Chapter 8
Intimidating Stare
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With the end of the year feast everyone knew that Ravenclaw had won the Hogwarts House Cup because they had earned 682 house points throughout the year, a miraculously high number and quite possibly the most points to have ever been earned by a single house in Hogwarts history. The Ravenclaws looked on proudly in seeing the entire Great Hall decorated in blue and silver with their Eagle proudly displayed on the banners in celebration of their house's victory. Headmistress McGonagall stood over everyone in the Great Hall to make a speech, one in honor of the winning house and in honor of another successful and safe year at Hogwarts. She spoke with pride and her speech was elegant and heartfelt as she eyed over the students and spoke of the triumph and applauded the students for their overall good behavior and reminded them that throughout all of their years here, she would have them learn to become great witches and wizards and to never give in to the temptation to do harm to another soul. With that she stepped down with four last words, "let the feast begin." And no one needed another cue to start tucking in to their breakfast
As soon as the headmistress was done speaking, Rachel had gotten up from her seat and went over to sit by the love of her life with a beaming smile on her face as she leaned in for a gentle kiss. "Congratulations, my love. You did well enough to beat my house this year but we'll get you next year!" This caused Quinn to chuckle as she received another light peck on the lips from Rachel.
"Let's just wait and see. Perhaps next year we will win both the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup on top of that, darling. You don't know and neither do I but what I do know is I will be putting in my best effort to best you once again. I am a Ravenclaw and knowledge is key." The sexy smirk Quinn was aiming at Rachel caused her to feel a certain kind of excitement and definitely the feeling of lust that they'd been building towards for a long time now. Rachel was feeling more and more prepared for that elusive next step that Quinn kept denying her, kept saying she wanted to wait because she didn't think it was the right time yet. It was something Rachel could openly admit to Quinn: she was more than a little sexually frustrated. Quinn was always such a perfect gentlewoman and never pushed her for more than what she thought they were both ready for, and in all honesty Rachel was glad that Quinn didn't pressure her for more at all but now that it'd been several months into their relationship she was so ready for more, for sexual pleasure especially because Quinn was so bloody sexy naturally. Was it a Veela thing, to be this sexy and mouthwateringly beautiful?
"Did you break Rachel? She's normally quite the talkative person but looking at her now, she hasn't responded to anything you said." Mike was wearing an amused grin on his face at seeing Rachel staring at Quinn with parted lips and a slightly awed expression on her face, for the most part she looked more or less lustful. "If you guys are going to start making out please do so somewhere else since this is a place for enjoying meals and not watching couples snog and try to eat each other's faces."
Before Mike could react Quinn flicked his forehead causing him to groan and grumble about it hurting quite a bit. "Well, that's what you get for thinking you can get away with your snarky comments Mike." Quinn was smirking because she knew Mike would never retaliate since she was older and his parents raised him to be respectful of other people older than him even though Quinn was only about half a year older, he still respected her.
Finally after several minutes of silence Rachel spoke again, "let's finish our meal quickly Quinn. There's something I'd like to show you after our meal and if we finish early enough it will before we have to board the train." With that they tucked into their meal at a reasonable pace and soon enough they were ready to go, having finished their meal and said a quick 'see you later' to Mike who replied in kind as he watched them leave the Great Hall.
They were moving quickly through the hallways as Rachel lead Quinn to whatever destination she had in mind and Quinn didn't mind not knowing as long as she was with Rachel. That was the only thing that mattered to Quinn. As they continued walking Quinn had a good idea as to where they were headed but kept silent until she knew for sure that they were indeed heading for the Room of Requirement. "That room has become our room here at Hogwarts, hasn't it?"
Groaning could be heard before Rachel spoke up, "how did you know that was where I wanted to take you?" Rachel asked, a hint of begrudging acceptance in her voice.
Chuckling lightly Quinn responded adoringly. "Well, not only has that room become our room in a way, our secret get away room, I had a feeling that you would need to show me something that you wouldn't normally be able to show me and the Room of Requirement does that. The room adjusts to the user's needs and in order to fulfill it there must be a requirement for something in order for it to appear to someone in need."
Rachel just rolled her eyes, "you Ravenclaws and your ability to figure things out so quickly. Honestly, Quinn, your intelligence is one of your most attractive features and personality traits but sometimes I wish you didn't catch on to everything so quickly so I can simply surprise you once in a while, my love." Seeing the smug look on Quinn's face caused an eye roll from Rachel. "Don't look so smug Quinn, you still don't know what it is I'm going to show you!"
Quinn could only nod in agreement and wonder what it was that Rachel wished to show her as they continued down the long hallway. They finally stopped in front of the room and Rachel had a secretive smile on her face as she opened the door to whatever the room would transform into based on the needs Rachel thought about. Upon entering Quinn found what appeared to be a home and after looking at the pictures along the wall she realized that it had to be a replica of Rachel's own home based on the various frames with images of two men with Rachel in between. There was a moment of slight curiosity for Quinn as to how the two men had conceived Rachel but then she realized that magic was capable of many things since if, or when, it came to it she knew that they wouldn't have any trouble having children either despite the fact that they were both women. "This must be a replica of your home. And these two men must be the fathers you always speak so highly and fondly of. I've always been a bit curious Rachel, if you don't mind my inquiry that is?" Seeing Rachel's nod she continued, "how did they come about … so to speak, conceiving you if you don't mind answering. You don't have to answer if you would rather not since this is merely to sate my curiosity."
Shaking her head Rachel spoke, "I don't mind answering. I'm not exactly certain how it worked but they, let's say they experimented with magic a bit in order to conceive me and it was quite odd but successful as you can see with me standing before you right now that it somehow bore fruit, no pun intended there." Quinn chuckled anyways but it was highly amusing that Rachel chose to say that particular idiom over others considering her last name is Berry. Rachel smiled briefly at that unintended joke as well before continuing, "Well, there was a woman by the name of Shelby Corcoran, a close friend of theirs, who resembles me greatly because of their experiment's success. You see, they asked her if it would be all right for them to have a few locks of her hair for the purpose of using it in a polyjuice potion to see if one of my fathers would be able to conceive a child while being in the body of a woman, so to speak. And they had my father, Hiram, transformed into Shelby's form for nearly a year in order for me to be conceived and I'm not quite sure how this was even remotely possible but it was successful. Perhaps it is because while using the polyjuice potion a person's entire anatomy is changed to the opposite gender when the potion is used between a male and female respectively. It was successful after several erm, weeks of attempting to conceive me and finally being successful one night."
A contemplative look was on Quinn's face as she thought about how entirely ingenious but highly dangerous their experiment was. In all honesty the fact that it worked at all was completely worth the gamble but Quinn did wonder about something else. "How did your father adjust to being a man again after spending nearly a year as a woman, as their friend Shelby?"
It was a valid question and Rachel wasn't sure about the answer. "I'm actually not entirely sure myself but I can say that my father, Leroy, said that he knew for sure he'd never been attracted to women and he never would be and that the only reason he was able to actually go through with having sex with my father Hiram as a woman, as their friend Shelby no less, was the fact that in his mind he knew it was actually his husband, a man he was having intercourse with. It was a difficult time in their life to have that kind of constraint but in the end they had me and they knew it was worth it but they never had a second child because of the difficulty in just having me alone. I can only imagine how horrible it was having to take the polyjuice potion every hour without fail in order to successfully bear a child like my father had to. It must have been stressful and strenuous and I'm not sure how my father excused it when it came to his job." Rachel looked contemplative over things she had been wondering about her conception that she hadn't thought to ask before when she'd had a chance.
Curiosity was naturally a part of Quinn's nature, being an inquisitive Ravenclaw, but for some reason Quinn couldn't find it in herself to actually ask any questions regarding that matter. "Are you going to give me a tour of your house then?" It was said in such a flirty manner Rachel couldn't help but feel as if Quinn was hinting at visiting her room.
Merely nodding in response Rachel started giving Quinn a tour of the various rooms in her house before moving to the stairs and merely pointing at the rooms rather than entering any of the private bedrooms. Once everything was said and done Rachel glanced at her watch. "We'd best get going before the train leaves us. We're due to leave the castle grounds in the next half hour to leave on the train's platform." They rushed out of the room and ran to the castle's entrance to see that a large crowd of students were already there ahead of them. Seeing that it was quite crowded they held hands in order to stay together. "Shall we find our luggage? We have fifteen minutes to spare and our things are a few feet away from where we are standing now."
"Yes, allow me." Quinn merely used unspoken magic to call their luggage over to them using the accio spell. "Hold onto my elbow Rachel." Rachel complied without knowing what Quinn's intent was and upon seeing that Quinn was going to carry both of their rather large and full suitcases Rachel protested.
"Quinn, why are you trying to hold both of our suitcases by yourself, love? Let me carry my own and you can carry yours! There's no need for you to carry both of our things alone." Rachel admonished only to see Quinn smirking sexily at her, something Rachel was beginning to fall victim of more and more frequently.
Leaning over to give Rachel a small peck on the lips, Quinn whispered softly into Rachel's ear, "I don't need help because I'm stronger due to my Veela heritage. I can carry all of this and you without struggle, my love. I assure you, I will be perfectly fine."
A loud shrill whistle was heard as the Hogwarts Express arrived at the platform before coming to a complete stop right at the edge of the station. Rachel felt as if she was going mad with how sexual Quinn was being and yet denying her the sex that she wanted from her. Rachel was sure that she'd have more luck getting Santana Lopez to sleep with her, even Kurt Hummel would be more easily persuaded despite his complete gayness and Santana's open dislike of her. Quinn was so adamant about waiting and being a perfect gentlewoman about not having sex with her while she was supposedly 'too young' for that kind of experience. Rachel only had half a year before she turned sixteen and that wasn't soon enough in her book.
"Shall we find a compartment and have it all to ourselves? I'm sure we can find some way to pass the next eight hours on the train ride back to the muggle train station, my love." Quinn was going to be the death of her, death by utter sexual frustration. To say that they had a productive time on the train would be an understatement. By the time they got to the platform they were both completely flushed in the face, their hair had definitely had fingers running through them despite their best efforts to fix each other's hair, their lips were bruised and cherry red, and their eyes were dark with desire. To say that Quinn's first impression with Rachel's fathers was bad would be a bit of an understatement.
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Upon arriving at the platform and grabbing their large suitcases from above their heads. Once again Quinn was chivalrously carrying everything as they departed from their compartment and waited for their turn to exit the train doors together. Stepping down from the train Quinn gently lowered their luggage to the ground before taking Rachel's hand as they wheeled the luggage behind them and kept an eye out for their parents when they both heard it, the voice of two men calling out to Rachel at the same time. Looking over to their right Rachel spotted her fathers and tugged Quinn along to greet them both in a family group hug. The sight was rather touching and Quinn almost felt out of place as soon as Rachel's hand was no longer in her own hand.
"We missed you so much, our little star!" one of the men exclaimed emotionally, the shorter man with glasses and paler skin. She knew him to be Hiram based on his appearance because Rachel had told her how to tell her two fathers apart and even pointed out who was who in family pictures. "I can't wait to have you back in the house with us, however brief that will be before you're whisked away by that stunning blonde behind you who we can only identify as the one and only Quinn."
Faster than she thought possible both men were looking at her and it felt like she was being stared at with heavy gazes. They were giving her an intimidating stare, or at least were attempting to intimidate her from what she could tell and her Veela disliked it immensely and she fought to calm her Veela down from what it perceived as a threat. Her breathing was heavy and Rachel noticed immediately that there was something wrong with Quinn. She let go of both of her fathers and took the few steps that separated Quinn from her swiftly. "Quinn, what's wrong. Are you all right?" Rachel looked down at Quinn's locket to see that the color it showed was a deep blue just a few shades lighter than navy blue and that caused her to panic. "You're so pale, do you have a potion ready Quinn?"
Quinn shook her head but spoke up softly, "I'll be fine Rachel."
"Don't tell me you're fine when you're clearly not! What's going on Quinn? Please tell me." Rachel was desperate to help her ailing girlfriend.
Taking a deep breath and letting it out, Quinn concentrated on only breathing for several minutes before she finally regained some color to her cheeks and her breathing seemed to regulate again. "I'm really okay Rachel, it was just a … a momentary … internal battle, I suppose."
Rachel's eyes darted around Quinn's face and then down to her locket to see that it was a much lighter blue again but not quite the sky blue she was used to seeing whenever she was around Quinn. "Was it Luciana? What set her off this time, Quinn?"
Before Quinn could answer she heard her name being called from somewhere behind her. "Quinn, there you are! We were waiting for you to find us when we realized that you must still be with Rachel and came looking for you, darling!" Judy said enthusiastically, her eyes lingering on Rachel the most though her eyes wandered between everyone.
Just behind Judy, Russell addressed Quinn in Veela, "Quinn, how are you holding up right now? You look a little out of breath, a little pale and shaky too. What happened just now Quinn?" Russell asked in concern, narrowing his eyes at his daughter in question.
Glancing between Quinn and Russell, Rachel narrowed her eyes in curiosity having understood the man despite feeling as if he hadn't spoken in English. A quick glance at both of her own fathers made her realize that they hadn't understood a word of it because they looked more confused than curious and their facial expression spoke for them. "I'm fine dad, just a bit of a problem with Luciana fighting with me just now. I honestly feel okay and I don't need a potion, I promise."
"Are you sure you don't need a potion Quinn? I noticed it right away, that you weren't feeling well, and I'd rather not have you faint or become even more ill out of stubbornness, my love." Rachel said, not quite realizing that they hadn't intended for her to understand their conversation this early on in the courtship ritual.
Leroy interrupted anything anyone else was going to say by voicing his shock, "you can understand them Rachel? What language were you even speaking?" He looked between the three half Veelas and his daughter with an unreadable expression on his face before glancing over at his husband in turn for a moment before looking back at the Veelas once more.
"Well, I just … I don't know what language they are speaking per se, but I imagine that it is the language of the Veela, daddy." Turning to look at the mildly surprised and impressed faces of Judy and Russell, Rachel was certain she was correct in her guess. Quinn wasn't surprised or shocked in the least, already knowing about how Luciana had spoken to Rachel on Halloween. "I actually heard Quinn, well more accurately Luciana, speaking in Veela several months ago and wondered how I understood when Madam Pomfrey could not and Luciana explained it to me in a roundabout way. I discovered the true reason just a few months later." Rachel took hold of Quinn's hand and gave her a peck on the cheek, refraining from kissing her on the lips considering both of their parents were present.
Flushing slightly Quinn explained the situation in greater detail in English for the Berry men's sake. "It was during Halloween and Luciana was being stubborn and trying to take control of my body to meet a certain someone." Quinn winked at Rachel who flushed a pretty pink in response to the flirting.
"Yes, well, it's not my fault I'm quite lovable and you happened to fall in love with me that quickly." They seemed to forget about everyone else for a moment as they held eye contact and seemingly spoke to each other through the eye contact alone.
Clearing his throat, Hiram addressed Quinn. "Is there any particular reason my daughter can understand Veela despite having never learned it herself?"
His gaze was clearly an attempt at intimidating her once again, as if he thought that Quinn had defiled his daughter or something of equal measure. Quinn narrowed her eyes as she responded, meeting his gaze head on and he saw her eye color change from hazel to icy blue, causing his gaze to falter slightly. "The fact that she is my mate alone is reason enough for her to understand Veela. Do you have a problem with her understanding the language of her mate? If you do, I won't respond so kindly to any threats." This was clearly Luciana's voice though the rest of Quinn remained human in form.
This caused Hiram's jaw to clench and his face to pink slightly. "Just who do you think you are, threatening me like that?" Turning his gaze to Rachel with a clearly disapproving look, Hiram addressed Rachel next. "I don't understand why you like this girl so much, Rachel."
Rachel responded viscerally, "don't talk to her like that, dad! She just told you that she doesn't like how you're coming off so threateningly towards her! You're giving her intimidating looks, don't act so offended and innocent I saw how you were looking at her, and you're not even giving her a chance. Right now, Luciana has taken control because Quinn is feeling threatened by you. She wouldn't attack you but she is clearly giving you a warning to back off and I am ashamed to see you acting so hostilely towards my mate. I honestly can't believe daddy or you right now. I thought you of all people would understand that this wasn't a choice on Quinn's part to fall in love with me. I love her, whether you think I'm too young or not."
It was a tense moment before both men finally acquiesced and turned to the icy blue eyes of the Veela clearly angered by them. Leroy spoke up first, "I sincerely apologize for our behavior, for judging you before you even spoke, Quinn and Luciana. I truly shouldn't have reacted in such a manner before you even had a chance to show us who you are as a person."
Speaking up next Hiram gave Quinn an equally apologetic look. "How about we start his over?" He asked, and upon receiving Quinn's nod he stepped forward. "Hello, my name is Hiram Berry." He shook her hand in a friendly manner with a kind smile on his face. "You must be Quinn Fabray, my darling daughter's girlfriend who we've heard so much about. It's a pleasure meeting your acquaintance."
Leroy stepped forward next and spoke similarly. "Hello, Quinn, it's a pleasure to meet you and I'm sorry if our daughter ever gives you problems because she's quite stubborn and can be a bit of a handful at times but we love her all the same and couldn't exactly return her anyways." Rachel groaned audibly and grumbled under her breath as both men continued on as if she wasn't muttering about them under her breath in absolute annoyance. "We will be glad to have you come visit us sometime this week so we can get to know you better, Quinn. When do you think you might want to come over to our house, Quinn?"
"Well, actually Rachel and I had discussed this at length and we decided to ask you when you thought it would be appropriate for me to come visit since you get to see her much less frequently than I do. This is your family time as well and I don't want to detract from the quality time you would miss otherwise while she is visiting my own family for about two weeks' time after I'm done visiting with you." Quinn glanced between the two men and saw how they seemed impressed and appreciative of what Quinn was willing to give up for several weeks of their summer holiday. Quinn didn't mention the negative effects that would bear on her health being away from her mate from an extended period of time while they were still only sealed without the courtship ritual completed.
Judy and Russell Fabray gave nothing away about their daughter's almost self-destructive behavior other than a small twitch in their eyes that was hardly noticeable seeing as all of the attention was currently on Quinn and not them. It was a bit nerve wrecking, the lengths their daughter would go to please her mate despite what damage it had on her health. "How about you come visit us on the 12th of June until the following week so that we can enjoy a few family outings before your visit and then have Rachel come along to your home the week after from the 26th of June to the 10th of July? I think that sounds fair and then you can enjoy the rest of your summer vacation until you come back to school together next year?"
Under normal circumstances this would be a reasonable suggestion in every sense of the word, but unfortunately for Quinn not being in constant contact with her mate before the courtship ritual was completed would negatively affect her health. Most of the problem lay with the fact that Quinn needed mutual love in order to survive, in order to stay alive. Her heart had deteriorated slowly but surely when Rachel had been in a relationship with Finn all of those months ago because her love hadn't yet become mutual. With the sealing the worst part was over for the most part. Rachel had said 'I love you' and truly meant it which had sealed them, sealed their souls together. The only true danger Quinn was in currently was the time limit she had in order to complete the courtship ritual before her health started failing yet again as the sealing only helped slow down and heal some of the deterioration that had already occurred. Thus, the amount of time between finding her mate and being sealed had been significant enough that she hadn't become fully healed yet.
Quinn's face showed none of her inner turmoil to the two men standing before her in the least but Rachel knew Quinn's face looked too stiff, her smile too practiced. "That would be perfectly acceptable Misters Berry. I simply cannot wait to visit you nine days from now." Quinn feigned interest in looking around before pointedly looking at her parents before she spoke again. "I think we should be going now seeing as most of the other families have left and I'm sure you'd like to start enjoying having Rachel at home again as soon as possible and I'd like to see my sister as well."
Before Quinn could even step away the two men, politely dismissing herself Rachel spoke up swiftly. "Don't go yet Quinn! I'd like to talk to you about something in … private, if you please?" Though Rachel phrased it in a questioning way, she meant it as more of a demand. Quinn nodded stiffly, wondering what Rachel might say and hoping it wasn't because she had noticed anything was wrong. "Follow me, love."
After a quick glance to make sure they were out of earshot Rachel caught Quinn's gaze and stared into them intensely, causing Quinn to momentarily forget that Rachel wanted to talk about something. "You're so beautiful that you sometimes leave me breathless."
Her reaction was almost immediate, Rachel's cheek flushed from the romantic compliment. "That was swoon worthy and I definitely swooned internally but I need to focus on what I wanted to ask you, you wonderful distraction my love." The blush diminished as Rachel looked into Quinn's eyes seriously once more. Taking a deep breath in and letting it out slowly Rachel began, "I noticed that you seemed a bit tense, a bit uneasy about something my father said in regards to our summer holiday plans to meet and stay over at each other's houses for meeting each other's families as well as simply being together." Rachel hesitated for a single moment more before she continued, "Is there something you might possibly be keeping from me? Anything at all, my darling?"
Nervously Quinn cleared her throat as she gazed into her girlfriend's eyes, meeting her head on and deciding the truth was the only answer she could give her. "I wasn't specifically keeping anything from you but I had forgotten about something since we are almost always together in some way or another." Quinn paused to gather her courage and prefaced with, "please don't overreact or become upset, Rachel." Seeing Rachel narrow her eyes but nod for her to continue Quinn spoke slowly. "Because I am only sealed to you and the courtship ritual hasn't been completed yet, any time I spend away from you that is significant I will … become a little bit ill again. What I mean by that is … well, a few days isn't a big deal at all but, several weeks will drain on me little by little again. The courtship ritual itself should be completed within a certain amount of time, the amount of time varies depending on how pure the blood of the individual involved in the ritual itself. For me … seven weeks will be too long apart from you but I don't want to impose, I don't want to take away from your time spent with your family because of how brief it is before we'll be going back to Hogwarts."
Rachel immediately shook her head, not particularly happy about hearing this coming from someone she loved so dearly. "I will not allow you to suffer in silence like that Quinn! You have to see me for at least two more weeks during the summer in between July and August and this is nonnegotiable because this is a matter of your health! I love you far too much to allow your health to drop like it had all those months ago, for you to potentially die just because you 'don't want to impose' on my family for your own sake! You are the love of my life, my soulmate, my mate, and I am yours."
Without any preamble or preface Rachel reached forward and pulled Quinn down into a heated kiss that left Quinn stunned temporarily before she responded and as soon as she moaned Rachel's tongue slipped in between her parted lips and caused an even louder groan to leave her throat. They kissed for several long minutes before Rachel pulled away and pressed their foreheads together. "I understand Rachel." Quinn leaned forward and gave Rachel a quick but loving peck on the lips.
"More than anything, I just want you to be okay, I just want to know that you'll still be alive and that we will continue to live in this love we have. I want you to be more than okay, I want you to be healthy, full of life, and have a longer future without having to worry about you suddenly feeling ill or even gradually becoming ill again. I … I'd like it if you spoke to my father's about having you come over for another stay sometime around the end of July or beginning of August to ensure your health is maintained." Rachel had a determined look in her eyes as she looked into the hazel eyes she had come to love so much, to fall in love with more and more each day that passed between them.
One word, "okay." One word was all it took for Rachel to smile broadly and nuzzle into Quinn's neck affectionately.
Pulling Quinn back over to the adults who had been watching their interaction closely Rachel spoke up first. "Quinn and I were just discussing something and we'd like to as you something, dad and daddy." When she looked between both men and saw that she had their attention she continued. "It has come to my attention that Quinn has needs that need to be met in order for her health to remain stable and maybe even a bit better than stable. In order to do so, she is required to stay in contact with me, at the very least, about once every two weeks or so. It is hazardous to her health being unable to do so otherwise. Seeing that this is a health issue that is easily rectifiable, I propose that she be allowed to come over for another stay at our house for two weeks from the 20th of July to the 3rd of August for her health's sake."
Both men looked at each other in contemplation. Rachel could be quite stubborn and the fact that it was over Quinn's health issue, being a half Veela seemed difficult to say the least, they didn't think it was truly an option to refuse. "What exactly is your health issue to be exact? Rachel mentioned that you hadn't been in the best of health very vaguely in her letters to us but she did say that at one point she feared that you would die because your decline in health was due to not being with your mate." He gave her an imploring look. "Will you please explain it to us so that we can understand this better?"
Looking between both men and their earnest facial expressions Quinn acquiesced with a nod. "All right. The very basic condition I have, the illness that is affecting me, is essentially my need for mutual love in order to survive, in order to live. My heart was deteriorating without Rachel loving me while I was in love with her. That is what the very essence of being a Veela is, needing mutual love in order to continue living, so to speak. Without love, we die, our hearts deteriorate and once we hit puberty the way for us to find love is for us to find someone completely immune to our thrall, someone who doesn't drool at us and fall to our feet in false love, in obsession or infatuation. This kind of love is rare and pure and therefore the only love that our Veela will accept. For me … Rachel is that one person. And the thing is though, sometimes this can cause problems in that the other person our Veela finds compatible with us doesn't realize it in time or we are not what they want in another, in a mate. When this event occurs some Veelas end up dying or struggling to find another before they die from not having that mutual love that we need to live. We cannot live without love in any way, shape, or form. That is what makes a Veela, a Veela whether of impure blood or not."
Glances were exchanged before Hiram spoke up this time. "I can see why you need to see Rachel more often. She is, as she says, an extremely lovable girl and we have no reason to disallow you to see her for another extended visit for your health's sake but no funny business under our roof and we will have an open door policy in effect."
Quinn nodded at the men before feeling an insistent hand tugging at her own for attention. Using her peripheral vision she saw that it was Rachel tugging on her hand. "What's wrong love?"
"Nothing's wrong I just … I wanted a goodbye kiss before you go." Rachel smiled shyly and Quinn smiled warmly at her.
"Of course." Quinn gave Rachel a peck on the lips and pulled her into her after pulling away to nuzzle into Rachel's neck while Rachel did the same.
"I can't wait for you to come over to visit. I'm so excited to have you for most of the summer!"
"Couldn't agree more, my love."
With that both families dragged their daughters away from each other before apparating back to their respective homes.
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A week. A week had felt more like a month to Rachel as she bounced around all day waiting for her Veela girlfriend to arrive at her house. Quinn hadn't specified a time in which she would arrive but it felt as if she had been waiting for an eternity for the moment Quinn would knock, or perhaps ring the doorbell, on the door to her home and finally she would be able to see her, hold her, and even kiss her. Rachel was sure this was what going crazy felt like.
Finally hearing a knock on the door Rachel ran to it before either of her fathers could react and she swung the door open so quickly it made a whistling whoosh as it opened to reveal the stunning blonde she had been waiting for and her sister, an equally gorgeous woman with blue eyes. "Quinn!" Rachel yelled in excitement before pulling her into a heartfelt hug and nuzzling into Quinn's neck as if they hadn't seen each other just a week prior. "I missed you so much," Rachel breathed into Quinn's ear, causing Quinn to shiver as she responded in kind.
"I missed you just as much if not more, my love." Quinn nuzzled into Rachel's neck and just breathed her scent in as she enjoyed feeling that closeness and intimacy with Rachel.
"Aren't you two such adorable lovebirds, being all lovey-dovey even with me standing here waiting to be introduced," Frannie teased. She honestly did think the sight of them was quite endearing but she wanted to officially meet her little sister's mate.
"Oh, of course," Quinn stepped back from Rachel's embrace, very reluctantly, before holding her around the waist to introduce both her sister and her mate to each other. "Sorry Frannie. Rachel, this is Frannie, my sister, and Frannie, this is Rachel, my mate. You both are already aware of each other through me talking about both of you to each other but it was about time you officially met each other, isn't it?" Quinn asked pleasantly, happier than Frannie had ever seen her. There seemed to be a bit of a glow around Quinn, her aura was stronger than usual and her locket was a bright sky blue.
"Yes, it's great to finally see that your mate is quite the looker and she seems quite smitten with you as well." Turning to finally address Rachel herself, Frannie stuck a hand out to shake Rachel's own hand firmly but gently. "It was nice meeting you Rachel. I'd say a quick hello to your fathers but I'm running a bit short on time if you could just tell them that I said hi to them and that I'm grateful for their understanding and that I appreciate them allowing Quinn to stay with you not only for this week but also for another two weeks as well. Tell them that I am thanking them on the behalf of my entire family, including Quinn of course."
Rachel nodded her head vigorously in response, "yes, yes I will! Thank you for dropping Quinn off and I hope to see you again when I visit Quinn! It was very nice meeting you officially Frannie!" Frannie simply nodded, gave her sister a quick hug, pulled Rachel in for a hug as well, and apparated back to her own home.
"Let's get your luggage upstairs and then we can … maybe cuddle on my bed … exchange some kisses as well, possibly?"
Smiling widely, Quinn leaned in and gave Rachel a soft and affectionate peck on the lips. "I'm all yours for the next week, love. Whatever you want to do, always."
Heart hammering in her chest at the possibilities, Rachel completely forgot about her fathers being home and standing not too far away. Oh well.
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So, here's the next chapter and as per usual, please read, review, and I hope you enjoyed!^^ Please your thoughts in a review and tell me what you thought of this chapter!^^ Something big might be happening in the next chapter just so you all know and get a bit hyped for it! The more reviews the more likely I am to write an even longer story everybody!;P Also, October 21 is my little sister's big day! She's finally a double digit, she's 10 now and ugh, the emotional feels! I feel like a proud mama/big sis around that girl of mine!^^
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