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Posted: 5/1/13
Shampain
"No... No it's fine... seriously, if you have to stay I'm really okay with it... Really... Yes!"
Rachel was the last one to join the group the following morning, she found them in their usual places except Santana. Instead of playing with fire the girl was pacing with her cell phone held to her ear. The others watched in anticipation.
Rachel crouched next to one end of the sofa next to Quinn and murmured "Hey"
The blonde hadn't heard Rachel approach so shot her head to the side immediately "Hey" she smiled, Beth who was sat on Quinn's lap smiled and babbled something to the brunette too. She reached out to Rachel offered her hand, which Beth latched onto immediately, wrapping her hand tightly round Rachel's index finger
"You didn't wake me" Rachel said as she looked back to Quinn momentarily. Beth then had her attention again as she waved her hand around, making Rachel's do the same.
"Neither did you last night" Quinn noted back softly as she looked at the happy face of her daughter "You should have"
"You looked so peaceful" Rachel told her "And you didn't have to stay up with me last night, I know I get carried away with my work" she bit her lip guiltily as she peered back to Quinn
"I didn't want to go up to bed alone... now that Puck seems to have taken my room with Beth" she muttered the last part slightly aggravated
"It's not forever, let him have a little more time with her" Rachel encouraged "As for last night, I'm sorry I kept you up... and carried you to our room in your sleep"
"Our room?" the blonde rose an eyebrow mischievously, had they technically officially moved in together then?
"-Yes mom... seriously, stay, everything's fine... what do you mean?... I do not sound suspicious... only Brittany... no parties I swear... I swear on my allowance"
Santana distracted them both "What's going on with her?" Rachel asked her girlfriend
"She got a call from her mom" Quinn explained "From what she said before you came down it sounded like her parents were debating coming home or staying where they are for a little longer"
Rachel internally winced for her fiery friend "So she's encouraging them to stay, I assume"
"Yeah, otherwise she'll have to explain what happened to their house sooner" neither Quinn nor Rachel had any clue how Santana would handle that... seeing as she wasn't handling the house situation at all so far.
"I promise mom" they all heard Santana say "It's fine, so you'll stay... no, that's good... yeah I understand" if she was honest, which she didn't plan on being, any other time she'd be hinting to her mom down the phone that she'd want them back, any other time she'd want them home so they could pretend to be a normal family... but not right now.
Lima had trouble heading its way so it was best they stay away... that and their house had pretty bad fire damage.
"Okay... yeah... bye" she disconnected the call and snapped the phone shut, she then silently stared down at it, let out a long sigh and folded her arms again. When Santana finally turned back to the group she was thrown that they were all watching her "What?" she snapped, back to her usual persona "They're not going to be back for at least another two weeks" she told them dismissively. She then sighed again as if she was thinking "I think I need to head home, just to check the damage... see if the insurance papers are still there... just so I have them"
"I'll go with you" Brittany volunteered without a second thought
Santana visibly relaxed at the idea "Okay"
"Then can we go to mine, I wanna talk to my parents" when Brittany said that everyone shot their gaze to her while Santana widened her eyes. She couldn't deal with that, she wasn't ready to sit next to Brittany while the blonde made herself look crazy to her parents by saying she had super powers "I just wanna tell them I'll be staying here a bit longer" she explained when she felt the mood change in the room. After she said that the tension faded, that's when she added "And to tell them we're together they're gonna be so happy" she then got up and happily skipped back to the living quarters to grab her coat. Brittany wasn't stupid, she felt the drop in Santana's stomach and the heart now in the Latina's throat. She also felt the suppressed laughter from the others.
When Brittany was gone, Mike spoke up "I could do with going home too, I need to talk to my parents face to face" his tone depreciated as he spoke, as if it all hit him "My dad's not going to be too happy" he sighed
"Why?" Rachel asked when she noticed Tina squeeze her boyfriend's hand
"He was worried this mutant thing-"
"It's not a thing" Tina interrupted "It's a part of you, it is what makes you, you Mike" she was struggling to make her point but Mike just smiled at her, he got it.
"Thank you" he leant down to the girl sitting on the sofa, from the arm he was sitting on, and kissed her quickly, not wanting to get carried away. He then looked back to Rachel across his and her girlfriends and Puck "He was worried me being a mutant would get in the way of... life" he decided that was the best word for it "I told him it wouldn't... otherwise he would have pushed me to get the 'cure'"
"I'll be there with you" Tina said automatically. That came as no surprise to anyone, Tina and Mike were never without one another... except that one time when they got kidnapped... and maybe a few others.
"Then we'll go to yours after?" he suggested
She nodded "I need to get some clothes and stuff anyway"
Puck ended up deciding he should head home too, his mom would need to know the truth. Luckily it was still early so those parents wouldn't have left for work yet. The five cleared out, all crammed in Santana's car. The plan was for the Latina to drop them off at Mikes or Pucks and they could all pick up their own cars from there.
After they'd all left Rachel wandered back to the sofa where Quinn still Sat with Beth, she slid into the place next to her girlfriend and casually said "Well now that they're all gone and we're all... alone, you know what we could do?"
Quinn slowly turned to look at the brunette to find the girl side glancing her with a glint of mischief sparkling in her eye. She looked away again, realising what Rachel meant, she looked over Beth's head into the distance "Um, I don't know... I don't think it's a good idea" she muttered as she tried so hard not to blush
"Why not?" Rachel muttered, but louder as if she was getting closer to Quinn, to say things right in her ear "We've got all this space"
"Why the hell would Rachel need so much space for... that" even Quinn's voice couldn't just say the exact words, then again Rachel was being a little cryptic.
"The entire floor, no Santana getting in the way" The brunette reminded her
"Well, yeah Santana did like to barge into their room sometimes but that doesn't mean we should do it on the floor"
"Why not?" Rachel whispered the words this time, right next to Quinn's ear making her shiver
Quinn raked in and calmed herself "Well... we've got Beth, and... I uh" her breath caught in her throat as Rachel leaned in slightly
"Oh come, I think it will be exhilarating" Rachel said "Just try it and you'll see"
Quinn was sure it would be exhilarating, but she couldn't do that... not yet "I uh" Quinn gulped nervously as a blush started to creep across her face
Rachel tried another thing to bargain her way into Quinn agreeing to do this for her "And I'll hold Beth"
The rising blush subsided "Wait what? She asked with a furrowed brow and slightly squinted eyes.
"I'll hold Beth, while you try your powers out, you haven't tested yourself yet"
"Ohh" Quinn hummed in realisation "My powers"
"Yeah" she then caught Rachel eyeing her suspiciously "Why? ... What did you think I meant?"
"Um, nothing" and now she was trying not to blush again at her own misinterpretation "I'll... I uh, don't know, should I change?" the other night had been an act of surprise courage. She'd been determined then, when lives depended on it but in this exact moment, she wasn't feeling so courageous... she was, however, still feeling embarrassed.
"Depends, you look fine but maybe wear the armour so your clothes don't get wrecked" Rachel suggested "Besides she looks hot in the armour, all that leather" Rachel thought to herself
"Okay, here, can you take Beth?"
"I already said I would" Rachel said as she reached out ready to take her girlfriend's daughter. For a split second she may have wondered what that made her to Beth... maybe if they spent a lot more time with her, maybe one day she'd become something to the little girl... a friend in the least.
Okay so maybe Rachel had been thinking longer than just a split second. She had been on automatic as she held onto Beth. She met the little blondes eyes and smiled making Beth mirror her actions and before she knew it Quinn was back
"The armour was gone again" she looked over to her right to see Quinn in the same jeans, shirt and cardigan
"What do you mean?" She held Beth away from her as she stood up, then placed the girl on her hip
"I take it off, fold it away, the next day its gone" she held the hammer loosely at her side so the head was resting on the floor next to her foot
"So how come you were wearing it the other night?"
"Um" she looked down at the hammer "Mjölnira, I held it in the air and lightning stuck it... like it's what I wanted it to do and when I did the armour sort of formed over my skin" she sort of slowed as she finished her sentence
Rachel just smiled "You're not crazy" she reassured Quinn
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you look like you're trying to convince yourself that" she chuckled "Believe me, you're not crazy, nothing is crazy anymore" she closed the few paces between them and kissed Quinn "I thought I was crazy when I woke up next to you for the first time" she uttered before stepping back again "Show us what you've got"
Quinn chuckled lightly, and shook away her shyness from Rachel's comment. She then looked around her at the room they were in "Hang on, aren't you the scientist"
"I prefer genius" she said, so modestly
"Well genius" Quinn teased "We're in a big metal walled building, I don't think it would be a good idea to play with electricity in here"
Okay, Quinn had her there, she had been looking forward to the blonde showing off she'd been distracted from the obvious "Well the building is earthed" she informed her "And, Fairchild could you open the roof hatch please"
"Yes Miss"
"There's a roof hatch" Quinn deadpanned, these things were always there when they needed them. "I could hurt you or Beth though" she added her worry
"I know you're in control Quinn, don't over think it just do what feels natural. I believe in you, nothing bad will happen" she nodded reassuringly although she was backing up a safe distance as the section of roof above Quinn opened
"What if I'm not..." she trailed off as she met Beth's gaze "I mean, what if because I haven't grown up like this-"
"Quinn, it's in your blood, it's simply who you are. You didn't even think about what you were doing the other night, you just did it, because it's what you're supposed to do"
She gripped the handle of the hammer tightly "Really" she felt disgust in the pit of her stomach "I'm supposed to be a killer? That's what you think"
"No!" Rachel jumped in wide eyed "You were born to... well I don't know, born to protect, and make a difference for the better"
"I killed people" her eyes again found Beth, though the little girl was too distracted with a wavy lock of Rachel's hair
"So have I" Rachel reminded her as she started forward again "so has San and Britt, and Mike, Tina and Puck might one day too. People die, people live, and for us it was kill or be killed" she saw Quinn bite her lip guiltily "I know that doesn't make it right but... that's just how it is. And I love you and always will no matter what you think about yourself" she'd given better pep talks but there was nothing more she could justify "Shall we put the hammer away?" she asked tentatively
"No" Quinn replied softly "We're lucky to have you" she muttered timidly
Rachel was confused by that, then distracted as Quinn crashed her lips against Rachel's. Suddenly she winced when she felt a sharp stinging in her scalp. But it was Quinn who pulled away afraid she'd hurt the other girl, she was first to realise why Rachel hand winced, Beth had that lock of hair gripped tightly and pulled.
"Sorry" Quinn cringed before helping them untangle
"It's okay" Rachel chuckled lightly, just disappointed that their kiss was disturbed.
Quinn then took a deep breath "You better step back" she said with a brave smile
Rachel couldn't help but grin proudly as she scurried back what she hoped yet also doubted was a safe distance with Beth.
She watched as Quinn raised the hammer in the air, she made it look as easy as breathing when she reigned in the static electricity, it ran through Mjölnira before Quinn, and with the lightning came the armour that layered itself over Quinn. It was over too quickly for Rachel, who wanted to watch that type of... magic again.
"What?" Quinn asked worried when she saw Rachel still watching her wide eyed
"Nothing... that was just amazing" she breathed. Obviously she'd never seen anything like it "Just one question... where are the clothes you were wearing before?"
Quinn chuckled nervously "I have no idea, they just kind of disappear" she shrugged "What should I do now?"
"Maybe test your strength, you sure gave me one heck of a punch through your apartment" she laughed, but Quinn wasn't. They silently decided to forget that comment for a moment
"And how would I test my strength, I'm pretty sure I can pick you up"
"Um..." Rachel looked round the almost empty warehouse floor "how about my car?" she suggested with a raised eyebrow.
Quinn looked back over her shoulder to the car and scoffed "I wouldn't even know how to grip it without breaking it" she imagined gripping the car to lift it and tearing a panel off
"It's just a car, give it a go" Rachel really wanted to see this
"Fine" she sighed, she dropped the hammer to the floor, it just sat there, or rather stood there as she walked towards her newest target.
Quinn knew this was juvenile, probably the sort of thing Puck did when his mutation developed.
She crouched down, slipped an arm under the car, sure she was about to make a fool of herself. She slowly stood keeping her arm supported on the underside of the car, and she was only half surprised when the car came with her. Like lifting a feather, she raised the car, when she bought it up to eye level she used her other arm and moved to balance the car on her hands, before she finally raised it above her head
"Is it heavy?" Rachel called out from her safe distance
"No" Quinn called back, with a strange mix of confident worry "It really isn't"
...
Rachel had a lot planned for the others today but by the time they got back they were all uninterested, they just wanted to relax, and none of them particularly wanted to talk about what had happened on their little journey out. Puck said his mom had seemed worried, but she always was when he mentioned mutation. He hadn't said anything about a potential bigger threat, purely because he didn't want to scare her, and she had nowhere else to go.
Santana reported the damage inside was bad but things were still recognisable. She couldn't be sure about the structure of the building. It probably wasn't safe, that's why she made Brittany stay in the car.
Santana was the only one who didn't come back with changes of clothes, because hers had got damaged and she didn't feel like starting a new fashion in 'burned wear'. She did come back with alcohol though, claiming she needed it... that was never a good thing.
It didn't take long before the other mutants were interested in becoming inebriated too. Quinn decided to pass, bad memories and she wanted to be in the right frame of mind with Beth around, Rachel decided to pass too, she couldn't leave Quinn to be the only responsible one.
Quinn had just settled Beth for the night. She'd moved the crib into Rachel's room, trying to remind herself it was temporary so puck had a chance to spend more time with his daughter and be a responsible father at night and her and Rachel could have some alone time too. She's put the crib back it what was now Puck's room when he wasn't drunk.
When she got back to the group, baby monitor in hand, she found them all discussing something excitedly. She also found the coffee table in the middle of their seating arrangement, she wasn't sure why Rachel didn't give up and move all the furniture out here. Santana had taken the desk chair, with Brittany sideways on her lap, Mike and Tina were relaxing on the cot bed Rachel had put out on the warehouse floor for herself, when must have been months ago.
Rachel had even forgotten she'd put it there, it had been hidden under discarded junk, and paperwork and dust sheets... until the drunks had thrown that on the floor to slouch against the wall while sat on the bed.
Quinn placed the baby monitor on the corner of the desk before cautiously asking "What's going on?" she looked between them all looking for an answer
Santana drunkenly and loudly announced "Puck wants to arm wrestle with you"
"Wha-why?" she almost, almost, laughed. For a moment she forgot what his ability was, and once that moment had passed she still felt she was confident she could win... then again she hadn't seen him in action... not that kind of action, that she wished she hadn't seen... or been involved in.
"I may have told him you picked up my car, which is what he said he could lift" Rachel explained before adding "I don't think he's got a chance" she tugged Quinn down onto her lap and wrapped her arms round her.
"You really wanna arm wrestle Puckerman?" she asked the boy sitting at the other end of the sofa. She saw that smug grin on his face and knew she'd got her answer. The group scrambled to clear the table in the middle enough for the two to 'battle'.
Every sat on the floor round the table as they prepared for what they hoped would be an interesting contest.
Santana cleared her throat loudly to get everyone's attention "In the red corner with have Q, sometimes known as baby mama and recently Thora... and whatever the hell Berry calls her in the bed room"
"Santana!" Rachel and Quinn yelled together
"Luckily we haven't heard that yet" Santana said lower before continuing "And in the blue corner with have Noah 'Puck' Puckerman, and we all know what Puck rhymes with"
"Duck!" Brittany yelled
"That too" Santana noted, then back to her announcement "Thora versus the Mohawk-"
"Aww damn, is that the best you could come up with" Puck whined but it went ignored by the Latina
"- Its a fight to the death, who will win-"
"Shut up Santana" Rachel called over her with an eye roll at the unnecessary dramatics. That and she was anxious to see her girl beat this boy.
Quinn and Puck settled onto their knees on opposite sides of the table. They linked hands and prepared, adjusting their posture and angle they were sitting up so they were comfortable.
Quinn flickered her gaze up to her opponent when she stopped suddenly with a short gasp "Oh my god"
Puck looked back at her directly, and furrowed his brow "What?"
"Y-your eyes" she looked intensely into them, leaning in slightly as if to get a better look "I never noticed just how... beautiful they are-" with him distracted she took that as her opportunity and with minimum, human effort pulled his hand down, slamming it into the table
The spectators jeered loudly, mostly because of the alcohol in their systems, at Quinn's strategy for fooling Puck, and for the boy who was now looking dumbfounded. Quinn could hear Rachel's laughter behind her too, before she felt two hands, one on each of her shoulders settle and give a slight squeeze before letting go again.
"Sorry Puck that was mean" she admitted but she still wore a teasing bitchy smirk "Let's try that again"
They settled again, readying themselves for whatever might happen, hopefully no broken limbs.
"We need a countdown" Puck said with a sour pout pulling at his lower lip
"Okay, 3, 2 , 1, go!" Mike and Tina yelled like excited children.
The pair in contest had to be quick to react but they managed to get ready in time.
Nothing happened from the spectators point of view, the two clasped hands just stayed in possession, after a few seconds they began to shake under tension, but neither party involved looked like they were struggling.
After a minute had gone by Rachel scoffed in disbelief "No way" she shook her head "Quinn should so be kicking Pucks ass right now"
"Shut up Berry" Santana whispered harshly "this is like clash of the titans"
"Right" Rachel sighed dryly, maybe alcohol was making this more interesting
"Quinn" Pucks voice was strained, which was interesting because he looked fine "I need to tell you something"
"What?" her voice was strained too
"I'm not using all my strength" he admitted, losing the struggle in his voice
"Puck" Quinn forced her words
"Yeah" he smirked as he was now fully relaxed
"I haven't either" as those words were uttered they both moved quickly to put more force into their arm and pushing the other down. Quinn wasn't quicker she was just stronger as she twisted his arm in as she forced it down, slamming it for real this time, shattering the top layer of glass coffee table underneath them.
Quinn leapt up triumphant, broken glass forgotten (it all seemed to have landed on the second shelf underneath anyway). She felt her arm being held in the air, like at a boxing match. When she looked she saw it was Rachel by her side. She smiled at the girl, childishly happy for her victory while the others cheered on. They would have cheered for whoever one, hell most of them were so out of it they'd probably cheer if someone threw up.
It was all halted when Puck snapped "That's so not fair, I've been drinking, Quinn hasn't" it was like a last ditched effort to protect his man hood.
"Oh sure Puckerman, like we haven't all seen you" Santana slurred "You've only had one beer and you've been sipping it" she cackled at him, as did the other 3 hyenas.
Quinn looked at him with pride though. He'd said he'd drink, probably to be part of the group... but he hadn't, so he could be responsible.
Wow these chapters are getting worse :( I'll fix that. This is filler, like actual unplanned filler, the next chapter was what was supposed to be here... anyway who cares
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