A/N.: Edit 19/08/2014

Chapter 14 – You can have nice weekends and foul Mondays.

"You look so much like your mother." Quinn said staring at Rachel.

Their date had started around an hour ago. The lion took her around the city and then to a restaurant, which is where they are right now. And after a briefly silence Quinn brings up the happening of earlier that day.

Quinn met Rachel's mother when leaving the Principal's office. Their eyes met for a short time and it was enough for Shelby to know who she was… Though, she probably knew it because of how much her smell matched with the one all over Rachel.

She wondered what the two of them were doing when Rachel was summoned to the office. Not much necessarily, since lions tended to leave their smell all over everything they felt possessive about. Shelby gave her a nod and turned to her kitten so she could say goodbye. "See you Sunday, sweetheart." Said the woman, before leaving.

"I know." Rachel said with a happy smile. "She wanted to be on Broadway too. We weren't supposed to have a relationship… She was going to be only a surrogate. She said that the moment she felt me kicking she knew she wouldn't be able to not have a relationship with me."

Quinn stared the girl before her, paying attention to each word that came out of the girl's mouth.

"I lived here for a while before moving to Nevis. She was always close by. My dads were very understanding, since it wasn't on their previous agreement that she could see me." Rachel eyes were far away, as if lost in time. "After we moved I would just see her once or twice a year, but we spoke frequently over the phone. My dads will always be my parents, but I'm glad to have a mom too."

"The way you spoke about her last week I would never be able to say you were this close to her." Quinn commented.

"Oh! I guess I like to play it off since I kind of miss her. It's easier to pretend we aren't really close. Even though, as I just said, we didn't use to see each other in person much." The kitty girl answers blushing and with her ears pulled back in embarrassment.

"What happened that she couldn't be on Broadway?" Quinn asked abruptly.

"Hm... she wanted to be there while I was young. Then we moved… I guess she just feel in love with teaching. She says she loves the power that being coach gives her." Rachel giggled at that.

"It's with her that you learned how to keep everyone in their places like you did yesterday?" Quinn chuckles, remembering Rachel's commanding voice.

"Exactly!" Rachel beamed "She is a strict teacher, but she is also a good one. And she is young and beautiful. She has students crushing on her all the time. She said that one even covered her front yard with flowers once."

"Wow…" the lion girl said impressed. "Doesn't she have someone in her life though?"

"As in romantically involved?" Quinn nodded at the question. "Not right now. She has this friend, however… I think they sleep together from time to time." Rachel whispered the last part. "I caught them! Not doing it, but in a very compromising position!"

"Like?" the blond asked excitedly

"They were cuddling!" Rachel says with a serious face

"Rach! That means nothing, I cuddle with Britt and I even cuddled with San once, though she isn't really a cuddler if you aren't Britt." The lion girl scoffed relaxing in her seat and laying down her fork.

"You don't understand, Quinn. My mom simply doesn't cuddle. Only with me, when I'm a crying mess for some reason! Or when I'm sick. She hugs, she pats your head, she leans on you while watching TV… but she doesn't cuddle. And there they were… cuddling." Rachel insists.

"Ok… of course, you know your mother better than I do. Sorry." Quinn said appearing to be a little embarrassed.

Rachel just smiled at the blonde and covered her hand with her own. They stared at each other for a moment before breaking into giggles, and blushing when the patrons around them looked in their direction with amused or annoyed expressions.

They don't let the awkward stares bother them and carry on with their date enjoying every second of it. The fact that they were already pretty much comfortable with each other may have helped their date to run smoothly.

Adding to her date, Rachel's weekend was amazing. One of the best she ever had. She spent the whole Sunday with her mother.

In the morning they did a little shopping, just after having breakfast together at the Lima Bean. Then they had lunch with Rachel's fathers and the afternoon was spent at Shelby's house with them curled up in each other in their animal forms.

Shelby, like her, knew how to transform without losing her clothes. They were also, as alike in their animal form as they were in their half animal one. Pretty much mother and child.

"I'm glad we did more than just lunch today." Rachel beams hugging her mother closely.

"Oh, honey, I am too." Shelby answered breathing in her kitten's smell "We shall do this again in the future."

"A near one I hope." Snuggling a little closer before letting go of her mother.

Monday morning came with a squad of sweating Cheerios. Coach Sylvester gave them a 4 AM wakeup call demanding them to be at the school sports field in less than half an hour. Whoever ended up getting there latter than that would do double laps. Three girls and a guy did.

If Rachel wasn't sleeping curled up in Brittany's lap she would probably have felt bad for them. She was in Brittany's lap because the blond refused to let her sleep on the bench and Quinn was busy being the cheerleading team's captain.

Obviously Santana wasn't too happy with it, and probably neither was Quinn, but they let them be. The gorgon was more upset about not being able to make out with the nymph than anything else, while Quinn just wanted to be the one to spend time with Rachel when she was in her animal form.

Other than that time at the choir room they hadn't spent time together in their animal form and that really got on Quinn's nerves. Being with each other in their animal form would show how close they got. It would show intimacy. Not a sexual one but rather an emotional one.

Probably due to the fact that, for the animal-folks, their animal form was the most natural one. The half animal was more like a front to interact with the world. It wasn't taxing or unpleasant, it didn't tire them to maintain such appearance. It simply permitted them to be more guarded.

In their animal forms they were much more in touch with their instincts and feelings, they are more vulnerable yet more strong. It was such an interesting aspect of their species, but also greatly misunderstood by other creatures.

In short Quinn just wanted to feel closer to Rachel and she also wanted to show the kitty girl that her longing went beyond the sexual desire she felt for her.

"You guys spent a lot of time transformed?" Santana asks poking the fur ball in Britt's lap.

Rachel just meowed bating the gorgon's finger away.

"How cuuute!" the nymph squealed bringing Rachel up and squeezing her in a hug, completely waking the kitty up from her nap.

"Hmm" Rachel hummed with a pitiful face. "It depends… I like being in my animal form, we usually do. It doesn't mean we can't go days or even years without transforming into any of our forms. We're both, always." Rachel answers "It's just hard to stay on our animal form in school or any other public establishment. Even more here were you can't talk and end up naked whenever you transform. In my previous school it wasn't unusual to see someone in their animal form while in class."

"It still weird to hear your voice coming from such tiny cat." Santana says as if ignoring everything Rachel said.

"The doctors can't explain why I look more like a kitten than an adult cat as I should." Rachel mumbles looking away which makes her ending up with her face right into Brittany's breast.

"Hey, pussy, you better take your damn face off of my girlfriend's boobs!" Santana protested.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Rachel bristled, feeling the nymph giggling against her. "Also, I rather rub my face in Quinn's chest than on your girlfriend's!"

"Oh, really?" the lion girl's voice ringed behind them making Rachel turn to her, ears pulled back and a look of embarrassment.

Of course Santana was laughing her ass off, almost falling from the bench they were sitting. "Holy shit, your fricking face! You should've seen it! I bet if you weren't all furry you would be blushing to the last degree!" the gorgon kept pressing on making Quinn look at her in reprimand.

"Please let go of my girlfri…er of Rachel, Britt." The hazel eyed blonde said extending her arms as if asking for Rachel to be transferred to her, and that's exactly what the nymph did.

Rachel tail twisting while she griped Quinn's forearms with her tiny paws. It was good to be held by Quinn, but she was just too mortified to enjoy the sensation.

"You know what, we'll leave you two to do some rubbing while me and Britts get one of our own." Santana smirked getting up. "If you don't wanna see a show you better take while before going into the locker room." The gorgon winked at them.

"Yay!" Brittany said jumping after her lover. "She rubbed against my nipple and it really worked me up." The nymph bluntly states grabbing Santana's hand.

Quinn really didn't know if she was pissed or amused. Her friends sure were something else. The lion quickly put her thought on her friends aside I turned to the kitty girl in her arms. She lifted Rachel holding her at her eyelevel. Eyes that the kitty insisted to look away from.

"Come on, Rachel. No need to look away from me." Quinn giggled nuzzling the kitty. "I actually fell really honored. Did you know that Britt won best boobs on the Boys' perverted pool? And you rather have mine, it's quite flattering." The blonde joked, making Rachel finally look at her with a pointed look.

The lion girl simply chuckled giving Rachel's cute muzzle a peck. Rachel wriggled in her hands as if trying to free herself.

"Put me down so I can transform." Rachel asked.

"But I want to spend time with you like this…" Quinn pouted.

"I want to kiss you." Rachel whined.

"You need to teach me fast how to transform without ripping my clothes apart. And I do mean fast." Quinn relented putting the girl down and watching her gain her half animal form again.

"I will." Rachel grinned closing their lips in a heated kiss.

Quinn held the girl close by her hips, her nails brushing the hem of Rachel's Cheerio's top. The lion girl's fangs nibbled at the brunette's bottom lip as if asking for an opening. To which Rachel soon relented. Luckily the field was completely empty by then, considering the show they were giving.

It was too early in the day for anyone other than the cheerios to be at school. The other girls were probably in the lounge or at the library killing their time, and coach Sylvester was long gone. She would only come back around lunch time.

The kissing girls' tails intertwined making chills go up their spine and when they let go their fur tickled each other legs, making Rachel giggle and Quinn moan into their kiss.

"Do you think it's safe for us to go to the locker room by now?" Rachel asked when they separated, resting her head on Quinn's shoulder.

"No, but if we don't stop them it will never be." The taller girl mumbled with a low chuckle.

Monday also brought Finn coming after Rachel once again. Apparently getting a suspension the previous week hadn't put some sense in his tick wooden head. He went after her first thing in the morning. And stood in front of the girl's locker just waiting for her to appear.

And he stood there for a long time for Rachel had already gathered the books she would need for her first 3 periods. When she went to put them away he smiled at her.

"You're really late today, Rachel. You lost your first 3 periods." The ent said with a sideway grin.

"I just attended my first three periods, Finn." Rachel corrected him, not having a good feeling about his presence there.

"Impossible because you never came to your locker." He says furring his brows.

"I got what I needed this morning after cheerios practice. Now, if you excuse me I have to put my things away." She retorts with a scowl.

"Well whatever, so I was thinking…" Finn started but was interrupted by the kitty girl.

"Let me guess, you want to take me on a date." He nodded smiling smugly. "Well you can stop right there. First, I favor woman, second I am already seeing someone, third you were suspended just last week because you overreacted when I dismissed you on your previous attempt to ask me out on a date. And if what I said just now was too hard for you to understand, my answer is no. And believe me it's always going to be no."

"Oh come on, I bet Quinn already got what she wanted from you and will soon leave you I'm just…"

"No! You stop. Not only are you insinuating that I'm a slut, but you're insinuating that Quinn, the person I'm currently kind of going out with, is a player. You don't get to do that. It's disrespectful and just makes me want even less anything related to you." Rachel cut in on him again. "Please refrain from talking to me."

"You don't need to act hard to get. I know your type. You're new here but already so popular. I bet you did it with JewFro so he could post something about you on his blo- ARGH!" Finn yells in mid-sentence falling to the ground while holding his crotch.

Behind him a very pissed gorgon was retreating her foot.

"Fucking, Finncopetence! Don't you dare to insinuate something like that about Quinn or Rachel ever again!" The gorgon sneered "In what kind of world you live that you think you will get the woman you want by insulting her and the person she likes?"

"You bitch!" he yelped still on the ground.

"I'm a Gorgon, ignoramus. Snake would be a more appropriate term." Santana called him out. "You two…" she pointed at two jocks standing near them "Take your sad excuse of a QB away from here. And be happy it's me and not Quinn who is here right now." She then turned to the crowd around them frowning even more. "Get lost!" she yells at them and everyone starts to move, practically running over each other in their despair.