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7 Years Later
Quinn stood backstage, nervously fidgeting with the clasp of the belt buckle around the midsection of the deep purple knee length dress she was wearing. Even after years of practice, she could never get over the nerves she felt before giving an interview, but here she found herself, waiting to be called up for her segment, and the nerves were just as strong now as they were the first time she ever appeared on national television. A lot had changed over the last seven years, and after some moments of uneasy upheaval, things had finally settled down and she could safely say that she was in a really great place.
During Quinn and Rachel's second year of college, Rachel had been discovered by a Broadway director during a college theatre production. He was instantly charmed by the diva and after hearing her sing, he encouraged her to audition for a revival of Spring Awakening. At first she was hesitant, realising that if she got the part, she would have to leave behind college and move to New York much sooner than originally planned. But what really hindered her decision, was the idea of leaving her wife behind in New Haven.
When the girls made the decision to attend Yale together, it was because they wanted to live together as a married couple, rather than travelling back and forth visiting each other every weekend. The very idea of it almost compelled Rachel to turn down the audition. But Quinn refused to allow her throw away such an unbelievable opportunity over something as small as distance. After all, it had been Rachel who told her that it was inevitable that at some point they would have to be apart for the sake of their careers, and so Quinn was determined to deal with that if it meant her wife could follow her dreams.
And that's exactly what she did. Quinn put aside her own desire to keep her wife by her side and encouraged her to go to the audition, with the promise that they would see each other every weekend, and that Quinn would be there, opening night cheering her own. So Rachel went to New York, aced her audition and was cast as the female lead, and her wife supported her every step of the way. The success of the revival catapulted Rachel to Broadway superstardom. She was the toast of the musical theatre world and as the years passed the recognition also followed.
The diva was inundated with offers for roles in new musicals, originating two new roles and winning Tony awards for her work. Soon the diva was completing the transition into a crossover star, appearing in movies and tv shows and after landing an Emmy and an Oscar, the diva was one award away from accomplishing the EGOT. Through it all, Quinn was by her side cheering her on. The blonde would wait up for her to come home from a show, she would be there for opening night and Rachel's final curtain call, she would proudly walk the red carpet at award shows and clap the loudest when her wife's name was announced as the winner. Quinn was there through it all.
But she wasn't just standing in the background living under the shadow of her wife's fame. No, Quinn was far from being a nobody in the business. In fact, the blonde was now one of the most sought after starlets in the movie business. Not long after Rachel gave her first performance on Broadway, Quinn started scoping out open auditions for tv shows and movies, hoping that show how, she would land a role that would bring her closer to her wife. What she didn't expect to happen was to become an overnight sensation.
An audition for a new tv show based in New York landed Quinn the lead female role in a new crime thriller during her Junior Year of college. Rachel was ecstatic to say the least, not only would they be based in the same city, but her wife was also living her dreams. The show became an overnight success worldwide and Quinn was thrust into the Hollywood spotlight, earning her two Emmy wins and landing her starring roles in movies alongside Hollywood heavyweights such as DeNiro and most recently playing the younger sister of Reece Witherspoon in a rom-com. Life just seemed to take off for both girls.
However, even with the dizzying heights of their careers, and the demands of busy work schedules, Quinn and Rachel always worked hard to mould their schedules so that they were never apart for more than 2-3 weeks while they were working on individual projects when they had to work away from home, which for the girls was now New York City. Although Quinn did get her beach house in California like she wanted, a place the girls would use as their base when one or both of them were in L.A, or when they just needed an escape from the hustle and bustle of a busy city, a city that never sleeps.
Now here Quinn stood, seconds away from giving yet another interview to promote her latest movie. She just wished that one day she could get over those damn nerves. A voice from behind her broke her from her thoughts. "Mrs. Fabray your up next," the burly man said before glancing back down at his clipboard and speaking into his headset. Quinn nodded and walked over to behind the set where she would make her entrance. Standing in position she glanced at the monitor and watched as Ellen gave her introduction piece.
"My next guest is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now and recently made the list as one of FHM'S Sexist Woman Alive. Her new movie All's Fair In Love and War premiers this weekend, please welcome my friend Quinn Fabray." When the music of Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are began to play Quinn walked out on to the wooden steps and smiled at the audience, giving them a small wave before walking down the steps and making her way over to Ellen, both of them dancing to the music for a moment before sitting down.
"Hi friend," Ellen said in a high pitched voice earning laughs from the audience and Quinn. "Hey to you too," Quinn replied reaching forward for the mug on the table and taking a sip of water to sooth her dry throat. "So we've been friends now for a couple of years but this is the first time you've been on the show. Why?" Ellen asked in a sarcastic accusatory tone, the crowd chuckling. "Well you never invited me. You always ask me to come on the show whenever we have dinner together but I never got an official invite until now," Quinn replied with a warm smile, playing along with Ellen's playful nature.
"You've been MIA for a while now, where you've been, what have you been doing?" Ellen asked as she sat back in her chair and straightened out her blazer. Quinn smiled and fidgeted with her wedding band, twisting it around. "I've been relaxing, just taking some time out. After we shot this movie," Quinn said gesturing her thumb to the big poster that was being projected onto the large screens behind them, "I decided to take a little break from filming for a little while to, you know, just to enjoy some downtime, spend some time with my wife and my friends," Quinn explained.
A slight giddiness bubbled up inside her at being able to talk so openly about the fact that she was married to another woman. When the girls had first hit the big time, they were encouraged, not to hide their sexuality or the fact they were married, but to be ambiguous about the topic until they were in a place in their careers where they were successful enough to overpower the destructive nature of the media. So they downplayed their personal lives for a little while until one day, they decided enough is enough. They were married and they were in love and they were not going to keep hiding it from their friends and peers.
So the girls and their people got in contact with People magazine and organised an interview, announcing to the whole world 'Yes we're Gay! And we're Married!'. Their fans were shocked at first, but in the end they were happy for the pair and the girls were swamped with letters and tweets of support and were also thanked for adding their voice to the LGBT community, both by fans and fellow gay men and women working in the industry. Ellen and Portia even contacted the pair and invited them to dinner at their house and they had been close friends since then. Yes the girls received minor discontent from conservative groups but most of the feedback had been positive and they couldn't have been happier.
"Speaking of your wife, how's she doing?" Ellen asked as she twirled her own wedding band. At the mention of her wife Quinn's face lit up. "She is fantastic. She just started working on her album a couple of weeks ago. It's something she's been wanting to do for a long time and she's finally taken the time out from Broadway and Hollywood and just really taken the time to, you know, build up material for the album. So she's really excited, I'm so happy for her." Ellen smiled and talked a little bit about the first time she heard Rachel sing and was full of praise for the diva's voice.
"Now your wife is pretty open about her past experiences in high school and about her feelings. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, which I have here," Ellen said as she reached behind her and picked up the magazine that featured Rachel on the cover and opened it to the book marked page, "she openly talks about her battle with cancer, which I've talked to her about, but this is the first time she has made it public knowledge to the public. Did you know she was going to do that, were okay with it? Because you were together when she was diagnosed so this is as much your story to tell as it is hers," Ellen asked putting the magazine down.
Quinn twisted her wedding band around on her finger and thought about what she was going to say for a moment before speaking. "Rachel came to a couple of days after she booked the interview and we sat down and she said 'look I'm ready to open about that part of my life but I want to know if you'd be okay with that'. And I told her that if it was what she really wanted to do that I was fine with it, I support her 100% and when the article came out, I read it and I was incredible proud of the way she approached it. You know she was really honest but she was really respectful of the sensitivity of the issue and how it affected not just her, but everyone in her life and people who are going through something like this right now. It was great," Quinn finished with a big smile on her face.
The crowd applauded what they had just heard and Ellen joined in. "That's great and Portia and I, obviously we knew about this before it went to print and I just want to say that we are so happy that y'all got through this and you have achieved everything you have and we are happy to add our voice to the fight against cancer," Ellen said as she gently placed a hand on Quinn's knee before removing it. Quinn thanked her. "I'm actually running a marathon in a couple of weeks to aid cancer research so if anyone is around L.A please show up and give your support," Quinn added.
"Alright we're gonna take a break, we'll be right back and, and we're gonna talk some more with Quinn Fabray. We'll be right back," Ellen spoke to the camera and once the music started playing she turned to Quinn and spoke to her while the mics were turned off. Quinn sighed in relief knowing that the more serious side of the conversation was over. It had been agreed upon prior to taping that Ellen could ask Quinn about Rachel's article but the rest of the interview was to help promote the movie and Ellen readily agreed. And so the second part of the interview was lighter and Quinn to speak a little about what it was about and about the filming process.
Once the show was over, Quinn spent a little bit of time speaking with some fans in the studio audience, posing for photographs and signing autographs before meeting the band who had performed live backstage and complimenting them on their music. Finally she caught up with Ellen in her dressing room and thanked her for featuring her on the show and they agreed to have dinner Quinn and Rachel's house soon. With one final goodbye she walked out of the studio into the Warner Brothers lot and climbed into the waiting SUV, her assistant waiting for her in the back seat.
"Congrats, you just completed your last interview of the day. You are officially free to go home," the red head remarked as she tapped on the buttons of her Blackberry, answering yet another email. Quinn slouched down in the backseat and huffed out a large breath as she relaxed during the journey home. "You know, even though you can be a huge pain in my ass, I'm gonna miss having you constantly calling me and badgering me about interviews and promotional trips and photo shoots and….," Quinn's humorous rambling was cut off by her assistant who playfully smacked her on the arm. "Okay, okay I get. By the way your new assistant is due to start work Monday. I don't know much about her but she made quite an impression on the big boss man so she must be really good."
Quinn smiled gratefully as she turned to face her assistant, taking her eyes off her iPhone. "Thank you again for everything you've done for me over the years. I really appreciate it," she said with lopsided smile. Before the red head could reply they had arrived at the beach house and the SUV pulled into the driveway once the gates had opened. "Once you get settled in your new position call me and we'll go for dinner," Quinn said as she hugged the girl and then opened the door to climb out. "I will, bye Quinn. Say hi to Rachel for me," came the reply.
Walking up to the front door, Quinn removed the key from her little black purse and stepped inside. "Honey, I'm home," she called out as she walked down the short hallway and into the spacious open floor plan of the kitchen and living room, where the floor to ceiling glass doors opened out onto the deck looking out over the ocean. Walking over to the couch Quinn removed her black YSL heels and placed them in the nook just under the coffee table to prevent Arthur from getting to them and using them as a chew toy. Standing up, she walked out towards the deck and spotted her wife and their dog playing on the beach.
The diva was running about holding onto a tennis ball, throwing it for Arthur to retrieve and waiting patiently for him to return. Feeling the gaze of someone watching her, Rachel turned her head up towards the deck and smiled when she spotted the familiar figure of her wife looking down on her. Once Arthur had returned with the ball, Rachel leaned down to pet him on the head. "Look boy, Mommy's home," Rachel said as she gestured for him to follow as she jogged through the sand and up the private steps to her home.
"Hey you," the diva called out as she walked up to where her wife standing leaning against the steel framed glass railing around the deck. Quinn's smile grew as her wife got closer and once Rachel was within arms-reach, Quinn gently pulled the diva close to her and leaned down, gently pecking her on the lips. Rachel smiled into the kiss before they pulled apart. Noticing the familiar flash of a camera in the distance, Rachel entwined her fingers with Quinn's and led the blonde into the privacy of their own living room. Walking over to the couch, Rachel sat down, leaning against the back of the couch, Quinn sitting right next to her.
Leaning forward, Quinn captured Rachel's lips in a heated lip lock, running her fingers through dark luscious waves of velvet hair. God how she missed that when Rachel was sick. Now she made it a point to always run her fingers through her wife's hair whenever she could, and to compliment her after she had just been to the hair salon, choosing to make the insignificant things in life significant, regardless of how small it seemed to people watching from the outside. Pulling back, Quinn smiled and gazed into loving brown eyes.
"I missed you today," she sighed, making Rachel blush and shyly bite down on her lower lip. "And you," Quinn continued as she lowered her gaze and gently placed her hand against the slight swell of Rachel's lower abdomen. The diva lowered her hand and put it on top of Quinn's keeping her wife's hand in place. The decision to start a family occurred after Rachel had finished up her last Broadway show. The diva had already decided that she would take a break from the stage and from movie making to focus on her debut album, it was perfect timing for Rachel to try and fall pregnant.
Quinn was over the moon when they decided that they were ready to expand their family. Sure they knew it was going to be difficult to get Rachel pregnant, there was even a strong possibility that it may never happen, but Rachel was prepared to try, and try she did. The diva was now three months pregnant and neither girl could be happier. The process to get Rachel pregnant had been difficult and trying, it had taken cycle after cycle of IVF and they had failed six times before they finally got that positive sign on the little white stick and Quinn had been by Rachel's side for every injection, every appointment, every failed attempt, giving the diva anything she needed.
When they finally got confirmation from the doctors that Rachel was in fact pregnant, Quinn quickly got to work sorting out her schedule so that she was around for all of her wife's doctor's appointments and that the next project she worked on was either in LA or New York so that she could be there for Rachel throughout the course of the pregnancy. With the diva's medical history there was always a concern that Rachel could relapse while pregnant, or that there could be any other number of complications and Quinn wanted to be sure that she was always close by should something go wrong.
Gently lifting the hem of Rachel's summer blouse that was hanging loosely over her bikini top, Quinn pulled it up to display her wife's tanned tummy. It amazed her that the only sign of life growing inside the little diva was that little swell. It wasn't even big enough to be noticeable whenever Rachel wore normal clothes but it had begun to harden a little, forming a protective home around their future child and Quinn loved to caress it. For the time being, the girls were keeping the fact that they were expecting a secret from the public until Rachel was unable to hide it anymore, only informing their nearest and dearest, and those who absolutely had to know, of the news.
Standing up, Quinn gently helped Rachel up off the couch and guided her to their bedroom. Closing the door behind her, Quinn pulled Rachel into a heated kiss, letting her desire for her wife take over. Rachel smiled into the kiss and reciprocated with as much passion as she could muster up. Hans began to flail about as they helped each other into a state of complete undress before Quinn lowered the diva gently to the bed and took up position between Rachel's slightly parted legs, all the while placing soft, feather light kisses to the exposed tan skin of her wife's neck. Rachel trailed a hand up and down the length of the blonde's thigh before slowly making her way up to the heat of her wife's core.
Quinn groaned in pleasure as she felt Rachel's thumb circle her clit, her arms trembling as she tried to keep herself hovering above her wife. "Oh God Rach," Quinn uttered out through ragged breathes. Rachel leaned her head up and whispered next to her wife's ear. "Together," she hushed and Quinn nodded in understanding. Lowering her right hand down between the diva's legs, Quinn trailed her fingers through her wife's length and coated them in the heavenly juices that she came in contact with. She trailed her fingers down further and circled the diva's entrance, as she felt Rachel do the same and with a nod of the diva's head they both penetrated one another in dance that was so well synchronised, it evoked beauty and passion.
"Quinn, baby, I'm gonna cum," Rachel managed through laboured breaths. The blonde nodded her head in confirmation that she too was on the edge, with a few final thrusts both women came undone, their bodies pressed flush against one another as they rode out the strength of their orgasms. "Oh God," Quinn whispered as she pressed her lips against Rachel's forehead. "I love you so much," she sighed as she gently pulled out of her wife as Rachel did the same. The diva grazed her fingers up and down the blonde's sides. "I love you too," she replied as she gazed lovingly up into those beautiful hazel eyes.
Shifting from her position on top of Rachel, Quinn lay down next to her wife and pulled the covers over their naked frames and cradled the diva's head in her arm as her free hand rested against the home of their unborn child. She rubbed gentle circles on her wife' stomach as Rachel rested her hand on the Quinn's forearm, basking in the soothing feeling of her wife's ministrations. It wasn't long before they both allowed sleep to wash over them as they relaxed into the feel of one another's arms. The comfort they found in each other never failing to provide security in all the years they had been together.
A couple of hours later, Quinn was woken up by the sound of the buzzer of the gate sounding throughout the house. Rachel shifted slightly and slowly opened her eyes. Quinn leaned down and placed a kiss on top of her head. "It's probably my new assistant stopping by for mandatory introductions. You stay here and rest I'll take care of it," she explained as Rachel lazily nodded her head and curled up placing her head back down on the pillow. "M'Kay," was her only response. Climbing out of the bed, Quinn through on underwear, a pair of black skinny jeans, a vintage looking Radiohead vest top and a pair of wine coloured Converse before quickly running a brush trough her sexed up hair and giving Rachel a peck on the temple before exiting the bedroom.
Walking up to the main door Quinn clicked the speaker button. "Who is it?" she asked watching the surveillance camera. A man in a black SUV looked out the driver side window and pressed the speaker button. "Mrs. Fabray, I'm from the Collins and Parkinson Agency I'm here to drop off your new assistant Ms. Carter ," he explained. Quinn pressed the release button to open the gate and went to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water while she waited for the doorbell to ring. After retrieving a cold bottle from the fridge and taking a few sips the doorbell rang and Quinn dashed down the hall to answer it.
"Hi….," Quinn's words died off as she came face to face with her new assistant. "What the hell?" Quinn asked in a harsh biting tone. "Nice to see you too Quinn, looks like we're going to be getting to know each other really well." Quinn watched as non-other than Shannon Peterson brushed passed her and entered the house, her home, the home she shared with Rachel. "What are you doing here Shannon? And what's with the false name?" Quinn asked as she stood angrily at the far side of the couch Shannon perched on. "Oh it's not a false name. My mom remarried after I graduated high school so I adopted my stepdads last name. My name is Carter now. Have to admit that came in handy when I was applying for the job," she smirked.
Quinn crossed her arms over her chest and stood with her shoulders squared. This could not be happening, she thought as she watched Shannon scoff at the framed picture of Quinn and Rachel on the small table next to the arm of the couch. Quinn loved that picture, it was taken the day the girls renewed their wedding vows two years ago in Maui. "Quinn, baby," Rachel called as she entered the living room, stopping in her tracks when her eyes fell upon their guest. Their now unwelcomed guess. "What is she doing here?" Rachel barked and Quinn quickly rushed to her side to defuse her wife's anger, stress was not good for a pregnant woman, especially not one as fragile as Rachel.
"I'm Rachel's new assistant. Isn't that great. I'm gonna be spending every single breathing moment with your wife answer any and all of her requests. Whatever they may be," Shannon husked out in a sulty voice. Rachel went to lunge at the other girl but Quinn stopped her, wrapping her tightly in her arms and pressing her lips against the diva's temple to calm her down. "It's okay baby, I'm gonna sort this out. I'm not gonna let her mess with us. Okay? I promise," Quinn said in a hushed voice so only her wife could hear her. Rachel nodded her head and they both turned to glare at the women sitting on their couch.
Things were about to get a lot more interesting…..
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