A/N: Just wanted to say a big thank you to your comments, it's really good for me to see your reactions to the story and how many of you have alerts to the updates! I know quite a few of you are confused by the format of the story - I've kinda changed the description of the story to help. As we get further into the story you'll find there's a mix of flashbacks (like this chapter) and 'modern day' stuff as it were - to show how the girls got into their predicament they're in.
I hope that makes it all a little clearer. Enjoy!
8. Closer
The raindrops hammered down as they ran back to Quinn's dorm room, Rachel following closely behind trailing from the blonde's fingertips. She guided her up the slippy rain-sodden steps. The key twisted easily in the lock and the giggling girls spilled into the room. The rain pounded angrily against the windows, making them feel protected in their warm shelter. Quinn disappeared for a second, retrieving towels for both of them. She offered one to Rachel.
She smiled reaching out to take the towel from Quinn's outstretched hand. 'Thanks.'
Their damp fingertips brushed together for a second exchanging the towel and it sent an odd sensation curling up Quinn's arm, just like the one at the Violets game. The smaller girl paused simply smiling at the blonde, those deep chocolate button eyes burning into her, causing her to pause as their eyes locked on to each other.
The old beige phone began to ring on the wall loudly, interrupting the short silence which had formed between the two girls. Quinn jumped slightly and immediately retreated to the phone on the wall. Rachel's eyes wandered around the other girl's dorm, trying not to eavesdrop on the call.
'Hey baby, yeah I just got home…the rain is crazy here! No I'll be okay, just gonna call it a night now and cart myself off to bed…yeah I'm exhausted too. Okay, yeah I'll call you tomorrow when I'm a bit more awake…yeah okay…okay, you too, bye.' She replaced the phone on the hook and turned smiling to a dripping Rachel, whose clothes were fitting very snugly to her small frame.
'I…I guess I should just get going if you wanna get to bed…' The brunette uttered uneasily.
'No, no we'll hang out. Just make yourself at home.' Quinn smiled politely as she rubbed the back of her neck with the white towel. 'I'll just fix up the popcorn.'
When Quinn returned, large yellow bowl of popcorn in hand, she found Rachel sitting on the old couch stripped down to her electric blue running shorts which grazed the very tops of her toned thighs and her varsity tee. She set the bowl of popcorn down between them on the couch and the brunette jumped a little. 'Sorry I…I put my pants on the radiator, I couldn't get dry…' She pointed to the white radiator under the dark window to illustrate her point.
She smiled in response. 'It's fine, wear whatever you want!' She reached up and pulled the patchwork quilt over them from the back of the couch. 'This should warm you up.' She reached forward to the remote and pressed play on the DVD. Rachel pulled the cover up over her chest. 'Thanks Q…'
She looked across at the shivering girl. Her eye make up had smudged slightly in the rain, making her eyes look darker and more striking than she'd ever seen. Her grey varsity tee was split a little provocatively low, down over her chest, revealing just a little glimpse of a red bra which Quinn couldn't help but notice. She tried to ignore it, but she noticed that the girl was still shivering half an hour into the movie.
'Are you cold?' She whispered to the girl in the dim light.
'I'm…I'm okay, I'll be okay.' She responded trying to shake it off. Quinn took a sharp intake of breath before reaching out with her right hand and rubbed across the girl's left bare bicep. The skin under her fingertips was considerably colder than her own, and she thought she saw goose pimples spread under her touch.
'You're freezing…'
'No, no I'm okay…'
She moved her fingers along the smaller girl's skin and the goose pimples were undeniable. She moved her hand away from the girl and used it to shift more quilt towards her. 'Here, wrap yourself up, you're freezing!'
'But I don't wanna take all your quilt, you'll get cold.' She protested.
'I'll be okay, just get yourself warmed up.'
She gripped the side of the quilt, taking the whole thing with her as she rose to her feet. Before Quinn could question what she was doing she took the popcorn bowl in her free hand and sat back down on the couch leaving no space between the two girls forcing Quinn to place her arm behind the smaller girl against the back of the couch. She placed the rest of the quilt back over the taller girl's lap and gave her that same toothy smile from the basketball game.
'So neither of us has to be cold.' She chirped.
Quinn cleared her throat uncomfortably before spotting the bottle on the coffee table in front of them. 'Wine…?'
The girl looked from the bottle, to the taller girl and back to the bottle before nodding. 'Sure.'
She leaned forward. 'I'll just get some glasses…'
The other girl smiled and took the bottle from the table. She shook her head. 'No need.' She unscrewed the bottle cap and took a swig straight from the bottle and gasped slightly at the sharp taste before passing it back to Quinn. At first she was a little dubious, but as the other girl watched, she just shrugged and accepted the bottle with her free left hand and took her own gulp. The girls passed the bottle back and forth until a familiar hazy dizzying warm feeling filled them both.
The movie was about half way through, and Rachel was comfortably leaning into the warm side of the blonde, her arm still draped around her middle.
'Are you warmer now?' Quinn whispered to the girl.
She turned her head and was met with the side of the taller girl's neck and she hummed a breathy 'Mhmm…' Quinn felt her breath on the side of her neck and slightly inhaled at the warm sensation. Rachel noticed her slight reaction and let out another 'Hmm…' She looked up at the taller girl's face and Quinn closed her eyes briefly before clearing her throat silently and letting out the breath she had been holding.
She turned her head into Quinn's neck again but this time something strange came over her. Her peach lips parted and she let her teeth drag lightly against the taller girl's pale neck. Quinn let out a shallow breath as the red marks left by the soft graze was replaced by a soft kiss over the same spot to her neck. She turned her head back to the right, and sure enough, the pair of seductively dark eyes were watching her. Suddenly she was very aware she had her hand attached to the girl's still damp lower back. What happened next, she couldn't really explain, as if it were just reflex. Her right thumb began to rub small circles against the smaller girl's back and those dark eyes drifted to her lips, watching them. She took her cue, and tilted her head down and brushed the smaller girl's lips against her own. She hovered her lips for a moment, but that didn't last long.
The soft kiss quickly turned urgent, wanting. Quinn pressed against her harder, and the smaller girl took her cue to guide Quinn back into the arm of the old couch. She swung her right leg over Quinn's thigh, so she was now sitting astride the taller girl. Not forgetting to keep warm, she brought the quilt over her back so it wrapped around both of the girls.
The siren looked down at her, that peach pink mouth curling into a slight smile at the left corner, her chest rising and falling. Quinn put both hands on the bottom of the girl's back this time, thumbs making circles over her kidney area. Rachel reached down and crashed their mouths together, and rested her hands against the arm of the couch behind Quinn's upper arms, bringing their bodies that much closer together. She massaged the lips of the girl under her with her own until Quinn was finding it difficult to breath. Hungry for oxygen, she ran her fingertips up under the dominant girl's grey tee until she could feel delicate little shoulder blades, and then dragged her short nails all the way back down again. The girl's lips snapped away from her own as her back arched into Quinn's curled fingers and she let out a low breathy moan. Quinn inhaled a deep breath of oxygen, restoring the air to her needy lungs. She looked up and the girl above her was also panting lightly, her chin in the air, leaving her long light olive skinned neck exposed. She closed her eyes and placed careful soft kisses up the front of the exposed neck just above her, breathing in the light scent of raindrops that mingled with the scent of vanilla on her skin.
As if waking from the most vivid dream she'd ever had, a familiar noise began to ring. Her eyes immediately sprang open, her mouth leaving the girl's soft skin. She scrambled to the left, almost knocking the girl completely off her lap. She grabbed her phone off the coffee table and Lexie's face illuminated her phone screen. 'Lex…?'
'I didn't wake you, did I…?'
She shook her head. 'No, no, I was just…' She looked up at Rachel who had started to climb off her. '…I was just reading.'
'Oh, well I just wanted to wish you goodnight baby…'
Quinn chuckled nervously. 'Don't dream about me too much.' She smiled.
When she hung up she looked up to find Rachel standing, straightening herself out. She couldn't help but watch as the petite but curvy in all the right places girl walked over towards the window to retrieve her pants off the radiator. She looked out the window and let out a shallow sigh. Quinn took to her feet. 'Is it still raining…?'
The girl didn't turn around, just sighed and grunted lightly. 'Mhmm.'
She tried to walk over to the clearly uncomfortable other girl but she turned before she could even approach her. 'I better get going, Noah will be wondering where I'm at…'
Quinn's face fell and it was obvious the girls were thinking the same thing. Shit. Puck! A heavy weight pressed down on the blonde's chest as she realised just what they had done…what they could have done if Lexie's call hadn't interrupted them. Shit! Lex! She winced, at how suddenly she felt so shitty.