A/N: Here I am again, no excuse for the lateness other than life happening. This is a long one and I hope you like it, I'm not too sure about it myself. I'd love some suggestions or your opinion in general. Thank you to luvz4lyf,I saw the post on tumblr so this one's for you. Enjoy. :)

"Ugh, I hate this thing!" A frustrated Rachel Berry yelled while getting ready for dinner with Mrs. Fabray and her aunt.

Both girls were driving with Millie to the Fabray residence and Rachel had been fussing over her outfit for a good hour. Quinn kept telling her that she looked beautiful but nothing would stop the little diva from looking her best on what she called '"The most important dinner in my short life thus far."

Quinn got up from the bed with a sigh and wrapped her arms around a trim waist while positioning her chin on a conveniently short shoulder. "Baby, relax. Dr. Albright said you had to keep it for at least a week longer just to be safe." The blonde placed took the injured hand and kissed the fingers that peeked at the end of the cast that was now covered in little drawings made by the blonde herself. "Besides, you'd look gorgeous even in a potato sack. Mom loves you already, and what's the worse that could happen?"

Really?Youhadtogothere?Quinn knew the second those words left her mouth that she was in for a full-blown Berry rant. Objectively speaking, so much could actually go wrong but Quinn had already been kicked out of her house. In her mind, that would actually be the worse case scenario so she was somewhat prepared. "Don't even joke about it, you know how sensitive I am on that subject. We've talked about this Quinn. I don't want to be responsible for you losing your mother. I couldn't live with myself if you had to go through that again. I will not be the reason your life is ruined."

"Rach, relax. I knowwe've talked about this…extensively…but look at it this way. She either loves me and respects me for who I am or she doesn't. The fact that you're a huge part of this equation doesn't change that."

"But I am. I am involved in this, you cannot seriously expect me to detach completely from this whole ordeal."

GreatFabray!Youreallyareonarollrightnow."That came out wrong. Okay, just…let me rephrase that." The blonde took a deep breath and looked at those brown orbs she so loved. "Even if you weren't in the picture, this would be a conversation I would have to have with my mother."

Confusion washed over the other girl's face. UghthisissonothowIimaginedthiswouldgo."I'm not quite following."

"I'm gay. I'm actually surprised that we haven't had this talk so far."

"I find your train of thought quite confusing. I am a female, as are you and we like each other. We are girlfriends. What exactly did you think we were we going to tell your mother if not that we are in a homosexual relationship?"

"Yes, I'm aware that we're both XX individuals. Ugh, okay this is going to sound bad but I promise you that it's the only way to explain this alright?"

"Go on."

"I may have come to the conclusion during this week that I clearly prefer girls to guys."

"Oh. I see." Rachel turned pensive. "Are you…are you sure? Does this mean you are attracted to more girls?"

"See? I knew you were gonna take it that way. No, it doesn't mean that I'm attracted to someone else. It's just that I've been thinking about my past relationships with guys as opposed to this…" She took Rachel's hand and intertwined their fingers. "…It makes much more sense. It feels more natural."

Quinn watched as Rachel thought about what she said. Then, slowly but surely, realization started to dawn on the brunette's face. "So what you're saying is that you would eventually have come to the conclusion that you're gay, even if you hadn't developed feelings for me."

"Exactly. So no guilt from whatever today's outcome is, okay?"

"I'm sorry, I find myself replaying your statement in my head and I do not think I'm quite comfortable with the fact that you might find other girls attractive."

"Rachel!" With a roll of her eyes the blonde took the brunette's hand and dragged her from the room. "We're gonna be late!" Suchadramaqueen.

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"So Rachel, when is the cast coming off?" A very chipper Judy asked once everyone was settled for dinner.

"Oh, uh…Dr. Albright said that in two weeks, just to be safe. I'll go in for consult on Saturday again and he'll see."

It was Millie's turn to contribute to the conversation. "Jason said that it was nothing serious but he wanted to make sure there are no problems afterwards you know?"

Judy just nodded and said. "Hmm"

Rachel nudged Quinn under the table. Apparently it was time. The conversation had flowed easily between the two women and the teenagers but now it had reached somewhat of a standstill and Quinn could breach the subject. "Uh, mom?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"I…I need to tell you something. It's kind of important."

Rachel intervened here. "We. We need to tell you both something very important." She now addressed her aunt also.

"Oh, this looks like it's something serious Judy." Millie teased. "Okay girls, we are all ears."

Quinn's throat was suddenly desert dry. Her mouth opened and closed a few times trying to find the words but she couldn't. Not with her mother's and her girlfriend's aunt staring at her so intently. She cleared her throat after taking a sip of her glass of water. Underneath the table, she felt Rachel take her hand and squeeze reassuringly. This was all the blonde needed. Well,hereitgoes.

Determination flashed through her porcelain-like features as she intertwined her fingers with Rachel's still under the table. Flashing a small smile in the small brunette's direction, the blonde boldly brought their hands to rest atop the mantle. "Mom, Rachel and I...we...we're dating. I'm...I'm gay."

Feeding off this wave of sudden bravery she now addressed Millie. "Mil...Ms. Berry, I assure you that my intentions to Rachel are nothing but good. I...I really like her and I would never ever intentionally hurt her. I'll protect her for as long as she'll let me."

Both women's faces were stoic masks. Quinn would've gladly taken some anger, hell even some disgust; anything that would let her figure out what either of them were thinking but there was no such luck. She turned to Rachel to find her surprised mirrored in her girlfriend's features.

The petite diva took a deep breath and started talking. "Aunt Millie, I'm gay too. You see? Quinn and I talked about it before coming over and she informed me that she had come to the realization that she liked girls over boys after analyzing her past relationships and comparing them to our current one. I've now come to the same conclusion as her because this feels right. With her, my dramatic nature not withstanding, it's the real thing. I just know it. This isn't a phase, we're not bisexual; we're gay. "

Both girls were crying openly now. They were scared shitless but they had decided to do this and now they were going to pull through. Next, Rachel addressed Judy, very much like Quinn had with her aunt.

"Mrs. Fabray, your daughter has saved me in so many ways I do not think I will ever be able to convey how grateful I am that she even exists much less deemed me worthy of her affections. I want to assure you that my intentions towards her are also nothing but good ones."

Seconds ticked by and no one dared say anything. This was torture for the girls but there wasn't much they could do but wait. It was Millie who spoke first.

Turning to Judy, she tried but failed to hide the grin that overtook her face. "You owe me 50 bucks!"

Both women started laughing uncontrollably. Judy shook her head. "No way, they did it together. No one wins."

"Ha! Nice try Mrs. Fabray but little Q-ball over there spoke first. Very chivalrous of her to even assure me of the nature of her intentions towards my niece."

"But Rach...she made a whole speech!" the older blonde argued back.

"Oh pshht! Rachel always speaks like that. I won so, pay up."

Quinn was the first to recover from the women's sudden outburst and cleared her throat loudly to get their attention. "Excuse the language mother but, what the hell is going on?"

Both women faced the teenagers who were looking at them like they had grown a separate head each. "Oh sweetie, I'm sorry but...we kinda already knew."

"You-you did?" Quinn said utterly dumbfounded. "Both of you?"

The women nodded and offered calming smiles. "But how?" It was Rachel's turn to speak up.

Judy's hand reached out to rest on top of their joined ones above the table. "Rachel, if you could have seen the change in Quinn's behavior...I mean it's like I can draw a line and separate pre-Rachel Quinn from this one. She wasn't happy that it was your suffering that brought you two together but she is happier with you in her life."

Quinn blushed and lowered her gaze. Her mom was totally right about this imaginary line being drawn. A before and after of sorts. The cheerleader wasn't quite sure if there could actually be a 'pre-Rachel Quinn' since their lives had always intersected at some point, shamefully for Quinn's previous treatment of the diva. Maybe a 'before Quinn stopped being so lame and in denial and finally get her shit together' line. Still, she could do without the petite brunette's loss and pain.

"Also, one time I came in and she was saying goodbye to you over the phone and she said 'I love you too baby, bye.'. So that kind of gave it away."

Well that makes much more sense. I always tell her I love her before hanging up the phone.

"So you told Millie?" Quinn asked with a flushed face.

"No Q-ball, I found out all on my own." the older Berry said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"What? How?" Rachel asked nervously.

"I saw you give her a peck on the lips when you thought I was distracted."

Quinn blushed beet red and Rachel's eyes widened comically. They had been extra careful but sometimes one of them got this overwhelming need to kiss the other one so they did. It was all very innocent though.

"So, Jason huh?" Judy said turning around towards Millie leaving the two girls utterly bewildered.

"What? That's his name." Millie's feigned innocence but a glint in her eyes betrayed her words.

"You like him don't you? He must be handsome, and a doctor at that. Quite a catch I'd say."

Quinn looked at Rachel and saw the surprise in her girlfriend's face. What the hell just happened? The blonde cleared her throat to get the older women's attention. "Uh...can you explain what just happened?"

Judy looked amused. "What do you mean sweetie?"

"We-I just told you I'm gay and that I'm in a relationship with another girl and you-you barely batted an eyelash."

Judy smiled. "I must confess that I had an inkling but after confirming it I did need some time to process it. But Quinn, I'm not your father. You never need to be scared or anxious about who you are on my account."

"But..."

Millie decided to intervene. "Q-ball, don't fight it, don't try to understand it it just is. Your mom is a cool mom."

"Uhm, sorry aunt Millie but, Q-ball?" Rachel spoke up for the first time.

"Oh you gotta know I'm the coolest Rach!" Millie said good naturedly. "Besides, I gave your dad a nickname after Leroy introduced him as his partner. You guys are a couple so Quinn gets hers. I think she made a pretty good argument with the whole 'my intentions are pure' speech."

At Millie's teasing tone Quinn blushed a deep shade of red and Judy smiled. "Rach, your speech was very good too. I find you quite well-suited to be with my daughter. Always so formal and polite, can't go wrong with that."

Watching Rachel lower her gaze and blush probably as deeply as she did, Quinn didn't know if she should feel relieved or angry that they weren't making such a big deal out of this. "Gee, you guys are really having a ball with this piece of news."

"We're just teasing Quinnie, we love you both very much." After that there was silence.

"Can we be excused then?" Quinn asked a little relieved this whole thing was over.

"Sure thing sweetheart."

With that, both girls went up to the blonde's bedroom. "Well, that was weird." Quinn was the first to break the silence as soon as they closed the door.

Taking a seat on her girlfriend's bed, Rachel nodded. "To be frank I found the whole experience oddly anti-climactic. I mean, don't get me wrong; I'm absolutely thrilled that they both accept our current relationship but I feel as though they don't even care."

"I know but, look at it this way, they're one less thing we have to worry about."

Both girls shrugged and got Quinn's iPod out to listen to some songs until they were told it was time for Rachel to go home. Unbeknownst to both teens, the adults were not as oblivious as they though they were.

"I think we overdid it a little bit with our little stunt Judy." Millie said.

"Yes, I felt it too though I really thought that showing them it wasn't such a big deal was the correct thing to do. Boy do I deserve the best mom ever award or what?"

"Hey, don't beat yourself up so much okay? You are a good mom despite whatever may have happened in the past. Quinn knows that...just talk to her."

"Yeah, you're right. I think it's time to take a more direct approach towards the improvement of our mother-daughter relationship."

Millie snorted at the woman's expression. "Now I definitely know Rachel has been spending too much time in this house.

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Their ride back home wasn't long; still the Berry women were oddly quiet for most of it. It had not been a surprise for Millie that Rachel declared herself gay; it didn't scare her either. She remembered quite vividly what had happened when her brother, who she completely idolized had broken the news to her family.

She'd never seen him so scared; he was actually shivering slightly. Sure, their father had always been strict but they both knew that he loved them unconditionally. At least until that day. That night, she cried herself to sleep along with their mother wondering about the fate of young Leroy.

Her father, and her family in general had eventually come along to accept him and even more so when he introduced Hiram as his partner. Everyone loved him instantly. However, she knew that the weight of having rejected his son was something that her father could never quite get rid of.

They arrived home and both of them stayed in the car staring at the front. Finally, Rachel moved to get out but Millie stopped her. "You do know that it's all good between us as far as I'm concerned, right?"

Rachel thought for a minute and smiled at her aunt. "You really are the coolest aunt Millie."

"Always was, always will be."

They went up and chatted for a while before retiring for bed. The small brunette felt extremely lighthearted. Like there was a light at the end of the tunnel that her life had seemed a few weeks prior. It was good.

She sent her girlfriend a text as she went about her nightly routine.

Heybaby,how'sitgoingforyouoverthere?I(weirdly)talkeditoutwithauntMillieinthecar. –R

It took the blonde quite a while to answer. Rachel was already in bed and falling asleep when the buzzing of her cell phone on top of her night table woke her up again. She snatched it immediately knowing it was Quinn.

Sorry I took so long babe; Millie is cool but I'm glad you guys cleared the air for sure. I talked it out "old-school style" with mom haha we even cried and everything. –Q

Rachel frowned; she really didn't like it when Quinn cried.

Don't worry sweetie but, are you okay? She didn't regret what she said over dinner or anything, right? –R

Nah, it was a good talk, they were good tears baby don't worry. We're having more mother-daughter time though. –Q

I'm glad to read that baby. You know I hate to say goodbye to you but my eyes are quite literally closing and I fear I'll fall asleep any minute now. –R

Yeah, I'm hammered too. Quite the day huh? I'll pick you up for school tomorrow. Oh I forgot to tell you Santana said yes to Jamie, don't you love me? ;) –Q

Wonderful! I knew you'd convince her and I do love you Miss Fabray. I'll see you tomorrow then. Sweet dreams baby. xoxo –R

Good night sweetheart. Love you too. xoxo –Q

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"Hey Berry, no psycho bodyguards today or what?" Dave Karofsky slammed her locker door shut.

Rachel had gone to her locker to retrieve a book she needed for her homework before glee while Quinn and Santana went ahead to the choir room. It was just her luck that in those few minutes, Karofsky found the time to come and bother her. Sometimes Rachel thought that he trolled the hallways just to make other people feel miserable.

"Dave, I don't know what you're talking about and I'm sorry but I'm a bit pressed for time." The small diva tried to bypass him but he blocked her way.

"Oh you know who I'm talking about. Those dykes Fabray and Lopez."

"Hey Karofsky! I better have heard that wrong!" Santana yelled from the end of the hall. Both her and Quinn had come looking for her when she took longer than expected.

"Or what, Lopez?"

Santana approached him slowly and even though he tried to hide it, he took one step backwards. This didn't go unnoticed by the cheerleader who smirked. "Do you really wanna find out?"

He looked down and Quinn added. "I told you to leave her alone. I'm not gonna say this again, you hear me?"

He fumed. "Whatever, she's not worth it anyway. Her own parents went and jumped off a plane to get away from her."

The hurt look that flashed across the brunette diva's face made Quinn's blood boil with anger. She started towards the idiotic boy but Santana caught her around the waist before she could reach him. "Hey Q, he's not worth it. You better go Karofsky before I think better of it and my grip on her waist loosens. You breathe another word about her fathers and I will conveniently let it slip to JewFro how I've caught you looking at Sam's ass."

Dave's eyes widened and he ran away. Finally, Santana released her hold on her friend and Quinn hurried to hug Rachel who had dropped to the floor, crying.

"San-Santana, do you know about…about my-my dads?" Rachel managed to get out between sobs.

Santana crouched down next to the couple and grabbed the singer's hand. "I'm surprised you didn't figure it out short stack. My dad's a doctor too, he worked with your dad."

"Oh." Rachel managed to choke out when she connected the dots. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because, it was not my place. You'll tell me when you're ready, and if you're ready I guess. Now, Q you get you hobbit home and I'll tell Schue that you guys had an emergency. "

Both cheerleaders shared a look and Quinn helped Rachel up. "Thanks San."

"Don't mention it Juno, really." With a wink she sauntered away to glee practice.

So Quinn drove Rachel home all the while holding her hand a caressing it with her thumb. She showed herself particularly annoyed when she had to use two hands to maneuver through the streets of lime but Rachel made it up to her by tugging at her ear. "Are you sure you're okay?"

The brunette starlet smiled and squeezed the pale hand holding hers. "I'm sure Quinn, just let it go."

"I can't, he was not only a jackass but a cruel jackass!" The blonde yelled and hit the steering wheel.

"Language Quinn. And there's nothing we can do about him. I'm stronger than his petty comments. I know my parents loved me unconditionally."

Quinn looked at her girlfriend for a second before leaning in despite her seatbelt and plated a searing kiss on surprised lips. "You're amazing."

Rachel blushed and ducked her face. Quinn smiled and drove on not caring about the cars honking and swearing because she had stopped in the middle of the road.

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The incident with Karofksy, coming out to Mrs. Fabray and the week in general seemed to fly by. Rachel had arranged the blind date Santana would go no with one of her friends from dance class to take by that Friday. Each day was a struggle because the fiery Latina kept changing her mind about it though in the end Quinn said that she had already agreed to it and there was no going back. Quinn and Rachel were to have a movie night and Santana was to come over when the date ended to relay all the details to her friends.

"Okay so Jamie is on her way to meet Santana!" Rachel had just hung up the phone and her friend sounded pretty excited to be going out with Santana. "This is the best idea I've ever had."

Pale arms snaked around her waist from behind and she felt a kiss being deposited on her neck. "Good, I hope this helps though, I'd hate to see her suffer any more then she already has."

"Awww Quinn, that's so sweet." Rachel stated while turning around in her girlfriend's arms. "But Santana is tough, if anything this whole Brittany mess will help her mature."

Quinn smiled and placed a kiss to the brunette's nose. "Thank you for that Dr. Phil."

Just then, Rachel's phone started ringing. "It's Santana."

Quinn giggled. "Why is your ring tone for her "I'm too sexy"?"

"She chose it!" Rachel shrugged and flipped the phone open. "Hello Santana."

"She stood me up!" Santana was literally going crazy and restless while waiting at Breadstix for Jamie to how up for their date. It had been crushing to cancel on Brittany but she'd done it quite politely she felt.

The small brunette chuckled over the phone line. "Santana, would you please calm down? It's been five minutes!"

"I don't care! You know what? You're calling me in exactly half an hour with an emergency or some shit like that and I'll just find a way to get the hell out of here. This is too fucking much for me, Berry!"

Santana was too busy with her mini freak-out to notice a girl walking into the restaurant and after being directed towards her table was now standing right beside her. "Hi." When the Latina turned around she must have looked like a deer caught in the headlights because the girl was smiling widely. "You must be Santana."

"Gotta go, bye." The Latina hung up the phone and stood up. She awkwardly held her hand out. "Yeah, I am…Santana, I mean. You must be Jamie."

The girl chuckled and shook the offered hand lightly. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you."