"Nellie?" Harmony called out as she walked into the Berry house, Quinn cautiously trailing behind her. Instantly she heard light footsteps running towards her, her little sister soon appearing.
"Oh my god! Harmony, I was so worried. I found your backpack at the bus stop and-" Nellie began to rant, letting her Rachel Berry show, but Harmony quickly interrupted her by serenely saying,
"Nellie, it's OK! I'm here now. We're both safe!" Nellie instantly relaxed at her sister's words. Harmony smiled gratefully at her sister for both her concerns and the fact that she'd taken her bag home. Harmony didn't want to worry Nellie further, so she kept the fact that she had been kidnapped by an obsessive interviewer to herself.
"Who's that?" Nellie finally asked Harmony, pointing towards Quinn.
"My name is Quinn Fabray. Nice to meet you, Nellie." Quinn softly whispered to the nervous girl, chuckling softly at the young girl's jaw dropped.
"Nice to meet you too, Miss Fabray." Nellie exclaimed, then quietly murmured "Or is it Mrs?"
"No, I never got married. The person I fell in love with didn't love me back." Quinn gentle stated, allowing the girls to see a more vulnerable side of her as she grimaced.
"I'm sorry." Both sisters simultaneously exclaimed.
"No, don't be." Quinn retorted. "That was a long time ago." And you probably wouldn't have been born if she had said yes. Quinn added in her head.
After the blonde's words, the three simply stood there, an awkward silence surrounding them. Finally Nellie spoke;
"Thanks for those cardigans every Christmas, Miss Fabray." Quinn nodded at the girl, eyes shimmering.
"By the way, where is Finn?" Quinn suddenly questioned, expecting to hear that he was at work.
"We're not sure." Nellie whispered.
Harmony was surprised that her younger sister had replied. The two girls were very quiet about their personal life, especially to the people that they didn't know well. Both girls had become more introverted over the years, especially Nellie, due to the exhaustion of constant questions from the media. Yet Nellie obviously trusted Quinn enough to tell her about Finn.
Due to Nellie's judgement, Harmony immediately trusted Quinn too; she knew that her younger sister was a very good judge of character. Nellie had even known how horrible the kidnapper was before he had dragged Harmony into the back of that van.
"Oh." Quinn simply replied. "When was the last time you saw him?"
"Yesterday, and he kinda might have been drunk." Nellie slowly murmured. "He smashed a bottle before stumbling to his room for a while; he then ran out of the house. We haven't seen him since, but he'll probably be home tomorrow, or at least sometime in the next week."
"Wait." Harmony muttered, looking slightly paler, "that was Finn who smashed the bottle! I can't believe he'd do something like that! Did he hurt you!? He better not have touched a single hair on your head! And he was drunk?! How could he be such a horrible influence in front of you?" Harmony's voice had slowly progressed to a shout.
Quinn couldn't help but agree with Harmony's angry yet worried rant. She had known Finn for a long time, and she would have never thought that he'd come home drunk in front of his kids. Especially since she had always believed that he would have made a much better father for Beth; if she had decided to keep her child. She never thought that his anger would turn to smashing bottles of alcohol. The death of Rachel really must be affecting him badly.
"Since Finn's not here, why don't you let me help you with dinner?" Quinn randomly blurted out, mentally slapping herself for saying it at the most inappropriate of times, but instead of a negative reaction, Nellie began laughing at the sheer randomness of Quinn's offer. This soon caused Harmony to let out a small giggle at the younger girl's laughs, causing both sisters to calm down.
"I'm fine, Harmy, I wasn't hurt, just a little scared. And thanks for the offer Miss Fabray. That would be very nice." Nellie replied.
"Call me Quinn, darling, no need to be formal." The blonde added, as she realized that the two sisters had only addressed her as "Miss Fabray" so far. "What were you going to make for tonight, Harmony?"
Harmony thought deeply for a second; she hadn't really prepared anything for dinner tonight. She quickly realised that either Finn or Rachel would usually do the shopping, so they didn't really have anything to cook with currently. The only food that was in house was the few remaining sweets from Nellie's sleepover.
As Quinn saw Harmony's eyes begin to widen, she realised that they may not have any food in the house. A sixteen year old and a fourteen year old generally weren't used to the large amount of responsibility that these two sisters now had, due to their Mother dying and their father abandoning. Quinn rapidly stated,
"We can go to the supermarket if we need to grab anything for the food?" Instantly Harmony gratefully nodded, while Nellie rushed to put some shoes on, so that the three could leave for the shop.
The blonde and the two brunettes were soon walking to the supermarket; as they strolled, they began to small talk; all three of them thankful that it was not awkward. Quinn and the girls seemed to get along quite well together. After a quick shop, which involved Quinn insisting that they got bacon because it was "the best thing on earth", the teens and blonde were finished with the shopping.
The three then proceeded to walk home with a few bags of shopping, of which Quinn had insisted on buying with her money, despite the Berry sister's protests. Thankfully no one asked for an interview today, although Quinn did notice a few people snap subtle pictures of her with the two girls. Once the three arrived back at the Berry household, they went off to the kitchen to start making the meal together.
