A/N: I suck, that's all that I can say. I apologize that I've taken this long to update and I had promised one of my readers to update quickly and I've been lagging on it so I do apologize. There is definitely going to be a lot of drama coming up so if anyone has ideas let me know.
I've been toying around with a Beth and Amanda relationship, but I'm not totally sold on the idea quite yet. What do you all think?
Chapter Eleven: Face to Face
In a bar in Cleveland, a blonde woman sat at the nursing her second drink. She was trying to get enough liquid courage to return home after being away from her family for over a year. For the past year she had been on tour with an up and coming artist who had finally made it big. She was the back-up dancer and singer for Riley Adams, a local artist from Lima, Ohio.
"Are you married?"
The blonde haired woman looks at the ring on her finger and smiles slightly before looking up at the bartender.
"For now…I think…I'm not really sure."
"They say bartenders make the best therapist. It also helps that this is just a night job. I'm an actual therapist so if you want to talk I'm here to listen."
"I left my family for my career and I'm afraid to go home."
"Do you love your family?"
The blonde haired girl nods her head.
"I love them more than ducks," blonde haired girl replies honestly.
The bartender crinkles her forehead not really understanding what the girl said, but commented anyway.
"Then isn't going home worth all the risk?"
The blonde haired girl swallows the rest of her drink and nods her head.
"They are. I'm just scared."
"Hey Gina, did we get that other shipment in?" Noah Puckerman asks while walking in from the back. He does a double take when he sees his old classmate sitting at his bar.
"Brittany Pierce, wow, it's been a really long time. You're still hot."
Gina turns and glares at her boyfriend who just smiles. Brittany smiles at her friend.
"It's Pierce-Lopez."
"Awesome," Puck says with a grin as flashes of girl on girl go on in his head.
Gina grumbles and walks into the back.
"Babe, I'm sorry," Puck apologizes, but he knows it's no use.
"What brings you to my bar?"
"Alcohol," Brittany states easily.
"Obviously, but why are you here in Cleveland?"
"I left a year ago and I want to come home, but I don't know how."
"Just go home."
"I'm scared," Brittany admits. "I left my wife and my daughter and if I go home I don't want them to send me away."
"I've been having that same mind set. I want to go see Quinn, Rachel and Lucy, but I just. I don't know if it's a good idea."
Brittany bites the bottom of her lip before looking up at her old Gleek friend.
"We could go together."
*Friend to a Stranger*
Beth grumbles and plops down on the coach next to Lucy who just raised an eyebrow at her behavior.
"My girlfriend won't talk to me."
"Are you seriously talking to me about relationship advice?"
"Why not?"
"I don't really care about your relationships, that and the fact that I've never really had one."
"Aren't you supposed to be my sister? Shouldn't you be giving me advice or something?"
"I told you not to start hanging with Amanda. It was only going to drive Sara crazy and these are the results."
Beth sits up and sighs.
"Amanda needs a friend. That's what I am trying to be for her right now. Sara shouldn't be jealous about that."
Lucy places her books on the table and sighs as she pushes her hair behind her ear.
"Except that you are denying the fact that Amanda wants more than just a friendship with you. I'm telling you Beth; you need to figure out what you want out of both of those relationships because either way one of them is going to be hurt by it."
Lucy gets up from the couch and walks out of the room and heads to the kitchen. Beth just sits on the couch and thinks.
What did she want from Amanda and Sara? Sara had been there for her from the start and she liked the attention that Amanda was giving her. She admits that lately her free time has been spent with Amanda, but she did like Sara. She was just confused.
Quinn walks into the living room after talking with Lucy. She watches as her daughter seems to be in deep thought. Quinn chuckles and takes a spot next to her daughter. Beth glances at her, but doesn't say anything. Quinn wasn't going to push anything.
"Have you ever had two girls who really liked you and you had no idea what to do?"
"I would like to say that I haven't been in a situation like that, but I would be wrong. My situation doesn't involve two girls. It involves Rachel and your father. Noah liked me and Rachel loved me, but I was so messed up and I just I screwed up. I'm not saying that you are what screwed me up, because it wasn't like that, but having you made me be a better person."
"Obviously you chose Rachel."
"I loved her. I guess the point I am trying to make is that life is messy, but it's only fair that you are honest with yourself. I don't know what has been going on, but if you love Sara then don't hurt her anymore, but if you don't then you have an obligation to tell her so she can move on. Ultimately it is up to you on what you do."
"Being a teenager sucks," Beth complains with a whine.
"Yeah, it really does," Quinn says with a chuckle. "It just gets harder as an adult."
"That's not very comforting."
"It wasn't meant to be Beth. It's the truth."
*Friend to a Stranger*
Beth trudges her way upstairs and digs out her phone. She had a text message and she smiles at the sender.
Thankyou for everything 3 Amanda
Beth smiles, but before she can send a message, another one pops up on her phone.
I Miss U :( Sara
The smile leaves Beth's face. She was so screwed.
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Quinn had been tidying up the living room after talking with Beth. She was free from the hospital except for emergencies and she was bored because her wife was working late on a new Glee concept. There was a knock on the door and when she opened it she was surprised at who she found behind it.
"Hey Quinn."
Quinn came face to face with Noah Puckerman.
A few doors down, a blonde came face to face with her wife only to get the door shut on her face.