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Fire and Ice Chapter12

RPOV

I pulled the door to my dressing room open to see Sam. He smiled a weak smile, his blonde hair longer than he usually kept it.

"Hey" I said not seeing him since he left me standing in front the Lopez house all those weeks ago.

"You were amazing; as usual" he said handing me a bouquet he held behind his back. He leaned in and kissed my cheek.

"Come in" I said moving so he could come in and we could have a bit of privacy. "Thank you for the flowers" I said putting them next to the bunch I got from Quinn before the show.

"How have you been?" he asked sitting on the couch.

I shrugged moving to the mirror to remove the excess makeup from my face. Truth be told I didn't have an answer for him and he seemed to grasp this concept.

"Look Rach, I didn't come back to make your life any more difficult. I want to do the right thing here; I still work for you after all, for now at least"

"For now?" I asked turning to face him.

He nodded "I'm moving back to Lima for good. I came back here so we could work out stuff with the apartment and so I could pack and pick your replacement"

"Think we should sell the apartment?" I asked still looking at him. I could see the hurt I instilled on him. His usual boyish looks were replaced by someone who aged years in a such a little time.

"Let me ask you something. Did you ever love me?" he asked coming to stand behind me. I turned back to the mirror not wanting to catch his gaze which I ended up doing in his reflection.

"How could you ask me something like that? Of course I loved you, I always did and I always will but even you have to admit that things with us weren't the same when we left Lima things changed between us. It wasn't us anymore, it was me you and Puck and I started to feel like it was the three of us in the relationship rather than you and I and by the end of it I needed to get away from you both and that's how I met Quinn. I will always love you Sam but I stopped being in love with you a long time ago and it really isn't fair to either of us to try to make it work if we're going to be the way we were"

I saw the redness around his eyes and immediately felt really shitty. He smiled at my reflection and turned me around in my chair.

"I was trying"

"I know" I replied putting my hand on his face. He bent to my level and looked into my eyes for a long time.

"Come visit me when you're in Lima?" he whispered. I put our foreheads together as my hand creeped to the back of his neck.

"Definitely. You deserve to be happy Sam I'm really sorry that I couldn't be that person for you but you'll find her soon. I know it and even then she won't be good enough for you" I said kissing his cheek.

"Quinn isn't good enough for you" he said seriously.

"Maybe not, but she's what I think I need right now"

He stiffened in my embrace and I waited patiently for his response. "She better treat you right or I'll get whoever is replacing me to kick her butt"

I brushed his lips with my own before letting him go. "I need to talk to you about that" I said before explaining just what I had on my mind.


QPOV

"Dude your wife is hella talented" Santana said looking at the playbill again. I nodded in agreement. I've heard her singing around the house but it was never anything like tonight. She managed to captivate an entire audience with her powerful performance and it helped that her costars were just as great.

"She is pretty awesome" I heard Tina say locking eyes with a guy on the other end of the theatre.

Santana rolled her eyes and looked at me. "Is she really eyefucking a guy in a theatre?" she asked nudging Tina who looked at her frustrated.

"Go talk to him then and stop undressing him from way over here" I said she looked at us both and winked before turning to go to him.

"I swear. I'm the only normal one of us" Santana said

I chuckled and Tina turned around "There's no way in hell that's true" she said disappearing into the crowd of people trying to get out of the theater.

"Whatever, where's Rachel? I'm hungry" she said patting her stomach.

"When are you not hungry?" I asked making my way to the backstage.

"When I'm having sex" she said shrugging. I shook my head and told her I'll be right back.

Walking backstage was a privileges being the wife of one of the stars got you. I got directions to Rachel's changing room and walked there to see if she was ready to go so Santana could stop complaining.

I walked to the door about to knock when I heard a slightly raised voice.

"Are you stupid?" the male asked then I heard Rachel's voice.

"I'm not stupid I just don't think I need a security detail anymore. I'm not living in the city anymore and you won't be here so what's the point of having one. The show will be over soon and I'll be back in Lima for a few months it makes no sense"

"Rachel its reckless"

"Sam…." There was silence and I heard ruffling as if there was a struggle.

I opened the door not bothering to knock to see them standing there; Rachel barely in the arms of Sam and his tongue down her throat.

"I-I'm sorry, just came to see if you were ready" I said turning and walking awake feeling a dull ache in the pit of my stomach. I went back to the VIP seating where Santana sat with her phone in hand.

"What's wrong?" she asked immediately. I shook my head and sat next to her.

"Nothing" she gave me a look saying she knew I was lying. "Just drop it" I said looking away.

"It's dropped"

"Okay so details; his name is Tristan, he's 28, he is a teacher and his brother/roommate is the guy that was all up on your woman on stage. We're going out tomorrow" she said smiling, all proud of her self. She noticed both our facial expressions and raised an eyebrow "What happened here?"

Before either of us could say anything Rachel came towards us and she wasn't alone.

"Hey" I whispered not meeting either of their gazes.

"Take good care of her" Sam said before looking at her one more time. "I'll see you tomorrow" he said before walking away.

I'm pretty sure Santana and Tina could sense the awkwardness between Rachel and I.

"Quinn I – "

"Where do you guys want to eat?" I asked changing the subject.

"Somewhere close" Santana said. Rachel slung her bag on the other side of her and took the hand that I held out for her.

"I'm sorry" she whispered

"No need to apologize Rach" I replied.


RPOV

I had just gotten home from my final dealings with Sam and our real estate agent. I told her to sell the apartment and give Sam 60% of what was made. He insisted on going 50/50 but I told him considering he was going to be out of a job and moving home it was the least I could do for him.

I didn't bother to greet Quinn when I got in. Brittany was arranging to have my stuff brought to me in a couple of days when Sam's stuff was all packed up. Since Puck and I weren't on speaking terms at the moment she's been the go between for us. I assumed Widget was with Quinn in some part of the house so I stripped my jacket and shoes off and curled under the blanket pulling it over my head.

Another chapter of my life was officially closed today and while I knew I would miss Sam and our fun together it was the right thing to do. Seeing him for the first time last week made me know for sure that this was the right move for us. Quinn has been amazing throughout this entire thing and it was great having a friend like her in my life. I sighed loudly and rolled pulling the blanket off my head. I was having surprisingly conflicting emotions because I finally felt free, yet a pang of guilt for stringing Sam along for so long made me feel really shitty.

A knock came on my door and it twisted open. I felt Widget jump onto the bed and settle on the side closest to the door. I didn't turn to acknowledge Quinn but I felt the dip in the bed. She was sitting.

"Wanna talk about it or do you need time alone?" she asked

"Maybe just a little time" I whispered my voice cracking.

Quinn leaned over and kissed my cheek. "Take all the time you need. Come on Widdy" she said when I turned.

"He can stay if he wants" I said. She smiled a small smile and nodded leaving Widget and I on the bed. "Hey Quinn?"

She turned to look at me from the door way.

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for not pushing me to talk about this" I replied.

"You come to me when you're ready Rach. I'll be here"

I nodded and she closed the door behind her.

My wife was actually pretty cool.

More to come soon.

Just an announcement some of you who read my other stories will notice I have removed some of them. They aren't gone forever I just took them down so I can focus on these ones but when I'm feeling re-inspired I will continue with those ones. Forgive me those of you who were enjoying them.

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