"Harmony! It's dinner time!" Rachel shouted up the stairs at her daughter. The house was filled with something cooking, or well, at least something that had been cooking. Rachel went into the dinner room and sat down opposite to the sighing blonde.

"We both know that you'll have to walk up there and dra-" Quinn started, but before she could finish her sentence Harmony came running down the stairs and sat down next to Rachel. "and drag her down here. Or so I thought." she continued with a smile.
The room was dimly lit with some candles on the table and just a hint of light from the lamp on the ceiling. The one who made the table used the silverware they only use on special occasions.

"What- what part did you get? Because I didn't even know you had auditioned for something new." Harmony asked, looking at Rachel with a frown. Rachel chuckled at the question while Quinn sighed.

"I haven't. There's no new part, honey. We are celebrating because your mother and I have been married for 19 years today." Rachel said with a smile aimed at her wife who wasn't surprised Harmony had thought that Rachel had got a new part, because it was rarely about anyone else but Rachel. It was always a new part or a Tony nomination or her winning a Tony. She couldn't write books as fast as something good happened to Rachel's career.

"Yeah, so enjoy the food because I worked hard on that." Quinn said trying to sound like the tough mother who thought 19 years was just another wedding anniversary. She wasn't though, and it wasn't. Sure, maybe it was just another wedding anniversary and 20 was one to really celebrate. But 19 years was a lot. It was 19 years married to the woman she loved. 19 years married to the woman who changed her life for the better in so many ways.

"Shouldn't we go to a restaurant or something? I mean, isn't that what people do on their wedding anniversary?" Harmony asked, as she scooped up something she had never seen before on her plate.

"Yes, that is usually what people do but we just- aren't." Quinn answered with a shrug and drank some red wine from her glass.

The conversation carried on as they ate. It went from how school was to how nice it would be to go to London or Paris or Venice. From if Harmony was dating someone, did she have one in sight to what Quinn and Rachel's story was, where the conversation took a sudden stop and Quinn and Rachel looked at each other.

"It's uhm- a long and complicated story." Quinn said and took a sip from her wine glass and looked at Rachel. The story wasn't really that long but it was complicated. It had started at different places, different times. But at the same time, it had started the same time and almost the same place. And the whole story in itself was something neither of them really wanted to bring up again.

"Oh come on. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't because you met and fell in love. I want to know what happened between the two." Harmony said and pouted at Rachel who she knew could never say no to her when she pouted.

"Nothing. There's no in between for me. I saw her and I fell. A year later we met for real and I- fell harder. So, there's no in between. Or well, there's a whole lot of middle between seeing her and meeting her but that's not the same thing." Quinn said with a sigh and smile. Looking at Harmony she could she Rachel smile in the corner of her eye.

"I had almost forgotten about that. But yeah, same here. No in between. Just a whole lot of middle." Rachel said finishing up her meal, leaning back in her chair grabbing the wine glass and sipping on it.

"Oh, but now you have to tell me. You two are the queens of drama queens, there's more to this story." Harmony said with a grin. Quinn chuckled as she shook her head.
"No, but really. Please." Harmony continued.

"Okay, fine. Let's tell her. She's 17, it's not too complicated for her." Rachel said looked into her wife's eyes. "I saw Quinn in a bookshop here in New York and I had to literally hold myself up on one of the bookshelves. I had heard of being kneeweak, but that, it was ridiculous. So I put back the book I was thinking of buying and got out of there as fast as I could." She said, like it was no big deal. But it was. They all knew it was because that was the first time Rachel had seen Quinn.

"Wait, you just left?" Harmony asked with a frown. Rachel nodded. Rachel and Harmony turned their eyes to Quinn whose turn it was to spill on the details.

"I- Uhm. It was a Starbuck. The same Starbuck we bought our coffee in on our first date. She was a couple of people in front of me and I- I had this ridiculous debate in my head about whether or not I should say hi because I already knew who she was. But what was I going to say?"Miss. Berry? Yes, Hi. My name is Quinn Fabray and I love your work and I'm also falling for your face. Or well, I'm actually falling for the whole you but your face is special." Yeah, I don't think so." Quinn said with a sigh and looked down in her glass. Rachel chuckled at the story she had only heard a couple of times before.

"Funny thing is, Harmony. It was the same day. We saw each other the same day, just in different places and a couple of hours apart. We just didn't have a single idea the other one was there." Rachel said. Quinn smiled and shook her head.

"Are you serious? What happened? Please, just if you don't tell me I'm asking Auntie 'Tana and Aunt B. I'll even try with Uncle Puck." she said, suddenly desperate for the story.

"Okay, okay. Fine." Quinn said and looked at Rachel. "You made the first move so you go first." she continued.

Rachel sighed and started telling the story.