"You know that feeling you get when your heart feels like it's jumped into your throat? Or when you're sleeping and you suddenly jolt awake? That feeling, you know what I'm talking about, right?" Quinn asked Rachel as she stroked her fingers through the brunette locks. The two of them were laying on the couch, surrounded by blankets, sharing intimate kisses as they held one another. Rachel had her back resting on Quinns chest, her hand on the blondes shoulder.
"Yeah baby, I do" she replied, turning her head to kiss Quinns lips, but one kiss wasting enough as she pulled Quinn's head closer and pushed her tongue into the blondes willing mouth. They both closed their eyes, Quinn nipping at Rachel's tongue as she swiped it over her lip slowly. Pulling back, Quinn smiled before leaning back in to give Rachel one more kiss.
"That's how I feel when you touch me. Or whenever we kiss. Or you look at me. I feel like I can't breathe" She admitted, rubbing her nose into the brunettes cheek, craving the touch to be closer to her love, if possible. Rachel turned in the blondes arms, her own nose rubbing against Quinns as she brought her arm up to circle loosely around her neck.
"I love you" She whispered. She looked into the eyes of the woman she loved and the air escaped her lungs. How they had ever been enemies was a mystery to her. How she ever went without loving this woman who was holding her was a mystery to her and something that she couldn't even remember.
"I don't remember what it feels like to not love you Rachel Berry" Quinn stroked Rachels cheek, leaning forward to kiss her fiancee again. She moved to whisper into her ear, words of her love for the woman in her arms... when she spotted the pair of eyes that were watching her.
"I love you... and I love our daughter. Who is watching us from the door when she is supposed to be sleeping" Quinn announced, both women turning their heads towards the bedroom door where Beth stood, hands in front of her mouth to cover the smile on her face. She ran towards them, climbing up to rest on Rachel, while the brunette continued to lay on Quinn.
"I love you moms" Beth said, cuddling into Rachel, Quinn rubbing her hand up and down her daughters back as she drifted back to sleep, soon followed by her mothers as the 3 laid together on the couch.
Camera #23 zoomed in to watch the sleeping trio.
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Quinn stood at her bedroom door and watched Rachel attempt to reach her laptop that was laying on the ground beside their dresser, without having to actually get out of bed. It wasn't going well.
The blonde spotted Beth peeping in at the brunette from her own room. They met eyes and Quinn gave a nod before looking back at Rachel. An evil smirk came across the tiny blondes face as she approached the bed on the opposite side. She watched as her struggling mother was only a couple centimeters away with her left hand, as she clung to the bedpost with her right.
"BOO!" Beths shout and bouncing on the large bed, resulted in Rachel toppling to the ground. And Quinn collapsing against the door frame, her body convulsing with laughter as she struggled to breathe. Beth was having the same problem as she over exaggerated while rolling around on the bed, unfortunately not paying attention to how close she was to the side of the bed and rolling off, landing on the back of Rachel who was face down on the floor, trying to calm her racing heart.
"I.. hate.. you.. two" Rachel huffed out, her breathing still askew. They always did things like this! No matter how many times they'd be warned about sneaking up on people, whenever Quinn was involved, it was fine for the 'no sneaking up on people' rule to be forgotten. The rule had been enforced when Beth first came as she used to walk quietly into a room and tap one of them on the back, scarring the life out of them, both not having been used to having more than 3 people in the house for the past 2 years.
That night, under Rachels orders, Quinn was made sleep on the couch, not being allowed stay in a bunk in Beths room and Beth had to help Quinn clean the dishes by hand, no dishwasher allowed.
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"What's your name gonna be when you and mommy get married?" Beth asked Quinn. The two of them were in the gym, Quinn doing sit ups, Beth sitting on an exercise ball as she bounced up and down. Both Rachel and Quinn were in the best shape they'd ever been in. They worked out almost every morning, it giving them something to do when the days got boring. They made sure that they ran around enough with Beth outside to keep the child healthy, both not liking the idea of her having to use gym equipment.
"Well mommy wants to keep her name," Quinn began, collapsing onto her back, exhausted. "Apparently Rachel Berry sounds better than Rachel Fabray. And Quinn Berry sounds weird, so I don't know yet"
"What about Quinn and Rachel Berry Fabray?" Beth suggested, getting off the ball and sitting down next to her mom on the mat.
"That's a bit of a mouth full, don't you think?"
"So? My name is bigger!" Beth said, poking her moms belly, giggling when the blonde wriggled away.
"Beth Corcoran, not that much missy!"
"No, after you and mommy get married I'll be Beth Corcoran Berry-Fabray. Do you know how longs it's gonna take me to learn to write all of that?"
"You want to change your name to Berry Fabray?"
"Well yeah! My names still Corcoran cause of mommy Shelby and now we can be a real family if I have your name!"
"Baby we'll still be a family even if you have neither of our names" Rachel said. The two blondes on the exercise mat turned to find Rachel leaning against the door frame.
"Well I don't care. I want to be Beth Corcoran Berry-Fabray. You're just jealous mommy cause you're name isn't as cool as mine" Beth said, standing up and leaving the room.
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"Quinn, Beth! Look at the most adorable baby I have ever seen!" Rachel cooed as she brought her laptop outside for them to see the pictures on screen. Mike and Tina had given birth to a healthy baby girl named Lucy and had just posted pictures from her birthday party.
Quinn and Beth had been outside kicking a ball against one of the walls, careful not to let it go into the pool. Again. Rachel and Quinn sat down on deck chairs and Beth knelled between them.
"Is that Mercedes?" Beth asked, pointing to the screen. One of the group pictures that had been uploaded was of Tina, Mike, Lucy, Mercedes, Artie and Artie's new fiance Ashley, who by the size of her stomach, was pregnant. The next picture was of Mercedes and -
"Quinn, is that Sam?" Rachel asked, scrunching her eyes and leaning closer into the screen.
"Oh my god, it is! I haven't seen him since he moved after sophomore year!"
"Him and Mercedes dated that summer, then he moved" Rachel said, clicking to the next picture where the couple had their arms wrapped around each other.
"Does he sing good like you mommy?" Beth asked Rachel, climbing into Quinns lap.
"Hey! I sing good too!" Quinn said, tickling her daughter and blowing a raspberry on her neck.
"Uh huh" Beth mumbled before she jumped up to go play with the soccer ball once again.
"Awww look at the baby Rach!" Quinn cooed as she looked at the next picture where Lucy was standing, unbalanced, but standing!
"I know. I can't wait to have one!" She said and then stilled when Quinn looked towards her.
"You want more kids?" The blonde asked, raising an eyebrow and looking towards Beth, who was rooting through the pool toys, and then back to Rachel.
"Well... maybe.. yeah I guess. I just... I'm happy with our little girl, you know I love her. But I think I want more.. do you, want more?" Rachel asked, biting her lip. This was a conversation they hadn't had before, surprisingly. Both had thought about it, but had been weary to bring it up in conversation. Rachel was kicking herself right now.
"Yes I think I could handle one or two more little ones running around. Especially if they look like you"
"Really?" Rachel leaned into the touch when Quinn placed her hand on the girls cheek.
"I can't wait to have more kids with you Rachel Berry" She said, leaning over to kiss her fiancee.
"More kids?" Beth asked, now standing infront of the almost kissing couple. "I get a little brother or sister?" Her eyes were bright and the smile on her face was huge.
"Maybe. Someday sweetie. Once we get out of here, okay?"
"Awww! Why not now? Then I'll have someone else to play with and babies are so cute and I can play pretend with them and they can be my baby and I can put them in a stroller and you can change the diapers cause that's for grown ups and then I can be the bestest big sister. I hope its a girl. Or maybe a boy. I'd kinda like to have a brother" Rachel looked to Quinn and Quinn looked to Rachel.
"So why can't you have a baby now?" Beth asked. Her innocent face was breaking Rachel and Quinns hearts. How did they explain to a 5 year old that they couldn't have a baby inside the house with just the two of them...
"We have to wait until we're outside because... because... because we don't have any doctors!" Quinn turned to Rachel and she swore that she had never loved her fiancee more than she did right now for that answer.
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"You know, I don't know why the two of you read those! They're not in anyway true!" Quinn stood at Beth's bedroom door, watching as Rachel tucked the child in and sat down to read a fairy tale with her as they did most nights during the week. Each women took a turn at reading book with the child everyday. Quinn had stated that she didn't want to plank Beth infront of a TV for the rest of her life. She'd seen first hand during co counseling at a summer camp a few years ago, the difference between children who learn from the TV and children who learn from their parents.
"They're romantic Quinn! And everyone loves fairy tales! It leads to a fairy tale wedding!" Rachel swooned.
"Fairy tale wedding my ass...tray" Quinn caught herself. Swearing in front of Beth wasn't a common thing but there had been some slips. They suspected that Shelby hadn't been so careful with her grammar as sometimes when struggling with a puzzle or if Beth was in a foul mood, they could hear the child cursing under her breathe. Mouth like a sailor, but she had yet to use her interesting vocabulary in an actually conversation, so they just tried to avoid that use of language. Lord help them whenever Beth was put into the same room as Santana.
"Quinn! Don't be such a Grinch!"
"I'm not being a Grinch! Couples aren't actually like that. Real life couples aren't like a fairy tale! These characters don't even know each other!"
"Quinn it's their love for each other that bring them together. What more do you need than love?" Rachel was getting pissed off now.
"They've never even been on a date!"
"Neither have we! Are you saying that our love isn't real?" Rachel spat, standing up, leaning over to kiss her daughters forehead and then storming out of the room, shoving Quinn with her shoulder as she passed. The blonde turned to watch the door as her fiancee exited.
"Mom, why are you so stupid?" Quinn turned to face her daughter, who was now sitting up in her bed, arms crossed over her chest. The mini blonde was obviously not impressed as she sent the Fabray glare her way.
"I don't knoooow" Kneeling down on the ground next to Beths bed, Quinn dropped her head down into Beth's lap, sulking. Beth couldn't help but reach her hand out and stroke her hand through her mothers hair. "You're kinda hopeless sometimes"
"Not helping" Quinn whined out. "Your mom is going to make me sleep on the couch again"
"You can be a ninja and super sneaky come in here and sleep in my bed" Beth offered. She loved playing with her moms hair. It was shorter now since her mommy had cut it for her last weekend. They'd all sat down for haircuts in the bathroom and Quinn had trusted Rachel enough to cut the length off, which she loved. Her short hair gave her some freedom and it totally didn't take long to dry after showers now.
"I can't be a ninja. I walk into doors whenever I try" Quinn mumbled, her face still buried in her daughters blanket.
"But it's funny. Maybe you can make mommy laugh and she wont be mad anymore or just tell her how much you love her" Beth suggested. Quinn lifted her head and examined her daughters face.
"When did you get so smart?" She asked, leaning over to pepper her daughters face in kisses.
"I've always been smart mom. It's yooouu who isn't smart all the time cause you say stuffs that make mommy angry!"
"I guess I'm just silly, huh?"
"You could be dopey dwarf in snow white!" Beth giggled. Quinns jaw dropped. Her 5 year old had just insulted her with a fairy tale reference. "Only joking, mommy says you're Alice from Alice in Wonderland cause you're so good at making stories and you're head is always up in the sky"
"Your mommy is just too good for me sometimes, huh?" Beth nodded in reply before yawning. "Night baby" Quinn said before kissing her daughters forehead once more and handing 'Blankie' to the child as she snuggled into sleep.
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Rachel was in the kitchen, angrily flipping through her favourite cookbook trying to distract herself. Quinn had basically said that they weren't a real couple because they had never been on a date! What kind of a person even says that! What kind of a person hates fairy tales!
She stopped her angry flipping when she felt arms enclose around her waist and lips on her neck.
"Go away Quinn"
"No baby. I'm sorry" Quinn said, nipping her girls neck and then soothing the sting with her tongue. "I love you"
"I love you too, but I'm still upset with you"
"Baby I didn't mean it like that. Of course we're a real couple, we love each other. It just annoys me how in all of those fairy tales, they fall in love at first glance and then they're suddenly married. I've always hated how they never showed how they fell in love, how they never learned each other before they fell in love, you know? We knew each other. We know each other and we're in love."
Rachel turned around in Quinns arms and wrapped her arms around the blondes shoulders. "Dance with me?" Quinn asked, whispering before she kissed her love, receiving a nod in reply.
They moved to the living room where Quinn turned on 'Winter Song' by Sara Bareilles on her laptop. She dimmed the lights and shut the bedroom door before moving back over the Rachel who had taken a seat on the arm of the couch. Holding out her hand, she waited for Rachel to accept her gesture before she pulled her up into her embrace. Holding each other close, they slowly swayed side to side.
"We're in a fairy tale" Quinn whispered into Rachels ear. "I can't imagine this being anything other than a fairy tale. I must be dreaming, because I have everything I've ever wanted right here in my arms" She kissed the space on the brunettes neck, below her ear. "And we have our little girl and we're a family. This is the real fairy tale"
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Neither of the girls knew what to expect each time Beth opened her mouth. They've basically heard it all at this point, the child was a walking comedian with mood swings. The funniest part was that Beth seemed to have no idea why her parents were laughing at her most of the time.
"Hey baby, what're you drawing?" Quinn asked, looking over her daughters shoulder. She was sitting at the living room table, biting her lip as she scrawled at the paper on her pad.
The child replied, "I'm drawing God."
Quinn paused. As the child's parents, they'd agreed to raise her in both religions, but they didn't want to put 'the fear of god' in her. So they informed Beth of the spiritual aspects of each religion, along with others.
"But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, Beth replied, "They will in a minute."
Quinn lost it, bending over to try and catch her breathe. Rolling her eyes she grabbed her lap top from the book case and wrote down what Beth had just said. That was defiantly going into her book.
"What cha doin'?" Beth asked, when she'd finished her picture but had placed it onto the pile of pages that she'd been working on all day.
"Writing"
"When can I read this book?" She inquired. To pass time, Quinn had started writing 'books' as soon as she'd gotten her hands on a computer. Writing was a past time she enjoyed and she had hoped to continue her love once she reached college, hoping to focus on creative writing and drama. But obviously that plan hadn't worked out.
When they first entered the house, Quinn had kept a 'diary' of sort and it then became what was now her first book. It began on day one when they had woken up and ended the day they found Beth on the couch. The second book, the one she was working on right now, was bout their life in the house with Beth. Along with that book, she'd written a childrens series, which Beth had already got to read and Rachel had helped with the illustration. They were short books and Beth was the best reviewer she could ask for. She didn't beat around the bush when it came to telling Quinn if she thought it was the most boring book ever, even supplying sound effects (snoring) when asked her opinion.
"Well baby, you already know what's in this book, just like the other book. It's about us and living in here and the stuff that we do"
"Am I in it?" She asked, climbing up into her mothers lap forcing Quinn to place her computer on the couch beside them.
"Yes you're in it. How else am I meant to remember all the funny things you say and do?"
"Like what?"
"Like... the time you and mommy were having storytime and you were reading chicken little" Beth herself laughed at the memory and Quinn laughed at Beth's laugh.
"Read me that part in your book" She asked, batting her eyelashes. Quinn rolled her eyes. Beth was so like Rachel.
Clearing her throat and pulling the computer towards her, Quinn leaned over to read from the screen.
"Story time is Rachels favourite time of the day. She loves to read with Beth and get her interacted with each story. They make their way through at least 2 books a week, and tonights book is Chicken Little. From where I am sitting in our room, I can hear Rachel read to our daughter and the laughter that fills the air when Rachel reads in character.
When Rachel came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tries to warn the farmer. She reads, "... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" I could hear her pause then and asked Beth, "And what do you think that farmer said?"
From where I sat in silence, I waited for Beth to answer, wondering if what her response would be. And this being my child I knew that it was likely she'd come out with something to surprise us. And surprise us she did.
"I think he said: 'Holy Shit! A talking chicken!'" That's my daughter, I knew she wouldn't let me down. From where I sat, or rather 'rolled' around on my bed, clutching my stomach as laughter over took me, I imagine my future wife sitting infront of my smirking daughter, with a shocked expression on her face and eyes wide."
"That was funny mom! Remember the part where I said 'Holy shi-'" Beth began but Quinn covered the childs mouth when Rachel came walking into the room, gave them both a strange look and continued into the kitchen.
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The months were passing quickly. Christmas and Hanukkah both flew by, leaving only snow behind. The house was calm as they decided to make a snow day and hang out in the garden.
"Hey mom, do we have ice cream?" Beth asked Quinn, who was currently helping the child put on her snow gear.
"I guess so. Why?"
"Right now would be the peeeerfect time to eat ice cream outside!"
"And why would that be, sweetie?"
"Cause it's cold outside, duh!" Beth answered, rolling her eyes. Sometimes her mom was so dumb!
The pool was covered over when a tarp and snow on top of that. Beth knew she wasn't allowed to go near that area, or the part where the jacuzzi was but Rachel still made Quinn move the lawn chairs over to the pool area to block it off.
"Beth stop eating the snow!" Rachel scolded the child who had her mouth wide open and was about to take a bit out of the hand full of snow in her hand.
"But moooooomm!"
"There's probably a worm in it!" Quinn supplied. Beth rolled her eyes and dropped the snow, not bothering to look for the apparent worm. She'd already eaten two snowballs full already and was feeling full anyway.
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"Mommy! Mommy! I think mom is dead!" Beth came running out of the bedroom one day in March when the snow had already melted and the garden was too muddy for them to go outside.
"What? Why do you think she's dead?" Rachel was alarmed. Was Quinn hurt?
"Cause I pissed in her ear and she didn't wake up! Now come on!"
"Wait what? You did what to your mother?" Rachel stood shocked in front of her daughter. Had she really -
"You know" Beth began, approaching her mother and signaling for her to bend down. "I tried to wake her and went 'Psssst' and she didn't wake up! I wanted to tell her a secret!"
"Oh good lord" Rachel breathe a sigh of relief. Beth hadn't actually urinated in her ear like she had thought... living with a child was doing wonders for her heart. Or was going to severely age her.
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"You let her dress herself today, didn't you?" Rachel asked, watching as Beth played on the living room floor with her teddy bears while the two of them got her birthday pancakes ready. June had come quickly and their little girl had grown so much since she had got here.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Quinn asked, leaning over so that she could see out to the living room to take a look at her daughter. She instantly doubled over when she spotted the child. Beth was clad in a power rangers t-shirt, a ballerina tutu, jeans and her snow boots.
"What?" Beth looked up at the pair, smiling. Why were her moms so weird?
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"Beth, what are you doing?" Quinn asked, watching as her daughter dumped an entire box of animal crackers on the kitchen floor and began sorting through them. Today was Beth's 6th Birthday and they'd just finished cleaning up the wrapping paper from the new doll house and books on animals that they'd asked the voice for as gifts from the two of them.
"The box says not to eat them if the seal is broken" the girl explained. "I'm looking for the seal but all I can find are giraffes and hippos"
"I worry about her sometimes" Rachel whispered in passing. Beth was extremely intelligent for her age, but sometimes... she really was a 6 year old!
"Babe, you gotta remember. She's got half of Puck inside that head. His brains mixed with mine... we'll lets just be glad that there's no Santana Lopez in there, other wise we'd really have a problem.
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They did the same thing they'd done on each of their birthdays. They'd spent the day on the fold out couches, watching movies and eating junk food. No healthy food, no working out in the gym and no school. After movies, Beth showed off the new song she learned to play on the piano and they went through each book that she'd received, picking out their favourite animals.
Quinn sat back against the couch and watch her daughter and fiancee laying on their stomachs on the floor. She couldn't imagine what life would eventually be like in the outside world. She couldn't imagine leaving anymore. She'd been in this house for 4 years now. 4 amazing years with Rachel and 2 perfect years with Beth. She never thought that she'd look back to graduation day and think of it as the day that everything changed, for the better.
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"What's mom teaching you right now, sweetie?" Rachel asked Beth one afternoon when they were sitting in the studio hut. Rachel was practicing the guitar which she was trying to teach herself (not that easy) and Beth was playing with the drum set (which Rachel was still trying to figure out).
"Worms" Beth answered and then did a drum role on the sneer drum. Rachel turned her head and watched, in envy, as her daughter repeated the action. It'd taken Rachel 2 months after receiving the set to be able to do a drum role, Beth had been playing around with the set 3 days and had mastered a perfect drum role. Since then, the child had taken to the instrument as she had the piano. Rachel wouldn't let Beth touch the guitar in fear that Beth would also master that instrument and Rachel would be taunted even more by her fiancee who found the situation hilarious.
"You're learning worms?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. Wouldn't that be under some form of science?
"Yeah, they are 'action' words."
"Oh, verbs."
"Uh huh. If I go to normal school when we leave, am I going to be smart or dumb?"
"Beth, no one is dumb. Some people are just more advanced than others. Like you little miss. You are far more advance than any other 6 year old I've known and what your mom and I are teaching you isn't exactly what you'd be thought in school right now"
"So I learned more?"
"Right now, yes you've learned a lot more than kids your age. You know your alphabet, you can count and do sums. You can read, a lot more advance than other 6 year olds but you're still learning. Normally you wouldn't learn much about religion or art for awhile and you'd only really learn basic music skills."
"I can't wait to go to normal school" Beth said before she belted out a beat before ending it with a crashing symbol. Rachel rolled her eyes at the child as she smirked, showing off.
"Oh yeah? And why is that?"
"Cause I'm gonna be smarter than everyone and I'll be unstoppable when I take over the school" She said and then let out a deep chuckle.
"Quuuinnn!" Rachel called out, opening the door wide and popping her head out into the garden. "She's evil!" She called out before fleeing from the hut, leaving Beth to cackle to herself. She loved freaking her mommy out.
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The sky opened up one sunny Monday, soaking the sun bathing girls to the bone before they had gotten a chance to make it inside, successfully grabbing their clothing and the women helping Beth out of the swimming pool. Dark clouds had quickly rolled in and now lightening bolts illuminated the sky and roars of thunder shook the walls. Gaels of wind and rain splashed onto the glass wall of the living room, giving each girl an uneasy feeling as they watched their garden quickly change from the hot sun, cool breeze area that they had only been in moments ago, to a thunderous swamp that flashed to view only when the sky illuminated.
When Rachel sat Beth down on the couch, she was about to run to get towels for showers and to dry off, but stopped when she heard the child cry out and witnessed her jump from her sitting position to the door, ready to push it open only to be stopped by the hand of her mother blocking her way.
"My Blankie! It's out there!" The cried in a desperate tone, pointing to her beloved garment as it tossed around the garden, getting soaked and caked with mud until it was too heavy to move anymore.
"Beth, just leave it. We'll get it in the morning" Rachel said, pulling a blanket from the back of the couch and laying it upon the child. "Take off your suit and give it to me. Make sure you're covered"
"No mommy. I want my blankie" she cried again and then turned to her mother that stood at the wall, looking out at the mess of rain and wind.
"I'll just run out Rach" Quinn said, momentarily hesitating before pushing the door open.
"Quinn, you can't go out there!" Rachel yelled, but it was too late. Her fiancee was already half way across the garden, body soaked the very second she stepped outside the door.
Quinn's view was blinded momentarily by the wind and rain that surrounded and poured down on her. The sudden thunder rumble made her literally jump in fright and when the lightening flashed in the sky above her she came to a sudden halt, losing her footing for only a moment and then tumbling into the muddy pool of water that was now over flowing the edges of the pool walls.
Before she hit the water, Quinn heard the shriek coming from within the walls of her home where her child and future wife had watched her every move through the glass wall.
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"STAY" Rachel yelled to Beth and then sprinted out into the garden. She dropped to her knee's infront of the swimming pool, waiting for Quinn to reach the surface, but she had yet to come up. The rain hailed down onto the surface of the mud clouded water, making it impossible to see anything other than Quinn's distant silhouette through the water.
Suddenly she was pushed out of the way and two figures, with both of their faces covered in what appeared to be ski masks were standing next to her. Sudden panic made her freeze. This was the first time she had ever come in contact with her capturer only to find out that there was more than one. Not to mention that they were the only other people besides Quinn and Beth that she had had contact with in over 4 years.
She quickly looked to the house, making out Beth still standing in the doorway, her eyes trained on the two other people in the garden.
Rachel heard a splash and turned to the pool. She had been so focused on the new additions that she had forgotten Quinn. Once she had turned back around, she spotted one man on the other side of the pool, helping the one in the water lift Quinn out.
"Quinn!" She shrieked, getting up and running around to where her fiance was laid.
"No! AWAY!" The man yelled, holding up his hand to stop Rachel. "Take another step and I throw her back into the water and leave her there" he threatened and Rachel instantly stilled.
She watched, standing in the rain as the two men carried Quinn into the house, Beth shaking while she held the door open for them. She cried out for her mother when they passed but out of terror, stayed pressed against the glass until they disappeared through the door of the storage room. Then she collapsed onto the ground, tears convulsing through her body.
The distant cries of Beth awoke Rachel from her state of shock and she realized that she was still standing outside in the rain. She ran towards the house, flinging open the door and dropping to the ground to collect her daughter in her arms.
Quinn didn't come back that night. Once Rachel got herself and Beth showered and changed, she laid with her daughter all night on the sofa, waiting. Waiting for her love and mother of her child to return to them. They awoke the next morning, finding the house still empty. No sign of Quinn or anyone else having entered the house except for the medicine and first aid kit she found in the storage room when she peaked her head inside. A good thing too, because both Beth and herself were struck with head colds that latest for the week.
An entire week Quinn was gone. She left on a Monday and re entered the house the following Monday morning, finding her fiancee and daughter both asleep on the couch awaiting her return.
"Baby" she whispered, shaking Rachel awake. The brunette scrunched up her face and turned, knocking the tiny blonde to the floor. Beth looked around and then went to shove her mother for the rude awakening when she spotting the older blonde.
"MOMMY!" She screamed, flinging herself into her mothers arms, ignoring the uncomfortable feeling she was feeling in her rear end from the fall she had taken. Rachel turned around, waking from the loud screech and flung herself at the pair.
They cried together. Cried for joy, happiness, fear. Quinn couldn't tell them much, only that she had woken up in a small room with stitches on her forehead. She had been kept in there all week, waking up to food trays placed near her bed. She didn't see the men again. Not even when she was being released back into the house. A blindfold had been placed over her eyes until she was in the storage room. The 5 stitches on her forehead, Beth went to reach for but then dropped her hand before she made contact. Her bottom lip jutted out.
"I'm sorry" she whispered, dropping her head.
"What baby? Why?"
"You got hurt cause I wanted blankie. If I wasn't such a baby you wouldn't have got hurt"
"No, no sweetie. It's not your fault. I fell. It wasn't your fault. And look" Quinn said pulling something from behind her. "I have your blankie right here. Fresh and clean" she said, handing it back to her daughter.
Rachel grabbed Quinn's face, holding it between her hands. "You are never allowed to leave me ever again. Do you hear me?" She said, searching the blondes eyes. An entire a week had gone by since she had look into those eyes.
"I promise baby. Never again" They pulled their lips together, crushing Beth who was placed between both of their bodies, but she didn't complain. She kept her arms firmly gripped around her mothers waist, so very happy to have her other mother back.
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The next morning, as the family sat at their table to eat breakfast together, the speakers turned on and The Voice spoke.
Due to the events that took place last week, we have decided that your observation is coming to an end. Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry and Beth Corcoran"
"Corcoran - Berry – Fabray" Beth said, scrunching up her face
"Our apologizes. Beth Corcoran Berry Fabray, I would like to apologize to you. It was selfish of me to keep you to myself. But I've watched you both for so long. I've watch you since we started school together, all throughout high school. You cared for each other, you just couldn't see it. I watched you both. Those shy looks you sometimes shared, the walls you built to protect each other. Quinn you never wanted Finn back, you just didn't want him with Rachel. You've never hated Rachel, you hated the effect she had on you. You've had to fight yourself for so long and I watched as you lashed out. And Rachel, you did everything you could to protect Quinn whenever she was in trouble. You even provided me with a pair of your underwear to keep me from posting about the pregnancy on my website"
Rachel's eyes widened and she looked to Quinn. "Jacob?" She mouthed. The brunette nodded.
"And why? Because you two have always cared for one another, but neither of you could accept it. Quinn you were afraid to admit that you were a lesbian. You'd already gotten pregnant at such a young age, no way could you disappoint your mother and father by telling them that you were gay. And Rachel, you just wanted to prove people wrong about Gay couples raising children. You wanted a boyfriend and to be straight. Normal in a sense. But you both were never happy. You were leaving high school as unhappy people and only I could see it. You make each other happy. Look at each other. The 3 of you are a family now. And myself and my father are the reason that you are happy."
Beth stood up and walked towards Rachel, not understanding exactly what was going on. When she reached her mother, Quinn also moved her chair so that she could sit close to her family and await the words she hoped to hear.
"But we understand that we cannot go on like this. Quinn getting hurt was something we hadn't planned on. We've taken you away from society for long enough and we apologize for the problems we have caused. But we will not apologize for the family we created. Luggage and empty boxes can be found in the storage area. Pack all belongings, take everything! Clothing; books; computers; furniture, it's all yours. You're going home ladies. It's been a pleasure" And the speaker crackled off for the last time and none of them moved.
Rachel's heart was beating rapidly. The air escaped Quinn's lungs. The smile on Beth's face was beginning to hurt until she let out a scream of joy. They were leaving. Finally leaving.
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"Hiram and Leroy Berry?" An officer called, opening the door of the waiting room wide for both men to walk through. They followed, unsure of what was to happen. They had received a call from Agent Warren Scott, the agent in charge of Rachel and Quinn's case.
As they walked around the corner of the long hallway, they spotted Judy and Frannie Fabray.
"Judy!" Leroy called out, gaining both womens attention. They both got to their feet and ran to hug the men.
"May I ask you all to join me over here please?" Agent Scott called out to the group. He was standing behind the security check point where they had to leave all personal items that they had on them (Bags, Wallets, phones etc.) with the guards.
"What is it? Did you find Quinn?" Frannie asked. This wasn't the first time they had been called in the middle of the night. Last time, Judy, Russell and Frannie had been asked to identify a body. Thank god it hadn't been Quinn. This time though, Russell was away on business and it was just the two Fabray women and they were overwhelmingly re leaved when they found Hiram and Leroy with them this time.
"Judy, Frannie, Leroy, Hiram come this way please" he said, leading them into a conference room. The 4 of them took seats at the table. "I need the four of you to stay in here for awhile" he said and then quickly left the room, shutting the door to leave them with unanswered questions.
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"Team 2, move on my command. Do not make a sound until I give word" FBI Special Agent In charge Warren Scott whispered into his walkie.
"All clear on this side, sir"
"Agent Walsh, we have the area entirely surrounded" Agent Angela Walshe heard over her walkie.
"Give the word Warren. We need to get in there now if our girls are here" She said, moving to let the S.W.A. T member move in to break open the door.
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And this is where I leave you until the return of Glee from the winter hiatus! I need to spend the hiatus reading some happy Faberry fic otherwise the next chapter I write will end up with everyone dying (joking). I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!