Rachel sat in front of Quinn's desk as the blonde in the power suit sat behind it. The couple were sat in silence as the absorbed the news that Rachel had just given her girlfriend.
They weren't ready for this. They couldn't be. They weren't old enough and Rachel hadn't even made it on Broadway yet. But there was no other option. This had to happen, because the odds of it happening again were tiny. The odds of it happening in the first place were tiny… but it still happened. And now the couple were paying for it.
"Ms Fabray, I have the paperwork for you for the Johnson case." Quinn's secretary interrupted, walking into the office with a stack of papers in her hand. She walked around the blonde's desk and stood a little too close to the lawyer. Rachel's eyes snapped to the young girl and stared daggers into her.
"Thank you, Jenny." Quinn smiled politely. "I like your shirt by the way, where did you get it?" She asked, needing the distraction right now.
"Oh just some store. I thought you might like it." Jenny flirted, unnecessarily touching Quinn's shoulder.
"Yes, well,"
"Will that be everything?" The black haired secretary asked with a smile.
"Yes, thank you. That's everything." Quinn dismissed, taking the papers from Jenny and placing them at the side of her desk.
As the young girl turned to leave, she looked at Rachel with a wide, fake smile. "Oh Ms Berry! I didn't see you there. Have a nice day." she said to both of them.
The blonde chanced a look at her girlfriend, seeing the younger girl seething. "Rae,"
"How can you flirt with that harlot after learning-,"
"I wasn't flirting Rach." Quinn laughed, immediately seeing that Rachel wasn't angry… she was jealous.
"Well it looked like flirting from here. 'Oh Jenny I loooove that top you're wearing. Let me see it on the floor!'" The brunette growled in her exaggeration.
"You're so sexy right now Rae. I want to see your top on the floor." Quinn wiggled her eyebrows at the shocked, yet lustful expression on her girlfriend's face. The blonde had learned that when Rachel was jealous, she was incredibly horny and always wanted to prove that Quinn was hers. She found this out one day after a trip to the coffee shop and the cashier had flirted with her. The brunette just landed her with a look of contempt, totally unamused by the situation, before taking her home and fucking her senseless on the couch.
"Look Rae, whatever you decide to do will be okay with me." The lawyer offered a comforting smile. "I don't know if either of us is ready for it, but at the end of the day, it's your choice. Your body and your career on the line right now."
Ooo
Rachel left her girlfriends office without any kind of answer. She was in two hearts. She didn't want to take drastic measures, but at the same time, was she really ready to give up on her career for a year or so before it had even began?
She knew that she and Quinn would probably never have such an opportunity again. Money wasn't really an issue. Quinn and her business were making enough to support them, but the brunette didn't want to rely on that. Ideally, she wanted to have as much money as possible behind her before any of this.
And she was too young. Rachel Berry wasn't even twenty five yet and she was pregnant.
An hour or so after Rachel got home, she put on her iPod and belted out the first tune that came on. As the introduction played, the singer took a deep breath to centre herself before softly singing the first verse of Tim McGraw's, 'Please Remember Me'.
When all our tears have reached the sea
Part of you will live in me
Way down deep inside my heart
The days keep coming without fail
A new wind is gonna find your sail
That's where your journey starts
Rachel thought about Quinn and what this child would also mean for her career. She wouldn't be able to focus on it as much because the brunette would want to return to work. She would want to share the financial burden of this kid, as long as take equal roles in parenting.
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
But she couldn't be selfish. Rachel couldn't just ask Quinn to give up her goals when she had been too naive to think that just because the doctors had told the blonde that there was only a tiny chance that this could happen, that it wouldn't. She should have been on some kind of birth control or she should have made sure Quinn used a condom.
Just like the waves down by the shore
We're gonna keep on coming back for more
'Cause we don't ever wanna stop
Out in this brave new world you seek
Oh the valleys and the peaks
And I can see you on the top
Images of Quinn in the courtroom flashed through her head. The lawyer was always happier on days where she actually got to stand in front of a judge and argue. Quinn was a natural at what she did, and all that Rachel wanted was for the love of her life to succeed.
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Rachel came to a conclusion pretty fast. She would leave Quinn and become a single parent in a small apartment with her child. Either that or she would return to Lima with her parents who would be more than happy to help her look after a child while she went out to work. For once in her life, Rachel was going to do what was right by Quinn and she was going to allow Quinn all the opportunities that she had ever wanted. All her life, the blonde had always made sure that Rachel was taken care of. This way, she could have it all. She could have a child, and a woman that would be there whenever she wanted, as well as having a high flying career without a family to worry about.
Remember me when you're out walkin'
When the snow falls high outside your door
Late at night when you're not sleepin'
And moonlight falls across your floor
When I can't hurt you anymore
The singer faltered for a second. It would be hard. It would be unbelievably hard. But she would get through it. She would force herself through because she was going to do this for Quinn.
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Please remember me
As Rachel belted out the last chorus, she realised that she had tears streaming down her cheeks. She spun around to find a woman stood at her apartment door. Her arms were crossed over her chest and one leg was crossed over the other as she leaned against the doorframe. She was crying as well.
"How long have you been standing there?" Rachel asked, quickly drying her face.
"Long enough." Quinn replied. "I saw how upset you were when you left my office and I couldn't let you be alone." She moved into the apartment and took Rachel in her arms. As soon as the smaller girl was in the comfort of her lovers arms, she fell apart. "We need to talk about this." Rachel just nodded and sobbed.
"I know that we are young Rach. We are far too young to have a child and our careers are in such a delicate position right now. But can you honestly tell me that you haven't ever thought about having a family with me?" Quinn cooed, rubbing up and down Rachel's back.
"Of course I have, but that was always going to be years and years down the line. I never thought it would be now… as a surprise." The blonde could only just make out what Rachel was saying.
"Well you know that we have two options. We can either make an appointment at the clinic, or we keep It." the blonde said softly.
"What do you want to do?" The singer mumbled.
"I read this case before I came home. It was about this couple who were fighting for custody for a child that was only really an infant. They had been in the same situation that we are in now and they broke up because she couldn't keep it in her pants. The father wants custody of the child but while this battle is going on, the kid is in some foster home because both parents aren't fit at the moment to have him.
"I am not going to lie to you Rae and say that I don't want this child, because I do. But I think that we should really only go through with this if we know that no matter what, we are ready for it. We need to know that we can make time for a child and we need to know that we can give it everything it needs. We also need to be prepared if we ever do break up and god help me Rae, I would rather die than have that happen.
"But we need to seriously talk about it, because it wasn't planned." Quinn made her points as Rachel started to calm down a little.
"I think that I am going to have this baby Quinn. Its part of you and I couldn't ever give that up. I'm not putting it up for adoption either, because there are enough kids in the system already, who need loving parents." Rachel reasoned and the blonde nodded in understanding. She did agree with the singer on every point, but she was scared of having a child.
"I love you so much Rae, I wish we had planned this so that we could have been happier about it, but I am glad it's happening." Quinn offered.
Deep down, Rachel was glad that they were having a child as well. There was still much for them to talk about but they had each other. They hadn't been together as a couple for too long, but they had been friends for as long as they could remember.
And that had to count for something, right?
So this went a different way to what I was expecting… I'm not sure I like how it has ended but it has ended. I might write a sequel one day but I have too much going on right now to even entertain the idea.
I hope you have enjoyed this and please review and check out my newest story, 'Into The Rush'.
