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DayOne
The following two weeks before winter break seemed to go by quickly. On Friday evening, Rachel and Quinn were sitting in Quinn's bedroom (with the door open of course) listening to music and talking about whatever was on their mind. Currently for Quinn, it was the arrival of Fran tomorrow.
"I love her, but she caused nothing but trouble last time she was here."
"But you can't really blame her; it was Santana and Brittany's idea to have sex with her."
Quinn shrugged. "I know. But everyone's in a good place right now."
"Didn't you say that she had a boyfriend?"
"Yeah, apparently she flew back with some kid from Lima. I'm slightly worried, because Lima's a small town it's bound to be someone we know. Right?"
Rachel thought about it for a moment. Then she shrugged. "So what if it's someone we know, at least it won't be anyone in glee."
"Maybe she'll just hang out with him the whole time and we don't have to put up with her."
Rachel eyed Quinn knowingly but said nothing. Quinn had actually come a long way as far as jealousy was concerned. Rachel knew the girl was finally secure in their love for one another, but every so often the green eyed monster would rear its ugly head. Why Quinn was jealous of Fran was beyond Rachel's ability to comprehend.
"And you'll get to spent Christmas night with Beth, are you excited?" Rachel asked, successfully changing the subject.
"More nervous. We've spent time with her before, but mostly when we babysit it's one on one. You know, I'm scared that Beth won't like being around a lot of strangers. Because that's what we really are to her, Rachel."
Quinn was suddenly feeling sad at the thought. Rachel scooted over and wrapped an arm around her girlfriend, pulling her toward her. "It won't always be that way. And I can't tell you how much it will mean to her to have you and Puck in her life. She'll always know where she came from; she won't feel as lost as I did."
Quinn let a tear fall as she hugged her girlfriend back. She kissed her cheek and smiled. "Somehow you always know what to say to make me feel better."
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Bright and early the next morning, Fran's flight arrived and Judy left to pick her up from the airport. Rachel and Quinn were discussing gift ideas, mostly what constituted proper rule abiding gifts for their Hanukah celebration.
Quinn couldn't think of eight things that she had to make, find, borrow or steal. Even though Rachel had refused to accept any gift she knew was stolen, which led to a heated argument and an even more heated make-out session.
They didn't even hear the front door open or the footsteps racing up the stairs. "I knew it!" Fran's voice announced as she burst through the open door, causing the girls to shoot apart and Quinn to glare at her sister. "When Mom said that you two were back home waiting for me, I knew that you two were doing something far more entertaining than simply waiting." She teased.
"Happy holidays, Fran. Glad you're back." Rachel greeted with a genuine smile.
"Yeah, I would have been home sooner but Mom had to stop by the store to pick up food for dinner tonight. We ran in to your glee teacher, Mr. Shue. He's actually a good looking man, if it wasn't for those sweater vests."
Rachel shifted uneasily. Quinn immediately noticed this, and turned to her girlfriend. "Rachel?"
Fran's eyebrow quirked high on her forehead. "You agree with me, don't you? You think Shue is hot?"
Rachel blushed profusely as Quinn stood up from the bed and studied her. "You have a crush on Mr. Shuester?"
"Had."
Fran was laughing at this point.
Quinn's eyes narrowed. "You had a crush on Mr. Shue? Rachel, he's ancient."
"It was sophomore year."
Fran laughed even harder, because really, that was worse.
"Please explain."
"You know when we had that assignment to sing ballads, and Mr. Shue and I sang 'Endless Love?'" Quinn nodded. "I sort of had a crush on him after that. I went to his house and baked for him and…"
"Okay, stop." Quinn put up her hand to silence the girl. That sounded completely like Rachel and rather than being jealous she suddenly found the entire thing absolutely ridiculous.
Fran calmed down, only giggling every so often. In between fits of giggles, she asked. "Please tell me you sang to him, because…" When the blush returned to Rachel's face she was laughing again.
Quinn raised an eyebrow. "What song?"
"Crush. But to be honest, he never let me finish it."
Quinn joined Fran in giggling. Rachel rolled her eyes at the girls. Then she gathered her things and walked out without a goodbye.
After Fran composed herself, she looked at Quinn. "So, sis, what song did she serenade you with?"
Quinn's giggling stopped abruptly as she eyed Fran dangerously. "Go to hell!" She walked out slamming the door behind her.
Fran was left in Quinn's bedroom and descended into laughter again.
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Over the next few days, Rachel could sense something was off with Quinn. She thought that the girl was over her jealousy issues, but suddenly she was avoiding her. Not really avoiding, since they hung out every day, but she refused to be intimate with her. Rachel finally confronted the blonde about her odd behavior.
They were sitting in Quinn's living room watching TV one night, when out of nowhere Rachel said. "I assure you it is over between me and Shue."
What Rachel forgot to consider was that she and Quinn weren't the only ones in the room.
Fran snorted while Judy shrieked. "Your teacher? Rachel tell me you did not sleep with your teacher!"
"Relax Mom, nothing ever happened between Rachel and Shue. Except a stupid school girl crush." Quinn replied as she got up off the couch and walked into the kitchen.
Rachel sighed. "I don't understand, if it isn't about Shue then what's her problem?"
Fran studied the brunette intensely before answering. "When you have a crush on somebody, or you are in love or whatever, do you use music as a form of expression?"
"Duh? Music is my life."
"And you're in love with my sister, right?"
"Of course."
"So, what song have you sung for her?"
Rachel's eyes widened.
"Yes, that's why she's upset. How many stupid love songs have sung to Finn? Quinn complained last year that you even sang him one when she was dating him."
Rachel looked down ashamed of her actions during that time.
"And you sang to Shue when you had a crush on him, but yet you never sang a song to her."
Rachel nodded, and then she got up off the couch to talk to Quinn.
Quinn didn't know why it bothered her so bad. But Rachel breathed music. She wrote her own song before and yet even after all their months of dating, after giving herself to Quinn, Rachel couldn't seem to sing a damn song for her own girlfriend. It really stung.
"Quinn, talk to me." Rachel asked gently from her spot in the doorway.
Quinn turned toward her, quickly wiping the tears from her eyes. "It's nothing. I guess I was over-reacting."
Rachel slowly approached the blonde, wiping the tears away with the pads of her thumbs before kissing the girl's salty lips. She tried revealing all of her love for the girl in that simple kiss.
When Rachel pulled away, she looked into Quinn's eyes. "I love you more than anything or anyone in my life. I was hoping that I showed you that everyday, that you wouldn't question my love for you."
"Rachel…"
"Please let me finish. Every other relationship I have been in, it felt all consuming but none of it was real. I so desperately wanted them to feel the way I did, so I did stupid things that I thought meant something. Grand gestures and epically romantic things. But with you, it always seemed like you understood me. That I didn't have to try so hard. It wasn't that I didn't want to do all that extra stuff with you; we write each other love letters after all, but…our first date was going to be magical Quinn. But it got all screwed up and you liked it anyway. I just thought that you wanted it that way, to be us, to just happen. I didn't know you wanted the epic romance too. I'm stupid and I'm sorry…"
Quinn kissed her passionately, taking the girl by surprise as Rachel lost her balance causing both girls to tumble to the floor. The large commotion brought Fran and Judy running in, but they stopped in the doorway when they saw the girls on the floor.
"See, clearly, epic romance doesn't work for us." Rachel smiled as she claimed Quinn's lips again.
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The next night was the first day of Hanukah, and the Fabray women joined the Berry's for a small meal together. Quinn brought her first gift for Rachel.
After an amazing meal and stories shared from Jeremiah's mother's Torah, they retired to the living room. Rachel and her dads exchanged their gifts. The men gave Rachel a kitten that they rescued from an animal shelter. Rachel was immediately in love with the fluffy white kitten that she quickly named Barbara. Rachel gave her dads homemade vouchers for different things such as 'I'lldothedishesforaweek,''I'lldothelaundryforamonth,'and'yournextdatenightisonme.'
"I think you are buttering us up because you want to ask us something, sweetheart." Michael laughed. "And look here, you're also trying to get us out of the house." He winked at Quinn who blushed.
Quinn handed her gift to Rachel next. The brunette ripped open the paper excitedly to reveal a calendar. "I thought you needed one to match mine."
"But this isn't superhero inspired." Rachel pouted playfully.
"No, it's better. Look." She flipped through a few pages revealing that it was made with all kinds of pictures taken of the two of them. "I had to get pictures from Kurt and Sugar, and even Santana and my Mom, to get some pictures you haven't seen yet. Plus, a few are pictures I drew of you."
She ducked her head shyly as Rachel slowly flipped through the book. When she saw a picture that Quinn drew of her, the picture was a headshot drawn with charcoal before it was scanned, Rachel was impressed beyond belief. She grabbed Quinn and kissed her thoroughly as Fran catcalled in the background. Not only did Quinn take a lot of time on the gift, but no one had every made hera couples calendar, she usually just got laughed at when she made them for her boyfriends.
Quinn pulled away with a smile. "Okay, I'm ready for my present now."
Rachel grinned before getting up and walking to the stereo to turn some music on. Quinn's breath hitched when she realized what was happening.
Rachel smiled at the girl before she started to sing.
I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you
Every thunder cloud that came was one more I might not get through
On the darkest day there's always light and now I see it too
But I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you
I hear it falling in the night and filling up my mind
All the heaven's rivers come to light I see it all unwind
I hear it talking through the trees and on the window pane
When I hear it I just can't believe I never liked the rain
Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you I'm falling for you now
Just like the rain
When the cloud is rolling over thunder striking me
It's as bright as lightning and I wonder why I couldn't see
That it's always good and when the flood is gone we still remain
Guess I've known all along I just belong here with you falling
Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now
Just like the rain I have fallen for you
I'm falling for you now just like the rain
She stared at Quinn during the whole performance, as the hazel eyes watered.
And when the night falls on our better days
And we're looking to the sky
For the winds to take us high above the plains
I know that we'll find better ways to look into the eye of the storms that will be calling
Forever we'll be falling
Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just
Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just
Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
Like the rain
As the music slowly faded out, she gradually made her way to Quinn. Their eyes locked lovingly on each other. Not everyone in the room understood the significance of this song to them, that their first date ended with a kiss in the rain.
"Geez, get a room." Fran teased, though she had to admit Rachel was extremely talented.
Before Rachel got to her, Quinn jumped up and embraced the brunette. "Thank you, that was beautiful!"
She peppered her with kisses.
That evening Quinn stayed overnight at Rachel's house and made love to her. As their bodies danced in the moonlight that shinned through the window they reconfirmed their devotion to each other.
Quinn trailed kisses across Rachel's naked body, claiming her again and again. Then when she entered inside of her, she made love slowly dragging out the orgasm as long as possible before she allowed the brunette to have her way with her. To be laid claim to by the woman on top of her was the greatest feeling in the world. She was Rachel's for all time.
After both girls climaxed, they cuddled together and fell asleep in each other's arms. Nothing ever felt so right. And all Quinn could think was this was just the first day; she had seven more to go! She couldn't wait to see what Rachel had in store for her.
A/N:Fran's go t someone for them to meet , and Rachel and Quinn exchange more gifts…
Like the Rain by Clint Black