She walked up the front porch steps of her childhood home, taking a deep breath before she knocked. She heard movement in the house and suddenly the door flew open, her mother standing there staring wide eyed.
"Hi momma, I'm home" she said softly.
"Russell! Our baby is finally home!" she cried happily, pulling Quinn into a bone crushing hug, "We missed you baby girl."
"I missed you too" she said, releasing herself from her mother's grip to hug her father, "Hi, daddy."
"There's my little girl" he said hugging her tightly before pulling away to look at her, "It's nice to have you home."
After some more hugs and "I miss yous," they made their way into the living room, where nothing had changed since Quinn lived there.
"I see everything's still the same" Quinn stated.
"Why change something if it ain't broken?" her father replied.
"You guys should have used the money I sent you to change this place up. You always said you wanted a bigger kitchen," Quinn responded.
"We're fine. It's just us two anyway" her mother said, "But enough about the house, what brings you back to little ol' Lima?"
"Would you believe me if I told you I just wanted to see you?" she asked.
"Not for one second" her dad answered. When Quinn looked shocked he continued, "You've had six years to just come see us, there has to be a reason now. So, what is it? I know you don't need money and it doesn't seem like you're in any trouble."
"You guys were always smarter than the average parents" she said looking down, "Um, I met someone."
"Met someone?" her mother asked.
"Yeah, he's a politician. His mom is the mayor" she paused, "He asked me to marry him."
"What about Noah?" her father asked.
"What do you mean what about Noah? What the hell does he have to do with this?" Quinn asked, getting defensive.
"Well, I'd assume you told him considering you're still married" he said.
"How'd you know about that?" she asked, "I told you years ago we were divorced."
"You've missed a lot the past couple years Quinnie. Noah's become like a son to me. Imagine my shock when three years ago I found him drunk off his ass in the bar on your anniversary holding divorce papers. I know he never signed them because I've been around him," Russell explained.
"So you formed a relationship with him but hardly kept up your relationship with your own daughter? Not once in six years have you guys flown out to visit me but you sure as hell make time to be with my ex husband!" Quinn yelled.
"Quinn, calm down. You moved out without much of a word to any of us. That boy was heartbroken without you. It took you six months to actually talk to us for more than a few minutes and even then we didn't know exactly where you were. When we found out you were doing good in New York, we were so proud of you, but that isn't a place for us. We wanted to see you, we really did. And you're right, we did keep a relationship with him. But you need to understand you are the one that left, not him. He was here with us giving updates if he heard any and helping us out when we needed it," her mother explained.
"Help you with what? I could have helped you" she said, "Can't you guys be happy for me. I have a man who loves me and wants to marry me. I told him yes. I just want my parents to be happy for me."
"Oh baby, we are happy as long as you are" Judy said, "We still don't understand what happened and why you wanted to leave, but we love you and we always will."
Quinn hugged her mother before looking at her dad, "I know you love Noah but you're my father, can't you just be here for me?"
"I'm always here for you baby girl" he said hugging Quinn, "I'll go make you girls some lunch and you can tell us all about this new fiancé of yours."
"Thank you daddy" she said.