Paint and Sip was a two story building, Quinn thought it would be much smaller since it was just a place to paint. Rachel held her hand as they walked into the building, Quinn couldn't take her eyes off her stunning date. Rachel looked absolutely adorable with her hair softly curled and three inch heels. Three inch heels!? Quinn's over here with black flats and Rachel's wearing heels, no wonder she seemed taller.

"Take a picture it'll last longer." Rachel teased when she felt Quinn's eyes roaming her body.

"Remind me to do so," Quinn looked around and saw that everyone had their canvas, aprons, and drinks in hand. Music was playing and TVs at every corner showing the games, ads, and even TV series "This place looks awesome!"

Rachel smiled knowing she likes it so far "I want us to have a good time, what's better than art?"

The pair was lead to their row at the far back of the room and the lady handed them their aprons. She pointed that the paint and brushes will be with them shortly then she asked them what they wanted to drink. After she got their orders she went back to god knows where to get their things.

"What are you planning on drawing?" Rachel asked curiously as she put on her apron.

"I can draw caricatures."

Rachel snorted "How about something you always wanted to draw but couldn't?"

"The Golden Gate Bridge," Quinn said lovingly as her eyes sparkled at the idea "When I was little I went to San Francisco with my family, we got there pretty late, but I remember my dad telling me to wake up then I saw it. It was as if all the stars were on that bridge."

"That sounds amazing, Quinn," Rachel looked at her with dreamy eyes "Let's paint it."

Quinn smiled widely, her expectations of her drawing went through the roof and she knows this will be a painting worth keeping. The lady that escorted them to their seats returned with their drinks and paint supplies. She also told them that if they needed another canvas to just ask her, they thanked her for everything and began setting up their paints.

Rachel took out a pencil from her purse and began doing an outline of the Golden Gate Bridge, Quinn raised a brow "You brought a pencil?"

"You didn't?" Rachel questioned back "I'm an artist, Quinn. I've got to be prepared at all times."

Quinn giggled then continued to watch Rachel do the outline, during her sketch Quinn would tell Rachel to doodle in this or shade this part of the bridge; she wants it to be just like her memory. The artist did the hard part of the drawing, now it's Quinn's turn to finish it off with some shading and little details. Quinn didn't feel confident enough to do anything to the painting, she's afraid she might mess it up.

"Relax, don't stress about messing it up or making the wrong move, that's why I have a pencil to erase the mistakes," Rachel reassured her and gave her the pencil "Just relax."

Quinn cracked her neck and began doing the little things like shading and erasing. Rachel watched her as she added bigger details, she knew Quinn could do it all she needed was a little push. Now that she knows Quinn's got this on her own, Rachel started on her painting. As usual, she'll be doing her signature Statue of Liberty.

Before Rachel could swipe her paint brush all over the canvas, she completely froze when she heard the song Somewhere by Barbra Streisand playing throughout the room. She can't move nor breathe properly, tears were starting at her tear ducts. Rachel clenched on her brush to the point where it cracked.

Quinn's head turned to the sound and saw Rachel's eyes watery "Rachel? What's wrong?"

"This s-song," Rachel choked out "My mom and I would- we would sing this song to each other when… when things got rough at home." She tighten her eyes to let out more tears "I can still hear her voice so clearly whenever this song came up, this is our song."

"D-do you want to leave? We can leave, Rachel." Quinn rubbed the brunette's back to keep her calm, she doesn't know how to react in this situation, there's nothing she can do but to be there for her.

Rachel shook her head, she's always going to be missing her mom and today is no different, except for the fact that she had Quinn now to reassure her "I just need you to be with me, I'm okay."

After making sure Rachel's state of mind is back on track, they went back to painting their masterpieces. A little paint was thrown here and there like little kids in preschool when Rachel playfully painted Quinn's nose blue then a red streak crossed Rachel's cheek which begun the paint war. They were told to stop doing that which just made them laugh louder. Of course it wouldn't be a date without pictures, Quinn kept taking photos of Rachel while she tried to clean of the paint off her face as much as possible. Then they took cute sappy selfies together.

The clock struck ten and that's when fun time was over, Rachel got a call saying her cab is out front. They cleaned up their mess, picked up their paintings and went out the building with smiles on their faces.

On the way home, Rachel notices that Quinn still had paint on her face. She took out a Kleenex packet and told Quinn to face her "Hold still.." Rachel felt hypnotized by the plump lips, they looked so soft and warm. Quinn inched closer to Rachel and can practically feel her breath on her skin. Both trying desperately to fill the space between their lips.

Before they can seal the deal, they came to a complete halt when they arrived home. Both sighing of frustration, they thanked the cab driver while Quinn gave him the money for the ride. They went up to the apartment to tell Sam to take Quinn home, but when they opened those doors they felt their hearts drop.

Rachel came storming in with Quinn hot on her trail and yelled "Santana!"

Santana and Sam came out the room and suddenly wished she had a camera to capture their priceless expressions "You rang?"

"What is she doing here?" She said thru her gritted teeth.

"And why is she tied up!" Quinn chimed in as she stared at Brittany with concern and confusion.

"Oh boy, you're gonna love this," Santana walked over to Brittany so she can turn the chair to face everyone "Little Miss Backstabber wanted to join the party, but you left so quickly." Quinn furrowed her eyebrows then Santana continued "When I was looking for Puck, I saw her spying on you guys then I figured she was up to no good, so I tied her up and waited till you guys can figure out what you want to do with her."

The concern and confusion Quinn had been replaced with anger "You were going to ruin our date!?"

"I was scared! I didn't tru- I didn't want you to get hurt by her." Brittany practically hissed out the last word to which Santana had to remind her again about her tone of voice when addressing Rachel.

Quinn balled up her fist to contain her anger "Give me one good reason why you can't at least try to trust Rachel."

"She's bad news, Quinn," Brittany spoke with no intention to start an argument, but to talk some sense into her "She's the reason you call me every night- crying because your dad was injured. She's the same person who defaces people's homes, buildings, and your dad's police station. What would he do to you if he found out you're romantically involved with her?"

Rachel looked to Quinn and felt horrible knowing she caused that much pain to her. Santana glared at Brittany for even putting those claims in Quinn's head just to mess with her. Sam looked to Rachel and can see that she's about to lose it if Quinn doesn't say something in the next minute.

"She may be bad news to my dad, but not to me," Quinn grabbed the small hand and held it with love and care "She has never once tried to hurt me, it was always me trying to catch her and locking her up away from my father. If you weren't so quick to judge then I would've told you that Rachel and her friends came to school and kicked Finn's ass because he slushied me."

"And me." Sam interjected.

Quinn slightly chuckled "However, Rachel didn't beat up anyone, instead she came to check up on me. She's always cared even before that day, I remember all the little things she would do just to make sure I was okay. Most importantly, she makes me happy a-and being happy is something I haven't felt in a long time." Quinn choked up a bit at the overwhelming feelings she's having.

"I swear to god, Rachel, if she doesn't change her mind after that then I'm kicking her ass." Santana growled into Rachel's ear. The smaller brunette shushed her.

Quinn got on her knees and placed her hands on Brittany's lap "Give her another chance… for me."

Brittany can see that Quinn is really happy with her, the way she talked about how Rachel cared for her she said it with a twinkle in her eyes. Ruining someone's happiness isn't her- this person that had a craving to make someone miserable wasn't her. She still doesn't trust this girl, but she'll try again for her best friend. Brittany nodded and Quinn gave her the tightest hug she's ever received.

Santana walked over to the tied up girl and began to loosen the ropes "You better be a girl of your word and if not I swear I'll-"

"Santana enough," Rachel called out "I think she gets the idea."

Brittany rubbed her wrist at the slight irritation the ropes gave her when she was tugging on them. Rachel saw and nudged the Latina to look as well, all she did was shrug her shoulders and quietly said "So." Then she whispered to apologize to her, but Santana laughed and shook her head.

The trio of blondes said their goodbyes and went home. Sam offered to drop of Brittany at her house, but Quinn said it wasn't necessary and that she'll be staying with her. Brittany didn't know where this was going and she was a little scared of what will happen at the Fabray house.

Once they entered Quinn's room, Brittany already felt her heart pounding with anxiety.

"You know I'm still mad at you for pulling that stunt," Brittany nodded in shame "And I know that you'll give Rachel another chance, right?" Another nod "You wanna know how you can start doing that?"

Brittany gulped "How?"

"You'll be spending the day with Rachel and her friends tomorrow. No excuses, no exception."


The constant knocking has been going on for five minutes, Santana muttered to herself who the hell would be at the door at seven in the morning on a Saturday! When she opened the door she was met with the last person she wanted to see.

"Oh for fucks sake- RACHEL!" Santana yelled.

Hurried footsteps were making their way to the front door, Rachel had to rub her eyes to clear away her drowsiness "Brittany? What are you doing here, where's Quinn?"

The tall blonde handed her a folded paper. Rachel yawned and began reading the note:

Good morning sleepyhead :) I hope you slept well and that you're well rested after yesterday's events.

I forgot to mention that Brittany will be spending the whole day with you, Santana and Puck.

"How could she not mention something like this, like what the hell?" Santana said aghast, tightening the blanket around her body and read with Rachel.

Before you wonder why I didn't say anything is because I knew one of you would oppose to it and try to fight their way out of this. I'm sorry to spring this on you-

"Oh I bet she's sorry."

But I really wanted you all to get along and I want Brittany to really prove to me that she'll try to make nice with all of you. I'll be picking her up at the end of the day and until then have fun! :)

I'll make this up to you later, Rachel ;)

"Gross, I did not need to read that."

And tell Santana to be nice.

- Quinn

"You read the lady, be nice," Rachel teased then turned to Brittany "Come in and have a seat."

Rachel didn't know what to do with her new guest, it's not like they had much to do or want to do. Of course Santana doesn't want anything to do with her and it'll probably be best if they kept their distance.

"Hey Brittany, wanna go to the park?" Rachel suggested, but her guest didn't say anything "Um, usually by this time the little ducks would be at the pond, we could feed them?"

Brittany's head shot up once she mentioned ducks, god she loves ducks, they're like little chickens that can float. She frantically nodded her head, Rachel told her to give her a minute to get dressed. Rachel cursed to herself because she forgot to wash her usual clothes, all she has now were her old miniskirts and tight shirts. Who knew they were going to come in handy one day?

Rachel exited out of her room which resulted a wolf whistle from Santana "Damn Berry, I forgot how good you looked. Haven't seen this look since we first met."

"Thanks San… I think? Ready to go Brittany?"

"I'm coming, too. I need to find Puckerman, he didn't come last night."

So much for keeping them apart. The trio headed straight to the park with a small bag of bread to feed the ducks. As they were walking, Rachel tried to make small talk with her guest, but she only gave her one word replies. Now she knows how Quinn felt when she was giving one word answers. Arriving to the pond, Brittany grabbed the bag from Rachel's hands and ran over to where the large group of ducks and squealed like a little girl.

She sat on the floor and started to throw tiny bits of bread to the animals, the more bread she threw the more ducks came and formed a small circle around the tall blonde.

"Without the hate she has for me she kind of looks sweet to be around." Rachel smiled at the blonde.

"She's not happy about being with us, she likes the ducks. Don't get your hopes up." Santana said, glaring at the blonde.

Maybe she's right, Brittany is probably using them to take her wherever she wants..

"Rachel! Come here!"

.. Or maybe not.

Rachel ran over to Brittany, careful not to step on their webbed feet, and sat down with her "What's up?"

"How'd you know I like ducks?" Brittany asked, still flinging bread to her new friends.

"I actually didn't know. I used to come here with my mom when we first moved here, they're just so adorable and the way they quack makes me laugh."

"Me too! Just make sure you don't force them to quack.."

From afar, Santana could see they're having a full blown conversation. Rachel looks happy and that tall blonde seems harmless, so she decided to join the conversation, Brittany gave her some bread and taught her how to feed the ducks— she knew how to feed them, but it was kind of adorable how she explained it.

The rope burns on Brittany's wrist didn't go unnoticed to the Latina, after seeing this side of her she felt awful about the whole tying up fiasco. She pulled out a small bottle of lotion and handed it to her "It's to help sooth your wrists."

Santana is being nice? Rachel looked around to see if pigs were flying, she guesses she really is taking Quinn's advice. This day is going way better than she expected, Brittany seems to be comfortable around them since they finally let their guard down, especially Santana. Brittany thanked the Latina then rubbed the lotion on her wrists.

Rachel's phone rang and stared at the screen that read "UNKNOWN NUMBER", it was strange because not many people call on Puck's phone. Nonetheless, she still answered.

"Hello?"

Santana saw the quick change in Rachel's facial expression, now wondering who could she be talking to that made her look like she seen a ghost. She hung up the phone and took deep breaths.

"Who was that? Are we being stalked?" Santana was getting a bit paranoid.

"Puck… he got arrested."


The Mohawk boy sat in his cell with three other guys, feeling so stupid and angry with himself. He should've known he was being set up the moment he stepped foot in that alley to meet another stoner looking for drugs; the stoner turned out to be an undercover cop. He should have seen it coming, who meets in an alley at night for a drug exchange?

Puck heard a laugh from outside the cell and there he was, Officer Fabray, gloating and smiling that he finally gets to see one out of three taggers behind bars.

"How does it feel, Puckerman?" Officer Fabray asked with a smug grin "Don't worry, it'll get a lot more comfortable when we catch the other two."

He got on his feet and faced off with the devil "You couldn't catch them if your life depended on it." Puck knew by insulting his skills would get him more angry, which is something he likes seeing even if he's the one in jail.

Russell couldn't find another comeback, so he just walked away in hopes that Puckerman will never see daylight till he's forty.

In the meantime while he waits for his friends to come bail him out, Puck made some small chit-chat with his temporary cell mates. He got to know a burglar, another dealer, and an underage teen who tried to buy beer with a fake ID. Puck scoffed at the teen and gave him a number to someone who does believable fake IDs and he can guarantee that he won't get caught again.

Another guard came to view with a blonde girl, she whispered in his ear and the guard pointed right at him. The guard told him to come forward then he left for them to speak for a moment.

"Can I help you?" Puck asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Rachel and Santana couldn't come in, so they sent me. I'm Brittany, Quinn's friend," The blonde turned around to make sure no one was listening "Just wait for it."

"Wait for what?"

Suddenly, a commotion of ear shattering sounds came from outside of the building and all the guards went to go see what was happening. Brittany searched the desks and walls to find keys to unlock the cell then Rachel came into view and Puck has never been so happy to see her.

"Search in Russell's office, he probably has the keys there." Rachel commanded as she looked for another way out other than the front entrance.

Brittany saw the keys hanging on a hook near the door and dashed to the cell to unlock Puck, he looked back and he just couldn't leave his new friends here.

"Can they come?" Puck asked the small brunette, the guys' ears perked up when asked about them.

"What! This isn't the Great Escape," Rachel looked into the cell and the guys were pleading with their eyes, thank god she has a kind heart "Fine, but hurry."

Puck was the first to get out before Russell came in and caught them, the guys still stayed in the cell with the gate unlocked. Brittany hid inside Mr. Fabray's office, she already got in trouble with one Fabray, and she doesn't need another one.

Russell let out a murderous laugh that sent a shiver down Rachel's spine "Looks like you'll be having that company I promised you."

Rachel looked for anything to get herself out of this situation, she can't go to jail now, she finally has something worth being good for. They were already accepting the fact that this was it and their lives are over when one of the guys puts a pillow sack over his head and tied his hands with shoelaces.

"Go! We got him from here!" The teenage boy said.

"We're not leaving without you guys," Rachel jumped in with tying up Russell to a desk, it's not strong enough to hold him long, but it'll give them enough time to run "Follow me."

They all met up in Russell's office and locked the doors, they were going to figure out an escape when Brittany used her clever brain to solve their problems "Jump out the window."

There was no time in coming up with other ideas, so they all went for the window one by one. It turned out to be a successful escape, the guys thanked the trio for their help and if they ever needed anything to just let them know. Santana joined their friends after hiding out in the trees for about five minutes. Santana and Rachel both stared at Brittany, afraid of what she thinks of them now that they just released three (basically four including Puck) troublemakers out on the streets.

"That… was awesome! I felt like I was in an Al Pacino movie," Brittany gushed "You guys aren't normal bad guys; you're more like little puppies trying to act tough."

Rachel smiled "We're only kids, Brittany, not actual criminals."

"And I was so wrong about you Rachel," Brittany confessed "You came for your friend, but instead helped out the other guys. You put them first before you and that's something I look for in Quinn's girlfriend. I approve."

'Girlfriend?' Rachel thought, they weren't there yet, but might as well be since her best friend approves of her dating Quinn "Thank you."

There was still daylight and the four friends decided to hang out with Sam at his place for a while. They all told him the story about Puck getting arrested and them trying to get him out. They also told him to not tell Quinn about this whole thing, Brittany also agreed with that choice.


Back at the apartment, Puck and Rachel were watching TV and Santana and Brittany were playing Connect Four at the kitchen table. Every five minutes or so, Santana would curse when she lost and Brittany had to keep reminding her that bad words are forbidden when playing games.

Rachel sprung out from her seat when there was a knock at the door, Quinn was here to pick up the other blonde. She was so glad to see this beautiful angle after a whole day without her.

"Hey you," Quinn planted a kiss to Rachel's cheek "Where's Brittany?"

"She's playing a game with San."

Quinn raised her brows in surprise "I'm impressed, I thought she would be lock-" She stops once she noticed Rachel's apparel: purple plaid skirt, a light purple t-shirt that hugged her just right, and knee high socks "That's new."

"Oh, um, I forgot to wash my clothes and these were just folded away-"

"I like it."

Quinn had that hungry look in her eyes and so did Rachel. There's no way she's stopping now, Rachel lifted herself up on her toes and collided her lips with Quinn's. Tanned hands tangled in the blonde locks while pale ones gripped at the brunette's waist, the kiss was slow yet sensual; something that they've been craving without even knowing it.

Rachel tilted her head to deepen the kiss, making her knees go weak. Quinn nibbled and occasionally bit her bottom lip, this was no ordinary kiss, this felt right and comfortable. Once they broke away because they needed to breathe, the pair was panting and still gripping to one another.

"That was… something." Rachel breathed out.

"It was amazing." Quinn pulled the smaller body close to her, wanting to feel every curve and warm heat.

"There's something called closing the door! Or a bedroom!" Santana said in disgust when she saw them basically eating other.

"I thought it was cute." Brittany clapped and jumped in place.

"I thought it was hot." Puck said from the couch, Rachel could've sworn that he moved the couch just to see them make out.

Quinn thanked them for spending the day with Brittany and she thanked said girl for giving them another chance "What did you guys end up doing?"

The four of them kept their smiles… that's something to be discussed another day.