The Winner Takes it All
Chapter 2
Here is chapter 2 I hope you guys are enjoying the story. Please review after you're done, expect after this chapter for things to scoot into the M category. That should be released soon, I have it all written down it just needs to get transferred onto the computer
A few hours and a drink or two later they were still in the sky somewhere over the Atlantic, Quinn was trying to non chalantly snuck looks into a few seats ahead of her. Should she go there and try to talk to Rachel? What if she doesn't want to see her? What if she wants to be left alone? It's not like Quinn could blame her, she did leave her alone in Lima to live her life without her and Finn and their marriage. That was another thing, where was Finn? Why was she here with Jessie? Was she going to meet up in Italy? Maybe they had broken up and she's with Jessie. All these questions plagued her so she signaled to the flight attendant for another drink hoping that one more glass of courage would help her
Meanwhile up in row 15 Rachel was nervously fiddling with her hands
"Why don't you go back there and talk to her?" Jessie asked grabbing onto Rachel's hands trying to still them
"Why should I?" Rachel asked "She's the one who took off after telling me that she would be there to support me and Finn"
"Yeah and all those times you went to visit her at Yale but chickened out at the last minute" Jessie smiled
"That's completely irrelevant" Rachel sighed
"Right" Jessie laughed "I'm sure she's as nervous to be around you as you are" he finished with a smile putting his earphones back on and closing his eyes
Rachel huffed out a breath. She loved Jessie more than favorite Prada bag, but sometimes he can be annoying. She couldn't talk to Quinn it would totally go against everything she stood for. Quinn was the one who left her and Lima behind, she's the one who took all of Rachel's feelings and rejected her. She glanced again behind her and saw Quinn sipping on cocktail. She smiled fondly at the blonde taking her in, she had kept her hair short but left it looking wild, and untamed almost like a lion's mane. She turned back around and heaved a heavy sigh undoing her belt. She stood up steeling her courage but was immediately stopped by the flight attendant
"I'm sorry ma'am but we're going to be landing soon so you need to return your seat" she smiled pointing Rachel back to her seat
"Foiled again?" Jessie laughed as Rachel nudged him in the ribs. Rachel buckled herself back into her seat and looked out the window as the lovely sights of Italy came closer into view. Tuscany was a beautiful was the perfect place for a wedding. They landed with a soft thud.
Twenty minutes of trying to get off the plane Jessie was leading Rachel through the corridor into the airport. They tried moving through customs as quickly as they could. A half an hour later they were out in the main part
"You made it!" Brittany squealed as she threw her arms around Rachel and Jessie
"Britt honey let them breathe" Santanna laughed pulling her fiancé off the pair "Nice to see you came" Santanna smirked
"Great to see you too Santanna" Rachel laughed hugging the Latina "Where is everyone else?"
"Finn and his new flavor of the month are still at the hotel screwing like bunnies, Sam and Mercedes are out in the town somewhere. I swear they're acting like it's the second honeymoon or some shit. Other than them I have no idea where else is" Santanna ticked off
"Yeah we're just waiting on Quinn" Brittany said looking over Rachel's shoulder for the other blonde
"I really hope she comes" Santanna smiled
"Well hope no more" Quinn laughed
"Well there you are Q" Santanna laughed, as Quinn set her carry on down and hugged Santanna "I almost thought you weren't going to show"
"Well I'm here now right?" Quinn smiled letting Santanna go and hugging Brittany
"What were we supposed to think" Brittany asked "I mean you did miss Mike and Tina's wedding"
"And Sam and Mercedes too" Santanna interjected "We had just figured you had forgotten about us"
"Well lets not make this anymore uncomfortable as this and lets get our bags" Jessie piped up and took Rachel's hand as they walked over to the luggage carousel Quinn followed the group a few steps behind and looked at Rachel and Jessie's interlocked hands. "Maybe they were a couple now?" Quinn thought to herself.
As they finally got their entire luggage they all followed Santanna out to the car she had rented for the duration of their stay
"So" Santanna started as she started the car "You've all made your reservations at the hotel I told you too right?"
"Yeah" The three of them answered "Good, I've got your dresses Quinn and Rachel" Brittany answered "I'm sure they are to the correct measurements you guys sent me, but if you want to we can try them on later"
"Britt I'm sure they all fit" Santanna answered "Besides, Kurt and Blaine have been painstakingly going over the small details including the bridesmaids dresses. I mean seriously Kurt and his pink eye is going to drive me insane. I told him the other day I wanted red and purple for the wedding and he shows up a few days later with twenty samples of different shades of the colors."
"Yeah they fought for two days over what kind of purple would go with red" Brittany laughed
"How was I supposed to know that it's not called eggplant" Santanna laughed
"I'm sure Kurt and Blaine will make the wedding special and magical" Rachel smiled putting her hand on the Latina's shoulder
"Good because I'm only going to marry Britts once" Santanna smiled as she kissed Brittany's hand that she was holding
"So what's the hotel called that we're staying at?" Jessie asked Rachel
"Villa Bonvinni" Rachel answered
"Yeah the hall where were getting married is like a mile away from it
"Ooh that sounds lovely" Rachel piped up, as she leaned back into the seat briefly catching Quinn's eye. Jessie had to stifle a laugh and was promptly nudged in the ribs
"All right the plan is to get you guys checked in and then go out dinner" Brittany said
"Great I'm starving" Jessie smiled "How bout you Quinn?" Jessie asked earning another nudge from Rachel. Jessie smiled and put an arm around Rachel.
Ten awkward minutes later they were inside the hotel and rolling their luggage behind them up to the concierge desk Brittany stood in the lounge waiting for them but furiously texting who Santanna could only guess was Blaine or Kurt by the way she was typing things out. Santanna went up to the desk
"Hi my friends are here to check in," Santana said trying to get the young mans attention
"Right" the man says "three bedrooms right?"
"Yes," Rachel answered
"Alright, here is your key" the man said handing Jessie a key "You're in 518 that's on the fifth floor"
"Thanks" Jessie said grabbing his keys and heading over to the bar that Brittany was at
"And your key" the man said handing Rachel a key to her room "You are on 620, and that's on the 6th floor" Rachel smiled and took her key and stood to the side to wait for Quinn, she figured if they were going to be in the same vicinity of each other she should at least be civilized. As Quinn stepped up to get her key the man had a worried look on his face "Uh oh" he said typing again at the computer
"What do you mean uh oh?" Quinn asked starting to panic a bit
"Um, it seems that we don't have anymore rooms available" he answered typing again at the computer
"How can that be, I made these reservations months ago" Santanna spoke up getting agitated. Brittany and Jessie joined the group
"What's the problem?" Jessie asked
"It seems that this jerk didn't do his work right now Quinn doesn't have a room to stay in" Santanna snapped
"I can always get a room at another hotel" Quinn suggested
"I'm sorry ma'am but with the holiday season there are not too many hotels that aren't booked solid" The man spoke up
"Great" Quinn sighed "What the hell am I going to do now?"
"Why don't you stay with Rachel" Brittany spoke up and everyone stared at her thinking she had lost her mind "I mean come on she has a king sized bed, I'm sure she wouldn't mind sharing it. Right Rachel?" she finished and everyone turned their attention to Rachel
"I guess we can do that" Rachel gave in
"Alright here is the extra key to that room" the young man said handing Quinn a key "I hope you enjoy your stay here"
The group headed to the elevator that would take them to their rooms and entered pressing the buttons that their rooms were on.
"So the plan is that you guys get settled in and we'll all go out and have dinner" Santanna said checking the time on her phone
"That sounds great" Jessie answered "I think I could do with a nice shower right now." The elevator stopped and Jessie got out waving at the others as he headed towards his room. The doors closed again and the four girls were there with just their thoughts until Brittany spoke up
"So Rachel are you nervous about seeing Finn again?" she asked, Santanna's eyes got as big as saucers and nudged Brittany in the ribs "What?" Brittany asked rubbing her side "I mean they haven't really said much to each other since Rachel decided not to marry him." Rachel couldn't believe the blonde she stood there with her mouth agape. Thank goodness for reaching her floor as the doors opened and Rachel and Quinn stepped out.
"Have fun girls" Santanna smirked as the doors closed leaving Rachel and Quinn staring at each other