6.12.12
Sorry for the gap in posting! I am going to try to keep to a Monday- Friday posting schedule. Sometimes working and family life can kill the muse…..So I will do the best that I can with keeping to that schedule. Sorry about the wait for this update…Rachel/Quinn/Muse and I would not get on the same page for the longest!
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or any lyrics used in my story ( I wish) I try to use things accurately from the TV show or real locations in the Lima, OH & New York, NY & Providence, RI. But I am human and do make mistakes.
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Quinn leaned against the wall in the underground parking lot for the Remington Records at 8:45. She would have been sitting her 15 minutes before but apparently security was tight, very tight it wasn't until she had dropped Rachel's name that they even let her into the office, where they called Rachel and she confirmed that she was to be allowed access. Quinn was annoyed, but she was glad at the same time that Rachel was safe. Quinn flipped her cell open when it rang.
"Hello?"
"So …I have this friend…and she apparently leads another life, that she doesn't feel the need to share with her long time best friend."
"Hello you to you to San, what are you talking about?"
"Oh just you hanging out with some celebrity, who we both know and I have to find out about it from Star Magazine and TMZ." she ranted from miles away.
"Oh are you talking about me hanging out with Rachel?" Quinn laughed running her fingers through her hair.
"Yes I am talking about you and Rachel. I saw you less then a month ago, why do I have to find out about this from another source then my best friend?"
"San, don't be silly. Rachel and I are collaborating on a new project. I am not sure if this had been released yet so keep it been you and B. But Rachel bought a defunct theater and is renovating it. I got the bid on accident, we hit it off and we are rebuilding our friendship. "
"So what your telling me is that Fate has stepped in and bitch slapped you into reality?" San laughed.
"What are you talking about ?" Quinn felt her face reflect her confusion.
"Oh, so your still in denial. Niceeeeeee !" San laughed. "Hey you know that Berry is dating a supermodel right?"
"I don't think that is true anymore, Rachel says they broke up, the girl is out of the country now, so that is why no one here knows."
"Right. Ok….Q….well you tell Berry I said hi and that I know where to find her if she decides to start chasing pavements or being the recipient of a toaster."
"What the hell are you talking about Santana!" Quinn demanded being frustrated that she wasn't able to follow a conversations with her long time friend.
"Nothing Q! Just relay the message to Berry ok?" she sighed. "Damn I want ice cream."
"At 9 am ? All my cravings where at midnight." Quinn laughed as she sympathized.
"Worse is that Britt ate all the damn ice cream last night before bed. So I wake up wanting in and I have nothing!" San exclaimed in annoyance.
"How is she doing?"
"Eating all my damn ice cream! But she is good." San laughed. "No sweetie I am not saying that you ate all my ice cream I swear Quinn and I were talking about her and Berry being all friendly finally after all this time, you know Fate and all."
Quinn laughed at the fib that Santana Lopez was feeding her very hormonal pregnant wife, who she adored and would do anything that the blonde would request. "No not at all." she hissed into Santana's ear.
"Oh ok Quinn, no I understand that you have to go. NYC and Berry calls. Talk to real soon, yes I'll tell Britt you send your love!" she the phone call was disconnected.
Quinn was still laughing when Rachel pulled into the underground lot and waved from the driver's side. She popped the truck and slipped out of her car. "Good Morning."
Quinn came around to lift her overnight bag into the truck noticing that Rachel only had two bags, she had a nightmare last night that she would have 15 bags that collapsed the hotel trolley and buried Quinn alive, crisis averted. Seeing the two she chuckled. "Good Morning Rachel."
"Dare I ask what has you in such high spirits?" Rachel inquired with a raised brow, as she headed back around for the driver's side of the car and slipped inside.
Quinn followed suit and slipped into the passengers side. "Well I am happy to see you only brought 2 suitcases, and I was talking to Santana before you arrived, there was an issue with Ice-cream and Britt's late night cravings and San breakfast cravings. It appears that there was no ice cream this morning and someone was out of sorts."
"That has to be hell. Two pregnant women one house…one freezer…U-G-L-Y !" Rachel laughed and started the car up again. Looked over to Quinn waiting for Quinn to put on her seatbelt. "And there is nothing wrong with brining two suitcases. I couldn't decided on what shoes or accessories I would need so I packed a few. "
"Never said that there was a problem with two, it would be an issue if it was more then that is all." Quinn finally clipped her seatbelt and leaned back into her seat. "So are you going to force feed me Babs and show tunes the entire way?"
"No not at all. If you have an Ipod or and I phone you can plug it in and we can listen to your music. Or we can listen to the radio. I listen to a little of everything." Rachel said smugly and headed back out of the garage, through the back entrance, Quinn nodded and fished out her Ipod. Three hours, we will see how long it will last before Babs takes over. Quinn thought to herself with a smirk.
Rachel happily drove the full 125 miles to Rhode Island. She loved to drive, as she hadn't really had the need to do a long drive in the city. Some times when she was in a mood she would drive to Lima to visit her dads. But she hadn't since she bought the Karma in January. While she loved her car, she hadn't really wanted to take her Hybrid to Lima, putting gasoline rather defeated the purpose in going green. But this was the test drive trip to see how it would work. She was pleasantly surprised at how well her little baby had done. Only going to gasoline reserve when the sun dipped out of the sky in between Bridgeport and New Haven. The only difference was the flashing light on the dashboard, Rachel wasn't able to tell the difference in the drive. They pulled under the Biltmore valet awning at quarter past 1 pm, having driven straight through."
"That was much less of a trip then I had thought." Quinn announced undocking her Ipod and smiling at Rachel. The ride had been very pleasant. They had spent the time talking about music, art and architecture , Babs never reared her head, which Quinn was still surprised about.
"Yes it was a smooth drive, and it was only that fog in New Haven that gave us any traffic." she patted her dashboard, after putting the car in park, popping the truck, turned the car off but left the keys in the ignition. Both the doors opened as two members of the valet leaned in to assist then from the car.
"Ms. Berry Welcome to the Biltmore!" came a voice excitedly as a young Rachel height-ed black haired woman slipped from the revolving doors. "We are so excited to have you stay with us. My name is Catarina I am your concierge, and will help you with anything that you need or require, "
"Thank you Catarina. " Rachel smiled and took Quinn by the arm, looping her threw Quinn's and pulled the blonde along as Catarina briefly went on about the history of the hotel, about renovations. Rachel watched as Quinn ate up everything the girl had to over about that subject, asking a question here or there. They passed the souvenir shop and a closed restaurant door before then came to a glass elevator. "This is just lovely !" Rachel smiled and squeezed Quinn's arm when Quinn still looking around eating everything up was nodding in agreement. "We need to get a camera. I forgot to bring one!" Rachel pouted.
"If you would like I can have one here in and hour. Depending on what you would like that is." Catarina said, clicking a button for the 18th floor.
"That would be grand! Bare with me one minute while I figure out what I want." Rachel smiled and pulled her cell phone out of her hobo purse that Quinn realized matched her luggage. "Yarin! So sorry to bother you munchkin! I know I know. Hey I just have a quickie, then you can continue your quickie." she giggled "Yes what was that camera that we got for Blaine last Christmas? It was amazing and I want to pick one up for the trip, yes I know. I have Quinn she is very good with electronics. Ok. Love you give Nathen a kiss for me and a snuggle, love you see you Monday. Bye!" Rachel laughed again slipped the phone back in . "ok, so if you can locate it, and it isn't too much trouble I would like a Canon EOS 5D Mark III or the equivalent. The cost doesn't matter, just add it to my hotel bill."
"Of course Ms. Berry." Catarina smiled and made a quick note to herself on a tablet that she pulled out of her pocket. "As you requested you have a spa appointment for tomorrow 11 am . I am aware that you are planning to attend FireWater tomorrow evening, and may I say that it is one of our most entertaining times of the year. The doors opened and she lead the way down the hall to the left. "Your suite is down here on the end. It wraps around the south of the building but you have a few of both South and the East it is quite panoramic and beautiful at night. Of course it dulls in comparison of the lights from Manhattan." She admitted with a smile.
"That is quite all right! We needed to escape the city for a while." Rachel continued to follow the concierge, pulling a still gaping Quinn, who was trying to soak in everything the hotel spoke to her.
"But we have been know to harbor a few ghosts here and there in this hotel." She winked over at Rachel. "I know that you are a bit of a fan of a good haunting."
Quinn laughed, until she saw Rachel's eyes light up. "Your kidding right? This place isn't haunted! There are no such things as ghosts!"
"Silly Quinn! Of course there are spirits in this world that have unfinished business. Seriously you are a grown woman nothing to be afraid of! Never mind that it is fun to think about them."
"And you are a grown woman believing in ghosts. Next your going to tell me that there are Witches, Vampires, and Werewolves!" Quinn whispered fiercely.
"Well I am not sure about Vampires and Werewolves. But there is a story about the man on top of the capital building who protects us all from Witches and all other forms of evil. My mother told me of his legend when I was young and her mother before her." Catarina made a quick sign of the cross as she walked blessing herself as she spoke of evil beings.
"And I thought NYC was a little weird." Quinn muttered to herself. Though the thought of Rachel liking the idea that there were possible 'spirits' wandering around aimlessly was far more unsettling.
"Oh Quinn don't worry about it. I am sure your right and there isn't anything real about any of the aforementioned boogey monsters!" Rachel nodded her head in seriousness, but Quinn wasn't fully buying it.
Catarina stopped in front of room 1815, opened the door with a key card and motioned for them to enter into the room first. Quinn looked around the room in amazement. It was by far the largest hotel room she had ever seen. The seating area on the right close to the floor to ceiling windows was separate from where there were two desks set up as an office on the left there was a large 6 seating dining table to the right of the foyer, on the left directly across the foyer and dining was what appeared to be a small bathroom. Quinn watched as Catarina revealed first one large bedroom and en suite behind the door in the office area and then crossed the large room and opened the door behind the dining room to reveal and even larger bedroom with a en suite bathroom that was almost the size of half her co-op.
"Perfect exactly what I had hoped for!" Rachel smiled and laid her purse down on the bed. "One last thing Quinn do you want to eat out at a restaurant or get reservations here for dinner tonight?"
"Doesn't really make a difference to me." Quinn shrugged her shoulders. "Are there any Vegan friendly restaurants in the area?"
"Well there are a few deli in the area that I would recommend, but not for dinner. We however have a wonderful selection for Vegan and Vegetarians, if you would like I could reserve you a table at any preferred time."
Rachel glanced at Quinn who nodded. "Yes please make an open reservation for our stay say 7?"
"Excellent! I shall send up some fruit and water. Your bags should arrive in a few moments is there anything else that you require?"
"No thank you, Catarina, you have been most helpful." Rachel followed her to the door.
"You are a delight Ms. Berry. I will have that camera to you within the hour." Catarina closed the door with a last look at Quinn who stood behind Rachel, and then was gone.
Before either Quinn or Rachel was able to relax or move really there was a knock on the door. Quinn quickly opened it to reveal the bell boy who smiled shyly at both Quinn and Rachel. "Ms. Berry we have your bags. " he entered the room leaving the trolley out in the hall.
"Thank you. They two gray ones will go in here I can show you." Quinn watched them disappear into the room on the right, coming back out a short while later smiling and chatting about Broadway. One in every crowd! she thought with a smirk. He then picked up her bag and she watched at Rachel informed him to place it on the king sized bed in the second room. All the while she filled the boys head with NY's amazing schools including her alma mater. He was soaking it all up blushing and hanging on her every word.
Quinn opened the door to the second knock and it was another young girl , this one redheaded and she just burst into tears when she saw Rachel. Almost dropping the plate full of fruit. To be safe Quinn reached out and rescued it from its ill fate. She babbled on and on about how Rachel had inspired her, and how she loved her music. Asking where she pulled her emotions and aspirations from . The poor girl just kept sobbing as Rachel smiled and held her hand listening to the girl. It was eventually with the promise of signed auto graphs and a picture on a cell phone that both the bell hop and the red head left, smiling and content both kissing Rachel's hand. Which was weird. Rachel thought
"Royal treatment Ms. Berry!" Quinn laughed as she sunk into the living room sofa. Watching as Rachel kicked off her shoes and padded over, and literally flew over Quinn and landed in the plush sofa her feet in Quinn's lap.
"I have no idea what your referring to!" Rachel mocked in a southern accent. " I do declare I have never been so insulted in all my 28 years!" she continued the back of her hand raised to her forehead as the blonde laughed. Quinn tickled her feet, and then Rachel was the one laughing and almost rolling onto the floor. "Quinn stop! " giggle. "I mean it Fabray!" giggle. "You will pay!" Rachel ended up on the floor, shocked but free.
"Queen Berry you have fallen on the floor!" Quinn laughed sliding to the floor. "We must save the Queen, protect the Queen!" Quinn picked up Rachel off the ground laughing when Rachel squealed. "Oh no! The Queen is injured, listen to the noise that comes from her fallen form." Rachel still in Quinn's arms fell into a rolling body motion of laughter. Quinn soon was unable to resist the infectious laughter and they were both back on the sofa hysterically giggling.
"That was fun! I am already having more fun then I have had in weeks!" Rachel laughed still in Quinn's arms, leaning back against the arm of the sofa.
"Sadly me too" Quinn admitted, a smirk pulling at her mouth. Quinn watched as Rachel gasped softly, bit her lip as she watched her. They both started at one another not saying a word as the quiet room closed in on them. Neither one moved a muscle as they just sat staring at one another. Barely blinking, just quiet breathing, and staring.
Rachel told herself to move, told herself that she was friends with Quinn that she wasn't allowed to have feeling for her very straight friend from high school. YOU NEED TO GET UP! her brain shouted. She didn't want to ruin the first real friendship that she had other then the boys in years. Finally making her resolved decision that she would rather have Quinn as a friend then no Quinn at all she shifted to move, but she didn't get far…nope not far at all.
"Rachel?" Quinn questioned stopping her in tracks in mid motion. Rachel turned her face and was inches from Quinn's, She wasn't' able to breathe, the flecks of green in her hazel eyes were shooting at her drowning her.
"hmmm?" Rachel managed. Watching Quinn so intently she didn't see Quinn move her hand, but she felt it when it slip up her back to hold her steady, and what air she had in her lungs failed her.
"Don't go." Quinn whispered before she tipped her face the half and inch that separated them and placed her lips onto the brunettes in her arms.
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