I am extremelly sorry that I didn't update sooner I had a grievance in the family and my inspiration kind of ran out...I am sorry again...Here is Dream On and I hope y'all enjoy it.
Episode 19:
Quinn for the first time knocked on Rachel's door in the morning to pick her up for school. Rachel beamed a shining smile at a pregnant Quinn as she stood in her hall. Rachel's dads smiled as they watched Rachel walk to Quinn's car. "They are really cute together" Leroy sighed.
The pair drove to school. Quinn had her hand on the gear shift when Rachel covered it with her own. Quinn smiled softly and Rachel hummed along to the radio. Both enjoying the comfortimg silence as they held each others hands. It soon ended when they got to school.
Quinn stopped like usual a block from McKinely. She leaned over and kissed the diva's cheek and asked. "Honey, how is your back?"
Rachel sighed and shot Quinn a loving smile. "It is healing quite nicely. I think I need to move around now. Daddy keeps making me relax and you know I am not one to be lazy."
Quinn giggled and held Rachel's hand. "You are so cute." She leaned over and pressed her lips against Rachel's. Rachel smiled but the time on the dashboard revealed she would be late if she didn't leave immediately. "I should go baby." She told Quinn and after a quick peck goodbye, she was gone, leaving behind a longing Quinn Fabray.
They each went about their day knowing that the other one would be on their mind all day until they could see each other again.
Bryan Ryan came into speak to the Glee Club. Mr Schuester introduced him to the group of kids. "Okay guys listen up. This is Mr Ryan he is a member of the school board and he would like to say a few words." Mr Schuester stepped off to the side to let Bryan speak to the class but jumped back in front to say one more thing. "I just want you guys to listen critically and know that what he is saying is just the view of many opinions."
"Take out a piece of paper...and on that paper I want you to write down your biggest dream, a dream that means so much, you are afraid to admit it even to youself."
Quinn looked down at the page and wanted desperately to be honest and write down "Marry Rachel some day" But she worried Bryan Ryan would read them out. So she went with a safe answer and scribbled down the words "Stretch Marks". She peered over at Rachel and seen her write "Become a Star" down on her page. Quinn knew that was a dream that would no doubt come true.
Quinn was snapped from her thoughts when Bryan walked over to Artie and schrunched up his page and tossed it into the nearest trash can.
"Your dream is never going to happen. 91% of you will spend your entire lives living in Alan County Ohio. So unless you wrote down that your dream was to work for a mid-market health insurance provider or find an entry level job in an eldery care facility, you are going to be very disappointed."
"This is really depressing." Mercedes said voicing what everyone was thinking.
"I'm gonna guess that your dreams involve showbiz well let me tell you: Showbiz dreams are the most un-realistic of them all."
The most unlikely of the group to speak about a career in showbiz; Tina, spoke up. "But that's what I want to do with my life."
"Awh, look I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, I'm just trying to spare you the disappointment."
"I think they get your point." Mr Schuester said obviously angry at Mr. Ryan.
"Awh, Will Schuester here is a prime example. He used to have that glimmer of hope in his eyes that I can see right now in all of yours...but he couldn't make it happen for himself, so he know has to try and convince you all that it will happen for you. Well guess what his dream didn't work out and neither will yours."
Tina started crying. Quinn wanted to punch the man but she knew that was her pregnancy hormones in full drive.
"Okay you are done here." Mr Schuester said to his old Glee club team mate. "You would be wise to show me some respect." Mr. Ryan threathened.
"You have said your piece, now get out."
"Will Schuester, I should thank you, you have made my decision about which programme to cut a lot easier." Bryan Ryan left the choir room.
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Rachel was in ballet, piroting around the studio showing off how much she had healed even if it was just to herself. She spun but stopped when she suddenly noticed Jesse leaning on the balance beam. She was caught off guard.
"Hi"
"Hi"
"How was your spring break?" Rachel asked not really caring but failing for somethig else to say.
"It was good...what were you rehearsing?"
"A guy..." Rachel went to her bag to but away spare clothes. "...came to Glee Club to talk about dreams luckily I have known mine since I was four, I am gonna play three parts on Broadway; Evita, Funny Girl and Laurie in Oklahoma. I was just practicing her dream ballet with Curly. It's what I do when I a little stressed."
"That's not a dream. A dream is something that fills up the emptiness inside, the one thing that you know if it came true all the hurt would go away...You singing "Don't Cry for me Argentina" in front of a sold out crowd isn't a fantasy. It's an inevitability."
Rachel hugged Jesse tightly. Closing her eyes tightly wishing beyond hope that if she closed her eyes for long enough Quinn would be the one hugging her but when she opened those beautiful brown eyes and just saw Jesse she felt sadness was over her. Jesse was a good guy. He wasn't as bad as Finn, she knew she had to treat this beard right.
"I thought you'd never come back" She heard herself say.
"And miss all your drama? Never" Rachel smiled sweetly. Her phone buzzed in her bag and she pulled away from Jesse to check it. She had a test message from Quinn. She checked it.
*Bathroom NOW! 911*
Rachel excused herself from Jesse. "I have to...I'll be back..." The diva took off running towards the first floor bathroom. Rachel burst in and ound Quinn leaning against a wall. Rachel ran to her.
"What is it? Is it the baby? Did you fall? Are you okay?" Rachel asked holding Quinn's forearm. Quinn's lips twitched upwards. "I need a kiss."
Rachel let go of Quinn's arm and she hit the blonde in the shoulder. "I ran all the way from...I thought something happened!" Rachel told Quinn.
"But something did happen. I feel really turned on...I was thinking of you in class and I let out a moan...in class! I think Santana heard me. I was only thinking about you and...uh...I just need you."
"That is normal baby. I read online woman's libido is heightened during pregnany." Rachel smiled sympathetically and rubbed Quinn's arm. With that Quinn crossed her legs and moaned deeply.
Rachel stopped. "Really Quinn? I am not doing anything." Rachel jibed. "The slightest touch baby..." The brunette moved her hands under Quinn's baby doll dress and grinded it agaisnt her girlfriend's center.
Withen a minute Quinn became undone. She leaned forward and kissed her girlfriend. Rachel removed Quinn's underwear "Can't let you go around in those wet ones, here." Rachel went to her bag and took out her slushie kit. She took out a pair of loose panties. Quinn stepped into them and Rachel helped pull them up.
After one last kiss goodbye the girls went there separate ways. Rachel left the bathroom last and bumped into took her hand and they walked to class. "So what is your dream?" Jesse asked. Rachel beamed up at him remember how Quinn felt against her fingers. "I don't know."
"Then go inside find it and ask it what is it gonna take."
Rachel tried to stop a laugh that wanted escape thinking 'Quinn is my dream...hey I was just inside her'. "Why are you pushing this?" Jesse wrapped his arm around Rachel's shoulder and smiled while she looked uncomfortable.
"Because you are my girlfriend and I want to know all your secrets. When you lie awake at night what's missing." Rachel looked in pain as she tilted her head.
'Quinn, I want to spent the night together wrapped up in each other's embrace not caring if we got caught.'
Rachel wanted to say Quinn but she knew after last week and the scars in her back that she couldn't say what she wanted to so instead she said something she often dreamed about besides the beautiful blonde in her life. "My mom"
"Your mom? You mean like you wanna meet her?"
"I would just like to know who she is...I don't really need to meet her but maybe just find out her name or something about her...It's silly it's not like it is gonna happen or anything."
"Why?"
"Well just because my dads never told me anything and I didn't want to ask them anything because I didn't wanna hurt their feelings."
"So lets check it out without them knowing. Do you know why I came back to school here; to win another National title and to make all your dreams come true. If this is one of them then I am not gonna stop until it happens."
This moved Rachel even though she had Quinn she liked the feeling of having people being nice to her.
Rachel had gone straight to the library after her talk with Jesse and after some searches through microfilm she came to the conclusion that the Broadway legend Patty LePone could very well be her mother.
She saw Jesse sitting down at an almost empty table and she hurried over to him to tell him.
"I found her" She told her excited.
"Who? Your mother? Where?" Jesse asked, confused that she had figured it out that quickly.
"In the library." Rachel sat down forcing Jesse to slide over.
"I have been researching her all morning and as I suspected my intution is correct my mother is broadway legend Patty LePone. I have always had a connection with Ms LePone, her selection of roles and songs. I decided to do a little math to see if her being my mom was even possible. I was born December 18th 1994. 1994 was a big year for mother she was a sensation in Pal Joey but that was in New York, I was born in Ohio, you say. Well mother took many breaks in the show to tour with Mandy Patinkin that April found them at the EJ Thomas Hall in Akrinad Ohio for a standing room performance, nine months before I was born."
"Are you saying your fathers impregnated Patty LePone in The Meriot in Akrinad. Was Mandy Patinkin in on this?" Jesse joked.
"All you have to do is look at pictures of her in her performance in Masterclass in 1996. Look at the pain in her eyes and the hurt she is feeling for giving up her obviously talented little girl." Rachel sighed. She really wanted Patty LePone to be her mother. She told herself when she was younger that her mother was famous and that was were she got her talent from.
"One question, what was in it for her?" Jesse asked bursting Rachel's bubble.
"M-m-money, a-a-a sense of charity for those in need."
Jesse gave her a sad smile. Rachel knew it wasn't true. She knew she hadn't found her mom. She sighed and decided to believe the truth and not the mother she had created.
"I don't know, I guess you're right. Do you want to hear my research that proves my mother is Bernadette Peters?"
"Why are you so afraid about finding the truth?" Jesse asked.
"I don't know, I guess I don't want to think my mother was some teenage trollop...like Quinn." 'That hurt so much...why did I say that, clear it up...' "or worse some skanky girl who would do anything for money including giving me up."
"Why does it have to be one of those choices? Maybe she had a really good reason for doing what she did...We need to do a real investigation. Like CSI real. Do you have any baby stuff in your house? Something that might give us a clue?"
"My fathers kept every piece of paper or file related to my life in cabinets in our basement. It is sort of a little Rachel Berry museum."
"Perfect we will start there."
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Quinn came over to Rachel's house after school. They were sitting on the couch. Rachel was massaging Quinn's swollen feet when the doorbell rang.
"Who is it?" Quinn asked as the brunette peered out the window. She saw Jesse standing on her front porch. "Jesse" she replied.
Quinn sighed. "Get rid of him..." Rachel smirked at Quinn. "I will...just go into the kitchen."
The pregnant blonde took her shoes and walked as gracefully as a pregnant woman can into the Berry kitchen. Rachel opened the door and before she could say anything Jesse took her hand and pulled her up to her room.
They got to her room and Jesse beamed a smile at her. "Operation baby mama is a go. Go get the boxes from the basement and meet me back here."
"Why did you drag me upstairs?" Rachel asked knowing Quinn would get the wrong idea. Jesse shrugged "It seemed more dramatic."
Rachel smiled and went downstairs to get the boxes and to explain what was going on to Quinn.
She found the blonde eating potato chips in the kitchen. "What is he doing here?" Quinn asked with a hint of anger in her voice.
Rachel looked down at her shoes. "He is helping me find my mom..."
A silence filled the room. Quinn was the first to speak. "You want to find your mom?"
Rachel nodded. "I am just curious about her." Quinn moved closer toward Rachel and pulled the smaller girl in for a hug. "That is okay baby." Rachel cried into Quinn's top. "What if she doesn't like me?"
Quinn swept the hair off Rachel's face and soothed her "Baby, that is impossible."
They stayed that way for a while until Rachel remembered Jesse was waiting for her. She told Quinn to wait and she got some of her baby stuff from the basement.
Rachel came into her room carrying two large cardboard boxes. Jesse walked up to her and took a box off her and asked "What took you so long?"
"There were so much stuff in the basement. It is like a shrine. It is creepy and flattering at the same time. These boxes have the earliest dates on them."
"My baby teeth." Rachel said as she dove into the box by her. She rummaged through it some more when Jesse handed her a photo of her scan and said "Look" Rachel grabbed it and sighed "Is that me? Awh." She looked at the photo. It reminded her Quinn's baby's scan. "Looks like you. Looks like you are in fifth position..." Jesse said. "Makes sense my dads said they used to play Vavaldi into my mothers belly."
Rachel dug some more and found a trophy with a gold star. "My first singing competion. I came in first place." Rachel handed the trophey to Jesse. "You were 8 months old." he said incredusciously. "I was very musically verbal." Rachel says matter of factly. Rachel found some baby shoes and muttered "Cute little baby shoes." thinking they would look so adorable on Quinn's baby.
"What is this?" Jesse asked retrieving a tape casette from one of the boxes. "It says from Mother to daughter." He showed it to Rachel before she took it in her hands. "Oh my god, she wrote this. She held this in her hand."
Jesse jumped up and took it from her grasp and moved over to her CD player.
"W-w-what are you doing?"
"Playing the tape." Jesse said matter-of-factly.
"NO!"
"Why not? She wanted you to hear this."
"I-I-I'm not ready. Look this is all happening too fast. What if she is singing on the tape? What if she is terrible? Or worse, what if she is better than me?"
"I can't believe we are so close to your dream coming true and you are running away from it."
"No, it's my choice, it's my life and I-I-I'm not ready." Rachel sits down on her bed and looks at the cassette box. "Jesse, I think you should go." The brunette threw the tape back into a box and waited for Jesse to leave.
When Quinn heard the front door shut she went uptairs to find Rachel. Rachel was sitting at the edge of her bed not saying anything. Quinn just sat beside her and pulled her in for another hug.
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The next Glee club meeting, Quinn sat on the floor to be near Rachel to comfort her. She knew Rachel needed her after the evening they spent just holding each other. Mr. Ryan was back with boxes with him. He looked at the group with a cheerful smile.
"Guys, I siphoned off funds from The Cheerios and I took a little shopping spree through 'The Jazz Hands Catalogue' you know why? Because the arts matter and I got custom made 'New Directions' jean jackets."
Kurt jumped from his seat behind Rachel to get a coat. "and some rad tear-away dance wear, hello and every piece of sheet music from every Broadway show from the last 50 years. Everything a show choir need to become champions."
"Wow, that is amazing. Lets everybody give a hand to Mr. Ryan." Mr Schuester said to the class. The class clapped and just as they did Sue came into the choir room.
"Well congradulations Will, I am over the moon for you." Sue said as she moved closer. Quinn stroked her finger alongside Rachel's thigh while everyone was distracted by Sue.
"I am glad you have a good attitude about you budget being cut."
"Oh no, I'm not talking about that. I came all the way over here to congradulate you on your new role. Local director Herb Duncan does the dry cleaning for The Cheerios and he let slip that you just landed the lead in Les Mis. Congradulations. ah, I'm estatic and the good news just keeps coming because you got a part too Bri." Sue placed her hand on Mr. Ryan's shoulder and continued.
"The exciting role of townsperson. And you have a line too. Way back here in the second act...you get to say...Hurray. Congradulations both of you. really I cannot wait for opening night."
Sue left and the tension in the room was intense. Brian walked up to Kurt and snatched the jean jacket out of his hand and swipped Rachel's hair in the process. Quinn wanted nothing more than to beat Mr. Ryan for even that little action.
"Congradulations Will. You are gonna be great in the show."
"Wait, can we talk about this?"
"There is nothing to talk about, I am cutting the programme." and with that Brian Ryan stormed out of the choir room wheeling his boxes with him.
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Rachel was in her bathroom brushing her hair. She came out to find Jesse by her CD player.
"Jesse, what are you doing here?" Rachel asked him seriously wondering how the hell he got into her house.
"I said I was gonna help you make your dreams come true."
Rachel advanced towards him. "No, I am not ready!" Jesse grabbed her by her arms. "Yes, you are." He pressed a soft kiss on her lips and pressed play on his way out the door. A soft piano sound filled the room. For the first time Rachel heard her mother's voice. "Hi baby. It's your mom. I think this pretty much says it all."
A wonderfully sung version of "I Dreamed a Dream" from the Broadway classic 'Les Mis' filled her room.
Rachel wept after hearing it. It was so beautiful. She needed to be with Quinn. She needed her to hear it.
Rachel took the keys to Leroy's car and she drove over to Puck's house and texted Quinn.
*I am outside pucks. I need u. r u in?*
Quinn didn't reply but instead ran out the door and into the car. They drove to the park. Rachel explained what had happened. They held each other and Rachel lifted Quinn's shirt and made soft circles with her index finger on Quinn's bump.
"Would you do that for her?" Rachel asked looking up at the blonde. "A tape? I don't know, maybe...we could do a duet for her." Rachel smiled brightly. "Really?" Quinn nodded and they smiled at each other. Rachel started listing possible songs and Quinn smiled happily at her.
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Quinn took her seat in Glee club in front of Rachel as Mr Schuester spoke to the class. "You have all been repreived. Bryan Ryan isn't cutting Glee." The class applauded. Puck looked at Mr Schuester and asked "Did he die?".
"No, he didn't die. He is gonna be distracted for a couple of months making his star turn in 'Les Mis'. He got the lead role"
"But I thought you got the lead." Quinn asked the Glee Club director.
"I resigned. It was the price for keeping the club."
"I am sorry you had to do that Mr. Schue." Finn said feeling guilty.
"I'm not. The way I see it I a trading my one dream for the chance that all thirteen of you might find yours. I mean come on you can't argue with those numbers. So lets start with Tina's dream. Come on up Tina. I understand you whipped up a little dance number for us a breakout we might use at Regionals. Got a dance partner?"
"Mike Chang."
Artie sang 'Dream a Little' while Tina and Mike tap danced.
And that is what you MISSED last time on Glee.
I know it isn't great but at least I am back...