A/N: I don't know the rules and regulations of the U.S. Army. I tried to do research but I couldn't find anything I was looking for so with that said. I tried to make it as realistic as possible- which Glee never does- I'm aware that I probably got the facts wrong. But since Finn is still in the Army when I wrote the SIB epilogue I had to keep him in; so please don't flame me for keeping him in the Army after what he does.
Also in this story Kitty has been a bitch to Marley but not to the extent she has been on the show; please remember that and enjoy!
Warning: Mild sexy times.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, anything mentioned, any songs, quotes, or books used.
Chapter 15: All I Ever Needed
"I knew the second I met you that there was something about you I needed. Turns out it wasn't something about you at all. It was just you."
-Jamie McGuire; Beautiful Disaster
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Quinn and Sawyer were walking onto the elevator of Rachel's apartment when Sawyer's phone rang. She looked at the screen and saw that it was from her father. She hit ignore and looked up to see Quinn looking at her.
"What?"
"Nothing… it's just, I don't know," Quinn shrugged and saw that Sawyer was waiting for her to finish. "Don't you think ignoring him will only make it worse?" She hit the button and turned to her friend.
"Yeah probably but I just can't deal with him right now," she replied and Quinn nodded. She didn't say anything else. The day before Sawyer was packed and ready to go home to visit her family with Puck for the holiday but her dad called and said that Puck wasn't welcome in his home so she told him to go fuck himself and that if Puck wasn't welcome than neither was she.
Quinn immediately invited her to join everyone in Lima for Christmas instead and later in the evening when she talked to Puck on the phone he also invited her. She called the airline to see if there was room on their flight and she booked a ticket. Puck was in New Jersey and they were all meeting at Rachel's place and flying out of New York.
When they got to Rachel's front door, Quinn knocked once and the door swung open and she found herself with an armful of Rachel Berry. She giggled before those lips covered her own in a searing kiss and Sawyer squealed when Puck followed Rachel's lead and yanked her inside to give her an equally hot kiss.
As the two couples kissed Santana came out of her bedroom screaming.
"You know what Brittany there is no fucking way I am painting my bedroom with rainbows and unicorns… we're fucking adults," she walked toward the kitchen and Brittany followed.
"You know what Santana, just because we're adults doesn't mean we have to be boring!" Brittany yelled from the room and then slammed the door shut. Everyone heard her lock it. Santana threw her hands up in the air.
"Fucking hell!" She shouted, grabbed her coat and walked toward the door. "I'm going to get coffee anyone want any?" She asked but left before anyone could answer her. Quinn met Rachel's eyes and they were still in their tight embrace.
"Are they-" Quinn began but stopped when Rachel shook her head.
"They've been fighting for days… about the stupidest shit," she shrugged. "I don't even think they know what's really wrong?"
Sawyer's phone rang again and when she saw that it was from her father again; she huffed loudly and opened the phone.
"Leave me alone… why isn't that so hard for you to understand dad," she waited and everyone else could hear her dad screaming. They couldn't hear the words but they could certainly hear the yelling. "I don't fucking care I don't even want to go to Yale anyway!" She yelled and waited for the screaming to end again. "Do you want me to break up with him daddy, is that what you want?" Rachel looked over at Puck at that question and saw his heart silently breaking. "Is that what will make you happy enough that you leave me the fuck alone?" It was quiet again. "Okay yes daddy," her voice was calmer now. "Fine, I'll break up with him… just stop bothering me, yes I'll come home too," she said and hung up the phone. She looked up and saw Puck's devastated face.
Before she could explain that she just said those things so that her dad would leave her alone, Puck was gone from the apartment and she was left with a sinking feeling in her stomach.
"Sawyer that was awful," Quinn chastised. Rachel wanted to speak up for Puck but she didn't want to cross a line with Sawyer; so she was glad Quinn said something.
"That's not… I didn't-"
"I don't understand why you let your dad walk all over you," Quinn cut her off and Sawyer crossed her arms over her chest and listened. "I mean I guess I do understand because I did the same thing, but I grew up and stopped letting my dad control me."
"What was I supposed to say Quinn?"
"You could've stuck up for yourself," she said and Sawyer scoffed.
"Oh like how you stuck up for yourself with your professor when Rob stuck his tongue down your throat," Sawyer blurted out before realizing that Rachel was in the room. She covered her mouth and saw Quinn's eyes turn to Rachel but it was already too late. Rachel shoved Quinn away from her.
"I'm sorry what?" Rachel asked and the tears were threatening to spill over.
"Shit I'm sorry Rachel," Sawyer said and Rachel looked at her first and then to Quinn.
"What the hell does she mean Quinn?" Rachel all of a sudden felt like she had gotten punched in the stomach. "Why didn't I know about Rob kissing you? And why am I hearing it from her and not from you?"
"Baby I-"
"Don't," Rachel shouted when Quinn tried to step closer and she took another step back.
"Rob kissed me… like kissed me, kissed me when we were rehearsing for the play but," she saw tears fall down Rachel's eyes. "And I was going to tell you… it's not a big deal and-"
"If it wasn't a big deal you would've told me," she said through tears and walked past Quinn. When Quinn reached out to touch her she pulled away roughly. "Don't fucking touch me," she yelled and stormed out of the apartment. When the door slammed Quinn jumped and her own tears fell from her face.
She looked over at Sawyer.
"Quinn I'm sorry," she said but Quinn was gone she had gone into Rachel's room and slammed the door. Sawyer slumped to the couch.
She didn't know what to do. She could go to Lima and try to fix all the trouble she started or she could ignore it all and spend the holiday with her family.
In the end she decided to do the right thing; which also happened to be as far away from her father as possible.
She was going to Lima.
In what was supposed to be a wonderful holiday reunion with friends and family everyone was miserable. This was so not part of the plan that had when they had decided to meet at Rachel's place for the trip.
Once they were on the plane; Brittany, Rachel and Puck sat together. While Santana and Quinn sat with Sawyer at the other end of the plane and they were all miserable.
Not much changed once they were back home in Lima.
For the first time in ages; Rachel and Quinn didn't go home together.
Quinn tried to talk to Rachel but that ended badly.
"Quinn go to your house," she told her and Quinn could hear the sadness in her voice. "I don't want to be around you right now," she grabbed her bag off the carousel and walked toward her waiting dads.
They saw her walking toward them without Quinn and they could see the sadness in her face.
"What's wrong baby girl?" Leroy asked.
"Nothing, let's just go home."
"But Quinn-"
"But Quinn nothing," Rachel cut him off. "She's going to her house and we're going to ours and that is the last I want to hear about this… got it," she saw Leroy's face crumble and knew she was ruining everyone's holiday but she couldn't help it.
She was so angry with Quinn.
"Got it Rachel," he draped his arm around her shoulder and led her toward the door.
"Hey Rach," she heard Puck call and she turned to him. "Do you mind if I stay with you for a while. My mom is away and I don't want to be alone right now?" Rachel shot him a weak smile and nodded and as they left; Quinn watched.
"Wow I really fucked everything up didn't I?" Quinn heard Sawyer's voice behind her and she turned to her.
"No I did… Rachel and I have one rule, no lies and even though it wasn't exactly a lie it was close enough." Sawyer nodded sadly.
"Well I'm still sorry," she said and Quinn looped her arm through Sawyer's arm.
"I know… come on. I'll introduce you to my mom and step-dad," Sawyer nodded.
"You're going to fix it with Rachel right?"
"Of course," Quinn said proudly. "But right now she's pissed and she won't listen to me anyway. I just need to wait for her anger to subside and then I'll pour my heart out," Sawyer nodded. "And you're going to fix things with Puck right?"
"I'm going to try," they heard a scuffle and looked to see Brittany ripping her bag out of Santana's hand.
"We're adults adult Santana!" Brittany shouted. "And adults can carry their own bags!"
"Fuck off Britt I already said I'm sorry," she pleaded but Brittany just kept walking and Santana watched sadly as Brittany left the airport and got into a taxi. Santana was crying when she felt Quinn on one side and Sawyer on the other.
"Come on San," Quinn said. "We'll get them back," Santana nodded and they left together.
As they got into the taxi they all had their phones in their hands and they all sent out texts.
From Sawyer: Please talk to me Puck you misunderstood what I was doing. Please call me xx
From Santana: I'm sorry for what I said baby you know I yell and say things I don't mean when I'm frustrated. Please call me I love you.
From Quinn: I hate being away from you and I swear I was going to tell you everything I just didn't want to do it over the phone. I love you. Please talk to me xx
All of their texts went unanswered.
Quinn pulled Sawyer, who in turn pulled Santana into her house.
"Mom… Richard," Quinn called and she heard her mom giggling from another room. When she poked her head into the steady she saw a flash of skin and she quickly turned away.
"Ugh mom!" She yelled. "That is fucking gross."
"Watch your language Quinnie!" Judy yelled back.
"Quinnie?" Sawyer whispered and Quinn glared at her. Her smile disappeared at the sight of the look Quinn was giving her. She looked over at Santana.
"Yeah she hates it. Only her mom and sister are allowed to call her that and only because they're not afraid of Quinn's head bitch glare."
"Well I sure as hell am!" Sawyer replied.
"Mom… Santana and my roommate are here so make sure you look presentable before meeting her please," she called and then walked into the living room. Santana and Sawyer followed. Quinn slumped to the couch and flicked on the television. Sawyer and Santana joined her on either side and laid their heads on each shoulder.
About twenty minutes later, Judy followed by Richard entered the living room. Quinn sat up at the sight of her mother.
"Quinnie, why didn't you tell me you were coming in today… I would've picked you up at the airport and where's Rachel?"
"Well Rachel's dads were picking us up and then we were going to surprise you but that didn't work out because Rachel is kind of pissed off at me right now."
"Oh Quinnie, it's nothing serious I hope."
"It's not on my part but I can't explain myself to Rachel because she won't listen to me," Quinn said sadly and felt Sawyer rubbing her back. She knew her friend felt guilty for what happened and she didn't want her to feel badly. "It'll be fine I just have to get her to talk to me," Quinn said quietly and then changed the subject. She looked from her mom to Richard and smiled.
"How are you guys… I mean other than the disgusting display I witnessed?"
"First of all Quinnie," her mother said. "I will not be reprimanded by you of all people after all the times I walked in on you and Rachel doing very inappropriate things to each other on such places as my kitchen counter."
"Okay fine mom but we are teenagers… you have no excuse," she said and saw both of her parents blushing and decided again to change the subject. "Mom… Richard, this is my friend and roommate Sawyer Bishop," she motioned to Sawyer. "Sawyer… this is my mom Judy and her husband Richard," Sawyer got to her feet and held out her hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet both of you… Quinn has told me so much about you," she shook Judy's hand and then Richard's.
"She has?" Judy questioned and saw the girl nod; she smiled at her Quinnie and how far they had come since that fateful day that Russell threw her out of their home. At how far she had come as well. She smiled at Sawyer. "It's a pleasure to meet you dear… Quinnie is very fond of you as well," she said and Sawyer grinned.
"She was but it's my fault that Rachel is mad at her."
"No Sawyer, it's my fault… I kept it from her and that is why she is mad," Quinn said and Sawyer slumped to the couch.
"Quinnie what happened with Rachel?" Judy wondered and then smiled when she felt Richard's hand on hers.
"This sounds like girl talk and I'm not useful here," he said and reached for Quinn's hand. She smiled and gave him her hand. He pulled her to her feet and then into a tight hug. "It's good to see you kid," she felt him hug her and it was amazing that this man whom has only been in her life for a little over two years showed her more love and care than her father ever did. He leaned close to her ear as he pulled out of the hug. "Rachel will forgive you… you're that girl's whole world," she nodded as a tear slipped down her cheek. He looked over at Santana. "It's good to see you Santana," she grinned at him.
"You two Richard," then he looked at Sawyer.
"And it was really nice to meet you."
"You too," she told him and smiled as he kissed Judy on her cheek.
"I'll be in the study working on my case if you need me," she nodded and watched him leave the room. Once he was gone she sat down on the table in front of Quinn.
"So tell me why is Rachel upset with you and why do the two of you look just as miserable as Quinnie?"
"Brittany is mad at me too," Santana told her.
"Yeah and Puck hates me," Sawyer said and Judy nodded. She knew that Quinn's roommate was dating Noah and was so happy that he had found someone that loved him for a change. She smiled sadly at all three girls.
"Okay so here is what we're going to do… you are all going to tell me what happened with your girls… and boy," she smiled at Sawyer. "And then we're going to eat lots of ice cream and come up with a plan to get them to forgive you," Quinn smiled at her mom.
"Sounds perfect mom," Quinn said and Sawyer beamed.
"Yeah Mrs. Fabray… you're way awesome… my mom is a robot who does everything my dad tells her to do," Judy curled her lip at that and saw Quinn smirking- they were thinking the same thing.
"Been there… but listen your mom won't ever know how you feel if you don't tell her… your dad too," she winked at Quinn who was looking at Sawyer with a smug I told you so grin. "And please call me Judy," she finished and Sawyer nodded. "Alright I'll get the ice cream and then you can take turns telling me what happened. As Judy left the room Quinn called out to her.
"Mom," Judy turned back. "Thank you… it's nice to be back here with you."
"I know what you mean sweetie, "Judy said before she walked out to get the ice cream.
"Your mom is awesome Q," Santana said and Quinn sat back with a sly smile.
"Yeah she is," Sawyer agreed.
"I know," Quinn said smugly and she did know. It was a long and winding road that she and her mom had travelled on. But this version of her mom… the real Judy was all she ever needed.
And now her friends would also reap the benefits.
Rachel, Puck and Brittany were all sitting around Rachel's living room as Hiram and Leroy were trying to get the details of each of their romantic woes out of them… but none of them were talking and the men were frustrated.
Especially Leroy.
He wanted to know what happened between Quinn and Rachel because he wanted to try to help fix it.
He hated when they fought almost as much as they did.
"Rachel what happened?" He demanded with his stern voice and saw her lip quivering; which made him melt. "Oh I'm sorry baby girl… I-I didn't mean to-" he was cut off by Rachel's voice as she began to talk through her sobs.
"I just… Quinn's co-star in her play, he um…" she took a deep breath before continuing. "He kissed her, like really kissed her and not only did she do nothing about it she also kept it from me," she was full on crying now and Puck draped his arm over her shoulder and Leroy sat on her other side.
"That doesn't sound like Quinn," Hiram said.
"She didn't tell me dad… do you think I'm lying?" She got defensive and her father sat in front of her.
No, no, no… I just meant it doesn't seem like something she would do and maybe there was a reason behind it," Rachel's eyes met his and he smiled sadly. "She loves you more than anything Rachel and I don't know why she would do nothing about it but maybe you should let her explain," she nodded and cried harder. "And as far as not telling you maybe she was trying to find the right way to do that," she nodded again.
"She," Rachel wiped her face. "She… texted me and said she didn't want to tell me over the phone about it," she felt her daddy pull her into a hug and kiss the top of her head. She cried harder.
"I know you're upset right now Rachel but you and Quinn always give each the chance to explain yourselves and right now you're not doing that," she nodded against his chest.
"I know I'm not," she squealed. "I was just so mad."
"Of course you were baby but I think you need to talk to her," Hiram said and she nodded again into Leroy's chest.
"I will."
After watching Leroy comfort her while she got her tears under control. Hiram looked over at Puck and Brittany.
"As for you two," he took in both of their heartbroken expressions. "What's going on?" Puck looked up at him. "I was looking forward to meeting this girl that has tamed the wild Noah Puckerman," Puck chuckled sadly.
"Yeah well I'm not good enough for her dad… and she does everything her dad tells her to do… so I figured I'll cut my losses before she cuts my heart out," both Leroy and Hiram could see the boy was fighting tears.
"That's not true Noah," Rachel's gravelly voice said and his eyes landed on her. "She loves you… maybe she just doesn't know how to deal with her father and from the sound of him he reminds me a bit of Quinn's dad," Puck nodded. "Without all the homophobia… but maybe she's afraid of him. I could literally see the fear on Quinn's face when it came to Russell and maybe that is what Sawyer is dealing with too."
"Maybe," Puck thought about and realized that she was probably right. She usually was. He looked over at her. "Okay I'll talk to her… as long as you talk to Quinn," Rachel nodded and both of their eyes landed on Brittany.
"And you need to talk to Santana too," Puck told her and Rachel nodded.
"Yeah Britt… you guys have been fighting over the silliest things and I don't think that is what either of you are really upset about."
"I don't really know why we're fighting so much either." Brittany admitted. "But this one is the stupidest one yet," they all chuckled at that and Hiram and Leroy seemed confused.
"What was your fight about?" Leroy finally asked.
"What color to paint our bedroom," Brittany told him and both men joined them in their laughing. "But Santana was angry and when Santana is angry she gets mean which in turn pissed me off and now it is a real fight and I don't even know why."
"Maybe you two are adjusting to living together," Hiram suggested and Brittany met his eyes. "It's one thing to share a space with friends but it a whole other mindset when it's the one you love… you share everything right?" Brittany nodded. "I think you guys just need to talk more… the most important rule in any relationship is to never stop talking because that leads to misunderstandings."
Rachel hung her head because of course her dad was right. After having a quiet dinner Puck and Brittany went home and Rachel went to her room. She wanted to call Quinn, she wanted to go over there and tell her she would lover her until the end of time but she did neither instead she pulled out her phone and texted Quinn.
From Rachel: I love you.
And when that went unanswered she cried herself to sleep. She knew she deserved for Quinn to ignore her since she had done the very same thing but that didn't make it hurt any less.
She fell asleep with the plan to go to Quinn the next morning and talk everything out like her dad said; but until then she cried.
Quinn woke up early… like really early. It was light outside already but just barely. She was so upset over Rachel even though she had put on a brave face with her mom and her friends but when Rachel ignored her text she started to really worry.
After they talked and ate ice cream, Santana went home, she brought Sawyer to the guest room, and then she went straight to bed. She shut off her phone and cried herself to sleep.
When she woke up in the morning she was still a mess. She didn't want to face anyone. All she wanted to do was run; but since it was December in Lima Ohio she realized that running was a bad idea. So instead she decided to take a walk.
As she was walking toward the park that she and Rachel used to run to it started to snow and she again started to cry. The ground was already covered in a thin sheet of snow from the previous storm they had a few days prior; this snowfall was creating a fresh blanket, and it was beautiful. She walked toward the swing set and she gasped.
Rachel was there.
She wasn't sitting on the swings because of the snow but she was standing near them. Quinn could tell that she was staring off into space a little bit but when she gasped Rachel heard it and looked at her.
"Quinn," she said sadly and Quinn could tell she had probably also spent the whole night crying too. Quinn tried to be tough but the tears were already on the edge of spilling over before she even saw her. Still she felt a tear slide down her cheek. She turned to leave but as soon as she took one step she felt Rachel's hand grasp her by the wrist. When she turned to face her she could see Rachel's own tears sliding down her cheeks. They both stared at each other for several moments and then they both spoke at the same time.
"I'm sorry."
Quinn giggled and looked down. She felt Rachel's finger under her chin and forced their eyes to meet.
"I'm sorry Quinn," she repeated and Quinn nodded. "I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions and I'm sorry for not letting you explain and mostly I'm sorry for ignoring your text," she felt Quinn yank her wrist and pull her closer. As her body collided with Quinn's she felt those amazing lips cover her own and she smiled into the kiss. It was sweet and simple and far too short for Rachel's liking but she didn't fight it when Quinn pulled back. She knew they needed to talk about this.
"I was going to tell you about Rob and what happened but I really didn't want to do it over the phone and then when I saw you in your apartment all I wanted to do was kiss you. I didn't want to waste our precious time together talking about something that doesn't even matter."
"And because of me we wasted time anyway," Rachel said and Quinn shook her head.
"No Rachel you had every right to be mad; I mean if things were reversed I probably would've done something stupid… all you did was ask me to leave you alone which is why I didn't fight it," Rachel nodded.
"But Quinn… you can't wait for things like this," Rachel saw her smile and nod. "The reality is we are in a long distance relationship and some things… even the hard stuff will have to be done over the phone."
"I know," Quinn said sadly. "Will you let me explain?"
"Always Quinn," she said and Quinn bit her lip and stared at her girl.
God she loved her so much.
"Okay," she led Rachel over to the bench and she cleared off the snow with her gloved hand and offered the clean seat to Rachel who was grinning like a fool.
"So chivalrous," Rachel whispered as Quinn cleared a spot for herself. Rachel didn't even know if Quinn heard her.
But Quinn heard her.
She sat down, faced Rachel, and took a deep breath before speaking.
"As you know Rob is my co-star in the play," Rachel nodded and remembered the day that Quinn told her about him and how arrogant and obnoxious he is. "Well when we were rehearsing our first kissing scene the other day he… he um," she stopped again and looked at her lap.
"Quinn," Rachel called and Quinn's eyes met hers. "Just tell me… I mean I don't like the idea of you kissing anyone but me… but it's something we're going to both have to get used to," Quinn nodded and felt Rachel's lips press into hers and she kissed her back. She cupped the back of Rachel's head and deepened the kiss, moaning into it. Rachel grasped the front of her jacket and pulled her closer as they made out for a while.
Both girls had been missing the feeling of each other.
"Mm, Quinn… these lips are mine," Rachel moaned and Quinn nodded.
"All of me is yours," she breathed against her lips and felt Rachel smile. "You're all I ever needed Rachel."
"Me too." When Rachel pulled back Quinn continued her story.
"So he kissed me… like really kiss-"
"Yeah Quinn, I got that much from Sawyer," she cut in and saw Quinn face pale. She took her hand and interlocked their fingers. "Can we just skip that part?" Quinn nodded and continued.
"Yeah so when he did that I was shocked and pushed him off of me… he smirked and my professor asked what was wrong. I said nothing and she said to try again so when he came closer I said if you do that again you will regret it. He smirked again and then when we went for the kiss again he did it again and I bit down on his lip," Rachel laughed but her lip was curled at the thought of some joker kissing her girl. "And then he squealed in pain and I inched closer to him and said if you ever so much as fucking come near me again I will rip your dick off," Rachel laughed harder.
"What did he do?"
"Nothing, he just smirked again and then I started to slap the shit out of him… but then Professor Avery yelled at me and called me unprofessional and if I couldn't act like a professional she would give my role to the understudy," Quinn saw Rachel's face go from smiling to angry in an instant.
"She what?" Rachel yelled and got to her feet.
"She didn't know Rachel," Quinn reassured her and as she realized Quinn was right she sat back down.
"Why didn't you tell her? Sawyer said you didn't stick up for yourself," Rachel wondered and saw Quinn face flush red. She knew Quinn was upset and she inched closer to her. "What is it baby?"
"I didn't want to tell her because I didn't want to hear any more shit from my classmates," Quinn could tell that Rachel was confused so she elaborated. "The kids in my drama class and in the play are calling me teacher's pet," she saw Rachel's anger skyrocket again. "And I'm sick of hearing that I only got the part because I'm Professor Tate's favorite and because I helped write it," she was holding back sobs and Rachel felt like even more of a jerk.
"Oh Quinn," she draped her arm across her back. "You can't let them do this to you."
"I know but," she stopped herself. She didn't know what to say. "What's happened to me Rachel? I used to be the head bitch… people cowered in fear of me once and now people are laughing at me like I'm some joke," Rachel nodded. "I mean at least when people picked on the glee club it was all of us… we had each other you know?"
"I know."
"I just feel so lost."
"Okay well, the Quinn I know wouldn't take this lying down."
"I never stick up for myself Rachel," Quinn stated and when Rachel thought about it she realized that the girl was right. She would defend her and anyone else in the glee club but never herself. The only time Quinn ever stood up for herself was with her dad.
"Well you have to this time," Rachel said finally. "No one walks over you like that and I won't stand for it," Quinn laughed.
"How?"
"Pretend you're defending me… when you're defending me you scare the shit out of people just as Noah… or Finn… or Jesse… or even Santana," she finished and Quinn was laughing. Rachel wiped the tears off of her face.
"I'll try," Quinn said softly and Rachel kissed her again.
"I'm sorry for making this worse."
"No Rachel… you didn't do anything wrong."
"I did though… this would've been settled in New York if I had just listened to you instead of being mad at you, and you've been dealing with this alone." Quinn pulled her into a kiss that quickly turned heated.
"Don't worry about that I knew that once we talked we would be fine."
"Did you get my text last night?" Quinn shook her head.
"No I turned my phone off and I still haven't turned it on… in fact it's at home. Why, what did it say?"
"That I love you," Rachel told her and saw a smile spread across her cheeks. "And I do."
"I love you too."
"Will you take me home Quinn?" Rachel asked and Quinn could see her eyes darken and that look had her buzzing with arousal.
"I… I um… I w-walked here and I-" she stammered and Rachel loved that she could still do that to the girl even after all these years.
"I have my car so I guess the question is… can I take you home and have my way with you?" Quinn giggled.
"You don't even have to ask Rach," Rachel quickly got up but felt Quinn tug her hand back. She turned and met Quinn's eyes. "Are we okay?" Rachel took both of Quinn's hands into her own and pulled her to her feet and pressed herself against Quinn's front.
"We're great," she reassured her. "I don't like the idea of anyone but me touching you and I don't think I ever will," Quinn nodded and knew the feeling. "But I can tell the difference between when you're acting and when you're real so the fake kisses will eventually be easier to deal with but I don't like the idea of anyone else doing what only I should do," Quinn lowered her eyes and bit her lip.
"I'm sorry Ra-"
"You did nothing wrong… except not telling me," Quinn nodded and again Rachel forced their eyes to meet. "Tell me when things happen and then we can deal with them together."
"I will… from now on… no matter what, or where we are."
"Then we will be fine," Rachel said and tugged her toward her car.
When they got in Rachel was in the driver seat and Quinn in the passenger seat but as Rachel was about to put her seatbelt on she was overcome with the desire to have Quinn and have her right that second. She hopped over the console and straddled her hips. Quinn squeaked in surprise.
"I thought you wanted to take me home."
"I changed my mind… I want you right here," she kissed her hungrily and Quinn kissed her back just as fiercely. When they broke for air Rachel finished her thought. "And I want you right now."
"I'm okay with that," Quinn said before kissing Rachel's neck. Rachel arched her head to give Quinn room. "But can I still bring you to my house and make love to you all day long?" She asked in between kisses to Rachel's heated flesh causing the girl to moan and grind her hips against her.
"Mm, yes Quinn as much as you want." Rachel pushed her hand under Quinn's skirt, cupped her heated center and met her dark eyes. "I want this," she husked and squeezed her.
"Take it please... please fuck me," Quinn begged.
And Rachel did.
And when they got to Quinn's house Rachel did it over and over and over again.
Puck stood on the Fabray's porch and rang the doorbell. A few moments later Quinn's mom opened the door and saw him standing there.
"Noah," she smiled at the sight. "It's so good to see you."
"You too Mrs- Judy," he corrected. "Is um… is Sawyer here?"
"Yes," Sawyer's voice sounded behind them and his eyes widened at the sight of her.
She's so beautiful- he thought as she took his breath away.
"C-Can we talk?" He wondered and she grabbed her coat off of the rack and then looked at a smiling Judy.
"I'll be back," she said and Judy nodded.
"Don't rush," Judy told her. Sawyer met Puck on the porch and she closed the door behind her. The two stood staring at each other for a few moments and neither knew what to say; until finally Sawyer started to rant in a very Rachel-esque way.
"Look Puck I am so sorry for what I said to my dad. I would have never done either of those things and I need you to understand that I was just trying to shut him up so that he would leave me… leave us alone. I would never have done that with you standing right there and furthermore I would never break up with you Noah… you're it for me. I'm so deeply in love with you."
"Sawyer I-" he began as he stepped closer and she cut him off continuing her rant.
"Look I'm not afraid of love… I used to be but I'm not anymore. I'm head over heels in love with you Noah and I would never choose my dad over you I just… I don't…" she trailed off and looked to the ground. She looked up when she felt him circle his arms around her waist and when she looked up she saw tears in his eyes.
Fuck he's going to break up with me- she thought.
"Fuck… you're going to break up with me, aren't you?" She asked but just as the words left her mouth; his mouth was on hers and he was kissing her like his life depended on it. After the initial shock she kissed him back just as passionately. When the need for air became too great they both pulled back panting but her thoughts and her breath was stolen again when she felt his hand on her cheek.
"I'm insanely in love with you too," he said and she felt butterflies fluttering throughout her body. "I want to be with you Sawyer… forever and if you knew the man I used to be then you would know that for me… it's a huge deal."
"I know."
"So when you said that stuff I didn't even care why… I only cared that you said it."
"I'm sorry."
"No I know… but you have to understand my mindset. Everyone leaves… well except for Rachel, Quinn and the fucking glee club," she chuckled. "Everyone gives up on me and I thought you were too," she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Never," she said with a heavy sigh and he smirked. He kissed her sweetly and when he pulled back he could see the love in her eyes and knew he would never doubt it again.
"But baby you do need to stand up to your father… I hate how he treats you and makes you feel and I want you to do what you want in this life not what he wants," Sawyer was nodding because he was right.
"I know I do… I'm just scared."
"I know you are but if it helps I'll be there for you every step of the way," she nodded. "And so will Quinn, and Rachel, and Santana," she nodded again because she had found such wonderful friends with Quinn and her friends.
She also found the man of her dreams.
"I will… I promise," and then he kissed her again. "But can you take me somewhere because I really want to get naked with you?" She asked in her teasing tone and he growled.
"Hell fucking yes," he said and dragged her toward his mom's car and she was giggling the whole way.
Brittany was lying on her bed and she was playing with a loose strand of thread on her shirt when she heard a knock on her door.
"No mom I don't want any breakfast," she called.
"Not your mom," Santana's voice rang out and she gasped and looked over at her girlfriend poking her head into the room. She felt butterflies flutter in her stomach and she sat up quickly. "Can I come in?" Brittany nodded. Santana shut the door behind her and sat on the edge of her bed.
"I'm sorry," they both said at the same time and then Santana laughed nervously.
"Britt, I know that we were fighting over paint and that is sort of ridiculous," Brittany nodded. "But I think the real problem is that we're having a hard time adjusting to living together as a couple."
"You're right," Brittany agreed. "B-But how do we get used to it?"
"We talk to each other about what is really bothering us rather than holding it in and then fighting over paint."
"I can do that," she said honestly and saw Santana leaning in. She met her halfway and they shared a sweet kiss. When Santana pulled back she bit her lip and smiled before talking again. "So can I say that the way you squeeze the toothpaste is annoying," she saw Santana grinning.
"Yeah and can I say that the way you hog the blankets makes me crazy," Brittany laughed. "But I would gladly freeze every night of my life than sleep anywhere else," and then Brittany swooned.
She loved this version of Santana… the one only she got to see.
"So are we going to be okay?"
"We will," Santana promised. "I love you Brittany."
"I love you too… and I'm sorry I ignored your text," Santana shook her head. "I was just upset and I-"
"Shh… it's no big deal," Santana told her.
"We still have a problem though," she said and Santana raised her eyebrows. "We still don't know what color we're going to paint the room." Santana chuckled and Brittany continued. "I mean I know you want to be boring but-" Santana cut her off with a heated kiss that left Brittany quivering with desire.
"How about this… we paint each wall a different color," she suggested and Brittany smiled.
"I love compromising."
"Good… so can I get you into a compromising position then?" Santana winked but Brittany was already lying back and pulling her on top of herself.
"I thought you'd never ask," Brittany husked and sucked Santana's lip into her mouth when the girl pressed their lips together. As Santana's hand slipped into her pajama pants she moaned into her mouth. "I missed you."
"I can tell," Santana said with a low growl in her throat as her fingers glided through Brittany's wetness. "I want this… all of it."
"Take it my love… it's all for you," this time Santana's growl was louder as she yanked Brittany's pants and panties off. She lowered her body so that she was between those thighs. Brittany squirmed as Santana kissed a trail up her inner thigh, skipped her heated core, and did the same things on the other side. "Baby," She whined, tangled her fingers in Santana's hair, and guided her mouth to where she needed her.
And when Santana's tongue started to lap at her wetness she bucked her hips and knew nothing would ever feel as good as being with Santana did.
And after several orgasms; she returned the favor… several times in fact.
And it was glorious.
Quinn and Rachel walked into McKinley High hand in hand, followed by Puck, Sawyer, Brittany, Santana, Kurt, Blaine, Mike, and Tina. They walked toward the choir room and when Quinn knocked on the open door, a loud cheer erupted from the room. Mr. Schuester was the first to his feet to hug everyone.
As they joined in on glee rehearsal Quinn noticed first that Sawyer was having fun and made a mental note to remind Sawyer of this because the girl was always relentless when picking on her about glee club.
Then she noted that Kitty was now in the glee club and she was staring longingly at Marley who was cuddling with Jake.
"I have an announcement to make," Puck said standing in front of the class. "I'm having a Hanukkah party tonight at casa Puckerman and you're all invited."
"But we're not all Jewish," Unique said.
"You don't have to be… just consider it a reason to hang out with friends… and get drunk," just as he finished talking the bell rang and as everyone leaving Quinn heard a shy voice behind her.
"Quinn," she turned to see Kitty standing there. "C-Can I talk to you for a minute," she saw Quinn look at Rachel. "A-Alone please." Rachel nodded, kissed Quinn's cheek and left the room closing the door behind herself.
"What's up?"
"I like Marley," Kitty blurted out and Quinn withheld her arrogant chuckle- over having been right- in favor of nodding. She was sympathetic to what Kitty was feeling.
"And I need to fucking get over it… because she is clearly straight and I can't stomach watching them together." Quinn nodded and stepped closer.
"Well I don't know how that feels because I was lucky enough that Rachel liked me back," Kitty nodded. "D-Do you… I mean do you want to be friends with her at least?"
"I would like that," Kitty said. "I just need this to stop hurting… and I really need to stop hurting her, it's not her fault that she doesn't like me back," Quinn nodded.
"Okay well… the first step of doing that is apologizing… have you done that?" Kitty shook her head no. "I think you should start there and see what she says… but honestly the first step to dealing with all of your feelings is to admit them. Even if she doesn't like you back the honesty will make you feel better." Kitty nodded again.
"Will you help me?"
"What do you want me to do?" Quinn wondered.
"Just… I don't know be there I guess."
"I can do that," Quinn promised. "When do you want to do this?"
"Before lunch," Kitty wondered and Quinn nodded again.
Marley was leaving her English class and saw Quinn leaning against a locker. She smiled at the sight of her.
"Hello Quinn."
"Hey," Quinn fell in stride beside her. "You have lunch right now right?"
"Yeah… why?"
"There is someone that would like to speak to you in the choir room and please just give her a chance to explain herself okay," Marley nodded and followed Quinn into the choir room. She didn't know what to expect but when she saw Kitty standing there she gasped.
She was the last person she had expected to see.
"What…" she turned to see Quinn closing the door behind her and leaning against it.
"Trust me," Quinn promised and Marley nodded and then looked at Kitty again. She saw that Kitty was taking deep and steadying breaths before she spoke.
"Look I don't know how else to say this so… I'm just going to say it, okay?"
"Okay," Marley was confused.
"I like you," Kitty blurted out and exhaled loudly. Marley opened and closed her mouth a few times. She was shocked… that was the last thing she was expecting to hear. But she didn't say anything; she just let Kitty say what was obviously difficult for her to say. "I like… really like you. And I know you're straight and with Jake and everything but I thought you should know why I was so awful to you last year and why I continue to hurt you whenever I can. It's because you hurt me every day and I hate you for it."
"Kitty I'm sorry I-"
"You have nothing to be sorry for," she stepped closer. "This is me having an insane crush on you and not dealing with it very well. At first I thought if I kept Jake away from you that would help but it didn't help I still want you every second of the day and…" she trailed off when her voice became shaky. Kitty stepped closer and Marley could see the desire in her eyes and it actually caused butterflies in her own stomach.
Where the fuck did that come from?
"But even so; that was no excuse to hurt you the way I did… and I am sorry," she said sincerely. "And from now on I'll do my best to not turn my fucked up- in love with you- issues into hate and I'll try to be your friend… if you'd be willing to be mine that is." Marley gasped when she said that she was in love with her and she felt butterflies again.
"I-If y-you're sincere," she was stammering and she took a deep breath. "I mean yeah sure… I'd love to be friends Kitty a-and I'm flattered," she said lamely and Kitty nodded once and then stepped around her. Quinn could see tears in the girl's eyes right before she turned back to Marley.
"And also," Marley turned to look at her and could also see the tears welling up in Kitty's eyes. "Can you please tell your mom that I'm sorry too?" Marley smiled sadly.
"I accept your apology and it means the world to me that you feel bad for what you said about my mom but if you really mean it… you need to apologize to her not me," she finished and again Kitty nodded. And then she left the room.
Quinn remained in the door frame and looked at Marley. It was silent for a few moments until Quinn spoke.
"Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah I um…" she trailed off and Quinn smiled. "I just I'm…"
"What is it?"
"You have to promise you will never tell anyone what I'm about to say," Marley said and Quinn nodded.
"I promise."
"I just… after I saw her being so… I don't know… out there with her feelings like that," Quinn nodded again. "I think I might not be as straight as I once thought I was," Quinn smiled and draped her arm across Marley's shoulder.
"There is nothing wrong with being bisexual Marley," Marley nodded and Quinn could feel the tension in her. "But if you really want to talk to someone about that Brittany is the girl you want to talk to."
"Okay… and thanks Quinn… you won't tell anyone right?"
"It's our secret," Quinn promised. "But it's nothing to be ashamed of."
"I know… and I'm not, I just I-"
"I get it, you don't need to explain anymore," Marley smiled at her as they walked into the cafeteria.
When they walked into the cafeteria Marley saw Kitty talking to her mom and the smile that was on her mom's face told her everything that she needed to know about Kitty's sincerity. And again she felt butterflies. She was definitely into her boyfriend but there was something about this softer side of Kitty that had her feeling differently toward her.
And she was going to take Quinn's advice and talk to Brittany about this.
When Kitty was done apologizing to Marley's mom she walked back over to Quinn and Marley went to her mom.
"You did good," Quinn told her.
"I feel like a fool."
"Yeah well… maybe you are a little bit. But it takes a lot of courage to do what you just did and I think you'll wind up great friends with that girl."
"I hope so… if I can't have her the way I want her it'll be nice to have her as a friend… she's just wonderful," and Quinn smiled. She smiled at the silly love-struck look on the girl's face and it made her think of Rachel and how much her life changed when she found the courage to pursue her heart's desire.
She hoped that whether it was with Marley or not; that Kitty would experience real true love because nothing was better.
Just as she was lost in thoughts about Rachel; she saw a brunette Cheerio that she remembered from her senior year walk over to them.
"Hey Quinn," the girl said and Quinn smiled. She hadn't been a Cheerio her senior year but she remembered this girl… mostly from Santana bitching about her.
""Hey Gabrielle… how are you?"
"I'm wonderful," she said and then looked at Kitty. "I saw what you just did for that lunch lady," she said to her and Kitty braced herself for the wrath of whatever this girl was going to say and she was pleasantly surprised when she did talk again.
"And it was so nice."
"It was?" Kitty's mouth dropped open.
"Yeah it was," she winked and smirked. "And I was wondering if you'd like to go out sometime," Kitty's mouth fell further open and she bit her lip.
"Like… out, out?" She whispered the second out and Gabrielle smirked and stepped closer to her.
"Just to clarify… I meant out… like a date," Kitty closed her mouth and smiled. "Let me know if you're interested," she looked back to Quinn. "Bye Quinn," she walked away and Quinn's eyes met Kitty's.
"That was-"
"Wait… she just hit on me right?" Quinn nodded. "I-I didn't imagine that right?"
"No you didn't… and yes she did," Quinn reaffirmed and watched as Kitty's smile widened.
"I think getting over Marley might be easier than I thought," she took a few steps away from Quinn and then turned back. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome," Quinn told her. "I hope to see you later at Puck's."
"You will."
The party was in full swing and everyone was a little drunk. Quinn was sitting on the couch and Rachel was on her lap. They were cuddling and people watching. Quinn saw Marley in a corner with Jake's arms wrapped around her waist. Then her eyes peered to the dance floor and saw Kitty dirty dancing with Gabrielle and was happy for her… but she knew a secret that no one else knew.
And when she looked back at Marley she saw fire in the girl's eyes as she watched Kitty dancing with Gabrielle.
And she was certain that things were far from over between those two girls. But then Marley turned in Jake's arms and started kissing him deeply.
I hope no one gets pregnant because of denial this time- she thought.
And then she felt Rachel's lips on her neck and she forgot all about everyone else in the room. She tightened her hold on Rachel's waist, arched her neck, and moaned as she felt Rachel giving her a hickey.
She was broken out of her bliss by the sound of Santana barking laughter.
Her eyes popped open to see Finn Hudson walking into the room on crutches. Rachel pulled off of her neck and gasped at the sight.
Suddenly the music stopped and everyone in the room was looking at him.
"What happened dude?" Puck wondered.
"I uh," he trailed off and a blush covered his cheeks.
"What'd you do Finnept… shoot yourself?" Santana asked teasing and when Finn hung his head she bit her lip so she wouldn't laugh again.
"Finn," Rachel said with her worried tone and got to her feet. "W-What happened?"
"Santana's right… I uh- I shot myself," and that was when Santana couldn't hold it anymore and she started to laugh hard.
Quinn wanted to laugh too but held back… she and Rachel had just made up and she didn't want to piss her off again.
But Finn shooting himself was hilarious.
"Finn!" Rachel shouted. "You promised you'd be safe and how the hell did you shoot yourself?"
"Can we talk about this somewhere else Rach," he asked quietly because there was a room full of strangers and he was already embarrassed. She nodded feeling slightly bad for him. She walked into the kitchen and Finn followed.
So did Santana, Brittany, Puck, Sawyer, Tina, Mike, Kurt and Blaine.
Once they were all in the room Finn sat down.
"We won't make fun of you-"
"Speak for yourself Berry," Santana cut in and Rachel glared at her. Santana held her hands up in defeat and then shrugged.
"Just tell us what happened?" Rachel said to him.
"I was in drill and I dropped my gun," he said and could tell that most of them were trying not to laugh. His face blushed and he continued. "And my instinct was to grab for it and I caught it… but I caught it by the trigger and shot myself in the foot." Rachel winced.
"And how bad is it?"
"It went straight through the foot and into the ground so it'll be fine… it just needs to heal," he told her and she sat down across from him and covered his hand with her own.
"I'm glad you'll be okay," she said and he shot her his dopey grin.
"Thanks Rach."
"Oh don't start that flirting shit again Hudson… Rachel is still mine," Quinn yelled realizing that she was pretty drunk but she didn't care when she saw Rachel smiling at her.
"Relax Quinn, I'm over Rachel."
"Yeah sure," Santana said and he looked at her.
"No it's true… I have a girlfriend and everything," Santana laughed thinking he was joking but she could tell by his expression that he was telling the truth.
"Oh you were serious," he nodded. "Oh…"
"That's just great Finn," Rachel told him. "B-But what are you going to do now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well you're out of the Army right?" She wondered and he shook his head no.
"N-No… I mean it was an accident and I was discharged but they told me that once I heal I can try again… but I'll have to go through boot camp again," he saw Rachel frown. "So no… I'm going back."
"Finn," she whined.
"It was an accident Rachel… a stupid one but I'm going back in," she pouted but knew she wouldn't be able to change his mind. "Can we please stop talking about this and just enjoy the party? I've really missed you guys."
"We missed you too bro," Mike told him and Santana curled her lip. She missed picking on him but that was all.
"What do you say we go out there and have fun?" Finn asked getting to his foot and grabbing his crutches.
"Yeah Finnocent… I'll save you a dance," Santana said. "Oh no wait," she laughed and walked out of the room still laughing.
"Some things never change," Finn muttered but he didn't even care he was just happy to be back with his friends again. As they all filed back into the party; Quinn tugged Rachel back over to the couch and pulled her onto her lap.
"I believe you were doing something before Finn Hudson cockblocked me," Rachel giggled but met Quinn's eyes.
"I'm worried about him, do you think it's a good idea for him to go back. Quinn he could kill himself," Quinn withheld the laugh that was on her lips because she knew Rachel was legitimately worried for him and she was right Finn was stupid enough to really hurt himself but she shook her head anyway.
"Finn is slow sometimes but he always eventually catches on Rachel and I think he will be even more careful now because… I can't be sure, but I think getting shot is really fucking painful and he wouldn't want to do that again." Rachel nodded because Quinn was right. "He'll be okay Rachel… I think he learned something from this."
"To not be so causal with things that could kill him," Rachel said and Quinn giggled and nodded. "Too bad he didn't realize that sooner I mean he hit on me all the time and didn't care that you wanted to kill him." Quinn laughed at the comparison of her being like a loaded gun pointed at Finn Hudson.
Santana came over and handed Rachel a shot, a piece of lime and some salt.
"Happy Hanukkah Jew midget," she said and Rachel laughed. "Now stop thinking about Finessa and do a body shot off of your girl's neck before I do."
"Ew Santana," Quinn said with a curled lip.
"Fuck you Fabray!" Santana shouted and Rachel took the offering.
"Thanks Satan," she said and she did what Santana had told her to do but once the shot was gone she went right back to sucking Quinn's neck.
And Quinn loved it.
Happy Hanukkah indeed.
A/N 2: The title comes from the song The One by Elton John.
One of my lovely reviewers had asked for me to add Finn shooting himself to this story and with him still being in the Army in the SIB epilogue this was the only way I could honor that request. So I hope y'all ignore any inaccuracies in favor of the pleasure of Finn shooting himself.
Up next a bit more drama and some angry sex to go along with it.