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"Rachel" Mr. Schue called at the end of rehearsal as the rest of the group was filing out, "Can you come talk with me for just a bit?" Rachel glanced sidewards at Quinn slightly before agreeing. As she walked towards the door of his office she looked back to see Quinn posed, leaning against the piano to wait for her. She waved at Quinn and Quinn gave her a smile. Rachel turned into the office and Quinn put her head in her hands.

'Crap.', Quinn thought. 'I just gave Rachel Berry, diva, boyfriend stealer, man hands, A GIRL her signature flirty smile.' 'It's just the baby hormones' she reassured herself. But, she had never felt the way she felt towards Rachel towards Puck or Finn or anyone else for that matter. She knew she loved Rachel, as a friends. She had since she joined Glee Club she had loved her, even when she was still tormenting her. But then it was admiration, jealousy and maybe respect. It was complicated. But now? She had found that Rachel was funny, talented, sweet, and of course a star. She knew she loved Rachel. But as a friend?

She couldn't believe she was even thinking this. Both of them had a baby in their belly which made any kind of relationship double-y as complicated as it already would be. And that's saying a lot, especially for a high school aged same-sex couple in conservative Ohio. Quinn decided it would be best to push these feelings aside, at least until Regionals was over. Over the years, Quinn had become excellent at hiding her feelings, she could handle this for at least another couple of weeks.

"Mr. Schue?" Rachel asked timidly on the other side of the door.

"Rachel. Have a seat." She did. She put her hands nervously on her lap but did not move them. She had heard that fidgeting with your hands was a sign of nervousness and Rachel didn't do nervous.

"I don't wish to be rude but may I ask why you have called me into your office." Rachel said using the most Rachel Berry confidence that she could muster. He nodded.

"I just wanted to check in on you. You've seemed a little... off these last couple of days. We need you to be your best at Regionals" Rachel noticed the add on at the end. Even the teacher only cared about her performance, about her voice. It seemed that was true for everyone, everyone but Quinn. She didn't see how her personal life was any of his business and she certainly didn't plan on telling him anything.

"I'm fine Mr. Schue. While, I'm sure I appreciate your concern I can assure you that I'm taking care of myself. Please don't worry." She looked him straight in the eye. For a second he seemed to falter, taking her in and making up his mind. He continued with his next sentence after a small sigh.

"All right Rachel. I'm glad you are becoming friends with Quinn. I can definitely see you two being friends." Rachel raised her eyebrow. She could understand how her and Quinn were becoming friends, but Mr. Schue thinking that? She was surprised, she had never seen her and Quinn as two that would look compatible to outsiders.

"We are. Now, Mr. Schue, I really should be going. I actually have a doctor's appointment."

"Of course, Rachel. I think Quinn's waiting for you." Rachel grabbed her bag with gold stars embroidered all over it and pushed open Mr. Schue's door. He smiled at her one last time before she closed the door and walked over to Quinn.

"Hey." She muttered tiredly. The poor girl looked like she could fall asleep right there on the choir room floor next to the piano.

"Hey. Do you want to do something... like hang out?" Quinn asked. She wasn't sure if her and Rachel were exactly friends who hung out or... Well she wasn't sure what the or was but she did feel nervous asking Rachel to hang out.

"I would love to but I have that appointment with Dr. Wu." Rachel said. And she wasn't lying. There was nothing more she would rather do than "something" with Quinn Fabray. How many days she had spent wishing to do "something" with Quinn Fabray.

"Oh! Why didn't you tell me. I'll take you!" Quinn grabbed Rachel's hand and led her out the door. It was a nice hand hold, very natural and not at all forced. Neither girl really even noticed the other's hand, it just felt right.

"Quinn, that would be amazing if you don't mind" She answered as they headed through the door. Rachel could already tell Quinn's answer before she said it.

"Not at all."

It was a relatively quiet car ride, the radio was playing some song neither girl liked but both weren't sure if the other liked it so they didn't want to change it. When they got to the office, Quinn led the way with Rachel following right next to her, still holding her hand. They sat in the waiting room, again in silence, until Rachel's name was called. Again, Quinn led the way into the private room.

"Quinn. I wasn't aware you had an appointment today." Dr. Wu, said checking his clipboard, as he entered the room.

"No, I'm just here for my friend, Rachel." She answered gesturing to Rachel who had turned from a nervous pale to positively ghostly.

"Ahh..." Dr. Wu said. 'What is going on in that school?' he thought before silently chastising himself; whatever it was, was good for business. "So Rachel, let's get a look at you." Rachel nodded, still silent. Quinn was pretty sure this is the longest Rachel had ever gone without talking but she didn't say so. It didn't really seem like Rachel was in the mood for jokes.

It took a few minutes of set up. Rachel was still gripping Quinn's hand as tight as she could. Quinn's knuckles had practically gone numb but she didn't care. Not at all.

"Well, you're definitely pregnant but I think you already knew that." Dr. Wu announced once he was able to get his machine working. Rachel nodded. "From the looks of things I would say you were just over two months pregnant" Again, Rachel nodded. "Any questions" This time Rachel shook her head.

"I'll give her all of my old information" Quinn said. She could tell Rachel just wanted to get out of there.

"I'll right then. I'm just going to move onto the ultrasound in that case."

Rachel Berry is a very dramatic person. She has been known to cry on demand and over react to everything. But when she saw her little baby on that screen, she knew every single emotion she felt was valid, not at all overly dramatic. And as tears dripped down her face, she was so glad to have Quinn with her, holding her hand.

Rachel got dressed and scheduled a follow up appointment with the receptionist. Once the appointment was scheduled and Rachel had everything she needed they headed outside. As soon as they stepped into the sunlight Quinn pulled Rachel so they were facing each other. Quinn took one look at the emotional girl and decided that Rachel Berry would not be going home tonight.

"How would you like to sleep over?" She asked before Rachel could say anything.

The next day Rachel woke up next to Quinn. For some reason she felt guilty. She had never felt guilty for sleeping next to a girl before and she had called her dads and told them where she was so that wasn't a problem. But still Rachel felt… guilty as if she had been doing something sexual or inappropriate. Rachel ignored the feeling and got up. She nudged Quinn softly. It took a couple of tries (it was clear Quinn wasn't the morning person that Rachel was) but Quinn eventually woke up and smiled as she saw Rachel's face above hers.

"Good morning, Quinn! How'd you sleep?" She said with that voice that was extra chipper for the morning air.

"Fine. How 'bout you?" The other girl said wiping the sleep from her eyes and groggily orienting herself.

"I'm good!" Rachel said, gushing with happiness, a welcome change. For the first time in a while, Quinn saw a full, true, smile from Rachel and she loved it.

"Rach?" Quinn said with a little chuckle as Rachel hopped around Puck's family's guest room.

"I'm just happy to be here with you. And I'm excited that it's Friday." She raised her eyebrow a bit but she kind of liked mood swings Rachel. It was funny.

"Yeah… it's Friday." Quinn said pushing herself up and walking into the bathroom. "Rach?" Quinn said as she turned to see Rachel looking a picture Quinn had taken with her from her parent's house. It was Quinn, Quinn's parents, and an older girl that Rachel decided must be Quinn's sister. From the looks of the picture, it was about eight or so years old. It was a cute photo, but it looked staged, like someone waited for just the right moment to take just the right picture when all of them were smiling just right. It was nothing like the pictures in the Berry household.

As Rachel noticed that Quinn saw that she was looking at the photo, she quickly whipped around so the photo people were smiling at her back.

"Yes Quinn?"

"You can borrow a dress from me. My old clothes are in the bottom drawer." Quinn didn't mind that Rachel was looking at her stuff, she thought Rachel's curiosity was very sweet.

She pointed to the correct drawer before waddling into the small bathroom to get ready.

"Got it! Thank you!"

The day went relatively well. Quinn still kept a cautious eye on Rachel, especially when she ran out of History with her hand over her mouth. Quinn stayed and explained to the confused teacher that Rachel had been feeling ill all day and managed to convince the kind teacher not to give her detention for leaving class without a hall pass.

At the end of the day Quinn invited Rachel out to coffee but Rachel honestly felt to sick to her stomach to do anything but go home and take a nap, so reluctantly her and Quinn went off on their own ways. Rachel hated that morning sickness was keeping her from spending time with her new best friend but she really, really felt crappy.

It was Saturday: Regionals. Rachel woke up with a jolt of energy that only came from the adrenaline of performance. A rare jolt of energy that Rachel only felt before she performed for an audience. Rachel literally hopped onto her elliptical. Today was a big day and she was going to start it right. No matter the circumstance, Rachel was going to do Regionals in a truly Berry fashion.

As soon as she finished her work out, she rushed to the shower and began a full out Rachel Berry cleansing routine. She let the hot beads of water drip down her skin. She cleared her mind. She knew she needed to get her head into the game if they wanted to beat Vocal Adrenaline.

Quinn was just waking up as Rachel, being much more of a morning person then the blonde, was getting out of the shower. And also unlike Rachel, the blonde was less focused on Regionals than the brunette. She just couldn't stop thinking about said brunette.

Quinn knew her and Rachel were friends. No matter what they were before, their current relationship was that of two friends, maybe to best friends. Due to their overlapping pregnancies they had really bonded. And she knew Rachel was beautiful, despite what she had said on the contrary for years. Quinn knew Rachel was special. Everyone knew Rachel is special. Rachel knows she's special. Rachel's specialness takes you by the head and punches you in the face to show you just how strong it is. But what Quinn didn't know was why Rachel made her smile, made her bat her eyelashes, or the feeling of seeing Rachel in bed with her made her feel, quite frankly, turned on. But Quinn was straight and so was Rachel... right?

But as the drops of steamy hot water dripped down her hot, wet, skin, what Rachel didn't understand was why the butterflies in her stomach had nothing to do with the upcoming competition, but had everything to do with seeing Quinn.