Hey guys, I know its been forever please don't hate me. Well I'm not going to keep you waiting here's the story.

Rachel strode into school feeling a little bit apprehensive. It had been a week since her sister found out what was happening and things seemed to stop. Well everyone still looked at her weird and sometimes she would "trip" in the hall way but nothing got out of hand. It makes her wonder what her sister and Brittany did. They never told them what they were going to do, they just promised things were going to change. I guess they didn't break that promise because Rachel has come home from school everyday this week without a bruise.

Rachel and Quinn still haven't talked since Quinn cracked. She was still very mad at the blonde for spilling the beans. Even though things have been looking up since their sisters have found out she's mad she cracked. She got yelled at for not cracking but Quinn told Brittany, that's what makes her mad. Rachel avoided the girl during school for the most part, but today had been different.

Today walking the hallways Rachel noticed Quinn and some older looking boy. Being the fact that her school was for 5th grade to 8th the boy had to be in 8th grade. What Rachel couldn't figure out was why she was hanging out with that boy. He seemed really close to the smaller girl it was strange to Rachel. Quinn was 10 almost 11 and this boy was going to high school next year. What would someone almost 15 years old want an 11 year old girlfriend. It confused Rachel, but she just brushed it off and went on with her day.

When the school day was over Rachel was walking to her locker to pick up some of her books that she needed for homework when she noticed Quinn with that boy again. She watched them intently, how Quinn let him invade her personal space how he looked at her like she was just a piece of meat. The small brunette racks her mind and tries to figure out if she's ever seen Quinn with this boy before. She recalls how he would always look at her and sometimes talk to her but this is the first time she's ever seen him get this close to her. When she gets the stuff she needs she walks by the two and notices how they have their hands linked. Maybe Quinn found herself a boyfriend, but she still doesn't like the age difference.

Rachel walks out of the school and notices her sister next to Britt. They are holding hands and talking to each other, both wearing smiles. She skips over to her sister and gives her a questioning look when she doesn't see either of the twos car.

"We're walking home today, its so nice out today." Santana explains when she notices the look on Rachel's face. She playfully rolls her eyes when the younger girl hands her, her knapsack.

"Where's Quinn?" Britt asks.

"She's talking to some boy." Rachel explains, she assumed Brittany would know more about her personal life then she did. She probably already knew about the girls boyfriend.

Quinn's POV

Schools over and I'm still in the building, I saw Rachel watching me, I know she was. I don't blame her, if she was hanging around an older guy I would stare too. Zack Owens is the guy is hanging around me. No one really knows outside of school that he hangs around me. He's 14 and he thinks I'm a cool kid for being almost 11.

"I have to go, my sister's waiting for me." I told him, hoping he would back up a bit from me.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow." He stared at me for a bit before leaving.

I took a deep breath to collect my thoughts then walked outside. I saw Brittany waiting for me next to San and Rachel. Her eyebrows were raised at me, questioning why it took me so long to get out of the school.

"Sorry I was late Brit, I had to get something." I lie to her easily. With her being away for so long I assume she can't read me like a book. Even though we've been building a relationship slowly since she returned I still feel a bit insecure, afraid she'll leave again.

"That's not what Rachel said." Brittany told her sister, taking her book bag from her, walking down the side walk. I shoot Rachel a death glare, wondering what she said. "She said you were with some boy." Britt teases me.

I didn't take her bait and walked silently next to her. I didn't want her to know about Zack, she'd be upset that he was older then me. It didn't matter to me though, dating an older boy was something that made you cool. Quinn just wanted to be seen as cool again. Going from star basketball player to loser was not something she liked.

While walking home she noticed Santana and Rachel having a silent conversation, wondering what her friend was saying. She hoped that Rachel wasn't telling her about what she saw today. If Santana found out then Brittany would be sure to find out. Meaning her time with Zack would be gone, for good. On the walk home Quinn also took noticed to the fact her gym teacher was walking behind them, she stiffened. What was he doing following her?

Feeling a sense of uneasiness Quinn stepped closer to her sister and grabbed her hand. She would never admit this out loud but Brittany made her feel safe, she always did and Quinn hoped she always would. Brittany was surprised by the sudden contact but smiled down at her sister, she missed being close to her sister.

"Tana," Quinn heard Rachel's voice, "What did you do to get them to stop?"

"I told them I'd go all Lima Heights on their ass's if they didn't get them to stop bullying you and Q-ball." She joked with her sister.

"Seriously Santana." Rachel all but whined to the latina.

"Brittany and I walked down to that school and talked to the principle. We told them what was happening and that if he didn't put a stop to it my law firm would be sueing him." Santana explains, taking Rachel's hand to cross the road.

"Brittany, can we visit dad today?" Quinn asked her older sister, hope swimming in her eyes.

Britt once again smiled down at the girl, "Mom said that we'll all go visit him after dinner. Today he has is weekly review so we're hoping for some good news."

"I hope he's okay." Quinn said softly. If her daddy wasn't okay then she wouldn't know what she would do. She loved him almost as much as she loved Brittany. Almost.

"I hope he's okay too."

At the Lopez Estate, Rachel's POV.

Rachel was sitting on the living room floor watching a movie while Santana was on her lap top doing some work. Rachel stopped watching the movie and stared at her sister wondering if she should ask her how old you're supposed to be before you start dating. She flicks her eyes back to the TV set when she sees her sister look up from her lap top. As soon as her big sister looked away Rachel looked back at her, staring at her intently.

"Rachel whatever you have to say, just say it." Santana said without looking up from her laptop.

"How'd you know I had something to say?"

"You've been staring at me for five minutes, I can feel your eyes on me." Santana explained, "Now what do you have to say?"

"How old were you when you started dating?" The younger girl blurted out.

"Why? Do you have a crush?" the older brunette teased.

"No, I just wanted to know, that's all."

"Well I didn't start really dating until high school. You're not allowed to start dating until you get to college, maybe." She said seriously, causing Rae to roll her eyes. "Don't you role your eyes at me."

"Are you allowed to date older people?" Rachel asked after a couple of minutes of silence.

"Yeah, well as long as your both adults, if not then its like two years apart. I think dating older people is weird. Why?"

"Just wondering."

"Whatever you say estrella." Santana said, getting back to her work.

At the hospital, Mr. Pierce's room.

Mr. Pierce had been in the hospital for over three months now. He had cancer, and he has been fighting it ever since. He wasn't going to let this thing beat him. So now his wife and kids are visiting him in his room, waiting for the doctor to bring him news, hopefully good news.

Quinn was sitting in a chair against the wall, feet curled up, resting her head on her knees. Brittany held one of her hands as she sat in the chair next to the girl. Their mother had been laying in the bed with her husband, needing to feel close to him.

Dr. Wallace had walked into his room about ten minutes after their arrival. He came in and greeted everyone making some small talk. That was before Mr. Pierce spoke up. "Alright lets get straight to the point. How's my health?"

He sighed and looked over the charts one more time before taking a seat on his spiny chair. Sighing was never a good sign, Quinn thought. "Well it seems that cancer has spread to your stomach. The radiation hasn't been helping you. We aren't sure if surgery will stop the cancer spread, if it does…" he was cut off by Joe Pierce.

"What are the chances that the cancer will stop spreading if you perform the surgery?"

"30-40 percent." He said sadly.

This was not the news Quinn had wanted to hear. She sat in her chair silently listening to what he was saying. She was confused but by the tone and facial expressions of everyone in the room she knew something wasn't right. If the medicine wasn't working then her daddy wasn't getting better that's what she understood from all of this. Although she could feel her sister rubbing small gentle circles on her hand with her thumb, she still didn't feel very comforted.

"How much time?" He barely was able to ask.

"If the cancer keeps spreading at the rate that it is, then I'd say maybe two weeks, a month top." The Doctor explained regretfully. Quinn let out a whimper and Brittany fought to keep her tears at bay.

"Well thank you for everything that you've done but I want to go home and spend time with my family. Make the minutes count." Joe explained.

"Joe, think about this, we can do the surgery." Susan Pierce tried to reason with the love of her life.

"Susan I will not waste away in this hospital. I'm dying and I want to spend time with my family."

Quinn's heart was in her stomach. The words she never wanted to hear were being said. They were being said by her daddy. He was giving up.

"Dad, you can't be." Brittany said brokenly.

"Honey.."

"You can't leave!" Quinn yelled, making everyone jump at the sudden outburst. "You have to stay and fight, you can win. You always tell me to never give up and now you are. I don't want you to leave." She said brokenly.

"Quinnie, I can't win this battle." He tried to explain to his ten year old girl who he wouldn't see grow up to be a woman.

"You can win, you just need to try." She reasoned back. She had silent tears pouring down her face. Everyone in the room was crying, this news was a low blow to everyone.

"I have tried Quinn. I've fought, the final bell as rang, I'm down for the count." He was crying now too.

"No." she said standing up, "you can beat this, you're my daddy you can beat anything." She cried, "you just have to keep fighting, please." She pleaded with her dad. Brittany was behind her trying to pull herself together but the words of her sister weren't making it easy.

"Quinn you need to listen to me." Joe tried to explain one more time. "Daddy can't win this time. I have to leave and we all need to accept that and take what we can these next couple weeks. Okay?"

Quinn shook her head "Not okay. This is not okay." She pulled her hand away from Brittany's and walked out of the hospital room.

So here's the update that's way over due. I hope you liked it. I tried to make it longer so it would make up for the fact that I haven't updated in like three months. I'm going to update family matters next. Tomorrow, hopefully but my sister has graduation tomorrow so it might be up later. Okay questions.

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