A/N: Thanks to ConservEr1e for the awesome beta work

Later that week as Rachel was preparing their meal Quinn found herself in a state of contentment. She finds herself accepting her fate as Rachel's mate. It's not all bad. She gets fed every day, has nice clothes even if she doesn't get to show them off, and she's never lonely.

The only thing she truly misses from her previous life was her friends; Santana and Britney. They've been there for her most her life. Been through all the tough life revelations she's had; accepting that her parents didn't truly love her or want her, and realizing her sexuality. They taught her to be comfortable with herself and to never let anyone else dictate how she lived her life. She needed to talk to them about her recent discoveries; accepting her new body and falling for the person responsible for it all. Unfortunately they thought she was enjoying her winter vacation on a fancy cruise with no cell service.

"Rachel?" Quinn asked timidly.

"Yes, my angel" was the response she received as Rachel set their food on the end table near her bed.

"Could you untie my legs? I think I'll be fine with them free."

"You only think?" Rachel quipped as turned to face Quinn.

Annoyed Quinn responded with more confidence, "I know."

Somberly she says, "I have accepted I'm not going anywhere. I may not know what awaits me on the other side of that door but I'm sure it would stop me from leaving you. Besides, who'd want me like this? I'm a freak"

Reaching for one of Quinn's hands Rachel spoke with such love and conviction.

"Quinn you are not a freak. Nothing about you makes you a freak. From the top of your perfect pink streaked hair to the tips of you your toes."

Caressing Quinn's cheek she continued. "I want you exactly as you are now, and that is all that matters. You are my mate as I am yours. I accept you for all you are as you should me. You are perfect. And yes, I will untie your legs. I've been waiting for you to ask Quinn. This is another sign as to how close you are to seeing us as mates."

Once her legs are untied she pulled her knees up wrapping her arms around them. She's thinking of Rachel's words. She spoke with such passion, which steered something up deep inside of Quinn. She's beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Rachel's words spoke such truth; she knew what she was saying and no one could tell her any different. Quinn wanted that in her life. That sense of knowing. She's lived her life unsure. Never sure what she meant to her parents, never sure why her current boyfriend was with her, and not sure what her purpose in life was. She only did what was expected, but now she knew. She knew she was meant for great things and she knew she was meant for Rachel. Sure they started off weird and she was resistant but now she knew. This was where she belonged. There was only one question she had now.

"Rachel, I know you explained this already but I wasn't ready to hear it then. I'm ready now. Why did you choose me? What was it about me that I was the one?" Quinn asked, the meal all but forgotten.

"Well Quinn when I was a young girl I use to love watching the stars at night. They were so beautiful in the night sky. I've always felt connected to them; like they were of kin. My fathers' told me once that I was a fallen star. That they used to look at the stars together asking for a child of their own, as if one would fall down for the sky for them to love. On the night I was born a star did indeed fall from the sky and they declare it was me. The stars above answered their prayers, and gave them me. So when I asked why I loved looking out at the stars so much they told me I was simply looking for my matching star to fall. I finally saw it, when I was six. A beautiful falling star passed in front of my window. I knew it was mines; that the star was my match. Do you know when that star fell, Quinn?"

Watching Quinn shake her head Rachel continued.

"It fell August 16th, 1994."

Quinn's eyes grew in recognition of the date. She knew that date. She celebrated on that day every year since she was born. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, yet she could at the same time. Rachel was a star and she was her mate, a fellow star that has fallen from the sky to be together on earth. It sounded so out there that if this was any time before her calling she would have thought the person was crazy. Now she just felt this was true; in her gut. She was a star and Rachel was her mate.

Turning to her now cold food, Quinn silently ate. She wasn't sure how she should proceed with this information. She believed Rachel, but now what? Did they start living life like they were a normal couple? Could she leave her room? Could she see her friends? What about her education? She has always wanted to graduate and get out of Lima. Would she be able to do that now that she was Rachel's?

"Now what?" she asks.

"Now we finish our food then you shower."

"And then?"

"Then we have the rest of our lives to just be together doing whatever makes us happy."

Quinn smiled at that as she placed a spoonful of food in her mouth. She could live the rest of her life doing the things that made her happy. She could live happily ever after with Rachel as her mate.

A/N2: I marked this as complete but i may add an addition smutty scene later if wanted.