What I could never tell you

Chapter 12

Sorry it occurred to me that I only mentioned Charlie once before and that was back in like chapter 5 my bad but yea Charlie is Fannies significant other. Aaml-sp5 suggested it so shall it be. I know it's late but my computer broke down and well yea anyway enjoy. Not the best chapter

Rachel begins to raise her right hand and open her mouth intending to greet Judy and those around her but before she can even think about making a sound someone grabs her by her upper arm and claps a hand over her mouth "we need to talk Berry" Santana's smooth raspy voice harshly whispers in her ear as she forces Rachel to move forward keeping her hand over the slightly smaller girls mouth; Brittany skips in her line of sight a moment later than passes them slightly whilst humming an unnamed tune.

Santana practically throws Rachel away from her once they are in a fairly secluded spot to her liking which happens to be a nearby hall as the small waiting room held far too many people for her liking, when free Rachel immediately spins herself around intent on reprimanding the slightly taller girl however when she turns Santana is already prepared and has her hand held up

"Shut it berry, I don't need a long speech about… whatever I really don't care, right now I'm going to do something that I know might be difficult for you considering I don't think anyone has ever asked you to do it before… I'm going to ask you to listen" she drags out the word listen "do you think you can do that?" she is speaking to Rachel as though she is a small child.

Rachel's mouth promptly opens and closes much in the way a fish out of water would, she folds her arms across her chest and turns slightly to the side so that she is looking at Santana out of the corner of her eye to show that even though she is being quite for the moment she is still quite upset, the Santana rolls her eyes at the small divas antics and takes in a breath and is about to continue that is until Rachel interrupts "that wasn't very nice of you to say" she huffs out stomping her foot mostly for effect

"As far as I'm concerned that was nice" Santana hisses "would you rather me be mean?" a devilish smile spreads its way slowly across the brunette cheerleaders face

The tiny singer goes pale and quickly uncrossed her arms and turns to face the cheerleader once again "No!" she squeaks than clears her throat "No that is quit alright"

"May I speak?" she snaps at the slightly shorter girl, Rachel nods vigorously,

Santana takes a step back and pinches the bridge of her nose breathing in deeply in her mind she is trying to find a way to phrase this without exposing something that she has no right to unmask 'this day is just full of secrets isn't it' she sighs to herself,

"Look Berry there is something you need to know" she speaks when she thinks she has found to accomplish her goal, she lets her voice and her features become serious "there is a reason Frannie left, you will find out in time, it's really not my place to say anything but what she was kicked out for… just know that in her parents eyes and in the eyes of their church it's a lot worse than Quinn getting pregnant."

In Rachel is frozen as her mind travels over every possibility she could think of involving people kicking out their children she even attempted recalling everything she ever read or heard about the Christian religion and still she couldn't think of anything;

In the meantime Santana had found Brittany, who was talking to their mothers on the phone explaining what happened, and took her by the hand leaving Rachel to her own thoughts in favor of heading back over to where Judy and those around her were. She only snapped out of her thoughts when somebody bumped her and moved on without even apologizing.

Rachel fallowed the general direction where she believed Santana had lead Brittany and she caught up to them in time to see the end of Brittany's hug to Judy before the blonde cheerio literally hopped over to whom Rachel assumed to be Frannie the woman looked so much like Judy it was almost scary literally if Judy were years younger they could pass off as twins except the younger girls eyes were green while Judy's own were blue;

Santana in the meantime had moved on and was engaging in a conversation with the third person whom Rachel had not clearly been able to see before but she could now, it was another woman with dark brown eyes that glanced her way, the woman smiled at her before turning back to Santana; nothing really stood out about her except her hair Rachel couldn't tell if she had blonde hair with brown highlights or brown hair with blonde highlights either way it was cut to about chin length. Before she could think about whom the woman was Judy appeared next to her.

"Rachel! So good to see you again" Judy spoke attracting Rachel's attention away from her thoughts and unconscious staring, she lightly shook her head to clear it and blushed a bit for being caught staring, she smiled at the older woman and returned the greeting "it's so nice to see you again as well Mrs. Fabr-" the older woman held up a hand before she could finish "please call me Judy" she stated not leaving room for argument, Rachel was going to say something but decided against it when she looked into Judy's eyes and saw the pain and sorrow at being called by her former husband's last name, Rachel didn't mean any disrespect but didn't know if she could do as Santana had earlier and call her by her first name and she didn't know any other way to address her and suddenly felt shamed,

"I'm sor-" she began before being cut off again, "it is alright but just call me Judy from now on ok?" the brunette nodded relief evident in her being, Judy smile at her and pulled her in carefully for a hug the older woman had not forgotten of Rachel's injuries to the young girls surprise.

When Judy released her she kept one arm around the girls upper shoulder and gently turned them both face the other girls who were pretending like they weren't just intently listening to them; they both saw that Brittany had taken residence upon Santana's lap, her arms wrapped around her neck while the Latina's own arms snaked around her lovers waist, Frannie the duel colored haired woman sat in two chairs to the right; their hands intertwined in such a that it was hidden in between the chairs so that no one not even Rachel who was looking directly at them saw anything.

"Rachel this is my oldest daughter Frannie" she indicated to the blonde Rachel had already assumed in being Frannie, they both shake each other's hand exchanging pleasantries; once their hands are back at their sides Judy proceeds to introduce the still nameless woman, "and her… partner Charlie" Judy slowly says her voice is not hesitate or fearful she was simply searching for the right word to describe her daughters lover in a way that she was comfortable with, Rachel is a bit taken back and notices for the first time their intertwined hands. Her gaze quickly shoots to Santana in search of something that she wasn't entirely sure of until the cheerleader nodded not breaking eye contact, but before Rachel can say anything someone beats her to it.

"You know mother you could just call her my girlfriend when introducing her" Frannie says using a tone that Rachel is all too familiar with coming from a Fabray, though she wasn't use to it not being directed towards her

"Don't call me mother young lady; and though I accept your lifestyle choices I'm not entirely use to this situation"

"Mom, Charlie and I have been dating for a while now their shouldn't be anything more to 'get use to'"

Before the confrontation can escalade further Charlie clears her throat "Frannie could you please be somewhat nice today and maybe not aggravate your mother?" she asks the slightest bit annoyed

"Sorry darling" Frannie lowers her gaze to the floor at being scolded

"So going back to the subject before, It's a pleasure to meet you" she extends her hand to Rachel and smiles, Rachel immediately takes the offered hand and smiles as brightly as she can without looking too crazy,

"What is your last name Rachel?" Frannie asks after a few moments of silence.

"Berry! Rachel Berry!" the girl in question supplied not at all offended both Frannie's eyebrow goes up much in the same way Quinn's often dose and Charlie's mouth opens slightly

"Oh my gosh yes how could I have forgotten" Frannie thumps herself on her forehead with the tips of her fingers,

"Is that a bad thing that they know who I am" Rachel asks in a slightly hushed voice directed toward Santana and Brittany the small diva wringing her hands fearing what Quinn might have told her family

"Quite the opposite actually Quinn… I mean… we came to one of your showcases at the beginning of the year you were absolutely phenomenal" Rachel blushes and mumbles a thanks, completely forgetting the slip up, before moving to sit in a chair next to Santana and Brittany that thanks to Santana just became available.

"Hay what about us? We preformed too" Santana whines once Rachel has sat down

"Eh, you were… ok" Frannie holds out her free hand flat and shakes it earning a laugh from all except Santana who crosses her arms over her chest until Brittany kisses her on the cheek.

Ps. if anyone is wondering Charlie's hair is slightly inspired by the hair Dianna Agron had during the glee movie premier.