Different Worlds Chapter 26, a glee fanfic

Okay... Holy mother... This is a long one! Because it's so long and because I had to rewrite half of this chapter because half of it went missing when my iPad crashed, this will be the only chapter this week... But please enjoy!

Thank you to my Beta, Comegetit.

I do not own any Glee.

Chapter 26:

Valentine's week; and if anyone thought Quinn couldn't be any more romantic when it came to her relationship with Rachel, they were most certainly wrong. Valentine's Day was actually on Sunday, but Quinn started showing her love to Rachel at the start of the week. If you asked the blonde if she was a sucker for Valentines Day she would state a big NO, she didn't see the point of it, one day out of the year to show some romance to your partner, what about the other 364 days? The softball player wanted to shower Rachel with love and kindness every day they were together, and that's what she's been doing. But Rachel was a big romantic, much like the blonde, but she actually thought Valentine's Day had something extra, something magical, so Quinn was going to make it the best Valentine's Day for the brunette. It would be the couples first Valentine's Day, and also the first time either one of them would be celebrating the day with a partner, so Quinn was going to make it one to remember.

For the whole week Quinn has planned something special for her girlfriend, from little gifts to big gestures... Maybe some of them were extreme, especially what she planned for the weekend, but the Berry men approved and she knew that Rachel would love it... And so would she... So that's all that mattered... It was going to be a magical week.

Quinn thought to start off small and continue to get bigger closer to actually Valentine's Day. So on Monday, Rachel was sitting in History class, next to Kurt, it was almost the end of the school day, and there was a knock on the door, a man walked in with a bouquet of Red Roses. Mr. Flexman stared at the man walking in with the big bunch of flowers... They were in the middle of class; this was highly inappropriate. "Ummm, is there a Rachel Berry here?" the man said looking around.

Kurt squealed next to the brunette and Rachel's cheeks flushed bright red as she slowly slipped up her hand. The man saw her raise her hand and walked over to her and handed her the bouquet of Roses, turned and nodded at the teacher and left. Everyone sat in their chairs watching Rachel hold onto the flowers. The brunette was still shocked at what just happened, Kurt shoved her in the side, "Is there a card?"

Rachel shook herself out of her daze and looked through the Red Roses for a card, the brunette noticed a small white card and took it out to examine it.

You know my past and my secrets,

You hold my heart and love,

Forever yours,

Lucy.

Rachel beamed as tears filled her eyes; Quinn signed her name as Lucy; that was the first time Rachel has heard (well seen) the blonde call herself Lucy. Kurt tried to lean over and read the card, he only saw who signed it, "Huh? Who's Lucy?" he asked.

"Mr. Hummel, eyes this way please... And Miss. Berry, we still have a history lesson to finish, please place those flowers on the ground and concentrate," Mr. Flexman voiced.

The brunette nodded, placing the flowers down next to her chair, but not letting go of the card.

Once class finished, Rachel shot up, grabbed her flowers and ran to the choir room for Glee. Mr. Flexman actually yelled at her to slow down as she ran out of the classroom, but she didn't listen, she was on a mission... That mission was to find her girlfriend.

Rachel got to the choir room before anyone else was there, she placed her things down on her chair and then turned and watched the door, waiting for her girlfriend to come through it. It was taking too long so she walked out of the door and looked throughout the hallway in search for her girlfriend. Kurt came up to her first, "What was that about? You ran out of class like you found out there was a sale at Barney's."

The brunette didn't listen because she noticed Quinn come round the hallway, walking towards the choir room with Santana. Rachel slipped past Kurt, who turned and watched the brunette. Rachel ran through the hallway, people staring at her as she passed them. The softball player finally noticed her girlfriend running up to her and she beamed, the blonde knew that Rachel must have received her flowers.

Rachel flung her arms around her girlfriend's neck, Quinn stumbling back a little bit but quickly regained her footing. "Thank you," the brunette happily voiced in her girlfriends ear.

Santana just stared at the couple, shocked. Why the hell was Berry acting weirder than normal?

Quinn chuckled as she held tightly onto her girlfriend, "You're welcome, I'm glad you liked them."

Rachel pulled back and looked into warm hazel eyes, she then leaned up and captured her girlfriend in an earth-shattering kiss, not caring about anyone watching. Quinn moaned out in surprise and pleasure. Tongues started to meet and a pleasurable fire started to shoot through the two... That was until Mr. Schue... Of all people… Walked over and made them stop, stating it was unacceptable behavior in the school hallway. Quinn rolled her eyes, while Rachel leaned up and gave her girlfriend one last peck on the lips.

As Quinn and Rachel turned to walk to the choir room together the blonde noticed her softball coach down the end of the hallway looking at her with a smirk plastered on her face... It looks like she wouldn't have stopped them.

Santana shook herself out of her disgusted daze and started to walk with the blonde and Rachel, "What the hell was that all about?" Santana asked, it didn't matter that she was repulsed by what she saw and felt the need to go bleach her eyes, she was still curious.

"Quinn had Roses delivered to me in history," Rachel stated with a joyous smile.

Santana looked at her best friend, "You got that affect on Berry just because you sent her flowers?" Quinn just shrugged and nodded. "Well shit... What the hell did she give you when you painted her wall... Or her fucking Christmas present?" the Latina said with wide eyes, and then Santana started to freak about what Quinn was gonna say, "Actually, don't tell me... I don't want to know," she said with a shiver.

Quinn just laughed at her best friend and wrapped her arm around her girlfriend's waist as the three continued down the hall to the choir room.

Tuesday came around and Rachel strolled through the halls of McKinley High on her way to her locker, the brunette looked around seeing that a lot of people were looking at her and whispering, she was use to this but something felt like it was more than she usually received. People must be talking about the brunette receiving flowers during class yesterday, and the make out session that most of the school were exposed to in the hallways, it's not like that usually happens all the time.

Once Rachel got to her locker she pulled it opened and found her locker very different to how she left it yesterday afternoon. There were new pictures all around the medal inside, pictures from Quinn and her, to her fathers and her, to Tina and her, to all her friends in Glee. It was decorated with gold stars all around. The inside of the door on her locker was decorated with just pictures of her and Quinn with red love hearts placed throughout the collage, the middle picture was of them on New Years Eve. The brunette beamed as she looked throughout her locker.

Rachel felt warm arms wrap around her as she continued to stare into her locker, and then a soft kiss on her neck. "Do you like it? I can take everything down," Quinn whispered out in the brunette's ear.

The brunette turned around in the couples embrace and shook her head, "No, it's perfect... Thank you," Rachel beamed, leaning up and giving Quinn a peck on the lips. As the brunette moved back she looked up at Quinn, "Not that I don't like what you did to my locker and the flowers yesterday... But… What is all this about, baby?"

Quinn shrugged, "It's Valentines Week."

"Is that even a thing?" Rachel asked curious.

Quinn laughed but shook her head, "No. Well I don't think so, I just made it up."

"So you're going to be doing something every day till Valentine's Day?" Rachel asked.

The softball player nodded, "That's okay, right?"

Rachel beamed and pulled her girlfriend in for a kiss on the lips. As they pulled back the brunette shook her head, "Of course it's fine... You should have told me, I would have done something too. You know how much I love Valentine's Day."

"I do know, and that's why I'm doing it, to make you happy. I'm not doing it to get anything in return," Quinn honestly said.

The brunette's eyes started to fill with tears. How did I get so lucky? "Can I at least do anything?" Rachel wondered.

Quinn nodded, "Actually yes, one thing."

"What is it, baby?" Rachel asked.

"You have to be free Saturday afternoon after I finish softball and all day on Sunday," Quinn stated.

The brunette scrunched up her face confused, "Why's that?"

"I can't tell you that, it's a surprise."

Rachel pouted, "I hate surprises."

The Cheerio chuckled, "I know... But just trust me... You will love it."

The brunette slowly nodded, accepting that Quinn wasn't going to tell her... Yet. The bell for first period rang so Rachel quickly gave her girlfriend a peck on the lips and the couple then walked off to the brunette's classroom for her first lesson.

Wednesday after second period, Rachel walked to her locker to transfer her books, she noted a rolled up piece of paper that had an elastic band around it. Immediately knowing that she didn't put that in her locker, she placed her books inside and grabbed it, smiling because she knew her blonde much have been the one that placed it inside… She had no idea how Lucy was getting into her locker because she never told her her combination but she didn't care one bit, she was getting presents.

Rachel rolled off the elastic band and then unrolled the paper. She beamed when she noticed it was one of Lucy's sketches. It was a drawing of the ocean. Lucy is so talented, Rachel told herself. The brunette noticed an inscription down the bottom, Not long until we are there.

The brunette continued to beam; it must have been a sketch of a beach in California. Rachel continued to gaze over the drawing until Tina walked up to her, "Rach, what's taking so long? We have class!" Tina stated and then looked at the piece of paper in her best friends hand. "Wow, who drew that?"

Rachel quickly placed the sketch into a folder in her locker, the brunette knew how touchy Lucy was when other people saw her work, even though Rachel thought the blonde should parade around her talent, she still was going to respect her girlfriend. Rachel has yet to see the blonde's sketchbook… Though she has seen some of the blonde's drawings. Rachel turned to her best friend, "Oh, it's just something that Quinn drew me."

"Quinn drew that?" Tina asked shocked.

The brunette just nodded. "Wow, she's really good!" Tina voiced. Rachel again nodded, "But please don't tell her you saw it, she doesn't like people knowing she can draw."

Tina nodded, "No problem, her secret is safe with me."

"Thank you," Rachel sighed a sigh of relief and then got the things she needed out of her locker.

"Quinn is quite a mystery to me," Tina said as the two started to walk off to their class, which they shared together.

"Why's that?" Rachel asked as they walked together.

"Well it's like I find out something new about her every week, first her name being Lucy, and then everything about her families wealth, then her and softball, and now her talent about drawing," Tina stated.

Rachel just smiled and nodded, "I know what you mean... She just continues to surprise me."

"She's an amazing person... You're lucky you found her, Rach," Tina voiced.

The brunette beamed, "I know... I'm lucky we found each other." Tina nodded along with her best friend as they continued down the hallway. "I wish I can find someone like Quinn," the Asian disclosed.

Rachel whipped her head around and then smirked, "What about Mike? I've seen the way you look at him in Glee."

Tina's eyes went wide as she started to blush, "I don't know what you're talking about."

The brunette giggled, "Oh please, I've seen the way you watch him when he dances."

The Asian turned to her best friend, "He is a phenomenal dancer," Tina gushed and then shut her mouth when she realized what she said.

Rachel just laughed, "You know I could talk to Quinn, who could chat to Puck or Hayley... Both of them are close with Mike."

"You think so? Hayley tried to make me confess who I liked when we were over at Quinn's after Sectionals, but I didn't tell her," Tina stated, as they both walked into the doorway of their class.

Rachel nodded and then saw Brittany waving to the two of them for them to come join her on her table. "I'll talk to her... And Hayley is very loyal to her friends so if you confessed it to her she would have kept it to herself."

The brunette then said a quick hello to Brittany and took a seat next to the tall blonde and then Tina followed saying a hello to the Cheerio and sat on the opposite side of Rachel. "Really?"

Rachel nodded, "From what I've seen between her and Quinn."

"What are you two talking about?" Brittany happily joined the conversation.

The brunette turned to her other best friend, "Just about Hayley being a loyal friend."

Brittany nodded, "Oh, yeah... You can trust Hayley, if you're her friend. Though if you're not, anything she knows about you she will use against you, just like Santana."

Both Tina and Rachel nodded. The teacher then entered the classroom and went to start the lesson; the Asian leaned over to her best friend whispering a thank you for not disclosing what they were chatting about to Brittany. Rachel smiled and nodded and then focused on the lesson.

Thursday at lunchtime Rachel was making her way to the cafeteria, she didn't know where Quinn was because they usually met each other for lunch at the brunette's locker, but the blonde wasn't there, so Rachel just thought that Quinn walked with one of her friends. Hayley walked up to Rachel as the brunette was making her way to the cafeteria. "Hey Rachel," the head cheerleader smiled.

"Hello Hayley, how are you?" Rachel wondered, it was a bit weird for the other brunette to come up to her in the middle of the hallway and initiate in a conversation… Even though they were friends… They were more friends outside of school.

Hayley slipped out an envelope, "I'm good thanks... Quinn asked me to give this to you."

Rachel's eyes went wide, surprised, but she took the letter, "Thank you."

The head cheerleader shrugged, "No worries, Santana was meant to do it but she refused..." Hayley trailed off as she left the brunette and walked down the hall.

Rachel opened the letter and pulled out the little piece of paper. Meet me in the auditorium. Love from, Your Lucy.

The brunette beamed and turned around and started to walk to the auditorium with a joyous skip to her steps. As Rachel walked into the auditorium she looked up at the stage and saw her girlfriend standing next to an assortment of blankets and pillows.

"Hello, baby... I thought we could have lunch together here?" Quinn smiled from the stage.

Rachel beamed and nodded as she made her way to the stage. "How did you manage to do all this?" the brunette asked, taking everything in.

"I may or may not have left class early, saying that Ms. Sylvester wanted to see me," Quinn smirked.

"You know I hate when you miss your classes... But I'll let it slip this time because this looks beautiful," Rachel said as she walked up to her girlfriend.

"Well I have an assortment of food for us as well... Did you want to take a seat?" Quinn asked as she motioned for them to sit down on the blankets.

Rachel quickly grabbed her girlfriends hand so she wouldn't walk away from her to take a seat, Quinn turned around and looked into brown eyes, the brunette moved closer to her girlfriend, "I want a kiss first," Rachel shyly said as she closed the gap between them and locked lips with her girlfriends. "Thank you," Rachel whispered as she leaned back from her girlfriends embrace.

Quinn smiled, "Anything for you, Rach... I love you," the blonde added.

"I love you too," Rachel beamed, giving her girlfriend a quick peck and then moving to sit amongst the pillows and blankets.

As they sat down and Quinn started to grab all the food for them, Rachel chose to start up a conversation, "So, baby, where are you taking me this weekend?" Rachel asked curiously, it definitely wasn't the first time she's tried to get some hints from Quinn about this weekend.

Quinn chuckled, "Why do you think I'm taking you somewhere?" the blonde stated as she handed her girlfriend a container of salad and a fork.

"Thank you..." Rachel smiled as she took the Tupperware container full of salad and the fork off her girlfriend. "But, to answer your question, it's kind of obvious seeing as you've asked me to be free from Saturday afternoon to all day Sunday."

"Maybe I'm just going to do two separate things," Quinn stated and then took a bite of her salad.

Rachel pouted, "I didn't think of that... Please give me a hint?"

The blonde chuckled but shook her head, after swallowing what was in her mouth she answered her girlfriend, "Sorry, Rach, but I'm not saying anything."

"Please, just one thing?"

"Okay, only one thing," Quinn said with a smile. Rachel's eyes lit up and she nodded waiting for Quinn to talk. "We will be together," the blonde said with a laugh.

Rachel lightly pushed her girlfriend and continued to pout, "That is not funny, Lucy. And that was a given... You need to tell me something else."

Quinn shook her head and then leaned over and pecked away her girlfriend's pout. "Sorry, baby, but I'm not going to budge. All I will say, is you will love it."

The brunette just nodded, Quinn definitely wasn't going to tell her anytime soon. The couple then got into a different conversation, spending the whole of lunchtime together in the auditorium.

Friday during Glee Club, just before Mr. Schue was about to dismiss the lesson, Quinn raised her hand. "Yes Quinn?" the Glee teacher asked.

"I've prepared something to sing," Quinn said nervously. This would be her first solo performance in front of the Glee Club.

Mr. Schue's eyes went wide in surprise, but then nodded his head and motioned for Quinn to come up, "Of course, Quinn."

Quinn nodded and stood up, giving a small smile to her surprised girlfriend. She walked over to where the instruments were and picked up a guitar, then moved to the centre of the room, as she was walking she nodded over at Puck who jumped up and went over to the drum set, picking up the sticks and taking a seat. While Quinn was setting herself up, Tina leaned over to whisper in Rachel's ear, "Quinn can sing and play the guitar?"

Rachel turned in her seat, smiled and nodded, "Yes she can. She has a beautiful voice," the brunette beamed.

Tina smiled and nodded, "I told you... You find something new about her all the time..." the Asian girl whispered out.

The brunette chuckled but nodded, then turned her attention back to her girlfriend who seem ready to perform.

Quinn looked over at her girlfriend, leaned into the microphone that she just recently placed in front of her and spoke to her brunette, "This is for you, Rach."

The blonde turned to Brad the piano guy and nodded for him to start. As he started the first notes, Puck then playing the drums, however the guitar that was around Quinn didn't start being played, Quinn just started to sing in the microphone, eyes locked on her girlfriends.

I was nurtured
I was sheltered,
I was curious and young.
I was searchin for that something,
Tryin to find it on the run.
Oh and just when I stopped lookin,
I saw just how far I'd come.
In this life...
In this life...

Quinn moved her hands to grab the guitar, placing her fingers on the strings and then strumming the notes for the chorus, still singing, and also continuing to look at her girlfriend, Rachel was beaming a Rachel Berry smile as she continued to watch her girlfriend perform.

You give me love,
You give me light,
Show me everythings been happenin,
I've opened up my eyes,
I'm followin
Three steps fight an honest fight,
Two hearts, they can start a fire,
One love is all I need in this life...

Yeahhh... Yeahhh... Yeah Yeah...
In this life
Ohhh... Whoahhh... Whoa Whoa

Quinn took her hands off the guitar, grabbing the microphone in front of her and started to sing the next verse. The blonde had no idea what the rest of the Glee members were doing; all she was doing was concentrating on her brunette, whose eyes had just started to fill with tears.

I have faltered
I have stumbled,
I have found my feet again.
I've been angry,
And I've been shaken,
Found a new place to begin.
And my persistance to make a difference,
Has led me safe into your hands.
In this life...
In this life...

The blonde grabbed the guitar again and strummed away on the chorus as she continued to sing.

... Whoa Whoa
In this life
Yeah... Yeah... Yeah Yeah

Quinn moved away from the microphone stand and walked over to her girlfriend, standing right in front of her, bending down on her knees, never breaking eye contact. The blonde stopped playing the guitar, and Puck stopped playing the drums, only Brad was playing the piano, while Quinn sung the next part to her girlfriend.

I was put here for a reason,
I was born into this world.
And I'm living, and I'm believing
That I was meant to be your girl...

In this life...
In this life...

Quinn then stood up, repositioning the guitar and started to play at the same time Puck started playing the drums again. The blonde still standing in front of Rachel as she continued to strum on the guitar and sing the next part of the song, her body moving with the beat of the music.

Three steps fight an honest fight
Two hearts, they can start a fire
One love is all I need
In this life

Yeah... Yeah... yeah yeah
In this life
Yeah... Yeah... yeah yeah
In this life
Ohhh... Whoahhh... whoa whoa
In this life
Yeah... Yeah... yeah yeah...

Once Quinn finished, she moved the guitar around to her back. The Glee members, besides Artie for obvious reasons, all stood up and clapped; Rachel jumped up and engulfed her girlfriend in a hug.

"You are so amazing, Quinn... Thank you," Rachel whispered in her girlfriend's ear, Quinn smiled as she continued to hold onto her girlfriend.

"Wow, Quinn, that was awesome," Mr. Schue said with a broad smile as he continued to clap. "You have been holding out on us," he added.

As Rachel and Quinn released each other from their embrace, and as the brunette wiped away the tears that had fallen down her cheeks, they both turned to the Glee members, Puck stood up from the drums and walked over to pat Quinn on the shoulder, the blonde turned to him and smiled, "Thanks for helping me out."

Puck shrugged, "No problem, dude. You rocked that song."

"Yeah, you did, Q. That was really great," Hayley said standing on the risers.

Santana who was standing next to the brunette nodded, "Yeah, Q... Who knew you could play the guitar... Badass," the Latina added.

"Quinnie, that was awesome," Brittany smiled, who was standing next to Santana.

"Girl, now I'm gonna have to fight someone else for a solo... This ain't fair," Mercedes voiced and all the Glee members started to laugh, well besides Santana because that was really lame.

After all the Glee members congratulated Quinn, Mr. Schue then dismissed them for the day.

On Saturday afternoon, Rachel got home from watching Quinn play softball, the blonde played against a school that was just outside of Lima, so the brunette managed to go to dance practice then hurry over to watch her girlfriend play. Quinn actually got to play shortstop and was able to play four innings this time, but unfortunately they lost by one run. After the game though, Quinn walked over to her girlfriend and took the time to chat with her because the brunette didn't have any friends with her this time, Rachel did sit next to Quinn's family, that family member being Judy, which Quinn wasn't happy about but the two were pretty tame, which was lucky for Quinn.

The brunette was upstairs in her room, trying to get through the last of her homework for the weekend, she was waiting for Quinn to contact her and let her know what time she would be around to pick them up, to go somewhere that Rachel still didn't know.

"Rach, someone just dropped off a big parcel for you," LeRoy yelled out to his daughter.

Rachel, confused, jumped up from her study desk and made her way downstairs, "What is it daddy?" the brunette said walking down to the front door where her daddy was.

"I'm not sure, I just signed off for it," LeRoy said looking down at a big rectangular cardboard box.

"Does it have a note?" Rachel asked making her way to the box, and examining it.

LeRoy shook his head, so Rachel decided to open it up. Once the brunette opened it up she realized that it was a pink luggage wheelie-bag, LeRoy just stood there and smiled, Rachel still looked confused to why someone would send her this but she noticed that on one of the sides there was a note sticky-taped to the bag. Pack this with everything you would need when going away for two days... Also make sure you pack something nice to wear to dinner tonight, I'm taking you somewhere special, so pack a pretty dress... I'm wearing a black one. I'll be around to pick you up in an hour. Love, Your Lucy.

"What's the note say?" LeRoy asked his daughter, because she seemed to just be staring at the note for too long.

Rachel looked up, "Quinn's told me to pack a bag... She's taking my somewhere..." the brunette said surprised.

LeRoy nodded, "Yes, I know... When is she coming to pick you up?"

"In an hour..." Rachel trailed off then it clicked to her that her daddy knew her girlfriend was taking her away. "What? You know where Quinn is taking me?"

The father smiled and nodded, "Of course, Sweetie, your father and I had to approve of where she's planning to take you."

"Where is she taking me?" Rachel asked her daddy.

LeRoy chuckled, "Sweetie, I can't ruin the surprise Quinn has for you. And you only have less than an hour to pack so I say you should go upstairs and get to it."

Rachel then realized she was running out of time, she nodded, grabbed her new bag and ran up the stairs, "One hour? How am I suppose to pack everything in one hour," the brunette spoke to herself.

An hour later Quinn arrived at the Berry residence, she said a quick hello to LeRoy and then made her way up to her girlfriend's room. As she was walking up the stairs she smiled as she heard the brunettes beautiful voice singing the song she performed in front of the Glee Club yesterday. The softball player quietly made her way to the brunettes door and leaned against the doorframe as she watched Rachel dance around in her room, pink bedazzled hairbrush in her hand as she sung the chorus.

Quinn beamed as she watched her girlfriend being so carefree. The brunette then turned to her door and jumped in surprise as she noticed her girlfriend, she stopped singing and gave out a shy smile, "Hey, baby."

The blonde continued to beam and walked over to her girlfriend placing a sweet soft kiss on her girlfriend's lips. "You are adorable," Quinn stated as she leaned back in to kiss her girlfriend. "Are you all packed?" the blonde asked as she pulled away from her girlfriend.

Rachel nodded, "Yes, I do believe I am... Though I didn't have time to write up a checklist so I hope I haven't forgotten something," the brunette stated seriously.

The softball player smiled, "If you have, we'll just buy it."

The brunette nodded as she watched Quinn walk over to her bed and pick up the pink suitcase. The blonde turned around, bag in hand, "Okay, let's go, I don't want us to be late."

Rachel nodded and the couple then walked downstairs finding LeRoy already outside on the porch waiting for them, the brunette walked outside in search for her girlfriends car but didn't see it, Quinn walked up beside her and smiled at the brunettes confused face. Rachel however spotted a black BMW with a man dressed in a black suit leaning up against it. Once the man spotted Quinn, he pushed himself off the car and walked over to the group of three, holding out his hand, "Ms. Fabray, I'll take that bag for you."

Quinn smiled and handed over her girlfriends pink suitcase, "Thank you, Simon."

He nodded and then walked back to the car, suitcase in hand. Rachel just looked at her girlfriend for an answer, "So someone keeps going on and on about having a private driver so I may have got us one to take us to our designation."

Rachel flung herself into her girlfriends arms, "I'm not going to lie... I was second guessing about this private driver thing," the brunette stated.

Quinn released herself out of her girlfriends embrace and chuckled at her girlfriend, "What? Did you think I was lying?"

The brunette gave out a smirk and nodded her head slowly, Quinn just began to laugh, "Gosh, I love you so much."

Rachel just giggled then turned to her father, Hiram was away on business and would be home later today so the brunette could only say goodbye to her daddy. "Bye daddy. Have a lovely Valentine's Day with dad... Love you," Rachel said as she walked over to hug her father.

"Have fun, baby girl… Love you too," LeRoy said in the hug. As the father and daughter pulled out of their embrace, LeRoy then walked over to Quinn and pulled her in for a hug. "Take care of my baby, Quinn."

Quinn smiled and nodded against the mans shoulder, "Always, LeRoy." As the blonde and LeRoy separated, the trio then said one more goodbye, LeRoy tearing up a little at seeing his baby growing up.

As the couple walked to the car, Simon opened the door for them, Rachel turned back to her daddy giving him one more wave and then took the hand Simon held out for her and slipped into the back of the car, Quinn following after.

Once they were all in the car and on their way to the designation, Rachel still didn't know, the brunette reached her hand over to embrace it with her girlfriends. Quinn turned and smiled, Rachel leaned over and whispered in the blonde's ear, "Is this the first time you have driven with Simon?" Rachel whispered to the blonde.

Quinn nodded, "Simon is dads driver, he usually gets Simon to drive him to the airport or business meetings he doesn't feel like driving to... But this is the first time I've asked Simon to drive me anywhere."

Rachel nodded and then turned to look at the driver, "So Simon, where are you taking us?"

Quinn and Simon burst out laughing; Rachel turned to her girlfriend and pouted, "What?"

"It's just that I warned Simon you'd ask that question... He's not going to tell you," Quinn chuckled, while Rachel continued to pout. The blonde leaned over and kissed her girlfriend's pout away.

Two hours later, and the couple were at Port Columbus Airport, the couple hopped out of the car with the assistance of Simon, Rachel was stunned and just continued to look around... Quinn was obviously taking them somewhere that involved an airplane. The blonde went to the back of the car and helped Simon with the bags, once they unloaded the two suitcases, Quinn then grabbed her purse and handed Simon a well deserved tip, seeing as Rachel wouldn't stop asking the man questions on their designation.

Quinn then walked over to her still shell-shocked girlfriend, she placed the suitcases on the ground, right near them, and then placed both of her hands on Rachel's shoulders, looking her straight in the eyes, however the brunette was too busy looking around to make eye contact with the blonde holding onto her, until Quinn spoke, "Do you want to know where we're going?"

Rachel whipped her head straight to Quinn, and started to nod her head. "Okay... Well I better tell you now because I'm actually worried that you might pass out if I make you wait until we check in... And I don't want the person who checks us in to have a heart attack because of you passing out..." Quinn took a breath, "So… I'm taking you to New York City."

The brunettes eyes went wide and her jaw dropped, Quinn started to chuckle, she moved her hands off her girlfriend and then lifted one of her hands up to close Rachel's jaw. It was like Rachel froze in her spot, she didn't say of do anything for more then a minute... 60 seconds is a actually a long time... Especially when Quinn is waiting for her girlfriend to say something, they needed to check in.

Once Rachel got saliva back in her mouth she looked at her girlfriend, "You're taking me to... To New York?" the brunette whispered out, trying to get more breath in her lungs.

Quinn nodded, "Yes... I thought that we could go to your favorite City for the first time together... And why not do it on our first ever Valentine's Day together?"

Rachel's facial features started to turn into a smile, "I'm going to go to New York City?"

The blonde nodded again, "Yes, and we need to check in... Otherwise we won't be going to New York."

The brunette started to be flooded with the knowledge that in a matter of hours she would be stepping foot in Manhattan... Manhattan... Her eyes went wide again and she pushed Quinn in the shoulder... The blonde surprised at her girlfriend's strength stumbled back a little... What the fuck was that for? Quinn looked at her girlfriend, her eyes silently asking why she was pushed, Rachel pushed her again, but also spoke "Lucy! I am not mentally prepared to set foot in New York City! I cannot believe you did not give me any warning! I have an itinerary of things that I would love to see on my first visit to New York and that's at home on my laptop..." Rachel shook her head and opened her handbag in search of her cell-phone, and she started to talk to herself, out-loud, "I'll just have to call daddy so he can email it... I'm not even in the proper attire to go to New York..." Rachel continued to rant, still fumbling to find her cell-phone.

Quinn walked over and softly grabbed her girlfriends hand, Rachel looked up at her girlfriend. "I've already got a copy of your itinerary list... Your dad sent me a copy the other day. We obviously won't be able to tick everything off that list because it's 10 pages long, but we definitely will be ticking some of the big ones off... And I think your look beautiful."

Rachel nodded her head and stopped trying to find her cell-phone, still trying to calm herself down. Quinn knew her girlfriend was still processing everything, "Can we go check in now?" the blonde asked.

The brunette then realized that she hadn't thanked Quinn yet, her face morphed into a joyous beam and she grabbed her girlfriends neck and pulled the blonde down to smack their lips together, Rachel opening her mouth, pushing her tongue straight into her girlfriends mouth; the softball player moaning into the passionate kiss.

As they separated, they leaned their foreheads against their girlfriends, "Thank you, Lucy... I love you so much."

Quinn beamed, "I love you so much."

Rachel leaned forward to place a much more innocent kiss on her girlfriends lips and then pulled back, she then realized they were out in public, they usually don't make a big scene like what just happened, but you couldn't blame Rachel, she was overcome with emotions. People were looking at the couple, some with disgusted looks on their faces, yet some were smiling at the young couple, "My girlfriend's taking me to New York City for Valentine's Day and I just found out," the brunette said to the crowd of people watching. Some ignored Rachel and started walking off, some shrugged not caring, however there was one couple that walked up to the brunette, it was an old couple, the man whispering to the brunette so Quinn couldn't hear, "Make sure you hold onto this one," he said with a wink and then grabbed his wife's hand and turned to leave. Rachel beamed and then turned back to her girlfriend, who was just smiling, admiring the brunette. Rachel went and grabbed her bag, "Come on, Lucy. We better check in, we don't want to miss our flight now," Rachel stated, and wheeled her pink suitcase behind her and entered into the airport. Quinn chuckled, shook her head, grabbed her bag and followed behind her girlfriend.

When Quinn and Rachel arrived at JFK Airport the young couple grabbed their bags and then walked out of the airport hand in hand in search for the Chauffeur the blonde organized for their trip in the City. Rachel spotted a red haired lady in a suit holding onto a sign that said 'Fabray'. The couple then walked over to her and then made their way to the car. The whole trip, Rachel attached herself to the windscreen.

The couple were dropped off at their Hotel in SOHO. Quinn grabbed both of their bags and then walked inside the Soho Grand Hotel. She dropped their bags and was about to go to the reception to check in, but when she turned to find her girlfriend, the brunette wasn't behind her; Rachel was still outside. Quinn scrunched up her face, but made her way back outside, she saw her girlfriend spinning around, with a big megawatt smile plastered on her lips. The blonde beamed and made her way over to her girlfriend, putting both her hands on her brunettes shoulders to stop her from spinning because she was starting to get worried that Rachel was going to get sick if she continued to spin around.

"I'm in New York City, Lucy!" Rachel squealed as she connected eyes with her girlfriend. Quinn giggled but nodded. "I'm utterly speechless right now... How wonderful did the City look when we flew in?"

"I wouldn't know, a pretty brunette was blocking my view," Quinn smiled.

Rachel pouted, "I'm sorry, baby."

The softball player shook her head, "It's fine, Rach. That's why I got you the window seat in the first place." Rachel gave her girlfriend a shy smile and then leaned up and gave Quinn a chaste kiss on the lips.

"Let's go check in," Quinn said with a smile as she reached down and took her girlfriends hand.

The couple then walked inside the Hotel and then checked in. Once they got the key for their room, a bellhop walked up to the blonde, "Miss. I'll take your bags up for you," the gentleman said. Quinn turned and looked into his eyes to address him, "That's fine. I don't mind taking them up."

"Are you sure ma'am, it's my job to assist you with your bags," the man said sweetly.

The softball player shook her head and went into her handbag to find her purse, she then handed the man a tip "It won't be necessary, thank you, though."

He smiled at her and let the blonde take hers and Rachel's bag, the brunette watched the whole exchange with a smile on her face. The couple then made their way to the lift. "Baby, how are you so... Umm… I'm trying to find the right word... At ease with everything?" Rachel asked her girlfriend while they were in the lift.

Quinn turned to her girlfriend, "At ease with what?"

The lifts opened and the couple walked out in search for their Hotel room. "With everything... you're so mature for our age, the private drivers, checking in at a Hotel, and the polite way you spoke to the bellboy, and you even gave him a tip, and he did nothing."

Quinn then slipped the card into the Hotel room door and swung it opened, letting Rachel enter first. She followed behind, walking into the bedroom and placing the suitcases on the bed. Rachel looked around at the beautiful Hotel room the blonde got them; there were two rooms, a bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and then a living room area. Rachel was admiring the living room when Quinn re-emerged from the bedroom. "Firstly, he did do something, he was polite and offered to take our bags for us, I wasn't going to deprive him of a tip just because I wanted to take our bags up instead of him. Bellhops get some of their pay from assisting the guests..." Quinn smiled and took a breath, "To answer your other question, my parents taught me a lot of things early... They tried to make me grow up like any normal family... When I was a child and I asked for something they would only get it for me if they thought I deserved it or if it was necessary... They refused a lot of things I wanted like any other parent would, even though they were more than capable to buy me anything I wanted. I got my own bank account when I was 12, which my parents watched so I wouldn't spend my money on unnecessary things... While I was living in Australia I had my own personal driver, if I wanted to go somewhere and my parents were too busy or if I didn't want them to take me, I'd ask my driver to take me... Before I injured my shoulder I use to attend charity benefits with my parents... Though they were extremely boring, it did teach me to become more mature and respect my elders... Dad and mum taught me quite a lot on how to handle my money... To not spend it on unnecessary things, for example I could have easily gotten us first class tickets and it wouldn't have caused any damage to my bank account and I probably wouldn't even notice that that money was gone... But I could use that money in other places, like giving it to someone who actually needs it... I don't mind spending an hour and a half sitting in economy class if I knew that with the money I'm saving I'll be able to give to someone who is in more need of it then I am..." Quinn trailed off with a shrug.

Rachel shook her head... Lucy was amazing... The brunette walked over to her girlfriend and wrapped her arms around the blonde's neck leaning up to place a sweet, loving kiss on the softball player's lips. As the brunette leaned back she whispered to her girlfriend, "Can we make out for a little bit, before we have to go to dinner?"

Quinn chuckled but shook her head, "Actually, we're on a Rachel Berry schedule, and we can't be late... I'm taking you somewhere after dinner, so we better start getting ready."

"Where are you taking me after dinner?" Rachel asked the blonde.

"I can't tell you that, it's a surprise," Quinn smiled.

Rachel removed her grip around her girlfriend's neck and lightly pushed said girlfriend in the shoulder, "Lucy Quinn Fabray! I despise surprises," Rachel pouted.

Quinn's eyes shot up wide from getting pushed, yet again, from her girlfriend, but chuckled, "That's the first time you have called me by my full name."

The brunette moved forward and softly pushed her girlfriend in the shoulder again, "Lucy, this isn't funny."

The blonde started laughing, "What's with the pushing?"

"Lucy! Stop it!" Rachel pouted with a stomp of her foot.

"Stop what?" Quinn smirked; she loved to tease her girlfriend.

The brunette huffed, "I thought the surprises were all over... Now I have to wait for another one... This isn't fair."

Quinn moved closer and wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's waist; Rachel went limp and just left her arms at her side. The softball player just chuckled. "Babe... You're going to have to get use to me surprising you because I plan to do it a lot in our relationship... I love seeing your face when you find out what the surprise is... So yes, I'll be giving you more surprises..."

Rachel just continued to pout; Quinn leaned forward and kissed her girlfriend's pout. The blonde leaned back, Rachel still sporting a pout. "Now go get your pretty self ready, I want to see you in the dress you bought."

Quinn released her hold from her girlfriend, Rachel's shoulders slumped and she started to walk to the bedroom. The blonde watched her girlfriend walk away and smiled... Gosh she was so in love with the brunette... "Baby, we're in New York... Smile."

Unknown to Quinn because the blonde was staring at the back of her girlfriend's head, was that Rachel was already beaming... The brunette was madly in love with her girlfriend.

The couple just had a beautiful dinner at a lovely little vegan restaurant, they were currently in the car on their way to the surprise Quinn had planned for the brunette. The blonde looked over to her girlfriend who was looking out the window and smiled, "Have I told you, you look stunning tonight?" Quinn expressed. The brunette was dressed in a strapless red dress that flowed just past her knees.

Rachel turned from looking out the window and looked at her girlfriend with a shy smile, "You may have told me once or twice... But you look beautiful tonight... You should wear classy dresses more often." As the blonde told her girlfriend in the note when Rachel received her pink suitcase, Quinn was dressed in a black dress. The dress had thin straps and also flowed just past the knees, fitting her body perfectly.

"Dresses like this deserved to be worn somewhere other than Lima," Quinn chuckled.

Rachel beamed and nodded, then reached her hand over to entwine with her girlfriends; the brunette then refocusing on where their driver was taking them.

The driver took a turn down 51st street and Quinn turned to watch her girlfriend's expression. Rachel was looking out the window not knowing where they were but then she saw a sign for the Gershwin Theatre and gasped, Quinn watched on with a massive smile on her face... This is why she gave her girlfriend surprises... Just to look at her adorable face she pulls... Rachel would have glued her face to the window screen if she could have... The brunette would have even opened the window if it weren't freezing outside... Okay, she still would have, but it was locked.

Quinn and Rachel's private driver drove into the Gershwin Theatre, parking the car and then hopped out to open the backseat door for the young couple. Quinn hopped out first, and then assisted her girlfriend out of the car, whispering a "Mi lady," in the process. Once the two were up on their feet the brunette flung her arms around her girlfriends, "Thank you... Thank you... Thank you!" Rachel squealed and then leaned back and planted her lips on her girlfriends.

"You're welcome, baby," Quinn beamed.

Rachel started to giggle, Quinn looked confused but waited patiently for her girlfriend to talk. "I'm still getting use to being the same height as you," Rachel beamed. The brunette had on taller heels, so the couple were actually the same height for once.

Quinn chuckled and then leaned in to give her girlfriend a peck on the lips. "Elphaba and Glinda are waiting for us... Shall we?" Quinn asked holding out her hand for her girlfriend to take, Rachel immediately entwined their hands and then the couple walked together in the theatre.

After a phenomenal performance of Wicked, and after Rachel and Quinn gave the cast a standing ovation until the curtains dropped and after Rachel spoke to Quinn for over 15 minutes, commenting about every little detail about the musical... Rachel hardly taking any breathes in those 15 minutes... The couple then re-emerged from the theatre finding their private driver waiting patiently for them.

Quinn and Rachel then walked up to their driver, "How was it ladies?" the red haired lady asked. Rachel beamed, "Oh, Kate... It was phenomenal. Have you had the chance to see it?"

Kate shook her head, "Unfortunately no... Though it is on my list of Broadway musicals to see... The last one I went to was a couple weeks ago... I took my daughter to see 'Elf'... She loved it," Kate said with a smile to the young couple.

"How wonderful! Elf is on my list of Broadway musicals to watch," Rachel added.

Quinn chuckled, "You want to watch every Broadway musical, baby," the blonde stated and both Quinn and Kate chuckled.

Rachel shrugged, "There's nothing wrong with that... Is there Kate?"

Kate smiled but shook her head; Rachel then hopped into the back of the car. Kate turned to Quinn, "Back to your Hotel, Ms. Fabray? Or planning to go somewhere else?" the red haired lady politely asked.

"Kate, please call me Quinn... And could you please take us to the Empire State Building... Then you may go home, we won't require you to drive us anywhere else," Quinn said with a smile.

"Are you sure, Ms. Fa... I mean Quinn? I don't mind waiting around," Kate stated.

Quinn smiled and shook her head, "It's fine, thank you Kate. Rachel and I will probably go spend time in Times Square before we go back to the Hotel anyways, so we don't mind taking a cab."

Kate smiled and nodded, then held the back seat door opened for Quinn to hop in.

The next morning, Quinn felt a protective arm wrapped around her, she smiled… She loved when Rachel would be the big spoon. Last night the couple went up the Empire State Building and looked out at the City at night, it was truly a beautiful sight. Luckily the couple had big coats, scarves and gloves with them, because it was freezing up that high, but it was totally worth it. Once they came down from the building they grabbed a cab and took it to Times Square, it was the first time the couple set foot in the lively area... So many lights and people around... The atmosphere was better than either one imagined. The couple walked around together, not caring one bit about anyone else around them, it felt so good to be in a place where they could be free to do anything they wanted together. Not that the couple did a lot of PDA, but it felt freeing to be in a place they knew they wouldn't be judged... Very different to small town Lima.

Quinn moved her hand down and entwined it with her girlfriend's hand that was resting lightly on the blonde's stomach. The light movement that Quinn made slowly woke up her brunette. Rachel smiled as she felt Quinn enlace their hands together. The brunette snuggled in closer to her girlfriend, leaning up to start placing soft, loving kisses on the blondes exposed shoulder and neck. Quinn moaned out when she felt Rachel's lips on her neck.

"Happy Valentine's Day, baby," the brunette whispered in her girlfriend's ear and then lightly sucked on the girl's earlobe.

"Mmmm... Very happy Valentine's Day, babe," Quinn moaned out with a smile.

Rachel continued to lick, suck and kiss on her girlfriends neck and exposed shoulder, she then moved their conjoined hands up to the blondes breast and gave one the blondes breasts the attention that it loves, because the blonde wasn't wearing a bra underneath her green singlet, the brunette could feel Quinn's nipple harden from the touch. The softball player couldn't take it anymore; she needed her girlfriend's lips on hers... And she needed them on her now... So the blonde turned around to come face to face with her girlfriend, smacking their lips together in a heated, passionate, battle of tongues.

Quinn was hovering over her girlfriend when she separated from their kisses and started to suck on her girlfriend's neck... Definitely leaving a Valentine's Day mark. Rachel moved one of her hands that were currently on her girlfriend's hips and moved it underneath the blondes green wife-beater, making small patterns on the bare skin. "I love you, Rachel," the blonde whispered in her girlfriend's ear.

"Mmmm... Baby, come here," Rachel moaned out.

The blonde moved her head from Rachel's neck and locked eyes with her girlfriend, the brunette leaning off the mattress to capture their lips together, Rachel darting her tongue straight into the blondes.

Rachel moved her hand that was making patterns over Quinn's muscled stomach and trailed it up to Quinn's breast. The blonde broke the kiss straight away when she felt her girlfriend touch her bare breast for the first time; they have done over the shirt but never under the shirt. Quinn moaned out when she felt Rachel's pointer and index finger run over her harden nipple. "You can... Can take off my shirt if you want," Quinn expressed, locking eyes with her girlfriend.

Rachel laid back against the mattress and started to shake her head, "I'm not... I'm not ready for you to see me... And we do things together so... I'm sorry," Rachel nervously expressed.

Quinn moved her hand that was planted next to her girlfriends head to help support her when hovering over her girlfriend to the brunettes heated cheek, "Rachel, I get it. We're going very slowly and I'm not going to push you... I was just stating that you could take it off if you wanted," the blonde said calmly.

Rachel nodded and leaned forward to place a chaste kiss on her girlfriend's lips. "I love you so much, Lucy."

"I love you... so very much, Rach," Quinn said as she moved her hand back to the mattress next to the brunette's head, then leaning down to recapture her girlfriend in a passionate kiss.

Once they broke the kiss, Quinn moved back to Rachel's neck, sucking, licking and kissing in all the right places, the brunette moved her head to come closer to the blondes ear and whispered in said ear, "Touch my breasts, Lucy." Quinn moved off her girlfriend's neck and connected her eyes with her girlfriends, making sure she heard her girlfriend right, the brunette nodded. The blonde then leaned down to capture her girlfriend in yet another kiss.

The brunette continued to move her hand underneath the blonde's top, exploring both of the blonde's naked breasts. Quinn moved one of her hands to her girlfriend's chest and started to caress one of Rachel's breasts. Rachel moved out of the kiss, moaning when she felt the blonde touch her breast, but also connecting brown lust filled eyes with lust filled hazel, "I meant under the shirt, baby."

"Are you sure?" Quinn asked, just making sure Rachel was comfortable.

Rachel nodded, "We do things together, Lucy... So touch my breasts... Under the shirt."

Quinn smiled and nodded, leaning down to recapture her lips back on her girlfriends, and then moving her hand under the brunette's top for the first time.

Once the couple finally got out of bed and ready for the day, they exited their Hotel room and walked to the lift, as they were going down to the lobby Rachel looked over to her girlfriend, looking at the single Red Rose that was in her hand, "Baby, why do you have a Rose?" Rachel asked curiously.

Quinn smiled and then wrapped her arm protectively around her girlfriend's waist, "You will find out in a minute."

Rachel just nodded... Way over these surprises... The brunette then asked her girlfriend a different question, "What are our plans for today?"

The lift doors opened and the couple then walked out together, Quinn still had an arm around her girlfriend's petite waist. "Well seeing as it's almost lunch time, I've planned for us to have lunch somewhere special."

"Where?" Rachel wondered.

"Well... I would have loved to have had a picnic in Central Park with you, but seeing as it's still winter, I thought that that wasn't a good plan... However we are still having lunch in Central Park, but at the Loeb Boathouse restaurant," Quinn said with a smile as they continued to walk through the lobby.

"Really? I've always thought it would be romantic to have a date there," Rachel said excitedly.

Quinn smiled and nodded, "Yes... And so have I. That's why I wanted to take you... I thought it would be a perfect place for a Valentine's Day lunch," the softball player stated as she nodded her head to the doorman, thanking him for opening the door for the two of them.

The couple spotted Kate waiting near the car. "Morning girls, how are we today?" the middle age lady asked with a smile.

"I'm wonderful, Kate... Being in my favorite City, with my lovely girlfriend... I couldn't ask for anything more," Rachel stated with a massive smile.

Kate smiled at the brunette and then turned to Quinn. The blonde then lifted up the Red Rose she was clutching in her hand, "Happy Valentine's Day, Kate."

The red haired lady blushed, but took the Red Rose off the young girl, "Thank you, Quinn."

Rachel turned to her girlfriend, "Baby... You're such a lady pleaser," and then the brunette started to giggle, Kate just nodded her head in agreement with the young brunette.

Quinn shrugged, "It's Valentine's Day, and I believe every lady deserves something special today... And we're taking Kate away from her husband so it's the least I can do."

"Well thank you, Quinn. This is the first flower I've ever received from a girl, so I'll treasure it forever," the red haired lady said with a laugh, the two younger girls joining in with her. Once the trio calmed down, Kate walked over to the backseat of the car and opened up the door, "Okay, you two have a lovely Valentine's date in Central Park, so I better get you two there." The couple nodded and then hopped into the car for Kate to drive them to Central Park.

After a very romantic lunch date, the couple chose to walk through Central Park together, heading in the direction to Times Square. "So what are our plans now?" Rachel asked her girlfriend.

"Well, from where Kate told me to go... We're heading in the right direction to the ice skating rink in Central Park... So I thought that we could maybe ice skate together... That is if you want to," Quinn voiced.

"Of course I'll ice skate... I'd love to hold your hand while skating together," Rachel smiled.

Quinn nodded, "Okay, great, because that's what I've planned next."

"What about after that?" the brunette asked.

"Ummm, well I did some research and I saw that they do these Broadway bus tours... Where they take you around to Broadway and Off Broadway musical locations, telling you about the history and knowledge of the musicals... I thought you'd like to do that... Otherwise we can pick some things to do on your itinerary list... I brought it in my handbag," Quinn stated as she continued to hold onto her girlfriend's hand as they walked through Central Park together.

"What about you, Lucy? What would you like to do?" Rachel asked.

Quinn turned to her girlfriend and smiled, "Baby, I'm in New York City with you, on Valentine's Day... That's more than I could ever ask for... So I'm happy to do whatever you want to do."

Rachel stopped suddenly and let go of her girlfriend's hand, Quinn turned to see what the brunette was doing. "Gosh, I love you so much," Rachel said looking into warm hazel eyes.

Quinn beamed, "And I love you so much," the blonde stated.

Rachel leaned up and placed an innocent kiss on her girlfriend's lips, she then pulled back and opened up her handbag and pulled out a red rectangular box. The brunette then handed it over to her girlfriend, "I think this is a perfect time to give you your Valentine's Day gift... Happy Valentine's Day," Rachel said with a smile.

The softball player smiled out in surprise, she had no idea that Rachel brought her a present. "Thank you, baby," Quinn beamed as she took the box out of her girlfriend's hand.

Rachel just nodded, "I brought it back at home... I didn't know we would be spending Valentine's Day in New York City... But I still wanted to give you the present I planned to give you today," the brunette said with a shy smile.

Quinn nodded and then opened the red box; inside was a silver charm bracelet with two charms already attached, one was a silver heart and the other was a silver softball. The blonde looked back up at her girlfriend and beamed, "It's beautiful, thank you, Rachel."

Rachel smiled and nodded, "I was going to get you a necklace with a softball related pendant on it but I know how much the dog-tags you wear mean to you... So I brought you this instead."

"Well, I love it," Quinn beamed, leaning down to place a sweet kiss on her girlfriends lips.

"Here, I'll put it on," Rachel said after they separated from the kiss. The brunette grabbed the bracelet out of the box and placed it on her girlfriend's right wrist. When the piece of jewelry was secured around the blonde's wrist, Quinn looked deep into brown eyes, "Thank you, Rach," leaning back in to give her girlfriend another thank you kiss.

"I love you, Lucy," Rachel whispered as they pulled back from each other. Quinn smiled at Rachel's confession of love for her, she'd never get over that. The blonde leaned down and gave her girlfriend a peck on the lips. "I love you..." Quinn expressed when she pulled back.

The softball player then went and placed the now empty red box in her own handbag. "Why don't you say too?" Rachel asked as the blonde placed the box in her handbag.

Quinn then looked up and connected her eyes with her girlfriends, "What?"

"When I say I love you to you first you never reply with I love you too, you never say too... I'm wondering why you don't say too," the brunette softly asked.

The blonde immediately beamed, "You noticed?"

"Of course I noticed... And come to think of it I can't recall you saying too to your family when I've seen you exchange I love you's together," Rachel stated.

Quinn continued to beam, "That's because I never say too."

"Why not?" the brunette wondered.

"Because I think people just say it out of obligation, and I want the people I love to feel like I'm saying I love you back to them because I mean it, not out of obligation because they have said it first," Quinn said with a big smile and a shrug.

"Do you feel like I say it out of obligation?" Rachel shyly asked.

Quinn immediately shook her head and moved closer to her girlfriend, wrapping her arms around said girlfriend's waist. "No... Of course not... It's just something that I've done since I can actually remember... And it's just stuck... My family figured out I do it... So every time we exchange I love you's they have just become accustomed to saying it to me without the too."

Rachel nodded and smiled at her girlfriend, "You are so amazing, Lucy... You're so special... Everything about you is so uniquely special," the brunette honestly said as she leaned up and captured her blonde in an earth-shattering kiss. As Rachel pulled back she looked straight into hazel eyes, "Thank you so much for bringing me to my favorite City... It has been one of the best weekends of my life."

Quinn smiled, "One of the best weekends? Why not the best?"

"Because the best weekend I've ever had was when we went on our first date and when you asked me to be your girlfriend," Rachel expressed with a shy smile.

"Really?" Quinn beamed.

The brunette nodded, "That weekend change my life... You changed my life, Lucy... I'll never forget that weekend."

Quinn leaned down and recaptured her girlfriend in yet another kiss. "I love you so very much, Rachel," the softball player whispered out as she pulled back from the kiss.

Rachel stared straight into hazel eyes, "I love you, Lucy... Always," the brunette expressed. Quinn beamed because Rachel didn't say 'too'... The brunette really got her... The couple leaned back into each other to kiss their girlfriend, not caring about anyone else around them... This was probably the biggest PDA the couple have ever had out in public... But neither one cared... Valentine's week was surely magical.

Song:

In This Life - Delta Goodrem