Sometimes People Change

by these-wings-are-broken

Quinn never thought she would be the one saying this, but life doesn't work out how you thought it would. She realises she needs a change. She needs a change in herself, and her life. Will it be easy to change her HBIC ways? Set after Nationals.

14. The Talk

Dear people who actually read this: I AM SO SORRY I TAKE SO FREAKING LONG TO UPDATE! :( i have been writing this chapter for so long and its not even that good. I've been having a hard time writing since i last updated, life problems and such, but now i am all better and will try and update regularly. No promises though :( let me know what you think of this one and any ideas of what comes next! xxx

Chapter 14 - The Talk.

QPOV

Quinn pulled on her pyjama shirt as she waited for Rachel to get out of the shower. Rachel had insisted that she stay over after their dinner as Rachel's dads didn't mind as long as they didn't stay up too late. Rachel had rolled her eyes at what they implied while Quinn blushed. They had barely had time to think let alone even talk about having sex or anything of the kind. Quinn just wanted to get comfortable in being out before they started doing anything. She was happy with what they had at that time and she was almost certain Rachel was as well. It might sound silly to some people, but it was what she was comfortable with. Sure, she wanted Rachel, she wanted her so bad, but that didn't mean she was going to cross lines in trying to get her. They had to talk first.

Quinn lied down on Rachel's bed when she heard the water shut off. She smiled as Rachel started singing along to Teenage Dream that came on through her bathroom radio. Rachel emerged from the bathroom, towel on head, wearing her bunny rabbit covered pyjamas singing Teenage Dream and Quinn swore she fell in love all over again.

"Before you met me, i was alright but things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life, now every february, you'll be my valentine… valentine," Rachel sang to Quinn as she danced around the room. Quinn giggled and got up to join in.

Let's go all the way tonight

No regrets, just love

We can dance until we die

You and I, we'll be young forever

You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream

The way you turn me on, I can't sleep

Let's runaway and don't ever look back

Don't ever look back

Quinn stared into Rachel's eyes as she sang the second part of the chorus. Rachel stopped dancing as she realised Quinn was being serious with what she was singing.

My heart stops when you look at me

Just one touch, now baby I believe

This is real, so take a chance

And don't ever look back, don't ever look back

Rachel smiled and wrapped her arms around Quinn's neck and leant in for a slow kiss. Quinn smiled as she kissed Rachel back and led her to the bed. Gently laying the Diva down, Rachel pulled Quinn on top of herself and let the blonde begin kissing up her jaw line. Rachel let out a quick breath as the blonde gently made her way to her pulse point. Quinn smiled and bit down slightly, hearing the Diva give a tiny moan, she pulled back and kissed the Diva on the mouth. Rachel smiled and gave her a confused look.

"Why did you stop?" Rachel asked leaning back in to kiss Quinn's neck. Quinn pulled away and laid down beside the Diva, holding her head up with her hand.

"Because we need to talk." Quinn said. Rachel rolled her eyes and made a gagging noise. "Hey, you are the one who made a big deal about losing virginities so i think we should at least talk about sex." Quinn said as Rachel closed her eyes and seemed to be deep in thought.

"Yeah, about that… I didn't have sex with Jesse, or Finn." Rachel said quietly. "I'm still a virgin." Quinn smiled as Rachel told her her secret. "Don't laugh at me!"

Quinn shook her head. "I'm not laughing at you. I think it's cute." Rachel's eyes widened. "No, not like cute as in childish or anything. I mean, its good that you didn't give yourself to someone who doesn't really care about you." Quinn said, moving a piece of hair from Rachel's eyes. "Because you are so special and you deserve the best given to you, from someone who truly loves you."

Rachel blushed and leant in and kissed Quinn gently. "You know, you are quite charming when you want to be." Rachel said as she moved closer to Quinn, for the comfort.

"So i've been told." Quinn whispered as she pecked the Diva on the lips.

"Seriously though, I need you to know that even though I was stunned into silence by your speech in front of my dads, I do love you. I just need to find a way to show it or say it like you did."

"You don't have to show me-"

"Yes, I do, because you said this beautiful speech about how much you love me and all I did was sit there and cry." Rachel smiled. "And I most certainly do love you. I can't even describe the feeling I get when I see you. It's like fireworks when we kiss, and when you look at me like that, and smile at me like that, I just melt away. You are so beautiful, and you never fail to make me smile. You just, keep me grounded and calm. I can't even explain it." Rachel said and Quinn could feel her heart flutter in her chest. The butterflies she was feelings at that time were indescribable. She leant in and kissed Rachel on the forehead. Rachel closed her eyes and smiled as she too, felt the butterflies.

"That was perfect." Quinn said as she got up and turned off the bathroom radio that was still playing. She returned to bed and slid in the covers that Rachel had gotten into and made herself comfortable.

"So, about this whole virginity thing… What are we doing? Like, I know the whole pregnant at sixteen thing has possibly made you be a bit against sex, but if I may point out, I am a girl, and can not knock you up. So... there's that." Rachel rambled, obviously nervous with the current topic, not having much experience with it. Quinn could see that Rachel was worried she had said the wrong thing.

Quinn smiled and kissed Rachel's forehead. "I am not going to push you into something you're not ready for. I can wait, I haven't had sex since Puck and I didn't plan to for a while. So if you want to wait until we're more settled with out the pressures of family and school and stuff, then that's fine. I don't want to be all stressed out and feel like we have to do it, cause we don't." Quinn said as she pulled Rachel into her side and draped her arm over the Diva's back and started tracing her finger up and down her side and back.

Rachel closed her eyes at the comforting gesture and nuzzled into Quinn's neck. "That sounds perfect. I don't want to make you do anything either. I mean, I know your first time was with a guy and stuff and i haven't even had mine yet, so whenever you're ready and I'm ready, then we'll talk some more and see what we want." Rachel said, trying to come to a compromise.

"That is perfect. You're perfect." Quinn said and leaned in and kissed her girlfriend softly. "Now, we should get some sleep, its been a long day."

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RPOV

Rachel woke the next morning feeling refreshed. She had finally told her dads about her relationship with Quinn and they accepted it. Which, being two gay men themselves, they really shouldn't have had a problem in the first place. But, Hiram being Hiram, had been hesitant. He still was hesitant. He had been hesitant about her friendship with Quinn when they first started hanging out. He seemed to think it was all a game, a plot to further embarrass his little girl, but Rachel had been over and over it in her mind. And, with the help of one Quinn Fabray, came to the conclusion that it was love. They had been enemies all through high school, but had they really been? Rachel had always thought Quinn was quite beautiful, and Quinn had admitted to being the one to draw the pornographic pictures on the bathroom walls, so she must have had some sort of attraction to Rachel enough to picture her naked.

Rachel smiled as she felt Quinn roll over and pull the Diva into her front, draping her arm over her. She closed her eyes and snuggled backwards into the blonde to soak up the moment. It was moments like these when she just wished she could stay that way forever, no eyes watching their every move like in school, no parents telling them what to do, no pressures of college or school work or judgemental looks from teachers, just them.

Quinn rolled the Diva onto her back and kissed her cheek. "Morning beautiful." She said as she laid her head back down onto the pillow. Rachel smiled and blushed, maybe add that onto her forever as well.

"Good morning," Rachel whispered back, still blushing. Rachel rolled onto her side to face Quinn and leant in and pecked her lips. "I'm gonna go brush my teeth so I don't have morning breath." Rachel said as she began to slide out of the covers. Quinn laughed and shook her head, pulling Rachel back down on the bed and kissing her full on the mouth. Rachel smiled as Quinn pulled back and laughed as her shorts were twisted and her shirt was raised up near her chest.

"I don't care about morning breath baby." Quinn said happily as she traced circles on Rachel's now bare stomach. Rachel sucked in a quick breath as Quinn's circles got lower and lower, passing her belly button and tracing along the top of her shorts.

Rachel took a calming breath and focused on talking. "Well, what if I mind your morning breath?" Rachel retorted, trying to keep her mind off the ever lowering circles being traced on her skin.

Quinn smiled and ran her fingers through her hair. "Then, I will brush my teeth for my baby." Quinn said smiling and attempting to get up from the bed. Rachel giggled and pulled her back down.

"I was just teasing you, you don't have morning breath. You are lovely." Rachel said and kissed her. "But, as lovely as you are, we need to do something today. I don't want to be locked in my house on a beautiful Sunday like this. There is too much out there for us to be doing."

"Like what?" Quinn challenged.

"Well, we could go to the mall with Santana and Britt. Or we could get the glee club together, if they're all free, and have a practice or go bowling or something." Rachel thought aloud.

"Bowling?" Quinn scoffed. "We're not 12, Rach. And, well, I'm not really in the mood to see the Glee Club today."

"I'll have you know that while I am not very good at it, bowling is an activity I quite enjoy!" Rachel protested. Quinn gave her a look and Rachel gave in. "Alright, text Britt and see what they're doing. I'd say text Santana but she'd most likely be rude or ignore us."

"She doesn't ignore me." Quinn said with a sly smile. Rachel rolled her eyes as she watched Quinn reach for her phone, type out a text and send it. Quinn threw her phone back on the bedside table and rolled over, nearly landing on top of Rachel. Rachel smiled and took in her girlfriend. She was breathtaking. Her hair was slightly messy, but in a good way, her eyes were a bit droopy but they were a sparkling green like she had never seen.

"Rach, what are you looking at? Do i have something on my face?" Quinn asked as she attempted to wipe away whatever it was that Rachel was supposedly staring at.

"No, nothing, it's just… You're so beautiful." Rachel said quietly. "I don't think you actually realise how flawless you are."

Quinn blushed a dark red and looked away. "I have flaws Rachel. Plenty of them." She said as she looked down to her hands nervously. Rachel shook her head. Quinn sighed and looked up to Rachel. "I know that I have looks, I've always been told that, but I don't have inner beauty. Like you, who is always doing things for other people and being selfless. You are just as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside Rachel and I hope you know that." Quinn said honestly. Rachel blushed just as red as Quinn had and leant in and kissed her girlfriends cheek.

As Quinn went to lean in for another kiss, her phone went off on the bedside table. Quinn sighed and rolled over to check it. "Santana said her and Britt were gonna see if we wanted to have a lazy day. Movies and pizza? Or in your case, movies and vegan-alternatives." Quinn laughed.

"Sounds perfect. Even though i wanted to go outside, we could go for a walk afterwards." Rachel said with a smile. Quinn nodded and replied to Santana's text.

"I told them to meet us at my place in an hour." Quinn said. Rachel raised a questioning eyebrow and she could tell Quinn knew what she was asking. "Well, I know your dads don't mind us together and all, but I think it's best if we don't shove all our relationship in their faces. I don't want to annoy them and I'm sure they have plans today so i thought we could all go to my house because my basement is perfect for movies and stuff." Quinn explained.

"Well, you seem to have this all planned out, let's get to it." Rachel said as she began getting ready.

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Santana's POV

"Come on San, it'll be fun!" Brittany said as she put Santana's phone down on the kitchen bench. Santana sighed as she watched Brittany round the island bench in the Pierce's kitchen with a pout and puppy dog eyes. Brittany knew that she could never say no to those eyes and frequently used them to her advantage. Santana smiled as Brittany put her arms around the Latina's waist and pulled her in for a quick peck. "You know that we would do nothing today anyway, so let's go hang out with Rach and Q."

"Fine, but if Berry says anything obnoxious I'm not going to hesitate to go all Lima Heights on her ass." Santana said, trying to gain back some power over the situation.

Brittany giggled and shook her head. "You know that you love Rachel just as much as you love Q." She smiled as Santana rolled her eyes. Brittany sighed and frowned at her girlfriend. "And you don't go "all Lima Heights" anymore, remember? I don't like when you fight." Brittany said sadly. Santana grimaced as she remembered that conversation they had a few weeks back. It had ended badly, the two didn't speak for nearly 3 days and Santana swore each day was more painful than the last. All she ever wanted was to protect Brittany, and sometimes, kicking someone's weak ass was the way to protect her. Brittany hated when she got in fights or was a bitch to any of the Glee Clubbers but she couldn't help it. They didn't realise that everything she did was for Brittany.

"Yeah, I know, I'm sorry." Santana said quietly as Brittany smiled and kissed her. Santana didn't mean to sound cliche, but she swore that every kiss was like their first. She felt light headed, the butterflies came and she never wanted to stop.

"It's ok, just remember I love you." Brittany said as she began to walk upstair to her bedroom to pack for their day. Santana smiled and followed her girlfriend upstairs.

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"Just knock." Santana said impatiently wrapping her arms around her stomach to keep warm.

"But her cars not here and they have a doorbell. We can't knock if they have a doorbell…" Brittany protested, the cold seemingly having no effect on her.

"She's probably put her car in the garage so can you just ring the door bell?" Santana asked with chattering teeth. They had been standing outside in the cold for nearly ten minutes because Brittany was sure that Quinn wasn't home yet. "Judy will let us in, just ring it." Santana said rubbing her arms trying to get some feeling back. "Britt come on, it's freezing."

Brittany furrowed her eyebrows, clearly only just realising how cold it actually was. Well, enough to make tough Santana Lopez shiver and rub her arms for warmth. "Fine." She said and rang the doorbell. They waited a few moments and just as Santana said, Judy opened the door and let them in with a warm smile.

"You girls must be freezing. Come in and I'll make you some coffee." She said as she showed them through to the kitchen. Santana nodded her head appreciatively and took the cup that was handed to her. She sat at the table and sipped happily while she awaited her best friend's arrival. "So, you girl's are here to see Quinn?" Judy asked curiously.

"Yeah, Quinn invited us over to watch a movie in your awesome basement." Brittany said with a cheery smile. "Didn't she tell you?" Brittany asked confused.

"I don't recall her telling me but it's perfectly fine for you girls to come over. Is Rachel coming too?" Judy asked curiously. Santana noticed a knowing look on her face but didn't say anything.

"Yeah, Rach is coming. We have been hanging out with her a lot lately. She's really great." Brittany said, obviously trying to talk up the woman's daughters secret girlfriend. Santana watched as Judy nodded slowly and looked down at her coffee cup with a knowing look. She wasn't sure if Judy knew anything, but she just hoped that having Russell out of the household has left the older woman more open minded.

All three heads turned towards the sound that was coming from the entry way, a front door being opened. Santana watched with a smile as Brittany got up and bounded to the door. Santana shook her head and smiled, following her girlfriend to the entry way. When she got to the doorway, she came across a Pierce-Berry bear hug and laughed along with Quinn as Brittany lifted the small Diva off her feet and spun her around.

"Britt, careful, you'll break her." Santana said between laughs. The look on Berry's face was priceless and she couldn't hold in her chuckles as Brittany put the Diva down, leaving the smaller girl breathing heavily. "Q, she ok?" Santana asked next to Quinn, slightly worried. She turned to Quinn who also looked worried. Quinn walked over to the brunette and patted her back while whispering in her ear to breathe. Rachel did as she was told and smiled as she got her breath back.

"Wow Britt, you give great hugs!" Rachel said happily as she saw a worried look on her face. Brittany visibly relaxed and nodded.

"Yeah I know, I nearly killed Santana with an epic hug once. It was funny til she started freaking out cause she couldn't breathe. You handled it well." Brittany said, with a giggled at the look her girlfriend gave her, clearly humiliated by the quick story.

"Can we please just get to watching a movie?" Santana asked, trying to move along this gathering. Quinn nodded and led the way through the kitchen to the basement, giving her mother a quick hello on the way.

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QPOV

"We are not watching Bambi!" Santana moaned as Brittany suggested yet another disney movie. Quinn and Rachel had been sitting on the couch for fifteen minutes watching the two girls in front of them debate on which movie to watch, and it was getting ridiculous.

"Oh my god just pick something already!" Quinn said impatiently, glaring at Santana when the finger was given. Brittany held up Bambi, and Santana held up Yes Man. Quinn rolled her eyes and let out a frustrated moan as Brittany tried to put Bambi in the DVD played, but having her hand playfully smacked away to prevent such torture.

"Shut up Q, I'm trying to save us from torture by Disney." Santana said as she went to put Yes Man in the DVD player. "We're watching Yes Man, ok?" Santana said to Brittany, receiving a pout and puppy dog eyes. "Please Britt, we had a Disney marathon last night, and I just can't watch another one. I might explode." Santana said dramatically.

"And they call me a Diva." Rachel whispered in Quinn's ear, receiving a giggle and a nod in agreement.

"Please can we watch Bambi?" Brittany asked. "Can we vote?" She asked again looking around the room for approval. Quinn shrugged and Rachel nodded eagerly. Quinn smiled at her girlfriend as she joined in on the debate of Yes Man or Bambi. Brittany's argument was that they should start of with something sad to get the sadness out of the way. While Santana, she had a major crush on Zooey Deschanel according to Brittany, and just wanted to watch the funny, pretty girl on the big tv. Quinn had Santana's back on that one, she wanted some pretty girl to watch not some deer being shot in front of her sometimes over-emotional girlfriend. She didn't really want to see Rachel cry if she was to be honest.

"Quinn? Rach? What do you think?" Brittany asked from the floor, still holding the Bamvi DVD cover.

"I'm with S on this one. Sorry B, Yes Man for the win." Quinn said, receiving a wink from Santana, who obviously knew exactly why she wanted to watch it. Rachel nodded and agreed. Brittany pouted but seemed to not care which movie they watched when Santana gave her a quick peck on the lips. Quinn sighed and watched the two interact. She had never seen Santana so happy, and she was really grateful that her and Brittany had finally gotten together when they did. She honestly didn't know how much longer she could have put up with Santana's moping and constant pouting. Santana pulled a blanket over Brittany's legs and her own and leant her head on the taller blonde's shoulder as the opening credits started. She watched as Brittany laced her fingers with Santana's and watched as a huge smile came across the Latina's face. She couldn't even describe how happy she was that her best friend was finally comfortable with herself and found someone who made her happy. She could tell that Santana was madly in love with Brittany and that Brittany definitely reciprocated those feelings.

Quinn turned to look at Rachel, and found that the Diva was also watching the two on the couch opposite theirs. She was watching the interactions and smiling sweetly at all the little things the two girls would do without even thinking. Quinn nudged Rachel's foot with her own and pointed to the seat next to her. Rachel looked and blushed, moving slowly across the couch, curling into Quinn's side. Quinn kissed the side of Rachel's head and began watching the movie. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Rachel watching her and not the tv. Quinn quickly glanced at the Diva who blushed and quickly turned to the tv. Quinn smiled and leant in to her girlfriends ear.

"Watch the movie, beautiful." Quinn said and Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, I found something way better to watch." Rachel said as she looked back at Quinn and smiled. Quinn laughed and moved so that she could hold hands with the Diva. She gave her a quick peck and turned back to the tv just in time to see Zooey Deschanel on the screen. She caught Santana's eye and gave her an approving nod, which was reciprocated. The two giggled and turned back to the tv to admire the brunette beauty on the tv.

"Damn she's so hot." Brittany said aloud, receiving grunts and nods in agreement. "I'd totally jump on that." Brittany said, clearly checking out her girlfriend and not the actress on the movie. Quinn giggled as Santana blushed, realising who the blonde was actually talking about. The Latina looked at the other couple on the couch across from them, and received and smile from Rachel and a wink from Quinn, who was also smirking. Santana rolled her eyes and flipped her the bird when Brittany wasn't watching. Quinn rolled her eyes and pulled Rachel closer.

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Quinn woke up lying on the couch, Rachel in her arms, with the song from the movie's credits playing loudly. She looked across to the other couch and saw the other couple in exactly the same position, Santana was wrapped in Brittany's arms, snoring loudly and looking content. Quinn smiled and looked down at her girlfriend. She was fast asleep and was the epitome of beauty. Quinn turned the tv off, leaving the four girls in the dark with just a candle at the back of the room for light. Quinn had always loved her basement, it was quiet, big, and had huge couches perfect for movie nights. She could remember herself and Santana pretending to go and get snack and scaring the crap out of the cheer squad she had had over for a girls night. The blonde smiled as Rachel stirred and rolled over putting her face into her and snuggling closer. She looked over at the girls on the other couch and noticed Brittany was wide awake as well. She checked to see if Rachel was asleep and she found that the girl was practically dead.

"B?" Quinn whispered. She noticed Brittany smile and look over to her. "Did you like the movie?" Quinn asked as she leant her head back on the arm rest and watched for her best friends reaction.

Brittany smiled and nodded. "It's a pretty funny movie. Santana loves it. We watch it at least once every weekend." Brittany said quietly as not to wake either dark haired beauties. "It's a shame she fell asleep in the first ten minutes. She always does it though." Brittany said looking down lovingly at her girlfriend. Quinn smiled and nodded, Santana always fell asleep during movies. "How's everything with Rachel?" Brittany whispered, knowing Quinn was having a hard time. She always admired Brittany, the girl could read people so well.

"Yeah, it's actually going great. We're out to her dads, and they accept us and everything cause well, they're gay," Quinn said with a nervous laugh. She watched Brittany who gave her a look to continue. She sighed and continued. "We are going to come out to my mom soon and I just am really worried she won't accept us. She loves me, and I love her and that should be enough. You know?" Quinn said looking to Brittany for an answer.

"Yeah I know, it's always going to be hard to come out to parents, but you just have to remember that in the end its about you two. It will always be the two of you and nothing will ever break what you have." Brittany said reassuringly. Quinn nodded slowly, realising that was probably something Brittany had said to Santana who had similar fears about coming out.

"Is that all you're worried about?" Brittany asked, seeing there was something else on Quinn's mind.

"I just, I don't know. She is so amazing and I just feel like I don't deserve her." Quinn whispered sadly.

"What do you mean?" Brittany asked curiously.

"I've treated her so badly throughout high school and then I ask her to love me. I just think I'm asking too much of her, and one day, she'll realise that." Quinn said, trying to make sense of her thoughts. Brittany seemed to understand completely and gave her a sympathetic look. Quinn sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "How does a person fall in love so quickly? Before school started I was fine being nice to people but Rachel makes me want to be a better person. Love sucks. It plays with your head and makes you do stupid things." Quinn said smiling and looking at Brittany with a laugh.

Brittany giggled quietly and nodded her head in agreement. "Love is the most amazing feeling I've ever experienced. Yeah, it's been really hard helping Santana come out and getting her to finally be happy with who she is, even though I can see she's not completely there yet, but I would not trade it for anything. I am going to be there for her no matter what happens."

"But, how do you know that? You're so sure of everything Britt, how do you know?" Quinn whispered, fear in her voice.

"You don't. And that's what's so great." Brittany said with a smile. After a moment or two, a frown played across her features. "I never told you this, but I nearly screwed all this up at the start." Quinn knitted her eyebrows together in confusion.

Brittany continued. "When she first told me she loved me, when she gave me her heart, I didn't take it like I should have. I was going to go against my entire being and choose Artie. I was going to say no to the greatest thing in my life because it would have been safer for my heart. It took me a bit of time to realise that that isn't how love is." Quinn listened closely and knew Brittany could tell that she didn't really understand where this was going. "What I'm trying to say is that, when you find someone who makes you happy, you give it everything you've got. You have to do everything you can to be with them because well, it's love. You don't know what will happen next or how they'll react to some things but you know one thing, that you don't care about any of that because you love them. That's really all that matters."

"Britt, you might possibly be the smartest person I've ever met." Quinn said lovingly to her best friend. It was true, Brittany was always there for everyone when they needed, and with perfect advice every time. Brittany smiled and nodded. "I'm really glad Santana has you." Quinn whispered as she watched Brittany move some hair from the Latina's face.

"Yeah but I'd be nothing with out her." Brittany whispered as she kissed the Latina's temple.

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So that's it :) i'm thinking Quinn comes out to her mom soon! Let me know what you guys think and how you think she'll react?
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