Where love leads us-Faberry

Chapter 6

So many memories here." Beth stated as she slowly walked into the studio. She hadn't seen it since the remodeling had been done. Quinn followed slowly just steps behind, nodding her head as the memories flashed back to her as well. "It's where I first saw you... first met you. You came out of the dressing room, but it's not there anymore."

Quinn's breath caught in her throat. It had never struck her that she had changed the setting of their first encounter with her renovation. "I remember it though. I couldn't take my eyes off of you."

The younger blonde smiled lightly as she stood in the exact spot they made first contact and turned around to take it all in. They had never spoken about it. About their past, their feelings. It was just something that had happened and was never dwelled upon. Mainly, Beth had recently admitted to herself, because she had been too immature at the time to see how it effected everyone's life. She knew how it had effected her, causing a loyalty battle within her in regards to Shelby, never wanting the woman to think that she was looking to replace her. She just wanted to know where she had come from. And she loved it.

"I remember it all happening, but I can't remember what my feelings were." Quinn stopped her wandering eyes from looking around the studio and brought them to her daughter as she continued, curious to know what has been happening in her thoughts. "Everything was just a blur. I know it's cliché but it's true. I wasn't thinking about anything, able to focus on anything. I just saw you and felt this natural urge to have you hold me." She laughed lightly at the end of her confession, trying to lessen the emotional vulnerability she was feeling. Quinn, on the other hand, was trying her hardest not to tear up.

"I never thought I would get the chance to... or have the right to."

Beth's smile faded and she shook her head firmly. "Don't be my Mom."

"What?"

"Shelby. Don't be like her."

"No, no, no." Quinn argued in a hushed tone, taking a step forward as Beth took a cautious one backward. "No. I'm not... I'm not saying that I am not going to take full advantage of the opportunities that we have to learn one another now that you are older. I want the exact opposite. I want to learn even more about you now that you are nearly an adult and have your own set opinions and beliefs. I just..." Beth paused and waited, wanting to hear what her biological mother had to say and hoping for the best. "When I gave you up for adoption, I never expected to have the chance to talk to you or see you again. I gave up that right. Everything we have had, all the visits and now you living here, those are all unexpected bonuses that I could never express how thankful I am for them."

Quinn mashed her lips between her teeth, still seeing the same fear in Beth's eyes as she had in Rachel's. She took a step forward and ran her hands over her dirty blonde hair and cupped her face.

"You're my daughter, no matter how old you are. And I want to know everything about you. Okay?"

Beth held her gaze for a moment and then nodded her head. "Okay."

"Am I interrupting anything?" Kim asked a few seconds later after having stood there in the background, waiting her turn.

Both blonde's jumped slightly and turned to the petite brunette and shook their heads. "No." Quinn answered, dropping her hands from Beth's face, making sure to maintain contact, dragging her fingers down the younger girl's arms. "We were just talking. Did you need something?"

"Yes. Actually." Kim replied, calling for Quinn to follow. Beth looked around the studio one more time, taking in the changes and a few details of Adrianne's photo shoot that was in midstream before following herself. She might as well see what she would be responsible for doing. "Adrianne is of course preoccupied at the moment and I need one of you to make a judgment call on the schedule."