I don't own glee.
Quinn: like this
Frannie:Like this
Chapter 19:
Because of you
But if baby I'm the bottom you're the top!
The music echoes across the room as Rachel mumbles some unintelligent words, half awake, half asleep, cuddling naked in Quinn's bed. The song doesn't stop and her eyes pop open, lifting her head, she takes her phone from Quinn's nightstand.
"Hello dad… Oh, hi daddy."
She put the same ring tone for both of them and her eyes are barely open for her to have noticed the name on the screen.
"Were you still sleeping? I guess it has something to do with the stunning blonde by your side huh?"
"Here you go again daddy, trying to tease me when we both know you can't handle."
"What? I'm not teasing. I'm just pointing the truth."
"Oh really?" She smirks."But I think you're right. I might be out of my usual morning routine, it's Quinn's fault. She spent last night fu-"
Ignoring her girlfriend's protests, Quinn takes Rachel's phone. The blonde was awake when Rachel picked up her phone and as soon as she hears her name she steps in.
"Hi Hiram, Rachel is temporarily prohibited to talk. Any particular reason for your call? I'd be very happy to tell her."
"Quinn!" Rachel shouts and Hiram laughs on the other side of the line.
"Oh my God! I'd love to see her face right now." Hiram says still trying to hold back his laugh.
"Give it to me now!" Rachel demands childlike.
Quinn smiles and gives the phone to her girlfriend then she lies back on the bed again.
"So?" Rachel sits up.
"Are you coming to visit your dads?"
"Of course daddy; this is why you interrupted my sleep?" She huffs.
"Hey! I thought you would be awake."
"Daddy it's ten in the morning!"
"You used to be awake by six in the morning."
"I had school! And as I was saying someone kept me from sleeping all night long…"
"Rach!" Quinn whines.
"Anyways, of course I'll be coming home to see you guys. I love you daddy, but I have to go back to sleep."
"Okay pumpkin, love you too."
She hangs up and lies down. Soon after Quinn cuddles into her girlfriend, innocently at first, but things start heating up when she starts kissing and sucking and marking the brunette's neck. The blonde slides her hand up to Rachel's breast, she squeezes it and the singer moans.
"Oh no, don't even think about it." Rachel objects.
"Why not?" Quinn says as she stops kissing her girlfriend.
"Baby, my body is sore and I really don't want your sister to hate me. You are aware that your bedroom is not soundproof? And my hand suffered enough from last night."
Intrigued, Quinn looks down at Rachel's hand.
"Fuck! Rachel!" She exclaims.
Rachel's hand has teeth marks, twilight style.
"Baby you know I'm loud." Rachel points out.
Yes Quinn knows it quite well. No matter how loud Quinn can be, Rachel tends to always be the louder.
She then takes her girlfriend's bruised hand and starts kissing it sweetly.
"I'm a Broadway star after all and it was either this or scream your name all night long. You were really insatiable last night."
"Have you seen my girlfriend?"
"Yeah, she is kind of hot huh?" Rachel says, playing along.
"Mmhm…I have the hots for her. In fact I have had the hots for her since I was in high school, especially when she was wearing one of hers sinfully short skirts."
"She used to wear that a lot huh?"
"She enjoyed teasing me."
"I did not." Rachel giggles.
"I'm kidding, of course , I know it wasn't for me, I mean you were into Fi…"
"I used to wear them because I liked them." Rachel interrupts. "And I thought we had managed to leave the Finn subject in the past. You once said, "You can't change your past, but you can let go and start your future."
"I was apologizing."
Quinn explains calmly as Rachel gets intrigued.
"Yes I meant it like that, I really think sometimes we need to move on and let go of the past. But I also said that because, for all the things I put you through, I knew I couldn't change anything of it, so I wanted to be a better friend and maybe start over."
They look at each other for a moment.
"I love you." Rachel says sweetly as she leans her head on her girlfriend's shoulder.
"Besides, after last night I don't think I want to erase our past anymore; I mean, I got half of Rachel Berry's heart after all and plus we have so many special memories."
"You have my whole heart Quinn, but yes we do have special memories together, like that time we had sex on the auditorium's piano."
Rachel smirks and Quinn eyes open wide at that comment.
"Oh no, that was just a dream, a very naughty dream I had a few months ago." Rachel says casually.
"Really?"
"Yes really, I needed a cold shower when I woke up from that dream. Not to mention you were wearing your cheerleader's uniform."
Rachel closes her eyes for moment, just picturing Quinn in her uniform.
"You really has a thing for my cheerios uniform right?"
"You had no idea."
"Was dream Quinn good?" The blonde arches an eyebrow seductively.
"Oh yeah, she was really good, but real Quinn is so much better." Rachel says with her husky sex voice.
"Is that so?"
She is about to kiss Rachel when they hear a knock on the door.
"Quinnie? Are you guys awake?"
"Yeah! Hold on a second." Quinn shouts.
They look down at their bodies and yes, some clothes would be great.
Rachel watches her girlfriend attempt to get presentable with delight. Because A) the view of her naked body pacing around the room and B) Quinn is so cute when she is embarrassed.
"Rach?"
"Mm?"
She was so lost watching her girlfriend that she forgot everything else. Like how she is completely naked on Quinn's bed.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
She gets out of the bed and goes toward the bathroom as Quinn opens the door.
"Hi mom."
"Hi! I made breakfast sweetie, I want you and Rachel to join us, okay?"
"Okay." She nods.
Judy starts walking away.
"Mom."
"Yes?" She turns around to face her daughter again.
"Did you hear something last night?"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know… like any noises?"
"No, you know I sleep like a rock why? Was there something wrong?"
"No, no, everything is fine, I think I was dreaming." Quinn breathes a sigh of relief.
"Okay don't be long?"
"I won't." She closes the door.
"So?" Rachel asks as soon as she exits the bathroom wearing Quinn's robe.
"Breakfast?"
"Please, I need to recover my energy."
"My mom didn't hear anything from last night." Quinn pulls her girlfriend closer.
"How do you know?" Rachel frowns.
"I certainly didn't ask: hey mom did you hear me and Rachel having sex last night?"
"Well…" Rachel sighs.
"You've got to be kidding me?" The blonde stares at the brunette in utter disbelief.
"Yeah… You didn't even want to make out in here."
Quinn pouts.
"I'm glad you changed your mind. I've wanted to have sex with you in this bed for so long, in fact I may have fantasized about ripping off your cheerios uniform and fucking you on this bed a couple of times."
"Really?" Quinn arches an eyebrow. "How many times?" She asks as she leans down her head to suck on Rachel's neck.
"So many times." Rachel purrs. "Baby I just gave you a big speech and you still didn't get it? I also had the hots for you."
The actress moans.
"But now we need to get out of this room."
"Yeah, you're right." Quinn whines and Rachel smiles.
"I need your clothes because I don't want to meet your sister in this robe."
"Sure, I have the perfect thing for you to wear." Quinn smirks.
The blonde goes to her closet and Rachel starts tying up her hair in a ponytail; after a while she finally finds what she was looking for; Quinn takes her favorite Yale shirt and goes toward Rachel.
"Here, wear this…"
As soon as Rachel sees the Yale shirt she freezes. Quinn wanted to tease her sister a little; she couldn't imagine that Rachel would get so emotional.
"Baby what's wrong?"
The singer shakes her head without taking her eyes off the shirt that is on Quinn's hand. Then she takes the shirt in such a fond way, like she is holding a sacred thing.
"Nothing." She whispers and puts on the shirt quickly.
"Are you sure?"
Rachel looks down at the shirt and the smile that spreads across her face is so intense that makes her girlfriend smiles as well.
"I…" She blushes and drops her eyes. "I've always wanted to wear this."
"You just needed to ask and I could have gotten one for you."
"You didn't get it, I wanted to use yours." Rachel giggles.
"Oh…" The blonde finally understands. "Really?"
Rachel nods her head and look up at Quinn. They smile at each other.
"You just needed to ask anyway." Quinn admits and they laugh lively.
"Yeah, now I need something for the downstairs area. I can't leave this room like this."
The shirt covers only the upper part of Rachel's thighs.
"Why not? You're sexy like that. But just so you know when we get back to L.A…"
Quinn stops mid-sentence because she just had a very naughty idea. She moans soundly.
"What are you thinking?"
"You'll see when we get back to L.A."
"Is it something naughty Quinn Fabray?"
"Very naughty Rachel Berry."
Rachel giggles.
"Let's go silly, I want to meet your sister."
The blonde sighs soundly.
"What?"
"Don't get too excited about her, and no matter what, I love you okay?"
"Okay."
She kisses Rachel's forehead in a very fond way and the brunette knows that she is in protective mode.
When they get in the kitchen, they are presented with Mark's laugh. He was joking, but Frannie wasn't that much into the joke. As soon as Judy sees them she goes towards the girls with a smile on her face.
"Girls!" She hugs her daughter then she turns to Rachel "Hey!" They hug each other tight.
"Quinn! You didn't tell me you had another sister; I mean, look at this beautiful lady here." Rachel says pompously.
"Stop talking about beauty. I mean look at you, you're even more beautiful than I remembered. I almost couldn't enjoy you last night before Quinn jumped on you." Judy teases and they smile at each other.
"Stop hitting on my girlfriend mom." Quinn demands mockingly.
Annoyed, Frannie releases a displeased noise, making Judy frown and Quinn sigh.
"Rach, this is my sister, Frannie and her husband Mark."
The older sister's eyes drops to Rachel's shirt.
"You're Rachel Berry." Mark looks excited.
"Well yeah." Rachel, smiling from ear to ear, offers her hand and he shakes it.
"Frannie has your album." He informs as she rolls her eyes annoyed by her husband's revelation.
"I didn't know you liked my music." Rachel smiles at her.
"I actually won that CD, a friend gave it to me."
Rachel nods, she is still very excited to be meeting Quinn's sister.
"It's a pleasure finally to meet you. In fact I've always wanted to meet Quinn's older sister. I mean, I've always wanted to know everything about her life." The singer offers her hand and Frannie holds it unenthusiastically.
"Sure…"
"Are you girls hungry?" Judy asks.
"Very hungry Judy!" Rachel says playfully and takes a seat.
"The toast is just the way you like it and I made fresh orange juice, just the way you like it too."
Quinn sits on Rachel's side without taking her eyes off of her sister.
"Judy…" Rachel makes moony eyes at Judy.
"Mom, Rachel is such a spoiled diva already; you will make things worse, you should've seen the Berrys, they'd give food in her mouth if she asked"
"Quinn!" Rachel nudges her girlfriend's ribs.
"Don't be jealous Quinnie I made bacon!"
"Oh yeah mom! Give it to me."
"Are you sure you're gonna eat that baby?" Rachel teases her girlfriend.
"Yes! Sorry love; but not even you can take me away from bacon."
"Yeah, bacon is Lucy's number one passion." Frannie arches an eyebrow. The actress shakes her head and looks at her sister amused how that didn't piss her off, maybe in the past, but not anymore.
"Actually, I'm Lucy's number one passion." Rachel states mockingly.
"Mm… Lucy…" Frannie teases her sister."I thought you didn't like being called Lucy…"
She used to hate, then it became indifferent, but now with Rachel's tattoo it doesn't seem so bad. Quinn smirks when memories from last night flashes in her mind.
"She doesn't." The singer says a little annoyed. Frannie ignores the brunette and keeps looking at Quinn, but the actress ignores her sister too.
"What rhymes with Lucy? I forgot, can you remind me sis?" She says teasingly as Rachel frowns at her
"Frannie enough." Judy interjects.
"I'm just teasing her mom, Lucy knows I'm just kidding right Lucy?"
Quinn laughs.
"You know what? Frannie? You can call me Lucy as much as you want that's my name after all."
"Okay, enough! Who are you! What have you done to my sister?"
Mark gets uncomfortable and squirms on his seat. Rachel watches her carefully, she is amused by how similar they are, truth, Quinn is so much more beautiful, which is not saying much because to Rachel, Quinn will always be the prettiest girl in the world.
"This is called being an adult, you should try it."
"No, you're not like that."
"Like what?"
"Like, all hugs and kisses and whatever."
"You know that this is a normal human being behavior?"
"Not you…"
"You're confusing me with you." Quinn says casually.
"You only wish you could be like me."
"Oh yeah I wished, wished I could be like you. You know, before my dad disowned me and you did nothing to support me." She says with venom.
"I was nineteen!"
"I was sixteen!"
"Girls!" Judy raises her voice. "Quinn, your sister is not responsible for that, I am."
"Mom…" Quinn complains.
"Frannie stop right now, I know what you're doing."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Frannie crosses her arms over her chest.
"Yes you know! You're not responsible for your father's actions and I am the one to blame here when it comes to Quinn's fate in that horrible day."
Rachel shudders and shuts her eyes.
"Yes, Puck is the father."
"Baby you're okay?" Quinn asks and Rachel nods weakly.
"But sweetie…" Judy starts again. "Your sister needed you too and you failed her as a sister, here is your chance to make amends by supporting her."
"I won't support her with this." She avoids Rachel's eyes.
"That's great because I don't need it!" Quinn raises her voice a little.
"Frannie…" Judy sighs.
"I don't want to talk about it in front of her…"
"Fran…" Mark warns her.
"She has a name!" Quinn shouts glaring at her sister, but Rachel touches her girlfriend's arm sweetly.
"Quinn, it's okay actually, I need to see my dads."
Frannie chuckles sarcastically and Rachel presses her lips together, controlling her tempers.
"I'll see you later okay? If you'll excuse me, Mark, Frannie, it was a pleasure." She turns toward the older Fabray. "Sorry Judy, but you know my dads."
Judy nods.
"But please, come back."
"I will, I promise." She stands up and Quinn mimics her movements. "What are you doing?"
"I'm going with you of course."
Rachel smiles and shakes her head.
"Bye guys."
They walk to the bedroom and as soon as they get there, Rachel starts putting her clothes on.
"You'll stay." She says absentmindedly.
"No!"
"Quinn!"
"Rachel!"
"Look, I'll be back and you and your sister look like you need to talk and make up."
"You're upset?"
"No, why would I be?"
"Frannie."
"No, I'm not…" Rachel assures.
The blonde sighs.
"What were you thinking when my mom was talking about my dad disowning me?"
Rachel nibbles her bottom lip, thoughtful.
"I know you love, something was bothering you."
She sighs and gets close to her girlfriend.
"I was thinking about you and how difficult things must have been for you. How I made you go through it all again when I told Finn he wasn't the father. I was such stupid girl… " Rachel eyes are watering.
"Don't say that, I love you. I shouldn't have lied."
"But…"
"No buts."
Quinn cups her girlfriend's cheek and kisses her passionately. Rachel holds the blonde's hair and opens her mouth widely, her tongue writhing against Quinn's tongue as they moan into the kiss and the blonde slips her hands on Rachel's back going down her ass.
"One day I will understand why I didn't do this sooner."
Rachel says as she is kind of dizzy from that kiss.
"Better late than never." Quinn leans forward and plants firms, closed-mouth kisses all around Rachel's lips making her giggle in the process.
"See you soon?"
"You better." Quinn pouts.
They walk holding hands until they reach the door. They kiss a little bit more and say good bye. When Rachel is gone, Quinn goes back to the kitchen. She sits down again as if nothing had happened.
"Is Rachel okay Quinnie?"
"Yes mom the only reason for me being here and not with her is because, firstly she told me to stay and..." She rubs her forehead and looks at her sister. "I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Beth wants to see you, she is nine and very smart so, I..."
"She wants to see me?" Frannie says almost like a whisper.
Quinn scrutinizes her sister's facial expression. She is not eager to let Beth to get along with Frannie, she wants to be sure that her sister will be nice. But Frannie seems to be truly willing to do this meeting.
"Yes so, can I trust you? Because I swear I will..."
"Yes, you can trust me" Frannie cuts her sister off.
"All I needed to hear."
"That's wonderful!" Judy beams. "Oh Frannie! she is such a wonderful girl, you have to see how she is right now."
"I can't wait to see her." Frannie stares at Quinn. They give each other a closed mouth smile.
"I'd like that too." Mark states and Quinn nods.
"Mom, this is delicious." Quinn starts eating again.
"So, Quinn, your mother said you will be starring in a movie soon." He asks her sister in law.
"Yes, this is my first leading hole in a movie, I'm really exciting about it and I want it to be good, it's an old project and I can't let Puck down."
"I can't believe, you're still related to that moron." Frannie disdains.
"In case you didn't notice sis, that moron, is the father of my daughter." Because really, nobody can call her moron a moron, except for her. "So, I think we are going to be related for the rest of our lives."
"If you're saying… on second thought why don't you marry him?"
"I love Puck too much to kill him and believe me, that's what would happen."
"Oh, Quinnie, you have horrible taste in men. I like Noah despite the fact of him being the moron who got you pregnant. He gave me such a special thing and really, he is the least worse, but I think Beth has something to do with my judgment."
Quinn laughs.
"I'll tell him this, or maybe not, he is already too cocky because I told him you prefer him over Finn. But hey! I have a much better taste in women." She teases.
"Yes, she is a precious thing."
"I really, I can't, mom is this really you?" Frannie is astonished, she turns to her husband. "Am I dreaming?" He twists his mouth.
"Frannie, I don't need your opinion, really, I love her, she loves me and mom is okay with this, just accept it."
"By the way, you'll apologize for your behavior…" Judy adds.
"You're really delusional if you think I'm going to apologize to her…"
"First of all, careful young lady, I'm still your mother, and she has a name like it or not, she is your sister's girlfriend." Even Judy is impressed with how easily it rolled off her tongue.
Though Frannie gets irritated and Mark is uncomfortable.
"Fine, whatever I give up!"
"Good, 'cause once hurricane Rachel hits you, you can't get away."
"You're so accurate mom, and you didn't even meet teenage Rachel." Quinn says with moony eyes.
"Ha! Yeah right, I said I give up trying to put some sense in your heads. I didn't say I'll be her bestie."
"Oh Frannie… you won't resist her believe me."
Quinn smiles at her mother.
No matter how far she can go, or how successful she can be, she will always miss this: her little moments with her dads. After a quickly shower, she really needed to eat something. Since for obvious reasons, she didn't eat at the Fabrays.
"So, you really missed your dads' food huh? Or I suppose that the "breakfast with the Fabrays" was not very successful." Hiram starts the game.
"Or…I'm really famished because of my sex marathon last night."
"Not successful." He teases.
"No, but I really had a sex marathon last night."
"Ugh!" Leroy walks in the kitchen. "Rachelah! I don't want to hear about my baby's sexual life." He huffs petulantly. "How is Quinn by the way?"
"Sorry dad and she's fine." Rachel takes a deep breath. "Dad, daddy we need to talk."
"You're pregnant?" Hiram puts his hand on his heart and Rachel looks up at the ceiling silently asking for patience.
"I don't know what is happening but lately everybody has decided to make ridiculous questions, but no daddy, I'm not pregnant, Quinn is good but not that good."
Leroy huffs again.
"Sorry, but he asked for it… anyway about the talking."
"We're listening." Leroy says and looks at his husband.
She opens up and tells them everything she told Quinn. It was tough, but not as much as it was with her girlfriend. In the end they were both tearful.
"Baby girl, I won't say: you should have told us, because this is past now, of course it would have been better if you had opened up to us… But I'm proud of you, you're brave and strong, don't ever doubt that."
"Hiram is right, you should have told us, but we should have been more active about it, I mean, it is not like the signals weren't there and I'm not talking about you liking girls, I'm talking about your love for her. Don't get me wrong, Finn or Quinn…"
"It rhymes…" Hiram points out and both Rachel and Leroy frown at him. "Sorry, keep going love" Leroy shakes his head, but smiles at his husband, Rachel rolls her eyes.
"As I was saying, Quinn or Finn…"
"Actually, you said, Finn or Quinn…"
"For God's sake!" Rachel shouts.
"Hiram!"
"Shutting up now..."
"We would've supported you anyway, all that matters is your happiness, but honey, we tried our best to stop that wedding, not because we don't like Finn, we love that boy, it's just that you were too young, nobody stopped you, she stopped you before that truck hit her car." Rachel closes her eyes."I know it's a delicate subject for you, but the truth is, you refused to marry him because she wasn't there. You had decided that before the accident."
"I know." She sighs.
"Leroy is right, we saw the way she used to look at you and how she was when she was around you, and the way she watched your performances on Broadway. All those names she called you and you still had forgiven her. I think I lost count as to how many times you talked about her."
"Yeah, you started with...Pretty blonde cheerleader, then little miss perfect Prom Queen…"
"The Barbie who stole your solo at sectionals." Hiram teases.
"Finn's new girlfriend."
"Oh, that lasted weeks." Hiram says dramatically.
"The prettiest girl I've ever met." She says fondly.
"That was after you told us about the whole story."
"We still didn't get your feelings." Leroy sighs soundly.
"Yeah." Hiram pouts and nods at him.
"It's okay, I was confused too."
They hear the doorbell ring.
"That must be Kurt."
She informs them and leaves the kitchen. Rachel opens the door to see her two best friends.
"Hi there!" The nifty boy beams.
"Hi guys " She hugs the taller boy.
"Hey I want a hug too." Kurt pouts.
"We saw each other yesterday."
They get inside.
"I just wanna say that I'm here because of Kurt." Finn raises his voice. Rachel laughs.
"She is not here."
"Oh." He sighs as he gets relieved. "I'm just leaving anyway; are you sure you don't want me to pick you up later?"
"Yes, Blaine is coming any minute."
"Finn!" Leroy shouts; he just joined the kids in the living room, his husband right behind.
"Hi, Mr. Berry and Mr. Berry so, how's the leg?"
"Getting better and Finn thanks again for taking me to the hospital."
Right in this moment, the doorbell rings again.
"It was nothing." Finn says humble.
Hospital, Leg, Quinn!
It is like reflex arc. She hits him over the head hard, surprising everyone.
"Ouch! Rach! What was that for?"
The doorbell rings one more time.
"I got it." Hiram goes toward the doorway.
"That was for trying to forcefully pull Quinn out of her wheelchair."
"When?" Leroy asks surprised.
"Senior prom."
"That was ages ago! I was mad because she was lying. I should have been by your side supporting you and I was with her again."
"It doesn't matter, do you have any idea how delicate a spine is after surgery? You could have really hurt her and I swear to God Finn Hudson, fiancé or not, I would have finished you if you had hurt her."
"I'm sorry, yes it was stupid, but hey I did a lot of stupid things in the past."
"Yeah I bet you did."
She says with her husky voice.
"By the way, I wasn't lying. I wanted to surprise everybody."
Quinn was on her way to Shelby's when she decided to pass by the Berry's house. She may have been a little annoyed when she saw Finn's car. But she let it go. She rang the bell twice and Hiram welcomed her. She smiled her biggest smile when she heard Rachel yelling at Finn.
"You surprised me love." Rachel beams and gets close to her girlfriend. Finn rolls his eyes.
"Yeah, me too." Kurt says.
"Well I gotta go Kurt, if you need me, call me. Bye Rach." He kisses her cheek quickly.
"Bye Quinn." He taps Quinn's shoulder and the blonde smiles at him.
"So, what you're doing here?" Rachel asks as soon as Finn leaves.
"You're not happy to see me?" She pouts.
"Baby, I'm always happy to see you."
That statement makes Quinn smile from ear to ear.
"I'm going to pick up Beth; so I decided to pass by."
"What are you girls going to do?" Rachel asks as she gets closer and wraps her arms around Quinn's neck.
"Actually, remember that Beth wanted to see Frannie?"
The singer nods happily.
"Frannie seems to be excited to see Beth too so..."
"That's a good thing baby."
Rachel points out, pecking her girlfriend's lips.
"Okay Fabray, I need my Rachel time, you had enough, go take care of your child."
"I'll never have enough, but fine I'm going." She kisses her girlfriend one last time and Kurt rolls his eyes at the sight. "Don't forget you promised my mother that you'd come back."
"I won't."
The actress then leaves the two Broadway stars to their meeting.
"So, my bedroom?" She asks.
"Like old times." he smiles.
"You really have to go?"
Frannie questions her husband, they are in her old bedroom, he is packing.
"Yes Fran, you know I have my business."
Mark owns his own chain of UPS stores.
"I'll wait Beth, but then I'll leave. You can stay as much as you want. You and your mother hadn't seen each other for quite some time and you and your sister still need to fix your relationship."
"She is stubborn."
"So are you."
"You agree with me too; I mean, about her relationship."
"Yes, because it's against the Lord's law but she is your sister anyway." Frannie sighs.
"Mom is all comprehensive; I almost don't recognize her anymore."
"Maybe it's Russell's absence…"
"What you mean?" She frowns.
"The divorce, she lost her partner, after all."
"He was never her partner! He was cheating on her! Why are you saying this?"
"I don't know, but when he was here, this family was bonded and exemplary."
She laughs hard.
"Bonded? Exemplary? Quinn got pregnant and he kicked her out of here, during my teenage years I never knew what it was to have a mother who was not drunk and I pretty much think Quinn went through it too; so, don't give me the exemplary family speech!" she yells.
"You never told me that."
"I haven't told you so many things."
"What does that mean?"
"Nothing, I'm going to help mom, she wants to bake some cookies to Beth." She gets out of her bedroom and leaves a confused Mark behind.
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Quinn and Beth were welcomed by an enthusiastic Judy. The older Fabray presented her granddaughter with hugs and kisses as soon as she walked into the house.
"Frannie! Mark, come here!" Frannie and Mark show up right away.
"Wow Quinn! She is wow." Frannie opens her eyes widely. Beth blushes a little and smiles shyly.
"Hi, I'm Beth."
Frannie arches an eyebrow surprised by Beth's politeness.
"I'm Mark, Frannie's husband."
They shake their hands.
"I'm Frannie, Quinn's older sister."
"I know, you look like my mom, but she is prettier."
They all laugh.
"Why did you take so long Quinn?" Judy asks.
And then mother and daughter look at each other with similar smiles.
"Shelby had to travel to New York because of her business so; Beth is going to stay with me! We were packing her stuff."
Shelby still owns the "Broadway star's babysitter business". However after the businesses prospered, she decided to go back to Ohio and just supervise from afar.
"Where is Rachel? We need to tell her." Beth beams.
"Don't tell me you are Rachel's lover too?" Frannie says annoyed.
"Yes I love her very much; she is my older sister." The young blonde girl says full of pride.
"My God, I had forgotten that tiny, little detail." She says sarcastically. "Rachel's biological mother adopted your biological daughter."
"Frannie!" Judy protests.
"What? Did I say something misguided?"
"Did I smell cookies?" Quinn puts on her mask, it got better now; she is a professional actress after all.
"Yes, we're baking." Judy answers.
"Mom, why don't you go show Beth your cookies, she loves cookies."
"I love cookies! Can I eat some mama?" She asks hopefully.
"Of course, but only a few." Quinn smiles at her daughter.
"Aren't you coming?"
"In a minute; I need to talk to your aunt... adults stuff...we won't be long."
"Okay mama."
"Uh, girls, I hate to say it, but I have to go." Marks steps in.
"Already?" Judy asks him.
"Yes, I don't want to drive at night."
"Okay."
"Bye Beth, it was a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise." They shake their hands again and Judy takes her granddaughter to the kitchen.
"Bye honey." He kisses Frannie's cheek.
"Bye, drive safely."
"I will." He takes his suitcase and leaves. Frannie doesn't walk him to the car, not even to the door. Quinn notices. The actress walks forward and puts Beth's backpack on the couch.
"I told you that she is smart."
"She is beautiful."
"Yes, she is. Don't ruin this okay? She is really excited about you."
"I can't blame her."
Quinn smiles at that. But then she remembers her sister interaction with Mark.
"What is wrong Frannie?"
"What you're talking about?"
She sighs, she knows she'll have to let it go, Francine obviously, as a Fabray won't talk about it.
"I'll tolerate your attacks, when they are directed to me, but I won't tolerate it against Rachel or Beth."
"I have nothing against Beth."
"So you have something against Rachel then?" Quinn frowns.
"I barely know her." Frannie says casually.
"You'll have a chance, but now let's eat some cookies."
"Sure, fat girl."
"Who happens to be in the top ten for hottest girl in the world." She teases.
"Whatever Lucy."
They go to the kitchen.
Beth had the time of her life. She loves cookies and she really felt like home spending the afternoon with the Fabrays.
It was night time when Rachel arrived.
"Baby what took you so long?" Quinn complains as soon as Rachel walks in the house. She kisses the brunette.
"You taste like alcohol."
"Blame it on Santana."
"Why?" She frowns.
"Me, Kurt and Blaine were minding our own business, you know, Broadway stuff, when Brittany came over, Santana was in doghouse again; half hour later Satan showed up." Quinn giggles. "I'm not pretty sure how, but we ended up in my basement drinking and singing and my dads brought me here, the end."
The blonde laughs even louder this time.
"Seems like you had fun."
She nods. "And you?"
"Beth is here so…" She shrugs playfully. "Of course it's better now that you're here"
Rachel ducks her head to the side and smiles.
"Rachel!" Beth shouts when she sees her stepsister. "Guess what?"
"Mm… let me see."
"Beth, Rachel is kind of slow now."
"Quinn! I'm perfect, it was just a few shots and my dads are drama queens, you know them." Rachel taps Quinn's shoulder.
"Why you're slow?" Beth asks.
"Satan's fault!"
"I thought Jewish people didn't believe in Satan." Frannie says as she walks toward the girls.
"Oh I do, especially when said Satan made my life a living hell throughout high school." She explains playfully.
"You love her baby."
"Yeah I do." The singer smiles. "Buut… No more than I love you."
"I hope not, or we'll have problems." Quinn says mockingly. Frannie cleans her throat.
"So, Frannie are you planning to stay longer?"
"Maybe."
Rachel nods weakly as she is still not sure how to act in the presence of Quinn's sister.
"Girls, dinner is ready, let's go." Judy demands.
Judy and Beth set the table and they all take their places.
"When will I be able to stay with you in your home mama?" Beth says between forkfuls.
"You didn't like my home?"
"Of course I did, but I want to go to my mama's house too."
"Mine is bigger." Rachel disdains playfully and Quinn laughs.
"I thought you guys were living together."
"We were, but that was before we started dating. It was when Rachel moved to California."
"Yes, and Quinn offered me her home."
"Smooth Quinn." The actress teases. "Though, how I survived nine months living with you?"
"Reviewing our history, I was in more danger." Rachel points out. "You threatened me so many times that I even lost count."
"Denial Quinn was a bitch."
"You bet, but you know what? I could see so much of me in you."
"What you mean?"
"Remember that day that you slapped me?"
"Unfortunately." She says as she sips on her whine.
"When did you do that?" Judy asks horrified.
"It's okay Judy, it was a long time ago, my point is that I realized that day how similar we were, despite being so different from each other, you were worried about your future but I knew you were so much more than a pretty face.
I knew you could shine, just the way I could… We saw the people we truly wanted to be…I wanted to be pretty and confident and you wanted to shine…Before you say you weren't confident, I will say that I didn't know I was shining, I knew I wanted to be a star, but all I used to see back then was a clumsy little girl, but you've always seen more, just like I've always seen more in you. We saw the parts of ourselves that we had yet to discover at that moment."
Rachel smiles at her girlfriend happiness all over her face.
"It's funny you saying this cause I remember that after we talked in the hallway, before the votes was counted, I was feeling more like you. You know… loving unreservedly."
"What are you guys talking about?" Beth asks with curiosity and they laugh.
"Teenage drama Beth." Quinn answers.
"Ugh teenagers suck." the young girl says.
"You're almost there." Rachel teases.
"Mommy says the same thing."
"You're lucky you have a cool and funky older sister." She adds. "I haven't… I even wrote a song about it; it's called "only child" Do you wanna hear?"
"No! Beth no." Quinn demands.
"I thought you loved my voice baby?" Rachel pouts.
"I do love your voice, but don't sing that song."
The singer giggles happily even though she thinks her song is a great piece of art.
"So, Rachel how was it growing up in your house? I've always been curious about the dynamics of this type of family." Frannie asks.
Rachel gulps.
"You mean a happy one?" Quinn raises her voice. "A house full of respect, happiness and unconditional love? 'Cause that's how the Berry family is! Rachel was surrounded by more love and affection that we could have ever dreamt about. I'm sorry mom, you know I love you, but neither Leroy nor Hiram would have kicked Rachel out of the house, so I don't know about you sister, but our perfect normal family is much more problematic than Rachel's by far."
"Do you think that?" Frannie turns to Rachel. "Do you think because you have liberal parents you were happier than us?"
"I never said that."
"I'm remembering you now, the girl who wanted everyone's attention, loser, sad little girl, no sense of fashion, selfish, annoying, emotional retarded."
Beth frowns angrily.
"Enough." Quinn clenches her jaw.
"What? Those were your words."
"I know what you're doing."
Rachel says calmly.
"But you know what? You won't get the desired result, because first of all, I heard it all before, first hand by this lady over here." She gestures to the blonde on her side. "You're not half the bitch that your sister was, every single word you just said hurt me in the past because she was the one saying it."
Quinn sighs.
"I always wanted her approval, her friendship; I didn't know that I actually wanted her. I will always be here, with my heart open. Quinn knows me, that's the way I am."
Rachel waves her hand in the air as the blonde smiles at her girlfriend.
"But I don't need your approval, all I need is her, she is all that matters to me. Now if you'll excuse me, Beth come on, time for bed." She stands up.
"Already?"
"Yes." Quinn says gently. Beth kisses her Grandmother and goes toward her mother.
"Good night mama."
"Good night baby."
"Can I sleep with you and Rachel?"
"Of course!"
Quinn nods and the young blonde girl smiles. Quinn kisses her daughter's cheek and her girlfriend's hand.
"Judy, I'll be right back to help you with the dishes."
"Don't even think about it." Judy says.
"I will anyways."
Judy shakes her head amused.
"I'm so disappointed in you." The older Fabray says sadly as soon as Rachel and Beth leave the dinner room.
"Well, I guess we are even." She says coldly.
"Will you ever forgive me? Your sister was kicked out of home Frannie and however she has forgiven me."
"Yeah, it must have been hard for Daddy's little girl… the perfect daughter…" She trails off resentful.
"I was never the perfect daughter Frannie, and I changed myself to be like you." Quinn says sweetly.
"It didn't work then… but hey, you don't even need to be the perfect daughter for mom to idolize you. "
She stands up abruptly and leaves them.
"Fran…"
"Let me…" Quinn says.
The young sister walks toward the family's piano where Frannie currently is.
"We could have been friends you know… we could have been less miserably sad when we lived here."
"Who said I was sad?"
Quinn glares at her. Then she smoothes her dress skirt and sits on the bench, side by side with her sister.
"Do you know what prevented me from being miserably sad all the time?"
Frannie shakes her head.
"Music… Glee club…" Frannie sees her out of the corner of her eyes, she doesn't look up. "Do you know who brought music to my life?"
Quinn touches the keys.
"Rachel Berry…"
"I have been an awful sister to you, I know, and I failed with you when you needed me the most…" She sighs. "Mom is so different, you know, she used to be a drunk."
"She almost lost a daughter Frannie, she would've gotten closer to you too if you had given her a chance."
"Maybe… I think I'm more stubborn than you."
"I don't think so…" Quinn teases her.
"I am…"
They laugh.
"You know, when mom was drunk and dad was out I used to come here and play a little and when she brought me back home I thought we could be happy here without my father, but it was pretty much the same, I guess she was dealing with her ghosts…
After Finn broke up with me on junior year I developed the habit of always coming here… I was torn, not because of the break up but because of his words… he said I didn't feel. I felt, because he was going back to dating her… but he didn't break my heart, he couldn't, he never had my heart, nobody ever had my heart, because I had to protect myself.
She presses a few more random keys.
"Anyway, I used to come here to sing and I sung this song a lot…" She stops the rambling and sighs. She starts the intro on the piano.
And then she sings.
I will not make
The same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
'Cause my heart so much misery
Surely the flashbacks start.
"I'm your daughter, who loves you; and I know this must be really hard for you, but I just need my Daddy to hold me and tell me that it's gonna be okay."
I will not break
The way you did, you fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
.
"I needed my mom!" Quinn shouted at her mother.
.
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt"
Frannie looks at her sister fondly.
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid"
.
"No, we're not breaking up. I can handle your confusion with Rachel until you get over it. We're gonna stay together, and next year we'll be prom king and queen."
.
I lose my way and it's not
too long before you point it out
I cannot cry because I know
that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break when
it wasn't even whole to start with"
.
Frannie starts singing too. Quinn stops and watches her sister
Because of you I never
stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
And then Quinn starts singing again.
.
I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known
Better than to lean on me
You never thought
Of anyone else
You just saw your pain"
.
And Frannie watches her sister in awe.
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Rachel: He chose me over you.
Quinn: And how long did that last for?
Rachel: Why are you being so mean?
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
.
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life
Because it's empty
Because of you I am afraid
because of you
Because of you
"You're a good singer, I mean, occasionally sharp but-"
Rachel smiles behind them. She heard her girlfriend's voice and came to appreciate closely.
"Hey! I wasn't in a glee club and I'm not dating a Grammy winner."
Quinn looks around playfully.
"Shhh, you can't demonstrate the slightest interest in learning more about singing techniques without Rachel Berry popping up in front of you."
"I heard that and I resent that."
"I know you heard and do you know how? You can't resist my voice, Quinn Fabray sings, Rachel Berry hears."
"I thought it was the other way around."
"It is." Quinn turns to her sister. "You have to hear her singing…"
"I already did. I have her album after all."
"Oh no, I meant face to face."
"Quinnie is right. Rachel is amazing performing with just her voice." Judy walks toward them.
"You'll let me embarrassed…" Rachel says humble.
"That will never happen." Quinn teases.
"If you'll excuse me." Frannie stands up and gets close to Rachel."I suppose I have to apologize for my behavior."
Judy and Quinn roll their eyes almost in sync.
"You don't have too." Rachel assures her.
"I insist, well, I… I'm sorry." She offers her hand, but Rachel has other plan.
"I'm going to hug you now, if it is not too much." Frannie gets embarrassed and the brunette comes close but as soon as Rachel hugs her she melts and hugs her too, although not with the same enthusiasm.
"Good night for you all." She leaves.
"I think I'm going to bed as well." Judy announces.
When they get alone, Quinn pulls her girlfriend on her lap.
"Can I say that you sang that song amazingly? It was beautiful, Kelly is crying somewhere now."
Rachel met Kelly Clarkson shortly before she started recording her album. The hazel eyed singer was very nice and helpful as Rachel was a little eager because of her debut as a singer.
"You're overreacting."
"I'm not, my girlfriend is amazing." They laugh and then Rachel gets serious again. "It's that how you feel? You know the song." She clarifies.
"No, it's how I used to be, now my heart is fully open."
"Who is the lucky one?"
"You."
Quinn says without second thoughts, making Rachel smile from ear to ear.
"I have changed a lot you know, you changed me, and this song isn't my song anymore. I'm different because of you."
Rachel presses their lips together in a sweet kiss that quickly gets heated as Quinn runs her tongue over Rachel's lips, asking the brunette her way inside her mouth. Soon, their tongues are dancing in their mouths as they bring the kiss to a slow pace, but Rachel pulls away.
"Let's stop before we get too much into this."
"You started."
"I'm regretting already."
Quinn gives her a closed-mouth kiss.
"Horny dog."
"Have you seen my girlfriend?"
Quinn giggles on her chest.
"Come on." Rachel stands up. "Let's sleep with our princess."
"She is."
They walk holding hands and when they reach the bedroom, Beth is already in deep sleep.
"So, do you have another Fabray for me to throw my charm?"
Moments later, when they are settled in bed, Rachel says out of the blue.
"Don't be so cocky, it was just a hug."
"Quinn, I thought you knew that I'm irresistible."
"I know love believe me I know."
"For the recorder, you've always been irresistible to me too."
"So, I guess you were right. We are a neutron star collision."
"A beautiful neutron star collision."
She adds smiling as they drift off to sleep.
Because of you by Kelly Clarkso