Here it is! The final act.
Don't worry, that sequel I promised (with their first time) is ready. I'll post very soon.
Thank you for reading!
The first rays of sunshine start illuminating the balcony as she gazes at the horizon. Right in front of her the sight of the Pacific Ocean, the Californian waters. She takes a deep breath, feeling the cool morning air invading her nostrils. Turning around and leaning her shoulder on the glass door she takes sight of another kind of beauty.
The wind blows softly as the white curtains flow in an airy dance.
She walks towards their bed with a smile on her face. She stops and stares at the naked goddess sleeping peacefully as her body displays the evidences of the wild and hot night they had.
It's not every day you get engaged right?
Rachel smiles as she spots the hickeys she made on Quinn's shoulders and neck and legs. Then she looks at the ring on her fiancée's finger.
Yes, she was the one that proposed.
Since the beginning she's developed this feeling of protectiveness towards Quinn she can't quite explain. Taking into consideration her previous relationships, before Quinn that is, they were all about her being worshiped; she wanted to be loved and cherished. With Quinn she feels this constant desire to be there for the blonde in any way. It's not that she doesn't love the fact that Quinn loves her just as much, but she is so happy that she'll spend the rest of her life cherishing Quinn.
"What time is it?"
She is brought out of her musings by Quinn's sleepy voice. She then climbs into the bed and crawls up and towards her fiancée.
"You don't want to know, trust me." She cuddles Quinn, spooning the blonde and kissing her cheek sweetly.
"Why are you awake?" She mumbles with her head on the pillow.
"I couldn't sleep..." Rachel says smiling and running the tip of her fingers up Quinn's arm tenderly.
"Why not?" Quinn rubs her nose and turns around as to look at her fiancée properly.
"Well, I proposed to my girlfriend a few hours ago and I'm still overjoyed."
"Oh really? And how did that go?"
"First, I took her to dinner because she just got cast in her first leading hole. So we were celebrating, and as I knew she was going to get it I planned everything weeks ago. So then I went to New York and me and Kurt went to buy the perfect ring from Tiffany's."
"Sounds wonderful. She said yes, I'm assuming."
"She couldn't deny me."
Hours ago...
"Thanks for supporting me, and for being there when I needed it the most."
"Always. I'm your number one fan. And the only fan you're going to be sleeping with."
"I'm serious."
"I am too. I knew you'd make it here."
She stretches her arm and holds Quinn's hand placing their joined hands over the table, exposing her wrist as well as the "Q" inked on her skin, this is a tattoo she will never remove, she is sure. The "Finn" tattoo? She got rid of it many years ago. Sure, Quinn didn't want them to have sex while Rachel still had it. However it was her intention to remove the tattoo anyway.
"Baby you're amazing. You're incredibly talented and beautiful, inside and out."
Quinn smiles bashfully as Rachel looks at her in the eyes with such love and adoration, like the blonde is her whole world.
"I am very happy and proud that you are accomplishing all these things. You deserve it; you've been through a lot in your life." She gulps nervously.
"Thanks..." Quinn frowns worriedly. "Are you okay? You seem a little tense..."
"Ladies. Your dessert." The waiter informs as he approaches their table.
"Thank you." Quinn smiles at the man and Rachel does the same. "So..." She trails off, encouraging Rachel to go on. "I know you." She adds lively.
"It's nothing." She caresses Quinn's hand with her thumb. "Tonight is a special night."
"It is." Quinn nods playfully. "I hope you know that we're going to celebrate some more at home."
"We certainly will." Rachel says suggestively.
They live together in a duplex at Malibu and their relationship is not a secret. Are there still prejudice? Yes. But after all they've been through they decided that they would never hide who they were, no matter what.
Since the beginning they had to put up with a little bit of extra attention, after all Rachel was starting her first steps towards stardom back then. And now with both of them living in L.A and Quinn making a name for herself, they are quickly becoming the tabloids favorite couple and the royalty of the gay community nowadays.
Of course they avoid all the attention as much as they can. And even though Rachel loves her celebrity status, when it comes to her relationship with Quinn, she is very overprotective and reserved. That's why she was extra careful when she was making her engagement ring purchase.
"Mm... That's really great..." Quinn says as she points to the chocolate pie she is eating. "What?" She asks her girlfriend, as Rachel is staring at her in a very fond way.
"Nothing." She smiles serenely.
They leave the restaurant soon after they finish their dessert.
"Could you open the champagne while I go upstairs?" Rachel kisses her girlfriend on the lips and heads upstairs.
"More champagne?"
"Yep, it's on the fridge. I bought it yesterday." She heads for the stairs. "Bring it here when you're done."
After she opens the bottle, Quinn takes two glasses and goes upstairs.
"Hey." She gets inside their bedroom; Rachel however, is in the spare room. "What are you doing?" She calls out as she fills their glasses and places the bottle on the nightstand.
"Just taking something." She walks in.
"Here's your glass." Rachel takes the glass and gives her girlfriend a peck on the lips. They toast.
"To you." She says joyful as Quinn smiles from ear to ear.
They both drink the champagne.
"I love you." Quinn says as she leans forward and presses their lips together. It starts slowly but soon the kiss gets more heated. But before it gets even more intense Rachel pulls away.
"I love you too." Rachel sighs and presses her lips in a thin line; the taste of Quinn's lips is inebriating to her. She takes both glasses and places them on the nightstand. "Come here." She holds Quinn hands and takes her to the balcony.
"Okay..."
When they get there she turns to her girlfriend and holds both of her hands.
"I made a promise to you one day. I promised I was going to love you unconditionally."
"You kept your promise."
"Do I make you happy Quinn?" Rachel asks seriously.
"Why?" Quinn gets confused.
"Do I?"
"Rach..." She starts but as Rachel continues to stare at her so intensely, waiting for an answer, she confirms. "Of course you do."
Rachel smiles tearfully.
"When I first started planning it, I thought about our past and how we got here. My life with you has been amazing so far. But I realized that-"
"What are you saying?" Quinn asks worriedly. Rachel squeezes her hand to calm her down.
"I realized that everything about us and our relationship is about small gestures, except maybe my performance at the round room."
She giggles lively and Quinn gets a little less concerned.
"Before you, love to me was about grand gestures. I wanted to be serenaded in front of the whole school or kissed at a very important competition."
Quinn rolls her eyes, but she smiles at the memory.
"So I decided that I didn't need much to do what I want to do. And I want to make you happy."
"You already do." She states tenderly.
"So make me happy."
She let go of Quinn's hands and takes the box tucked in her back pocket. Then she gets down on her knee.
"I didn't prepare anything fancy."
The first tears start to stream down Quinn's cheeks as she realizes what's about to happen. They are happy tears though.
"Just me. Here on my knee, promising that I'll love you unconditionally and I'll cherish you for the rest of my life." She opens the box and when Quinn sees the ring for the first time she sighs in bliss. "If you accept me, that is." She smiles nervously and then looks up into hazel eyes. "Quinn Fabray, will you marry me?"
With a mix of emotions, crying and smiling at the same time, Quinn wipes her tears and says:
"Yes." She chuckles through a sob. "Yes..."
Heart racing and shining eyes, Rachel stands up and presses their lips together in a passionate kiss.
"I love you." She locks their eyes onto each other. "So much... Nothing will break us apart. I promise I'll love you always."
She takes a deep breath and starts singing.
Did I drive you away?
I know what you'll say,
You say 'Oh, sing one we know,'
But I promise you this,
I'll always look out for you,
That's what I'll do
I say oh...
I say oh…
My heart is yours,
It's you that I hold on to,
That's what I'll do
I know I was wrong,
But I won't let you down,
Oh yeah I will, yeah I will
Yes I will
They broke up once, kind of, they were on a break. It was Rachel's idea, they were having jealousy issues. Quinn never really gave any reason for the Broadway star to doubt her, but that didn't put Rachel at ease. She let her insecurities get in the way, she was certain that Quinn would leave her at any moment, so she made a hasty decision.
I said oh,
I cry oh.
Yeah I saw sparks
Yeah I saw sparks,
They eventually got back together, to their friends and family's relief. Rachel was in a "Coldplay phase", so this became their song since she sang it to Quinn the night she apologized and said that the break was a stupid idea and that she wanted her girlfriend back.
And I saw sparks,
Yeah I saw sparks
Rachel caresses Quinn's cheek and tilts her head to put the ring on her fiancée's finger. She cups the blonde's neck and presses their lips together. When they pull away they smile at each other like fools.
"Now I'm going to make love to my fiancée."
"Lucky her." Quinn smirks as Rachel claims her lips and leads her to the bed to claim her everything else.
Back to now...
"I couldn't. I never could."
Rachel smiles knowingly.
"You know I had imagined lots of things in my twenty five years. I always knew you'd be part of my life. Or at least I hoped. But this..." She trails off as she kisses Quinn's forehead. "My imagination could never have concocted this on its own."
"Mm... my imagination never had that problem." She smiles playful. "Although I really never believed all these things could come true."
"Why not? You're so talented and-"
"I wasn't talking about that." She cuts Rachel off. "I'd never admit that of course. I was more stubborn than I should have been I suppose, but I always really wanted you to be part of my life too." She smiles. "The thing that I missed the most when we were on a break was our friendship; you were so distant and... We got distant; I was worried that we could lose each other for good..."
"I was an idiot. Deep down I knew that being close to you would make it impossible to keep that break. I don't know what I was thinking anyway."
"That's in the past now." She caresses Rachel's hair. "Let's stop talking about that because I'll start to remember certain things that I really don't want to."
Closing her eyes and sighing heavily, Rachel rolls off and looks up at the ceiling.
"I didn't mean to bring it back. It really is the past Rachel." She holds Rachel's waist and pulls the brunette into her. "Okay? I won't mention it again."
"I should be the one begging you." She draws her lips into her mouth.
"Rachel, I have already forgiven you, which is why we got back together. Besides it wasn't that big of a deal."
"I slept with somebody else." Rachel grumbles in annoyance.
"We were on a break and you only did that because of me."
"You didn't sleep with him."
The fact that Quinn didn't sleep with him, "him" being a very charming actor and Quinn's work colleague, didn't make much difference to Rachel. She was facing the worst part of her life. She was being criticized at work and her girlfriend was becoming one of the most desirable women in the country, it was her destiny Rachel knew that. What she didn't like was a certain kind of attention and then she became the clingy girlfriend. Quinn was free, Rachel couldn't say anything, but the fact that it was a guy, made everything even worse, because Rachel's insecurities were becoming a problem, they pushed her to make a stupid move.
"Do you want my jealous side to show up again? 'Cause really..." She cups Rachel's neck a little rough. "I don't want to talk about that fucking bitch when we just got engaged."
"Sorry. Although, I really like 'jealous Quinn'. She is kind of hot. I'm just annoying and clingy..." She pouts. "And stupid."
"Okay, I think we need to do something. And now it's the perfect time. I swear I'm over it. It was awful at the time. But we weren't together and I know that going out with him was a stupid thing to do because you were insecure and I knew that it was going to affect you. So I'm guilty as well. But end of story, it's been a year now. It's in the past... okay?"
She waits for Rachel answer.
"Okay. It's in the past." Rachel pushes Quinn back onto the mattress and gets on top of her. She starts kissing the blonde's neck as her hand wandered over her body.
"Rach..." Quinn moans quietly. "I'm kind of sore. My body hasn't recovered yet. You were insatiable tonight."
"Mmm... Was I?" She pulls away and props herself on her elbows.
"I'm serious." She taps Rachel's ass playfully. "Sleep time."
"Cockblocker..." Rachel smirks cynically.
"A particular area of my body says otherwise."
"Such eloquence. I think you meant your p-"
She is abruptly stopped by Quinn's hand covering her mouth.
"Stop. You start with your dirty mouth and I'll get turned on."
"And that's bad because..." Rachel trails off playfully.
"Because I had the best sex of my life a few hours ago and I'm tired so..."
"The best?"
"Mind blowing..." She kisses Rachel quickly on the lips and opens her legs as Rachel settles herself between them. "At least for me."
"It's definitively in my top 5."
"Top 5? Which one was the best then?"
"Our first time." Rachel smiles sheepishly.
"Aw... cheesy Rachel."
"Silly Quinn."
"Let's sleep you fool."
Rachel kisses her fiancée one more time and then she rolls off. Quinn spoons the brunette right away.
"2?"
"Hmm?" Rachel questions with her eyebrows furrowed.
"The list..."
"Drunk in love." She smirks. "You're blushing aren't you?"
"I'm not." Quinn denies, although she is blushing a little.
"That reminds me, you will definitely be doing that on our honeymoon."
"I won't play the stripper to Beyonce's song again baby."
"Why not? It was so hot."
"3?"
"We're not over this. I hope you know that."
Quinn dancing and stripping for her, dressed in the most erotic outfit ever? That's totally going to happen again.
"Tell me."
"Tonight."
She answers as Quinn moans slightly, biting Rachel's earlobe sensuously.
"4?"
"Quinn, are you checking if my top 5 are all with you?"
"No..."
Rachel slightly pushes the blonde with her back.
"Maybe."
"Baby you can ask me the top 100 then..."
"Why? Who is 101?"
Quinn lifts her head and looks at Rachel concerned.
"Uh... You?" Rachel says right away. "Baby I meant that there's nobody else to compare. The list is about my sex life with you. It doesn't involve any other experiences I had." She takes Quinn's hand and kisses it tenderly. "The night we got back together by the way."
"Oh yeah."
They giggle foolishly.
"5?"
"Santana and Brittany's bachelorette party."
"You mean after I had to practically shove that stripper off of your lap?" Quinn huffs.
"Exactly." Rachel giggles amused. "I have a thing for strippers I guess."
"We won't have strippers at our bachelorette party."
"Why not?"
"Because I'll be your stripper."
"Drunk in love 2.0 is a go?" She says excitedly.
"Yeah." Quinn nods. "Now let's sleep, I'm sure we'll spend the day answering all of our nosy friends' questions."
"Probably."
Quinn kisses Rachel's cheek playfully and closes her eyes. But then Rachel starts humming jokingly.
"Rach..." Quinn complains but she is smiling.
I've been drinking, I've been drinking
I get filthy when that liquor gets into me
I've been thinking, I've been thinking
Why can't I keep my fingers off you, baby?
I want you, na na
Why can't I keep my fingers off you, baby?
I want you, na na
"I love you." She says with a smile on her face.
"I love you too." Rachel says as Quinn holds her tighter. "Okay. Sleep now."
And they eventually fall asleep. Tomorrow they will have to share the news with the people they love, the people that have supported them since the beginning. Their real family and the family they found in their real friends.
The songs(i keep forgeting it):
Sparks (by coldplay)
Drunk in love (by Beyonce)
I finally did a Faberry proposal! What's funny is that this was the one unplanned. If you're reading my other fics (Life is about choosing paths and Every little thing) you know I still have to write their proposal there. And they are really nice. But I don't know I became really fond of this one although it's the most simple of them.
I know, I always write Quinn as an actress. I'm not ashamed of that though :)