A few hours ago…
She stops at the foot of the stairs, hands on her hips as she recapitulates her plan. Then, self-assured, she heads off to the kitchen.
"Good morning darling!" Rachel greets her lively.
"Morning!"
"Hungry?"
"Very." Tony nods, a happy smile plastered to her face.
They start eating breakfast and talking about their routine. Toni knows Rachel will eventually read the article; she has no reason to rush anything, for now at least.
"Have you seen my phone honey? I've been looking for it since I woke up, but I can't seem to find it."
"No I haven't. It's probably in your bedroom, under the pillow or something." She says nonchalantly as if she isn't the one who took it.
Rachel shakes her head as she sips on her coffee.
"It's not. Anyway, it must be somewhere."
"I'm sure you'll find it."
"I hope so."
After they finish their breakfast, they go to the living room, Toni to watch some cartons and Rachel to read. She actually turns on her lap top as she needed to check her email box first, but then she places it on the coffee table and takes a magazine.
"Oh!" She beams suddenly.
"What?" Toni takes her eyes from the TV and stares at her mother expectantly.
"Jacob knows the love birds… I wonder who they are."
She explains as she keeps her eyes on the magazine's page.
"Diva and cheerleader?" She mumbles more to herself; never stop reading, until... "Oh my Barbra!"
She shouts in astonishment.
"Lucy! What have you done?!"
"Mommy…" The brunette girl tries out.
"Don't mommy me!"
"Please!" She pleads her mother with her pouty face. "You can yell at me later, but please, read it." She gestures to the magazine. "I'll be right back." She runs upstairs.
Rachel takes a deep breath and starts reading again.
"Mom?"
Toni says inquiringly moments later as she gets closer to her mother again.
"I can't believe you guys…" Rachel sighs. "I have to call her."
"I think you have to see her."
Rachel holds a hand up irritated.
"Don't start."
"Mom, you love her! Tell me I'm wrong."
"That's not the point Lucy!" Rachel runs her hand through her hair. "You're grounded, you're so grounded!"
"Fine. I'm grounded. It won't change the fact that Quinn is going to be waiting for you and you're totally bailing on her." She crosses her arms over her chest defiantly.
"What are you talking about?" Rachel frowns, taken aback.
She wouldn't bail on Quinn, not in a million years.
"Did you read the story? You're supposed to meet her at six."
"But…"
"Honestly, we are wasting time. We shall live now." She lifts her hand and shows the tickets.
"You're unbelievable." Rachel shakes her head when she sees the tickets.
"Come on! tell me you don't want to go…" She teases, gesturing the tickets in the air.
"Why wouldn't I?" Rachel smirks as she takes one of the tickets.
"Yes!" Toni punches the air in triumph.
"You're still grounded!" Rachel shouts out as she heads off to her bedroom.
Back to the kiss…
And what a kiss! It should be illegal the way Quinn has full power over her, or maybe not, because Rachel is willing to give herself completely to the blonde.
But that's for later, of course.
"Goodness…" She whispers as Quinn pulls away breathless.
"I love you." Quinn says passionately before she leans forward and kisses Rachel once again. Fingers sliding through brown locks as she tilts her head to the side to deepen the kiss, and when Rachel opens her mouth willingly, she wastes no time to slide her tongue inside the brunette's mouth.
Rachel wraps her arms around Quinn's waist as they both moves backward. They only stop when Quinn's back hits the piano. The action somehow brings some memories and Rachel smiles into the kiss.
"What?" Quinn asks amused as she pulls away.
"Us." Rachel hugs the blonde more tightly, pressing her mouth on the skin of Quinn's neck.
"Maybe we should thank them after all." She says smiling from ear to ear.
"I don't know… Antoinette is grounded."
"Why?" Quinn pouts.
"You're serious?" Rachel pulls away to look at the blonde.
"Rachel, it is Christmas' time, and I'm actually thankful. They did what they thought was the right thing to do. We're here, we love each other, they were right." She tucks Rachel's hair behind her ear tenderly.
"Seeing through this point of view…" Rachel smiles happily.
"About what you asked me… I think we're kind of friends actually."
"Kind of?" Rachel inquires playfully and they look at each other knowingly.
"Yeah, I mean… I actually want something more, but you know… I had to settle with friends."
Rachel sighs.
"I really didn't know… I thought you…"
Cupping Rachel's cheeks, Quinn makes the brunette look at her as they lock their eyes onto each other's.
"We have successful careers and our amazing children. Let's not think about the past. We have a future ahead of us Rach, and I've always wanted a future with you."
"I've always wanted it too." Rachel says fervently, tears streaming down her face.
They press their lips together, deepening the kiss right away. Quinn shifts their position and pins Rachel against the piano as Rachel's bottom presses some random keys. The blonde cups one of Rachel's thighs as they kiss each other ravenously, with tongues and moans and wandering hands.
"Fu-shit, I feel like a teenager." Rachel says breathless.
"Yeah?" Quinn questions, chest going up and down.
They kiss again, but Rachel stops all too soon this time.
"I think we should…"
Quinn pulls away; licking her own lips and making Rachel stare at them hungrily.
"We-we have very nosy kids, they are probably…"
"Oh yeah of course." Quinn nods vehemently.
They try to recompose themselves and keep their hands away from each other. It is a difficult task apparently, they notice, as they keep glancing at one another with silly smiles on their faces. But as soon as they think they are presentable again, Quinn takes Rachel's hand and leads them toward the exit. They need to talk to their children after all.
"Here they are!"
Toni says with a smirk on her face. The two kids were apparently having fun with Sam. The three of them were waiting the two women in the parking lot.
"Hey Rachel!" He greets the brunette lively, hugging her tight as Quinn frowns ever so slightly, watching the scene.
"Hey Sam!"
"I didn't know you were here."
"I've just arrived."
"Oh." He smiles and then he narrows his eyes, looking at Quinn and then to Rachel again. "You said you had a date?" He inquires the blonde as Quinn smirks at him.
"Rachel's my date."
"Oh." He nods. "Oh!" He finally gets it, making them giggle. "I knew it!" He points to Rachel animatedly.
"Yeah right…" Quinn teases.
"No, like really. She had this pic of you as Magenta pinned on her wall and…" He turns to Rachel. "Don't you think I didn't notice how you kept it with you rather than put it on that album?"
"I kind of know this pic…" Toni says suggestively.
"We need to talk." Rachel turns to the blonde man. "Sam if you don't mind, we have something to discuss with our beloved kids."
"Someone is in trouble."
"They're not." Quinn winks at the two of them.
As soon as Sam says goodbye to them, Rachel turns to her daughter.
"You're guys totally made out right?" Toni says teasingly.
"What?"
"Yes." Quinn admits with a silly smile on her face.
"Yay mom!" Ben high fives with his mother.
Rachel shakes her head in amusement.
"So Quinn," She addresses to the blonde. "We're going to need your ride as Dad dropped us and left."
As he was also part of the plan, Leroy picked them up at the airport and drove them to Lima.
"Of course. And you're staying with me, right?"
"I said to dad I was going to get back to his apartment. I don't want to impose, I'm sure Judy is busy with all the-"
"Nonsense." Quinn cuts her off. "You're staying with me." She says again as she wraps her arms around Rachel's waist and kisses her lips chastely.
"We'll have to talk about PDA…" Ben sighs annoyed.
"Totally." Toni agrees, nodding her head as she watches her mother and her new mother(?). "So mom, I was thinking, now that you're totally happy. Am I still grounded?"
"No. You're not."
They all start getting inside the car.
"We'll be forever thankful." Quinn says as she drives out of the parking lot.
"Yeah, you guys were right. We love each other." Rachel looks at Quinn and they have similar smirks on their faces. "We can't wait to start a family together."
"Why wait?" Quinn says playfully. "We've waited enough."
"Please tell me we're going to move to L.A.?!" Toni says animatedly as Ben smiles happily.
"Of course we are!" Rachel informs. "We're going to get married."
"Really?" Ben and Toni inquire at the same time, happiness all over their faces.
"And then…" Quinn trails off playfully.
"We're totally having more babies!" Rachel beams excitedly.
"What?!" The kids say horrified.
"The more the better!" Quinn says lively.
"No, no, no… Why would you want to do that?" Toni inquires shocked. Her mouth open dramatically.
"I thought you wanted siblings honey?" Rachel asks her daughter cynically as Quinn shakes her head, her eyes on the road.
Moments ago Rachel said she was going to play a prank on their kids. She agreed because well… When she said no to Rachel?
"I wanted, and now I have one and that's more than enough for me. I mean, why more? You can't have more babies, no…" She shakes her head resolute.
"Rachel is teasing you honey."
"Quinn!" Rachel hits Quinn's shoulder playfully.
"That's not funny…" Toni breathes a sigh of relief.
"It was actually." Ben admits, smiling.
"Thank you honey." Rachel says playfully.
"Well… thank god."
"Don't worry silly, we're not going to have more babies."
Rachel looks at Quinn and the blonde has this look of utter happiness on her face.
"I'm not sure about that…" Quinn mumbles to herself.
"What?"
"Nothing…" She looks at Rachel. "I love you."
"I love you too." Rachel says passionately.
In the back, the two kids watch the scene with pride and happiness.
They were totally right.
There'll be an epilogue :)
