I gotta admit that last chapter wasn't very good. That's probably why I didn't get many reviews. But anyway, I have confidence with this one. Big surprises ahead. So read away, guys! And happy Ied Mubarak for those who celebrate :)
"Hey, Luce. Want some coffee?" Sam asked.
It was Monday morning. Sam and 'Lucy' spent the rest of the weekend at the townhouse and Quinn managed to fool Sam just fine. She somehow managed to make Sam believe that she was Lucy despite some little mistakes that she made.
Like when she stole Sam's bacon from his plate on Sunday and Sam was confused because the Lucy he knew didn't even like bacon. At that time, Quinn just made up some story about how she was curious and decided to try it when Sam was away and realized that she actually liked it.
And Sam believed her.
"Lucy?" Sam called her. His voice sounded concern this time.
"Yeah?" Quinn finally answered him. She was in the middle of choosing her outfit for the day. She was kinda bored with all the dresses Lucy had but she had to wear it so Sam wouldn't suspect anything.
"You want coffee?" he asked her again.
"Yeah, sure. Thanks."
Quinn finally settled on a yellow and white-stripped summer dress. When she was done, she went to the kitchen and joined Sam.
"You look beautiful," Sam said as he handed Quinn her coffee.
"Thank you," she took her coffee and took a sip. "You're going to the office today?" she asked him as she saw him wearing a suit.
"It's Monday. Dad always insisted that we do a weekly meeting so I have to be there. Why you asking?"
"Nothing…"
"Well, Santana called your phone earlier when you're still in the shower. She said that she needs you in the studio. Want me to drop you off?"
"Yeah, that would be great."
"Then we have to go now. Dad would be pissed if I'm late," he said.
"Wait a sec. Let me grab my purse first," Quinn said as she hurriedly ran to the bedroom and grabbed the purse.
"You ready?" Sam offered his hand.
Quinn nodded, took his hand, intertwined their fingers, and went outside the townhouse.
After 15 minutes of drive, they arrived at the studio. Sam parked the car, and then walked Quinn to the front door.
"So, you need me to pick you up later," he asked as he played with Quinn's finger.
"No need. I can go home by myself. Besides, you said that there's a weekly meeting. I don't think your dad will be pleased if you skipped it just too pick me up."
"You always know the right thing to say, huh?" he said as he kissed Quinn's forehead. "I'll see you at home?"
"See you at home."
Quinn watched as Sam walked back to the car and left. Right then she turned around and walked in to the studio.
"Fabray! God, why are you so late?" said a Latina girl furiously.
Before Quinn could answer, another blonde girl came to her view. "Quit it, San. Maybe Lucy finally got some action last night," she smirked.
"What are you talking about, Brit? Wait…" the Latina which Quinn suspected was Santana, took a step closer to her. Santana observed her slowly before she finally realized something. "OH GOD LUCY! You finally swiped your v-card! I know you can't resist Trouty Mouth's hotness!"
"See, San? She's glowing. Tell me, how's he in bed?" the other blonde asked.
"Oh, Brittany. Sam must be so damn good. Look at her. She looks like a lovesick puppy and–"
"Guys, stop it! I'm not going to talk about this, okay?" Quinn finally managed to find her voice back and cut off Santana and Brittany.
Santana scoffed. "You're no fun, Lucy. No fun."
"But before we end this discussion, I would like to point one thing. Lucy finally cut the 'I-want-to-wait-until-I'm-married' crap. With a hot fiancé like Sam, I know you wouldn't resist," said Brittany.
"Enough, okay? I don't want to discuss about this. Not today, not next time. Anyway, let's get back to business. Why do I need to come here, San?" Quinn asked the Latina girl.
"Did you hit your head or something? Today is our paycheck day, you dumb. You never forget about that actually. And the big boss has some announcement," Santana answered as she handed Quinn an envelope.
"And what is that?" Quinn took the envelope and took a peek. Wow, a great amount of money.
"She gives us the rest of summer off," Brittany grinned.
Quinn was surprised. "You're kidding…"
"No, for once she was actually really serious and sincere about this. Can you believe it? After over two years, she finally gives us a break. Hallelujah!" Santana said.
"Well… that's–"
The sound of her phone made Quinn stopped talking. She looked at the name of the caller. Mike. Why is he calling? He won't call if it's not important…
"Girls, I need to take this," Quinn said as she went outside the studio. Once she was out, she took a deep breath before she answered the call. "Mike?"
"Quinn, I'm sorry…" Mike sounded as if he was crying.
"Mike? What's wrong?" she started to worry. She had a bad feeling about this.
"Don't… don't freaked out."
"I will if you don't tell me what's happening."
"It's Melrose…"
Quinn felt her heart stop beating. "What happened with her? What happened with my baby?" she started to panic.
"She's… she's at the hospital."
"WHAT? Oh my God! Mike, what happened?"
"She got hit by a car…"
At those words Quinn couldn't think anymore. She couldn't breathe, tears falling from her eyes. She didn't even listen to what Mike said over the phone. She felt numb. She needed to breathe…
"Quinn, I'm sorry… I–"
"Which hospital?" Quinn asked when she finally found her voice back.
"Lima Memorial. She's in the ER–"
"I'll be there soon."
She ended the call without waiting for Mike's respond. She knew she needed to come to her daughter as soon as possible but she couldn't feel any strength in her feet. She felt like if she took a step, she was going to fall. But she couldn't just stay like this and not doing anything. She needed to come to Melrose. Melrose needed her. Melrose needed her mom.
Still crying, Quinn finally made her way back to the studio. She went straight to the couch, retrieved her purse and envelope, and went straight to the door again, totally ignoring the bewildered Santana and Brittany. But before she could step outside, Santana stopped her.
"Where the hell are you going and why are you crying?" she asked.
"I'm sorry I have to go," that's the only thing Quinn managed to say.
"But what about our lunch? You do remember that we're going to have lunch together today, right?" Brittany asked.
Quinn turned around to face Santana and Brittany and said, "I'm really sorry but I have to go."
After she said that, she turned around and went outside, totally ignoring the confused Santana and Brittany.
Once Quinn arrived at the hospital, she went straight to the ER and found Mike, looking very guilty sitting in one of the bench.
"Where is she?" she asked Mike once she arrived in front of him.
"Still inside… Quinn, I'm really sorry…"
"You're sorry? You are sorry? Well what did you do to her, Mike? How could this happen?" Quinn asked angrily.
"We were just playing outside. I went to lock the door and I told her to wait for me and not go anywhere. However, she went to the street and a car just hit her…"
"God, Mike! You're supposed to look after her!" she said as she started punching Mike's chest.
Mike, who knew that Quinn was frustrated, let her hit him as much as she wants. "Quinn… I'm sorry, okay?"
"How dare you? How could you let this happen? She's my baby… she's the only thing that is right in my life…" Quinn couldn't hold back anymore. She broke down and Mike immediately pulled her into his embrace.
"I'm really sorry, okay? I felt guilty as soon as I saw her lying on the street. The car that hit her didn't even stop to help her. Lucky the ambulance came shortly after I called them," Mike tried to calm her down but it's not really working.
"What if she died–"
"Quinn–"
"–If she died I don't have anybody else. I'm all alone in this world. I don't wanna lose her, Mike. I can't lose her…"
"Quinn, you're not alone, okay? And she won't die. Believe me."
Just as Mike finished his words, a doctor came out from the ER and approached Quinn and Mike.
"Are you the family of Melrose Fabray?"
Quinn immediately pulled away from Mike's embrace and wiped her tears. "I'm her mom… How's she?"
"Well, your daughter is really strong. No serious injury, but she's losing lots of blood. She needs transfusion."
Quinn felt relieved that her daughter didn't have any serious injury but her face fell once she heard that Melrose lose lots of blood. "Then do the transfusion."
"There's a problem, Mrs. Fabray. Melrose is an O. It's the most common blood type but when we checked our blood savings, we're kinda short of it. We need donors."
"Oh God… I'm a B…," Quinn felt like crying again.
"Mr. Fabray?" the doctor asked Mike.
"Oh, no. I'm not her dad. I'm her uncle actually and I'm an A," Mike answered. "She needs an O?"
"Yes. I'm going to try looking for donors. And maybe you can call her dad to come here as soon as possible. We need it immediately before it's too late."
With that the doctor left the desperately crying blonde and Mike who also frustrated. Mike secretly blamed himself, he felt super guilty. Well, he felt relieve knowing that Melrose didn't have any serious injury but she was losing blood…
"What am I gonna do, Mike? I don't even know who her dad is… How am I going to safe my own daughter?"
For those who asked me about Melrose's dad, you've got your answer here ;) Sorry for making Melrose appear in such a horrible state but this was done on purpose ;) And for the medical therms, I don't really understand them. I tried to do research but if there's something still wrong about it (or something that didn't make any sense) please forgive (and correct) me. Anyway, I still want to thank anyone who read/review/favorite/follow this story. You guys really encourage me to write more :)
Nicole: Hey, gurl! I kinda miss seeing your review. Thanks for dropping by in this one. Glad you like it :) Quinn being nervous... well, who wouldn't? She had to constantly lie in front of Sam. Anyway, I really thank you again for reviewing. Hope you'll like this one too :)
RJRRAA: Hey there! Thank you for reviewing. I'm really glad you love this story. The whole sex thing... kinda unexpected, huh? ;) Hope you'll enjoy this one too :)
sz: Hello there! Thank you for dropping by. Of course you'll have Sam and Quinn (Lucy)'s quality time in the future. Don't worry about it. As for Melrose, you gotta meet her in this chapter. Not directly though. But she'll appear more in future chapters. Please keep your eyes on :)
Ashley: Hello there! Happy birthday to youuuuu! Hope you'll have a blast :) Sorry for not updating it by the 8th cause I was busy with work but please consider this as a belated birthday present for you :) Thank you for the review though. Hope you'll enjoy this one :)
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