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Pink Doesn't Taste That Great Chapter 20

RPOV

"Are you upset or something?" I ask Quinn as she closed the door behind us. I put my books on the bed grabbing a T-shirt and shorts to change into. Quinn had a talk with her mother couple nights ago about her not sleeping home. She told Judy that the she didn't want to hurt her but since she got kicked out it didn't feel like home. While this wasn't a total lie she also explained to Judy that she can't stop replaying the night her father kicked her out and it hurt to be there. When Judy asked where she had been staying she told the truth, well most of it at least. She told her mother about the sneaking out and into my room because I made her feel safe. Judy almost blew a casket when she found out but after realizing that maybe Quinn needs time to feel safe in their home again she made her promise to tell her when she was sleeping out. Tonight was the first sleepover my dads were aware of as hesitant as they were because it was a school night the relented and here we are. But I'm getting way off track I watched as Quinn grabbed a pair of sleeping clothes she kept here and walked into the bathroom.

All week this has been going on and I still had no idea what was wrong with her. We spent so little time together this week that I was forced to do my homework and glee assignments with Santana and Brittany when I wasn't working on routines with Brittany and Mike.

Present Day

"You say that like it's a bad thing Berry" Santana said looking highly offended.

"Again I'm sorry for that baby" Quinn apologized. "For the record S, if you remember how much of a horn dog you were back then you wouldn't want to hang out with you either"

"Oh God my ears. Your children are in the room" Harlem screamed blocking Rhett's ears while he blocked hers. It had been an old habit between the two growing up and spending time with their mothers.

"Can we get back to the story please?" Rhett asked testing that it was safe for him and Harlem to hear again. Rachel grinned at those two thinking how cute they were together.

"Right so anyway..."

23 Years Ago

RPOV

While there was nothing wrong with hanging out with Santana and Brittany I missed Quinn. Brittany dropped at interesting point earlier today while we were at dance class with Mike. She promised that judging by how Quinn reacts around me nowadays there isn't much that would keep her away from me. Before I could further analyze this thought I heard the bathroom door open up and Quinn stepped out.

"Should I lock the bedroom door since your dads know I'm here tonight?" she asked not meeting my eye. I raised my eyebrow and grabbed my stuff deciding to take a quick shower.

"Do whatever" I said slamming the door behind me. I was frustrated to say the least pulling my clothes off roughly. I gripped the sink tightly channeling all my anger into the grab staring at the slowly defogging mirror. I got into the shower deciding to wash all the negative energy away from my body.

By the time I got out of the bathroom Quinn was on her side of the bed sitting with her head against the headboard. I slid into bed sitting next to her silently.

Time ticked on as I felt Quinn playing with her fingers nervously. I couldn't take it anymore. She was keeping something from me and while I know I can't know everything about her life whatever it was, was killing her inside.

"I know something is up with you" I started nervously. She made no indication that she heard me but I needed this out there now. "I won't ask you to tell me what's wrong Quinn but I know something is up. Just know that I won't pressure you and I'm always here for you no matter what"

Quinn stopped playing with her fingers and opened her eyes looking at me.

"You remember I told you I wasn't doing any of the dirty work for Tony? Well I'm working on his books, the accounts side of it all. My mom thinks I have an after school job at an office and I kinda do because essentially that's what it is but I make more money that any teenager would with a part time job. The point is the reason you hardly see me is because I work with them 3 days a week and it takes lots of time sometimes. Most nights I come straight here from there and you are already asleep. I'm too tired to do anything but crash. This is the first evening in a long time where I can say I had fun even if it was just homework and dinner with your dads after picking you up from dance class.

That's because I was with you; I thought about it a lot and I want to be with you Rach. I wanted to take you to dinner to ask you to officially be my girlfriend when I realized not only will it be unsafe but I'm technically involved with Tony. I hate it sometimes Rach, I hate not being able to hold your hand in public and walk down the halls with you but it's safer for you this way and I know that. How can I ask you to be in a relationship with me and keep it a secret? Who am I to ask that? I'm not upset about anything you did Rach it's just being Tony's beard and the fact that I don't deserve you is keeping me from asking you to be my girlfriend" Quinn breathed after her rant putting her head back to the headboard.

Girlfriend?

Beard?

Money?

Wait, WHAT?

My mind raced trying to process this one without making my fathers come in here wondering what the hell was going on. Being a beard makes sense of Tony's relationship with Quinn. Working with the accounts and his money is safer than hurting or being hurt. Girlfriend, she wants me to be her girlfriend.

Am I ready to be someone's girlfriend again? Am I ready to be her girlfriend?

My mind drew a quick pros and cons list:

Pros
1. Quinn is drop dead gorgeous
2. Quinn is smart
3. Quinn understands me
4. I understand her
is tough but when she lets you in you see how vulnerable she really is
6. Quinn is a great mother to Beth despite her past

7. Quinn would die for me

8. I would die for Quinn
9. I need Quinn in my life
10. We have matching tattoos

11. Everytime I say or hear her name my stomach goes floopy

Cons
1. Quinn shuts all her walls up when she can't handle a situation
2. Quinn is the beard of a drug lord
3. Quinn makes me feel like I'm her world or a huge part of it and she has this insane need to pro-

Wait a minute why is that a con? Why am I scolding myself?

I looked at Quinn who was absolutely still. Making my way over to her I straddled her lap and brought my lips down on her own; as I pulled away her eyes popped open and she looked at me nervously, like I was about to break her heart.

"I don't know if I'm ready for a "public" relationship and seeing as how you can't be in one, which by the way I never would've guessed he was gay. Anyhow seeing as we have those two challenges I want to admit something to you" she put her hands on my hips and listened intently.

"I like you, I think deep down I've always liked you. That's why I never gave up on you and encouraged you not to give up on yourself. I don't need to spend every single second of the day with you but I love when we're together. I'm happy that you aren't in any immediate danger but you are still helping out and I want you to promise me to be safe always" she nodded about to speak but I put my finger on her lips which she kissed making me smile.

"I get what our relationship has to be and in many ways we're pretty much there already and in terms of not telling anyone for our own safety I think we should give it a shot" I said biting my lip and chuckling as her eyes darted towards it.

"What about if you get sick of hiding us, I don't think I could put you in this position Rach" she whispered. I rested both hands on her cheeks and stroked gently.

"The way I see it is we try it and if it doesn't work out and we go back to this, back to us being friends and being there for one another regardless or we try this and we go all the way. Nothing is ever set in stone Quinn but the passion I feel for you and the faith I have in us we can do wonders together. So don't bring 'what ifs' and negative retorts into this, have faith that you and I are meant to be. We are supposed to be together whether other people know or not"

Quinn gripped my hips holding me securely as she leaned forward to reach my lips.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" she asked with a twinkle in those hazel eyes.

"I'll be anything you want and more" I said kissing her deeply then pulling her into a tight hug.

"And more" she repeated smiling into the kiss.

Present Day

"Awwwwwwww" Harlem said "Apart from the imagery I will probably have to get out of my brain sometime soon. You guys were sickeningly cute back then weren't you?"

"Ohho you have NO idea Har. Everyone could tell Quinn was tapping that…why are you looking at me like that?" Santana said

"Are you aware that these are our kids emphasis on kids because you seem to forget that while they are too young to hear that stuff they may not even want to" Brittany chastised.

"You tell her Aunty Brit, we rather not know those things about you guys. I'm happy believing my existence was as a result of good thoughts and nothing else" Harlem said blushing.

"That's a bit naïve Harlem"

"Naïve or not that's the way we want it mama we can't be going through our daily lives with thoughts of you four having sex" Rhett said shaking his body as he said the last part.

"Okay this next part has absolutely nothing to do with sexual relations and/or relationships all that much. This is about when I told Santana my secret" Quinn said

"Aww yes, I remember that day" Santana said stroking her chin menacingly.

"Yeah you would, overreact much?" Quinn retorted

"Oooh what did she do Aunty Q?"

"This is what happened"

23 Years Ago

QPOV

Things seem to be different after Rachel and I made things official. It was a good different though. We made both fell asleep like 20 minutes after I asked her to be my girlfriend and woke up in each other's arms.

School was going pretty smoothly up until Finn decided to corner me and tell me to stay away from Rachel. I was about to kick his ass when Santana came up behind him told him to back off before she made him know how his balls tasted. He scampered away holding himself having no doubts that Santana would make nice on her promise.

"What's his deal?" she asked rolling her eyes. I shrugged

"You know him, if he isn't in control of a situation and everyone in it he acts as though the world is to stop and get in line. What's up with you?" I asked as we walked down the halls to gym class.

"Not a thing, I rather talk about what's up with you and that shorty we call Berry" Santana said stopping to eye me carefully.

"What are you talking about?" I asked

"Let's see I saw her like 15 minutes ago and she looks like she fell asleep with a hanger in her mouth. You both do and my spider senses have been tingling so I know something is up. You don't have to tell me of course but I think it's cool to see you happy"

I eyed her for a minute and grabbed her hand. "Wanna skip gym?" I asked quickly.

She shrugged and allowed me to pull her to my car. Once in the car she stared a little skeptical. "I hope you didn't bring me to make out. I love you but you know I love Brittany more than anything in this world and I don't want to have to kick your ass"

Rolling my eyes I scoffed. "This is the one place I know for sure no one will be listening to our conversation you loser. I have two things to tell you and you have to promise not to tell anyone especially not Brittany. If you don't think you can keep this from Brit then I can't tell you Santana and I need you to know"

She stared at me a little trying to read my facial expression.

"There isn't much you would make me keep from Brit but I know for sure this has something to do with Berry and the reason you asked me to keep an eye on her while you were suspended so spill"

"Just let me tell you everything before you say anything" I said and started

I told her everything. Rachel and I decided that we could tell Zayi, Skye and Tony. I asked her about Puck, Santana and Brittany since we spend most of our time with them. She gave me free reign since this is my secret to be kept and I would know who to trust. I told Santana about how I put Rachel in danger. Truthfully I wasn't being careful the night I took her to the bar and I should've known that she wasn't to be seen with me there. I told Santana about working with Tony and our relationship. I told her about the night I told Rachel everything and when she met Tony. I told her about Skye and Zayi and how they are there to have my back if I need it. I couldn't tell her about Mike so I continued with how I've been spending every night at Rachel's house, all the stuff between my mother and I and the reason why my mother isn't more pissed off about me sneaking out. I had to use the being kicked out card on her. I wasn't proud of it but it was a necessary evil. I finished off with the reason why I asked her to keep an eye on Rachel. The truth is I don't trust many people but Santana is my no.2 always has been and always will be if anyone could watch over my girl when I wasn't around it was her.

"You're an ass" Santana said angrily. "How could you not only put yourself but Berry in that kind of position. What if she didn't agree to this Quinn? What would you have done then?"

I lowered my head in shame knowing exactly how she meant. I beseeched myself many times over for my mistake and I could never take it back. I thought Santana was going to kick my ass when she rested her hand on my cheek.

"Listen Q, I got your back here. Nothing and no one will hurt you or Rachel while I'm around but you need to promise me a couple things. Promise me you are being safe for both of your sakes just be safe and keep Rachel safe as well. We never have to speak of this again but please be safe because I don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to you and you both need to be there for each other. Also I think you should teach her some sort of defense I mean you could let me teach her some basic Martial Arts moves or something"

"You would do that?" I asked feeling Santana wipe the tears away from my eyes.

"Are you kidding? We can't leave your girlfriend totally defenseless and I would sleep better at night knowing that the four of us were doing everything we could to keep ourselves safe. I already have Brit at blue belt level I could catch Berry up in no time plus she needs a little release if you aren't tapping that" she said I hit her on the shoulder.

"What did I say? I just meant you know how she is around competition time plus we are approaching college apps time and I don't know if you noticed but she's tightly wound right now and driving everyone nuts"

I laughed realizing that she was telling the truth Rachel has been a little out of control recently at Glee Club. "I'll talk to her, hey San thanks for being here for me and don't tell anyone what I told you. I will be careful and I will protect Rach if it's the last thing I do. I try to avoid spending too much time with other people because I don't want to mess anyone else's life up more"

"Don't worry about me and B, we wouldn't let you go through this alone anyhow, and I'm pretty sure she knows about you and Berry already my girl is pretty intuitive you know"

"Yeah I know its the rest of it I don't want her to know and she needs to keep this a secret for our safety no one can know I'm dating Rachel"

"Don't be a stuck record now Q. I get it and I'll let you tell her if you choose to"

"I'll talk to her. I saw Beth couple weeks ago. Puck brought her to Rachel's house and we've been spending time with her. She's amazing S and she gives me something to want to fight to live for. I want everything to work out because I want to see my little girl grow up" I choked out.

"I have a feeling you will do more than see her grow up Q"

"I hope so, and you really don't care that I'm a quote on quote gang banger?" I said sitting back into my seat relaxing around someone who wasn't Rachel for the first time in a long time.

"Nah, it makes you almost as badass as I am that's all" We fell in silence for a while.

"So do you have a gun?" Santana asked. I jolted out of my seat knowing it was too good to be true. Despite the subject matter this sliver of familiarity made me feel at ease.

"Can I touch it?"

"No"

"Can I shoot Finn the land whale?" She asked bouncing up and down in the passenger seat. I got out the car after saying no.

"You are no fun"

"And you are a 5 year old in a 18 year old's body"

"Whatever let's go to glee so we can be rung out by your girl"

I'm stepping it up a notch in the next chapter. Hit me up!

I'm going to be skipping the whole singing competitions stuff in this story gonna just mentioned whether they win or lose.

Specks :)