Summer Lovin ch. 1

Senior Year 2012

I found myself pacing back and forth inside of the choir room, waiting for my girlfriend of two years to show up and I couldn't but feel incredibly nervous about what I'm about to, knowing that she's not gonna like what I had to say although I needed to be said. I had to do this now or I'd chicken out because I love Rachel too much to let her ruin her life for me as I nearly jumped out of my skin when I felt a pair of arms wrapped around my waist and a pair of lips against my temple to see the love of life dressed in her red cap and gown. She looked beautiful like she always does but that's goes without saying but my heart ached but I steeled myself from breaking down because I knew that this is killing me on the inside but I have to do this as I took in a deep breath before turning to face the petite girl fully, taking her face in my hands to placed a chaste kiss on her lips.

When I pulled back, I could see the dazed lust-filled brown eyes that I love so much and I knew that I'm gonna miss them so much when we parted ways but I just hoped that one day she'll come to forgive me for all the pain that I'm about cause her as I ran my thumbs across her cheeks. The singer looked up at me for a moment as a small frown formed on her face and it seemed like she was picking up on the tense aura that wafted off of me before trying to ask what was wrong but I beat her to the punch cause I needed to get this out now.

"We need to break up"

"W-What?" Rachel asked shocked.

"We need to break up, Rachel. I think that it's for the best that we part ways now as friends" I said sighing.

"W-Where is all this coming from, Quinn? Don't you love me?" Rachel asked pulling away from me.

"Of course, I love you Rachel but you're going to be all the way in New York and I'm gonna to be Texas. You're gonna be surrounded by all those talented singers and actresses and I don't want to be the reason that you won't be able to fully dedicate yourself to improving yourself if you're worrying about me. This way you'll be able to meet new people and date a little bit if that's what you want. You're on your way to bigger and better things and the last thing I want for you is being worried about me"

"I love you, Quinn and I don't want anyone else because you're more than enough for me but if you want to date other people than don't use holding me back as an excuse to do it" Rachel said staring at me with her eyes filled with tears.

"I don't want to date other people, Rachel but I don't want the strain of a long distance relationship to destroy what we have and you know most high school relationships don't survive that kind of strain. It won't be long before we grow to resent each other or break up later down the road and I don't want that for us. Please try to understand where I'm trying from" I said pulling her into my chest.

"No, I don't need to understand anything" Rachel said pushing me away. "I hate you, Quinn Fabray and I never want to see your face ever again"

I sighed softly as I steeled myself from running after her because I can take her hate cause I know that she'll use it to fuel her drive towards reaching her dream of starring on Broadway but I wished that things had went a little more smoothly than it did. The last thing I will see Rachel would be on the stage of McKinley to receive our diplomas but I didn't miss the dirty look that she gave me before she left for New York as I packed up for Texas to major in Photography with a minor in Drama but that today was noted as the day that I drove the love of my life away.

I woke up to see that I'm still on the plane that's heading towards California where my older brother Charlie and his family living for the summer because I haven't visited him in awhile and I could use a break from working the local photography firm. I don't have much of a dating life after everything that happened with Rachel because I knew that I wasn't going to find anyone that would be able to fill the hole she used to fill in my heart so I just filled my bed with any warm body that I could find but it did every little to rid me of the loneliness once everything is said and done.

It's been six years since I broke off things with the diva and I miss her everyday but I know that I did the right thing for her and I'm sure that she's moved on from, more than likely replaced me with someone more deserving and worthy of her affections. Once the plane touched down, I grabbed my drawstring backpack and walked off of the catwalk to see a familiar face in the sea of people with a half smirk on his face, arms folded over his chest and a pair of Aviators resting on the top of his slicked back blonde hair. I walked over towards Charlie who instantly scooped me up into his strong arms, spinning me around before setting me back down on my feet, ruffling my now short hair as he gives me a once over.

"Good to see you Q-ball" Charlie said smiling.

"You too, bro. So where's the wife at?" I asked curious.

"She's at home cooking up a storm for you visit" Charlie said chuckling.

"Awesome cause I'm starving" I said patting my empty stomach.

"Knowing you, you're probably living off of top ramen and frozen dinner" Charlie said shaking his head. "Did you learn nothing in Texas?"

"I learned plenty. Cooking wasn't one of them" I said rolling my eyes. "But not all of us have a top chef to cook our meals everyday and it looks like putting on a little there, Tubby"

"Whatever Quinn" Charlie said grabbing my duffel bag from baggage claim.

Charlie moved out here to the city of angels because he wanted to follow his dream of becoming a movie director and our dad was totally against the idea and wanted his son to take over the family business but that's not what he wanted. Dad gave him an choice between his dream or taking over the business and the aspiring director made his choice by packing up his things, moving to California when he met his now wife wanted to become a chef (nice girl by the way), and hasn't looked back ever since but I missed my brother during the time he was gone because I was thirteen when he left home.

I understand now why he did what he did because Dad tried the same with me and has called me a major disappointment because I wanted to become a photography instead of CEO of a huge company but it's not what I wanted and there's no way that I'm following in the footsteps of a spiteful man like him. Charlie and I drove away towards the nice side of Los Angeles and I have to say that it's pretty beautiful as I look forward to taking lots of pictures when we arrived at his place that he's staying with his wife of six years who runs out of the front door, wrapping me in her arms and practically lifting me off of the ground with amazing strength for someone so small. Tiana is barely 5'2 with mocha skin, brown hair pulled back into a loose ponytail, and chocolate brown eyes with a laid-back vibe about her that I like but she's easily excitable that reminds me a lot of Brittany as she finally sets me down on my feet.

"It's great to finally meet you, Quinn. Charlie's told me a lot about you but he didn't tell me that you were so stunning" Tiana said smiling.

"Thanks but I wish I could say the same about you but family issue" I said shrugging my shoulders.

"He's told me that too and I wish that you could've been there for the wedding but come inside. Dinner's already" Tiana said leading me into the house.

The inside of the house was just as nice as the outside as Charlie leads me to the guest room and it's has a full bathroom too as well as a dark room and I'm loving the red/black color scheme matching my tastes that I wanted when I was a kid. Growing up in a strict and religious household like I did, I didn't get to want for much like all the kids on my block but I wasn't like the other kids because of my anatomy and after being told time and time again that I was an abomination as God was punishing me for all of my past transgressions. Mind you, I was ten when he told me this and what transgressions could a ten year old possibly have but it messed for a long time although if it wasn't for my brother telling me that there's nothing wrong with me, trying to boost my self-esteem, I think that I would be a depressed child. I could've used his confidence and self-assurance during a lot of high school even I was faking most of my own confidence during that time but there was only one person that saw through all of the bullshit that others didn't but she's gone.

"Feel free to use the dark room, I mean I had it installed for you to use and it would be a shame if you didn't" Charlie said leaning against the doorframe.

"If I didn't know any better, I would think that you were trying to convince me to move out here" I said smirking.

"What? Whatever would you get that idea from? I would never try to convince you to move out here where all the top photographers and photography agencies are" Charlie said in mock offence.

"I know what you're doing, Charlie and it's not going to work but I appreciate the room" I said smiling softly.

"We'll see and I'll see you for dinner. Tiana's making bacon cheeseburgers with homemade fries and milkshakes" Charlie said closing the door behind him.

I laugh, shaking my head because this is something that Charlie would pull but I know that his heart is in the right place and there's a reason behind everything that he does although I can't see the reason why he would want me to move to LA. Oh well, I guess that I'll find out sooner or later but right now, a bacon cheeseburger is calling my name.

I woke up early the next day to take pictures of the sunrise over the ocean and I have to say that it's absolutely breath-taking as I walk along the shore, taking pictures that would look amazing including a seagull in mid-flight. As the sun starts to rise, more and more people started showing up on the beach to enjoy the warmth that the sun was provide or the coolness of the ocean as a few surfers headed towards the water to catch a few waves and it almost makes me want to take up a few surfing lesson while I'm out here. I continued walking, looking through my camera lens for my next picture but I didn't see the a flock of seagulls behind me as they flew took off in flight when the next thing… well person I saw was of someone that I haven't seen in six years.

It was Rachel Berry laying on a beach towel, looking out at the ocean with Ray Ban glasses on with her long chestnut brown hair flowing down her back in waves now with buttery highlights, her body is more toned than I remembered it to be and tanned, wearing a hot pink bikini but she hasn't seen me. Part of me wants to go over there and something to her but another part of me is telling not to because I caused enough problems for her and the last thing that she wants to see the person that caused her so much heartbreak then the unexpected happened as a slightly taller woman with long raven hair in matching crimson red one piece bikini with a dipping V-neck coming up side her, kissing her fully on the lips. My heart feels like it's being ripped out of my chest and stomped on by a river dancer but I have no right to feel this way because I know this is the same way the diva felt when I broke up with her and I guess that this karma's way of saying that I deserve this. I turned to walk away before I'm spotted since neither one of them came up for air yet and I took a few steps before I'm frozen in place when I'm standing by an angelic voice.

"Quinn? Quinn, is that you?"

This has one more chapter before being completed. What will Quinn do? Will she turn around or walk away from Rachel once again? Will Rachel let her?

~Nicole The Dragon Rider signing off

End of ch. 1