So this story is moving along faster than My Superhero, but I hope you guys still like it. The showdown is coming up next but this chapter explains what happened to Marcia and Brittany. Enjoy.
"So you've basically just been hiding out for like three weeks." Quinn said as she handed me a glass of water. She was right; I had sort of been hiding out at Pucks. I would sleep at his house and then head over to Lima with Rachel for the day. Rachel insisted that I spend as much time away from Heights as I could. It was cute that she was trying to protect me; it actually made me feel safe.
"Basically." I said taking the cup and downing it in seconds. "Puck's folks are never home so they don't care. Rachel and have been chillin a lot lately too, which is fun." A smirk spread across Quinn's face.
"How far do you get with her?" She asked.
"Like hell I'm going to tell you." I said rolling my eyes at the curious blond.
"Look I backed off with you. Even though I still catch you checking me out all the time, the least you could do is entertain me with the dirty details of your relationship." Quinn demanded. God she was such a pest. Ever since I told her the friend with benefits thing was off, she'd been hounding me about Rachel.
"Fine…a few weeks ago we almost…well you know, but we didn't." I told her as I sank lower into Quinn's couch. Quinn chuckled and nudged me so I would get up. "She's been really sweet too, about everything. She knows that I'm keeping a lot from her, but unlike someone I know…she isn't asking about it." I eyed Quinn pointedly hoping that she got my reference.
"But you have to tell her about Marcia…right. I mean you're going to?" I looked down at my hands desperately trying to forget that day.
"It shouldn't have happened." Quinn gripped my hand but I pushed her away and stood up.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Quinn and I were never this fluffy. We didn't talk about emotions or anything like that except when it came to Brittany or Marcia. Marcia was my sister. I say was because El Diablo and the Royals killed her two years ago. It was a drive by. My brother was taking us to go get ice cream and that's when the shooting started. "San." Quinn said interrupting my thoughts.
"Is Rachel coming over?" Brittany questioned as she walked into the room with a huge grin on her face.
"Um yeah she's picking up Puck and they're both coming over." I told Britt. She came over and took a seat on my lap gaining an eye roll from Quinn. "Britt…" I tried to scoot over so that she wasn't on my lap but she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"Where have you been Sanni? I missed you." Brittany gave me a quick peck on the lips before she looked over at her sister. "Quinn's said that she is really horny and wishes you two could just fuck." Quinn covered her face with her hands and my face turned beet red.
"Jesus Britt-." Quinn was cut off when we heard loud knocking at the door. She got up and answered the door bringing Rachel and Puck inside. Rachel raised an eyebrow when she saw Brittany on my lap. I slid out from under her and went over to Rachel.
"Hey." I said grinning before I dipped my head and kissing her gently on the cheek.
"Hi." Rachel said when our lips parted.
"Get a room." Quinn muttered.
"No keep going please." Puck said waving his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes but still keep my arm around Rachel's waist. I loved having her in my arms, and I could tell by the way her eyes lit up every time I touched her that she loved it too.
"Puck you pig." I said slapping him on the back of his head. "Anyway what do you guys want to do? I've been hauled up inside for weeks."
"I can think of something we can do." Rachel whispered huskily in my ear. I looked around at everyone looked between Rachel and I. Puck stifled a laugh and Quinn raised an eyebrow. I must have looked like I'd just been smacked on both cheeks. I wanted to take Rachel to Quinn's bedroom and show her everything I wanted to do to her, but I'd never live that down.
"Can we go to the arcade?" Brittany asked after a long period of silence.
"Sure Britt Britt-." A loud knock came from the door and we all turned and stared. "Um…Quinn, did you invite someone else?" Quinn shrugged and Puck went over to answer the door. When Rico and his boys walked through the door the glare I gave Puck could have killed him. "What is he doing here?"
"You don't sound too happy to see me." Rico said with that stupid cocky smirk smeared across his face.
"Puck, why the fuck is he here?" I snapped. I could see Brittany out of the corner of my eye wrapping her arms around her body and shaking. She looked terrified and she had the right to be scared. Rico was the reason for all of her problems. He was the reason she had to take those drugs all the time. Rico raped her awhile ago, he'd hurt her bad. We all knew it was because he was strung out on drugs and didn't know what the hell he was doing, but it didn't change what he did. I told Rico that we could be acquaintances but he could never be around Brittany after that.
"Get the fuck out Rico." I didn't like this one bit. Quinn was going to murder Rico for showing up here. Her hazel eyes had gone dark and she was already standing up just a few feet from Rico ready to pounce.
"Look I'm not here to bother your sis." Rico swore stepping back away from Quinn.
"Rico I'm gonna kill you unless you give me a damn good reason not to." I told him. I held on tightly to Rachel but kept my eyes focused on Rico.
"What were you thinking when you went after El Diablo. Tana it's a sentencia de muerte." I looked down at the ground thinking about everything except what he'd just said. "They'll be after you soon, they already are-."
"So what?" I said pulling my arm away from Rachel. "Let those fuckers come after me. This was bound to happen, after Marcia was killed you assholes were supposed to back Heights against them. You didn't do shit. This is the war that we've been waiting for." I explained to him but he continued shaking his head.
"You got a death wish? What about your girl, they'll go after her too." Shit. I looked over at Rachel who seemed calm but I knew she must have felt the same fear that I had. I couldn't let Rachel get hurt, not because of me.
"Fine, then I'll go confront them-."
"You can't do that Pez." Quinn said trying to reach out to me.
"I have to, I can't let them hurt Rachel or any of you guys." I made sure I had my pocketknife in my left pocket for easy access.
"We got your back Lopez, I'm not gonna let you go in alone." Rico said showing me his gun.
"No, no guns." I told him. "Let me just grab something before I go." Everyone watched as I walked towards Quinn's door but no one followed me except Rachel.
"What exactly is your plan?" She questioned as I went down a flight of stairs and scurried into my apartment. As soon as I walked in my brothers booming voice stopped me.
"What do you think you're doing? Getting El Diablo to murder you won't help anyone." He said wheeling himself into my room behind Rachel. "There's talk that the Royals are going to come down here and burn your body Tana. People are saying that maybe they'll brand you." I listened to the threats with little interest. I knew what the Royals were capable of; I didn't need a lesson from my brother.
"You think you can handle this better then why don't you go and walk on down there…oh wait." My brother didn't budge when I made a low attack on his handicap, instead he just watched as I reached for a bracelet on my desk and put it on.
"That's Marcia's." He said quietly.
"It was hers." I said in agreement. "Look Emilio, can you leave Rachel and I alone for a second." He glanced over at Rachel for a second before turning his wheelchair around and exiting my room.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Rachel said when I sat down on the bed.
"It's the only thing I can think of doing." I told her pulling her in so that she was straddling my waist. "I can't hide forever right?" I kissed her on the forehead softly before pulling back to look in her eyes.
"You're an idiot for doing this." Rachel said pecking my sweetly on the lips. "Let me come with you." I know she expected me to protest, or to tell her that she was insane, but I didn't.
"Okay…but that means everyone else comes." I said. "I don't want to see you get hurt."
"I won't."
"I…I think I might…love you." I said closing my eyes because I had no idea what her response would be.
"I think I might love you too." She pressed her lips to mine and I thought about staying like this forever.