Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, Breadstix, or any music/musicians mentioned
Chapter 20
Just before school ended the following day, Santana approached Quinn at her locker.
"Everything is set; Britts and I spent our whole lunch hour running your errands." Santana studied the blonde. "You're already getting laid, what's with all the extra shit?"
Quinn shook her head with a smirk. She raised an eyebrow as she spoke. "It wouldn't hurt you to take Brittany out on an actual date, you know." When she saw that Santana was about to argue she amended her statement. "Besides Breadstix."
Santana huffed and rolled her eyes. "Whatever. You owe me." Then with a small smile she walked away.
"What'd Santana want?" Rachel asked as she approached Quinn. The brunette hugged her girlfriend from behind and kissed her neck.
Quinn turned around in Rachel's embrace so that she could properly kiss the brunette. When they pulled apart, Quinn smiled. "She was just looking for suggestions on what to do for Brittany."
"Awww, who knew Santana was such a romantic?" Rachel cooed as she kissed Quinn again.
Quinn smiled into the kiss. "Yes, just don't tell Santana I told you so."
Rachel giggled. She knew that the Latina wasn't as tough as she pretended to be.
Quinn took Rachel's hand in her own and brought her to her mother's house. As soon as they were inside, Quinn stuck the lasagna in the oven (Santana brought it over and had it setting in the refrigerator). Then Quinn returned to the living room with Rachel.
The blonde grabbed her guitar and sat in front of her girlfriend. She began to strum and quietly sing Sheryl Crow's 'I Shall Believe.' It was the song she heard Rachel sing the first day she saw her in the park. It was the day she realized that she believed in love at first sight and that Rachel was what she wanted.
When she got done singing, she smiled at her girlfriend. Rachel had tears in her eyes. "Quinn that was beautiful." She took her hand in hers. "Did you choose that one for a reason? It's just…I was singing that the night we first met."
Quinn smiled. "I know."
Realization dawned on Rachel's face as she tackled the blonde in a fury of kisses. "I love you Quinn Fabray!"
Quinn smiled. "I love you more, Rachel Berry."
Rachel giggled. Quinn leaned to whisper in the brunette's ear. "I was hoping maybe I could draw you."
Rachel blushed as a smirk crossed her face. "Is that a line…to get me naked?"
"What?" Quinn's face matched Rachel's as she sputtered nervously. "I…I wasn't…I didn't mean for you to pose nude. I was just…I."
Rachel giggled again. "Relax, Quinn. I knew what you meant, but where's the fun in that? You're already drawing naked pictures of me."
Quinn swallowed audibly, before grabbing her sketchpad and pencils. "I guess…wanna go to my room then?"
Rachel shook her head with a smile. "We're already sleeping together Quinn, why are you suddenly nervous?"
Quinn chuckled anxiously before shrugging. "Sometimes I still can't believe you want to be with me."
Rachel put her hands on Quinn's cheeks and made sure the girl's hazel eyes were on her. "Well I am with you, Quinn. And I am very happy."
A large smile spread across Quinn's face. She placed her hands on Rachel's. "Thank you."
Rachel laughed out loud. "You're welcome?"
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Quinn was intently drawing a very naked Rachel, before she could no longer stand not toughing the girl. Her eyes darkened. "You know, we should take advantage of the empty house."
"I thought we were."
Quinn sauntered over to Rachel. "I had a little something else in mind."
"Maybe instead of talking about it, you can show me what you had in mind." Rachel replied with a sultry voice that spurred Quinn into action.
Rachel quickly helped Quinn out of her clothes, and then they made love. Afterwards they took a shower together. As they were showering, the bathroom door opened.
"Quinn?"
Judy said as she stuck her head in. "What are you doing home? Do you know the oven's on?"
"Shit!" Quinn scrambled around in the shower, falling and taking the shower curtain to the floor with her. Rachel stood fully exposed in front of Judy.
"Hello." Rachel replied, trying her best to cover herself and appear nonchalant while internally she wanted to die.
Judy turned away to face the door. "Hello Rachel. I'll just see you girls when you finish." She replied as she walked out of the room, her face bright red.
"Kill me now." Quinn moaned from the ground.
Rachel helped Quinn up after shutting off the water. "Maybe we can pretend like it didn't happen."
"My mom saw you naked Rachel."
"You don't have to remind me, I was there." Rachel replied warily.
"She's gonna know we're sleeping together."
"That's probably a given. She did give you pamphlets, Quinn."
"I hope she doesn't tell your dads, they'll hate me for deflowering their princess." Quinn groaned.
"You're not worried about your mom, you're worried about my dads?" Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"Well yeah. They'll ban me from seeing you."
Rachel laughed. "Really Quinn? How? We live together."
"But…"
"Quinn, it's embarrassing. I may never be able to look your mom in the eyes again, but it'll be okay. My dads may give you the talk about your intentions with me." Rachel smirked. "But they do adore you"
After getting dressed and composing themselves, they slowly made their way down the stairs. Judy was pulling the lasagna out of the oven when they reached the kitchen.
"It smells good." Rachel said as they walked in.
"Oh! If I had known you girls were planning a date, I would have stayed away." Judy replied, flustered.
"Well since you are here, why don't you join us for dinner? Quinn prepared it."
"It's vegan lasagna, and we'd love you to join us Mom." Quinn offered.
"I'd love to." Judy said as she grabbed some plates from the cupboard.
"How'd you get everything here without anyone knowing?" Rachel asked Quinn, as she helped Judy set the table.
"Santana."
Rachel nodded. "Oh."
"Sorry I lied, but I wanted this to be a surprise."
"Who's Santana?" Judy asked curiously.
"One of our friends from Glee." Quinn replied.
"I'd like to meet your friends sometime. I never liked that Sadie girl on your cheerleading team, but these glee kids seem nice. If they're anything like Rachel."
"Thank you." Rachel blushed at the compliment.
Quinn was still stuck on Judy's mention of Sadie; she noticed how Rachel shifted uncomfortably at the mention of the girl.
"We're getting ready for our first competition. The glee club chose me to be the president and I'm sort of in charge of the setlist. We're even working on writing original songs, just to give us a one up on the competition." Rachel spoke excitedly.
Judy listened intently. "Will Quinn get to sing?"
"Yes! I suggested she do a duet, there are a few people in the club whose voice would complement hers wonderfully."
"Did the two of you ever think about singing together? Your voice is amazing Rachel."
Quinn came out of her internal musings and looked at Rachel. "A duet? I'd think that singing a love song would turn off some of the judges."
"Oooh, maybe we could create a mash-up. Think of something powerful that could resonate with the audience. We'll have to look into it." Rachel smiled when she saw Quinn's face light up.
"You want to sing with me?" Quinn asked shyly.
"I'd love to, Quinn. Even if not for competition, it'd be something that we could work on together."
The rest of the dinner continued surprisingly well, despite how awkward it began. After they finished eating, Quinn and Rachel said goodbye to Judy and headed home.
As they pulled into Rachel's driveway, the brunette turned toward Quinn. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Quinn looked at her girlfriend with confusion.
"Dinner went well with all things considered; I don't think she'll tell my dads. If she does, we'll deal with it. But something else is on your mind." Rachel explained.
"When Mom mentioned Sadie, you were upset." Quinn said quietly. "I have no feelings for her; you don't have to be jealous."
Rachel frowned. "But…"
"No buts, Rachel. I never really had feelings for her. When I was with her, I thought I was experimenting. With you…I never was in love before, Rachel, please believe me."
The brunette smiled. "I believe you, Quinn." She kissed the blonde gently, then pulled away with a sigh. "So, are you ready to face a possible firing squad?"
Quinn's eyes got wide. "I thought you said...?"
Rachel giggled. She took Quinn's hand in hers. "We're in this together...no matter what. Okay?"
Quinn nodded as she took a deep breath. She released it slowly. "Okay. I'm ready."
They walked up to the Berry house nervously, not knowing what awaited them on the other side of the door...