Our Love Was Always Forever
Chapter 14 - Getting Help from All Sources
Judy Fabray opened the door with a smile on her face that only got wider by the presence of her son and granddaughter.
"Grandma!" Isabella cheered as she wrapped her arms around her grandma's legs. Judy automatically picked her up and hugged her close to her body.
"Sweet girl, how are you doing?" she breathed, kissing the little brunette's hair before placing her on her hip.
"Hey mom." Quinton said as he stepped inside his childhood home with Jen close behind him.
"Ah my baby." Judy said enveloping the blonde in a hug before pulling away. "And who's this pretty lady?" The blonde woman asked with a warm smile.
"That's Jen, she's daddy's girlfriend." Isabella answered with a grin making the three adults laugh.
"Is she now? Well it's nice to meet you Jen." Judy said with a warm smile still plastered on her face.
"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Fabray." Jen greeted politely.
"Oh please, call me Judy." Judy said before enveloping the girl into a hug, much to Jen's surprise. "Come on through, your Dad is inside watching the game." Judy announced as she directed them toward the room while still carrying Lizzy on her hip.
Jen looks toward Quinton and they shared a smile before Quinton took her hand into his and walked behind his mother toward the living room.
"Russell honey, look who's here." Judy announced once they walked inside the big sitting room.
"Grandpa!" Isabella yelled as she wiggled her way out of Judy's arms and ran toward her grandpa.
"Ah there she is, my number girl." Russell said kissing the girl's cheek, making her giggle. "Don't tell your aunt Charlie I told you that." He joked before tickling the small brunette.
Isabella lets out sharp giggles as she wiggles in her grandpa's arms. "Grandpa!" Lizzy squealed happily.
"Russell stop that or else you'll make her pee." Judy scolded at her husband and the blonde older man instantly stopped then kissed the girl's cheek again before letting her down.
"Hello son." He said as the two Fabray men hugged.
"Hey dad." Quinn answered before he pulled Jen next to him, "This is Jen." Quinton introduced.
"Ooh aren't you pretty." Russell said, making Jen blush in embarrassment. "She's as pretty as you said Quinton." Russell smiled at the brunette who's face was turning bright red.
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Fab-" Jen started but got cut off.
"No no, none of that Mr nonsense, young lady. It's Russell." he said with a smile "Mr. Fabray makes me feel old." he joked causing Jen to smile.
"But you are old Dad." Quinn said to the man who glared at him playfully.
"If I'm old than what are you?" he asks with raised brow.
"Not as old as you Dad" the blond smirked.
"All right you two don't start with this." Judy warned, knowing well how her husband and son got with this getting old nonsense. The two men pouted playfully at Judy.
"I'll go and finish with dinner. It'll be ready shortly. "The blonde woman told them.
"You need any help Mrs- Judy?" Jen asked politely.
"Oh thanks dear that'll be wonderful, right this way." Judy instructed.
"I'll be back sweetie." Jen said, as she kissed the Quinton before following after the older woman.
Quinton grinned happily that his parents were so welcoming and nice toward his new girlfriend. When he turned around his dad was smiling at him.
"She's a keeper." Russell said sitting down, "and so pretty too." He joked.
"Dad, I know, she's my girlfriend and it's not like I have bad tastes women." The father and son laughed. "But seriously dad, I'm happy you know." he said seriously this time.
Russell nods approvingly "I'm glad you're happy Son. You deserve to be." he smiled as his son.
Quinn smiled back as the two sat in silence. The younger of the two was mentally debating on if he should tell his father that the mother of his child was back in town or not. He knew Russell would tell Judy and then things would get really hectic. He knew it would not sit well with and his mother at all. Quinton would be surprised if Judy and Charlie didn't hunt Rachel down. Charlie was just as bad as Santana. Quinton wouldn't ever wish anything bad on the brunette even after all that she did. Parts of him still wanted to forgive Rachel for everything. But he knew he couldn't, or shouldn't.
"Daddy, Grandpa, I wanna play." Isabella said as she came running in cheerfully.
"Oh you wanna play huh? Let's see what do you wanna play?" Quinn asked as he held Lizzy in his arms. Russell watched the two with a smile, remembering those days when it was a young Quinton asking him to play games.
"Step, step party!" cheered the brunette.
"All right princess let's go." He said standing up.
"Come on grandpa, move it!" The brunette said, tugging on his hand.
"All right, slow down there Bells, your grandpa is getting a little old." he grunted as he pulled him up to his feet.
"Ah ha, so you do agree you're old." Quinn said smugly.
"Hey don't you start with me." Russell said as he pointed a finger toward the younger blonde and laughed before being pulled out the room by small brunette.
Quinn chuckled as he followed after his dad and daughter.
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Rachel sighed as she looked around the packed club. She didn't know what she was doing back here but since bumping into Quinton and Santana the brunette had figure this might be their hang out spot. She really wanted to speak to Quinn again. She needed to assure him that she was here to stay and that she wasn't leaving any time soon. She wanted the blonde to trust her with Bella and once she had gain that trust she could work on rebuilding the bond that was once so strong between them.
She walked toward the bar and sat down on one of the stools. After her confrontation with Quinn earlier on, the brunette went home only to find it empty. No surprise really that Jesse wasn't there but Rachel didn't care about since it meant seeing him less.
She had thought through everything that has happened in the past five years and saw where she was now it was not at all where she wanted to be. She wanted her family back desperately and she knew that nobody could help her get them back but herself.
"Rachel?" The brunette's thoughts were cut short by the sound of her name being called. She turned around and her face lit up at who was standing in front of her.
"Noah!" she said happily before running toward the boy and hugging him tightly "God I missed you." She whispered as she felt tears in the corner of her eyes.
"I missed you too my hot American Jewish princess" He said as she pulled away. "S told me you were back and I've have been wanting to see you ever since." He said before regarding her appearance, "You haven't changed, your face looks more grown up but you're still a shorty." he chuckled as Rachel slaps at his arms playfully.
"Thanks Noah, I take back my words of missing you." She joked as they hugged once more.
"Let's go inside my office, the club is about to get even more crowded." He said, as he led the way toward his office.
"You own this place?" The brunette asked as they were walking through a dimly lit corridor.
"Yeah, you should've guessed by the name and seeing Q and S here." he said as they reached a closed mahogany door. He unlocked the door before pushing it open. "Come on in." He gestured as the brunette stepped inside.
"Wow, this is beautiful." Rachel breathed as she took in the sight of the office. It was so Puck like but well designed, the brunette was breathless.
Puck chuckled as he walked around his desk and place some documents into the drawer before walking toward his couch and sat down. "All thanks to Q." He said as Rachel turned to face him.
"Quinton did this?" Rachel asked, her eyes brimming with tears.
Noah nodded, "He's like the best interior designer around here. He's even done project in New York and L.A. He does a kickass job."
Rachel nodded sadly, but she was still happy for the blonde for accomplishing his dream as interior designer. When they were in high school that's all Quinn wanted to study. He said he liked the beauty of the work. He had even designed Bella's nursery and Rachel was incredibly sad that she wasn't standing next to him when those dreams were coming true.
Puck observes the girl standing in front of him closely and could see the pain in her eyes. He felt saddened by it. Looking at this Rachel standing in front of him he knew that she wasn't the girl he once knew. Rachel looked different and for her to be where she is now he couldn't help but wonder what happened. "Sit Rach." He said, and the troubled brunette who sat down instantly.
"What happened Rachel?" he asked. The question had been in his mind since finding out that she was back and was now a kindergarten teacher who also married to someone who wasn't his best friend.
Rachel sighed sadly bowing her head. "That's a really long story that I don't want to relive again, but if you're referring to Jesse? I don't know why I'm with him." she said honestly, shaking her head.
The mohawked man saw the sadness in his old friend and knew that she really wasn't ready to talk about what happened in New York so he changed the subject.
"Mercedes and I have a little boy." He said as he fish out his wallet and showed the brunette the picture, "He's name is Christopher." he said with proud smile.
Rachel looked at the picture of her best friend's son and felt tear in her eyes. God, how she has missed her girlfriends, Tina and Mercedes, and even Kurt. "He's beautiful Noah" She said handling the picture back.
"I know, he's rank number three for the Gleek kids." He said, much to the brunette's confusion and shock.
"You guys rank the kids?" Rachel asked.
"What, it's fun" he shrugged, "But only us guys knows though and S, now I'm telling you. Santana would kill me. So don't say anything." he groaned and Rachel chuckles.
"So who's number one and two?" the brunette asked even though she was horrified at the thought.
"Izzy will always rank one, that kid is one adorable little princess and have you seen her puppy dog pouts, no one says no to that." Rachel smiled warmly as Puck described her baby. No she hadn't seen it, but her daughter was also adorable so she could only imagine.
"Ethan is two, a combination of S and B, and he is something else I'll tell ya. He's one adorable little guy, although he and Chris are not that far behind" he explained. "We're aiming for that number two spot; once we reach it we gotta hold it tight because no one is beating Izzy. We realised that over the years."
This time the brunette said nothing."Hey what's wrong?" Puck asked worriedly, touching the girl's arm to get her attention.
If there's anyone that could talk sense into Quinn Puck would be her best option so she had to try.
"I had a talk with Quinn when he came to pick Isabella up, and it didn't go or end as well as I expected it to." She started waiting to see that she had Noah's full attention. "I told him I wanted to get to know Lizzy, but he wasn't having it. I know I have lost his trust but Noah she's my daughter; I carried her for nine months and went though all those complication. I know I screwed up but don't I deserve a second chance?" she asked with heartbroken voice, "Don't I deserve to at least get to be called Mom? We all make mistakes. He made one too but I forgave him why can't he do the same?" She continued through her tears. "I do Noah, I deserve a second chance, and he's acting like this Jen girl could ever replace me in Lizzy's life?"
"He's not Rachel, he's just hurting. Q was in a really bad place after you left and I guess he just wants you to feel what he felt when you left." He tried to explain on behalf of his friend. He did t totally agree on what the blonde was doing but he didn't completely disagree either. Both were at fault and they needed to sort it out.
"Well then he has accomplished his goal because I'm hurting Noah. I have been hurting for the past five years." She cried "I lost them once, I'm not losing them again." she said as she wiped her tears.
Puck sighed before placing his hand on the girl's shoulder. "I think you should focus on Isabella at the moment and let things between you and Quinton progress on its own, don't push it. Don't push him." He said before enveloping her into his arms and hugging him tightly.
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"It was nice meeting you Judy, Russell and thanks so much for having us." Jen said as she and Quinton were getting ready to leave.
"Oh it was a a pleasure to meet you, please don't be a stranger now." Judy said before hugging the girl, then pulling away and hugging her son "Drive home safe and have a safe journey tomorrow on your trip Quinnie. I love you." Judy said, kissing the blond on his cheek.
"Thanks Ma, I love you too." Quinton responded as he and his dad shared a quick hug before he took his daughter in his arms who was staying until Sunday night since he was travelling for L.A. early tomorrow morning.
"All right baby, Daddy as you know will be out town but I'll be back on Sunday and I'll come pick you up, okay?" he cooed to his daughter.
"Okay daddy, have a safe flight and I love you." Bella said kissing her dad before resting her head on his shoulder yawning tiredly.
Quinton chuckled, running a hand on the girl's back before stroking her head smoothly which made Isabella's eyes close. He kissed her head before handling back to his dad "You guys take care." He said taking Jen's hand into his.
"You too son." Russell said, as his son and Jen waved goodbye.
His wife shut and locked the door. There were happy that Quinton was happy.
"Where to ma'am?" Quinton asked jokingly.
Jen giggled before leaning over the car console and kissing him, "Paradise." She whispered against his lips before crashing them together once more.
The blonde grinned at the girl's words before staring the car and driving out the massive driveway and down the night streets of Lima Ohio.
TBC
