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A/N: This is AU, no punk Quinn, begins after season 2 and I might change season 1-2 events around a bit, and its set in supernatural universe. Faberry might take a few more chapters before they're going out, but they are the endgame.
Chapter 7: Supplement
Santana throws me a black shirt while smiling. "Were you trying to give our blondes a show or what?" Her smile morphs into a smirk. "I mean damn you got some sexy abs but I think Quinn would have a conniption if she saw you shirtless with me." Her eyes light up in mirth as she winks at me. "Probably think I was defiling you. Again."
Embarrassed, I pull my shirt on realizing I had almost answered the door shirtless. "Alright lets go. Wait what do you mean again?"
She just smirks, but the mirth leaves her eye. In its place is hurt. "Q thought I was cheating on Brittany with you cuz I saw you naked." The hurt is still there but her eyes take on a teasing glow. "Or about as naked as you could get wrapped up like a mummy. Can't believe she'd think I'd even cheat on Britt, I love her." She looks incredulous and hurt once again.
"At least Quinn is very protective of Brittany." I had to make that hurt look go away, it was not a good look for Santana. She was meant to be bitchy and teasing, not hurt. "That way you know someone will always be there for her whenever you're gone." I tell her to calm her emotions.
She just laughs. "I know Q will always be there for B, but she wasn't doing it for B." She then walks out of my room.
'She is very cryptic and strange.' I think before I follow her downstairs, the doorbell and banging still continuing. Annoyed I want to scream to them that I am coming, but I know it will lead to a very lewd comment from the resident perv.
"Why did you answer the door Santana and what the Hell took you so long?" Santana is the victim of Quinn's glare and angry words.
"Damn chill your self preggers." Santana adopts another smirk, this one is much like the one she gave me. The tone of her voice causes shivers to run down my back and make the hair on my neck stand up, she was about to do something. "Couldn't hear you in Berry's soundproof room." The look in her eye is one that bleeds mischievous. It's like she loves to cause trouble and tease. "Plus Berry needed to get a shirt on. Couldn't have her answering the door in just a bra and pants. Might have given you the wrong idea." Quinn looks beyond pissed as she stared at a smirking Santana. I am beginning to see the pattern, Santana will say something or do something, mostly provocative, to cause Quinn to glare, stare incredulously, or react in a negative way. Quinn always seems to have one of those looks when she sees me and Santana together, like she can't stand the thought of us being near one another in any way.
"Rachie has some awesome abs." Red blooms across my face. Brittany's comment was stated like an innocent fact. "They're not like those super bulky boy abs." Her nose scrunches up at the words. They're soft and defined sorta like San's abs. Though I love San's more. but Rach's are very, very sexy too!" Brittany says this with such exuberance that I blush harder, yet am quite proud that she used defined in the right way. I knew she isn't as naive or dumb as most people think.
Both Santana and Quinn look pissed as they both scream. "You've seen Rachel naked!" I look around confused, she had only seen me in a sports bra and shorts, never naked. Understanding hits me as Brittany explains it to them.
"Yeah, Rach and I have dance together. She took some tango with me over the summer and hip-hop, and ballet." I remember the endless hours losing myself to dancing, it was much like singing, it came naturally to me. Not as natural as it did for Brittany or Mike but I was an adequate dancer. "It was really fun and everyone couldn't wear that many clothes because the snow machine broke and it was always hot on the floor." I laugh internally remembering the dance class. Everyone thought we were going to die of heat stroke when the air conditioner broke.
Quinn still looks a little mad and Santana looks slightly disgruntled so I decide to tease her as she had teased me. "Yeah we were all hot and sweaty. Dancing all up on each other. There wasn't nearly enough boys so Britt and I were paired up due to our vast knowledge of dance." I smile innocently, knowing it will most likely piss Santana off. "We were the only ones able to keep up with each other. Although Brittany is a more fluid dancer than me." I watched both their faces as I emphasized some parts of my explanation. The tall dancer seem to get that I was screwing with the two HBIC's and decided to play along.
"It was really hot in there and Rachel does this amazing and really sexy dance move with me that we had to do for the summer production thing, it was hot." She say this innocently and smiles at Santana and Quinn. "It made all the girl see rainbows and all the guys were like Finn and his 'mailman thing'. She was really hot, but I was hotter. The dance teacher always praised us on our flexibility and movement. Rach is like as flexible as I am and i'm really flexible right San?" Quinn's face is unreadable and I see her glimmer for the first time in a long time. I look around to see if anyone else noticed, they didn't. Santana has a pissed look on her face as she bounces between skinning me alive with her eyes and mentally stripping Brittany when she looks at her.
I burst out laughing causing the two formerly pissed cheerios to look at me. A "What's so fucking funny Hobbit?" from a pissed off Santana and "Why are you laughing Berry?" from an equally pissed Quinn. I laugh again before I tell them that me and Britt were just screwing with them.
Santana calls me a bitch before going over and slipping her hand through Brittany's, fingers intertwined, as if holding her hand calms her down and makes her insecurities disappear. Brittany kisses Santana's nose, cheeks, before chastely kissing her on the lips and saying 'I love you'. Santana lets out an uninhibited bright smile stating she loves her too. I smiled happy because they have something so pure, yet smiling sadly because I know i'll never find that. Quinn looks happy for them, yet she has the same look I do, like she will never find her one true and only love.
I smile sadly at her then grab her hand to pull her into the kitchen and give the other two a moment. I didn't feel like intruding on what was likely to be a sweet moment. I feel a burning sensation as I grab her hand. I can tell she felt it too because she flinched at the same time I did. I still held onto her hand though, pulling her into the kitchen and letting her sit at one of the bar-stools before grabbing two bottles of water and some grapes. She is looking at me strangely as I grab all of the items before I hand her a bottle and sit down beside her offering her some grapes. She looks around awkwardly like she doesn't know how to act around me without the other two here then she finally speaks. "How's your back, there was a lot of blood after the wreck."
I smile softly. "I'm better, it stopped bleeding. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine. I didn't even get hurt during it." She shrugs her shoulders. "San was driving and Brit was in the back. S hit the steering wheel and B was sitting in the middle and was jerked around by her seat-belt. I was lucky." She pauses. "We all were. I'm just glad everyone was okay." She say the last part lowly. I look at her before my phone goes off "You found hope, you found faith. Found how fast she could take it away. Found true love, but lost your heart. "I look around the kitchen, trying to find my phone before I follow the noise." Now you don't know who you are. She made it easy, made it free. Made you hurt till you couldn't it stops, sometimes it baby, that is how love goes. You will fly and you will knows even angels such th-". "Hey dad." I answer the phone after about a minute of searching for it.
"Hey bear, what took you so long to answer?" He sounded worried so I quickly calmed him down.
"I dropped my phone in the hallway and I was in the kitchen when you called." It had taken me forever to find it.
"Oh, well okay. You had me worried for a bit. Your daddy and I are going to be in late again tonight or possibly be gone for a few days, something came up with 'you know what' and we need to take care of it. Are you going to be alright by yourself?" His voice is regretful and sad.
I was smiling at Quinn before seeing the other two cheerleaders walk in, the smile is quickly wiped off my face as I hear my dad finish his question. Would I be alright, no, but they have things to do for the greater good of the war, so I lie. "Yeah, i'll be fine. My back finally stopped bleeding and i'm starting to feel better. You guys promise to be careful right?"
"Yeah, we're going to be careful and that's great it means you're getting used to the change." I hear a crash in the background and a muttered 'Shit'.
"What was the crash dad?" I question, hoping they're okay.
"Nothing, your daddy dropped some books and bios on the assignment." He sounds distracted. "I gotta go Rae-bear I love you" I hear a loud 'Love you baby-girl!' from my other father.
I sigh as they hang up, I didn't even get to tell them I love them. "You okay Rachel?" Quinn asks me while Santana looks at me a question shown through on her face.
"Yeah, my dads just have to go somewhere for a business trip." It wasn't the first time this year and it wasn't the last.
"Oh, you gonna be okay?" Quinn asks me with concern. I feel happiness that someone other than my parents care about me.
"Yeah, i'm good. They have to do at least one or two of these a year." I lie, they do many more than two. It depends on the jobs or missions they're sent on. I know Santana will ask me about this later.
The three cheerios decided to stay after to make sure i'm alright with the freaking out at school today and my parents leaving. Quinn looks like she keeps wanting to ask me about the school incident but holds it in. We're watching a movie that I have no idea what the name is, Brittany picked it. We're all sitting on my huge couch, when were interrupted by two cell phones going off. Brittany has a duck quacking and Quinn had the normal bells for texts sound.
"Aww, guys my dad wants me how for dinner. He said my sisters coming in from college! I haven't seen her in forever." Brittany starts off sad then becomes ecstatic.
"My mom wants me home. We're doing take out dinner Monday for bonding, I completely forgot it was Monday." Quinn sounds regretful for having to leave and i'm guessing for forgetting her Monday dinners with her mom. "S you gonna go or stay?"
Quinn stares at Santana as she asks this."Yeah I wanna finish this movie, then i'll have Berry drive me home."
"Alright, whatever. B lets go, i'll give you a lift home. Bye you guys." She then stalks out of the house. And I thought we were making progress is all I think before Brittany leans over the back of the couch and gives Santana a hug, a long kiss and a 'bye Love you Sannie'. Santana replies with a 'Love you forever Britt-Britt' and a smile.
As they leave I realize Santana is going to stay here until I explain everything else I was supposed to earlier and now why my fathers aren't here. I'm worried if it was even safe to tell her to begin with. She was one of my main tormentors and now she knows my secret. I know she explained why she did it but i'm still nervous. She could use this against me at any time and its not just me, it's my fathers too. I think she sees the panic and fear on my face as she speaks. "Hey, hey, breath chica. I'm not gonna tell anyone your secret. That is way to personal and if I haven't told Britts yet then you know i'm good on my word. I may be a bitch but I ain't gonna send someone to their death sentence." She rushes this out, trying to show me she's serious.
"I don't exactly trust you. I don't think i'll ever fully trust you, but I do believe you." Right now she was my only friend, I had driven everyone else away and I was lonely. She was the only one who wouldn't freak out due to my nature.
"I get why you don't trust me, but soon you'll realize you can. I'm on your side Rachel." Her eyes are sincere. "Now that we're done will the sappy stuff." She gives me a smile. "You got some splaining to do." I burst out into laughter. I knew she was trying to make me laugh and it had worked. Although she got the quote wrong, it suppose to be 'Ok Lucy 'splain' but I decide not to correct her.
"Very nice Cuban accent Santana. Can I finish explaining this after dinner, i'm starving." My stomach rumbles in agreement.
"Thank the lord. I thought I was the only one who was hungry." She stares at my stomach as she says this.
She grabs my arm, pulling me off the couch before shoving me in a bar stool, then rummaging around in the kitchen. "What are you doing?"
I look at her questioningly as she stick almost her entire top half of her body in my fridge.
"Looking for dinner." Her voice is muffled. "Your dads aren't vegan so i'm gonna make some awesome non vegan dinner. You need to get some meat in you." Her body is still shoved in my fridge as she begins to look through the bottom half.
"I am not eating meat. It is against my moral code!" She can't make me do this, I won't.
"Whatevs Berry, you need it and you want it so why not have it." How does she not get it, eating an animal could lead to me eating a human. "You ain't gonna eat a human, i'd stop you before you do, its not like you're a monster, you're still the same person you were, everybody changes, I know it sounds like I don't understand and i'm being a stupid bitch but it doesn't have to change anything."
"I don't want it. I didn't want this to happen to me and I'm not going to eat meat because it did. You can't make me. I've been vegan since I was three and found out where everything came from. I haven't touched meat since, not even when Finn made it for me!" I won't change just because everyone wants me to. I can't change, this was the only thing I had control over. And I needed something stable, something that I could control. My life had been hectic since this summer. My life turning into a whirlwind, knocking off my feet and then doing it again and again when I was getting up.
"Life's not about what you want! It's about what you get and you have to deal with it whether you like it or not, understand? Now calm your ass down. You're gonna eat properly so you don't get sick." Her eyes are alight with an internal fire. "Alright what d'ya want?" She is staring at me with her arms crossed. She looks like she'll shove the food down my throat if I refuse to eat whatever she make. Usually my father give up on arguing with me. She's too stubborn to give up easy.
"I want some pasta.' I cross my arms and opt for a glare in her direction.
We're having a stare down before she smiles. "Alright, chicken pasta with broccoli it is."
"No, no chicken at all. Do you know what they do to them! They stick them into small cages. They practically torture them for meat and eggs, I am not eating it!" I argue with passion, I hate what they do to animals. I also hate how everyone tells me I need to eat this or do this. It was my life!
"Well, what the fucking hell would you eat if you need meat in your diet! Some of the animals are all natural, not tortured or anything!" Her frustration and anger are conveyed by her voice.
"So, somebody killed it just so they could eat it." I knew it was a stupid point and that people killed everyday but I was pulling at strings, trying to change her mind and get her to understand. "I'm not touching any meat you make." I huffed indignantly at her after saying this. I couldn't believe she was still arguing with me.
"Rachel fucking Berry! You told me part of your diet needs to include meat. How else are you gonna get it if you don't fucking eat the meat?!" We've been shouting at each other for a while now.
We're both breathing heavily from screaming at each other. I know due to the fact that Santana and I are both stubborn that this could last forever. "I can find other supplements. I've already stopped bleeding so much." I stare at her, trying to get her to understand and back down. "They're have mostly broke through the skin now. I just have to wait for them to finish. I won't even bleed that much anymore."
She looks at me incredulously. "You'll find a supplement?" Sarcasm and disbelief are heavily tinting her words. "Don't you think your father have been trying to do that? And guess what, No encontaron nada! Nothing Rachel, don't you get that?"
"They'll find something and if they don't then I will." I couldn't give in, I had to stay strong, I could fight my instincts. "There has to be a substitute. There is a substitute for almost anything." I'm about to break down. I know she's just trying to help and I know this will help me but I don't want to. I want to keep at least one thing from before this summer the same.
"Yeah they have a fucking substitute." Her words are harsh and laden with more sarcasm. "'When you can't eat meat and you're a demon that can be really hard. So just try the substitute 'Almost Human'. Makes you feel human plus it taste just like them!' They don't sell shit like that in the store!" She say's most of this pissed and some parts slightly sarcastic.
I feel like i'm about to cry. I've actually had dreams about eating people, it makes me feel horrible. I can't believe she would bring me being a demon into this. Make a joke about it, actually I can, it's Santana Lopez. I let out a whimper that I tried to keep quiet. "Shit Rachel, I didn't mean it like that. I just-" I let out another half sob that interrupts her. She begins to reach out for me but I pull away. Her eyes are filled with guilt and frustration at her own words.
"I didn't want to tell anyone because I knew this would happen!" I rub at my eyes angry. "You're making a joke about it." I'm still about to cry but i'm pissed. I don't know which emotion will win out.
"No, no Rae, please. I didn't mean it like that." She looks upset and beyond guilty as her hands hover in the air, like they don't know what to do.
"It doesn't matter! It still hurts, you don't know how much that hurt me. I've thought about it y'know." I pause as I sniff softly. "Eating people. You" I let out another sniff. Santana just stands there looking at me before I finish my sentence. "Just go Santana. Leave please, I can't-"
"No, you need to get that I say stuff without thinking when i'm pissed." She looks angry at her self as she speaks, her voice is filled with emotion. "I wanted to get you to understand so I hit you where it hurt. I know I screwed up, okay? I always screw up and i'm sorry." She looks upset.
"You don't get it. I've thought about eating people! Do you know how horrible it is to think about eating one of your classmates, to take glee in the imaginary blood on your hands? It sucks and it makes me scared that i'll lose control one day and kill someone." Tears fill my eyes as I try to get through her thick head.
"You won't lose control Rachel. You're much to stubborn for that and you are too much of a good person. Your heart is pure, no matter what people say human, demon or otherwise you one of the best people out there." Her eyes plead with me to listen, to understand. "You may be selfish sometimes, everyone is, but you always care about others, so don't sell yourself short." She says this with conviction. It makes me believe her somewhat, but I know the stories about demons. I know how the blood lust takes over, how pure-bloods sometimes go crazy because of the lack of humanity running through their veins. I also know the masters hoped being raised around humans and my fathers would teach me humanity. They wish for me to be on their side.
"Thank you, can we just get take out and watch a movie? Leave the heavy stuff for tomorrow." I question hopefully. "Yeah, yeah we can." She smile as she picks up the phone and sits on the couch telling me to pick a movie and not some dumb musical.
Spanish Translations:
No encontaron nada: They found nothing
