8/12/12
A/N: Ok so it's been forever and a day since the last post! I'm so sorry I was/am having some personal dramatic issues on the home front…but I am currently "washing that man right out of my hair" …and happily moving on! Plus school started on Wednesday so that frees up a lot of writing time for me…so I am hoping normal updates are on the rise again. Hope that you enjoy this, light editing, planning on updating again with in a week. Review please. Thanks Taylor
"How did this reach the press already?" Leroy demanded when Yarin had turned on the tv , directly after Rachel hung up with Santana.
Mary got right on the phone, to quickly ascertain who, what and how it had been released.
"My guess is that one of them was able to at least send a picture text with their phone or Xiomara broke the story." Yarin said his voice showing his annoyance.
"Let me go make your 'friends'," he rolled his eyes. "transportation reservations. Shall we get a car to pick them up at the airport?"
"Yes, please and thank you Yarin." Rachel smiled weekly in Yarin direction as he headed out.
"Ms. Berry, the police would like to speak to you." Craig came to a stand still at the door, moving out of the way of a hand waiving quietly manic Yarin yelling in the phone already.
"Craig I spoke to the police already." Yarin called back over his shoulder.
"Yes I know they've left already these are different officers." Craig's face was flustered and flush. "I'm sorry Ms. Berry it appears that someone broke into your house."
"What?" Leroy cried in outrage.
"The officers are under the impression that the apartment was broken into." Craig looked down at his feet wanting to be anywhere but there at that moment.
Rachel just smiled over at her father and tried to placate him with a calm facial expression. "It's ok dad" she turned to Craig. "Please send them in." The security officer nodded and let out a breath in relief that the diva was being calm, he headed out again to come back just as quietly a few moments later with the officers in his wake.
"Ms. Berry , thank you for seeing us, considering all that is going on I am officer Phillips and my partner Officer Franks." the tall very pale officer dressed in a sickly light green suit came in to shake her hand.
Rachel smiled as she watched the older over weight officer dressed in jeans and tucked in stained polo shirt, stay further away. Watching everything, and everyone he nodded in her direction. "How may I help you gentlemen?"
"Your house had been broken into and it appears to have been ransacked." Phillips informed her going over his notes, he continued on describing the apartments.
"Ransacked?" Rachel questioned, having tuned out Phillips as he droned on about the damage.
"Yes the house has been turned upside down. Your girlfriend is quite upset. There seems to be a lot of damage and many stolen items." Phillips said compassion showing on his face.
Rachel swallowed slowly. "Two questions. What of my piano and my safe are they still intact?" her eyes where closed so she didn't catch the look between her father or the one between the officers. Mary watched the whole scene carefully from the corner forgotten in all madness.
"Your safe is intact but the piano seems to have been the focus of the damage." Rachel fought the tears, she blinked them back, her breath had been knocked out of her body, light headed she began to tilt. Yarin had just come back in when the police officer mentioned the piano and caught Rachel before she fell on the ground.
"Rachel, we can have it repaired." Yarin whispered fiercely helping Rachel to her feet, slapping away the over zealous Phillips attempts to assisting him.
Leroy nodded to himself patted Hiram on the hand. "I am Ms. Berry's father. As she has her hands full. I will take lead in this, come with me and we can discuss the details of the burglary. Mary why don't you come with us so that we can figure out how to spin this in a positive way." the four of them left the room quietly.
"She did this to be malicious." Rachel whispered softly still held tightly in Yarin's arms. "You were right I should have done things differently."
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Rachel sat on the edge of the bed leaning back against the headboard softly signing to Quinn , she had kicked everyone out of the room about an hour and half ago and turned off the majority of the lights.
Lying beside you, here in the dark Feeling your heart beat with mine Softly you whisper, you're so sincere How could our love be so blind We sailed on together We drifted apart And here you are by my side So now I come to you, with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am with open arms Hoping you'll see what your love means to me Open arms Living without you, living alone This empty house seems so cold Wanting to hold you, wanting you near How much I wanted you home But now that you've come back Turned night into day I need you to stay.
"Berry, are you signing Journey to me?" Quinn spoke in a groggy time, as her eyelashed fluttered open.
"Welcome back Fabray." Rachel whispered, feeling a tear slip down her face so thankful that she was awake at last. "How are you feeling?"
"My head is killing me, what in the hell happened?" she looked around. "Where are we?" then she winced because of the movement.
Rachel jumped up off the bed. "Don't move around too much, I'll be right back." she didn't wait for a response from Quinn as she jetted across the room and tossed open the door.
Quinn watched Rachel take off to what appeared to be another room and was soon out of sight. She looked around the big room in confusion. Had they made it to the hotel? The room was filled with beautiful metallic colors. She was laying in a large king sized bed, there was a sofa six feet from the bed where Rachel's purse and cell phone sat.
"How are you feeling Quinn?" the room quickly flooded with people
"Dr. Berry? When did you get here? Wait where is here?" Quinn asked trying to sit up, until Dr. Berry shook his head for her not to, and she understood why when the room began to spin.
Rachel, Leroy and Yarin all looked at Hiram with a panicked expression, which Quinn missed because she had closed her eyes to get the room to stop spinning.
"Quinn what is the last thing that you remember?" Dr .Berry asked her softly with compassion.
"Waiting for Rachel to arrive so that we could leave for Providence, I was in the underground garage." Quinn said her face showing the strain to remember even that.
"She's missing four days?!" Rachel cried out in shock and worry once again finding it difficult to breathe.
"Four days! What day is it!" Quinn shouted jerked up in bed, and then winced. "Oh god." She laid back and cradled her head.
"Dad a word please." Rachel pulled her father to the corner and placed her hands on her hip. "What in the hell is going on?"
"Rachel calm down. This is very common for head injuries. To be honest I am not surprised this happens. The longer she was out the more I worried that this would happen. I don't want to bore you with clinical studies as you will just be more annoyed with me then you are now. But in most cases the patient regains their entire memory in a matter of days."
Rachel took in a deep breathe "In most cases, what about the other cases?' she watched as her father took off his glasses and pinched his nose.
"In rare cases the memories are lost forever. But that is usually large gaps of time, and we are talking about four days. It will be ok Rachel."
"We are talking about the four most important days of my life dad. Four days that changed everything."
"You are young losing four days isn't going to matter in the big scheme of things." Hiram promised with a smile, as he patted her shoulder.
Rachel, however knew better. Missing four days could change everything for her and Quinn. She couldn't help but think she was getting a second chance to make things right. " I need to talk to everyone in this room that isn't confined the bed for a brief moment in the other room."
"Berry what are you up to." Quinn demanded.
"Stay in the bed Fabray! I'll be back to deal with you in a moment." Rachel said in her most authoritative voice, cowing a weakened Quinn without issues.
"Ok. Quinn bite her bottom lip, she was so overwhelmed. Rachel watched Quinn deflate, and she marched the rest of them out of the room.
The minute the door was closed she placed her hands on her hips and looked at everyone in front of her. "None of you are going to tell her what happened over the weekend. I know that you really don't know much of what happened, but I don't want anyone to help her remember either. No hints, you can give bare bones if she corners you, but I still would rather you would avoid that as well."
"What the hell do you mean, you want her to forget the time you spent together?" Yarin asked. Followed by Leroy throwing up his hands in disgust.
"What are you planning Rachel?" Hiram demanded. Not being able to grasp why Yarin and Leroy where so upset as they began ranting and raving under their breaths and kept shaking their heads shooting daggers at Rachel.
"Curtain call." Rachel whispered, smiled at them, turned to touched her hand to the closed door, eyes filled with tears she stepped away from the door and headed to the front door again as Craig knocked and entered.
"Ms. Berry?"
"Yes Craig?"
"Your guests have arrived."
"Wonderful. I'll be right back. Daddy can you keep Quinn entertained? Yarin and I need to talk to Mary." Rachel led the way out of the room ignoring Yarin's dirty looks and muttering, she grabbed his hand to get his attention. "See if you can get an update from Mary, while I deal with Santana."
Yarin pulled back on Rachel's hand. "Are you sure that is safe?"
"Yes I'll be fine."
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Rachel left Quinn's suite and headed down two doors to where Santana and Brittany would be staying. Taking a deep breath she knocked on the door. She didn't wait long before the door was flung open.
"Rachel!" Brittany squealed wrapping her in her arms the minute the door was no longer in the way.
"Brittany! I'm so sorry I forgot you were so far along I shouldn't have asked you to fly in your condition!"
"Like either one of us could have stopped her." Santana said arms across her chest. "You're a mess." she said with pursed lips.
"It's been a difficult day." Rachel admitted pulling out of Brittany's arms. "Congratulation to both of you. I'm sorry that we have to reunite under these circumstances but I'm very happy to see you, I know Quinn will be."
"Is she awake?"
"Yes and I would like to talk to you before you go and see her. It seems that she's lost her memories for the last four days."
"What?"
"I know that it's a bit of a shock, to us all actually, but not unheard of for her type of head injury, but still worrisome."
"She doesn't remember your entire trip." Brittany pouted.
"No or what happened during the trip." Rachel agreed.
"What did happen?" Santana glared at her closing the space between them. "Something that she might want to forget?"
"San" Brittany warned threw her teeth.
"Nothing happened Santana. Both Quinn and I are ladies, we got very close to one another over our shared get away. But that is the reason I wanted to talk to you. I want you to avoid that information with her, all together."
"What exactly do you mean?" Santana demanded.
"I mean Santana Lopez that we're going to protect Quinn. While you might run things in Lima. I run things here and if you don't like it we can arrange for your flight home." Rachel said coldly putting her hands on her hips, and leaning right back into Santana's personal space, her heels helped her almost be eye level.
" I am all for protecting the cheerleader, Elf." Santana muttered taking a step back. "And you're the reason she is hurt in the first place."
"I know" Rachel whispered. "But I 'm going to fix that." Brittany glared at her wife and hugged Rachel.
"No one blames you Rachel. Santana is just being hormonal, isn't that right." Brittany demanded.
"Yes." Santana rolled her eyes so that only Rachel could see. "I'm just hormonal." Santana repeated Brittany.
"If you think us down playing your feelings for one another will help Quinn, then we'll do just that." Brittany smiled. "Can we go see her?"
"Yes follow me."
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While Quinn visited with Santana and Brittany Rachel sat down with Mary and Yarin. "Well Honeybee what do you have up your sleeve.
"Quinn doesn't remember the weekend so she'd not going to be hurt by what I am about to plan." Rachel muttered as she laid back into the sofa with a scary stressed out smile that had Yarin on edge.
"Plan?" Mary asked in concern, shooting a look at Yarin.
"Oh yes. We all know that Xiomara trashed my house, destroyed my piano, and somehow leaked that footage to the press. While I am shocked just as much as you are, considering this is such odd behavior for her. however with all that in mind Quinn isn't safe. So I want to hire a decoy."
"A Quinn decoy?" Mary asked her face showing her confusion.
"Yes. I want full disclosure to whoever we hire, so that they know what they are getting into, a binding contract and a full time body guard. But someone will be willing to take the risk for the media attention alone." Rachel smiled her eyes slightly glazed over showing how tired she was.
"Let me get this right. You're going to hire someone to fake date you, someone that looks like Quinn. While you pretend nothing is did or is going on between you and the real Quinn?" Mary demanded sitting up straighter in the chair.
"That about sums it up."
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