"Where is she?" Harmony huffed, a frustrated frown finding its way onto her face. She and her younger sister, Nellie, had been waiting outside their local high school for an hour and a half.

"Has she forgotten to pick us up, again?" Nellie questioned her older sister, grimacing slightly.

"Of course not!" Harmony stated, determination shining in her eyes. "Mum probably just got held late at work. You know how hard she practises, and how brilliant she is! She probably has some slow director, or she could have been held up by a fan?"

Nellie sighed at her older sister, knowing that the endless reasons probably weren't true; she wanted to believe her sister, but her instincts were telling her that Rachel had forgot about them. As endless minutes continued to pass, Nellie felt herself beginning to fiddle with her fingers.

As the young teen glanced at her sister, she saw her enthusiastically flipping open her phone, only to be disappointed as she saw that their mum still hadn't texted. Nellie couldn't help but shake her head at her sibling; she knew that the elder girl was getting her hopes up over nothing every time she checked for a new message.

Nellie felt her grimace deepen. "Mum knows that she picks us up from school on the third every month! Why isn't she here?"

"She'll be here soon." Harmony weakly reassured her sister. "I'll try calling her again! I'm sure she'll pick up this time."

Harmony rapidly dialled her Mum's familiar number for the fifth time that hour, but instead of going to voicemail, an unfamiliar voice answered.

"Are you related to Rachel Berry?" The voice on the phone gruffly asked.

"Yes, I'm her daughter." Harmony immediately answered, worry seeping into her tone. "What is going on, Sir?"

Rachel had taught Harmony to always be formal with strangers, and the young brunette was determined to follow in her Mother's footsteps, and perform on Broadway; due to this ambition, Harmony almost always did what her mother told her.

"Is your Father there, sweetheart?" The mysterious man asked, his voice suddenly softening.

"No, my sister and I are standing outside our school, waiting for Rachel to pick us up. Why do you have her phone, Sir?" Harmony asked, biting her lip gently.

"There has been an accident. I'm not sure if I can release the details. Can you tell me the number of your Father?" Harmony noted that more and more sadness was seeping into this man's tone; the brunette could tell that he was trying to hide it, and sound formal, but his attempts were less than successful.

"An accident?" Harmony stuttered, her eyes widening as she gasped slightly. "Is she alright?"

Nellie gave her sister a look of alarm and fear as soon as she heard the word 'accident'. Harmony gently pulled her younger sister into a reassuring hug, trying to hide the fact that she was also terrified that their Mum was in some sort of danger.

As soon as Harmony realised that the man on the phone wasn't going to reply to her question, she recited Finn's number. The mysterious man had asked her to repeat it once more, before promptly hanging up, not even bothering to say 'goodbye'.

"Is our Mum going to be alright?" Nellie quietly asked as tears of fear formed in her eyes.

"I think so, I'm sure it's nothing." Harmony immediately comforted her younger sister, while simultaneously trying to reassure herself. "We better go take the bus home."

The brunette then grabbed her younger sister's hand, and after giving it a gentle squeeze, she led them to the bus stop. Nellie was surprised at this; Harmony had stopped the whole hand-holding thing when Nellie was nine. The young teen presumed that the elder girl was feeling overly protective currently, as Rachel could be severely injured.

After a minute of silence at the bus stop, the vehicle arrived and the two brunettes got in. Harmony quickly went and swiped their bus passes, half-heartily throwing Nellie's at her as they went to sit down.

Harmony could tell that Nellie was worried about their Mum; she was too, especially since Harmony and her father, Finn, had never really gotten along that well. The older brunette knew that he was her father, and that she should love him, but she had just never felt that close to him. Harmony could tell from a young age that Finn was holding her mother back.

One day, when Harmony was seven she had told him that, and they had shared their first fight. Quickly, it had begun escalating; they began fights over the stupidest things, although the issues they debated weren't stupid to Harmony. The girl hated that Finn would never buy the vegan equivalents of products; although Rachel pretended not to care, Harmony knew that Finn's actions frustrated her.

Harmony also felt that he was living off Rachel's success. Finn didn't even have a job; although he had the nerve to claim that he was a stay-at-Home-dad. He didn't clean though, and rarely cooked, and when he did, it was usually just a vegetable-less, fatty burger, which Harmony hated.

The man also claimed that he had raised his two daughters himself, but Harmony knew that this was far from the truth; Rachel had pretty much raised Harmony alone, while Finn was constantly off watching sport at his high school friend's house. Rachel was the one who had taught young Harmony right from wrong, and helped her strive to be the best.

When Harmony was ten, and Nellie was eight, Rachel had gotten a full time job. Harmony couldn't remember what it had been, as Rachel had done many musicals since then, but their mother's work had caused her to become very busy. Often, she would leave before the sister's woke up and come home after they'd fallen asleep. Young Harmony had hated that their mother was constantly working.

The sudden absence of their mother had forced Harmony to raise her younger sister, Nellie. Although Harmony was only two years older, she had tried to teach the younger girl everything that Rachel had taught her. She would always help Nellie with her homework when she needed it, as well as walk Nellie over to the younger girl's friends' houses.

Nellie was a lot less confident than Harmony; the older brunette had always made sure to support her sibling, unlike Finn. Harmony was practically fuming the day that her Father had told Nellie that she wasn't as good a singer as the rest of the family, or the time he had told her that Volleyball was a stupid sport and that she shouldn't play it. Eventually, with Harmony's reassurance, Nellie had regained the confidence to do these things, but the girl was still quite hesitant.

Due to Rachel's busy schedule, the bond between these two sisters was extremely strong; although both of them loved spending time with their mother as well; especially Harmony, who had the stronger attachment with their Mother. The girl loved how ambition her mother was; Harmony thought her Mum was the best singer in the world, the best actor too.

At a young age Rachel had told Harmony about her time at NYADA; that was what inspired the girl to attempt to get in there. Harmony had visited NYADA many times with her mother, as Rachel had had a temporary job there. The brunette was only 6 years old then, but she had loved everything about the school. There were a lot of pretty singers and dancers who thought Harmony was the cutest little thing, and always enthusiastically applauded whenever the little girl sung.

Despite not being as close to their mother, Nellie loved her too. Just like her older sister, Rachel was very supportive of every decision Nellie made. The woman was there for her whenever anyone bullied her, and as much as the teen loved Harmony, she knew that her older sister would do something overly dramatic, like get her boyfriend to 'rough them up'.

Nellie also loved that her Mum always used to sing her to sleep. Nellie was quite young then, so she didn't remember many of the songs, but she loved the way that her Mum's voice soothed her into dreamland every single night. The girl still remembered how disappointed she was when Rachel stopped this; when the woman decided that Nellie was too old to be sung to sleep.

Unlike Harmony, Nellie had an okay relationship with their Father, but it could be quite awkward. Sometimes Nellie felt that he didn't love her very much, especially when he didn't come to their school's play. Harmony had even gotten the lead role, while Nellie had gotten a speaking part. Nellie still recalled how loudly Harmony squealed when she had heard that her younger sister got a role; Nellie knew that Harmony was probably more excited about it than she was.

Nellie jumped slightly as the bus suddenly pulled up to their stop, roughly jerking her forward. Harmony and Nellie quickly rushed out, slowly walking the two blocks necessary for them to get home. As Nellie opened the gate that led to their house, Harmony noticed that Finn's car was missing.

"They must have contacted him," Harmony mumbled to herself. "That or he's playing video games with Puck again."

As the two entered the house, Harmony headed to the kitchen. The brunette slowly began putting away the ingredients which she had taken out before school. Usually, on the days that their Mum picked them up, they would bake vegan muffins, or a nice big cake. It had even become a tradition that they made stars out of icing on each cupcake, since, according to their mother, it represented the three of them being stars.

Once Harmony had finally finished putting the ingredients away in the various cupboards, she walked up the stairs, and into her room. She rapidly grabbed her iPod and pressed shuffle. Harmony frowned; putting away the ingredients had been a good distraction from thinking about that Man on the phone, but worry was beginning to flood her mind once again.

"Maybe someone posted something on the internet?" Harmony muttered under her breath as she started up her laptop.

She swiftly typed her password and logged in, smiling gently at the picture on her desktop; a photo of herself, her Mum and Nellie standing in front of the Eiffel tower. She quickly clicked on the internet and typed 'Rachel Berry' into the news section of Google.

Suddenly her breath caught in her throat; the title of the newest news article read 'Musical industries' 'Rachel Berry' hit by drunk driver. Not sure whether alive, or dead.'