(a/n) Ok here is a go at a new story. Let me know what you think!
"I can't keep her." A sixteen year-old Shelby Corcoran stated as she held her swollen belly. She still couldn't believe that she was already almost 9 months. In a couple of weeks a beautiful little girl would be entering the world.
"Damn right you can't. Look at you, you are only sixteen years old," Shelby's best friend Samantha looked at her, still shocked at the fact that Shelby was pregnant. "When are your parents gonna let you move back in?" Shelby looked down.
"I don't think they will," she says quietly, more to herself than her friend. This was the sad truth that she was still coming to terms with. It wasn't even her fault that she was in this situation.
Samantha looked sympathetically at Shelby. "I'm sorry, but you can only stay with me until the baby's has come. After that…"
"No it's fine. As I said before I can't keep her. I have to give her the best chance she has for a life."
"Ms. Corcoran?" Shelby snapped out of her flashback and straightened up at her desk. "Ms. Corcoran do you have that assignment ready for me yet?" asked Principal Figgins. Shelby straightened her papers and handed them to him. "Thank you Miss Corcoran. I hope you are ready for the hooligans this year."
Shelby sighed. "Yeah… another year, more drama. Another way to tell myself I am getting much older."
"Oh Ms. Corcoran," Figgins puts a hand on Shelby's shoulder, "You are too funny." Shelby slightly moves away from Figgins touch.
"I'll see you tomorrow." Shelby says as she stands up and walks out of her classroom.
Shelby didn't get much rest that night. She really didn't want start another year of teaching. She still dreamt of Broadway every night, the feeling of the hot spot on her. Oh she had longed for those days again. The flashback today caused her a great deal of thought. How did she go from pregnant teen to Broadway star and then back to useless schoolteacher? It just amazed her how her life had changed for the better then to the worse. She fell asleep dreaming of the life she once had.
"Hello class. I hope you are having a wonderful first day of school! Welacome to History." The class started with the usual greetings and talks about the class. Nearly 15 minutes in the door opened and a short girl ran hurriedly in. She took a seat near the front. Shelby turned around from the blackboard. "Thank you for finally joining us Ms…"
"Berry. Rachel Berry." The girl was short and slim. She had dark chocolate eyes and long wavy hair. She looked so familiar. It took Shelby a moment to regain her stride.
"Well Rachel just make sure it doesn't happen again." The girl made some frantic quick nods.
Throughout the hour Shelby kept sneaking glances at the girl. Her hair, her face, her body, she had seen her somewhere before, but Shelby couldn't put her finger on it. As the students were leaving she finally recognized where she had seen the girl before. It was 13 years ago when she was looking in the mirror.