Chapter 5

Just Three Words

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Quinn couldn't be any happier with how her relationship with Rachel had been progressing since Rachel discovered that she was the one she had been hinting at being her mate. It had been a week since they shared some passionate kisses together and not only that but they had also spoken some heartfelt confessions. Since they had confessed their feelings to each other Rachel had taken to sitting with Quinn during meals in the Great Hall and chatting with Mike. Mike hadn't been particularly surprised about the fact that Rachel was Quinn's mate, considering the fact that he was a Ravenclaw, he had quickly caught on to the fact that Rachel had to be Quinn's mate considering how Quinn looked at Rachel every time they were in the same room together. He could also see the way she treated Rachel differently, that she wasn't as on guard around Rachel as she was with almost everyone else. Mike had been sitting back and observing and he was going to act for Quinn if she didn't by the time April rolled by but he knew there was no need to after Rachel had approached him about the courtship ritual the week before. Though he truly knew nothing about it he had a feeling it was something that had to do with Quinn because when Quinn had returned to the Ravenclaw common room later that night, her entire demeanor was different. She already seemed to be slightly healthier, stronger, and happier as well. He knew it had to have been because Rachel was her mate and she had accepted her love.

It was a nice change of pace, having a more animated conversation with Quinn and just observing the interaction between Quinn and Rachel was enough for Mike to know that things were going to work out well with the couple. Rachel brought out a much happier and slightly louder side out of Quinn's personality, something Mike was more than happy to see. "Just so you know … I think you two make an adorable couple. I mean, I really like how you're already bringing out another side of each other's personality that I've never seen before. Quinn, you're so much happier looking and you smile more, as for you Rachel. You're not as … boisterous as usually are and rather … you're a bit tamed down. You're not as loud of a personality, you're subtler when Quinn's around."

They both blushed but Rachel spoke for them, "thank you, Mike, for the compliment. I'm slightly offended by the fact that you called me boisterous seeing as I am just a naturally outspoken person but I appreciate the sentiment all the same. And besides that … I'm a singer so, of course I'm going to be a 'loud personality' seeing as singers, more often than not, are in the spotlight. They are under scrutiny and need to know how to handle situations that are sometimes larger than life."

"Rachel, sweetheart, you are a boisterous person and there's nothing in the world I would do to change that about you because I love everything about you and you know that."

Flushing at both being called sweetheart and told that she was loved, Rachel was unusually quiet, speechless.

"Quinn … I think you just broke Rachel. She can't even seem to talk and her speechlessness kind of indicates that she is in broken mode."

"Oh, hush up Michael Chang!" This caused Mike to chuckle at Rachel despite the use of his full name. "As for you Quinn … I … I really, really like you and as I told you last week, I'm falling for you and everything about you as we speak. I love how gentle your soul is, how … quiet your love can be." Rachel scooted closer to Quinn, their hips and thighs touching each other completely. "I've completely forgotten, are we going to be public about our relationship?"

To answer Rachel's question without verbal cue Quinn leaned in and pressed her lips to Rachel softly for several moments before pulling away with a little smile on her face, soft and happy. They didn't notice the gasps of shock or the fact that more than half of the students in the Great Hall had been watching them intently and curiously. A great few people who witnessed the kiss were angry and annoyed, or they came to the realization that they were no longer as attracted to Quinn as they thought they were. "I love kissing you and being able to freely tell you that I love you. I'm so happy I don't have to hold back anymore."

"You're such a closet romantic Quinn. You've told me before that you didn't think you'd ever be able to romance your mate back when I was still with Finn and now look at you. You're wooing me, courting me, making me fall for you with every word you say and every look you send my way. I … I especially like that you're not afraid to tell me how much you love me and you don't care that a good bit of the Great Hall witnessed this and got their hearts broken. You're so much more than I ever imagined to be possible in being my partner, my mate for life."

It was Quinn's turn to flush at Rachel's words and Mike could be heard chuckling. "Don't look now but I think Quinn's fan club is angrily approaching the table."

A nameless girl at the front of the group of students came to stand just behind the slightly amorous couple. "Excuse me?" the nameless girl said, her voice attempting to be commanding but coming out more like a whine.

Quirking an eyebrow, Quinn gave them a single once over before leaning back into Rachel and kissing her on her burning forehead gently. "You're so cute when you blush, my songbird."

"I do pride myself in my ability to be able to sing better than anything else. Well, maybe that and making you blush as well Quinn. It's so endearing to see your cheeks a bright pink color and knowing it was me who caused you to look at me that way, Quinn."

Scoffing and clearing their throat loudly the girl tried again. "I said 'excuse me'. I'm talking to you, dwarf."

Rachel didn't even give the girl any attention even as she saw Quinn's hand shake slightly and her eyes morph into icy blue for a brief moment. "Luciana, calm down please. I know that you're upset by what she just called me but don't let yourself become too overwhelmed. I don't want Quinn or you to get hurt like last time. Please, for me Luciana?"

Closing her eyes and concentrating on speaking to her Veela half, Quinn heard Luciana's voice in her head calling for justice for some form of retribution. Turning her still icy blue eyes on the girl standing just behind Quinn's seat, too close for her liking, the girl let out a startled gasp at Quinn's eye color. Speaking in a voice that was slightly airier but sharper than how Quinn usually spoke, she addressed the audacious girl standing before her arrogantly in English using Quinn's mind to translate what she wanted to say from Veela to English. "You will leave my mate alone. I cannot be held responsible for what I will do to you if you do not heed my warnings. Quinn may regret what I do but I certainly will not. I don't tolerate any threats against my mate and if you were a self-respecting person you wouldn't feel the need to try to confront my mate. I do not care for your name, your tone, or your blatant disrespect for my mate. Now leave before I lose myself in the boiling anger I feel for you affronting my mate and in turn affronting me, human filth."

The girl in question had widened eyes at the way she had just been addressed by the girl she had been pining after for the better part of a year, nearly two. This wasn't fair! This brunette baboon just swept in and now Quinn couldn't seem to see that she needed to be with her. Not only that but who was this Luciana person the brunette whore had just spoken to moments ago? Quinn was clearly sitting right in front of her. Was Luciana the girl that the slut was cheating on Quinn with?

Suddenly, without thought, her hand shot out to grab Rachel by her hair, causing a sharp gasp to fall from Rachel's lips. "How dare you cheat on her, you slut?"

"Luciana, don't!" Rachel grabbed on to Quinn's arm, her hands had obviously transformed into claws and her icy blue eyes were glowing as Quinn fought against her Veela.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't tear her apart for putting her hands on you?"

"Because I don't want you to hurt her Luciana, so don't. Please don't Luciana. I'm begging you. And stop hurting Quinn, stop fighting for control and hurting her."

There was a moment when it seemed like Luciana was going to ignore Rachel but in the end she felt the need to listen to her mate over her thirst to hurt the girl still holding onto Rachel's hair in a tight grip. "Girl, you better let go of her hair now before I slice it off. I am only listening to my mate out of consideration more than any desire to spare you from bodily harm as is the Veela tradition to protect my mate's honor from the likes of you. I am losing my patience the longer you stand there looking at me dumbly, girl."

After just a moment of stunned silence the girl finally let go of Rachel's hair and gave Quinn a confused look.

"Your name's Quinn, not Luciana and why do you sound so different so … strange?"

"Don't speak to me like you know me you fool. I am her Veela half you buffoon. And listen well now that I have your attention. I do not want any of you getting any wise ideas. I have a stronger body than my human counterpart and I will be able to identify any one of you if you so much as even touch a single strand of hair on Rachel's head, whether you do so magically or not. Magic has a signature that humans cannot see, well, I'm hardly human am I? I will not hesitate to hunt you down and kill you myself if I so much as smell, hear, or sense a single wrong doing on any of your parts, you pathetic lot of sin. I know that the only reason any of you are still affected by my thrall is simply because you lack morals and have no scruples about being immoral. Now leave and if I even so much as catch your scent anywhere near my mate again I willfind you and hunt you down like the animals you are."

With that Luciana let go and Quinn's hazel eyes reappeared and she seemed tired. "Are you okay Quinn?" Rachel asked, not paying the people behind her any attention as she fussed over her girlfriend.

Mike for his part used his wand to cast a wind charm to ruffle the people still staring openly at Quinn with lust more than any kind of concern. They turned to him sharply. "You need to leave before I cast an even stronger wind charm against you. I wouldn't do anything if I were you because the professors are witnessing all of this."

They all angrily stalked away back to their own houses. As unhappy as they were, they knew to be wary of crossing the Veela, especially because the Veela side of Quinn had warned them away and they knew not to meddle and test a Veela in any way because of their Care of Magical Creatures classes and other classes that touched on certain magical creatures that weren't affected by certain spells or magical creatures to be wary of offending. Veelas were one such creature never to meddle with because of their temperamental emotions and their easy-to-offend natures. The biggest mistake a person could ever make was threatening a Veela's mate.

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Quinn used to hate having Transfiguration lesson because normally when she came into that room with Mike she would stare at Rachel longingly whenever she wasn't completely focused on the lesson. She would be reminded that Rachel wasn't hers and that she was someone who couldn't even think of allowing her eyes to stray, nor was Quinn permitted to have any thoughts, any chance, to confess to Rachel. Quinn never let her mind stray to what it would be like if Rachel would only look her way, if Rachel were to just break up with Finn. Those were the things running through her mind every time she had to sit in this classroom and attempt to concentrate on the various lessons they were going through. This particular week they were attempting to transfigure a goblet into a rat and so far only a few students were successful in a fully accurate transfiguration. Quinn was one of them. After the professor walked by and approved of Quinn's rat, Quinn transfigured it back into a goblet and set her eyes on the person seated on her left.

Rachel had taken to sitting next to Quinn now and Mike still sat on Quinn's right only now there was an empty seat next to Mike that occasionally had another student occupying it. Rachel had been having difficulty with a full transfiguration, her goblet still retaining most of its shape but sprouting fur and a tail and making squeaky noises that caused a smile and a chuckle out of Quinn when she heard it. "Oh, come off it Quinn," Rachel muttered half-heartedly, fighting off a smile on her face. "Not all of us are as perfect as you and capable of mastering any spell easily."

Leaning over to whisper in Rachel's ear, "I'm not good at everything. If I was I would have been able to show you that I'm a better match for you than Finn much more quickly and efficiently than I did. You would have been mine already with both the sealing and courtship rituals completed. My Veela demands it but I deny my Veela for the sake that we're both still quite young and … I don't think you're quite ready for that yet since you're barely fifteen and I just turned sixteen myself a scant month ago, Rachel." With that said Quinn leaned back to see a sight that caused shivers to run down her spine and for her Veela to purr approvingly in her mind. Rachel's cheeks were rouge and her eyes showed that they had darkened with desire, with want, that made Quinn shudder with the feeling of her Veela trying to break free for a moment before finally calming down when Quinn reprimanded it with images and thoughts of Rachel's disapproval earlier on in the day. The Veela part of her conceded, knowing that denying its mate a wish was dangerous for its mental health. For Quinn's health as well for that matter.

Rachel blinked her eyes a few times and shook her head of the thoughts running through her mind. "Quinn, we're in the middle of class, stop tempting me so much," Rachel whispered before concentrating on turning her goblet into a complete rat, rather than the rat goblet it had become with her concentrated efforts.

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The rest of the lesson went by terribly slowly for Rachel with Quinn teasing her by sitting next to her with such an oh so innocent smile while boldly placing a hand on her knee at one point and leaning close to her during another, pretending to look at her rat/goblet to see if it had fully transfigured into a rat. Rachel could barely sit still for her next two lessons because of the things Quinn had whispered into her ear before they departed to go their separate ways. Quinn had murmured into Rachel's ear about how much she desired to kiss her and wished they were alone so she could kiss her breathless and how grateful she was for Rachel's talented when they kissed deeply and passionately, or had long snogs in their special place. And right before they departed Quinn pulled Rachel into her swiftly for a too chaste peck on the lips before swaying her hips as she walked along to her next lesson and turned back only once to wink at Rachel saucily. Rachel felt like her brain had short circuited for a minute before Mike nudged her gently and guided her into her classroom before departing to his own with an amused smile on his face and a shake of his head. It was certainly more amusing for him to witness more than for Rachel to be tortured by Quinn's innate ability to be sexually appealing.

Sitting in her last lesson of the day, Defense Against the Dark Arts (Rachel couldn't stand the acronym DADA because it sounded terribly idiotic), Rachel nearly bolted outside of the room when the class was dismissed and she hurried down the corridor until she stopped in front of the Great Hall. She stood in their designated waiting spot and cursed her short stature before the sea of students mostly taller than her, typically students in their third years and up were either her height or already surpassing her, making it difficult for her to see above their heads for just one particular blonde head. Grumbling to herself as she finally just stood back she unexpectedly felt two arms wrap around her from behind and felt a familiar warmth envelop her, causing her to smile momentarily until the husky voice whispered in her ear, "have you been waiting long, my love?"

For just a moment Rachel felt herself lost in the dual sensation of Quinn's breath in her ear and Quinn's warm arms wrapped around her waist securely and lovingly before remembering the question Quinn had husked into her ear with such sensuality. Quinn was going to be the death of her one day. Rachel was sure that she was going to combust from the sexual frustration she felt long before she turned sixteen years old because Quinn was such a tease and a good one too. "No, it's only been … a bit. Why must you insist on being so … frustrating?"

A soft chuckling reached her ears and caused Rachel's skin to burn at how sexy Quinn's lower register sounded in her ears. "I'm not always purposefully being a frustrating tease Rachel. I honestly just have a rather husky voice and you know that Rachel." And Rachel did know this to be true but sometimes it was just so difficult to have a girlfriend who was just too bloody sexy, and everything about her was bloody sexy. "Let's go eat Rachel. I'm sure Mike is already waiting for us at the table and I would like a specific dessert later, you know what kind of dessert I'm talking about."

It really was quite difficult having such a suggestive girlfriend who wouldn't let her go any further than making out. It was like Quinn wanted to, and enjoyed, torturing her and restraining her from doing what she truly wanted to her girlfriend. Quinn was far too hot and sensual for someone who was technically as innocent as she was in the sense that she had never been in a relationship before and not only that but Rachel was her first kiss and first everything so far. For being so supposedly innocent Quinn certainly had an innate eroticism that seemed to stem from her Veela half. Veela, though very little is known about them, were said to be extremely sexual creatures and their thrall affected many individuals to fall in shallow love with them and it was how they would recognize their mates. They had to find just one person who was completely unaffected by their thrall and that was how they knew, how they found their one and only mate.

Rachel had been lost in thought when a nip against her neck caused a small moan to leave her lips and a very sensual, "Quinn," left her lips in response to the sexual sensation. "I … I … I would like to continue this later … please," Rachel said imploringly. Quinn ceased her nips and licks and smirked against Rachel's skin, slightly disappointed that she didn't even make a hickey on Rachel's skin yet.

"All right then, let's go love." Removing herself from her position behind Rachel, Quinn took Rachel by the hand and they walked to the Ravenclaw table where Mike was already waiting and he smiled at them as they approached before noticing how red in the face Rachel seemed.

"Hey, you all right there Rachel? Your face is a bit red. And if you're coming down with a fever or what have you, go to Madam Pomfrey before you get me sick too!"

"Oh, calm down Mike, she's perfectly all right. She's not getting sick at all. She's just a bit … flustered is all, nothing to worry about."

Mike caught on to how smug Quinn's smirk looked and how 'flustered' Rachel appeared and felt himself blush a little too, knowing exactly what Quinn was hinting to. "Quinn, you can't even wait until after dinner to ravish your girlfriend?" Mike rolled his eyes at Quinn when she merely shrugged as she sat down next to Rachel, more like they were completely pressed against each other and short of Rachel sitting on her lap they couldn't be any closer to each other. "Have you recovered from your … flustered state yet Rachel?" Mike asked this as if he were just commenting on the weather reflected by the Hogwarts enchanted ceiling.

Giving Mike a rather not so friendly look but not quite a glare with narrowed eyes, Rachel addressed him by his full name, "Michael, I'll have you know that I am feeling just fine. I was just euphoric because of Quinn's display of affections." Rachel even wiggled her eyebrows in an attempt to fluster Mike back, and she was successful. Mike's tan skin became shaded with some pink and he appeared to be unsure of how to respond to Rachel.

"I think we should all eat and get our homework done with before we have to patrol in a few hours' time." Quinn looked at Mike pointedly when she spoke again, "don't pretend that you haven't been eyeing a certain somebody in our house. I know about those glances you thought furtive Mike, but really you aren't as sly as your ancestors were. I will admit that you are quite the magnificent dancer and that you are very agile for your height and build but your eyes aren't nearly as surreptitious as you'd like to believe they are. I've caught you a few times so I wouldn't make idle comments like that if you know what's good for you. You know that I've been telling you to just talk to her for the longest time and I will talk to her for you if you don't leave Rachel alone, Mike."

Rarely did Mike actually glare at another person but glaring at Quinn he most certainly was doing right now. "Don't even think about it Quinn! I kept your secret safe about Rachel so don't threaten to tell a certain someone mine just because I was teasing her a little. You're fair Quinn. You know you'd never allow yourself to do something so unfair, especially since we've been friends since our first year after you almost fell down a whole flight of stairs and I caught you before you could get seriously injured."

Flushing slightly and cursing Mike for making a good point while telling one of her embarrassing stories Quinn glanced at Rachel out of her peripheral and saw a gentle smile on her face rather than any kind of mocking or amused smile. She was glad for small mercies. "Yeah, yeah. And I saved your butt on the Quidditch field once when a bludger almost hit you and damn near broke my arm doing it so … we're more than even on that front, aren't we Mike?" This caused genuine smiles from the two friends as they reminisced about how their friendship and loyalty to each other came to be and Rachel was just enjoying the stories that she had never heard before.

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After having a delicious meal and rousing conversation Rachel found herself being pinned to a wonderful lounger in the Room of Requirement and exchanging heated kisses with Quinn's body stretched out on top of her. They had taken their school cloaks off and thrown them aside before walking blindly to the lounger as they kissed deeply until Rachel's legs had hit the back of the lounger and Quinn had gently leaned her back until she was pinned underneath her. Rachel was sure that her seductress girlfriend had been planning this since they had met up outside of the Great Hall for lunch. And now here Rachel was, back pressed against the lounger and Quinn pressed against her front deliciously.

Several minutes into the snogging session Quinn pulled away causing a whine to leave Rachel's lips but before she could protest too much those soft, sensual lips were kissing her neck with lips, teeth, and a laving tongue and leaving Rachel breathless for a moment as all the air rushed out of her lungs in a guttural moan of approval. "Quinn," Rachel huffed out with a needy voice, "Quinn, don't stop please." Rachel couldn't see anything as her eyes were blind to everything as she was so lost in the wonderful sensations her girlfriend was giving her and a particularly rough nip at a spot that made Rachel squirm Rachel heard a chuckle before a huskier than usual voice spoke into her ear.

"Found it," and the sound of her voice was like liquid sex in Rachel's ear.

Despite everything Rachel couldn't help asking, "Found what?"

The sound of Quinn's voice was turning Rachel on to the point that she felt as if her entire body was overheating, like fire was burning through her veins instead of blood. "I found your sensitive spot, the spot that turns you on more than any other part of your neck. It makes you burn with desire doesn't it, love? This spot I played with," to emphasize her point she again took it in between her lips and nipped at it with her teeth, causing a long, rasping moan to leave Rachel's lips, "makes your veins burn with need, with want, makes your body react to me like you want me to do more to your body even though you aren't emotionally ready. It makes you want more than what we're ready for … it makes you burn for more, for me to fuck you into this lounger even if I will refuse you this because I know what would happen if I did." With that Quinn pulled away from Rachel's body and sat up, barely fitting more than her butt on the edge of the seat because most of the space was being taken up by a heavily breathing Rachel.

"Why are you so far away Quinn?" Rachel asked once she caught her breath enough to speak.

"Because I don't want to do something that neither of us are ready for and I know that we're not ready for this yet, as much as we'd both like to give in to everything we're feeling. I'm not saying that I don't want you, don't want all of this, as much as you do. What I am saying is that we aren't yet ready for what we both want because if I take that last step before taking other steps first … it will end horribly for not only me but you as well Rachel. I cannot complete the courtship ritual that I spoke of until the sealing is at least complete and we are nowhere near the sealing being complete yet. And … I cannot rush it, cannot rush this step for if I do … I would die. If you knew what the sealing entails and attempted to complete it without meaning everything that needs to be said and done then I will die before we can attempt anything else further. I know you, I know your feelings for me are real and I also know that you are earnest, that you truly want to help me and you care for deeply, Rachel. I, however, cannot allow you to rush into this and make a mistake because … I don't know what happens to a Veela's mate when the Veela has died but I have heard rumors that they would go mad from not having their mate anymore as well though it isn't as severe as dying like a Veela would. I do know that you would be in danger of something similar to going crazy, going absolutely insane but I do not know the extents and I would never allow that to happen to you, my love."

Rachel, at some point, had sat up and was leaning her head against Quinn's shoulder as she spoke and wrapped her arms around Quinn's waist while Quinn had an arm wrapped around Rachel's as well. Quinn knew that Rachel needed the comfort, the reassurance that she wasn't doing any of this to torture her, though she thought a desperate Rachel was quite adorable. "I understand Quinn, I really do. I just … I want to know one thing and please be absolutely honest with me." Rachel waited and the longer the silence lasted, the more anxious and nervous Rachel became.

Feeling Quinn take a deep breath in and letting it out slowly Quinn finally responded, "I will answer honestly if it is something that I believe I can tell you at this point. That is the only promise I can make my love. I'm truly sorry I can't promise you more than that."

Nodding her head in acceptance of the answer Rachel worded her question carefully, thoughtfully. "I know you told me just last week that are already 'partially sealed' because I kissed you and in a way said 'yes' to your love and affections for me. I … my question, what I want to know is … how close are we to being fully sealed, Quinn?"

Just because Rachel was asking so considerately Quinn felt that answering her honestly was okay. If Rachel had worded it even slightly differently Quinn might have thought about not answering the question at all, but because of how carefully Rachel asked her question Quinn decided that it was okay to honestly tell her about the situation. "So … like you said I told you that we are partially sealed due to you vocally accepting my affections. That is how a sealing starts. A sealing is completed through the progression of our relationship, so to speak. The more committed you and I are the closer we are to becoming fully sealed Rachel. That is the best way I can describe it to you without giving away what the final step in us being sealed is. As it is I would say that we are close to the final step in being completely sealed. Once we are completely sealed Rachel … there is no turning back." Quinn paused, closing her eyes tightly at the onslaught of emotions and the protest her Veela was screaming at her mind for thinking what she was, for even considering speaking the next few sentences she was. "If you don't want me … if you aren't completely one hundred percent sure that you want to be tied to me for the rest of your life … you have to tell me soon Rachel." When Quinn heard Rachel's intake of breath she quickly followed up, "please let me finish. If you aren't completely committed to this relationship for the long term … you have to tell me before we become fully sealed because I will die if you decide you don't want me after we are sealed. This is only because I am half Veela that this is even an option for us at all, Rachel." She took a breath before continuing, "I have to know that you aren't going to wake up one day and regret that you're with me because if you don't feel that strongly about me and we are sealed then I will die. As it is right now, this is one of your last chances to back out and I can attempt to find someone else who is immune to my thrall. I don't want to because my heart, my soul, my Veela are all set on you being my only one, my only love."

Swallowing thickly, Rachel uttered three words, just three words that she meant with every fiber of her being. "I love you. I love you Quinn and I'm not ever going to back out." The feeling was instantaneously felt. Rachel felt a warmth spread throughout her entire being and so did Quinn. They both felt a magical tug that seemed to tether their very souls together as soon as the words left Rachel's lips and it felt as if they had just felt a magical surge of warmth run through their bodies gently.

"You just … you just sealed us Rachel."

Completely astonished Rachel looked down at their bodies and saw some magical residue that looked green surrounding their chest areas, specifically around where their hearts were. "Quinn, is it just me or do you see some green mist around both of us as well?"

Looking down Quinn saw what Rachel was talking about and smiled, "well, yes. That would be our magic mixing together. I'm sure my magical signature is a blue color and yours must be yellow for this color to come about. It's quite beautiful isn't it, my love?"

"Yes, yes it is. So then … was me telling you I love you what triggered this?"

Placing a gentle kiss against Rachel's hairline before responding, Quinn smiled as she answered. "Yes, yes it was. The reason I couldn't tell you this though is because if I had rushed you and made you aware of the fact that all it took was those words leaving your lips and you said it too soon I would have died. I meant it when I said this would have killed me. I have heard of it spoken about amongst Veela that when a mate who is human says 'I love you' without fully meaning it with every fiber of their being … a few Veela have died before because of it and the human mate went a bit mad as a result. The human mate truly did care for their Veela counterpart but they weren't fully and completely in love, in all consuming and needy love, and so those words killed the Veela because they need to be said when the human is completely ready to be sealed, to spend the rest of his or her life with their love. For this very reason I was hesitant to tell you more about what it takes to complete the sealing, Rachel."

"Well, you should know by now that I don't do anything in half strides. If I'm going to fall in love with someone, especially you, I'm going to bloody well do it to the fullest extent! I am going to fall in all consuming, needy, desperate love with you and I have, evidently, already have Quinn! I love you, I love you so fiercely I cannot do anything but feel it consume my soul, my heart, my mind, my … well my body as well. I know that we've only been together for a week but I've been falling in love with you since we first became friends. I hadn't realized it at the time but when we were becoming friends I was slowly falling out of love with Finn and in love with you. It wasn't until sometime before Christmas break that I realized that I had a bit of a crush on you."

Smirking Quinn commented on that, "just a bit of a crush?"

Blushing and shoving Quinn away gently, Rachel rolled her eyes, "okay so I was more than just crushing on you a bit. I had started falling in love with you around that time, happy?"

Kissing Rachel's lips softly before answering, Quinn smiled devilishly, "not happy Rachel. I'm more than just that Rachel. I'm bloody ecstatic and was it you said earlier again? You said you were 'euphoric' because of my display of affections. I'm euphoric because you told me you love me."

Feeling a bit shy all of a sudden Rachel ducked her head, "it's a bit odd feeling like this, knowing that the prettiest girl I have ever met is in love with me and chose me to love sometimes but then I look at her and all the reassurance I need is in a single gaze. And it's true, I really love you with all of my heart, all of my soul, all of my mind, and … I have yet to love you with my body though I desperately want to do just that Quinn."

Shaking her head in response Quinn only muttered, "in due time my love, in due time," before pressing their lips together again and almost forgetting to go on patrol and finish their homework together.

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So, how's this chapter for everyone. I happened to be quite inspired and finished this chapter in time to update quite early! This is a bit of a treat for the positive response and all of the reviews!^^ Please tell me your thoughts in a review and it just might encourage me to write more chapters even faster!;P

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