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So, here's the next chapter. I actually had this written and finished nearly three days ago but I wanted to get back into the habit of friday updates as randomly updating is driving me completely nuts. This chapter just flew out of me, and I wrote it in record time, two days I think. Anyway, jump right back into the action and enjoy!
Also, a special shout out for all the love from Nayalove (awesome name!) your awesome, and I really hope you enjoy this chapter. Peace!
As soon as Sam pulled up outside the warehouse, Artie had taken full control.
"I'm gonna need a live one" Artie said as they got out of the van quickly.
"What?" Quinn asked, surprised.
"I need a live blood source for when she wakes up. I know we don't need one often, but if she doesn't have fresh blood, she might not recover properly. Trust me Quinn." He said seriously.
Quinn thought for a few moments and nodded. "Sugar, check Tina's contacts. Look for our blood sources. I think that there should be someone. I'm gonna carry Santana, but Mike, I need you to carry Tina"
The Asian boy nodded and Quinn looked back at Artie. "Thank you" He said.
Quinn just nodded as they rushed towards his lab/medical bay. Quinn put Santana down on the bed carefully and held her hand tightly as Artie and Sam began to work. Tina watched from where she was sat, hoping to dear God Santana would make it. Not just for the team, but for Brittany too.
When Quinn stood back, she glanced over to Tina and went to stand beside her. Sugar entered the room and walked over to the two best friends.
"There's a girl called Alicia that's ready to help. She said she knows you and Santana personally." she said.
Quinn nodded. "Yeah, she's our personal blood source. Tell her to get over here as quickly as possible. It's a life or death situation and Santana might not make it."
"Ok, on it!" Sugar said, turning to leave.
"Oh, and sugar..."
"Yeah?" She asked, turning around slightly.
"Thanks"
"No problem Quinn. Just make sure she's ok."
"I will" She said as she watched Sugar leave.
Mercedes and Kurt entered the room, walking up to their temporarily appointed leader.
"Q, we have something" Kurt said, panting.
"Ok, why are you panting?" She asked.
Mercedes caught her breath and went serious. "Rachel and Brittany are here."
Quinn looked at Tina and then back at Kurt and Mercedes. "Shit!" She looked back at Santana worriedly.
"Go, I'll watch over her" Tina said, breaking Quinn out of her dilemma. The blond looked at her best friend and Tina just nodded.
"Thanks T" She said as she hugged the Asian girl.
"No problem. Go sort out your girls."
"Thanks, 'Cedes, come with me"
The black girl nodded and followed Quinn down the hallway and out to the front of the warehouse. Quinn stopped Mercedes just as they reached the door. "Wait here. I'll handle them and I'll let you know if I need you." Mercedes just nodded and stood ready to be called in.
Quinn took a deep breath and exited the warehouse. "Hey, why are you two here this late?" She asked.
"We wanted to see our girlfriends and seeing as you two weren't home, we came here. " Quinn just nodded at her girlfriend. Noticing something behind Quinn, Rachel squinted. "Quinn, why is there blood all over the ground behind you?" Quinn looked behind and saw Santana's blood lining the sidewalk from the van to the front door.
She stuttered for a moment, trying to think of something to say, but was beat to it by Brittany. "Quinn, why do you have blood all over you?" She asked. Quinn looked at herself properly for the first time since they got back.
Biting the bullet, Quinn knew she couldn't hide it from Santana's girlfriend, or hers for that matter. Taking in a deep breath, she spoke. "Ok, you two have to promise to not freak out, ok?" The two women nodded. "Right. One of us got hurt. Badly."
"Who?" Rachel asked.
"Calm down Rach. I'm getting to that part. Anyway, one of us got hurt. Right now, it's a life or death situation and Artie is doing everything he can to save them."
"What happened?" Brittany asked.
"One of us got in a car crash not too long ago."
"Please, tell us who it is Quinn!" Rachel pleaded. Brittany nodded in agreement. She knew she had to tell Brittany, as she might not get to see her girlfriend alive again.
"Ok, you have to be calm you two. The blood that is on the sidewalk and on me belongs to the same person." Looking down at the blood coating her body, Quinn looked up once more. "This blood" She held up her arms. "Is Santana's"
"What?" Rachel asked, holding a hand over her mouth and shock.
"Britt?" Quinn asked, looking at Santana's girlfriend, who's face had gone a pale white colour in a matter of seconds.
"Where is she?" She asked.
Quinn sighed. "Follow me and I'll tell you. Come on." Quinn stood in the middle of the two women and placed her arms around their shoulders, leading them into the building. "'Cedes, go let everybody know Rachel and Britt are here" She winked.
Mercedes winked back, knowing exactly what she meant and rushed back to the medical bay.
As Artie and Sam started work on Santana, they had ordered everybody out of the room except for Tina, Mike, Blaine and Puck.
"Puck, go sit on that bed over there." He motioned towards the empty hospital bed. Puck did as he was told and went over and sat on it. "Mike, can you start tapping Puck's blood. We need some soon."
Mike nodded and kissed Tina on the forehead before walking over to where Puck was sat. Getting to work, he started tapping the man's blood, hoping that it would save their leader.
Mercedes entered the less-busy medical bay and informed them that Rachel and Brittany had arrived and that Quinn was with them. Artie nodded and got back to work.
"Blaine, can you sort Tina's knee out?" Artie asked. He nodded and made his way over to the bed where Tina was sat, preparing to take the metal shrapnel out of her knee.
"Mike, when your done, can you come give me a hand?" Blaine asked. Tina's boyfriend nodded and made his way over to Blaine and Tina. "Ok, so let's start."
Tina screamed, bearing her fangs as she howled in pain. "Ok, go get Quinn" Blaine said. Mike nodded and exited the room.
Luckily Quinn was in the main area with the rest of the team, holding both Brittany and Rachel tightly. "Quinn, you need to come to the medical bay right now"
Quinn looked at Rachel and Brittany and got up. "I'll be right back. I promise."
Kurt and Mercedes took Quinn's place, Kurt comforting Rachel, and Mercedes comforting Brittany.
Quinn rushed down the hallway with Mike. "What's happened? Who was that scream from?"
"Tina. This piece of metal in her leg is proving to be more of a pain than me and Blaine thought. We thought that maybe you could keep her calm enough so that we could pull it out."
Quinn nodded. "Let's do it." She said as they entered the room. She walked up to Tina and took hold of her hand. "Hey, Tina"
"Hey" The Asian girl replied.
"I need you to calm yourself, just like we were taught, so that Blaine and Mike can take this piece of metal out of your leg." Tina nodded and Quinn looked up at Blaine, giving him the go-ahead.
Tina screamed in pain again as Blaine and Mike attempted to take it out again.
"Get that fucking thing out of my leg, NOW!" Tina yelled, tightening her grip on Quinn's hand, who yelped at the sudden death grip that she received.
Mike and Blaine looked at each other, both sharing uneasy looks. "You'd better take it out or she will rip your heads off, regardless of who you are" Quinn said.
Blaine and Mike nodded. "Hold on Tina!" Blaine said. Him and Mike prepped themselves once more and on the count of three pulled the piece of shrapnel out of Tina's knee.
"Fuck!" Tina hissed.
"I'll get her a fresh bottle of blood. Well done, sweetie" Mike said, kissing Tina on the forehead and walking over to Artie's fridge.
"Well done, T" Quinn said, letting go of Tina's hand and gasping at the sudden lack of pressure.
"Sorry about your hand Q" Tina panted.
"Nah, it's ok. As long as your ok. Hey Mike, get me a bottle of blood too" The Asian boy nodded and grabbed another bottle before handing one to Quinn and one to Tina. "Blaine, you gonna be ok from here?"
"Yeah" He nodded. Quinn nodded back and left the room, bottle in hand. Walking down the hallway, she was greeted by Alicia.
Standing at the same height as Quinn, she had caramel coloured skin and straight, black shoulder length hair. She was well built and was perfect to be Quinn and Santana's live blood source. She would come and help them when they needed more than their blood bottles. She was always happy to help out, and came whenever called, like right now. They had met her back just before they left the Kobejitsu house and Alicia had been helping them out ever since. She could definitely be trusted with their secrets.
"Hey" the caramel-skinned girl greeted.
"Hey, Alicia" Quinn said hugging her.
"So, what's happened?"
Quinn directed the girl to walk with her back down the hallway, stopping just before they reached the main area where the team was sat. "Santana fell back onto a sharp wooden stake. It went right the way through her and came out of the front."
Alicia gasped. "Ooh, that's nasty"
"I know, so now she's in surgery with both Artie and Sam working on her. Artie said that we need a live blood source or she might not make it. Puck is supplying his own blood for a blood transfusion, but she's gonna need someone to feed on when she's finished in surgery. You ok with that?"
"Yeah, I've been fed on directly before. I can handle that, and if she gets a little out of control, I know that you are gonna be there."
"Yeah, let's just hope it doesn't come to that. Anyway, when we get back to where the team are, you know that Rachel and Brittany don't know, so just watch what you say."
Alicia nodded. "I know. I'll watch my words" She replied, mimicking a zipper across her mouth and pretending to throw away the key.
"Thanks" Quinn said, hugging her.
"No problem. Where's Tina?"
Quinn shook her head and chuckled. "She's in the medical bay with Mike and Blaine. Santana saved her from an explosion but she got a huge piece of shrapnel lodged in her leg so I've just helped them get it out. You should have seen her face." She laughed, taking a sip of her drink.
"I bet it was a picture" Alicia laughed as they made their way back into the main area of the warehouse.
"It definitely was, believe me!" Quinn chuckled.
The two women made their way towards the group and sat down, Quinn rejoining Rachel and Brittany, hugging them.
"Hey" She whispered, kissing Rachel on the side of the head.
"Is she ok?" The brunette asked.
"Not yet. Artie's still working on her."
"Was that her screaming?" She asked, playing with Quinn's blood covered shirt.
"No" Quinn replied, kissing Rachel on the the top of the head.
"Who was it then?" Sugar asked.
"It was Tina" Quinn said, the team now focused on what she was saying.
"What's wrong with T?" Mercedes asked.
"That Shrapnel she had in her leg wouldn't budge. Blaine and Mike couldn't get it out, so they called me in and she put her death grip on my hand. It took two full grown men to get that fucker out of her leg."
Some of the team chuckled, wishing they could have seen their friends face.
"I know your talking about me" Tina said as she walked into the room on crutches, with Mike trailing behind her.
Quinn's head snapped up when she saw Tina's smiling face. Tina sat down next to Brittany and hugged her, ignoring the pain from her left knee.
Rachel snuggled up in Quinn's arms. "You need a shower" She whispered.
"I do?"
"Yeah, you have blood all over you."
"Good point. Everybody, go take a rest and get cleaned up. I don't think Artie, Sam and Blaine are gonna be finished for a while."
The team nodded and Rachel led Quinn down to the blond's room. She pulled her into her en suite bathroom. "Want me to join you?" She asked.
Quinn nodded and they both got undressed. Rachel joined her in the shower and began washing the blood off of her girlfriend's skin.
Brittany made her way up to Santana's bedroom, hoping that she could find some comfort from Santana's personal belongings. She walked over to the bed and sat down. She looked at the nightstand and saw the toy that she had given Santana for valentine's day. Holding it in her hands, she felt the soft material that it was made of. The fur was the colour of Lord Tubbington and had a red heart on it's stomach and a pale pink nose. A tear made it's way down her cheek as she hugged it close to her chest.
Looking up, she saw the picture of them that Santana usually kept next to the toy. It was taken by Quinn when they went to a barbecue not long after they met. Quinn had managed to catch them at the perfect moment and snapped the perfect picture of them.
Santana had her arms around Brittany from behind holding her tightly, the both of them laughing at something off camera. The sun was setting perfectly in the background, casting everything in the picture in a soft orange glow. When asked about why she kept it on her nightstand and kissed it goodnight when she was alone, Santana said that it was her favorite picture of them and when she was on her own, it made her feel closer to Brittany in some way. The blond couldn't disagree. It was a perfect picture of them and she loved it as well, having her own copy back in her bedroom at home.
Sighing and clutching the toy cat to her chest, Brittany curled herself up onto the bed and fell asleep, silent tears falling from her eyes as she drifted off.
Tina looked over at Matt.
"Here, Let me have Santana's sword. I'll go put it in her meditation room"
Matt nodded and handed her the now-sheathed sword. The Asian girl managed to make her way to the room on her crutches and unlocked the door, going in and placing the sacred sword on it's stand in the middle of the room. Taking a look around, she sighed.
She couldn't believe her best friend wasn't that far away, fighting for her life. Tina cursed the man who had put her in that medical bay and caused the injury on her own leg, and vowed to get back at him, whatever the cost. She shook her head and left the room, locking the door behind her.
She then made her way slowly up to Santana's room, where Brittany was last seen. Opening the door, she found Brittany fast asleep on the bed.
"Britt?" She said softly.
"Is Santana awake?" Brittany asked, sitting up quickly.
"No" Tina chuckled, laughing at Brittany's sleepy face. "But Quinn wanted to know where you were. I said I'd go check on you"
"Oh, ok"
"Come on, come join us downstairs. I'm sure you don't want to be by yourself up here."
Brittany nodded and joined Tina at the door. The two made their way downstairs and joined Rachel and Quinn on the couch. Quinn had her head on Rachel's shoulder, with Rachel holding her tightly and letting her slender finger's comb through Quinn's still wet hair. Brittany sat down and let Tina hug her.
10 Minutes later, Blaine came out to the group covered in blood.
"Alicia, your needed." Was all he said before he walked back down the hallway. Alicia looked at Quinn and followed Blaine.
Quinn knew that if Alicia was being called in, the surgery had gone as expected.
"You ok?" Rachel whispered, kissing Quinn on the top of her head.
Quinn nodded. "Yeah, I think I am"
Rachel knew how much Santana meant to Quinn, and she hoped for her girlfriend's sake that she was ok.
Alicia followed Blaine. "Is she ok?"
"Yeah, she's barely awake, but Artie said he wants you now to complete her surgery."
"Ok"
The two entered the room. "Hey, Alicia" Artie greeted.
"Hey, what do you need me to do? Wrist or neck?"
"We'll try your wrist first."
Alicia nodded and took off her hoodie, getting ready. Artie directed her over to Santana's side and motioned for her to sit beside her closely.
Puck watched from his place on the other side of the room as Artie pricked Alicia's wrist. The girl then slightly waved her arm above Santana's nose and the latina woke up a little more. Alicia looked up at Artie, who nodded and let Santana latch her mouth onto her wrist. Being used to the feel of Santana's fangs, Alicia didn't even whimper at the sharp pain she felt in her wrist.
Santana gradually became more alert as she continued to feed. When she pulled away, satisfied, she looked up at Alicia.
"Thanks"
"No problem" the girl smiled. "I'm gonna stay if you need me" She said, looking at Artie. The boy nodded and pulled her away so that he could patch up her wrist.
"Can I see Brittany?"
"Yeah." Blaine nodded. Him and Sam left the room and went to address the group.
It was about 4 am when Quinn checked her watch. It had been hours since they had brought Santana in and they hoped to dear God that she was ok. When Sam and Blaine came out, everybody sat up in anticipation.
"She's ok. The surgery went well and she should be fine, but she'll be bed ridden for a little while. Brittany, she asked for you specifically."
Brittany looked over at Quinn, who nodded and got up to go see her girlfriend. She made her way down the hallway and was passed by Puck, Artie and Alicia. The blond hesitantly entered the empty room and found Santana resting in one of the hospital beds.
"Hey" She greeted quietly.
"Britt?"
Brittany nodded, tears falling down her face.
"Hey, I'm ok"
Brittany walked up to her and kissed her softly. "Don't do that to me again" She said through her tears.
"I'm sorry" Santana said quietly, a tear of her own escaping and running down her face.
"Don't be sorry. You couldn't help it."
"Come here" Santana said, holding out her arms. Brittany collapsed, and the latina gasped at the new found weight on her wound. "Britt, Britt..."
"Oh! I'm sorry sweetie!" Brittany gasped pulling away, new tears making their way down her face.
"It's ok, you just have to be extremely careful, ok?"
Brittany nodded and hugged Santana once more, a little more careful of her injuries.
Quinn made her way down towards the medical bay sometime later. She opened the door and found Santana awake in her bed.
"San?"
Santana looked up at the sound of her name. "Quinn?"
Quinn nodded and made her way over to her best friend and sat down next to the bed. "Hey"
"Hey, you taking care of the team?"
"Yeah. Their still a little shook up though. So am I really."
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be. You took a chance going for Joe, it was just unfortunate that he threw you onto a stake. God, we were all so scared San. I've never seen Puck so detached."
"What do you mean?"
"He sat and watched as you were in surgery. In the van on the way here, he offered his blood to save you. I think seeing you hurt really shook him up more than he thought it would. I've never seen Brittany so upset either. Since she's seen you I think she's a little happier. Her and Rachel are both staying here tonight so you won't have to worry about them going anywhere."
Santana nodded. "What are we gonna do next? We've lost our only lead."
Quinn shook her head. "I think that you need to get better before you start running around chasing after leads."
Santana knew Quinn was right. She had to get better before she even thought of fighting again. "What about Brittany and Rachel? Don't you think they're gonna get a little more suspicious from now on?"
"I can honestly say that I don't know what to do. I'm just as scared as you but we have to try as hard as we can to hide our secret. We can't risk them knowing."
"I know. I just really hope that they don't find out."
Rachel and Brittany were out having coffee. They had both decided that they needed to get out and spend some time to themselves. The two best friends were in a little coffee shop about a block away from the warehouse. It was tucked away, and was the perfect cozy lounge to chill in on a lazy afternoon.
It had been about four days since Santana had been injured, and Brittany and Rachel had spent most of their time there with their girls, making sure that both Quinn and Santana were ok.
"Britt..." Rachel trailed off, staring at her coffee cup.
"Yeah?"
"Don't you think it's weird?"
"What do you mean?" Brittany asked, looking up at her best friend.
"Well, don't you think it's weird that both Santana and Tina are majorly injured, and the rest of their friends are cut up and bruised?"
"I admit it's a little weird but what are you getting at?"
"I think that their hiding something from us."
"What do you mean, Rach?"
"Didn't you see?"
"See what?" Brittany said as she took another sip of her coffee.
"That guy who saved us that night."
Brittany thought for a few moments. "Matt?"
"Yeah."
"That is weird. Thinking about it, did you see Sugar?"
"I think so, she's the small brunette right?"
Brittany nodded. "Yeah. She owns a restaurant around here. Me and Santana have been going there ever since we started dating. I think Santana's known her for a while."
"That is weird. I think I have an idea."
Brittany's head snapped up at the sound of Rachel having an idea. "What?"
"I think that we should do some investigating"
"Really?"
"Yeah, just some little things. But, make it look inconspicuous. Don't let them know that we're onto them."
Brittany nodded and hoped that her friend knew what she was doing.
When Brittany and Rachel made it back to the warehouse, it was already sunset. Santana was in her meditation room, but only under strict medical orders from Artie. He didn't want her over exerting herself. But, with persuading from Puck, Blaine, Tina and Quinn, she was allowed to go and meditate, on the idea that if she stayed in that bed any longer she would have gone mad and started attacking people. Plus, she needed healing from her training, and the only way to do that was to go to her meditation room.
Now sat in the middle of her personal room, Santana took a sip of blood, fresh from Alicia. Not trusting their bottled stuff, Artie had set Santana on a fresh blood diet to help her heal faster. The fact that it was fresh meant that it worked better than the bottled stuff that they drunk everyday to keep the thirst at bay.
She took another sip before placing the cup down beside her. Taking her sword in her hands, she was able to sense that Tina was the last one to touch it, meaning that she had come in and placed it on it's stand.
She unsheathed it and grabbed the cloth from beside her. She started working cleaning as best she could in her condition, before placing the bare sword back on the stand, the metal now glinting in the light reflected off of the candles she had lit.
Inhaling the smoke of her healing candles, she let herself go, drifting into the realm of deep meditation, a soft and meaningful playlist playing through the speakers in the background.
Brittany walked into the cinema room where everybody was located, watching the latest NBA game on the massive TV. She walked up to Tina and asked where her girlfriend was.
"She should be in her meditation room. She wouldn't be anywhere else."
Brittany smiled sweetly at Santana's best friend and said her goodbye's before setting off to find her wounded girlfriend. She walked quietly down the halls and as she got closer to the meditation room, she heard soft music playing in the background.
She walked up to the door and knocked, not wanting to disturb Santana too much.
She heard a muffled "Yes?" from inside the room.
Brittany smiled and tried not to giggle at the giddiness she felt inside at the thought of her girlfriend. "It's Brittany"
Santana didn't even hesitate. "Come in"
Brittany's smile grew impossibly wider as she entered the room and closed the door behind her. She found Santana sat in front of her sword stand with soft music playing in the background.
"San?" Brittany spoke, watching Santana's face closely. The latina's eyes were closed as she listened to her surroundings. "San?" She asked again.
A small smile tugged at Santana's lips as she didn't answer.
"Are you ok?" Brittany asked, her voice laced with worry.
Santana grinned and opened her eyes. "I'm playing with you, Britt. I'm fine. I'm just meditating that's all."
Brittany sighed a breath of relief and walked over to her girlfriend, kneeling down next to her and pressing a small but gentle loving kiss to her lips.
"Want me to give you a massage?"
Santana nodded, cricking her neck. "Yes please"
Brittany responded with a small nod and a kiss and moved so that she was knelt up behind the latina. Instantly she let her hands get to work, working out all of the knots in the latina's tensed up shoulder muscles.
"Is that better?" She asked.
Santana grunted in response. "Yes."
Brittany chuckled at her girlfriend and kissed the back of her neck and continued.
"How does it feel?" Santana knew Brittany would ask sooner or later, so she had somewhat prepared herself for whatever the blond would ask.
"It hurts, but right now it's not as bad as it has been."
"Have you got a bandage or something on it?"
"Artie patched it up as best he could. And yes, I have a massive bandage over it with some heavy duty military grade gauze pads"
"What happened?"
"I got hit by a jagged piece of shrapnel and it went right through. It entered from the back and came out the front. God, I was so scared Brittany. I've never been so scared that I won't ever see you again. I don't know what would happen if I didn't have you."
Brittany kissed her shoulder again. "I was really scared too. I don't know what I'd do without you. When Quinn told me and Rachel, I could have sworn my heart dropped."
"I'm sorry"
"Don't be San. I'm just glad your still here. I really wanna make sure that you get better, and I'm sure both Quinn, Rachel and all your friends all want the same."
Santana just nodded, thinking about how lucky she was to have Brittany as her girlfriend.
Quinn was stood watching the sunset whilst eating her favorite food, a bacon sandwich. She had her headphones on admiring the sunset before her. Getting lost in the music and her surroundings, she thought about how close she had come to losing her best friend. She wasn't just a best friend to her, she was like the sister Quinn never had, just like Tina. They were like sisters and coming so close to losing the latina, Quinn finally realized how much like a family her and the team had become. She was beside herself with worry whilst Santana was in surgery, and without Rachel, she didn't think she would have made it. God, she loved that woman.
Thinking about her girlfriend as she took another bite of her sandwich, she felt a pair of slim arms wrap around her waist from behind. She felt one side of her headphones slip off of her ears and a kiss on the now exposed earlobe.
"Hi baby" Rachel greeted.
Quinn smiled. "Hi"
"What are you doing?" Rachel asked, resting her head Quinn's shoulder as best she could.
"Nothing much"
Rachel sighed. "Quinn..." She trailed off.
Quinn huffed in response and thought about what Rachel wanted her to do. It was better than keeping all of her thoughts inside, and she knew she would have to talk about it eventually. Plus, it wasn't just anybody, it was Rachel, her loving and caring girlfriend.
"You know you can tell me anything right?" Rachel whispered into her ear.
"I know. Come here" Quinn led Rachel over to the edge of the dock wall. Sitting down, Quinn couldn't help but think back to when they last sat like this. "You remember the last time we were last sat like this?" She asked.
Rachel smiled and curled into Quinn's side as the blond slid off her headphones and placed them down next to her. "Yeah, I believe we were having a conversation about exactly what is in your hand."
"Yeah, ironic right?" Quinn said, admiring the view before her and the feeling of Rachel curled up next to her. "I was terrified Rachel. I've never been so scared in my entire life. Seeing San hurt like that, it scared the hell out of me. She's like a sister to me and the thought of losing her scared the living crap out of me. I just didn't know what to do with myself, and without you, I don't think I could have made it Rach."
"What about when you told me and Brittany?" She asked rubbing Quinn's thigh in comforting circles with her thumb. "You seemed so strong"
"That's because I knew I had to be. I had to make sure you were ok."
"But your Santana's best friend. I should have made sure you were ok first."
"Rach, trust me. You did. I promise you that. You just being there made me feel better."
"Good" The brunette looked up and looked deep into her girlfriends eyes.
"I love you so much, Rach"
"I love you too" She replied, leaning up and kissing the blond softly. "So much" She said as she rested their foreheads together.
Quinn looked her girlfriend in the eyes and lent in for another kiss, reveling in Rachel's soothing and calming presence.
TBC