Ok so this is it my darlings.
This is where we part ways and say our goodbyes.
This will be the last chapter with a time jump for the epilogue up next.
This type of story could pretty much just keep going but I think now is the time to end it and move on.
It's been a fun ride, I just want to say thanks to everyone who read, reviewed, alerted and added this story and Think Of The Mail, and I Got Lucky to their favourites. Much love.
~~~ Real Nuns? ~~~
Rachel and Quinn were over at the Lopez-Pierce house visiting their friends and getting told everything about their awesome hot air balloon trip. Brittany had invited them over for coffee to tell them all about it and show them the gorgeous photos that they took and to secretly remind them that she was married to the most awesome wife ever. Rachel and Quinn had to agree it did seem very romantic and the view must have been amazing.
"Who are these other women?" Rachel asked as she looked through the photos on Brittany's laptop.
"Oh they're the nuns" Brittany replied with a smile.
Brittany and Santana had just finished talking to Sister Abigail or Sister HappyFace as Santana liked to call her, about them coming up to St. Anne's to help them out and she had even managed to convince them that Santana would help out too.
"I'm sorry what?" Quinn asked a little amused
"Well it was Sister Bernie's birthday so their Mother Superior thought that a balloon ride would be a great gift so she and Sister Catherine and Sister Abigail all went with her and we shared our balloon with them." Brittany rambled pointing to each of the women as she spoke.
Rachel and Quinn gave each other a quick look silently asking each other if Brittany was for real right now because the thought of Brittany and Santana interacting with four nuns was just a little absurd and not of the norm. Especially Santana considering that time during college where she avoided everything to do with religion.
"All these women are nuns?" Quinn asked still unsure
"Yep" Brittany smiled
"Are you sure?" Quinn then asked.
"They're our friends" Brittany stated mater of factly
"And they're real nuns? Like married to god and good and pure? Are you sure they were real nuns?" Quinn asked still not really believing the whole thing.
"Yes Quinn they are real nuns." Brittany sighed getting tired of having to repeat herself.
"Quit asking Q it's getting annoying. Just deal with it alright. If my wife becomes friends with nuns you'll just have to accept it." Santana huffed
"And they even want me to help out with their Glee club, San too." Brittany smiled brightly. She was actually looking forward to doing this.
"They have a Glee club? And you're both volunteering to help them win their Glee competition with other nuns?" Rachel asked slowly trying to process everything.
"Yep. I'm gonna get them to bust a move and San is going to help with the song selections and their singing." Brittany smiled
"Wait Santana is picking their songs?" Quinn asked then laughed at how absurd that was.
"Hey shut up Fabray I have great taste in music." Santana huffed
"Yeah but come on I doubt those poor nuns would be comfortable singing what you'd be suggesting." Quinn laughed
"It's not like I'm gonna get them to sing the Thong Song or something geez give me a little credit." Santana pouted
"Yeah don't be mean San puts a lot of thought into her suggestions." Brittany defended her wife frowning slightly at her two friends. She loved them dearly but she really didn't like it when they would tease her wife sometimes. Santana was a big softy and she always took everything to heart. That's not to say she never did the same to them. Quinn and Santana very rarely showed each other mercy but Brittany didn't like it when it came to the important things such as this.
"We're sorry Britt but you have to admit this is a pretty...bizarre situation." Rachel apologized
"You're just jealous you don't have a bunch of singing nuns at your command." Santana grumbled
"I'll have you know that when I was six I actually had my own quartet of singing Rabbis." Rachel informed them smugly
All three looked at her with a weird expression making Rachel feel slightly uncomfortable.
"What?" Quinn asked in confusion.
"My father was friends with a few Rabbis which was pretty scandalous back then what with him being a proud gay man but they were very liberal and open minded. Anyway they were friends and would come around to our house every now and then and I would make them all sing for me." Rachel explained.
"You know I can actually picture a mini scary Rachel forcing a couple of poor old Rabbis to sing and dance for her like a puppet master" Santana replied
Brittany nodded in agreement. Quinn just smiled fondly at her crazy adorable wife. She would have loved to have met Rachel when they were young kids.
"So what songs have you chosen then?" Rachel asked
"I'm not telling. You'll just have to come and watch them perform to find out" Santana replied
"You're honestly going to make us come and watch a bunch of nuns sing aren't you?" Quinn sighed
"Yep" Santana smirked
"I thought it'd be right up your ally Quinn. You're all yay Jesus and stuff." Brittany added
"Well when is it?" Quinn asked
"Four weeks time so you'll be back from your stupid trip to come and watch so there are no excuses for not showing up." Santana replied with a grin.
Quinn looked over at her wife looking for her answer.
"Alright fine we'll go. It could be entertaining I guess. I mean if it turns out to be anything like Sister Act then it should be a good show." Rachel sighed
"Oh it will be awesome. My nuns will sing the shit outta my awesome songs and will kick the other Jesus freaks asses." Santana boasted
"Um honey you probably shouldn't call them that when we get there. Otherwise Mother Superior will make you pray again." Brittany warned
"She made you pray?" Quinn cackled
"We were Skyping them and let's just say San needs to work on not swearing so much." Brittany informed them.
"I don't think there are enough prayers for that to happen." Quinn laughed.
"Shut up Fabray! There aren't enough prayers in this world to save you either!" Santana hissed
Quinn narrowed her eyes and glared at her friend
"Oh you wanna go there? How about you and your wife having public sex in a high school! I'm pretty sure god would be against that!" Quinn snapped
"Yeah and I'm pretty sure lust and gluttony are a sin and oh look at you with all your porn and mint Milano's!" Santana yelled back
"Ugh they'll be at this for a while. Britt do you want to go out for late lunch?" Rachel muttered to the tall blonde
"Yeah sure, Ducky told us about this nice little Italian place that I wanna try. I'm pretty sure they have some vegan stuff for you." Brittany smiled
"Alright then let's go and leave these two nut jobs to argue it out." Rachel replied grabbing her purse and followed Brittany out the door.
~~~ Getting Ready ~~~
After hearing the great news and finally getting over the shock of it all Toby had become really excited about becoming a daddy again. He was telling everybody and anybody, he could not be happier. He was already getting the nursery done up he was kinda glad for keeping some of Ally's old baby stuff. He had sanded the crib down and painted it making it look new again. He was just happy to do things the way he would have wanted to when Ally was on her way. While Toby was busy with that Maya was busy trying to deal with her future mother-in-law and her crazy ideas for their wedding apparently she had invited Brittany to help with the celebration.
"I just got off the phone with your ma and she's entertaining Ally's idea of using Jellybean somehow in the ceremony. I can totally understand why Grace and Sofia wanted to elope." Maya said as she came into the nursery with a cold drink for Toby.
Toby just laughed and nodded. He knew his mama could get a little crazy with these sorts of things.
"It's looking good." Maya smiled looking around the room.
"Yeah, the colour isn't too dull like I thought it would be." Toby agreed.
They were painting the room an off-white colour with flecks of green in it. They wanted a gender neutral colour even though they were going to find out the sex as soon as they could they didn't want to play into the stereotype of blue for boys and pink for girls.
"Are you gonna put the fringe on today?" Maya asked
"Nah I'll do that tomorrow, let the paint dry properly." Toby replied
Ally had picked out the print design that would go around the skirting on the walls. It was an animal theme with lots of hippos, lions, frogs and of course horses. They were all cartoons and looked absolutely adorable.
"Where is Ally?" Toby then asked
"In her room drawing lots of pictures to hang on the walls for her new baby sister. She's determined to have a sister." Maya chuckled
"I know she keeps telling me we should call her Princess Penelope" Toby replied with a grin
"Oh god we are not doing that" Maya laughed
"Do you have any names?" Toby then asked
"A few" Maya nodded not giving anything away
"Such as?" Toby asked giving her a small nudge.
"Well if it is a girl...I like the name Julie or Kelly maybe. I haven't really come up with any boy names yet." Maya answered
"Well if we have a boy I kinda...is it alright if...I wanna name him after my granddad. His first name doesn't have to be Leroy but I want it in there somewhere." Toby quietly asked
"Of course Toby. I would love to do that." Maya replied cuddling up to him.
"Thanks. It'd be pretty awesome to have a son though. I can teach him how to play basketball and then I won't be out numbered." Toby grinned
Maya just chuckled to humour him.
~~~ How Do You Solve A Problem Like Santana? ~~~
Brittany climbed out of the driver's side and happily skipped around the car to open her wife's door but for some unknown reason Santana did not get out she just sat there staring out the front window. Brittany frowned and gave her wife a concerned look.
"San?"
"You know I think it's best if I don't go inside. I'll just come back to pick you up later." Santana replied looking down into her lap.
"What are you talking about? They're waiting for both of us." Brittany replied still confused
"Britt...I don't think I can do this. The last time I went into a church was when my father found Quinn in my house and he made me throw her out. You remember that don't you? Well the next day he made me go and pray for her and to ask god to give me strength not to follow her sinful ways...and look at me! I'm a fucking dyke who married a woman who I have sex with on regular occasions and heck we even engage in some sodomy as well!" Santana huffed subconsciously bringing her hand up to her cheek feeling the hard slap her father gave her all those years ago when he caught his daughter with Brittany.
Brittany just stood there listening to her wife, she knew Santana's family was a lot more religious than her own she just didn't think it still affected her.
"Ok first of all you get no sodomy tonight because you said the D word and two the world has changed a lot in the last thirty years. The sisters have no problem with us." Brittany replied
"Yeah but Britt there is only a handful of churches that have changed their views there is still a whole heap of people out there that still hate us and who really knows what God really thinks of gay people." Santana quietly spoke
"Do you think what we have, what Quinn and Rachel have, Becky and Hannah, what our baby girl has with Grace is wrong? Do you think the love we have for each other is a sin?" Brittany asked
"No" Santana mumbled
"Why?" Brittany challenged
"Because it feels right...because it's the only thing I'm sure of." Santana whispered
"God isn't going to smite you down as soon as you go into one of his churches for loving a woman Santana." Brittany gently told her with a small smile.
Santana nodded and looked up into her wife's eyes and only finding love and support there.
"Are you ready to go in now?" Brittany asked holding her hand out to her wife.
Santana hesitated for a moment before she entwined her hand with her wife's letting Brittany pull her up and out of the car before giving her a reassuring kiss.
"Come on, let's go turn those nuns into a singing and dancing powerhouse machine." Brittany grinned.
Sister Abigail was waiting by the door for the married couple to arrive like always she had a big ass smile plastered on her face when she greeted Brittany and Santana.
"We're so happy you gals could make it. Sister Catherine and I have been telling everyone about you and how you're going to help us win this." Sister Abigail told them as she guided them to where the rest of the nuns were.
"I've been meaning to ask what do you actually win?" Brittany asked
"Nothing, but any money raised goes to various charities." Sister Abby smiled
"Seriously?" Santana scoffed
"Yep and we just finished voting on which charity the Sisters of St. Anne will donate to." Sister Abby replied enthusiastically.
"Oh? What did you guys decide on?" Brittany asked
"Well actually it was Mother Superior's suggestion and after a brief discussion about it we all decided it was the best choice. We're giving all of our donations to PFLAG." Sister Abby revealed with a super duper big smile.
Santana and Brittany both looked a little shocked at that so shocked that they actually stoped walking and just stood there like a couple of stunned mullets. Sister Abby just stood there smiling away like always.
"You're…you're going to give it to a gay charity?" Brittany spoke first.
"MmHm…it was a tossup between PFLAG and Save The Trees but we donate to them every year so we decided to go with something different." Sister Abby told them.
"Is this because of us?" Santana had to ask still a little surprised.
"Well…a tiny bit of it is, it's our way of thanking you for your help but for the last decade or so our congregation has grown and there have been many families with gay and lesbian members so we thought now would be a great time to show our support." Sister Abby replied
Santana and Brittany didn't know what to say.
"God loves all of us, he teaches us to love each other and not to judge. And besides I've always liked the Book of Ruth." Sister Abby added with a sly grin
"Ruth and Naomi totally had it going on" Santana nodded in agreement
Brittany looked at her wife a little puzzled and with a slight frown.
"What? It's true…you just gotta read between the lines." Santana replied with a shrug.
The sister nodded and began to move them along towards the actual part of the church with all the pews and the big gold cross hanging up looming over everything. Santana eyed the cross with Jesus on it wearily as they moved through the church towards the back hall. Surprisingly enough she did not get knocked down by the hand of god.
When they reached the back room there were roughly twenty nuns waiting around quietly talking amongst themselves Mother Superior stood off to the side going through some kind of music book. Sister Abby clapped her hands to get everyone's attention so she could introduce their guests who will be helping them. Brittany smiled brightly and gave them all a small wave when she was introduced as their dance instructor while Santana smiled timidly standing slightly behind her wife when she was introduced as their singing coach. She couldn't help it but it kinda freaked her out just a little bit standing in front of a bunch of nuns.
"Ok well I guess first thing is we should see what you guys have already got and we can work with that." Brittany spoke up jumping straight into her role like it was nothing.
Santana loved watching her wife be in charge not only was it sexy as hell but it also gave her a boost of pride to have Brittany as her wife. It also showed all those fuckwits that Brittany is far from stupid and incompetent.
The nuns gathered around in their positions which was just like any old regular choir and began to sing. Like the nuns had told them there was no dancing at all. They all sounded nice but they weren't anything spectacular. Brittany was determined to change this however. The song they were singing was just the Lord's Prayer, Santana had come up with a few more...better songs for them to try out. It was going to be a long day.
~~~ There's No Business Like Show Business ~~~
Quinn got home from work early that afternoon and like always she dropped her stuff in the small study room and then flopped down on the couch kicking her feet up and relaxing until Rachel got home to entertain her. She flicked the TV on and went through the channels looking for something to watch but there wasn't anything good on so she just left it on the music channel for some background noise. She hated being home alone she got bored quickly and it just reminded her that her children were all grown up living their own lives. Sometimes it would really get to her and it would make her pretty upset about it all. She knew she was slightly over dramatic about it but she really missed her kids sometimes.
Thinking about her family Quinn grabbed the note book on the table to finalize the list of food that she needed to get for their small party they were having before she and Rachel went on their cruise. After talking herself into it Quinn was looking forward to the holiday though she was still a little worried about the ship sinking. Their ship was huge and she just couldn't get her head around something so big and heavy could just float along on the ocean. An ocean full of deadly creatures that could and would kill you given the chance. She had to also worry about ice bergs she did not want to have to pull a Jack Dawson and die to make sure Rachel survived.
While she made her list of food that she needed to get the front door opened and her youngest came through into the living room sitting down next to her. Quinn instantly knew something was up because Charlie Berry-Fabray never just entered a room without saying something. She also looked a little pale, Quinn was worried she might be sick or something and although she loved her daughter to death she hated it when Charlie was sick because if Charlie was sick then it was like literally the end of the world. Rachel was the same and not just when she was sick Rachel was her crazy self when Quinn got sick too and now that she had that stupid heart attack Rachel was paranoid about Quinn getting sick.
"Everything ok sweetie?" Quinn asked placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder
Charlie just nodded making Quinn worry some more.
"Are you sick?" Quinn then asked moving her hand to Charlie's forehead to check for a temperature.
She didn't feel any warmer than normal so it wasn't a health thing it must be an emotional thing.
"Did something happen?" Quinn then asked
Charlie nodded
"Ok Charlie you're kinda scaring me now. Talk to me." Quinn shuffled closer to her daughter on the couch.
"Well...two things really" Charlie mumbled
"Oh god are you pregnant?" Quinn asked in horror
"No mom" Charlie sighed
"Good...that's...good, ok so what is it then?" Quinn sighed in relief.
"Mom I know this is...a touchy subject for you and in all honesty it is kind of weird for me too but...a few days ago Frankie offered to be my manager and I accepted. Please don't be mad at me I didn't do it to hurt you or make things awkward its just he has a lot of contacts in the industry and he believes in me and he could help me a lot with my career. I'm really sorry" Charlie rushed out getting a little flustered and emotional.
Quinn blinked a few times taking everything in that her daughter just told her it was a little hard because she had spoken so fast, Quinn got the gist of it though.
"I know I should have told you sooner or discussed it with you before I accepted but he had gotten me several auditions and I wasn't thinking and I just told him yes." Charlie added when her mother didn't say anything
Quinn placed her hand on Charlie's knee to get her to stop talking and to calm down. Charlie did but she still looked worried and upset thinking that her mom was going to get mad at her. She had spent the whole morning dreading and stressing about this and having Ben reassure her that everything would be ok.
"Charlie I'm not mad at you" Quinn finally spoke.
"Are you disappointed?" Charlie hesitantly asked
"No" Quinn simply replied
Charlie wasn't so sure about that because her mother's body language and tone had shifted.
"I can tell him I changed my mind if it's too weird for you." Charlie told her
"Don't be stupid Charlie, I won't be the cause of you ruining a chance of being a star." Quinn replied harshly
"I don't want to upset you though" Charlie mumbled
"You're not" Quinn replied shortly
"But I am you're getting all...angry mom on me" Charlie told her
"I'm not angry at you" Quinn snapped then sighed in frustration.
She got up from the couch to give herself some space, Charlie watched on with worry she knew this was a bad idea.
"Charlie I'm not angry with you ok, I promise I'm not" Quinn softly told her daughter
Charlie just nodded
"It's just...after what happened with him and...and your mama I just...in my head I put all the blame on him I turned him into this monster and I focused all of my hurt and anger on him and I hated him. I hated him more than I hated my father and let me tell you I hated that man with a passion." Quinn tried to explain
It wasn't easy talking about this to her youngest daughter, she hadn't really talked about this to anyone not even Rachel. It wasn't a topic she liked to bring up.
"It's just going to take a while for me to be ok with him being in our lives. But if he's going to help you with your career then I'm not going to stand in the way. I want you to be as successful as possible and to have all of your dreams come true...it's just...going to take some time for me ok?" Quinn added sadly.
Charlie nodded and quickly wiped away the few tears that had appeared. She quickly got up and gave her mother a big hug. Quinn relished in the embrace giving her daughter a quick kiss on the cheek to reassure her.
"What was the other thing?" Quinn asked as they pulled out of the hug.
"Huh?" Charlie looked confused
"You said there were two things." Quinn reminded her.
"Oh um...well as I was saying Frankie got me some auditions and well...last Saturday I went to one and um...I kind of...I got called back and it's between me and two other girls." Charlie replied cryptically
"Really? Wow Charlie that's so great" Quinn smiled
"It's for the part of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz on Broadway" Charlie quickly added
Quinn's jaw dropped and then she let out a scream that was probably not human and then Charlie was swept up into another hug getting the life squeezed out of her.
"Oh my god Charlie! This is amazing news! Oh my god I can't wait till your mama finds out! My baby is going to be on Broadway!" Quinn cheered and jumped in excitement.
"I haven't got it yet mom" Charlie giggled
"Oh please you've got this in the bag. This is your role you were born to play Dorothy" Quinn scoffed
Charlie smiled a little bashfully. It was actually a first for Charlie she was never bashful about getting compliments and being gushed over.
"So when do we find out that you've got the part?" Quinn asked excitedly
"Well I have to go back on Tuesday and then we find out on Friday." Charlie replied getting a little nervous about it.
"But we leave on Saturday" Quinn pouted
"I know"
"I won't be able to properly celebrate." Quinn pouted even harder
"It's ok mom, you can celebrate for me on your boat." Charlie have her a small smile
"Aww Charlie I am so fucking proud of you" Quinn smiled brightly and pulled her back in for another hug.
~~~ The Night Before ~~~
Quinn yawned as she made her way out of the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom, Rachel was already in bed with her book. Quinn headed straight for her side of the bed and quickly got in snuggling up to her wife wrapping her arm out her waist and resting her head on her small shoulder. Rachel smiled softly to herself at her wife's actions. Quinn had always been a cuddler. Her excuse was that Rachel was just so cosy and comfortable, like a teddy bear, she just couldn't help herself she just had to cuddle up to her. Rachel had always believed it was just Quinn's way of copping a feel for free. Rachel didn't mind though she loved cuddling with her wife because she too was pretty cosy and comfy.
"Have you finished packing?" Rachel asked her
"Yes" Quinn lied
"Does that yes translate to a no?" Rachel asked not taking her eyes off her book as she turned the page.
"Maybe" Quinn muttered
"Does that maybe mean yes?" Rachel then asked
"Maybe" Quinn answered after a beat.
"Honey we leave early on Saturday I don't want to be rushing around Friday night after the party making sure you're packed." Rachel sighed.
"I'll finish it tomorrow morning" Quinn whined then snuggled her face into her wife's boobs.
"Have you even started?" Rachel asked
All she could hear as a response was a grumble from between her boobs.
"You're terrible" Rachel chuckled
Quinn lifted her head and gave her wife a goofy smile and then went back to nuzzling Rachel's chest.
"Did you want me to help?" Rachel asked
Quinn just nodded.
"Does that nod mean you want me to do it all?" Rachel then asked
"Yes please" Quinn giggled
Rachel chuckled and kissed her silly wife's head and then went back to reading while Quinn peppered her chest with lots of soft kisses.
"How was Charlie when you said goodnight to her?" Quinn ask between kisses
"Well…I'm pretty sure she won't be getting any sleep she's so worried about tomorrow." Rachel replied feeling nervous and worried as well for her daughter.
Tomorrow would be the day they find out whether or not their baby girl will become a Broadway star. Charlie hadn't said much about her final audition she had come home on Tuesday in tears the only thing she said was that she didn't do very well and that there was no way she was going to get the part. Quinn and Rachel weren't sure how true that was. They knew Charlie was really nervous about it and that she might just be over reacting and being all dramatic about it. They would just have to wait and see.
"God I hope she gets it, I wanna see my baby's name in lights." Quinn sighed
"I have complete faith in our little girl. She'll get there it might not be with this role but I know she will get there." Rachel stated
Quinn nodded in agreement. There was no doubt in their mind that their Charlie would be a star.
"Oh did Gracie message you back about helping out tomorrow afternoon?" Rachel then asked finally putting her book away and settling down in their bed.
"Yeah she said that was fine. Grace, Sofia and the twins will be here a few hours before everyone gets here to help out." Quinn yawned again.
"She's a good girl" Rachel smiled
"All of our children are awesome" Quinn mumbled
"Of course they are…they're ours" Rachel chuckled
Quinn just smiled and nodded her head.
"Are you looking forward to our trip?" Rachel asked
"Mmhmm" Quinn replied her eyes were getting droopy now as she fought a losing battle with the sandman.
"It's going be really weird being away from everyone for three weeks." Rachel mused with a hint of sadness
"Well I for one won't miss a certain brunette" Quinn mumbled
"Babe you're not fooling anyone anymore we all know you love Santana and that she loves you too." Rachel chuckled
"Na uh" Quinn argued back
"Ya uh" Rachel argued
"You can't prove anything" Quinn grumbled sleepily
"I think you need to go to sleep sweetheart you're talking nonsense" Rachel chuckled quietly
"You are" Quinn replied
"Go to sleep Quinn" Rachel ordered with a soft kiss to her lips
"Noooo I wanna sex you up and fuck your pretty brains out." Quinn yawned and half-heartedly squeezed her wife's left boob.
"You can do that tomorrow and everyday we're on our holiday but tonight you should rest." Rachel replied placing her own hand on top of Quinn's that was resting on her chest.
"Promise?" Quinn asked
"I promise. You can fuck me all you want" Rachel agreed with a small smirk
"Aww Rach you know I get horny when you swear…no fair." Quinn pouted.
"Goodnight sweetheart" Rachel kissed her again and then closed her eyes with a smug grin.
Quinn grumbled to herself but ended up snuggling down next to her wife holding on tight.
~~~ The Last Harrah! ~~~
Like every other time a party was thrown at the Berry-Fabray house there was going to be a big turnout. Everyone was going to be there to farewell Quinn and Rachel before they left for three weeks tomorrow on their cruise to Paris. Of course everyone was jealous of them going and none were too shy in expressing this. But Rachel and Quinn didn't mind they just rubbed it in.
This would however be the twins very first Berry-Fabray party and it would be the first time they were around so many people. It was going to be interesting to see how they reacted. Sofia for sure knew Bella would love all the attention and just have a field day. Nina on the other hand might get tired of it quickly. One things for sure is Grace and Sofia weren't drinking this time around.
As planned Grace and Sofia showed up pretty early that afternoon to help her mothers out with setting everything up and helping with the food. Grace had Nina strapped in a carrier on her chest as she and Quinn chopped up the food. Nina tried to help too but she just ended up grabbing food and throwing it everywhere. Sofia was outside with Bella and Rachel setting up the tables and chairs and making sure there were enough plates and cups. Bella sat in her little swing chair under the shade as she watched them work.
"So Toby's gonna be a daddy again huh?" Sofia commented with a smile
"Yep, he's pretty excited about it, which I'm glad you know after everything he went through with that...woman and Ally." Rachel replied with a small smile though she gritted her teeth a little just thinking about that tramp who abandoned her child and treated Toby like crap.
"Yeah she was a bitch" Sofia stated then cringed at her swearing
"Sorry baby, mama didn't say a bad word." Sofia quickly told her daughter who just looked at her as if she was saying 'Are you for real?'
"What about you and Gracie?" Rachel asked
"What about us?" Sofia asked confused
"Are you two planning on having any more kids?" Rachel asked
"Oh...um...probably not. I mean who knows right? But...I don't really want to ask Grace to go through all that again." Sofia replied with a small shrug.
"There's always adoption" Rachel reminded her
"I know...but...we'll see." Sofia replied
Grace tried she really did but she could not stop herself from laughing as she watched her mother wipe away the mayonnaise from her hair. Nina had grabbed hold of the bottle somehow and gave it a good squeeze and got her Grandma right in the face.
"It's not funny Gracie" Quinn huffed
"Oh but it really is." Grace cackled
Her laughing must have been contagious because little NeeNee was giggling away as well as they watched Quinn try and get the gooey white substance out of her hair and off of her face and clothes.
"I guess it could be worse, it was only mayo." Quinn sighed once she got the last of it
"How so?" Grace chuckled
"Well unlike her mommy Nina has yet to pee all over me." Quinn replied
"Ew mom!" Grace cringed
"Hey you're the one who did it. And you weren't even a baby!" Quinn chuckled
"Shut up" Grace huffed and turned red in embarrassment
"Aw the joys of being a mother...embarrassing your children is one of the many gifts." Quinn laughed.
Rachel, Sofia and Bella soon came back inside to find Quinn laughing at her daughter who was pouting away like no tomorrow.
"What's going on?" Sofia asked
"Nothing" Grace mumbled
"Gracie's just a little embarrassed." Quinn grinned
"Why? Did you tell her about you lactating during sex?" Sofia asked in a hushed tone.
"What no! Sofia shut up" Grace quickly cut her off now even more embarrassed.
Quinn and Rachel quietly chuckled to themselves at seeing their daughter get all flustered. It was nice not being the ones who were embarrassed for once. Rachel moved to wrap her arms around her wife resting her head on her shoulder giving her a small squeeze.
"Everything finished outside?" Quinn asked
"Yep all set." Rachel nodded and kissed her wife on the neck just below her ear.
"Good, the food is almost done too." Quinn added
"Um Quinn?"
"Yeah?"
"Why do you taste like mayonnaise?" Rachel asked
Later that afternoon people started to turn up all baring food and wine as gifts for the party. Sofia was maybe just a little too excited when Becky brought Otis to the party though he had to stay away from Toby due to his allergy to dog hair. Sofia kept giving Grace that look, that look that said 'please my darling gorgeous wife we needz a puppy.'
"Sofia you can look at me like that all afternoon the answer is still no. We've got two babies to look after. Maybe when the girls are older but your just gonna have to wait." Grace sighed
"But Gracie...I hate waiting." Sofia brought out an epic pout to end all epic pouts.
Nina started giggling when Otis started licking her face.
"See! NeeNee agrees!" Sofia pointed to her little girl
"Ew NeeNee...ugh I'll be back with some wipes." Grace sighed as she got up and handed Bella over to Becky who was sitting next to her.
On her way to their baby bag Grace passed Ally who was playing happily with Cooper and Max by the pool with Toby and Ben. She quickly entered the house and headed for the bathroom instead because she knew her moms had a stash of baby wipes in there for whenever they looked after the girls. Unfortunately it was occupied.
"Be out in a minute" The voice on the other side called out.
"Oh Maya hey, I just need some baby wipes Sofia let Otis lick Nina and now she's all soggy." Grace explained through the door.
Grace could hear Maya chuckle and then some movement before she opened the door to a very stunned Grace.
"Um...I...wow...um...h-hey" Grace stuttered
"You ok Grace?" Maya asked with concern
"N...yeah I'm good, great even. Um...you heading into the pool?" Grace nervously asked
"Yeah, I figured this would probably be the last time I get to wear a bikini for a long while so better make the most of it." Maya chuckled
"Totally" Grace nodded with a silly grin on her face and looking a little distracted.
"You sure you're ok? You look a little flushed." Maya asked still a little worried.
"Hey Gracie stop perving on my wife to be" Toby called out from down the hall.
"I wasn't!" Grace quickly defended herself finally removing her eyes from Maya's chest.
Putting it all together Maya tried not to laugh at her almost sister-in-law.
"Yeah sure...not that I blame you she's a total babe but she's mine." Toby added as he came up to the pair wrapping his arm around her getting droplets of water all over the place.
"She is standing right here" Maya huffed
"I wasn't perving, Maya I wasn't." Grace got all flustered
"It's ok Gracie." Maya waved it off
"But I wasn't!" Grace insisted though her red cheeks said something different.
"Just wait till Sofia hears about this." Toby teased
"You wouldn't dare" Grace glared at her brother
"Oh so she admits it" Toby grinned and Maya giggled quietly to herself
"Shut up Toby." Grace huffed getting all embarrassed as she pushed her way past them to get those god damn baby wipes.
The couple burst out laughing as Grace hurried away back outside without giving them a second glance. Though they could hear her grumble to herself a vow of revenge.
"Aww your sister is adorable." Maya chuckled
"No she's not. She's a married woman. She shouldn't be looking at you...though I gotta say and I mean this with all respect but...damn girl you look fucking hot in this bikini. Wanna go up to my old room and try for twins?" Toby grinned wiggling his eyebrows.
Maya just rolled her eyes and began to walk back out to where the party was. She stopped half way and turned when Toby wasn't following her. She gave him a questioning look and all he could do was give her a sheepish grin.
"We're not having a quickie with a house full of people Toby" Maya informed him
"No I know...but um...you might wanna give me a few minutes." Toby replied
"Why?" Maya asked
"Well like I said your fucking hot" Toby replied then looked down to his shorts that were really tight right now.
Maya followed his eyesight and just giggled when she realized what the problem was.
"Oh" She smirked
"Yeah so...I'll be out in a minute...or two" Toby replied before he quickly ran into the bathroom closing the door behind him.
Grace didn't say a word when she got back to the table she just focused on making sure there was no more dog slobber on her beautiful baby's face. She completely ignored the questioning looks her wife and two best friends were giving her and she most certainly avoided all eye contact with Maya when she came out and headed for the pool to play with Ally and the boys along with Ben. She didn't know what came over her, she had never thought of Maya like that before but she just looked really hot today. Maybe it was the glow of being pregnant. Sofia said she glowed from the minute they found out.
"Wow I never realized how good Maya looks in a bikini" Sofia nodded in appreciation.
Hannah nodded in agreement getting a glare from her wife in return making the Aussie look away quickly.
"Sofia!" Grace hissed feeling embarrassed all over again.
"What? I'm just saying." Sofia shrugged
Grace looked down still feeling embarrassed about before but Sofia mistook that as Grace's insecurities about her body and mentally kicked herself for being insensitive.
"Babe you know you're the only girl for me because you're totally gorgeous." Sofia reassured her wife and gave her a quick kiss.
"Ugh...Bella your mommies are disgustingly adorable." Becky groaned as she gently bounced the little girl on her knee.
Over on the other side of the yard Quinn and Rachel were happily chatting and catching up with Tina and Mercedes. The former two were gushing about Charlie and her audition that she had on Tuesday and they would find out sometime today whether or not she got the part. All six women knew without a doubt that Charlie would get it. Charlie herself was now sitting in her room with Ben waiting for the call.
"Are you guys not drinking?" Mercedes asked looking a little shocked at their glasses that were filled with water.
"We have to get up early tomorrow." Quinn sighed sadly
"Yeah" Santana grumbled to herself.
"Ugh I am so jealous of you two! I want to go on a cruise" Tina sighed
Rachel just gave her friends a smug smile.
"My wife is awesome" She then added
Quinn smiled proudly while Santana rolled her eyes and fake gaged.
"Hey how did it go with your nuns?" Rachel asked Brittany
"Great, they are pretty awesome. It took a bit to get them out of their comfort zone but I will get them all dancing like pros." Brittany smiled brightly
"Ugh Britt can I at least have one beer?" Santana grumbled glaring at her glass of water.
"Honey I'm trying to talk to our friends" Brittany scolded her wife
Santana rolled her eyes dramatically with an over the top huff. Her friends just chuckled at her immature behaviour.
"Anyway as I was saying by the time the competition comes around my nuns will kick everyone else's ass." Brittany boasted
"Rachel can I have one beer?" Quinn whispered to her wife as they all listened to Brittany tell them all that happened at St. Anne's.
"One, but I don't want you hung over for tomorrow." Rachel agreed
"Sweet" Quinn grinned kissing her wife on the cheek and then quickly got out of her chair to get her drink.
The blonde sure did make a show of it when she got back to the table. Placing her beer on the table in full view of everyone, and with a gloating smile she took a nice big sip. Santana burned holes with her eyes.
"Britt…come on" Santana whined
"San you can go without a beer for one party, you need to drive tomorrow morning." Brittany replied
"I hate you Quinn Fabray." Santana hissed and continued to pout in her chair.
Quinn just gave her a smug smile.
Ben sat on Charlie's bed wrapped up in his towel as he watched Charlie pace back and forth as she waited for the phone call that will change everything. She had practically dragged Ben out of the pool and hauled him up the stairs so he could wait with her.
"Charlie maybe you should sit down for a minute." He suggested
"I can't!" Charlie yelped and then began to bite her nails and started pacing again.
Ben got up and grabbed her by the shoulders making her stop.
"Charlie stop freaking out. You will get this" Ben gently told her.
"But what if I don't?" Charlie asked getting upset
"If…and that's a very big if…you don't then its not the end of the world. There are other musicals there are other roles for you." He replied
"I'm just…gah I hate waiting why won't they just call and put me out of my misery?" Charlie huffed in anger.
As soon as she asked her phone began to ring. Ben and Charlie both stared at the phone neither moving they looked at it like it was a ticking time bomb about to explode.
"Answer it" Ben gently pulled her over to the phone
"I can't" Charlie shook her head
"Yes you can" Ben picked it up and placed it in her hand then gave her a quick good luck kiss.
Charlie took a shaky breath before pressing the green button and held the phone up to her ear.
"Hello?"
Beth took her seat next to Grace placing Dave in the small play pen area that they had made for the babies to play with their toys and not end up in the pool. Though Sofia was planning on taking her girls in there sometime that afternoon she was adamant on teaching them how to swim because she did not want her children accidentally drowning.
"Hey guys." She gave the group a small but tired smile.
"Hey…where's Jeff?" Grace asked looking around for Beth's husband.
"Ugh I don't want to even think about him right now let alone talk about him." Beth hissed
The four women all gave each other a worried look at the sudden outburst.
"Everything ok Beth?" Grace asked hesitantly
"It's nothing." Beth huffed
"Yeah sure totally sounds like nothing" Sofia scoffed
"I don't want to talk about it right now. I'm just here to have a nice time and wish my two gay moms a good trip so can we please talk about something else?" Beth asked getting irritated
"Wow" Grace murmured
"You know I don't think I've ever seen Beth mad before" Hannah whispered to her wife, Becky just nodded in agreement.
"Hannah how did you deal with Becky cheating on you?" Beth then asked
"Wow" Grace looked on in shock
"Excuse me? What the fuck Beth?" Becky hissed that was still a sore spot.
"I'm sorry I didn't…" Beth sighed and tried as hard as she could not to cry.
"Beth did Jeff cheat on you?" Grace asked looking both shocked and pissed off.
"No…I don't know…maybe…he's just so distant lately and he's never home. We had this huge argument before I came here and I'm sorry Becky really I am that was out of line but I just don't know what to do anymore." Beth admitted getting upset.
"Why didn't you say anything before?" Grace asked
"Because I was just hoping everything would go back to normal. I didn't want to deal with it." Beth sighed and quickly wiped away a stray tear.
Becky handed her a tissue which Beth took and gave her a small smile as a thanks. Grace placed her hand on her half-sister's shoulder trying to give her some comfort.
"I'm sorry for bringing this all up today." Beth added
"Hey its ok, we're family and if he has cheated on you I will beat him down and turn him from a roster to a hen and trust me I could totally pull that off I am a pussy doctor after all." Sofia reassured her
"Thank you" Beth couldn't help but chuckle
"Do you want to hold Otis? He always makes me feel better." Becky then asked in all seriousness
Beth laughed out loud at that and just nodded, Becky smiled and handed the puppy over to the blonde. Otis was more than happy to jump up and lick the pretty blonde's face making her smile.
"I thought I was the one who made you feel better?" Hannah asked indignantly
"You make me physically better" Becky replied with a smile
"Oh so I'm just here for sex?" Hannah asked crossing her arms over her chest as she watched her wife dig herself into a hole.
Sofia watched on with delight as her friend floundered.
"We totally need some popcorn right now" Sofia muttered as she leaned in to watch a good show.
"Sofia" Grace slapped her wife on the arm
"Baby you know I don't love Otis more than you" Becky sighed as if they have had this conversation before.
It was actually a pretty low key gathering considering the other times these guys had a party. It was nice and drama free. Toby, Rick and Aaron stood by the BBQ cooking the food like the manly men that they were chatting about god knows what. Quinn, Rachel, Brittany, Tina and Mercedes were sitting together chatting happily amongst themselves while Santana glared at Quinn and her beer. Maya was sitting in the shallow end of the pool with Ally and Cooper while Max swam around by himself. The four girls and Otis tried to cheer Beth up. It was all pretty peaceful and fun, just what Quinn and Rachel wanted before they set sail on their new adventure tomorrow. That was until Charlie came rushing outside crying her eyes out with a worried Ben running after her. Everyone pretty much stopped talking or doing anything once they saw the distraught girl run over to her mothers.
"Charlie honey what's wrong?" Rachel shot up to console her daughter.
"I…"
"Charlie?" Quinn asked with worry
Everybody sat there waiting for the crying girl to say something. Even Ben wanted to know. As soon as Charlie answered the phone she had gotten all quiet and then she ran out of her room with tears streaming down her face. Quinn and Rachel figured that she had heard back from the producers of the musical and by the look on her face it didn't seem like good news. They held their breath as they waited for their daughter to speak.
"I…I got the part." Charlie whispered still in shock.
What came next was a lot of screaming and a lot of tears. Rachel and Quinn almost knocked the poor girl over with their enthusiastic hug attack which was then amplified when Brittany and Santana joined in. It then turned into something similar to pass the parcel except instead of a present being passed around it was Charlie and she was getting hugged and kissed by everyone the last person being Ben who could not be more proud of his girlfriend than he was right this moment. Charlie rushed over to him pretty much jumping into his arms and being the strong graceful dancer that he was he caught her with ease and pulled her in for a kiss.
"My baby is going to be on Broadway! Quinn grab the Champaign!" Rachel cried happy tears.
"One step ahead." Santana spoke up as she popped the cork in the bottle and was already pouring the drinks.
"Where did you get that?" Brittany asked in confusion her wife hadn't even left her spot she had been standing there the whole time.
"Babe I got wicked skills" Santana smirked and kissed her wife's cheek.
So in the end the going away party turned into a celebration party which then turned into an impromptu singing party. Well Charlie and Rachel mostly sang but that was only because Rachel insisted on singing with a Broadway star. Charlie was loving it.
As the night drew on the party began to settle down Bella and Nina along with Dave were all inside fast asleep with Ally and Cooper not that far behind. It had been quite an eventful day for the young kids and they would definitely sleep well tonight. Hannah and Becky were the first to head home that evening because they were heading to the park again the next day to visit Vanessa, which Becky was really looking forward to doing. The couple along with their boys and Otis who was fast asleep in Becky's arms made their way over to say their goodbyes. Soon after the rest of the guests began to head on home after saying their own goodbyes to the couple until it was just Quinn and Rachel and their four kids. They had all decided to stay the night with their moms before seeing them off in the morning. Sofia had taken the twins home with her while Maya took Ally back home. Quinn was definitely surprised and really happy when her kids had told her that they were all staying that night. It was just like old times when they were young and it kind of make her tear up a little to have all her kids under the one roof again even though Beth never lived with them she still felt at home.
Sofia and the twins were the last to leave that evening that was after Sofia gave a drawn out goodbye kiss to Grace that wasn't really necessary because they would be seeing each other tomorrow and it wasn't like she was the one leaving for three weeks. It didn't really stop the brunette from shoving her tongue down Grace's throat and groping her though. Once that disturbing public display of affection was over everyone sat themselves around the living room with a nice hot coco and just enjoyed being all together.
~~~ And Now The End Is Near, And So We Face The Final Curtain ~~~
It was early morning the next day when Santana and Brittany drove their two dear friends to the docks for their trip across the ocean. Thankfully it wasn't at some god-awful time like 4am like their hot air balloon ride but it was still early making Santana slightly grumpy. Brittany had brought a thermos of coffee though just in case her wife got too cranky.
The car ride was surprisingly quiet unlike most times they travelled together more times than not Quinn and Santana were arguing about something or Rachel was singing along to the radio with Brittany dancing in her seat. None of them knew why but everything just seemed a little sad. Maybe it was because this would be the first time in over three decades that they would be separated for longer than a week. They didn't want to admit it but they were going to miss each other.
Santana parked the car, she and Brittany helped with the luggage Santana didn't even complain about how much baggage they had. All four were a little awestruck when they first saw the ship. It was fucking huge.
"Meh...I've seen bigger" Santana scoffed Brittany just rolled her eyes at her wife.
It was a long process getting their luggage onto the ship and getting their tickets. The place was packed with the other passengers waiting to board the vessel. The awesome foursome grabbed a seat by the small cafe that was set up out near the ship as they waited for their boarding call. Quinn was starting to feel a little anxious as it got closer to getting on the big ship. Noticing her wife's nerves Rachel rested her hand on Quinn's knee to calm her down. Quinn gave her an appreciative smile and placed her own hand on top of her wife's.
The four women kept themselves occupied with talking about random things none of them really wanted to think about them leaving even if it was only for three weeks. It seemed like a lot longer. When it actually came to saying goodbye it was a little rough.
Brittany wrapped Quinn up in a massive bear hug giving her several kisses on the cheek in between telling her to have a good time and take lots of photos. Santana did the same to Rachel surprising the shorter brunette but she did not mind at all. She doesn't know how or when but at some point Rachel had come to love Santana and she knew the girl felt the same way about her too. So Rachel hugged her tighter and promised to send lots of post cards.
After letting go of Quinn Brittany practically pulled Rachel off of her wife to give her a big hug too. Santana and Quinn just laughed at her eagerness. The two old friends then looked at each other with a soft shy smile. Santana was the first to move as she pulled her in for a big hug kissing her tenderly on the cheek like she did with Rachel.
"Take care of yourself ok?" Santana asked, her voice cracking a little
"I will, I promise." Quinn muttered into her friend's shoulder her throat felt tight trying to hold back her emotions.
"I'm gonna miss you Q" Santana chuckled at herself
"I'll miss you too San." Quinn replied quickly.
They both laughed at each other for being so emotional as they pulled out of their embrace.
Rachel then came over and took her wife's hand into her own to say their final goodbye. Brittany of course instigated one last group hug before letting them go off to board the ship.
"See you in three weeks" Rachel smiled before she and Quinn disappeared behind the security wall that separated the passengers from the people staying behind.
Once they couldn't see them anymore Brittany and Santana slowly made their way back to their car they weren't in any kind of hurry to get back so they walked along the pier hand in hand watching the ship slowly leave the port and head off into open waters. It was going to be weird not seeing them every day. As the sun began to rise high in the sky the couple decided to go home and spend the rest of the day relaxing together...and possibly use Quinn's swimming pool.
After dumping their carry-on bags in their room Quinn and Rachel headed up on the deck to watch their ship sail away from New York. There were people everywhere up on deck all waving goodbye to their friends and families or just admiring the views as the bright sun in the sky made the water below sparkle and shine. The couple moved their way up to the railing on the side of the ship, Quinn holding on tight just in case she somehow fell overboard. Rachel just smiled at her silly wife and cuddled up to her side. One of the stewardess' came around offering them a free glass of Champaign and orange juice to celebrate their departure from the US. With a quick clink of their glasses and a long drawn out kiss Quinn and Rachel smiled at each other as they set off onto their next adventure together.
Like always Santana held the passenger door open for her wife which always earned her a sweet lady kiss on the cheek making the brunette smile. She pulled out onto the road and for the most part they travelled in a comfortable silence. Brittany had reached over to take hold of her wife's hand as soon as she put her seatbelt on and would absentmindedly play with her fingers as Santana drove. Getting a little bored with the quietness Brittany reached over to turn the radio on flicking through the stations until something good came on. When she finally found something Santana couldn't help but smile at the song being played. She sent a quick look over to her wife, Brittany wore a matching smile and then settled back in her seat softly harmonizing with the song and soon enough Santana was singing along as well.
"Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?"
Santana gently squeezed Brittany's hand and for no particular reason a soft pink hue began to appear on the blonde's cheeks. Maybe it was just the memories that always appeared whenever she heard or thought about this song. They shared another look before Santana began to sing again.
"Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
And I'm getting older too
Well I'm getting older too."