A/N: Okay I'm back with a new What If or AU story. This one is a bit more believable than my last one as it's not as quick. The beginning may seem a little strange, but in my eyes Santana would want to help kill two birds with one stone.
For this 'What if', it's not more about Rachel & Quinn but about Quinn & Judy. One of my favourite relationships in my SOAM story was between these two, but with the character I wrote, I don't think I managed to get enough juicy moments. For this bit, I'm going to re-write their reunion and try and write some more moments but I'm not sure yet how that'll go. As well as that they'll be plenty of Rachel & Quinn.
I've changed the name of this story to something a little bit more relevant to the story.
Lima, Ohio - Grocery Store
"You know, I never thought I'd be back here." Quinn says as she pushes the trolley through the ailses of their local grocery store in Lima.
"Where?" Santana says who is stood beside her best friend helping her shop for Madeline's birthday party. The girls are back in Lima, Ohio for Madeline's 7th birthday party with all of her family. They had already had one back in New York with her friends but Mrs Puckerman wanted her granddaughter back where she was born for the day of her birth.
"Lima. I really hate this place."
"Ditto there blondie." Santana says with a smirk. "It's not that bad though babe. Its home. It's where Maddie was born."
"I know but... other than Mrs Puckerman, I have no one here."
"Have you ever thought about going to see your mom?" Santana asks as they stop near the freezer section to get what Puck wanted for Madeline's party.
"I... every day since I was 16." Quinn swallows as she opens the door to the freezer section and gets out the box she needs. "I never thought I would miss her. Every time Madeline calls me mom, I really just wanna..." She sighs. "I don't miss him or Dylan, but mom. I want to go and see her but I can't get up the courage."
"Well lets put it like this, after we're done here, we're going around to your house and we're seeing your mom."
"What? No. I can't Santana."
Santana turns to her best friend and holds her by the shoulders. "Yes you can. Quinn you just said you needed the courage, well I'll be your courage and drag your skinny white ass to see your mother." She smiles. "It's about time Madeline got to meet her grandmother Q. I'm not taking no for an answer."
"I can't deal with it if he's there San."
"I know and I also know from my mother that Judy kicked him to the kirb 4 years ago."
Quinns eyes widen and then her face contorts into anger. "You knew all this time? Why didn't you tell me?"
Santana sighs. "1, I only found out last week when we got here, your mother bumped into mine in the store." She sighs. "2, tell you when? We're not usually allowed to talk about your family Quinn."
Quinn sighs when she realises she's overacting.
"Ok. Lets go."
Fabray House
Santana and Quinn stand in front of the Fabray house, their hands clasped between them both of them willing the other to make the first move. Santana squeezes her best friends hand, trying to pass her own strength onto the other girl as she knows that Quinn has to make the move. Quinn sighs deeply, and raises her hand and finally knocks on the wooden door three times before lowering her head to look at her feet.
"I can't do this."
Santana squeezes Quinn's hand again. "Yes you can. You need to Quinn. For you and for Madeline."
Quinn nods and raises her head when she sees the door open and her eyes lock with a woman she's not seen since she was 15 years old. She stays quiet as she watches the reaction of the older version of herself.
Judy's mouth opens in shock at sight in front of her. Her baby girl, the child she threw out on the streets at age 15 was stood in front of her. The girl whom she has been praying to see again for the last 8 years was stood there and she couldn't do anything more than hold onto the door for support.
"Hi mom." Quinn says quirking her mouth into a half smile. Judy looks ready to pass out when Quinn calls her mom so Santana decides to step in.
"Hug her quick before she passes out Q." Santana says and Quinn looks back at her before nodding and steps forward letting her mother pull her into an embrace.
"Oh my baby girl." Judy says wrapping her daughter into a tight hug. "I have missed you so very much baby girl." She says whispering into her daughters ear as she attempts to pull her as close to her as humanly possible.
"I missed you too mommy." Quinn says softly. She entangles herself from her mothers arms and stands there and smiles fully at the older woman. She turns and motions to Santana. "Uh mom, you remember Santana right?"
Judy nods and smiles at the other girl. "I bumped into your mother the other day. She says you are a lawyer now sweetheart?"
Santana nods. "Just climbing up the ladder at the moment, but yeah I am. It's good to see you again Ms Fabray."
"Is this the same girl that told me that I was a 'milf' when she was 14?" Santana blushes heavily and Quinn bursts out in laughter remembering that moment. Santana might have been slightly drunk at that point thanks to Puck, and decided to let her mouth run away from her. "You know it took me two years to work out what that meant?" Santana blushes even more and smacks Quinn on the back for laughing so much. "Thank you though sweetheart."
"Uh you're welcome. I think."
"Come on in girls." Judy opens the door and directs the girls into the living room. "Can I get the two of you a drink?"
"Nah we're fine."
"What have you been doing with yourself baby?"
Quinn looks to Santana who holds her hand and squeezes it. "I uh, I live in New York now. I own a photography studio in Soho. It's doing well." She says with a smile.
"That's brilliant. Is there anyone special in your life?"
"Mom, I need to ask you something?" Judy nods. "Did you know what happened to my daughter?"
Judy looks down at her hands and shakes her head. "I..." She looks back up. "Did you give her up for adoption?"
Quinn looks to Santana who nods. "I kept her mom." Judy's eyes widen in delight. "She's celebrating her 7th birthday tommorow mom." Judy smiles brightly.
"Have... what's her name?"
"Madeline Sofia Fabray." Quinn reaches into her handbag which is on the floor and pulls out her purse, and shuffles around until she finds the wad of pictures that she keeps in there of her daughter. "Here you go."
Judy takes the pictures with shaking hands and looks at the first one which is the first picture taken of the little girl. Quinn was holding Madeline so she was looking at the camera. In the second one Quinn is asleep on the couch holding her baby girl who is also sleeping, however as soon as she goes to look at the third one, Santana and Quinn's eyes widen and she tries to pull it out of Judy's hands before she can look.
Judy however holds onto the picture. Rachel is stood holding a baby Madeline in her arms. The thing that worried Quinn and Santana was the fact that Quinn was holding both of them in her arms, and was leaning her head down her lips connecting with those of Rachels.
"Mom, I..."
Judy puts up her hand and looks up at her daughter. "Is this Rachel Berry?" She asks softly and Quinn grabs hold of Santana's hand in support, knowing that this could be the end of her reunion with her mother.
"Uh, yes it is."
"I saw her yesterday. She's doing pretty well for herself isn't she?" Quinn's eyes widen.
"Wait you saw her yesterday? Where?" Quinn asks quickly.
"It was at the store. She was there with one of her fathers."
"She's in Lima?" Quinns eyes fill with tears and she looks to Santana who nods.
"I'll text Puck. See what he knows." Santana whips out her phone and begins to text away.
"Why do you not know if she's here in Lima if you two are together?" Judy says. "I assume you are together?"
Quinn shakes her head. "We were. We broke up when Madeline was 2."
"Oh."
"Mom... are you okay?"
Judy nods and looks at the next picture where Rachel and Madeline were smiling brightly at the camera. It was one of the last pictures taken before they broke up.
"I can't say I'm not shocked, but you looked happy."
"I was." Quinn says. "Very happy."
"Madeline is beautiful Quinn."
"Thank you. Mom, we are having a party for Maddie tommorow at the Puckerman's house. I would love it if you could come?"
Judy nods and hands the pictures back to her daughter who puts them into her pocket. "I would love that thank you."
"Puck says Rach is back for a month. Her show has a haitus and she is home to see her parents." Santana says showing Quinn the text.
"Oh." She looks up at her mother. "Do you have any questions mom?"
"Are you... are you gay or was it just an experiment?"
Quinn smiles. "I'm gay mom. Rachel Berry is my soul mate, and if I have it my way, hopefully Santana will take me around to the Berry's after this?" Santana nods with a smile.
"Already told Puck to watch over Madeline a bit longer. Hopefully the two of them haven't already got into too much trouble."
"Oh god I can only imagine."
"Is this Madeline's father?"
Quinn nods and picks out the pictures again and searches through the pictures until she finds the one of Madeline and Puck and hands it to her mother. "Here. He's a good dad but he seems to find trouble and Maddie follows in his footsteps."
"She looks so much like the two of you."
"Is that a good thing?" Santana asks with a laugh. "Look we better get going if we are going to the Berry's Q."
Quinn nods and wraps her arms around her mother.
"I'll see you tommorow right?" Judy nods. "!2 o'clock. I love you mom."
Judy hugs her daughter tighter. "I love you too."
Berry House
"Deja vu" Quinn says with a smile. She lifts her arm up and knocks on the door in front of her. The door is quickly flung open and she comes face to face with both male Berry's, Joe hugging Elijah from behind as they both laugh loudly making Quinn smile remembering this site from the time when she lived here. "Hey Joe, Lije."
Both men stop laughing at the sight of the blonde and brunette in front of them and within seconds the smaller one of the two men, Elijah has jumped into Quinns arms and is hugging Quinn with all of his might. Santana is pulled straight into Joe's arms, making the tough girl laugh loudly.
"What are you two doing here? God we've missed you both." Elijah says as he cups Quinn's cheeks in his hands. "Let me look at you. Still beautiful as ever. You too San."
"Thanks Eli." Santana says as she snuggles into the tall black mans arms feeling very safe in this man who became a father figure to her near the end of her High School years.
"What are you guys doing back in Ohio for?"
"I'm sure you know what tommorow is?" The men look at each other and sigh.
"Madeline's 7th birthday."
Quinn nods. "We're in town as Mrs Puckerman wanted to be around Madeline for one birthday." She sighs. "I would... my mother said she saw you two yesterday at the store, with a certain um well diva." She says the last bit with a small smile remembering Rachel.
"What Q is trying to say is, is Rae here?" The Berry men look at each other and have a silent conversation before Joe sighs and shakes his head.
"She's out of town for today. Around her grandparents house." Quinn sighs knowing that these men wouldn't lie to her even if the girl was upstairs.
"Oh. When will she be back?"
"Tonight. Ooooh, you should stay Quinnie. It'll be a lovely surprise for when she gets home." Elijah says clapping his hands happily. "Do you still love our daughter?"
Quinn nods. "Never stopped Elijah."
"Please stay."
"I don't want to intrude on her life guys. What if she doesn't want me anymore?"
Elijah rolls his eyes. "Shes still in love with you too Quinn. She's just gotten out of a strange relationship but she still loves you."
"God... San what do I do?" Quinn asks turning around to look at her best friend.
"Go get your girl Quinn. I've watched you mope around for the last 5 years over Rach and it's about time that you get her back. Puck will watch over Maddie tonight, go get her tiger." She says with a bright smile making both of the men laugh.
"Okay, okay."
"God dads, she's seriously more insane than she was the last time I went to visit her. If I had to deal with her telling me I need to eat more, one more time I think I would have strangled her myself." Rachel says as she walks through the front door and into the living room.
The Berrys wanted to surprise Quinn so when they heard Rachel's car pull up, they made Quinn turn off the light whilst she sat in the living room, whilst they went upstairs to bed.
"Dads?" She asks when she can't see any lights on. "That's strange. Oh god, I really don't want to know what they're doing." She flicks on the light switch however doesn't turn around to where Quinn is sitting until she hears a creak from behind her. She turns around slowly and her heart comes up into her mouth at the sight in front of her.
To her Quinn has never looked more beautiful. Dressed in a tight pair of jeans and loose fitted top, her hair let loose as it tumbles down her back. The last time they had seen each other, Quinn had a small bob however she's obviously gone back to her original look.
"Qu... Quinnn?" She says when she finally finds her voice. "What are you doing here?" She asks and Quinn smiles at the tone of her voice. Rachel's voice is a lot more high pitched than normal and Quinn knows how nervous the girl actually is.
"I'm here to see you." Quinn wipes her sweaty palms on her jean clad legs and stands up and walks over to where Rachel is standing.
"I... why now?"
"Truthfully?" Quinn asks and Rachel nods and rolls her eyes. "I'm here in Lima for Madeline. Santana litterally dragged me to see my mother who said she saw you and your fathers in the store yesterday." Quinn sighs. "I then came over here and your fathers came up with this whole surprise thing."
Rachel smiles softly. "Why did you come over here?"
"To see you. Rach, I told you I would come and find you."
"What if I'm taken?"
Quinn smiles. She remembers Rachel's defensive streak and this was it showing. "Well then, I'm very happy for you. What's their name?" She asks and sees Rachel chew on her bottom lip, trying to work out if she should lie or not. "You should know however, I've been here for the last 4 hours. Your fathers might have filled me in on every aspect of your life in the last few years."
Rachel sighs loudly and blows her bangs out of her eyes. "They're never on my side when it comes to me and you."
"Does that mean there is a me and you?" Quinn asks happiness shining in her eyes.
"What happened to quiet and pensive Quinn?"
"Completley and utterly gone." She says with a bright smile. "Rae?"
Rachel looks up with a smile at the use of her nickname. "Yeah."
"I love you." Tears fill Rachel's eyes when she hears this.
"Quinn, you can't do this. You can't come back and just expect us to fall into each others arms." She says tears falling down her cheeks. "We've been apart for 5 years, are you sure I even feel anything for you anymore?"
"Do you?" Quinn asks her original confidance haven disapeared.
Rachel throws her hands up in the air and huffs in frustration. "Of course I do." She huffs again. "It's not that easy Quinn."
"You love me and I love you. I live in New York, so do you. You are the mother of my daughter. It seems pretty simple to me."
Rachel sighs. "Why do you always have to be the voice of reason?"
"Cause I'm awesome."
"You really have been spending too much time around Puck, Quinn." Quinn shakes her head.
"Nah this is all Madeline."
Rachel looks down at the mention of her daughter. "How is she?"
Quinn steps foward and hesitantly reaches out for Rachel's hands, and when Rachel takes them she smiles brightly. "She's a mini you Rach. Seriously, she loves all things musicals, apparently you showing her everyone under the sun despite being 18 months old, payed off."
Rachel chuckles at this knowledge. "Whom does she look like?"
Quinn reaches into her back pocket where she put the pictures earlier and finds the most recent one of Madeline and shows it to Rachel who takes it with a smile. "She's all you. Look at her. She's so beautiful Quinn."
"She's really smart as well Rach. She's a dancer as well. She's an amazing kid."
"I'm proud of you for raising her. She looks so happy."
"She is. She's a very happy kid. Always getting into troubel though. Apparently Puck for a father and Santana for an Aunt really has rubbed off on her." She smiles. "You'll love her though."
"Quinn what do you want with us?"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you wanna get back together?" Quinn sighs and pulls her hands away from Rachel so she can fiddle with them.
"Your my soul mate Rach." She says as she looks up at the love of her life. "I've never stopped loving you and I don't think you've stopped loving me either?" Rachel nods in confirmation. "Lets try. For once in our life we need to go slow and not jump into whatever this is too quickly. For my sake and for Madeline's and most importantly yours."
"Shouldn't we have jumped into each others arms and ended up in bed together by now?"
"Probably, and I want nothing more than to kiss you right now and re-learn your gorgeous body upstairs in the bed we shared for two years..." Rachel blushes at this. "... but I want to take it slow."
"Do you really?"
Quinn shakes her head. "No." She looks down at their hands which have again found each other.
"Kiss me." Rachel begs.
"No." Rachel looks up in shock. She doesn't think Quinn has ever denied kissing her before. "If I kiss you I don't think I'll be able to stop."
"Oh."
"It's been years since I've got to kiss you Rach, the one chance I get to kiss you I want at least a few hours of your time just in case I can't stop."
"You've become a casanova."
Quinn chuckles at this. "I'm going to go back home. I expect to see you and your dad's at Puck's house at 12 tommorow." She lifts her hand and brushes it through Rachel's hair and smiles down at the other girl. She then bends forward and kisses Rachel's forehead. "I love you."
"I love you too Quinn."
Quinn turns around and walks out of the room, and Rachel sits down on the nearest chair and lets out a happy laugh at the thought of being back together with the girl of her dreams.
Puckerman House, Next Day
Quinn stands in the hallway with Madeline on her hip. The little girl at the moment was the only reason why she wasn't running for the hills, she was her support if you will.
"I'm excited mommy." The 7 year old says as she rests her head on her mother's shoulder.
"Me too baby." She jumps her daughter up and down. "Me too."
"You look nervous."
"I'm very nervous Maddie. I hope today goes well."
Madeline nods her head and Quinn can feel her sigh. Madeline raises her head so she can look into Quinn's eyes. "Do you think she'll like me mommy?"
Quinn blows out a breathe of air and leans forward to kiss the top of Madeline's head. "Who baby?"
"Mama and Grandma. Do you think they'll like me?"
Quinn sighs and smiles brightly at her daughter. "I know they will love you baby. How could they not?"
"Thank you mommy."
There's a knock on the door and from the blonde hair, Quinn knows it's her mother. Puck comes towards his two 'girls' and takes Madeline out of Quinn's arms not before putting her on her feet in front of him. He wraps his big guns around her neck and she holds onto his elbows as he leans down to kiss the top of her head.
Quinn opens the door and smiles at her mother who embraces her youngest daughter into a tight hug. "Thank you for inviting me sweetheart."
"Your welcome mom." She says when they pull back. "You remember Puck?" Judy nods and glares at the man in the room.
"Nice to see you again Noah."
"You too Mrs F." Madeline is bouncing up and down under his arms and he chuckles at the excitement the little girl is showing. "This is Madeline." Judy smiles down at the little girl and bends down to her level.
"Nice to meet you Madeline. I'm, well your Grandma." Before she knows it, Madeline is in Judy's arms hugging her grandmother tightly and Judy is kissing the top of her granddaughters head.
"Call me Maddie, Grandma." Maddie says as she hugs the older woman tightly. Judy bends down and swiftly picks up the smaller girl and twirls her around making Madeline chuckle. There is a knock on the door and Quinn can't hide her excitement, however for some reason or another she can't get her body to step forward and open the door, so Puck does it for her.
"Jewberry." He says, lifting his arms open wide and smiling down at the short woman who giggles and hugs the manchild tightly.
"Noah." She says kissing his cheek when his head comes down low enough. "Look at your hair. You actually have a sensible hair cut." She runs her hands through his hair and tugs on the ends of it. "Looking good Noah."
"You too Jewberry. Your actually filling out a bra now." With this the hand that she just pulled away from his head comes back down hard with force. "Ow." He holds onto his head. "I mean it though Rach, you look beautiful."
"Thank you Noah." Noah steps out of the way and Quinn finally steps forward and embraces Rachel tightly, kissing the top of her head. "Hey princess."
"Hello angel. Thank you for coming Rach."
"I wouldn't be anywhere else." She pulls away and smiles at her girl. "Dad and Daddy will be here in a bit. They're just picking up a surprise for a certain someone." With that she turns around and looks at Madeline who is now stood on the floor with Judy's hands on her shoulders. "Hey my little gold star."
Quinn had told Madeline all about what Rachel used to call her and what that name meant to Rachel. Due to this, Madeline absolutley loved that nickname and the bright smile on her face shows that.
"Mama." The little girl says as she causiously steps forward. Quinn holds out her hand and Madeline quickly takes it and hides her face into her mothers stomach.
"Baby what's wrong? Your never this shy." Quinn looks down at her little girl and runs her hand throguh her sandy blonde hair.
"Iwanthertolikeme" The little girl mumbles.
"What was that sweetheart?"
Rachel however understood what the smaller girl said and bends down onto her knees so she's level with Madeline. "Madeline sweetheart?" The girl turns around so she faces Rachel. "You have nothing to worry about, I love you more than anything in this world, of course I'm going to like you."
With this statement Madeline flies into Rachel's arms, and the taller girl holds on tightly as she feels her daughter in her arms again for the first time in 5 years. "I love you mama."
"I love you too my little gold star." Rachel pulls away and smiles at Madeline. "I can't believe you are 7 today. Happy Birthday baby girl."
"Thank you for coming mama."
"I wouldn't be anywhere else." She wraps her arms around the little girl again holding on as tight as possible. The doorbell rings and Rachel turns around to open up the door revealing her father's holding a big birthday cake.
"Happy birthday Maddie."
Madeline runs over and looks at the cake which is beautifully decorated with her name on it. "Thank you." She says quietly looking up at the two men with confusion in her eyes. Rachel decides to step in.
"Baby this is your Grandpa and Pop. They are my fathers." Madeline looks up at them again this time with happiness in her eyes.
"It's nice to see you again Madeline. You look a lot like your mother sweetheart."
"Thank you."
It's now dark and Madeline was finally in bed, having worn herself out from the fun she had all day with Judy, Rachel, Elijah and Joe.
Quinn and Rachel are currently sat outside trying to enjoy their last moments together before Rachel had to go back home. They are sharing a sun lounger, Rachel in between Quinn's legs and Quinn's chin resting on the top of Rachel's head.
"She is the most amazing kid ever." Rachel says bringing them out of their quiet moment.
"You are slightly biased Rach."
Rachel chuckles at this. "Maybe but she is truly exceptional Quinn."
"Thank you."
"You know she asked me if she was gonna see me again, I said it was down to you." Quinn furrows her brow.
"I love you Rach. If you'll have me I will love you for the rest of my life."
"Can I kiss you now?" Rachel asks as she turns to look up at Quinn, who shakes her head and sighs.
"My mother is inside probably watching us right now Rach." She smiles "She is really struggling with me being gay, but, oh fuck it, come here." She brings her lips down onto Rachel's and hesitantly brushes them over the other girls, trying to keep it slow, however Rachel was not having any of that and quickly flips over and brings her lips down even harder on Quinn's and introduces her tongue to the equation and making Quinn's come into play as well. Quinn forgets all about the idea of her mother and Rachel's fathers just being inside of the house and can only concentrate on the woman of her dreams kissing her like her life depends on it. They kissed many times over the 2 years that they were together, and this was easily one of the most passionate and amazing kisses they have ever had, apparently 5 years has really changed them both for the better.
Quinn pulls away breathing heavily and bends her head down to join their lips again slowly but no where near as passionately. She pulls away again and rests her forehead on Rachel's. "We're being watched." She whispers as she clocks her mother, Puck and the Berry's watching them from the kitchen window.
Rachel looks over slightly, not wanting to break the connection that they have and sees the four people stood there smiling brightly at the scene in front of them. "That was amazing."
"Mmm." Quinn leans forward to kiss Rachel again but stops herself before they can make contact. "This is what I was worried about. I don't think I'm gunna be able to stop now that I've got your lips back."
Rachel pulls back, pretending to be offended. "So that's all you want, my lips?"
Quinn giggles. "Oh yeah. They're like the most amazing things in the world."
"Hmmm, I might say the same for yours." She blows out a puff of air. "Slow. We've got to keep this slow."
Quinn groans and pulls back even further. "I hate that word. Can't we just ignore what we decided earlier?" Quinn begs.
"No. I expect some dates before you get another kiss like that. How long are you back in Lima for?"
Quinn looks down at her hands. "Only until Sunday. We all have to get back to work on Monday morning, if it wasn't for my assistant I wouldn't have been able to come up this week. Being my own boss doesn't allow for me to have much time off."
"Does it allow you to have time off in the evenings?" Quinn nods. "Well then, I'm back next Friday. I expect you to take me out on a date then." Quinn lets a bright smile cover her face and she leans forward to kiss Rachel quickly.
"Sounds perfect. I love you Rach."
"I love you too princess."
Quinn stands up off the sun lounger and holds out her hand for Rachel to take so they can walk back into the kitchen where the four occupants pretend, badly, to be doing something else. "You ready to get going dad, daddy?" Rachel asks innocently. The two men are beaming happily and the taller of the two, Joe walks over to the two girls and embraces them tightly.
He leans down to whisper in Quinn's ear. "It may take awhile, but your mother is a happy gay parent in the making." Quinn chuckles and kissing the tall mans cheek.
"Thank you dad."
"I better get going." Rachel says turning her body so she can hug Quinn quickly. "It was nice to meet you Judy, and Noah I'll see you soon." He salutes to her and Judy smiles softly, while Rachel and her dad's walk out of the room, followed by Noah.
Quinn walks to her mother and embraces her tightly, letting a few tears fall down her cheeks, which ultimatley Judy feels on her neck. "Baby..." Judy says as she reutnrs the embrace. "What's wrong?"
"Happy tears mom" Quinn says as she blinks her eyes quickly to try and get rid of the tears. "Very happy tears. I have my mother, my girl and my daughter all here in one house for the past 10 hours. I think this is possibly the best day of my life, minus Madeline's birth of course."
Judy flinches at the word 'my girl' and Quinn feels it and steps back from the hug and looks at her mother. Judy knows what's coming so talks before Quinn can get a word in. "I'm trying sweetie. I really am. Rachel is a lovely girl and I love her fathers, but it's hard finding out your daughter is no longer... well straight." With this she lifts her hand and brushes Quinn's hair behind her ear.
"I know mom and I'm sorry you had to witness that outside." Judy shakes her head.
"No. Don't be." Quinn looks confused. "I think I needed to see that, to see that what you and Rachel have perfect, well albeit complicated but the two of you together makes sense."
Quinn beams at this news. "That means everything mom. Thank you."
Puck walks back in, looking around to see if the room is clear of tension. "Okay to come in?"
Quinn laughs and turns to her 'baby daddy'. "Yeah sure. Today went pretty well considering. Your mom didn't call me a disapointment once today."
Puck smirks. "Oh she did. Just to me rather than to your face this time." Quinn nods her head, not expecting anything less. "It was a brilliant day though. I don't think I've ever seen Maddie this happy." He admits. "Having two Grandmothers, her grandfathers, both of her mothers and me in attendance was perfect for her."
Quinn smiles. "Thank you Puck." She snuggles into her mother who holds her daughter in her arms. "Mom you know you can ask me anything?" Quinn says when she sees her mother looking between the two other people in the room.
"Were you two ever a couple after..." She swallows "You know."
Quinn looks to Puck who shrugs. "We tried it but it really didn't work."
Puck scoffs. "She may be my baby mama, but most of all she's my best friend. It was like dating my sister."
"What do you think of Rachel, Noah?"
Puck looks to Quinn who shrugs knowing that Puck is one of Rachel's biggest fans. "She is amazing Mrs Fabray."
"Judy please. You are the father of my granddaughter after all."
"Seriously though Judy, Rach is my Jewberry. When Quinn and Rachel broke up I lost one of my best friends. Rachel is one of the kindest people in the world Judy and she loves your daughter and granddaughter more than anything in this world. They'll be safe with her." Puck says showing his true colours for once. With this statement he leans down and kisses Quinn on the cheek. "I better get off to bed. I'm up at 6am for clean-up duties with mom." He groans.
"Good night Puck."
"Night Noah." Judy says watching the man child walk out of the room. "He's certainly grown up."
Quinn chuckles. "I wouldn't go that far but he does love Rach."
"I better get back. It was lovely to see you again baby." Judy hugs Quinn tightly taking in the feel of her daughter in her arms again. "I hope I get to see you again sometime this week."
"Tomorrow okay?" Judy looks up with hope in her eyes. "Rae is looking after Madeline all day. Getting them to try and become as comfortable as they used to be. I would love to come and do the same with you?" Judy nods and wipes the tears from her eyes.
"That'll be lovely sweetheart."
"I'll see you around midday then. Thank you for coming mom."
"Goodnight Quinnie." Quinn smiles at the nickname and watches her mother out of the house
Fabray House
Quinn knocks on her mother's door and then stuffs her hands into her jeans pockets. She has just dropped Madeline off at Rachel's house, which was difficult as all Quinn wanted to do was lock the brunette in her room and re-learn everything about her.
Judy flings open the door and Quinn smiles at the happiness on the older woman's face. It's been a long time since Quinn has been this happy to step over the threshold of the Fabray house, but at this moment in time, she can't wait to get in the house and tell her mother about her life.
"Quinnie." Judy opens her arms and Quinn walks into them and hugs her back tightly. She looks over Judy's shoulder and sees Dianna her Nana stood there looking even more excited to see Quinn than Judy despite the fact she only saw her a few months ago.
"Hey Nana." Quinn steps forward and hugs her nana and kissing her on the cheek. "It's great to see you again."
"Judy says you're back with Rachel?" Dianna asks bouncing on her heels in excitement.
"Sorta. We're taking it slow."
"Slow?" Dianna asks with wide eyes. "Do you and Rachel know how to do slow?"
Quinn chuckles. "Probably not but it's the angle we're taking for now. Maddie is over with her now."
"I would love to see Rachel again. She owes me a visit." Dianna sternly says.
"I'll tell her. So what do you two want to do today?"
Berry House
"Oh my god mama. You have the best musical collection ever." The 7 year old exclaims excitedly as she looks over the large collection of DVD's. "Mommy only lets me get a few of them."
"Well don't worry sweetheart. I have plenty more of these DVD's back in New York."
"Really?" Maddie's eyes widen to the size of saucers and she runs over to Rachel and hugs her waist tightly. Even at 7, Madeline was nearing Rachel's shoulders at an alarming pace, it was obvious the girl got her height from her father.
"Oh yeah." Rachel runs her fingers down the girls sandy blonde hair. "What do you want to do today my little gold star?"
"Can we watch some tv mama? Please?"
"A girl after my own heart." Rachel goes around to the couch and lays down on it and Madeline takes the initiative and snuggles up next to her mother, feeling very comfortable with the other woman despite having 5 years apart from Rachel. "Madeline, I love you so much sweetheart."
"I love you too mama."
Elijah walks into the room and smiles at the sight in front of him. He takes out his mobile phone and takes a picture of the scene in front of him. "You alright girls? Can I get you something to eat?"
"We're fine daddy."
"Yeah Grandpa, we're fine thank you." Eli holds a hand over his heart when he hears the little girl call him Grandpa without a second thought. He has waited many years to hear that from the younger girls mouth and now she was here, he didn't want to allow Quinn or the little girl to go anywhere.
"Alright then. Call me if you need me girls."
Airport
Madeline is currently clinging to Rachel as they say goodbye before the two blondes get on the plane back to New York. Quinn was currently breathing heavily in a seat, trying to get her emotions in check, so she didn't show her daughter how afraid of flying she actually was.
"Come back with us mama."
Rachel tries to hold the tears at bay. It was already obvious that the girl had a great hold over the brunette, but this was one thing she couldn't do. "I can't sweetheart. I'm back next weekend though. Only 6 days and you'll get to see me again."
"Promise?"
"I promise you baby."
Madeline smiles and kisses her mother on the cheek. "Good. I'll miss you mama."
"I'll miss you too." The intercom comes on telling them that their flight back to New York is ready to board, so Rachel carries over Madeline to Quinn and smiles down at the panicking blonde woman. "You okay princess?"
"Mommy doesn't like flying."
"Really? Since when?"
Quinn looks up and Rachel's heart breaks at the fear in her eyes. "Since forever."
"You were fine when we went on that trip a few years back."
"It's escalated over the years. I'm now a full blown wreck on a plane. Even if it's just to New York from Ohio."
Rachel puts down Madeline and steps into Quinn's personal space. The blonde woman stands up and smiles at her girl. "I'm going to miss you." Rachel says as she tucks a strand of hair behind Quinn's ear.
"I'll see you Friday night angel."
"I know." She leans down and kisses her softly, not wanting to kiss too much knowing she won't be able to stop. "You better go board." She stands back as the two blondes link hands and walk towards the boarding gate.
A/N: I've decided to split this into too parts. The next one should be up in the next few days. Hope you like and please review.