Out of Hand
She stormed through the front doors of McKinley, her mind focused on one thing and one thing only. She was still trying to ignore the pain in her heart, instead focusing on the anger that made her blood boil.
When she reached Shelby's classroom only to find it empty, she changed course and headed to the auditorium. As she got closer, she could hear the music of The Troubletones and as she barged through the double doors, it stopped.
"Rachel!" shouted Shelby as she stood from her spot at the director's table, "This is a closed rehearsal!" Rachel ignored her and instead approached her birth mother with rage in her eyes. Once Shelby noticed, she grew concerned, "Honey, are you okay?"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
Her shouting echoed through the auditorium and the girl's on stage all jumped.
"Holy fuck, this is gonna be good," muttered Santana.
Brittany looked at her girlfriend, "Scary Rachel makes my stomach hurt," she muttered.
"Rachel honey, do you want to go talk somewhere more private?"
"Is it true?"
"Rach-"
"IS IT TRUE!"
Shelby jumped back her eyes widening, "It was a mistake. I stopped it before it got out of hand," she said softly.
Rachel let out a sarcastic laugh, "Out of hand? You reached that point when you kissed him!"
Shelby closed her eyes and let out a breath, "Sweetheart…"
"No! You are not allowed to call me that! You've ruined my life one too many times! Now Noah seems to think you are the love of his life!"
Rachel ignored the collective gasp from the stage and continued, "Noah is special. He has so much potential and he has the ability to get out of this stupid town and make something of himself! And all you are doing is making him believe he can be a permanent fixture in Beth's life. But I am NOT going to let him be fooled by you anymore!"
"Rachel-"
"Leave! Leave Lima and never…NEVER look back! You are hurting too many people by being here. Beth deserves to have Quinn and Noah in her life but you're just messing that all up!"
Shelby felt the tears forming in her eyes but stayed strong, "I never meant for it to happen. I just…got lonely."
"You got lonely?" laughed Rachel, "How do you think I felt all those years without a mother? Knowing you chose to walk out of my life. And then you decide to show back up only to leave again, except with a brand new baby because I was too OLD for you!"
"Rachel sweetie," Rachel jumped when she heard the new voice from behind her. She turned to see Mercedes and Brittney looking at her with concern, "Come on. Let's go get you freshened up."
Rachel was oblivious to the fact that her face was soaked with tears, her eye makeup only noticeable by the black smears around her eyes.
"Just…one more thing," Rachel turned back to Shelby, "Noah is a good person. He hasn't had very many believe in him. But I do and I won't let you hurt him."
Rachel turned and let Mercedes and Brittney lead her out of the room.
In the shadows of the auditorium, Puck watched Rachel's figure disappear as the doors closed behind her. He slouched over and put his head in his hands, letting out a slow breath.
"What the fuck did I do," he whispered to himself.
