A/N: Sorry for the wait. I had a slight writers block, trying to figure out how fast I want to go. I've been writing this story for a long time now (as those amazing people who are still reading know) and I feel like I need to speed things up for you guys. Jump some time and get to the end instead of dragging everything out. I think most of the things I wanted to happen in this story can wait for the sequel (yes I have always planned on a sequel). I wanted to develop Rachel, Puck, Santana, and Brittany more but like I said I might wait for the sequel to do that. So hopefully now that I am pushing up the timeline I will be getting chapters out faster. Please let me know if the pace change does not work for you and if I should slow down again. As always let me know what you think of this chapter, I am quite proud of it actually. I hope you like it too. Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of its characters. Glee belongs to its creators and Fox.

Ch. 36:

Quinn was surprised when she woke up around 11 am to find Leroy and Hiram sitting on the couch in her living room. She had expected to have a peaceful solo Saturday since her Mom was at a conference this weekend. Instead she was staring at the two men whom had been in her life for months now but she barely knew or interacted with. Frankly she was perfectly fine with that. Quinn hated to admit it but older men often scared her. That was probably Russell's fault.

"Good Morning Quinn. I see you are holding up the age old adage of teens sleeping all morning." Hiram giggled to himself, Quinn sure didn't find if funny and Leroy just rolled his eyes.

"I think that's more the baby's fault than me being a teenager." Quinn replied as she walked past the two men and into the kitchen to grab herself some cereal for breakfast. "So where's Rachel?"

"She's spending the day and having a sleep over at Kurt's tonight?" Quinn paused and looked at the two men an eyebrow raised at them, "Doesn't Finn live with the Hummel's now?" She remembered hearing something about Carol and Burt Hummel dating and moving their families in together. It seemed kind of fast to Quinn but to each their own.

Leroy laughed, "Yes, and we have been insured by Carol as well as Burt that Rachel will be staying with Kurt in his room while Finn will be upstairs in his own room which is right next to theirs." Finn must love that.

"Cool. So…" The two men were just staring at her and it was frankly starting to creep her out a bit, "what are you two doing today?" Hiram and Leroy looked at each other a moment before Hiram began speaking.

"We were hoping to maybe take you and spend some time together, that is if you don't have any plans already."

Quinn paused; they wanted to spend the day with her? Why? "Um, no I was just going to veg out on the couch and maybe catch up on my reading. But I mean you guys don't need to stay with me. You should go somewhere together, I promise I won't do a runner again."

It was Leroy who answered her, he smiled gently as he spoke, "honestly Quinn we really would like to spend time with you. I know we don't know each other that well and we don't interact much, not at all alone and Hiram and I would really like to change that. We are sorry if you felt we haven't wanted to get to know you but both of us have noticed that you aren't very comfortable around us and we wanted to respect that and give you your space and some time." Quinn looked away embarrassed that the two men who had done nothing to her, actually they'd been nothing but nice, had noticed her avoidance of them. She felt guilty really. "I didn't mean to offend you." She mumbled.

"We aren't offended Quinn, not at all, we understand your apprehension." Hiram said firmly but kindly.

"But we want to start developing a relationship with you, one that is completely on your terms and builds at your own pace. Quinn we love you, I can tell by the shaking of your head right now that you don't believe us, but it is true, we do love you and we want to be here for you, we want to be whatever you want us to be for you whether that be father figures or friends. Its up to you completely but we wanted to come to you today to start things off, to let you know that we want a relationship with you."

Quinn bit her lip, did she want a relationship with Hiram and Leroy, one approaching something like what Rachel had with Judy. Part of her yearned for a father, a real one who would love her, make her feel safe, threaten any boyfriends who dated her. She wanted a real grandfather for her daughter. At the same time she was petrified, what if Hiram and Leroy turned out to be like Russell, or worse she turned them into Russell. Was it worth the risk, the potential heartbreak. Quinn wasn't so sure but as she looked at the eager face of Hiram and the patient soft face of Leroy she thought she could at least give them today, as a start.

"I guess we could go out today."

"Yeah, you'll love what we have planned, I know it." Hiram jumped up running towards the house, "I'll get the keys and we can go." Quinn turned to Leroy who was giggling and shaking his head at his over excitable husband. Quinn laughed.

Hiram hadn't been lying, Quinn absolutely loved that the two men had planned for their day together; after a very quiet but not uncomfortable ride to Columbus Quinn found herself at the Art Museum exploring the Ansel Adams exhibit. It was extraordinary. The range of whites and blacks and greys in his landscapes left her speechless, the emotions he caught those landscapes were soul moving. Quinn could only hope to be half as talented. She truly loved that all of Ansel work was film and had been developed with sweat and straining eyes in the dim red light of a dark room. It was as if Ansel left a piece of himself in every photograph. It was amazing that such small pictures could be so grand and enormous.

Quinn had spent hours in the small exhibit but Hiram and Leroy didn't seem to mind. Eventually they moved onto other exhibits but Quinn's mind lingered on Ansel's work. Just before they left she had one more peek around.

"I take it we did well?" Hiram asked as he led the threesome to a local restaurant that he loved so they could have a late lunch, well more like an early dinner.

Quinn blushed, she'd been gushing about photography techniques the entire time they had been in the exhibit and wouldn't be surprised if the two men were sick of hearing her speak. "Yes, it was so wonderful, thank you so much."

"Judy had mentioned that you were attached to your camera so it was a safe bet on our part." Leroy chuckled. They'd reached the restaurant and were seated near the front by the waitress. She was older woman, who despite trying to hide it was giving both Quinn and the Berry men a slightly disgusted look.

"Don't you get tired of it?" Quinn asked as the woman left.

"Of what?" Leroy asked.

"The stares, glares, whispers, rude comments." Quinn motioned towards the waitress who was not so discretely pointing to them as she gossiped with her coworker. To give the coworker some credit she gave the woman a glare in returned said something quick and then left.

"You don't get over Quinn but you learn to deal and ignore it. Also things, though not perfect are so much better than we were younger. Not only were we gay but also interracial which didn't sit well with those who were okay with our sexuality. Does it hurt, sometimes, but I wouldn't change anything, I love Hiram and he loves me and we have an amazing family that includes three very amazing woman, one who is sitting before us who has the most strength of anyone we've ever met."

Quinn ducked her head, "Thank you."

"It simply the truth." Hiram shrugged.

The waitress came back and took their order with little exchange between herself and them. Quinn couldn't help but roll her eyes at the woman arrogance. At least the food was good. The threesome fell into simple conversation mainly base level things to get to know each other. Quinn learned that ironically it was Hiram who was the horror buff and Leroy who couldn't stand them. She also learned that both men were huge Credence Clearwater Revival fans as well as Lynard Skynd and Rolling Stones. Quinn had admitted to being kind of a Classical nerd, loving Bach to Beethoven to Mozart. She also loved Big Band and Swing music. Gershwin was another favorite. In the terms of modern music she generally stuck to singer song writers, her current obsession was Ingrid Michaelson, but she also dabbled in House music (Avicii, David Guetta) and alternative rock(Paramore, The Black Keys, Nirvana).

Soon it was time to go and they paid for their meal. They were about to leave when the waitress stopped them, "You know it is incidents like this that prove that people like you shouldn't raise children. I mean honestly she can't be more than 16 years old and she's pregnant. A shame really, I bet she was looking for some normalcy and stability." The three just stopped their jaws dropping. Quinn saw Leroy about to respond but she beat him to the punch.

"Excuse me?" Quinn exclaimed her eyes narrowing as they trained on the woman whom took a step back.

"If you'd have been raised in a normal family with a good Christian father this wouldn't have happened to you. I know it is difficult living with their life style but honey looking for stability and a normal life by having premarital sex is not how to find it."

Quinn bristled and she took a step forward, she felt either Leroy or Hiram try to stop her but she ignored the squeezing hand on her shoulder. "Really you really think I wouldn't be a teen mother right now if I had been raised in a good Christian family?"

"Of course." The woman didn't sound so sure now.

"Well let me set thing straight for you small bigoted mind, these are not my fathers but wish they had been because if they were than I wouldn't be pregnant. You see they have an extraordinary daughter who is one not pregnant and two so kind and understand and immensely talented that she will be going far in this world. Her name is Rachel Berry and you'd better remember it because if an few years it will be all over. Second I have a good Christian father, so good that he beat me nightly, he locked my in closets for weeks on end, and he degraded me with every word he spoke. So yeah I made a mistake and went looking for love and stability and normalcy as you put it, and yeah I got pregnant. But you know what is good about that, my good Christian father kicked me out of his house and I was lucky enough to land on their door step and never have I felt more love and acceptance from a father figure in my life than I have in the few short months I have been honored to know Hiram and Leroy. So excuse me if we don't fit into the tiny black and white world that you live in but don't you dare insult the two most important men in my life ever again. You can condemn me all you want but not them. Now normally I'd report you to your manager but seeing as she is coming now I don't feel like I will need to. Have a good day."

With that Quinn turned on her heel and marched out of the restaurant, Hiram with her Leroy a few minutes later. She was still fuming half way back to Lima, the audacity of that woman to blame Leroy and Hiram for her mistakes it just boiled Quinn's blood. "I'm sorry about that woman," Quinn finally said into the dead silence that ruled the car since they got in. Leroy who was driving suddenly slowed down and pulled over. He and Hiram turned to look at her. "Why would you need to apologize for her?"

Quinn shrugged, "She was horrible to you because I was with you."

"Quinn," Leroy's voice was low and gentle. It pulled Quinn's eyes up. Love and concern flowed from the brown and blue eyes looking back at her. "She would have said something whether you were there or not. She was a small minded person. You were not the cause of her comments."

Quinn knew they were right but she just need to hear it from them. "I guess."

"There is no guessing about it. It's fact. Also we'd like to thank you for sticking up for us in there. What you said, how you feel about us, it means so much." Leroy smiled as she reach over an took her hand. "I wanted to say that earlier but you looked like you were about to explode so I wanted to let you cool down."

"Probably a good idea. I meant what I said, I know we haven't interacted much but the little we have you two have been amazing to me. I mean just look at today you drove hours to take me to an exhibit neither of you would normally go to and you listened to me talk about photography all day, it well…." Quinn was crying gently now, "It the best thing anyone has done for me in such a long time. I just…thank you." Both men squeezed her hand, no words just sincere looks and understanding.

When they got home Quinn was exhausted and half asleep. Leroy opened her door, "Will you let me carry you?" Quinn sleepily nodded. She felt two strong arms slide under her and lift her from the car. She rested her head against his firm chest and didn't feel anxious or scared. She wasn't exactly comfortable but it didn't feel like she wanted to jump out of her skin. She was almost completely asleep by the time they entered the garage apartment.

"Leroy is she okay?" Quinn could hear a slight panic in her mother's voice.

"She's fine Judy just tired, I'll take her to bed." A few seconds later she was being laid in her bed and covers being pulled over her.

"Thank you," she mumbled as she snuggled into her pillow.

"You're welcome good night."

"Night."

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