AN: sorry it's late, I finally got round to updating; I also did something stupid and now have 7 stories in-progress :/
AN2: chapter rated M for Language!
Posted: 17/1/12
They Deserve A Better Father
They atmosphere had remained seemingly calm as Rachel and Quinn sat opposite Daniel and Mellissa; the visiting couples 6 month old baby was cradled in Mellissa's arms. Logan and Alyssa were sharing an arm chair; waiting expectantly for their father to say something to them. They'd already been introduced to their half brother and Mellissa spoke confidently to them.
The children didn't see her as the bad person in their parents splitting up; to be honest (perhaps because they were young or Daniel always seemed absent) they never seemed bothered by the divorce, they liked Rachel too much and how Rachel made their mother happy.
Daniel was mostly quiet, only speaking short sentences when spoken to; perhaps it was Rachel's intense gaze she kept on him that was making him nervous
"Daniel I want to speak to you in private" Rachel's tone was monotone as she broke a building awkward silence
"Um, well" he looked at his wife who gave him a stern look; telling him to cooperate with the short brunette
The tall nervous man followed the short unreadable brunette out into the icy air on the roof terrace. She slid the door closed behind them
"Rachel, I'm sorry I was a jerk-" he started
"Too right!" she snapped forcing him to step back "You were more than a jerk!"
"I know and I'm so sorry-"
"Are you actually fucked in the mind: do you see what you have in there?" she grabbed his collar and yanked his head down to her height and pointed over her shoulder, Daniel looked, he could see Mellissa from the side holding his baby boy in her arms, he then saw his other two children sitting politely opposite his wife. Logan met his own gaze but showed no worry in the way his momma Rae was holding his father "You are one lucky son of a bitch to still have your wife, and your son. You're an even bigger lucky bastard that Quinn and I decided to give you one final chance; but I swear to god you upset anyone and I really mean anyone, I will make sure you never see any of them again, I'll do whatever I can to remove any presence of your being ever having existed on this planet from Ally and Logan, because they deserve a better father" she threw him away from her, he caught himself against the wall round the edge of the roof terrace
"I'm serious" she threatened with a finger jabbing him in the shoulder "You upset anyone, Quinn, Mellissa, those kids, the President of the United States, the Queen of England, a homeless person, your own brothers; I don't care, you upset anyone, I'll take them away from you" that frightening Rachel who punched the crap out of him all those months ago was making another appearance.
He held up his hands in surrender "I promise, I swear to go; I won't hurt them, I'll make them happy" he was actually trembling; which gave Rachel some satisfaction.
"Alright then" she straightened out her own clothes, and headed back indoors: She froze as she stepped through the door and saw Quinn cradling baby Nathan in her arms, Logan and Alyssa sitting either side of her looking at the baby. Even Remi was their watching the interaction intently.
Some might be worried with such a large dog watching a baby like that but Rachel knew she was trust worthy. She remembered a time when the dog was still fairly young yet fully grown; she was infatuated with the pink bundles of joy that got pushed around in the push chairs, when they were walking in the park. But the big black fluffy dog would just watch the baby and occasionally would lick their faces. Rachel would be full of apologies those days, especially when the mothers thought the dog was about to bite their child... Remi always proved them wrong
But back to this moment in time and (ironically) Rachel was getting a glimpse into her future
"Rachel. Would you like to hold Nathan?" Melissa asked, getting everyone's attention that the short brunette was standing there
She was broken from her day dream and looked straight to the newest mother "Um... well"
Quinn nodded encouragingly "Sit next to me" she gestured to the spot Logan had just moved from
She sat down and Quinn carefully passed Nathan to Rachel; who held him just how her wife had. They smiled knowingly at one another, wondering if they'd be cradling a boy or a girl of their own in 7 and a half months.
"Daddy, are you okay?" Logan asked noting how pale his father still looked after facing scary Rachel
"Everything's okay: Logan. Daddy's going to be better" he nodded to his first children "He's going to make sure he only makes people happy; most importantly: you two, Nathan and Mellissa" he glanced to the sofa opposite; to Rachel, who nodded her head with approval, a serious expression on her face, Quinn slipped an arm in support round Rachel's back.
"So you're not going to make Rachel mad again?" Alyssa asked
"No, I'm going to make sure I never make Rachel mad again" there was almost humour in his words
"And you're not going to hurt her?" Now Daniel looked confused at Logan's question "We don't want her going to hospital again"
"What?" he looked straight at them, Rachel went to open her moth to stop them but she was too late
"She got mad and had a motor bike accident. She had to go to hospital she was hurt real bad" Alyssa explained
Mellissa and Daniel looked straight to Rachel opposite them; shock and horror on their faces
"Excuse me" Rachel stood up, carefully and passed Mellissa back her baby, "I'm going to get coffee; anyone?"She left the area, without an answer and went straight to the kitchen. Daniel out of pure instinct was off his backside and in the kitchen standing with the brunette. Rachel felt exposed, out in the open; a feeling she used to love (having all attention on her) but in the years after high school it was a feeling she loathed.
"Rachel I am so sorry"
"I don't want to hear it" she tried to stop him as the two stood in the kitchen area, their wives, sat with their children
"But-"
"No" she harshly whispered, glancing back, making sure they weren't being observed again "I don't wish to talk about it, and I don't want you trying to make me talk about it and apologising"
"But I truly am so-"
"No, I don't want you trying to make yourself feel any better about this situation; what you did on your daughter's birthday, kissing the woman who at the time was my fiancée; was the catalyst for me nearly getting myself killed; that's it. I'm okay now, I'm with the Woman I love, with children I care about, and I don't want to be upset about it. Get it?"
He just nodded
"Now take these cups of coffee to our wives. Sit with them and our kids and don't piss me off anymore okay?" he nodded again and did as he was asked, while Rachel finished making the dinner.
...
Meanwhile, while Rachel and Daniel were talking in the kitchen
"Quinn, I'm so sorry for what happened to Rachel" Mellissa placed Nathan back in his carrier, while he continued to sleep (amazingly with all the noise going on round him) Remi stood watch over him
"It wasn't your fault" Quinn reassured
"I feel as if there was something I should have done... maybe... oh I dunno" she gave up with a sigh
"Rachel still has the flare for dramatics. She reminded me of her old self only there was dramatic consequences" she finished sadly "She's okay now"
"How bad was it?" Mellissa tried to be sensitive
"It could have been worse... she was very lucky"
Mellissa sighed in disappointment at what her husband had caused; she wasn't even sure why she was surprised when he had kissed his ex-wife.
That action had been a catalyst for many things; mainly for Quinn and Rachel it had tested the limits of their relationship, and the limits of Rachel's physical ability to heal. It had also strengthened Daniel and Mellissa's relationship; she was now the one who wore the trousers... so in a way it did benefit one person...
As the silence grew, Daniel joined them; offering the cups of coffee. While Rachel finished making the dinner
...
The rest of the dinner went smoothly; mainly because they had already finished talking about what they needed to, they could brush it aside for now; until a time when they (mainly Rachel) wanted to speak of such things
Daniel left with his new family; leaving Alyssa and Logan with promises of visits and many presents and days out to make up for the lost time (and what a shitty father he had already been). Rachel and Quinn didn't want him in their children's lives if he wasn't going to commit to their new attempt at a father children relationship
It seemed Daniel may be avoiding the actual woman of the Fabray home for a while though; and just take his kids out for now.
Mummy and Momma Rae had just tucked in Ally and their little guy, and had just settle in front of the television
"When you were holding Nathan earlier, I felt like I was getting a glimpse at the future; that that is the sort of scene I'll be seeing in a year's time" Rachel smiled fondly at her wife
Quinn smiled at the memory, but it then faltered
"What?" the brunette asked with concern
"I'm sorry that they found out"
Rachel shook her head "No, it good they found out... it's just another thing that we won't have to deal with later"
"I liked it when you were holding Nathan" Quinn decided to move the subject back to the nicer image of their future family
"Did you see Remi?"
"Yeah, I thought it was so sweet; as if she was actually looking out for the baby's well fare" she pet the dog's head, the large dog had curled up next to Rachel and was snoring softly, Quinn curled up on her other side "And Logan and Alyssa were good too, I hope they'll be okay with one in the home all the time" Rachel chuckled
"I really can't wait"
"... Have you thought about names yet?" the brunette asked with caution
"Honestly? Yes I have"
"What have you come up with?" she asked excitedly
"... Nah" Quinn decided not to tell "I'm not saying yet, not until we know the sex"
"Oh, why not? I'll tell you what ones I've come up with"
"you came up with names" before Quinn could dwell on that she pushed past it "No, I want us to know what we're having; I don't want to get too attached to a name and then find out we can't use it" she used that as an excuse, which was true but she could have, maybe, come up with a better reason "I'm tired lets go to bed"
"Okay" Rachel sighed playfully "I guess you'll have to wait to see what awesome names I came up with"
"We are not having any names like Barbra or Patty, or Celine" she scolded her wife as they ascended up the stairs
"Oh you're such a bore" Rachel teased as they disappeared into their bedroom
Sorry it's short: let me know what you think...