Different worlds

Chapter 25

 A/N: so sorry for the long wait!  I hope you like this chapter

First weekend of February found Quinn down at the McKinley softball field. The blonde arrived earlier than her coach asked the team to get to the ground for warm-ups, it was the first game the McKinley softball girls had for the season, and it was obviously Quinn's first game since her injury. The softball player wanted to arrive early to do some separate warm-ups and to help relax her nerves, so Quinn went into the locker room, changed into the red, white and black uniform and placed her hair in a braid. The blonde then walked out to the deserted grounds and made her way over to the batting cage. She grabbed her helmet and softball bat out of her equipment bag and then walked inside, setting up the pitching machine. The blonde then did some extra stretches on her right shoulder and then walked up to the plate to hit a couple of balls to calm down her nerves.

"Looking good, baby," Rachel said enthusiastically as she walked up to the batting cage.

Quinn stopped the pitching machine and turned around to see her girlfriend outside of the cage, "What are you doing here so early?" the blonde asked with a surprised smile.

Rachel shrugged, "When I finished dance practice I tried calling you to see what time you were coming to the grounds but you didn't pick up so I called your home number and your dad said you were already here... And I wasn't doing anything so I came to cheer you on early," the brunette beamed.

The blonde chuckled but gave her girlfriend a broad smile, she then placed her softball bat against the fence and pulled off her helmet, she then walked out of the batting cage. Midway through Quinn walking out of the cage, Rachel spoke up, "Lucy, you don't need to stop because I'm here... I don't mind just watching you... I know you need to warm up," the brunette stated.

Quinn continued to make her way to her girlfriend, "I'm just coming to give you a proper hello," the blonde beamed.

As the softball player got to her designation in front of her girlfriend she leaned down and placed a kiss on her girlfriends lips. "Mmmm," Rachel moaned out, also smiling in the kiss. Once the couple separated the blonde wrapped her arms around the brunettes waist. "How was dance practice?"

Rachel smiled, "It went really well, Mrs. Watson actually gave me a compliment on my dancing technique in one of the routines."

"Well that's because you're one of the best in the class," Quinn stated. She wasn't just stating that because Rachel was her girlfriend, the brunette was one of the best in the class; Quinn had gone and watched one Saturday when she didn't have Cheerio practice.

"Thank you, Sweetie... But now go back in their and let me see you hit some balls," Rachel beamed.

Quinn chuckled and nodded, leaning down to place another kiss on her girlfriend's lips then turning to walk back into the batting cage. Once she walked in, she placed her red helmet back on her head, picked up her softball bat and then turned the pitching machine back on, just before she was about to walk up to the plate, Rachel yelled out, "Lucy?"

The blonde turned around and saw Rachel open up her jacket, the brunette pulled it back and Quinn saw her girlfriend wearing a green t-shirt with black printed letters on it spelling out 'Go Quinn'. The softball player started to laugh. "I was going to write Lucy, but I didn't think that was wise, seeing as not many people know you by that name... This is okay, right?" Rachel asked with a shy smile.

Quinn nodded, "It's great, Rach... And yes, only my family, you, Hay, San, Britt, Tina and Puck know," the blonde stated with a smile and then stepped up to the plate to hit a few more balls.

A few minutes later, while Quinn was still in the batting cage, the blonde's coach walked into the batting cage and turned off the machine, "I don't want you to get too tired for the game today," Sarah stated with a smile.