That one's yours" Quinn told her, pointing to the bed with the black duvet. Rachel smiled and walked over to the bed, putting her stuff down carefully so she wouldn't mess up the blankets.
"Also there's a closet over there, but I'm not sure you can fit it all in there, seeing as you brought your house" Quinn announced then patted Rachel's bag. Rachel glared at the blond who now stood a few inches from her. "Well excuse me, if I took into consideration that you wouldn't want to do my laundry every two days" Rachel told her
well, it's good to know that the old Berry is still hidden in there somewhere" Quinn told her with a smirk. Rachel frowned. She had changed, more than Quinn would ever know.
Quinn watched as Rachel frowned and she knew she'd hurt Rachel." C'mon let's get your stuff set up in the closet, I'm sure we can make it fit" Quinn suggested. "No, no that won't be necessary Quinn, go catch up with everyone." the diva demanded.
Quinn raised an eyebrow."Well, if I go see Kurt, he will lecture me on what beauty products to use. Also I can hear Mercedes and Tina arguing already so ill stay out of that, but most importantly, I don't want to watch Santana straddle Brittany on my guest bed, so I think I'd much rather try and fit your house in my closet " Quinn told her smiling.
Rachel smiled lightly, and watched as Quinn carried her bags to the closet. Quinn was much different then she remembered, this really was going to be harder then she thought. The blond turned around and narrowed her eyes at Rachel. "If you thought I was going to do this all by myself, I'd much rather go watch Santana straddle Brittany" Quinn told her seriously. Rachel shook her head, sat next to Quinn, and began unzipping her bag.
Quinn watched as Rachel started pulling out sweaters and placing them in a neat piles. Quinn held in a chuckle. "What are you doing?" she asked and the brunette looked at her blushing. "I have to have all my clothes in order, sweaters with sweaters, dresses with dresses" she admitted. Quinn shrugged. "well I guess it s better than, argyle with argyle and knee high socks with knee high socks" Quinn told her smiling brightly.
Rachel glared at her. "you haven't changed much either" She told the blond, hitting her leg. Quinn opened her mouth wide. "well at least I don't call you treasure trail or man hands anymore" she shot back.
Rachel looked down. "Well that brought back, old memories" she told her.
"Rachel, I was just kidding" Quinn looked at her sadly. Rachel looked up at Quinn meeting her eyes. "Its weird hearing you call me Rachel" she told her honestly.
Quinn smiled down at the short brunette. "Is that a good thing?" she asked. Rachel nodded and began unpacking again.
Quinn was impressed. Rachel actually had some pretty nice clothes. Especially her dresses, but that was probably because her obsession with dresses. As they unpacked in silence Quinn snuck a glance at Rachel, she was putting her sweaters in the closet, smiling to herself. There was something different about Rachel, something much different.
Once they finished with Rachel's closet it was 7:30pm. The two girls headed downstairs and saw that everyone was sitting at the table already. "Took you two long enough, what the hell were you doing up there?" Santana asked suspiciously. Rachel blushed and looked away. "we were trying to fit Rachel's house in my closet" Quinn replied, staring at Rachel who caused the diva to blush more.
"Oh god, you should have seen her apartment in New York, did you fit everything in there?" Tina asked, smiling.
Quinn nodded but Rachel shrugged. "Well... almost everything, I slipped my pajamas under Quinn's bed." Quinn shot the diva a dirty look. "RACH, I was actually proud because I thought I got everything in there" the blond told her frowning slightly.
"When you went to the bathroom, I put them under there, I didn't want to over flow the closet." Rachel told her. Kurt cleared his throat. "okay, what are we eating I'm starving?" he asked and all eyes went on Quinn.
"don't look at me, I didn't cook" Quinn replied raising both hands. Santana rolled her eyes, and then took Brittany's phone out of her hands. "Pizza it is"
Kurt looked at them with wide eyes." I...I haven t eaten pizza in 3 years" He practically yelled. Santana winked at him. "who knew you'd take over, Tina's place as stutters" she announced. Rachel walked up behind Kurt and patted him on the back "you can manage a few slices" she told him smiling. Kurt frowned." fine but you have to deal with me tomorrow "he announced and rolled his eyes. "That's fine, I have to deal with San everyday" Brittany told them, giving the Latina a sweet smile. Thanks B" Santana whispered but leaned over and kissed Brittany on the cheek.
Mercedes took that as her shot. "So are you two, like together?" she asked, calmly. Santana looked over at Brittany, expecting her to answer. Brittany nodded her head. "Yes, were together" she told them beaming. Santana looked at Brittany and nodded her head in agreement.
Quinn glanced at both girls. "I'm so happy for you two, when did it become official?" she asked. It was Santana who answered this time. "well, we've kind of been together officially since senior year" she told them laughing, and all eyes went wide.
"WHAT? Why didn't you tell me?" Quinn yelled. Santana shrugged. "It wasn't anyone's business, but ours." she told them and Quinn nodded her head, understanding.
Rachel smiled at the couple, they were so adorable together. The doorbell rang, and Rachel fell backwards off of her chair, hitting the ground with a thud. The room erupted with laughter. Rachel stood up and narrowed her eyes at everyone. "glad to see, you haven't changed, Rach" Santana told her, clutching her sides from laughter.
"you're the second one to tell me that today" Rachel replied, and shot Quinn a dirty look, followed by a sweet smile. "Since I m up I guess I m getting the pizza" she announced and walked to the door, and took the pizzas from the young delivery boy, handing him a 50 dollar bill.
Rachel walked back to the table and Quinn stood up handing her a 50. Rachel brushed Quinn's hand away. "No its fine" the diva told her, and Quinn pushed the bill farther towards her. "Quinn, no" she told the blond sternly. Quinn took in the fact that she was defeated and handed out plates.
Rachel sat beside Kurt and directly across from Quinn. The diva took the first bite of her pizza and moaned, causing everyone to look at her. She blushed and gave them a goofy smile. "You know, Lima pizza is way better then New York" the brunette announced.
Tina raised her hand "I second that"
As they ate their pizza, everyone was in deep conversation. Tina was talking to Brittany, as Santana fed her. Mercedes was talking to Santana about L.A, while Quinn and Kurt were talking about California. Rachel smiled at her friends. She didn't mind listening to them all talk, she loved that they were doing this, no more fighting, everything was perfect. The diva looked over at Quinn and let out a heavy sigh.
Kurt seemed to notice her sulking, because he was now staring at her. "What's wrong Rachel?" he asked her. Rachel smiled at him. "Nothing I'm fine" she lied. He nodded but didn't turn away."How's New York treating you? He asked her, with serious eyes. She shrugged. "It's alright, I've gotten a few roles, and gigs here and there" she told him, and he beamed at her.
"Rach, that's great," he told her, sounding excited, but the diva shrugged. "Yeah it's pretty cool I guess" she told him, and he raised his eye brows. "Pretty cool? Rachel, this is what you've been wanting since you were two." He told her suspiciously.
Rachel took in a breath. "But it's not Broadway, I want Broadway, I need Broadway" she told him, knowing she was being selfish. He put his hand on hers. "you ll get there, I know you will, just be patient" he told her honestly. The Diva squeezed his hand. "Thanks Kurt, it means a lot" she told him.
Kurt smiled at Rachel, and then suddenly turned to Mercedes. "Spill" he demanded. Mercedes gave him her typical look. "Excuse me?" she asked. Kurt didn't move. " don't play dumb with me girl, there s no way you'd be this happy, and gone and lost all that weight if there wasn't a boy involved" he announced to the whole table. Mercedes turned to everyone, who was now involved in the conversation. "Well if ya'll must know, I am in fact in a relationship".
Tina squealed" MERCEDES, why didn't you tell me? We talk almost every day" she yelled. "His named Duncan Wright, he plays guitar, he's 6"1 and yes he is black" Mercedes told them ignoring Tina. Kurt turned his attention to Santana and Brittany, and put his hand out." You owe me 5 bucks" he told them.
Mercedes snorted. "What?" she asked. Kurt shrugged. "We took bets, I won" he told her and took the 5 dollars Santana was passing him. Mercedes shrugged and everyone began talking again.
Once they finished dinner, everyone moved to the living room. Rachel sat on the loveseat, and glanced around at her friends, noticing Quinn was nowhere to be found. She slid off the couch and tip toed into the kitchen. She found Quinn by the sink, doing dishes. The diva sighed and walked up behind the blond, poking her shoulder. Quinn spun around and put a hand to her forehead. "Jesus Rachel, you scared the hell out of me" she told the shorter brunette who stood in front of her. "Quinn you shouldn't be doing the dishes, we just got here" Rachel demanded.
Quinn shrugged" someone's got to do em" the taller blond replied. " Which should be Brittany and Santana, seeing as feeding each other left the table with more food, then in their mouths " Rachel stated. Quinn nodded then turned to Rachel." Well ill wash you dry?" the blond suggested. Rachel nodded, and began drying the plates Quinn passed her.
Ten minutes later, Quinn and Rachel walked back into the living room. Rachel smiled at the sight she saw. Mercedes and Tina were sitting on stools, deep in conversation, Kurt sat beside the fire place, texting, while Santana and Brittany sat on the loveseat. Brittany was laying half on the couch and half on Santana, with her head on the Latina's shoulder. Kurt stood up and walked in front of the couple just as Brittany's eyes began to close. "nu- uh, no sleep yet, it's our first night here" he announced before running up the stairs, leaving everyone confused.
Rachel turned to Quinn and furrowed her brows, just as Kurt returned to the living room with 3 bottles of wine. Santana shot up off the couch, sending a tired Brittany flying. "Give me one of those" she demanded taking one of the bottles out of Kurt's hand. He smiled and walked over to Rachel, passing her one of the bottles, and then walked off to Mercedes and Tina.
Rachel looked up at Quinn with a worried look on her face. "I don't drink often" she admitted and Quinn nodded. "I haven't gotten seriously drunk since high school" she whispered in Rachel's ear, making Rachel shiver. Rachel took the cork screw and popped open the bottle. "It's our first night here together, we deserve this" she told the blond.
Quinn raised her eye brows at the shorter girl who threw her head back and took a big gulp of wine. "Way to go Berry" Santana complimented her, before taking her own gulp.
Within an hour they were all pretty drunk. Kurt, Brittany, and Tina were going there single ladies dance, to Kurt's iPod that he plugged in. Mercedes, Santana and Rachel were jumping up and down cheering them on.
Quinn sat on the couch, and watched as Rachel, danced and cheered. She needed to figure out what was going on. The blond watched as Rachel walked over, and took a seat next to her. "It's really nice of you to do all of this for everyone Quinn" Rachel told her truthfully. Quinn sighed." I just needed to see you guys again" she admitted. Quinn turned and faced Rachel just as the brunette spoke. "I actually debated coming down to Lima last year" Rachel announced.
"Rachel, you should have, we could have met up" Quinn told her frowning. Rachel nodded. "I know I should have, but I was scared to see my dad's" she whispered. Quinn gave her a confused look." but you were always so close with your dads in high school" Rachel looked at the floor." I rarely talk to them, every few months maybe, when I went to New York, everything just felt so weird" Rachel whispered.
Quinn noticed the hurt look on Rachel's face so she quickly changed the subject. "It's 11, do you think we should break up the party? Quinn asked, giving Rachel a light smile. Rachel yawned and Quinn took that as a yes. "Time for bed" She announced, turning off Kurt s iPod.
"I didn't know we had a bed time" Santana told her snorting. "Well not necessarily bed time, just no more partying. Besides we all know you re going to go have sex with Britt once were all asleep" Quinn said winking at Santana. The Latina blushed and interlocked her fingers with Brittany's.
Rachel didn't know how drunk she was until she stood up, she stumbled over, but Mercedes caught her. "also, this once needs some sleep" she announced pointing to Rachel who was smiling brightly.
Once they all said their goodbyes, Quinn led Rachel into their bedroom. The blond grabbed her pajamas and headed towards the bathroom. "Ill change in here" she told Rachel and shut the door. Rachel sat on the bed and put her head in her hands. She didn't know how much longer she could last, and it was only the first night.
She finally decided to get dressed. Rachel unclipped her bra, and pulled on a white tank top. Just as she pulled her shorts off, Quinn walked out of the bathroom causing the diva to stumble over. Quinn's eyes went wide. "sorry, I thought you'd be done by now" Quinn told her, trying to keep her eyes off Rachel's body. Rachel pulled on her pajama pants and let out a nervous laugh.
After 5 minutes of lying in bed, Quinn rolled over. "Rach" she whispered. "Yes Quinn?" Rachel answered.
"It's good to know you don't wear granny panties anymore" Quinn told her giggling. The blond smiled as she saw Rachel shoot up in bed.
"Quinn" she yelled, but quickly covered her mouth. Quinn bit her lip, smiling. "Good night, Rachel.
Rachel lied back down in bed, and smiled lightly. "good night, Quinn" she whispered, closing her eyes.