The Parent Trap, 6/?
Title: The Parent Trap (6/?)
Author: IrisAyame
Pairing: Rachel/Quinn
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1924 for this chapter, 12128 total
Spoilers: Quinn's eggo
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
Summary: AU. Based on glee_fluff_meme prompt. Prompt was: Rachel and Quinn get married. Instead of Quinn having one kid, she has twins, because, duh, that's like the whole point of the story :) They get divorced, quinn takes one daughter and rachel takes the other. They agree to not tell the girls about each other. Rachel lives in New York and Quinn lives in Lima. Their daughters end up meeting at summer camp and plan to get faberry back together.
Author's Note: I DIDN'T POST YESTERDAY! I apologize for breaking my promise. I'm very, very, very, extremely, super duper sorry. I just... I'm sorry. I promise to try my hardest to give you even MORE and COOLER Parent Trap Faberryness! Read. Review. Tell me to post ON TIME next time :)
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5]
Susie's eyes never left her mother on the way home. She knew that she really should have been paying attentions to her surroundings as much as she could, but she found that it was impossible for her to stop staring at her mother. Yes. It was true. Allie did look a lot like their mom. And so did she.
If Quinn found the continuing staring weird, she didn't comment, which Susie took as an encouragement. She asked how things had been in Lima during her stay.
"Quiet as usual," Quinn replied, rolling her eyes. "Expect anything else?"
"Not really," she admitted.
The real shock came when she stepped out of the car and stood in front of her new home. Because... she had been here before. It wasn't like a weird déjà vu kind of thing, it was a real, almost tangible memory. It shouldn't have taken her by surprise like this, she had visited her grandfathers many a time before and gotten to know the town quite well. This was a street where she and her grandpa Elias always walked through on their way to the supermarket. Lima wasn't really big. It was pretty easy to get to know Lima. But still, the fact that she had actually been here, walked past the house where her mother and twin were living, it gripped her heart strong enough that she actually gasped and had to take a moment when she walked out the car.
"Are you okay, honey?" Quinn asked.
Shape up!
"Yes, of course, it's just... it feels good to be home, you know?"
That sounded like something Allie would say. She granted herself a congratulatory smile for copying her sisters language so well and scooped up her bag.
"I do feel like drinking some tea, don't you? I hope that we will get to spend some time together this evening! I am delighted with the prospect of getting to talk to you again after so long. Maybe we can end the evening with a real mother-daughter bonding activity, like watching a musical. How about Singing In The Rain? It's a real classic! Otherwise, I will of course always be more than happy to settle for Funny Girl!"
With another, even wider smile she walked into the house with a bounce in her step, never noticing Quinn's upper lip separating from the lower one, leaving the mouth agape.
"Are you alright, sweetie? You really are unusually quiet!" Rachel said in a concerned voice to her daughter.
Allie was staring out the window again. She blinked owlishly.
"Yes, of course. Sorry."
"Did something bad happen to you?"
"No, no, I really liked it, that's all! But it's very cool to be home again!"
Truth be told, Allie was panicking inside. She didn't recognize anything from Susie's intense descriptions and there was no way that she was basically finding anything.
But she had to try to put up a good smoke curtain again. So she put on her biggest smile, and asked:
"Mom, is it okay if I come with you tomorrow night? I really want to see you play again!"
"Really, sweetie? I mean, you know that I would absolutely love it if you came, but well, you have seen the show a couple of dozen times already. I think you know my lines better than I do."
"I...err...I forgot them in the summer."
"Oh, that is bad! You must come tomorrow, then. I can't wait to see you there on the first row again!"
"Thanks mom. I can't wait either!"
The smile on her face was now genuine. Her mom was way cool. And a Broadway star. And she was totally seeing her tomorrow.
"But I believe that you and I will have more pressuring matters tonight. I am positive that you have more than a little to tell me, and we have a ritual that's awaiting."
She eyes her speculatively, and Allie remembered what Susie told her.
"Pizza's and Singing in the Rain! Sounds absolutely wonderful, mom!"
"That's what I thought." Rachel looked relaxed again. Allie felt like she would be chastising herself a lot the next couple of weeks.
"Well mom, it was a lot of fun. I got to know many other kids from around my age, and they were all really nice. I've had a really good time."
"Tell me about them! Did you make friends?" Quinn asked her daughter.
"I did! I got along really well with a girl named Erin. She was very sweet and sarcastic but funny. We... hung out a lot."
Wow. I just stooped low enough to use the phrase 'hanging out'.
"That's great, sweetie."
"What's been going on here?"
"Not so much. Life went on. Aunt Brittany and Aunt Santana are coming over tomorrow for dinner."
"Oh, that is really good! I haven't seen them in such a long time, I am positive that they will have missed me as much as I have missed them!"
Quinn froze. I am positive? "I am positive" and "I am aware" were things that were just so classic... her.
Susie choked, before saying:
"I mean, it's been long. It'll be cool to catch up again."
Quinn relaxed a little.
"Yeah, I agree. You haven't seen them in such a long time. You even seem changed to me."
"Well, I haven't. Promise."
"Okay, if you say so..."
Susie smiled.
"Wanna watch Singing In The Rain?"
Bending over her 3rd slice of pizza - Rachel was at her 6th already - Rachel was trying to get more out of Allie than she really had to offer. Since her summer had been dominated by finding out she was a twin and she couldn't tell Rachel that, she was trying to find the tiniest details to focus on while Rachel asked for more and more about the summer camp. After describing her Cabin and some of the people she got to know and the surroundings she was now talking about Charlotte.
"Yeah, she was our Cabin leader. Pretty young. But really sweet. We all liked her a lot. But how have things been around here?"
"Well, the show has picked up on some more interest again. After a small dip, we now are attracting some more interest. And of course, the Tony Award nominations are next week so everyone is very nervous for that, too.
"Of course! Do you think that you..." Allie didn't really know how to finish that question. Thankfully, she didn't have to.
"I hope, obviously. It's been my dream for as long as I can remember. I think that we do stand a chance against the competition, our show is pretty amazing, if I may say so myself."
"You may," Allie said and smiled. Rachel reached over and grabbed her hand.
"Ready for Singing in the Rain?"
"Always!" Allie replied and gave her mom 2 thumbs up.
She curled up against her mom on the large couch while Gene Kelly came to live on the screen. A contented sigh left her lips. This could have been a lot worse.
Down in Lima, Ohio Susie was found in almost the exact same position. Different couch, different mom, no pizza but hot chocolate, but also Susie was curled up against her mom and more than content to watch her favorite movie. She wasn't even commenting throughout the whole thing.
Afterwards, she got ready for bed. But when her mom came up to check on her and kiss her goodnight, a question escaped she'd been dying to ask.
"Mom, I'm a freshman now. I'm starting next week. Can you tell me now, about my dad?"
Quinn bit her lip, not having expected the question so soon. But it was a fair deal. And she had made it.
"Fine," she said. "But you can't comment until the very end, okay?"
Susie made a gesture of locking her lips and throwing away the key, earning an adoring smile from Quinn.
"Alright. Before we start, I want you to know that I have made some mistakes, and I've done some things that I'm not so proud of. But you are not a mistake, okay? You never will be. I love you with all my heart and I couldn't even begin to imagine what my life would look like without you."
She paused, and Susie nodded.
"Okay. When I was in High School, I wasn't necessarily the nicest girl around. I could be a real bitch sometimes. I was Head Cheerio, the first girl ever to earn that spot already in Sophomore year. I was on honoral. I made my parents very proud and happy. And I had a boyfriend, the quarterback, Finn. He was goofy, a bit dumb sometimes but the sweetest guy ever and I cared for him a lot. Then one day, I did something that hurt him very badly. I was having a less than perfect day, and, under the influence of alcohol, I gave my virginity to Finn's best friend, Noah. That's your daddy." Quinn squeezed her hand before going on.
"I lied to Finn, told him that it was his. Noah had a good heart, but he wasn't ready to be a father. I wanted to give the baby up at first, but I couldn't give you up, I loved you too much, and I wanted to keep you. So I did. It was hard, but I'm glad that I did it. I never would have missed out on the experience."
"And... what about... that one girl?" Susie asked carefully, breaking her promise not to speak.
Quinn doubted for a second. But well, Allie kind of deserved to know, and it couldn't hurt.
"Rachel. She's how you got your second name. One day, Finn joined Glee club. Because I wanted to keep an eye on him, I joined too, with Brittany and Santana. But when the pregnancy thing came out, I got kicked off the Cheerio's, and found my support in Glee. When Finn told my parents, they kicked me out. That's why you never got to know them, I'm still sorry for that."
"Where did you go?"
"I moved in with Finn, but when Finn found out about the baby's paternity I couldn't stay there any longer. Rachel was the one who had told him about Noah being the father, and she took me in after that, mostly out of guilt I think. I became very close to her while living with her, and after you were born she helped me raise you."
"And you fell in love."
It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"And I fell in love, yes."
"Why did you split up?"
Quinn tried to remember how her story came to such a sensitive point, but couldn't, really.
"People grow apart. It happens."
"Do you still have contact?"
"No. Why are you so interested in Rachel?"
"Well, judging by the story, she seems to have gotten you through a very difficult time. I am aware that this means that you must have had an intense connection with her, and I like to know about people who are or were so important to your life."
She is aware?
"There isn't really anything else to tell. I think it's best if you go to sleep now, Allie."
"But--"
"Really. Come on, I'll tuck you in."
Susie knew she had lost this one. But she was determined to find out more. Even after her mom had pressed a kiss against her forehead, it was her last thought before finally drifting off to sleep.
Part 7
Author: IrisAyame
Pairing: Rachel/Quinn
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1924 for this chapter, 12128 total
Spoilers: Quinn's eggo
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
Summary: AU. Based on glee_fluff_meme prompt. Prompt was: Rachel and Quinn get married. Instead of Quinn having one kid, she has twins, because, duh, that's like the whole point of the story :) They get divorced, quinn takes one daughter and rachel takes the other. They agree to not tell the girls about each other. Rachel lives in New York and Quinn lives in Lima. Their daughters end up meeting at summer camp and plan to get faberry back together.
Author's Note: I DIDN'T POST YESTERDAY! I apologize for breaking my promise. I'm very, very, very, extremely, super duper sorry. I just... I'm sorry. I promise to try my hardest to give you even MORE and COOLER Parent Trap Faberryness! Read. Review. Tell me to post ON TIME next time :)
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5]
Susie's eyes never left her mother on the way home. She knew that she really should have been paying attentions to her surroundings as much as she could, but she found that it was impossible for her to stop staring at her mother. Yes. It was true. Allie did look a lot like their mom. And so did she.
If Quinn found the continuing staring weird, she didn't comment, which Susie took as an encouragement. She asked how things had been in Lima during her stay.
"Quiet as usual," Quinn replied, rolling her eyes. "Expect anything else?"
"Not really," she admitted.
The real shock came when she stepped out of the car and stood in front of her new home. Because... she had been here before. It wasn't like a weird déjà vu kind of thing, it was a real, almost tangible memory. It shouldn't have taken her by surprise like this, she had visited her grandfathers many a time before and gotten to know the town quite well. This was a street where she and her grandpa Elias always walked through on their way to the supermarket. Lima wasn't really big. It was pretty easy to get to know Lima. But still, the fact that she had actually been here, walked past the house where her mother and twin were living, it gripped her heart strong enough that she actually gasped and had to take a moment when she walked out the car.
"Are you okay, honey?" Quinn asked.
Shape up!
"Yes, of course, it's just... it feels good to be home, you know?"
That sounded like something Allie would say. She granted herself a congratulatory smile for copying her sisters language so well and scooped up her bag.
"I do feel like drinking some tea, don't you? I hope that we will get to spend some time together this evening! I am delighted with the prospect of getting to talk to you again after so long. Maybe we can end the evening with a real mother-daughter bonding activity, like watching a musical. How about Singing In The Rain? It's a real classic! Otherwise, I will of course always be more than happy to settle for Funny Girl!"
With another, even wider smile she walked into the house with a bounce in her step, never noticing Quinn's upper lip separating from the lower one, leaving the mouth agape.
"Are you alright, sweetie? You really are unusually quiet!" Rachel said in a concerned voice to her daughter.
Allie was staring out the window again. She blinked owlishly.
"Yes, of course. Sorry."
"Did something bad happen to you?"
"No, no, I really liked it, that's all! But it's very cool to be home again!"
Truth be told, Allie was panicking inside. She didn't recognize anything from Susie's intense descriptions and there was no way that she was basically finding anything.
But she had to try to put up a good smoke curtain again. So she put on her biggest smile, and asked:
"Mom, is it okay if I come with you tomorrow night? I really want to see you play again!"
"Really, sweetie? I mean, you know that I would absolutely love it if you came, but well, you have seen the show a couple of dozen times already. I think you know my lines better than I do."
"I...err...I forgot them in the summer."
"Oh, that is bad! You must come tomorrow, then. I can't wait to see you there on the first row again!"
"Thanks mom. I can't wait either!"
The smile on her face was now genuine. Her mom was way cool. And a Broadway star. And she was totally seeing her tomorrow.
"But I believe that you and I will have more pressuring matters tonight. I am positive that you have more than a little to tell me, and we have a ritual that's awaiting."
She eyes her speculatively, and Allie remembered what Susie told her.
"Pizza's and Singing in the Rain! Sounds absolutely wonderful, mom!"
"That's what I thought." Rachel looked relaxed again. Allie felt like she would be chastising herself a lot the next couple of weeks.
"Well mom, it was a lot of fun. I got to know many other kids from around my age, and they were all really nice. I've had a really good time."
"Tell me about them! Did you make friends?" Quinn asked her daughter.
"I did! I got along really well with a girl named Erin. She was very sweet and sarcastic but funny. We... hung out a lot."
Wow. I just stooped low enough to use the phrase 'hanging out'.
"That's great, sweetie."
"What's been going on here?"
"Not so much. Life went on. Aunt Brittany and Aunt Santana are coming over tomorrow for dinner."
"Oh, that is really good! I haven't seen them in such a long time, I am positive that they will have missed me as much as I have missed them!"
Quinn froze. I am positive? "I am positive" and "I am aware" were things that were just so classic... her.
Susie choked, before saying:
"I mean, it's been long. It'll be cool to catch up again."
Quinn relaxed a little.
"Yeah, I agree. You haven't seen them in such a long time. You even seem changed to me."
"Well, I haven't. Promise."
"Okay, if you say so..."
Susie smiled.
"Wanna watch Singing In The Rain?"
Bending over her 3rd slice of pizza - Rachel was at her 6th already - Rachel was trying to get more out of Allie than she really had to offer. Since her summer had been dominated by finding out she was a twin and she couldn't tell Rachel that, she was trying to find the tiniest details to focus on while Rachel asked for more and more about the summer camp. After describing her Cabin and some of the people she got to know and the surroundings she was now talking about Charlotte.
"Yeah, she was our Cabin leader. Pretty young. But really sweet. We all liked her a lot. But how have things been around here?"
"Well, the show has picked up on some more interest again. After a small dip, we now are attracting some more interest. And of course, the Tony Award nominations are next week so everyone is very nervous for that, too.
"Of course! Do you think that you..." Allie didn't really know how to finish that question. Thankfully, she didn't have to.
"I hope, obviously. It's been my dream for as long as I can remember. I think that we do stand a chance against the competition, our show is pretty amazing, if I may say so myself."
"You may," Allie said and smiled. Rachel reached over and grabbed her hand.
"Ready for Singing in the Rain?"
"Always!" Allie replied and gave her mom 2 thumbs up.
She curled up against her mom on the large couch while Gene Kelly came to live on the screen. A contented sigh left her lips. This could have been a lot worse.
Down in Lima, Ohio Susie was found in almost the exact same position. Different couch, different mom, no pizza but hot chocolate, but also Susie was curled up against her mom and more than content to watch her favorite movie. She wasn't even commenting throughout the whole thing.
Afterwards, she got ready for bed. But when her mom came up to check on her and kiss her goodnight, a question escaped she'd been dying to ask.
"Mom, I'm a freshman now. I'm starting next week. Can you tell me now, about my dad?"
Quinn bit her lip, not having expected the question so soon. But it was a fair deal. And she had made it.
"Fine," she said. "But you can't comment until the very end, okay?"
Susie made a gesture of locking her lips and throwing away the key, earning an adoring smile from Quinn.
"Alright. Before we start, I want you to know that I have made some mistakes, and I've done some things that I'm not so proud of. But you are not a mistake, okay? You never will be. I love you with all my heart and I couldn't even begin to imagine what my life would look like without you."
She paused, and Susie nodded.
"Okay. When I was in High School, I wasn't necessarily the nicest girl around. I could be a real bitch sometimes. I was Head Cheerio, the first girl ever to earn that spot already in Sophomore year. I was on honoral. I made my parents very proud and happy. And I had a boyfriend, the quarterback, Finn. He was goofy, a bit dumb sometimes but the sweetest guy ever and I cared for him a lot. Then one day, I did something that hurt him very badly. I was having a less than perfect day, and, under the influence of alcohol, I gave my virginity to Finn's best friend, Noah. That's your daddy." Quinn squeezed her hand before going on.
"I lied to Finn, told him that it was his. Noah had a good heart, but he wasn't ready to be a father. I wanted to give the baby up at first, but I couldn't give you up, I loved you too much, and I wanted to keep you. So I did. It was hard, but I'm glad that I did it. I never would have missed out on the experience."
"And... what about... that one girl?" Susie asked carefully, breaking her promise not to speak.
Quinn doubted for a second. But well, Allie kind of deserved to know, and it couldn't hurt.
"Rachel. She's how you got your second name. One day, Finn joined Glee club. Because I wanted to keep an eye on him, I joined too, with Brittany and Santana. But when the pregnancy thing came out, I got kicked off the Cheerio's, and found my support in Glee. When Finn told my parents, they kicked me out. That's why you never got to know them, I'm still sorry for that."
"Where did you go?"
"I moved in with Finn, but when Finn found out about the baby's paternity I couldn't stay there any longer. Rachel was the one who had told him about Noah being the father, and she took me in after that, mostly out of guilt I think. I became very close to her while living with her, and after you were born she helped me raise you."
"And you fell in love."
It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"And I fell in love, yes."
"Why did you split up?"
Quinn tried to remember how her story came to such a sensitive point, but couldn't, really.
"People grow apart. It happens."
"Do you still have contact?"
"No. Why are you so interested in Rachel?"
"Well, judging by the story, she seems to have gotten you through a very difficult time. I am aware that this means that you must have had an intense connection with her, and I like to know about people who are or were so important to your life."
She is aware?
"There isn't really anything else to tell. I think it's best if you go to sleep now, Allie."
"But--"
"Really. Come on, I'll tuck you in."
Susie knew she had lost this one. But she was determined to find out more. Even after her mom had pressed a kiss against her forehead, it was her last thought before finally drifting off to sleep.
Part 7