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Previously on Pink Doesn't Taste That Great
"Rach nothing will happen to me. Someone is trying to scare me, but I'll get them before they get me. Trust me on that"
"Looks like they already got you" I said letting go of her and walking away. "You are aware your daughter is here right?" I asked. Quinn sighed looking at her phone.
"Looks like your safety or Beth's won't be an issue anymore" she said showing me her phone.
Pink Doesn't Taste That Great Chapter 22
QPOV
"No" she said simply handing me my phone, shaking her head frantically. Beth stirred a little but remained unaffected by Rachel's outburst.
"Rach I don't exactly have a choice here" I said motioning for her to cfollow me into the bathroom so we don't wake Beth. "Rach listen"
"No, you listen. You dragged me into this, you promised to protect me at all cost and I refuse to simply walk away. I love that little girl out there and if we need to stay away from her to make sure no one hurts her then fine. I'll do anything for her you know that. You already have to walk away from your daughter you do not get to walk away from me too"
"This isn't exactly my choice baby. It's not like I want to say goodbye to either of you but what choice do we have?" I sat on the toilet seat with my head in my hands. Rachel kneeled in front of me before kissing my forehead.
"I am not leaving your side Quinn. That future you painted so well tonight, I want that. No, I need that. I don't care what I have to do to stay with you but I am not leaving you. I'll tell Tony myself because there's nothing that would make me stop seeing you"
I raised my head and shook it. "Give me a couple days Rach, I'll talk to Tony and we'll work this out" I said resting our foreheads together.
After our little argument I was pulled to bed by Rachel. She got under the sheets pulling Beth closer to her, who snuggled closer into her neck. I watched as Rachel comfortably cradled my baby into her. I watched in adoration for a few seconds. It always surprised me how much Rachel cared about us. She placed a kiss on Beth's forehead and sighed contentedly. I knew right there and then that I have to fight for us. I crawled between the sheets pulling myself flat against Rachel's back. He eyes were closed now and in the faint dim of Beth's night light I noticed that Rachel's eyes were closed. I wrapped my hand around them both protectively keeping my other hand one the gun underneath my pillow.
The two most important people to me in the world were in my arms, in my bed; possibly for the last time.
Rachel's dads smiled at us as we came shuffling into their house. They took Beth"s bags taking them to Rachel's room. Rachel told them (despite her hatred of lies) that my mom had gotten sick and I had to take care of her and the Puckerman's had their plans for today so she would keep Beth until tomorrow. It broke my heart to have to leave them both but it made me feel loads better to know Santana and Brittany were coming over in a couple of hours.
"Come here baby" I said bringing Beth to the living room with me. She twisted my hair with her fingers always seeming to be fascinated with my hair. I sat in the chair pulling her to me. Her face displayed how cheesed off she still was at me because I woke her this morning.
"I love you Beth, with all my heart I adore you and if I could find another way to do this I would. I have to stop seeing you for a little while. I am leaving you with the one person I trust with everything in me and she will make sure you are safe. Your daddy will be mad at me but I have to do this. When it's safe to see you again I promise I won't let you go" tears fell from my eyes as I spoke.
Beth turned her head to a side looking at me like weird.
"Moma?" Beth asked placing her hand against my cheek. I swiped at my tears pleading for them to stop when Beth ran away.
She returned with Rachel's hand in hers, pointing at me with the other hand.
"Moma cry" Beth said
"Quinn, baby what's wrong?" Rachel asked taking in the scene before her.
"I can't leave her again" I said. Rachel touched my cheek and pulled Beth into her. "Listen to me, this isn't forever. You are going to see her grow up into a beautiful woman flourish. It's only for a little while, you'll have her back soon"
"I promise you both this will be over soon" I said kissing Rachel on the lips and Beth on the forehead.
SPOV
I had no idea what Quinn got herself into but I'd be damned if she lost this child.
I got a text after 5 in the morning with the cliffnotes version of what happened lastnight and basically Quinn was fucked. Brittany and I went to Rachel's house to find her and Beth in her room, eating banana slices and watching Discovery Kids. Brittany eagerly sat next to Beth then Rachel nodded towards the next room so I followed her where she immediately started telling me everything she knew. By the end of her explanation I reluctantly pulled her into a hug letting her cry.
The day continued in the same pattern. Rachel cried, Brittany kept Beth to occupied for either of them to notice and the Berry men both assumed Rachel was PMSing.
I sent a text to Puck to see where he and telling him I needed to talk to him urgently. Brittany insisted on an all girls sleepover with Beth, Rachel her and I. I quickly agreed to it hoping that things went smoothly enough with Puck.
"I was surprised to see a text from you Lopez. I guess you just can't get enough of the Puckerman loving. It's your lucky day Quinn has Beth and I'm here alone all day" he said letting me in.
"Ew, down boy; I'm gay. I need to talk to you, it's about Quinn" I watched his expression change to a serious one.
"Come to my room" he insisted
"I thought you said we were alone" I quipped
"We are, mom took Car to dance class then they're going to watch a movie. What's wrong with Quinn? Is Beth okay?"
"Beth is perfect, she's with B and the Berrys"
"What about Quinn?"
"That is why I need to talk to you"
We sat on different ends of his bed now and he shook nervously..or maybe angrily waiting for my reply.
"She abandoned her again didn't she?" He asked angrily. Abandoned is such a strong word but how else can you put it.
"She doesn't want to be away from her" I tried to explain.
"There's a fucking simple way to fix that you know, DON'T LEAVE. I knew it! Deep down I knew this was all too good to be true. I trusted Rachel's judgment and let her into Beth's life. I don't even give a shit about how much this pisses me off. That child needs her mother in her life on a constant if at all"
"She didn't have a choice Noah" I cut off his ranting trying to explain this.
"Bullshit! You always have a choice no matter what. Do you have any idea how much Beth adores Quinn? She says momma more than anything else over the past couple of months and now how will she deal Santana?" He yelled stalking around the room angrily.
"Just this once I'll forget you yelled at me, another thing; Quinn loves that child more than anything in this world. Do you seriously think she is stupid enough to willingly walk out of her life like this? She. Didn't. Have. A. Choice" I emphasized on each word so he could start to understand. Listen, there are things in play here that I can't tell you; only Quinn can and she probably never will. I need you to trust me when I say Quinn not spending time with Beth for a while is the safest option right now" he stopped in his track to look at her.
"What do you mean safest?" He asked
"All I can say is this, Quinn will most definitely die before anyone hurt the people she loves and wake up and smell the roses asshole you and Beth, are on the top of her list"
He sunk to the bed running his hand through the mohawk.
"What do you mean die?" He asked turning pale (if that was possible). I sighed trying to explain without revealing too much.
"You remember how Quinn was at the beginning of the year? She seemed more badass because she is more badass. Rachel is essentially the only one of us who could not only understand but who could get Quinn to reign it in and come back to us but Quinn is still that badass bitch. She has to sacrifice a lot to make sure nothing happens to us and as of lastnight; Beth became number 1 on her list of sacrifices"
"Did something happen lastnight?" he asked looking genuinely concerned
"No worries Puckerman, your kid had the best protection"
"But What about Quinn, did she, did Rachel?"
I handed his phone off the table to him. "Call Quinn, you two definitely need to talk. I'll drop the baby off in the morning. The Berry men insisted Beth spends the night so your free weekend won't be offset. Listen up Puckerman go easy on Quinn because her leaving is the hardest thing she ever had to do. She deserves the benefit of the doubt here because if she's going to survive this she needs the possibility of seeing her daughter grow up without you keeping them apart. She needs that scenario to get her through this"
QPOV
I walked in to Skye's house walking right by her and Zayi on the couch without stopping or saying a word. I managed to keep the bulk of my tears in on my way there but now all bets were off. Closing the door to my bedroom I threw my bag to the floor and got into bed pulling the sweater I stole from Rachel with her faint scent into me. I sniffed it and wished she was here with me, holding me, anything to make this easier. I couldn't deal with this, knowing that if I failed to convince Tony that I need Rachel and seeing her at school wasn't going to be enough I was going to lose her. I needed her. I didn't know how long I had been here laying but the smell of Rachel helped the tears to stop and I was able to stop my mind from screaming for her or Beth. The door opened and buried deeper into the bed.
"Quinn" Tony said. I turned to face him. I held Rachel's sweater in hand. "Are you okay?" he asked closing the door behind him
I laughed "Are you serious right now? You tell me I can't see my daughter or my girlfriend and you want to know if I'm alright?"
"Quinn you and I both know it's best for them" he said
"Oh yeah because Mike can keep an eye on them both without being obvious what are you going to do inlist Skye into high school and glee club to keep an eye on Rachel while I continue to go to school and come here? It's my fault she's in this in the first place Tony why do I have to let her go? I went through hell to get to see my daughter again"
He tried to touch me but I shoved his hand away from mine.
"Quinn don't you understand I want you safe?" he asked
"So my safety is more important than theirs? Do you have any idea what you are asking me to sacrifice and how selfish it is of you to ask me to?"
He nodded looking down. "It's until this deal goes through. It won't take long by the time prom is gone things will be better I promise"
I scoffed "Oh yeahhhhh prom where I can't go because I would be in danger. I swear to god T I know I am supposed to be your 'girlfriend' but this is killing me. I had to say goodbye to the two most important people in my life this morning for you. I will see Rachel at school but that's it. Who's going to protect her?"
"Mike is going to be keeping an eye on them both, Beth more so than Rachel"
"Right now, I hate you with every fiber of my being" I said through gritted teeth.
"That's good, hate is a powerful emotion, hold on to that" he said angrily then sighed. "Look I'm sorry things have to be this way it's just easier for them if they aren't seen anywhere with you. You have a huge target on your back and I'll be dammed if you get hurt or if they get hurt because you were with them. You know what I'm saying is true Quinn, this is best for them" he said stepping out, closing the door behind him.
"Yeah well I don't accept that" I said to myself
Hours later I had a working plan in my head I had to hope that Santana managed to explain things to Puck without saying too much and that Rachel would want to go along with it. I sat with my iPod playing music and running my hand along the blade of a knife when Skye came in.
"You know Tony has a point" Skye said hopping onto the table in front of me.
"I wouldn't go so far as to agree with you. I spent a year away from my daughter because I decided I couldn't be the mother she needed, maybe I was right I can't be perfect but then again I've never been perfect for anyone; myself especially. I want to know my daughter. The months I got to spend with her Skye were the best months of my life and while I know what I gave up having her back in my life was a reminder to myself that I would be an idiot to not be in her life"
"I got pregnant in high school you know" Skye said quietly. I looked at her for the first time, not just for the day but truly for the first time. Skye knew what it was like to be missing a piece of yourself.
"I wasn't like you Quinn, I wasn't strong and Tony knew that he was the one that helped me through it. I got an abortion even though he didn't think I should. He said I would regret it eventually and he wouldn't like me to have to go through that. He knew what my parents were like, hell he grew up with my father so he knew what he was like. He was going to help me take care of the baby but I wasn't brave enough. I let him go. Yeah it hurt me even worse to know it I could've had a little man around here running around right now. You were brave Quinn, you kept her and although you made mistakes, you are trying to make up for it. Tony doesn't want you to feel the loss a mother feels for her child and while I think he has a point he will never fully understand what it must be like. I love Zayi and I cannot imagine not having her in my life. Rachel knew what she was getting into but she did it anyway. It's you after all, something tells me you two would do anything to be together. I will say this, whatever you plan to do be smart about it. Mistakes get you killed in our world but I got your back no matter what" she hopped off the table about to walk away.
"Hey Skye, thank you" I said as I turned to catch her eyes.
"Thank Z, let's just say she put some sense into me" she said closing the door behind me.
My phone rang and I looked at the number feeling my heart drop. I prepared to be cussed out by Puck when I answered the phone.
Hey PuckI said afraid of how angry he would be wirh me
I-I talked to Santana. Are you okay?the concern in his voice was evident.
I miss BethI admitted
Quinn, Santana was very cryptic about all of this shit and I have a feeling that the less I know the better it is for me so I'll say this Rachel and Santana told me how much you've changed and I have seen it for myself. I've seen how great you are with our kid and I would never take her away from you. I see how much you need her in your life and vice versa and I'd be a douche to take her away from you I'm not Hudson.
I cried, he could hear I was crying and I didn't care I was just so happy to have him on my side.
Puck you should know I wouldn't be away from here if I could help it. If I had my way the 4 of us would be living together just so I could see her everyday.
4 of us? he asked chuckling
Yeah you, me, Beth and Rachel my little makeshift family I replied smirking a little
I'll tell you what; get your ass back to us safely so your girls can have you back. Well….so we can all have you back. I'll miss you
You will see me at school
That's not the same, seeing you at school and spending time with you and our daughter isn't the same. You are totally different with her and I like that Quinn, that's the Quinn I would fight for.
I have to go Puck but can you do something for me?
Sure what's up?
I'm going to call Beth every night. Can you give her the phone when I do so we can talk?
She can barely talk Quinn
I know but I don't want her to forget my voice, I don't want her to forget me.
Okay baby mama I got you. Be safe Quinn
I will Puck you too okay?
Always
I dialed Rachel number looking to see it was 5pm
Hey baby
Hey Rach, what is she doing?
She and Brittany are asleep they were watching cartoons all day and I guess they got all tuckered out so they fell asleep early. How are you? I miss you so much
I miss you too baby, I had a talk with Tony
What did he say, is he going to let us see each other outside of school?
No but don't worry I have a plan that I will fill you in on when I see you
I can't believe I have to wait until Monday to see you
I know have a great night baby and tell Santana I say thank you. I'll text you in the morning
Be careful Quinn, I don't want to lose you
One thing's for sure Rach, you will never lose me
I better not because when I find you, you can be sure that I will hurt you
Give Beth a kiss for me
I will Quinn
I hung up the phone holding it close to my heart. My plan had to work, I needed it to work because it's one thing to live without my daughter in my life but without Rachel I felt like I was sinking. I had to kick and fight, I have to fight my way to the surface and get my girl back.
so Quinn's plan will work...but at what cost? find out in the next chapter. Have a great weekend.
Specks :)
