Chapter 20
Emily's P. O.V
We all laughed as Quinn finished up her choice of song, we had finished eating and were now just singing. The awkwardness in the room grew, as the topic that was on all our minds approach to spill out. I looked at Quinn and then at Rachel wanting one of them to speak first but they looked to be hoping the same from me.
"Yes or no, that's all you two need to say," I state looking between the two.
Rachel bravely said "Yes, I am in. If I don't say yes, then I'm going to be wondering what would've happened for the rest of my life." We both turned to look at Quinn, I knew she had doubts; I just wasn't sure how deep they were.
"Okay, I'm in to. It's like Rachel said, if I don't we will be wondering what could've been."
"So you like me to?" Rachel asked Quinn with a smile shadowing her face.
"Yeah," Quinn said with a blush.
"What now, Emily?" Rachel asked.
"I don't know, I didn't expect you guys to say yes and so I didn't plan what to do next."
"Emily," Quinn said slapping me when she sees me smile.
Rachel said "I'm confused."
Quinn explained "Emily was lying, she does know what to do next but she's holding off because she doesn't want to push or rush us."
"Well that's sweet," Rachel said looking across at me.
"Whatever, do you have water?" I asked not wanting all the focus on me.
"Up in the fridge," nodding my head I make my way upstairs to grab a water bottle.
"You okay?" Quinn asked following me upstairs.
"It's just a lot of emotions; I know I brought this up. I just didn't want anyone to get hurt."
"I know Emily," Quinn wrapped her arms around me. Tipping my head down, I buried my head into her shoulder; enjoying her scent.
Quinn then said, "You have such a caring heart and you put others before yourself, but this is one of those times where you need to speak up about how you feel because your feelings do matter."
"You guys okay?" We heard Rachel asked walking upstairs.
"Come here," I say ushering Rachel over. Quinn and I part from each other to allow Rachel to join us. When Rachel steps in, we instantly wrap our arms around her and Rachel wraps her arms around us as well. Standing in a three-person hug felt nice and different, but warm.
Quinn explains "Emily is good at making sure the people around her are okay but she doesn't let the others know when she's not okay. Whether it be because she is sad or stress out about school work, which is something that happens a lot. She doesn't show her true emotion, especially when she's unsure."
"So are you unsure about this relationship?" Rachel asked me.
"I just don't want anyone to get hurt."
Quinn spoke "As long as we are always open and honest with each other, it should work, shouldn't it?"
"It sounds like a good plan and somewhere to start," Rachel said.
I asked "Are we going to keep this a secret or tell people?"
Quinn replied with "I'm not ashamed of this, I just think we should know what this is before telling other people."
"Agreed," Rachel and I said at the same time. When the doorbell rang, Rachel instantly groaned not wanting to deal with the outside world.
"I'll go," I say while pecking both on the forehead. Walking to the front door, I open it to find a shocked looking Finn.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Finn asked instantly angry.
I replied with "I'm hanging out with my girlfriend and a friend, didn't you see Quinn's car on your walk up," I point out Quinn's car.
"Whatever, I'm just here to see Rachel."
"She doesn't want to see you Finn," I say knowing my jealousy was coming to the surface.
"How could you possibly know that?"
"Because I do Finn, she doesn't want to see you. Now back off," I block the door more.
"No, I want to see my girlfriend."
"She's not your girlfriend Finn, she dumped you and I know that's rough but be a man and accept it."
"I'm not going anywhere until you let me see Rachel."
"Well it's not going to happen Finn," I stand my ground even further. I watch as Finn's whole face turns a darker shade and I was ready this time. Finn swung his out to punch me, I dodge it quickly and sung back to get my own two punches in. Finn shook off my punches, he then swung his leg around and hitting below my knee so I fell over.
"Thanks," Finn said entering the house. Standing back up, I rush after him but knowing the house better I take another hallway and manage to get in front of the girls before Finn can either enter the room. By the look on both of their faces, I can tell they're scared and I know then that I can't let him touch either of them. I held back laughter when I see Finn enter to see me already there, he was confused and even looked behind him.
"All I want to do is talk to Rachel."
"That's not happening."
When Finn start charging towards me, I yelled "Move," and once the girls had moved Finn made impact to my midsection. He tackled me to ground and started landing punch after punch. I could hear Rachel screaming out for Finn to stop but he wouldn't stop. On one of his weaker punches I managed to grab a hold of his hand, block the next one and manoeuvre my body in a way that allowed me to roll on top of him. Releasing his arms, I punch him three times in the face before standing up. Backing up to be standing in front of the girls, I watch as Finn pushes himself back up onto his feet while trying to feel the damage I had done to his face.
"You'll pay for that," Finn said angry pointing at me.
"Bring it on, Finn," I say challenging him and walking closer to him.
"Emily, no," Rachel yelled. I turned to look back at her, to see her face was in Quinn's chest but had peaked out at me. I could see the fear on her face and I knew, I couldn't attack Finn unless I was defending myself. When I felt, something hit me hard, I knew Finn had taken this opportunity to tackle me back to the ground again. While Finn punched me wherever he could reach, I looked at Rachel waiting for her to look and under Quinn's words she did look up at me. With every punch Finn lands, I can see Rachel loses breath and flinch in pain. Looking in Quinn's eyes, I can see the pain and that she's feeling the punches as well.
"Get him Emily," Quinn said but I don't listen needing to hear it from Rachel instead.
"Get him Emily," Rachel whispered but nodded in clarification. When Finn stopped punching me, I was surprised but he starts again this time slower, not allowing me any opportunity to grab a hold of his arms.
"She'll never love you, the way she loves me," Finn said landing a harder blow.
"Well that's the thing Finn, she never loved you," I smirked up at him as he punched me again not feeling a thing.
"You fucking, dyke!" Finn yelled as he stood up and began kicking me all over.
"You. Stupid. Fucking. Dyke," Finn yelled puncturing his words with a kick. When Finn swung his leg back, I rolled away and pushed my body back up from the ground. Even though I was in pain, I wasn't going to allow Finn to see me hurt or get anywhere near my girls. This time when Finn came charging at me, I was ready and all he got was a right hook to the face, followed by a left to knock him to the ground. Moving quickly, I pinned his arm to his back which made him cry out in pain. I pulled him to his feet and began walking him to the door. I threw him outside to the ground and waited to see what he'd do.
Finn then said to Rachel who was now standing over my shoulder "She won't always be around to protect you and you'll get what's coming to you."
"Get a life Finn," I yell as I step back slamming the door shut and locking it.
Turning around to face Quinn and Rachel, I asked "Now where were we?" The pair looked at each other before shaking their heads and rushing over to hug me.
"Quinn, I'm fine."
"Emily, you were just in a fight with a guy twice your size and your face is starting to bruise, you are not fine."
I replied with "You don't need to keep fussing over my face; it will heal in plenty of time."
"Good because we can't have you looking like that for Regionals," Rachel said with a smile.
"Are you okay?" I asked towards Rachel.
"You're the one who was just in the fight, I'm fine."
"That doesn't matter and bullshit you're okay." We had moved upstairs to Rachel room, we decided to get ready for bed and we'd share Rachel's bed. I was currently laying in the middle but when I saw in Rachel's eyes she wasn't okay, I used all the muscle strength I could to precision myself on top of Rachel but not in a sexual way; more looking like I was about to do a push up.
"Is this really needed?" Rachel asked blushing.
I replied with "No unless this is making you feel uncomfortable then I can move."
"No, it's fine," Rachel said wrapping her arms around my back and carefully pulling me down on top of her.
Looking across at Quinn, I asked "Are you okay?"
Quinn said "For this to work you two need to be comfortable to touch each other in front of me, like to hug and stuff. The same goes for Rachel and I, or you and me. Plus, the view is amazing from here."
"She's right Emily," Rachel said pressing her lips to my temple.
"I just don't want to make anyone uncomfortable," I state.
"Which she sweet," Quinn said while reaching out to place her hand upon my shoulder.
Rachel added on "But you're not."
"Okay," I say moving down further.
"What are you doing?" Rachel asked worried.
Quinn then said, "Don't worry this is a thing she does." I kept moving lower until my feet hit the edge of the bed, I rested my head down on top of Rachel's heart and listen as it beat.
"Why?" I heard Rachel asked Quinn.
Quinn replied with "She's just has to make sure that your heart is okay."
"How can she tell?" Rachel asked.
I answered with "If your heart isn't okay, it'd be beating faster than usual," I crawled back up Rachel to my original precision.
"Okay," Rachel said making me laugh.
"That's what I said," Quinn commented.
I then asked while looking into Rachel's eyes "Do you trust me?"
"Yes, I trust you Emily," Rachel said rubbing my back.
Looking across at Quinn, who said "Yes, Emily I trust you." Turning back to Rachel, I looked deeply into her eyes and I found nothing but trust for me. Leaning in slowly I gave Rachel an out but her hands moved up from my back, her hands pushed my head down faster. We took a deep breath as our lips joined; I saw the same fireworks as I had when I first kissed Quinn. Pulling back from Rachel, I see her eyes are still closed and a small smile comes upon her face. Falling to lay the other side of Rachel, who shuffles closer to Quinn and I do the same.
Quinn asked "How was it?"
"Good, her lips are surprisingly soft."
"Yeah that took me for surprise when we first kissed."
Rachel asked looking back at me "Do you trust me?"
"Yes Rachel, I trust you," I laid a little peck on the back of Rachel's neck.
Rachel asked Quinn "Do you trust me?"
"Yes Rach, I trust you," I smiled at Quinn abbreviating Rachel's nice. I watched closely as Rachel leant up and forward towards Quinn's lips. I could hear them both breath in before their lips connect. Quinn hand reached over Rachel's shoulder and went searching for my hand. Quinn took my hand and pulled me closer to Rachel, when the paired pulled away Quinn leant across to kiss me.
As Quinn and I kissed, we heard Rachel whisper "That's hot," Quinn and I broke away to begin laughing.
Rachel said "I didn't mean for you guys to stop."
"Sorry Rach but if you say that, it's going to make one or both of us laugh," Quinn state making me nod my head, which was resting on Rachel's arms.
Swallowing my laughter, I asked Rachel in a serious voice "How does it feel to kiss Quinn?" I smiled when Quinn kissed the hand she was still holding.
"Good really good, amazing actually," Rachel said.
Quinn asked directed at me "Did you like watching us kiss?"
"Yes, very much," I say very quickly.
"This is really happening isn't it?" Rachel asked.
"Do you want it to?" Quinn asked.
Rachel replied with "When Emily brought this up, I thought she was crazy but with the little time I've had to think about it. With the time we spent together tonight, then watching Finn hurt Emily and now all this kissing. It's a lot to take in, a lot to process but I don't think Emily is crazy anymore. I've got real feelings for you both and I really want to continue this, to see where it goes."
"I couldn't say it better myself," Quinn said with a nod.
"We should get some sleep," I say knowing it was very late.
Rachel asked, "Can we snuggle to sleep?"
"Of course, that one over there loves her snuggles," Quinn said while sliding her arm underneath Rachel. I did the same thing and with our other arms, we place them over top of Rachel and held hands. Rachel wrapped herself in Quinn's arm but placed a spare hand on top ours. Once we were all comfortable, we drifted off to our own sleeping world.
Rachel's P.O.V
The next morning, I woke up to find none of us had moved in our sleep, I was still wrapped up in two beautiful girls arm and I couldn't feel any better. Even though Emily and I had only become friends recently and I could see she had this softer side, especially when it came to Quinn or her friends back in Rosewood. But seeing it morph to me so quickly was impressive, I don't even know what I did to deserve it. Emily was strong but sweet, the way she keeps making sure we are okay before herself, makes me like her a whole lot more. Quinn, well I've always loved Quinn.
Our history is rocky but I knew that Quinn was hiding from fear. When Emily came to Ohio she brought this out of Quinn, it had slowly been coming out before but with Emily it was quicker. In every way, they were perfect for each other, they were both tough and hard on the outside but inside they were soft and gooey. I loved having the chance to see the inside of their relationship but now I'm a part of it. I never saw that happening. I didn't realise what I had been feeling for Emily over the last week, would turn into this. I had really hoped Quinn didn't seem me as a threat to their relationship and in the end, she hasn't. Quinn at this point isn't jealous of Emily and I, whether that stay I wasn't sure.
"Ssh," I heard Emily whisper making me jump because I didn't realise she was awake.
Emily continued with "Your thinking too loudly, just relaxed." Emily brought her lips down to the back of my neck, I felt the tension realise instantly.
"Sorry," I whisper.
"It's okay. Just trust in Quinn, she knows what she wants and so do I."
"What time is it?" we heard Quinn mumble out.
"Ten in the morning," Emily whispered making Quinn grumble that it's too early to be awake.
"Quinn wake up," Emily said squeezing Quinn's hand which I felt.
"Why?" Quinn asked picking her head up to look over me at Emily.
Emily asked, "Now that we've all slept on it, how we feeling about everything that happened last night?"
"Concerned by the sight of your face," Quinn said making me turn around to see Emily face for the first time this morning. Emily's left eye was swollen and there was a massive bruise running along her jawline.
"How are you able to talk?" I asked.
"It's fine," Emily said standing up from the bed to go look at her face in my cupboard mirror. Sitting up I watched as Emily lift her shirt completely off, I could see a massive bruise forming on Emily's back from when Finn kicked her.
I then state, "There's cream on that cupboard which helps with injuries."
Quinn asked concerned "Why do you have it?"
Emily asked, "It'd be from dancing wouldn't it?"
"Yeah, I suffered serval twisted ankles. Pirouettes aren't exactly easy to keep doing repeatedly, especially on regular bases too."
"How did you know?" Quinn asked looking at Emily.
"Brittany has the same cream," Emily shrugged.
"You've got a massive bruise on your back," I stated standing up while taking the cream from Emily's hands.
"Thanks," Emily said as I start rubbing in the cream.
Quinn spoke "To answer your question Emily, no I haven't changed my mind about this three-way relationship."
"Same here," I add.
"Good," Emily said smiling.
Quinn asked "So you feel the same way we do?"
"Yes Quinn," Emily spoke.
"Do you know what we should do?" I then said sounding excited.
Quinn replied with "What's that Rach?"
I suggest "We should go for a run, it's always good to do when emotions are running high and it would get us to focus on something else."
"I'm completely down for that," Emily said with a smirk.
"Are you going to be okay to run like that?" Quinn asked gesturing to Emily's face and body.
Emily rolled her eyes saying "Quinn chlorine would hurt this more than sweat would, but it doesn't mean you can stop me from swimming. I am so asking to borrow Santana's pool during the week."
I asked, "So are we all going for a run?" I looked at Quinn who didn't look keen but with some puppy-eyes from Emily and I, she was quick to agree.
"Do you both have sweats?" I asked, ready to offer in case they didn't.
"I've got some sharks stuff," Emily is quick to say before making her way over to her bag.
Looking a Quinn, who smiled and said, "I've got my cheerio sweats."
"Great," I smiled at them both being prepared for anything. I couldn't help but laugh at Emily's comfortableness around us, when she began pulling her pants off only to reveal a pair of short-shorts.
Quinn spoke "You've got a habit of making yourself feel comfortable wherever you go, don't you."
"Well with friends like I did in Rosewood, it's kind of hard not to be comfy anywhere. Besides I don't see you two complaining."
"Not at all," I said embarrassingly quick but it only made Emily smile bigger than she already was to start with. Grabbing our own pair of sweat, Quinn left to use the spare bathroom and I went to use the one attach to my bedroom.
"I won't take it personally," I heard Emily say.
"Sorry," I say stopping at the door.
Emily smiled and spoke "It's all good but you're beautiful, you know that right?"
"Yeah I guess."
"You're a stunner Rachel Berry and I'm going to have you believing it, Quinn too."
"I don't know about that but I do know that you've got an incredible big heart," I reached out and placed my hand upon Emily's heart. I was surprised at the warm radiating from Emily's body; she'd been shirtless for some time now but was still warm. Emily took my hand in hers and pulled me closer to her; because of our height difference I was able to tuck my head underneath her chin. We stay like this for a couple of minutes before needing to get changed so we weren't to keep Quinn waiting.
A/N: Hello and Happy Saturday! I hope you are having a wonderful day or night, depending on when you are reading this. Thank-you for reading 20 chapters of this story, I hope you are liking the new plot twist.
Welcome to the new relationship of Emily, Quinn and Rachel ~KJ99