It was a secret. The two girls decided to keep it a secret. They couldn't let anyone know about their relationship. Not that they were ashamed, but, they weren't ready. It was a big step, and they weren't ready to take it yet. They'd discussed it that Thursday night. Though, they grew closer together. That night, they grew a bond. They grew an inseparable bond, and nothing could tear them apart. Each time that one of the girls had to get up from that couch to go to either the bathroom, or to get a drink, it felt as though it was the hardest thing known to mankind. Letting each other out of their sight. They would count down the minutes until the other one got back, and when they did get back, they hugged like they hadn't seen each other in a year. And until that night, Quinn never knew that the word 'yes' could mean so much to a person. Yet, hearing it coming out of Rachel's mouth changed her opinion entirely.
"Rachel! Over here!" Called Kurt. It was Monday morning, and Rachel was at Quinn's locker. The blonde gave her a small nod and a smile, and a wide grin spread across Rachel's face. They both longed for a kiss, but knew that they couldn't, and that's what killed them. A small sigh escaped past Rachel's lips and she spun around on her heel, skipping her way over to Kurt.
"So, I need an input from Ms. Rachel Berry." Kurt began, and ran a hand over his smooth, gelled hair, and watched Rachel's eyebrows raise in curiosity.
"Alright. What is it, Kurt?" She couldn't suppress the grin on her face, as she eyed Kurt's obviously new outfit.
"Well, Blaine is taking me out to dinner tonight, and I just had so much trouble choosing an outfit. I basically just pulled this one together, does it look okay?" Kurt eyed his outfit down, and adjusted his red tie.
"It looks great, Kurt! Blaine will love it. Here, let me just fix something." Rachel leaned over and smoothed down a few creases and wrinkles in the grey vest that Kurt was flaunting. He always seemed to have an amazing sense of fashion. Everything was specially made by a designer, and last week, seemed so last month.
"Wonderful! Thank you, Rachel. I think… Quinn is waiting for you over there," Kurt glanced over at Quinn, who was leaning against her closed locker. "I thought you two hated each other."
Rachel shifted nervously and gave Kurt a weak smile, and a shrug of her shoulders. "Well, you thought wrong. We actually get along quite well, Quinn and I. And seeing as we're both working on that duet together, I think it's best that we are getting along, and not picking fights with each other." Before Kurt had time to respond, Rachel was already off down the hallway, and right by Quinn's side. The girls exchanged smiles and left Kurt in a curious state as he watched them walk off down the hall together. Why did they suddenly seem so close? With a shrug of his shoulders, he began to walk in the opposite direction. Rachel was his best friend, she wouldn't hide anything from him.
"Kurt is a little suspicious, Quinn. I don't like hiding things from him, I mean, he's my best friend." Rachel glanced over her shoulder to see where her and Kurt were standing previously and allowed a sigh to escape her lips, a look of guilt appearing on her face.
"It's okay, Rachel… We're not going to be hiding forever. I'm sure Kurt would understand. Don't feel bad, beautiful. Everything will work out in the end, right?" Quinn made sure to look around cautiously before she placed a gentle, welcoming hand on the girl's shoulder to try and soothe her.
"Thank you, Quinn," Her skin tingled beneath Quinn's touch, and a blush spread across her cheeks. "you always seem to calm me down now."
"I know I do." Quinn replied with a grin that she was unable to hide.
"There's quite a lot of effects that you have on me, Quinn." She couldn't help but blush, and averted her gaze from Quinn.
"Yeah? What would those be, Rachel?" Quinn was actually curious, not knowing what these things were. Knowing Rachel, she'd keep it to herself. She knew that Quinn would definitely take them for granted if she didn't. Pushing through the swarm of people, Quinn let out a deep sigh of frustration. Hallways were for walking in, it wasn't supposed to be for socializing. Yet, everyone seemed to do it anyways.
"I'm not saying anything, Quinn. You'll have to figure them out for yourself." A tiny giggle escaped past Rachel's lips. Well, this was one of the effects that she had on Quinn. The teasing she did drove her up the walls. The way that she would smirk. It was such an innocent little smirk, yet had so much meaning behind it, that it made it seem not-so innocent anymore.
"You are going to drive me completely insane, do you know that?" Quinn's eyebrow raised, and she gripped the door handle in her hand, giving it a slight twist before she swung it open. "Lets sit in here for our free period." But she clearly didn't want to. It was the library. It couldn't get more dull than that. One word from their mouths would send them out into the hallway with a little warning on a pink slip of paper.
"No, no. We should sit outside. Beside that tree far off to the left side of the field. We can at least talk without getting in trouble." And maybe kiss a little, Rachel mentally added. Quinn was thinking the exact same thing. Grins spread across both of the girls faces before they padded off down the hallway, to the nearest exit. By now, everyone was already in their classes. The hallways were now completely vacant, minus the few exceptional teachers, in search for the students that were skipping their class.
"It's beautiful outside today." Rachel glanced around outside after she had both of the doors pushed open. The cool breeze swept over them, along with the smell of the fresh, spring air.
"It's gorgeous outside. Maybe not as gorgeous as yourself, because nothing can equal up to the, but, I do agree with you." Quinn agreed, and made sure to catch a peek at the blushing Rachel. "Look at you, blushing. You're so adorable."
Rachel swatted playfully at Quinn's arm and allowed a bubbly giggle to release from her lips. "No! Rachel Berry does not blush."
"You are so stubborn, you know? Let me take a picture of you, and show it to you. We'll see what you have to say after that, hm?" Quinn laughed at Rachel's stubbornness, and how her lower lip was sticking out in a pout.
"Quinn Fabray, I'd suggest you stop it this instant." Rachel glanced up at the taller girl through her eyelashes, her lower lip sticking right back out in that pout again.
"I'm going to kiss that pout away from you, Rachel. It looks perfectly kissable." Subconsciously, Quinn's tongue swiped over her lower lip, as her gaze shifted down to Rachel's lips.
"Fine, kiss me. But I'm just warning you, you're not going to make this pout go-" Quinn cut Rachel off in the middle of her sentence with a kiss filled with love and passion. She wanted her point to be proven. So there they stood, in the far left corner of the field, kissing. Where no one could see them. Quinn already had Rachel's body pressed up against the tree that they had reached, and the kiss grew more and more intense with each second that ticked away on the clock. Whimpers fell from Rachel's lips and into Quinn's mouth, which the blonde absolutely loved. She would definitely never get tired of kissing Rachel Berry. It had a strong effect on her. It was strange, how such a tiny girl, could have such a large effect on someone's life. Could change their viewings on everything.
Neither of the girls wanted to pull away from this kiss. So, they didn't. Their lips stayed connected, the intensity and hunger towards each other only growing and growing. Quinn could tell that they were both running out of breath, so she took this opportunity to finally let her lips leave Rachel's. This is something that the both of them disapproved, very much so. The brunette's head was tilted to the side a little, and her chest was heaving, seeing as the kiss basically knocked the wind out of her. Chills ran up and down her spine as she felt Quinn's lips press against her jaw line, making her way down it.
"Oh, Quinn…" Rachel leaned her head back against the tree and reached her hands up to comb her fingers through the girl's soft, blonde curls.
"You're so beautiful," Quinn breathed out slowly and used her left hand to reach up, cupping the other side of the girl's neck in the palm of her hand. "so beautiful." Finally, she pulled away completely. Both of the girls stood there, completely amazed. Nothing was said between them for the first couple of minutes. The only sounds that were in fact heard, were the sounds of their breathing mixed together. Raspy, and deep.
"I don't see a pout anymore. So, I win." Quinn spoke between her breaths and giggled a little, taking a seat in the long grass which circled around the tree. Rachel followed closely and curled up into Quinn's side.
"Hmph." Rachel had to resist the urge to pout again. It's not like she didn't want to kiss Quinn again, because damn, she loved it. But, they both needed their air. Whenever they would kiss, it would seem like they both stopped breathing.
A giggle escaped past Quinn's lips and she shook her head, her arm snaking loosely around the girl's smaller waist, to pull her closer towards her body. The body to body contact between them was what she craved. It made all of her body tingle and twinge, and goose bumps would form all over her skin.
"Can we just stay like this forever?" Rachel's sweet, elegant tone caused Quinn to perk up a little.
"I want to stay like this, with you, forever." Quinn's head rested upon Rachel's, which happened to be lying on the blonde's shoulder.
"It's so perfect, Quinn. This moment. Us. You." Rachel shook her head in disbelief. This all seemed like a dream to her.
"Pinch me, Rachel," Quinn's words caught Rachel off guard, causing a look of confusion to spread across her features. "pinch me. I want to make sure that this is reality, and not a dream. Because finally, everything is falling into place for me. Finally, I actually feel content in my own skin. That hasn't happened in so long, Rachel… In so long. And now that it's finally happening, it just seems so unreal."
Rachel couldn't help the smile that spread across her face, and her sad eyes. The smile, was because she was given the chance to make Quinn happy, and she did it. And as for the look of sadness, it was because Quinn was right. Whenever Rachel had seen her in the halls, she could see the disappointment behind her fake smiles. Her negative attitude towards everyone was what really topped it all off. "I'm glad that I can make you happy, Quinn."
"I'm just glad that I have you." Quinn smiled and ran her fingertips up and down Rachel's arm freely. Giggling as she felt goose bumps on the girl's skin at the slightest of touches.
"That feels really nice." Rachel fluttered her eyes closed, and relaxed her hand to the feeling Quinn's touch. Everything that Quinn did, seemed to calm Rachel down in a way.
"How is it that one human being can be as perfectly adorable as you, Rachel?" A curious eyebrow shot up on Quinn's face and she observed the other girl's face as they made that deep, longing eye contact that always seemed to make their hearts stop.
"But, Quinn I'm not perfectly adorable." Rachel argued back with Quinn, and fought back the urge to pout.
"Fine then, you're just perfect in general. We'll just go with that, okay?" Quinn's sweet smile sent butterflies in Rachel's stomach and made her head feel fuzzy.
"Okay." And that was the end of that.
The two girls sat in each other's company for the rest of the hour. And soon, the rest of the afternoon. They talked, laughed, kissed, kissed some more, talked some more, dozed off, and looked at the shapes that the clouds were forming in the sky.
The two girls could tell that it had been a long while since they sat down beside the tree, seeing as the blue sky had faded into a beautiful sunset.
"Look at how beautiful that sunset is, Quinn." Rachel whispered, pointing up towards the now lilac colored sky, which had hints of pink to it.
"It is beautiful, isn't it?" Quinn smiled down at her girlfriend. Sure, the sunset was beautiful. But it didn't come even the slightest bit close to match up to her girlfriend's beauty.
"Quinn?" Rachel sat up slowly, and turned her small figure to face in the direction of Quinn.
"Yes, beautiful?" Asked Quinn, stroking the stray strands of the girl's loose, brunette hair behind her ear.
"We haven't yet gone out on an actual date. To a restaurant, even though Breadstix is the only restaurant in Lima, and doesn't exactly have the best quality of food." Rachel rambled on, causing Quinn to let a tiny giggle bubble out from her throat.
"Then there is just one question for me to ask you, Rachel."
"And what may that be, Ms. Fabray?" Rachel quirked an eyebrow and bit back the grin that already seemed to be forming on her face.
"Would you like to go on a date with me, Rachel Berry?" Quinn asked in a soft, almost velvet-like tone.
"I would be honored to do so, Quinn Fabray."