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CHAPTER FOUR

It's been two days since the kiss with Quinn and Rachel has been doing her best to avoid Quinn whenever she could. At dinner she would carry on conversations with Claire and when Quinn tried to talk to her she would give short replies.

Rachel's not entirely sure why she's avoiding Quinn. She feels confused about her feelings for Quinn and doesn't want whatever is going on to affect her job. She really enjoys taking care of Claire and doesn't want to have to find another job in the city. It was hard enough after the first incident.

Rachel was sitting on her bed reading "Cosmopolitan" before bed. It was about eleven at night and she hasn't been able to sleep since the kiss with Quinn. Rachel was just about to turn the page when there was a knock on her door. Quinn had been pretty good about giving her space so she was shocked when she saw the blonde peek her head around the door.

"Rach, can I come in?" Quinn said meekly.

"uh, sure, I guess."

Quinn walks in hesitantly and stands by the door. She's looking at her feet, nervous of where to start.

"Did you need something, Quinn?" Rachel asked, not looking up from her magazine.

"Listen, you're the one who kissed me, not the other way around. So I don't think it's very fair of you to be ignoring me, especially not in my own home. I really miss talking to you and I really don't understand what happened. If it makes any difference, I was okay with the kiss. I enjoyed it," Quinn was standing there out of breath after pouring her heart out. "Are you going to say anything?"

Rachel just kept opening and closing her mouth, trying to get her thoughts together. "I-I, you're right I did kiss you first, but you've been flirting with me non-stop and I've been really confused and I just don't want to lose my job or jeopardize my friendship with you. It was so stupid of me to kiss you. Not that I didn't enjoy it, but I've just made a huge mess."

Quinn moved over to sit by Rachel on the bed, "I flirt with people that I like, Rachel. I wasn't just trying to play you. And maybe you should've talked to me about it the night it happened instead of ignoring me for almost three days. You really hurt my feelings, Rach."

"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you; I just didn't know how to talk about it."

"Well let's do that right now. Are you attracted to me?"

Rachel just blushed and nodded.

"Would you maybe want to go out with me and see how things go?"

"I-I don't know, Quinn…"

Quinn could tell Rachel was holding something back, "what is it?"

"I just don't know how I feel about going out with a married woman. That was another reason I ignored you. You have a husband and a child. What will Claire say if she catches us kissing one day? She's going to wonder why her mommy is cheating on her daddy."

"Rach, we've already talked about this. You know why it's hard for me to leave Biff. I really just don't know what to do about that situation, but what I do know is that I like you, I've liked you ever since I read your application and even more when you stepped foot into this house."

Rachel was at a loss. She really wanted to try things out with Quinn, but she just couldn't shake her weird feeling about their marriage. She felt like there was something Quinn left out of the story.

Quinn noticed Rachel's gears grinding in her head. "Listen, I understand you need time to think about everything, but please, please don't ignore me anymore. Just talk to me." Quinn was about to walk out but Rachel stopped her.

"Is Claire really the only reason why you're still living here?"

"Yes. Completely. I want her life to be as stable and normal as possible."

"Okay, I can understand that. As for you and me, how about we take things slow?"

"I would really like that," Quinn said with a smile. "I should really be getting to bed. Goodnight, Rachel," Quinn kissed Rachel sweetly on the forehead.

Rachel smiled, "Goodnight Quinn."

THE NEXT MORNING

Rachel woke up like she had been dead for five years. After the whole Quinn fiasco, she hadn't slept, so the previous night's sleep was heavenly. Rachel looked at the clock and saw it read 11:00am. She had slept for twelve hours. That means she slept through three alarms!

Rachel rushed out of bed and down the hall to Claire's room. When she saw she wasn't there she ran downstairs and was met with Quinn and Claire's stares while they laughed at her.

"Well good morning sleepyhead," Quinn said with a mischievous smirk.

"Good morning, Rachel," Claire giggled out.

"Good morning, um why did you let me sleep in?" She said addressing the last part towards Quinn.

Quinn stood up from the living room floor where she was playing dolls with Claire, "well, I came in to tell you to turn off your third alarm and you were knocked out. So I figured I'd let you sleep in this morning. Besides, my schedule was clear this morning and it's been a while since me and Claire had some quality time together."

"Wow, thank you for letting me sleep and sorry about my alarms."

"That's okay, it's been a pretty great morning hasn't it, baby?" Quinn said looking at Claire.

"Yes mommy! Rachel we ate yogurt and watched cartoons and played dolls, it was so much fun!"

"I bet so, sweetie!" Rachel said just as enthusiastically.

"We were planning on going out for lunch around 12:30 if you want to run up and get ready for the day?" Quinn asked.

"Sure, I would love to. I'll be ready in a jiffy!" Rachel rushed up the stairs so she wouldn't keep the girls waiting.

Quinn went up the stairs shortly after Rachel did to find the shorter woman. Quinn lightly opened the door to Rachel's room and was met with Rachel singing into a hairbrush. Quinn laughed loudly to get Rachel's attention.

The tiny nanny turned around with a squeal and dropped the brush as her cheeks turned crimson.

"Oh my gosh, Quinn! You can't sneak up on people like that!"

"I'm sorry but you're just so cute. I came to properly tell you good morning," Quinn leaned in and kissed Rachel on the cheek and stroked the place where her lips just were.

Rachel was smiling from ear to ear, "Good morning, I'll be down in a bit, okay?"

"Okay."

Quinn went back downstairs and was met with Biff holding Claire and asking about her morning.

"Biff, what are you doing home, sweetie?" Quinn asked in a confused, yet sweet voice since Claire was there.

"Well darling, I had time to grab some lunch with my girls if that's okay with you."

Before Quinn could respond, Claire jumped in, "me and mommy are having lunch with Rachel, but you can definitely come too!"

"I would love to, Claire-bear," Biff said giving her an eskimo kiss.

Quinn was beyond confused. Biff hasn't called Claire that in a long time or showed affection towards the little girl in a longer time.

"What's got you in such a great mood?"

"My father has finally seen my potential and wants to promote me. Of course the office is chatting about nepotism, but my hard work has truly paid off. He wants to give me full control over the office here in Manhattan while he moves to LA to run the office over there."

"Wow Biff, that's amazing! I know how much you've wanted this," Quinn was genuinely happy for Biff. They would always be friends first and foremost.

Quinn gave Biff a hug and of course that was the exact moment Rachel came down the stairs.

"Oh Rachel, Biff just got a wonderful promotion so he wants to treat us all to lunch," Quinn tried to say as casually as possible.

"Congratulations Mr. McIntosh, that's wonderful news! And actually I'm not feeling too well, I think it's because I haven't eaten in so long. So I think I'm going to make a quick sandwich here instead of going all the way to a restaurant and waiting for the food and so forth. Thank you for the invite, though." Rachel and Quinn both knew her sudden sickness was due to the scene she just witnessed. Rachel knew she was probably overreacting but what she just saw was a beautiful family and she didn't want to ruin that.

"Rach," Quinn began, but Biff cut her off.

"Thank you Rachel and I do hope you feel better," Biff hit the elevator button waiting for it to arrive.

Claire left Biff arms and ran up to hug Rachel, "feel better and eat fruit and drink lots of water and you'll feel as good as new."

"Thank you, sweetie, I will."

The elevator dinged, signally its arrival. Quinn looked back at Rachel with sorrowful eyes.

Rachel averted her gaze elsewhere and walked into the kitchen. She knew Biff and Quinn still being together would be an issue. It sucked it was Lola's day off because she was in this big apartment all alone.

Rachel was sitting on the couch watching TV when her phone buzzed with a text:

"On a scale of 1-10 how much do you hate me right now? –Q"

Rachel chuckled a bit and decided to mess with the blonde,

"5.5 –R" If Rachel was being honest, that is really how upset she felt on a scale of 1-10.

"How can I fix this?"

"Erase the image of you in Biff's arms"

"Calling the Men in Black as we speak"

Rachel began laughing out loud and already felt better, to be honest.

"It's okay. I'm not that mad anymore. Enjoy the rest of your lunch and I'll see you guys when you get home :)"

"Okay, can't wait to see that beautiful smile in person :)"

"Back atcha, cutie"

Rachel was never one to be bold through text so that "cutie" remark was huge for her.

Rachel set her phone down and turned up the TV and tried to get lost in her favorite show, Friends.

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