A/N: oh i know you guys just hates me atm and i dont blame ya i am so sorry for this lateness. been having writers block, plus uni stress so i'm sorry. another thing is i will be updating this story unbeta cause my beta reader is awfully busy atm so i cant bother her i dont wanna bother her cause i know how the stress of uni can be but if anyone has a spare time and wanna tackle editing then be my guess but for now on i will be posting unbeta hope some of you dont mind and i am sorry if you hate it like that but i need to get this story activated again.
WARNING : domestic violence toward the end.
Chapter 27 - Dinner Night
The next day found Rachel staring out the kitchen window as she watch rain pour down hard. The brunette's body might be there but her mind was far gone
She was back to last night's event, the look of rage in Jesse's face as that slap came down. She knew she have to leave him sooner than later but where would she go? Leaving Jesse would basically be Rachel asking for the boy to hurt her even more.
And right now she couldn't afford that at least while she's still with him she knows she'll have a roof to sleep on and won't constantly look behind her shoulder in fright even if she might end up doing the same while living with him at least it'll be less
"Morning beautiful" Rachel jumps from her thought as she felt a wet kiss been placed on her cheek she turned her head sideways to find Jesse pouring a cup of coffee she flashed him a barely there smile before deciding to make herself useful by finding something to do
It was Sunday and she still yet to find a job to cover up for tomorrow, she might as well be out all day wondering around Lima looking for one instead of being stuck here and get question by Jesse
"This rain doesn't look like it's gonna be stopping any soon" she heard her husband says with a sigh and Rachel hums her reply
"You got any plans in mind?" Jesse asks as he put his cup inside the sink. Rachel would rather go spend sometime with Isabella but with Quinten coming back in town she didn't wanna interrupt the father and daughter time
"No, not really. Just gonna stay in and catch up to an episode of Friends" Jesse rolls his eyes good naturally at the obsession of his wife she had over Friends
"Alright I'll leave you to it, I'm gonna get change and head out" he didn't even bother telling her where and frankly Rachel didn't give a fuck as long as he was out the house and they didn't have to stare at each other all day was just fine with her
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"Where is he aunt Santana" asks an excited Isabella bouncing happily in her aunt's arms
"Calm down bumblebee, his plane just landed so he'll be here soon" Santana chuckles at the girl who pouts at her, looking a good splitting imagine of a tiny annoying diva 'stupid Berry genes' thought the Latina
She and her goddaughter were currently waiting for Quinten, the two had come to pick her up. Santana was supposed to come alone but the tiny girl couldn't wait to see her daddy so she tagged along and who's Santana to say no to the adorable that is Isabella Fabray?
"But when?" She whines and Santana looked up the sky praying to god to give her the strength cause Berry's kid was driving her crazy 'where's Brittany when you need her'
"I see him, I see him aunty Santana" looking toward the direction and sure enough the Latina spotted her best friend's blonde hair, hazel eyes and that stupid smile at seeing his little girl 'it was kind of cute'
Santana was so lost in her own thought she didn't even notice Isabella squirming out of her arms and running toward her dad
"Daddy!" the brunette calls happily running in full speed before falling into Quinn's arms who easily swept her off the floor and hugging her small frame tightly
"Hi princess, I missed you" the blonde says holding his daughter close to him as Santana slowly troll toward them
"I missed you too daddy, don't ever go away again ok?" Quinn chuckles at the adorableness of his kid
"I promised" Quinn says as Isabella wrapped her tiny arms around his neck and hugged him tight while her daddy carried her with one arm
"S'up San" Quinn says smiling at his friend who rolled her eyes
"Don't s'up me when all your kid did was drive me up the hills" Quinn laughed kissing the top of his daughter's head
"Yeah but you still love her" he replies walking pass Santana who tried hard to hide her smile at how true that statement held. She did truly love Bella. besides she was after all they first glee child.
-3-
"And then aunt Britt took Ethan and I to the park Rachel was there, I asked her to come it was so much fun" Bella went on none stop talking as she explained to Quinn what she's been up to while he was away
The father and daughter were currently sitting inside the Pierce-Lopez kitchen, Quinten held Bella on his lap as he watched in amusement at his excited daughter while the owner of the house looked on with the same expression as Quinn
"You had fun with Rachel?" Quinn asks when Isabella dared took the slightest pause from her story
"Yeah!" She screeched happily
Quinn looked toward Santana with raised brow as the latina shrug with a soft smile
"Can she have dinner with us tomorrow daddy, please?" The small girl asks pouting while battering her eyelashes
Quinn sigh knowing he had no way in objecting "sure baby but-" before he could even finish she was out of his lap running away with
"I'm going to call Rachel now to tell her!" so itt was really hopeless of Quinten to try and call her back
"Aren't you glad to be back home" Santana said laughing at the look her best friend shot her as they heard an excited voice say "hi Rachel" and Santana bust out laughing
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Rachel was busy browsing the newspaper at the job advert section when her phone started ringing for a incoming call. Without looking at the caller ID the brunette placed her pen down that she was using to circle certain jobs that seemed suitable for her and picked up her phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi Rachel" a thrilling small high pitched voice came through the speaker and Rachel instantly smiled feeling her heart warm at the sound
"Hiya Bells, how are you sweetheart" she cooed with a smile
"I'm good! Can you come have dinner with my daddy and I tomorrow?" The tiny brunette asks sounding hopeful
To say Rachel was shocked would be understatement but the hopefulness that the girl held made her smile that Bella wanted her to say yes.
"Umm dinner? I don't know, what does your daddy think about it?" Rachel knew that Quinten was coming back today not that she was keeping a calendar or it mattered but she didn't know he had come back already.
"Of course he is, I'll ask him and you can hear for yourself" Bella says over the phone and Rachel giggles at the determined voice of her daughter
"Daddy!" Pulling the phone away from her ear Rachel winch as the sound echoes inside her ears
"What is it princess" she heard Quinn reply followed by footsteps and Rachel smiles loving at how cute Quinn was with Bella
"Tell Rachel it's okay for her to come to dinner tomorrow" after a few shuffling from the other side which Rachel mused was Quinn taking the phone before his deep soothing voice came through the speaker
"Hey"
"Hey" Rachel says quietly her breath catching in her thrroat by ow good Quinn's voice sounded in her ears. after they brief greeting the two ex lovers kind of just stayed like that on the phone just hearing each other breathing until an impatient voice butted in
"Daddy tell her!" Isabella whines and Quinn chuckles which had Rachel break into the biggest smile ever
"Right um, we would love it if you could accompany us to dinner tomorrow" Quinten says and before Rachel can speak adds "I'll even prepare your favorite"
"Now you leave me no choice but to agree" Rachel says with a fake sigh which resulted in the two laughing
"That was the plan" Quinn replies playing along with the brunette
"Well played Mr Fabray"
"Well thank you Miss, for you kindness" Rachel smiles and couldn't help note how Quinn had referred to hwe as Miss and not Mrs now he either forgot or did it on purpose and the brunette hoped it was the latter
"Okay daddy hand me the phone" Rachel hears Bella demand and can just imagine her standing there one hand held out for the phone another against her hip as she taps her foot against the cement in a diva way andthe older brunette couldn't help but smile
She has been doing that a lot lately since finding her daughter again and being granted permission to be in her life again and Rachel didn't want this feeling to end.
"Rachel? You still there?" this time it was Isabella's voice that spoke
"Yeah baby...I'm still here" and she always will be
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"Remind me again why we are having dinner with your ex?" Jen asks as she helps with setting the table
"Because Bella wanted her to come and what Bella wants Bella gets, we've been through this" Quinten replies as he busies himself with the cooking
He had spend the day making the whole house look tidy and presentable for Rachel's arrival to which he had no idea why he was worrying about how his home looked for Rachel Berry
Before that though he went around Jen's to try and talk to the girl about what happened before he left but she acted as if she hasn't said a thing and who was Quinten to press the subject? Since Jen wasn't comfortable or didn't want to talk about it then he wasn't going to mention it. He did however ask her to come to dinner tonight then told her Rachel was also joining as hard as Jen tried hiding her displeasure at the news she couldn't hide it well and Quinn saw right through her buthe didn't bother asking why she felt like that. He didn't want to get into something he wasn't prepared for.
"Ta da" both adults turned toward the doorway and smiled at the little girl standing there with her little pink dress with small flowers, brunette hair held into two firm ponytails that no hair was unkempt or out of place with pink bands making it colorful, she wanted to look nice for Rachel.
Quinn cooed at his daughter before walking toward her and bending down to her level
"How do I look daddy" she asks her hazel-green eyes shinning
"You look like an angel" then he placed a soft kiss on her left cheek "so pretty like a princess" and adds
"Thank you kind sir" his daughter replies with a bow as she held her dress in curtsy way making Quinn chuckle
"You look so adorable Isabella" Jen adds as the little girl thanks her before moving out the room
"When does she get here?" The red haired asks and before Quinn could reply the doorbell went
"Now I'm guessing" looking down at himself the blonde groans "and I'm not even ready, babe please keep an eye out for that sauce for me and could you get the door? Thanks" a quick kiss was place on her cheek before Quinn ran out the kitchen toward the stairs to get changed
Jen sighs before turning down the fire so the sauce doesn't get burn and walking toward the door, answering it
When she opened the door she came face to face with the brunette she had met at Bella's party, Jen couldn't deny the woman was beautiful, Isabella looked so much like her but with Quinn's eyes, she gotta admit she was a little envious of Rachel
Putting a smile on she greets they guess "hi, you must be Rachel. Come on in" stepping out the way to let the brunette in before shutting the door behind her
"Thanks" Rachel says glad to be out in the cold "um here" the brunette says handling over the covered plate she held when she came in
"Oh thanks, just follow me through here" Jen says as the two started walking the hallway only for Rachel to get tackled half way along
"Rachel you came!" Isabella says eyes wide as ever with the biggest smile
"Of course I did, you invited me and I promise I would come didn't I" the brunette winked at her daughter who giggled as Rachel strokes her hair while complimenting on her appearance gaining the widest smile from the small girl
Feeling out of place Jen decided to leave the two alone and walk back into the kitchen to check on the food also to put the plate Rachel brought some place save
Rachel was busy in a little conversation with Bella before she heard footsteps looking up her breath caught in her throat at the sight before her
There stood at the bottom of the stairs was Quinn, dressed in some black dress pants and a white button up tied all the up, shirt tacked in, he wore simple but looked good and handsome as ever
'Rachel your married and he's in a relationship' the brunette thought putting on a smile to hide her blush but couldn't help it when she saw Quinn smirked at her and she knew she got caught staring
"You look good" Rachel says before her eyes widens in horror then clearing her throat retracing her words "I mean hi" then blushed harder, redder than a tomato
"Well thank you Miss Berry, you look beautiful yourself as always" taking her hand Quinn placed a soft kiss on her knuckles and Bella giggles and Rachel blushed
A throat clearing though cut in and both Quinn and Rachel turned to see Jen with arms crossed over with a barely there smile "the food almost burnt" she said and Quinn rushes quickly pass both girls and toward the kitchen
Both Rachel and Jen stared at each other silently and brunette felt awkward especially as the younger girl's eyes pierced into her as if she could kill Rachel with a simple look 'only if looks could kill'
"Come Rachel, I wanna give you a tour of the house" Isabella said and Rachel couldn't help but be thankful 'save by the Bell' and let her daughter drag her away
-3-
"Why don't you eat meat Rachel" Isabella asks during the middle of dinner, she was honestly just curious. she was after all only six and all her aunties and uncles ate meats but not Rachel.
Rachel looked down at her and smiles "because I'm a vegan"
The sitting plan went as followed Quinten at the end table next to his right was Bella followed by Rachel and Jen by his left side another chair was between the red hair and the brunette and Rachel had to admit she was thankful that Bella insisted she sat next to her
"What's that?" The brunette asks genuinely confused
"It's when you don't eat meat sweetheart" this time it was Quinn who answered
"Even bacon?" The small child asks in horror
Rachel chuckles at the look on her face "nope, even bacon" then Isabella gasps 'yup that is defiantly my diva side'
"But how can you not eat bacon?" She exclaim astonished by the thought
"I'm guessing your daddy got you on his bacon loving stride" Rachel says looking toward Quinn with raised brow
"Hey guilty as charged" he laugh, Rachel always loved Quinten's laugh. He had the most perfect laugh the brunette had ever heard, when Quinn laughed you can't help but to also laugh so that's what Rachel did
Jen looked from Quinn to Rachel trying to figure what the hell the two found funny and was pretty annoyed when she came up blank. Just imagine how she feels, your boyfriend hitiingit off with the mother of his child who everyone seems to tell her was the love of his life
After uttering those three little words to Quinn the red haired panicked and ran but after some thinking she went to see Santana. The girl knows Quinn better than she does and the Latina wasn't much help so she seek out Puck who made no sense. He said things between the lines of "enjoying it while yor can because with Rachel Berry back in town Quinn's Rachel chip is activated" whatever the fuck that meant
Then there was Finn, now he was even more confusing than Puck giving her examples of Romeo and Juliet confusing the heck outta of her which left her blank with nowhere in knowing if she wanted to talk about what happened when Quinn got back or pretend like nothing happened and let fate do its thing. She went with the latter.
"Oh you will never guess what I made for desert" Quinten says with a smile as he stands up to retrieve the dessert he made earlier
He came back from the table with the biggest smile as he placed the delicious treat on the table before sitting down a wide smile tagged his lips
"Omg is that?" Rachel asks her smile wide her heart soaring like a bird's song
"Ooh chocolate!" Bella exclaims dipping her finger into the delicious treat
"Bell" Quinn says moving the girl away "it's vegan"
"I don't care, it's still chocolate. Can I have some!" She begged and Rachel shrug as if to say go for it but Quinn pulled her back before she could help herslef and make a mess and let Rachel cut the girl some
"Oh I also brought something, thought you would like it" the brunette retrieve the package she brought earlier and unwrapped it
"Rach, omg you didn't" Quinn says going around and hugging the girl as he stared down at his favorite cake that brunette used to make for him "thank you" he smiled at her and Rachel smiles back
By observing everything going around her tonight, Jen can say that she felt like an outsider like she was intruding on this family dinner and was not happy.
-3-
"Thanks again for having me over Q" Rachel says as she wrap her scarf around her and pulled on her coat
Dinner was long over, Isabella was fast asleep after she insisted that Rachel read her a story which the brunette did and after about three books she was out and Rachel decided to leave seeing how late it was getting
"No problem Rach, was nice having you" he replied with a light smile as the two stared at each other without saying anything and both were content in jut standing there and looking at each other
"Here's that cab number you wanted" Jen says appearing out of nowhere breaking they stare
"Cab? Nonsense I'll drive you" Quinn says already reaching for his jacket
"Oh no Quinn that's fine I'll just take the cab back" she already felt like she was making Jen uncomfortable she didn't want to make her mad by getting her boyfriend to drive her back home
"Rach I insist ok?" He says his hazel eyes borrowing deep into her brown one as if staring into her soul taking her breath away
The brunette out of word just nodded dumbly as Quinn flashed her a smile
"Alright babe I'll be back in a bit ok?" He kissed Jen's cheek before arching himself and Rachel out the door
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"Now was this so bad that I drive you back? You scared you husband might get jealous?" He joked although his tone at the word husband sounded bitter
"No" Rachel replies "I just didn't want to be a bother" she adds quietly looking away out the window
"You know your never a bother to me Rachel" Quinten says as he glances her way briefly
"Even after all I've done?" Her voice was small as she looked looked down, willing her tears away. She had walked out on the best thing in her life and although she managed to get one back she had lost another
"That was in the pass Rachel, we are not teenagers in high school anymore. Why still duel on the pass instead of focusing on moving forward" he says sincerely
"Are you?" Rachel asks to Quinn's confusion "moving forward I mean" she adds
Quinn stared silence for a bit before smiling and nodding "yeah, yeah I am. It was hard at first but I realise life, it's too short to still be living in the pass. I've got a great life Rach, I've got an amazing parents an adorable awesome little girl that I love with all my heart and then there's Jen." He paused before glancing once more at Rachel who sighed deeply looking hurt
"Jen is amazing to me and to Bella. I really like her. I gotta admit though she's the first real girlfriend I've had since you left and first girl I even bother introducing Bella to. I'm finally opening up to new things and life and not leaving in the pass anymore" he smiled briefly.
It did pain him to see the brunette sad as she was but it was the truth, she and Quinten had long broken up. yes Quinn would admit his feelings for Rachel will still be there but he wasn't IN love with her anymore because he wasn't holding onto the pass or the life he wanted them to have with they little girl anymore and as mean as it might sound. it wasn't his fault, Rachel had brought upon herself.
"And hey you got everything going for you too, I mean your married to the greatest guy right?" He asks and somehow a part of him wished Rachel would say no and another part was confused to why he wished that after he had given that speech earlier
When Quinn started talking about how happy he was with Jen Rachel felt as if someone stabbed her right in the heart and it hurt so much, she felt so much pain that she almost missed Quinten's question but really who was to blame for this? no one else but Rachel and her stupidity.
"Yeah" she let out in a whisper not trusting her voice to speak any louder than
And just like that his wishful thinking got crushed by her answer but he nodded anyway to show that he wasn't affected by her confirmation that she had married to the greatest guy and it helped since Rachel's gaze was facing away from him
"Here we go" the car came to a stop after a moment, right in front of the apartment complex
"Um thanks Quinn, goodnight" she didn't trust herself to stay in that car any longer or else she was gonna bust into tears and before she could even hear Quinn's reply Rachel took off running toward the building with her heart crushed into tiny pieces.
Confused by the brunette's retrieving form Quinn went to start the engine when he noticed Rachel's purse where she sat and sighed
-3-
The brunette choked on her sob as soon as she walked through the trash hold of her apartment and shut the door behind her
"Babe?" She heard Jesse's voice boom and she felt sick to her stomach by the thought of him calling her that . Nothing about that petname felt right coming from Jessie's lips
'It should be coming from Quinn's lips not Jesse's. Quinn should be the one I'm excited to come home to. Quinn should be the one to greet me with a kiss and a beautiful smile. Not Jesse.' and its not like anything Rachel wants fits Jesse anyway.
"Rachel you're ok? Your crying" Jesse says and that was it as she bust into an hysterical sob she was holding in and Jesse hugged her
"What's the matter beautiful, sshh, it's ok" he picked her up and walked her to the living room placing her on the coach "wait here and I'll make you a cuppa, be right back" he kissed the top of her head before moving toward the small kitchen
As Rachel sat there alone with tears flowing freely she thought about what she wanted and Jesse was not it. He hasn't been in the first place. Rachel had deny Jesse advance on her since Freshman year of college then one mistake happened found Rachel on Jesse's bed, naked after the party both had attended and word went around the two were dating seeing how popular Jesse was even as Sophomore. So Rachel had no choice but to finally let Jesse take her out on a date then came end of Senior year the brunette got hit by the awful news of a positive pregnancy test to which Jesse's mum had insisted they get married for the good of the ST. James name. With no one to turn to for help Rachel had been dragged in the thought of marrying Jesse. It was rushed and so not the wedding she had dreamed of since she was twelve only to find out that it was just a scare, she was not in fact carrying Jesse's spawn but she still stuck to the marriage. why? because Jesse was a good guy, because Jesse was the perfect husband then all changed after her accident that was when the verbal abuse started, that was when a new side of Jesse that Rachel had never seen showed up but the brunette guessed he had it in him already he didn't just developed that nasty side. He just hid it well. Everything of everything that Rachel went through she knew she couldn't continue with Jesse, even though she was too late with Quinn she couldn't continue with Jessie. It felt wrong
"Hey, here you go. Drink this" he urged as the brunette brought the steaming cup up to her lips and took a big gulp before placing it on the table missing the smirk on Jesse's face
"Now tell me what happened?" He asks sitting next to her pretending to be the perfect husband that he was far from
"I-" Rachel decided that it was now and then to tell him the truth. The whole truth, Quinn, Isabella her feelings toward Jesse. Everything no hold back. 'God please give me the encourage'
-3-
"Come on S pick up" Quinn mumbles as the phone rang and rang and -
"Someone better fucking dying for you to call me during my mack-on" the Latina boomed annoyed
"S please tell me you know Rachel's apartment number" the blonde says praying she doesn't hung up on him
"Seriously Q, that's what your calling me for? Do you realise what you just interrupted?" The Latina asks and Quinn was sure she was glaring murderous at him
"You know the quicker you give me the number the quicker you can get back to B" he said and that did the trick as she gave him the number quickly then hanged up without a bye
Quentin chuckles, fully cutting off the engine before getting out the car with Rachel's purse in hand and locking his car doors then walking toward the apartment building. Good thing someone was coming out the building so he was able to get in, then press for the elevator as he waited.
-3-
He was mad, and it wasn't just by the screaming and yelling he was doing that indicated that he was furious no but the words that followed those yells and Rachel was afraid he might hurt her
She couldn't blame him for being mad, she just dropped the bomb that she has a child who she's been seeing on top of that she had asked for a divorce because she wasn't in love with him anymore or when she added "I don't think I was ever in love with you. We both know why we rushed into this marriage" and Jesse snapped
"You were planning this all along, you wanna leave me and run back to that blonde Kent doll aren't ya!" He yelled right in her face making her jump
"Jesse it's not like that he doesn't-"
*slap*
"I've always known you were a dirty little whore and you deserve to get punished" he says with full menace in his eyes
Rachel tries standing up to stay away from him but a hard shove that threw her back onto the couch stunned her
"Sit. Down." He growls out between gritted teeth "you think you can jut mess with people then leave them and get no consequences whatsoever?" He boomed
"Jesse your scaring me, stop" she cried and he laughed right at her face before shoving her legs apart hard making Rachel winch in pain and standing in between them
"Jesse stop, get off of me" Rachel cries trying in vain to fight him off as he held hard onto her face, squeezing hard as his nails digs hard onto her delicate skin "your hurting me" she sobs as she struggles to get free
"You really think you can fight me little girl, your mistaken" he quickly picked her up and throws her on the couch before getting on top of her and holding her down
"Jesse please stop" Rachel cried loudly and helpless, wishing someone could come to her aid right now "what's happening to me" she questions as she feels herself getting drowsy and Jessie's features getting blurry and his voice distance
"You deserves to be punished Rachel" she heard his disorientated voice say
In her blurred vision she watched asJessie started undressing her and she tried in her weakness to fight him off
"N-no, J-Jesse, d-don't" she says feeling weaker and weaker
"Shut the fuck up you piece of nothing slut, you'll enjoy this" he laughed as Rachel heard the sound of a zipper being opened and she knew she was screwed but just as her world becomes dark she whispers
'Quinn please help me' before her world goes black
TBC
Yeah Jesse is evil as fuck. I'm sorry for anyone that found this too sensitive to them but this story is rated M for a reason so you will see a lot of violence, swearing and raw sex so if your too sensitive maybe you should consider not reading? Thanks for reading and see you next chapter I'll try have it up when I can. Promise. Love you guys a bunch. Thanks for still sticking with this story much love.
