The one thing I wish Glee had more of (other than Quick) is character development, so I thought I'd delve into the Fabray family history and show my readers the true Fabray household since Russell left. Enjoy! Review please!
"Hey Darling?" Judy Fabray greeted her daughter gently as she opened the white door of the teenage girl's bedroom. "I was out at Target today and I thought you'd like this new frame for that picture you're always carrying around since Sam happened." She offered out a small box that contained a wooden frame to her daughter. Quinn closed her laptop, sat up in her bed, and brought her knees to her chest as she took the box from her mother. "Thank you", she whispered softly. Her mother, of course, didn't possibly understand what it felt like to have one object that represented the people you love the most in the world, but she knew that the photograph meant the world to Quinn. Quinn withdrew the photograph, a crinkled image of herself, Puck, and Beth on it. She placed it on top of the box on her nightstand and sat back up in bed. Since Russell left, Judy had devoted her life to work, Quinn, and her new hobby, interior design. As Judy headed for the door, Quinn stopped her with another whisper.
"Mom?", she spoke softly, her voice already breaking. "Can we talk?" The older of the two Fabray women turned around, closed the door, and took a seat on the bed. "What's wrong, sweetie?" she asked, with genuine concern. "Have you ever had to choose between two guys and not known what to do?" "Yes, of course." Judy replied with a sweet smile that made Quinn slightly more comfortable. "Finn is so sweet and so is Sam but I can't choose. Finn's a true leader and a hero but Sam's so daring and confident. But also Finn's protestant and Sam is a bit of nerd." Quinn said all in one stressful breath. Mrs. Fabray ran a supportive hand through her daughter's silky hair and smirked. "I loved Finn, because he seemed so perfect" she paused and sighed "but I never felt like he was perfect for you. Same with Sam, dear. All I want for you is to pick someone who means something to you and makes you happy." Judy sighed once more, retrieved the old photograph off the nightstand and placed it in Quinn's hands as she got up and left the room.
As the old saying goes, there's always two sides to every story. The same adage applied to the Fabrays. According all the Lima gossip, Russell and Judy had always enforced that Quinn date a proper boy who was both popular and athletic. Quinn's older sister, Frannie, married the captain of the rugby team at Yale University. People always assumed that Quinn was expected to do the same or something similar. The truth was Russell was the one who really enforced these rules. Judy didn't actually care as long as he was a good man and she loved him. Only Judy Fabray knew the real reason behind this.
Russell had only been popular in high school because his father was very rich and had donated enough money to build a library in the school. Mr. Fabray was not athletic, nor friendly, even as a teenager. Quinn's Grandpa Peter had bought a railroad company when Russell was 12 and the job stressed him out to point of being an abusive father, which obviously rubbed off on Russell. Mr. Fabray used his ability to scare the women in his family into doing anything he said, including "Quinnie. Make sure you find yourself a good boy. A clean shaven man who plays sports and still has time for you."
Judy had always supported the boys Quinn dated except for Puck, but that was only because of his reputation and the fact that he was Jewish. The Fabrays had nothing against Jews...well Judy didn't...but Russell was convinced that Quinn should breed with a "boy of her own kind". Judy worked in the library because books were the only way she could escape her tyrannical now-ex-husband. Her favorite story was Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter, a story about a wife who murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb and then cooks the lamb and feeds it to the policemen working on the case. Lately the library had received new volunteers from the boys' correctional facility that Puck had gone to.
These volunteers included Puck himself, and somehow he used his Puckerman charm on Judy. She wasn't sure if he was trying out that whole "MILF" thing that Quinn had explained to her or if he was just truly a sweet guy when other guys weren't around. One day they had gotten to talking about Quinn while shelving the baby books. Secretly, the conversations Puck and Judy had made both of them feel better because Judy felt like Beth was no longer a mistake and Puck felt as if there was hope for him and Quinn.
This was written in an hour and this isn't meant to be oh so exciting, but I took one of my reviewers ideas and I ran with it. And don't worry if you got bored reading this, because this information will come back later and actually mean something later. Reviews are very much appreciated and if you do submit an idea like Jude did, I might just use it.