A/N: I AM SORRY FOR THE DELAY! My brother moved here with his new born and I watch her daily so life got crazy. And then My health was on thr fritz again but here it is.
firstly, thank you to Icesk8er you are amazing, with all the help and edits, thank you and I really have enjoyed the back and fourth with you, its been so fun.
My love fbedit you are amazing and I love you beautiful I hope you enjoy! You are seriously amazing and I love you to the moon and back!
My Lucy! You are amazing, hopefully you read this it makes you smile and finds you well. I love you tons.
okay okay, with out futher ado...
enjoy :)
2:00PM
As Quinn headed to Rachel's loft she debated about what she was going to do. Sure she was mad, but she couldn't let it ruin their trip. That was possible, right? She spent most of the ride over convincing herself that it was. She was lost in thought when her cell phone rang. She looked down to see it was Santana.
"Hi" She said annoyed.
"Why do you sound like that?" Santana asked.
"Sound like what?" She said changing her short tone.
"Like you want to stab me in the eye? Are you okay?"
"I am… okay. Yeah I'm fine." She said.
"Are you trying to convince me or yourself of that? What is going on?"
The driver pulled up to Rachel's loft and got out to open the door for her. "I can't talk about it right now. I just got to Rachel's and I have to get her and get to the airport."
"Okay, call me later? Or text me when you get to the airport?" San asked.
"Yeah, sure." Quinn said. Quinn got out of the car, taking a deep breath. "Put this away for now" she whispered to herself. "This is a very important trip." She walked into building, trying to pull herself out of her funk the whole way up. Before she could slide open the door, Rachel did.
"Hi, baby!" The brunette smiled, "I missed you."
Surprisingly, Quinn relaxed a little in her girlfriend's embrace. 'I can do this.' She thought, "It's only been like an hour. How are you doing, ready?"
"Yep" Rachel said glancing at the two very large suitcases and her carry on by the door.
"Rach, we are only going to be gone for a week, not a month." She giggled.
"Babe, we are going to Israel, I just want to make sure I have options. What if one day we decide to do something, and I need… I don't know, something I didn't pack?"
Quinn just rolled her eyes. "Well, come on lets get these things down to the car." She lifted the handle up on one of the rolling suitcases and grabbed the duffle bag.
"Thanks babe." Rachel kissed her cheek before grabbing the other suitcase.
4:00PM
On the ride to the airport, Quinn was pretty quiet, but Rachel didn't notice because she was too busy talking her ear off about how excited she was. When they got to the airport, their driver, Charles helped them unload their baggage and they got it checked. They made it through security pretty quickly, well once they got to the actual security checkpoint that is. First they had to get in a line at a kiosk first where there were workers that asked them a bunch of questions such as: Are you travelling to Israel? What is your purpose of travelling to Israel? Have you visited Israel before? How long is your visit for? Where are you staying and which all places are you visiting? Do you have a plan for your holiday (itinerary)? Once they finished with that, they went through the rest of TSA security, which didn't take them much time at all.
Quinn was now sitting at the gate, while Rachel had gone to get some magazines for the flight. Her phone buzzed and she noticed it was a text from Santana.
San: Did you get to the airport?
Quinn: Yep, we are just waiting to board.
San: What time do you do that?
Quinn: In about a half hour.
San: Are you stoked?
Quinn: Yeah, I'm excited.
San: What's going on with you? I thought you would be in a great mood. You are leaving for vaca with the girl of your dreams…
Quinn: I really am excited… I just have… a lot on my mind is all. And I didn't sleep well last night. How is Hawaii?
San: Quit trying to change the subject it isn't going to work.
Quinn: Please San, I don't want to do this right before I leave. I swear when I get home we will talk.
San: Okay, okay.
Quinn: Thanks.So how is Hawaii?
San: You're welcome, but we WILL talk about this when we're back in the city. Hawaii is great. B is obsessed with being in her bathing suit 24/7 and I'm obsessed with B, so win, win!
Rachel walked back over with two coffees in her hand and a bag that looked to be full.
"I got you a coffee." She smiled.
"Thank you." She said slightly annoyed again.
Quinn: Well I am glad.
"San?" Rachel asked.
"Uh huh." She nearly mumbled.
San: Okay well we're off to the beach… text me when you get there so I know you're safe. I love you, B says hi and she loves you both.
Quinn: Will do. We love you both too. Ttyl.
San: Okay. Bye bitch, love you.
Quinn: Love you too.
"Baby, what's going on with you?" Rachel asked.
"Nothing, why?"
"You just, haven't said much, and seem… tense and well... upset." Rachel said gently, not wanting to poke the bear.
"I'm fine. I just… I know it's going to be a long flight and I didn't sleep well last night." She tried to lie.
"It is a long flight, yes. But luckily we can sleep on the plane." Rachel said, trying to be positive.
Her positivity just seemed to bug Quinn more. She wasn't actually worried about being able to sleep on the plane, because she had gotten 'lay flat' seating in first class. She nodded and sipped her coffee.
'12 hours Quinn, you have 12 hours to sit on a plane with her. Either talk to her about this, or let it go, for real.' Quinn thought.
"Are you sure that is all that's bugging you?" Rachel asked after a long period of silence.
Quinn took a deep breath.
"I knew it, what is going on?" Rachel asked.
'It's now, or hold it in for a week.' She thought about it for a second and knew she couldn't go a whole week without it completely ruining her chance at actually having a nice time. But would they be able to have a good time if she did bring it up?
"Fine, no it's not all that's bugging me." She said.
"Okay, then what is it babe? Is it the Jenna thing?"
Quinn's eyes shot up from the magazine she was pretending to read and she went from annoyed to pissed in .5 seconds. "No, we talked about that, that DOES NOT bug me."
"Then what?" Rachel nearly pleaded, which seemed to soften Quinn slightly.
"I got an email from… My dad this morning." Quinn said calmly but with irritation.
Rachel froze. "Oh? What did he sa-"
"I think you know." She said cutting her off, her voice low but sharp.
"Quinn" Rachel said with pleading eyes.
"So it is true? You went to see him?"
"Yes." Rachel answered, her voice barley audible.
"When? Why?" She was trying to stay calm but she was felt her self getting upset. "Why, would you do that behind my back?"
"When we were in Lima, after you ran into him in the store; which is why, because you were… you were so… upset."
"So you went to see him and what?" She hissed.
"I simply told him, you are doing well, really well. I told him that you have an amazing life and you are finally happy and that he didn't have a right to just show up now and mess that all up again."
"Why do you have the right to do that? Without even talking to me about it?" She asked trying to keep her voice down. "And when the hell did you even go?"
"After I took Shelby to the airport." She said with a sigh.
"You told me you were going to see your dad. So you lied to me, and kept this from me."
"Only because-" She paused for a second.
"What, because what? What's the great excuse that makes this ok?"
"He called your phone, so I knew he didn't listen you when you said that you didn't want him in your life, so…"
"So you took it upon yourself to handle it? Why do you get to make this huge life decision for me? He may be a shitty father, but he's MYshitty father, you had no right-"
"Attention EL AL passengers on Flight 2235 to Tel Aviv, we will now begin boarding all First Class passengers."
Quinn stood up and grabbed her carry on.
"Are we going to finish this conversation, or not?" She looked to Quinn.
"We need to board." Quinn said.
"Okay" Rachel said standing up and grabbing her stuff. "But we are going to finish this conversation, I need to explain."
"I don't know what else there is for you to explain. Not only did you do that behind my back, but you lied to me about it, and that's just… not okay."
Rachel wanted to yell to get Quinn to listen, to get her to stop for a moment and see why she did what she did. But she was in an airport full of people and she really didn't want to cause a commotion, so she just followed the blonde to the check in desk and proceeded onto the plane.
/
They had been in the air now for nearly twenty minutes and Quinn still hadn't said a word to her. When the fasten seatbelt sign went off, she had gotten up and gone to the bathroom. Rachel sat there just staring out the window confused as to how she could make this better. As soon as her phone got Wi-Fi she emailed Santana.
To:Santana_Lopez121
Subject: Help!
Hey… so… she knows about Russell and that I went to see him. I guess he emailed her. She freaked out! She is really pissed and upset and I get that, but she won't even let me explain. I can't let it ruin this trip. What should I do? I should have never gone. I should have left well enough alone, and I know that, but I just, I care about her so much and that, ignorant stupid cold-hearted son of a bitch doesn't. ::Sigh:: I just don't want to her to get hurt again… what should I do now San?… HELP me!
Rach.
Quinn came back and sat down and then the flight attendant came over "Hi my name is Brandon, I will be taking care of you on this flight along with Carrie" He gestured to the other woman who was helping someone across the aisle. "Would you beautiful girls like anything to drink?"
"Um, Whiskey? Neat?" Quinn asked.
Rachel thought it was a bit early to be drinking, but she did know that Quinn didn't love to fly and with that and this, she knew she probably needed to take the edge off.
"You got it." The young man smiled. He was tall, had dark hair and gorgeous green eyes, was around their age, and was clearly flirting with them both.
"And for you?" He smiled at Rachel.
"Um, coffee please." She said with a smile.
"You got it. I will be right back." He winked.
"Are you going to ignore me the whole flight?" She asked Quinn.
"I am not ignoring you." Quinn said surprisingly softly.
"Then?"
"I just, don't know what to say right now, and I really don't want to argue, but right now I am pretty upset, and if I try to talk about it, we are just going to fight."
"Okay, that's fair." Rachel said.
Brandon came back with their drinks. "If you need anything else just press your call button and Carrie or I will be right over."
"Thank you." Rachel smiled.
"Yes, thanks." Quinn said taking a long sip of her drink.
Rachel's phone buzzed with a reply from Santana.
FromSantana_Lopez121
Subject: RE: Help!
Jesus Berry, what the hell!
I knew something was up with her today when I called. She kept telling me it was nothing, but… clearly it was. Okay. Best option: let her deal with it in her own time. If she doesn't want to talk right now, don't push her or it will just be a bigger blow up. Remember high school Q? Yeah well she's still in there and she's all grown up now an it's... not fun, I promise. When she is ready to talk, just explain that you were only doing it because that douche monkey thought he could just come back and stir shit up and we didn't think it was good for her right now, with things being so good and all. YES, I said we. Let her know it was both of us. Fuck, you can even tell her it was me and I told you to, if it helps. She will see your intentions for were good. I know she is upset right now, but she will get it. Even though she won't be happy about it, or think it was okay, she will understand it came from a good place not a malicious one. Let me know how everything goes. Call or text if you need me.
Love you,
S.
She looked over to Quinn, who had her headphones in and her eyes closed.
To:Santana_Lopez121
Subject: Re:re: Help!
Thank you Santana, I really appreciate you having my back and being here for me. (Don't worry your secret about being nice is still safe with me) I will not tell her it was your idea. I need to own up to it and take what comes with it, but I do really appreciate the offer. It means a lot to me that you would take the blame for me to make things better, but I have to be honest. I will tell her we thought it was best and try to explain my reasoning behind going to see him and hopefully she'll be able to see why I did it and forgive me. She said we will talk about it later, and I'm just going to give her her time like you said, because I don't need this to be a bigger issue than it already is. Hopefully after her nap she will be calmer, here's hoping… Thanks again San. Hope Hawaii is going great. Tell B I said hi! I am going to miss you both this week. We need to do dinner as soon as we're all back so B can show off her ring and tell her proposal story.
Much love,
Rach.
/
It had been two hours and she still hadn't said much to Rachel, she knew that it wasn't okay, but she really didn't want to fight with her. She had her phone in her hand just scrolling through Instagram and pictures, when her phone beeped, indicating she had a new email.
She opened it.
From:Rachel_Barbra_Berry
Subject: Please…
Quinn…Baby, I am so sorry that I went to him and didn't talk to you about it before hand. I just… we… you… were so happy, and when you saw him, you were so… scared. You were back to that fifteen year-old girl from high school again. I didn't want him to come back in and break you. I wanted him to go away. I didn't think that he deserved to know you at your best when he refused to be there for you at your worst. I know that wasn't my decision to make, and I am really sorry that I did; but when I called San, we both agreed that it wasn't okay for him to just try to waltz back in and try and be 'dad' when he was so awful to you. I went and told him to stay away, and like you said I had no right to make that life decision for you, I should have been honest with you and let you know what I was thinking. I am so sorry that I lied, I really am. There is no excuse for it. All I can say is I did what I did because I love you, and care for your feelings, not because I wanted to hurt you. I never want to hurt you baby, but I know that I upset you. I am sorry. That is what I was trying to avoid. I didn't even think he would see me, but felt I had to try and when he did… I went in there and I said my peace, for you, for us. I love you baby and I am hoping you see that is why I did what I did, but I understand I went about it wrong.
All my love,
YOUR Rach.
She took a deep breath and looked over at her girlfriend who was now lost staring out the window. She wanted to be mad. She wanted to stay mad. But she knew that this trip was meant to be great, and though she was still really upset about what Rachel had done, she knew in her heart she wasn't trying to be malicious. She took a deep breath and let her hand slide over and rest on top of the brunette's. Rachel turned her head, and smiled, tears running down her cheeks. "I really am sorry." She said quietly.
"I know" Quinn nodded. How could she not? Rachel said it umpteen times in that email, and she knows when Rachel repeats something over and over she really means it. She knew she needed to forgive her, and move on; but the moving on would be the harder part of that equation.
"Are we going to be okay?" Rachel asked.
Quinn nodded, "Yes, but… that, was not okay. You can't just go behind my back and do things like that Rach."
"I know." Rachel nodded. "I will never do anything like that again."
"I believe you." She said.
"Good, because I never want to lose your trust, and I know that was a huge thing I did and I know it may take a little while to regain your trust again, but I will and I am sorry, I am just so sorr-"
"Rach" Quinn cut her off, "here's the thing, I need you to stop apologizing." She took a deep breath, "I mean it when I say I forgive you baby, but it's going to take me a minute to forget it okay?"
Rachel just nodded.
"I wont hold this over your head or anything, but I just can't forget this very second. That doesn't mean things won't be normal because they will be, I just need to take an extra beat to forget okay?" Rachel nodded, "That is not usually how I work. Unfortunately my past experiences cause me to need to process things differently… But I love you," She took Rachel's hand, "and I am willing to not close up like I normally would, and talk about it and work through it, which is very big for me." She smiled.
Rachel didn't interrupt, Quinn was talking and she didn't want to step in and take over like she normally would. Plus she loved Quinn like this, open and venerable. Part of her expected the blonde to get mad and yell and need days to get passed the anger.
"And please for the love of…, I know Santana is my best friend, but sometimes, she doesn't have the… most… rational of thoughts." Quinn smiled. Rachel giggled slightly. "And when you put that with your dramatic tendencies, things can get a little… well… out of control."
"I really had the best of intentions." Rachel said.
"I know, and I think you know where you went wrong, and we will talk about that, just not on this trip. I want this trip to be special."
"Everyday with you is special." Rachel said.
"Good lord you are such a ball of cheese sometimes do you know that Rach?" Quinn rolled her eyes.
"You love it!" Rachel smiled.
"I love you" Quinn smiled.
"I love you Quinn" Rachel laid her head on Quinn's shoulder and yawned.
"Why don't you close your eyes for a while." Quinn kissed her head.
Rachel wrapped her arms around Quinn's arm and snuggled her close, and drifted off to sleep.
/
"Baby" Quinn kissed the top of Rachel's head.
She stirred and sat up in the lay flat seat.
"How'd you sleep?" Quinn asked.
"Good" She stretched, sort of surprised she had slept so well on an airplane. "What time is it?"
"10am in Israel" Quinn said. "3am in New York." The girls had decided that on the plane they would try and start to adjust to Israel time because they wanted to be able to do things their first day there and not be too tired.
Rachel nodded.
"We land in an hour." Quinn said, unable to contain her smile.
"What are we doing first?" Rachel asked.
"Going to the hotel and taking a shower." Quinn said.
"Then?"
"We'll figure that out together."
"This is going to be the best trip ever." Rachel smiled.
"That's the plan. Want to get changed before breakfast?"
"Yeah that sounds good." Rachel grabbed her bag and headed to the bathroom to change. Quinn opened her phone to check her messages. She had three emails: Alissa, checking on them and asking a few work questions, Santana, more than likely apologizing, or at least she hopped, but she didn't open that one, and Beth.
From: BethAbagial0909
Subject: Hi Mama!
Hey, I hope you and Rachel are well. I am getting ready for bed and wanted to tell you both I love you! I know you are on the airplane. Call me when you land? I love you SOO much, both of you! Guess what? Mom said when we move we can get a puppy! YAY! I can't wait to get to see you guys more. Well I g2g get ready for bed. ILYSM!
Beth!
OH, PLEASE SEND LOTS OF PICTURES! (Either here or mom's phone!)
"Hi" Carrie said walking over.
Quinn glanced up at the flight attendant. "Hello" She smiled.
"Good morning, how did you sleep?" She asked.
"Well thank you." Quinn said.
"Would you like me to make up your seats?" She asked.
"I would love that." She stood up and grabbed her bag to change while Carrie did that. "Thank you."
"My pleasure Ms. Fabray."
"What did I say about that?" Quinn smiled.
"I am sorry, Quinn" Carrie corrected herself.
"Thank you, I will be right back."
"Of course and would you like your breakfast?"
"Please, and coffee for both." Quinn added.
"Non-dairy creamer for Ms- I mean Rachel?"
"Yes, please. And thank you." She said scooting passed her to the bathroom. She knocked on the door she knew Rachel was in. Rachel opened the door and let her in. She was dressed but applying some foundation. "Can I change in here with you?"
"Of course." Rachel smiled then kissed her.
"Carrie is getting our seats made back up, then bringing us coffee and breakfast."
"Wonderful" Rachel smiled.
Quinn took off her sleep shirt and pulled on a clean one. "Oh and Beth wrote us the cutest email ever."
"Did she?"
"Yep, here" She handed Rachel her phone as she slipped off her pants and pulled on a pair of dark denim skinny jeans.
Rachel opened the email and read it, then handed the blonde her phone back. "I can't wait until they live closer." Rachel said.
"Me either. I would like to have her as much as possible. Are you okay with that?" Quinn asked.
"Of course. And I think it would be nice to have Shelby stay for dinner when she picks her up, and spend more time with her too."
"Yeah I want to do something with just Beth once in a while too. So maybe we could do like 'mother daughter' nights."
"Definitely." Rachel nodded.
"I'm glad you agree." Quinn pulled her in close and kissed her, deeply but gently. "I love you."
"I love you" Rachel smiled, grabbing for her hand and opening the door to head back to their seats.
"Quinn?"
"Yes baby?" She said as Carrie came back with coffee and two little carafes of creamer.
"Thank you" Rachel smiled.
"My pleasure" Carrie smiled "Your breakfast will be out in just a few minutes."
"Perfect thanks." Quinn said, and then turned her attention back to Rachel.
"When you handed me your phone I noticed there was an unread email from San. You're not… mad at her are you?"
"I'm not thrilled with her, but no, I am not mad at her. I just needed to read Lissa's email regarding work and then I wanted to read Beth's. Then Carrie came to make the beds before I got back to San's. Please baby, don't dwell on this during the trip."
Rachel nodded, "Okay. I wont. I love you."
"I love you too." Quinn smiled.
/
A little less than an hour later, they started their decent. Rachel was particularly excited because she had read all about how people sing and clap upon arrival. She couldn't wait to touch down so she could be in the place she always wanted to be, with the love of her life. This is exactly how she wanted to do this trip, with the person she loved most by her side. She never imagined it would be Quinn Fabray, but she couldn't be more thrilled about it.
She was staring out the window as they were getting closer to the ground, when she could feel Quinn's eyes on her. She could always 'feel' when she was looking at her. She glanced over at the blonde and smiled, "What?"
"You look… So happy." Quinn Smiled.
"I am, I really am. I have wanted to be here, and do this for as long as I can remember now. And when I wrote that report on Israel in high school it just got… I wanted it even more. And now I'm here, with you. It's just all so… surreal."
Quinn reached over and grabbed her hand, "I love you Rach."
"I love you Quinn."
As they touched down a few moments later everyone clapped and singing filled the cabin. The song was called Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, which means "we bring you peace". Rachel's eyes immediately filed with tears, she was just so over come with joy, and peace.
Quinn leaned over and kissed her check gently, "Welcome home" She whispered.
Rachel squeezed her hand and smiled. She remembered telling Quinn that often the pilot tells you welcome home when you land in Israel, because even if you don't live there, most Jews consider it home, or their homeland.
"You're amazing, thank you."
"For what?" Quinn asked as Rachel laid her head on her shoulder.
"This, planning this trip, bringing us here."
"Of course baby, anything for you." She smiled kissing the top of her head.
/
Once they got off the plane and out through customs, which took them a little while, they caught a cab and headed to their hotel. When they pulled up to the beach front hotel Quinn could see Rachel's eyes light up. They were staying at The Carlton Hotel, which was a beautiful, modern, beachfront hotel with a rooftop pool, and a gorgeous view.
"This is incredible." Rachel said getting out of the car.
A hotel employee came out and greeted them.
"Hello, I am Alon. It is nice to meet you. Welcome to Tel Aviv." His English was very good. His accent was thick, but the girls could understand him wonderfully.
"Hello, I am Rachel, and this is my girlfriend Quinn."
"So glad to have you here with us at The Carlton Hotel. Let's get you checked in, and I will have someone come and get your bags and take them to your room."
"Thank you." Quinn said, grabbing Rachel's hand and following Alon into the hotel, where they got checked in then headed up to their room. They had a suite, with an ocean view and a Jacuzzi tub outside.
"It's so nice in here." Rachel said looking out the sliding glass door.
"It really is" Quinn said wrapping her arms around the brunette's waist and kissing at her neck. "I am so glad we are here, and that I get to be the one to do this with you."
"I wouldn't want it any other way, honestly." Rachel said turning in her arms and kissing her lips softly. "So what are we doing today?"
"Well, I need to shower, then I was thinking we could go walk around and maybe get some food."
"That sounds lovely."
"There is a vegan restaurant right near the water, about a twenty minute walk from here, or about an 8 minute drive. I figured we could walk though and see some things along the way."
"I would love that." Rachel smiled.
"Me too, I just have to call San and let her know we made it okay, then we can shower."
"I will start it, meet me in there?" Rachel asked.
"Sounds good, I'll only be a minute."
"Take your time, I will be waiting for you." Rachel smiled and then disappeared into the bathroom.
Quinn dialed Santana.
"Hey, you make it okay?"Santana answered.
"We did, just got to the hotel. Going to shower and then go grab food."
"Well I am glad you made it safely. What's the weather like?"
"Cooler, but not cold I think it's supposed to be in the upper sixties today. How is Hawaii?"
"Gorgeous. Britt is loving it here, she is all about being on the beach."
"Where is she now, sleeping?" It was midnight there, nearly 1am. Israel was twelve hours ahead of Hawaii.
"Yeah. I am only up because I was waiting for your call."
"Well go to bed, text me later. I love you."
"I love you too, and I am sorry about-"
"We'll deal with that when we're home. But I know. Love you San."
"Love you too, bye bitch." Santana said and Quinn hung up the phone and headed into the bathroom where the shower was running.
She got into the very large bathroom and undressed before slipping in. Rachel was already in, hair wet and all.
"How is San?" She asked.
"Good. Heading to bed, she was just waiting on my call."
Rachel nodded and then yawned.
"You tired?" She asked.
"A little. I think I have some jet lag, but I am not exhausted. I'm excited to go see the city a little and eat."
"Me too. Then back here for bed early so we can make sure we are on a good schedule. Plus I think tomorrow may be a good day to head to Jaffa."
"Oh I would love that." Rachel said.
Quinn stood underneath the shower and got her hair wet, and then grabbed the shampoo. "Yeah I was thinking we could spend the day there, go to Junk and Treasure Flea Market and the clock tower, before heading down to the harbor, and then the Great Mosque."
"And HaPisgah Garden?" Rachel asked.
"Of course." Quinn nodded rinsing her hair.
"Yes, that sounds great." Rachel smiled.
"Well good" Quinn said. "I'm glad."
"This trip is going to be awesome." Rachel said. "I still can't believe we are here."
"Well believe it baby, because we are." Quinn smiled.
"WE need to call Beth in the morning too, well her morning." Rachel said.
"Yes, we do." Quinn loved that Rachel loved Beth so much.
/
About forty minutes later the girls were walking out the front of their hotel, they had stopped and talked to Alon, who made sure they knew their way. They could walk right down the street along the water until they got to the street they needed to turn up to head to the restaurant. Quinn had her camera strapped around her neck and Rachel couldn't help but smile at her. For one, she looked like such a tourist, and two, she was adorable with her camera. She had such passion for photography.
"What?" Quinn asked as she walked down the street.
"What kind of camera is that?" Rachel asked.
"A Nikon d52000" Quinn said.
"You say that so…" Rachel smiled.
"What?" she giggled.
"I love you, and I love how much you love… that." Rachel gestured towards the camera.
"It's just a hobby."
"It's a passion, and you're so good at it."
Quinn took Rachel's hand and they continued walking. Rachel's eyes were huge as she looked at nearly everything while they walked, and Quinn couldn't take her eyes of the brunette.
"What?" Rachel noticed eyes on her.
"Nothing" Quinn smiled.
"What were you looking at?"
"You" Quinn smiled.
"Why?"
"Because you are… adorable, all wide eyed." She snapped a picture of Rachel as she was staring off at something.
The click brought her out of her trance and she looked to the blonde and smiled. "How could I not be? Look at where we are. It's breath taking!"
It really was something to see, a busy little city, well big city. But Quinn couldn't take her eyes off Rachel. She snapped another picture.
"Would you take a picture of something else? I mean look around, this place is gorgeous."
"That's exactly why I'm taking a picture of you; you're gorgeous." Quinn smirked.
Rachel rolled her eyes, "Where are we eating?"
"Its called Fresh Kitchen, well that's the English translation. It's a little vegan place. It's supposed to have great fresh food, and it's a coffee type shop too."
"Cool so we can walk down here and get coffee tomorrow?"
"Or stop on the way out of town, yes."
"Yay!" Rachel clapped.
Quinn giggled. She loved when 'high school Rachel' would make a quick appearance.
They walked into the cute little shop, "where did you hear about this place this place?" Rachel asked.
"Facebook" Quinn smiled, as they were greeted and seated.
"It's cute, local-like."
"I thought it sounded like a good spot, and it was very highly recommended." Quinn said. "What do you think sounds good?"
Rachel looked at the menu for a moment, "I think the falafel." She told the young woman behind the counter.
"That is a very good choice." The girl said with a thick Israeli accent, a smile on her face. "And for you?" she asked looking to Quinn. "I think I will have the same, and two…" She looked to Rachel, "What do you want to drink?"
"Water bottle for me."
"Two water bottles." She said to the girl.
Quinn paid for their meals and then they got their water bottles and number and sat down at a table.
"So today" Quinn said, "What do you want to do?"
"I like the idea of walking around here a little, then it would be nice to head back to the hotel a little early, snuggle and maybe just order room service tonight so we can turn in early and get up tomorrow and head to Jaffa and such."
"Sounds good" Quinn said as the girl from behind he counter came over and brought them their food, placing it in front of them.
"Is there anything else I can get for you?" She asked.
"Nope, this looks lovely" Rachel smiled.
"Thank you" Quinn said to her before she walked away.
/
They ate their meal and on their way back to the hotel, they perused, ending up along the coast again. Quinn took pictures as they walked. She had pretty much let the whole Russell thing go, and she was just happy to be walking around Israel with Rachel's hand in hers, seeing her so happy and excited to be where they were.
"Do you want to keep walking, or do you want to head back to the hotel?" Quinn asked as they got to the street to turn down to get back to the hotel.
"Back to the hotel I think" She yawned.
"Sounds good to me." Quinn said.
/
8:45PM
They were just settling in for sleep. Quinn was in the bathroom so Rachel texted Santana. It was 8am Hawaii time, and if she knew Brittany, they were up and had gone on a run already.
Rach: Hey!
San: Hey Berry, how are things?
Rach: Things are much better. Had an amazing day here. How are things there?
San: Great, we are getting ready to go run…
Rach: Oh you mean you don't like Britt's 6 mile morning routine?
San: Yeah, no. How is Quinn?
Rach: Welcome to my hell, and when she makes me do it, it's work so I can't get out of it. Quinn is well. Much better. We still have stuff we are going to talk about when we get home, but she forgave me and we are going to pick that back up later.
San: Hopefully she'll forget by then.
Rach: From your lips to God's ears… lol. Sooo… When is the big moment?
San: Tomorrow night. I am borderline freaking out.
Rach: WHYYYY? We talked about this. There is no wayyyy she is going to say no.
San: Thanks Rach, you're a good friend.
Rach: Awwww Santana!
San: Shit! I knew I was going to regret saying that.
Rach: I'm saving that text message FOREVER!
San: Okay leaving now.
Rach: I LLLLOVE YOU!
San: Okay… bye.
…
San: Love you too.
Rachel just smiled as Quinn crawled into bed. "Who was that?" She asked.
"San."
"How are they?" Quinn asked.
"Good, B's getting ready to make her run." She giggled.
Quinn laughed. "God help Santana."
"For sure!" Rachel laughed, then yawned.
Quinn rolled over and kissed her. "Close your eyes, we have a big day tomorrow!"
"I love you" Rachel said.
"I love you too!"
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More iseral to come... and good stuff, with maybe a bit more conflict.
Until next time.
:)