Hey everyone! I'm sorry I have been absent...I have reasons I promise but I'm sure you don't want to hear them.
Thought i would get back in to it softly...and check to see if any fans of this are still around...Just deciding if I should continue or not.
Enjoy!
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"Shall we delay your party?"
Santana asked from her position in Quinn's arms.
"I don't think so. I'm sure I will be fine on Saturday and with some expertly applied make up no one will know anything happened at all."
"Except they will all know something did." Santana chuckled softly.
"I think it will be good for us to let our hair down and with Dani here it just all works."
"Ok babe I'm totally cool with whatever you want I just thought I'd check."
"And that's because you are my perfect girlfriend."
"Ha ha ok Q."
Quinn raised her hands above her head and stretched out her body, certain areas could still feel the lasting remnants of their passionate activities from the night before and others were reaping the benefits from the exact same escapades.
"Do you want something to eat?" Quinn turned to face her girlfriend and was rewarded with an extremely naughty grin.
"I could be persuaded." The grin was replaced by a beaming smile, Quinn truly did not think Santana could be any more beautiful than she was right then…..tousled hair and completely relaxed, the blonde wished she had a camera to capture the moment.
"What do you fancy?"
"Mmmm a juicy piece of you please….with the option of seconds."
Quinn laughed out loud there were definite perks of dating someone younger, Santana had an insatiable appetite for sex and Quinn enjoyed the fact that Santana was always that ravenous for her.
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"You need to make sure someone is keeping Santana safe." Shelby had been at the police station for hours she was getting rather frustrated that the imbeciles on duty were not taking her concerns seriously.
"Look Ma'am we have an officer watching Mr. Corcoran, if he comes anywhere near yourself or Miss Lopez he will be picked up. We are short staffed and can't afford the man power of two extra officers to shadow you and your girlfriend."
"Oh for fucks sake are you even listening? Luke has people that work for him, ones that will do his dirty work. I am not asking for me I am asking for Santana who might I add is not my girlfriend, but has already had her actual girlfriend in hospital due to my ex-husbands actions."
"There is no proof your husband had anything to do with that case Mrs. Corcoran it is purely speculation at this point."
"Where is Detective Coles?"
"He has been called away on urgent family business."
"When will he be back?"
"We aren't sure at this stage."
Shelby sighed heavily Scott Coles was the only person she truly trusted, she knew he wasn't receiving any back handed payments from her ex and he wasn't corrupt in any way.
"Can you have him call me as soon as he is back?"
"Sure thing Ma'am and if you are really concerned you could always hire private security."
Shelby nodded, it actually wasn't a bad idea she just needed to talk to Santana.
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"So I need to run something by you." Santana said hesitantly as she sat down in the chair opposite Quinn.
"Sounds serious."
"Not really….I don't think. Actually I don't know."
"What's up babe?" Quinn reached out across the table and took the Latinas hand in her own.
"I know you asked for me to have nothing to do with Shelby."
"Right." Quinn sat back in her chair.
"And I haven't at all…I swear."
"She is trying to contact you isn't she?"
"I had a couple of texts asking how you were and now I've missed quite a few calls and the latest text she has said it's urgent."
"Call her…tell her to come here if need be."
"What? Are you sure?"
"San I simply want you to be safe which I think you will be the further away from her you are, however if there is something important you need to know I'd much rather it be done here where you are safe."
"Um ok."
"Look I know I asked you to stay away, however I get that there is some shit going down and if we need to know things then forewarned is forearmed and I'm all for that. Besides I kind of need to thank her for what she did the other day any way."
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Santana paced back and forth through the room, Shelby was on her way over and she had a sick feeling in her stomach.
"You nervous?" Dani laughed as she threw grapes in the air and caught them in her mouth.
"What gave you that idea?" Santana replied sarcastically.
"Should your ex still have that much of an impact on you?"
"I'm not nervous about seeing Shelby per say I'm nervous about her and Quinn being in the same room."
"Quinn will be a good girl won't you cous?" Dani called out loudly to Quinn who was working on her lap top in the adjacent room.
"Won't I what?" Quinn called back.
"I hope you choke on one of those." Santana hissed and gestured towards the grapes in Dani's hand.
"You'll behave in front of Santana's ex-loverrrr." She intentionally rolled the r and smirked at Santana.
"Dan don't be a bitch." Quinn chuckled before closing the spread sheet she was working on and getting up to join them.
"Do you need me here to referee the whole thing?" Dani's attention turned back to Santana who was now staring out of the window.
"This isn't going to turn into a fight club you idiot."
"Ohhh hang on lets reschedule with a jello pool and I will rake in the cash."
Dani laughed like she had said the funniest thing in the world and Santana simply turned back to the window, her head was all over the place so her usual quick witted replies were taking a back seat.
"You want me to send her to her room?" Quinn asked quietly as she circled Santana's waist with her arms and pulled the girl back into her body.
"Ha ha yeah with no dinner." Santana pouted softly.
"What are you worried about sweetheart?"
"Apart from the obvious?"
"We are meeting for a purpose San everything will go fine and besides imagine how Shelby is feeling."
"You're a really good person Q has anyone ever told you that?"
"I'm sure I've heard it from you." Quinn pecked Santana's lips quickly
"You think Shelby will be feeling uneasy?"
"Think about it, she is about to see the woman she is very likely still in love with and she then has to see that woman with the person she is in love with. If that makes any sense."
"Yeah it does." Santana tightened Quinn's arms around her.
"AND then she has to see both of those ladies crazy assed cousin! God help her." Dani piped up from the sofa.
"Shut up." Santana and Quinn replied in unison with smiles on their faces.
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Shelby tapped on the steering wheel as she waited for the large metal gates to open at the bottom of Quinn's driveway. Once they were fully open she proceeded along the drive at a slow pace. She felt sick being here and guilty for bringing all of this drama into Santana's life. It wasn't fair to a young woman who should be able to go out and enjoy herself without having to stress and look over her shoulder.
Quinn's house came in to view and Shelby had to admit she was impressed, the girl was obviously doing extremely well for herself. She put the car into park and took a deep breath.
"You ok?" Quinn squeezed Santana's hand as they saw Shelby exit her car and walk towards the front door.
"Yeah you're here so I'm good." Santana kissed the blondes cheek softly before moving towards the door herself.
Knock knock
Santana opened the door and smiled softly at her ex.
"Hey San." Shelby returned the smile as best as she could.
"Hi Shel come on in." Santana turned to the side to allow her to enter properly.
"This is a beautiful home."
"You can buy it if you like Quinn is going to sell it."
"Ha ha I think I'd get lost in a big place like this all on my own."
"Yeah very likely." Santana laughed softly and gestured for Shelby to follow her.
Shelby's eyes fell on to the Latinas back as they walked, her heart began to race a little as her thoughts flashed back to the same back arched in pleasure during many of their hot and heated times together. Their time apart had only made the woman in front of her even more alluring and maturity had made her body even more to die for. A voice clearing made Shelby look up and she realized that at least one of the blondes in the room they had just entered had totally caught her ogling Santana's ass.
"Shelby this is Dani, Quinn's cousin."
"Hi Dani it's nice to meet you." Shelby held out her hand for Dani to shake.
"Hi likewise." Dani smiled at her warmly. She had wondered what someone could see in their teacher and someone so much older but now in person she could appreciate Santana's attraction.
"And….you know Quinn." Santana's voice cracked a little.
"Hi Shelby." Quinn gracefully removed herself from her sitting position and moved towards them.
"Hi Quinn, It's nice to see you up and about. I'm glad you are feeling ok."
"Thanks and can I just take the time to say thank you for what you did the other day."
"It truly was the least I could do trust me." Shelby breathed in deeply and allowed herself to relax a little. She had anticipated Quinn to be a bit more stand offish with her but so far so good.
"Ok I guess I should leave you ladies to it, I will be upstairs if you need me." Dani patted Santana's shoulder as she smiled and nodded to her cousin emphasizing the last part of her sentence.
"Thanks Dan." Quinn winked at her.
"It was nice to meet you Shelby." Dani smiled once again in Shelby's direction as she passed to leave the room.
"You too." Shelby replied to a retreating back.
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The three women made small talk over coffee before Santana finally brought up the elephant in the room.
"Ok enough of this la de da talk... you needed to talk to me about your shitty ex-husband?"
Shelby smiled at Santana's outburst and bluntness, some things never changed it seemed.
"Yeah I wanted to talk to you about a few things actually."
"Take it away the floor is yours."
"Ok…..Luke called me the other day and all but admitted to being involved in what happened to Quinn."
"Fucking scum." Santana spat out angrily and Quinn instantly placed a reassuring hand on her thigh.
"He was vulgar and threatening and I truly don't believe he has achieved whatever plan he has."
"And what do you think that could be?" Quinn asked firmly.
"I'm not sure but he wants to hurt me….us." Her eyes met Santana's and the younger woman immediately knew Shelby was scared.
"Do we have any updates on what the police are doing about this?"
Shelby tore her eyes from Santana's and looked to Quinn.
"I spent most of yesterday morning at the station, basically they won't be doing any more than they currently are and until Detective Coles is back I can't get anything further help from them."
"So we just wait for him to what? Burn down our houses? Beat us up in the street?" Santana scoffed.
"The police suggested private security as an option."
"Oh for fucks sake." Santana rubbed her temples firmly.
"I don't think that's a bad idea." Quinn spoke softly but her mind was already at work. She had a few contacts within a security firm and she would do anything required to keep Santana safe.
"Why don't we just go and pay the asshole a visit? There are a few things I would happily say to him." Santana practically growled.
"San this is serious." Shelby knew Santana would quite happily do what she had just suggested.
"Yeah it's seriously fucking me off. It all happened so long ago why the hell can't he just get over it!"
Santana got up off her chair and began to pace. She knew some people…people that could perhaps suggest to Luke to back off in a not so friendly manner.
"Because his wife is in love with you Santana." Quinn's voice was strong and made Santana stop in her tracks.
Shelby opened her mouth to talk but Quinn stopped her with one raised hand.
"His wife never truly loved him after she became involved you….that's the ultimate betrayal, the ultimate kick in the balls and he wants you to feel his pain no matter how psychotic that seems to the rest of us."
"But she stayed with him….. She left me….He won!" Santana's voice was raised in anger, not at Quinn but at the situation.
There was an almost deathly silence in the room as all three women tried to process the thoughts swimming in their heads.
"He knew San." Shelby's voice was quiet and shaky. Quinn braced herself for what as she knew was coming.
"He knew what?" Santana questioned.
"He never won."
"Of course he did you sta…"
"I never stopped loving you whether I was with you or not." Shelby interrupted her.
"He knew I wasn't his anymore even if I was by his side. He knows to this day I am still in love with you Santana."