I'm Leaving
Quinn stared at Javi who had burst into the room and basically caught them in the act. The look on Javi's face was priceless as he stared at Quinn who's hair was sticking up in every direction, a bruise where Huck's hand was on her neck, and the very distinct smell of sedd that filled the room.
"I'll come back when later when you guys aren't all sweaty and breathing funny." Javi said walking out of the room, closin the door behind him
"I thought you said he wasn't coming back." Quinn snapped at Huck before getting up to pick up the clothing scattered aross the room
"I didn't think he was. He loves being at his friends" Huck responded getting up as well to go talk to Javi about what he saw. "Javi, can I come in?" Huck asked knocking on Javi's door
"Are you decent?" Javi asked
"Yeah. I'm decent." Huck said
"Okay." Javi answered back opening the door
"Hey bud. About what you saw..." Huck trailed off when Javi held his hand up stopping him from talking
"Its okay. I guess." Javi said looking away from him
"I thinks its about time to talk. Man to man." Huck said sitting on the edge of the bed next to his son
"I don't know how to start this conversation." Huck said taking a deep breath to calm his nerves
"Are we about to have the sex talk? You know the one people call 'The Birds and the Bees'?" Javi asked his father shocking him
"How do you know what I'm about to talk to you about?" Huck asked the young boy
"I had the talk with Mom and her husband once. And I asked Quinnie a few questions once but she was hesitant to tell me anything I guess because she didn't want to upset you." Javi told Huck
"You talked to Quinn about it? Why didn't you come to me instead?" Huck asked a little upset by the fact Javi didn't ask him anything and went to Quinn instead
"You weren't here. When I woke up the day I asked her you were gone." Javi explained to his father.
"Well next time ask me and Quinn." Huck said sighing
Javi and Quinn was cutting up some vegetables when Huck came downstairs obviously very upset about something.
"What's wrong?" Quinn asked chopping up some carrots
"Next time my son asks you something don't give him an answer. Wait for me instead." Huck told her confusing her slightly but then she recognized the tone of his voice and they would end up having a argument about something
"Javi go upstairs and wait for me to come up okay?" Quinn told him guiding him to the stairs
"Okay." Javi responded running upstairs
"What are you talking about?" She asked him once she heard Javi's door shut before going back to stir up the soup she was cooking
"I went to have 'the talk' with Javi and he said he knew everything because he asked you." He said walking up behind her making instinctively back away from him because of how close he was
"I just wanted to talk to him and let him know he could talk to me about anything he wanted to." She told him
"Next time, leave it to me."
Quinn smiled triumphantly as she pulled up the file she had been searching for. The man she was looking for was still alive and lived in D.C. along with the woman she had been searching for who also lived in D.C. but they weren't together. She hoped they would want to meet with her but the thought only made her anxious. She sent an email to both of them letting them know she wanted to meet them and got up and put her clothes on as soon as they responded to her saying they did.
Quinn walked down the path at the park with Haley in her arms and smiled when she spotted the man and woman she was looking for. They were sitting next to each other and appeared to be having a conversation when she reached them.
"Javier Santiago Sr. and Julia Hernandez?" Quinn asked the older couple who looked up at her in surprise
"Yes. Are you Quinn Perkins?" Julia asked her and she anxiously nodded her head
"Yes I am and this is your granddaughter. Haley Perkins- Santiago." Quinn responded smiling brightly
"You said in the email that you had information on my son. Where is he?" Javier Santiago Sr. asked bitterly making Quinn grimace
"He's at home watching his son. He doesn't know I'm here. I wanted to surprise him for Father's Day, sir." Quinn answered sitting down next to the older man
"A respectful, young, smart, sexy woman like you engaged to my son? That's a shocker for me. I always thought the boy was gay and dumb as a bag of nails." Javier Sr. said smiling at Quinn who frowned in discomfort
"Don't talk about him like that." Julia said frowning
"I love your son very much and I can assure you he's not gay. He is an excellent man and the things he told me you did to him is pure evil." Quinn said defensively which automatically wiped the smile off Huck's fathers face
"I don't know what he told you but all he told you was lies." Javier Sr. said standing up before walking away from Quinn and Julia
"He never wanted Javi. He wanted me to have an abortion and when I went to have it... I saw Javi on the sonogram picture and knew I needed him in my life." Julia said looking over at Quinn and then Haley who was chewing on her fingers
"I know. I know because he told me. Everything." Quinn reassured before standing up with the woman and walking back down the path
"Huck I'm home." Quinn called out after she walked into the house and the first person to greet her was Javi
"Hi Quinnie. I missed you. Where were you?" Javi asked while hugging her
"I was just out bud." Quinn answered just as Huck came walking down the stairs obviously just waking up
"Hey" Huck said kissing her cheek softly before taking Haley from her
"Hey." She responded walking around him to go upstairs to change out of her clothes
"Where have you been?" He asked following her
"Just ran a few errands thats all." She answered shrugging out of her jacket and placing it in the closet
"I missed you. You know I love you right?" He asked her kssing her shoulder
"I know. I love you too." Quinn answered turning in his arms beforewalking into the bathroom closing the door behind herself. Huck sighed when the door shut. He didn't want to leave but it was his family on the line and if leaving meant keeping them safe then he would do it in a heartbeat.
15 minutes later Quinn walked out of the bathroom stopping when she saw Huck in his military uniform and packing his bags which made her frown wondering where he was going and why he didn't tell her he was leaving.
"Where are you going?" Quinn asked walking up beside him
"I'm leaving." Huck responded not looking at her
"Okay I get that part but where are you going?" She asked again a little more forceful
"I going back. I going to Afghanistan." He told her before looking at her and when she looked into his eyes she could see he wasn't Huck anymore. He was Javier Santiago. A hero. A soldier. A gladiator.
"You can't leave. W-w-what about Haley? What about Javi? What about me?" She asked as she felt the salty tears burn her eyes at the thought of him leaving her
"I'll come back when I can." He answered going back to packing his clothes
"How long will you be gone?" Quinn asked knowing there was no way to change his mind
"A few months. Three years at the most." Huck answered making Quinn gasp
"Three years at the most, Huck? Really? Are you fucking serious right now? By the time you get back Haley would be walking and Javi would be in high school somewhere. And what about our wedding? I'm starting to think you never wanted to marry me in the first place." She said walking out of the room
"I don't care what you think Quinn. I do want to marry you but their my family." He explained following her woth his bags
"What about this family? Huh? What am I suppose to tell Haley when she gets older and asks me why you left? 'Oh Haley. Daddy put his real family aside because his 'military' family was more important than us.'. Do you now how that would look if you left." She said grabbing a bottle of white wine out of the cabinet
"I said I'll come back." He said for the second but Quinn only snorted and taking a bug gulp of the wine before turning to look at him
"And what if you don't? Then what? Haley will grow up with only a few memories of you and Javi will grow up without a father. You know what, you're stressing me out and stress is not good for me in my current condition so please just... Go. But don't expect me to wait forever for you." Quinn told him before going back upstairs to lay down.
Huck looked down at his feet and sighed. Then something Quinn said came to mind. 'Stress is not goos for me in my current condition.' he wondered what she meant by that but left out of the door without saying goodbye to the woman he loves
Javi climbed out of bed when he heard Quinn throwing up for the fourth time that morning and it was starting to worry him. He heard whan she was fighting with his father last night and hoped she didn't do anything to hurt herself. By the time he got there she was sitting on the edge of the bed rubbing her stomach.
"Quinnie etsas bien? Necesitas algo?" Javi asked in his spanish language making Quinn look up and smile
"No Javi. Estoy bien." Quinn responded in the same language
"Daddy wil come back. He always does. He came back for me and Mom so he'll come back for you and Haley." Javi reassured Quinn maing her smile, "I'll go get you some hot coco." He said running out of the room making her smile again before she reached over and got her phone dialing the number she needed.
"Hello?"
"Charlie? It's me. It's Quinn. I just need some advice on some things that's all. Huck's went back to Afghanistan so he's not here. Do you want to meet up somewhere?"
Quinn walked into the apartment where she was abused for months and took a shaky breath. Javi was at his mom's house while she had Haley. She looked around and noticed the pictures of herself and Charlie had been replaced by ones of him and some pretty blonde woman.
"Hi Robin." Charlie said walking into the living room smiling when he saw Haley in Quinn's arms, "Oh my. Look at her, she's gotten so big." He said taking her from Quinn
"How long are you in town?" Quinn asked sitting down on the couch that was still slightly stained with her blood
"Few days. Lily went to see a few friends while she's in town." Charlie told her sitting down next to her
"Lily's your girlfriend?" Quinn asked arching a brow at him
"Yup. Love her to death. Just like I loved you." Charlie said making Quinn look away
"Charlie... I love Huck. I'm not coming back to you." Quinn said making Charlie look down sat his feet
"I know. But I still love you." Charlie said before placing Haley in her carseat before leaning over to kiss Quinn
Author's Note- I'm back! I spent my birthday in Atlantic City yesterday so even if I did want to update I couldn't. My ankles are swollen from walking but I'm still updating. Was Quinn wrong for contacting Huck's parents without him knowing? Should Huck have left without telling Quinn? Should Quinn have called Charlie or even meet with him? Let me know you guys.
And I have been reading this story called 'Driftwood recently and I really like it so you guys should try it out.
Snuggy29- Thanks for your review and I hope you enjoy this update.