Forever Hers

Chapter Twenty Nine

Santana left the small group to go to the refrigerator to get out a bottle of Ginger Ale which was the closest thing we had to champagne and besides Quinn couldn't drink. She poured four glasses and I ran over to grab two from her.

"Thank you, baby," she said as I grabbed them from her.

"No worries," I said as we brought them over to Quinn and Rachel. I gave one of the cups to Rachel and Santana gave one of the cups to Quinn.

Once everyone had their cup Santana raised hers up in the air and said, "To friends, love, and new beginnings…The best is here and will be forever…" Everyone raised their cups up and we all clinked them together. Then we all took a sip of the soda.

"Wow that goes right to my nose!" I said and gulped some air after swallowing the ginger ale.

"I know right!" Rachel said.

We all sat down again. Quinn and Rachel cuddled on the loveseat while Santana and I cuddled on the larger couch. There was a moment or two of comfortable silence.

I was on the edge of my seat with excitement and anticipation of hearing their story.

"So how did it happen?" I asked a little too eagerly.

We all laughed.

"Calm down, baby!" Santana said. I poked her side and she pretended to be hurt. I stuck out my tongue.

"Excuse me," she said to Quinn and Rachel.

Before anyone could interject Santana lunged at me and swallowed my tongue in an excited, overly passionate kiss.

"Santana…wow…Santana!" I moaned in the kiss.

"Hmm," Quinn interrupted the kiss.

"Sorry, Q," I said and blushed. I then looked over at Santana who smiled triumphantly and mouthed, "Later!" she fist pumped the air.

"Anyway, do you want to hear the story?" Rachel said and smiled hugely.

"Yes, please tell us…" Santana sighed.

"Do you want to?" Rachel said as she looked at Quinn.

"Do you want to?" Quinn said as she looked at Rachel.

"For the love of God, someone just tell us what happened," Santana insisted. I poked her again.

"I'm sorry…she's kinda antsy…" I apologized for her.

"We're used to it," Quinn said and gave Santana a smirk, then said, "You tell the story, honey!"

Rachel took a dramatic breath and then started, "It was three months ago, Quinn and I were talking as she was walking with me to an audition…do you believe that? I still have to audition…geez…well, I guess it's only fair…anyway we were talking about our future and how Quinn was thinking about opening up another firm in Florida. She'd hire qualified candidates and teleconference when necessary. She knew that leaving New York isn't an option with our careers and you guys…Anyway, we stopped to sit on a park bench since we had plenty of time. After we sat down, I looked at her and said, 'I want a child, Quinn!'…Just like that. I blurted it out. She sat and stared at me for a few seconds. All I could do was smile at her because I didn't know what she was thinking…"

"I honestly didn't know what to think really," Quinn said honestly.

"When she finally found her voice she looked deep into my eyes and said, 'Are you sure?'…She looked nervous…like we had just gotten caught having sex by her parents or something…deer caught in headlights kind of nervous. 'Why do you not want to,' I asked her. She looked at me again only this time lovingly and then said, 'I think I do. Um, I don't know how good of a mother I'd be. My first attempt didn't really go as I had planned…Honestly Rachel I didn't think you'd want to considering your career.' I looked down wiped away a tear. She lifted my chin with two of her fingers and said, 'Honey, I didn't want to make you cry. I'm sorry for my awkwardness. Please stop crying.'" Rachel said as she took a breath.

"I had all of these crazy scenarios running through my head. Mostly about Beth…Would I have been a good mother to her if given the chance? She stopped crying which made me happy…" Quinn said.

Then Rachel continued with the story by saying, "Then I said, 'Quinn, I have wanted a child with you for as long as I can remember. I think that the idea first came to me that day at the lake when we dropped off Santana so that they could propose to each other. You see I had already known deep inside that we were a forever type of thing. I just didn't want to jinx us or anything like that. I've waited until now to tell you because the timing wasn't right. You had to deal with not having Beth in your life. I didn't want to burden or overwhelm you with my desire for a child. Quinn, baby, I want this so much. I want our child to look like you a little and a little like me, but I know that unfortunately, can't happen. I'll just believe in my heart that it does look like me. So I guess what I'm asking is…' I got down on my knees and looked up at Quinn who had a surprised smile on her face. I simply asked, 'Will you have a baby with me?'"

"I got down on the ground, faced her, enveloped her hands in my own, and said, 'I'd be honored to.' She lunged at me and hungrily took my lips with her own. We kissed like that for a very long time," Quinn said, "After the kiss, I asked, 'Rachel, are you absolutely sure that this is what you truly want? I'll understand totally…"

"Baby, did you not hear what I just said,' Rachel told us and then added, "Then I told Quinn, 'I want this almost as much as I want you right now.' She then pulled me closer to her and kissed me passionately on my lips."

"'Ok, then we will go so you can nail your audition and then we will take a cab directly home and make love the rest of the day. Sounds good?'" Quinn suggested.

"To which I responded, 'Counting the minutes…' Then Quinn's cell phone beeped and she knew what that meant, she had to head to her office to do some work while I went to the audition. Before leaving me, Quinn said, 'After you're done come to my office?' I pulled her into my body and kissed her gently. 'Of course,' I said after the kiss broke." Rachel said.

"Then Rachel watched me as I walked away from her. 'Why are you watching me?' I yelled back at her as I moved in the other direction. She said, 'Just to know what this feeling feels like.' I blew her a kiss and she caught it." Quinn said.

"So I went to my audition and honestly I'm not sure if I nailed it because I had other important things on my mind. As soon as it was over I hailed a cab and went directly to Quinn's office. When I saw her in the office she looked like she was hard at work so I sat in the waiting room. A while later she got up from her seat to stretch her legs and saw me sitting there.

'How long have you been here,' she asked.

'Twenty minutes or so…' I answered.

'You never thought to interrupt me,' she inquired.

'No, cuz, you looked like you were concentrating really hard,' Rachel answered. I grabbed her hand and pulled her into my office and shut the door.

"I told Rachel, 'I was doing some research! On same sex couples and the baby process…' I pulled her to me before I sat down then I pulled her into my lap. 'I've been doing a lot of research on some very new procedure. You know how you said that you want our child to look like both of us? I've been searching and a procedure called, 'Parthenogensis'. From what I gather it is reproduction from an ovum without fertilization, especially in some invertebrates and lower plants. They tried it on humans out in California. The scientists did it, Rachel!'" Quinn said as she remembered.

"I was automatically intrigued so I asked, 'Can we contact them to see if we could talk to someone?'" Rachel said.

"I told her that I had made contact through the website and called the International Stem Cell Corporation asking if someone could call me back at the office." Quinn said.

"I then told Quinn that we'd investigate this and if it wasn't too dangerous and expensive we'd go this route," Rachel said. They said that they both agreed to this plan. They locked up the office, hailed a cab, went back to their home, and made love the entire day.

"The next morning, I checked my e-mail and found that they had responded with contact information a division of their corporation that was located in Jersey City in New Jersey. I immediately called and made an appointment for later that day. Rachel and I took a car service to Jersey City and had the appointment. The building didn't feel as dark and dank like I thought it would. I envisioned it being like a castle much like 'Frankenstein' because essentially that is what they do. They create human life. But this place was sunny and cheerful. We met with Scientist Sammy who walked us through the whole process," Quinn said.

"They did the procedure that same day. It wasn't too expensive. And I can proudly say that I sit before you, pregnant," Rachel ended the story.

Santana and I sat there, looked at each other in disbelief, and Santana said, "Wow!"

"I know," Rachel said, "I know it's a lot to take in…Quinn has in her stomach a combination of me and her. If this works it could change things…"

"Ya think!" I kidded. We all laughed.

"Well, go big or go home, huh?" Santana said and extended her hand for a high five from Quinn who smacked it.

"Exactly…" Rachel said.

A/N: Hi, the process of "parthenogensis" is actually a real process used mostly on animals other than humans. Please "go there" with me, if you could, for Quinn and Rachel.

I hope you can follow everything because this chapter is only Quinn and Rachel retelling Santana and Brittany their story.