Been a little while since I've updated this. It's not dead. It's also not going to be many more chapters. As far as an update on my back, I've had two cortisone injections, and I'm hoping to go back to work in a week. That's the only way I'm going to know whether or not it worked.

For those that didn't know, I had one heavily protruding disc in my spine, and two others that were just starting to push out, they also noticed a forward shift in my spine. Which is something I'm probably going to have to worry about when I get older, but right now it's not that bad. Or, I could get lucky and it may never completely bother me.

I'm done rambling. I'm going to go record more GTA V gameplay for youtube :D (hint: link is in my profile lol ;) )

Help Me Help You
Chapter 13

Beth started bouncing in her car seat when her mom pulled up beside Rachel's car and she spotted the brunette. "Rachy!" She leaned up to press her face against her window to try to get a better look at the girl.

Rachel's eyes lit up when she got out of her own car. She went right to the backdoor to open it up. "Hi, Beth."

"Rachy!" The girl announced again as Quinn laughed.

The blond gathered up her purse before getting out of the car. She made her way around the back to watch as Rachel unhooked her daughter from the seat. Beth stood up on her seat and practically jumped into Rachel's arms. "She absolutely loves you." Quinn bit her lip as she stepped closer to the brunette. They hadn't had a chance to discuss anything about public displays of affection. Quinn was okay with it, while scared at the same time. But she was never one to hide who she was from anybody. Being around Rachel gave her a new sense of confidence to be able to take on the world without a care.

She didn't have to wait long for an answer as Rachel leaned up on her tiptoes to press a gentle kiss to Quinn's lips. "Ew, mommy, don't kiss." Beth pouted.

Rachel turned her attention to the girl in her arms with a pout of her own. "Why can't I kiss your mommy?"

The trio started making their way toward the front door. "It's icky."

"What if I kissed you?" Rachel didn't give Beth a chance to answer her before she started showering her with kisses all over her face.

Quinn started laughing when the little girl squealed and wiggled in Rachel's arms. "Kisses aren't that bad." Quinn allowed her hand to rest on the small of Rachel's back as they walked into the restaurant.

Rachel spoke briefly to the woman at the podium before the three of them were lead to a booth along the side of the restaurant. "Can we have a booster seat for her?" The brunette asked before putting Beth down on the seat and sliding in to keep her trapped against the wall.

"Of course, I'll bring one right over, ma'am."

Quinn sat across from Rachel. She knew the lunch date would consist of Beth becoming attached to her… girlfriend? She paused in her own thoughts to actually look at Rachel. Was Rachel her girlfriend? They'd only had one date so far, but Quinn already knew that she wanted to be with Rachel. Before she actually had a chance to say anything, the woman who led them to their table appeared with a booster seat for Beth. "Thank you." Rachel's words pulled Quinn out of her thoughts.

"Do you know what you want for lunch, Beth?" Quinn picked up her own menu to flip to the kids section to see what they had that she might like.

"Chicken sticks."

Rachel laughed, "what are chicken sticks?" Her question was directed toward Quinn.

"That's what she calls chicken tenders." Quinn spotted them on the menu. Once she knew Beth could get them, she started flipping through the lunch menu. "Thank you for inviting us out." Quinn peeked over the top of her menu to look into Rachel's eyes.

"Of course, Quinn." Rachel glanced around for a moment before reaching out to place her hand against Quinn's.

For the majority of their lunch, they stayed like that. Rachel with her hand on top of Quinn's except for when she had to pull away to help Beth with her own food. Quinn snickered when Beth reached for something on the table and succeeded in knocking food off of her plate. Somehow, Rachel had the patience of a saint when it came to Beth. "You're really good with her." She knew that the brunette had always been good with her daughter, but she'd never actually mentioned it before.

Rachel shrugged as she picked up the few French fries that had fallen onto the table to put them back into the plate. "I've always been like this with children. I babysat when I was younger during the summertime. Doing that helped to grow my patience."

Quinn tilted her head as she listened to the brunette across from her. "That's something I actually didn't know about you." She smiled when a soft hint of pink appeared on the girl's cheeks. "It's true, tell me something else I didn't know about you."

The brunette bit her lip for a moment before looking down at her own plate. "That night that I stayed with you, I let you pick the movie, knowing you would pick a horror… I used that as my excuse to get closer to you."

"…What?"

"And, I really wanted to kiss you when you took my phone from me."

Now it was Quinn's turn to blush and feel embarrassed. Before she could say anything, Beth started calling out to her. "Mommy, drink." She held up her empty cup to Quinn. The older blond took it from her before pulling the lid off of it.

"Honey, you still have some of your juice in here. Finish that, then I'll give you some of my tea."

"But, mommy." Beth folded her arms over her chest and pouted at her mother.

"No, you're not going to waste this." Quinn put the lid back onto the cup before placing it back in front of her daughter. She then looked back down at her plate to cut up another part of her pork chop.

"Rachy?" Beth lifted her cup to show the brunette beside her, hoping that she would give in.

"Uh, uh, no. Your mommy said to finish it first."

A smile slowly came to Quinn's lips, "least you don't undermine me like Puck likes to do."

"Well, you are her mother. Why would I go against something you said?"

"When Puck and I do spend time together with her… if I tell her no, she'll run to him and he'll tell her yes." She glanced at Beth before continuing, "now that I'm with you, she'll lean quickly that she can't run to you just because I told her no."

Rachel froze at Quinn's words, "you want to be with me?"

Quinn blushed, she hadn't meant to let those specific words slip out of her mouth. "I… well… if you want to be."

Rachel reached across the table to take Quinn's hand in her own and smiled. "I would love to be with you, Quinn."

"Mommy, more." Beth held out her cup again, before Quinn could grab it, Rachel took it in her own hands and popped the top off of it.

"Good job, Beth." Rachel moved the straw in her own glass aside and poured some of her tea into the cup for the girl. She noticed Quinn's eyes on her as she did so. When she popped the lid back into the cup and handed it back to the young blond, she turned back to Quinn, "what?"

"Not used to someone so willing to help out." She smiled softly. She did get help from Puck and her mom, but it would be odd for her to have help during the week when she wasn't at school.

"I always help out with Beth, though." Rachel picked up her fork to stab at a piece of her salad to take a bite.

It was true, Quinn thought. Rachel always did help out with her daughter whenever she was around. It was something she hadn't really thought of much before their first date. Now that they were out again, she took a moment to actually notice everything Rachel had done to help her out over Beth's two years of life.

XXXXXX

"She's finally asleep."

"Thank you for singing to her, Rach." Quinn spoke from her place on the sofa. She was leaning against the armrest with her legs curled under her as she idly played one of the video games she'd borrowed from Puck. It wasn't really her thing, but the idea of killing people always seemed to relax her.

"I love the opportunity to preform, even if it is for a two year old." Rachel's arms folded across her chest as she looked at the TV that the blond was fixated on, "what in the world are you playing?"

Quinn looked up at the brunette before straightening out her legs and patting the spot on the sofa between them. "Some game Puck let me borrow." Rachel eyed her funny before taking the spot anyway and leaning her back against Quinn's front. "Do you want to try?"

"I don't even know what it is, Quinn."

"It's called Prototype. You're basically this person who's been infected with something and get all these cool powers." Quinn shrugged as she changed her weapon to a sword and started slicing through people.

"It's so violent." Rachel winced at the amount of animated blood that covered the screen. She shook her head when Quinn offered her the controller. Instead, she simply opted for having the blonde's arms wrapped around her as she continued playing the game.

The young mother couldn't help but laugh at the girl that was leaning against her. "It's just a video game."

"You say that about movies too."

"Give it a shot?" Quinn tilted her head to the side to actually look at Rachel. When the brunette started to shake her head, Quinn allowed her bottom lip to jut out in a pout.

"Oh my goodness, fine. What do I have to do?" She shivered when Quinn's hands covered hers to show her the best way to hold the controller. She was barely able to listen as she told her each of the controls, she loved being this close to Quinn. She always had, but there was something different about it lately.

Quinn kept her hands on top of Rachel's as she unpaused the game. "Just go on rampages like I do. Trust me, it's a great stress reliever." She helped to guide Rachel's fingers to the buttons until she felt the diva getting the hang of it.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Rachel winced as she sliced an unsuspecting person in half. Quinn couldn't help but crack up laughing at her. "Don't laugh at me, Quinn Fabray!" She squeaked when her screen flashed red, indicating that she was being shot at. "Help me!"

"Just kill the police."

"Kill the police? Are you mad?" She squeaked again when she saw the guy on screen fall to the ground. "What happened?"

"You died, Rachel." Quinn continued chuckling at the brunette. She leaned closer to her to rest her chin on Rachel's shoulder to look down at the controller. "Don't be afraid to kill the cops."

"I'm not killing the cops!" She turned her head to look at Quinn when she started to giggle. It was a sound she didn't hear that often, and loved whenever she did. "What is so funny?"

"You are," Quinn whispered. "You're funny, and adorable." Quinn's eyes searched Rachel's for a moment before she leaned in to capture her lips.

The controller forgotten on her lap, Rachel twisted her body just a little bit to the left to get a better angle. She brought her hand up to grasp the back of Quinn's neck to pull her in closer. She exhaled heavily through her nose when she felt Quinn's head turn to the side, and her tongue slowly come out to tease at her lips. She couldn't deny it access. A moan left her throat when their tongues touched for the very first time. Rachel felt a chill run down her spine when Quinn's fingers ghosted across her jaw. When the need for air started to overtake her senses, she reluctantly pulled away. Her eyes slowly opened as she placed her forehead against Quinn's.

"Damn," Quinn whispered with a soft laugh.

"I agree," Rachel was still attempting to catch her breath.

The blond leaned in again for a slower, yet deeper kiss. "It's nice to not be interrupted." Her voice was still soft as she continued to share soft, consecutive kisses with the shorter girl in her arms.

"It definitely is." Rachel agreed before shifting around to fully face the blond before relaxing into her arms. "Let's watch a movie."

Quinn reached around Rachel to grab the controller. She was definitely okay with just relaxing with the girl to watch a movie. "What are you in the mood for?" She ended the game and scrolled over to Netflix as she leaned back against the armrest. Her arms came to rest around Rachel's body as she started scrolling through the movies that were available.

"Surprise me. Just, please, Quinn… no horror."

The blond laughed softly before placing a soft kiss to the top of Rachel's head. After spending a few minutes she ended up on Imagine Me and You. She placed her hands on Rachel's hips and kept her close as the movie started.

Rachel twisted her head to look at the blond once the movie was over. A smile overtook her face when she realized Quinn was asleep. It was rare for her to be the one to fall asleep during a movie they watched. Rachel took a moment to examine her features, something she found herself doing over the duration of their friendship. Even before that, she would watch Quinn in the hallways at school. She would be stupid to try to say that she didn't find the young woman absolutely breathtaking. Without thinking, she started peppering kisses along the blonde's jawline.

"Mm, Rach?" Quinn whispered as she started coming out of her slumber.

The brunette's hand slid along Quinn's arm, then shoulder, then up onto her neck as she leaned in to kiss her slowly. She whimpered softly when she felt Quinn's fingers run through her own hair, pulling her in closer.

"That's a great way to wake up." Quinn smirked softly.

"I figured you might want to move to your room before I left. You've slept on the sofa before and your neck killed you for three days after that." Rachel slowly started to sit up.

"You're leaving?" Quinn sounded sad as she pushed herself upright, effectively getting back into Rachel's personal space as she did that.

"Dance class in the morning." Rachel placed her hand on Quinn's cheek. "I'll ask my dads if you and Beth can come over for dinner tomorrow night, if that would be alright?"

"I'd like that, and I know Beth would too, she hasn't seen them in so long."

"Well…" she started off softly as she moved closer to the taller girl, "with us being together now, she'll get to see them more."

Quinn turned her head away for a moment as if she was thinking, "Rachel Berry as my girlfriend…" she looked back at the brunette, "I like the sound of that."

Rachel giggled, "Quinn Fabray as my girlfriend… If someone told me two years ago that I would be sitting here right now, with your arms around me and sharing kisses, I would have lectured them for the fabrication of such false stories." Quinn cracked up laughing before she nodded. "But, I'm glad things are working out the way they are."

"Me too." Quinn agreed before pulling Rachel up with her. "We could stay up and talk all night, but you have a dance class in the morning."

"Are you kicking me out?"

"No! Of course not." Quinn quickly defended. But calmed down as soon as the shorter girl started laughing. "You're horrible."

"You love it." Rachel's arms came up around the blonde's neck before pulling her down for a few soft, short kisses.

Quinn loved Rachel, she was fully realizing it with each passing moment she spent with her. But, she couldn't say it to the girl in her arms, not yet at least. It was definitely too soon for any of that. "Text me when you get home." It was more of a demand rather than a request.

Rachel shook her head before stealing one more kiss then opening the door. "Don't I always? I'll talk to you later, Quinn. Have a good night."

"Good night, Rachel." Quinn stood by the door to watch her girlfriend walk toward the steps. With a happy sigh, she closed and locked the door. She picked up the controller from the table to shut off the system, then placed it on top of her Xbox. Quinn couldn't hide the smile that completely took over as the events of the evening finally started to set in. Rachel Berry was her girlfriend. Slowly, she started turning the lights in her apartment off before going to her bedroom.

Then it dawned on her, how would they react when they went back to school on Monday. It was quickly turning into the best weekend of Quinn's young life, with exception of the Saturday night when Beth was born, but it would have to come to an end. School was rapidly approaching and she had to talk to Rachel about whether or not they'd be open, or keep it quiet for a little while. If Quinn were to be honest with herself, she didn't care either way. She'd built up a tough skin at that school, nothing affected her the way it used to. She knew she was surrounded by a lot of closed-minded jackasses every day at McKinley. But, she didn't know how Rachel would want to approach things.

It was definitely something they'd have to discuss over dinner the next evening.

Hopefully I haven't lost every reader I had gained with this story. If you're still here, thank you so much for being patient with me :D