Sorry for the delay I left my Glee dvds at my dad's place...anyway I hope you enjoy. I made it epically long to make up for it.
Chapter 18:
Rachel was looking Quinn up and down with the giant black piano in between them. Quinn was blushing and looking back at the girl but they quickly turned their attention to the new arrival in the room. Puck walked into the Glee rehearsal without his mohawk, Rachel glared at him shocked while Quinn wasn't bothered.
Rachel was getting annoyed, really annoyed that she was carrying everyone in Glee club. She began to notice that people were miming and there was no way they could win Regionals if everyone was not at their best. She needed help so she went to Lauren Zizes who was the president of the AV club and after paying her off with some bars of snickers, the choir room was bugged.
Rachel played back the tapes and realised that her own baby, her Quinn, was one of those people miming. She had to tell Mr. Schuester so she gave him the list.
She took out her many bottles of vitamins and placed them on the piano.
Mr Schuester was confused. "Um-Wait. What are these?"
"My vitamin supplements. I'm taking them three times a day. I'm exhasted. I even felt a tickle in the back of my throat and I never get sick." 'I don't like being sick, and I don't wanna risk getting Quinn and the baby sick either...even if she is not pulling her weight in glee.'
"I just don't understand why you are so tired all of a sudden."
"Because every song I sing in here is a solo. As you know I have perfect pitch which also means I have a very sensitive ear. None of them were singing. I knew I need proof so I had a little talk with Lauren Zizes, president of the AV club. She helped me bug the choir room and after going through the tapes I compiled a list. Here are the glee clue members who are not pulling their weight." Rachel handed him a list.
"This is half the club." Rachel shot the Glee club director pointed look.
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Rachel found Quinn in the bathroom; not their usual one. It was empty all the same. Quinn was trying to fix her top over her bump. Rachel tried to ignore how adorable Quinn was being and remembered that she had to confront her.
"Quinn...I know you are not singing." The blonde quickly rounded to see her girlfriend.
"What?" Quinn asked cocking her eyebrow. Rachel smiled beside her better judgement. 'Why does that eyebrow thing have to be so sexy? Focus!' "I know you are not singing in Glee club."
Quinn dropped her eyebrow. "Oh, that...I don't know what that is...I feel like I am in a funk sometimes and then I feel great but when I am feeling down I can't sing. I think I am going insane and now I am crying..." Quinn went to wipe her eyes but Rachel grabbed her by her wrist.
She smiled and looked the blonde with a look of nothing more than sheer love. "Baby, don't, it's just pregnancy hormones. It is normal. Don't cry." Rachel kissed the vein on Quinn's wrist and then kissed her cheek. "Come on, lets go to class." Quinn smiled and kissed her girlfriend on her beautiful nose and they walked to class, Rachel went slightly ahead to diffuse suspicion and Quinn watched, transfixed, as Rachel's skirt swished giving almost glimpses of Rachel's amazingly pert ass.
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"I am very disappointed in you guys." Mr Schuester said to the group at the meeting.
"Can't believe you narked on us." Finn growled at Rachel.
"Don't get mad at me for exposing your laziness. I am tired of carrying all of your weight. Regionals is a month guys."
"I'm just trying to understand what's going on here. Finn why did you stop singing?" 'Of course he asks his golden boy first.' Santana thought to herself.
"'Cause you started giving all the male leads to Jesse. Kinda shock my confidence, you know?" Everyone rolled their eyes at him.
"What difference does it make? Everyone knows my job here is to look hot" Santana said to them.
Quinn cuts her off and loftly admits. "My baby hormones are making me moody." Rachel gave the blonde a quick lopsidded smile.
Brittany then blurted out "There are so many lyrics."
"Okay. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a glee club i about a myriad of voices coming together as one. All right? This ends now which is why your assignment for the week is for each of you to come up with a song that best represents how you see yourself where you are in your lives right now, your voice, then you are gonna stand up here and sing your heart out. All of you."
"Solos? In front of everyone?" Kurt asked.
"The Glee Club had lost its voice. It's time for us to get it back."
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Rachel waited in her dad's car by a tree near Puck's house trying to look inconspicuous while Quinn tried to get out of the Puckerman house.
"Quinn, come play Super Mario Brothers with me. Did you know that if it wasn't for this game people would just think moustaches were for old guys and queers. It changed the way we look at people. Come on. I have it set on multiplayer." Puck said to her from his room. Quinn sighed, "I can't I'm tutoring a friend."
"Well Britanny does need to use a tutor." Puck said before pressing unpause.
"It's not Brittany. I am late."
"Mrs. Puckerman I'm heading over to my friend's house. I'll be back soon." Quinn said to the middle aged woman reading a magazine in the kitchen.
"Well bundle up, it's cold outside and you will be back no later than ten, missy."
"Fine...I'm gonna be late. Bye Mrs Puckerman."
Quinn ran out of the house and let out a frustrated sigh. She caught a glimpse of Rachel and all the anger that she felt evaporated from her body. "Heya baby. Get in."
Quinn did as she was told and they drove to the lake. The both got out of the car and walked to the big oak tree. Rachel handed Quinn a blanket for them to sit on. They held each other close and watched the moon reflect off the water.
Quinn noticed that at the bottom of the big oak someone had carved a heart. She smiled and seen that inside the carved heart were the carvings "RB lvs QF". She instintively reached out and touched the carvings. Rachel watched her.
"When did you?" Quinn asked. Rachel smiled shyly. "After you sang for me...the day after you told me you loved me. I knew that I loved you and that I would always feel that way and I wanted something to remind me of that in case I lost my way...apart from some minor issues." Rachel gently touched Quinn's baby bump. "I never have lost my way."
Quinn began to cry and slugged Rachel in the shoulder. "Look what you made happen. Sorry..." Quinn wiped her tears away and chuckled. "I love you Rachel Berry. I love you." Quinn kissed Rachel and held her face trying to convey all the love and devotion she felt towards the other girl. Rachel felt it. They kissed with roaming hands until Quinn's phone chirped telling her it was 9:45 and she had to head home.
Quinn lay in bed and cried wishing that Rachel was lying next to her to tell her it was just the baby hormones.
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The next Glee club rehersal started with Mr Schuester telling everyone "Lets get it started." but before anyone had a chance to move Rachel quickly moved to the front of the group.
"As I was first on the sign up sheet I will kick things off. I have chosen Miley Cyrus' 'The Climb' because it is about overcoming obstacles and beating the odds, in my case the obstacle is you, my lackluster teammates who refuse to carry their own weight."
Rachel turned to Brad for him to begin playing. Santana stopped applying makeup, Finn flinched, Kurt and Artie seemed disturbed while brittany moved her head side to side. All Quinn wanted to do was put her arms around her baby as she wondered. 'What happened to my Baby's voice?'.
"Rachel, I think you lost your voice." The choir teacher told her. She felt her heart shatter.
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Rachel ran out of Glee club and the second the bell rang Quinn walked as quickly as she could towards the bathroom. She noticed it was unlocked. Rachel wasn't there. She found the diva behind the curtain of the auditorium. Rachel was sobbing and Quinn joined her on the floor.
"Hi Baby. Are you okay?" Quinn asked the crumpled diva.
"No...I...I...Quinn." Quinn held Rachel close and let her cry on her chest. "Come on I will take you to a doctor, he will give you something."
Rachel clutched her fingers onto Quinn's top. "Can you just hold me. Please." Quinn nodded and held Rachel slowly carressing her fingers on Rachel's shoulders. "No matter what though...I will love you...always." Quinn told Rachel as she kissed the diva on her wet cheek.
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Quinn was in Calc 2 when Finn grabbed Rachel and put her in his car. "I'm taking you to a doctor." He told and though Rachel wanted to be with Quinn and not him she was to tired from crying to argue with him.
Rachel was in her doctor's office which was a soothing pale blue. "What if he says I'll never sing again? I mean who am I without my voice? I'm just this spoiled, annoying only child..."
"Don't say that. There's like so many awesome things about you."
"Like?"
Finn scoffed. "Look, he's not gonna say you'll never sing again." 'and you wonder why I am not with you?'
"Bad news Rachel. You'll probably never sing again...I'm kidding...You have a severe tonsillitis which has resulted in an inner ear infection. From the looks of things this is not the first time you should of had them out years ago." Rachel panicked.
"Why should I let you butcher my throat when just resting my voice for a week and chugging down herbal tea will do the same job?"
"This is a very serious infection." Rachel couldn't come up with an excuse. 'Oh god, infection, Quinn and I were kissing what if I infected her. What if I did something to hurt the baby, our baby, the baby...oh no...'
"I think she is worried about the surgery affecting her singing voice." Finn chimed in.
"At least start taking these antibioticsunless you think they're going to adversely affect your dance moves." The doctor said tersly. The doctor left leaving just Rcahel and Finn.
"What do you think I should do?" Rachel asked Finn.
"Maybe you should ask yoir boyfriend." Finn said coldly. "Oh wait you can't he's not here."
"He is in San Diego on spring break with his friends from Vocal Adrenaline." 'Actually she is in Calc 2'
"When are you gonna realize that he is not into you like I am? You think he is gonna stick around if you can't sing? If you are a vocal cripple?" 'I don't care about Jesse. Quinn would love me without my voice.'
"Look, I know that you've always been jealous of Jesse and even though he and I haven't spoken since the 'Run Joey Run' debacle you just have to accept the fact that I still care about him deeply and I know he still feels the same way about me." Rachel left to go change out of the hospital gown and into her regular clothes. She didn't realize how flimzy the curtain was or that Finn was watching her.
Rachel went home and found a bouquet of yellow orchids and pink roses sitting on the foyer table. "They really are beautiful. I wonder who sent them. The card just says "Always" that's very cryptic." Leroy said as he placed the bouquet in a clear vase. "Probably Jesse." Rachel added
'I love you Quinn. I should thank her and let her know that she could be infected.'
"How is the case that daddy is working on?" Rachel asked trying to change the subject. "Horrible but the guy didn't deserve to be fired because he brought his partner to a work formal. I guess some people are still bigots...some people don't see that it is perfectly normal to be with someone of the same sex. Perfectly normal."
"Daddy I'm gonna go to a friend's house. I'll be back soon." Leroy smirked, he had to admit that that Quinn girl was very sweet to his daughter.
Rachel texted Quinn.
*Bb can u meet me where we met yesturday?*
*For u I wud do anything :)*
Rachel waited for Quinn by the tree outside the Puckerman's. Quinn ran out to the car and Rachel drove to a secluded spot.
"Thank you for the flowers." Rachel smiled and Quinn returned it. "Finn took me to the doctor...against my wishes and I have an infection...Quinn what if I got you and the baby sick?" Quinn smiled wider. "I am fine but I will go to a doctor tomorrow if it makes you feel better and maybe we can get you a second opinion." Rachel smiled at this and Quinn leaned in to kiss her but Rachel for once in her life pushed Quinn away.
"We can't risk it...you can't kiss me."Quinn raised an eyebrow. "Then I won't kiss you...I will just..." Quinn placed a soft tender kiss on Rachel's neck and slowly moved her lips down to Rachel's collarbone. "That's soothing." Rachel mused softly.
"Hmmm, what about this?" Quinn moved quicked and began sucking on Rachel's pulse oint making her whole body feel like it was on fire. "That's hot. Quinn." Quinn smirked and returned to what she was doing.
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The next Glee cub rehersal Finn embarrassed her and made her feel extremely awkward by singing Rick Springfield's hit "Jessie's Girl". Puck sang the Sammy davis Jnr' "Lady is a Tramp". He was doing so to impress Mercedes and Quinn knew it. 'He did the same with Rachel. At least he will back off the two of us now..'
After rehearsal Mercedes found Quinn and went to apolgize for stealing Puck from her. Quinn had to try very hard from laughing.
"Look Quinn, I could never see myself being into a guy like Puck especially since he is your baby's daddy but something just happened between us."
"I say go for it." Quinn said relieved that someone was taking him off her hands.
"What?" Mercedes asked confused.
"Look, I screwed up by letting Puck get me pregnant. He is an idiot and his mother won't let me eat bacon. I'm stuck living with him right now but at least if you guys are dating I won't have to spend so much time listening to his insane theories on how Super Marios Brothers changed civilisation. But you do realise he is using you and your popularity so he won't get tossed in a dumpster."
"I know he is using me but in a way it is even better, I'm not you. I have never had a guy like me for anything...but now I am such a steaming mug of hot chocolate...that the studliest guy in school wants to use me to harvest some mojo."
"I just don't want you getting hurt." 'Santana is going to beat your ass.'
"I know what this is my heart is safe."
"Oh, I'm not worried about your heart. I might be okay with this but not even Puck is going to be able to call off Santana."
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Rachel went with Quinn to her doctor appointment and she held the blonde's hand. Quinn got a clean bill of health but Rachel got the same news. She asked for a second opinion and another and another but they all said the same. Rachel sat on the hospital bed feeling miserable. Quinn hopped, about as easily as a pregnant woman can hop, onto the bed beside Rachel. "Let's get you home." Quinn genly tucked Rachel hair behind her ears.
Quinn took Rachel up to her room and neatly unmade the bed and told Rachel to get in. She told Rachel to get comfy and put in the Funny Girl dvd in the player and went downstairs to make soup for Rachel.
Quinn returned to room to find Rachel clutching a stuffed animal and happily watching Barbara Streisand perform. Quinn smiled contently and cocked her head to side as she just watched the beautiful brunette before her. 'She is too adorable'
"What is that?" Rachel asked when she noticed Quinn holding a tray of food.
"The look of the luckiest girlfriend in all the world watching her amazingly adorable girlfriend being happy."
Rachel smiled and wanted desperately to run over and kiss her girlfriend. "Awww...and I meant the tray." She corrected the blonde. Quinn laughed. "Oh, I brought you some soup and bread, don't worry it's vegetable." Quinn sat next to Rachel and fed her soup.
"Mmm that is delicious." Rachel told her. Quinn smiled again. "Thanks it's just store bought." Rachel shook her head. "I meant you feeding me." Quinn smirked and continued to feed Rachel.
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Kurt sang a song that didn't suit him at all that resulted in many people clapping once. Brittany talked to Kurt while Quinn lay down on an empty seat.
Rachel threw on a brown wooly coat and a plaid shirt as she ate porridle walking down the halls not caring if people seen her in her disheveled state.
"Are you like sleepwalking?" Finn asked when he seen what a wreck she was.
"You have to be able to sleep to sleepwalk. I am on my third day of antibiotics and I am not getting any better which means I'm gonna have to get the surgery which means my life is over."
"Don't you think you are being a little dramatic. I mean even for you?" God I am so sick of you feeling sorry for yourself." 'Okay seriously you need to work on being charming. Quinn has it down.'
"Why don't you get it? I am my voice. I am like Tinker Bell, Finn, I need applause to live."
"I got a friend I want you to meet."
"Not another doctor? I have seen six already."
"No, no, he is an old friend of mine."
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Rachel went to meet Sean Fretthold, Finn's friend from football camp, he was palalysed from the neck down and refered to Rachel as "The hottie Finn talked about".
"Got a boyfriend, Rachel?" 'No, I have a girlfirend.'
"Um sort of." 'because I do have someone but boy...no...'
"Sort of? Sounds like I got a shot."
"I don't understand, this isn't funny." Rachel said to Finn.
"Sorry. They make me see a shrink. He says I compensate with humor. Third game of the season right after I met the Finnster this yeti fullback breaks through the line and I hear a crack. Nextthing I know I'm lying on the ground saying to myself 'Get up, get up' but nothing was working, you know?"
"Sean was a C4"
"Paralysed from the upper chest down."
"I'm so sorry." Rachel felt a swell of pity for the young ex footballer.
"Finn says your voice is messed up. Is it gonna come back?"
"I-I-I d-d-don't know." Rachel stuttered. 'I don't know why Finn brought me here.'
"Pissed off about what you lost? I was, like real rage. I used to just lie in bed and scream."
"Finn shouldn't have brought me here. I am so sorry." Rachel turned to leave but but Finn told her to wait so she turned around. "Just tell her about what happened when they gave you the chair."
"They were all excited because I could drive it myself by blowing into that tube. The second they left me alone I drove it into the pool." 'Why would Finn suggest he tell me this story?'
"His mom pulled him out when she heard the splash." Finn added.
"I don't understand are you trying to tell me that you are happier now?" Hoping he was going to say that the pool incident made him realize something about life.
"Hell no. I am miserable. I miss my body, I miss my life, I miss my friends, I miss girls but I realised over time that I have other stuff going on. I'm more than just one thing. You know I'm good at math. Seriously I flew through Calc 1 in like two months and I can sing."
"He is actually pretty good" Finn chimed in.
"I used to sing in the shower, in the car but I didn't have the balls to try out for my school's club like Finn did. That pissed me off more than anything. What the hell was I afraid of?"
This comment sparked something in Rachel. What was she afraid of. That people wouldn't like her. Quinn liked her. She also began to wonder why she was so afraid to be open with Quinn what were they so afraid of?
Sean's mom told them that they had to go.
"Thanks" Rachel said to him.
"For what?"
"Just, um, thanks." Rachel left the room and followed Finn back to his car.
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Rachel came home and found Quinn sitting in her car a block from her house. Quinn waited until the coast was clear and ran to Rachel's house. "So did Finn try anything?" Quinn asked "No I went to meet one of his friends, Sean, have you met him?"
Quinn nodded with a sad smile on her face. "Yeah, I feel so bad for the guy."
"He said somethings about regret and I want us to come out."
Quinn opened her mouth to say something but closed it. "I am tired of hiding Quinn."
The blonde said nothing but she nodded. "I think it is time."
They sat in the dining room smiling widely at each other as they had dinner. Everything was going fine until the window behind Rachel shattered and a brick landed in the kitchen.
Quinn ran to Rachel screaming. "Baby!" tears filled Quinn's eyes. I'm fine." Rachel said stunned. The blonde seen blood blotch Rachel's shirt. "Baby! You are bleeding!" Quinn pulled a piece of glass out of the brunette's back. "It was not deep...awhh...it hurts...Quinn apply pressure to it. Quinn removed her sweater and pressed it into Rachel's wound.
"Call dad, tell him to come home he can fix me up. I'll be fine Quinn stop crying. I'm fine just call my dad."The blonde grabbed the cordless and rang Leroy. He rushed home with Hiram. The came home to find their window smashed and their baby girl bleeding and being comforted by a pregnant blonde teenage girl.
"Baby, what happened?" Hiram asked panicked while Leroy ran to get his bag and to sterlise his equipment. "I dunno, Quinn and I were talking and the window smashed...I-I-I think it was a brick...someone threw a brick through the window..." Hiram picked up a brick in his kitchen and read the note that was wrapped around it aloud.
"Keep out of people lifes Fags!" Hiram sighed. "I think this was because of me...well the case I am working on. I am so sorry sweetheart."
Leroy began to fix Rachel. He removed his daughter's shirt to get to her wound. "It's not too deep." He told her. Rachel clutched onto Quinn's hand while Hiram watched his daughter in pain but noticed that the blonde was comforting her.
"Sorry, Quinn is it." Hiram asked holding out his hand for the blonde to shake. Quinn shook the short man's hand. "Yes. Nice to meet you."
"Quinn is my fri-" Rachel began but Quinn squeezed her hand gently and told the man. "I am...I...Rachel and I are dating..." Rachel smiled at how brave Quinn was being. "Rachel is my girlfriend and I know that I am not person you would want to date your daughter." Quinn rubbed her bump gentely. "But I love your daughter more than I think it is humanly possible to love someone."
Hiram smiled and Leroy smirked. "Finally." We have seen you sneak into our house so much we were beginning to think you were secretly living in our attic like that stalker on CSI."
They all laughed. "I don't think we should come out Quinn." Rachel said quietly. "Not with what just happened. I don't want some small minded person hurting you. We can stay private." Quinn kissed Rachel's hand. "If that's what you want Baby."
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The Glee club seen Artie performed The Script's song "For the First Time", Tina sang The Cure song "Friday I am in Love", Brittany sang the Aqua song "I'm a Barbie Girl." and Quinn sang "Alone" by Heart. Rachel smiled at her throughout the entire performance.
Rachel showed up to Sean's house once her voice healed she felt bad and knew that she needed to do something so she brought the sheet music for the song the Glee club was doing that week. "One Love" by U2.
And that's what you MISSED Last time on Glee.
Let me know what you thought because I actually like this chapter. :)