As they make their way to Target, a comfortable silence falls over the car. Quinn is in the driver seat keeping a watchful eye on the road, Rachel in the front passenger seat looking out the window with her chin propped up in her right hand that is resting on the doors arm, and her left hand subconsciously rubbing her slowly growing baby bump. Santana is in the back driver seat having scooted over from earlier and is playing candy crush on her phone.
As they come to a red light, Rachel lets out a nervous breath and announces, "I think I wanna tell mom and Will at dinner tonight..." She trails off without taking her eyes away from the side window.
Quinn and Santana who were in their own little world didn't hear the tiny diva clearly.
"What was that baby?" Quinn asks while looking at Rachel as the light has yet to change from red.
Santana pauses the game realizing a conversation is taking place.
Rachel turns away from the window and looks both of her girlfriends in the eyes before repeating herself. "I was thinking about telling mom and Will about the babies tonight at dinner... I mean if you two are ok with it that is. I know it's not really fair to tell my parents before yours, but since we are going to be there tonight and talking about the movie, I think it will be kind of impossible to avoid the subject. I mean we don't have to if either of you are uncomfortable I was just-"
She is cut off by Santana and Quinn shushing her. Quinn reaches for the pregnant girls hand that is still sprawled out on her own belly, brings it to the center console and laces their fingers together. Santana mimics the blonds' actions and places her hand over there joined ones.
Santana looks at Quinn and then Rachel.
"Rachel baby, I think I speak for Quinn and myself when I say it doesn't matter who we tell first. Of course it makes sense to tell them first since they are the only ones in town," she says while rubbing her thumb over there joined hands.
Quinn nods in agreement with the Latina, "Yeah and I was actually thinking with the time that San has let off we could go back home to Lima and tell everyone there..."
Santana nods her head excitedly, "That's an excellent idea Q. We could take the train tomorrow stay three days, one day at each of the rents. Then have two days to our selves at home before work gets in the way again."
Rachel is smiling at this point, "You two are the best girlfriends anybody could ask for" she leans in to kisses each of them. The kiss with Quinn is cut short from the driver behind them honking. The light had turned green at some point.
"Oops." Quinn says. She waves to the driver behind them as an apology and presses her foot on the gas.
They make it to Target 15 minutes later. Santana grabs a buggy, while Rachel grabs a couple sanitizer wipes, and Quinn checks out the under five dollar sections that's always at the front of every Target store.
Once Rachel is satisfied that the buggy is clean, they let Quinn know they will be back in the maternity section once she's done looking at all the little knickknacks she doesn't need but insists she has to look at every time they come here.
Quinn joins her girlfriends about ten minutes later in which Santana and Rachel have three pair of pants, two tops, a night gown and a dress chosen so far.
"Should I really be getting this many maternity items when I'm only halfway through the 1st trimester?" Rachel questions insecurely.
"Rach, you're having twins, plus you are extremely tiny. You barley have an ounce of fat on you, it's normal to need new clothes during pregnancy," Quinn says trying to comfort the insecure brunette.
Santana nods in agreement before adding, "Yeah, plus the clothes we got so far should last you until at least the 4 months mark I would think. The pants have an expandable belly section and the shirts and dress are loose fitting... But if it'll make you feel better we could always just grab a couple things from the normal section just go up a size or two from what you are now."
Rachel nods her head, "Yeah I think I like that idea San," and hugs both her girlfriends and says thank you.
After picking another two pairs of pants, two shirts, a second dress and a belt. They make their way to the dressing rooms.
Rachel notices the sign on the dressing room attendant's desk "They only allow 4 garments per person"
"Perfect. Four for you, four for me and four for San." Quinn says while handing four items each to the brunette and leaving four for herself to carry.
"And that's why she went to Yale ladies and gentleman," Santana teases.
Quinn lightly slaps the Latina on the shoulder as she walks by heading towards the dressing room.
The attendant doesn't look up from her phone but asks, "How many?"
Quinn looks back to her girlfriends and discretely moves her head in the direction of the attendant silently asking them 'Can you believe this chick?'
The brunettes laugh before joining the blonde at the desk, "We each have four." Rachel informs while resting her hand on the back of Quinn's left arm.
The attendant looks up briefly before placing three green number four placards on the desk, "Here you go, don't leave anything in the rooms."
Quinn takes the cards and leads the way to the largest dressing room available.
About 20 minutes later, Rachel has tried on all the clothes. Receiving approval from both her girlfriends and herself, they return the numbered cards and hangers to the dressing room attendant and go about shopping for some needed items, "I need more lotion and we are almost out of toilet paper and tooth paste." Rachel informs while pushing the buggy.
Santana turns to her left and talks over her shoulder, "I'm grabbing some more boxers real quick. That other stuffs at the front."
Quinn and Rachel stop in the aisle waiting on the Latina. "Hey babe, grab me a pack too please," the blonde calls after Santana.
A minute later Santana returns with two packs of boxers in hand. "Super heroes for you and the villains for me," she announces proudly before placing them in the buggy.
"How fitting," the blonde replies with a smirk.
They are strolling down the aisle when Santana is attacked by a little Asian boy.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" He rushes out.
"Oliver Jackson Chang! You do not go running off like that." Tina's voice is heard from around the corner before she is seen.
"But mamma I saw Aunt San and wanted to say thank you, the boy whines while taking Santana's hand and meeting his mother mid stride with Quinn and Rachel following.
The angry mother does not acknowledge her friends, but continues to scold her son, "I don't care who you saw; you do not take off running. Do you understand?"
He bows his head, "Yes mamma."
Tina crosses her arms and nods her head "Good... Hello girls."
They exchange pleasantries. Rachel ruffles the boys hair and asks "So what did you want to thank San for Oliver?"
Oliver looks up his embarrassment of being scolded quickly forgotten when he remembers what they are at the store for. "Oh yeah! Aunt San talked to mom and dad and now I get to go to the summer camp my friends are going to this week!" He says quickly not able to contain his excitement and hugs the Latina tightly again.
Tina nods her head. "Yeah so now we are here to get a couple things they said to bring," she says whilst fishing out her list from her purse. "A sun hat, a new sleeping bag since he's out grown his, and shower shoes. Might as well pick up new toothpaste and sunscreen too," and scribbles the last two items on the list so she won't forget. "The list goes on and on."
Oliver still failing to control his excitement over his trip, jumps in right after his mother "It's gonna be soooooo much fun we get to swim, farm, ride horses, there's a movie night and-"
He's cut off by Santana who squeezes his shoulder slightly. "Breath little man."
He takes a long deep breath, "It's gonna be so awesome!"
"I bet it is. Your gonna have to tell us all about it when you get back. How long is the camp for?" Quinn inquires looking to the boy's mother for an answer.
Tina looks to Santana squinting her eyes a little before answering the blond. "It's a week long. He gets picked up on Monday and dropped off on Friday."
"Oh wow that's a long time," Rachel comments.
Tina nods her head, "Yeah you can see why Mike and I were apprehensive at first."
"Like I said before T he's gonna be fine. He's getting older. All his friends are going and it's only and hour and a half a way." Santana reiterates herself from their earlier phone conversation noticing the protective mothers decision wavering a bit.
Oliver looks to his mother. "Yeah mom, I'm not a baby any more."
Tina just rolls her eyes and changes the subject. "So What have you girls been up to?"
Santana and Quinn look to Rachel waiting for her to lead the conversation not wanting to say something she's not ready to have out yet. "Just a bunch of errands today. Now we're killing time before we have dinner with Shelby and Will," the diva informs.
Tina nods, "Tell them Mike and I said hello."
"Will do," Rachel replies.
Tina's phone goes off alerting her to a text. "Well we better get a move on, daddy will have dinner ready soon and we still have to pick Olivia up from Aprils house."
Quinn looks at her watch and notices the time, "Yeah us too. We've got 20 minutes till we have to be at moms Rach."
"Oh wow where did the time go?" The diva asks rhetorically. "Be safe Oliver. We'll all have to get together for lunch or something when your back so you can tell us all about the fun things you did." She hugs the little boy and then his mother. They all say there good byes and the trio makes there way to the front of the store. Quinn went to grab the couple toiletries they were low on while the brunettes got in line.
They pull up in front of Shelby and Wills house 35 minutes later. Santana and Quinn quickly jump out of the car. Santana opens the back door to grab the case of beer and hands Quinn the bottle of wine. Knowing they were going to be late they opted to stop at a liquor store on the way. If your going to show up late it's better if you not empty handed.
Rachel is still sitting in the car her seatbelt on. The former cheerleaders sit the drinks down in the grass before opening the divas door.
Rachel is staring at the house eyes wide, "Rach, are you ok?" The blonde is the first to speak.
Rachel doesn't answer. "Estrella if your not ready we don't have to tell them tonight. They already know about the movie so you can keep that as vague as possible, and if they start to pry for details Quinn and I will jump in to steer the conversation," the Latina adds.
Rachel hears her girlfriends voices and shakes her head, "No it's fine. I just freaked out a little bit. I'll be fine. I want to tell them it'll be easier. Besides mom will know something is up when I'm not drinking wine with her," she laughs at herself and unbuckles her seat belt. She kisses them both quickly before stepping out of the car. "Shall we?" She says while walking to the front door. Santana and Quinn pick the drinks back up and follow the diva.
Rachel rings the door bell, "It's unlocked!" Can be heard from the other side of the door.
Rachel turns the handle and walks in. They are taking there coats off in the foyer when they hear Shelby rounding the corner. "You're late," she says while drying her hands on the towel hanging from her apron.
"Sorry mom we lost track of time," Rachel replies while hugging her mother.
Santana is next in line and holds up the case of beer. "But we're not empty handed, and Quinn has the wine," she says leaning in to kiss the woman on the cheek, but is stopped by the hand that is grabbing her chin and turning her face.
"What the hell happened to your eye young lady?" Shelby questions in a tone only a mother can possess.
'Shit I forgot to reapply my foundation' the Latina thinks to herself. She smirks before saying, "Well Rachel likes it rough sometimes, things got a little out of hand last night."
Rachel blushes and instantly covers her face with her hands. Quinn laughs from behind the Latina before slapping her on the shoulder. "Don't listen to her Ma, a guy got a little to handsey on the dance floor last night," she says truthfully before kissing the older woman on the cheek and hugging her.
Shelby lets out a sigh of relief, "Oh thank god! I mean I know your girls have sex but I don't need to know any of the details."
This causes a round of laughter from everyone except Rachel who is even redder than before.
"What's so funny in here?" Will asks as he and Matthew enter.
Rachel is quick to answer not wanting to be embarrassed further when they haven't even made it past the foyer. "Oh nothing. Hey Will." she says before hugging her former glee coach/Spanish teacher turned step dad. She kneels down to hug her little brother "Hey little Matty"
He returns the hug instantly, "Hey Rachie, I missed you!"
She picks the five year old up placing him on her hip. "I've missed you more little man, she tells him while giving him another hug.
Alright well let's eat shall we?" Shelby says ushering everyone into the kitchen. "Rachel I made a small vegan lasagna for you dear and there's salad on the table. Don't worry every one there's a regular lasagna as well." Shelby informs while taking glasses out of the cupboard. "Will take the wine glasses to the table would you?" He nods and takes the glasses from his wife grabbing the wine bottle from the counter and waving to his son to follow him. "Okay you three wash up. There's water already at the table." Shelby tells the trio while grabbing three of the beer bottles and heading to the dining room. They take turns washing there hands.
"See its a good thing you already filled your meat quota for the day huh Rach?" The blonde teases and bumps Rachel's hip with her own.
Rachel nods, "I didn't realize how hard it would be to keep this a secret I'm glad we are telling them tonight."
The blonde nods her understanding before moving to wash up after the Latina. Santana stands next to Rachel and kisses her cheek "Every thing is going to be fine mi amore," she reassures the diva.
"Come on you three!" Shelby yells from the dining room.
"Sorry mom." Rachel apologizes as the three take their seats at the table.
They are about half way through dinner when Shelby says, "Rach you haven't touched your wine," and raises her eyebrow at the end indicating its more of a question then a statement.
Rachel chokes on the bit she's chewing briefly before taking a sip of her water. She swallows her food completely before answering. "Yeah I'm driving home so no wine for me tonight," she takes another drink of her water before continuing "So Will how is summer school treating you?" She tries to change the subject.
Will nods and swallows the food in his mouth "Surprisingly well, the batch of students this year are there by choice so it's a bit refreshing knowing that everyday I'm going into teach kids that actually want to learn and aren't being forced to take summer school so they can graduate."
"That does sound nice," Quinn adds trying to keep the change of subject going.
They make it through dinner with out any more unwanted questions being thrown out. Rachel is upstairs reading Matthew a bedtime story. Leaving Santana, Quinn, Shelby and Will having a night cap in the den.
"So Quinn, you happy to be back after such a long trip?" Shelby asking while topping off her own wine glass.
"Absolutely. And I'm happy to say that there won't be any more of those in the future," the blonde responds with a smile and looks to the Latina before placing her hand on her knee.
"What do you mean?" Shelby asks.
"Well, um... I won't have to go on any more away trips because I ah... I quite my job."
Shelby nearly spits out the drink she had in her mouth "You quit? Why?"
Quinn looks to Santana before answering. The both think of Shelby and Will as their parents as well so it can be a little daunting telling your parents that you quite a perfectly stable job no matter how good of a reason you have for doing so. Santana places her hand over the blonde's that is still resting on her knee and squeezes it lightly giving her the reassurance she needed. "Well I had told Ryan many times in the past that I was not comfortable with the contest away trips but he kept sending me on them and they kept getting longer and longer. And then the day I get back he tells me I have to leave for another week the next day when I was suppose to have the week off... It just got to be to much. Rachel and San weren't happy about the away trips either and with the news I just decided it was time for a change."
"What news?" Will asks from his seat across from his former students.
"Huh?" Quinn and Santana both take a sip of there beers and try to avoid eye contact. Quinn didn't realize her little slip up until it was to late.
And just then Rachel walks into the room 'perfect timing!' Quinn thinks. "He's out like a light," the diva says while taking a seat next to her blond girlfriend.
"Yeah he played pretty hard at the park today," Will informs.
"What news Quinn?" Shelby pries.
Quinn looks to Rachel ignoring the older woman's question for the moment. "I'm really sorry Rach!"
Rachel looks back and forth between her two girlfriends and is able to tell from the looks on there faces and the question her mother just asked that now is the time to spill the beans.
"Ok enough you three. I can tell your hiding something, and I want to know what it is right now." Shelby says while placing her now empty wine glass on the table next to her.
Rachel closes her eyes takes a deep breath and scouts to the edge of the couch. Quinn places a comforting hand to the divas lower back and Santana takes the blonds left hand in her own. "Mom, Will... I'm going to tell you something but you have to promise to keep it to your selves. At least for a little while. you're the first people we are telling and we want to be able to tell the others ok?"
"Of course Rach," Will says.
"Ok... Rachel you're really starting to scare me," Shelby says.
"Sorry mom. It's nothing bad I promise." Rachel tries to reassure her mother. 'Ok just rip the bandaid off Rachel' she mentally tells herself. "I'm pregnant."
Sorry for the wait, I've been super sick this past week and only just now getting over it. Hopefully will be 100% in another day or so. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next one will be Shelby and Wills reaction and them getting ready for the trip to Lima.
If you haven't already please check out the prequel to this story. Only the first chapter is up now. I'm working on the next chapter and will probably have it posted before the next one of this one. I hope to not have such a long time between updates again.
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Until next time.