Disclaimer: I wish often that I owned glee, but alas I still have no control over anything. So don't sue me? MMMMkay?
The moment Rachel saw Santana stalking up to her car, she knew that she and Quinn were in trouble… Rachel took Quinn's hand in fear anyway as she fidgeted in her seat.
Santana knocked on the window waving for both girls to come out. They did obediently "What do you want?" Quinn sighed walking to stand next to Rachel on the other side of the small car. Santana sat on the bonnet of the car, she wasn't showing any emotion or intention to answer there question.
"Hello to you to..." She mocked Rachel and Quinn stayed silent looking every few moments at each other "Not talking are we?" Santana snarled "Well let me sing you a little song. Fabrey and Berry sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G"
"Please just shut up!" Rachel snapped out of embarrassment, she regretted it only moments after.
"Getting mouthy now are we?" Santana taunted, Rachel shrank.
"N-No." she stuttered not making eye contact.
"That's right." Santana laughed "But believe it or not, I'm not here to take the piss because you two are getting your lesbian on."
"You're not?" Rachel squeaked Quinn felt a urge to reach out and hold Rachel's but avoided it – she knew she'd never hear the end of it. Santana never gave in.
"No." she sighed "I wanna help you guys. I've been in your position." Her eyes drifted over to Brittney. She was sat on the bench at the side of the football pitch, she had a magazine resting on her lap but she wasn't reading it, she was looking at a bird that was jumping around on the bright green grass "I just want to warn you that hiding." Her eyes darted both ways "It will tare you apart and if you're scared… Just…" she sighed "If you tell anyone I will deny it and probably kill you but I don't want to see you get hurt." She looked directly at Rachel who blinked nervously "either of you get hurt." She finished, before turning round and walking to Brittney.
Rachel and Quinn looked at each other but said nothing. They couldn't, it had all been said for them.
Rachel let her fingers run over the cool plastic of her phone. It was ten o'clock on a Friday night, and she couldn't sleep. Santana's words were like knives they kept her awake like a crying baby. She had to do it.
Are you awake? Sorry if I woke you x
She knew that most teenagers went out on Fridays but she also knew Quinn, she knew how her mother watched her every move. She sent the text but almost seconds later she got the reply.
Nope, Mums out.
Rachel raised both eyebrows; she didn't want to sound like she was intruding but a tug of curiosity sprang to her.
Do you know where?
She keyed sending and again, her phone buzzed.
I have ideas. Would you come over, she won't be back. Not until tomorrow… I'm lonely.
Rachel didn't need to be asked twice, her dads pleased to the house to themselves granted her wish telling her to wish Quinn the best and within twenty minutes Rachel was pulling into the drive.
She couldn't deny that she felt nervous, the house was beautiful – it was as if she had stepped out of Lima into a different somewhere completely different. Rachel's family were well of, one of her dads a doctor and the other a lawyer it wasn't as if they struggled to live. However, looking at the freshly made lawn and large house made Rachel's house looked positively shabby.
She stepped out of her car locking it and gingerly walking through the gate. She could see a girl, average height with short hair in the door. Rachel suddenly felt a pang of regret for taking so long and ran up to the door. She didn't have to knock, it was opened immediately. Quinn's eyes were red and if Rachel couldn't tell any better she was sure the girl had been crying, she wasn't going to point it out. Not yet at least.
She looked at Rachel nervously "Thanks for coming." She smiled "I don't want to ruin your Friday."
"You didn't." Rachel smiled pushing a strand of hair behind her ear "seeing you is the best part of my day."
Quinn just smiled "Come with me." She took Rachel hand leading her to her room "Have you been thinking about Santana… What she said?" she sat down with her legs crossed implying Rachel should do the same.
Her room was lovely. It was a light shade of purple, very neat. There were photos of her Santana and Brittany on the walls. There was a small photo of Beth on her bed side table, it made Rachel want to cry at the injustice that it was all she had of her own daughter.
"Yeah." She met Quinn eyes "What do you think?"
"I don't know." Quinn said state away "I mean, if Santana had enough courage to admit she was worried about us then it must have been pretty serious."
"I guess." Rachel shrugged "So what do you want to do?"
Quinn looked away, a blush crept across her face and she couldn't quite meet Rachel's gaze, when she did however there were thick tears clouding her view "I don't want to lose you." She whispered.
Rachel wiped away a falling tear with her thumb "Then. We need to start telling people." Rachel confirmed "Though you'd be saying good bye to your last shred of power. you may get slushied every day."
"It doesn't matter." Quinn shrugged "I'd love to be able to walk hand in hand with you, in a public place. kiss you on the head before you left a room."
Rachel just beamed, she thought for a moment "Where's your mum?" she asked "I mean. where do you think she is?"
"I heard a message on the answer machine." Quinn said nervously "It was from my dad. I'm pretty sure there seeing each other again." She finished. There was a pause, Rachel looking at the ground then up at the girl.
"Quinn. That's awful." She admitted putting her hand on top of the other girls.
"Yeah." Quinn shrugged there was a light silence broken only by the buzz of Quinn's phone. She picked it up scanning the words on the screen "Mum won't be back apparently until tomorrow afternoon." She shook her head "So much for catholic."
"I'm sorry." Rachel smiled "It does mean we will have the house to ourselves." She grinned cheekily "I doubt we'll have that again after we tell."
Quinn felt a churning in her stomach "God. telling my Mom." She gulped.
"We can get through it together." suggested Rachel and Quinn nodded but it wasn't going to be easy.
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