A/N: I am a terrible person, I always said if I ever wrote a story I would never be one of those authors that takes months to post a chapter and that is exactly who I've become. I am so so so so sooooo sorry you guys! I thought that when school ended I would have a lot of time to write but now I am working two jobs, life just got in the way. I promis I will try so hard to never make you guys wait this long for a chapter again. I hope you enjoy it and reviews always help me figure out where to take this story and if you guys like where it's headed so far. Thanks for not coming after me with a mob. 3
Chapter 7: Three's a crowd
It's been a month since the group made it to the safe-town. During the month so much had changed. Quinn and Santana were training harder than ever and it was showing. Everyday the girls would have hours of training and at the end of each week they would have tests done. Somehow Ryan always conducted Quinn's tests. It seemed that with each week the girls were becoming stronger and more agile. It had also been a month since Rachel had her conversation with Captain Morgan in the bathroom. Ever since that night Rachel would catch herself looking at the Captain in ways she shouldn't. But what shocked Rachel the most was that she would catch Captain Morgan looking right back. Then there was Quinn. She had been avoiding Rachel since their argument. Rachel could not understand why Quinn was being so difficult about this; they would be out there gathering supplies together. Rachel thought that would make Quinn happy but all it did was tear them apart more.
It was now Saturday morning; work and trainings were not conducted during the weekends. Even though this was the apocalypse they still needed days of rest, Santana was in Rachel and Brittany's room while Quinn was MIA.
"So what do you girls want to do today? We can have facials; do our nails, maybe even our hair? Santana yours is looking like it could use a bit of-"
"Stop right there midge. I am exhausted all I want to do is get my cuddles on."
"With me right San?"
Santana smiled at Britt and nodded. It always amazed Rachel how calm and gentle Santana could be while talking to Brittany. "Well what am I supposed to do today?"
"Go see what Puckerman is doing."
"He is being a Neanderthal; trying to pick up women. I offered to help just so I had something to do today but he told me I ruin his game." Rachel was now sporting a full pout.
"What about Q-ball? Maybe you can stop being so stubborn and talk to her."
"That would be a wonderful idea Santana except I am not the one being stubborn; she is." Even though Rachel wanted to try and talk to Quinn she had been nearly impossible to find since their argument.
"Aw San lets let Rachel cuddle with us."
"It's ok Britt, I am going to walk around for a while; try to clear my head...hopefully."
Santana looked at Rachel with concern. She didn't want anyone to know but she actually cared for Rachel. "Hey midge you're sure you're going to be okay?"
Rachel smiled at her. "Yes Santana thank you, I will be back in a little while."
Quinn had decided if Rachel wanted to put her life in danger she wasn't going to be the one to get in her way. "Rachel Berry is not my responsibility. I hardly even know her, how can I even care this much." She had been avoiding Rachel like a zombie ever since their argument. If Quinn was honest with herself she was really starting to miss her. She had decided if she ran into Rachel today maybe they could talk about it...maybe.
After an hour of walking Rachel found herself heading for the makeshift park. Somehow they were able to grow grass around a small man made pond. They placed some benches and a small swing set around it and called it a park. When Rachel reached the bench she noticed someone was already there, she went to walk away but it was too late.
"Rachel? Hi."
"Oh good afternoon Captan-"
"Please outside of training you can call me Casey."
"Of course." Rachel couldn't figure out why but being around Captain Morgan made her so nervous.
"So what brings you here?"
"I've just had a lot on my mind lately. I' am sorry I interrupted you."
"Rachel you didn't interrupt me." She said sincerely. "Do you want to sit?"
"Sure, why not."
The two girls sat in silence for a while just looking at the pond, and thinking.
"Before the outbreak, whenever I needed to clear my head I would always go to the beach and just watch the waves. I found the water to be very calming."
Rachel sat silent unsure of what to say.
"I guess the pond will have to be my ocean." Morgan said smiling sadly at Rachel.
Once again Rachel was at a loss for words, this was very rare for her. "Think of something to say Rachel"
"So Casey, it's unusually hot out for October right?" The moment those words left Rachel's mouth she turned beat red. "I cannot believe I just asked her about the weather, who does that-" Rachel was brought out of her head when Captain Morgan began getting up.
"Hello earth to Rachel."
"I-I'm sorry what did you say?"
"I asked if you wanted to go for a swim."
"In the pond, is that permitted?"
"Rachel I'm a Captain. You coming or not?" Morgan asked giving Rachel a sly look over her shoulder.
Rachel watched Morgan lift her shirt leaving her in a bikini top as she walked towards the pond. She decided to join the Captain, but as she started to lift her shirt she heard someone walking towards her.
"Rachel? What the fuck are you doing?"
"Oh my goodness Quinn, you scared me. What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here? Rachel, what are you doing here… un-undressing-" Quinn said frantically.
"She was about to take a swim with me, may I ask who you are?"
All Rachel could do was watch as Quinn's posture shifted into her HBIC persona. Rachel had Quinn on her left and Morgan on her right, things were about to get ugly.
"Quinn Fabray, who the fuck are you?"
"Morgan." She said keeping her cool and putting her hand out for Quinn to shake. "Captain Casey Morgan."
Quinn refused to take the Captain's hand. "Well excuse me if I am out of place but isn't it somewhat unprofessional for a Captain to go swimming with their subordinate?"
If Rachel didn't know any better she would say Quinn was jealous, but she is so confusing it was hard to tell. The only thing Rachel knew for sure was that both women seemed to be trying to put some sort of claim on Rachel.
"I am sorry who are you again? I don't remember them telling me I had a new commanding officer-"
"Oookay!" Rachel said cutting in, things were becoming a little too tense. "Quinn please take a walk with me, we need to talk." As Rachel was guiding Quinn away she glanced over her shoulder to find Casey Morgan smirking.
Once they were far enough away Rachel turned to Quinn "What was that all about?" She said in a harsh whisper.
Quinn was now looking everywhere but at Rachel. "I am not sure what you're talking about-"
"Do not play dumb with me Fabray. You haven't said more than two words to me for a month, it's been almost impossible to keep you in the same room as me for more than a minuet, and you completely embarrassed me in front of Case- Captain Morgan."
"You were going to call her Casey… Berry she's a Captain. What are you doing with her?"
This caught Rachel of guard. "W-we're sort of friends-"
"Friends?" Quinn said throwing her hands in the air and raising her voice. "If you call skinny dipping with her being friends." Quinn said as she started walking away from Rachel.
"Quinn Fabray don't you dare walk away from me!" At this Quinn stopped where she was and turned to face Rachel.
"Not that I have to explain anything to you but we were not going skinny dipping, we were simply taking a quick dip. Also if I want to be friends with Casey or any other Captain I will-"
"It was obvious she doesn't want just friendship from you Rachel."
"Is that what this is about? You're jealous…I knew it!" Rachel said with a little too much enthusiasm. Quinn was now turning a bright shade of pink.
"I-I'm not jealous… just protective-"
"Sure you are Quinn." Rachel now had a megawatt smile.
"Whatever Rachel. Listen we have our first mission in a few days…are you ready? I don't want to have to save your ass more than once." Quinn said with a smirk.
"All you did was pick me up Quinn, there was no rescuing involved."
"Uh-huh…Seriously though, are you physically ready for this?" Quinn asked with a look of concern.
"I am Captain Morgan has been giving me extra workouts to do. She makes Sue look like a amateur."
"Maybe we should spar…just so I can make sure your actually ready. I mean who's stronger than me."
"Ok, is after dinner good?"
"Sounds good Rach." Quinn said while shooting Rachel a wink.
After her eventful run in with Quinn, Rachel decided to head back to her room until dinner. When she made it back she found Brittany and Santana in the same position she had left them. The only time Rachel saw Santana so relaxed is when she was with Brittany, she hated to wake them up but she had to talk to someone. Rachel decided to get changed first to give the girls a few more minuets of well-deserved sleep. What she didn't know was Santana had been awake since she came in and had been watching her pace around the room.
"Yeah midge, take it off!"
"Santana, I thought you we're sleeping…I am however happy you're awake. I need to talk to you."
"Let me guess, you ran into Q-ball?"
"That isn't the whole story."
After Rachel told Santana everything that had been going on between her, Morgan, and Quinn they decided to go to the dinning hall for dinner. Rachel had a sparing date to get to.
Quinn was so nervous about her sparing match with Rachel she completely skipped dinner. She decided to head down to the gym early to get a short workout in before Rachel came down. Quinn had thrown herself completely into her workout that she didn't hear Rachel come in.
When Rachel walked into the gym she found Quinn totally immersed in the punching bag, Rachel couldn't tare her eyes away. Quinn was wearing tight spandex shorts and a sports bra.
"Jesus she looks good, what am I doing she's going to catch me staring. Pull it together Rachel!"
While Rachel was having a battle with her inner self-Quinn caught her staring. "Like what you see Berry?"
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about Fabray, I am simply admiring your fighting moves."
Quinn just smirked. "Mm whatever you say. Are you ready to get started? I have curfew in a few hours."
"Yes, I just have to do a few stretches..."
"Rachel, when we're out there the Zombies are not going to give you a minuet to stretch."
Rachel rolled her eyes at Quinn. "I would obviously do my stretching before going on the run."
After two hours Rachel was becoming fatigued. They hadn't done much sparing, Quinn was mostly teaching Rachel some important moves.
"Quinn I think I am going to have to stop soon, or at least take a break."
"Sure go get some water." As Rachel turned to get her water Quinn grabbed her from behind. Quinn was so close to Rachel she could feel her breath on her neck.
"Q-Quinn what on earth are you doing?"
"When we're on a run you may not have time for a water break, how are you going to get out of being eaten right now?"
"Um… eaten by you?" Both Rachel and Quinn blushed at her word choice.
"I'm a zombie right now, how are you going to get out of this?" Quinn said voice raspy from their workout.
All Rachel was able to think about was how close Quinn was, how she kept brushing her nose against Rachel's jaw, or how she could smell Quinn's perfume. "Think Rachel, do not allow yourself to be distracted by her. That is exactly what she wants, show Quinn you're ready for this run!" The moment Rachel was done giving herself a pep talk she grabbed Quinn's arm, flipped her over her shoulder and onto the mat.
Rachel then straddled Quinn, held the dummy knife at her chest, and smirked. "You see! I am one hundred and fifty percent ready!"
The only thing Quinn could muster was a quiet "mhmm." She was completely shocked by Rachel's skill. If she was totally honest with herself she was slightly turned on by their position. As the two girls stared at each other they slowly started to lean in. Their lips were about to touch when a loud clapping caused Rachel to leap off of Quinn.
"Well done Rachel! I guess all my training with you really helped." Morgan said smirking.
When Rachel saw the look Quinn was giving Morgan she decided she had to break the tension. "I'll be right back Quinn." Rachel said while jogging towards Morgan.
"I can't believe this bitch shows up everywhere, I can't get a single second alone with Rachel." Quinn thought to herself as she watched Rachel talk to Captain Morgan.
"Captain Morgan, what are you doing here?"
"Rachel how many times do I have to tell you? You can call me Casey." She said smiling.
"Sorry, Casey… what are you doing here?"
"I was actually coming to get a workout in. I can see you guys are busy though, I'll come back later tonight."
Rachel watched Captain Morgan start to walk away before turning to take a quick look at Quinn. She was having an inner battle with herself. She could just let Morgan walk away or invite Morgan to spar with her and Quinn. With one final glance at Quinn she made her decision, if it was the wrong one she would know soon.
"Morga-Casey wait!" Rachel waited for Captain Morgan to make her way back to her.
"If you would like you can spar with Quinn and I."
Captain Morgan paused before answering. "Okay, that sounds great Rachel." Morgan said while locking eyes with Quinn.
As soon as Quinn saw Rachel and Morgan walking over she became furious. "Quinn if you don't mind Casey is going to be joining us." Rachel said with pleading eyes.
"Actually Rachel I need to talk to you for a second… in private."
"What's going on?"
"Rachel what the hell are you thinking? Why would you ask her to join!"
"I was just being nice, she was coming to workout an-"
"So you ask her to spar with us?"
"What is the big deal Q?" Rachel said throwing her hands in the air. She was starting to become irritated with Quinn's attitude.
"You know what, forget it." Quinn said turning away and leaving the gym.
"QUINN! Come back!"
Morgan walked up to Rachel and put her hand on her shoulder. "Let her go Rachel. I'll show you some moves."
All Rachel could do was sigh and let Quinn go. Whatever game they were playing was getting old.
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