The Surprise

Quinn awoke a little after 10 that night and realized she must have cried herself to sleep.

If she was to be honest with herself, she was exhausted. She had no idea what to do to help Rachel. She felt guilty for giving Beth to Shelby now, knowing that she probably ruined whatever chance Rachel had with her mom. She questions if she's really doing the right thing, keeping Rachel's secret to herself.

Quinn's starting to question her relationship, if you can even call it that, with her mother. They hardly see each other, and they talk even less now. She avoids being home as much as she can, and she knows her mom does the same. She slightly hopes that when she comes out to her mom, that she will be kicked out again. But, now that she thinks about it, where would she go this time? Maybe she could stay with Rachel since both of them are normally without their respective parents anyway. Nope, wait, Rachel currently isn't speaking to her and is pulling away from her touch. "What did I do?" Quinn questions herself.

She sighs to herself, deciding it's too late and she's too tired to be thinking about this right now. She starts to make her way out of the living room when she noticed the light flashing on the answering machine. She knows that she probably shouldn't, but decides to anyway, just incase it was one of Rachel's dads. The pushed the button and a deep voice fills the room "Hey Ray, it's daddy. We managed to get a flight out and we'll be home Wednesday while you're at school. So we can all spend Thanksgiving together on Thursday. Unfortunately, we have to leave again on Saturday for another trip to Florida. We can talk more on Wednesday when we get home. Bye." Quinn couldn't believe what she heard. She knew Rachel's dads had been away for about two weeks, and now there were going to be home for no more then four days before they left again. She starts to understand why Rachel feels so lonely all of the time.

Quinn continued to make her way up to Rachel's room. She was able to make out the shape of the tiny body curled into a ball on the bed. A sad smile formed on her list and she dreaded having to tell her the news about her dads in the morning. She found a pair of pjs and slipped them on before crawling into the bed. Rachel's back was to Quinn, and she couldn't stop herself from reaching out to touch her. When she didn't move away, Quinn was relieved. Cautiously, she became the big spoon around Rachel, who shifted closer to the blonde in her sleep. Quinn placed a quick kiss to the dark hair covered head and drifted off to sleep.

When the alarm rang out at 6am sharp, Rachel jumped out of the bed and away from Quinn, breathing heavily.

"Rachel, what's wrong?"

"I… Uhmm.. Nothing. I'm fine. The alarm just scared me is all." Rachel quickly stuck her ear buds in and jumped on the tread mill.

Knowing that she had a while, Quinn decided to claim the shower first. When she walked into the bathroom, the first thing she noticed was the dried blood on the washcloth and towel hanging on the hamper. A tear slipped out. She quickly wiped it away and took a deep breath. She got into the shower and let the hot water run over her sore and tired body.

She finished and dried off in the bathroom before walking back into the room where Rachel was just shutting off her elliptical.

"Cutting it short this morning?" Quinn decided to try and get Rachel talking.

"Yes. I find myself a but tired this morning. I would rather not push to hard this morning." She replied before heading straight into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.

"Great. It's going to be a long day." Quinn told herself

Unfortunately for Quinn, it was a long two days. Rachel still wouldn't let Quinn touch her, and she flinched and pulled away anytime Quinn tried. But, she was pretty sure Rachel didn't want to be touched after what happened with Karofsky on Monday, not that she could blame her though. Quinn tried to not let it show that it was bothering her, but inside it was killing her.

Rachel wasn't speaking much either. She would answer when spoken to, but refused to start up conversations. Quinn started to realize that a quiet Rachel, was a scary Rachel.

At lunch on Wednesday, Quinn decided to try another conversation with Rachel.

"Hey Rach, since your dads are getting home today, I'm just going to drop you, grab my stuff, and leave. I want you to have some time alone with them before they have to leave again."

"No, you don't have to rush out. They will probably want to meet you anyway since you've been staying with me."

"Ok. I'll stay for a bit, but then I'm going to head home. I don't even know if my mom is back yet, but I should probably at least be there for a few nights. I can come back when your dads leave again, if you want."

"How about we figure it out then? I want you to spend some time at your house as well."

"Ok Rachel."

The girls smiled at each other and Quinn slightly nudged Rachel in the side. Rachel flinched, but didn't pull away this time. Quinn's smile grew just a bit larger.

When they made it to Rachel's after school, they found her dads sound asleep in bed. They just shrugged at each other before going to Rachel's room to grab Quinn's things and headed to Quinn's car.

"Hey Rach? Please keep yourself safe while I'm not here. If you need anything at all, don't hesitate to call me. I don't care what time it is. I don't want you to feel alone."

"I can't promise that I will call, but I will keep you in mind. Ok?"

"Ok. I'll take what I can get. Listen, I know that you're still a little jumpy about being touched since Monday, but can I hug you?"

Rachel bit her lip nervously before nodding her head. Quinn gently wrapped her arms around the tiny girl. She didn't hold on long since she could feel Rachel's tenseness.

"Take care, sweetie." Quinn told her before getting into her car and driving away.

Quinn arrived home to another note from her mother "Quinn, I will be home on Thursday. We can have Thanksgiving as a family. Mom" Quinn shrugged her shoulders and headed straight for her room. She didn't even bother to unpack before she crawled into her bed and was soon fast asleep.

When she awoke the next morning, she headed to the kitchen and saw someone she wasn't expecting.

"Dad? What are you doing here?"

A/N: Ok, I had major writer's block on this one for some reason. I already have the next chapter planned out, so I should have it up tomorrow, I think.

Also, I think that I am going to write smut on the side and have one-shots in a separate story. I'm going to take requests for what people want to see. It doesn't have to be Faberry, but it must be Rachel, Quinn, Santana, or Brittany in any combination. So let me know ideas for the first one-shot!