A/N: To the question about Santana and Quinn's first time together, no i did not write it because it isn't an important part of the story. I may write a chapter where is it a flashback but don't get your hopes up. Anyway here is the next chapter.
Quinn's P.O.V.
So in the time since everything has happened, I've come to terms with everything that's been going on...sort of. I'm still not talking to my father but I don't really know what to say to him. I just don't think I'm ready for that right now but I am ready to meet my brother. Santana helped me figure out how to see him so I wouldn't have to talk to my father or his mistress. We're supposed to meet at a park and I can hang out with David for awhile. This was planned over a week ago and now today is the day and I'm beyond nervous. I just don't know what to do. I haven't been around kids, I don't even know how to entertain him. Santana is coming along but I don't know if that'll help either, she doesn't seem like the kid type.
"He's going to hate me." I say to Santana and she glances over to me from the drivers seat. We're already on our way there and I've been becoming more and more nervous with every passing house, tree, or place of business. I want to go back. This isn't a good idea.
"Why would he hate you?" She asks.
"I don't know but kids aren't always easy to please and are brutally honest."
"You're dating me, you should be used to that." She says and I roll my eyes.
"All you have to do is talk to him. He's five right?" She says and I nod.
"Most five year olds can talk your ear off so you won't have to do much work."
"Maybe we should turn around. I mean I doubt he's looking forward to it so if I cancel it won't hurt him."
"What if he is looking forward to it? What if he was told he was meeting his sister and got super excited? You can't just do that to him, then he just might hate you." Santana says and I sigh.
"It's too late to back out. I don't know why you're so nervous about a kid."
"It's not just a kid. He's my brother."
"Exactly so no matter if he likes you or not, he's fucking stuck with you." I sigh and lean back in my seat.
"I should have waited for Francine."
"Why? I'm not helping?" Santana asks.
"Not really."
"Like she would tell you something different. The truth is, you're over thinking all of this. I've never seen someone panic over what a five year old would think."
"What if he's some bratty kid?"
"What if he isn't?" She counters and I roll my eyes.
"What if he's annoying?"
"What kid isn't?"
"Are you just going to keep answering my questions with questions?"
"Are you going to keep asking questions?" She says with a smirk and I groan and punch her shoulder. She laughs and looks over to me.
"What was that for?"
"For being an ass. You're not helping me."
"Quit being a baby. If you fuck up I'll help."
"What do you know about kids?" I ask and Santana shrugs.
"Not much but I have cousins around his age. They love me for some reason so I know you'll be fine."
"If you say so." I say as she turns her head back to the road.
"You still haven't talked to your father?"
"No. Why?"
"Well he might be the one dropping David off."
"I thought you talked to his mom?"
"I did but it doesn't mean that she'll be the one to show up." Ugh why didn't I think of that? Shit.
"We're leaving if he's there." I say and Santana rolls her eyes.
"It hasn't been that long so I understand that you're still angry but hear him out. No matter what he's still your dad."
"Since when have you become such a big advocate for my father? You don't even know him." Santana rolls her eyes and keeps her head forward.
"I know enough. How long can you hold a grudge?"
"Longer than you'd think. I'm not very forgiving when someone has been lying to me for fucking years."
"Some lies are necessary Quinn." I furrow my eyebrows and look at her.
"How are lies necessary? Of course his is because you can't just tell your wife you're fucking someone else!" She rolls her eyes.
"Why do people lie? To keep people from getting hurt. At least he did care enough to try not to hurt you guys."
"What? Are you seriously defending him right now?"
"No. I'm saying...everybody lies Quinn." What is she getting at?
"Is there something you want to tell me Santana?" She shakes her head.
"Now you're suspicious of me?"
"No but should I be? You're defending him lying to my family about cheating. Maybe you two have the same views on cheating."
"Are you seriously insinuating that I'm cheating? Is that what we're doing right now?" I roll my eyes and sigh. I guess I kind of took some pent up anger out on her.
"No. I know you're not cheating on me."
"Duh, it's not like I could anyway since you're always around." She says with a smirk.
"I hate you."
"I love you too but I'm just saying, he's human and we make mistakes. He's still your dad and you should be happy to even have one because a lot of people don't. I'm not saying forgive him right now or ever if that's not what you want to do but I am saying you should let him apologize." I don't know. I hear what she's saying and...I guess she's right. I don't have to forgive him but I should give him the chance to apologize.
"Okay I get it."
"Good. So if he is there...how are you going to feel about it?" She asks and I shrug.
"Probably angry...that's all I really have." Santana nods her head and I look back out of the window. We're here. Great. Santana finds a parking spot and we get out of the car.
"They're supposed to be by the slides." She says as she walks around the front of the car and over to me. I look around the park and notice a few things I didn't before, there's about five different sets of slides, there's a good number of kids at this park and this park is bigger than I thought. I look to Santana who's looking around the park and I'm thinking she noticed the same thing I did.
"Shit." Yeah she noticed it.
"Did they say a color? Or if it was by anything?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"Give me a second." Santana says as she leans against the car. She pulls her phone out of her pocket and starts doing something. I lean against the passenger's side door next to her and fold my arms on top of each other on the roof of the car. I look over to my left and scan one of the many playgrounds in this park. There's kids running around, on the monkey bars, swings and going down the slide and parents scattered around the park. The continuous sound of children's laughter is calming and actually relaxes me. I like kids I've just never been around many in my lifetime. I notice a tunnel, not too far from the playground but right past a sand box. It's a small yellow tunnel and I see a kid crawling through it. He only caught my attention because...he sort of looks like me. That must be...
"Santana." I say as I turn my head towards her. She pulls the phone away from her ear slightly and looks at me.
"What?"
"I found them. Well David anyway." Santana ends her call and lifts herself from the car.
"How do you know it's him?" She asks. I drop my arms from the car and move away from it.
"I'm not 100 percent sure but he looks like me from what I can tell. Let's just go over there and see if we see Crystal." Santana nods her head and I start to walk in the direction of the playground.
"You do know what she looks like right?" I ask Santana.
"Uhh...I don't think I need to." What? I glance at her and see her staring off in the distance. I look in the direction she's looking in and see my father with the little boy I thought was David, walking over to a red slide.
"I think we might've been early." Santana says and I shake my head.
"Did you know he'd be here? Is that why you said that?" I ask her and she shakes her head.
"I had a feeling but I didn't actually know. What do you want to do?" She asks. I'm not entirely sure I believe that she didn't know but we'll get to that later. I want to leave because I don't want to talk to him, I don't want to see him and I definitely don't want to be in the same vicinity as him but...that little kid was adorable. I want to meet him and Santana did drive all this way... I take a deep breath and feel Santana slide her hand into mine.
"Let's go." I say to her.
"Home?" I shake my head.
"Oh. Are you sure?" She asks and I nod my head. Santana starts to walk and I follow her lead. As we walk I move closer to her. I'm really glad she came with me. I didn't think she was going to when I first asked her, she looked hesitant and I thought she was going to back out but she didn't. If I didn't already love her, this would be the moment it happened but instead this just makes me love her more. We're a few steps away from my father and David and I take a deep breath to calm myself. My father is talking to David about something so their attention isn't on us, something which I am very grateful for. When we're a few feet from them my father looks up at us and give me a half smile. I try to return it but I can't bring myself to even attempt it.
"Hi." He says looking directly at me as we approach him.
"Hi." I say quietly and advert my eyes to David.
"Hello." My father says to Santana. I don't hear a response so I'm assuming she nodded her head.
"I guess I should do the introductions." My father says with a smile.
"Quinn this is David, David this is your sister Quinn." I smile at David and squat down so I'm eye level with him.
"Hi." I say and I almost fall backwards when he wraps his arms around me but I catch myself and hug him back.
"Hi." He says next to my ear. This might be easier than I thought.
Santana's P.O.V.
This would really be a heartwarming moment if Russell wasn't here. I really didn't know he'd be here but I thought about the possibility when I mentioned it Quinn. I had a feeling this would be awkward for me and it's the reason I didn't want to come in the first place but I had to. I couldn't let her do it alone and I didn't want anyone else to be with her. I just wish this asshole wasn't here. Quinn and David started talking pretty quickly and he dragged her away to the swings. Thanks kid, now I'm standing with the man I wish was dead.
"They're getting along nicely." He says and I roll my eyes.
"Do not talk to me." I say as I watch Quinn and David walk.
"Fine but thank you for being there for her when I couldn't."
"I did what I had to. You broke her and I'm trying to fix her."
"And when you break her, I'll do the same." He says.
"I won't break her."
"Yeah I'm sure she'll take the news of her girlfriend being...you know and going after her father and her but then changing your mind, really well. "
"Maybe she doesn't need to know about any of that."
"So you've decided to let bygones be bygones?" He asks and I roll my eyes.
"I still want you six feet under but I'm not entirely sure I'll be the person to do it. That doesn't mean I want to have any sort of...anything with you. The only connection we have is Quinn and that's all it'll ever be." I say as I continue to watch Quinn and David. David is laughing as he and Quinn swing next to each other. I bet their conversation is going better than this one.
"And if you have kids together." He says and I look at him.
"Santana I watched you for months. I know about certain things."
"Fucking pervert."
"Either way, you'll have some connection to me and it would be easier for you if you didn't hate me. I know how tiring it can be." He says.
"Well I'm nowhere near tired." I say . He nods his head and I walk over to Q and David. I don't know what Quinn was so nervous about because it looks like he's having a lot of fun with her. It didn't take long for Russell to come over and make things awkward, well for me anyway. I think it's just going to be awkward for me no matter what. After Quinn helps David on the monkey bars I walk over to her.
"So I think I'm ready to leave." Quinn was still watching David until I said that.
"Why?"
"This just seems really...it seems like a family moment and I shouldn't be here."
"But you can't leave."
"Why not?" I ask.
"You're my ride." She says with a playful smirk. Right.
"Oh yeah."
"And I don't want you to but if you feel uncomfortable then okay."
"I won't leave but maybe go find a coffee place or something. I'll be back." I say and Quinn nods then pecks my lips. Once I'm in the car, I finally feel like I can breathe. I realized that I'd be better off just being with Quinn than killing her father. He killed my parents and I lost my family but in a sense he's lost his too but the only difference is that his is probably temporary. I still want to kill him or at least kick his ass but I'm trying to control that anger.
I never ever want to tell Quinn about my past profession. I'm officially retired and she never needs to know I did it. It won't make or break our relationship if she doesn't know. Russell was going to be my last target but now that I'm not doing that, I'm done. Maybe I'll tell her one day just because I don't like hiding things from her but that will be a long, long time from now.
Quinn's P.O.V.
David is a really nice kid. Santana was right about him talking a lot too but his attention span is so short he goes from one thing to another so quickly I can barely keep up with the conversation at times. He told me how excited he was to have sisters because he hates playing alone. David is pretty smart too and knows things your average five year old probably doesn't. Right now we're playing hide and seek and he's hiding. I cheated and peaked to see where he was going just to be safe. This is a big place and I don't want to lose him. I keep counting against a tree when I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look to my right and see my father standing there. Fuck.
"Having fun?" He asks.
"I was."
"Can I talk to you?" He asks.
"We're in the middle of a game." I say with a roll of my eyes. I don't want to talk.
"It won't take long." He says and I shake my head.
"That's never true. Get David and tell him we have to hold off because you want to talk about being a cheating whore."
"Lucy Quinn Fabray, I don't care what I've done and how old you are. I am your father and you will show me respect." He says but I just roll my eyes and walk over to a bench. It's a little too late for respect. I sit on the bench and he goes to David. I think he tells him to play near us because David goes to the slide and my father continues to walk towards me. I turn my head away from him but I see him sit on the other side of the bench through my peripheral vision.
"I want to start off by apologizing."
"Apologizing for cheating or getting caught?" I say and he sighs.
"I know what I did was wrong and it hurt you, all of you and I'm sorry."
"If you knew it was wrong why did you keep doing it? Were you and mom having problems?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"No. I love you mother, I do but I guess...I was being selfish. When it started...I liked the thrill of it. Doing something I shouldn't. It went further than I expected and she got pregnant with David. I didn't know how to tell your mother."
"So you just didn't."
"I was trying to keep my family together."
"By starting another one." He sighs heavily.
"I was desperate. I've done things I can't take back because of it."
"Like threatening your own daughters life?" He nods.
"I'm guessing she told you about that after everything came out."
"Yeah. Who are you? I don't even know you."
"You do Quinn. I'm the same man who has been here your entire life. I'm still your father and I still love you and I'm sorry for the pain I've put you, your mother and sister through. I'll understand if you don't forgive me but I am sorry." He says and I sigh.
"Are you with that woman?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"I ended things. I need to figure some things out."
"Are you and mom getting a divorce?"
"That's one of the things I need to figure out but if your mother wants one, I'll probably have no choice." He says and I nod.
"I don't forgive you. I don't know how long it will take before I do or if I ever do but I appreciate and accept the apology." I say and he nods his head.
"Okay...how are you and Santana? Seems like your doing well."
"Yeah we're fine."
"You're living together so I'm guessing it's serious." How does he know that?
"The one time your mother did talk to me, she told me." He says and I nod.
"Yeah it's pretty serious."
"You don't think it's been going a little fast?"
"I can't help how I feel and we've been living together for a while now and everything has been fine." He nods his head.
"I just don't want you getting hurt. You don't really know her."
"I know her enough to know she wouldn't hurt me like you did."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." I furrow my eyebrows. What?
"You know nothing about her."
"Maybe, maybe not. I think you may not know something." He says and I shake my head.
"So I got your normal and a muffin for the kid. Does he eat muffins? If not I got some candy too so." I hear Santana say from behind me. I turn around to see her with once cup of coffee and a bag in her hand.
"He'll eat the muffin." My father says and Santana nods to him and hands me the things in her hands.
We find a table to sit at and Santana and I talk to David as he eats his muffin. They started talking about scars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a lot of other stuff. It was pretty nice seeing them get along and connect. I love that Santana gets along with almost everyone in my family. I really love her and it amazes me that I just happen to meet her.
After finishing his muffin, we had to say goodbye but not after making a plan to see him again. I'm supposed to see him soon so I'm happy about that. As Santana and I go home I think about something I've never found myself thinking about before with anyone...I could see myself having kids with Santana and I can see myself marrying her. I think she'd be the perfect person to start my life with...but I don't get what my dad said. Why would he even say that? I'm probably thinking too much into it. I should let it go but...it's nagging at me. What if Santana is hiding something?