A/N: I apologise that its kind of a short chapter and it took so long for me to put up, it was hard trying to sit and think of what to write as I didn't plan this scene out! But the next chapter is all mapped out so hopefully it'll be up by the end of the year. Enjoy!

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Quinn turned around on the couch to see Judy's eyes widened and her mouth hung open.

After he longest few seconds of Quinns life she bit her lip and waved a hand in front of her mothers face, trying to get some sort of indication that she was still alive.

Judy blinked and sat back up in her chair, and Quinns head felt like it had no blood left in it whatsoever. She needed her mother to say something, anything. Because right now Quinn had no idea what her mother was thinking andshe just had to know.

"A... girlfriend?" Judy sputtered out, still in obvious shock. Quinn shut her eyes, trying to stop her mind from going crazy.

"Yeah, she uh.."

"Girl? What about that Finn boy, he was nice.. why wouldn't you stay with him?"

Quinns eyes flickered open, "Mom, I don't like Finn. I don't want a boyfriend."

There was silence.

"Wh- um... who is she?" Judy said, nervousness visible in her voice.

"Well..." Quinn took a deep breath, her insides churning as she sat up and turned to her mother, "You know Rachel?"

A look of horror spread across Judy's face, "The girl that came to dinner?"

Quinn nodded, she wasn't sure if she regretted her decision to tell her mother all of this or not.

Judy sat with her mouth hung open, her eyes moving around the room as she tried to think of something to say.

Quinn was terrified.

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Rachel checked her messages when she got out of her car when she arrived home to see a message from Santana. She put her phone in her pocket before reading it so she could go inside and get a drink before talking to Santana, as it was always an ordeal talking to her. She opened the fridge and found some diet coke in the door of the fridge. As she sipped she checked her phone.

"Hey its Santana, Quinns sick. After you left she turned pretty much green and I took her home. Thought you should know since she's your girlfriend and all."

Rachel nearly choked on her drink.

Is she okay? Is she dying? Oh crap no don't die. She thought as she put her glass down and went back out to her car. She had to go and see Quinn and make sure she was okay. She had to.

She had to take deep breaths to calm herself as she drove, she didn't realise Quinn meant so much to her.

As she pulled up at Quinns house she practically ran to the door and rang the doorbell. She kept pressing it until she heard Judy yell out that the door was open.

She opened the door and walked in, scanning the room and searching everywhere for Quinn, until she walked through to the kitchen and saw her laid down on a couch in the living room with Judy sitting next to her.

"You." Judy said as she saw Rachel, getting up from her seat.

"Hi," Rachel said with a wave and a weak smile, she wasn't used to that kind of greeting and didn't know what to make of it, but she stopped walking towards Quinn, even though all she wanted to do was go over and hug her and ask if she was okay.

"You.. and.. and... and you?" Judy said, pointing a finger at Rachel before turning to point at Quinn. Rachel caught on fast that Quinn had told her mother about what was going on and that she had clearly come at the wrong time.

"Yup, so I'm gonna go." Rachel said, taking a step backward and pointing towards the door.

"Sit down." Judy said, eyeing Rachel cautiously but firmly.

Rachel obliged, and sat in an armchair across the room from Quinn. She crossed her arms and looked at the floor, unsure of what was about to unfold.

"So you..." Judy said, pointing to Quinn, "And... you?" Judy span around and pointed to Rachel, and Rachel could see the utter confusion on Judy's face.

Rachel cleared her throat, "Uh, yes.." She said, brekaing eye contact with Judy and looking at the floor, her cheeks flustering.

There was a silence, that went too long for Rachels liking. But she was too afraid to break the silence, she wouldn't dare in this situation.

Judy sat back down in the armchair next to Quinn, staring at the wall, obviously trying to take it all in.

"Look, mom, I just thought you should know.. I mean, I tell you everything.." Quinn said, almost mumbling. Rachel tried to catch Quinns eye, trying to telepathically tell her she was sorry that she came over and that she was worried because of the text she recieved from Santana, but there was no such luck and Quinn would either be looking at the floor or at her mother. She hoped she hadn't ruined everything between them because of the stupid mistake of coming over.

"I know, and I guess thank you for telling me.. but this is a lot to process in a few minutes. Especially now with her here." Judy said, sparing a glance over at the small girl across the room.

"Maybe I should just le-"

"No, no. You should be here. Its better knowing that Quinn has a nice.. partner." Judy said, the last word barely audible, "Come over here, Quinny sit up."

Rachel's eyes widened a tad, wondering if she actually should go and sit with Quinn or whether this was just some weird test that she was supposed to fail.

Quinn moved her legs from the second cushion of the couch to the floor, and finally glanced over at Rachel and smiled a little before looking down to the vacated cushion, in hopes Rachel would move.

Rachel finally got up from her chair and quickly moved next to Quinn. She was afraid if she went slowly Judy would yell at her so she moved as quickly as possible without running across the room.

"So you're both..." Judy said, still trying to comprehend the situation, it was clearly too much.

"Yes." Quinn said, solemnly. Rachel just nodded her head a little, afraid to speak.

Judy took a deep breath, her face not showing any sign of emotion, so Rachel was unsure about what she could be thinking.

"Okay." Was all she squeaked out after a long minute of silence that Rachel could hardly bare.

There was another long silence and Rachel felt like she was going mad. She knew Quinn and herself were too afraid to say anything, to just let Judy process it all.

"For how long?"

"What?" Quinn asked, looking at her mother.

"How long have you two been... together?"

"Uh, a couple of weeks.." Quinn exaggerated.

"I see, so when you came over the other day you two were.." Judy gulped audibly, "A couple."

Quinn nodded, as well as Rachel.

Rachel felt uncomfortable. She knew that some parents took a while to come to terms with their child's sexuality, but she didn't realise it was such an awkward phase. Her fathers had taken it surprisingly well, although she knew that they wouldn't take it badly.

"And that carnival, are you actually going with Santana or was that just a ploy?"

Wow, she catches on quickly. Rachel though, surprised that the question.

Quinn must've thought the same, because her eyes had widened to almost double their normal size.

"Uh, yeah.. and I get if you don't want to let us, I mean we, and you an-"

"You can go." Judy said in a stern manner.

Now Rachels eyes were the same size as Quinns.

"Really?" Quinn blinked.

"Mhm. I need a drink." Judy said, no longer looking at either of the uncomfortable girls sitting on the couch next to her. She got up and was suddenly out of sight.

"Wow." Rachel said, looking at Quinn.

Quinn put her head in her hands.

"Fuck, I can't believe I told her." Quinn said though her hands.

"Well, at least the hardest part is over, right? I mean with Beth she took you back, so why would she kick you out now?" Rachel said, unsure if that was the right thing to say. Quinn looked up at Rachel, with a puzzled look on her face.

"I hope you're right."

"And hey, on the bright side we can go to the carnival now." Rachel said, her voice heightening, almost as though she was asking a question.

Quinn smiled a little, "Yeah." Quinns hand fell to Rachels, entwining their fingers together.

Rachel leaned her head on Quinns shoulder, "It'll be okay."

"I know."

They sat in a comfortable silence for a few seconds.

"I'm glad you're here." Quinn whispered. "I mean, when you got here I freaked out, but now I'm glad." Rachel could feel Quinn smiled against her head, Rachel smiled back.

"I'm glad I'm here too." Rachel squeezed her hand.

They sat, whispering to each other for a few more minutes before Judy came back in, causing Rachel to pick her head up off Quinn's shoulder and Quinn to untangle their hands.

"Drink?" Judy asked the girls as she walked back in with what looked like a scotch.

Both girls just shook their heads in response.

"Alright then." Judy said as she plonked back into her armchair, now looking at the girls suspiciously.

Rachel has no idea what to say, which was odd because usually she would be the one who wouldn't shut up, but in this situation she feared if she spoke, she'd be slaughtered.

A few minutes passed by, Judy finishing her whole glass of scotch, and it was beginning to take its toll.

"So you two are like, girlfriend and girlfriend? God that's weird. You know? I thought after the pregnancy for sure you were straight.. I mean obviously.." Judy slurred, "How will the church take it? First knocked up and now a lesbian? Wow that's some bad luck." Rachel saw the hurt on Quinns face as her mother kept speaking. "Well, what am I gonna do. I can't kick you out! I'm not your father, I don't plan to be.. just promise no sex while I'm in the house." Rachel was stunned at the words just uttered, she hadn't even thought about sex with Quinn yet, well she had but it had never been mentioned. The look of hurt on Quinns face was now gone and a look of horror was now apparent, obviously appauled that her mother had said that, had even thought about that.

"Don't worry, mom. We won't." Quinn said slowly.

Judy looked directly at Rachel, although her now drunk state was beginning to affect her even more, "Now don't you hurt my baby! She may be a lesbian, and I may not be okay with that yet," she looked at Quinn, "But I will be!" She said with a smile and wink and then looked back at Rachel, "But if you hurt her I will hunt you don't and kick your ass."

"I won't, Ms Fabray." Rachel squeaked, her eyes wide.

"Good, now lets see whats on tv!" Judy exclaimed, suddenly distracted by the remote that sat on the arm of her chair.

"I think I should go," Rachel whispered to Quinn.

"I'll walk you out." Both girls got up from the couch, Rachel saying a goodbye to Judy who smiled and waved before turning her attention back to the television.

The girls walked outside, Quinn shutting the door behind her so they were out on her porch alone.

"Sorry about... her." Quinn said, taking both of Rachels hands in hers, looking at them.

"Its okay. I just wanted to come over because Santana said you were sick or something.."

"Yeah, I-I was. I think I was stressed or something. I was wondering why you came over, it was a bit of a shock."

"A bit?" Rachel laughed.

"Okay a lot more than a but, I was terrified of what my mother could've potentially done." Quinn said with a giggle, finally looking up into the brunettes eyes. "But at least the worst is over, right?"

"Right." Rachel said with a smile. "And hey, we can go to the carnival now."

"Hey, yeah. I almost forgot out that!" Quinn said, her smile growing even more.

"Well, I'd better get going." Rachel said, squeezing Quinns hands and looking at her car.

"Yeah, right of course. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Bright and early." Rachel grinned. Quinn sighed.

"Schools too early. Anyway." Quinn said, leaning in to Rachel, softly placing her lips on Rachels, feeling a small smile in the kiss, their hands still intertwined. Rachels lips warmed at the touch of Quinns against hers, so comforting and welcoming. The lingering feeling of warmth stayed on them even after Quinns lips were taken away, both girls just smiled at each other.

Rachel squeezed Quinns hands again before letting go, even though she wanted to stand on the porch all evening with the blonde girl. "Bye," She waved to Quinn, before walking down the steps to her car.

Everything was going to be okay.