AN: My uni has shut down due to the virus (hope everyone is okay) so I may try to think about Say You'll Be Mine, though there probably won't be an update any time soon for that story.

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Chapter 8

Quinn lay in her bed all of Sunday morning, her mind spinning. As she thought back over the last two years everything suddenly made sense. Every time she pushed Rachel away from Finn, every time she caved when Rachel asked her to come back to glee, every time she lost her breath when listening to Rachel sing, the way she forced herself to have sex with Puck, the way her eyes occasionally wandered in the cheerios locker room, the way she was disgusted when Rachel was asking for advice on her sex life with Jesse.

There was no denying it anymore, the kiss with Rachel caused her to feel things she'd never felt before and that meant one thing and one thing only.

Quinn Fabray was gay.


Rachel was confused. She'd spent the last two years of her life chasing after Finn yet last nights kiss with Quinn set her whole body on fire. She was always trying to steal Finn from Quinn but maybe it should've been the other way around.

As she replays the kiss in her mind she finds herself becoming uncomfortably turned on. She begins squirming on her bed but soon realises that she's going to have to take care of herself.

The singer quickly checks that her bedroom door is locked then slides her hands into her shorts. After bringing herself to one of the strongest climaxes she's ever had she concludes that she's highly attracted to girls, or at least Quinn, as well as guys.


"Santana."

The girl smirks as she hears Quinn call her name, before turning to face her.

"Can we talk for a minute?"

"Sure."

The blonde leads them into the locker room and sits on one of the benches. Santana follows her lead and sits opposite her.

"We've been best friends for ages right?"

"Except for this summer yeah." Santana points out.

"Right well I want to ask you something and I want you to answer it honestly and in turn I'll then share something with you." Quinn waits until she sees Santana nod. "You're in love with Brittany right?"

"Yes." The Latina admits.

"So you're… gay?"

Santana hesitates. "How could you tell?"

"Come on San, I've basically been third wheeling since the start of high school."

"True, so what did you want to share?"

"I think I might be gay too."

"About time too Fabray." Santana cackles.

"You knew?!"

"Hell yeah I knew, my gaydar is the best in Lima. I also know that you're in love with the dwarf."

"Don't call her that." Quinn growls.

"See, didn't even deny it."

"Well, okay yeah maybe I do like her. Do… do you think she's gay too?"

"Not gay no, maybe bisexual, but definitely not gay otherwise she wouldn't be hanging off Hudson for the past two years."

Quinn laughs, happy that she confided in her best friend, the only one she knew would understand.


Quinn had skipped calculus class, causing Rachel to worry that she was avoiding her. So the brunette was relieved to see her walking over during glee practise.

"I know we have a lot to talk about regarding the weekend, which I'm actively trying to avoid, but first I need to ask you something to do with the weekend before. Now I'll understand if you say no, if it's too much for you but I need to do this and I don't want to do it alone so I can always ask Puck but…"

"Quinn, take a breath." Rachel laughs. "What is it?"

"Well it involves seeing Shelby… but you seemed okay when she was performing with Mr Schue a moment ago so I thought maybe you wouldn't mind. I want to take back all the stuff I planted but I can't do that without Shelby being distracted."

"Oh, um… I'm…" Rachel hesitates before seeing the pleading look in Quinn's eyes and caves. "Okay."

"Okay?"

"Yeah but on one condition."

"Anything."

"We actually have a proper conversation about the… events of this weekend."

Quinn pauses, not wanting to have the conversation but knowing it was necessary. "Deal."


The following Friday, Quinn drives herself and Rachel over to Shelby's apartment, with the promise that they'd go back to Rachel's afterwards to talk.

At a stop light Quinn glances over at Rachel, who is moving her head in time to the music on the radio and softly humming along whilst gazing out of the passenger side window.

She's adorable.

Rachel, who senses Quinn watching her, turns to face her and smirks when she sees the blonde whip her head back round to face the road, even though they weren't moving. She chooses not to tease the other girl so goes back to humming as Quinn pulls away from the junction.

As they climb the stairs Rachel begins to get nervous. Sure she'd seen Shelby around school, especially with this weeks glee assignment against the trouble tones, but this was different. This was actively going to see her, to talk to her. Plus she'd be meeting Beth and seeing Shelby act as a mother figure for someone else.

"Hey."

The brunette looks up at Quinn.

"You'll be fine, I promise I won't leave you alone for long I just need to pick up three things remember?"

"Right, from the bookshelf, the kitchen and the bathroom."

Once she's sure Rachel has calmed down slightly, Quinn knocks on the door which is soon opened to reveal Shelby holding Beth.

Rachel loses her breath at the sight of the gorgeous baby girl who looks exactly like Quinn, then again when she sees the way Quinn reacts to seeing her daughter.

"Hey cutie." Quinn coos, taking Beth from Shelby when the woman holds her out for her.

"Hi Rachel." Shelby greets, letting the girls follow her inside.

"Hey." Rachel responds awkwardly.

"Um, how's school?"

"Good, thanks."

The three of them settle at the kitchen table after Quinn puts Beth down to play with her toys. It remains awkward for a while but they soon settle into a conversation about glee. When Quinn announces that they should get going and asks to use the bathroom before they Rachel knows it's time for her to distract Shelby.

She asks how Shelby is getting on with Beth and work as they both move towards the front door. As much as she hates to admit it, she didn't pay too much attention to what the woman was saying as she watched Quinn move around the apartment shoving things into her bag before winking at Rachel as she moves closer.

"Well thanks for letting us come over Shelby, you know how much I love spending time with Beth, even if it is just watching her play." The blonde grins, saving Rachel from the embarrassment of admitting she wasn't listening.


Ten minutes later Quinn pulls into Rachel's driveway.

"Still want to do this?"

"Yes Quinn, we've been skating around it all week, we need to clear the air."

The blonde's heart drops slightly, assuming that Rachel meant 'clear the air' in the sense of going back to how things were before the kiss.

So she was really taken by surprise at the first words out of the singer's mouth as soon as they'd sat down in her living room.

"I like you Quinn."

"You… what?"

"I like you, and I know I'm almost definitely barking up the wrong tree but I just needed to say it even if it means us not even being friends anymore because you want to avoid me which is totally understandable but it's true, you're constantly on my mind, you're pretty much all I think about actually and I know you're probably about to slap me so…"

Her rant was cut short by Quinn's lips pressing against hers. She relaxes into the kiss once she gets over the initial shock. Her whole body instantly reacts, chill bumps cover every inch of her skin, a shiver runs down her spine and she sees fireworks behind her eyes.

Quinn pulls away first, smiling, before realising that she'd just randomly kissed Rachel, in the middle of her lounge.

"Wait your dads aren't home are they?"

Rachel is still lost for words so shakes her head no, relaxing Quinn.

"Well looks like I've just found the best way to get you to stop talking." The blonde teases.

"I do not talk that much."

"You kinda do… I mean how long would you have rambled on if I hadn't interrupted?"

"I… I don't know." Rachel blushes. "Sometimes I just can't stop, especially if I'm nervous."

"Well I was actually enjoying it for a change, that is until you said I was going to slap you so I just did the opposite, kind of."

"So… you like me too?" The singer asks, pulling her bottom lip in between her teeth.

"So much." Quinn breathes, her eyes locked on to Rachel's lips. "But seriously I just kissed you randomly and you still had to question whether I liked you?" She laughs, lifting her gaze to meet those brown eyes.

"Well I just wanted clarification. So what now?"

Quinn instantly panics. "I… um…"

"What is it?" Rachel asks, fear seeping in.

"Look Rach, I do like you I promise but I… ugh." Quinn huffs in frustration, running her hands over her face. "I'm not sure I'm going to be able to handle all the stares if I come out. Being pregnant made my life a living hell, imagine what people will say when they find out I'm also gay."

"You're… you're gay?" The brunette questions before realising that wasn't the point of this conversation. "Sorry, well why don't we hide this, whatever this is."

"You'd do that?"

"Yeah, I mean I hid my relationship with Jesse and I barely liked him."

"What? Firstly you were terrible at hiding that, everyone knew you were still seeing him and secondly what do you mean you barely liked him? I thought you slept with him?"

"Alright point taken but I'd like to think I'm a better actress now than I was two years ago. Also I didn't actually sleep with him, I lied to make Finn jealous." Rachel admits, blushing again.

"Oh.. so you're still…"

"Yeah."

"Well I've only been with Puck but you're not missing out on much." Quinn jokes.

"Having just admitted to being gay, I don't think you'd have the same experience with a guy as most girls."

"True, but I've only recently discovered that fact, thanks to you and your damn lips."

"I know what you mean, I wouldn't have figured out I'm bi if it weren't for that kiss. You don't think Santana planned that do you?"

"No… although she did know I liked you but she couldn't have… could she?"

"Well there's only one way to find out."

The girls met each other's eyes. "Brittany." They both said.