Sorry about the formatting of the original post. I used a different method to post instead of the usual one I use and it formatted into a big block of words! This is probably going to be one of my favorite chapters so far. So much of the story begins to pick up from here and this chapter is major. I am going to say this now before I get a bunch of reviews about it. Just because its admitted doesn't mean its official. I will say I loved imaging The Unholy Trinity registering at Babies R Us! Pretty funny! Well I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and remember reviews are very much appreciated. Thank you to all who have reviewed!
As she shut the door, she looked over to Chloe and smiled "Hey Chloe bug do you want to see one of Mommy's friends on the computer" Quinn asked the little girl knowing she probably didn't understand what she meant. Quinn turned on her laptop and went directly to Skype before texting Rachel.
"Ok I have Chloe now and I am logging on Skype, My nickname is FabrayLQ" Quinn texted Rachel as she soon got a request from GoldStarBerry. She knew for sure that it was Rachel and her stomach started to get butterflies. She hadn't seen Rachel in four years and it was starting to hit her that maybe Quinn looked different than before. Sure she had grown her hair out long again when she married Joe and she was a bit more swollen up because she was pregnant. It started ringing as Quinn hit accept and saw Rachel appear on the screen. She looked even more beautiful than before because she looked more confident. Her hair was down and in soft curls and she was wearing a tank top.
"Hi Rachel" Quinn said smiling as Rachel smiled. "Oh my god Quinn! You really are pregnant who knew!" Rachel said jokingly as Quinn moved the web cam down to her swollen belly.
"Yep, here he is right here . Hold on a second" Quinn said smiling as she moved the web cam back up then brought Chloe over sitting her on her lap.
"Rachel Berry this is Chloe Fabray, my little princess" Quinn said as Chloe started to grab at the camera and smiled widely.
"She's beautiful Quinn. She looks so much like you" Rachel said as Quinn looked down at Chloe.
"Chloe Bug, Say hi to Rachel" she said happily as Chloe grinned. "HI!" She squealed as Rachel laughed.
"Hello Chloe, you're so cute!" Rachel said in a baby voice as Chloe just ate up the attention. Santana would always joke that Chloe was more Rachel Berry than Joe Hart. She loved attention; she thrived on it and loved music. Quinn had even shown her the video of Rachel singing So Emotional with Santana that was on YouTube and Chloe went nuts.
Chloe squirmed off her mother's lap and went back to her chair as Quinn laughed. "Well that was Chloe; she went back to her chair to watch TV. So Rachel you look really good" Quinn said as she saw Rachel blushing softly.
"Thank you Quinn. You look very good as well and you don't look big at all" Rachel said as Quinn looked around Rachel's apartment at the pictures and things. She noticed one that caught her eye; it was a picture of Rachel and a girl in a tight embrace. Quinn didn't recognize who the girl was and it actually hurt a little.
"Quinn? Are you looking at my pictures or is something wrong?" Rachel asked as Quinn bit her lip. "Still biting your lip I see Quinn" Rachel added as Quinn stopped. "What is that picture behind you" Quinn asked as Rachel turned pointing to the picture that Quinn was looking at.
"Oh that was of my ex-girlfriend and I, she's my best friend now because we were better as friends" Rachel said like nothing was wrong as Quinn's face paled. Rachel liked girls… It was something she wished she knew four years ago.
"I didn't know you were bisexual." Quinn said still in shock and her voice sounding like it was trembling.
"Yeah, I have been since high school Quinn" Rachel said as Quinn's eyes got wide. She had been into girls since Quinn was in love with her. Quinn felt her heart drop in her chest as she tried to hide how she felt.
"Is everything ok Quinn?" Rachel asked concerned not knowing if something was wrong with Chloe or the baby.
"Yeah, I just… I am into girls too" Quinn said as she saw Rachel's face transform from happy to lucky to the same look as Quinn's.
"Wow… I never knew that! I just figured you… were straight" Rachel said as Quinn shrugged.
"I have never been completely straight Rachel. I liked a girl for a very long time but she never said anything so I just gave it up" Quinn said hoping Rachel would get what she was trying to say.
"I'm so sorry Quinn. It sucks when you like someone but you can't get up the courage to say something then it's just too late. So do you mind telling me who this lucky lady was? Do I know her?" Rachel said Quinn shook her head.
"I don't feel like talking about it. She moved on obviously and I missed my chance" Quinn said looking down. She felt like crying and screaming in anger at the same time. She was upset with herself for not taking Santana's advice and just growing the balls to say it to Rachel when she had the chances in high school. Quinn didn't know what to say anymore and knew that the silence was becoming awkward.
"How did you know you were into girls in high school Rachel? You never had a girlfriend that I know of, you were always after Finn" Quinn asked as Rachel smiled softly.
"I was attracted to girls for the longest time. My sexuality is fluid Quinn, I love who I love no matter the gender of the person. There was one girl I liked a lot but she would've never liked me" Rachel said pausing with a laugh. "It… was actually you Quinn" Rachel admitted as Quinn's mouth dropped open. Rachel had just admitted that and Quinn felt like she was hit by a bus.
"You were my best friend and I… I just liked you a lot. Hell I even liked you a lot when we were fighting over Finn and you were pregnant with Beth" Rachel said her eyes looking like they were in pain. That she regretted not telling Quinn back then, the same way Quinn regretted not telling Rachel.
"Ra…Rachel…Why didn't you tell me?" Quinn asked her voice cracking from the tears in her eyes.
"Because Quinn you would've hated me again. Obviously you liked another girl and you were afraid of your sexuality so it wouldn't have done me any good then" Rachel said as Quinn looked down.
"The girl was you Rachel, I bullied you because you made me question my sexuality and made me feel like I was a sinner and then I fell in love with you. When you sang Keep Holding On to me and we looked each other in the eyes, I fell in love with you and was terrified Rachel." Quinn said tears starting to form in her eyes. The damn hormones made her burst into tears at the simplest things in the world.
"Rachel, I… I'll text you later or something… I need to think" Quinn said as she hung the call up and put her head in her hands. Rachel loved her back when Quinn was fighting for Rachel's love and happiness from Finn and the realization that their love story, that of Quinn and Rachel, it was probably too late.
The garage door opened and soon Brittany walked in smiling but the smile fading when she saw Quinn crying on the couch while Chloe happily watched her TV show. "Q, what's wrong!" Brittany asked concerned as she sat her bag down and rushed over to her best friend.
"Rachel…she… she wanted me then and never told me and we admitted it and it's too late! It's too late to love her Brittany" Quinn said sobbing in Brittany's arms as she rubbed her back. Brittany wasn't shocked by all of this, she knew that they loved each other back then but knew that the girls had to discover that for themselves and come to terms that they weren't completely straight, just like she and Santana did.
"Q, it's not too late. You just need to see Rachel face to face, not on Skype or over the phone and you need to tell her that you still love her, that you never stopped loving her." Brittany said as she rubbed Quinn's back.
"Why would she want me now? I have two kids, I'm divorced, and I'm the size of a whale" Quinn complained as Brittany shook her head.
"Quinn you're pregnant, you're not the size of a whale" Brittany said as she heard the door open and Santana walked in.
"What's wrong? Who do I have to kill today?" Santana asked as she walked over and sat on the other side of Quinn.
"Rachel wanted me back in high school… she finally told me and it's too late" Quinn said as she let out another loud sob.
"Q, who said it was too late? Sure you both should've just admitted it back before the whole Finn wedding fiasco but it's not too late to see if the relationship could work. Quinn, you and Rachel are only 22 almost 23 years old not 70, your both young and sure you have your kids but Berry wouldn't mind that and you know it" Santana said as Quinn sat up and sighed. She needed to get out of the house; she couldn't sit and cry the rest of the day. "Q, let's go to Babies R Us and Target, we'll register for the baby boy and then we'll go to dinner just us four girls" Santana said as she motioned to Chloe as well. Quinn just nodded as she went into her room and got herself cleaned up and ready to go. Brittany changed and got Chloe ready and within 45 minutes they were ready to go.
They went to Babies R Us first and Quinn smiled as she walked to the registry counter. Losing sight of Santana, Brittany, Chloe and the cart, she walked up to the counter and the older woman behind the counter smiled at Quinn. "Hello, I need to register for my baby shower" Quinn said as the woman got out the paper work smiling.
"Do you know what your having?" the woman asked as Quinn smiled "It's a boy" Quinn just answered as she filled out the paper work, she looked up as she wrote the date of her baby shower to see Brittany holding up a breast pump.
"Sanny we should try it out!" Brittany said as Santana held Chloe and people were staring.
"Britts I don't want that thing sucking on what god gave me!" Santana said as Brittany laughed.
"Oh Sanny yours are fake, it wouldn't hurt them plus if I haven't hurt them by now then I don't know what can" She said out loud as Santana blushed and Chloe laughed.
"Dear god why did I bring them?" Quinn thought as she handed the woman the paper work and two scan guns.
Quinn walked over to Brittany and Santana holding the two guns. "Ok, seriously guys were here for literally five minutes and people are staring!" Quinn said as she sat Chloe back in the cart, she handed Santana the other gun and let Brittany push the cart as she started scanning bottles that she would need.
"Q, do you need that sucker thingy?" Brittany asked as Santana laughed.
"She's got Berry to do that" Santana said laughing as Brittany joined in.
"Both of you! I am trying to register for my son and you're saying this in front of Chloe bug" Quinn said as Brittany tickled Chloe.
"Chloe bug lets go look at the duck stuff!" Brittany said pushing the cart towards the small aisle of bath toys. Santana was scanning every bib that had something to do with Auntie. Most of them were crude like 'My Auntie is hotter than yours'. Quinn made her way down to the bibs and looked at most of them for a boy having to do with a father.
"Why does everything have to say Dad? What about moms? We carry them for nine months just to have a man take all the glory" Quinn said as she scanned a pacifier that said 'My Mom Rocks'. "Your damn right mom rocks! That's what I like to hear" Quinn said as she rubbed her belly and Santana laughed before becoming serious.
"Quinn your really strong and I'm proud of you. You're going to be a single mom of two kids and you've been through a bunch of crap but your still an amazing mother" Santana said as Quinn looked at her.
"Thanks S" Quinn said as she hugged the girl and looked up to see a bunch of different colored rubber ducks in the cart and a hooded duck towel on Chloe's head.
"I'm so getting the babies this!" Brittany said as she held Chloe up. "Quack Quack" Brittany said as Chloe giggled. "Ritt Ritt" She said giggling as Quinn smiled.
"You can get the towel and maybe a couple ducks, not the whole cart full" Quinn said as Brittany clapped. "Come on Chloe Bug, Lets get our ducks" Brittany said as she left the cart with them and took Chloe back to the bath section.
Quinn walked over to the car seats and sighed. "I should've kept Chloe's car seat and stroller. I sold it to someone at church" Quinn said as she looked at the many different colors and styles. The one that caught Quinn's eye the most was a tan stroller and car seat set she had heard amazing things about. It was exactly what Quinn was looking for and she smiled.
"I love this one" Quinn said with a smile as she went to scan it and Santana stopped her.
"Britt and I will get it for you." She said as she picked up the ticket for it and Quinn looked shocked.
"Santana it's over $350, I can't ask you to get that for me especially after letting me live with you and everything" Quinn said as Santana shook her head.
"Nonsense, we want to and now stop complaining" Santana said as Quinn looked down.
"Thank you Santana" Quinn said smiling as Santana smiled at her. "Now you need to call Berry and apologize" Santana said as Quinn sighed.
"Your right… I should call her" Quinn said reluctantly as Santana shook her head.
"God I don't understand why you and Berry are so blind. You two love each other still… I can tell already and you both need to handle this. You are adults now, not teenagers. You don't have to pretend to just be best friends anymore" Santana said as she sighed scanning the double stroller that Quinn pointed to as Brittany and Chloe walked over with their ducks.
"Santana I will call her when we get home but I will text her now. I don't want to have this conversation in the middle of registering for the baby" Quinn said as Santana nodded. "Alright but I will sit by your side and make sure you do it" she said as Quinn just nodded.
Maybe it would be better if Santana were there when they talked because she would make Quinn deal with her issues unlike when she was alone. She took her phone out and sent Rachel a text; "I'm sorry for what happened. I'm at Babies R Us right now but I want to talk when I get home if you are still willing to talk to me" Quinn sent the text and went along registering for the things she needed.
Over an hour later, they were checking out at the front; Santana was buying the stroller and few outfits that Santana and Brittany both thought were cute. Quinn was so grateful she had friends who were there to help her out. She was holding Chloe and happened to look up and see Finn walking in with a beautiful, brown haired girl who was obviously happy.
He smiled and walked over to the trio "Quinn, Santana, Brittany! Hi" Finn said smiling at them as Quinn smiled warmly holding Chloe.
She had heard that Finn was married and expecting a child but didn't expect to see him in Lima. "Hey Finn, How are you doing? I haven't seen you since graduation" Quinn said as Finn smiled.
"Yeah I was in the army, I was stationed in Texas when I met my wife and we actually just moved back here" Finn said as he looked at his wife. "Kayla, this is my friends Quinn, Brittany, and Santana from high school" Finn said proudly as his wife smiled warmly. She seemed so nice and polite, something all three of the girls never thought Finn would get.
"Hi girls! It's so nice to meet you. Finn has told me so much about the glee club" She said as she looked down at Chloe. "So Finno….Finn, how was the army?" Santana asked stopping herself from using the old nickname she would call Finn constantly.
"It was great, I got them to give my father an honorable discharge and I actually grew up a lot" Finn said as Brittany nodded. "Quinn, your daughter is so cute by the way" Finn added as Quinn smiled. "This is Chloe. Chloe can you say hi to Finn" Quinn said as the toddler simply waved.
Quinn heard her phone ringing and it was "Don't Rain on My Parade' that only meant it was one person. "Rachel, Hey" Quinn said as Finn looked at Santana and Brittany.
"Quinn, I know you wanted to talk later but I didn't want to apologize over text messaging. I'm so sorry that I made you uncomfortable or upset. I just felt like I had to say it because it was on my chest for so long" Rachel said as Quinn smiled.
"Rachel, it's alright. I'm glad we both actually said it instead of hiding it from each other" Quinn said as she smiled hugely. "You'll never guess who we just ran into at Babies R Us…" Quinn added as she looked over to Finn and his wife.
"Who? We're they in the Glee Club?" Rachel asked as Quinn laughed softly. "Yeah, it's Finn actually" Quinn said as Rachel was silent for a second.
"Really? How is he doing?" Rachel asked sounding perfectly fine. "Great, he and his wife are shopping here for their baby" Quinn said as Rachel sighed. "What's with everyone having babies and getting married?" She asked as she laughed.
"You started a trend Ms. Fabray" Rachel added as Quinn laughed. "Most likely, you know how I like to be the trend setter always" Quinn joked as Santana glared at Quinn.
"Let me call you later, Santana is glaring at me for talking on the phone" Quinn said as Rachel sounded a lot happier. "Ok, we'll talk later. Bye Quinn" Rachel said hanging up as Finn looked at Quinn.
"So how is Rachel?" He asked as Quinn smiled. "She's very good, she works at NYADA and has done some shows" Quinn said as Finn smiled.
"Tell her I said hi and that I'm happy for her. We'll catch you guys later" Finn said as he and his wife both waved and went shopping.
"Who knew Finn could actually grow up and be almost tolerable" Santana said as Brittany smiled. "He was really nice San, He's changed" Brittany said as Quinn nodded with a soft smile. "Let's Eat" Santana said as they walked out to the car, ready to eat dinner.