Quinn Fabray sat down on the crisp leather sofa, anticipation rushing through her blood, with a little anxiety thrown in there too. Santana was taking forever to get ready and it was beginning to annoy her, today was the day she was going to tell her father about her and even if it was only for today, she needed Santana to be speedy.
Quinn had got a hold of her dad's address through her Grandma, her grandma didn't disown her when she was pregnant, sure she was mad but one thing she didn't do was disown her. She clasped the creased sheet of paper that had the address scribbled on, tight in her hands, her grasp grew tighter as she waited and waited for Santana to get ready. She shook her head, rolling her eyes.
"Santana? Please will you stop messing around and just get your ass out here, clothed or not I don't really care!" Quinn shouted to Santana.
"You'd like that wouldn't you Quinn?" Santana called, letting out a snigger.
"What? What are you talking about Santana?" Quinn said pacing up and down the living room in a flustered manner.
"You'd like me to come out with no clothes on, I know you Quinn." Santana stuck her head out of the door, winking at her frustrated girlfriend. Quinn forced a smile and said, calmly but firmly.
"Santana Lopez, as much as I love you, you are really annoying me right now. Please will you put some clothes on and get your ass out of the bedroom."
Santana raised her eyebrows at her girlfriend's sudden mood swing. "Sure I will, I just wanna look good for you, I mean if your dad is gonna accept you he needs to know that your girlfriend isn't just any old girl, but a freaking hot mess."
Quinn broke into a grin and shook her head fondly, "You don't need to try to be hot honey, you are just naturally perfect."
Santana smirked walking out of the bedroom wearing a tightly fitted red dress that barely covered her ass. "That is full of crap, as much as I want to believe you, I'm afraid I don't." Quinn just shook her head, eying her girlfriend up and down giving her a nod of approval.
"One word. Hot. That's all I can say baby, all I can say." Santana nodded walking over to Quinn taking her hand. "I agree." Santana said winking at Quinn, causing the blonde to raise her eyebrows so high that they were hidden under her hair line.
"Somebody's cocky this morning aren't they?" Quinn said poking her elbows into Santana's ribs, causing her to squeal and swat Quinn off with her purse.
The two girls climbed into Quinn's car, an aroma of perfume filling the old, rusty car up.
"I am really nervous San… I have never been more anxious in my life. What if he's not in? What if he opens the door then slams it shut again. No worse what if he's with his tattooed freak of a girlfriend?" Quinn said panicking.
"Honey, you are reading too much in to this. Just forget it, we're going to have an amazing road trip and we're gonna see your dad tell him then maybe stay for a bit or if you want to we can leave and go shopping or go to a bar or two and get drunk. Whatever you wanna do."
"Well that does make it seem a lot less scarier… I am so glad you are gonna be there with me I couldn't do it alone, I just couldn't. Thank you Santana, thank you for everything."
"I will always be here Quinn, no matter what, oh don't worry about it honey."
Quinn got the engine going and within minutes they were roaring down the road, when Quinn was nervous, happy, angry or with any strong emotion at all she drove like a wild thing. They drove for 2 hours straight then stopped at a motel restaurant sort of thing for a burger or something.
The two of them walked over to the restaurant and got seated at a booth at the back. Santana sat in the corner putting her feet up and Quinn followed in suit.
They talked and ate and talked some more for an hour until Quinn new they must leave or else they'd never get there… Quinn thought that maybe that wasn't such a bad thing.
They got out on the road again and drove again for an hour, Quinn saw as sign signalling where her father lived and drove in that direction, she had never felt as anxious in her life. Santana sensed Quinn's anxiety and held onto the hand that wasn't pressed against the wheel.
"We'll be there soon honey and I promise you it will all be okay." Santana said trying to show sympathy towards Quinn to calm her down.
"How do you know? The more I think about it the more I begin to think it will all go wrong and any love he had left for me will be snatched away by what I am about to tell him."
"Well… If you want my opinion, which you probably don't considering anything I've said so far you have not liked at all, but I think that honestly it will go well, I mean, the universe has been pretty nasty to you so far so this has got to go well, that doesn't really make sense but yeah it does in my head so don't judge me." Santana furrowed her brow and shook her head at her own dumbness.
"Well thanks, I trust you San, just know that, but my Dad is so much worse than my Mom, it will go terribly I know and then I'll have no parents so, 1 point to the universe and 0 points to Quinn."
Santana chuckled and rubbed her head, "You really need to stop being so damn negative Quinn, it's really disheartens me- wait is that even a word? Anyway, just keep your head up high and a smile on your face and the world is in your hands, you're Quinn Fabray remember? The coolest, hottest, smartest girl in the whole world, you can do anything if you really try."
"Wow Santana, I don't know whether to be offended or happy. But thanks, I think? Thank you for coming with me today; you really are the best girlfriend in the world."
Santana didn't need to reply she smiled happily and leaned back in her seat carefully unleashing her hand from Quinn's grasp.
Not long after, the two of them arrived outside what looked like the playboy mansion, Quinn's eyes grew big and she pulled open the door, her mouth hung open.
"I'm speechless, I mean, wow." Quinn said shaking her head.
"Wow is not the right word here Quinn, I knew you were rich but wow, when he dies you are gonna be so rich, halla!" Santana said gawping at the huge house stood before her.
"Santana, don't say stuff like that!" Quinn scolded.
"Sorry that was rude. Are you ready to go inside? Or do you wait a minute?" Quinn shook her head and took one last look at her car.
"No, let's get it over with."
Quinn curled her fists into a ball and banged on the door twice; she stepped back, and stood beside Santana, trying not to faint with the nerves.
A young woman with bleached hair and tight clothing opened the door a forced smile upon her face.
"Hello? Who are you? Do you have an appointment?" The women said with a tight lipped expression upon her face.
"Hi there, I am Quinn Fabray…Russel Fabray's daughter. And no I didn't think I needed an appointment to see my own father."
"Wow I could tell you were Russel's daughter anywhere, you've certainly got the attitude, you look nothing like the picture on our table, you're much smaller there."
"I was probably five and as you can see I am not five anymore." Quinn said with a sharp tone but inside she was secretly thrilled that her dad had a picture of her in his new house where he lived his new life.
"Well anyway, come inside and I will call Russel, I am sure he will be nothing less than pleased to see you. Is this your friend?"
Quinn shuffled inside, dragging her feet along the matt that stood by the door. Quinn wasn't sure whether or not she should tell this stranger who was obviously dating her father, that Santana was her girlfriend, but she thought why not, her father would know soon so it wasn't as if it was a big secret.
"You are a complete stranger and I don't really care if you are dating my father or not but this is my girlfriend and by girlfriend I do not mean my friend who is a girl I mean my girlfriend."
"Wow Russel certainly didn't tell me you were… well…"
"That's because he doesn't know and I am here to tell him so please tell me where my father is."
"He's in his study, walk down the hall, it's the first door on your left."
Quinn and Santana walked hand in hand, a silence growing, down the long hall. Quinn knocked on the door almost aggressively tapping her foot on the floor nervously. When the door burst open she dropped Santana's hand so it came clashing down to the Latinas hips leaving her feeling slightly rejected and shocked.
Once inside the two of them took a seat on his leather sofa that almost looked brand new.
"So Quinn, what brings you here today and I uh…" Russel said stammering towards the end.
"If you are going to ask about my daughter Beth, she has been adopted, that was a whole other part of my life and she is better off with her new Mom and I am happy I made that decision and I do not regret getting pregnant because it changed my life for the better and even for the worst. So there, you needn't ask any questions about that, I've told you everything." Russel rubbed his head with the palm of his hand, blinking continuously for a minute. Quinn waited patiently for him to say something.
"Right okay, I am glad you got that sorted. And now I suppose I should address the fact that we have not spoken since… Well you moved out. Is that why you are here? To catch up?"
"No actually, I didn't travel all the way here to 'catch up' I actually have something to tell you, I am guessing you and Mom are not in touch so you won't know about this and it all be very new to you so… here goes. This Dad is Santana, you've met her before but when we were young and then she was just one of my close friends, now you are seeing her but not as my friend but as my girlfriend. Wait Dad before you say anything just let me speak, I know I got pregnant and I know I have dated boys mainly before but now I have a girlfriend and nothing that you say or do will change how I feel about Santana because I am in love with her and that's just the way it is, whether you like it or not."
Quinn took a deep breath and took Santana's hand in hers, squeezing it tight.
"That's a lot to take in, in just a few seconds… Well all I can say really is I'm glad, at least you can't get pregnant. Well if that is all, then you may go, say hello to your mother for me and well… I hope we see you again." Quinn's mouth fell open, she shook her head, fury boiling up in side of her, she wasn't sure whether to slap her father or hug him.
"Excuse me? Excuse ME? That's it? All you have to say is THAT? You are glad because I can't get pregnant again? You have nothing else to say? After I travelled hours on the road, spending days to think of something to say, how to tell you this big secret I had kept inside of me and all you say is that? I should have known, yeah you don't hate me but you might as well. You hope you see me again? Hope? That's all I get? You are my dad! I am supposed to see you every day but instead you are here with that woman who has got to be the most stupid and unattractive women I have ever met living a life that is completely different to your old life, the life you were supposed to live? Come on San we're going, we are not welcome here, I can see that now."
"Wait, woah there Quinn, I'm sorry I just do not know how to react to this news but yes my life is here now and possibly my life here is a life without you but I would really love it if sometimes I stepped into my old life and visited you and your lovely girlfriend, but Quinn, whatever you do, don't tell people about this, we have enough to worry about with the pregnancy, we don't want people thinking even worse of you." Quinn smiled but soon her smile faded into a frown. How could he be so nice yet so insulting at the same time?
"Dad, a lot of people already know and they don't care, so no dad we are not going to keep this inside. People like my dad, maybe it is hard for you to believe but they do and they are not going to change their opinions of me because of this."
"Okay, before you leave, can I just ask, what does your mother think of this?"
"Well she is not happy but that doesn't matter, we're going now Dad, I think we've discussed this enough."
"Wait Quinn, could I have your number? I'd love to stay in touch."
"Look me up, I'm Quinn Fabray, in case you had forgotten my name as well as my personality. Goodbye dad, have a good life with your 'girlfriend'." Quinn said angrily, Russel saw them outside and waved them off, once they were in the car Quinn exploded into tears, she wasn't even sure if that went well or not. What was she going to do?