AN: As previously mentioned, I am still currently writing this story out, I wont be updating as often, most likely once a week, that as I have been asked for some paintings to completed, that has been taking mt time as well. I unfortunately have deteriorating disc's in my back and had one removed a few years ago, I am in constant pain so that slows my progress down as well. I do thank you for your patience and now... on with the story.
Slamming her locker shut, Quinn let out a sigh of frustration as once again Finn is bothering her about the homecoming dance. For the last two weeks the taller teen had been hounding her to accept his request. Quinn had been denying him everyday. She didn't tell him that she had asked Rae for fear of his temper and what he might do to the smaller girl, who had just been given the ok to play in the state final tomorrow afternoon.
"I don't understand why you wont go with me tomorrow night Quinn. I mean we are meant to be together. I'm the quarterback and you're the head cheerleader it's like, like the law of high school for us to be together." Finn finishes with a dopey smile and proud of his logic.
"For the last time Finn, you and I are not going to the dance together. We are not a couple anymore and we are not getting back together. Get over it and move on."
"Hey Q. Nervous for your date tonight?" Santana asks smirking before the taller boy could reply to Quinn.
"Date? We don't have a date tonight." Finn answers Santana.
"That's because the date isn't with you Finnesa. You see my girl Q here has wised up and moved on to someone who will treat more than just a popularity booster and arm candy. Now run along like a good lad will you." Santana sneered before linking her arm with her captain. " C'mon Q, I'll walk you to Glee practice."
"So Q," Santana began once they were out of hearing range. "Are you nervous for tonight? I know you and Berry have been spending every available minute together these last two weeks but you haven't actually been out together."
At the mention of Rae's last name Quinn felt a smile grace her lips. She had been spending as much time as she could with Rae. Getting to know the tiny girl away from school had been thrilling for Quinn. Rae had brought her to her dojo's after obtaining permission from her Sensei's to do so. Rae explained that she didn't necessarily have to obtain the permission, but it was a sign of great respect towards the teachings and the Sensei's. Quinn had been surprised by how confident and graceful Rae was. The skill that Rae displayed on the basketball court paled in comparison to what the tiny girl revealed in her martial arts. The last week Quinn noticed that Rae had been walking down the halls of McKinley with more confidence then previously displayed. The tiny point guard was no longer walking with her head down between classes, no longer ducking around corners. Since it had gotten out that she had been the one to lay a beat down on Karofsky and Azimio, Rae was no longer physically picked on. The name calling and slurs were still heard now and then but if Rae was with Puck or the any of the members of the Unholy Trinity, most of the sheep were cowed into submission.
"Yeah S. Im a bit nervous but I'm excited to. The Rae that we've seen here at school is different from the Rae we have seen at her house. Im sure you have noticed that."
"Yeah I noticed. Has she made a decision about her treatment now that she is officially emancipated?"
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Last Friday Quinn Santana and Brittany arrived at Rae's house after Cheerio's practice as planned to get ready before going to Pucks party. Walking into the house Brittany immediately spotted Rae out in the back yard and cursed silently. Pulling out her phone she dialed the one other person she knew that could talk Rae down.
"Go for Puckerman,"
"You need to get here now! Rae is smoking and has Jack in her left hand while pacing in the backyard."
"Fuck she only does that when her dads do something... be there in less than five I'm around the corner."
Britt spots a bunch of papers on the counter and immediately recognizes the legal jargon. Quickly reading through the documents, the bubbly blonde begins to simmer with rage at Rae's fathers. They had completed the steps and the process to have Rae legally emancipated. They had signed over the house, vehicles and all assets in the US as well as a couple of off shore bank accounts to Rae. The Berry men provided a letter reasoning why they had chosen this route and that it was better this way.
As soon as Brittany finished reading the papers Puck had arrived and made a beeline through the house to the backyard.
Brittany watches as the two friends argue back and forth for a few minutes before Puck was able to get the bottle away from Rae, as the tiny girl collapsed in his arms and sobbed.
"What the fuck is going on?" Santana demanded staring out the patio door.
The normally bubbly blonde looked over at her girlfriend and Captain, smiling sadly before answering. "Her fathers had her declared emancipated. They felt it was only fair seeing as they had no plans to come home with in the next year if at all. Apparently they had, without her knowledge, been making Rae take a hormone suppressant. Its why she hasn't grown any taller since the age of ten or developed beyond an A-cup size. They always wanted to have a little girl and were in denial over her condition. They even went as far to obtain a second birth certificate. They did send the first one that the doctor whom delivered Rae, initially declaring Rae to be male. It wasn't until blood tests, and other tests were completed that it was discovered that Rae's genetic make up is XXY. I guess through out the pregnancy and the ultrasound that determined sex, Rae was declared female. Upon her being born seems like everyone got a shock when she was born with a penis. So after almost 16 years of being forced to live they way she has been, Rae now has a decision to make on what to do. She confided in me that she has always felt more masculine than feminine and thought that maybe she might be transgender. At least now she has answers. Quinn, Rae is going to need you more than ever to help her through this. Puck already knows everything about Rae and I'm sure she just told him everything I just told you."
...meanwhile out side...
"So not only am I classified as inter-sexed, I'm considered a genetic anomaly. I have been taking a hormone suppressant for years. With out my knowledge! However one of the side effects is that I seem to have a stunted height. The doctors have stated, in the paperwork those assholes provided, that if I decide to stop taking the suppressant that the dormant Y chromosome will no longer be dormant."
"So what will happen of it the chromosome is no longer dormant?" Puck softly asks the tiny point guard
"That essentially I will go through puberty, a male puberty. I would become approximately 6 inches taller at most and build a bit more muscle mass." Rae shrugs. "I won't become overly masculine, but I would no longer be as feminine as I am now."
"What are you going to do Rae? You know that no matter what I will support you. We hot Jews have to stick together." At Rae's watery laugh, Puck smiled before continuing. "You know that Britt will support you and by default so will Santana. As for Quinn, I don't think this will scare her away. That girl is head over heels for you."
I know Noah and thank you. I have a lot to think about."
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Quinn shook her head slightly. "Rae hasn't talked about it with me yet and I haven't asked. Not because I'm ashamed but because I don't want to seem like I'm pushing."
"Ok... So do you know what you two are doing or where you are going?"
"No. Just that I am to dress casual, and meeting at her place." Quinn replied trying to contain her excitement.
"What does your mom think of Rae?" Santana asked, surprising Quinn with her curiosity.
"My mom adores her. She knows about Rae's 'condition', her gay dads and doesn't care. It was all my dad's doing. She has been helping me understand that not all Christians hate or condemn others for not following what is deemed the 'proper' lifestyle. She has been helping me realize that a true Christian loves and accepts others for who they are. Rae has won her over by being herself... well the self away from this place anyway."
Before anything else can be said the two friends had reached the choir room. Walking in to practice, they are greeted with the sight of Rae and Brittany dancing to what ever it was that Puck had convinced the band kids to play along with Mike and Tina dancing off to the side. Quinn and Santana watched in amazement when Rae effortlessly lifted Brittany in the air and held her up for a minute before giving the illusion that she had dropped the bubbly blonde, whom was laughing as Rae caught her 'mid fall'.
"Berry What did I tell you about putting your hands on my girlfriend?" Santana yelled
Rae had seen the glint in the Latina's eyes letting on that she was only teasing.. "To only have my hands on her when you are around and to put them on you as well so we could all engage in sweet lady kisses." Rae replied with a straight face that lasted all of ten seconds before erupting into a fit of giggles at the goldfish impersonation that Santana was currently doing.
"Damn Berry that was quick. You know...mmph" Quinn slapped a hand over Santana's mouth before her friend could finish that thought once she recovered from the pint sized guards comeback.
"Sani, stop teasing Rae. You know she is nothing like Finn." Britt chastised as she skipped over to her girlfriend.
Blushing bright red all the way to her ears, Rae took a seat at the back of the room and waited for the three cheerleaders to join her.
"So you and Britt?" Quinn whispered
"When we were 14. It was at dance camp and we were both drunk and we thought that it was better then giving it up to a random during a drunken high school party. I was going to tell you later. Admittedly, I thought you already knew seeing as she tells Santana everything. It wasn't the best way to lose my virginity but there are worse ways that it could have happened." Rae answered shyly "There has been no one since her either.. in case you were wondering."
"I wasn't Rae. Honest. You are right there are worse ways that you could have lost it and I'm glad that it was with someone you care about. A part of me is a little jealous that she got to be your first."
"I was going to wait until after tonight to ask this. We have been spending a lot of time together getting to know one another, Quinn will you officially be my girlfriend?" Rae quietly asked.
Leaning in, Quinn softly kisses Rae. It's a sweet kiss that is kept chaste as they both remember their surroundings. They pull away at the same time to gaze into each others eyes.
"Is that a yes?" Rae asks
"Yes Rae, that was a yes. I will be your girlfriend. But for the record.. I already considered myself your girl, I just didn't know how you felt."
Rae pulled the cheerleader onto her lap and held her close, nuzzling her nose into Quinn's neck breathing in the blondes scent that was becoming so familiar to her after many sleep overs during the past two weeks. Rae's bubble of contentment lasted all of thirty seconds.
"What the hell? Quinn why are you sitting in Rae's lap?" Finn demanded of his ex as he walked into the choir room.
"Really dude? Are you that dense? Quinn and my Jew LezBro are together." Puck answered from behind the taller teen, ready to intervene in case Finn's temper got the better of him.
"But Quinn.. You and I are meant to be together I'm the quarterback and you're the head cheerleader." The taller teen smiled crookedly honestly believing his reasoning.
"Ok really Frankenteen?" Santana began "That is sad and a little pathetic. Just because you are the quarterback of our sad football team doesn't mean that you automatically get the privilege of dating a cheerleader let alone the head cheerleader, it may afford you some popularity but that's it. Secondly having seen Rae stand up for Becky and Puck, which is more than you have ever done, that has made Rae cooler than even myself and that's saying a lot. Now according to the "laws of highschool" as you put it, that makes her more deserving of being on the arm of the most popular girl in school. Not to mention Rae is the captain of both the junior varsity basketball and baseball teams. Now if you'll excuse us, me and my girls have a date we gots to get ready for."
Following behind Santana as the other girl dragged Brittany and her girlfriend out of the choir room, Rae stopped long enough to fist bump Puck and high five Mike on her way out of the choir room. Rae managed to make it halfway down the hallway before feeling a hand grab her by the shoulder and swing her around. Ducking on instinct, Rae nimbly sidesteps the taller teens clumsy advancements. As Quinn screamed at her ex boyfriend to stop what he was doing.
"Im not going to fight you Finn." Rae told the taller boy as she once again ducked his swinging fist.
"Scared that I'll win and Quinn will see what a loser you are?"
"Nope. You aren't worth me getting in trouble and ruining my academic record that would surely happen from me displaying my superior fighting skills against your clumsy efforts. Besides right now you are displaying all the traits of a Lima Loser by picking a fight with someone who is much smaller than you and not to mention a female. Since when do you hit girls Finn? I understand that you are angry, but this isn't you. This isn't the leader that we all look up to in glee. It's not Quinn that you love, it's the idea of her that you have that you are in love with. You need to let go of the picture you have in your head."
"I don't know how." Finn whispered, slumping in defeat at Rae's words and at his own admission.
"You'll figure it out with some help from your friends." Was Rae's soft reply after waiving Puck over.
"I'm sorry Rae."
Rae nodded in acknowledgement of Finns apology before turning around, only to be enveloped by her girlfriends arms.
"Are you ok baby? Did he hurt you? If he did I'll let S lay a beat down on him."
"Babe I'm fine. He never came close to actually hitting me." Rae softly cupped the worried girls face. "Quinn, baby I'm ok. Lets go back to my place so S can get you ready for tonight."
Rae linked her hand with Quinn's and began walking them both down the hallway and out of the school. Dropping Quinn off at her car, Rae gives her a chaste kiss before getting in her truck and peeling out of the parking lot.
Second AN Note: Thank you to those of you that have left reviews so far no one has had anything rude to say. Like I said I don't mind bad reviews as long as there is something constructive about it.