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"Holy shit Q this place is huge!"
Santana had just been given the full tour of Quinn's place and she was rather blown away.
"It's far too big for two people huh."
"Please tell me you have danced around this place like a crazy person like Hugh Grant does in Love Actually."
"I will neither confirm nor deny such a thing."
Quinn winked at the younger woman before moving to the plants in her lounge to give them a much needed drink.
"You've got to have a party here before you sell it."
"Actually speaking of parties I normally have one every year for my birthday."
"Awesome!...hang on wait do I even know when your Birthday is?"
"Ha ha actually no I don't think you do."
"Well now I'm the suckiest girlfriend." Santana pouted and sat heavily on the large white leather couch.
"No you aren't baby." Quinn moved to her side and kissed her softly.
"So when is your birthday? You know we will have to see if our star signs are compatible?"
"Oh god do you really buy that rubbish?"
"No not really" Santana smirked.
"My Birthday is actually next week."
"Well fuck me! We better get planning then."
Quinn straddled Santana's thighs and began an assault on her neck with her lips.
"Mmmmm Q as good as that feels it's not party planning is it?"
"No but I'm choosing to take your statement literally San."
Santana was confused for a second before she realized what she had said. Smiling into Quinn's neck she ran her tongue down the deliciously inviting pale skin, a small moan from the girl on top of her made her smile even larger. She would make sure Quinn would have an epic Birthday but first things first she would make sure she had an epic orgasm or two.
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"Are you sure you want my parents to come?"
They were currently making a list of who to invite the following week. Well Santana was writing the list, Quinn was rambling off people's names as she stared outside making mental note of what to tell the gardeners to do around the place. Thank god for being able to multi task.
"Of course! Why? Do you not want them there?"
"No of course I do I was just checking I guess." Santana shrugged her shoulders, it was nice that Quinn wanted to include her family and friends and equally as nice that her family and friends would happily be a part of it they all loved Quinn and thought the sun shone out of her perfect bite worthy ass. Santana got lost in some pretty dirty thoughts before Quinn's voice brought her back to the real world.
"So I um was wondering if you would be ok for me to invite Rachel's Dads." Quinn turned back to face the brunette.
"Oh yeah?...sounds good to me." Santana replied with a smile.
"Are you sure? I mean they may not even come in fact I'm not even sure that one even likes me anymore but they have always been invited and they have kind of been my only parents for a long time."
"Q it's totally cool, it's your Birthday so you invite whoever you like."
"I don't want to do anything to make you uncomfortable though."
"Will they rude?"
"I'm sure they will be lovely."
"Then there is nothing to worry about."
Santana moved from her seat on the floor and made her way towards the blonde, encircling her arms around her lover's waist and resting her chin on a perfectly positioned shoulder.
"I know you have a past babe I'm just lucky to get to be a part of your future."
Quinn instinctively pulled the Latina closer and closed her eyes. Words could not explain the pleasure and safety she felt in Santana's arms she was like her safety net.
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"Hey I totally forgot to mention this the other day but you know that Mark guy?" Santana spoke above the radio as they were heading back to the bar for another busy shift.
"The reporter?"
"Yeah."
"What about him?"
"Do you know if he's single?"
"Well it's not something I tend to ask strangers San…..why?"
"I could be wrong…..but I'm sure there was a bit of eye action going on between him and Steph."
"Really?" Quinn tried to think back but she didn't really see Mark interacting with any of the staff as she had left him to it.
"I'm about 90 percent sure."
"Steph hasn't had a boyfriend in forever."
"I know which is why it stuck in my mind when it happened."
"Did they get each other's numbers or anything?"
"I don't even know."
"I will try and do a bit of snooping." Quinn chuckled.
She would love for Steph to find someone special and Mark had seemed like a pretty decent guy as far as first impressions go.
"I will leave it in your capable hands then my love." Santana grinned and began to flick through the radio stations to find a decent song.
"Ha ha you are only doing that so I'm the one she gets pissed at if you are wrong huh?"
"She just tends to be a bit nicer to you when she is in a bad mood."
"Thanks babe nice to know you've got my back."
"Always my sweet, beautiful, gor…"
"Ugh stop crawling." Quinn smacked Santana thigh playfully.
"Mmmm harder baby you know I liked to be spanked." Santana laughed loudly when Quinn's mouth fell open.
"Tut tut your mind always in the gutter."
"There's certain gutters on you I wouldn't mind being all the time you know." Santana ran her hand up Quinn's thigh making the blonde squirm.
"San…" Quinn's eyes rolled slightly when she was cupped through her jeans.
"We could finally christen your back seat you know, I can be quick." Santana raised an eyebrow before glancing towards the back of the vehicle.
Quinn was finding it extremely difficult to concentrate on the road ahead.
"You are such a horn dog."
"Yeah I know." Santana smirked devilishly and sat back properly in her seat.
"And I'm going to start sending you my laundry bill." Quinn tugged at her jeans why did they have to be so fitted and cause friction exactly where she equally did and didn't want it right now.
"Well I did suggest you start bringing a spare pair of panties to work."
"Yeah yeah I know you did." Quinn rolled her eyes and put her window down to get some fresh air and help cool off.
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"Kurt please don't hang up." Something in Shelby's voice made Kurt stop his motion to end the call as soon as he realized who it was.
"What do you want Shelby?"
"I need to speak to her."
"You actually need to leave her alone."
"I wish I could but there are some things I need to explain to her."
"I'm pretty sure any explaining you needed to do was covered when you ripped her heart out."
"I know I hurt her….I had no other choice."
"There is always another choice."
"Kurt please." Shelby was begging now and she wasn't ashamed to do so.
"She is happy you know, finally happy….. So you can surely understand my stance on keeping you as far away from her as possible."
It stung Shelby to know Santana was happy with someone else but she was also not a fool to think it wasn't going to happen.
"I don't wish to cause her any problems I just need to let her know a few things."
"So basically you just want to clear your own conscience?"
"No….look there is some major stuff going down."
"Oh yes I've read all about that."
"Kurt she isn't safe." Shelby frustratingly yelled out.
"What?"
"I NEED to talk to her Kurt."
"Why is she unsafe?"
"Look Luke knew about us…..he made me end things with her."
"So you listened to your fraud of a husband how does that put Santana in danger?"
"He threatened to hurt her back then."
"That was a long time ago don't use that as an excuse to try and get back into her life now."
"Oh my god Kurt please quit trying to be a catty bitch and listen to me! Luke thinks I have something to do with him getting arrested. He wants to hurt me…and one way he knows how to do that is by hurting Santana. He knows…" Shelby stuttered.
"He knows what?"
"He knows that I am still in love with her, that I have always been in love with her."
Kurt's eyes went wide with Shelby's confession. She had always remained cool calm and collected when it came to the topic of her feelings for Santana when they had discussed it previously. He now had no idea who the real Shelby was.
"Last time I checked he wasn't a hit man Shelby."
"He is dangerous Kurt he may have many people fooled but trust me I know what he is capable of….please just give me her number."
Tears sprung at the back of Shelby's eyes she had been trying to track Santana down for a week or two now and she was getting desperate…her next plan was to sit on her parents door step until they listened to her.
"I will talk to her."
"Kurt…."
"NO! You don't get to pop up out of nowhere and surprise her like that! I will talk to her and give her your number. Then it's up to her if she calls."
"Ok I guess that's better than nothing."
"It's the only option I'm giving you."
"I know I hurt her and it will probably mean nothing to you but at the time it was truly the only choice I had."
"Save your explanations for someone who gives a damn about your feelings Shelby."
"This is NOTHING to do with my feelings can't you see that? This is about Santana."
"If you hurt her in anyway…" Kurt left his sentence hanging he wasn't sure exactly what he would do but he still felt the need to say it.
"I am trying to protect her."
"So you say."
"It's the truth."
"I will talk to her."
"Today?"
"Soon."
"Ok."
"Bye Shelby."
"Good bye Kurt."
Kurt ended the call and stared at his phone how the hell was he going to handle this?
Shelby rubbed her temples to try and ease the ache that had developed. She was at least a step further ahead than she had been so she had to be thankful for that. She picked up the large pile of mail from her hall table and made her way to her bedroom to try and get some rest. She placed the letters, mainly bills on her night stand and picked up the newspaper it was a few days old by now but she thought catching up on some other things going on around the city would help her wind down a little.
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"So a little birdy tells me that you may have been making gaga eyes at our friendly reporter the other day." Quinn sing songed her statement as she blended some berries.
"Santana is so love hazed by you that she is seeing things." Steph said all too quickly from beside her which made Quinn grin. Santana had been completely correct in her observations it seemed.
"Oh really? That's a pity….I was going to suggest that maybe you would like to see if he wanted to come to my party with you."
The corner of Steph's mouth twitched, she had spoken to Mark a few times and exchanged a few texts. He had suggested meeting up for a drink somewhere a few times so maybe Quinn's party could be a good place to start, it was an easy way of getting to know one another without the stress of it being just the two of them.
"You don't want someone you hardly know at your Birthday Q."
"It could be a good way to get to know him better." Quinn bumped her shoulder into the woman next to her.
"Maybe I could ask him."
"So San wasn't wrong after all?"
"She may have been a little bit correct."
"I think she will be a little bit happy to hear that."
"I haven't been out with him or anything."
"There is no reason to rush anything."
"He seems like a good guy though."
"Have you told him about Billie?"
"Yeah and he didn't go over the top with the whole I want to meet her or I love kids crap."
"And he obviously didn't run away."
"No he just said she sounds great."
"So he isn't trying too hard?"
"No….should he be? Ugh it's been so long since I've done this."
"I think he is doing it just right at this stage."
"Ok cool."
"So are you going to ask him to come?"
"Yeah I might suggest it."
"Great just let me know if it's a yay or a nay."
"I will do."
Steph smiled widely at her friend she knew she could count on Quinn for some support and confidence with this whole thing.
"Ok before this place gets crazy I'm going to go and do a few things upstairs. Call me when the numbers start to pick up."
Steph nodded and went back to making up her cocktail bases.
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Quinn climbed the stairs to her office with a slight jump in her step. She wanted her friend to find happiness and even if Mark wasn't going to be anything more than a step in the right direction at least she was prepared to be finally putting herself out there.
Her desk was slightly chaotic as she really hadn't spent much time up here in the past few days. She sat down on her chair and glanced across some paperwork trying to decide which to tackle first. Her phone beeped from its tucked position in her bra.
- - - Hey Quinn any chance we could catch up?
Quinn read the message a couple of times it seemed a bit odd for Kurt to texting her.
- - - Hi Kurt sure thing is everything ok?
- - - Can I call you now?
Quinn didn't bother texting him back instead she hit call on her phone.
"Hi Quinn."
"Hey how are you?"
"I'm ok."
"What's up Kurt? Did you want me to get San?"
"No….I need to run something by you."
"Ok shoot."
"I'm not sure how to begin with all of this but I had an interesting phone call today and I don't know what to do about it."
"Right." Quinn wasn't sure she liked where this was going.
"It was from Shelby."
"Ok." The name immediately made the hairs on the back of Quinn's neck stand on end.
"She wants to speak to Santana."
"I don't know if Santana wants to speak to her…..or even if she should speak to her."
"I was thinking the same thing but she is concerned that Santana might not be safe."
"Safe from what? What does she mean by that?" Quinn felt her blood turn cold.
"She thinks her ex might go after Santana."
"Why would he do that?"
"To hurt her."
"Well duh that much is obvious but why does he want to hurt Santana."
"He doesn't want to hurt Santana per say he wants to hurt Shelby."
"And why does that involve San?"
"Well…..ok this is not something you are going to want to hear but he knows Shelby is still in love with her."
Quinn could hear her own pulse beating in her ears.
"Do you…..do you think this is legit?"
"Well I accused her of simply wanting to get close to Santana but she did genuinely seemed very concerned."
Air rushed from Quinn's lungs it seemed the whole Shelby thing was only just beginning.