Disclaimer: I don't own Glee :'(

Rachel awoke at 9:30 the next morning, immediately picking up her phone to check the time. She had exactly two hours until she had to meet Quinn at the mall.

The small brunette walked downstairs to find Shelby watching Beth play with her toys.

"Good morning sleepy head." Shelby said as Rachel sat down next to her.

"Morning..." Rachel dropped her head on her mother's shoulder, causing Shelby to smile and gently run her fingertips through chestnut brown hair.

"Have you got anything planned for today?"

"Yeah, I have to meet Quinn at the mall. We're shopping for her new style; I think she'll get sick of it pretty soon though. She's just rebelling to get away from everything she's been through lately."

"What's her new style?" Shelby asked worriedly.

"Black punk sort of clothes and pink hair..."

"Oh. Well, what time do you need to meet her? You need to eat some breakfast and then I can drop you off at the mall."

"I said I'd meet her at 11:30 this morning, so I still have some time."

"Okay, well, I made you some fruit salad earlier if you'd like some breakfast?"

"That sounds wonderful, thank you."

Shelby pulled a bowl of fruit salad out of the fridge and sat with her while she ate, though watching Beth through the doorway.

"Your friend seemed to like kids, she was very enthusiastic..."

Rachel laughed "Do you mean Ruby?" When she got a nod in response she continued, "Yeah, she's very loving I think it's because she never really had many people around her, like me..."

Shelby felt a pang of guilt at Rachel's words but nodded nonetheless. "You seem very close with her..."

"Yeah, we're like sisters. Same goes for me and Santana."

"Speaking of Santana, is something going on between her and Ruby?"

Rachel chuckled before replying "Yeah, they're going on their first date tonight. They're perfect for each other."

"What about you and Quinn?"

"Nothing's going on between Quinn and I... yet..." Rachel whispered the last word; part of her hoping Shelby wouldn't hear her.

No such luck.

"But you want there to be something between you?"

With a nod Rachel responded, "We've been getting closer since the day before all the drama started. She's getting used to the idea of being in a relationship with a girl, and the fact that she's gay extremely quickly so I think we'll be there soon..."

This made Shelby smile, Rachel had lit up as soon as Quinn was mentioned and was glowing as she was thinking about being in a relationship with her.

Soon enough Rachel had finished breakfast and ran upstairs to get ready to spend her day with Quinn.

Forty five minutes later and Rachel was showered and ready. She decided on black skinny jeans that made her arse look great and a fitting black t-shirt that had a white Xena print on it with her black converse shoes. Her hair was pulled up in a loose pony tail and her make-up was done as usual; natural foundation and heavy eye-liner.

When she walked down the stairs Shelby's jaw dropped at how much older her daughter looked compared to the girl that she met the previous year.

"Wow. I don't think you're going to have an issue with getting Quinn to want to be in a relationship with you. You look amazing!"

Rachel blushed and thanked her mother before she sat down to watch t.v. with them.

Just under an hour later and Shelby was dropping Rachel off at the mall, the girl had called Quinn to see where she was to make sure her mother could leave.

Quinn was waiting near the food court so Rachel said goodbye to her mother and sister before heading inside, searching for the beautiful blonde.

Quinn spotted the small girl before Rachel saw her and quickly walked up behind her without being seen, covering the girl's eyes with her hands before whispering in her ear "Guess who..."

Rachel laughed as she turned around, leaning up to leave a kiss on the taller girl's cheek, causing a light blush to erupt over Quinn's features.

"Okay, I think we should go to the second hand store first, they should have stuff there that would fit in with what I'm looking for."

Rachel agreed and they spent the next hour looking through clothes at the second hand store, finding plenty of stuff Quinn liked.

After they finished there the girls decided to have a break and get a smoothie because there was a good shop that sold vegan smoothies, as well as normal ones. Rachel decided to get a vegan Berry Blast shake while Quinn got a mango smoothie.

While they were drinking their smoothies the girls discussed whether they thought Quinn had enough clothes now, eventually deciding that she did.

Next stop, buying hair dye.

Just over two hours later and the girls had gotten everything they needed. They decided to go back to Quinn's house to dye her hair; they would have the house to themselves because Judy was at her book club for the next couple of hours.

[\] With Santana

Santana woke up alone for the first time in just under a week. It took her a few seconds to remember that after dinner Ruby had gone home because they didn't want to ask Santana's parents if she could stay over.

After Santana was showered and dressed she went downstairs to eat breakfast (that is, drink some coffee) before she started getting everything she would need together for that night.

The only people in the house were her and her little sisters Carmen and Gabriela because she had to watch them until her mother got home in a few hours. It wasn't too bad because she could get them to help her find stuff she needed for the date.

After breakfast Santana wanted to find the picnic basket but she had no idea where it was because her sisters had been playing with it the week before.

"Carmen, where's the picnic basket?" She yelled up the stairs.

She heard the light footfalls of two small girls running before they appeared at the top of the stairs, quickly running down.

"I think it's in the laundry." Gabriela said.

"No, I think we left it in the cubby house." Carmen disagreed, starting an argument between the two of them.

"Girls! It doesn't matter. I'll just look in the laundry and the cubby house."

"Why do you need it anyway?" Carmen asked.

"My friend and I are having a picnic later." She replied, walking into the laundry and looking around. When she realised that the girls weren't going to leave her alone or help without her telling them to she said, "If you're going to stand there, at least help me find it!"

Gabriela immediately started looking around the laundry with her older sister while Carmen ran out the back to check the cubby house.

Two minutes later and Carmen ran back inside with the basket, looking smug.

"Thanks Bub!" The eldest Latina said, giving the two a quick hug before saying "Since you two are such good help will you help me get together the stuff I need for this afternoon?"

"Sure."

"Okay."

"Awesome, okay Gabby could you get me the picnic blanket from the linen closet?"

"Of course!" She replied enthusiastically, happy to help her older sister.

"What are we going to do?" Carmen asked.

"We're going to start cooking. Gabby can help us when she comes back down stairs."

"What are we cooking?"

"Well, we're starting with dessert; we're cooking Pear Crumble Cake."

Half an hour later the three Latina girls had assembled the cake and had just put it in the oven, the cake had to be cooked for forty five minutes and then cool for another fifteen minutes.

Since they had some time to kill before they had to start cooking again Santana decided she would let the girls do whatever they wanted.

Half an hour later Santana left the girls watching t.v. to start cooking pasta for the picnic. She found out that Ruby's favourite pasta dish was creamy mushroom penne so she decided she would cook a vegan version of that along with some salad.

After she had finished with the pasta and the salad Santana decided to make some chocolate tipped strawberries, using soy chocolate. She had made sure she had everything that she needed in the cupboards and the fridge a couple of days earlier.

Just after she finished with the strawberries the timer for the Pear Crumble went off, pulling that out of the oven she put it where the girls couldn't reach it and told them not to touch it.

Once that was done all she had to do was pack everything else she needed into her car.

Collecting some pillows and a couple of blankets Santana headed out the front and started packing the boot. On the second trip she took out a box of vanilla scented candles, her Zippo lighter and some mix cd's she made that had all the romantic music that she and Ruby liked on them.

By the time she was finished it was only 3pm so she had a few hours to get ready, just as she was about to walk back inside her Mama got home.

Santana breathed a sigh of relief; she didn't want to have to be babysitting while she was trying to get ready and look perfect for her first date with Ruby. And now she could get her mother's advice on outfits if she needed it.

It was hard for her to find the perfect outfit because she needed to be casual enough to be comfortable while they were walking through the parkland path to her meditation spot but dressy enough for Ruby to think she looked good.

She told Ruby that she would need to dress comfortably to walk for a bit without hurting herself and she could always tell her to change her shoes or anything if it looked unsuitable for walking through a forest-type area.

After greeting her mother Santana sprinted up the stairs to try and find the perfect outfit, all the while thinking 'I should have just bought an outfit when I was at the shops the other day'.