Chapter 14

Rachel was motivated to get better sooner than later, when the time came and they needed to remove the cast the therapy will soon begin. When Mercedes' concert transpired true to the diva's words Rachel was sitting in her wheelchair enjoying her friend's major concert.

Quinn tried to manage her time between managing her work and taking care of Rachel as well as Mandy; every time they went for Rachel's weekly check up and therapy she couldn't help but wince every time Rachel felt the pain. But she knew it would be for the best.

When the time came that Mandy needed to go back to school her transfer was already taken care of by Olivia's younger sister Marley. There were some times since Quinn moved in with Rachel and Mandy that Rachel was in a difficult mood since she couldn't walk properly yet. She needed her crutch every time to do something and the brunette was getting frustrated.

Quinn arrived at their home at exactly 5:00 p.m. and she heard a frustrated groan inside their home. She followed the sounds and when she reached the kitchen Rachel was sitting on the floor with all the ingredients scattered around her. She couldn't help but smile seeing how adorable Rachel looked every time she got frustrated.

Quinn knelt down next to Rachel and touched her face.

"Hey" Rachel looked at her and groaned some more.

"I can't do this" Rachel whined again.

"Honey its okay, it'll get better soon."

"Quinn, I've been using this crutch for almost 2 months now! And I can't even walk without this" Rachel pushed the metal crutch away from her. "I can't even cook a meal for you and Mandy, do you know I love to cook, it doesn't matter if I cook tons of bacon as long as I can cook for you" Rachel huffed again and buried her face into her hands.

Quinn laughed upon hearing Rachel's complaints and sat on the floor beside her girlfriend. She put her arms around the frustrated brunette and kissed her head.

"Now you are laughing! How can you make fun of my misery" Rachel cried out.

"Honey, look at me" Quinn asked the girl. When Rachel didn't bother to look at her she repeated it again.

"Rachel, look at me" she demanded. Rachel slowly removed her hands from her face and looked at her smiling girlfriend.

"I love you, you know that right?" Rachel nodded.

"And it doesn't matter if you can't cook right now, what's important is you can walk even if you have to use this crutch. It only adds to your appeal you know that? And besides you don't have to cook for us; Santana will be coming over to grace us with her culinary skills. So you need to clean up before they come" Quinn kissed Rachel on the lips.

"Why do you need to be so romantic?" Rachel smiled this time.

"Because I am" Quinn said.

"But we need to clean up this mess" Rachel eyed the mess that she made.

"I know, I'll do it."

"But you are tired from work, you should take a rest" Rachel whined.

"Baby, as much as I want you to help me you don't have to so just go. I'll follow you in a few" Quinn said patting her girlfriend's bottom.

After an hour Rachel had already changed her clothes as well as Quinn. Rachel was sitting on the couch while Quinn's head was on Rachel's lap when they heard the doorbell ring.

Quinn got up from Rachel and walked towards the door; when she opened it a happy Mandy tackled her excitedly.

"Aunt Quinn" Mandy squealed.

"Hey baby" Quinn picked up the girl and kissed her on the cheek.

"Why are you so happy?"

"Amy's mom invited me to have a sleepover at their house. I never had a sleepover before, that's why I'm excited. But I need to get your permission and mom's so I'm not that super excited yet" Mandy said while giggling.

"I see. Change first then we talk about it later" Mandy freed herself from Quinn and ran towards her mother. Quinn heard Mandy talking animatedly to Rachel and she smiled.

"Hey San" Quinn hugged her friend.

Santana walked inside the room and greeted Rachel.

"Hey Berry" Santana placed a kiss on her head.

"Hey S, will Thorn be here?" Rachel asked curiously.

"Yep, he'll be here later, he has a meeting with Juergen" Rachel smiled knowing that Santana was having a good time, and her relationship with Thorndike was going really well.

When Santana settled herself in the kitchen to start cooking they heard the doorbell again. Quinn stood up and looked through the peephole; it was Kurt, Brittany, Mercedes, Tina and Mike Chang. When she opened the door they greeted each other and Quinn looked at Mike Chang surprised.

"Mike Chang, it's been a long time" Quinn hugged the lanky Asian guy.

"I know" Quinn looked at Tina and the Asian girl smiled.

When they were all settled Mercedes, Brittany and Kurt helped Santana in the kitchen.

Rachel looked curiously at Tina but did not say a word.

"I know, I know" Tina said while laughing.

'We saw each other about a month ago during one of my dance rehearsals. He's the choreographer" Tina explained while grinning.

"And since then we started seeing each other again" Mike said.

Rachel and Quinn looked at each other and smiled.

"Don't hurt her Mike Chang, I swear you will never dance again if you do" Rachel threatened him.

"I won't" Mike promised.

"Good to know" Rachel said simply.

After a few more minutes the table was set and everybody else had arrived.

The newly engaged couple Olivia and Juergen, Santana and Thorndike who were inseparable since the guy had arrived. There was Kurt and his new "friend" Christian one of the upcoming fashion designers in New York. Then Mike Chang and Tina who seemed to have never separated from one another even after a decade later. And the newly single lady Mercedes who just broke up from her record producer boyfriend. Of course Brittany who enjoyed a single's happy life.

"Where is your date B?" Santana asked. Brittany smiled at the question.

"Well, I don't really have one" Brittany shrugged her shoulders.

"For someone who likes to play match maker how come I haven't seen you date since we got here?" Quinn asked curiously.

"Let's just say I haven't met the right person yet and besides I don't think I'm ready yet" Brittany said.

"What do you mean?" it was Quinn again.

Santana looked at Brittany; she knew there was something wrong but she never bothered to ask the blonde about it.

The people who knew the whole story remained mum about it, if anyone would share about what happened it should be Brittany.

Rachel took Quinn's hands and looked at her, pleading to drop the subject for now so Quinn smiled and nodded.

Overall it was a fun night for everyone. Mandy kept talking about her school and how some students couldn't understand what she was talking about, which solicited laughs from everyone at the table. When the time came the other visitors left except for Brittany and Santana as they stayed behind. The others understood since they knew Brittany's two dearest friends should be updated on what happened with the blonde.

"So mom, will you allow me to have the sleepover on the weekend?" Mandy looked with puffy dog eyes.

Rachel couldn't believe how easily she could be swayed by her daughter's expression. Quinn smiled since she knew Rachel would totally give in.

"Okay, we'll talk about it more on Friday" Rachel conceded. Mandy hugged her mother tightly and kissed the rest of the adults in the room and ran towards her bedroom singing happily.

"She's crazy like you Rach" Brittany said.

"I know right?" Quinn joined in and smiled lovingly at Rachel.

The foursome settled on Rachel's balcony to talk.

"Care to tell us what happened B?" Santana started.

Brittany took a deep breath and smiled sadly.

"A year ago I'm about to get married, everything was set and the only thing missing was the day and the two of us walking down the aisle" Brittany started with pain in her voice.

"He's a very good man; we'd been together for 3 long years. During our wedding ceremony in the middle of our vows he collapsed, we couldn't wake him up. Kurt called 911 and immediately we went to the hospital, after like an eternity all the test results arrived, he had a Stage 4 cancer Brain Tumor; we couldn't do anything for it anymore. I always told him to go to the doctor for a checkup since he was always complaining about his headaches but he never listened. He didn't even last long, the doctor gave us a maximum of 3 months. But he lasted for 5 more months; his last request was to travel to the Mauritius Islands since that was where we had planned our honeymoon. We went there for the first and last time, he died in my arms seeing the beautiful sunset" Brittany took a deep breath and wiped her tears, it had not been even a year since Alexander died but every time she thought about it, it felt like only yesterday.

Santana was the first one to stand up and she enveloped the tall blonde in her arms. Brittany lost it, she cried.

Quinn was stoic, not realizing she was crying too as she felt Brittany's pain. She never imagined that the tall blonde had experienced a terrible loss since the girl was always happy. Quinn looked at Rachel and saw that the brunette was trying to hold back her tears.

Quinn stood up and sat beside her girlfriend and pulled the girl closer to her.

"This is the first time she's cried so hard" Rachel informed her.

"She needed that" Quinn said while kissing Rachel's eyes.

"I know" Rachel smiled sadly.

Santana eyes were red from crying at seeing Brittany in so much pain because it's something she couldn't bear to see.

Brittany wiped her tears and smiled at the other three girls.

"Now you know that I'm not ready yet" Brittany said sadly.

"We understand now, but it doesn't mean that you have to keep on hiding" Quinn said as she stood up and walked over to hug the blonde.

"Well, I'm not hiding Q; I'm just not ready yet to go through some roller coaster emotions again. It's enough seeing you guys happy. You deserve it, as for me, I will cross that bridge when I get there" Brittany said.

"But you need to be open to it, you know that right?" Santana asked.

"Of course, but I need to fully move on first before I jump on the wagon again. It would be unfair to that person if I'm not fully ready to commit" Rachel smiled with the statement.

"Well guys, there's a perfect timing for every thing, we just need to live our life one day at a time and seize every moment since we don't know how long it will last" Rachel said to every one, Quinn smiled at Rachel and pulled her into a searing kiss; they didn't stop until they heard someone clearing their throat.

"Sorry" Quinn blushed.

Santana and Brittany laughed.

"It's fine Q, I just can't get used to seeing you kissing Treasure Trail, now I'm wondering if you really hated her in high school or was it just a phase?" Santana teased her.

Rachel laughed at the statement.

"Well S, seeing Q draw a pornographic picture of Rach inside the girl's bathroom I'm sure there was some truth in that statement" Brittany chimed in while grinning at Quinn.

"Do you happen to know that I'm still here?" Quinn complained.

"And also, I remember our freshman year every time Rachel would strut her sinful short skirts Q needed to stop what she'd been doing just to look at Rachel and when she realized that we were watching her she'd go all bitchy on us and call Rachel names!" Santana laughed remembering those days.

"Yeah I remember, Quinn always made sure that I got a grape slushie since it was my favorite flavor and I know every time I needed to run to the bathroom Quinn was always there looking at me. Now I realize since I'd be all wet of course I needed to remove my argyle clothing right? So she never left the girl's room even though I'm changing. She likes seeing me undressing!" Rachel said while giggling.

Quinn was covering her face with her hands already. She couldn't believe that the three most important people in her life were conniving just to tease her.

"Such a peeping Tom" the three girls said in unison and laughed their hearts out.

Quinn couldn't help it anymore and joined in, like they say if you can't beat them join them. When the laughter subsided they fell oddly quiet. Santana broke the silence first.

"I know I've never been the most vocal person when it comes to what I feel, so I will only say this once and I'm not going to repeat it again" Santana paused and looked at her friends. When she knew that she had the three girls's attention Santana continued.

"What happened in high school was a good thing for every one, it's true I regret those awful things I did and I'm sorry for my actions. But during that time the young Santana though it was the better way to do it, I know my choices haven't been the best ones, but those awful choices that I made make me the person who I am today. I hated my parents for a very long time since I never felt they loved their children but I know that the experience that I had inside my own house I would make sure that it would never happen in my future home. Rachel, you thought I was a lot of things way back then, I really honor you for what you've done, like I told Quinn before, if I was in your place I would hate the world but you didn't. You approach it differently and when you told us that it was not yet too late to change you gave me hope. I knew if I changed my ways I'll be happy eventually and now I am. I have you guys and the rest of our "own brand of crazy family" I couldn't ask for anything more. That's why thank you for letting us back in your life as if we were not your worst nightmare during high school" Santana said teary eyed while smiling.

Rachel looked at the three and she saw the emotions swimming in their eyes.

"Guys, enough of this drama, San I told Quinn you are a big softie and you just proved me right!" Rachel teased the Latina.

"San, Quinn, forget about the past, we have our new life now and we are all happy now, at least for the three of you" Brittany said sweetly.

"We know" Quinn said while holding Rachel's hands and kissing them.

Santana and Brittany smiled at the sweetness of the two.

"Okay, I think B and I should get going since you want to have your sexy time" Santana said.

The two blushed upon hearing Santana.

"OMG don't tell me you haven't done it yet?" Santana teased them.

Quinn's face became even redder. Brittany laughed.

"San, I don't think it would be comfortable for them; since Rachel's foot is not totally healed yet it would be hard you know" Brittany winked at Rachel.

"OMG you too, go home and leave us alone!" Rachel cried out while laughing.

After a few moments when the two had left their home Quinn and Rachel went to their bedroom to rest. Quinn was spooning Rachel when she heard Rachel talk.

"Would you be okay with that?"

"With what?" Quinn asked back.

"I mean, we haven't done it yet."

"You mean sex?" Quinn smiled. Rachel hit Quinn's arm.

"Quinn, how could you call it sex" Rachel complained.

"Rach baby, that's what we call it right?"

"Quinn Fabray you're like a guy!" Quinn laughed; she knew exactly what Rachel wanted to say. Quinn moved on top of Rachel avoiding the foot that was injured.

"You mean make love?" Rachel blushed.

"Yea, I mean make love" Quinn smiled.

"I can wait until your foot is all healed" Quinn said while peppering Rachel with kisses all over her face.

"Really?"

"Yeah, really" Quinn looked at Rachel and kissed her again while avoiding her lips altogether.

"Are you sure?" Rachel teased the blonde.

"I'm quite sure."

"As you said" Quinn didn't anticipate it but Rachel moved quickly and reversed their position. Without a word Rachel used her good knee for a balance point and claimed Quinn's lips in the most passionate kiss that they had ever shared yet. Quinn couldn't help but moan, she was totally turned on, Rachel requested access inside her mouth and she gladly allowed it. Both girls were moaning with pleasure, Quinn's hands were roaming on Rachel's body while Rachel's hands were on Quinn's chest massaging the peaks of each breast. When Rachel knew that Quinn was really turned on she stopped and lay down beside the blonde. Quinn whined for the lost contact, she needed to stop or else she couldn't help herself anymore.

"You're evil" Quinn laughed.

"But you still love me" Rachel recoiled while turning her back to Quinn. Quinn spooned her and kissed the back of her head.

"True, I love you baby."

"I love you more."