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Chapter 6

When Rachel's eyes opened precisely at 6:30 the next morning, she silently cursed her internal clock. Feeling the blonde's arms wrapped tightly around hers, she sighed in contentment. Rachel noticed their legs were entangled and smiled to herself before she snuggled more into Quinn and allowed herself to enjoy the warmth before falling asleep again.

She woke up three hours later; Quinn was still sleeping peacefully. Rachel couldn't help being proud that Quinn had slept through the entire night with having a single nightmare. Not being able to stay in bed any longer, without doing something she'd probably end of regretting and Quinn would end up hating her for, she crept slowly and quietly out of bed as to not disturb the slumbering girl.

She didn't want to leave the room, in case the blonde woke up alone in a strange place, so she simply made her way to her laptop and began surfing the internet. She went to Amazon and scanned a few of the book titles that Quinn had mentioned yesterday. Not only was she interested in maybe reading a few, she also thought it'd be nice to try and find the books the girl had been looking for. Finding a few she was searching for, she placed them in her shopping cart and placed an order.

Once she had finished that task, she went on to the next one. She opened her music library and starting a playlist for the blonde. By the time she had added some songs she deemed absolutely necessary to anyone who proclaimed themselves a music lover, she found out that she had enough to make18 CD's. Sighing, she decided to narrow it down again.

And hour later, she had finally narrowed it down to 3 CD's worth of music. Assuming that Quinn had a lot of the other music, she tried to only include stuff she wanted to introduce the blonde too. She also included the songs that Quinn had mentioned enjoying yesterday. She quickly burned the CD's and printed out labels for them. As she glanced at the still sleeping blonde, she decided that she also had time to design CD covers for each disc. As she smiled in pride at her creativity, she carefully placed the proper disc in each newly created case.

It was now nearly 11AM, and Rachel found it absolutely deplorable that the blonde was still asleep. She decided that the blonde would be okay alone and hurried to jump in the shower. She had showered and gotten ready for the day and noticed that it was 11:30 which she decided was a proper time to wake up. So she went downstairs and started breakfast, intending to have it finished when the girl finally dragged her lazy but out of bed.

Rachel arrived in the kitchen and found that her dads had left a note stating that they were going out for brunch, having waited for the girls long enough. She began preparing some vegan pancakes, and slicing some orange slices. Her peaceful solitude was interrupted by the ringing of a doorbell. She ran to the front door, and answered it breathlessly.

Quinn began stirring in her sleep when the smell of food wafted its way up to Rachel's bedroom. But then when it sounded liked a doorbell rang, she was pulled from her sleep completely and as she opened her eyes she was disappointed that the brunette wasn't still lying beside her. She stretched her still tired body and wiped the sleep from her eyes. However, when she heard what she knew without a doubt was Finn's voice booming through the house, she jumped out of bed and made her way to the stairs. She stopped at the head of the stairs to listen

"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked the boy standing in front of her.

"I've been calling you all weekend, but you never answered your phone." He stepped closer to her. "I was home alone last night, and I was hoping you would have come over so we could…"

"Finn! Is that all you think about? We had sex and now you expect it all the time?"

Quinn could hear the break in the girl's voice and doubted that Finwit caught it. She wanted to hurry to the girl's side and rip the insensitive boy a new one, but she forced herself to remain glued in place.

"What? No, that's not what I meant." He reached out and grabbed Rachel's hand and the girl couldn't help comparing his hands with a smaller, pale one. She also couldn't help pulling her hand away abruptly because there was no comparison, not really. Quinn's just felt right.

Finn looked hurt at the abrasiveness Rachel was reacting to him with. "It was amazing though, wasn't it Rach? I mean, it's all I've been able to think about…"

"It wasn't amazing Finn." Rachel hadn't meant to be so harsh, but it came out that way anyway. The boy's face contorted in confusion and hurt. She sighed and continued. "It's just, the reasons we did it. The reason I did it. I wish I had waited Finn."

"You came on to me Rachel."

"I know, and I was wrong. I was selfish, and I wasn't thinking."

"What are you saying Rachel, that you regret it?"

"Yes." She admitted quietly.

He stepped away and looked down at the girl, his eyes narrowed as if in contempt. "Tell me how you really feel, Rach." He spat out.

Suddenly, a large beeping rang throughout the house. "Shit!" Rachel yelled as she ran to the kitchen. Smoke was bellowing throughout the room as the smoke detector blared. She shut the stove off and removed the pan from the burner as the black pancake was enveloped in thick, dark smoke.

Finn had followed her into the kitchen and Quinn ran down the stairs behind them.

When Rachel had gotten things under control, she turned back toward Finn. He had an unreadable look on his face, but suddenly movement from behind him drew her gaze away from him and onto the blonde. She smiled involuntarily at the blonde's presence.

"I can't really talk now; I've got to clean this all up before my dads get back. But we need to talk, okay." Rachel spoke softly as she looked back at the boy.

"Whatever." He muttered and turned to walk away, Quinn was able to hide behind the door as he stormed out.

When the door slammed, echoing throughout the house, Quinn stepped from behind the door.

"You didn't have to hide, Quinn." Rachel sounded defeated as the blonde rushed over to her and wrapped her in her arms. She held her tightly. Her heart broke with the girl's next words. "Did you do it because you're ashamed to be seen with me?"

Quinn released her hold on Rachel and took a slight step away, and then she maneuvered her head so they were looking eye to eye. "Absolutely not. He was already upset and overreacting and being insensitive, I was trying to protect you from…"

Rachel kissed her chastely in response. Both girls longed to deepen the kiss, but were terrified to be the one to make that move. Rachel pulled away just as quickly as she had connected their lips.

Quinn breathed out slowly trying to calm her beating heart. She hoped Rachel didn't hear the sudden palpitations. She licked her lips without thought, and tasted Rachel on her tongue.

"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable Quinn; it's just, what you said. No one has ever done something to protect me before, it's rather chivalrous."

"I, ahhh…" Quinn didn't have a clue what to say.

Rachel shifted uncomfortably. Then she broke eye contact and glanced at the mess at the stove. "I was planning on having breakfast ready when you woke up."

Quinn stepped back into Rachel's personal space. "It's okay; you didn't have to go through all the trouble."

Rachel grinned lopsidedly causing Quinn to smile in response. Rachel shrugged.

The air between them seemed to be electrified as their breathing got more and more shallow. Rachel's eyes shifted between Quinn's eyes and lips, before she closed her eyes trying to figure out what was happening.

As Rachel's eyes were closed, Quinn spoke with an uneven voice. "I want this Rachel, I think you do too. But I will not start anything while you're still with Finn. I won't make you a cheater."

Rachel's eyes popped open and they were darker than usual. "Quinn…"

"But I also won't be a rebound. You taught me that I deserve better than that." She took Rachel's hand in hers. "I want you to take your time and figure things out. With Finn, and how you may or may not feel about me. I want you to be sure if we start something. I promise I'll wait for you."

Rachel bit her bottom lip nervously as she kept Quinn's gaze. "If we do get together, sometime in the future, would you ever come out or would we have to keep it a secret?" Rachel asked shyly.

Quinn was excited that Rachel was considering a relationship with her, but honestly she hadn't thought that far in advance. Rachel took Quinn's pause as a sign that the girl would be ashamed of their relationship. "I get it, Quinn. You've been through a lot and I know things are already rocky with your mom…"

"Rachel, are you even going to give me a chance to answer before putting words in my mouth?"

Rachel's eyes widened and she shut her mouth abruptly. Quinn brought Rachel's hand to her lips and kissed it gently. "When you said last night that I should go for what I want, I want you Rachel. And when I get the chance to try and woo you, because I want to do everything the way it's supposed to be done, I won't do it half way. I wouldn't ask you to take a chance with me if I wasn't prepared to take that same risk for you."

Rachel leaned in to kiss Quinn, but the blonde pulled away smiling. "You really are making it difficult on my self control."

Rachel looked away with pink cheeks. Quinn brought her hand to Rachel's chin and turned the girl toward her. "I'm not complaining, Rachel. Yesterday was the best date I have ever been on, and it wasn't even a date. But please respect my request to wait."

Brown eyes widened. "I'm a horrible person!"

Quinn rolled her eyes good naturedly. "No need to be dramatic."

"No, it's true. I had sex with my boyfriend a day and a half ago and now as I'm standing here with you all I want to do is kiss you. You have been so helpful and understanding when I needed a shoulder to cry on and I can't even respect you enough to listen to you when you said you wanted to wait."

Quinn's stomach turned in jealousy as soon as Rachel mentioned having sex with Finn, she tried to hide her scowl. But as Rachel continued to speak, she found herself calming completely.

They stood in a comfortable silence, standing closely. They were brought out of their reverie as Rachel's dads came through the front door and announced their presence. "You two better be up!" Michael called up the stairs.

Rachel snapped out of her daze and walked into the living room, leaving Quinn alone in the kitchen trying to regain control of her senses.

"We're awake."

"Is that smoke?" Jeremiah asked as he walked toward the kitchen.

"Yes, I had a mishap in the kitchen." She replied with a bit of embarrassment lacing her words.

The men raised an eyebrow at her. Quinn had entered the room in time to hear the exchange and defended the girl. "Finn stopped by and distracted her." Annoyance was evident in her voice. "If you don't mind, I'm going back upstairs to change, I'll be down soon."

Quinn arrived in her room and got changed and made the bed. She went to the bathroom and checked her appearance and her eyes nearly bulged out of her head when she saw her reflection. Her hair was a mess and some of her makeup that she forgot to take off before bed had smeared causing her to have raccoon eyes. She cursed herself before getting to work on making herself presentable.

When she was finished, she passed by Rachel's room and noticed the unmade bed. She went inside and quickly made the bed for her gi…for Rachel, she corrected herself. Then smiled at the thought that she had already almost considered the girl her girlfriend.

As she was exiting Rachel's room, she noticed a stack of homemade CD's. She browsed through them, realizing that they were the ones she had mentioned she liked yesterday. She also smiled at the song titles; a lot of them were love songs. The artwork for each CD was also very well done. Her heart completely belonged to the brunette in that moment.

As she was trying to process the fact that Rachel had spent so much time this morning on a gift for Quinn, with the gift being the nicest thing anyone had done for her, she didn't hear the brunette enter the room. She was suddenly standing right in front of Quinn.

"I made them for you, but I guess maybe I should wait to give them to you until…" Quinn claimed Rachel's lips in a searing kiss.

Both girls felt tingles down their spine as their bodies were awakened with a passion they had never known. They slowly explored each other's mouths with their tongues until they suffered a lack of oxygen. They pulled apart panting loudly, but still holding each other tightly.

"I thought you wanted to wait."

"I think you made your decision when you made those CD's for me. I know I'm not the rebound, Rach, but promise me you'll break up with Finn soon."

"I will today, we have to talk anyway. Is that okay, will you wait here while I go talk to him?"

She nodded kissing the girl's lips less fervently but just as full of emotion. "This is what you want, right Rachel?"

"I've never wanted anything more."

"Not even Broadway?" She replied with a quirked eyebrow.

"What good would getting that dream be if I don't have you too?"

Quinn's breath hitched. She had told Puck that she wouldn't ever get anything right and she told Santana that she wanted someone to love her. Maybe this was her chance to have both; maybe Rachel was all she needed to be happy.