She rolled over to see the blond facing her, eyes open and a sheepish grin on her face.
"Holy shit Quinn" Rachel said putting a hand on her chest.
Quinn smiled. "morning to you to baby" she said in a husky voice.
Rachel searched until she found Quinn's hand under the covers, and then brought it up to her mouth.
"Good morning sweetie" she said against Quinn's flesh.
The diva breathed in her scent. "You smell good" she told her.
Quinn lazily batted her eyelashes. "It's your hand cream, I found it in the bathroom" she told her.
Rachel sniffed again." I thought it smelt familiar"
Quinn put her hand on the small of Rachel's back, pulling her until their bodies were touching.
"We have work soon don't we?" she asked sadly.
Rachel nodded."I have to be at set for 7" she told her.
"I have to be at the studio for 7:15" she responded.
Rachel gently nudged Quinn's nose with her own, making the blond's smile widen.
"Butterflies" Quinn whispered.
Rachel closed her eyes, and traced patterns on the palm of Quinn's hand with her finger. "me too" she replied.
Quinn pulled Rachel's face to hers until they met in a good morning kiss. Fear the morning breath Rachel thought to herself.
The blond pulled back and smiled. "Shall we get ready?" she asked.
The diva shook her head. "I want to stay here forever" she stuck out her bottom lip and Quinn almost exploded at the adorable look.
"If you keep doing that face I might give in to your box offer" Quinn told her and pulled her out of bed.
Rachel put her arms around Quinn's neck and pulled her into another kiss. "Good" she replied.
Quinn pulled away." Is it healthy that were this lovey dovey?" she asked.
Rachel shrugged."All that matters is that I love you and you love me, the end." she told her.
Quinn couldn't help herself, she leaned in and kissed Rachel's dimple.
"Let's go shower" the diva suggested.
Quinn nodded." I hope you mean together" she told her.
Rachel slipped Quinn's shirt over her head."obviously" she said smirking.
They had started doing that more often, even if neither of them needed a shower. They wouldn't have sex, although they did kiss often and explore each other's bodies.
Rachel actually caught Quinn saying "bootylicious" while she was turned around. She couldn't help it, Rachel had the cutest butt.
The two girls showered and were both ready by 6:50. Quinn wore black jeans and a white blouse, while Rachel wore one of Quinn's white summer dresses.
Quinn put a sandwich in her purse, and handed one to Rachel. "Thank you" Rachel told her and kissed her cheek.
They left the apartment and began walking down the street. Rachel sighed during the awkward silence.
She wanted to touch Quinn but she wasn't sure if Quinn wanted that kind of exposure yet, but she was surprised when she felt Quinn's fingers intertwine with hers.
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked, looking up.
Quinn nodded.
"Rach, were in New York not McKinley high" She told her.
Rachel nodded and smiled, but her smile was soon being wiped off as they approached Quinn's work.
The building was small and cosy looking.
Quinn and Rachel stopped out front and stared at each other.
"Don't go" Rachel said frowning.
Quinn dropped their hands, so she could put them on Rachel's hips. "I'll be home by 7, I promise I'll call you every couple of hours" Quinn told her.
Rachel leaned in slightly, so Quinn could block her view of the sun. "I have no idea what time I'll be home, but I'll keep checking my phone" she said winking.
Quinn lifted Rachel slightly off the ground to catch her lips in a breath taking kiss. "Promise to think about me?" Quinn asked.
Rachel nodded. "Always" she whispered and kissed her once last time.
As Rachel watched Quinn disappear into the building she felt her nerves kick in again. She slowly walked down the street feeling strangely alone. She pulled out her phone, and sent Quinn a quick text message. I miss you already.
She wanted to run around the street singing like a little girl because she was madly in love with Quinn Fabray, but she also wanted to puke in the garbage can that was beside her.
When she approached the building that was specifically given in the email she did a quick one over in the window at the front.
She took a deep breath and walked inside. There was various people running through the crowded room but the one person that caught her eye was glaring at her from the other side of the room.
Rachel gulped as Tina charged at her. "What are you doing here?" Rachel asked as she approached.
"I got an email the other day telling me I got a small role in Spring Awakening" she told Rachel smiling.
The diva eased a bit at Tina's smile. "That's great Tina" she said.
Tina pulled her into a hug. "I'm so proud of you Rachel, the lead? This is what you've always wanted" she gushed.
Rachel nodded, but suddenly became frightened when Tina was back to glaring at her.
"Now tell me what the hell you were thinking not telling me through our various years of friendship that you were gay and in love with Quinn Fabray" The Asian yelled.
Rachel looked at the floor. "It's complicated" she whispered.
Tina stomped her foot. "No it's really not, its simple words. Oh hey Tina, I'm in love with Quinn, okay bye" She told her.
"Do you know what it's like to wake up every morning and think to yourself that you re in love with a girl? Every day for 6 years I had to keep telling myself that it was a phase and that I would stop feeling this way but when I saw her I knew it wasn't and when she kissed me Tina, I stopped hiding. I could never feel the same way with anyone else as I do with Quinn" Rachel confessed.
Tina looked shocked. "Rachel I'm so sorry" she said, putting her hand on the brunettes shoulder.
Rachel shook her head. "It doesn't matter now, at least you know" she announced.
Tina smiled. "So how's Quinn, is she living at your apartment or?" she asked.
"Actually we bought an apartment together" Rachel told her.
Tina clapped her hands. "Yay, I'm so happy for you Rachel, you two deserve each other" she said.
Rachel smiled brightly. "There's actually someone at the house that wants to see you, Lucy sound familiar?" she asked winking.
Tina shrieked.
Quinn sank in her seat. It had been only three hours since she got here and she already was being smothered in 3 piles of paperwork. When she arrived her boss had told her that she would be sharing a studio with a woman named Susie.
Quinn thought this was a great idea, but when Susie walked into the room Quinn had to hold in laughter. She was tall, thin and walked with about as much confidence as Quinn did in high school. She had light brown hair that made her blue eyes stand out.
She had nearly suffocated Quinn in questions and within 5 minutes she had made a new friend.
Susie turned around at her computer. "Wanting to get home?" she asked.
Quinn nodded and frowned.
"Do you live with anyone?" Susie asked.
"Yes" Quinn responded politely.
"Boyfriend, husband?" she asked.
Quinn was almost annoyed with her nosey ness. "Actually I m gay" she whispered and realized that was the first time she had ever said the worlds out loud.
Susie looked at her with wide eyes. "Oh wow, I never would have guessed" she said smiling.
Quinn returned the smile and checked her phone.
1 new message.
She opened the message and stared at it, smiling for a few seconds.
3 hours into my job and I haven't thought about anything but you since I got here. - Rach *heart*.
Instead of texting back, Quinn decided to call her.
"Hey you" she said instantly when she heard Rachel's voice.
"I was wondering when you were going to call" Rachel replied.
"I miss you" Quinn whispered so that Susie wouldn't eaves drop.
Quinn heard Rachel sigh on the other end. "I know but let's just try and get through the day so we can get DTS" Rachel replied.
" DTS?" Quinn asked lifting an eyebrow.
"Down to snuggle" Rachel told her.
Quinn let out a laugh. "I miss kissing you" she told her and blushed when Susie turned around smirking at her.
Quinn panicked when Rachel didn t answer. "Rach?" Quinn asked.
"If you saw me right now, you'd see that I m smiling like an idiot and you'd laugh at me "Rachel whispered into the phone.
Quinn bit her lip and smiled. "Well if you saw me right now, you'd see that I'm cooped up in my office talking to my girlfriend with a big dumb ass grin on my face" Quinn responded.
"I got to go, there about to hand out scripts" Rachel told her.
Quinn frowned. "okay, I'll call you later, don't rush home" she told her.
"you know I will" Rachel told her.
Quinn smiled. "I know".
"Bye see you soon" Rachel told her.
Quinn felt disappointed.
"oh and Quinn?" Rachel asked.
Quinn felt her hopes lift." yeah Rach?" She asked.
"I love you" Rachel answered on the other end.
"I love you too" Quinn replied and hung up, still smiling like a dumb ass.
Susie spun around in her seat. "That girl has you wrapped around her finger" she told her smirking.
Quinn blushed. "I've heard that twice in the past day" she told her.
Susie smiled at her. "I can probably cover for you around 5, the boss usually goes home, so you can head home too if you'd like" she announced.
Quinn looked surprised. "Really? This isn't some new girl test is it?" she asked.
Susie laughed and shook her head." nope".
"Thank you" Quinn whispered.
Rachel sat in the corner of the stage with Tina and a few others, while she read over her script for the 80th time in the past 2 hours. "honestly, I have to have all of this memorized in a week?" she asked frightened.
Josh, a tall blonde headed boy nodded. "yes, by Sunday" he told her.
"It's a lot" another added.
Rachel felt dazed. "No kidding" she whispered.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"5:30" Tina told her.
Rachel tilted her head, the day went by pretty fast, but she still hadn't heard from Quinn in a few hours.
She sighed and looked up, to see the blond walking in the doorway.
The diva gasped and jumped off the stage, running to her girlfriend.
Quinn grinned as she was being pulled into a bear hug by Rachel. "What are you doing here?" Rachel asked.
"One of the girls let me out at 5, so I went home and found the address on the fridge" she told her.
Rachel leaned in until their lips met. Quinn smiled against her mouth. "It feels like I haven't done that in forever" she whispered.
The diva furrowed her brows. "How are we going to do this every day?" she asked.
Quinn shrugged and kissed her again. "I don't care as long as we can keep having meetings like this"
Rachel took her hand and pulled her to the group of people that were looking at them with their mouths open.
Josh opened closed his mouth then opened it again. "Wait so you're gay?" he asked Rachel.
Rachel nodded as if it was the most natural thing in the world. "This is my girlfriend, Quinn Fabray" she told them.
Tina bounced up and hugged Quinn.
"Hope you didn't give Rachel, to hard of a time" Quinn whispered.
Tina narrowed her eyes." of course not" she stated, but Rachel nodded her head behind the Asian.
Quinn burst out laughing, and slid her arm around the Diva.
"This is Josh, Brad, Ashley, Samantha, Ray and Chris" she told Quinn.
"Hi" Quinn said smiling.
They all smiled back and waved.
One of the producers walked in the room. "alright everyone, I expect you to have some sort of memorization done by tomorrow" he ordered.
Everyone nodded and left.
When Quinn and Rachel got back to the apartment, they changed into their pajamas and decided to watch a movie in bed.
Rachel of course, chose Rent.
"Can I be Maureen?" she asked.
Quinn squinted. "Only if I can be the kick ass black chick" She responded.
Rachel laughed. "You've been around Mercedes too much" she told her.
Quinn pulled Rachel, under the blankets so that she had her head on the crease of Quinn's neck.
The blond felt her pulse quicken when Rachel's hand rested on the inside of her thigh.
"You know you're so different from that girl that walked into McKinley at the beginning of high school" she told her.
Rachel smiled." I know I changed a lot once I joined glee club" she announced.
Quinn nodded. "What made you change?" she asked.
Rachel stiffened, bringing back the memories. "You" she whispered.
"What?" Quinn asked confused.
"You were so different from everyone Quinn, you were the head bitch, the cheerleader, you basically screamed at everyone with your eyes, and yet everyone still wanted to be your friend. I realized I was sick of being selfish" she whispered.
Quinn squeezed her. "I never thought you were selfish" she told her.
Rachel felt a lump in her throat. "The day of the duets competition, when Finn and I made the plan for you and Sam to win I told him he inspired me. But really Quinn I pictured you in front of me, and I pictured me saying those words to you" Rachel whispered.
Quinn frowned. "Rachel" she said.
"And when he told me he was proud of me, I wanted it to be you Quinn, I wanted you to tell me you were proud of me" a tear fell down Rachel's cheek.
Quinn felt her heart swell." I am proud of you Rachel".
Rachel shook her head. "You're just saying that" she accused.
Quinn moved so that Rachel was facing her, but the brunette refused to make eye contact. The blond tilted her chin so that Rachel had no choice but to look at her.
"Hey, Rachel you've changed more than anyone I've ever known. You cared about everyone in that club, no matter what they did to you. I'm so sorry that people didn't tell you they were proud of you and I'm sorry I wasn't there to tell you, but I'm telling you now that I'm more proud of you then anyone ever could be" she whispered.
Rachel felt the tears fall down more heavily. "Look at me I'm a mess" Rachel sniffed. Quinn kissed her, tasting the tears in her mouth.
"Your no mess Rachel berry, your perfect" she told her.
Rachel realized that was the first time anyone had ever called her perfect. She tugged the back of Quinn's shirt so that she could put her face in Quinn's chest.
"Hold me" she whispered.
Quinn gripped the brunettes back, and pulled her against Quinn's stomach so that they were hugging tightly.
"I told you I'd never let you go and I meant it" she whispered.
"Quinn?" Rachel asked.
The blond smiled. "Hmm?"
"Sing to me" Rachel whispered.