'Breathe, Quinn. Breathe.'
Opening the front door to her own house, Quinn was nothing but nervous. She couldn't recall ever having a serious panic attack in which she hyperventilated, but she predicted one to be in her near future.
'Your mom loves you, no matter what. That's what the Berry's said. So, just breathe...'
Judy walked into the living room and greeted Quinn with a smile but the only thing her daughter could see was worrying eyes. Quinn smiled back briefly before her eyes started tearing up. The feeling of fear was dripping from Quinn's pores and Judy cursed herself for ever letting it get to that point.
'God, you're so weak,' Quinn thought to herself as she let the tears run down her cheeks. Within seconds she was in her mother's arms, clinging on for dear life as she soaked through Judy's cardigan with her tears.
"It's okay, Quinnie," Judy soothed her. "Everything will be okay, I promise."
She continued rubbing small circles on the girl's back as she started crying herself. She'd never let Quinn become this frightened by her own mother again.
"I love you," Judy reminded her daughter. "I love you so much and nothing- I mean absolutely nothing will change that, do you understand?" She kept her voice soft and warm.
Quinn nodded against her mother but showed no sign of ceasing her tears.
Her mother guided her over to the couch to sit and Quinn gripped her mother even tighter. They sat that way for a good five minutes before Quinn's breathing was back in control and she slightly pulled away from the older woman.
"Quinn, look at me," Judy insisted, cupping her daughter's cheeks.
And so Quinn did.
"I'm so sorry," she began as another tear slid down her cheek. "I'm so sorry that you felt you couldn't come to me with this. But you must know that I love you. This is not something about you that I'll just tolerate, Quinnie, it's something that I will fully embrace. It's a small part of a wonderful you. A wonderful you that I couldn't imagine my life without."
Tears spilled from Quinn's eyes again but this time not because she was scared, but because she was happy.
"I love you, mom," she said, hugging her tightly again.
They stayed in a comfortable silence for a minute. Quinn almost felt like she was dreaming. She'd never been this close with her mom and it was all a little overwhelming at first but she soon thought she could definitely get used to it. Her mom really did love her no matter what and this was the first time since she was a little girl that she truly believed her.
"Mom?"
Quinn pulled away from the hug to look Judy in the eyes.
"Yes, dear?"
Quinn took a deep breath.
"I... I'm gay."
Judy smiled a smile that could challenge Rachel Berry, (but only on an off day for the diva.)
"I know, honey," she said, kissing her daughter on the head.
"I know you know," Quinn smiled. "I just had to say it."
Quinn woke up the next morning to the blasting sounds of...
'Is that... Lady Gaga?'
She got out of bed and made her way down the stairs, the music become louder and louder. As she entered the kitchen, she saw her mother making breakfast as she danced around the kitchen singing to Born This Way.
'Oh god, another reason to be embarrassing...' Quinn thought as her mother did a spin before flipping the egg.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Quinn said, grabbing Judy's attention.
Judy just smiled at her daughter before returning to singing and cooking.
"I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way!"
Quinn physically face-palmed. She didn't think her mom would embrace this so quickly. Crossing her fingers, she silently wished that her mom wouldn't become one of those crazy pro-gay parents that go to every gay festival in the surrounding area, yelling to the world that their child is gay and they couldn't be more proud.
'Please, don't,' Quinn prayed.
"Ooh, there aint no other way! Quinnie was born this way!"
"Mom, please!" The atmosphere was becoming a little uncomfortable for Quinn. She was thrilled to be able to see how openly supportive her mother was, but there's a time for everything and now was not it.
Quinn went over to the radio and turned the volume down before shutting it off.
"Sorry dear, I'm just trying to be supportive," she said, putting the egg onto a plate next to bacon and toast.
Her daughter nodded, before sitting at the counter.
"It's just... I-I think you're more out of my closet than I am," Quinn said, only stuttering once.
Judy's inner checklist dinged as Quinn, once again, addressed the fact that she was gay. The older woman had been reading for weeks on how to keep a healthy relationship with your child once they came out. One main point was making sure the subject wasn't voodoo around the house. By being over-supportive, Judy figured Quinn would feel completely comfortable in talking about it.
And she was right. She held completely confidence in Quinn's confidence.
"Could you just... y'know, keep it to yourself for a while?" Quinn asked.
"Sorry, honey," Judy said, setting the food in front of Quinn. "Of course I can."
She made her way over to her daughter, kissed her on her forehead and left the room.
Things were definitely looking up for Quinn.
Her mind drifted to Rachel as she got ready for school, (but when didn't it?) and how she had been completely right yesterday. Her mom loved her no matter what. She had to. But her classmates and teachers (And by teachers, she does just mean Sue) didn't have to. While she knew her friends in glee, minus Finn, would back her up no matter what, she couldn't say the same for the rest of the school, especially the Cheerios.
But that wasn't important right now. What was important was she was out to the only important family left in her life, she had an amazing girlfriend and she felt 100% loved.
Quinn grabbed her phone from the nightstand and turned it on.
1 New Text Message
Fr: Rachel*
'1/2 I trust everything went well seeing as you did not try to contact me in any way last night. In which case, I'm proud of you, baby! I was right in having complete
2/2 confidence in you. You're the strongest person I know. I'll see you at school. xoxo'
Quinn chuckled at the text that came in two parts before she smiled at how supportive her girlfriend is.
She finished putting on her shoes and quickly made her way down the stairs and to the door.
"I'm going to school now!" Quinn yelled to her mom from the doorway.
Judy rushed in and quickly gave her daughter a hug.
"You look lovely, Quinn," she said, lightly tugging Quinn's perfectly curled ponytail and her squeaky clean Cheerios uniform. "Rachel sure is a lucky girl."
Quinn raised her eyebrow at the statement because even though everything was fine between the two, it was definitely going to take some time to get used to hearing her mom talk about it so casually, especially when it involved Rachel. But mostly she raised her eyebrow at the fact that her mom had it all backwards.
Quinn was the lucky one.
So, this is super short. It might even be the shortest short chapter ever in the history of short chapter time. But I just wanted to get this out. The next update will most likely be tomorrow so don't panic!
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