The Running Back

Chapter 9

"Yes Daddy, I do."

Leroy wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. "Sweetheart, come to the kitchen! Our daughter has something to tell you!" He kissed the top of her head again. In no time Hiram was in the kitchen as well. "Go on pumpkin, tell him."

"I have a date," Rachel said shyly.

"That's great pumpkin." Hiram hugged her too. "So who's the lucky boy?" "Or girl?" Leroy added.

"Or girl? What's his name, or her name?"

"Quinn... Quinn Fabray."

"Quinn Fabray?" Hiram stroked his chin as he thought. Obviously he remembered the name. "Isn't she the girl who gave you a ride home the other day?"

"Yes Papa, she is. And she's coming by later so I really need to get ready."

"Later you say?" Oh no. "You should invite her in. We'd love to meet the girl that's been able to steal our little girl's heart, wouldn't we?"

"I would."

"Um... okay."

"Great."

Yes, great indeed. Rachel loved her dads of course. They were the best dads that a girl could ever ask for. But they were bound to embarrass her, and possibly even smother Quinn and scare her away. That would be the worst way to start off a first date. Rachel tried not to think about it and concentrated on finishing up her salad. Her dads decided to leave her be for the time being. They already got what they wanted and they could see that she was busy.

It didn't take much longer for Rachel to finish, but even when she was Rachel decided to hide out in the kitchen until Quinn arrived. She didn't want to answer every question that her dads had thought of since they found out that she had a date. Hours later the doorbell rang and Rachel ran for it. "I'll get it!" she yelled. She darted for the front door but her dads got there first.

"You must be Quinn."

"Yes I am."

"I'm Hiram and this is my husband Leroy. It's a pleasure to meet you. Come on inside."

"Thank you. It's nice to meet both of you as well."

Hiram and Leroy brought Quinn into the living room and Rachel immediately followed. She had to make sure that they didn't do anything that might embarrass her; Rachel did a good enough job of that by herself. "Oh, here's our little girl. She's been the kitchen all morning long. You must be really important to her." Quinn smiled shyly, her cheeks reddening slightly. "We should get a picture of you two. Now come on pumpkin, go over and sit next to your lovely date."

Rachel could do nothing oblige their request. Her only hope was that they could make a quick getaway afterwards. She sat next to Quinn and her Daddy got up to get the camera. While he was gone her Papa picked up a book that was lying on the couch and walked over to two of them. "My husband and I were just looking over photo album," he said as he opened it up. Rachel could do nothing but watch on in horror as dozens of her baby pictures were laid out in front of them.

"Oh my God!" Quinn squealed. "Is that Rachel? She's so cute!"

"That's her all right; most beautiful baby girl that I've ever seen."

They flipped through a few pages before Leroy came back. He took a couple of pictures and once he was done Rachel decided to make a hasty exit. "We should really get going," she said as she took Quinn's hand. Her dads didn't argue, and before they could change their minds Rachel dragged Quinn to the kitchen where they grabbed the picnic basket before quickly exiting the house. Rachel was mortified, but she knew that things could have gone far worse.

"Your dads' seem nice," Quinn commented.

"They are."

"So where are you planning on us having this picnic?"

"There's this park nearby. It's a nice enough day so I thought we'd just walk if you don't mind."

"No, that sounds like a great idea." She briefly let go of Rachel's hand so she could interlace their fingers. "Lead the way." The park that Rachel mentioned was only a few blocks away. It was nice and well taken care of and even had a couple of picnic tables that they could easily use. Rachel though preferred using the picnic blanket. After a short walk they were there and soon later they found a perfect spot that had a decent amount of shade.

Quinn set the blanket while Rachel started unpacking some of the food that she had prepared for their lunch. "I wasn't really sure what you'd like so I made a lot of different things, I hope you don't mind."

"No, not at all." Quinn helped her unpack and once they were done she had a small frown on her face. "There's no meat here," she said simply. "Um... no. I'm vegan and... oh. I messed up, didn't I?"

"No, no," Quinn assured. "No, you didn't. This all looks lovely, it does. I'm sorry, it's just I was kind of hoping for a BLT, or that is to say that I was kind of hoping for some bacon. But this looks great Rachel, it really does."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Now come one, let's eat."

Rachel didn't argue any further and as they ate she noticed that Quinn genuinely enjoyed the food that she had prepared. She especially loved the cookies. She stuffed her mouth with them. It was really cute to watch. Despite Quinn's rule, Rachel couldn't help herself. She just had to kiss her. Her lips tasted like snickerdoodle. Rachel licked her own as she pulled back. "I'm sorry. I know you said no kisses."

"It's okay. I didn't mind." Quinn kissed her back. "You still have any more cookies?" 

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