying!" She looks worried.
"I'm just so happy right now, you make my happy Quinn Lucy Fabray."
"I'm so glad I make you happy, and guess what?" She kisses her again.
"No, what?"
"I love you as well, a lot!"
