A/N: i don't own glee
Raquel woke up that morning with the desire to travel back in time and personally murder the inventor of the alarm clock. After walking in on her brother's personal moment in the kitchen she hadn't been able to sleep with the thought just looming around.
The morning after may be branded as the most awkward moment in the history of any and everything. Raquel tried to sneak down to that horrible kitchen, grab some food and leave the house as quick as possible. Only as soon as she entered the room Steve greeted her with a grin.
"Rocky!" He smiled as he was flipping something in the frying pan. Raquel inhaled the smell to pleasantly figure out that Steve was making chocolate chip pancakes. Derek was at the table with his laptop open looking through his email.
Steve placed a cup of coffee and plate of pancakes on the table and gestured for Raquel to take a seat.
"Uh. . . You know . . . I would but I'm going to school." Raquel tried to leave an avoid any mention of yesterday. Steve gasped dramatically.
"Rocky! I know you were raised better then to not accept an invitation to dine on exquisite chocolate pancakes and coffee that I put so much effort into." Steve spoke with his hands propped on his hips. Raquel shot a look at Derek who was smiling behind his laptop.
"I'm going to be late." Raquel stated.
"Well call in for you." Steve grinned. Raquel knew she was defeated and took a seat across from her brother eyeing the pancakes. Steve only made her favorite breakfast on weekends and birthdays. It was Thursday and her birthday wasn't for another 3 months. This sick twisted man wanted something and these pancakes better be worth it.
Raquel cut off a piece and started chewing on it as Steve sat next to her. His head was resting on his propped hand as he watched her eat.
"Sooo. . . About last night." Steve started. Raquel stopped eating and gave Steve a incredulous look. Derek continued smiling behind his laptop but now watching his little sister squirm in discomfort. "Derek would like to explain and apologize for the both of us." Derek's smile dropped and looked at Steve like he was insane.
"Uh. . . I really really would rather not tell her." Derek quietly retorted. "Why. .Why don't you? Since you started off so well." Derek smiled some what satisfied with his answer.
"Well I wasn't the one that started it last night so I think you got this one Cowboy." Steve smirked as he stood up to wash the dishes.
Raquel was already mortified and frozen in her place. Derek looked at her with a gaping mouth. He soon shook his head and cleared his throat.
"Can we pretend that we talked and just go on our way?" Raquel asked hastily under her breath.
"No." Steve answered from behind the sink.
"Okay. Uhm Raquel I'm extremely sorry that you happened to walk in on . . . Uhm" he gestured between him and Steve. "Us being intimate." Steve stood smirking from his place.
"Explain to her what happened!" Steve laughed at their identically red faces and how both their eyes were on each others shoes.
"Steve I'm not going to tell her about our sex life. No matter how much she see's!"
"Well what if she is confused! Hmm!"
"I'm not confused!" Raquel yelled. The room was silent for a second till Steve put down the dish towel and kneeled in front of Raquel.
"Now sweet innocent Rocky. When two men love each oth-"
"OKAY NO!" Raquel shouted just as the phone rang. She stood up practically running to the phone. "I got it! While I'm gone please forget any and all speech's you had for me!"
Raquel picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hello? Raquel, darling, is that you?" A older woman's voice was on the other line.
"Yes. I'm sorry but who am I speaking to?"
"It your Grandma. Grandma Rose."
"Oh! Hello grandma! I'm sorry it's just been a while since we talked I guess."
"Oh yes dear. What are you doing at Derek's I thought you lived with your father?"
"No I've been living with Derek for a while now. Do you want to talk to him?"
"No it's okay just tell him I'm going to be visiting in a few weeks and I'm bringing Sandra's child, Alex, they just got out of a long relationship and I'm sure that Derek would hit it off real nice with them."
"Hit it off as friends?" Raquel pressed.
"Sure darling. Derek is still single correct?""Uh . . No. he's actually in a very committed relationship."
"With someone in Ohio? That's highly unlikely. Oh well there's no harm in introducing them."
"Uh sure grandma."
"Okay I'll see you soon darling."
"Bye Grandma." Raquel put down the phone and walked to the kitchen everything was back to normal, well as normal as they could be, Steve kissed Derek quickly as he picked up the food on the table.
"Hey that was grandma. She said she's visiting in a couple of weeks and is bringing Alex."
"Who's Alex? Should I be jealous?" Steve asked.
"I never heard of him." Derek answered eating Raquel's leftovers.
"And yes you should be. For all we know this could be one of grandma's big match making scandals." Raquel smiled.
"Hmm. . Yeah for all we know this Alex could be a rugged good looking fellow that is prepared to court me and sweep me off my feet." Derek spoke teaseling to Steve. "Grandma always wanted me to marry one of her country club friends' children. Maybe he's rich and has a mansion on every continent."
"Oh well who knows maybe we'll both like him and accept him into our relationship with open arms . . . . and legs." Steve added the last part quietly. "Or maybe I'll just have to show you how much your already mine and you can't ever get rid of or replace me." Steve spoke leaning forward capturing Derek's lips, kissing him passionately and slowly.
"Or maybe you can drop off Raquel at school before she completely misses first block and gets a encore of last nights performance." Raquel interrupted them.
Steve grinned at Raquel before pulling away from Derek's embrace and walking to the door.
"Thank you." Raquel smiled.
As the pair were driving to McKinley high Steve decided to make a quick stop at a small convenience store to grab a crappy cup of coffee. As they left to the car Steve stopped.
"Crap!"
"What is it?" Raquel asked a bit worried.
"How wrong would it look if I just go back in their and bought a pack of condoms?" Steve bluntly asked.
"Very wrong." Raquel answered quickly.
"Well I guess I can pick some up on the way home." Steve spoke rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yes please do that." Raquel replied before jumping in to the car. Steve was still standing outside contemplating whether or not to go in.
Knowing Steve he would probably waltz up to the cashier with a box of condoms. If the cashier noticed that he was just in the establishment with a rather young girl, he would probably say something along the lines of "well kids are whores these days might as well keep them prepared." So Raquel leaned over and slammed the horn once telling him to get inside.
"But Rockkkkeyyy! They have a sale on feminine product you need those don't you!"
"Oh my god Steve! You are never driving me to school again!" Raquel yelled as they drove away.
As Raquel was escorted in to the school by Steve she received a few looks but paid no mind as she walked to the attendance office and was signed in.
"And what's the reason for your tardy?" The older woman behind the reception desk asked.
"Uh . . .mental scarring." Raquel joked.
"That isn't a valid reason for you to be missing class. This little action could be counted as ditching and I can get you suspended for that." The woman peered from behind her glasses. ""So tell me what is the real reason you were tardy." The woman demanded. Raquel couldn't tell her the real reason it wasn't her place.
"She's tardy because she had walked in on my boyfriend and I in the middle of intercourse. We decided to keep her home for a bit to make sure that she was mentally ok." Steve smirked. The old lady, Betty, had looked as if she was pale as a ghost. "And you interrogating and threatening my family was not needed when speaking of a personal matter. You pushing Raquel for information is an invasion of privacy and is, if I'm correct, against the district rules. So if you value your job you will let Raquel go on her way to class right now. No questions asked." Steve turned and walked out of the room. Raquel got a excused tardy pass and ran to Steve outside.
"Have I ever told you how much of a badass you are?" Raquel smiled as she pulled him into a hug.
"Yeah well intelligence is everything." Steve smiled. "Now time to go home and make you brother forget the name Alex." He smiled and walked out.
"Just be sure to be done before I get home!" Raquel called after him. She then ran to her second class smiling.
Raquel was putting her books into her locker after her last class as Kurt and Mercedes approached her.
"And where have you been?" Mercedes asked with her arms crossed.
"Uh I came to school late. Steve dropped me off and just showed how much of a badass he could be." Raquel smiled.
"Why were you late?" Kurt asked. Raquel looked at the floor a bit thinking if she could tell Kurt.
"I sort of interrupted Derek and Steve. . ." Raquel tried to answer as vauge as possible. Kurt stared at her confusion painted on his face.
"Interrupted how?" Kurt pressed. Mercedes obviously understood and laughed quietly to herself. Raquel's gaze dropped to the floor.
"Uh. . .well I . . .didn't mean to . . . I just sort of walked in. . . on them . . . Uh. .doing IT." Raquel stammered out quickly turning beet red.
"O-oh." a blushing Kurt stuttered. He cleared his throat. "Well we wanted to pick you up for glee."
Mercedes had a hand over her mouth trying to suppress her laughter. Kurt and Raquel glared at her and started to walk to the choir room.
"Aww come on guys! wait up!" Mercedes laughed and caught up to them.
The small group entered the chatter filled room smiling. They took their seat just as Mr. Shue entered the room with a stack of papers.
"Okay! Everyone turned in their paper work for the New York trip, correct?" Mr. Shue asked. Everyone nodded and smiled. Raquel just sat quietly by Mercedes and Sam. "Good. Okay, We leave tomorrow night so how about we do a quick run through, then head home to pack?" The room was filled with cheers as everyone filled out to the auditorium.
Kurt grabbed Raquel's hand, pulling her in the opposite direction.
"Wha-" Raquel gasped.
"Come on were going to my locker real quick. I have to get my bowtie with the golden trim."
"Why the one your wearing looks just fine." She gestured to the blue one around his neck.
"Yeah but the golden trimmed one will catch some of the lights therefore bringing more attention to me." Kurt smiled at his own logic.
They turned the corner rushing trying to get back before anyone missed their absents. suddenly they bumped into a solid force. Raquel looked up to catch the stare of Karofsky. She went rigged and continued to stare.
"Hey Hummel, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute." He spoke softly.
"Uh yeah sure." He let go of Raquel's hand. "I'll be right back." He said with a small smile.
Kurt walked some way down the hall before stopping and facing Karofsky. Most of the conversation was just quiet mumblings under their breath. It lasted like that for a while till Kurt placed his hand on Karofsky's shoulder and smiled at him.
"Hey Dave don't cry. If you need anyone to talk to just know I'm here for you." Kurt spoke quietly. He gave the larger boy a hug and a pat on the back. Karofsky held on to Kurt and let out a small quiet sob. Raquel didn't know entirely what to do so she just stood there in confusion. Kurt soon let go and walked back to Raquel.
"What was that?" Raquel questioned.
"Hmm."
"I thought you didn't like him. . . I mean after what he did to you and all."
"I moved past it and I'm helping him through a tough time now. I'm like his mentor."
"Mentor?" she laughed quietly as they made their way to Kurt's locker.
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