Cards

[griefofdawn]

Disclaimer: Fox owns the Glee money making machine and RBI came up with the original idea. Not mine.

Pairing/Character: Rachel
When/Where: AU.
Word Count: 200 (Double Drabble ) ( 70 of 100 )

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Rachel wandered through the small Hallmark near her favorite Broadway cafe. The year before, she'd found an online card shop that let her design her own cards, but they had to be ordered months ahead, if she wanted to apply her personal touch, such as a note in her own handwriting.

Which worked for her fathers. Flowery phrases to tell them how she felt came to her without too much effort. And the stagehands and her fellow actors were also easy to get cards for, since the goal was something personalized, not sentimentality.

But it was the other people that were the problem. Cards she waited until the last minute to find. Every year she spent hours picking out cards for Beth and Shelby, even though she never sent them. Something musical for Beth, and something humorous for Shelby. Purchased, signed, and then shoved into a box with other cards never sent.

And this year, there was Quinn. She didn't want to get her a 'roommate' card. That was too impersonal. But she didn't want something too intimate. She didn't want to give Quinn the wrong impression. She didn't want to scare her away when they were happily coexisting together.