Title: Love Affair

Pairing: Rachel and Quinn

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I do wish I did

Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry this is so late. I was so busy with finishing school that I didn't get a chance to write much, and then when I did get to it I just couldn't get this chapter out. I don't know about this chapter, but I do hope you like it. Sorry it's a short one, but as I said that's because it just wouldn't come out. Thank you for reading and for being patient with me.

Rachel arrived to her apartment twenty minutes later soaking wet. She stood out in the rain where Quinn had left her trying to process how the night had gone so horribly. Rachel went into her bedroom, thankful that her and Alison didn't live together. She looked over at her phone and saw that she had a few missed calls, so she decided to listen to the messages. One was from her dads calling to check up on her, they did that once every few weeks to make sure their daughter was okay. The other two were from Alison, she sounded worried because she couldn't reach Rachel at all that night. Rachel just deleted the messages, figuring she'll deal with them later. She was a little disappointed there weren't any messages from Quinn, but she knew that if it were her in Quinn's place she probably wouldn't call either. Rachel changed and went to bed, too tired to really deal with everything that had occurred. For the first time in her adult life, Rachel cried herself to sleep.

The next morning, Rachel was awoken by a knocking at her door. Reluctantly she got out of bed to see who was at the door. It was Alison, because of course she would worry about Rachel. Rachel opened the door, ready to apologize. Alison enveloped her in a hug.

"Oh my goodness, thank god you're okay. You didn't return my calls, I was so worried." Alison says

"Sorry Ali, I meant to call you back but by the time I got back in it was late and I didn't want to wake you" Rachel says pulling away to move to the kitchen. Alison follows her in, closing the door behind her.

"You can call me anytime, you know that" Rachel didn't look up, too guilty to meet those eyes. "Anyway, where were you? I called Robert and he said you'd left rehearsal at six" Rachel looked up at that, Robert was a fellow cast mate and mutual friend of both Alison and Rachel. Rachel didn't know what to say, she just continued on making her coffee. Alison could see something was wrong with Rachel.

"Rach, are you okay? Did something happen?" Alison asks, moving to touch Rachel's arm. Rachel sighed not knowing what she wanted. She loved Quinn, but she couldn't hurt Alison. They'd been through so much together and she felt like she owed it to her to stay. But it was Quinn she was in love with, and that face Quinn had when she walked away broke Rachel's heart to pieces. Rachel realized that if she kept leading Alison on when she wanted Quinn, she'd only hurt the both of them in the end. She needed to do something.

"Alison, we need to talk" Rachel said, Alison became a little afraid of what Rachel had to say.

"Okay, umm let's sit then" Alison moves to sit on the couch in the living room. She expected Rachel to sit next to her, but Rachel sits across from her. She steels herself for what Rachel wants to talk about. Rachel takes a deep breath then goes to speak.

"Alison, we've been together a long time and I don't want to hurt you, but you should know. " Rachel takes another breath. "I've been seeing someone" Rachel waits for the wrath of hurt and anger to come from the other girl, but nothing comes.

"I know" Alison says. "I've known for some time now"