Quinn stopped running looking back at the brunette in her own surprise that she had answered.

Rachel waved the blonde back to the door. Quinn ran back to the large shielding porch.

"I'm sorry!" Was the first thing to come out of the blonde's mouth.

"Sorry for what?!" Rachel ask.

The two had to yell though they were standing right in front of each other, the storm was that loud.

Thankfully the porch roof kept them from getting wet. Well at least Rachel wasn't wet.

Quinn was shaking from the cold and being soaked.

"I know it's late and you were probably in bed! I shouldn't have come! I'll see you at school!" Quinn said turning to leave but was stopped by Rachel.

"Don't leave! Please! It's too dangerous for you to drive in this weather! I'm assuming the girls are in the suv?!"

"Yeah!"

"Are your keys still in the car?!" Rachel ask/yelled and Quinn nodded.

The brunette stepped back to her door opening it halfway to grab her coat, umbrella and slipping on her shoes she had left by the door earlier.

"What are you doing?!" Quinn ask.

"I don't trust you to not leave!" Rachel replied before grabbing her own keys and running to Quinn's car.

The brunette climb in and started the vehicle.

She looked behind her and saw a wailing Beth and drowsy blonde girl who looked every bit like Quinn.

The brunette pulled forward. She pressed the remote on her own keys.

The garage door opened than she pulled in with ease. Being sure to close the garage door behind her after putting the car in park.

Cutting the engine Rachel hopped out the car and went to the back passenger seat where the baby was.

She removed the car seat than walked around to the little blonde girl.

She set the car seat down on the ground than reached into the suv to unbuckle the drowsy blonde.

She pulled the little blonde from her own car seat.

The little girl was so tired her head just dropped to the brunette's shoulder.

Rachel grabbed the screaming baby's car seat and headed to the side door.

She placed the car seat down only for a second to open the side door to enter back into her actual house.

She picked the car seat back up and headed straight back towards the front door to see a worried Quinn sigh in relief upon seeing Rachel enter with the two girls.

Rachel motioned with her head for Quinn to follow her.

Quinn closed and locked the front door behind her upon entering.

The blonde hesitated because she was dripping water every where.

"It's ok. Come on." Rachel assured.

She walked Quinn up the stairs thanking all that is holy that Jaxon was a heavy sleeper.

The brunette escorted the blonde to her bedroom.

She had Quinn shut the door behind her.

Quinn bit her lip as she looked around unsure of what to do with herself.

Rachel placed the wailing baby's car seat down and walked over to her bed.

She laid the little blonde girl down and began removing the girls coat.

The girl was in her pj's and slippers. So, Rachel removed her slippers and covered the little girl with the quilt.

Rachel than turned her attention to her drawers. She grabbed a pair of her baggy sweat pants and one of her XL sweatshirts that belonged to her dad Hiram.

She handed them to the blonde. "Go down the hall to the bathroom on your right. Shower, change than come back here. " Rachel instructed.

"But Beth-"

"Don't worry about the girls. Go shower or your going to get even more sick than you already are."

Quinn looked at Charlie on the bed and a wailing Beth. "Rachel, she isn't going to go down. She's been crying for two hours-"

"Quinn, I promise you. Your daughter will be safe with me as will that precious angel sleeping on my bed. Just please go shower than come back. Everything will be fine."

Quinn was hesitant but agreed. "Ok. If your sure."

"I am."

"Thank you."

"Your welcome, now go."

Quinn glanced back at the baby and the little girl than sighed before leaving.

The blonde found the bathroom and undressed from the sopping wet clothes.

She had no idea where to put them.

The brunette turned to the wailing baby. "Hmm. Now let's see what's wrong little one." Rachel said as she reached in and removed the tiny baby from the car seat.

"Oh you are just precious, aren't you." Rachel whispered to the baby.

Quinn rushed through her shower and rushed to get dressed.

She rushed back to Rachel's room in worry.

Her irrational fear of Rachel sending her to shower so she could call Puck and the cops was causing her heart to hammer in her chest.

She became even more terrified when Beth's cries were no longer heard.

It was completely silent in the house except for the sound of thunder and rain.

Quinn rushed into the room and her eyes softened at the sight.

There Rachel was sat at the edge of the bed softly humming as she rocked what appeared to be a newly bathe Beth in her baby towel in her arms.

Her finger lightly running down the bridge of the infants nose repeatedly.

Charlie was sound asleep. She wasn't tossing and turning like she does on the mats. She looked completely at peace.

The room was only lit by very dim lighting.

The moment captured Quinn visually and emotionally.

Here was her former target of bullying, taking care of her family like it was not at all a big deal.

Rachel looked up just than and smiled.

"She is so precious, Quinn." The brunette whispered in awe.

Rachel's eyes were glassy from earlier, shedding tears while Quinn was in the shower.

The brunette wiped another tear before it could fall.

Rachel walked up to a bassinet that she had ran to one of the other rooms to get, that acts as a storage room for the things she doesn't use for Jaxon anymore.

She gently lowered Beth in to it. The baby sound asleep.

Quinn stared in amazement. She had been trying to get Beth down and couldn't, her own daughter.

"How did you get her down?" Quinn whispered as Rachel grabbed the baby monitor that she carried with her.

She had multiple baby cameras every where.

"Well, she wasn't wet and I assume you already tried to feed her?" Rachel whispered and Quinn nodded.

"I figured you had tried everything but a bath. So I gave her one and she settled as soon as she was in the warm water. She grunted a little here and there so I hummed 'You are my sunshine' and she fell asleep. Oh, I hope you don't mind that I did that or that I grabbed the baby bag from the car to get her a change of clothes?"

"Wow.. Thank you and no I don't mind at all. God, I don't know what I would have done. She's never cried that long. How did you know the bath would work?"

"Jaxon did the same thing. He would cry for hours and I didn't know why and after many failed attempts and a severe search of google. I finally realized that I hadn't tried it." Rachel said placing her hand at the small of the blonde's back than guiding her out of the room than downstairs to the kitchen.

The brunette filled the tea pot and put it on the stove.

Quinn sat watching her every move. Rachel took a lemon out and began slicing it.

"I'm sorry I showed up unannounced. I just.." Quinn shook her head at herself. Trying to get her words together.

"I was just sitting there. I couldn't get Beth to stop crying. So, I packed everything up and loaded the car. I thought driving around would help but it didn't. They said the storm was going to hit and it did. Without realizing it, I ended up here." Quinn spoke softly. Rachel nodded her understanding.

The silence only lasted mere seconds before Quinn nervously spoke again.

"I don't.. I don't understand why you would want to help me. I've been awful to you and you still let me into your home with no explanation whatsoever as to why I would put us in such a situation. I'm sorry but I'm terrified that this is all just a trick. I know I should be grateful but you said it yourself, we're acquaintances at best. I bullied you Rachel. I even laughed at you when I was pregnant and Puck stuffed your locker with dirt." Quinn said just as Rachel set the cup of tea with honey and lemon in front of the blonde as she took her own seat with her own cup.

"I kissed Finn though we already knew you were pregnant and thought it was his baby. I made out with Puck while you were pregnant. I told Finn Puck was the father. I still accepted Finn's request for a date and later made him my boyfriend though I already knew you were still upset about your break up the first and second time around." Rachel spoke listing off her wrong doings.

"We all make mistakes in life Quinn. The only thing that sets you and I apart from any one else is the fact that we are remorseful and actually are actively trying to be our better selves."

"I'm sure just like me you want to be a better example for your daughter like I'm trying to be for my son?" Rachel asked rhetorically and Quinn nodded.

"I don't care to know what happened with Puck because I don't have a right to know. If ever you felt that you could tell me I'd listen and be there for you the best I can but that's only if you want to share it. In all honesty, I think Puck's an idiot and I don't mean that he's illiterate. I mean he's an actual idiot because he's irresponsible, childish and a horn dog." Rachel spoke in disgust.

"Understatement of the century." Quinn added.

Rachel continued. "You'd think having a baby girl would soften him up and really think about how he treats women but it hasn't."

"I accidently made the mistake of checking a certain bedroom in this house looking for something, I can't honestly remember what. Since I have no curtains in that room, I had a full view of Mrs. Lee's room and Puck was there having sex with her and clearly enjoying himself." Rachel admitted.

Quinn's jaw dropped than her face contorted in disgust.

"I think you were 6 months pregnant at the time." Rachel continued.

Quinn felt a flare of fire in the pit of her stomach.

Puck had been on his best behavior at the time or so she thought. Clearly that was a lie.

She really thought she had lucked out with him as the father but she supposes some things are too good to be true.

Rachel continued. "I'm sorry for being so blunt but it's true. I have nothing to hide. If I thought you were just acting crazy and putting your daughter and that little girl in jeopardy for no reason. I would have spoken to you about it sooner but I honestly believe you had a good reason for why you did what you did. As far as staying here goes. We're two single parents just trying to make it through the next day and we're only 17. Why on earth would I not want to help you?" Rachel finished.

"I never thought of it that way." Quinn replied.

The two sat in silence for a moment. "So.. What happens now?" Quinn ask.

"I don't know. You tell me." Rachel replied as she took a sip of her tea.

Quinn sat for a moment in thought as she bore into the brunette's eyes searching.

Rachel let her and held her stare. She had nothing to hide.

"Rachel, if I accept your offer. How would it be living here?" Quinn ask tentatively.

Rachel smiled. "It would be simple because I only live by a few rules."

"Which are?"

"Rule number 1: No one knows my secrets." Rachel stated with a smile.

Quinn nodded with a smile of her own. She definitely agrees with that.

"Rule number 2: Just because I am the sole owner of this property and emancipated does not mean I have to act like a hooligan. So, school is a must for me. If you don't go that's your choice but I will get into Nyada my dream school. I would appreciate your respecting the fact that on school nights I am in bed by 8 pm. If I can get Jaxon down by than, that is. If not, I won't be able to get to bed until he falls asleep but that doesn't mean that just because he's up, noise is not a factor because it is. So, respect the noise level I set." Quinn nodded again.

"Rule number 3: I don't let just anyone into my home. This is where my son lays his head. I can't have any drama or violence around my son." Quinn nodded again.

"Rule number 4: No parties. Unless it's Jaxon's birthday or in your case the girls birthdays.

"Rule number 5: Chores will be a shared responsibility. If you weren't here number five wouldn't be an issue because I do all the chores here and fix anything that needs to be fixed." Again Quinn nodded.

"Other than that, I don't think we'll have any problems. All the bills are taken care of every month. The house is already paid for. So there really isn't anything to worry about. Do you have any questions or is there anything you have a problem with?" Rachel ask.

Quinn had a soft smile on her face.

She respected and loved every single rule because those are basically the same rules she tried to instill in her apartment with Puck but that went terribly wrong.

"That sounds perfect. I can definitely follow every single rule and I'm sure new ones in case you decide to add to it." Quinn replied.

"So.. Is that a yes?" Rachel ask with a soft smile of her own.

"Maybe.. I know you said everything was paid for but I feel really bad about staying here completely free of charge."

"I'd like to pay you something, if you can't accept any money than I'm going to have to politely decline your offer." Quinn said resolutely.

Rachel tilted her head in awed contemplation of the young woman before her.

Here she was offering the blonde complete financial freedom but was being turned down if she couldn't pay some form of rent.

Anyone else would jump for joy at the news but apparently not Quinn.

"Ok. How about I show you where I think it would be suitable for you to stay and tomorrow we discuss what your rent should be." Rachel said with a smile.

"Ok." Quinn replied with her own.

The brunette led the blonde to a door just below the stairs. She switched on the lights as they descended.

"When my dads would throw their dinner parties. I would always have to deal with the loud noise of chatter or walk through a crowd of people who'd stop and talk to me even when I wasn't in the mood."

"I would get annoyed because it was always the same. So, I complained to my dads about it. They listened and agreed with me, at first they apologized and said they could host their parties else where but I told them no because it wasn't fair to them. So, after much discussion we agreed that I could move from upstairs to the basement. They remodeled the entire thing." Rachel flicked on the light and Quinn gasp in surprise.

"We decided that going with a full fledge apartment like space, I'd be more comfortable. Especially, when I had sleep overs, though I never did."

"The only thing we didn't put in was an exit out of fear, should someone try to break in through the basement or I have a rebellious stage of sneaking out which again I never did until after the fact, of course." Rachel said.

"At first, I still stood in my old room but during parties came down here. After my dads died I moved down here full time and when I found out I was going to be a mother. I turned my old music room-" Rachel spoke as she opened one of the closed doors than flicked on the light.

Quinn gasp once again in awe.

"Into a nursery. I didn't know what the gender was so I made it as unisex as I could."

"The room was Disney themed.

The walls were pale yellow with white trimming.

There were Disney characters like Winnie the pooh and the rest of it's characters, Mickey and Minnie mouse, Donald and Daisy duck. Anna and Elsa from frozen.

There was a rocking chair in the corner and a beautiful wooden crib. A changing table and dresser.

Everything Quinn wished she could get her daughter was in the room.

Rachel turned to the quiet blonde. "What do you think?" Rachel ask.

"It's-It's amazing! You did this all on your own?"

"Yeah. My sister wanted to help but I knew I was too controlling to let her. She mostly just help bring everything down and brought me food and stuff. She did help choosing the colors though. I wanted it perfect and thought she'd mess it up. She doesn't have steady hands." Rachel chuckled.

The brunette shut the door and led the blonde to another room.

She opened the door and Quinn smiled broadly in awe.

"I wasn't sure if you'd accept my offer or not but just in case I thought I'd set it up anyway." Rachel said with a smile.

The room was a Disney princess theme room.

Though the characters weren't painted on the walls.

The memorabilia was every where. Dolls, posters, princess lamp.

The bed was child sized. It had all the essentials.

A dresser, desk, side table with a lamp. it was perfect and Quinn knew Charlie was going to love it.

The two stepped out of the room. "And this would be your room." Rachel said opening the door.

Quinn's eyes widen. The room was 3 times bigger than her own at her parents house. The king sized four post bed was gorgeous.

The basement was already completely furnished.

In fact, there was a living room as well with a sofa set and entertainment set up.

The kitchen was attached to the living room as a studio apartment would have.

It had a small breakfast bar and refrigerator and stove as well as a microwave and toaster.

The entire place wasn't missing a thing. Quinn was floored.

"Do you like it?"

"Rachel.. This is amazing but also insane. Your basically letting me have a entire apartment."

"Well, technically your forcing my hand by insisting on paying rent. So, it's not like it's free." Rachel said with a giggle.

"And your sure about this? What if something goes wrong? What if we have a fight or something? I don-"

"If we have an argument we'll deal with it. I'm not going to kick you out if that's what your worried about. Unless you break any of those rules-"

"But drama and violence are the rules."

"I meant baby daddy drama, like Puck or boyfriend drama as in Finn. I don't want either of them any where near my son. He might develop their stupidity." Rachel said seriously. Quinn snorted in laughter.

"And the violence?"

"I meant Santana. It's like you two are just hell bent on clawing each other's eyes out."

Quinn smiled at that. It was true.

"Besides, you have the entire lower level to yourself. You never actually have to interact with me if you don't want to. We could pretend we live in a duplex and we're just neighbors." Rachel said logically as she gestured to the blonde to head back upstairs.

"How could I not interact with you. Look what your doing for us." The blonde said with a disbelieving sigh.

"Once again it isn't free. So I'm not actually doing anything."

"Yes you are. Thank you.. Rachel. I can't express what this means to me." Quinn said and before Rachel could reply, Quinn engulfed her in a hug.

"You don't have to thank me. Just stay." Rachel replied wrapping her arms around the blonde's waist in their first ever hug.

"I do have to thank you because I was honestly losing my grip." Quinn spoke emotionally as weeks worth of emotional build up finally released.

The blonde burst into tears and Rachel did her best to console her.

Quinn did her best to get her tear ducts in order.

The two sat back down in front of their tea cups again.

"Are you ok?" Rachel ask gently.

"Yes. Do you have any questions for me?" Quinn ask in return.

"Questions?" Rachel ask confused.

"Come on, I know your at least a little curious of how I'm in the position that am." Quinn replied.

Rachel nodded. "I am. Though, to be honest you don't have to tell me anything. You don't owe me or anyone an explanation."

"That may be so but I think you deserve to know. So, how about I just tell you."

"Only if you want to."

"I want to.." Quinn replied.