Epilogue (XVI)

Nine Years Later

Quinn Fabray-Weaver shouldered opened the door to her and her husband's apartment. The lights were on and Wally's shoes were by the door and his coat on the coatrack, so she knew he was home.

The only problem was, it was too quiet in the house. Quinn kicked off her heels, hung her coat next to Wally's, and walked in the kitchen. "Wally?" She called.

She looked on the other side of the island, only to see her husband hiding behind it on all fours.

She opened her mouth to ask what the hell he was doing, but Wally just put a finger to his lips, telling her to be quiet. Quinn clicked her tongue and nodded; she took a step back to go through her briefcase, when she felt a tug on her skirt.

Pulling at her skirt was her three year-old son, Levi, smiling up at her, with his gorgeous, million-dollar smile; He motioned Quinn to come down, so he could whisper something to her. "What's up, buddy?" Quinn whispered, when she knelt down.

"Mommy," He started in his squeaky voice. "Have you seen Daddy? I need to find him."

Quinn cocked an eyebrow. "Why?"

"We're playing hide-and-go-seek," Levi explained. "I'm going to catch him!"

Quinn clicked her tongue. "Go check around the other side of the island." She hinted with a smile.

Levi nodded, and ran around the island, screaming as he leapt onto Wally. Quinn couldn't help but laugh, as she heard Wally let out a roar, and stood up, his son thrown over his shoulder. "Aw, I guess you found me!"

"Yep! I won!" Levi giggled as Wally spun around.

"Alright, you two," Quinn chortled, felling like the only sane one in the house. "Wally, put Levi down, so we can eat before we have to leave."

Wally sighed, and put his son down. "Go get washed up for dinner, ok bud?" He asked, ruffling Levi's blonde hair.

Levi nodded, and ran off to the bathroom. As soon as their son was out of the room, Wally pulled Quinn close and pressed his lips to hers. "Hey…" He whispered when the kiss broke.

"Hey." Quinn smiled back. "I forgot to ask you how the hearing went today… Did you suppress the defense's motion?"

"Of course I did," He kissed her again. "You forget that you are speaking to the best prosecutor in New York City."

"Second best," Quinn corrected. "I won the Peterson case with my cross of their star witness, thus I am the best prosecutor in New York."

"This is true." Wally kissed her again. "So what time are we meeting everyone at the theater?"

"Six."

"And you're going to be wearing something much… sexier, right?" Wally said with a slight smile.

"Of course." Quinn purred. "And Mrs. Williamson said she'd be more than happy to watch Levi overnight for us…" Quinn pushed her hips into his.

Wally kissed her deeply. "As tempting as that is, I'd just like to come home to my son, and tuck him in tonight."

When he said that, Quinn knew something was up; he would never pass up sex, unless something major was going on. "What's up?" She asked, her voice an octave lower.

Wally opened his mouth to tell her, when he heard Levi's footsteps coming back into the kitchen. "I'll tell you later… I promise."

Dinner was quick, Levi was dropped off at the Williamsons, and both prosecutors got changed into their best theater clothes to go to the opening of Rachel Berry's first Broadway show; Quinn in a tight-fitting black cocktail dress and Wally in an immaculate suit.

The two made their way to the show in a cab, Quinn's left hand in Wally's right, Wally twisting her wedding set around her finger, reminiscing about the past nine years.

After graduation and Wally's proposal, they were wed about two months later in a private ceremony. They rented an apartment in New York, and that's where they stayed for their first four years of college, during which time the two of them, along with Mercedes, Sam, Finn, with the occasional appearance of Kurt and Rachel, who had all gone to school in New York City, started a band called Lawyers by Day; Quinn only went along with it because it was better to make money playing gigs instead of waitressing.

After they both received the degrees in pre-law, they both went to law school at NYU, majoring in criminal law; they both had gotten part-time jobs at the Manhattan DA's office, quickly catching the eye of District Attorney Jack McCoy after a professor told McCoy about the married future-prosecutorial duo. In their final year of law school, Quinn found out she was pregnant; Wally smiled, remembering her waddle across the stage to get her diploma, as she had been almost eight months at that point.

After passing the bar exam with flying colours, McCoy offered them jobs as Manhattan Homicide ADAs. Almost immediately after they had both been assigned to Homicide, Levi was born.

Three years later, they were the most successful rookie 'team' in the DA's office, with the highest conviction rate of all the new prosecutors (it was that and that alone that McCoy allowed them to work together, even though they were married). Their son was one of the brightest kids in his pre-school class, and was already learning how to play piano and ukulele (since he was still too small to play guitar). They had even kept Lawyers by Day together and played a few shows a month.

Wally thought life couldn't get any better, until Rachel finally got her big break on Broadway; Now the entire glee club was reuniting to support her.

They got out of the cab, and the two of them walked arm and arm up to the theater, where most of the ex-glee clubbers were; they had all stayed in touch, so seeing them all wasn't something new.

"Damn…" Puck, who had long since gotten rid of his Mohawk, whistled as the two of them walked in. "Quinn, you are lookin' good! If you aren't going home with anyone…" He wiggled his eyebrows. Next to him, Lauren looked like she was going to slap him.

"You've already had your turn." Quinn said. "Besides, I like my men with more hair." She said looking up at Wally, whose dark hair had been swept back and make him look much more sophisticated than it had back in high school and early in college.

"Hey, if a full head of hair gets me that," Puck looked Quinn over, not even caring that Wally was glaring at him. "I'd be more than happy to-"

"Stop talking." Wally finished for him; the group laughed.

"What's so funny?" The turned around, as Blaine and Kurt walked over to them, hand and hand; the two had recently been married and had come just back from their honeymoon in Aruba.

"Puck's trying to steal my wife." Wally explained. "Good to see you guys… How was Aruba?"

"Fantastic!" Kurt smiled. "We had a great time, though we did miss you guys."

While Quinn and Wally had been the first of the glee club to get married, they weren't the last; soon after them, Will and Emma had finally gotten married and still teaching at McKinley, then Tina and Mike, then Sam and Mercedes, and most recently, Kurt and Blaine. Santana and Brittany had finally come out of the closet and were dating, Puck and Lauren were still dating on and off, as were Rachel and Finn.

"You'll have to tell us all about it later." Finn said, pointing to his watch. "But right now, the show's about to start." Wally could tell he was nervous about something; sure it was Rachel's first major show, and Wally knew he had every right not be nervous for his girlfriend, but this was a different kind of nervous.

They began making their way into the theater, when Finn tapped Wally on the shoulder. "Can I talk to you?" Finn asked. Wally nodded, hung back with Finn.

"What's up?"

Finn inhaled. "I know it was a long time ago, but do you remember proposing to Quinn? Like how you felt and stuff?"

Wally chuckled. "Well, we were performing, so it wasn't too hard…" Wally cocked an eyebrow. "Why…?"

Finn swallowed. "Well, I want to propose to Rachel tonight, when we all go out…"

"You'll do fine," Wally clapped a hand on Finn's shoulder. "It's not even the proposing you have to worry about… It's everything else."

They both chuckled. "Thanks man." Finn said, as they walked into the theater. Wally slid into his seat next to Quinn, and she immediately laid her head on his shoulder.

"What was that all about?" She whispered as the lights dimmed.

Wally slid his hand into Quinn's, and stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. "You'll see." He said with a smile.

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The show had been great, as had the after party, where Finn had successfully proposed to Rachel, who almost fainted when she realized what was happening.

Quinn and Wally had to leave first, as they still had to pick up Levi from the Williamsons, and then get ready for work for next day; there was a defense motion hearing that they both had to try and get a judge to shoot down.

Quinn had taken a quick shower, and was making her way down the hall to their study to get all of her notes together, when she noticed a light on in Levi's room. She poked her head in, and smiled at Wally, who was sitting on the edge of Levi's bed, watching his son sleep; the smile faded when she saw the dead look in Wally's eyes.

"Hey…" She whispered. Wally glanced up at her, as she waved him over to the door; he grudgingly stood up and made his way over to her.

Quinn closed the door to Levi's room and the pulled him down, so her lips could meet his is a fiery kiss.

"What's going on," She asked between kisses. "With you? You've been out of it all night…"

Wally took her hand and led her into their bedroom, where they laid down on the bed. "I uh…" he started, trying to avoid Quinn's eyes. "I got our next case…"

"And?" Quinn asked, raising an eyebrow.

"This one's bad."

"We've been doing this for three years," Quinn reached out and stroked his face. "They're all bad… You've got to accept that-"

"No," Wally shook his head fiercely. "This one's different."

"Why?"

Wally inhaled. "Guy beats his son within an inch of his life, then tosses him out a window, finally ending his suffering. When the detectives arrested him, he asked why the hell they were all worked up, he was going to have to pay for a new window." His voice was tight with anger. "He was drunk."

Quinn wrapped her arms around her husband, and pulled him as close as she possibly could; Wally inhaled her, and the smell of her shampoo calming him down.

Sure, they talked about Wally's past and that fateful night back in 2011 and the nightmares and the flashback weren't as bad anymore, but it had been years since Quinn had seen that look in his eyes.

"And when I read that file, all I could think about was Levi, and how I promised I'd never let myself become the monster my father had become…" Wally swallowed. "I've been an ok dad, right?"

"More than ok…" Quinn kissed him. "You've been the greatest dad ever. Levi loves you more than anything, and…" Quinn bit her lip.

"And what?"

She took his hand and placed it on her stomach. "The next one will love you just as much."

Wally's eyes widened. "You're…?"

Quinn nodded, a smile spreading across her face. "Yes… I found out for sure on Wednesday…"

Wally smiled and rolled Quinn onto her back so that he was on top of her. "We're going to be parents… again…"

Quinn smiled up at him, and pulled him down for a kiss. Soon the kiss escalated, and clothing was starting to be removed. "Wait a second…" Quinn paused, as she was trying to help Wally take off her sweatpants. "I thought we were going to get our stuff together for work tomorrow?"

"Well," Wally clicked his tongue. "It's a stupid motion and as crafty as defense counsel is, Judge Hopper isn't dumb enough to believe it." He paused. "I love you, more than anything in the world. Except Levi and our little bun in the oven, maybe…"

Quinn giggled. "I love you too…"

Quinn thought back to the night she first met Wally, ten years ago on her front porch. She had been thinking about fate or destiny or something stupid like that. Fate couldn't have done that, made his car break down right in front of her house, made him come up to her door and ask for help, made her trust him enough to convince her mother to allow him to stay the night.

Fate couldn't have been the cause of their paths to crossing like that, right?

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